The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 5, 1899, Page 15

HE SA FRANCISCO CALL, UNDAY, MARCH 5, 1899 15 LAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. | DR WOOLSEY MAKES GRAVE ALLEGATIONS He Says Photographs Were *‘‘Doctored.” WATER FIGURES FOR COUNCILMEN 10 MANIPULATE Two Schedules Sub- mitted Last Night. LILLIAN BRANDES’ INJURIES E. R. JACKSON, THE ARTIST, RESENTS THE CHARGES. Defendant’s Expert in Brandes Mur- der Trial Clings to the Theory of Post Mortem Marks. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Br ad March 4. 1 ex andes’ murder the District »on by charg- = fef m Brandes' body, , had been doc- promptly resented b official photographer, his e imputa- b y to the aged doctor ¢ the latter 10 leave the Oluce Very T up and talking of re- Ve prepared for was 1 the defense’s ch ing up with rage. f » controversy it is quit ' trial will be protract- now be subpenaed. s out of the fact rks on the deac ts that have thus as are produced rtem marks ermination. viewed the remains le they were lyin, narks were n's photographs Woolsey. wt fctures we r though _they will undertake to fn Judge sclusively. | WILLIAM E. HAWLEY’S | WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN TAKES NO INTEREST IN HIS 2 WIFE'S ESTATE. ! Sarah H. Edgington, Sister of De-| ceased, Has Now Applied for | Letters. Oakland Office San ancisco Call, %S Broadway, March 4. Willlam E. Hawley se wife, Mary F. Hawley, was suf to have com- t of September nto her brain her husband, the n a bu ed be He has y firing - was in b P . ) the alleged probate by the subscribir t and then only The missing | nterest i i Hawk who had been act: ing as clal admi or, that he | knows nothing rning Hawley’s | ereab nd ¢ he has not heard m him for over wt r t | ADVERTISEMENTS. SENT FREE TOMEN The State Medical Institute Disoovers a Remarkable Remedy for Lost Vigor. ARE SENDING FREE A TRIAL PACKAGE TO ALL WHO WRITE. gamples of a most remarkable reniiay are being distributed by the State | dical Inmstitute, Fort wayne, Ind. It | E\lfnixc so many men who had battled for $ears against the mental and physical | ing of lost manhood that the insti- !‘\‘L"f'fi’afi Gecided to distribute free trial Packages to all who write. It is a botns Pieatment and all men Who suffer with form of sexual weakness, resulting | vouthful folly, premature loss of from 3 ana memory. weak back, varlco- | Selc. or emaclation Gf Parts can now cure {hemselves at home. The remedy has a pecullarly grateful eftect of warmth and seems to act direct fo the desired location, giving strength end develfipTcr}:]Justdvzroergllt i‘h needed. all the {ils an ubles that coms 1t cures B misuse of the natural fun has been an'ub&olustte aufigd all cases. A request to the State E?ai‘ 1insumla, 193 First National Bank bufldingi Forte desire one o Yo e e complied with. The institute is desirows of reaching that great class 7 men who are unable to leave home to ge treated and the free sample will en- how easy It is to be weakness when the proper remedies are employed. The in- gtitute makes no restrictions. Any man who writes will be sent a free sample, carefully sealed in a plain package SO that its recipient need have no fear of émbarrassment or pubiicity. Readers are reauested to write without delay. any from able them to see cured of sexual | repairing them. | used in excess of | with_his ordinance. 'ROOM FOR WARM FIGHTING iTHE “SOLID SIX” WERE NOT | PROMINENT. 1Emfll Submits a Long Array of Prices and Offers a Resolution That Will Doubtless Meet With Strong Opposition. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %8 Broadway, March 4. A comparison of the water ordinances for the past four years shows that more | ingenutty can be put into a schedule regu- ates than almost any other arth. The ordinance passed rtisan Council in 1595 is lating water document on by the Non-k lowest ever heard of. It places the rate for a house not occupying more than 4 | square feet, of one story, at 30 cents. The ordinance for 1897 gave such a house 31 and the ordinance of last yvear, s hich all the trouble occurred, placed the same sized house at 25 cents. It is not in the ground area of houses that the rates cut any figure. It is in the additional charges made for every purpose to which water can be put. As a matter of fact, the 2 cents is merely for drinking water, and at meter rates would | permit any one drinking or using for cook- ing purposes 1230 gallons per month. The Non-Partisan ordinance, as that of 1597 is known, only produces about three- fifths of the income which would be ob- tained from the 1898 ordinanc the 188 ordinance is said by water com- panies to be actually lower than its pre- | decessor. It is difficult for one not acquainted with e manner in which such documents are juggled to get any understanding or sat- | isfaction from an Oakland wat E schedule. To look at last v nance, 2 man with a medium- of two storfes would find that should be $1 30. In fact, he finds it to be about $4, and on looking further along in the ordinance he discovers that he has to pay fos each bathtub, for each drain | closet, for window washing, irrigating lawns, closets, washing sidewalks, for hors cows, and also for a permanent boarde ie inequality of this ordinance in one pect can be seen at a glance. The rate house who b is less than the y have a perms o limit to the term on-Partisan ordinance took it for ed that there would be at least one nd closet in an ordinary house and did not make an extra arge for it. also fixed the rates for hydrants at $1 per month. The ordinance of last year doubled this allowance for hydrants, and in addition the cf s for placing and These figures compared th the ordinance, which will be duced next Monday night, will givi fdea of what water users may expect to pay after June 30. Something has with the programme of the in regard to fixing water rate: vast difference between the ide members of the evidently gone wrong Ud six” mittee of the City bare quorum, but there were some sur- prises. Councilman Earl presented an ordinance that was mainly remarkable for the con- tract regarding fire hydrants, when com- pared with last_year'’s. Earl's ordinance only allows $1 7 for each hydrant, and requires the corporation to place and keep them in repair. Last year Mr. Earl worked and voted for an ordinance that | gave the company $3 50 per hydrant and required that the city pay for all repalrs. "“mn introduced an ordinange that sthe hydrantrateof last yvear. cusider- ably, but which is muchhigher than Earl’s ordinance, fixing it at.$2 75 Councilman Upton's ordinance makes no changes in the ground area rates from those now exieting for hous and dwellings occu- pied by a single family, and public and private buildings not including other spe- cified rates. Where the dwelling is occu- pled by more than one family the rate or ezch additional family is 30 per cent of those rates; for churches and halls used for religious purposes 50 per cent of the present rates; for r used in and private schools, slaughter- ouses, breweries, and for other purposes not specially rated In the area schedule and requiring large quantities of water the following meter rate-is urged by Up- ton For the first 2000 -cublc feet used per month, 28 cents per hundred cubic feet; for the next 3000. cubic feet, 24 cents per P feet; for the next 5000 cubic 3 he next 10,000, 21 cents, and per hundred cubic feet for water 20,000 cubic feet per The minimum meter rate is given as $1 Water used for street sprinkling to be charged according to the foregoing meter rates, and the same for flushing and cleaning sewers. Councilman Earl's ordinance would raise the rate on ground area for dwell- ings ocupied by a single family, various- ly from 21 to 40 per cent, and on larger houses not more than from 3 to 10 per cent; for irigation of lawns and gardens a charge of 3 mills per square yard per month; for horses kept in private stable, ncluding water for washing one vehicle, 20 cents, the same in livery stables 25 cents; for each car, stage, saddle or draft horse, 20 cents; cow, 10 cent: In Earl's ordinance the meter rate is fixed at the flat rate of 20_cents per 1000 gallons. Councilman Barl also introduced a reso- lution fixing the water rates in accordance Ordinances require the Mayor's signature, whereas Tresolu- tions do not .and water rates can be established either by resolution or ordi- nance. There were but three members of the Water Committee present at . the meeting to-night, and both ordinances were referred to the Clty Council without recommendation. WEBSTER STREET BRIDGE. After a Month’s Delay Reconstruc- tion Will Be Hurried. OAKLAND, March 4.—The work of re- moving the center pler, on which once rested Webster-street bridge, and of dredging the estuary at this. point, pre- paratory for the placing of the caisson of cu | the proposed new bridge, will be begun | next Monday. Reconstruction has been delayed a month, because Cotton Bros., the con- tractors, have been unable to secure the services of the only scoop dredger on the coast, which has been working at the Oakland pier. The time limit for the con-| etruction of the bridge expires next July. The cost of the proposed new bridge is —_— e Three Foreclosure Suits. OAKLAND, March 4.—The Fireman's Fund Insurance Company filed suit to-day against Adam T. Green, Harriet M. Green, et als., for the recovery of $5500 and in- terest on a_promissory note, dated San Francisco, December 28, 1894, secured by mortgage on property in Berkeley. Suit was also _commenced by Wiiliam Kokler against Max Neckhaus, Josephine Neckhaus, E. J. Flanigan. et als., to re- cover $4000 on a pramissory note dated Oakland, November 20, 1897, together with interest and $175 attorney's fees, secured by mortgage on property in Brooklyn Township. Suit to foreclose a $1000 mortgn e on Berkeley property was also le !ly‘y Helena M. Tucker against David “ ven as security , his wife, et als., e o 2d Oakland, De- on a promissory note da cember 9, the | , and yet | BURNED BY AN EXPLOSION F COAL OIL Mrs. T. O. Crawford Is in Grave Danger. HOME TOTALLY DESTROYED | FURNITURE AND LIBRARY ALSO IN ASHES. The County School Superintendent Had Left Home Only a Few Minutes Before the Acci- cident Occurred. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %8 Broadway, March 4. Mrs. T. O. Crawford, wife of the County Superintendent of Schools, is hovering be- tween life and death at Fabiola Hospital, and the Crawford home at Fruitvale is in ruins, because of an, explosion of coal oil this morning. Mrs. Crawford was pouring coal oil from onk vessel into another near a fire. The fumes reached the flames, the explo- sion followed, and Mrs. Crawford was in- - surrounded by fire. 'The only ant of the house at the time Stoddard, mother of Mrs. Craw- ford, who is a feeble old lady and utterly unable to render_any assistance in such an emergen Mrs. Crawford was so overcome by the fumes that she was un- able to help herself, and it was_ only when the residents in the Reno house, oining, noticed smoke coming from” the ndows and doors that théy knew of the accident. As the Renos rushed into the house they encountered Mrs. Stoddard, so overcome with nervousness that she could not tell them what had happened; but a look in at the room where Mrs. Crawford was enveloped in flames at once revealed the cause of the fire. Every effort was made to extinguish the flames around the un- fortunate woman, and after this was done and she was taken to a neighbor's house attention was turned to the burning build- ing, from which fire was issuing in half a dozen places. Mrs, Crawford was afterward taken to Fablola Hospital, and the doctors are un- able to say what may be the result of her fearful injuries. Fully one-half of her entire body was burned in some degree. The Fruitvale Hook and Ladder Com- o gine could do little. The Reno home was also burning in one corner, but a garden hose and a good deal of energy put out | the flames and saved the house. The ac- cident occurred shortly after Superin- tendent Crawford and his daughter had 1eft home for his office. Their home, fur- niture and library are a complete loss. INDEPENDENTS PUT A TICKET IN THE FIELD PLATFORM EMBODIES A WIDE RANGE OF IMPROVEMENTS. Clerk, Treasurer, Assessor, Mar- shal and Library Trustees. BERKELEY, March 4—The Independ- ent Tax-payers and the Non-Partisans held their joint caucus in Shattuck Hall to-night for the purpose of putting into the field a ticket for the approaching mu- nicipal campaign. Each party brought 105 representatives to the meeting, fifteen from the several wards of the city. Metcalf for chairman and John B. Garber for secretary. A platform committee was appointed by the chair, consisting of the following dclegates: Profossor r. Carl Carey Jones. C. Plehn, Charles Wiggin, F. K. Keon, John McCathE. R. C. Giichrist, Thomas Dowd, J. S. Crew and Warren Clark. This committee submitted to the con- ventlon @ platform, the principal provi- sions of which called for the future con- truction of a municipal water works stem, for the retention of the office of City Superintendent. of Bchools, for an improved Fire Department, for fur- ther jmprovement and macadam- izing of the city streets and for a rigorous enforcement of the one-mile limit liquor law. All the measures were approved and loudly applauded by the entire as- sembly. The joint caucus then adopted the fol- lowing list of candidates for a municipal ticket: Trustees—First Ward, Captain W. H. Marston; Third Ward, Clarence 8. Mer- ril; Fifth Ward, Major Charles Jensen; Seventh Ward, Christian Hoff. School Directors—First - Ward, W. K. Weirz; Third Ward, Dr. Henry Senger; Fifth Ward, "A. T. Sutherland; Scventh Ward, Gecree Phillips. Town Clerk—M. L. Hanscom. Treasurer—John Squires. Assessor—Isaac Wells. Marshal—Richard W. Lloyd. Library Trustees at large—First ward, Waterman; Second Ward, A. F. Third Ward, D. W. McLaughlin; \\'n‘rd. H. D. Irwin; Fifth Ward, Death of Mrs. Holtum. BERKELEY, March 4.—Mrs. Holtum, wife of away early this morning at her home on the corner of Adéline and Stuart streets, West Berkeley. Death was due to a pe- culiar accident received last Monday | evening, from which the wunfortunate woman was unable to recover. It seems that about 7 o'clock that evening Mrs. Holtum started to come downstairs, when her- foot slipped, and, falling the whole length of the stairway, she struck uncon- scious upon the floor of the hallway be- low. Being alone in the house at the time, she lay in that eondition, helpless, for two hours, until her husband, return- ing home, found her in a partially para- |1yzed condition. From the first her in- | juries were seen to hd of a nature too serious for recovery, and she lingered till this morning. Deputy Coroner J. E. Streightif has ordered an inquest to be held next Monday night. Carrie e Funeral of Thomas Smith. the late Thomas A. Smith will be held Sunday afternoon from Christ Episcopal Church. Rev. Dr. J. | the services. The pallbearers will he B. Graves, Henry Michaels, George L. Lewis, G. Andrews, R. S. BuMock, Flemon Drake. The interment will be at Mountain View Cemetery. —————————— Mrs. Noble Alleges Oruelty. ; OAKLAND, March 4—Mary H. Noble, through her attorney, Phil M. Walsh, this afternoon filed suit for a legal separation from George A. Noble on the ground ot cruelty. e defendant is a painter in the employ of the Southern Pacific Com- ans', and the parties reside in West Oak- and. Oakland News Items. OAKLAND, March 4—Mrs. Marie Jas- per, wife of Antone Jasper, passed away this morning at the family residence, 81§ Henry street, ‘xest Oakland. Deceased was_aged 36 years and ‘leaves one son, aged 14 years. A Mothers” Union has been organized at Golden Gate, the Pur ose of which is to have every child in the district attend a kindergarten for preliminary training of some kind.. Mrs. Illian has been chosen president and Mrs. Cahill vice-president. Auditor _Snow, the I?publlcnn candi- date for Mayor, returned to town to-night | from the funeral of his wife. pany went to the fire, but having no en-| | Candidates Chosen for Trustees, Town | The election of offi- | cers resulted in the cholce of George D. | William | Fred Holtum, passed§ ALAMEDA, March 4.—The funeral. of | T. Lacey will conduct | F. | until_midnight. WON'T BE EVEN "SISTERS” T0 ~ THE BACHELORS Young Ladies Hot at the Ex-Club. BUT CLYDE CONKEY IS FIRM 3 SAYS HE WILL REMAIN LOYAL TO CELIBACY. The Other Ex-Members Will at Once Propose Marriage to Square Themselves With Scorn- ful Beauty. ALAMEDA, March 4—The young ladies of Alameda zre not in a frame of mind to forgive the members of the Bachelors Club. Even the dissolution of the organ- ization, which took place to-night, and | the unconditional surrender of the club, may avail the members nothing. At this date the young ladies refuse to even be sisters to the young men who, in a {houghtless moment, entered into an anti- | matrimonial compact. | Al the bachelors but one are penitent. The remorseful ones agree with President Dr. W. R. Hughes that ** 'Tis not well to | live alone.” The exception is Bachelor | Clyde Conkey, treasurer of the club. He has protested emphatically against the | disbandment of the organization and in- | sists that it is against the future happi- | ness of the members to release them from | their anti-matrimonial agreements. In | his present frame of mind there will be & | bachelors’ club in this city if he is the | only member. | Other bachel sed out of existence to-night assert il lors of the organization that pa: | WS not Mr, Conkey’s fault that he did not break the anti-marriage contract | When it was in force. It is stated that his | protestations of everlasting affection were | spurned by some of the young ladies who | now refuse to forgive the bachelors. | " ““Tnis is the secret of Mr. Conkey's firm stand against matrimony and the dissolu- | tion of the Bachelors’ Club,” said one of | the most penitent members, Secretary H. 1. Zimmerman. truly hope he will see the error of his ways before it is too late. If he does not and insists ul)on being a bachelors’ club all by himself I hope the young ladies will not hold the rest of us responsible for his actions. He is a good- hearted youni gentleman, and would | make an {deal husband if he will only lay | aside his prejudices against the fairer sex. He will suffer if he does not. The six | months during which I lived up to the | rules of the Bachelors’ Club was the most lonesome, desolate period of my exist- ence. 1 want nq more of it.” The final meeting of the club was held this_evening at the home of Bachelor J. H. Wittich, 1603 Walnut street. Despite the protest of Bachelor Conkey a motion prevailed to adjourn the organization sine die. Bachelor Al Behneman sprung a sur- prise in the shape of an agreement binding | the signers to propose marriage to some | Alameda_young lady within the comingi | &ix months. With the single exception of | the member of the new anti-matrimonial { club all present signed the agreement. After the business meeting the ex-bach- elors discussed an elaborate banquet. Dr. | W. R. Hughes acted in the capacity of | toastmaster, and In his introductory're- marks stated that he hoped the experience of the past six months would be a valu- able lesson to the members. A GIFT WITH A STRING TO IT. Alameda Will Not Accept a Building | Offered for & Hospital. | ALAMEDA, March 4—From present in- dications it is not likely that Alameda will have a receiving hospital unless it con- | structs one itself. The offer of the Woman’s Exchange to give its building to the city for the purpose stated had a string tied to it. Upon the recommenda- | tion of the Board of Health the offer was accepted by the City Trusteées, but it now | appears that the exchange wants some assistance in return for the pronered‘ gift, and the city authorities do not see the matter that way. | The ladies of the exchange desire to ED out of business and_disincorporate. The | legal expenses would be in the neighbor- | hood of $30, which the members think the | city ought to pay. The Board of Health | | has been doing some figuring on the mat- | ter. The?’ find that if the exchange, | buildin, s accepted it will cost several hundred dollars to move it to the city’s lot_and fit it up properly. With a little additional outlay a new building design- ed for use as an hospital could be con- structed. The latter plan may be adopted. | The city’s new ambulance is completed | | and will go into commission March 20. | e OAKLAND | DEMOCRATS RALLY. sz | | 7. L. Davie Talks of the Criticisms of | | Dr. Pardee. | OAKLAND, March 4—The Democrats | | held thelr second rally to-night at Ger- | mania Hall. Henry C. McPike presided. It | | had been announced that John L. Davie | | gnuld answer the criticisms of Dr. G. C. | ardee made in East Oakland. Mr. Davie | | spoke at _length on the incidenis con- | | nected with the railroad strike, when Dr. | Pardee was Mayor. He also referred to the many dealings that he (Davie) had | with Pardee while the latter was Mayor | and when Davie was running an opposi- | | | tion ferry. St L S Campaign Orations Commence. ALAMEDA, March 4.—The Municipal League will open the local campaign Mon- day night at Linderman Hall. Frank Otis. candidate for member of the Board of Education, will be the speaker of the evening. He will discourse on ‘‘Munici- al Elections and the Rights of Voters.” | The league proposes to hold these meet- ings once a week during the campaign. —— e ————— Alameda News Notes. ALAMEDA, March 4.—Cordes Hose Company will give a banquet March 11 at | the urt-street firehouse in honor of the retiring foreman, Willlam Wahmuth. Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Sander will give a reb?(s)t!on to-morrow afternoon at their residence, 2233 Santa Clara avenue. | A Japanese dinner &ar(y was given last evening by Mr. and Mrs. George H. Mas- | tick at their home, corner Pacific avenue | and Wood street. —_———————— Ladies of the Maccabees. California Hive of the Ladies of the Maccabees had a snow party last Tues- | day night in the social hail of the For- | esters’ building, at which there was a |1arge attendance. In the hall, which was | decorated to represent a snow and icicle rotto, there was given a programme that ncluded instrumental music, vocal solos, | recitations and specialties by the follow- ing named: Mrs. Nell, Miss Betts, Miss Lena Johnson, Edna_Bell White, Carrie | Brown and Jennie White, Miss Hattie Simpson, Miss Berta, Miss Howard, the Waterman sisters, Miss Naporini,” Bd | Hanlon and _the Michaelson brothers, | Then followed a dance and refreshments, and, taken as a whole, the affair was one that reflects credit on the committee of arrangements and shows that it is the equal of the committee of any of the local }nves in arranging for an enioytbla even- ng. e e Daughters of Montezuma. The members of the Daughters of Mon- tezuma Council, Degree of Pocahontas, 1. 0. R. M., enio{ed a most pleasant even- ty part ng at the novel y Monday la Whshington Hall, Red Men's ’{mngtln‘; One of the features of the evening, a cake walk by two couples, who did not black .up for the occasion, walking acrcss the floor to rag time music, was equal to any ever presented by professionals, This was followed by a programme of dances that kept those present together | The winner to-night developed Lur CHILDS KNOCKS OUT ARMSTRONG Colored Championship Decided. FIERCE FIGHT AT CINCINNATI RIGHT SWING ENDS THE MILL IN THE SIXTH. Large Crowd of Sports Attends and the Chicago Contingent Wins Heavily on Its Man. Special Dispatch to The Call. CINCINNATI, March 4.—A ten-round contest for the colored heavy-weight championship of the world was the main event to-night before the Stagg Athletic Club. The contestants for the honor once held by Peter Jackson were Bob Armstrong of New York and Frank Childs of Chicago. The men met in Chicago about two years ago and Childs gained the decision in the sec- ond. Armstrong claimed, however, that the contest was prearranged and that Childs took advantage of an opening, thereby gaining the decision over him. The contest to-night assumed cham- pionship airs, a large delegation being present from Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cleveland, Louisville and Chicago. An extra attraction was the presence of Tom Sharkey and his manager, Tom O'Rourke. The men fought for a divi- sion of the receipts, which reached the thousands, owing to the prices, which were from $1 to $25. Armstrong’s seconds were Tom Shar- key and Tom O'Rourke. Childs was looked after by Connolly, Sam Sum- mers and George Washington. Shar- key received an ovation, and in re- sponse to the cries for a speech said he was grateful for the reception. In regard to a fight with Fitzsimmons, he declared he had posted $1000 with a New York paper to bind the fight with the champion. Armstrong and Childs shook hands at 10 p. m. Johnny Murphy of Cin- cinnati was chosen referee. Armstrong towered over his stockily built oppon- ent. He resorted to left hand leads in the first round, invariably receiving a right counter from Childs. In the second round Armstrong was the aggressor, but a hard counter on the jaw staggered him and worried him extremely. Childs rushed and re- ceived a right upperc the At close quarters Armstrong had the advantage. Childs rushed matters in the third and in a mix-up he floored Armstrong with a right swing on the jaw. Armstrong took nine seconds of the count. Upon rising he managed to keep clear of his smaller opponent, who forced him around the ring, vainly trying to land a knockout. The fourth round was a furious one, Childs being staggered by a right on the head, while evidently holding back for a chance to land his right. In the fifth Childs rushed and landed right and left repeatedly, driving Arm- strong around the ring. Armstrong's replies were with right and left jabs. A hard right swing on the jaw stagger- ed Armstrong, and Childs, following it up, landed left and right, which made Armstrong very groggy. In the sixth Childs rushed at Arm- strong and landed a hard right swing on the jaw, which sent Armstrong fly- ing clear across the ring. But for the ropes he would have tipped headlong among the spectators. As he rebound- ed from the ropes, Childs landed his right again on the jaw, which sent Armstrong reeling about the ring with his hands hanging by his side. Childs was about to give the finishing punch when O'Rourke, realizing that his man was helpless, threw up the sponge and the colored heavyweight championship was awarded to Childs. The Chicago contingent won a large sum of money on the contest. After the fight was over O'Rourke and others held a conference on a pro- position that Sharkey challenge Child: such surprising parts that Sharkey agrees to meet him soon. Druidism. The grand officers recently paid a visit to Jackson, Amador County, where they instituted Jackson Grove No. 114 with fifty-two charter members. The officers weré met at Bone, the terminus of the raflroad, by S. Campanella and Mr. Bu- onamici and driven in carriages to Jack- son. The following day they were taken in charge by this committee and the won- ders of the county, its mines and re- sources shown_them. The grand officers will meet in the of- fice of the grand_ secretary at 2 o'clock this afternoon and from there go to Au- rora Grove and pay it.an official visit in Mission Parlor H In the evening the grove will celebrate its second anniver- sa 11, e or a picnic to be held jointly s named in Ma. ar Grove will hold its annual pic- an Jose next May. Temp nic in S; —_——— Independent Foresters. On the night of the $th of next April there will be given a grand public enter- tainment and ball in Odd Fellows’ Hall by the local courts under the auspices of the City Board of Deputies. That body will act as the committee of ar- rangements, and it Jfl'omlses to present to the public one of the best functiofis that has ever been given by this order. Court Yerba Buena at its meeting last Tuesday night rescinded a resolution to collect a war tax of 10 cents per capita to keep in good standing its three mem- bers who went to the tront, as the object —the war with Spain—is over. The court rendered financial assistance to one of its n':?n}l)ers who is very sick and in financial straits. e L His Essence of Truth. For many years the sage held to his in- vestigations.” He sat at his desk in the library with tomes (whatever in the world they are) heaped all about him. He un- rolled manuscripts and studied them in deep abstraction. He turned the pages of many books. At intervals he would nod solemnly and make a note on the sheet of paper lying in front of him. At last the frail body weakened under the strain of unremitting toil. The ancient scholar took to his bed. “The end is near,” said the physician, holding the thin, worn hand in his so that he might lend the old student some of his own courage. “I care not,” whispered the sage, with a smile of resignation. “My work is fin- ished. I have proved it—as I said. On my desk in the library. You will find it there.” When his spirit had departed the life- long friend who had been chosen as ex- ecufor went to the library. There, upon the srewn desk, he found the fruits of all the labor, the essence of Truth which the scholar’ had extracted by years of reading and research. There was the Finished Work. It was as fol- lows: “Tf ‘honey’ did not rhyme with ‘money’ and ‘Lou’ with ‘you,” there never Couffl have been any ‘coon’ songs.’—Chicago Record. —_—e—————— The Parlor Lamp. “Oh, what a_ beautiful parlor How do you light it?” “You don’t light it at all. That's the beauty of it. It's perfectly. safe. and it can’t smoke the ceiling.”—Chicago Trib- lamp! ADVERTISEMENTS. 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BE SENT IN A SEALED PACKAGE BY MAIL. quiet of your home you can try it and see what it does, All correspondence relating to the partment of our business is strictly confldential, We neither publish nor dress applications for trial treatment to IT WILL In the “CALTHOS'" des Ade furnish ~testimonials. Largest Importers of Standard Preparations in the United States. 500D WORK OF THE CALIFORNIANS Delegation Did Well for the State. APPROPRIATIONS ~ SECURED WHITE SAVED RIVER AND HAR- BOR BILL FROM DEFEAT. Perkins, Loud, Hilborn, De Vries, Barham and Barlow Also Joined in Securing Needed Leg- islation. Special Dispatch to The Call, Call Headquarters, Wellington Hotel, ‘Washington, March 4. Tt is not generally known that Sen- ator White of California brought about the adoption of the Nicaragua canal substitute provision, which not only saved the river and harbor bill from utter defeat, but secured a compromise on the Nicaragua canal project. Sen- ator White was strongly in favor of the canal bill; but after consultation with conferees on the part of the House realized they would never yield, so rather than jeopardize California’s prospect of securing $1,250,000 in the river and harbor bill he interceded with his colleagues on the Commerce Com- mittee, Morgan and Frye, and the re- sult was the adoption of Burton’s com- promise provision providing $1,000,000 for preliminary work and committing this Government in favor of construc- tion. The Californians, as a rule, are well pleased with the result of their labors. They not only secured large appropria- tions for the removal of Arch and Shax rocks in San Francisco Bay, but for the improvement of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, Humboldt and San Pedro harbors, Alviso channel. provisions for public buildings at Oak- land, Los Angeles and Stockton: for protection of Yosemite Park, for light stations and revenue cutters; Goat Island naval training station, apd a number of lesser appropriations. Each member of the delegation is en- titled to credit for the work performed; Loud for appropriations for Shag and Arch rocks and Alviso channel; Hil- born, Oakland postoffice; De Vries, Sac- ramento and San Joaquin “improve- ments, Stockton postoffice and Yosem- ite Park appropriations; Barham, for Humboldt harbor, and Barlow, for Los Angeles postoffice. Too much credit, however, cannot be given Senators Perkins and White, who labored zealously, and are entitled to { share the honors accruing to the rep- resentatives, individually and collec- tively. On the whole, the California delegation pulled as much “pork” out of Uncle Sam’s barrel as any delega- tion in Congres®, and each member leaves for home well satisfled. The bills of special importance that failed were the Pacific cable, arid lands, reservoirs and mineral lands bills. De Vries has organized a campaign for the next Congress and feels certain that the mineral lands bill will pass at next winter’s session. QUEER WORK FOR WOMEN. | Remarkable Varic:y Shown in the ! Applications at an Exchange. | “ra like to write verses to order,” said a little woman the other day, taking her of an exchange for woman's work. “Hey?” questioned the manager, look- | ing up from the letter she was reading. “I sald I'd like to write verses to or- der—for birthday parties, luncheons and dinners,” the little woman repeated. “My husband is sick, and the doctors say that—that,” here there was a little break in her voice, “he’ll always be an invalid, | so I've got to earn some money. to take [icang ol im and help educate our chil- | dren. | ““And you wish to write verses.” The manager was puzzled. “Well, you see, we are not a publishing house nor a—" “‘Oh, yes, I know; but you don’t under- | stand. 'I don’t write poetry—only rhymes | and doggerel. The kind one sends with | birthday presents or puts on a luncheon card. That's what I want to do. I have been doing it all my life for my friends for nothing; just whenever they wanted anything of that kind they’d call on me. Now that I have to earn money I thought you might find some persons who were willing to gay for them. I can do them on any subject, and bring in any peculiarity or characteristic they want.” The manager was about to reply when a woman who had been seated in the of- fice got up and came forward, | “She’'s just the one I want," she said hurriedly, her cheeks pink from excite- ment. ‘““My daughter is going to have a valentine luncheon next week, and_two weeks later is her birthday, and I am thinking of giving her a dinner. 1 would like verses for both of these entertain- ments and some original ideas, if you have those for sale, too” she added, looking timidly at the little woman. and decorations, 'if that is what you want?"” “Then suppose you go over there,” said the 'chairs it over with the manager, Indicatin | against the wall, “and t | stand in front of the desk of tho manager | “Yes, I can give you ideas about favors | Mrs. Blank. She is one of our regulal patrons, and if she gives vou work an¢ vou do it to her satisfaction, then you will pay our registration fee and arpel cent of the amount made on your firs) order. What is it you wish?” turning te theé next applicant. “I want work. 1 came from the coun try, and I'm very handy with my hands. The girl was healthy and strong look ing, though she did not have too muct confidence in her own abilities appar ently. “You can sew?"’ “Well, not much,” she admitted, un willingly. “You see, 1 was raised on & farm and used to help father. I can chog wood, milk—" “Can you saw and handle tool The manager looked as one who had receivec an_inspiration. 3 “Oh, yes,” the girl replied, as if it was the most ordinary of womanly acom plcishments. “Then you are the very one I am look ing for. Here is a letter from a lady whe wishes some one to each her two little boys how to use carpenter’s tools. _Shes been to see me twice, and now here’s hes letter.” Then she turne over to an assistan “T'm fond of pets,” said the next appli cant, who was a young girl, “and I want to get orders for washing cats. “Washing them!” the manager ex: d the letter and the gir replied the girl. “Cats have t¢ ed, and 1 want to wash them. ! heard of any one doing such g the very reason I shoul¢ never thing, but that’s u be able to get orders from persons Wwhe have pet cats and don’t know how o1 care to wash them.” i “You are quite right about that, salé the manager. “It is so far as 1 know ar untried field, and there seems a chance for success, Last week a girl came ir who wanted to_ exercise dogs. and befort the week ended I gave her as many qn‘; of-door_exercise, not only_pays well, New York Sun. — e The Age of an Oyster. who wishes may find out the exact ocoF A though he has not the age of an oyster, 3 » “evidence’ in teeth, The lines ir ftale s of the hinge of the shell tell the e representing a year ehole story, each lin A oetar 14 of age at four vears: that 18 An oyster 1s of age a he 1Byold enough to vote, take care of a family and go to market. Going to mar- ket is a disastrous undertaking. for & four-year-old oyster is particularly palat. able.” By this it must. not be supposed that after an oyster has passed the four- layer period and has five, six or even ter wrinkles on his shell he is a back num- ber. Indeed, there are records of oysters being eaten just after celebrating thefr thirtieth birthday, and in most cases they formed a deliclous meal. Thirty is an un- usual age for an oyster to attain, be- cause few are given an opportunity tc live so Ion%. If left to enjoy life in his own way, it is quite probably that the oyster would become an octogenarian o even centenarian. 5 Captain Cochrane on his last trip to Ful- ton Market brought in an oyster found ot his beds that is belleved to be at least thirty-five years old.—Fishing Gazette. —_—————————— LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. DOMESTIC PORTS. USAL—Satled March 4—Stmr Grace Dollar for Alcatraz, via San Francisco BOWENS LANDING—Sailed $ferch 4—Sch Corinthian, for San Francisco. TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS. PHILADELPHIA — Arrived March 4—Stm Carthagena, from Liverpool. NEW YORK—Arrived March 4—Stmr Kara. mania, from Marseilles; stmr Assyrian, frox Glasgow. ‘Ealled March 4—Stmr Hecla, for Copenhagen: stmr Umbria, for Liverpool: stmr Friesland for Antwerp; stmr Phoenicia, for Hamburg stmr La Normandie, for Havre; stmr Saale for_Naples. LIVERPOOL—Arrived March 4—Stmr Campa- nia, from New York; stmr Cyric from New York: stmr Nomadic, from New York. alied March 4—Stmr ‘Etruria, for New York GLASGOW—Salled March 4-Stmr State o Vebraska, for New Y Moo Mareh 4—Stmr 8 York. SOUTHA#FI‘?N;SMM! 1, for New York. P ved March 4—Stmr Friederich der Grosss from Havre. HAVRE—Sailed March 4—Stmr Bretagne, fo) New York. ‘Arrived March 4-Stmr La Touraine, from New York. ANTWERP—Salled March 4—Stmr Kensing: ton, for New Yorl DIED. CONOLLY—In this city, March 5, 1899, Edwar¢ ., beloved husband of the late Margare! Conolly, and father of Mrs. C. A. Cllette Mrs. Margaret Hughes, Mrs. J. J. Lermen ‘Agnes J. Conolly and Sister Mary Agnes of the Sisjers of Charity, a native of Dublin Treland. aged 68 vears. GUNDRY—In this city, March 4, 1899, Mrs E. Gundry, beloved mother of Lillian ant Frank Gundry, and sister of Mrs. F. E Larkin, a native of New York, aged 63 years and 16 days. AUCTION SALES. ABSOLUTE AUCTION OF FINE, RARE, ANTIQUE TURKISH, PERSIAN RU( ; S And ROYAL IRANS BY THE TURKISH RUG CO. 123 GEARY STREET. TO-MORROW (HC;!;D%Y)“‘ at 10:30 a. m., an¢ GOODS NOW ON VIEW. This direct importation is just out of the Custom House for this sale, and none of the rugs have been shown in the Uulted States be fore. A. W. LOUDERBACK, Auctioneer. MAMMOTH AUCTION SALE 5 ar 22 EMPORIUM SALESYARDS, 220 VALENCIA STREET, MONDAY, MARCH 6th, at 11 o'clock, On account of setcling up Murry Estate. We will sell 100 head of 'broken and unbroken horses. sujtable for all purposes; welght from %00 tc 100 pounds. This_stock will_positively be sold to the highest bidder. Stock can be seen on the premises. 8§, WATKINS & CO., Auctioncesm