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16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1899. (¢} ARE LIVING PICTURES THE PROPER THING 2 Men of Christ Church Horrified. LADIES STAND FOR ART PROPOSED SHOW EXCITES A CON- GREGATION. 6t Agnes Guild Prevented by the| Vestry From Giving Its Contemplated Per- formance. Alameda Office San Francisco Call, 1428 Park street, March 29 ladles and gentlemen of Christ pal Church have hud & falling out ety of living picture exhi- rch entertainments. Strange at issue the Jadies are over the prop bitions a ch the ca of the in art, while rymen, led by Mason of 1710 are horrified at the idea hey could not witness such an exhibition and live. The gentlemen blush any fnm at fact sort of way and insist, that it is the proper , however, but they are for the mock their co-laborers in of ch empha y blush al assert their blushes mod displayed by Agnes Guild, connected with irist Church, had undertaken to give an raise funds to increase general welfare of the entertainment t ar bulk ¢ h treasury. - Among other talent the services were secured of Perham Nahl, picture artist. Nahl and his les Bradley, made a name for New York until Anthony tryman Mason, became eir exhibition and New d too small to hold them. ng nicely with t, when the in proposed call it off. Tickets had d a great number of them esentation that the Nahl would be a feature of the . The ladies made their mis- take advertising the Nahl numbers too promiscucusly. As soon as the news delicate ears of the vestry- ounced it “*just tooawful for " and forthwith took steps to horrid” pictures being ex- a church entertainment. At he rector, Rev. T. J, Lacey, g of the vestrymen. Mr, inge as it may appear, did not | The ladles assert that the mere on of living pictures so shocked him he could not undergo the ordeal of King part at a meeting where they were the subject under discussion. His presence, Nowever, was not necessary to the curtain ‘on the display of the Other vestrymen, of whom ake was spokesman, covered ng fa nd cried out against v _considered an immoral show fraught with danger to the welfare of the community. And so Mrs. H. E. Osborn of 1014 Paru street, president of the Ladies’ Guild, was. notified that the living pictur would have to be “killed.” Mrs. Osborn was astonished at the action of the gen- and immediately -called a joint ng of the guild and.the vestry to the propriety of living pictures. tiemen, mee ¢ meeting was held Sunday evening Mr. Mason was not present. The s argued for thelr living . picture the gentiemen could not toler- may have occupied seats in let show, but living pictures 1ly when the exhibition was to be with a man as the central figure. is that the entertalhiment has red off. decided that could not pictures that they would make no effort to add to the church treasury. Notice.is given that se who have purchased tickets can have their money refunded by. applyi the box office. Mr. M. as seen at his home this evening and was not In a very pleasant frame mind. He refuséd to express his opinion cn living pictures ana would neither deny nor aflirm that he objected to them being made a feature of a church entertainment “1 would give $20 for the name of the who [et that secret out,” said Mr. and that was all he would con- sa) g FATAL FALL OF LINEMAN HOLLAND THE MASTHEAD. Falls Across His Wagon Wheel and Meets With Injuries Which " Cause Death. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %08 Broadway, March 29. Michael J. Holland fell from an elec- tric light mast this afternoon and w killed. He fell thirty feet and struck on his chest acro. Several ribs were crushed and the frag- ments punctured the lung: death two hours after the accident. Holland_ was a lineman in the employ of the gas company and was attending to his duty of trimming electric lights. He was working on a lamp near the tranee to the race track, when he mi his footing, and fell. His wagon the foot of the pole and he fell up so. _heavily th doubled up. Ho hospital 4t the race conld be done to_relie 3 died. He in political and fra not n it s completely taken to the ack, but nothing ¢ him and a little was quite prominent ternal circles, and ‘was Methodists in Conference. OAKLAND. March district conference of the Methodist Church South is in session at Asbury Churc dny &r the presidency der C. B, Riddick. ‘Rev. C. 'M. Davenport of Colusa_preached this morning, and many ast Shargos, - ‘This _afternoon . the Ladjes Home Mission Society held its session, and to-night -the’ Sunday school confer- .ence. was addressed by Rev. T. Biitz of ~“Hollister. ~The following clerical _dele- ates are.in attendance: R. P, Wiison, Yr, M. Mc‘}‘(ni h(B Jtl:hn }(mmon. Wi V. E. Booker, J. E. Squires, J. dham,-J. F..Betts, J. G, g ast,” Joseph Healy, D, . jen, J. B. Batchelor, C. G. s P. Page, C: C. Black, . F. Coffin, C. E. Clark, . Todd Clark, William Acton, A. Odom, H. 'W. Curran, H. C. Meredith, P. N. Hlankenship, A’ L. Paul, Jacob Greenwell, .L. D. Hargiss, W. C. Mont- gomery, William Smith, Thomas S. Bur- nett, & D. Lee, A. E. Scers, Charles Luce, J. 8 Vann, R. A. Latimer, J. H. Duncan, Z.- P. Wellington, J. V. Adams, J. MWallace, H. B. Newton. The.lay delegates are: D. B. Hart, B. W. Hunt, D. D. Phillips, J. H. Hen- dricks, £, A. Abshire, G.” E. File, C. M. Hiatt, F. _G. Ledford, W. P. Thomas, Wilifam Ford. G. W. Pickle, Samuei Neale, Rdgar Allen, W. L. Allen, 8. Sailor, ¥Frank Home, T. A. Gill, J.' M. Kyle. A. Adams, J. M. Short, L. M. Shel- le¥, R. K. Cain, R. B. Allen,’C. A. Davis, J.°A. Stroud, C. H. Bumpas, B. F. Gosby, B. Campbell. John Sutherland, W. K. Foaker, Andrew Nelson, W. M. Hutton, G. W. ‘Bytterfield, J. Conklin, €. N. wkins, Robert Chappell, W. G. Burch- i, W. W.-Beauchamp, Thomas Con- doh, W. M. Vanderhurst, J. P. Basham, { C. Basham, H. A, Hardin, D, R. Wilson, 23 SR Baue the | that spoiled it all and prompt- | s the wheel of his wagon. | reported on the condition of their | | resumed MR, SHOW SPOKE VERY EARNESTLY 10 MR, CLEMENT PLEADING LONG . AND HARD FOR BRANDES" LI Defense Pins Faith to i Dr. Woolsey. HIS TESTIMONY THEIR HOPE One Hundred People Tremble. i GREAT RESULTS PREDICTED ATTORNEY BEWNETT ARGUXS NEITHER MADE AN EFFORT TO ON MEDICAL TESTIMONY. | CONCEAL THE AFFAIB.. Several of the Councilmen Have Ideas That They Will At- tempt to Carry Out. Deputy District Attorney Melvin Ap- peals to the Jury for a Verdict of Murder Without Rec- ommendation. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, March 29. The City Hall is on pins and needles | because Mr. Clement and Mr. Snow have spent just twenty-taree minutes in earn- est conversation. This most surprising incident occurred yvesterday afternoon in the City Hall Park, and three seconds after the gentle- Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, March 29. | Juror Benjamin Marston having recov- ered, the noted Brandes murder trial that has now dragged along for fifty days was this morning, Deputy District Attorney Melvin concluding his argument before the jury. In conclusion Melvin once more paid his respects to Dr. E. H. Wool- ief medical expert for the defense, | men had parted Police and Fire and e Witne, Melvin declared | Street departments were in a state of that this man who had test | great excitement, wondering what it all the bad reputations of some of the State’s | meant. reference to the proposed enter- | snt, while the ladies look upon it in | | = | he | to-morrow, after which his colleague, F. | W. Sawyer will ¢ | Bennett's, however, : | connect | { certain jurors during the trial. causing | | that to their certain knowledge some of MISSES HIS FOOTING WHEN AT | | 1 "Second Trial of Elliott Against the | \ i | | The meeting had as much significance City Hall as the meeting of two ors might have on Europe. Mr. 1l become Mayor of Oakland next ¢; Mr. Clement will be City Engi- The two gentlemen between them dishonored the name of a an by attempting to sassinate the reputation of a living wo man as Dr. Woolsey had attempted to a nate the good name of the murdered | girl Lillian. | winesses had honest highwa. n The eloquent prosecutor branded the | neer. story of young Milton Brandes, as told on | have the power, if they have the inclina- the witness stand, ‘a cooked-up yarn” | tion, to declure vacant and fill fully 150 suggested by his parents and recited pa rot-like by the boy, who was under the influence. He asked, under the evidence, that the jury’s verdict be of murder with: | out recommendation. This' afternoon J. E. Bennett comencel]‘ his argument for the defense, occupying | the entire afternoon, and announcing that | would most likely consume the pmlrer | { | - positions. Mr. Snow is a Republican and Mr. Clem- ent a Democrat, and that causes the sur- prise. It is not in proof that they talked about anything else than the sudden change of weather or the recent rains, but on the eve of taking office all sorts of awful rumors are attached to their meeting. The fact that these two gentle- men met in the City Hall Park apparently by accident, where everybody could see them, and if they cared to, could hear them, does not seem to have entered into the calculations of the frightened 150. Had the meeting taken place in the rear room of a church or a saloon there might have been some ground for misapprehen. se for the defense. Attorney Bennett's style of argument is of the conversational order. His whole | argument to-day was based upon the al- leged soundness of the expert opinions of | Dr. E. H. Woolsey. For over three hours | he discussed- minutely the pathological conditions Involved. | One rather strange statement of Mr. attracted unusual a tention. He said that none of the testi- |'sion, but excited office holders and place mony of the prosecution mnecessarily | hunters cannot be expected to talk or showed that Brandes had killed ' his | acr intelligently. daughter. “For,” continued the speaker, *here be any combination be- “he might have tied the apron around her to cover up the crime of some one members of be between two of the thr ny t would natural | the Y | the two Republicans, Mr. Snow and City | boar was continued ‘for trial Mrs. Brandes’ another week. MORE EVIDENCE OF BRIBERY IS HEARD Attorney Dow. The probability {s that there will be no combination at all, and that the department will in the main be | left undisturbed. But this reasonable view refu: to commend itself to the 150. Already some of the new Councilmen e giving voice to their hobbles. Mr. | Girard will ‘introduce a resolution next Monday night aimed at keno playing. He | Stockton and Sacramento have sup- | pressed it and he sees no reason why | Oakland should not. He has been mak- | ing_investigations regarding the saloons imm back rooms where the game is GRAND JURORS NOW ON A POSI- TIVE TRAIL. At Least One Man Will Have to Ex- plain How He Knew So Much About the Jury. played and is prepared to be very spe- ciic. Should he be appointed chalrman of the License Committee something may drop. B. C. Cuvellier does not intend to ignore 2 > the plank in the Repubiican and Munici- Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | pal lL(» gue ipla(forms referring to the %8 Broadway, March ownership of a water plant by the city of Oakland. He says that he is deter- mined to bring about, 1f possible, a prac- tical scheme whereby the cost of water will be materially reduced. 2 A great effort is being made in certain arters to induce Mr. Rowe, whowill un. doubtedly be the president of the new Suncil, to name Councilman-elect Schaf- fer as chairman of the Street Committee. The evidence of attempted bribery of | the jurors who tried the case of James F. | O'Brien, charged with felonious assault, | | | | is gradually being unfolded before the Grand Jury. At to-day” itive t session some pos- stimony was heard which tends to the name of a prominent busi- man with the alleged tampering with | Jurymen. Much influerice is being brought to bear rtin e saloon-keeper, who | {5 accomplish this appointment, which is was one of O bondsmen, is alleged | 3 very important one and involves tha | to have made some very pecullar remarks | letting of more contracts than any other | in a saloon’during the progre single branch of the city government. trial. This conversation will It seems to be generally acknowledged | to the Grand Jury next Monda. | that the new Council will appoint a new to show that Welsh was very confident | wharfinger, although much depends on of the manner in which the Jjury would stand regarding a_ verdict. ~The man whose name is mixed up with the affair is | the Oakland harbor bill now hung up in Governor Gage's office. b be signed, the city will have no authority an old friend of Welsh and for a long | to avpoint a wharfinger, which appoint- time their business relations were. very | ment will fall to the Harbor Commis- close. To-day’s session of the Grand Jury | sjon. This doubt, however, has not de- | was “very short and but few witnesses | creased the number of applicants to sue- were examined. Among them were M. €. Chapman and A. V. Mendenhall, atto They explained to the Grand Jur method in which i | ceed Fred Murdock. John Wilds will probably retain his po- sition as chief janitor of the City Hall, LR . the specidl [ but a big effort is being made to remove ire for O'Brien’s trial was summoned | the night watchman, Tim Holland. At and how certain men actually "placed | next Monday's meefing of the Council themselves in the way of Deputy Sher- | surprises. iff Streightiff for the purpose of being | subpenaed. The Deputy Sheriff was given halt an hour to corral the venire and | the attorneys informed the grand jurors there will probably be man: TOPHAM UNDER ARREST. Berkeley Gas Company’s Manager in |=1(~ tales n(;n ga\er{ulse ltl-s‘umon) during the Toils. their examination for trial jurors, | J - It is belleved that as'a result of the In- | OAKLAND, March 29.2W. B Topham, quiry at least one man will have to an. | the manager of the Berkeley Gas Light Company, who was reported missing a | week ago but who returned, was arrest- ed to-night by Marshal Lloyd and taken | to the County Jail, - Topham is mixed in his accounts and has also largely over- drawn at_his bank. The arrest was | made at the instance of the surety com- pany which had guaranteed Topham. swer to the court, if not for felony, cer- tainly for contempt, there is .proof that he did at least dis the case with — e . BIG STRIKE RECALLED. Southern Pacific Company Now in Progress. | Oakland company. It is said that Top- ham used mone: OAKLAND, March 29.—In thé trial ot [ In8 to return it the $20,000 damage suit of Samuel W R AT | SECRETARY MARTIN’S REPORT. Tne Annual Docum;n; Submitted to Elliott against the Southern Pacific Com- Master Mechanic McKenzie was B n wi-}molsal tn;:,l defen 1 v\d'h;‘(l to prove | the Art Association. tha ainti sust: lamage = e e pabillty 1o pun | 3. R. Martin, assistant secretary of the a train from Ogakland to Pleasanton in San Francisco Art Association, in accord- July, 1884, it was unavoldable because of | ance with the general custom, presented the big rallroad strike at that time. | his annual report to the association yes- ! -day W, ccupied | po, o = Z with the taking of the testimany of Mag. | terday. The rqmrtlcmers all of the lead ager J. A. Fillmore of the South Pacific | INg events in the life of the assoclation Coast system. Flllmore, during the | during the past year. z strike, was general superintendent of the | The receipts from exhibitions and sale railroad. Aftorney Lezinsky, on_behalf | O catalogues during the year netted the of the plaintiff, examined gvnr_ Fillmore | association a profit of $636 82. at great length relative to the methods | The Mardi Gras ball held at the insti- of running trains during the strike and | tute on the evening of February 14 was the failure to carry out the contract with | the most successful affair ever held, ac- plaintiff as purchaser of a ticket calling | cOrding to Mr. Martin's report. It netted for a_through fare from Pleasanton to | the asociation a profit of $615 4. E San Francisco. Mr. Martin referred to Mr. Séarles’ gen- The tr vill occupy seve s, erous offer to a new gallery for the The trigl Wi pOQny Soveral dass: | Gispluy of pletures, ‘and ‘stated that Mr. A Change in Interpreiers. 3 ‘Sxearles' architect is now working on the ans, R. M. Aguirre has been appointed court | * Other minor matters were briefly re- interpreter in Spanish and French lan- | ferred to by Mr. Martin in his report. vice Joseph -Becsey, The following board. of directors were | guages, v, dismissed. ’I’he, inferpreters for the other languages | elected: Joseph D. Grant, Edward Bos- unchanged. They are Louis Locke, Chi-|qui, W. B. Bourn, James W. Byrne, Wil- nese; Dr. C. D. Salfleld, German; V. De- | lis E. Davis, Henry Heyman, L. P. Lati- martina, Italian; and Andrew Glover, | mer, James D. Phelan, Horace G. Platt, Portuguese and Slavonian, | Irving M. Scott, William G. Stafford. 0 00 @ © 0 0 0 @ 6 06 690900 * SUICIDE OF A SAN LORENZO HEIFER. AKILAND, March 29.—A cow deliberately committed suicide to-day near Ban Lorenzo. An electric car in charge of Motorman 8. S. Fender was going from the junction to San Lorenzo, when the tragedy occurred that wrecked the front of his car. The car was rushing along at a good rate and where the grass grows several feet high the motorman saw a cow on the track. The animal would not move, so Fender stopped the car and led the cow off the track. He then mounted his car and started it, but the cow at once ran ahead of him. Again the animal was led off and the car started. The cow stood still till the car had gathered good headway and then she de- liberately rushed at the front truck. The motorman could not stop in time to prevent a collision and struck the cow with great force. The animal was killed instantly and the front of the car was badly wrecked. Fender declares the cow had evidently determined to be killed. 09 0-6-0-0-0-0-0-6-0-0-0-0-0-0—0-0-0-0— Should the bill | | The Berkeley concern is a branch of the | of the company, intend- | ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. FREED FAOM A DRUDGE'S LIFE ON THE TRACK Pathetic Career Willie Mills. NO BETTER THAN A SLAVE of HELD IN VIRTUAL,BONDAGE BY A BOOKMAKER. Justice Quinn Appointed the Little Fellow’s Guardian and Will " Have Him Properly Educated. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, March 29. Willie Mills, to all intents and purposes a white slave, appeared before Superior Judge Hall late this afternon, and at the l4-vear-old boy's request Justice of the Peace J. G. Quinn was appointed his guardian. The lad is a jockey at the Emeryville racetrack, and few knew that he was the rider of St. Calatine, which won the six- furlong event yesterday, leaving Foster's fast Abuse in the lurch. The owner of St. Calatine realized in the neighborhood of $5000 on the result, because so little faith was placed in the rider. The career of the victorious young jockey is pathetic. As anorphan, aged 9 years, he was taken in charge by the Agricultural School of Ilinois. Under an indenture from that institution he was turned over to a man named Seller in Chicago, this man representing himself as a wealthy farmer, who agreed to educate young Mills In agriculture. Instead, Seller put the boy to exercising race hgrses, and fater transterred the control of he lad to Caesar Young, a bookmaker, then at St. Louis, who a year ago last fall brought the boy West and put him to work at the Emeryville track. There he learned to | ride. Young Mills’ condition of slavery first attracted attention about six months ago, | wheén the boy appeared before Justice Quinn, who then held court at Emery ville, and exhibiting his right ear, half | torn off, and ugly bruises on his face and head, complained that the foreman at the | stables had beaten bim. The foreman s | arrested for battery, but before the trial was commenced he'filed a protest with | the Jockey Club against his voung cuser working at the track any longe: The protest was subsequently withdrawn on condition that the case against the foreman be dismissed, and it wa Since then Justice Quinn has been Inve: tigating Mills’ antecedents. His invest gations revealed the true state of the lad's | slavery. A friendship sprang.up between the Justice and the boy, and a few days ago the indenture izsued by the Agricul- tural School of Illinols w canceled at the request of Justice Quinn. The boy, in | the hope of regaining his liberty, request- | ed Justice Quinn to act as his guardian and the latter accordingly applied for le | ters, which Judge Hall' granted before | | court adjourned. | Justice Quinn promises to see that his new charge is properly educated and {parfid. but not in the ways of the race- rack. GOOD LUCK IS WITH T. H. BLYTHE'S CHILD WINS AN IMPORTANT CASE IN | THE SUPREME COURT. Florence’s Guardian Had No Right to Incumber the Estate—Twenty Thousand Dollars In- volved. Mrs. Florence Blythe-Hinckley must have been born under a lucky star, for | she seems to be successful in everything | in which she is interested. Her Iz cess was the winning of a la | which $20,000 was involved, action for that | amount being brought against the estate which she inherited from her deceased father, the late Thomas H. Blythe. | In 1889, while the Blythe estate case was still pending in the courts, James Crisp Perry, as guardian of Florence Blythe and her estate, entered into a contract with George P. Goff, an attorney, where by it was agreed that Goft should prepa: and furnish to the young lady’s attorney, W. H. H. Hart, a brief on her part on the question whether or not she had been legitimated under the laws of this State. It “was further agreed that in considera- tion of this service and when she had been legitimated by Goff and she came into possession of the property, Goff was to be paid out of the estate a reasonable | compensation for preparing and furnish- {ing the brief. He fultilled his obligations under the contract and before the death of Flor- ence’s guardian, Perry, in 1891, he gave the | brief to Attorney Hart. For this service Goff demanded as his compensation $20,- 000 after the case was decided in favor of the dead milllonaire’s child. The court was asked to decree that this was a just claim for the service rendered and that it be declared a lien upon the real prop- | erty. After’ this action was begun Goff | died, and Harry N. Morse, as adminis- | trator for defendant’s estate, was sub- stituted as plaintiff. ~ Subsequently an amendment was made to the complaint to the effect that after making the con- tract between Goff and Perry, as guar- dian of Florence and her estate, it was agreed and understood that Perry should in no way become personally liabie. To this compiaint as amended a demur. rer was interposed specifying as grounds thereof that fhe amended complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action; that it did not appear that any order of the Probate Court had even been made or obtained authorizing Perry as guardian or otherwise to enter into the contract alleged, and that the ac- tion was barred by the provisions of sec- tions 337, 339 and 343 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The lower court sustained the demurrer without leave to amend, and judgment was entered for the defendant. An appeal was taken and judgment of the lower court was affirmed. The Supreme Court says: It nowhere appears therefrom that the brief was even accepted by the leading counsel or used in the settlement of the Blythe estate, or that it aided the de- fendant in the least in obtaining the judg- ment of the court establishing her "heir- ship and by which judgment she succeed- | ed to the ‘possession of the property of | the guardian has no power without the order of court to sell or incumber the property of his ward. * * * The con- tract, as alleged in the complaint, which assumed to incumber the property of the ward without an order of the Probate Court is invalid. This renders it unneces- sary to consider the statute of limitations. Judgment affirmed.’” —_—————— New Lodge of Workmen. Judge George H. Bahrs, grand master workman of the A. O. U. W., instituted a new lodge of the order last night, com- posed of members of the order of Old Friends. During the past six months Dr. F. F. Lord, J. K Slinkey and other active members of the Old Friends have been energetically at work organizing the lodge which was baptized last night.. After the initiation of the new lodge a banquet was held, where the members and their nu- merous friends assembled to bid the baby lodge good luck on its journey through its fraternal life. The following are the officers of the lodge: Past master workman, Franklin F. Lord; master workman, H. H. Davis; | Mrs. Morales w. | pass inside watch, Henry A. Hell- Sk Cunningham; wegen; outside watch, A. C. flrsgl trustee, A. W. Martin; second trus- tee, Willlam Koehler: third _trustee, eorge Simmons; medical examiner, Dr. F. F. Lord. - e DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL CLUB. Literary and Musical Entertainment for the Members. The Democratic Central Club met last night in Pythian Castle, Oscar Hocks pre- siding. A very large and enthusiastic au- dlence had gathered to listen to the ex- position of Jeffersonian principles. Sena- tor R. Porter Ashe spoke of his labors at Sacramento and of the value of organiza- tion as a means to success. Robert Fer- rall, one of the oldest warhorses in the arty, brought. tears to the eves of his {steners. Reel B. Terry told the story of Cleveland’s and Carlisle’s betrayal of the party in the election of 18% and of the lonely life now led by Mr. Carlisle in the city of New York, forsaken as he is by allhis former friends. Charles Edelman, twice a candidate for the nomination for the office of State Treasurer, who is a resident of Orange County and the possessor of an orange grove, spoke of the loyal devotion of his better half to the principles of the Dem- ocratic party, said devotion consisting in her covering up the entire grove with green cloth on Bt. Patrick's day. M. Greenblatt, who missed by a_ few votes being called to take charge of the municipal strong box, spoke on national matters and deprecated the war now be- ing waged in the Philippine Islands by Maxim guns and modern rifles against bow and arrow. 2 Edwin Booth Ryan recited the wrongs the late, Shamus O'Brien suffered at the hands of perfidious Albion during the dark days of '95. Vocal and Instrumental selections kept the audience in good humor throughout the entire evening and a plentiful supply of steam beer, sandwiches and cigars tended to cheer the Democratic heart. On Thursday evening next, April 6, the club will entertain Hon. James G. Ma- guire at a banquet. IMPORTERS REJOICE OVER A NEW ARRIVAL APPRAISER LUNT TO SETTLE DISPUTES. San Francisco, the Second-Best Reve- nue Port in the United States, , Should Have a Permanent Appraiser. Wilbur F. Lunt, a member of the Board of General Appralsers, arrived from New York yesterday for the purpose of making an examination of disputed appralsements and of passing judgment upon the same. For some reason not at all comprehend- ed by the human intellect, all the nine members of the Board of General Ap- praisers are kept in New York City, and all appeals from appraisements made in any port in the United States are passed ; the board. In the case of San , 3000 miles from New York, there is oftentimes much delay in having the appeals decided. There are a large number of these appeals from San Fran- cisco on the file, and the importers, Wish- ing to_expedite matters, requested Col- lector Jackson to ask that a member of the board be sent to this city to settle the appeals without further delay. In re- sponse to the suggestion of the Collector, Appraiser Lunt has been ordered here, and the fmporters are happy. Collector Jackson says that San Fran- cisco is the second port of importance and revenue in the United States, and | that a General Appraiser should be sta- tioned permanently in San Francisco for | the benefit of the importers and the ex- pediting of their business —_—e General Morales’ Widow Is Here. Mrs, Natalia de Morales, widow of General Prospero Morales, who came very near upsetting the government under President Barrios, arrived in the ci terday morning on the steamer ( Sydney It will be remembered Morales was a fugitive from the Gov- ernment and was found dying in a cave on the Mexican frontier. After the defeat of the revolutionary army _and the flight of General Morales, s In hiding for some time After Presi- Morales wa at the -Mexican Legation. dent Barrios’ death Mrs. treated with great consideration by Presi- | dent Cabrera. The lady was allowed to at will through the country. and she came to this city, where she will re- main a while for her health. — e ———— May Taber Returns From Guatemala. | Miss #lay Taber, who recently acquired considerable notoriety in this city by having her name linked with General Barillas in various arrived from Guatemaia yesterday on the City of Sydney, and went immediately to San Mateo with her mother. Miss Taber has been a re Libertad,” one of General Barillas’ coun- try places, for the past two vears. She has been enjoving herself to the utmost in the southern villa, but she finally de- cided to return to more congenial shores, It is said that the jealousy and enmity of Mme. Barillas was the cause of her leaving General Barillas and the coun- try home. Things became so warm for | the fair San Franciscan that she decided to leave Central America forever. Em Niantic Parlor’s Delegates. Joseph B. Keenan and Frank Drury have been elected as delegates to Grand Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West from Niantic Parlor, and D. Stoney and Frank Mordecal weré chosen as alternates. Supervisor Lewis F. By- ington, a member of this_ parlor, is in line of promotion for grand orator. B e Ingenious Ah Dock. Ah Dock, the Chinese lottery ticket sell- er who hit upon the ingenious plan of carrying around the tickets under the col- | lar of his dok, appeared before Judge Mo- gan yesterday. ‘He pleaded guilty, and the Judge sentenced him to pay a flhe of $10 for his ingenul —————— HOTEL ARRIVALS. PALACE HOTEL. E R Smith, N Y |9 S McPherson, Mich Mrs Curran, Mavfield |[Mrs J S McPherson, G F Bidwell, Chicago| Michigan C F Taylor, St Paul (Mrs M A Rust, Mich H Macray, London |Mrs ‘A Freeman, N Y Mrs H Macray, Londn|W A Dayton, N J T Cranage, Mich Mrs W A Dayton, N J A Hill, Michigan Miss Clarke, N J P L Sherman, Chcgo G Gloelgle, Palo Alto W L Tucker, N Y Mrs Hudenhoffer, Butte City L C Waite, Riverside L Bauer, Germany G J Cole, St Louis Mrs G J Cole, St Louis Mrs C_ Wheeler, Phila Miss G_Wheeler, Pa Mr Mosely & w, N Y M Schenck, N Y R Gibson, N Y IMrs R Gibson, N Mrs H J Biddle, Pa |Miss " C "Biddle, Pa Miss C B Balrd, Pa H C Watts, Pa Mrs H C Watts, Pa M V Beiger, Ind Mrs MV Beiger, Ind Y C_ A Stockstrom, StD M Garrison. U S N . Louis B B McGregor, N ¥ Mrs C A Stockstrom, Mrs B B McGregor,NY St Louls A F Douglass, Colo Miss Mority,S Louis |A Smith, Stockton Mme Melba, London [C Smith, Stockton Miss Donaldson, Lndn Miss Banson, Mayfield C A Ellls. Boston - |W H Wood, N Y A W Willlams, Boston A Urquhart, Glasgow F W Hannan, Boston N Cochrane, Glasgow E B Sterling Boston |A Barber, Grand Rpds Mrs E B Sterling,Bstn[H S McCormack, N Y J W Catty, London i!\h‘s D B Hatch, N Y J B Peakes, Sta Cruz (Miss Hatch, N Y W H Turner, U 8§ N [C H Lymberg, N Y Mrs_J_Emerson, DetroitMrs W D Smith, N Y R E Emerson, Detroit/D F Curran, -N' Y A C Bryer, N' Y {B F Hall. N Y Mrs A C Bryer, N Y |C H Osborne, Stanfrd J S Hanburg, Pa C Aaron. Pitisburg Mrs J S Hanburg, Pa |M Aaron. Pittsburg W C Johnson, N'Y [Mrs M Aaron, Pittsbg GRAND HOTEL. . Sacto G E Harcourt, H I G T Crandall, Omaha |W W Black, Hollister J H Roberts, Sacto |R Holton, Cal J K Bulger, Cal C Dunphy, Stanford T M Yorke, Stanford W H Eagle, Chicago G C Hyatt & w, Cal ¥ P Clark, Stocktoh {H H Potting, Cal G B McCord, Hanford Mrs L Spence & ¢, Cal (W C Taylor, Cal J A Black, Chicago \Mrs A D Tappan, Cal W S Gibbs, Pa Mrs C H Anderson, Cal E P Grant, Modesto H 8 Deming, S Cruz H B Gillis, Yreka E L Van Cluck, Cal M E Bettman & w. Cal/G C Flanders & w, O Miss E Bales, Reddink|A W Ocoback & w, Or { Lawrence, B C |& Arnold. Onkdale rence, C C L Hoska, Tacoma D W Jones, Cal Mrs N Adams, Minn H Adams, Minn W B Flemery, L Ang _ W_J Moze & w, Tl J W Heard & w, Napa J L Badge.Jr, L Ang T FBixby & w. Cal G W Stewart, L Ang Mrs M E Stone, Til Miss B Stone, Tl {" 1‘3’ Boe. Cal oyt, Cal M Wom{ NY A Anderson, Suisun A Heilbron, ‘Sacto ‘W W Patterson, Cal |3.C Bunner, Sonora, H L Smith, Cal F L Coombs, Napa IR € Wilson, Cal foreman. F. B. Paddock; overseer, John Dern; financier, John C. Anderson; re- celver, Arthur Wheeler; recorder, J. E. J B-Porter, Salinas F Habener, N Y T L Pritchard, Sacto C E Stegmaler, Pa M J Reinmuller, N ¥ O Blizard, Colo es- | the | | | ik | i | | y of [ ——— — that | SCOTCH nurse, best of references, desires a i | ensational episodes, | W ident of “La | | | | i | | | | W T Hughes, Oakdale |~ CLUBMAN OVERBOARD IN A HEAVY SEA TOM DWYEx HAS A NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH. He Was Sinking Under the Weight of Extra Clothing When Caught With a Boathook. Thomas B. Dwyer, a deputy in the Tax Collector’s office, residing at 844 Bay street, had a narrow escape from drown- ing yesterday morning in the open sea. With a number of Olympic Club friends Dwyer formed the fishing party that left this city early in the day on A. Paladini & Co.’s tug the Henrletta. = Outside the heads they encountered rough water, which grew rougher as they proceeded down the coast. The members of the fish- ing party, some of whom were not sea- soned salts, had a pretty rough time, but none of them got the dose that came to Dwyer. ; In some manner that he cannot explain, he was caught in one of the heavy seas the tug shipped and swept overboard. He had on a large pair of rubber boots, a heavy coat and an overcoat and was in a_fair way of sinking from the weight of this clothing, when the engineer of the tug managed to catch him with a boathook. ‘When Dwyer was drawn aboard the tug he was pretty far gone, and it was more than an hour before he regained con- sclousness. During the remainder of the day he was decidedly seasisk and re. turned to the city very weak, but other- wise none the worse for his mishap. MEETING NOTICES. CALIFORNIA Lodge No. 1, F. and A. 1, will meet THIS (THURSDAY) ENING, March 30, at 7:30 o'clock Third degree. By order of the M ter. FRANKLIN H. DAY, PACIFIC Lodge No. 155, L F.—~Will__be Initiat EVENING, March 3, 1599, ing brothers invited JOHN STEVENSON, N. G. Visit- . tion and_elec tion of representatives to Grand Lodge FRIDAY, March 31. BA BU Lodge No. 15, S, ll. ‘O 0. lection of rand = odge r2 tatives THURS- =2 DAY, March 2. IS JAMES BOYES, N. G. J. D. SCHLOEN, Rec. Sec. CHEAPEST and best in America—The Weekly Call, 16 pages, sent to any address in the United States or Canada one year for §I, postage paid. SPECIAL NOTICES. | PILES_PETER FREILING'S pile salve, $1 per box; warranted to cure all cases of bleeding, itching, external, internal or protruding plles without fall, no matter of how long standing. 1621 evisadero st., near Sutter. BAD tenants efected for $4; collections made; city or country. PACIFIC COLLECTION CO., 415 Montgomery st., rooms 8-10: tel. §520. ROOMS papered from $3; whitened, $1 up; painting do; Hartman Pairt Co., 219 3d st _——— DIVIDEND NOTICES. DIVIDEND Notice—Dividend No, 91 of the Oceanic Steamship Company (fifty cents per share) will be payable at the office of the company, 327 Market street, on and after Saturday, April 1, 189. Transfer books will close on’ Saturday, March 25, 1899, at 13 o'clock m. _E. H. SHELDON, Secretary. SITUATIONS WANTED—Continued, BAKER—Young man; first-class baker on bread and cakes. Address 134 and 13 Fourth st. FIRST-CLASS painter; will work cheap. Ad- dress 90732 Mission s MAN and wife with a 3-vear-old boy wish situatfons on a ranch; wife is a good cook, and the man understands all about dairy or farm business. Inquire or write B. F., 2425 1 st., Sacramento. BY young man capable of taking care of horses, cow, garden: good driver; repairing harness; handy with all kinds of tools; good references. Call office. CLASS French gardener, experlenced in vineyards and orchards,” with good refe; ences, wishes a position. Address A. B., 1125 Stockton st. 24 bookkeeper will pay half first to anyone securing him posi- B Call SITUATION as booklgeeper, collector or sales- man; best of refefence. Address box 43, Call ‘office, Oakland. WANT tion. D—By a young ¢ ons; city or country; handy all-around people. -Ad- rumm st G man wants employment of some kind _in city or out; reference. Box 1203, Call office. WANTED—Position as private fam- ged; thorough- references. Address years' references. YOUNG German gardener wishes p | private family; clty or country. Ada arkin s 3 ACCOUNTANT of lofig_and wide experience wishes position as bookkeeper or office man. Box 1214, Call. XPERIENCED grocer wants position: city : references; German, English. E. WANTED—Situation by experlenced barkeep- clty or countr. German and 3050 Twi N couple wish positions on ranch man experienced rancher and dalry- wife good cook and housekeeper; ref- 101 Prospect place. dairy; man; | erences. HELP WANTED—FEMALE. COOK, $30; 2 second girls, $20 and $25; h work girl, Belvedere, $25, see lady here; Ala- meda $3, . Redwood other to 12 huu;e" < girl! D woman; care of bab: CULLEN, 3% Sutter st. . 2 In_family, Mill Valley, v, 5 Sutter st. MIDDLE-AG | home. MIS HOUSEWORK MISS CULL! GERMAN or Swedish second girl, place: parlor maid and waltress, CULL! 325 Sutter st. ‘e, Santa Cruz, German preferred, EN, 3% HOUSEWORK girl. sleep home, $i5. CULLEN, 3% Sutter st- HOUSEWORHE $15 MIsS Concord; fare paid. MISS 3 Sufter st. | s HOT! staurant waltresses, §20 and $25 per_month; 6 waitresses, $15 per month. Suttar st MISS CULL! 3% 2 HOUSEWORK girls, Alameda, itter st tter st. $20. SWEDISH cook, Sutter st. NEAT young_girl, as CULLEN, 3% Sut waltresses, CULLEN. Sutter st girl, $15; second girl, Sutter st. NEAT young CULLEN, 3 WAITRESS, Crockett, 30; French maid and seamstress child, $25. MISS CULLEN, 8 Santa Cruz §20; 525 SITUATIONS WANTED—FEMALE. COMPETENT German mother and daughter desire situations; mother good cook; daug ter second work or nurse; references. MISS CULLEN, 325 Sutter st. COMPETENT Swedish cook desires situat best references; city or country. MISS C LEN, 3% Sutter st. FIRST-CLASS German cook and laundress desires situation: 2 years last place; city or country. MIS JLLEN, 3% Sutter st. e situation. J.'F. CROSETT & (O., 316 Sut- ter st. 2 veits fal hotel, eountry. first-class commercial hotel, €0l 520 s and free fare one way. C. R. HANSEN & 20., 104 Geary st. 10 WAITRE: , different springs and coun- try hotels, $20 and $25; 2 restaurant waltress- es, $8; 2 chambermalds to walit, §20; 2 young waltres: $15. C. R. HANSEN & CO., 14 Geary %0 COOKS and housegirls (good ~competent girls) for city and country, $15 to $30; middle- aged German to care for 2 children, ‘countr: §15; nursegirl, $§ month, to care fér baby, 1o office fee. C. R. HANSEN & CO., 104 Geary st. RELIABLE cooks, second girls and_Infan nurses awaifing situations. MRS. KRAUSS, 315 Stockton st.; tel. CI 24 v general housework in the coun- ges §20. MISS DILLON, 315 Sutter st. NG womanl wishes light housework; likes children; references given. Please call 41 Madigon ‘ave., off Harrison st., between Fitth xt and YOUNG widow with 1 child wishes position as housekeeper for an old gentleman or lady. Call or address 45 Fifth st. COMPETENT woman wants general house- work, city or country; low wages. 312B Clementina st., near Fourteenth. ANTED—S{tuation by & young woman; any kind of work by the day; $1 25 per day. Ad- dress 208 Drumm st. WANTED—Position as working housekeeper or care of children; no objection to country. | Western Hotel, room 51 CHAMBERMAID, hotel; chambermald, walt 1 Tmeal, $20; 4 waitresses, 320, $5 and §§ week; and others. J. F. CROSETT & CO., 316 Sut- ter st. COOK American family of 3, across the ba. 32, see lady at 10 o'clock; French lady's maid to travel, $25; 3 cooks in American and German families, $25 and $30; 2 waitresses and parlor maids, §25; 2 North German and Irish nurses, $25; and girls for cooking and housework: J. F. CROSETT & CO., 316 Sut- ter st. GOOD cook or_general housework in the coun- _try; wages §20. MISS DILLON, 31> Satter. GERMAN second girl for_San Rafael; girl for general housework in. Sufsun; wages $22 50. MISS DILLON, 315 Sutter st. GOOD girl for_second work and care of chil- dren. MISS DILLO Sutter st. 5 COOK ser country. MISS DILLON, 315 Sut- ter ot. ¥ou NG American woman wishes to do general | o Box k; good plain cook; references. Call office. $90; 6 upst 3 YOUNG cooks, s gisls, $1 $20; 10 housework girls, $10, $l. MRS. KHAUSS, 315 _Stockton st YOUNG woman wishes position to do light up- stairs work or care for child over 3 years; wages $12. Address hox Call office. G girl would like position to take care of dren; no housework; wages $10 to $12. Ad- dress box 736, Call office. FIRST-CLASS all-around boarding-house, res- taurant or hotel cook _wishes a_situation. Please address or call at 741 Howard st., r. 12, TWO voung ladies would like positions; one as waltress; the other to do second work. Ad- dress or call room 9, 216 Kearny st. YOUN girl wishes a situation as second girl or ilght housework. 645 McAlllster st. RELIABLI irl; general housework; plain cook; §12." 2510 Pine st. good WOMAN wishes housecleaning by the day. 1113% Howard st., room 21. COMPETENT woman wishes situation as cook | or general housework.. Call 1650 Post st. WANTH ¥ the day; sleep WANTED—A place to work ¢s, 48 Seventh st., room REFINED, domestic woman would keep house or go as companion to elderly person; pleas- ant home; small wages. 997 Market, rm. 10S. FIRST-CLASS Swedish seamstress and wa ress wishes position; wages $25. Call 130 Cook off Geary, after 2 p. m. SWEDISH xirl wants a position to do fanty ironing In dyeing and cleaning works. Call 150 Cook st., off Geary. ° COMPETE girl for general housework in small family; w $25. Please call at 142 ighth st., SWEDISH woman wants work by the day at washing or housecleaning. Address 433 Fran- clsco st for 2 days. llke situation at second work. 179 Pr ave. for 2 days. | sew and mend part of day for good Box 1169, Call. NT Swedish girl wants position to 5 Prosper st. ADY wi home. COMPF do general housework he 2 &0 10 girl wishes position where hool in afternoon. Address 1 otel, 44 Third st., near Mar- rooms: 2¢ to $1 50 night: $150 to 3 : convenient and respectable; free ‘bus - to and from ferry; elevator. S news for 5 cents—The Weekly Call, in wrapper, for mailing, $1 per year. cape, propogat- the very highest a situation. —Par- of reterer P ticulars of J. F. ramento st 2 E emplymt office: el 17O, Geary st.; tel. Polk 1 Japanese Employment Office 4141 O'Farrell st.; tel. OKI, 3) Geal position about gentle- s place: second butler, choreman or gardener; understands _the ' cultivation of fiowers and vegetables thoroughly; good ref- German wants erences. Box 9, Call office. SOBER middle-aged man wants work; private family, horses, garden, cooking, useful in generai: references: wages no object. Address Call office, Oakland. box 4421, by elderly man; gardener, man understands care horses, raising handy with tools; references. W., Call STEADY young German Catholic: 28 years old: care horses, garden and make himself useful Box 78, Call office. boy, 17 years old, wishes work of any German descent: reference. Address ECKTER, 652% Natoma st. GOOD German cook wishes position as cook or help in kitchen; city reterence. D. D., box Ted, Call. WANTED—3 vouns ladies to travel: one with some knowledgé of painting, the other of re- touching photographs, the third as assistant: state age, lary expected, etc.; only those able to léave city a year need apply. 61, Call office. : WANTED—A girl to do general housework; ‘must understand taking care of baby; 4 in famlly. $03 California st. FIRST-CLASS alteration hands on skirts at A. CAILL! J* 114-116 Kearny st. FIRST-CLASS ironer. GOLDEN GATE DYH WORKS, 342 McAllister st. WANTED—Girl for second work and walting. 1307 Hyde st. . GIRL for general housework; references re- quired.” Call after 6-p. m. at 221 Sanchez st WANTED Young girl to_take care of chil- dren; good home. Apply 3434 Clay st. TICE girl_on custom-made some expecience, 214 Seventhst. YOUNG girl to walt in restaurant; short hours. 685 Geary st. & : GIRL or midde-aged woman for housework. 716 Green st. coats, WANTED—Good waitress at 619 Sacramento st. COMPETENT Swedish girl to do housework 1n CSmR]l» family. Call at 441 Sixth, near B ant. GIRL for housework: American famil wages §25. 631 Larkin st. WANTED—GIrl to help in light housework; $10 month. 426% Grove st GOOD waltress. 106 Second st. GOOD dinishers on pants wanted: steady work. $54 Folom st. 500D finisher and- buttonhole maker for boys’ GOtioring. 28 Rose ave., bet. Haight and Page sts. pants finisher wanted FIRST-CLA; early at 46 Tenth st., bet. Broadway and ‘Washington sts., Oakland. GIRL for general housework. Apply at 3448 Twentleth st., northeast corner of Capp, after 9 4. m. GERMAN girl Hayes st. Ly Yesys FIRST-CLASS tafloress for ladtes’ tafloring. COHN, 332 Sutter st. rentice and improver for dress- Webster s for. general housework. 3% FIRST-CLAS tleman. Room 4, 408 California st. WANTED-Thoroughly competent “saleswoman for Sacramento. glove kid Apply 523 Mar- ket st., room 7, from 2 to 3 p. m. ONLY_experie ands on silk waists; pow- er. S. F. MFG. CO., 409A Turk st % YOUNG girl for apstzirzs work. 1207 Gough street. YOUNG girl for downstalrs work and cooking; od wages. 1307 Gough st HELP WANTED—M (LE. MURRAY & READ ...Phone Main'5848 WANT T.;Alv,\\'“b. T P ey 3 and " foun anch blacksmi $45 and found awnp blacksmith. ... Tools advanced for 1) more woodchoppers, $1 and 70c cord; stableman, $35 and found; gar- dener, $25; furnace man. $40 and found; milk- 25 hands. choreboys. et o R HOTEL, DEPARTMENT Baker, $30; | . $30 and found: § waiters, 4 Yound: © cooks, $30, $35 and $40: ranch it MERRAY & READY, 634-636 and wite, Santa Cruz, $3, MISS CULLEN, 3% Sutter st. BUTLER, $35: good place. MISS CULLEN, 325 Sutter st. Al OPERATORS on ladies’ jackets, SON & MILLER, 131 Market st. DAVID- [\