The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 27, 1899, Page 6

FRANCISCO ‘ALL: SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1899 (e Call 04 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. ;L BLICATION OFFICE Market and Third Sts., S. F Telephone Main 1865, EDITORIAL ROOMS. 217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874. DELIVERED BY CARR ngle Copies, 5 cents. Including Pogtage: DAILY mday Call), one yea DAILY ng Sunday Call), 6 months DAILY CAL! ng v Call), 8 month DAILY CALL—By Sing SUNDAY CALL Year ALL, One Year. EKLY C All postm Sample OAKLAND OFFICE.. NEW YORK OFFICE.. ... Room 188, World Butiding | C. GEO. KROGNESS. Advertising Representative. | WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE ‘Wellington Hotel | C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. ‘ Foru e Marquette Buflding ESS, Advertising Representative. s will be f srwarded when requested. o iiveies....908 Broadway CHICAGO OFFICE ... C.GEORGE KROGN! BRANCH OFFICES—5S7 Montgomery street, corner Clay cpen until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 930 o'clock. 62! McAlllster street, open until 9:30 c'clock. 615 Larkin street. open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open untli 10 o'clock. street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. I505 Polk street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. "The Moth and the he Gypsy Baron.” ecialties. ar Eighth—Bat: BOND INVESTIGATION.- tigate the Clerk of the evil d the extent A0V hope sason for believing the 1 that a thorough invest for so long a t Ir the have: been to blame of been v that i the Supervisors themselves in the have ss to relieve from their ok sureties on bonds that have been forfeited. h clerks ready to accept st bonds and with Supervisors ready to relieve sure on good bonc criminal in San Francisco has been by , B s The mag evil is far greater than the public has supposed. .Attorney O'Do 1, who has for some years been engaged to look after the recov- a representative of ake o he discovered that forfeited bonds, stated to that when he was appoint harge 1bout eight years of t t work an organized gang was in existence that made a living in the business of accepting straw bonds. By tre us efforts the gang was dispersed and the ctice checked for a time, but Mr. O'Donnell says: “Within the past two years this pernicious system 1 been rearing its head and many sureties en- Clerks the others have been extremely neg worthless have been in cepted. Police Courts and . and 1 have nt i nds, if nothing wors ccepting bo experienced great trouble in getting possession of the bonds forfeited, as the excuse was alway$ given that they had been pigeoriholed or mislaid. I have sug- gested m ny times in my reports to the Board of Su- pervisors a system whereby one person should take nd be responsible for all bonds accepted, the P Courts. not watch the Police Courts and must rely upon the clerks of the courts to notify me of any bond that is My duty is merely to take ac- a bond is declared forfeited. There must ¢ a responsible party to look aiter these bonds, and charge of more particularly in lice I can- not considered right tion whe a register and index should be kept showing what had bec It is imperative that something be done not only each bond.” me to punish perse being investi be t d by the Grand Jury, but t} prevent t steps ken to similar p 15 CENTS PER WEEK. | I'the city, between Market street, the b | ocean, and a large proportion of the territory on the | ters are muthorized to recelve subscriptions. i | 2291 Market | . [than once recapitulated in The Call. anchises and privileges, | y-Fifth streets, | (e guilty of the straw bond frauds now | VERBAL R@AILROAD INSPIRATION. HE Evening Post of this city ought to be inter- Testing to theologians. It is probably the only existing and conceded specimen of plenary and literal inspiration. Not only its ideas but its lan- guage, such as it is, are inspired directly by the Mills that grind unceasingly in the yellow building at the | intersection of Market, Montgomery and Post streets. On Thursday it transmitted to an incredulous pub- lic a few of the latest railroad falsehoods. The Mar- ket Street Railway Company has asked the Super- visors for so much of the earth, with two or three i as lies on the northern side of the trifling reserv and the divihng line between San Francisco and San Mateo Count It has picced out and adjusted its franchises so as to exclude all possible com- block on Taylor street, which also unites with an old and unused franchise that ought long since to have been forfeited. It has also directed its agents in the board to confer upon it a new franchise along Grant avenue from Geary street to Bush street and down Bush street to Sansome street. It has further ex- acted pos: ion of Montgomery street, of Sansome street and of Battery street. These are only portions of the intricate network of franch which the present clean- up of the Market Street Railway Company es and privil but they are sufficient for our present object, and the | omitted parts of the gigantic scheme have been more Surrounded and | entrenched by all the other f | it has offered to surrender its sting cable franchise { ry street in return for a new franchise to run y vears, but for the initiatory five without any contribution to the municipal treasury. On this treet, between Grant avenue and Taylor street, it e le every afterncon | | also claims to own another old and unused franchise, so that on so much of the route it assumes that in iddition to possession it has a double grip. The v Street Railway is now substantially part of the | Market Street Ra stem, but it has a segre- gated liability to bondholders of $671,000 that will not mature until 1921, or about eighteen years after the | present franchise will expire. This deliberate fraud is to be ratified by the new franchi and it hae been iy pointed out by The Call that, with this. ac- quisition for fifty years an expenditure $300,000. interest at 5 per cent per annum on at least two millions could be secured. The railroad, through the Post, on Thursday last segregated the Geary street application from the mainder of the swindle in which it is an important 1d, treating it as standing by-itself, inquires f it is so valuable, the proprictors of three ng newspapers that oppose the projected frand ot singly or outbid the Market Street Railway Company and thus reap the large eal. “Does any one Huntington or the and re- element, collectively ipate from the s pro t t they the railroad or Mr. Post—or all three tenth of the value that it is asserted to have by | Spreckels, Hearst and De Young, any of these worthies would hesitate for a moment to secure r the Market street company, which, it is d, will not think of bidding anything like what | the franchise is worth? Here are three lionaires— wh business investments— looking fo! g that a valuable franchise of the city nien who are 1loudly clamori is being en away, when any of them could secure lit by making a fair bid therefor.” And, to clinch the proposition, attention is called to tt ct that no immediate payment of money is vired, but that the responsible bidders offering e largest percentage of gross receipts will take the franchise. impudent mendacity The Market Street Railway Company, which evidently has not examined its own | charter in connection with the Illinois decision against the Puliman Car Company, considers adver- sing a legitimate part of the railroad busine: It does not follow that the owners of newspapers should include the purchase of strect railway franchises as natural accompaniment of that kind of investment | But the truth is that, when the Geary street franchise lis offered the Market Street Railway Company will be ily the_only bidder. | necessarily itself, the purchase would be worthless to any other individual or corporation. The monopoly, with its | duplicated claim on four blocks of Geary street and with its entire line flanked by and connected | the other br: with nches of its gridironed system, could |afford to corrupt a dozen Boards of Supervisors, at | the highest known rates, in order to consummate its | wholesale rabbery. Jut it can faugh at competition | o1 at the gullibility of any citizen who would believe | one of its false and bold assertions. | There aré only two real questions in this business. First s a bare majority af the Board of Super- visors, under the lead of a majority of the Street scomposed, | of | that if this franchise had one- | ere are numerous answers to this correlation of | Of incalculable value to | MORE REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION. X-GOVERNOR BOUTWELL of Massachu- setts is among the Republican leaders who op- pose imperialism. He has been Secretary of the Treasury and has long been prominent in party affairs and public matters. His words of warning added to those of Republican United States Senators and of the President himself deserve attention and should be heard and heeded. One of the most eminent of Western Governors was William Larrabee of Iowa, long a member of thie State Senate before his election for two terms as Governor. He is now, by appointment of Gov- ernor ‘Shaw, chairman of the Board of Control, which has charge of all the State institutions, and is lecturer on constitutional law and civil government in the State University. In a recent lecture in that institution he said: . “The President is not justified in the measures he is now using and the plan he is following. We who oppose expansion are called little Americans, while those ‘big’ Americans are pursuing a course that will bring disaster to our nation. The Philippines are a country totally unfit for habitation by Americans and offering no advantages except to a few ad- venturers. The people are 10,000,000 of the worst and most unmanageable in the world. It will take a thou- sand years to teach them the first principles of Ameri- | can citizenship, and as long as we hold them we will have the opportunity to pay war taxes.and stain the soil with the life blood of our young men. A great mistake has been made. It was easy at one time to | avoid it. I the President had instructed the Com- missioners who made the Paris treaty to unload them, | instead of paying the price he did for this worthless class of people and this non-productive land, the | question would not have appeared. It will cost this country $50,000,000 per year to hold the Philippines and the blood of many of our citizens. The islands will be a constant drain on our population and our purse, and, as for me, I wouldn’t give the life of one Towa boy for the whole land and its ten million people.” These expressions were received with évery demon- stration of favor, for Governor Larrabee is a much respected man and of great influence in his State. It is noteworthy that the thoughtiul opposition to im- perialism comes from the Republican party. Colonel Bryan, who a year ago went to Washington and ad- ed war because it would be ‘“‘good politics,” is crying in more or less of a wilderness against expan- sion, but the motive is the same—a desire to make | politics and seek party advantage. In his case the E\Icmcn( of principle is lacking, and if positions were reversed he would as readily join Senator Morgan and the Democratic expansionists as stand where | he is. v | The matter is one for the deepest and most pro- | found Republican consideration. Neither the Presi- dent nor the party is committed to any permanent policy. . A strong imperialist party exists within the ranks of both parties and is trying to manufacture a policy for the President and to whip the country into it. him or that he is in sympathy with their repudiation of the Decalogue, the Declaration of Independencé and the constitution. Indeed there is every ground for belief that he will promptly purge himseli of any suspicion of sympathy with their un-Republican propa- | ganda. The most .respectable opinion in both par- | ties is opposed to the imperial scheme. By this we mean the men who are no sympathy with Bryan's use of the issue as a jimmy to force free silver into the treasury poli Republicans who believe in Lin- coln and revere his memory cannot brook the, policy of hold subject races. To them it is as offensive as to hold slaves. The high and mighty doctrines of the party, conceived upon the best ideals and, held to protect the rights of man, are as dear to Republicans now as when they were inscribed upon its banners in 1836 and triumphed in 1860. When those ideals are party will have parted with its life and its epitaph may be written. A existence Vi There is no evidence that these fanatics represent exchanged for their antipoaes the AN ANNOYING TANGLE. TTORNEY GENERAL FORD'S recently submitted opinion that the office of Commis- sioner of Public Works has no longer a legal brings to light another evidence of the carelessness with which legislative work is done at Sacramento, and the carelessness in this case is the more annoying because it may compel a cessation of river improvement at a time when it is urgently needed. | It appears from the record that no doubt can exist | as to the intention of the Legislature to continue the | office, which under the original act terminated March 1. The act which was sent to the Governor, however, and sigried by him, was not identical in form with that | which was passed by the two houses of the Legisla- | ture. The Attorncy General holds that the defect vitiates the whole act, and consequently that the office ;has lapsed. | A test case on the issue will of course be promptly actices in the future. | Committce, absolutely agreed in advance to adopt | made up for submission to the Supreme Court, and The evil has become so notorious as to be an open | the legislation dictated by the monopoly? To this | it is fair to presume an early hearing and decision disgrace rrested criminals have been released before their I bonds were filed. Persons known to be profes sional and inveterate “crooks” have - been turned se in that summary way. It is time to have a clean 1s, and then the sweep gang engaged in the f the adoption of some measure which will at least make their perpetration more difficult in future. B — Mark Twain, after having poked fun at all the | reyalties of Europe for 1o! these ma y years, met his Waterloo recently when ushered into the presence of the Emperor of Austria. The great American hu- morist, whose tongue was supposed to be as ready as pen, became completely flabbergasted. His. knees akened and his teeth chattered. While hastily swallowed German verbs were gnawing at*his vitals bis lips could not frame a Teutonic appeal for help. For the first time in his life he was an easy Mark. He was up against it. The United States Government s meeting with a | | recholders of his own city, approved by popular | score of obstacles in its efforts to pay the Cuban sol- dier's what they have not earned. F: actious Cuban gen- erals are urging their followers not to part with their honor for $75. A belief is current that the “patriots” g by accepting the money. would lose noth Politicians interestfd in the future of the National Democratic party intend to discuss “Why Are We Here? a dinner at St The toast “Where Are We?” will not be suggested until after the Presi- dential election. Admiral Schley, in declining to review his"part in the Spanish war, says that those who assist in mak- ing history should not write it. The distinguished sailor seems to have no particular objection, how- ever, to talking history: > J. F. Price has decided not to, contest Maude’s seat cn the Highway Commission. He is under the jm- pression that such a proceeding would be nothing short of unladylike, : en. But, second, can a bare majority control the | situation, or is it necessary to override the vetoes of the Mayor? The Mayor's opinion seems to be that | section 68 of the consolidation act is not inconsistent with the statutes of 1893 and 1897, and so far there is no evidence that two more votes are in the market. Tt cannot be too thoroughly drilled into the public mind that this shamele: ttack upon the municipal- ity CANNOT be successful without palpable corrup- tion A Supervisor who would confer a franchise for ars, when his own constituents have voted to restric sion of their will, ratified by the Legislature, will be cperative in seven months, is as CERTAINLY dis- honest as it is certain that two and two make four. | A Supervisor who will vote to exempt a corporation from the payment of any percentage for five years and then to exact an amount which will not exceed | 3 per cent, when, under a new charter, framed by vote and sanctioned by the Legislature, for five year: | not less than 3 per cent of gross receipts can be col- | lected, and after that for equal portions of twenty i years 4 and 5 per cent, MUST be a dishonest E;\ Supervisor who, within = seven months of 13 | operative force of a new charter that permits one | sireet railway company to use the rails of another for . votes for a franchise limiting that use to | five blocks MUST be a dishonest man. | These are seli-evident and indisputable proposi- | tions. It is equally indisputable that seven Super- | visors can outvote five, but that five can frequently }ank seven, especially if two of them would have |to be purchased by a railway corporation, and at | least one of the two is unapproachable at any price. i . Mrs. Inez Adams of Ukiah is a woman worthy of more than passing fame. Discovering that her hus- band was infatuated with another woman, she packed his grip in the presence of her rival and gave him orders to pack off at once with both pieces of bag- gage . ? | ten block t it to twenty-five, and when the Iatest expres- | Attention has been directed to the fact that | question an affirmative answer has already been twice | will be given hy that body. In the meantime, how- | ever, it is probable the Board of Public Works will | have to suspend operations. In fact, H. J. Corcoran, | a member of the auditing committee, is reported to | have said: “The auditing committee’s hands are | tied, and not one step further in the direction of ;rl\'cr improvements can be taken until the Legisla- | ture meets and passes a new act creating the office.” Mr. Coreoran takes, perhaps, too hopeless a view of the situation. Where legislative enactments are vague in their terms Supreme Courts have not in- frequently construed them according to the plain in- tention of the framers, and such a course may be | taken by the court in the present case. Should such | be the decision of the court the cessation of the work of river improvement would be for a shorter time than Mr. Corcoran fears, and the wrong done to the State by the carelessness of the officers of the Legis- lature would be less than he supposes. The incident serves to point once more the familiar moral of employing competentand faithful clerks for | the performance of all the cierical work of the legis- lative body. It has been the custom to make the dis- tribution of clerkships and offices of all kinds in con- nection with legislative sessions the spoils of party politics. The persons chosen as attaches are hardly ever fit to do anything except the lower sort of cam- paign work. They take their positions at Sacramento {as payment for past services and rarely think of giv- | ing any earnest and careful service there. The conse- Equcnce is that bills are shuifled and huddled along Ifrom_ one House to apother and from the Legislature to the Governor without much regard for accuracy. Thus, unless the legislators themselves keep close | watch on measures in which they are interested, blunders are almost certain to be committed. In the present case the blunder is an annoying one under the | best*terms that can be made of it, and may prove to be costly in the extreme. During the time yesterday that Admiral Schley was on the top of Pikes Peak that eminence was cer- tainly the pinnacle of fame, % NEWS OF THE REALTY WORLD. -—— The real estate market continues dull, although all the brokers appear to be do- ing something and full of confidence in the future outlook. No great revival is looked for, however, before fall, after the crops have been harvested and the money from the country begins to flow into the city. There is no question in the minds of the more conservative dealers that the at- tempt on the part of a few to create the impression that prices were hound to go up 1s responsible for the partial stagnation that at present characterizes the market. Owners will not sell for what their prop- erty is worth and investors are not pay- ing fancy prices. The latter demand prop- erty that will pay a fair interest on the price paid, and until the owners come to a realization of the fact that there {s no boom on transactions will be necessarily limited. Still property is changing hands daily and some very considerable deals have been consummated during the week, the largest thus far heard from being a trans- action involving over $100,000, which’was carried through by Bovee, Toy & Sonn- tag. For reasons best known to them- selves the names of both buyer and seller are withheld’ for the present, but the money to bind the bargain has been paid ;;gdand the deeds are now being pre- The Santa Fe is reported to be negotiat- ing for a block of land in the vicinity of its recent purchase near the water front. There are several available pieces, but that which appears most available or suitable to the purposes of the railroad is the old United tes Hospital block on which_the Sailors’ Home is located. Bovee, Toy & Sonntag have practically concluded the lease of the new five-story building at the corner of Spear and Mar- ket streets to the United States for the use of the Commissary Department. The lease has been approved by Colonel Long and the ratification of the War Depart- ment is expected daily. The building is owned by W. W. Young and occupies a lot 45x137 feet. It is equipped with elec- tric passenger elevators, a freight ele- vator and two sidewalk elevators, and is admirably adapted to the use of the Com- missary ° Department, which is badly cramped in its present quarters. Bovee, Toy & Sonntag also report the following sales made during the week: Nine-room house. on the north side of Clay street, 137:6 feet west of Scott, 25X 137:6, from 'William Carrox to James de Long Hay, at $6500; lot on the west side of Highiand avenue, 225 east of Cotton street, §325; lot on the west side of Fifth avenue, 300 feet north of Point Lobos road, 25x125, from John McCrea to C. Ericsson, at $800; improved lot on the north side of Feil street, 131:6 west of Steiner, 55x135, 1. Burke estate to M. vanagh, at $:000; lots in blocks 142, 150, 159, 166, 170 in’ Abbey Homestead to Bva E. Feiher at $1600; building and lot on the north side of O'Farrell street, 103 west of Mason$ 34x137:6, Society of German Freethinkers to James Cooper, at $20,000; lot on the south side of Minna street, 118 feet west of New Montgomery, 30x70, from H. Shoeman to H. Bother, at $2000; six- room residence and lot on the east side of Douglas _street, 173 feet north of Bigh- teenth, 25x125, from Emma Lowe to Fanny Fame, at §1700; residence and lot on the north side of Broadway, 103 feet east of Fillmore, 34:4x137:6, from Mendelson es- tate to W. FisHer; lot on the north side af Sutter street, 192 feet east of Broderick, 92, from Mary Edgar to T. M. Kings- worth, $2100. Early in the week A. J. Rich & Co. sold the improved property at the northwest corner of Minna and First streets, 45x150 feet, to Mrs. Callahan. — The property rents for $165 a month and the price paid was $30.000. The same firm also made a number of smaller sales of residence prop- erty during the week, among them heing the three-flat building on the west line of Baker street, south of Fulton, 6 to Willlam J. La_Roche for $9500; the north line of Sacramento street, west of Laurel, 25x100, to Thomas Harris for $1700; lot on the west line of Plerce street, north of Union, to J. Dorwood for § lot on D street, west of Eighth avenue, 25x160, to_B. H. Thatgher, and three lots in Lake View, block 3, to D. Watkins at $275 each. Henry Stearn of the firm of David Stearn” & Co. has not retired from the real estate business, but can be found at the office of G. H, Umbsen & Co. The property on the northeast corner of Stockton and Post streets, belonging to the estate of the late pionéer, Dr. James Simpson, is for sale. It has a frontage of 8 feet on Post street and 46:6 on Stockton, and is regarded as a desirable location for a store building. The following transfers of real estate were recorded during the past week: Anna M. Whitney to Abbot L. Whitney, lot on N line of Golden Gate avenue, 107:6 W of Polk street, W 25 by N 120; $10. City and 'County of San Francisco to S. S. Tilton, Western Addition lot 247, bounded on the N'by Lombard streat, W by’ Buchanan, § by Greenwich and E by Laguna; $—. William H. and Ethel W. Crocker and D. E. and Lillle Allison to Walter D. K. Gibson, lot on N iine of Broadway, % W of Buchanan street, ‘W 47:6 by N 137:6; $10. Willlam K. Van Alen 'to Fannie H. Rosen- blatt, lot on SW corner of Clay and Lyon streets, 8§ 30 by W 87:6; $10. Jennie P. Jines to Annie T. Tubbs twite ot Austin £), lot on W line of Central avenue, 97:5% S Of Pacific avenue, S 30 by W _115:9; $10. Adolfo de Urioste to same, lot on NW corner of Jackson street and Central avenue, W 120, N_101:8%; $10. . Estate of Hannah Weed (by Charles A. Mc- Lane, administrator) to Willlam A. C. Lange, 1ot on S line of Frederick street, 300-7% W of Cole, W 25 by § 137:6; also lot on § line of gfigerlck, 325:T% W of Cole, W 25 by §°187:6; Willlam A. C. Lange to Josepha Lange (wite of William A, C.), 1ot on § line of Frederick street, 300:7% W of Cole, W 50 by § 137:6; glft. Emeline A. Sweeny to' Joseph T. and Bridget | J. O'Neil, undivided %4 of following: Lot on SE line of Mieslon street, -318:4 NE of Thir- teenth, NE 69:6, SE_138:3, SW 65:3%, NW 138 0 lot on' § corner of Howard and Har- riet streets, SW 75 by SE $0: also lot on BE line of Tehama street, 275 V- of Fourth, SW 76 by SE 80: also lot on W corner of Crooks and Townsend streets, SW 44, NW 60, SW 113, NW 17:6, NE 55:3, SE 77:6; also lot on W line of Arkansas streef, 50 N of Sierra, NW 100,. W 100, § 100, E 100; also lot on W line of Arkan- sas street, 175 N of Sferra, N 75 by W 100; 3L Florence R. Frisbee to Carl and Theresa Erb, lot on N line of Henry street, 105 E of Noe, E 25 by N 115; $10. Same to Edwin W. Bennett, lot on SE corner gL Fourteenth and 'Noe stréete, § §2:8 by E Same to Charles J. U. Koenig, lot on S line of Fourteenth street, 105 E of Noe, B % by S 115; $10. Mary_E. !Mdk15 (wite) to John C. Ludwig, lot on W line of AoP steest. 318 N of Twanty- third, N 2 by W 122:5: $10 Peter J. Collins and ‘Mary E. Johnson to Charles J. Jurman, lot on W - line of York :1‘&320% 104 S of Twenty-fourth, S 2 by W 100; Antoine and Gracle Borel to Herbert E. Law, lot on 8 line of Geary street, 137:6 W of Pow- _ell, W 25 by 8 137:6; 310. Sarfuel J., Hanna O., Anna J., P. D., Louis E. and Teckla J. Brun to Houghton Sawyer, Jot on N line of Sutter street, 24:10 E of Jones, E 21 by N 6; $10. Olive Verkouteren to M. Ballin, lot on W line of Rhode Island street, 136:3 N of Napa, N 25 by W 100; $10. Joseph and Mary A. Pattinson to Humboldt Lumber and Mill Company, lot on W line of gort X:ITh avenue, 176 8§ of J street, S 25 by v 120; $175. Albert M. and Elizabeth A. Whittle to Aileen J. Finkler (wite of Henry C.), lot on § line of N street, §2:6 E of Ninth avenue, E 25 by S . and Tsabglla M. Soule to W. Es- ters von Krakan, lot on SE line of Raliroad avenue, 77:10% NE of Twenty-seventh street, NE 7, SE 136:1%, SW 75, NW _il4:11i, portion of lots' € and 5. blck 465, Bay View Homestead; Thomas W. Brennan to M. C. Hogan, lot on SE line of Railroad avenue, 0" NE of Twenty-seventh, NE 50, SE 14114, S 50, W to_beginning, lot %. block 49, same: $1. W. C. and Mary G. Hogah to John A. Ja- f“b' and Dietrich Otto (Jacobs & Otto), same; 125 s John A, Jacobs and Dietrich Otto (Jacobs & Otto) to W. Fsters von Krakan, same; $10. Jacob Schrader to Henrietta Schrader, lot on & line of Point Lobos avenue, 40 E of Collins street, E 25 by § 125; gift. Wililam A. Brown to Abbott L. Whitney, undivided 3 ‘of lot on N line of Golden Gate £venue, 76 W of Polk strest, W 3 by N 120; 10. Alphonso Dam to Ernst Kaufmann, lot on W line ot Codman place. 51:6 S of Washington street, 8 20 by W &), quitclaim deed; $. Lucy E. Dam to same, same, quitclaim deed; and Fanny H. Brown to James S, Jameson, all interest In 1ot on SE corner of Nor‘lh Pojnt and Taylor street, E 1376 by § James S. and Salome S. Jameson to J Sharp, same, quitciaim deed; foo0, ' Jon" B George Brown to eame, lot on NE corner of Bay and Taylor streets, £ 276 by N 1376, quit. e MeDonud ana 3 ; e McDonald and Mary and Pet 3 Ardle to John F. Boyd, lot on SW line of Has: Howard street, NW 2 ard_court, 205 NW of P illiam Abbott to_Samuel P Villlam uel . Blu lot on NW line of Shipley street, 100 i Sixth, NE 2 by NW 7; $10, Julfa A. and John N.'McLeod to Annle @, McDonnell, lot on W line of Bryant street, 15 f Sixteenth (Center), S 25 by W 100; tate of Eleanor Hall (by (fimml‘?m f".‘_ on N, rner of Twenty-Atth avenns and 1 s 100 by B 57:8; 10 i Lueer, N _Aaron ministrator) to John W, Wright, end Babetta Lahn to Willlam gnd ne of Falrmount street, by §,126, lot 16, block Burke, lot on 8 1 | M8 2 or Palmer, B 2 Fairmount: $10, John J. Laumeister to lot on E line of Andov Hickory, N 75 by E 70, Map 2; grant. ey g Costa Company (a corp E:r:‘nf'gl;::,um ana San Mateo Electric Railo omme! t dividing Way Company, commencing at dividing Iine of Wilson and Wilder Trac d point being distant 16 tension Homestead, 410050 om 'NE_corner Elizabeth Laumelster, er street, 50 N of Old lots 69, 71 and 73, Gift de, 23 minu TOomN e SeBon ana Wilder Tract and 8W corner Falr O fxtension Homestead, S 160 degrees %'m {76 degrees 7 min- 9 N W egrees 15 minutes B 36:3, ®minates K 470:8%, S 16 degrees 23 $2500. Methodist Episcopal Chur.cn (by R. I Whelan, Sheriff) to .(,‘hnrlen Gofld(ll.l and Andrew Neison, lot on N Hl:\e '?( Bum‘q etreet, 93 E of Van Ness avenue, E 31:9 by ) 120: $8500. Emma_Taylor to James R.' F"rdv line of Pfls(yslrevl, ©6:3 W of Gough, N 68:9; $10. g Cllomon and Sarah W. Jones to Bahr Shéldfl; man, lot on § line of Broadway, o Fillmore street, E 68:9 by S 137 10. % -C " Estate of Magdalena \\'ill'{uef'er‘l"l‘c)i‘ l';( il Koehncke, administrator) to A. J. ., w lhn» of Baker street, 100 S of Fulton, 8 25 23 minutes utes W 4¢ S 75 degrees minutes W 35:1; Van Ness-avenu. lot on N W 30 by by W 125; §8000. “Richard H. Kavanagh to William J. Devees eaux, lot_on W line of Noe street, 50 N of Beaver, N 25 Wilhélmine by W 120; $10. & Gerl to Henry L. Ruppel, Jot on X ling of Florida strest, 1 N of Twenty- second, N 2 by E 100; $1500. Catherine Trusseau (Lang) to Ernest Lang, lot on E line of Mission street, 225 8 of Twenty® fourth, § 35 by E 115; also_lot on NI line o Langton street, 225 SE of Howard, SE % by NE §0; gift. Annd L. Jones and Eva J. Brown to Charles H. and Mattle V. Crane, lot on W line of Bartlett street, 130 § of Twenty-fifth, S 39 by W 117:6; $10. S Mneé of Vallejo street, 97:6 E of Battery, B “20 by § 45:10; $1650. Estate of Magdalede Wittmeier (by C. H. Koehncke. administrator) to §. P. Blumenberg, Iot on E line of Stockton street, 69:6 N of Jack- son. N 34 hy E S$0; $4000. Estate of George W. Wegener, minor (by A.'T. Sjogren, guardlan), to Henry Wegener, all interest in lot on N line of Lombard street, 68:9 E of Hyde, E 68:9 by N 137:6; $500. Loufea J. and Alof T. Sjogren to Henry and Emma Wegener, same; $10. Thomas D. and Susan E. Wakelee to Calvin E. Knickerbocker, lot on SE line of Natoma street, 212:8 SW of First, SW 41:10 by SE $0 (quitclaim’ deed): $10. Charlotte J. Kelton (widow) to John A. Beck- with, lot on SE corner nf Twenty-fourth (So- noma) and Kansas streets, S 75 by E 100; $10. Fmma L. and Louis A. Reyburn to Fred- erick A. McNally, lot on W line of Third ave- nue, 423 N of Piint Lobos, N 37:8, W 69:6%, SW to a point E 74:1%; $10. £ Fanny M., Harrlet E., Annie M., Maud G., Grace 1. and_ William C. Winter, Mary E. Wickson and Francis E. Salig to Clarence S. Winter, lot on NE corner of Tenth avenue and N street, N 150 by E 120; also lot on E line of Twelfth avenue, 10 § of N street, S 100 by B 120; also 1ot on SW corner of Eleventh avenue and O street, S 100 by W 120; also lot on E line of Tenth avenue, 130 S of O street, E 12 243:6%, W 384:10, N 234:10; also lot on NE coi of O street and Eighth avenue, N 100, E 35:3%, § to lands of Spring Valley Water Works, W 29:7; also lot on NW line of Mission road, 344 SW' from Intersectlon of Spring Valley Home- stead Association, SW NW 235:4, B 29.67, SE 219.05; also property outside of county; $10. Estate of Clarence S. Winter (minor, by Fanny M. Winter, guardian) to Edwin Law- rence, lot on NE corner of Tenth avenue and L street, N 150 by E 120; $1500. Annte M. Winter to same, Iot on E line of Tenth avenue, 150 N of N street, N 130 by E 120; $10. . £. O Benner to Ellen M. Benner, Gift Map 3; $10. Patrick Coen to William Reed, lot on NE line of Seventh avenue south, 200 NW of L street, NW 2 by NE 100, lot 123, block 122, Central Park Homestead; $10. John B. Lewis to John G. Klumpke, and 21, block 3, Fairmount Tract; $15. William and Lizzle Doran to Henry F. Wieg- mann, lot §, block 48, Sunnyside; $10. Henry C. and Grace L. Stilwell to George A. Patterson, lot on W corner of California ave- street, § 70 by W 70:6, lots 31 to 1. Pierre and Josepi.ne Dupuy to J. G. Dem- ing, lot_on NW corner of Larkin and Eddy stréets, N 25 by W 85; $10. Estafe of Hannah Bremer (by Michael Tier- ney, executor) to Albert J. Ralsch, lot on § line of Oak street, 110 W of Steiner § 1204, NW 32:8, N 107:2, E 30; $3000. Aibert J. and Emma V. Raisch to Mary A. Dryden (wife of George H. S.), same; $2100. . George H. §. Dryden to same, same: gift. Joseph and Katharifie Partmann to Mary HIl- lebrand, lot on N line of Eddy street, ‘130 W of Plerce, W 30 by N 75; also iot on E line of Farren avenue, 7 N of Eddy street, N 2 by E 90 $10. tharine von Dobrogoiski (Sullivan, wife of Victor 1.) to Hepburn Wilkins, lot on S line of Clinton Park, 205 E of Dolores street, E 25 by $ 75: 310. Frederick W. and May E. Bridge to Willlam and Emilie Bohle, lot on S line of Twentieth street, 25 W of Alabama, W 50-by S 104; $10, John Canney (Kanney) to Jane Canney (Kan- ney), lot on W line of Fair Oaks streets, 31 S of Twenty-second, S 30 by W 117:6; gift Jacob and Lina Heyman to William and Mary J. Hobn, lot on E line of Hoffman avenue (Ellen), 2%:8 § of Twenty-third, § 25 by E 9, lot 128, Heyman Tract; $10. Martha Buckelew to' Mary E. Beale, lot on S line of Vallejo street, $7:6 E of Battery, E 20 by S 46:10; $10. Quan Ling and Chun Hop Chow to Chan Kwong Sun, undivided fifteen-thirty-fourths of half of lot on E line of Bartlett alley, 112:6 N of Jackson street. N 2 by E 60; $1500. Antoine and Gracte Borel to Hermann Fri- dahl and Charles A. Sandahl, lot on E line of Twelfth avenue, 250 N of California street, N 25 by E 120; $10. Earnest, Alfred, Godfrey and Theodore Rue- ger and Frieda B. Gerrich (Rueer) to Gus- tave Gnauck, E 5§ feet by 100 of lot 145, block 140, Central Park Homestead: aleo lots 35, 36, 180, 239 and 240, Spring Valley Homestead; 31. . Frederick Plfeger to Nicholas Ohlandt, fot on SE line of Falcon street, 252:1 NE of Moss, N 50 deg. 20 min_E 25, § 44 deg. E 112, § 43 deg. 50 min, W 2. N 39 deg. 45 min. W 112, lot §, block 3, Market-street Homestead; $2454. Estate Danlel Lapouble (by J. P. Verges, administrator) to Marie Lapouble, undivided half of lot on SE line of Cayuga avenue, 320 NE of Onondaga street, NE 160 bv SE 401, lots 3, 4 13 and 14, block 13, West End Map 1; $i2 The following builders’ contracts have been recorded: George Gamper (owner) with G. G. Gillesple dcontractor), .architect none—All" work for a two-story frame bullding on E line of Larkin street, 81 N of Turk, N 19:6 by E Frame up, $600; ‘brown coated, $600; completed and ac- cepted, $500; 35 days later, $600: total, §2400. May M. Christie, wife of Robert (owner) with Henry Rowe (contractor), architeet owner—All work for a two-story and basement frame building on W line of Cole street, 2% N of Frederick, 25 by 100; $2700. Willlam' G. Irwin (owner) with Gray Bros. (contractors), architects Reid Bros. —Excavat ing and eoncrete work for residence on NE cor- ner of Washington and: Laguna streets: $5200. Goldberg, Bowen & Co. (owners) with George R. Lang_(contractor), architect Bdward R. Swain—Framing timber, “sheathing, furring, wrought {ron work, ventilators, fléors, doors, windows, shutters, ‘interior finish, stairs, gal. lery, covering of ‘pipés, hardw glass and glazing for a four-story brick, wood and stone lot 277, lots 20 building on N line of Sutter street, 137:6 of Grant avenue, 6 by E 5i: . Jonas Schoenfeld (owner) wi Franz (contractor), architect ifield ohlberg— concrete and brick work for three three. Mary ¥. Beale to Antonio Busalacchi, lot on | | locks by using PARKER'S Ha1 | HiNpERcomNs, the best cu | s | The best appetizer and res All work except plumbing, plastering, painting, | €estive organs is Angostu: rame buildings on § line of Pin F40F Ovtavia, W 57:6 by S 137:6 Angele O Reflly (owner) with B. M traetor), architect own Il work fo story frame building on N Henry str N 27:6 by E Wiillam Irwin (owner) McBean & Co. (contractors), freproofing for residence N ashington _and Laguna streets, | Adaition block S William G. Irw facturing Com Reld Brothers—Steel, vork for residence on N and Laguna_streets: §1 Goldberg, Bowen & F. Riley .contractor) Excavations, and {llumin silding on w (contractor) cast and wr corner of Wi architect E and cor ok nt avenue, | same owne i and Wire Comp ar ame—Castiron rd Rice ( condt Same owners with Ri architeet same—Sewer and tanks, water supply nks, urina basing, gas plpe, street repairing for s same: $9100. L Clats Spreckels (owner) with W. L (contractor), architect none—All wa rk f tric _elevator in_three-story buildir Market street; § John and Mary Do Kenneally (contractor), work for line of Pennsylvani third (Nevada) street, S 208; 51 (owners) wit recto Rev, Father ish of Ocean oper, Fughes (contractor), work for dwelling E of Plymouth (Mar . Casassa (owner) with meyer & Co. (contractors), archit Armitage, all work, except plumbing ing, to remodel old two-story frame b and_con: three ame bu | “same ow architect same on Joseph ¢ | (contracto joinery, hardware 1 iron work frame buildings, foudations, on of Octavia, N Same owner with J with Willia J. Welch, tinnin for tv ti T by F ames architect sa er, plum | for same on =ame; 3960, Mrs, Terese Meinet (owner) with mussen (contractor), architect none, a for two one-story house mont _and Twenty-third ( by W 100; $1600 SHERITH ISRAEL RENOVATION Trustees Decide to Spend $3000 the Synagogue. Extensive alterations will soon be r in the Sherith Is gogue, cc Post and Taylor streets. The entire terfor will be renovated and some tions made at a cost of $3000. Tt h the intention of the trustees for s time to make a new svgagogue of present one, and work will be co menced in a'few weeks. At first it was decided to build a gue in another locality, but afte anvassing the matter fully the plar renovation was at last adopted. The ¢ box will be enlarged, the naves and wa refrescoed, ti general overhauling of the interior While th pews reupholstered, and W transform the gogue. terations are being 1 ices w held on the first floor. It is expected | two months will be consumed in makir the proposed changes, for which time the choir has been given a vacation. ——————— The story of Funston of Manila | and his very adventurous life will | be told in next Sunday’s Call. e e MRS. CRAVEN’S ALLOWANCE. Various Fair Estate Suits Continued by Judge Troutt. The petition of Mrs. Nettie R. Craven- Fair for a family allowance from the es- tate of the G. Fair was on Judge Troutt's colendar ye: y morn- ing, but by consent was continued until 18._ Attorney W - nts Mrs. Craven, was gi n which to prepare and file his p d bill of exceptions to the order re cently made by Judge Troutt denying his ciient the right to intervene in the conte to the deceased capitalist's will ins by Charles L. Fair. The matter of was_also continued. vi to dispose of the cases be- fore Mr. Foote was called to Paris as a representative to the big exposition, and Mr.. Foote concurred. —_—— Peanut taffy, best in.world, Townsend's.* —_— e Soft Baby Cream, Jic b, Townsend's. * —_————— The best gift for your Eastern friends, Town California Glace Fr in fire-etched boxes or Jap ke Market street, Palace Hotel building e sy Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telepnone Main 1042, * g Artist Sent to Brison. E. M. Rinaldo, a portrait painter, was sentenced to serve thirty days in the County Jail by Judge Dunne yesierday morning. Rinaldo was convicted of an assault upon George F. Webster. —_— e A Work of Art. The new book, the Northern Pac ‘Wonderland,” just lssued by ific Railway Company, prettiest publication fssued by any ¥ company this year. It is full of beautiful hal(- tone illustrations, and contains besides a well- written description of finely equipped line, the wonderful Yellow Park. stamps and it will be mailed to y Stateler, Gen. Agt., 635 Market st., cisco. a t cluding taken over a tour t —_———— Shake Into Your Sho Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder. It m new shoes feel Cures Corns Swollen, Tired, Sweating, Achins testimonials. At all druggists a 2c. Ask to-day. Sample Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. —_——— Avorp baldness, gray halr. d: BALsAM ——— by Dr. J. G. B. Siegert & Sons, DIRECTORY Of RESPONSIBLE MANUFACTURERS, MERCHANTS 1 AND JOBBERS. CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS MAILED ON APPLICATION. PLEASE MENTION “THE CALL.” BELTING, L. P. DEGEN, Manufacturer of Belting and b3 s Lace ther, 10S. sion St., cor. 399;;. :l:;hnn?fl‘fl:’t g‘fil{ BO LER MAKERS, EUREKA BOILER WORKS, W. J. BRADY, Proprietor. Speclal Attention Paid to Repairs and Ship Work. Office and Works—113-115 MISSION ST.. Telephone Main 5045. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. THE SAN FRANCISCO NEWS COMPANT, 342 10 350 Geary Street. Above Powel!, Periodicals. Books and Stationer: COAL. COKE AND PIG IRON. J. C. WILSON & CO., Y00 BATTERY STREET. Telephone Main 1564, . COPPERSMITH. JOSEPH FOX, Supt. H. BLYTH, Mgr. C. W. Smith, Ship Plumbing, Steamboat and Ship Work a Specialty, 16 and 18 Washington St. Telephone, Main 5641, DRUGGISTS (WHOLESALE'. REBINGTP—N & c Secondand Steven. | Son Sts. Tel. Maind FRESH AND SALT MEATS, JAS. BOYES & €O, &7 "fu il HARDWARE. ALACE Hardware Co., Importers and Deal- ers in hardware, 603 Market: tel. Main 753 i IRON FOUNDERS, Western Foundry, Morton & Hedley. Pross. 234 Fremont St. Castings of Every Da. scription Made to Order. Tel. Black 1505, LIQUORS. GUDOLD WHISKEY, galloz ......$1.50 ; case, $6.00 0. P. 5. PONY, do. $2.50; ease $10.00 L. CAHEN & SON, 418 Sacramente St., 8. F. NO BETTER ON EARTH {miiis Mo Comanche Ochre Co., 203 Front; tel. Jessie 1998, PAPER,DEALERS. WlLLAMETT . PULP AND PAPER CO.. 722 Montgomery Strest, PRINTING. E. C. HUGHES. ., &5 THE BICKS-JUDD CO., %555 STATIONER AND PRINTER. Telex‘mvhlcpARTRlDG 306 Cali- “Codes. fornia st. WAREHUUSEMEN. THE HASLETT WAREHOUSE CO., Forwarding Agents and public Weighcrs. Gen- eral Storage, Free and Grain Warchouses. Gen- eral office, 210 California st. Main 1914, l WHITE ASH STEAM COAL, Mined by the e BLACK DIAMOND COAL MINING CO. at its GREEN RIVER COLLIERIES, s the Besi Coal in the Market. Office and Yards—40 Main Stroefa / A Y ’