The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 12, 1899, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 1899. ULTERIOR END MELODRAMA 1S FULL HOUSES —— “The Wages of Sin” a Case in Point. e LOHENGRIN AT THE TIVOLI A CHORUS THAT IS NOT QUITE UP TO DATE. ALY Columbia Will Have a Week of Darkness Preparatory to the Receiving of Mme. Mo ka. >~ T cter bility of melo- | L Jepye ng nsald—any- | : 4 i 18 very restrul 8| fter season of Wages of Sin” melodrama. who is to make ance and why—you feel the re they iem. No, not ymetimes the in the action 1d pain- 1 side of a fm- most rere is nothing e imatic in a_pure ambitic 1 to it. He looked w not like a this verse Ormonde— g treat- does not i for a i sly becoming. , effective Ruth Henry a dalnty s her bu up as the mother a lost Utopia (the 1 “‘ta ever be- T r Juliana most commo- sly a Those who had 1 @ S wingly, from Y r tic 8 and the small a duty CHARLOTTE Tivoli. n® all. i e ¥ t ave suc- ce 1 varicus w s s Wagn N work in not ) between Ay, especiall duet in d Loheng ing the dev ary to el = examples in fficle cy of an artist presentation of who was at the that Barron capable of t part. T poetry with combina if he be other of is positively not only meet the dramatic o role, but went s part W an ease and an that stamped hj 1y fit for FOOD ECONOMY. Bulk vs Concentration, (rape - Nuts. Discussed Below. 8000000002820 08000 The question of obtaining a high grade focd at a moderate price is of ip- terest to every housekeeper and pro- vider. < 2 food is so bulky that even at a very low price per pound the actual food lue £o0 little that it is real expensive; on the other hand, there are concentrated food e, for instance, the famous breakf: food known as “Grape-Nuts,” that yield in food units m h value that but little of the food ,uld be used at a time, and in reality, ken properly used, the expense is aboue one cent per meal. It {s a common mistake to use too ach of the food Grape-Nuls. Its taste cri with the delicate sweet flavor ape SUEAT, 1ble the proper quantity. A lady from Indianapeils. Mrs. A. L. “We have been using your Nuts now for two or three 1 cannot tell has benefited me. 1 My husband it physician and he not only uses it at each meal, but likes it at bedtime.” Using the food in this way, some families might be impressed with the cost, but after all, good food, which kxeeps the family in prime condition of health, at & moderate cost, is very much ore profitable, so far as dollars and cents are concerned, than to make use t low-grade, bulky foods and from time to time call in a physician to help out The use of “Grape-Nuts” In reason- a8 quantity costs one cent per meal, and the food stands without an equal in peint of nutrition and value !n bulld- ing up the nerve centers and tissues of the body The crisp, delicate, sweet 1aste somes from the grape sugar which is produced by transformation of the starch of the ccreals, and this grape rugar §8 pregented to the system, ready for immediate assimilation. Grape- Nuts arc sold by all first-class grocers and made by the Postum Co. at thelr factories In Battle Creek, Michigan, You | and one s inclined to | you how much I| Wagnerian has“been steadily rising in the estima- characters. Mr. Berthald flon of the public, and his Lohengrin has brought him an ovation which will fix his reputation as a first-class artist forever in this city. Mary Linck proved, as was to be ex- pected, a most acceptable Ortrude. The role seems to be exactly within the range of her resonant contralto, and her dramatic temperament has ample oppor- unity to reveal itself. Her work in bengrin” together with her Amneris In “Aida” was certainly the best she has done during the present season, and in the success of these two roles she has demonstrated that she is fit to appear in grand opera. Miss Prossnitz's Eisa was one of the sratifying features of the evening le- cause of her sympathetic d serious conception. William Mertens' Telramund hed the atmosphere .of the trained | n. The orchestra did some excel- | lent work, and it will not be an exag- | Beration to admit that Mr, Berthald and the orchestra are sufficient compensation { for those who desire to hear really good { music. Mr. Hirschfeld is entitled to a large ‘amount of credit ‘for the artistic achievement of his orchestra. The only drawback of the evening was the male chorus. At times it was simply abominable. cre is one _individual who should be surpressed, for he is abso- lutely unable to sing in tune. Harmony and tempo seem to be unknown qua a | GREER HARRISON -~ WORKS WONDERS ~ WITH OLYMPICS |Big Gain in Dues and j Initiation. 1 yetare |RESCISSION OF THE BONDS | POLICY OF THE NEW ADMINIS- TRATION IS PROGRESSIVE. L Amendment Carried Which Empow- ers the Board of Directors to Fix Dues and Initiation Fees at Will. T tities to some of the “lobsters” in th | chorus. Perhaps after this first nigh change will be noticeable. It ought to be improved at all events. | _Altogether it was an excellent per-| | formance, especially as far as the soio- | sts and ‘orchestra are concerned. This vening Othello will be =ziven ALFRED METZGER. Orpheum. The brave volunteers from Minnesota and South Dakota were well represented at the Orpheum last night and the man- | agement gave them a big bill. When the stars and stripes were unrolled from in | front of the proscenium the audience se and cheered the flag agaln and gain as the orchestra played the “'Star- angled Banner.” The boys who wore the blue gallantly equally en- | thusiastic whey biograph showed the New York Sifty-ninth at Tampa, Fla s from Cub scer ha: ceptionaily fine The Deople were d and repaid the warmth tion with the excellence of performance. The Crawford sisters aracter change comediennes. are pretty, and do the cakewalk well atflicted with Harrls Is declded v up to date. Grand Opera-House. Von Suppe's charming comic opera, ‘Fatinitza,” was the attraction at the Grand Opera-house last night, and all the prineipals were in the cast. Hattie Belle .add was the young lleutenant who mas- queraded Fatinitza, and she Seemed to lack her usual vivacity and several times forgot her lines. She was so ill in the early part of the evening that it was | feared she would not be able to carry out the part, but she struggled bravely through it to the end. Willlam Wolff a the Russian general was in his element and stormed and raved to the satisfa n of ev bod; dith Masor Princess Lydia & with her usual charm. She introduced the song “‘Because I Love You' and had to rep homas H. crsse was_the war pondent and encored for his “My Native The shadow ime in the scene was well executed. The cos- were elegant and the choruses rendered. Columbia. The Columbia Theatre is dark all of and next week prior to the inaugural fall and winter season on the of its h i by Modjeska and _her company, which includes John Kellerd. mong the productions to be staged are ‘Marie Antoinette,” “Macbeth,” “Mary Stuart,” ‘Much Ado About Nothing” ‘and Ladi Battle.” Chutes. At the Chutes last night a large audi- the coon song singer, who for the'first time introduced three cute pickaninnie and a clever lot of vau- devilfe performers. The moving pictures were unusually interesting, especially those showing scenes on the firing line in | the Philippines. The apparatus for HarA,‘ i mon and Seabury’s high-diving act could not be placed in position in time, 8o these | daring men will give their first perform- ance to-day. Schooner Woodbury a Wreck. VICTORIA, B. C., Sept. 11.—The bark Theopold reports the wreck of the schoo- ner Woodbury on Wood Island, near the Alaskan coas o llves were lost. | *Greer Harrison is the only man who | could have done it,” was what old mem- | Deputy Fish and Game Commissioner by of the Olympic Club said last night | Kercheval has been making things lively when the meeting which was called to | for the fllegal fishers up the San Joaquin amend the section of the by-laws relating | River. week or 50 ago he and Deputy to initiation fees and dues was finally ad- | :»[ \r ‘;"a;vlfunfi d'nrtxl'\\‘e);edla \g!re fence journed. Greer Harrison accomplished | &7 iot00 A0 the Tlverl i Btanilaus more in the short space of a single a simiiar obstriction - In - the sg last night than any other man in evid river below San Joaguin = C could have done with the Olympic Club | was constructed with a members In two years of constant of-|in the middle, ~so that every | fish_running cither’ way was sure to be : caugh iis time the deputy was - by o unanimous vote | FAVERL o0 i the owners of the fish passed a res board of directors to nominate the amount for initiation and dues. At present the initiation fee of the Olympic Club is $10 1 dues $3. By the action of the mem- Lers in special meeting the directors have | jall in default of ball. Thelr cases will | been given full sway to increase both | be heard to-morrow before Justice fnitiation and dues, but there was a | Clarker. On the §th inst, Kerchevai found | pledge made last night that the amounts | another wire fish trap in the river near would not exce 5 for the first and $ monthly for the second Instailation of was the first number on the programme. Retiring President John C. Kirkpatrick occupied the chatr of honor and in neatly trimmed | speeches installed the entire new board of managers. By clever arrangement the new president, Greer Harrlson, was not introduced until the last. The warmth and arder of all other was as nothing to the reception which Marrison's name provoked. Mr. Harr son had something to tell the members, and he reeled off his tale with most tell- ing_effect. -Pres icture of the club's financlal condition n which he worked well up into the fore: nd the 326,000 debt which is due the First National Bank and spoke of the in- tome, which was $47,000, and the expenses, 5 demonstratiox which reached within a few hundred dol- | lars of that amount. When he mentioned the recision of bonds, an effort inaugu- rated by the last board, the b members awoke plauded. The officers were installed as follow yic sident, H. R. Mann; secret ¥ a ; treasurer, H. R. Russ tors—Hammersmith, James, Ramsd liott, Shea and Burns. Then came Harr and he ged his time well. “We have a debt of over $32,000 without a reasonable hope of paying it off,” he said, some great change is made in Al workings of the club. That is why we have called the special meeting to-night which, if the members are in accord with the directors, will end mendment that will be a panacea our ills.’ After that President Harrison took S | audience back to ancient Rome in descrip- tions of the new bathing arrangements which the directors wanted to give the members. This would cost $800. New hdball courts where the men would not et steam baths from their own perspira- tion and which are to cost.§2000 were promised. “The club must be built back to its old athletic efficiency,”” continued Mr. Harri- | son, “‘and to do it we will have all kinds of athletic entertainment. We will bring | the best amateur athletes from all over the world and make this club a Mecca of true amateur sport.” About this time the new president had his men well in hand. A telegram from Herman Oelrichs, which promised a can- cellation of $4 bonds held by the | Fair vas the first big bomb ex- slution which empowers the | s | DIED FAR FROM HOME. ident Kirkpatrick had painted a | and Kirkpatrick was roundly ap- | } ploded. - Another of the same tenor was read from James D. Phelan, who prom- | ised to concel the bonds of the elan estate. The names of Mackay and Flood ! were then mentioned, and President Har- | rison assured the members that these | men had promised to cancel their big | blocks of bonds if the club members | would take a small burden on their own | backs and go into their own pockets. If | they would pass the proposed amendment { Mr. Harrison pledged that the 32,00 debt would be paid and the bonded indebted- ness reduced $100,000. Theé special meeting was then called and Judge J. C. B. Hebbard read the resolu- tion of amendment. In order to bring the business before the house at once he moved its adoption. Upon a question of a member as to the maximum of initia- tlon and dues, which the board through President Harrison pledged at the above mentioned figure, the motion was put. ‘Without a dissenting voice the amend- ment was carried. It Is %env.-rany under- stood that the dues will be $ and initia- tion 32, beginning January 1, 1800. The new committees are as follows?the first named acting as chairman: Finance —H. R. Mann, H.V. Ramsdell, H. B. Russ; | indoor athletics—J. A. Hammersmith, | | J. Eiliott, H. R. Mann; outdoor athletics— Ge l'%‘o James, John Elliott, W. D. Shea; | membership—1, J. Hassell, John A, Ham- | mersmith, J. C. B. Burns, J. C. Hebbard; soclal—Dr. B. Hebbard, W. D. tennis and handball-W. D. Shea, | J. Elliott, H. B. Ramsdell; cycling—W. D. Shea, J. Elliott, J. A. Hammersmith. DESTROYING FOOD FISH. San Joaquin River Infested With Many Illegal Fishermen. ip, which was on the land of a man Jamed Gerlach. The fllegal fishers were | Frank Winters and A. J. White of Crows Landing and C. L. Toyer of Lathrop. They were taken to Stackton, a distance | of thirty odd miles, and thrown into the | Crows Landing which was similar to the | others. Any one of the three traps was { enough to Tuin the run of salmon and shad by preventing spawning in the head waters of the stream. Every effort will be made by the commission to convict and | punish the culprits as a warning to others \»l'hn hold the fish and game laws lightly there. | —_————— Arthur Laird Succumbs to Disease in | Alaska, SANTA CRUZ, Sept. 1.—Mr. and Mrs. | George P. Laird of this city have recefved the of the death of their young- .Edgar N. Laird, at Anveik, Alaska. He was in the gold country and had start- ed with his companions down the Yukon, | bound for his California home. Being very | ill, he stopped at the Episcopal mission at Anveik, where the Rev. Mr. Chapman had him taken to his home, where every ss was shown him. He was fast T is health, when an epidemic of influenza broke ouf. Laird caught the disease and succumbed in a few days. L Ten Years for Gillette. SALINAS, Sept. 11.—James B. Gillette, | | the well known rancher at Parkfield, who was convicted ten days ago of man- slaughter, was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment at San Quentin. e COURT NOTES. Nicholas Stafford, a young lithographer who was arrested early Sunday morning on the complaint of William Phillips, sa- loon-keeper at Fifth and Natoma streets, | for grand larceny for snatching his watch appeared before Judge Conlan yesterday and, as Phillips refused to prosecute, the | casé was dismissed. Twenty-nine Chinese arrested by the Chinatown squad for playing ple gow pleaded gullty in Judge Graham's court | yesterday and were each fined %, which they pald. 'A” . Martel has sued Willam M. Law- lor and other members of the Board of Health to enjoin them from preventing | the delivery of refuse to the plaintiff af his place of business, 1¢ Stevenson street, and ordering the same delivered to thé Sanitary Reduction Works, and for $00 damages for past Interference. | | O real estate transactions of not have been reported during the week, but there is a marked and growing demand for good Invest- ment property, especially in the wholesale district, and a number of good sized deals are being negotiated, with every prospect of early consummation. September’'s poor showing thus far is in a large measure due to the fact that there have been too many holidays, the effects of which were felt {n all lines of business. What with Labor day, the Jewish re- ligious hoildays and the preparations that | have Admission day, the brokers have beenhard put to get the ear of prospective buyers long encugh to convince them of the mer- its of thelr goods. The work of laying the ralls for the new electric raflway on Montgomery street is progressing rapidly, while all the rails are down on Sansome street from Market to Jackson. The track on San- some Is to be extended to the seawall, and the work of laying rails from the resent terminus at Jackson street will in ten days or two weel i 4 fas been a noticeable falling oft in the number of building contracts, but ten having been recorded during the week, rep! §47433. The largest contract recorded dur- ing the week was that of John F. Boyd with J. W. Miller and Ingerson & Gore, to make a four-story out of a three-story building on the northeast line of St street, 183:4 feet northwest of Mission street, for $9567. The next largest con- tract was that of A. A. Russell and J. J. Stahl with Julia Sullivan, to erect two two-story buildings on the north line of Seventeenth street, 110:3 feet east of Guer- Tero street, for $8450. Mrs. Rosalie Gr um_contracted with J. Round- tree, F. C. Jones and J. G. Peterson for work on a house on the east line of Franklin street, 75:3% feet south of Wash- ington, to costi$T400. Felix Marcuse con- tracted with Marcuse & Remmel for a {wo-story frame bullding on the west line of Btanyan street, 5 feet south of Par- nassus street, to cost $6000. ‘whe other contracts of the week ranged in value from $1450 to $4240. Undoubtedly the principal reason for the falling off in the number of build- ing contracts high price of building material. On this subject the following from Thomas Ma- gee & Bon's Real Estate Circular will be of interest: “The prices of building material have rapidly advanced of late. ~Lumber has ad- vanced about per cent within the past two years. In 1898 rough lumber was | $16 50 "per thousand, while on August 1, | 189, it was from $15 to $1 per thousand, and now its price is about $18 per thou- fand. surface lumber is from $30 to $35 per thousand; pine stepping is ?‘aa per thou- gand. A landlord told us the other day that had he built a building for manuf. {uring purposes a vear ago he could have sa\'etF about $6000, but that he had been repaid for waiting because he had been IR %o ‘make a favorable lease lately, whereas 4 year ago ne would not have cen able to lease at all. s “The price of iron and Xlumblng mate- | rinls has also advanced 40 to 70 per cent in the past two years. Bricks have ad- vanced from about $§ per thousand to $0 50 per thousand. Lime and cement have advanced about 20 per cent within a year. 4 price of glass has greatly advanced. There is no material advance in mechan- jcs’ wages from union rates, carpenters etting per day and bricklayers 35 per a But if the boom In bullding material has had a temporarily depressing effect, Au- gust certainly held its own with a record of 111 contracts flled, Wre:amln an ag- gruaudcul;lny of $636 f whhirrnl l;n;e!:gex: det ut once durin e 0! Soar. hen the contracts filed repr vear, W Sutlay of $671,988, and whic fa‘}ge-t for the month of August in an Jeen making all week to celebrate | resenting an aggregate outlay of | is the present unusually | esented The amount loaned on real estate by the {8 the | banks, loan associations and private capi- [0JOXOJOXOXOROXOJOXOROROXO] vear since 1895. During the first eight months of the present year the value of the contracts exceeded by nearly $500,000 the value of those filed during the’corre- sponding perfod of last year. That a prosperous season is ahead for San Francisco is the firm belief of the real estate dealers of the city almost | without eption, and their faith {s by no means shaken by the dullness of the summer months. This feeling of con! dence cannot perhaps be better expressed than by again quoting from Thomas Ma- gee's Circular. It “Perhaps the best evidence that better times are with us, and that an improve- ment in real estate sales and prices may now be looked for, exists in the fact that laborers and mechanics of all kinds are so busy that it Is difficult to get enough f them to do the work on hand. A prom- inent builder said last month that he had hunted for a day to find two hodcarriers. Planing mills, foundries, brickyards and cute orders on time, and are so crowded that they seldom sueceed. Certain work on a store, for the execution of which thirty days were thought to be ample will net be finished Inside of sixty days There Is no speculation or over-building fn what is _going on; it is but legitimate | growth an; vance that causes it. for the exce ing materials, of iron and | especially, much more work would be under way. Materials of iron and steel have gone up 65 per cent and brick from %6 to $9 50 per thousand. The coming has long been lame In short of breath, wheez and therefore oo naced, hut events have aoted Toers good liniment and a cure all, and desir- able, and we hope permanent, progress is at last being made Referring to the condition of the real estate market the circular say *There were few large trans st; medium priced city real estate In Au%u transactions prevailed, ranging in value 00 to $10.000 mostly. %\l:\ny lots from $5( worth $1600 to $4000 were aiso sold.” The localities In which these latter lots were sold were mostly on Presidio Heights and between Vallejo, Unfon, Fillmore and Broderick. Five sales were made on Union, between Devisadero and Brod- erick, 'an unusual number in one month. ““There is some demand for lots on First and Second, between Mission and Folsom. Tots on Mission, between Fre- mont and Third, can be sold, but at rea- sonable prices only. Warehouse and fac- tory lots on Brannan and Townsend, be- tween Third and Sixth. are being some- what inquired after. There is better .in- quiry for lots by the Panhanuie of the park. These lots have the best car ace commodations of any suburban district of the city. The street work is all done, the neighborhood well built up and prices are exceedingly low. An increase of prices there may reasonably be looked for. The total number of sales made In August was 228 of the value of $1,340846." | Banks and private capitalists took in | more money last month than they loaned. | The total number of mortgages was 206, of the value of $1,254,523; 220 releases of !morl%fi es were recorded, aggregating 30510 Although the Hibernia Bank i now lending at 6 per cent, It paying the imurtga e tax, it only lent $632,400 in Au- gust, while it released $711,750. The Ger- | man’ Bank last month*lent $100,000 more than it released, while the Savings Union lent $83,100 and released only $39,425. The | loans of the bullding associations and pri- vate ca&};aus(s amounted to an aggregate of $221,805, and that was $80,000 less than was released by them. Money continues to pour into the banks, and although tthe total loans of $1,234,080 in August were the largest of any month this year, and the savings bank rate for money on realty has been practically es- tablished at § per cent, the releases in Augugt exceeded the loans and amounted to $1,304,385, against 929 for a corre- sponding month in 1395, and $670,381 for the same month {n 1897. brick work | | 6,670 talists was $321,%5, agalust §246,07 ¢ \ ® | hardware houses are all pushed to exe- | ood time | oth feet, | actions in | Joans of the savings banks were as fol- lo Hibernia, $144.275; German, $28950 San Francisco Saving: ion, $44,900; Sav ings and Loan, $18300; Humboldt, '$3000: Mutual, 39800. The loans of the building associations amounted to $3700, and those of priva ists and others to 369,30 The tot ns of the s building associations and pri ists upon city realty for the first eight | months of this year have been $865 against §9.235,409 for a_corresponding pe- | riod in 1868, and $9,599.607 for the same time in 1887. The total releases for the first_eight months of this year have been $9,045,5%3, against 37636857 for_the corre- ?‘mmhng period in 1868 and $7,360,129 for the same time in 1897, Easton, Eldridge & Co. report the fol- | lowing sales during the past week: Lot and improvements on Golden Gate ave- nue, east of Webster, 27:6x127:6; $3750. Cottage and lot on south side of Twenty-first street, near Valencla, 23x114; $2500. Invéstment _provert ,“three flats, on Shipley street, near Fourth, 20x69; $1600. Investment property on east side of Alabama sirest, south of Twentieth, 26x100, four flats; 2000, ‘Two houses on Webster street, near Sutter, 33:4x100; $3500, qiottakes on’ Perry street; near Third, 20x80; 1450, Lot on Eureka street, near Eighteenth, 24:8 X125 $1000. dence on California street, near Plerce, 6; $4300. The block between K and L streets, Ninth and Tenth avenues, in the Sunsef district has_recently beén graded and sewered by Sol Getz & Bro., and several | pretty houses are now In course of con- struction on lots in the district sold by hem, as follows: William H. Mitchell, a two-story house on the east line of Ninth avenue, between J and K streets; R. F. | Dickinson, a_five-room cottage on the west line of Ninth avenue, between K and L streets; Willlam Leach, a four-room cottage on the west line of Ninth avenue, between K and L streets; Gustay Oisen, n the west line of Tenth avenue, between | K and L streets. Alfred Dulip has just | | moved into a beautiful two-story house erected by them on the east line of Twelfth avenue, between I and J streets. | Peter Olsen has just completed a three- | 0om cottage on the east line of Twelfth avenue, between I and J streets. The same firm sold the following lots recently, on which houses will be erected | short To James_Carroll, lot %x120 on | the east line of Ninth avenue, 2% feet north of N street; P. Smircich, lot 50x120 1 on the west line of Eighth avenile, 150 feet | north of N street; Helena Koster, lot 3x 120 on the east line of Ninth avenue, be- | tween M and N streets; E. de Marias, lot 25x120 on the east line of Nineteenth fve- nhue, 200 feet north of J street; lot 25x100 on | the 'south line of J street, 57:6 feet east of Twenty-first avenue, $300; lot 25x120 on the west line of Ninth avenue, 260 feet north of L street, $650. J. B. Green has bought of the California Safe Deposit and rust Company the property on the north line of Washington | street, 177:8 feet east of Spruce, lot 0x | 127:8Y, lor}%fl:{)(h A aston, Bldridge & Co. will hold an auc- tion sale of city real estate on Tuesdg(;’. September 12, at noon. The catalogue in- cludes a Western Addition residence at 1810 Pine street; an investment at 1115. 1115% Clay street; downtown inyestment at 24 Minna street; flats at 313-31314-315 Franklin street; AShbury Helghts fesic dence at 1056 Ashbury stréet; Mission cot- | tage at 310 Noe street; Western Addition residence at 1518 Geary street; fnvestment at 2018 Flibert street; Presidio Helghts residence at 3309 Clay street, and business property on the southeast corner of Mari- posa and Florida streets. A new Roman Catholic Chureh of St. Paul, to cost fully $50,000, 13 to be built on the northwest corner of Valley and Church streets. The edifice will {e en- tirely fireproof, and will be bullt of gray granite, with a slate roof and a tall spire rising from a tower 170 feet high. There will also be two slender spires, one over the sacristy and the other on the inner | edge of the frontage. 'he Phoenix Iron Works of Oakland has been awarded the contract for fur- nishing the cast and wrought iron window | frames, doors, etc., for the new Postoffice | bullding, corner Seventh and Mission streets. The successful bidder has twe {eurts' time In which to complete the con- ract. ' The Alden Company, the Oakland real estate firm, has removed its office from 902 PBroadway, where they have been for the last fourteen yvears, to more commodious | quarters at 1118 Broadway. | respect from the | accepted. | ing office to three of its own committee | | trary | members and | and on his return, together with his fel- | versity was the guest of the Cercle Fran- | caise last evening at a reception given in | nearly all the well-known French resi- | A ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. CONVEST BEGUN OVER THE DUNMIRE ESTATE IGNORED NEXT OF KIN NOW DEMAND SHARES. LITTLE GIAL'S i OAKLAND, Sept. 1l.—Mary Randall |and John York to-day filed their threat- | ened contest over the estate of their | sister, Kate Y. Dunmire, who died in this | city on August 15 last, objecting to the b | probate of the will filed recently by W. E. Undertakers Write to | 5imim: wio i mimes o il e, Supervisors. | Dunmire disposes of her estate, valued at el gl over $10,000, but her next of kin, the con- | testants, are wholly ignored, testatrix ex- Oakland Office San Francisco Call. 908 Broadwa: Sept. 11 plaining that they “‘have sufficient of this | world's goods." Contestants assail that will on the The burial of the infant daughter of the | ground that if the instrument was ever Christiansons of Berkeley, who Was signed by deceased, the subscription burned to death last week in a grass fire, brought out a new phase of the keen com- etition between undertakers that has thereto was not made in the presence of een maintained for years in this city. A any attesting witness; that at the time Mrs. Dunmire was not of sound mind and firm of Berkeley undertakers sent the fol- lowing letter to the Supervisors: that she was incompetent to make a will; being at times unconscious owing to her Otfifice of Durgin & Bleakley, Berkeley, | Sept. 7, 1899.—To the Honorable Board of great suffering from an affection of the pervisors of Alameda County: On the fth of throat. 5 Contestats further allege that at the September_a little ‘child, Alma Christianson, | was so badly burned that she soon died. We time of making said will Mrs. Dunmire (Durgin & Bleakley) were called in to take was acting under fraud midl umlu‘e in- R Y eents, ana . | fluence of ‘Mis: Ureuls Lo Fath, B formed the family that an Inquest would be | the legatecs but no fe/ative B ;' ¥oeien Fcessary.. While there, the deputy coroner, |and that decedent, when in pet o notified by us, came in and made arrangements | expressed her dislike for said Mrs. (8t *the inquest, teliing the family that as soon | who, with certaln other parties, contest- as the inguest was over we could go on With | ants believe, “‘designedly, and in contr the funeral arrangements. Tention of the expressed wishes and de- e T /e sequred. fram. Mr. | YRNHOD € s of decedent, Inserted in sald pre- Mitchell orders on the county for supplies for | SIFES Of Geeblerh M tatement that other burial and for grave, as the family Is, as far w Ee statemen ; Durtal A e AT Areally ranniless; "afier | Telatives of decedent were well provided the tnquest Dr. Menrmann felephoned to us | fOF in property they now own. Contestants ask that the estate be dis- tributed to them according to their legal rights, as If there were no will. that he had turned the case over to another undertaking firm, as it was a Coroner and county case and neither we nor thesfamily had any rights. . o i Ao YRR ve were just going down at the time and thought we would learn the reason for the WE'RD TALE OF change. We knew that while we might have no particular hold, still the family does have a right, as had always been conceded. family told us this: That they still 4 us to take charge, but they had been offered @ funeral by the Coroner and Deputy Coroner, not only at the county's expense, but with two hacks also free, and said If we could do_the same they should ‘still prefer us. We told them that we would secure a graye, furnish a coffin, etc., free of expense tn the county, but did not feel like furnishing two hacks, ‘and also telephoned to Supervisor Mit- chell that we would bury free from expense to the county. Respectfully submitted, DURGIN & BLEAKLEY, | P. B.—At the reguest of Mr. Mitchell we re- | 1808 turned orders to Mr. Mitchell. Supervisor Mitchell explained the mat-| ter to the board and sald that when the | family, who were penniless, had given | their consent to the burlal by the Coroner. | they did so because he offered carriages DISTANT MURDER 11.—Fred Nelson, a s arrested last OAKLAND, Sept. lad 15 ars old, who w night in compan th a tramp named Oliver Lavigne, has told the police a sen- | sational story that has all the earmarks of a dime novel. This is Nelson's narrative: “I met Lavigne in Nebraska in August, My parents are dead and when he asked me to accompany him I readily consented, as he told me how easy it was to make a living on the road and how much better it was than working for any> body. We left Nebraska together and I and everything else free. begged for my companion along the road. A discussion followed as to whether the ““All went well until we reached Lara- Coroner should be paid for the funeral of mie, Wyo. It was some time in Septem- ber, 1 think, and we were bogh waiting in the littie indigent, and it was agreed mi wait to see if a bill were presented. : 1l out h the railroad yard for a train to pull out. Tt is said to be the practice of several | s 3 Sphacsig s undertakers to gratuitously provide many Suddenly a boy about my own df’erc:sm:e‘i things for the funerals of indigents, which | out from the truck of a car near us anc are largely in excess of the allowance |Frenchy recognized in him a lad who had been his beggar before he got me. There made by the county in such cases. | were some words between the two, and —————— Fisherman Saves a Boy’s Life. Frenchy pulled hig knife and commenced OAKLAND, 11.—Wesley Archer, | Stabbing the boy. When the little fellow aged 1 years a sld|n§r at 829 Natoma | fell Frenchy picked up a coupling-pin and, stre an Francisco, while fishing yes- | without saying a word, crushed the boy's terday afternoon, fell off Long Whar! ull. Then he threw the pin away, said West™ Oakland, and with great difficulty | ‘Come on’ and we fled in the darkness. Since then we have been coming West ali the time, and have been in many jails, but there was never any question about the | crime in the Laramie railroad yards. A few days ago Frenchy picked up another boy in San Francisco named JoSeph Wil son and 1 then thought it would be my turn next. That is why I said when ar- rested that I was glad to be taken. Lavigne laughs at the boy’s tale, but Chief Hodgkins will investigate. LARAMIE, Wyo., Sept. 11.—The story was rescued by Antonio Pascale, an Ital fan fisherman, who jumped into the b withqut removing his clothing, and swam rescue. to the lad CYCLERS POSTPONE THE RACE FOR A CUP The annual twenty-mlle race of the As-| ociated Cycling Clubs, scheduled for told by Fred Neison at 0<lk|&llg, Cal., of e e o e e dtsoned for | the murder of a boy here in September, g . e | 188, s denied by the police and coroner. three weeks. Chairman W. L. Loos of | mpy say no murder was committed here | the racing board states that this action was rendered necessary because the San Leandro triangle course over which the race is annually run is at present torn up by contractors who are laying sewer | pipes. The date has therefore been | changed to October 8. This will give the | various -teams an opportunity for more | training and should result in a better race, particularly If a rain falls to lay the | dust. | The rules governing the race have been | issued by Chairman W. L. Loos of the | racing board. They differ in one material of previous years, .n clause, “Unlimited pacing is 'al-| lowed.” This privilege is one the clubs have been seeking for some time in all | the association inter-club events, and the forthcaming race will evidence whether a race conducted with unlimited pacing is equally fair to all the clubs. i ‘The Reno Wheelmen have challenged | the Acme Wheelmen to a fifty-mile relay race to be held on the Reno track on Sur day, the 2dth inst., and the Acmes hav at the time mentioned. —_——————— CUT IN HALVES BY OAKLAND, Sept. 1l.—Laurence Souya, a boy 7 years old, was cut in halves by a freight train this evening. instantaneous. The lad was crossing the track at First and Chester streets, which is in the vicinity of a cannery in which his mother was working. He got off the track on which the Alameda local W, approaching, but in flm_n.F a track on which a freight was backing. ’he brakeman on the freight train sig- naled to the engineer to stop instantly. He obeyed the signal, but not before one vair of trucks had passed over young uya. Another lad was playing with Souya, and when he saw the freight he laid or was knocked down in the middle of the track and escaped with a slight | wound on the neck. —_——————— MEMBERS GET ACQUAINTED. the Secretary E. N. Crelgh has sent out ballots for the annual election of the Bay City Wheelmen, to be held on the 15th | inst. The nominating committee is still | busy trying to explain to the members at large why it turned down some of the | best men in the club for the sake of giv- | New Deaf, Dumb and Blind Board Holds a Short Session. OAKLAND, Sept. 11.—The new board of directors of the Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and the Blind at Berkeley held a brief session to-night, President George W. Reed, Brewton A. Hayne and John H. Grindley bélng present, Henry Pierce and Wiliam S. Wells absent. No changes were made and there was but and their intimate friends. A futile at- | tempt was made to strengthen the ticket by putting on it the names of four old directors, two of whom have pasged (hu(r‘ usefulness and the other two are not seeking the honor. As a whole the ‘‘regu- | lar ticket” is far from satisfactory to a majority of the members, but there is not | sufficlent interest taken in the club now- adays to afford any probability of an op- | position ticket. K. Houghton of 833 -lay street, Oakland, The California Cycling Club is far more | for appointment as watchman. rosperouy ‘lhap”“a!rhfluilfl demle%noxl; of | The meeting appeared to be more for ate would signify. e larger clubs have | ring thougnt that the Calitornlans were fol- | the Purpose of giviag the new members b the San Franciseos and Imperials | Of the board an opportunity of familiariz- down the "lobnfifian." but on the con-|ing themselves with the business methods the big Mission organization has | been merely cleaning out its delinquent is on a strong, paying! basis. The lease on the club rooms at | Folsom and Twenty-second s.reets has | recently been renewed for six years and | preparations for socials and road events are now being made. The club boasts of | having sent more men to Manila during | the war than any other cycling organiza- | tion In the city. Six of them gave their services to the country: C. Helneman, C. | B, Thorp, G. Seyfried, A. Loudeman, Ward and John Burke. Burke was par- ticularly prominent in cyclng affairs here. He eniisted in the Third Artillery hensively explained by the superin- tendent, Warring Wilkinson. The institution now receives a monthly appropriation from the State of $4870 83, and its pay-roll aggregates $3100 monthly for both administrative and educational departments. Its only other source of revenue is $300 annual tuition received from each of those pupils outside the State, there being at present, among the 210 enrolled, seven from Ney from Arizona. Superintendent Wilkinson explained also that the letting of con- tracts for supplies every three months Jows, will be glven a warm reception. Captain R. A. Coulter has recently been elected secretary. vice Willlam Reid, re- signed because of absence from the city. ———————— RECEIVED BY THE CERCLE. vantageous. Formerly the institution did nearly all of its printing, but the last Legislature provided that all printing must be per- formed at the State Printing Office, so that at present only the California News, the asylum paper, is printed at home. Louis Pascal the Guest of the French —_———————— ' Club of This City. ‘ Unitarian Pastor to Go East. TLouis Pascal of the board of architects| BERKELEY, Sept. 1L—Rey. W. B to pass upon the plans for the State Uni- | Geoghegan, pastor of the = Unitarian church on’ Dana street, will leave for a trip to the Bast at the beginning of next month. His visit will be for the purpose of attending the Natiorai con- | vention of the American Unitarian Asso- ciation to be held in \\'(lsmnf!on, 5 AR dents of the city. | Mr. Geoghegan will be gone for at least Mr. Pascal was introduced to the guests | g month, dividing his time between by A. Le Gallett, president of the club. | Baltimoré and \Washington. There were remarks by Mr. Pascal, M. ! Goustiaux, Mr. Bergerot and others. 'Mr. | Al WAAIE Lo - Goustiaux’ spoke of the Drevtus case, ex.| Valuable Gift From Mrs. Hearst. pressing the hope that the sensational| BERKELEY, Sept. 11.—The department reports from France would be considered | of zoology of the University of California calmly by the residents here. | has just_ received a most valuable and 2 TRl PIOBOSEl e Bttt | OSSRt gl 1a Trom Nira: Bhiebe TS, 2 s 5 5 Benard, the successful architect, was pro- | Hearst It consists of a complete collec- posed and honored. | tion of (ypes of invertebrate animals, RS Sachitects Ml el the Pagl and | varying (o e e pleces are of Yoy - B - X, els. hCalgn{agesglll?n i waiting for them { gr(;atdsclen{’mc! galue” The value s el at the Palace Hotel af clock. On ar- ted at abou % flvl(xlrg aac ttt;‘e Clifg H?‘\:se asdlnn%r wm‘ be l A e tendere: em by the San Francisco | e apter of the American Institute of Ar. O’Brien’s Health Is Perfect. chitects. OAKLAND, Sept. ILThe hearing of lhf ;}enxtllon of flllt;' o Brlpe]n. convicted of criminally assaulting a Pleasanton girl, In the Divorce Court. | asking 0 be admitted to bail on atoount Decrees of divorce have been granted | of failing health behind prison bars, was William J. McCarthy from Catherine Me- | continue 10-d,fl)'sfrg one week, and' inci- Carthy: on the sround of imfdellty, and | SERAIY DF, W8 PP Frederick W. Gardam from RoseGardam, | gavit seriously jeopardizing grdde;ert]l;n.“ Slg!! tg‘r tdlvorceflnve been | Ehms_ ed by Emile Benedictsen against Olaf Benedictsen, for desertion, and Lizzie k. alth h_pfli_,‘..— Green against Thomas Green, Will Light the County Road. cruelty. OAKLAND, Sept. 11.—The Supervisors decided upon a very progressive move to- It was a very pleasant affair included his honor. and the list of those present O'Bi % The doctor avers that o~n§§§3'§ for Lady Maccabees. ! | 1 d = .\ The sutertalnment snA ‘dance to be |38V NLSH Whey passed 8 rvesslytion deter- (ven by the members of California Hive | Fruitvale to g{ayward!, The County Sur- No. 29, dies of the Mgc-heas. previous- | veyor has heen authorized to prepare ly announced for the 20th inst., will be lans and specifications for the work g\;e.r'\ iri)'nlnll:sdny night next in the Native v s glds will be called for at once, Fifty arc lights of 2000 candle-power are required. A FREIGHT TRAIN Death was | so stepped on | one application for position, that of M. | employed in the management of the in- | stitution, and this feature was compre- | da and three | instead of yearly has proved most ad- | are of very | J. AUSTIN WILDER TO [ ol | OAKLAND, Sept. 1l.—James Austin Wilder of Honolulu, brother of Mrs. Helen Wilder-Craft, secured a license to-day to wed Miss Sarah Wright Harnden, a | charming and estimable young lady of Alameda. Mr. Wilder's age is given as 21 and over, while the bride be has i 1ssed her eighteenth summer. Mar- riage licenses were also issued to William Relmer Stoeven, aged 28 years, and Al- vina J. Krug both ‘of Liver- . 45 years, and vear, Oakland; rs, and | Enoch G. Bidleman, ars, and Harriet Fran- | ces Gardner, 25 years, both of San Fran- cisco. RIEHL'S CHANCES FOR RECOVERY ARE SLIGHT OAKLAND, Sept. I11.—Professor Emil Riehl, the musician who made a desperate attempt at suicide t Saturday night at | his mother's ranch near Alma in the Santa Cruz mountalns, oy firing a bullet into his head, was brought to the Rece ing Hospital' here early this morning he bullet, which had entered the right side of the temple above the eye, ranged the head, lodging on the left side, and was Drs. Buteau, Porter and Rowe performing the ope m. In the opinfon of the doctors the patient's chances of recovery slight. Pro- fessor Riehl is a member of the and | the C man Club. He was ma not long n to one of his form | When requested, the resorts mentloned in this column will send you circulars giving full information regarding special advantages, rates, manner of reaching them, etc. When 'writing please mention The Call. Hotel del Coronado For your summer outing. Best golf grounds in the State. Unequaled fishing,sailing, cycling hunting, bathing, etc. Reduced Summer Rates. Apply 4 New Montgomery Street, SAN FRANCISCO. SKAGES HOT SPRINGS | ONOMA COUNTY; ONL®¥ 4% HOURS from San Francisco and but ¢ miles’ stag- ‘waters noted for medicinal virtues; be: : swimming and boatin nd mountain scenery; gocd trout streams at photographer's room, telephone, tele- ‘E’lph. @uily mafl and express; FIRST-CLASS (OTEL AND STAGE SERVICE; morning and afterncon etages; round trip from San Fran- | cisco only $550. Take Tiburon ferry at 7:3 a.m. or 330 p. m. Terms, §2 a day or 11 a week. References, any guest of the past four years. Patronags constantly increasing—last year unpreceden! J. ¥. MULGREW, Prop. ETNA SPRINGS.. Had you not better take a | vacation? You will live longer | and b2 healthier. Rates, $10 to $14 per week. Round trip, $7. | Apply W. L. MITCHELL, Aetna Springs, Napa | County, or J. H. SIMPSON, Odd Fellows® | builai F. fTel Mint 18% HIGHLAND SPRINGS. | IYHE best Deer Hunting, Mineral Waters, Baths and accommodations in Lake Coun- ty can be had at Highland Springs. Fall terms, §10 to $12 per week. Come while the hunting fs good. J. CRAIG, Manager. Lake SARATOGA SPRINGS, &2tz i Up in the mountains, near the | Jakes and in the heart of Lake County’s mineral beit. Take | train via Uklah. ROUND TRIP...§9.50. J. MARTENS, Prop.— City Office, 416 Pine Strest. INDEPENDENCE LAKE. | A Oharming Spot to Visit This Summer. OATS FREE TO GUESTS. FINE FISH- ing. Excellent table. Clean beds and care- | ful attention to patrons. Climate perfect. Six- | teen miles from Truckee, in the heart of th | Slerras and surrounded by magnificent trees o | an unbroken forest. “The ideal spot for familtes because it is clean, no polson oak, no pests. | And_pure air and pure water. Address MR3 | H. M. CLEMONS, Independence Laki Go to BYRON HOT SPRINGS The Hot Mineral Baths will Rheumatism. Address A_ BETTENS. at springs, or call on LOMBARD & CO.. agents, room 30 Geary st. BOCA HOTEL. NEST HUNTING AND FISHING ON TH®2 I JF ‘Truckee River; pleasant sunny rooms; good Loating on lake: boats free to guests: prices le, $8 10 310 pet week; speclal rates tor W. J. McDONALD, Manager. "LAUREL DEL LAKE AND HOTEL, LIMATE, SCENERY, ENTERTAINMENT; none better in Lake Co.; gas indoors and H.. WAMBOLD. | | | out. NAPA SODA SPRINGS. WO TRAINS DAILY, 7:30 A. M. AND 4 P. m.; stage meets train at Napa City. AN- DREW JACKSON, Napa Soda Springs P. O. BLUE LAKES HOTEL ILL BE CONDUCTED IN A QUIET, homellke manner, with one of the best | tables in the county; 416 1o §12 por week. Round trip, $350. S, F. an P, to Uklah; thence by | stage, Address J. WILSON, Bertha, Lakes | County, Cal. | HOTEL SANTA CRUZ, Santa Cruz, Cal. | First-class Family and Commercial Hotel. This hotel is located on the corner of Locust and Vine streets, one block from the Court- | house. Rates, $1 to §2 per day._Special rates to families. CHARLES HENDERSON, 304 | Montgomery st. .DO NOT... Be Without “THE CALL” | | i During Your Vacation. 1 i Subscribers to “Tha Call” visiting (he | country, seaside cr springs during the Sum- | mer months can have “The Call" sent tothem | for @ week or longer by prepaying for samy at the Business Office or by order through | carrier. 15 Cents 85 Cents.. FOSTA | 1 FPREPAID.