The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 27, 1899, Page 9

.THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1899, BAY CATIES | | noon’ his right foot was caught ‘between two_ cogwheels the swing of th dredger, crushing all of the toes and most SATURATED WITH ROSENE OIL BRI Attempted Arson at Golden Gate. IR Oakland Office San Francisco Call, ther tried arouse hop house, but no ) threw himselt of the saloon and burst hing was on fire, the eath the smoke was flicer lost partment airs Robert laimed to be s bed were with pools bers which oiled floor not know distributed 1id that he g that he op's son, , claimed that e fire was discov- arn were insured Foot Crushed by Cogwheels. OAF 26.—Peter Brentsen, a ars and resfding at f of his right foot lyed onthe fr NO DANGER IN “BELLE HELENE.” =" is attempting ¥ s at the Tivoll. kely that the opera will | d relations in the com- its car in New York n Russell and E ing each other onl re 1s not the material stralned relations at the but the music is crisp and the | s Walker's only fault as Helene lles eding harmlessness. Her nose inderstudy of Miss Russell’s | Walker's work 1s always con- s Cotte in Edna's happy. Up to now yrn the air of a recent o church choir, but her sical “‘blood” has put to h choir impressions. al hits rattle as thick and they is*_funny depending on far-fetched lan is at his best when icularly t Tom Greene, , is cute enough to advertise many. Helene” is a_catchy opera. g and dressed at the s no war among the reach of P! », | romise,” for a long time | nded upon us. It lifornia_for this week only. s desired. belongs to the one-night jlerant San Franclsco is mak- | B ven nights. Not all so lenlent ason why a farce of fes can’t express it- way if it sets about st. g a fat man into a chair sim- | with a crash from the drum | mpresses an audience as “origi- | w and witty,” even though that | the remote Pacific Coast. | E e s a dreary med- | v , bad dressing and | . novel om| cakewalk and Burt | are the saving clauses of | Mr. Haverly contends with | that would down a bigger | but he would be possible | rk farce. is the bright narllculflrl e mighty occasion. She Is 1 dashing” widow. Her dash nan and Is rendered un- | re so in that the com- | sadly meager. neat little spring and a | 2 k in her instep, and it's | rock that find their own | «kewalk. And until the de- | h that cakewalks shall be off our stage, we must there is no excuse for a Even the fact that Burt good one offers a vain says the California man- coming to town. Let 1 hope for the better. il 'be back at the Cali- weeks, She will produce a ance O'Nei fornia in tw be another chance to wdustry. George Lask s own in rehearsal at ndescends to visit The bride is war- Francisco humming ranted when sh nt of importance at the to-night will be a mili- a lot of musiclans who have never plaved in public before. o ambra opens Novemb “Mile. Fifl.” »vember tar p 5 with SARAH COMSTOCK. CLEVER VIOLINISTE PLEASES MUSICIANS There is a little violiniste ‘at the Or- pheum this week whom I wouid pro- nounce a wonder child, were I not skep- tical regarding the existence of such be- ings. Sada, which is the name of this outhful artiste, possesses most as- superior talent. Her tone 5 r and flute-iike, her L‘;&‘f‘{:;"x‘. ably very graceful, her attack is firm and sure her interpretation is very impressive and replete with - intense feeling and her technic is indeed well developed. Owing ed. to her tender age, 14 years, I le!cve, she has not yet attained that breadth of tone which time and the development of her muscles alone are able to secure for her, | the rooms of the new Sunday | i ofler, and while thus engaged this after- of the of the foot up to the instep before the Wheels could be &topped. He was taken to the Recelving Hospital, where the in- jured half of the foot was amputated. |SOLD HER STORE FOR SIX HUNDRED CORSETS Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 98 Broadway, Oct. 26. Vermily is L about her corsets. Hannah M. widow, again having trouble Some mon ago she and over from came San ncisco had a young man named Benedict arrested on a charge of purloining these contri- vances, an laintift E. Eibes lving cor- nt. prepared ourt late this Donovan, in a store sco, to be after the following ot such business ets to be delivered s in lots to suit on demand, whole of said numb ) delivered: and i{n_purs until by defend plair ed to defendants the busi- nd defendants then and there inta p ssion.’ complaint then goes on to recite ¢ Eibes have failed to live up to, refuse to perform, their agreement, nd t h frequent demand has been made, tiff with the 800 corsets, the market price of which is quoted at $1 per set; except wat they have delivered about thirty 1 no more, wherefore 564 cors in as_a balance of unpaid cons tion, Ergo 64 _still due, for amount in United States gold coin or e tic side corsets plaintiff asks judgment. ———— SMALL BOY CONVICTED OF A HEINOUS CRIME | OAKLAND, Oct. 26.—A peculiar spec- tacie of the unexpected things a jury will rded to-day in Judge Hal court, verdict of “guilty as charg- ed,”” was brought in by a jury in the ca of Freddie Canning, aged 12 ed with criminally aulting ing, aged 9 year: e past three m Maggie Ew- occupied the nd the ys in was almost entirely that glven by court I¢ children. It was the general opinion, even on t part of the District Attorney, that a ve of simple assault would be brought and the verdict, therefore, was a de- d urpris to everybody except the rs. who were: H. son, Hector rrison, J. C. Stanley, William Frathen, 8. Gordon, J. Woifren, J. F. Ford, L. H. Briggs, M. T. Sequira, ¥. M. Burnham, H Sber and J. O. When the verdlct wi boy, evidently realizing the seriousness of the' occaslon” for first time, broke down in tears. He was ordered into the c tody of the Bheriff and next Wednes- vears in a State pri he father of the co hat if a new trial is denled the case will be appealed and that he proposes to fight ily one There is espex noticeable knows tha and clear limber o with a Stiff wris nether arm and 'p a sta ato as the most olinist. This is a feat which vet seen of any one, and how she does it is a mystery to me. Pa ticular attention should be paid to the ef- fectlve manner in_which she played ““Ben Bolt” and “The Suanee River.” Tt we the acme of refined execution. Any mugiclan who desires to hear elegant playing should not miss hearing the lit- tle girl, for she will one of these days be heard from on the concert stage. ALFR STZGER. ——— RECEPTION TO DR. GARRETT. Ladies of St. L;nke‘s iflpiscopal Church Entertain Their New Pastor. A reception was tendered last evening to Dr. and Mrs. Claibourne Garrett by the ladies of 8t. Luke's Episcopal Church, in _ hool, on the corner of Clay streef and Van Ness avenue, Dr. Garrett has been some time in the city and it was the intention of the ladies of his congregation to give him a recep- tion on his arrival here. But as the Sun- day-school, which is situated in the base- ment of the church, was not quite com- | plete when he arrived to arsume his new | autes, the greeting was necessarily de- layed until last evening. Dr. Garrett lost nothing by walting, however. The ladles had used their best efforts to make the affalr a success and thelr labors were amply rewarded by the pleasure that the excellent and entertaining programme they had provided gave thelr reverend suest. The polished floors of the SBunday-school were covered with soft Turkish mats, strings of rare fiowers were twined around the stately pillars and bright lights shone over the gay attires of a hundred beauti- fully gowned women who had gathered to bid their new pastor welcome. The following musical programme was excellently rendered and was followed by a light supper: Vocal selections—Mrs. Richards, Miss Agnes Simpson and Mis: Kirby; violin solo, Miss Van Wyck; vocal solos—Frank Coffin and Mr. Girard. The committee of arrangements that had the reception in charge was composed of the following named _ladie Mrs. Philip Caduc, Mrs. James Ruggl Mrs, George Buckingham, Mrs. General Bab- cock, Miss Heath, Miss Fiéld and Miss 'l-l‘nz'\!_;l”Th!z music was under the direction o a -— ce Sabin. WAITING FOR HIS BOYS. Governor Reinhold Sadler of Nevada ar- rived In the city last night and registered | at the Palace, where he Is now awaiting the arrival of the boys of his State, who are returning from the scene of their vie- tories in far off Luzon. The Nevada boye have made a record for themselves In the flerce fighting amid the tropical, fever-infested glades of the Phillpu nes, and the Governor of their State has come to greet them on their re- turn home and to look after their com- fort while they still remain in the blue uniform of Uncle Sam, awaiting the day which shall see them mustered out and returned to the loving hearts walting to receive them just over our eastern border. With Governor Sadler there came to welcome the Nevada cavalry M. 8. Bonni- fleld, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ne- vada; Henry Kind, County Commissioner of Eureka County, and George S. Nixon, editor of the Silver State of Winnemucca. e e Annual Tea Meeting Opens. The thirteenth annual tea-meeting of the San Francisco Church Extension So- ciety opened yesterday at the Howard- street M. ii. Church. There was a recep- tion to the ladies at 6 o’clock in the even- and devotional exercises at 6 o'clock, ch were led by Rev. John Stevens. The invocation was by 8. D. Ulrich. There were addresses on ‘City Evangel- ization in Its Practical Phases,”” by J. N. Beard, D.D., pastor of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church; “The City Church Ex- tension in Its Relation to Downtown and Suburban Churches,” by Clarence T. Wilson, D.D., pastor of Santa Monica Methodist Church; “Selfltual Life in Our Plans and Church Work," Rev. A. C Bane, D.D., pastor of the California-street church; “City_ Church _ Extension in Other Cities,” Rev. B. Hutsinpillar, D.D., pastor of Central Methodist Church. Resolutions by Rolla V. Watt; closing ex- ercises by Rev. T. H. Woodward, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church. A_letter was recelved from President 1. J, Truman regretting that the result of hie recent accident prevented his at tendance, and outlining the work of the soclety for the past year. they have declined to supply plain- | testi- | | Mary set as the time for pronouncing | The minimum penaity s four | wonderful ff-;ilurf" ® + o + o . o + o + o + [} + [e] * <] + o . o] L4 | O 4 o 4 o] s o * 3 4 [o] 1 e [e] * o * o L 4 o * o * o + o * o * o ‘ [} ‘ [¢] ‘ o * o * o b o] | ¢ o + o * o + cratic State Central Committee. John W. Thomas of Kan = and Mrs visiting her sister, Mrs. After the marriage Mr. the State, where they will s will reside in San Francisco. ©4040404 0404040404 0404040404040 40404040¢ to the bitter end.. He openly charges that his son is the victim of a conspiracy and the hatred of the Ewing child’s mother. —_——————————— Married by Justice Quinm. OAKLAND, Oct. 26.—Harry Casper and Fritz, both residents of San Fran- and both aged 24 years, were mar- eace Quinn this cisco, ried by Justice of the afternoon in County Clerk Jordan's pri- vate office. licenses were also issued to- ars, of Oakland, and 19 years, Alameda; Car- %9 years, and Frank San Francisco; Arthur , and Jennie Gingg, 28 Miss I as. Stetson of Oakland. lady and has made a large circle of friends during her and Mrs. pend a few weeks, and upon their return they 0404040 4040404040 4040404Q AKLAND, Oct. 26.—Robert L. O Mann and Miss Estelle Thomas went to San Rafael this after- noon and were quietly married. The affair was not a surprise to their immediate friends, who were taken into the secret, but to the vast number of their acquaintances the wedding was not expected. Robert L. Mann is a son of A. L. Mann, the principal of the Denman Grammar School of San Fran- cisco. He is a rising young attorney and Is in the office of his uncle, Hon. Seth Mann, chairman of the Demo- telle Thomas is a daughter of Mr, For several months she has been She Is a charming young stay in this city. uthern part of left for the 5 o ¥ o 9 o + o + o 4 o + o 4 ° 4 o L¢ o + o 4 o + o * o *+ o + o + c ¢ o + 3 Mz fann )4 + o + 04040404049 day to the following named: John Bar- vears, San Francisco; Erik Abrahamson, 39 ars, San Francisco, and Albertine Johnson, 42 years, Oakland. S e Hastily Wedded. MEDA, Oct. 2%.—Frank _Lightson and Miss Belle Farmer, both of S8an Fran- cisco, were_has married by Justice of the Peace Morris last night. The couple evidenced a desire to have the ceremony performed with as little delay as possible, hna the Judge had hardly pronounced them husband and wife and shaped his lips for the customary bridal kiss when the happy palr took their departure for the train to San Francisco. AL. CONSUL BELL TO LECTURE. An Interesting Subject to Be Dis- cussed by a Highly Honored Man. The members of the Chamber of Com- merce are making arrangements for a re- ception United States Consul to New South Wales Colonel George W. Bell, who is due to arrive here from the East on Sunday. Consul Bell has represented the United States in Sydney for the past six vears, and so highly do the people of that country regard him that they paid him a compliment and honor that few Consuls receive. Although a Federal officer of this country, the Australians requested him to act as their representative at the International Congress at Philadelphia. After obtaining permission from his home Government, ?w attended the con- gress and now on his way back to re- sume his official duties. Colonel Bell has ngreed to dellver an address before the Chamber of Commerce here next Tuesday, and on the following day he will sail for the Antipodes. His discourse will be upon the commercial possibilities of the Pacific, a subject with which he Is thoroughly familiar. Other commercial and indus- vited to attend. trial bodies and the public have been in- ————————— GERMAN CHURCH FAIR. Festival in Aid of St. John's Attracts Many Visitors to Washington Hall. A falr was held by the St. John's Frauen Verein, for the benefit of the German St. John's Church, at Washing- ton Hall last night. The hall was thronged with visitors throughout the evening and a rushing business was done by the various booths. The following programme was presented on the stage: Piano_solo, Miss Heinz; and Mrs. Oetzel; song, Master Michaelson; plano solo, Miss Reimers; instrumental selec- tion, Professor Graeber's Mandolin Club; reclta- tion, “Des Tauches," Thoene; vocal church quartet. The booths and those in charge of them were as follows: Wheel of fortune, Mrs. P. Johnson, Mrs. Zroan, Mrs. Beinz, Mrs. Klotz; fanéy booth, Mrs. Reimer, Mrs. Oetzel, Mrs. Niemann, Mrs. Schons- theimer, Mrs. Fukert; candy hooth, Miss Minnie “Endlich, Miss Anna Cattermole; coffee table, Mrs. F. Endlich, Mrs. Ranft, Mrs. Maarss, Mrs. Wildy, Mrs. Snyder; C. E. Borden, Miss of ceremonies, duet, Mrs. Fukert Mrs, fish ‘pond, Mrs. Bock; master Zaum The Lena Henry Jr. fair will continue two days more. e e A RESTRAINING ORDER. Chief Lees and the Health Board Temporarily Baffled in the Nymphia Matter. Chief of Police Lees, Health Officer Dr. Lawlor and the members of the Board of Health were yesterday restralned from interfering with the lessees, proprietors and habitues of the notorious Hotel Nym- phia. The order was issued by Judge Daingerfield late yesterday afternoon and last night Attorney Joseph Dunne served notices on the Chief and Dr. Lawlor, com- pelling them to refrain from serving the habitues and lessees of the notorfous resort with notifications to vacate the premises with ten days. —_———— Struggle With a Lunatic. ‘While Gustave Anderson,’a longshore- man, was being taken in the Sheriff's van to the ferry en route to the Ukiah Asylum_yesterday, he tore himself loose from the straitjacket and attempted to break open the door. As soon as the door was opened at Sansome and Mar- ket streets he Jumgcd out of the van and Degulh“s ‘Whelan, Simon and another had a desperate struggle with him till they were able to overpower him. It took them s0 long that they missed the ferry boat and they had to drive back to the insane ward with Anderson. ————— Channing Auxiliary. A charming entertainment to invited friends is promised for Saturday after- noon next by the Chnnnlnf Auxiliary, to take place at the parlors of the Unitarian church at Geary and Franklin streets. Professor Lamare will give a dissertation »an “hRuclrhel." adnd s;veral rench will render the second act o “Athalie.”” Mme. von Lieberlich will sing. —_—— Cutting Into Fuller’s Estate. In the dispatches of yesterday from Chico, Butte County, appeared a . long story concerning the unearthing of the crimes of perjury and forgery in the case of the estate of the late Albert Fuller, a er, worth about $50,000. Several promi- nent people were arrested on Grand Jury indictments. _ Yesterday another matter relating to the me estate came up in the Supreme Court. | In June, 1847, Fuller gave A. J. Landis a | promissory note for $15,000 to secure an ob- igation. Landis was obliged to sue E. M. Woodman, the administrator. The Su- perfor Court sustained a_demurrer to the complaint on the ground that the docu- ment was faulty in that the claim failed to set forth the particulars of the trans- | action. The Supreme Court reversed the judgment and remanded the case, holding that a promissory note overdue requires | no statement of particulars other than ilh:\t found on its face. e STOCKTON’S RAINFALL. | ettt | Weather Officials Prepare Data for | Fifty Years. | Weather Officials McAdle and Wilson | yesterday completed thelr joint gaper on | the rainfall of Stockton during the past fifty years. It will be read at the Farm- ers' Institute, which meets in Stockton | to-day. ~ Besides the rainfall the paper treats of the temperature and wind veloc- ity since the year 1850. This is the third paper on the rainfall of the State, the other two on San Francisco and Sacra- | mento_having been completed some time ago, They will form valuable contribu- | tions to the climatology of California. INTERESTS THE COAST. Army Examination Board Is Named and Pensions Granted. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 26.—Army | orders: By direction of the Secretary of | War a Board of Officers is appointed to | meet at the call of the president thereof, | at the Presidio, San Francisco, for exam- ination of such officers as may be ordered before it to determine their fitness for promotion. Detall for board: Lieutenant Colonel Wallace F. Randolph, Third Ar- tillery; Lieutenant Colonel Marion P. Maus, Inspector general; Major Robert J. Gibson, surgeon; Captain Sedgewick Pratt, Third Artillery; Captain James M. | Kennedy, assistant surgeon; First Lieu- tenant Roger F. Gardner, Third Artiliery, recorder. The following named officers will re- port to the president of the Examining Board for examination at such time as | they may be required as to their fitness | for promotion: First Lieutenant John H. Wholly, Twenty-fourth Infantry; Second Lieutenant Elvin R. Heiberg, Sixth Cay- alry; Second Lieutenant Ethelbert, L. D. Breckinridge, Seventh Infantry: Second Lieutenant Theodore A. Baldwin Jr., Twenty-fourth Infantry. Assistant Surgeon Willlam J. Boyd, | relieved from further duty at Fort Riley and will_proceed to San Franclsco. As- gistant Surgeon Herbert T. Thornburgh will proceed from Cleveland to San Fran- cisco. Private Lawrence Wytch, Com- any G, Twenty-fifth Infantry, now at f;nn Sam Houston, Is transferred to Com- any 1, Twenty-fitth Infantry, Presidio, an Francisco, California. Pensions: California—Original—Michael Hennessey, Lafayette, ncrease— Christian Meyer, San Francisco, $8 to $10. Oregon—Original _widows, ete.—Phoebe Fansel, Portland, $8. ‘Washington—Original: David W. Mau- rice, Spokane, XD Rl KILLED BY AN ENGINE. Joseph Wilson Stepped in Front of an Approaching Train. SAN ° BERNARDINO, Oct. 26.—Joseph ‘Wilson, who resides in old San Bernar- dino, was struck by a motor engine which left Redlands for this city this morning. The road passes along the street in front of Wilson's house and Wilson stepped from behind a clump of trees in front of the engine, not seerig or hearing it as he was very deaf. la head and body were badly crushed and he lived but a short time. Wilson had a similar acci- dent a year ago and was slightly injured. A short time since he drove on the track in front of an approaching traln. His wagon was smashed and he was thrown uite a distance. The engineers, knowing s peculiarities, watched for him, but this time he reached the middle of the track before he was seen. Brakes were applied but it was too late. No blame is attached to the railroad employes. Wilson was one of the early pioneers and well known throughout this section. — Killed by an Explosion. VANCOUVER, B. C,, Oct. 26.—Postmas- ter Hanson of Rudley, Cal., was killed in the Vananda mine, Texada Island, yes- terday. It is sald that George Balley tossed him a of powder which he falled to catch, cluulna' the extlosion, which killed Hanson and rendered Bailey unconscious, is IFE MYSTERY OF JOHN VIRGIL STILL DNSOLVED Oakland Office San, Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Oct. 2. When John A. Virgil, an aged hermit whose antecedents a means of gaining a livelihood had alw: been a mystery, dled in his cabin at Niles, about last Christmas time, left an estate that aised at $7788. . Shortly after his death W. H. Knight, then Public Admin- istrator, obtained letters and took charge of the estate, which consisted of $4184 25 in the hands of the administrator; $2752 85 on deposit in the Hibernia Bank, San ‘Francisco; three lots at Niies of estimat- ed value in the administrator’s petition at $800, and some jewelry and personai effects. Late this afternoon ex-Public Adminis- trator Knigit, by his attorney, G. E. de Golia, filed the first account in the estate, | showing that a_claim of $3130, presented by Dr. G. F. Chaimers. sued upo: been reduced by Judge Ogden, i ment_recently rendered, to $2144 50; and | that there now remains a balance in the | hands of the administrator to the amount | of $4152 30, for which no heirs can be found. : ‘Among the many papers found in Vir- | gil's cabin none bore testimony that| might lead to an unraveling of the her- mit's past life, except that it was found that in his younger days he was an or- phan and had been an inmate of an or- phan asylum at St. Augustine, Fiorida. The administrator spared no efforts tc learn more about decedent’s past, in the hope of locating an heir, but all efforts | were of no avail. e records of the St. Augustine orphan asylum it was learned, however, that nearly seventy years ago an infant brought thére by an unkinown woman who gave the name of Virgil and the child was afterward named John A. Virgil. There was no record of a father. | Later the boy had been taken into the custody and care of a prominent physi- cian, who also since died, and about fifty years ago Virgil came to California. The records of Alameda County show that twenty-five years ago Virgil purchased from the late Charles Crocker two town lots at Niles, directly adjoining the pres- ent site of the Niles Postoffice. There Virgil led the ?He of a hermit. No one knew whence came the money that sus- tained him until it was one day discoy- ered that he had on deposit in San Fran- clsco banks something like $15,000, but how he obtained this was all a mystery and it was noted that the hermit was always concealing his identity for some reason unknown to the outside world. Included in his estate were several Gov- ernment bonds. ¥ When in the latter part of 189 Virgil suffered a stroke of paralysis, Dr. Chal- mers attended him, believing he was a pauper. Later Virgil was taken to the German Hospital and for a time rallied. In December, 1868, he suffered the fatal stroke that carried him off at the age of vears. In view of the fact that after nearly a year's chase in pursuit of heirs none Zm\'e been found, the balance of the estate, now in the hands of the adminis- trator, will probably go to replenish the State school fund. Illinois Woman Bunkoed by a Clever Swindler From the State of New York. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Oct. 26.—Mrs. Mary Jane Colthar, aged 45 years, of Bun- ker Hill, Ill, whose husband died two years ago, leaving her a farm and $2000, is penniless in this city, having been robbed of $4075 by a New York confidence man. Mrs. Colthar about a month ago, by a jetter of introduction through an agency, began a correspondence with James Mon- roe. A few weeks later, by zé)polntmenl. they met in Indlanapolis and the same afternoon were married. The following day they started, together with Mrs. Col- thar's 1i-year-old daughter, for New York to witness the Dewey day celebration. Before going, however, Mrs. Colthar placed a $2000 morlgflge on the farm and drew $2100 from the bank. The trio ar- rived in Rochester a few days ago and Monroe proposed to engage in the drug business and prevailed upon his wife to loan him $4075 and started for New York, ostensibly to purchase a stock for the store. onroe has not been seen since. On Wednesday Mrs. Colthar recelved a letter from him in New York, saying he had been robbed and advising her to re- turn to Bunker Hill. Mrs. Colthar, re- alizing that she had been decelved, imme- diately laid the case before Chief Cleary, who has taken steps to catch the man. Mrs. Colthar has found employment as a nurse here. s fiiaii Choice of a Commissioner. WOODLAND, Oct. 26.—A meeting of the suditing board to the Commissioner of Public Works was held in S8acramento Tuesday. The members of the board have been told that a decision of the case of Lewis vs. Colgan authorizes them to ap- point a Commissioner. It is reported that they have consulted with the Governor and will name a Commissioner who is sat- isfactory to him. It is also reported that the name of the probable appointee has been agreed upon and may be announced at an early date. The board will insist that the new Commissioner shall reap- point M. A. Nurse as chief engineer, P S e i Funeral of Major Upham. TO8 ANGELES, Oct. 26.—The funeral of the late Major F. K. Upham, treas- urer of the Soldiers’ Home, was held at the home this afternoon. A large num- ber of persons attended. The military or- der of the Loyal Legion was represented in force. The remains of the deceased laid In state until 2:30 this afternoon and were viewed by hundreds of persons. The services were in charge of Rev. C. K. Beck, chairman of the home, and were held in Memorial Hall e O Ormondy Found Guilty. L.0S ANGELES; Oct. 26.—This afternoon J. H. Ormondy, who was tried in the United States Court here for counterfeit- ing at S8an Luis Obispo, was found guilty. The jury was out only five minutes. & H. Raymond, his partner, pleaded guilty and tried to shield Ormondy. Ormondy has already served time for a like of- fense. Sentence will be passed on them Tuesday next. —_——— Death of a Pioneer, MERCED, Oct. 26.—Augustine Smith, a ploneer of this county, died here to-day of typhold fever. Mr. Smith, who was a native of Maine, came to California in the early fifties and located in the San Joaquin Valley, where he devoted his time to farming and stockraising. At the time of his death he was 68 years of age. . e S Damage by the Storm. WOODLAND, Oct. 26.—Farmers along the Sacramento River report the loss of considerable clover, Egyptian corn and buckwheat seed during the storm of last week. It is sald that the losses will ag- gregate several thousands of dollars. —_— John B. Lodge Dead. SANTA ROSA, Oct. 26.—John B. Lodge, a well-known pioneer, died at his home in this city late to-night after a long ill- ness. Mr. Lodge was a native of York- shire, England, and was 75 years of age. D il Repairing the Levee. WOODLAND, Oct. 26.—The contract |18 | his be in a hurry to feel the curly 0 the boys and took off his cap, then his other hand. pocket, The boys afterward secured of carrying concealed weapons. that if he rubbed his fingers through his luck. He admitted exhi ng the and he had no intention of using it. guilty of simple s and fined him $20. 04040404000 404040+@ REGENT DENICKE’S GENEROUS OFFER | Starts a Fund for Increasing the Library of the New University of California. BERKELEY, Oct. Regent Ernst A. | Denicke of the University, of California | the first to respond to President Wheeler's appeal for a fund to increase the facilities of the university address before the thou sembled to witness his inauguration y terday afternoon, the new president de- plored the lack of adequate financlal sup- | port from which the library suffer: “Instead of 75,000 volumes we want 200,000," said President Wheeler, “and in- stead of one or two thousand dollars spent annually for new books, we want from | twenty to thirty thousand; and we waift | it right now.” ~ The request appears to have aroused interest in the subject of | he library immediately, for to-day Re- | gent Denicke sent over the first contribu- | tion for a fund to be raised for the pur- | It was a generous donation of 1000, Regent Denicke's gift was accompanied by the following letter: My Dear President Wheeler: No one Who card your eloguent address 'this afternoon | could help being moved thereby. You empha- size that the most urgent need was more books for the library and a fit building to put them in. I see no reason why the citizens of this | State, from their private means, should not at once ‘supply the requisite amount of money. I am sure that it 1= but necessary for some one to start the movement, and 1 therefore au- thorize you to draw on me for $1000, as my coi tribution to a library fund. Yours very faith- fully, ERNST A. DENICKE. INCISED WOUND ON AN EYEBALL SEWED UP| OAKLAND, Oct. 25.—George Bakar, one of the three-year-old twin sons of Philip Bakar, the butcher, met with a very pain- ful mishap at his home, 317 Fifth street, this afternoon, which necessitated a very delicate and exceptionally skiliful opera- tion. The child, while running after his father, fell on the sidewalk with an ink bottle in his hand. The bottle broke and its jagged edges cut a deep gash under the child’s left eve, extending from the inner corner to the point of the nose, la: ing the nostril open. and also inflicting an incision on the eyeball. Thechild wastaken to the Recelving Hospital, and it was at first proposed that the eyeball be removed, Drs. Stratton and Porter, however, called in Dr. R. G. Thomas, the eyve specialist, and instead the Incised wound on the eye- ball was sewed up, the water having not all left the ball. The eyesight, however, is practically destroyed. } —_—e———— PRESIDENT GILMAN HONORED. The Berkeley Club Banquets Its| Famous Founder. OAKLAND, Oct. 26.—President Gilman of the Johns Hopkins University, Balti- more, was the guest of honor at a ban- quet given in the parlors of the First Unitarian Church, this city, this evening | by the Berkeley Club, which he founded | many years ago, at a_time when he was | the executive of the State University of | California. During the evening he gave a brief account of his experience as pres dent of the Johns Hopkins Universit There were about forty guests at t banquet. Of the original charter mem- bers of the Berkeley Club there were resent Dr. J. K. McLean, Dr. George Mooar, Professor Joseph Le Conte and Dr. W. C. Bartlett, and prominent among the other guests were ex-President Reed, founder of the Belmont School; Mr. Janes of Santa Clara County, Senator George der to change his luck. Richards’ last experiment cost him just $20 in an East Oakland Justice Court this morning. A few days ago Rich- ards met two colored boys named Meadows. The little fellows protested strongly against such an indig- nity, whereupon Richards exhibited the butt of a revolver that was in his Richards took the witness stand this morning in his own behalf and testi- fied that he had merely taken off the boy’'s cap because he had been told ault, told him that such jokes were very reprehensible ° ©+040404 0406040404 0404040904040404040404+04+0+04040+ C. Perkins and others. TWENTY DOLLARS FOR A CHANGE OF LUCK AKLAND, Oct. 26.—Harry Richards, a Fruitvale butcher, will not again locks on a colored boy’s head In or- He went up to the smaller of rubbed the little fellow's head with the arrest of Richards on the charge a colored boy's hair it would change revolver, but sald it was not loaded Justice Larue found the defendant @ 404040404 04040+0+0 PRESIDENT WHEELER WIDELY CONGRATULATED Distinguished Eastern Scholars Send Congratulations to the Head of the State University. BERKELEY, Oct. 2%.—President Ben- jamin Ide Wheeler of the University of California, who was yesterday afternoon inaugurated as president of the univers- received telegrams and congratula- messages to-day from all parts of the country. Word came from the presi- dents of Yale, Harvard, Columbia and all the leading universities in the East. Many of them were semi-official in their nature. Others came as expressions of personal congratulations from President Wheeler’s friends in the world of letters and education. President Hadley of Yale wrote as follows: NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 20, 1889 My Dear President Wheeler: I cannot let this opportunity go by without sending you a word of personal congratulation, not so much for you as for the University of California in the prospect of the efficient administratio: which lies before her. Not only for the Uni- versity of California, but for the whole cause of higher education’ In the country, it is a matter of great good fortune to have a man of your breadth of experience as the leader nf education in such a_center of influence as yours. I look forward with great pleasure to the prospect of some time seeing and knowing you personally, and having the chance to talk over the mulfitude of perplexing questions which lle before us all. _Sinserely yours, ARTHUR T. HADLEY. To-morrow President and Mrs. Wheeler will accompany President and Mrs. Daniel C. Gilman of Johns Hopkins University to Pleasanton, where they will be guests for the day of Mrs. Phebe Hearst. A special train will bring the party back to San Francisco in time for the banquot to be given in the evening at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art by the members of the board of regents. ———— SELLIER-HEIKES WEDDING. Marriage of One of Alameda’s Society Belles to a Popular Citizen of Denver. ALAMEDA, Oct. 26.—The marriage of Miss Marie Sellier and Victor Conrad Heikes was solemnized last evening at half-past 8 o'clock at the home of the bride’s father, L. J. Sellier, 1732 Alameda avenue. Rev. Father A. Hamet of Notre Dame des Victoires, San Francisco, of- ficiated. The rooms of the house had been transformed Into a veritable flower gar- den. It was a green and white wedding, a bevy of girl friends of the bride having fairly smothered the walls and staircases with daintily arranged coverings of palms and bamboo, white cosmos and chrysanthemums. The wide veranda had been inclosed and hung with Japanese lanterns. In the bow-window of the par. {lor a bower had been built of palms and other greenery and chrysanthemums. An altar had been erected within the bower, and at this altar the happy young couple were made husband and wife. iss Emma_Schofield was mald of honor and B. E. Remmel was best man. Constance and Hlilda Van Brunt, the little nieces of the bride, were ribbon-bearers. Following the ceremony refreshments were served in lhetparl‘vrs‘. Beventy-five guests were present, principally relativ and intimate friends of '_hephfla,e. e This morning Mr. and Mrs. Helkes left for Denver. After a short stay in that city and the East they will leave for Paris, Mr. Heikes being special commis- sioner for the United States mining ex- hibit at the Paris Exposition. They will remain in Paris during the exposition and will tour the Continent. On their return to America they will reside in Denver, where Mr. Heikes will follow his vocation of mining engineer. The bride is widely kn‘gwn in Alameda and very popular in soclety. OCTOBER IN NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL 29, 1899. came to San Francisco to Life Among the Arc- tic Whalers. has been let for the repair of the Jeams levee, two miles north of the big ease- menl:: The contractor has already begun worl I The Boers as They Really Are. By MISS SANNIE KRUGER Miss Kruger is a niece of Oom Paul Kruger, and recently next Sunday's Call she talks interestingly of her home life. WHY HE FEARS THE CZAR. Paul Melnikoff, Russian socialist, tells the story of his life. HALLOWEEN SUPERSTITIONS. The Most Valuable Bulldog in the World. THE BOOKS OF THE WEEK. Reviewed by Professor H. B. Lathrop of Stanford University. A Sunday‘Call Woman in the Presidio Hospital. BISHOP POTTER—THE MAN. DOMESTIC SCIENCE—OAKLAND HOMES—DRAMATIC STARS—AND A BUDGET OF OTHER FEATURES. \ complete her education. In American Girls Who Are Princesses.