The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 21, 1899, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER ¢1 IARBOR COMMISSIONERS MAY LENGTHEN WHARVES tngineer Suggests Extension of Fully Two Hundred Feet. Recommendaticn Also Made for Long Pier and Other New Structures to Fit Our Growing Commerce. in having the law amended to rable impor- gestions of issioners. He irst_place, the to be 1000 feet onstruc- uth of the shown in ructure, w stration that acc new " it eded n to the r Kilbu o Was so for an i i “ t wharf to & ssloners eater facilitles, f« he 1000-foot pier is threef t place 1t r and would make easy 1s at the riding h of it, all along the s a_swell from the second place, such a large yard room for the and would bring ship and In the third plac it w ish an outlet for a sewer svstem. e people of the State and city of Th SECTION “omm} OF FRONT SHOWING PROPOSED WHARVES. to lengthen Forme! large steamers of t as San Francisco must the the T ©s on the frox and §36; Steuart, 4 and 4%0; Main d bulkhead, 00 i1 dock, 1200 ird and Berry, 600, 1ch. These figure: t that New York has pelled to lengthen its wharves to the story, in one way, gquite “CAUSES UNKNOWN.” | sult of the Inquest Upon the Body ! took place yesterday after- nq n from St. Mary’s Cathedral and the Ay was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery. widow and two sons, Louls and Jo- two daughters, Badie and Cella, Golden Gate avenue, ain F. Wakefield —————————— | In the Divorce Court. Decrees of divorce have been granted Irving C. Butler from Marle L. Butler on he and of desertion and Esther 8. from Cerile J. Blorduy on the willful neglect. above the right e as not fractured p of ve been filad by Downing W. nst Alice B. Gravee and Olive t Miles King. ———— Water Color Exhibition. 'aul de Longpre, the painter of Califor- ® wild flowers, will give an _exhibition his water color sketches at J. F. Ken- nedy’s art gallery, 19 and 21 Post street, t 0on. M. de Longpre is en route where he will exhibit his paint- the art galleries of the larger P: ak A GARD T0 THE PUBLLG The Success of Our Peremp- tory Money-Raising Sale Which opened at 10 o'clock yesterday morning so far exceeded our expecta- tions that we were reluctantly com- pelled four times during the afternoon | to close our doors for a period of twen- ty minutes. We cordially hope our patrons will excuse the delay thus caufed many of their number. | The large number of packages which we were unable to send out on our § {1 o'clock delivery will be delivered early this morning. | In order to allow our clerks an op- portunity to arrange the goods in their espective departments, our store will not be opened until 10 o'clock a. m. this ng this sale goods will be sold h only; no goods will be ex- nged nor money refunded, and no samples will be furnished. Murphy Bullding, / [/ Cor. Market, Jones and McAllister Sts, - | or divoree on the ground of de- | foot of | | | Congress the bill providing a territorial | that it should be disposed of before Con- | to-night, “has precedence, and, | of government for e-| Porto Rico, but %a. | first. Congress would serve as a | form of government for Hawall at the New | EARLY ACTION ON HAWAIIAN BILL Senator Cullom Will Press Matters. HIS OPINIONS UNCHANGED e STILL FAVORS A TERRITORIAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT. e Same Conditions Do Not Exist in| Porto Rico and It May Require Entirely Different Treatment. —e Speclal Dispatch to The Call. CALL HEADQUARTERS, WELLING- E TON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, Nov, 20,— | Senator Cullom, who was chalrman of | the Hawailan Commission, has an- nounced his Intention of reintroducing on the opening day of the Fifty-sixth | form of government for Hawail. He will urge action upon this measure, insisting | gress glves serious consideration to any legislation for other insular possessions. | “The Hawallan bill,” said the Senator | in my ment, there ought to be early action ipon it. Congress during the coming | sesslon certainly ought to provide a form | both Hawall and | Hawall should come | could have adopted a | last session, and probably should have | done ‘so. The Hawallan Commission, | consisting of Senator Morgan, myself ! and Congressman Hitt, having made a full Investigation of conditions in the islands, had reported a bill to Congress providing a form of government, but the weighty matters which pressed upon C n consequence of the war with ented the Hawalian bill from | en up. The ,};‘mpla of Hawali | now waited a whole year upon | igress without a murmur.” They are | atriotic Americans, and they ap- | the causes for delay in giving a representative government, | causes no longer exist, and they ght to expect early action.” ou’ think committees of Congress be sent to Porto Rico and the before any bill creating a or_those islands u' But should Philippines form of government considered by Congress 1 think it might be well to do so. { probably In the case of Porto Rico It | | may not be necessary. The Porto Ricans | are thoroughly loy to the United | tes. There has never been any dis- | ition among them to question our 8o erelgnt It may be that Congress can legislate satisfactorily for them without | ressional committees visiting the | That will appear later. But | whether it is necessary to send a com- | mittee of Congress to the island or not | some form of government for the Porto | Ricans ought to be provided before the 1 of the coming session.” | ill the bill reported by the Hawaiian Commission for the government of the lawal Islands serve as a model f a form of government for Porto Rico?” “It may be of some use, but I doubt if it would answer in all particulars. The Hawaiians are a very different sort of people from the Porto Ricans. The Ha- wallans are fully Americanized and have demonstrated their capacity for self- overnment. They the English [inguage for the most and under- stand American ins With the Porto Ricans It is ¢ y have | rer had any experience ir -govern- it aining under Spain has been s to qualify them for it t the English lan pe | 1k art % have, the prinely the beginnin ppreciat public. therefore, In thoy may need a different form of gov ce will provide frerence Will be principles, of ernment from that which the Hawatans.” The in details; the under! course, will be the In reference to the reported intention of the President to appoint a civil gov- ernor for Porto Rico immediatelys it would seem as if_the programme to ap- | yoint Assistant Secretary Allen of the | Department has been suspended The President told Senator Foraker on | Saturday that he doubted now whether e would make any civil appointment in orto Rico until after Congress had had a chance to legislate on a form of gov- ernment for that island and Hawail. Tt| would seem from this remark and| Senator Cullom’s interview that the sub- ject has had very recent consideration the White House and that Senators ‘ised the President to go slow in the sintment of (-ll\-ulgu\‘-»r%m question of revenue in Porto Rico I.hesu;l»pnn the island will be a difficult problem to determine. SMALL BOYS IN COURT. Judge Mogan Ely! Robert McKay Is ‘Wicked Beyond His Years. Pight boys, thelr ages ranging from 10| to 15 years, were before Police Judge Mo- | gan yesterday to answer charges of vio- lating the § o'clock orainance. They had been arrested Sunday night on Folsom street by Officers Tracy and Naylor, spe- clally detailed for that purpose. Seven of them—James Hvnes, George Johnson, Joseph Smart, John Fellden, James Ly- | ons, James Flannigan and Willie McKay | —were dismissed with reprimads. Robert McKay was placed on trial, the court stating that he believed him to be a very bad boy, who was leading his 10 -old brother astray. | “You were before me once before,” said | the Judge to him, “for burglary. The v ‘acquitted you out of sympathy for your youth and not because you wers not gullty. 1 have no doubt of your guilt on that occasion. You have also been arrested before for disturbing the pi and for vagrancy, and have been In court at least five times. Now you leading your brother astray. bad one!” The policemen told the court that the 12-year-old prisoner and his brother were the sons of a widow residing at 40 Bruce street. Their father died several months | ago. When arrested Willie McKay had a ean of saimon, which Robert said he had bought from a grocer named McManns at | Rausch and Foltom streets. The coury did not belleve the story and adjourned the trial In order that the grocer might be summoned. B You're a fi' —*The American Porter’—is the latest brew | of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n. It ex- in those gualities that make it most popu- with the public. e —————— A STOCKTON-STREET MYSTERY. Henry Searles DMeests a Peculiar End. Clad in his nightgown, Henry Searles, | a painter, was found vesterdsy morning about 3:30 o'clock, IyIng in an unconscious condition In front of 1515 Stockton street. He was removed to the Recelving Hos- | ftal, where it was found that he had sus- ained & fracture of the skull. which re- sulted in his death last night The supposition is that Searles while under the influence of some powerful nar- cotic fell out of the window. Detective McMahon, however, has been detailed to make an Investigation, as it is not quite certain that Searles Is not a victim of foul play. —————— Fell Through a Skylight. Mary Chamberlain, a middle-aged woman, was taken to the Receiving Hos- pital last night suffering from chloroform ofsoning. She resides at 81 Fourth street, %u( was brought from a restaurant on Fourth street, near Stevenson, where she had fallen through a_skylight from the floor above while under the influence of the drug. The surgeons at the hospital say that {he woman is a chloroform flend | and has been treated there twice before, —_—— Referee Resigns, L. C. Wittenmeyer, referee in bankrupt- (2 for ".he ct:g:_‘m); lo(f' r(‘?lomx;- %\:II’L:’ s t in s resigna ay to i3 tes District Judge Xe Haven, | the monopoly has so long foreed its pa- templ: PENALTIES PROVIDED FOR TELEPHONE FRAUDS Switches Must Be Made Before Payment s Demanded. Supervisors Fix Dates for Bond Elections. Pavements to Be Sanded Without Expense to the City. The People of the City and County | ll?finey shall have been saved to pay back | ills of the water company. The matter was referred to the Water Committee. of San Francisco do ordain as follows: Secticn I. No corporation, firm, in- dividual or copartnership operating, | s Pf:'rmc;:\‘s RECEIVED. " or which may hereafter operate, & tel- | rarred ta the Strons commmitie, Teceived and re- | Flinn & Treacy—Requesting that the Superin- ephons line, or render telephons sarv. | Fisn & Tiscy, Roounsing thae s mipet ice, within the City and County of | contract -:m. lh;m ln]('uns!rucl a ten-inch | sewer in the southe: v portion of th San ll:‘r:mcl!co,tl}hlllf charge :rlrez;elve [ ot :1:-'fnn Ana. Bpear strects, &t & coet ot <o any compensation for any telephone | exceed s < 5 G o message or communication, in any nu;u]esur' :r;':t the nr'::gxn’;:xlf S febasys instance, before the telephone num- | §{1V}} s be removed from its poles, in or- i - ber, or party called for, shall respond 5:::‘;.‘:" with order of the board, ;)!y benv’r:\g::- to the call of, or onrb;eihfllf of, the per- rnm-'m} Tea Company—For permission to sus son ordering the service. Y rihx eet from the front of the prem- 52 4 street. Sec. II. Any corporation, firm, in- For permission to alter and dividual or copartnership violating any of the provisions of this order shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or imprisonment, not exceeding three repalr premises at 1105 to 1124 Stockton street. William _Ehrenpfort—For the paving of ¢ months, or by both such fine and im- prisonment. o gutter on Fifth street, between Clara and Har- Yesterday for the second time Super- rison, Quimby & Harrelson—Fur permission to bl on block 9 of the Fiint Tract, S Willlam Helbing—For permission to use 3xi- inch etudding in the erection of a bullding on the north side of Ellis street, 5213 feet east of Octavia A. H. Muller—For the laying of a plank side- walk on Dolores street, between Army and Twenty-eighth Precita Valley Tmpro ing that no more extens} visor Algeltinger raised the cry of “‘Stop | for grading Bernal Park. thief!” against the telephone company and, as upon the first occasion, his fel- low members of the Board of Supervisors were with him unanimously. To reinforce the order which he submitted at the meet- ing of last Monday, which provided a Ili- cense of §1 per quarter upon nickel-in-the- slot 'phones, he yesterday offered the foregoing resolution, and to-morrow afternoon the agents of the company will be given opportunity to lay before a com- mittee of the ard all that they may ment Club—Request- ons of time be granted PROTESTS RECEIVED, Agalnst the passage of an order to lm:.ny: e the st John N, Druhe, deceased—Against the paving of Lafayette place, betw Iniol gt een Union and Green Against granting permission T to any other party, con- o construct’a sewer in a single block of Cuvler street, but favoring the sew Suxiae strest ng sewering of the have to offer in defense of the compli- | FProperty own gainst bituminizing L * - 18 g fayette place, by G - - cated system of petty larcenles by which A PO%.. et ireen and Union streets. s ¥ Y Property owners — Agalnst ordering curhs, censpools and bituminous rock crossing of Plerce and Green straets: a Plerce street, between Green and l'n|n:L. 2 b STREET WORK ORDERED, Resolutions were adopte g R T opted ordering the follow- tumen pavement on the erossing of H. z.nvl Shrader streets; same on (he'{‘r«wnn‘."‘h} Chestnut and Jones Ftreets; grading Chenery Street, between Randall and Castro, redwood gurbe. rock gutterways and plank sidewalks to lald thereon and the roa way to be macad- amized RESOLUTIONS OF INTENTION. ing street work were adopted Banait bioek pavement in the center of Thir- lrul-lil’:'mc:ur‘l‘m”.:’ to be paved with bitumen: trons to pay not only its operating ex- i penses but provide as well its tremen- dous profits, The intent of Supervisor Algeltinger's resolution is evident upon first reading. Its adoption will accomplish neither more nor less than the reduction of the tele- phone company to the same status In the law as any other malefactor who obtains money by false and fraudulent pretense, and will render it amenable to the same fines or imprisonment. It is admirably ¢ ated tc a stop to the company's insolent and profitable practice of de- manding two and sometimes more nickels for the same switch and then transfer- ring the whole amount to the profit side P Resolutions of Intention to order the foilow- th street, Letween Valencla and Guerrero, artificial stone sidewalk on orner of the {ntersection of earl streets and cess the northwesteriy Thirteenth and P of the ledger by announcing that the 1 cesepooi, cul- “party called for does not answer.” sl y Seral Woe When the local corporation first intro- niie curbs and artifieinl stone _ duced its slot machine 1t gave fair return Thirteenth sereut OraeE of the inter- for the nickel it demanded, but expe- in purk. STREET WORK RECOMMENDED, The Superintendent of Streets requested %l £ sted that ::ll;n:l‘:lr":;?rf.:nlnel work be passed to resolu- welve-inch sewer, with fiv 1 covers, In Charles ilre‘l.h l?n:fl"l“l::hu ou Paclfic right of way, commenoing at a the southerly line of Charles gtreet, 12" fers casterly from the westerly line of Arlingtan northerly and easterly to o rience has rendered its managers and ope- ratives proficient in the art of grafting ind the legislation which has been started Is only the natural result of the flagrant frauds which nave been perpe- trated during the past year. The company, however, is not going to submit to a curtaliment of its profits, legitimate or otherwise, without the hot- test sort of a fight. It sent a communi- cation into the board yesterday, protest- ing against any further action being taken ugainst it until it had had a hear- ing before committee, and upon motion of Supervisor Phelps the board agreed to northerly thence northerly and concen road track to the center line 2leo an elght-inch sewer, from cente: of Randall street, 7 feet west l’nvmc::elrerlli)r"enlg of the rallroad, thence westerly 47 feet to con. nect with sewer in Ban Jose avenue, at the of Charles street, tric with the rail- of Randall street; hear its agents to-morrow afternoon at | northerly line of Randall street. The Super. the regular weekiy meeting of the Li- | Int=ndent of Streets also recommended that cense and Order Committee. At that | TUTK street. between Baker and Lyon, graded and sewered. STREET WORK AUTHORIZED, Resolutions were passed to the performanc private contract: time the dollar license order, which is on its final p age, and the resolution of- fered yesterday by Algeltinger will be considered, and the monopoly will have its say. of the following street work by The proposition to sprinkle Market Fred Leffler, to grade and sewe street with sand_came up again for con- | avenue, ‘hetween Eightoenth "ang wineBrun sideration and President MacDonald of | streets: Joseph Harney, to construct sewer. ate the City Street Improvement Company | Ib Cuvier street, betwsen Bosworth strect snd was present with an offer to try the ex- | the Southern Pacific right of way. veriment without cost to the city. He sald he had discussed the proposition with members of the Merchants' Association, and that a number of possible objections ETREET WORK ACCEPTED. The Superintendent of Streets 5 o that the following street work i‘."??;’x’.‘,“".'c‘. fad been presented, but that he agreed | “Pieas, oo 2 ~ el - . wenty-ninth street, fro with the Board thaf something should be | Dolores strect, bitumen. Ban Fracracs (e, 10 done to render traffic less dangerous on | Comp: private contract; Twenty-ni, '.‘fi wet days. He requested that the original | street. from ' Sanchez (o' Noe, mcy D Yesolutlon be either withdrawn or - laid | Francisco Paving Comeans . San Cole street, from Hayes o Fel Joronontra Street Improvement Company, pri MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, The Superintendent of st that the City Street I given an extension of 120 days' tract to grade Berral Park Hearing of the protests against the | artificial stone sidewalks on Clark st | tween Davis and Drumm, was = an- | at 3 p. m., Monday, Novembar 27 r and that he be permitted to make the necessary experiments at his own expense. Supervisor Aigeltinger agreed to the with- drawal and MacDonald was authorized to ahead. The resolutions necessary to the bond elections were adopted without dlssent. The first provided for the panhandle elec- tion to be held on December 27, and con- tes the issue of bonds tothe amount f 84, X% to cover the cost of the handie extension and the Mission Park.| The City Enginesr was directed to report The second resolution covers the issue | proper grades to be established on Zoe place, proposed for general improvements and | off Folsom strect, between Fremont and leale’ names December 29 as the day of election. | The Superintendent of Streets was directsd to The improvements projected are: New | #prinkle the roadway of Market street with City and County Hospital, $475,000; new | clean dry beach sand, from Golden Gats avenue schiool bufldings, $1.400.000; the drainage gystem, $4,600,000. The first resolution was passed to print, and the second was adopt- £d and ordered printed for ten days, as re- quired by law. The hospital figures cre- ated some discussion. Perrauit sald he had understood that $500,000 was to be the figure voted for that work, and asked if the amount named in the resolution in- cluded the cost of equipment. The Mayor replied that the equipment had not been figured in, and that the amount named was based upon the architects' estimate of the cost of the bullding alone. Per- rauit and Lackmann wanted the amount | 1o be voted for the bullding reduced to $350,00, but as they did not put their Wishes in the form of a motion the resolu- tion went through as drafted. Bids for the tile floor of the new Hall of Justice were opened and referred to the oy bitumen, City reets recommended time on con- ng of et, be- et for hearing to Second street, the winter monthi —_——————— INSTITUTE LECTURE. Father Newell, 0. P., Expounds Doc- trines of Catholicism. The third of a series of lectures given under the auspices of Ignatian Council No. 35, Young Men's Institute, was de- livered by the Rev. Father Newell, O. P., last night at Institute Hall, Pioneer build- ing. The speaker had chosen for his sub- ject “Catholicism—The Only True Form of Christianity,” and in a clear and con- vincing manner proceeded to prove the truth of his theme. After explaining the varlous truths, . The proposals ran butlding commitice o %ed | ws and graces which constitute Chris: Willlam Clayton, secretary and manager | tianity, Father Newell drew the conclu- of the San Francisco and San Mateo Rail- sion that Christianity is a super Way Company, appeared before the board 4 pernatural religion, and as there is no supernatural to Tequest that mg f:‘!-' 'l';"f;id Imllin the | religion on earth except the Catholic re- O ed thal as the rallway line operated | HS1on, 88 evidenced by its teachings and Petween two' counties the Sompany, had Was the only true form of Chiistiagiry always beenlnnnem-cdd ;:adu:le“fln_le g-rd When Father Newell had finished lis of Iqualization, and had (his vear been | aple discussion on the subject a rising its taxes. Mayor Phelan suggested that | y'6 e <" "as extended to him by the eity and county tax be paid under | “jyqge Frank Murasky then made some protest, but Clayton replied that he did ks, i which h th Dot care to take that course, as it was a :,’:f,‘:{ that 7 :;,.,:’,‘;.Lf,,‘,,,.,‘i.,':‘::,"‘:,",'k;f;' 4 matter to get money out of the . n ectu = By ovioe It was pald in. The mattes tian Council In having lectures in which will_be discussed further at this after- | the (ruths noon's meeting of the Judiciary Commit- "A' w“ 3 tee, book, “"Catholic Bellef,”” Permission to hold amateur boxing con- bl 3 tesin Was granted the Columbla Athletie | €Ach Person attending. e oiene s SR Club. County Clerk Deane was authorized to Gas and Electricity Mix. employ additional clerks to complete the A mixture of gas and electricity caused a fire in the cigar store of Wolf Bro: work of his onlhm, aohlhl:l‘!lhe m‘ ht pre- . Wta clean balance-sheet when the char- tor ah the Pabst cigar store at 9 Ellfs street last night. ter should go into effect. Compensation The store had but recently been fitted was limited to $6% monthly. The board Iri.luplh“d hhm l‘n ordinance framed with the inteation of preventing e t ot - , up in gorgeous style with both gas and the conceazment of crime by the crema | &0 t% V5SS Muminating prapertes. The wires which conveyed the electricity into the burners were incased within the gas xpounded. was presented to tion of bodies and suggested by the Board f Health, 9 Afil order was setting aside from the Catholic religion are | of Father Di Brune's celebrated | | |1t a factor in the life of the times. THE MOST FAMOUS PAINTER OF GERMANY. Copyright, 1899, by Seymour Eaton. THE WORLD'S GREAT ARTISTS. V. ALBRECHT DURER. Given a fair endowment of talent with only modest mears, the task of the art student in these days, even in our own land, seems more or less of a simple af- fair, for though the environment is not always as esthetic as could be desired and though we cannot lay claim to being a very artistic race, at-least we have good | schools, fair galleries, excellent private collections, and at worst Europe is only a week's journey from our eastern seu- board. In the fifteenth century, however, in Germany, when Albrecht Durer, son of | 5, a goldsmith of the same name, was born, | ALBRECHT DURER. (After the portrait by himselt in the Uffizi mand for his pictures: he confined him- self almost entirely to portr occaslonally a religious sub the advance of printing th tunities for w 1 engravir did much. Wood engraving was in a feeble state of p above the level of a mechanic is due to Durer that th to & high rank, for he in era of wood engraving as u | Durer qow made a second rice, going alone and findir tlon' among the newer me sprung up since his t v well there financlally and wa fered a sinecure post, with a good by the Venetian Cor up a permanent r clt love for home and his native city prev and he retur C remberg in where commissi now came in paintings, and ambition’ was s fied at last Frederick the Wise, commanded a large picture, but when it was completed it had cost more In time and expense than the sum paid for it and still another painting was ordered, over which there was much dis- cussion to price, Durer finding In the end that he was making nothing with his great canvases, and he concluded in stick How- as still oc- casionally lured iato picture m a k | n.g though always his financial disad vantage. Among his engravings were a senting_the the Holy “Pas- Jesus and other rel subje . Durer was the first to make use of art of etching w Virgin,' sion o Christ” gallery, Florence.) there was little in an art way to stir the impulses of the young man who was des- tined to shed so grand a luster on his country’s name. Art flourished only modestly in the rude middle ages In a country like Germany, where the soclal side of life was unde- veloped and where nature herself was | none too kind to man. Of national life at that time there was little; small princi- palities, each dominated by a petty | Prince, preyed upon each other and made | conditions that were far from fostering | art. However, fo the two free imperial citles of Nuremberg and Augsberg there developed the greatest pair of artists of which Germany boasts and among those which the world has yet produced. Oue | was Hans Holbein, the other, the subject | of this paper, was Albrecht Durer, no | less able as a painter than as an engraver, though better known to posterity by his | skill in the latter direction. Genuine, | original, inventive and dexterous to a | marvelous degree, he imitated no man, but blazing a path for himself he set an example for generations of artists to come, to whom he has been an Inspiration, a guide and a shining example. All this he accomplished in a modest manner or | the pure love of his art; he was ambi- | tious, but not for worldly favors, being desirous only to excel in his profession as a master worker; he cared little for hon- ors, and went his way modestly, striving | ever to perfect his technique, to improve | I his drawing and to widen his scope in painting. fulness and probity, and dying left behind him the splendid fruits of his labor, every scrap of which is now prized as a pre- cious.memento of a veritable master of be | his art. Above all, it must be remembered that Albrecht Durer was a pioneer in his art, print authorizing | for before his time little had been done to popularize art in his country or make e prom- not only stands out with the utmos | inence In the history of Germany, but he vate contract. | mprovement Company be | t twice a week during | | The omnipresence and ade . a "‘mm for the me! pipes, which in some manner were {iirfaen Manson and_ Charles 8. “Tiiton | girighed of thelr insulated covering and | fo afir\'lr\-s rendered on the Séwer Com- 10 the gas P(p, at its joint at the ceiling. The result was that a jet of fire encir- cled the pipe and conveyed the blaze to ml\l\ additional order for payment of $1500 to C. E. ade. Grunsky was also m; Byington introduced . | the woodwork of the first floor. Before it ber b amendmenta, all Of which were ga; | S be extingulshed Hook aud Ladder ::’:f:l'aam;:n:gutc: tlfigoe 3 J’lflqn{,‘; {fl: honed for. The damage was trifling, charter. They were all 'SEFM' jowever. Supervisor Phelps offe a resolution T PR <56 R R Calendars and Christmas cards now off water SR ready for Bastern mail at Sanborn & Vall's, L4 and from 160 fire pl ley water until suci m parks and using !nm.lg“\.in' time as enough I has left an imprint on the whole history of art since his time, and this is T thing that mn¥ be said of few men. he story of his life, though simple, is inter- | esting and worth the telling, and his own words may be quoted in excuse. In a draft of a book on proportion which he nhad planned he says: “In this matter I will, with the help of God, set forth the little 1 have learned, though it will seem obut @ poor thing to many. But this does not | trouble me, for I Know well that it is easier to find fault with a thing than to make something better.” Durer's family was of Hungarian ori- gin. His father came to Nuremberg in 1455, and Albrecht, who was born in 1471, on May 21, was one of elghteen children, only three of whom grew up, the others | dying early. The father became promi- nently identified witd the art of the gold. | smith, and as soon as Albrecht was oid | enough he was set at the same trade. Al- | though he had small interest in this work, he labored diligently, and pleased his | father so much that when he finally con- fessed his discontent with goldsmithing | and his desire to become a painter his Wishes were respected and he was ap- | prenticed to the painter Michel Wolge- | mut, one of the few in that guild in the anclent city, but also the be: There is breserved in the Albertina collection in Vienna a drawing made by Albrecht at | the age of 13, done in silver point, a like- | ness of himself, which shows remarkable | talent and airéady a knowledge of the | handling of his medium so characteristic of the man in later life. ! About the time the artist’s birth Gutenberg's great Invention of printing as brought from Mayence to Nurem- perg, and Albrecht's master, Wolgemut, with his partner, Pleydenwurff, were later emplo 416 muke iustrations for books published about 14%. Thus the young man _was profoundly interested” and brought in close contact with such work in which he was shortly to excel. In 1489 his upprenll('uhls terminated, and his father sent him off for a four-year wan- dering tour to acquire by travel what he could in relation to his art. Such was the custom at that time. He visited vari- ous German towns and studied for a while | with a brother of the famous Martin Schongauer, the most distinguished en- raver of his day, who, though dead, had eft traditions which his brother carried out in the school established by the fa- mous man. Finally he arrived at Venice, where he made the close acquaintance o Jacopo del Babarl, one of the leadin yumers in Venice before Giorgione and ‘Mitian. Parbari was also an engraver, | and he first Introduced Durer to the pro- ortions and measurement of the human Body as a subject for study. While in Venice Durer painted a charming portrait of himself. which is now in the collection of Herr Eugen Felix at Leipzig. He was summoned home by his father, who had arranged a marriage for him with Agnes, | the danghter of one Hans Frey, who gave as a dowry with the young woman 200 gulden. | The ceremony took place July 7, 1491, and Durer turned for a livelthood to en- | graving, working on copper at first. The Compositions were of Biblical or allegori- | cal subjects, as was the manner of the | times and which had a popular interest, | Many of them were from the Apocalypse. | omnipotence of | Death, which had so powerful a hold on | the popular imagination at this date, | were also frequent themes with Durer. | These works were instantly successfuland found a ready sale; indeed, they were al- | most immediately pirated and coples wers | put upon the market. The drawing in each case was appealing and it was full | of sentiment and imagination, delightfuily | executed and quite novel in the manner of | | his advent Durer th He lived a life of great use- | i | and fugitive colors in h | Durer is to the true lover of | the University Club se n- deed, he was not the actual discoverer of acld on metal, if the process. In February, , there came to Nurem- berg the Emperor Maximilfan, and with ught he saw opened up & career of riches and glory. The am- bition of this monarch was to excel in every direction. He was lavish in his patronage of all the fine arts, of every- thing, in fact, that could add to his gl Ty, and it must be added tha e concerned himself little with the somewhat import ant part of settling the bills due to the men of genfus he ti cou It | seemed to him that t d_engravings of Durer could be turned to hi unt and glory if he were made the subject of some spirited picture that sk 1 cir- culation about the country missioned the artist t ela rate woodcuts v in a splendid pr riding under triumphal arch. Ninety-two blocks did Durer design, and: they were superb; but although he appealed and appealed, never a penny was he paid for the work. He was lured into doing much other work, and always were there promises but no remuneration. Unce more and for the last time Durer started out into the world to make a voyage to_forelgn itries, this time taking with and her maid The Town Couneil iwerp offered him, as had that of Venice residence, salary and immunity from taxation if he Id remain there; but he refused and came back to Nuremberg. Meanw hile ho had been prosperous In introducing his work in other places, realizing much from the sale of his engravings. Once home however, he relaxed work A in! he progress theran doctrines; he ,..Alnln- agaln, pre senting two large upright panels to the own Councll of Nuremberg, which are now at Munich: and he began to write, publishing a sort of preliminary work en- titied “The Teaching of Measurements by l’}ul»« u}ul Compass, In Lines, Planes and Solids,” a work on’ geometry, and he forth a treatise on “The Art of Fortl! tion.” He died suddenly on April 6, 155 'e(lr passed away one of the most remark- able of men and one of the greatest art- Ists of all time. It is in his black and white work that the world must remember him after all, and rerh,qu it is best thu. for he gave to this his finest and intel- lectual efforts and by it he is more faith- fully represented than in the perishable 1= paintings. master of line, of composition wea of mass and texture; head of his day, with an eye trained by nature itself to see the beaut!- ful and faithfully to record it, Albrecht art a joy ane delight, for his work possesses all that 0od, true, enduring and artistic. No draughtsman has reached higher perfec- tion, no artist has been more sincere, put New York City. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. Autunan-Winter Term, 1899-1900. MONDAYS and THURSDAYS: Popular Studies in Shakespeare. TUESDAYS: The World's Great Artists. WEDNESDAYS: Desk Studies for Girls and Shop and Trade Studies for Boys. FRIDAYS: Great American States- men. SATURDAYS: Home Science and Household Economy. These courses will continue until February 15, 1900. Examinations will be held at their close &s a basis for the granting of certificates. TICKETS GOING FAST. Seats for the Thanksgiving Football Game Now on Sale. The sale of tickets for the Thanksgiv- ing football game between Stanford and the University of California began yes- terday morning In this city at brough-Gelcher’s and . s l-:nrl{, this morning the sections reserved for the college students will be placed on #alé at the universities. On hursday tion will be sold in_the club. The cholce seats as far as location Is concerned will be sold at the two eol- leges. After the sale Is concluded there the remaining seats will be distributed to the San Francisco sellers. The public Who never miss a football game would better go early to secure seats, as the the rush has already begun and the best what Is left is rapidly becoming worst. There are ommodatior 12,000 seats in the grounds, and ju from the anxiety of m Painter Injured by a Fall. James Young, a painter, while g on a building a Harrison stre terday afternoon, fell from the scaf ing, a distance of twenty-five feet. Wk glcked up he was found io be sufferi rom Injurles which necessitated his moval in the Kullve patrol wagon from the Seventeenth street police station by Officer John Morrow to the residence of Dr. J. H Greaves, who found a badly fractured arm and a concussion of the brain. Young was later removed to his resi- dence at 2521 Mission street, where he lies diing. a fact that the public was not | In @ precarious condition. slow to 1 1 Between times painted and in this he was far more l'r‘n. terested; but there was not always a de- | Credit. M. Rothschild, §4 Post st —_— e ——— Ladies' taflor-made wilts. fur capes, cloaks,