The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 30, 1900, Page 30

30 v, 2425 Mission street, near Twenty-first. : Laurel Hill Cemetery. hard Barvch, Mre. B. . 1. Eichwald, & native of sany, aged 55 years § months New York, St. Louls and Los ers please COPY.) 2 eepecttaily invited to at- Fvices to-morrow (Mon- at the pariors of N. Gray strect. Interment Hills train leaving Third k December 28, Jonathan Bond, beloved and Miss Lillian sister of Mrs. Abbie e of New Hamp- a County Hospital, Bottcher, a native erse n & C Laurel Hill Ce ty, Mrs. M. K _Couch, Gould and Ira Couch. iaintances are respect- funeral this day from her late resi- Interment Laurel me- and County Hospital, De- o as F. Craig, & native aged 39 years. D mber 28, 1900, John v. J. McDonald and and brother of James " Dolan commencing nt Calvary By order of Chief | 1. SULLIVAN, Secretary. | 3 | December 25, 1900, 4 wite of Willlam | i Golee. and sister of | of San Franeisc p and 20 days. (Tracy tances are respect- | e funeral this day | m the parlors of €3 and 645 Vallejo i to-morrow | b 2 t ¥ ence of December 21, y beloved mother of Hamburg, | rtances are respect the funeral this day from her late resi- Fellows December 25, 1900, Fran- of William E. and nd brother of Thomas , & na- . ce place this day m the residence of Interment X, fro December 28, 1900, | Park, Wi W. W. Mead, aged 34 years. | es are respect- | al to-morrow k, from the pariors of | kers, 27 and 29 Fifth will be held. Inter December 28, 1900, | the late Jacob R. and 1 4 - Hetherington, & na- ears juaintances are respect- end the funeral this day | <. from the funeral par- and_acquaintances are respect- to attend the funeral to-morrow %, from the residence cf pshire street, y-first. Interment Mount = city, December 25, 1800, gh. beloved wife of Maurice tive of Ireland, aged 60 years. aged 06 years. I hereafter. City, December 22, . beloved sister of Mrs of Hyannis, Mass. quaintances are respect- attend the funeral to-morrow clock, from the parlors of an’ Ness avenue, thence ch, where a solemn re- commencing at $:30 Cross Cemetery. L December 23, 1900, D 4 a native of Schieswig-Hol- aged 70 years months and s and acquaintances are respect- attend the funeral to-morrow from his late resi- Interment Odd December 29, 1900, at his er street, Arthur Ambrose of John and Abbie Lynch, brother of Joseph, Mar- Walter and Mabel Lynch, rapcisco, aged 21 years 10 ity, December 28, 1900, Jere- native of St. Johm, New In San Rafael December 29, 1900, McEImay, beloved daughter of nd sister of Mamie McEI- 1, aged 27 years 1 month and 26 davs. [ 7 Friends and acquaintances are respect fully invited to attend the funeral to-morrow Monday), at o'clock, from her late resi- G and Fourth streets, thence to St rated for the repose of her soul, com- ag at 10 o'clock. Petal years § months and 3 daye. {7 Friends and acquaintances ere respect- uliy invited to attend the funeral to- (Monday). at §:30 o'clock. from his late resi- hire street. between Twen- fourth. where & solemn . reauiem will be celebrated for the repose of commencing at 9 o'clock. Interment Cross Cemetery. MAGUIRFE—In Oakland, December 26, 1900, at Fifteenth avenue, Thomas Maguire, a native of Massachusetts, aged 32 years. A Francisco Lodge No. 45, between | be celebrated for the | member of South San xr;'p:'m. and are respect- e acquaintances - fully invited to attend the funeral this day (Sunday), at 12:30 o'clock, from the of the Gantner & Guntz Undertaking HENRY J. GALLAGHER CO. (Buccessor to DANIEL CNERAL RS AND ALMERS. i 'tzun(mnn.. Lincoln School. Teiephone South 80. 1208 Mission street, between ith and Ninth, thence to Pythian Market where services will be heid under the auspices of South Francisco Lodge No. 45, of P. Interment Mount Olivet Ceme- . by electric car from Fourteenth and Va- lencia streets at 2 o'clock. MANNIE—In this city, December 25, 190 Sarah Mannie, a native of Ireland, aged % rears. *EFThe funeral will take place this duy (Sunday), at 2 o'clock, from the residence of her daughter, Mrs, 8. D. Simmons, 618 Grove street Interment Masonic Cemetery. MOORE — In this city, December 29, 1900, Stephen, beloved husl of Emily_ Moore, and father of James H. Moore of Stockton and Mrs. Dr. L. R. Ellis of Sonora, a native of Vermont, aged 77 years and § months. MORRISON—In this city, December 29, 1900, Ann, beloved sister of Maggle and Rose Mor- rison. a native of Donegal, Ireland, aged 80 years. - Notice of funeral hereafter. LHOLLAND—In Contra Costa County, De- 25, 1900, at his residence near Red James, beloved husband of Annie Mui- thér of William and George Mul- holland and Mrs. P. Rodden, and brother of Robert and Hugh Mulholland of Oakland, a native of County Antrim, Ireland. {7 Friends and acquaintances are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral this day (Sundey), at 9 o'clock. from his late resi- ce, thence to St. Joseph’s Church, Berke- Where a requiem mass will be celebrated or the repose of his soul, commencing at 10 o'clock. Interment St. Mary's Cemtery, Oak- land LL—In this city, " dearly beloved son of »onnell, and brother of Wil O'Donnell, a native of New York, s 11 months and 23 days. [ Interment private. DTERMAN—In Stockton, Lottie Peterman, daughter lote Mary Peterman, granddaughter of Mrs. C. Lawson, and niece of Mrs. F. P. Hickox, & native of Stockton, aged 1§ years 4 months and 15 days. POHLER—In this city, December 29. 1900, Ed- ward Joseph, beloved son of Edward and Cecilia Pohler, a native of San Francisco, aged § months and 16 daye QUADT—In this city, December 27, 1900, Louts, dearly beloved son ot John and Maggle Quadt, and beloved brother of Mrs. Willlam Conra and Mamie, Joseph, Agnes and Tina Quadt 2 native of San Francisco, aged 20 years and 2 months. 7 Friends and acquaintances are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral this day (Sunday), at 1 o'clock, from the residence of his Thirteenth street, Interment n this eity, December 28, 1500, Fran. a native of Dublin, Ireland, aged 4 1900, of John end the December 27, 73 years. 7 Friends and acquaintances are respec fully invited to attend the funeral to-morrow t- (Monday), at 10 o'clock, from the Chapel of the Fassion, attached to St. Mary’s Hospi- tal, where a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul, com- 5 o'clock. Interment Holy ‘clock traln from ROY—Near Fairfax, Marin County, December 29, 1600, Allan James, beloved son of John A. and Barbara Roy, a native of San Francisco, aged 20 years. T> Notice of fusteral hemm:zer.m s MALZ—In this city, em| 3 A Starinm. beloved wite of Willlam Schmalz, a native of Wales, aged 50 years 6§ months and 7 days. r>Friends and acquaintances are respect- ruifi invited to attend the funeral to-morrow (Monday). at 10 o'clock, from her late resi- dence, 1352 Webster street. Interment, Via 11:30 o'clock train from Third and Townsend streets, Salem Cemetery. SANDIN—In tbis city, Decemiber 26, 1900, Olof Sandin, beloved brother.of Louis and John andin and_Mrs. Charles Quist, a native of mland, Sweden, aged 33 years 10 months and § days. IF Friends and acquaintances are respect- v ed to attend the funeral this day t 2 o'clock, froi . Mrs. Charles Quist, 274 Crescen fission_street, opposite Thirty- ment Cypress Lawn Cemetery. avenue, fourth. OFFICERS and members of Scandinavian So- You are hereby requested to please funeral clety of our late member, Olof streets, at 2 o'clock. By order of . HAGETROM, President. C. A. AND) Rec. Secretary. SHEEHY—In th . December 25, 1900. Mar- s cf . widow of the iate Robert Sheehy. Funeral services will be held at St. Cathedral December 31, at 10 o'clock. Interment private. No flowers. city, December 25, 1800, Jarvis d 4 da; ds and acquaintances are respect- inVited to attend the funeral to-morrow ). &t 2 o'clock, from the funeral par- ¢ Charles H Jacob & Co., 315 Mason street, between Gear— and O'Farrell. Crema- tion OAd Fellows’ Cemetery. STONE—In Oakland, December 25, 1900, Brenda Hul Stone, mother of Mrs, W. S. Fender and Mrs. Alice R. Ricord, and grandmother of Marion and Frank Ricord, a native of Buf- falo, N. Y., aged 63 years. VAN PATTEN—In East Oakland, December 25, 1900, Albert Eugene, son of H. B. Van Patten, a native of Oakland, Cal., aged 17 years & months and 19 days. WALSH—In this city, December 29. 1300, Ber- tram Alden, beloved son of Mary E. and Harry T. Walsh, and brother of Adrian, Ger- aldine and o Marion Walsh, a native of San aged 3 months and 1 day. 2 n this city, December 28, 1500, Bertha. beloved wife of Leopold A. Weil. mother of Mrs. Leopold Weil, Mrs. Sol Sondheimer and Adele, Alexander L. and Al B. Weil, and sis- ter of Alexander Leiter and Lena Weil, a native of Germany, aged 55 years 11 months and 22 days. > Friends and acquaintances are respect- y ted to attend the funeral this day « ¥). at 10:15 o'clock, from her late resi- dence, 909 Ellls street. Interment Home of Peace Cemetery, by 11:30 o'clock train from Third and Townsend streets. WEILHEIMER—In Fresno, Cal.. December 2, 1900, Aaron, beloved son of Sophie and the late Seligman Weilhelmer, husband of the late Adeline Weilheimer, father of Lillan and Louis Weilheimer, and brother of Mrs. Celi Marks and Jultus, Henry and Samuel Wellheimer, a native of Mountain View, Cal., aged 42 years 5 months and 17 days. “riends and acquaintances are respect- d to attend the funeral this dey from Third and Townsend streets, n leaving at 11:30 o'clock. Services Fra: cf day), trai WEYBUR John K., \—In this city, December 23, 1800, beloved husband of Mary C. Wey- burn. father of Florence M. and Charles W. Weyburn, and stepfather of native of Ohio, 6 ne, u aged 54 vears 9 months and A member of Ione Lodge No. 51,1 : Oriental Encampment No. 57, 1.' O. G and Argonaut Council No. 597, Royal Arcan=m. days. 5—In this city, December 20. 1900, Pat- rick, dearly beloved husband of Jane White, and loving father of Willie White, Mrs. Lillle Simonds and Mrs. Belle Morell, a native of County Limerick, Ireland, aged 52 years and 1 month. WOODCOCK—In this city, December 25, 1900, George F. Woodcock, a mative of England, aged 40 years. [=¢ Mission Masonic Temple. Hill Cemetery. Interment Laurel PALACE HOTEL. H Cox, Madera E Hockmeyer, Cal M Harrington, Cal [T W Milfer, V Kent, Salt Lake [P F Erb & w, P P Palmer & w. Can| W H Savage, Cal J Wood Jr, Sacto |E E Beeman, Clevelnd C M Davis, Pasadena G W Gardner, Clevelnd W W Thompson. L An|F E Smith, Cal = T Greesley, N Y F Beaudry & w, Cal Mrs T Ofner, Portland P 8 Woolsey, Berkeley A W Kelly, Berkeley |J B Gildersleve, Stantd H W Heiss, N Y J J Murphy, US N B X s B_Dougherty, Cal c . Le Ang W S Baylis, Fresno |H A Kierchler, Stanf O Meysenbers, Chicago| W . Milbrae 1A aymire, Ala {3 A Altschul, Melbrae S K Lynch, Ala 13 M Kirk, Chicago L Bruck, N Y |E’S Church, Phila C Phillips. London |A W Norton, Chicago M Rosenbium, Chicago F H Cullom, N Y 3 ., St Louis Miss O Dougias. Portld M Ryelsburg, Chico W S Collins, E L Doheny, Los Ang GRAND HOTEL. J E Leopold, Sacto R M Chenault, K City § E Merritt, Napa J J Donovan, ‘W B Howe, S Jose A D Grabam, G F Sealt & fam, Cal|H J Pfluger, Los Ang Mrs J W Ransom, Mex|J M Burns & w, Cal E R Bishop, Cal E B Hyde, R de B Lopez, Cal W E Henry, San Jose T J Savage, & Rafael|H J Darling, Reno M Douglass, Fresno |M E A Kistiér, Denver P H Mack, Cala Mrs Liewellyn, Greeley W H Savage, Cal N W Thompson, L An D M Souden Bkreela |k B Mita: Byrscues. H J Baldwin & w, Cal(D Levy, Willows A Leiter, Cal 8 C White, Cal H G Sauer & w, Cal |F V Flint, Sacto A A Sandahl, w & son, [H T ey, Butte H Weilheimer & w, Cal T Carroll & w, Colo |H Dominick, Vallejo H Peterson & fam, Cal|G M Westeott, M Goulden & w, Cal |H F Adler, Cal H R V Tuomley, Cal |W Molr, San Jose A Anderson, NEW WESTERN HOTEL. 3 Moran. Vallejo C P Shockley, Mont ¥ P Bouton, Seattle |[E . Leadvilie A Smart, Beattle 3 éin, Mont J Brady, Vallejo M Johnson, Mont T J Dwyer & w, Ariz |8 Sherman, B Miller, New York |Mrs Matthews Ind D M Rafalovich. Angls|I W Owens, Watsonvi W H Bliss, Pasadena |W Chinn, Ve T J Bliss, Pasadena |T C Mm X . ,me.'w- ?IMA-.M NC !ol'w B Saivan L Gaton L G Ratts, ““What kind of do you like best?” & weary eye never looked up from desk as he answered: | tive of Ohio, aged 68 years 10 | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1900. MOVEMENT OF REAL ESTATE -~ IN AND ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO Review of the Prevalent Conditions and Some of the Bi During the Past Week. The closing week of the year has natur- ally been somewhat gulet in the realty market. The larger transactions have involved property south of Market street. These have nut been numerous, but thev are significant of the steady drift of cap- ital toward the business section of the city. In this evidence is given of the be- lief of the public in the solid growth of the community on commercial and indus- trial lines, the essentlal element in con- tinuing prosperity. F. C. Peters has sold to N. C. Masten the Newport block procerty on the south- erly line of Mission street, 91:8 feet east from Beale, 45:1x137:6, for $50,000. The improvements consist of a three-story frame building. The brokers were Bovee, Toy & Sonntag. Mary L. Gibb has sold to T. B. Clark- son property on the southerly line of Mis- sion street, 106:10 feet southeast from New Montgomery, the lot being 25x80, for $15,- 000. There are old buildings on the lot. Bovee, Toy & Sonntag effected the sale. The land department of the San Fran- clsco Savings Union has sold 1330 acres of grazing and farming land in Glena County for $7700: 184 acres of vine land near Reedley, in Fresno County, for $5000; 160 acres of pasture in Tulare county for $1150, and 40 acres of sweet potato land In Merced County for $1600. George M. Wilcox has sold for the ViI- leneuve estate to Adrian Goursoulle a lot with two old houses on Marcy place, 22x 106, for $2275; also two lots on the east line of BSteiner strect 8§7:6 south from Green, 25x137:6 and 26x137:6, st the rate | of $60 per front foot. | A. J. Rich & Co. are enlargin— and im- proving their offices, business having | compelled them to extend. Scott & Harris have removed to 3% | Montgomery street from Post street. Thomas Denigan will build six flats on the southwest corner of Mary and Nato- ma streets. General R. H. Warfield_has purchased, through the agency cf Bovee, Toy & Sonntag, from John Brown, a lot on the | southwest line of First street, 92:8 south from Mission, 21x75, {or $11,000. he same | brokers have’sold for tke estate of Maiy T. Stratton to S. P. Rosenthal, for $7750. | 2’1ot 30x110, with residence, on the cor- ner of Asbury and Fell streets. The Builders' Association has elected officers for the ensuing year. James Mc- Inerney is president, 1" W. Coburn vica president, M. Lindsay recording secre- tary, G. G. Gillespie financial secretary, THE BANK T MONTE CHRLE |How Shrewd Gamblers Have Schemed to Plun- der It. SR A little before Christmas, 1899, when Nice and Monte Carlo had filled up wiih their sporting cosmopolitan winter popu- lations, one of the trusted employes of the bank, & croupier, made a combination with nine other Christmas money-seekers to defraud his own trente-et-quarante table. The syndicate was made up of an ex- | eroupler at the time operating a clendes- tine roulette at Nice; a man without pro- fession, his woman friend, an employe of the ex-croupier and five other individuals of the same morality, who got away. The divided equally among the nine, who sta- tioned themselves around their partner’s table. When it came his turn to take the bank they made ready. He gave the sig- nal. Immediately three or four of his essociates demanded gold for 1000 franc rotes from the three other croupiers of the table. At the same instant tne lady, who had remained standing, let fall to the floor a handfuil of gold twenty-franc pieces. 1t stopped the game, because many of the vers had to make room for the servants to pick up the coins. At the moment when the attention of all was distracted, one of the syndicate slipped into the unfaithful tailleur’s hand, on top of the other cards he held, several similar cards arranged to make red win eight times in succession. The game | started up again. The syndicate bet on ! red, and, in the space of a few minutes, | relieved the Monte Carlo bank of 700,004 | francs, or $140,000. | "But Monte Carld is well served on the whole. The chef de partie, who had no- | ticed that all the neavy betting remained faithful to red, even after it had won five, six, seven times in succession, counted the cards later on and f{ound thirty too many. The unfaithful croupier was conducted to the director, and after being passed through the third degree, arrested. Brought up before the Monaco tribunal, he was condemned to eighteen months of prison. ““The evening of the bomb” will remain | historic in the annals of Monte Carlo. | Four high-class confidence operators, of whom two were said to English or American, conceived the idea of getting away with one of the trente-et-quarante table’s stack of 1000 franc notes. The play at this game is much higher than that at roulette, not only because of its lower rake-off, but because of its higher maximum, 12,000 francs (§2400) and the fact—weighty with those who believe in such things—that, once the =ix packs are shuffied and cut, no chance event, like that of a gold plece falling into a roulette cylinder or the “jumping” of a roulette ball, can risk breaking ‘“‘the series.” The tenacity with which many fioker players hold to drawing their “right cards” in the case of a turn-up arises from just such a consideration. ‘Well, these four conspirators thought that they might get at the 150,000 francs 4n big notes that each trente-et-quarante table is Eflatty sure to have in bank along toward 10 o'clock at night. Each table starts with this sum in gold and notes, and winning it, with its accumulations or less its diminutions, constitutes “breaking the bank.” Constructing a bomb, princi- pally of loose powder enveloped in caout- choue, they furnished it with a concealed spiral fuse and introduced it into the large gaming hall hidden in the high silk hat of one of the conspirators. The others sought places near the principal croupier at a prosperous trente-et-quarante table, convenlent to the bank roll, and gave the signal. He of the bomb and plug hat, watching his opportunity, deposited the hat, with the bomb in it, on the large mantelpiece in the center of the hall, lit it with a cigar that he had kept 'med for_the purpose, and coolly strolled away. Buddenly a formidable explosion filled the casino with clouds of thick smoke and in- alert to guard th . dash made—and two of the were taken into custody. That they tore Aaway tdh:ul}fxl moment and escaved is only a "The band of eighteen Italians who, 60,000 francs capital of the syndicate was | F. W. Kern treasurer; J. E. Mallory, P. Grifin, D. Powers, J. D. Hannah, A. Gil- bert, J. Neal and J. W. McDonald execu- tive committee. The California Club has invited Henry P. Sonntag to address the civic section on January 9 and he will speak of thirty - two matters directly concerning municipal and State interests. I. C. Scharff reports sales of: County lands as follows: One hundred and elghty acres six miles southwest of Watson- ville from L. J. Dratton to J. McFarr, for $5000; an improved place of forty acres at Los Gatos from W. Winn to A. J. Crumbell of Grand Raplids, Mich., for $4000; a tract of 250 acres of farm and_ pasturage 'land near the headwaters of the Navarro River in Mendocino County from L. Bolling to W. Chester for $250u; four ten-acre pieces in Misvale colony, Madera, at §1000 each. William Wolf will erect four three-story frame bulldings containing_flats on the north line of Ellis street, 27:6 feet east from Octavia, to cost $25,000. Salfield & Kohlberg are the architects. A double two-story and basement frame building will be bulit on the north line of Bay street, east from Taylor, to cost $4700. A three-story and basement frame bulld- Ing containing flats will be placed on the east line of Shrader street, north from §eu‘!’%&. by Wiley B. Wilson. The cost will e Alterations and additions to be made by Herbert E. Law to the two-story building on the northeast corner of Vallejo street and Van Ness avenue will cost . Al- bert Sutton is the architect. Building contracts have been placed on record as follows: C. H. Eggebrecht with J. T. McInnis, for alterations and additions to a one-story and basement bullding on the west line of Baker, between Golden Gate avenue and Turk, $98i: Milton A. Morgan with J. Kaighin and Thomas Caine, for all work on a two-story frame resi- dence on the east line of Tremont avenue, 721 south from Frederick, $2200; Mrs. E. Westwater with Ira W. Coburn, for all work on a two- story frame bullding on the west line of Twenty-fourth avenue, 100 feet north from Lake, $2320; 1. Magnin & Co. with Gustav Mol- ier and Louls Sass, for alterations in and about ground floor and putting up store fixtures in Columbian building on north line of Market street, between Stockton and Powell, $§13 40; same ‘owners with John Simmen, 'for glass counter cases for same building, $1276. Some of the larger transactions, with the considerations involved, that have been put on record during the past week are as follows: Daniel Seales to Paolo A. Demartini, south- east corner of Green and Dupont, 6S:9x83:6. $19,000; Minnie Brown et &al. to Jonas Schoen- feld, east line of Front, 88:2 feet north from Pine, 90:8x43:5%X50x46:5%x90, and ‘east Front, §3:2 feet north from Pine, 50x135: 000; Jonas and Selma Schoenfeld to W man, same two pleces, $55,250; Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Company to Union Trust Company tendeney to repeat frequently the same sumbers: 0, 8, 12, 14, 15, 17, 24,28 and 31. This discovery led them to experiment a cheval on the numbers 12—15, 14—17, and 2531, which happen to be neighbors on the “layout,” and en plein _on the single sauares of 0, 8 and 24. Divided into sev- eral groups, relieving each other every two hours, they hegan betting heavily from the opening of the ralons till their closing. At the beginning the chef de partie, the croupiers, the lookouts, sples and detectives who are Landed around each table to protect it, paid no attention to them. After several days, however, habituated though they were to pay out big sums and looking {adifterently on phe- nomenal 1uns of luck, the bank’s proiec- tors began worrying. Night after night they were bringing back no profits Lo the ral cashier. Often they brought him losses. They themselves asked to be changed from table No. 2, which they declared tc be hoodoced. set of croupiers and watchers was put in their place. Still table No. 2 continued losing money. In twc montbs it had cost the adminfstration over 800,000 francs, or 13,000 francs a day. The Italians had been observed by this time. They were known to be the guilty —winners.” Had they found a sure-win- ning system? The administration laughed at the idea. It was remarked, neverthe- less, that the Itallans always played at the same table, and always on the single numbers en plein or a cheval. This awak- ened the suspicions of the administrator, M. Boulant, and caused him, later in the day, to do what would be done after a week’s bad Juck at present. He ordered the unlucky roulette cylinder to be put aside. Another was substituted; and they sat down to watch the result. The next morning the Italians_entered with a business-like briskness. They had come to colls their income, as usual. Seating themselves at table No. 2 they All at once it was no- ticed that they hesitated. They exchanged glances. They began consuliing. They re-examined the roulette cylinder with furtive glances. Then they packed away their gold and bank notes, got up and strolled away, conversing carnestly. It was equivalent to a confession. The syn. dicate was surprised into committing an error. It ought to have continued play- prepared to play. ng. The next morning, however, it was M. Boulant’s turn to be surprised. Entering the salon a few hours after their opening, he found the Ttalians at their accustomed places, playing--and winning—as if noth- ing had happened. He was more than surprised a moment after, when, on care- ful examination, he discovered that the urlucky cylinder had been brought back. ‘Who had replaced {t? It mattered little, and the traitor in the camp was never djscovered. An order was issued for the guilty machine to be broken up into kind- ling wood, the syndicate ceased betting on its chosen numbers, and the bank ceased losing 13,000 francs a day at table No. 2.—Phfladelphia Inquirer. —_————— A RUSSIAN CANAL. Will Open Up Communication From the Caspian to the Mediterranean. The Volga Is the largest river in Eu- rope and the Caspian, into which it emp- tles, Is the largest inland body of water in the world, but neither has a ratural connection with the ocean. Freight from the Caspilan may go all the way eithér to the Arctic Ocean or to the Baltic by means of canals that connect the Voiga with navizable rivers flowing either into the northern or the edstern seas; but in order to reach the ocean from the Casplan by either of these two canal routes it is necessary to cross the whole of Russia from its southeastern corner, and the routes are very lomg, roundabout and therefore expensive. People who have followed the progress of the industrial development of Russia have long wondered why the Caspian has not long ago been connected with the Black Sea. s union might be effected by digging a caral between the lower Vol- ga and the lower Don at the point where they very nearly approach one another. The country between them is almost per- fectly flat except for the hij hills that ekirt the western bank of the Volga for some hundreds of miles. If it had not been for this chain of hills it is probable that the Volga-Don canal would have been in operation years ago. It is now proposed to dig this canal. The distance is only sixty miles, the plans have been made and the estimated cost is about $35,000.000. The effect of this canal upon transportation in Russia and a part of Asia would be far-reaching. It will give Russian Central Asia and Northern Persia water communications from the Cas; to the ocean without involving a journe; northward of from 700 to 1000 miles, and {( will give the Volga, to which the most of Central and Eastern Siberia are tributary, an outlet {o the Black Sea. The canal will be certain to cause an im- tant diversion of Russian trade to tho ck Sea. Three canals now connect the with the Baltic, and many hundreds of freight boats make the jou: zelr b'—i-fi;“#o the river "‘Id Ley P:t‘:rt-,: :..ll';' ‘t‘ohthe lowett hn.llmot the river, which ich nearer e lack Sea t! Baltlc. Volga-Don canal 'um'zem 2 | fore tend to make the Black Sea W ), more im- R R mm:,,‘“"“"mfn portant than ever as the main outlet of good fortune not so m to active as to herk cultural exports of Russia.—New ve fravd. They bet on the physical o efects of a particular roulette. ‘as it | fraud? The Cl.dno&oopl thought so,| A Maine man sent his small son out though they could not see their way to| count the new brood of chickens which prosecuting the offenders. Perhaps it hatched out that day. When ‘would be best to call it an indelicacy. boy returned he said: “I counted them mgy:nn.?:u!g.&nuflnubo— t}neaumynngmtmm gan bserving tha roulette ma- round so fast I could count cuuuuhhnmmma;me‘ o2 = . . BRI . DR oo foforten - st n the residence “é) @ siriferteferfefeferfosfocferfonfortosfeefuntontotosforfenfonforfosfenfenforiosferfrafunforforiosfeiefunfenfofoctoofrnfonte sfoiocfe fofecfoofrofenforesfrfeferfrofesfeetnlmfenioferffoiofe fnferielo il @ g Sales southwest line of Main, 137:6 fest northwest from Harrison, 50x137:6, $19,500. The Probate Court has confirmed the sale of the southwest corner of Pine and TFillmore streets from the estate of Lucy Armstrong to Frederick Streibel for 312- Mortgages have been executed as fol- lows: Sarah B. and Drury Melone to the Hibernia Savings and Loan Soclety, lot on SE corner of Valencia and Quinn streets, F 50:4% by S 32; also lot on E line of Valencla street, 103 S of Quinn, E 8 by S %0; also lot on E line of Valencia street, 32 S of Quinn, S 23:8 by E 8: also lot on E line of Valencia street, 165 N of Fourteenth, B 18, N 205, W 99:7%;'S 145 W s, ; also lot on E line of Valencia street, §5:8 S of Quinn, S 47:4 by E 80, 1 year 6 per cent, $35,000; Mary A. Carroll to the San Francisco Savings Unlion, SW California street and Van Ness avenue, 72x137, $25,000; M: and John H. von Schroeder to the Savin Loan Soclety, 360,000 for two years at 6l per cent on S corner Harrison street and Rincon Pplace, The larger releases of the week were as follows: San Francisco Savings Union to Mary A. Carroll, SE California street and Van Ness avenue, 72x145:3, $26,000; San Francisco Sav- ings Union to Charles ch, S Ellls, 1 E of Buchanan, 76x120, $12,500. Buildings upon which San Francisco contractors have been offered a chance to figure are a detention hospital at San Andreas, Calaveras County; a Court- house and vault for Wheeler County, Oregon; a two-story brick high school building at Modesto; a brick workshop at Hackaberry Indian School, Arizona; for heating and ventilating a grammar school building in Seattle. » The rebuildings of the woolen mills at Marysville will cost $100,000. All but $§22,000 | has been raised. i At the twelfth annual meeting of the board of directors of the San Francisco and Oakland Mutual Loan Assoclation Secretary A. Sbarboro reported that the shares of the first series had matured to the full value of $200 per share. There are 3i2% free shares which are entitled to $62,500 and will be paid on the second day | of January. There are also 461 shares pledged for loans amounting to $9700, and the shareholders of these will be given a clean release of their mortgages. The as- sociation has fssued twelve series of stock and has now outstanding 2140%% shares.. Since its Incorporation it has made 247 loans amounting to $402.627 87, of which 160 amounting to $257,665 27 have | already been repaid, leaving now out- standing elghty loans aggregating 3144,-; 36l It has also paid out to withdrawn | members $202,718 for installments and $52,- | 561 60 for enrni;l;s. | 379 60. The boa issued, 1000 shares of stock of the thir- teenth serles. | i | | i | i i HE1S A BOLD YANKEE SKiPP Nautical Feats that Have BroughtFame toCaptain “Line” Jewett, The first of Malne's two six masted schooners, the George W. Wells, launched at Camden on August 14, has been rigged, | fitted out and towed to sea, and by this | time she must have reached one of the| coal ports to take in her first cargo. The second six-master, says the Belfast, Me., | correspondent of the Chicago Inter-Ucean, | is stili on tne stocks at Bath, and will pbe | launched in a few weeks. Unusual inter- | est is feit in her, not only because she is | a rival of the Camden giant, but also be- | cause she is to be commanded by tne| smartest skipper on the coast, Captain | Lincoln Jewett of South Portland, famil- | iarly known all along shore as *“Linc” Jewett. When he was a fisherman, sailing a lit- tle smack out of Portland, he gave the fish dealers there a turn which made their eyes stick out. One cold and blustery day in winter he came into Portland with a good fare of fish and found the market bare. The weather had been so bad that no one could get anywhere or catch any- thing, and so it looked like a harvest time for Captain Linc with his good fare. The fish dealers, however, thought differently. They argued that the weather was so stormy that Jewett would have to stay in Portland and dispose of his fare there at whatever price was offered, and so they mad« a pool, agreeing to pay only a certain price, with the understanding tharc | the fish should be divided among them. But the scheme didn't work. Captain Jewett told them all to go to thunder, and, to the amazement of all hands, got under way in a howling snowstorm for ! Gloucester, where he arrived all right and | got a high price for his fare. The Port- land fish dealers never tried after that to get the better of Captain Jewett. "There's no tellin’ what the critter'll do,” said one of them. And there wasn't. Once Cas(aln Linc astonished the ship- ping world by a feat that is without a parallel in the annals of the coasting | trade. There was a great scarcity of coal in Portland one winter a few years ago, and the Notman was one of a fleet of tourteen sailbound to Portland from vari- ous places with the much wanted fuel. They had bad weather coming down from the capes of the Delaware;and when a furious storm came up most of them went into Vineyard Haven or some other har- bor of refuge Captain Jewett, however, wuas in no mood for loafing in harbors. He knew that if he got into Portland with the wkole flect he might have to wait for weeks to get discharged, so he kept right elong, regardless of the weather. So it was that, while the other vessels were reported as “‘arrived” at the Vineyard, the Charles P. Notman was reported in this way: “Passed schooner Charles P. Notman, Jewett, Newport News for Portland.” ‘‘Passed!”” That little word in the Vine- vard ship news made_the owners of the Notman look thoughtful, for they knew what the weather was, while sailormen declared that “Linc” Jeyett was crazy, sure enough. The snowstorm continued, with a howling northeaster to spin it along, and the next afternoon, after pass- ing the Vineyard, the Charles P. Notman flew in by Portland Head like a towering snow bank. The llghtkeeper stared when she went by, as if he had seen an appari- tion, and when the big schooner came tearing up the harbor the few longshore- men who happened to be about were as- tonished. Up she came with everything on her and rounded to off the coal docks. Then, to the amazement of all who saw it, Captain Jewett actually docked her without the aid of a tug—he just brought her to and backed her into her berth. ‘When he got there all the berths were emptg and all the stevedores loafing, so that he got TMk dispatch in discharging. Two days afterward, on his return trip, ‘when he was running down by Cape Cod, he met all the rest of the fleet coming up, and made a few cheerful remarks to such of them as passed within hail con- cerning n‘ulck passages, loafing in harbors and gett] around the worid generally. Had he waited in the Vineyard for d weather he would have got into Portland with the bunch, and, as vessels have to take thelr turn in discharging, he might have had to wait two weeks qr more %e fore he got the coal out of the Charles P. I otma n. It was such performances as this that "Llnc""y Jewett climbed the ladder of success from the little fishing smack to the four-master. He has béen successful in other ways, too, and now he is to be er of one of the two wonders of com: the. shipping world—the first two_six- all:ted schooners ever built.—New York RAILROAD TRAVEL. MOUNT TAMALPAIS RAILWAY Fare. San Francisco to Summit and Return. 40. . | *11:004 Niles, dots The California Limited starts for Chicago over the Santa Fe and gets there on the third day—73 hours. Everything on this train is real. Begins January Ist. Wm NOUTHERN PFAC COMPANT. (raciTio ) * nud ar mrrive m¢ AN FRANCISCO. (Main Line, Foo: of Market Street.) tRavE — Frow Deozwsem L, 1900. — AmmivE *7:004 Benicis, Rumsey #7:004 Shasts Bartlett *7:304 Martines, Callstoge od Santa, #8:00. Davis, Woodiand. Kuf, Marysville, Oroville. 1004 Atiantic I and. Tone, Sscramento. Maxysvills, Chico, Red *8:804 Onkdale, Chi: *9:004 Los Teacy, Lathrop, Stookton, Fremio and Los Anguies *9:304 Valivjo, Martinez ana Way 3 101004 Tho Overland Limited—Ogdes, Den- ver, Omahs. Chicago. a, Fresno, Hauford, Portors *11:004 Livermore. tion, wihner, ~t.00r BopicE, Woodland, K Muryavills, Orovil Bakerstield. Saugus for bara, Los Avgeles. *5:007 New Orleane Exprons Nanta Barhars, Al El Paso, N Oriental Omaha, Chicago. +8:00p Oriental _Mail- Omabas, Cbi *3:007 Oregon and r Marysvil i, Puget Sow Portim *8:05p San 'P:b‘o, Poet Costa, Martinez and Way Btations. 1%:03 0 Valicfo -Davis, Williams (for Willows, ‘Sau itamon. Valleio, Nape, nese, Sonora, Carters. *9:004 Haywards, Nilcs snd Way Stations. ngeles Express — Martines, Btookton, Asocamento, Men- Bakersield: Los Angeies. Niles aud Ban .jose. Elmirs, Vacaville, .. Tane ed *7:48¢ 2004 Niles, Livermore, . Lathrop, - ivermore, Htockton #1804 San Jose, Livermore, o =) n Moree, tatfons *B:i%e Visatia, Bakorsfield, ngeles, Detn. jew Orlesus snd Niug, ol Fash *8:434 COA! (Narrow DIYISIO! (Foot of Market Street.) “8:86 4 Newark, Uentervilie, San Jose, Boulder Creek, Santa Ornza) Htatio 1218 5¢ Newark, Conterviil Al Banta Cruz sod P Station e . Boulder Principal Felton, nd Way Sun Jous, New }le' CREEK ROUTE FERRY. 0 10:004. of Markat Streat (3lip §)— 0 3:00 14:00 *5:00¢.u. COAST DIVISION (Broad (Third and Townsend St 18:104 Ocean V i San Francisco. *7:004 San Jose aud Way Stations (Ne Almaden Wednesd: #9004 Han Jose, Tres Lais Obispo, Surf, Principal Way Stations . *1 1130, 12:43» San Mateo, Ledwood, Palo Alto, Santa Clars, Tres Pinos, Sauta Uruz, Monterey and 432:30¢ San Jose and W: #4138+ San Jose sut Principal Way Staiions 15:00p San Joss, Los Gatos snd Way Stat ay Stations. San.Jose aud Prin; and Way S &11:45F San Jose and Way Station Pacilic Grove. I'aso Robles, San poc aud A Ban Jose and Way Stations. A Has Josw and Way Stations . s wen' - ipal Way Stations * tati v Gange). t9.) | NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROA Via Sausalito Ferry. Commencing September 3, 1300, FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO MILL VALLEY AND SAN RAFAEL. | . WEEK DAYS—6:35, *0:15.- 11:00 a m., *1:45, 3:15, 4:00, B5:15, *6:15. 6:40 P m EXTRA TRIPS—For Mill Valiey and San Rafael .on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sat- urdays at 9:00 and 11:3 p. m | , SUNDAYS—*8:00, *10:00, *11:30 a. m., *1:15 2:15, *4:45,, 6:30, 9:00 p. m. | _Tiains tharked (") run to San Quentin | FROM SAN RAFAEL TO SAN FRANCISCO, | WEEK DAYS-—§:20, *6:3, 7:45, 930 a. ma, | #12:30, 1:45, *3:30, 4:30, 5:2¢ EXTRA TRIPS Wednesdays | and_Saturdays at 6: m o . 1S & m., *2:15 m. K A D. ns marked (*) start from San Quentin. FRANCISCO, 9:30 a. m., -{_.\IILL VALLEY TO SA. TRA TRIP! turdays at UNDAYS— 6:45 D. Wednesdays . m. 12:05, 2:18, 3:%0, m. THROUGH TRAINS. m. week days—Cazadero 10 and 10:06 a i m., 5:00, 6:55 a. and way statio 1:45 m. Saturdays—Tomales and way st 8:00 a. m. stations. Sundays—Tomales and way GO EAST “OUR WAY" and you need not make a single change of cars, San Francisco to Chicago. Only one change to Boston. From Saf Francisco Tussdays and Thursdays— | * EVERYWHERE sast. lfiur@nfi W. D. Sanbom, Generl Agent, 631 Market Street, San Francisco. D ——— OCEAN TRAVEL. Pacific Coast Steamship Ce. Steamers Townsend, Seattle, Tacoma, Bverett, Anacortes and New Whatcom (Wash.)— 11 a m.. Dec. 22, 27. Jam. 1 and every fifth day thereafter. Change at Seattle for this company’s steamers for Alaska and G. N. Ry.; at Seattle or Ta- | coma to N. P. Ry.; at Vancouver to C. P. Ry. For Eureka, Humboldt Bay—2 p. m., Deec. 24, 29, Jan. 3, and every fifth day thereafter. n Diego, stopping only at Santa Bar- rt Los Angeles and Redondo (Los An- geles)—Steamer Qu Wednesdays, § a. m.; steamer Santa Rosa, days, 9 a. For Santa Cruz, bispo). Gaviota, K flueneme, San Pedro, Fast San Pedro (Los Angeles) and Newport— | Steamer _Corona, Fridays, 9 o. m.; steamer Bonita, Tuesdays, 9 a. m. | _For Eneenada, Magdalena Bay, San Jose del Cabo, Mazatlan, Altata, La Paz, Santa Rosalia and Guaymas (Mex.)—10 a. m. Tth each month. | (For further information cbtain company's s the right to change and hours of ealling without previous not L 7 ICE—4 New Montgomery street (Palace Hotel). GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Gen. Agents, 10 Market st., San Fraoeisco. A for Morning. P ly. ¢ Sunday excopted. aBatarday ony Tor Aftern CALIFORNIA NORTEWESTERN RY. CO. LESSER SAN FRAHCISCO AND HuRTH PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. Tiburon Ferry, Foot of Market St 8an Francisco to San WEEK DAYS—i:30, $:00. 11:00 a. 0, §:30 p. m. Thursdays—Ext m. Saturdays—Extra :30 p. m. SUNDATS-8:00, 3:30, 11:00 & m.; €20 p. m. Rafael. m.; 12:35, 3:30, ra trip at 11:3) trips at 1:30 and 1:30, 3:30, §:08, San Rafael to San Francisco. WEEK 3:40, 5:10 p. m. DAYS—6:10, 7:50, 40, 1:10 & m.; 20, 11:10 a. m.; 13:45, Saturdays—Extra trips at 1:5 1:40, 3:40, 5:05, $:25 p. m. Between San Francisco and Schuetsen Pari, eame schedule as above. Leave | _In Effect Arzive €an Francisco. | Nov. 7, 1500. | Sen Franciseo. Week | Sun- ' Sun- | Week Days. | days. | Destination,i-days. | Days. 7:30 am| §:00 am| _Novato, 30 pra| 9:30 am| Petaluma, | §:06 pm 5:10 pm| 5:00 pm| Santa Resa.| 7:3 pm, 7:30 am| Geyserviile, 3:30 pm| 8:00 am| Cloverdale. | 7: E Hopland dead M»-ml.na kiah. f::!m'c:nm 7:30 3 10:25 am - 8:00 m{ Guerneville. ’ 7:3 pm, 3:30 pm $:00am| Sonoma )l:u am| $:40 am an 5:00 pm| Glen Ellen. | 8:05 pm m| 8:00 amj 10:40. am |1 5:00 )m} Sebastopol. I 7:35 pm the D Sodn. ; at Ukiah for Vichy “fl:a l.!.ln- Lakes, Laurel Dell Bpri: Lake, Shcoes, poo Lo, ome mnect at Santa Rosa for Mark West ind White Sulphur Sprin at Fulton ings: 5t mms -|‘ ”‘;&Ilflflm D“QH’- lana Sprin e, D e Soan Bav,, Lakegors and Bartlett ng2, Sarazoga 1 Lake, Witter Potter Valley, ey’s, Bucknell’ ¢ Springs. £anhedrin Heights. Hullvills, Orr’'s Hot Mendocino City. Fort Bragg, Willets, Laytonvile, Cummings, Harrls, Cisens, Dyer, Saturday to duced rates. ‘Westport. Usal, Beli's Springs, Eureka. lo.dnl round-trip tickets at re- days. round-trip tickets to all On_Sundays. eip polints ond San Rafael at cket office, 650 Market st.. Chyonigle butig- ing. R. X. AN, H. C. WHITING, Gen. Pass. Agt. Gen. Manager. Santa F Trains—naiy LEAVE MARKET-STREET FERRY DEPOT. | Local Over- | Stock- land ton Daily. 8 n Vailey: Cor- A Sany BROAD THE 0. R, & N. CO. DISPATCH FAST STEAMERS TO PORTIL.AND Pmm"gsp?r-mel t Whart at 10 &. m. Irst Class Including Bert! FAR $8 Second Class and Meals. " COLUMBIA Eail; .Dec. M, Jan. 8 GEO. W Dee. 23 Butte, points in’ the Northwest. all points Esst. C. WARD, General Agent, 630 Market st. TOYO KISEN KAISHA. TEAMERS WILL LEAVE WHARF, COR- ner First and Brannan streets, at 1 p. m., for TOKOHAMA and HONGKONG. calliug a obe (Hiogo), Nagasaki and Shanghal, and connecting_at Hongkong with steamers for In- dis. ete. NO cargo received on board on day of satiing. §8. AMBRICA MARU... ..Saturday, December 29, 1900 £5. HONGKONG MARU.. Thursd; 88, ....Tuesday, February 15, 190 Re P kets at reduced rates. For freight and passage apply at company's office, 421 Market street. cormer First. V. A Y. General Agent. AMERICAN LINE. NEW YORE, SOUTIAMPTON, LONDON, PARIS. Stopping at Cherbourg. westbound. From New York Every Wednesday, 10 & m Short Line to Walla Walla, Spokan all Helena and Through ticke! B St. Louis Dec. Noordland New York. Jan. 2|Friesland . Kensington .....Jan. 9|Vaderiand RED STAR LINE. New York and Antwerp. From New York Every Wednesday, 13 Noon. Westernland ...Dec. 2§[Noordland Jan. 18 Westernland ...Jan. 2{Friesland . Kensington . Jan. 9% Southwark Jan. 30 INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION COMPANTY. CHAS. D. TAYLOR, Agent Pacific Coast, Montgomery at. HAWAIL, 3AMOA, NEW Oceanic $.8.00. i v DIREOT LINE ro TANITI 8S. ALAxdflDAa. ;rrurnmlulll. Samoa, New 2 ednesday, January 2. 190L &% § P g5, AUSTRALIA, ‘for Tahiti.. Sunday, January §, 1 D. SS. DIA (Honolulu only).......oceee " ...Wednesday, January 16, 2 p. m. 4. B. SPRECKELS & BR0S. ur.lfl“l fen’| Passanger 0fica, 843 St., Pier No. 7, Pacifi St o A bt e st st ANAMA R, R, Tine » [ LINE To NEW YORK via PANAMA Direct $. S. ROANOKE sails January 8, $. S. ST. PAUL sails January 29, From whart, foot of Fremont st. at 1 p. m passent office, 330 Market st. '"'"r‘. ';f’cossg- Pactfic Coast Agent. ECT LINE VRE-PARIS, AT Dy, marcas of SRPSR Saturday, at 10 a. m., from Pler Nurth Biver, foot of Morton street. First class to Havre, and upward. Second class to Havre, $5 and upward. GENERAL AGENCY FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA, 32 Broadway (Hudson buflding), New York. ' J. F. FUGAZI & CO., r:.ctnnc Coast (3 2o By alr’ Raliroad Ticket Agents. B e FOR U. S. NAVY YARD AND VALLEJO, “Monticetia."” Wi Gaye. 1D, -'::um:;;?;":(:nma : Bier o. 2. Tetephone Matn FARB ..