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UGLY SCANDALS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Grand Jury Inquiry Dis
closes Many Curious
Transactions,
THE EXISTING PAYROLL.
Ex- Auditor Smiley Explains How
the Law Was Ignored
in 1892.
SOME SECRETS ARE REVEALED.
Expert Reports Point to Waste and
Wrong in Other Branches of
City Government.
The riosing days of the present Grand
Jury will be devoted to the consideration
of some very important reports from the
various committees. Shortly after the
jury was impaneled the agreement was
made among members that each committee
should be allowed an expert, whose com
pensation should not exceed $5 a day, and
whose term of employment should not,
in special cases, extend beyond a
limit of five days. Several experts have
■ j orted, and others will report during the
coming week.
The Grand Jury was distinctly advised
by .nidge Sanderson in the beginning of
its term that the reports should not con
tain accusations of misconduct unless
there was evidence to sustain the charges.
The Judge indicated that the members of
the jury might be prosecuted for libel if
charges of corruption were made without
proof to sustain them. In brief, Judge
Sanderson advised the jury to act rather
than report.
In line with these instructions the Grand
Jury will make only a brief final report,
but many of the committee reports may
contain facts of great importance and yet
fail to produce the positive proof which
seems to be required.
For example, the expert of the commit
tee on Board of Education and Public
Schools has prepared an elaborate docu
ment. The committee of Grand Jurors
consists of Charles M. Gates, George H.
Sanders and E. 11. Ilanjes. The commit
tee is convinced that time cannot be ob
tained to conduct a thorough and far
reaching investigation of School Depart
ment affairs, yet the report presents such
an array of facts touching upon the num
ber of teachers employed and the startling
increase of annual expenditures without a
corresponding increase in the number of
pupils that it would seem to be the duty of
the jury to take some steps to check the
riot of extravagance and introduce meth
ods of economy and reform.
It may be shown that positions in the
department have been purchased for coin
or other considerations, but the Grand
Jury, guided by instructions from Judge
Sanderson, would dare not point to any
member of the present board 01 any ex-
School Director as the guiity man or boss
ma ujjViJator uniess proof of his guilt could
\be e.stJ)!'shed.
P. M- Hyde, ex-president of the Board of
Education, went before the Grand Jury
and presented facts and figures to prove
that the enormous annual increase of ap
propriations for the maintenance of the
_s was not justified by the slightly
increased attendance. As to teachers em*
; loyed, the number was out of all propor
t on to the number of classes taught and
i ■upils enrolled. It was shown to the jury
that places had been made for favorites
n::<l salaries increased to promote the po
litical advancement of School Directors.
It is true The Call's report of Mr. |
Hyde's testimony produced some cunster- j
nation in the Board of Education, and as a
result some steps were taken toward re
trenchment. When the Grand Jury ad
journs the enthusiasm for retrenchment
inav subside and the present board emu
late the dangerous example of its prede
cessors.
It has been the talk for sometime tnat
the Committee on Public Library, Home
for Inebriates and Magdalen Asylum
would present a startling report. The
cokimittee consists of George H. Sanders,
William H. Pheips and Reuben Tucker.
It is asserted that positive proof can be
produced to sustain their report that large
sums of money nave been appropriated
for the Magdalen Asylum without author
ity of law. The report, it is understood,
will present facts and figures concerning
the allowances by the Board of Super
visors and also quote the law which ex
pressly prohibits appropriations of this
kind.
The Fire Department Committee of the '
Grand Jury consists of O. F. Willey, John I
A. Hammersmith and J. J. Groom. The
chairman of the committee has manifested !
a desire from the beginning to acquire all j
the facts— the real inside secrets—concern
ing the management of the department. !
The committee is convinced beyond the
shadow of doubt that crookedness exists.
It is said that Greany pays a dollar to
some one close to Sam Rainey for every
horse shod. It is believed that the charge
for putting in hydrants is excessive and
outrageous. Moreover the belief prevails
that Rainey, through the water company
or hydrant-makers, receives money for
each new hydrant placed. Some members
of the jury fear that Rainey may some day
compel the City to pay a royalty on all the
hydrants put in, as the fact is well known
that hydrants patented by him are largely
in use.
The investigation of Fire Department
affairs presents some curious phases.
Joseph Gordon, a man whose integrity is
not questioned, was engaged by O. F. Wii
lev to make an expert examination of de
partment expenses. The fact of his em
ployment was announced in The Call, and
also the fact that he had prepared an elab
orate report. This report reviewed at
great length the early organization of the
department, the annual expense author
ized in 1378 and the number of employes
then permitted. Reference is made to re
districting the City, the employment of
additional engineers and the reasons why
the Board of Supervisors and Fire Com
missioners authorized the employment of
more men than the consolidation act al
lows. . T ,
Tne Fire Department expenses for July
were placed at $39,171 and for October $42,
--737.
The report says : "The corporation yard
is the creation of the Fire Commissioners.
The advertisements for all materials are
made by the Board of Supervisors; the
yard distributes the articles needed only
upon the demands of the various compa
nies to the Fire Commissioners, who
authorize by printed orders such delivery
for the yard."
The report closes with a recommenda
tion for a new charter, or an amendment
by the Legislature to the consolidation act.
"The report simply paralyzed the com
mittee of the Grand Jury. They thought
if Sam Rainey had prepared it himself he
could not have presented the case for the
department in a better light.
O. F. Willey and Jo Gordon, who are
warm personal friends, had a long confer
ence. Willev wiid: ".Id, this is no way to
treat me. Why didn't you get a report of
the number of men employed in the Fire
Department and the amount of money
disbursed*? We don't care about the ne
cessity for the Commissioners to violate I
the law or the public demand for a new
charter. We want facts."
The expert, Mr. Gordon, agreed to pre-
Pare another report presenting the real
facts, stripped of all plausible pretext for
an increase of the monthly expenses'.
It transpires that his first report was
prepared in the Auditor's office, and the
story is current in Grand Jury circles that
an intimation came from the Auditor's
office that Grand Jury expert demands
would not be audited if adverse reports
were presented.
Now the records at the new City Hall
plainly show how many men are on the
payroll of the Fire Department and what
they are reported to be doing for the
money they get. Here is the July pay
roll :
J>. T. Sullivan, chief engineer 250 00
•John Dougherty, assistant chief engineer "00 00
•J no. \V. Reilly, superintendent of engines 150 00
John Kenny, assistant superintendent of
engines .... 140 00
M. J. Dolan, assistant engineer; 150 00
I . M. Fernandez, assistant engineer 150 00
I*. H. Shanghnessv,' assistant engineer... 160 00
John !\ins, assistant engineer 16000
K. I". McKittrick. relief engineer 140 00
•I. J. Conlan. relief engineer 140 to
Will Itm Waters, relief engineer 14000
•John Wilson, relief engineer 140 00
Henry Goner, machinist 140 00
George Maxwell, clerk of the Board of
Fire Commissioners 150 00
P. H.Fleming, clerk Corporation Yard. . 125 00
William H. Ayers. carpenter 100 00
Robert Harris, drayman 90 00
Henry V. ice, hydrantman... no of)
Philip Brady, hydiantman 90 00
Charles Nod, watchman 75 00
C. G. Black and C. A. Watson, messen
gers... ' 7500
Total $2,835 00
Twenty-seven engine companies each
drew $650 a month, and two engine com
panies draw $G3o each, amounting in the
aggregate to ?15,820.
Seven hook and ladder companies drew
each $030 a month— s43so.
. Hose company 1 and hose company 4
,each received $430 for July— No July
demand'; for hose company 4 and engine
company 28 were reported, but the engine
company's allowance is included in the
figures. . ■ ;
Seven chemical engine companies re
ceived $335 each, or $2095. "Water tower 1
! drew $305.
The Grand Jury has received informa
tion that the July expenses of the depart
ment for salaries amounted to $39,171 70,
and the October expenses $42,750 51. This
tallies with The Call's figures, and in
cludes outside expenses of $9734 pertaining
to the department. Tne Grand Jury has
received information that the outside ex
penses for October amounted to $13,239. It
is correct, therefore, to place the expenses
of the department at *42,000 a month.
The expenses of the Fire Department
are far in excess of the amount allowed
by the consolidation act. The Legislature
has given no authority for an increase.
These facts are known to the Fire Com
missioners, ths Supervisors and the Audi
tor, but they justify the increased expen
ditures on the ground of public necessity.
It is hardly questioned that necessity ex
ists for a larger department than the law
of 1873 authorizes, but the Grand Jury is
inclined to the position that the law should
be changed rather than defied.
The facts concerning the Fire Depart
ment complications cannot be clearly set
forth without referring back to a decision
rendered by Judge Sanderson April 5, 1892.
At that time it was sought to compel
Auditor T. J. L. Smiley, by writ of man
date, to audit a demand for Assistant En
gineer John Wills.
The Auditor had determined, after ex
amining the consolidation act, to refuse his
signature to this demand created by the
Supervisors and Fire Commissioners. The
court sustained him, holding in effect that
the Auditor had no authority o! law to
give hi* sanction to the payment of the
demands. Prior to the decision, however,
the Board of Supervisors had the opinion
of the District Attorney that the board was
authorized to create the liability.
The sequel is decidedly interesting to
tax payers. A strong pressure was brought
to bear on Auditor Smiley by the" fire un
derwriters and he was finally convinced
that the ' increased force of engineers was
necessary for the protection of the City,
and so he approved the demands which
Judge Sanderson declared could be legally
approved. Auditor Broderick, following
the example of his predecessor, continued
to sign similar warrants, and so the prac
tice begun in violation of the law still con
tinues in violation of the law. '■-
Ex-Auditor Smiley went before the
present Grand Jury at O. F. Willey 's re
quest and practically acknowledged that
he approved the demands contrary to law
as interpreted by Judge Sanderson. He
consented to testify, but as he was sick
when wanted as a witness, Mr. Willey sent
a carriage to bring him to the jury-room.
It is gossip that Mr. Smiley expected the
friendship of the underwriters in the po
litical campaign which followed, but they
rast their influence in favor of Mr. Brod
erick.
Reference was recently made in The
Call to an important communication
touching tlie Fire Department which had
been placed in the hands of Oliver Eld
ridge, foreman of the Grand Jury. It
comes to light now, from sources indepen
dent of the jury, that this communication
was sent by twelve citizens of San Fran
cisco whose taxes for the year aggregated
$67,000. They admit that they informed
the Grand Jury of crooked work in the
Fire Department and especially directed
attention to the employment of many
more men than were required by the old
hero. Chief Scannell. They reminded the
jury that nine drivers, nine buggies and
nine horses were required to do the work
that was done under Scannell by two bug
tries and two norses. They pointed out
that engineers wore appointed to represent
engine companies that existed only on
paper at the Corporation Yard, so that
they could draw pay as assistant district
engineers.
The Grand Jury was advised to learn of
one particular officer of the City govern
ment to whom political favors, they said,
had been rendered by the Fire Depart
ment.
The report of the expert, the communi
cation referred to and the testimony of ex-
Auditor Smiley surely contain matters of
such vital importance that a thorough in
vestigation should follow, but the indica
tions are that the Grand Jury will do little
more tht»n transmit the information to the
next jury impaneled. The chairman of
the committee, O. F. Willey, ha 3 been
threatened with personal assault if he per
sists in his efforts to expose corruption
ar.d mismanagement in the department.
These threats have not in the least im-
Eeded the investigation, but little matters
rought up from the Police Department
and the police courts have taken up so
much time that the members have not
been able to settle down to the more im
portant work demanded of them.
Another incident has come to light con
cerning the Langdon permit to make
alterations in a building at 7 Stockton
street. One of the witnesses testified that
Langdon on a certain day went to Liver
more. No one at first thought to ask why
Langdon went there, but subsequently
one juror did ask the question and re
ceived the reply he went to see Buckley.
It is reported that Buckley refused to have
anything to do with the transaction. It
subsequently came to light that Mr. Lili
enthal, whose place near Livermore adjoins
Buckley's, did get the permit.
The Grand Jury will to-morrow hear
what Thomas R. Ashworth, Superin
tendent of Streets, can offer in his own
behalf.
THE POUND UNDER FIRE.
Charges of Diverting 1 Money From
the Society to the City to Be
Investigated.
It is proposed by the Grand Jury to take
up the charges made by ex-Superintendent
Fleming against Poundmaster F. A. Os
born and his manner of conducting the
Animals' Home. An expert will be set to
work on the books and Mr. Fleming asked
to render such assistance as lies in his
power.
In a general way Mr. Fleming asks the
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1595.
Grand Jury to inquire into the treatment
of animals at the home and the purchases
for the Pound by F. A. Osborn since April
15, 1893, at which time he was made Pound
master. He also alleges that there are
Deputy Poundkeepers on the force who
were ordered discharged by the board of
directors many months ago. Deputy Hal
lett is one of the men referred- to. Under
a separate head the ex-superintendent
makes a direct charge of perjury and falsi
fication of the report for the month of
January of the present year. The charges,
as presented to the Grand Jury, read as
follows:
First— Charges that the said F. A. Osborn did
cause t--aid report to be made falsely.
Second— He. F. A. OBborn, wrongfully took a
certain sum of money from the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and turned
it over to the Treasurer oi the City and County
of Ssu Francisco.
Third— He committed perjury in swearing
falsely to said report.
"It needs but an' examination of the
Pound books to prove all this, and much
more," sairt Mr. Fleming yesterday. "He,
Osborn, was extremely anxious to make a
good impression on the Supervisors, and
saw no other way of doing it than by
diverting the society's money into the
City Treasury. He hoped to make them
believe that the~Animals' Home was a
source of revenue. During the month of
January twelve head of stock were sold at
the Pound. The major portion of this
brought only a few dollars a head, and in
some instances bat a few cents was offered.
"When the impounding fees are consid
ered, iff is preposterous to think for a mo
ment that the City was entitled to any
thing like $350, which is the amount
turned over by Osborn for the month of
January. This money was made up from
the stock advertised at $2 a head during
the preceding twelve months.
"The report was doctored to fit the case,
and Mr. Osborn immediately commended
by the Supervisors as a most excellent
Poundmaster. Every charge that I make
is a matter of record at the Pound, and if
Mr. Osborn was the right kind of a man he
would demand an investigation instead of
bringing political influence to bear to pre
vent it. There are other matters con
nected with his stewardship of the Pound
whicti are at least open to criticism if noth
ing more.
"About eighteen months ago it was
brought to the attention of ex-Poundmas
ter Partridge, then a director, that all was
not as it should be at the Animals' Home.
This information, I understand, came from
the City expert. 1 know that Osborn, as
sisted by Deputy Wells, came down to the
Pound and worked very hard on the books
for a week or ten days. Mr. Partridge
knows ail about it and" I refer you to him
for further information on the subject."
"I have forgotten the exact time," Mr.
Partridge said yesterday, when asked
about the matter, "but as near as I can
recollect, it was between eighteen months
and two years ago when 1 accidentally
met the City expert on the street. Ho
asked me if I* was taking a lively interest in
the Animals' Home, and if so, he thought
there were certain matters which should
be investigated. To put it plainly, he toid
me that in his opinion the cash account
was not as it should be.
"An investigation was accordingly made
by the society's expert, .Mr. Wadham, and
a big shortage brousrht to lisht. It seems
that for some months Mr. Oshorn had been
collecting from the City the money due
the Animals' Home. The books of the in
stitution showed that this money had
been received, but the bankbook itself
gave no evidence of its existence. Mr.
Osborn was promptly notified of the condi
tion of affairs. He was also told to make
good the shortage, which amounted to
about $1500. He promised to do this, but
it was several days before the money was
actually deposited in the bank to the
credit of the society."
BOATS FOR THE RESERVE.
Seven of Them Arrived From
Mare Island Navy- Yard
Yesterday.
They Are Intended for San Francisco,
San Diego, Santa Cruz and
Eureka.
Seven fully equipped cutters, gigs and
whaleboats arrived from Mare Island yes
terday for the naval battalion. They were
towed down by the steamer Monticcllo,
and are now in charge of Henry Peterson,
at the battalion's boathouse on Folsom
f-treet wharf. During the tow down three
of the boats were swamped, but were not
injured in any way. One of them is for
Santa Cruz, two for San Diego, one for
Eureka and three for San Francisco.
When word was received at battalion
headquarters that the boats were ready
Lieutenant-Commander Turner and a de
tachment of the reserve wen t up to receive
them. The navy-yard people towed them
over to Vallejo, and there the naval-reserve
boys took charge of them and Captain
Turner gave a receipt for the boats and
their tackle. All went well until the Monti
cello was off Broadway wharf. Henry
Peterson then came alongside in his gaso
line launch, and the rush of people to the
side of the steamer gave her a list. Tke
boats pot caught under her counter and
were tilted over until the water rushed in
and swamped them.
"The boats were presented to us by the
United States Government," said Lieu
tenant Commander Turner yesterday.
"They were as good as new in the first
place, but the naval authorities spent $500
in recalking and painting them. The
commandant at Mare Island equipped the
boats with sails, spars and oars, so that
they are now almost ready for use. The
sails do not lit the boats, but the boys will
soon put them in good shape.
"Of the seven boats, a gig and a sailing
launch will go to San Diego; a barge, a
twelve-oared gig and a small whaleboat will
remain in San Francisco, a cutter will go
to Santa Cruz and a twelve-oared whale
boat to Eureka. The latter boat will leave
on the steamer Arcata to-day and the
others will leave for Santa Cruz and San
Diego about Tuesday next. The divisions
are all now properly equipped and the
boat drills will in future be a great feature
of our exercises.
"The San Francisco division has now
four boats, and we will have to secure
greater accommodation. Our boattiouse
will not hold them all, so the Harbor Com
missioners will be applied to for more
space. The first thing to be done, how
ever, is to get the sails ready and the boats
painted inside. After that is accomplished
we will be ready for a- company drill. It
will take all of fifty men to man the boats,
and then we will be able to see what the
boys can do at oars."
The boats are handsome looking crafts.
They are painted a rich brown with a light
streak running from stern to stem. On
each side of the bow a long golden arrow
is painted. They all came from men-of
war tnat are now out of commission, and
one of the gigs has quite a history in the
American navy. Many a time in foreign
ports has soe shown the way to English,
French and German boats in a hotly con
tested race when a regatta was being held.
This particular boat will be manned by a
picked crew, and Captain Turner expects
them to win many a race in the future.
Standard authors, Bibles, dictionaries, en
cyclopedias, etc., at auction-store, 747 Market
street. •
At the Chutes.
The "water chutes" on Haight street had an
animated and enthusiastic crowd yesterday
afternoon, when the entire proceeds were de
voted to the fund for the blind and deaf chil
dren. People rode with avidity and kept the
fun up until half-past 5 o'clock. At 12 o clock
to-day E'nil Markobers:, the aeronaut, whose
balloon was burned last Sunday, with a new
airship and parachute, will sail skyward, hold
ing on to ft trapeee by hi* teeth. At half-past
3 o'clock Robert Earlston, riding a bicycle at
tached to the biggest balloon that ever went
out of San Francisco, will start up prepared to
remain in the air for fifteen minutes. The
grounds will be opened &t 11 o'clock.
HALE IS EXONERATED
State Prison Directors Dis
miss the Gardiner
Charges.
AULL IS AGAIN ELECTED.
Hale Ordered to Manufacture
Sugar Bags in the Prison
Mill.
4,000,000 GRAIN BAGS ON HAND.
A Determined Effort Being Made to
Stamp Out the Opium Traffic
in the Prison.
The regular monthly meeting of the
State Board of Prison Directors was held
at San Quentin yesterday. President De
Pue and Directors Devlin, Neff, Hayes and
Fitzgerald were present and the session
was replete with important incident.
An opinion was received from the At
torney-General concerning the power of
the directors to manufacture and sell jute
sugar bags as follows:
To the State Board of Prison Directors— Gkn-
TLEMGN: In reply to your request for a eon-
Btraction of an act entitled "An act fixing the
price and conditions of sale at which jute goods
shall be sold by the State," approved February
27, 18'.»3, and to your questions (1) as to
whether or not your board has the authority
under said act to sell jute bags manufactured
at the State prison to manufacturers of sugar,
and (2) whether or not the limitations as to
number prescribed in said act for the sale of
"grain bags" apply to the sale of bags manu
factured for other purposes.
First— l am of the opinion that "jute poods"
manufactured at the State prison can be sold
at the price prescribed by the act to any
"actual consumer" who will make the affidavit
required by section 3 of said act; and that
although the act gives precedence to the
farmers of the State over all other persons in
purchasing "grain bags," it nevertheless con
templates that "jute goods" can be sold to
other persons who are "actual consumers''
within the State, and it places no limit upon
the class of consumers to whom sales may be
made.
Second— l am further of the opinion that the
limitations as to number prescribed by the act
apply to the sale of "grain bags" only: but in
any event if your board should unanimously
determine to make a sale in excess of these
limitations the act confers upon "you the
authority to do so, provided that sufficient
grain bags are retained to till the orders on
hand and to supply the demand of the farmers.
Respectfully,
W. F. Fitzgerald, Attorney-General.
In accordance with the opinion Director
Devlin offered the following resolution,
which was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, The board has requested an
opinion from the Attorney-General as to its
power to sell jute bags to manufacturers of
sugar, pursuant to the act approved February
iiT, 1893, and has been advised by an opinion
of the Attorney-General, dated December 2,
1895, that it has such power; and whereas,
sufficient grain baps are on hand to till all
orders and demands of the farmers, they being
given precedence, and the interests of the
State require that the surplus be manufactured
into sugar bags or other profitable fabrics.
Resolved, By the unanimous consent of the
board that the Warden be authorized and
directed to manufacture and sell sugar bags on
receiving the affidavit and on the conditions
prescribed by tbe act approved February '21,
1893, at prices to be fixed from time to time
by tiie board.
"We can manufacture 2500 of the sugar
bags a day," said Director Devlin, "and
they will bring about 5 cents apiece, thus
adding materially to the income of the
prison and rendering it more nearly self
sustaining. And that, you know, is the
end at which we aim. We have now
4,000,000 grain bags on hand— more than
enough to supply any demands for them
which may be made on us by the farmers
of this State."
The matter of certain charges against
Warden Hale which were published by
the Chronicle was disposed of by a report
signed by the entire board, which reflected
severely on that paper for refusing to fur
nish the names of persons who claimed to
know of the alleged facts. The report read
as follows:
Whereas, Some time ago certain statements
appeared in the public press, in ■which it was
alleged that prisoner George Gardiner was per
mitted by the Warden to visit San Francisco
while a prisoner at San Quentin, on or about
the 4th day of September, 1893, and the
board, at the request of the Warden, having
rally investigated the said charges ami state
ment* and having heard the testiinonv under
oath of Mrs. Gardiner, Mr. Fisher, Sir. Gar
diner, Warden Hale, Mr. Tharp, Mr. Edgar,
Mr. Birlem, Mr. Alden and other officers of the
prison, and having fully considered all the in
formation which was possible to obtain, unan
imously report as follows:
'Hint 'in the opinion of the board it would be
impossible for Mr. Gardiner to be absent from
the prison without the knowledge and consent
of several officers; and further, that the books
of the commissary department, which were at
the date on which it was alleged he was in
Han kept by him, conclusively
prove Mr. Gardiner was not absent at that
time from the prison.
We further find, so far as the testimony
before the board is concerned, and all informa
tion which has been possible to obtain, that
the Warden never has at any time allowed
Gardiner to depart from the prison. And
while the board believes that Mrs. Gardiner
was earnest and conscientious in her state
lnnit they were forced to conclude that she is
entirely mistaken ns to tho identity of the
party whom she saw in San Francisco.
It Is to be regretted that parties who claim
that other evidence could be produced would
not aid the board by giving the names of wit
nesses, or any information which could assist
the board in "finding out who these witnesses
are.
It is further ordered that Warden Hale be,
and he is hereby exonerated from any and all
of said charges, and the said charges are
hereby dismissed.
Charles Aull was nominated by Director
Fitzgerald to succeed himself as Warden
of Folsom 'prison. No one was named
against him and he was unanimously
elected. Clerk Joseph V. Ellis was also
unanimously re-elected to his position.
This is his fourth term, and he has already
served twelve years.
Warden Hale announced appointments
and they were confirmed and the appoin
tees' bonds approved by the board, as fol
lows: Prison physician, Dr. W. JVi. Law
ler, San Francisco; superintendent of the
jutemill, John Rutherford, Oakland;
chief spinner, John Dickey, Oakland; as
sistant spinner, Richard P. Brown, Oak
land; matron, Mrs. B. Van Doren, Peta
luma; guards— John D. Jones and John E.
Savage.
The Warden reported that three prison
ers had been sent to the Insane Asylum at
Ukiah and that one of them, E. T. Cun
ningham, had escaped en route on Friday
morning. Before the board adjourned,
however, word was received of Cunning
ham's recapture near Santa Rosa.
The Warden also reported that rooms
had been prepared in the administration
building for the use of a female prisoner,
Mrs. Mary E. Martin of Oakland, during
the period required for a surgical operation
for the relief of abdominal tumor. Mrs.
Martin refuses, however, to submit to the
operation within the prison walls and
claims she should be released that it may
be performed elsewhere. Dr. Lawler stated
that it could be performed at the prison as
successfully as 'elsewhere, and the board
thereupon declined to entertain the
woman's application for a pardon, stating,
however, that she may employ any physi
cian she may choose to perform the opera
tion at the prison and promising to pro
vide any required number of skilled
nurses.
John Rutherford, the new superinten
d?nt of the jutemill, submitted a report
in which he dwelt at length upon the lack
of power in the mill engines and the ne
cessity for heating the mill during the
cold weather. He estimated that a suit
able heating apparatus could be arranged
for from $650 to $700. He had conferred
with Consulting Engineer p]ckhart on
these matters and that officer concurred in
the report. The mill has been shut down
for two weeks to permit the ordinary an
nual overhauling of the machinery.
The term of Director Deviin expires be
fore the next meeting of the board, and in
view of his retirement Director Neff
offered the following resolution, which
passed unanimously:
Whereas, The term or the lion. R. T. Devlin
as a member of the Hoard of State Prison Direc
tors, alter continued : service of ten years, is
about to expire, it is meet an 3 proper that this
board should take this opportunity 10 express
the esteem in which he is held as a faithful
and courteous public servant, and the regrets
engendered that the happy relations so long
existing should be severed;' therefore, be it
Resolved, That the long service gratuitously
given to the. State by Hon. R. T. Devlin in his
official capacity as prison director— the regu
larity with which he has attended the meet
ings of the board— his undeviating attention
given to all matters reluting to the manage
ment of the prisons and the kindly interest he
has bestowed on the unfortunates over whom
he, in part, has exercised control, entitle him
to not only the grateful remembrance of ." his
colleagues, but to the gratitude of j the people
of the State. We join in a sincoxe desire lor
his success and prosperity and , express the
hope that higher honors may yet await him;
and
Resolved, That these resolutions be spread
upon the minutes of the board at San Quentin
and Folsoni.
The resolution was adopted unmimously
and Mr. Devlin responded in a few well
chosen sentences expressing his apprecia
tion of the kindly feeling manifested and
his thanks for the uniform courtesy with
which he had been treated by his col
leagues during his term of ofu'ce.
Fred J. Wessell, who has served four
years of a sentence for felony committed
in Santa Cruz, was granted a release on
parole. >
The application of Joe Cook, the ex
clerk of the San Francisco Police Court,
for release on parole, was denied.
Consideration of the case of E. E. How
land, the Los Angeles spiritualist, who is
serving a term for perjury in swearing
that a spiritualist gathering is a religious
meeting, was continued one month. The
clerk was instructed to write to Los Ange
les for further information concerning the
case.
After lunch the board resolved itself into
a court for the trial of prisoners for ped
dling opium or having it in their posses
sion. According to the statement of one
prisoner, a very large percentage of the
convicts use the drug, and as the board is
determined to stamp out the practice,
the punishments inflicted were especially
severe.
John O'Rourke, a San Francisco song
and-dance man, who is serving a terra for
manslau^hter.uad opium in his possession
with intent to sell it. He does not use the
drug, but ciuimed it w:is given him by a
fellow-prisoner. He refused to give the
name, claiming that he was afraid to do 80.
He said that it was dangerous for a pris
oner to "peach," that men had been
severely handled before now for so doing
and that threats had been made to cut his
throat if he was indiscreet. He also
charged that Guard Ayers had brought
opium into the prison for Convicts Crocker
and Dawson, who have since been dis
charged.
The board put little faith in his state
ments, as he is notorious throughout the
prison as a liar, and (Juard Ayers has the
refutation of being "square"' and a 9 hon
est as the day is long. O'Rourke was
sentenced to lose ail his credits and wear a
ball and chain for six months.
Convict J. M. Ellis, a Los Angeles burg
lar, was another unfortunate possessor of
the seductive drug. He proved to be very
much dissatisfied witn bis surroundings,
and complained of nearly everything about
the prison. He was particularly disgrun
tled* because he cuiild not have a private
bathroom, and he made angry charges of
general mismanagement and crookedness,
in support of which he could not mention
a single incident. He lost all his credits,
and will bear th* ball and chain for six
months.
William Holman, an Alameda burglar,
lost all his credits and will carry the ball
and chain for three months for peddling
opium, and James Monahan suffers a simi
lar punishment for having the drug in his
possession.
James McNamee, a half-witted youth of
18 years, was given opium by Convict Pe
ters, but he turned it over to Captain Sd
gar, thereby escaping punishment, but in
curring the enmity of his fellows.
John Slatterv asked for the restoration
of eight months' credits which he lost for
insolence. On the recommendation of the
Warden four months were restored, and
he will be released in sixty days.
WORK OF THE CHURCHES
Catholic Missions at Sacred Heart,
St. Mary's and St. Teresa's
Churches.
Preparations for a Reception and Con
cert at the Y. M. C. A. Building
on New Year's Day.
Rev. A. E. Coplin will present the sub
ject, "The Coming Church," at the meet
ing of the Congregational Monday Club
to-morrow.
The annual meeting of the Congrega
tional Associates, for the election of officers
and transaction of other business, will be
held at 7 Montgomery avenue on Saturday
afternoon.
The Bay Congregational Association
held an all-day session at Bethany Church
on Monday.
Key. Emil K. Galloway of the Eighth
Congregational Church at Ocean View was
admitted to membership in the Bay Con
gregational Association at the last meet
ins of that body.
Rev. John Stephens, pastor of Simpson
Memorial M. E. Church, will give a critique
of Balfour's "Foundations of Belief" at
the Methodist preachers' meeting to
morrow.
A concert for the benefit of the Palo
Alto Methodist Church will be given at
C entral M. E. Church, this City, on Fri
day evening. J. J. Morris, chorister of
Central Church, will be in charge of the
programrae.
The conference board of the Woman's
Home Missionary Society will hold its
quarterly meeting at Central M. E. Church
on Tuesday.
A reception to young men will be given
at the Y. M. C. A. building in the after
noon and a concert in the evening of New
Year's day. A university extension course
of lectures will be inaucurated there on
Tuesday, January 7, by Professor Ashley of
the University of California. His subject
will be: "Decorative art; its history and
evolution: practical design and how to
construct it, and its relation to our own
industries."
Rev. James F. Stewart has accepted the
charge of the Christian church at Orange.
Rev. J. P. JUewis, the Christian pastor at
Paso Robles, expects to return soon to his
home in Virginia.
The Catholic Ladies' Aid Society of Oak
land gave a successful donation at Y. M. I.
hall on Thursday.
Examinations are in progress at St. Ig
natius Colleec. The college will close on
the 23d inst. and reopen January 2.
Laree audiences were in attendance each
evening upon the lectures to non-Catholics
delivered at sSt. Mary's Church, California
street, last week.
Sheridan Club, composed of members of
No. 72, Y. M. 1., will give an entertain
ment at Mission Parlor hall on the 28th
inst.
Miss May Walsh received the white veil
of the Sisters of Mercy at St. Mary's
Chapel last week. She will be known here
after as Sister Clement.
High mass will be celebrated at St. Ig
natius Church this morning in.commem
oration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the decree constituting St. Joseph patron
of the Universal Church. A noveua pre
paratory to the feast of Christmas will com
mence to-morrow evening at that church.
Fathers O'Shea and Linder of the Re
demptorist order are conducting a mission
at Sacred Heart Church and will open one
soon at St. Teresa's.
The quarterly conference of the councils
of the bt. Vincent de Paul Society was held
at St. Teresa's Church last Sunday. Good
showings were made by the various coun
cils.
The Y. L. I. No. 3 has elected the follow
ing officers: President, Miss Ella Corayns;
tirst vice-president, Miss Frances Conlin;
second vice-president, Miss Lizzie Culli
gan; recording secretary, Miss Anna Daly;
financial secretary, Miss Kate Meehan ;
treasurer, Miss Mamie Jones; marshal,
Miss Tessie Roach ; physician, Dr. W. J.
Hawkins: trustees — Mrs. Mulcahy and
the Misses Belle Boyle, Mary Leahy, Mol
lie Shields and Margaret Slattery. The
installation ceremonies will be held in the
early part of January. No. 3 has moved
its headquarters from Washington Hall to
the Alcazar building on O'Farrell street,
and will hereafter meet on every Saturday
evening.
Elder George Me Bride of Hyrum, Utah,
came to San Francisco to assist in the
Mormon mission work last week, and
Elder John D. Irvine will leave shortly
to assist in the work at Los Angeles.
President Tanner will discourse on "The
Relation of the New to the Old Testa
ment" at Pythian Castle this evening.
THE POLICLINIC AIDED
Seventeen Hundred Dollars the
Proceeds of the Recent
Kettledrum.
The Lucky Numbers in the Tombola
Drawings and Other
Prizes.
The tombola prize drawings in connec
tion with the recent kettledrum and social
function at the De Young residence on
California street were announced yesterday.
Numbers 74. 324, 396, 170, 155, 332, 435,
338, IG4, 377, 444 are the lucky ones that
will entitle their holders to the reward
when they shall call at 1919 California
street. No. 4 drew the bicycle, and the
dozen bottles of champagne contributed
by a wine agent go with No. 97.
In addition to its success as a social
function the kettledrum was most success
ful as an entertainment for charity. The
Fan Francisco Polyclinic is the gainer by
about $1700, and that amount will be de
voted toward a brick foundation for the
present building. The proceeds aggre
gated $1914 85, not including several small
amounts not yet in, but the expenses were
about $250, although mostly everything
was contributed.
Those who had the affair in charge wish
to express their thanks for the co-opera
tion and assistance of others, who helped
to make the charity kettledrum a paying
undertaking.
Clever Capture of a Burglar.
Several bolts of cloth were taken from Sam
uel Damner's tailor-shop, 206 O'Farrell street,
early yesterday morning. Patrolman J. F.
Dinan, just as he was returning home on a
California-street car, happened to notice three
men at Mason street with the bolts of cloth
under their arms. He gave tnem a chase and
caught one of them, Thomas Maloney, whom
he promptly locked up.
DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS.
Complaints filed:
Parmelia Lavnller asainst George Lavaller.
Honora A. Lane against Frederick J. Lane.
Jennie B. Pruna against Luciano Pruna.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
The following marriage licenses were Issued by
the County Clerk's office December 14:
Robert J. Park and Louise Coucuron. 83—23.
F. L. Baclgalupi and Josephine Walker, 23—18.
Patrick Toohey and Josie Hardman, 30 — 21.
F. Errickson and Annie L. Waterman, 21 — 18.
William B. Amner and Mollie G. Hurley, 23—21.
Morris A. Swift and Emma L. Decry, 31—25.
Andrew W. Martin and Mary E. Jiles, 24—22.
\V. S. Tickner and Lorett M. Bowman, 25—25.
George F. P.rackett and Agnes P. Briggs, 30—23.
BIRTHS— MARRIAGES— DEATHS,
f Birth, marriage and death notices sent by mall
will not be inserted. They must bo handed in at
cither of the publication offices and be indorsed
with the name and residence of persons authorized
| to have the same published. J
BORN.
BARNETT— In this city, December 14, 1895, to
the wife of William J. Barnett, a son.
BASSILLIO— In this city, December 10, 1895, to
the wiie of D. F. Bassilllo, a son.
GI'IRARD— In this city. Decemberl4, lB9s, to the
wife of Maxime Charles Guirard, a son.
HACKE— In this city, December 7, 1895, to the
wife of W. C. Ilucko, a son.
INGHAM— In this city, December 14, 1895, to the
wife of Charles H. J ni;iiu::i. a son.
MCLAUGHLIN— In this city, December 6, 1895,
to the wife of J. J. MeLaughlin, a son.
SCHULZ— In this city. November 29, 1895, to the
wife ot William F. Hchulz, a daughter.
URSENBACH— At Angel Island. December 6,
1895, to the wife of L. F. Ursenbach. a son.
MARRIED.
AVNKR-HURLEY— In this city, December 14,
1895, William B. Amner and Mollie G. Hurley,
both of San Francisco.
| CARMONA— BOYD— March 30. 1895, by the Rev.
Mr. Stewart, Frank S. Carmona and May Boyd,
both of San Frunclsco.
CONDON— WALSH— In this city, November 28.
1895, by the Rev. Father Cummings, Michael
Condon and Kittie Walsh, both of San Francisco.
L AMPMAN— FOWLER— In this city, July 23,
1893, by the Rev. J. W. Fisiier of San Rafael,
Henry Lampman and Elizabeth E. Fowler, both
| of San Francisco.
! LUBV-FITZPATRICK-In this city, November
27, 1895. by the Rev. Father Woods, S. J., Ed-
ward i\ Luby and Mary E. Fitzpatrick, both of
San Francisco.
WALCOM— LARSEN— In this city. December 4,
1895, by the Rev. Mr. Filbern, Thomas J. Wal-
com and Anna E. Larson, both of San Francisco.
i =
X>IKI>.
Berry, Levl Howard, Thomas
Castro, Jose R. Kavanagh, John
Connell. Catherine Landregan, Daniel J.
Crellin, John Levy, Alfred
Cronan, Mary Lonergan, Mary J.
Cross. Mary A. Mayne, Charles
J)oyle, Patrick McAvoy, Barney
Falkenburg, Agnes H. McCanu. Mary
Fisher, George W. Mecredy, Jane Q.
Frank. Samuel Mitrovlch, Nellie A.
Frauenholz, Hugo Pilster, Maria
Graham, John A. Rivera, Manuel
Harrington, Patrick Schroeder, Hugo
Hersch. Nellie J. Bhattuck, Charles H.
Hussey, James H. Shirley. Paul
Hogan, Catherine Theile, August E.
yon Emden, John L.
BERRY— Tn the City and County Hospital, De-
cember 13, 1895, Levi Berry, aged 62 years.
CASTRO— In North Temencal, December 14, 1895,
Jose liamou, dearly beloved husband of Guada-
loajic Welch Castro, a native of California, aged
75 years.
CONNELL— In New York, December 1, 1895,
Catherine Connell.
CRELLIN— Tn Oakland, December 14,1895, John,
beloved husband of Deinm Crellin, a native of
Isle of Man, agfd 67 years and 6 months.
<S"Friends and acquaintances aro respect-
fully Invited to attend the funeral TO-MORROW
(Monday), at 2:30 o'clock p. m., trom his late
residence, 1061 oak street, Oakland.
CRONAN— In this city, December 12, 1895, Mary,
belovt d wife of the late Samuel Cronan, and
mother of Michael, Samuel, John, Thomas and
Wlllium cronan and Mrs. John Bulck, a native of
County Cork, Ireland, aged 4tf years
O-Frieuds and acquaintances are respect-
fully Invited to attend the funeral THIS DAY
(Sunday), at 7:30 o'clock a.m., from her late
residence, 2y a Me Lea court, off Ninth street, be-
tween Harrison and Bryant, thence to St. Jos-
eph's Church, where a solemn requiem mass
will' be celebrated for the repose of her soul,
comniencitis at 8 o'clock a. m. Interment Holy
Cross Cemetery.
CROSS— In this city, December 10. 1895, Mary
Ann, widow of the late W. B. Cross, a native of
Maine, aged 6b years.
DOYLE— In Ceoterville, December 14, 1895, Pat-
rick Doyle, a native of County Carlow, Ireland,
agp<l 57 years.
J9~Friends and acquaintances are respect-
fully invited to attend the funeral TO-MORROW
(Monday), at 10 o'clock a. m., trom the residence
of Mrs. M. Norns.
FALKENBURG— In this city, December 13, 1895,
Agnes H., beloved daughter of Victor and Louisa
Falkenburg, a native of Kan Francisco, aged 1
year and 1 month.
43" Friends and acquaintances are respect-
fully invited to attend the funeral THIS DAY
i Sunday ), at 2 o'clock p. m., from the residence
of her parents, 820 Jessie street. Interment
I. O. O. F. Cemetery.
FISHER— In the City and County Almshouse,
December 14, 1895, George W. Fisher, a native of
- Philadelphia, aged 62 years. • . • ,
FRANK— In this city, December 12. 1895, Samuel,
I beloved husband of Jennie Frank, and father of
Albert and Irwin Frank, and brother of Mrs. H.
Lipman of New York and Mrs. S. Rosener, a na-
tive of Philadelphia, Pa., aged 53 years 1 month
and 14 days . •
'flSTFriends are respectfully Invited to attend
the funeral THIS DAY (Sunday), at 10:30
o'clock a. m., from the residence of Samuel Rose-
■ ncr, 1611 Bush street. Interment Home of Peace
■ Cemetery, by 11:45 o'clock a. m. train rrom
Third and Townsend streets.
FRAUENHOLZ— In this city, December 12. 1895,
Hugo" Frauenholz, brother of the late Phillip
Frauenholz, a native of Bavaria, Germany, aged
62 years. , •
«B-The funeral will take place THIS DAY
(Sunday), at 2 o'clock p. m.. from 135 Chestnut
s:reet. . Interment private.
GRAHAM— In this city. December 11, 1893, John
A., beloved son of Mrs.- .lane -Graham, -and
brother of Mrs. William Clinton. Mrs. Austin
Haney and Samuel J., Robert P., Albert £„
Grace I. and Walter D. Graham, a native of Mass-
achusetts, aged 84 years and 3 days. .
Iff Friends and acquaintances are respect-
fully invited to attend the funeral THIS DAY
(Sunday)," at 12:30 o'clock p. m., from the family
residence. 419 Twenty-ninth street, thence to the
Church of the Holy Innocents, Fair Oaks street,
near Twenty-sixth, where funeral services ■ will
be held, commencing at 1 o'clock p. m. Interment
I. O. O. F. Cemetery. '
HARRINGTON— In this city. December 14. 1985,
Patrick Harrington, beloved brother of Mrs.
Julia Holland and Mrs. Humphrey Lynch, na-
tive of Bare Haven, County Cork, Ireland, aged
63 years. [Nevada papers please copy, ■ ■ ■ :
45* Friends and acquaintances are respect-
fully Invited to attend the funeral TO-MORROW
(Monday), at 8:30 o'clock a. m.. from the par-
lors of James .Mcllenomey & Sou, 3 057 Mission
street, thence to St. Joseph's Church, where a
solemn requiem mass will be celebrated for the
repose of his soul, commencing at 9 o'clock
a. m. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.
HERSCH-In Oakland, December 13, 1895,
Nellie Johanna, only and beloved daughter of
Fredericke and 'the late August Hersch of St.
Helena, a native of Germany, aged 14 years and
7 months.
HOWARD— In Sonora, Tuolumne .Thomas,
brother of Hat; ie Howard, a native of San Fran-
cisco, Cal., aged 19 years and 6 months.
HUSSEY— In this city, December 14. 1895, James
Henry Hussey. beloved husband of Mary Eliza-
beth Ann Hussey. and father of James L. Hus-
sey, and brother of Patrick and Mike Hussey,'
- a native of Albany, N.Y., aged 40 years 3 months
and 4 days.
HOGAN— In this city, December 14, 1895, Cath-
erine, dearly beloved wife of Thomas C. Hogan,
and mother of Joseph R. and William F. Hogan,
' a native of Ireland, aged 67 years. • ' '
JtSTFriends ana acquaintances are respect- -
fully invited to attend tne funeral TO-MORROW
(Monday), at 8:30 o'clock a.m.. from her lat«
residence, 146 Silver street, tnence to St. Bom's
Church, where a solemn requiem mass will be
celebrated for the repose of her soul, commencing
at 9a. m. Interment Mount Calvary Cemetery.
KAVANAGH— In this city, December 12. 1895,
John Kuvun:r-:li. uncle of Luke Kavanagh, a na-
tive of County Wexford, Ireland, aged 73 years.
**"Friends and acquaintances are respect-
fully invited to attend the funeral THIS DAY.
(Sunday), at 10:30 o'clock a. m.. from the par-
lors of the San Francisco Undertakers, 1235 Mar-
ket street, thence to Oakland by creek boat at
11 o'clock, thence to (sacred Heart Church,
Fortieth and Grove streets. North Temescal,
where services will be held . at 12 o'clock H.
Interment St. Mary's Cemetery, Oakland.
LANDREGAN— In Yuan, Ariz., December 12,
1893, Daniel J., beloved son of James and the
late Mary Landregan, and brother of Dennis A.,
Thomas C, James T., Mary A. and the late Ellen,
Roger, John and William J. Landregan, a native
of . California, aged 22 years 11 months and 2
days.
Friends and acquaintances are resoect-
fnUy Invited to attend the funeral TO-MORROW
(Monday) at 9:30 o'clock a. m., from the resi-
dence of his father on San Pablo avenue in
Golden Gate, thence to Sacred Heart Church,
where a requiem high mass will be celebrated for
the repose of his soul, commencing at 10 o'clock
a. M. Interment St. Mary's Cemetery, Oakland.
LEVY— In the City and County Hospital. De-
cember 14, 1895, Alfred Levy, aged 50 years.
LONERGAN— In this city, December 14, 1895,
at her late residence, 49 Russ street, Mary J.,
beloved daughter of Michael, ana sister of
Thomas F. Lonergan, ! a native of Dnngarvan,
County Waterford, Ireland, aged 39 years and 11
months.
49" -Notice of funeral hereafter.
MA YNE— In this city, December 14, 1895,Char1e3
Mayne, a native of Germany, aged 77 years.
JJS" Friends and acquaintances are respect-
fully Invited to attend tne funeral services
TO-MORROW (Monday), at 1 o'clock p. M., from
the parlors of the Palace Hotel, thence by special
train at '£ o'clock p. m. from Third and Town-
send streets depot, to Cypress Lawn Cemetery.'
McAVOY— In this city, December 11, 1895, Bar-
ney McAvoy, a native of Ireland, aged 30 years.
j(3-Frlends and acquaintances are respect-
fully invited to attend the funeral THIS DAY
(Sunday), at 2 o'clock p. m., from the par-
lors of Valente. Marini & Co., 1524 Stockton
street. Interment Laurel Hill Cemetery.
McCANN— In this city. December 14. 1895, Mary,
beloved wife of John McCann, and mother of
John S. and the late James McCann. a native of
the parish of Cerntorn, County Donegal, Ireland,
aged 48 years. ■ ■
|®-Notice of funeral hereafter. .
MECREDY— : this city, December 14, 1895,
at her residence, 422 Church street, Jane
Graham, beloved wife of John J. Mecredy, ana
mother of Alexander, Thomas, John. William
Fred and Raymond Mecredy and Mrs. A. A.
' Osborn, and grandmother of Daisy Mecredy,
a native of Belfast. Ireland, aged 79 years. Vic-
toria (B. C.) and Alameda papers please copy,
Notice of funeral hereafter. . .
MITROVICH— In this city. December 14, 1895,
Nellie A. Mitrovich, beloved daughter of Michael
and Annie Matick, a native of San Francisco,
Cal., aged 27 years. [Oakland papers please
copy.l • . . ■
£3~Friends and acquaintances are respect-
fully Invited to attend the funeral TO-MORROW
(Monday), at 9 o'clock a. m.. from the residence
of the parents, 1306 Pacific street, thence to St.
Bridget's Church, where a solemn requiem high
mass will be celebrated for the repose of her soul,
commencing at 9:30 o'clock a. m. Interment
Holy Cross Cemetery. .
PILSTER— In this city, December 12, 1895, Maria
■ L. R. Pllster, beloved wife of Henry, and mother
of Hattie and Theodore Pilster, a native of Brem-
erhafen, Germany, aged 40 years 7 months and 2
days. ■ ; ';..
43*FrlencJs and acquaintances are respect-
fully invited to attend the funeral THIS DAY
(Sunday), at 1 o'clock p. if., from her late resi-
dence, 433 Noe street, between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth.' thence to St. Mark's Lutheran
Church, O'Farrell street, between Franklin and
Gongh, where the funeral services will be held at
2 o'clock P. m. Interment I. O. O. F. Cemetery.
RIVERS— In this city, December 13, 1895, at his
residence, 1021 Montgomery street, Man-
uel Rivers, beloved husband of Mary and father
of Matthew Rivers, and cousin of John M. Car- .
mo, a native of Azores Islands, Portugal, aged 50
years. '"- ■ ■ '■''• '*"■ sV~ -■
I i 43~Frlends and acquaintances and members of
' Pohonachee Tribe No. 10, 1. O. R. M., are respect-
i fully Invited to attend the funeral ' THIS DAY
(Sunday), at 1 o'clock p. m., from Red Men's
Hall, 320 Post street. Jnterment Laurel Hill
Cemetery, r - •
SCHROEDER— Alameda, December 13, 1895,
Hugo Schroeder, beloved husband of Anna, and
father of Lulu Schroeder, a native of Germany,
aged 36 years. - ; •
US" Friends and acquaintances . are respect-
fully invited to attend the funeral THIS DAY
(Sunday), at 10 o'clock a. if., from I. O. O. F.
Hall, Park street, under the auspices of Colum-
bia Lodge No. 40. I. O. O. F. Interment private
at I. O. O. F. Cemetery, San Francisco. , Please
omifflowers. ■ ■■ ,'• ■:•'■ ■ ■
SHATTUCK— In Alameda, December 13, 1895,
Charles H. Shattuck, a native of Vermont, aged
38 years. ' '
j§»-Funeral services will be held TO-MORROW
(Monday), at • 1 o'clock p. M ., from . his late resi-
dence, 1729 Central avenue, . Alameda. Inter,
ment private.
SHIRLEY— In Martinez, December 11, 1895, Paul
Shirley, beloved father of Guy Shirley and Maud
Shirley Page, a native of Kentucky, aged «8
. years 7 months and 11 days. :.Vj«S?;tii..j rUiniMJIRWH
JO- Friends and acquaintances are respect- '
" fully invited to attend the funeral THIS DAY
(Sunday), at 1 o'clock p. m., at . the family
. residence in Martinez. ,. ..
THEILE— In Oakland, December 14, 1895, August
Edward, beloved husband of Emma Theile, and
father of Fred, Willie and Eddie Theile. a native
of Germany, aged 39 years 1 month and 1 day. .
Friends and ' acquaintances are respect-
fully invited to attend the funeral TO-MORROW
(Monday), at 2 . o'clock p. m., from his late
residence, 712 Fourth street, Oakland. Interment
Mountain View Cemetery.' ■ - : ' •• ;-
von EMDEN— this city, December 11. 1896,
Jonn L., beloved husband of Johanna M. yon Em-
den, a native of Aurich, Ostfriesland. Germany,
aged 53 years 5 month and 5 days. A member of
Germania -tamm No. 83, U. O. R. M., and Han-
noveraner Verein. .. --• ."■ - - r . - w • V
4S*Friends and acquaintances are respect-
fully Invited to attend the funeral THIS DAY
(Sunday), at 1:30 o'clock p. v., from Red Men's
Hall, 610 Bush street. Remains at ' the parlors
of H. F. Suhr & Co., 1209 Mission street, near
Eighth. Interment I. O. O. F. Cemetery.
I UNITED UNDERTAKERS' "
EMBALMING PARLORS. .
Everything Requisite for First-class Funerals
■ at Reasonable Rates. '
Telephone 3167.- 27 and 29 Fifth street.
1 McAVOY 4 GALLAGHER, I
FUNERAL DIRECTORS & EMBALMERS,
SO Fifth St., Opp. Lincoln School.
.."* '. ' Telephone 3080. / ',:'.'■
KSTTICMESOirETT"™"^ "CHAS.
JAMES McMENOME-K & SON,
UNDERTAKERS AND EJIBAIMEBS,
1057 Mission Street, Near Seventh.
■ . .-■■-■■ „ - Telephone JSq l ZsS±^_^_j__ :^__
AS. ENGLISH. 1 T. R. CAREW
. CAREW & ENGLISH,
UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS, '
* FUNERAL DIRECTORS, i :
19 Van Ness aye., near Market St., San Francisco
Telephone so. 3156. N. B.— Not connected wua
any other house in this city. ;.
CYPRESS LAWN CEMETERY,
TV SAN MATEO COUNTY; NON-SECTARIANj
J. laid out on the lawn plan; perpetual care beau*
Ufnl, permanent and easy of access; see it betook
harUiK a burial place elsewhere. ■-. » ■ • - • ,
,-■?• City Office, V City 0»1) Avenue,
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