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surprising in the past year. Superintend
ent Kennedy lias written to a famous
maker of handballs in Ireland for several
dozen balls, a few samples of which he
had seen a few days ago that caught his
eye and fancy. Kennedy is an excellent
Erognosticp.ior and his" prediction that
andball will eventually become the most
popular of indoor sports among club mem
bers is not by any means disputed by the
officers of the club who are now catering
tc the members who delight in the old
Irish pastime.
The club proposes giving entertainments
such as the one that was so successfully
managed at the Columbia Tneater a lew
evenings ago every three or four months.
The members who toot part in the enter
tainment propose to practice right along
and rehearsals will be held quite frequently
in a department of the club which has
been set apart for theatrical purposes.
Although the show of last Monday even
ing was a paramount success in every par
ticular Director Short says that it will not
compare at all with the entertainment
that will be held . in May or June next.
New jokes, new songs and new talent will
be introduced that will be catchy to the
eye and ear of the most fastidious crank
on theatricals.
Apart from vaudeville entertainments
the club will hold a monster amateur box
ing tournament in the Mechanics' Pavil
ion in April. Due notice will be given to
all of the amateur clubs of this coast ot
the proposed grand fistic entertainment,
and as exceedingly beautiful prizes will be
offered for competition, the directors are
in hopes of having entries from all parts
of the State. The classes will consist of
bantam, feather, light, middle and heavy
weights.
The Police Gazette Sporting Annual for
1596 is now out, and as a complete book of
reference it ranks superior to any of the
annuals published this season. It con
tains excellent illustrations of famous ath
letes, oarsmen, wheelmen, pugilists, etc
with the records and best performances of
the champions. A new departure of par
ticular interest to pugilists is the published
individual record of every prominent
lighter now before the public.
HOUNDS AND HARES.
A Great Coursing Meeting Will Be
Held at Newark To-Morrow. *
To-morrow a grand coursing meeting
"will be held at Newark Park, which place
is recognized by all of the prominent
leashmen of the State as the finest indoor
coursing demesne in the State. The
manager of the grounds; T. Cronin, who is
known to every lover of the sport in the
West, said yesterday that the hares which
he received from Merced some weeks ago
are in the very best condition possible and
that some great runs will be witnessed to
morrow.
"1 have seen many grueling races on the
plains of Merced during my experience as
a promoter of coursing," said Cronin,
"but the grandest course of all I witnessed
with some friends a few days ago in New
ark Park.
"I wanted to test the running qualities
of the hares, and after one or two courses I
concluded that the stock on hand could
not be better. 1 had two of my best dogs
ready to give the first of the short-tail
6printers of the plains a run for his life
the moment he put his face outside of the
breeding paddock, and it would have
pleased you to see the little rascal drop
his ears on his shoulders the moment he
fastened his peepers on the greyhounds.
Off he shot like a bullet for the escape at
the northeast end or" the racing field, and
when about eighty yards from the hounds
the slips parted and a\v«y went the long
tails in hot pursuit.
"Half way down the field the dogs over
hauled their game and forced the hare
from its line, but in the turn the dogs were
thrown out badly and puss got over many
yards of ground before it was again com
pelled to swerve from a course which had
brought it to within fifty yards of the es
cape. Down the field hare and hounds
came at & dashing gait and I was never so
much surprised in my life to see the hare
actually gaining on the dogs. Puss was
almost at the escape leading into the
breeding field, when it stumbled and fell.
One of the dogs made a desperate attempt
to kill, but the grand little animal escaped
by a quick wrench which gave it another
chance for its life. It carried the dogs
once again the entire length of the field,
where several turns were scored by the
brindle and black, and finally a kill re
sulted. It was the grandest bit of cours
ing I have ever seen, and you can safely
say that the large crowd of sport-lovers
who will witness the meeting of to-morrow
will return home thoroughly satisfied with
having enjoyed a gala day's sport."
The dogs entered for Kerrigan and Cas
serley's coursing meet are: '1.7
D. Twe?die's Dublin Stout vs. W.J. Shield's
Coal Yard, J. Donnolly's Defender vs. Villa
kennel's Maud <;, M. Kelly*"! Fly vs. J. Dun
bar's Evening Star, P. Ryan's Kitty Pease vs.
D. Burfeind's Trix, P. Ryan's Magpie vs. Villa
kennel's Tempest, J.O'Shea's.Tultamore vs. D.
Mulcahy's Fox Hall, J. J. Larkey's Spinawav
vs. J. Mcßridt's Flashlight, O. Jennings' Red
Rose vs. I). Tweed. White Rustic, H. Hull's
Butcher Boy vs. W. L. Trade's Lucky Dog, W.
L. Trade's Mission Boy vs. J. O'Shea's Firenzi,
J. McDonald's Mayo Boy vs. J. Bradshaw's
Tomboy, C. Evans' Dashaway vs. W. J. Shield-.'
Bowery Boy.
The following is the draw for this meet
ing; there are forty of the crack dogs of
the State entered:
West Side kennel's Belle of Campbell vs.
James Dean's Ivy, Oak Grove kennel's Granu
ale vs. A. Merrill's Snow Bird, F. McCabe's Ful
lerton vs. M. Travnor's Vailev Maid, M. Cor
hett's Red Wagon vs. West "Side kennell's
Cleaverness, J. C. Talbot's Lady Blarncr vs. A.
Merrill's Faster and Faster. J. H. Perrigo's Santa
Bella vs. W. Creamer's Regent, Alameda ken
nel's Alameda vs. M.Culligan's Lady Gladness,
Oak Grove kennel's Eclipse vs. J. if. Perrigo's
Longfellow, J. Moffat's Molly Bawn vs.
P. Maime's Lady O X, J. T. Smart's
Seminole vs. M. Traynor's May Tea Boy,
Alameda kennel's Sail Joaquin vs. Laurel
wood kennel's Eldridge; P. Gorman's King
ston vs. D. Dillon's Lady Fitzgerald; 1). Dun
lea's Sweeper vs. T. Tracy's London ; H. M. M.
Spring's Bill Nye vs. J. F. Grace's Roll Along;
P. J. Kelley's Fleetfoot vs. T. McDonald's Lis
sak; J. Wren's Rapid vs. T. J. Cronan's Reli
ance; W. Roger's Sly Boy vs. T. Tracy's Glad
stone; T. J. Cronan's Rosie B. vs.. J. T. Smart's
Joe Bowers; J. G. Thompson's King Cob vs. T.
Sullivan's Kilkenny Girl; T. Sullivan's Little
Tom vs. West Side kennel's Lady Campbell.
John Grace will judge and J. F. Grace will
handle the slins. The prizes '> are: First
•?40; second, (125; third, $15: fourth and fifth,
* 10 each.
HANDBALL.
First-Class Players Who Will Meet
In the San Francisco Court.
The following handball games will take
place at P. Ryan's San Francisco bail
court on Sunday: .
I. O'Brien and P. Ryan against J. Rodgers
and M. M. McNeil; P. Kelly and J. Slattery
against P. Hutchinson and James Nelson; J.
bite and M. wards against R. Murphy and
U. Re-ran; .1. Sweeney and M. Callahan aijainst
F. Donohue and C. Carroll; J.Condon and M.
Dillon against J. Lawless and G. Hutchinson.
Why tho Chinese Were Defeated.
The examinations for officers in the Chi
nese army still, as from time immemorial,
consisted in firing from a bow on horse
back and in lifting heavy weights, while
the greater number of their soldiers were
still armed with bows and arrows, and
with huge spears resembling pitchforks.
Their main trust, even in the recent war,
was in the heavy "gingall." firing a ball
of about half a pound weight from a brass
piece held 0:1 the shoulders of two men.
That this should be possible while their
arsenals at Kiagnan, Nanking or Tientsin
were capable of taming out 4.7-seccnd
quick-firing guns, Maxims, improved Lee-
Mitfprd, and other rifles in use in modern
arm:es shows clearly that no attempt has
oeen made to grasp the meaning of mod
ern warfare.— Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Ed
mund R. Fremantle, in the Forum.
About five years are required before
leeches attain a state of maturity. While
■very young they are quit- unfit" for medi
cal purposes, 'i bey are caught in various
ways, by the hand or by persons wading
■ii the shallow waters during the spring of
.he year, when they adhere to the naKed
legs; but in summer, as they have retired
to deep water, a raft of twigs and bushes is
constructed by which a few are entangled.
MAT JUMPS
THREE POINTS,
Another Lively Day on
'Change and a Boom
Is Expected.
PRICES MAY REACH $1.5.0.
About 425,000 Tons in the State,
and Australia Will Need
Half of That.
THE PROFIT TO CALIFORNIA.
Net Gain of $1,500,000 From the Rise
Already— The Effect on Busi
ness in General.
Wheat is still rapidly going up. It was
worth less than a cent a pound in the mar
ket about a month ago. Yesterday it was
quoted at $1 IT ' per 100 pounds, and it
would not be a surprise to anybody if the
price should immediately jump to $1 50.
An indication of the condition of the mar
ket is shown by the closing quotations on
May wheat during the week:
Friday SI IT 1 '
Thursday 1 14'g
"Wednesday 1 14'
Tuesday 1 11
Monday 1 09%
The slock of wheat in California to-day
is about 425,000 tons. The earnings of the
State since Monday, therefore, by the ad
vancement of the market prices, are
$637,500. During the month the gain has
been nearly $1,500,000.
If the prediction of a rise to $1 50 is real
ized, which is possible if not probable, the
rise in value from a month ago will bring
to the State a net profit of §4,225,000.
Of the wheat now in the State Australia
may need 200,000 tons, and even more. It
is commonly rumored on 'Change that
McNear has already bought up one-third
at least of this, and the present rise keeps
him on the broad grin.
The stock, if Australia takes 200,000 or
250.000 tons, will bo hardly enough to run
the State through to the next crop, which
comes forward next July, and that circum
stance gives the impetus to the boom.
Ah official bulletin of the shippers re
carding wheat is as follows: " !
While the comparative failure of Australia to
secure much if any surplus of wheat above her
own requirements was a severe blow to that
country it has been a perfect godsend to the
I'aeific Coast, which, with a large sunply to
carry along, had merely the prospect of an or
dinary market in Europe, relieved somewhat
at the time the Australian inquiry developed,
by promised drought, which has since been
entirely dissipated by ample and extended
rains. To digress a moment, the outlook for
the present is quite reassuring so far as this
State is concerned for a large wheat area, and
a proportionate yield should the weather re
main favorable. 7<*.v 137T7;T
There has, of course, been much idle talk
about the farmers' poverty preventing liberal
seeding, but this will not stand ior an instant
against such logic as is afforded by an excep
tional price for wheat, and the necessity of the
banks standing by the farmer if the reward for
a long spell of disaster is to be secured.
It is said, in fact, that the banks have already
been induced to aid the farmer to put himself
in line for such fortune as the next season may
have in store for those who own wneat, a policy
which certainly seems only rational under the
circumstances, as recent papers from Australia
estimated tnat 200,000 tons of wheat would
be required there, and that this coast would be
expected to furnish it.
Naturally the largest possible credit and
authority was given this view of the situation,
and since then radicalism has been the rule,
prices having advanced in panicky fashion,
while spot material has undergone only a
slignt change for the tetter, although should
the ideas that have controlled the speculative
department be accepted by holders, spot prices
would no doubt respond readily although no
such terms would be warranted by the English
market. './{/-"A-
For Australian shipment $1 22] 2 ' is the out
side price, for the English market $1 11^ is a
full rate, allowing for a decline on freights
and a rise in England. 4 *' m .. >„'I . \ . * ._."*— -
The question is, therefore, as to how much
more the Australian movement will influence
prices before shipments to Europe will be in
terfered with. r.7/- : ---i.:AV. 77*777
Another item that may not be overlooked
with safety is the scarcity of the grade of wheat
required by Australia. 'Will that country ex
tend her favor to such qualities as are em
ployed without question in making up on
European cargo ?
Taking for granted that this will be bo, that
the amount required will be 150,000 tons, and:
the present rate of export to England is unin
terrupted, then unquestionably there will be
no excuse for stock-taking June 1, for there
will be no stock. This is a specimen of the
reasoning which is now applied to the situa
tion, and it fully explains the feverish state
of the market and general uncertainty.
Since the Australian demand became a
factor, 24,227 tons have been dispatched to
that market and 7622 tons have gone to South
Africa. Of course, there is no saying just what
the demand from Australia will amount to,
but the fact is anparen - ; that misrepresenta
tion is not required to establish a legitimate
belief that wheat is good property, and that
prices are likely to remain for some time at a
level that will mean millions of dollars gain to
this coast.
From last report 558,271 centals of wheat
have been shipped, making 7,294,470 for the
reason to date, against 4,930,061 for the same
time last season.
The decrease in the visible supply for the
weekended January 20 was 947,000 bushels,
while clearances of wheat and flour from At
lantic ports had decreased 127,424 bushels
and 23,957 barrels respectively. ," Indian ship
ments to the United Kingdom for the same
period had expanded 10,000 quarters, while
they had fallen off' looo to the Continent.
Wheat and flour on passage to. the United
Kingdom and the Continent having meantime
advanced 40.000 quarters in the first case and
declined 150,000 in the second. Imports of
flour and wheat into the United Kingdom for
the week ended on the 20th were 97,000 bar
rels and 52,000 quarters less respectively than
for the preceding week, while farmers' de
liveries for the week closed on the 18th were
318,000 quarters at 25s \ lOd, against 235,000
at 25s 4d for tho preceding week. , ; '-//■
Australia wants' only -the. best grade of
wheat, and is willing to pay any price for
it, the dealers say. '■". England takes" what
is called the "No. 1 wheat" when it buys
from California. A better grade of wheat,
the "extra choice," is kept here, because
England will not pay ; what the dealers de
mand, but there is no wheat too good for
the Australians. ' 7
Australia also wants a very fine grade of
oats just now, demanding the best In the
world, and the island would buy immense
amounts if California had the oats to offer.
The rise in wheat; based on a strong
market demand that must be sustained,
means immediate prosperity' for the ; grow
ers, even though the growers get no direct
share of the • merchants' profit on the
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1896.
wheat holdings. Confidence is estab
lished, and the farmer can get good credit.
The country merchant is carrying : the
farmer, and the country merchant is car
ried by theVity merchant. The latter gets
better accommodations at the banks while
the conditions are as favorable as tbey are
now, and in this way benefits of the wheat
rise extend all over "the State.
M. HUGHES STABBED.
An UuknowwD Man Makes a Deadly
Assault on the ex-Poli
tician.
Martin Hughes, formerly deputy under
J. J. McDade, was the victim of a peculiar
assault last Saturday morning and as a
result is confined to his bed.
About 2 o'clock in the morning Mr.
Hughes, who lives at 265 Octavia street,
was walking down Oak street, and when
near the corner a man stepped suddenly
from behind a tree and brushed heavily
against him. Mr. Hughes had his over
coat on his right arm, but as quickly as
possible transferred it to the other mem
ber and then reached for his gun. The
fellow * seeing the action ran down the
street, soon disappearing in the darkness.
Mr. Hughes thought nothing more of
the adventure until he arrived home and
began to prepare for bed. To his amaze
ment and consternation his clothes were
covered with blood, and a closer examina
tion disclosed a cut in the abdomen an
inch and a half long.
The wounded man thinks the fellow
mistook hjm for some one else and after
the first thrust discovered his error. The
assault has not been reported to the
police. :/a>
TO PROVE A CONSPIRACY.
Captain Healy's Attorney Cross-
Examining Witnesses on
That Line.
It Is Said to Have Been Formed Among
the Young Officers in the
Bering Sea.
The inquiry into the charges preferred
against Captain Michael Healy of the
revenue cutter Bear by some of the officers
of the Bering Sea patrol fleet was resumed
in the rooms of the Lighthouse Board, in
the Appraiser's building, yesterday. All
the proceedings are taken down in long
hand, and in consequence everything
moves along very slowly. Only three wit
nesses were examined yesterday, and they
simply retold the stories that have been
circulated about the accused. The testi
mony so far has been very circumstantial,
but some of the witnesses have shown so
much personal animosity to the accused
in telling their story that their evidence
has really done him more good than
harm. 7pi\
Barclay Henley, who appears for Cap
tain Healy, has confined himself in cross
examining the witnesses to attempting to
show that there was a conspiracy formed
while the fleet was north to "down" the
commander of the Bear. It is said to
have been led by Lieutenant Daniels of the
Bear and Assistant Engineer Dorey of the
Grant, and was joined by other young offi
cers of the fleet. Daniels was recalled
yesterday and questioned on this point.
H e indignantly denied that any such com
bination ever was formed, and said the
only reason why a complaint was for
warded to Washington was Captain
Healy's continued unofficerlike conduct.
- The first witness of the day was Lieuten
ant Ross of the cutter Richard Rush. His
testimony was mainly connected with the
time when the fleet was at Unalaska.
During the stay of the Bear, according to
Ross, Captain Healy got hilarious and
walked off the end of the wharf. lie was
rescued with some difficulty. Henley
tried to get the witness to admit that it
was an accident that precipitated the cap
tain into the bay, but Ross stuck to his
story. I-'.
Captain Hooper, late of the cutter Cor
win, but now detailed for special duty on
this coast, was the next witness. He told
of the scene on the British warship Pheas
ant, when Lieutenant Daniels was ordered
to leave the cabin and return to the Bear.
Captain Tozier of the cutter Grant also
gave his version of the same story and
under cross-examination they admitted
that there might have been extenuating
circumstances in the situation. The fact
of the matter seems to be that all who
were present on that occasion were in a
more or less good humor.
After Daniels had been cross-examined
the court adjourned until Monday. The
prosecution expects to get its case in about
the middle of next week, and then Cap
tain Healy will call his witnesses. There
will be a delegation from the crew of the
Bear, whose testimony will flatly contra
dict that of the officers, it is said. Then
there will: be captains of sealers and
whalers who have known the captain of
the Bear for years, who have met him in all
kinds of Arctic weather; representatives
of ;;the Pacific Steam Whaling Company,
Alaska Commercial Company. North
American Commercial Company, Lynde &
Hough Company, all of whom will testify
as to what they know of Captain Healv
during the past ten years. At the present
rate "of progress the trial is therefore liable
to last a month. .■-.■•£ Pzp : '■_■„-.
"A NIGHT Wl' BURNS."
The St. Andrew's Society Celebrates
the Poet's Birthday.
. St. Andrew's Society celebrated the one
hundred and thirty-seventh anniversary
of the birth of Robert Burns in the happy
fashion that characterizes all the social
undertakings of the organization.
Scottish Hall on Larkin street was
crowded with bonnie Scots— lads and
lasses, old and young — early in the even
ing to enjoy the literary and musical en
tertainment that went to make up the first
part of the programme. Rev. Dr. H. C.
Hinton, professor in the University at San
Anselmo, was the orator of the, evening.
His address, however, held the place on a
long and varied programme.
Andrew Wilkie, president of the
society, presided. A duet, "Bonnie Doon,"
was sung by the Misses Ethel and Jennie'
Graham of „ Los Angeles. Mr. Walter
Campbell sang "Scots Wha Hae" in a man
ner that made every Scot present his last
ing friend and admirer. For encores he
sang "There's Na Land Like Scotland,"
"Thursday," etc. Miss Lula Hickok gave
a select recitation and provoked an encore.
Miss Ethel Graham - sang "Coming Thro'
the Rye." "Flow Gently, Sweet Afton,"
was sung by Thomas W. Breen, and then
Professor F. D. Findlay of Portland, Ore
gon, «in costume, danced the "Sailors' "
and "Liverpool" hornpipes. Secretary
Robert Park sung "Bonnie' Wee Thing"
and W. C. Cook "A Man's a Man for a'
That." Miss Eva Fenners sane "Bonnie
Sweet Bessie" and for an encore "Robin
Adair." ..-*..
"Willie Brew'd a Peck o' Maut" was
sung as a trio by Messrs. Robert Duncan,
Robert. Park and George St. J. Bremner.
Rev. Dr. Hinton was then introduced, and
delivered a very entertaining address on
Burns and his country and times.
The floor was then cleared, and to the
music of Gregg's orchestra the -guests
danced the hours away until after mid
night.
A strange story comes from the Gold
Coast of a race of white men, with light
hair and blue eyes, dwelling in, caves to
the northeast of the Goranza country,
through which the Ashantee expedition is
to march. '
LEVINGSTON'S STANDING
Attorney Pierson Argues That j
an Executor Cannot Con- j
test a Will.
D. M. DELMAS' CONTENTION.
Judge Slack Has Taken the Knotty
Problem Under Advisement.
. The Teachers' Fund.
The argument on the demurrer to the !
petition of Dr. Marc Levingston to enter a
contest of the Fair will of September 21
was resumed in Judge Slack's court yes
terday afternoon by Attorney Pierson of
Pierson & Mitchell, who represent the four
trustees appointed by that will. •
He took up the authorities cited last
week by Mr. Delmas of Delinas & Short
ridge, who represent Dr. Levingston, and
declared that not one of . them was appli
cable to the single point at issue, which
was: Is Dr. Marc Levingston, the peti
tioner, a person qualified 1 under the Cali
fornia statute to contest a will? In other
words, was the petitioner an interested
person— that is, one interested in the will?
Mr. Pierson argued that this question
could only be answered in the negative,
because the statute pointed out who were
the interested persons, legatees and devi
sees. An executor was not an interested
person, and could not enter the contest of
• a will. Particularly was this true of an
executor of an unprobated will. To
hold to the contrary would open
wide the doors for those who sought
only to tie up an estate in a long
contest of litigation. The proper pro
cedure was, he held, to let the will just
filed go to probate, and then, should that
be admitted, the second will could be en
tered for probate, and if that were admit
ted it would mean the revocation of the
piobate of the first will. *■ 7'
Mr. Delmas declared that this would be
a most unfair procedure. Because the pe
titioners, of the first will, with unseemly
haste, had been at the clerk's office early
in the morning after the death with their
will and their petition to have it probated,
they did not thereby acquire any vested
riirhts nor precedence over a will "of later
date. The counsel had spoken of the.pos
sibility of the will proposed by Dr. Lev
ingston being a forgery; it was by no
means admitted that the will entered by
the four trustees was authentic and genu
ine. These were questions for the court to
decide, and they should be decided at one
and the same time, with neither prefer
ence nor precedence to either. Suppose
both wills had been filed simultaneously?
It-could not then be argued that the docu
ment of earlier date should be probated
before the second and supposedly last will
was considered. And should the fact that
the proponents of the first will had suc
ceeded in filing their petition a little earlier
in this case act as a bar or deterrent against
the second and last will aud rob its propo
nents of their equity in the case or post
one the hearing of their contest? Mr.
elmas thought the court would not so
decide.
The whole argument of Mr. Delmas may
be summed up in this proposition: Being
named a3 executor in the will of Septem
ber 24, 1894, Dr. Levingston had the un
doubted right to present that will, alleging
ii to be the last will of.the decedent. This
is conceded on all hands. And since that
will revoked all former wills, the right to
maintain that it was the last will, which
is conceded by all to Dr. Levingston, neces
sarily involves the right to maintain that
the will of the 21st of September (which is
prior in date) has been revoked and is not
the last will. The right to maintain the
will of the 24th as the last will is, there
fore, a right to oppose the. claim that the
will of the 21st is the last will.
As to the amended petition in the matter
of the schoolteachers' trust fund. Mr. Del
mas was granted five days in which to file
: an amendment.
Then the question on the demurrer to
the petition of Dr. Marc. Levingston was
submitted to the court.
DEFENDING THEIR HOMES
The Noe Valley People Will
Fight the Suits Brought ;
Against Them.
How "The Call's" Exclusive Informa-
Rtion Published Last Wednesday
Was Received.
The Noe Valley Defense Association was
jubilant at its regular Friday evening
meeting at the corner of Twenty-third and
Douglass streets last night. ''/■ -7*
The principal business done was the re
port of the executive committee, W. B.
Curtis, James P. Twohey, C. Stadler, S. J.
Theisen, M. F. Taylor, E. J. Banning, who
had been sent out to solicit funds for the
purpose of defending their property in the
suit brought against them by the repre
sentatives of the Noe estate.
The assessment to this fund had been
fixed at $1 50 per lot, which gave the con
tributor a membership in the club and his
property an ample defense in the coming
suit. The committee reported that it had
received donations from 310 lots of the 500
required, making a total of $465 to the
fund. The only difficulty they had met
with -was that everybody within the
bounds of San Miguel rancho had read of
the existence of Judge Norton's decree
made in 1860, barring any further suits by
the Noes, and published exclusively in
The Call of January 22.
"They all take the San Francisco Call,"
said a committeeman, "and have read
last Wednesday's account of the suit lost
by the Noe heirs thirty-five years ago and
the clincher that the Judge put upon his
decision. Many of them are satisfied from
the good news that they are safe and need
not pay any attention to Attorney Kos
cialowski's summons. We explain to them
that while we consider the result of the
former case decidedly in our favor, still we
are not going to rest all our hopes on the
old decree, but go ahead and make our de
fense until this case is thrown out of
court."
In the main the committee found no
great difficulty in its canvass of the terri
tory, and stated that in all ' probability
much more than the amount needed would
be raised. . Out of the $750 to be raised
from the 500 lots, $500 would be used as a
fee to Attorneys - Lane and Lane, who
would take the case through the Superior
and. Supreme courts, if : necessary. The
remainder of the fund would be used for
trial expenses. ..: '/ .
.-. There are . about 6500 defendants, of
which six have been frightened into sell
ing their claims to the plaintiffs for small
sums, ranging from, slo to $30, being 2%
per cent of one-half of the assessed valua
tion, as the present Noe heirs only claim
a half of the old rancho. -
President W." B. Curtis questioned The
Call representative present regarding the
Norton decree in the Boric vs. Noe case,
and stated that , the publication of the
news, was, glad tidings to the several
thousand people whose little homes were
menaced.
"It is a good piece of > work," be said,
"and The. Call has the thanks of the en
tire community interested in this case."
To the members of the association Mr.
Curtis said: "While we hail the good news
MANAGER CHICAGO JOURNAL
lllf-lllnULll UiliurluU JUUEIifHL.
Col. F. C. Pierce Was Made a Well Man by
Paine's Celery Compound.
*"*""" ■"•■—>•»— — — . ~~'~ aan " M ' . . ,
At the door of every newspaper office i
might be posted the general order— Rush! j
The busiest concerns in the busiest '
streets are sluggards compared with these I
newsgathering hives where human fingers
and brains are matched to keep up with
machinery. U-7- ;.K: ■/:
The brunt of this fatiguing mental
strain, unavoidable in getting out one of
the big city dailies, for example, the Chi- i
cago Evening Journal, falls on its busi-
ness manager— in the case of this oldest
daily. in Illinois, Colonel Frederick C.
Pierce.
Colonel Pierce is one of the busiest men
in Chicago, a city of early and late work-
ers. Brain workers in every profession
will thank Colonel Pierce for the following
statement recently made by him :
"For several years I have been troubled
with sick headache, caused by constipa-
tion; otherwise I have always been in per-
fect health, and never sick but for two
that all suits against us are forever barred,
we must not sit down believing that boric
thirty-five years ago won our case for us
and that we need pay no attention to any
summons now. .
"This case, is in the courts now and we
must fight it out of the courts. We must
not risk our property upon a decree of
long ago simply to save $1 50 apiece.
That's not business. There is no doubt
that The Call's. information puts our case
in a more favorable light, but we must go
right on as we ara doing and fight till the
courts throw the case overboard as they
will surely do.
"The San Francisco Call has been loyal
to our cause through all this question,
and its good news we heartily appreciate."
•In conclusion, by. a rising" vote, it was
ordered that the thanks ot the association
be extended to all the City* newspapers in
return for the kind notices tney had
given the Noe Valley people.
ALTSCHUL TO RESUME.
The Crockery . Firm Will Settle* at'
VTweiity-Five Cents on the
**0 v.- *;" Dollar. ..
The crockery business of L. Altschui &
Co. of 422 Sansome street, that went into
the hands. of , a receiver a few days ago
with liabilities at $18,000, will be resumed
by the firm, the intimate friends of Leo
pold Altschui having offered to advance
enough money for a temporary cash settle
ment of 25 cents on the dollar.
Such is the arrangement that has been
agreed to by the creditors after an investi
gation of the stock made by their special
committee' appointed last Tuesday for
that purpose. It was estimated that the
goods in the store would, at a forced sale,
bring $4000,; ' : ,*V •
It will not be necessary for Altschui
to raise one-fourth of the $18,000, as part of
the total amount is owed in personal debts
that he will not be pressed for. About
$3000 will be sufficient to meet the present
obligation. .■■•'".■' '-%.'...*.-
As soon as all the creditors shall have
indorsed the agreement the old firm will
displace the assignee now in charge.
Nearly all of the local creditors have
already signed, and several of the Eastern
creditors, through their agents here, have
consented to. the terms. . ■:!
Polydore Virgil ascribes the invention of
Churcn bells, to Pope Sabinian, St. Greg
ory's successor; but by mistake, for St.
Jerome, contemporary with Paulinus,
makes mention of one. In effect, Pope
Sabinian did not invent bells, but he was
the first to appoint the canonical hours to
be distinguished by them. ';. •* -
NEW TO-DAY.
We hold over
7000 letters
from Eminent Doctors
PROVING
THE IDEAL TONIC
Body
To Fortify and
„ '//..AP. Brain
Mailed Free.
I Descriptive "Book with Testimony and :
1 Portraits |
i OF. NOTED CELEBRITIES. \
Beneficial and Agreeable.. ->- . . ;P-
Every Test Proves Reputation,
Aroid i Sobstltiitloni."-. Auk for ' Tin Bariaai.*
•- At Druggists and Fancy Grocers.
; MARIANI & CO., ; .
Pi.li : 41 Bd. H»u?sn,ann. 52 W. 15th St., Torlc.
A*****: 23» Oxtoiii Street.
j weeks in my life. This sick headache has
I been very annoying. I have taken a num-
I ber of different medicines which have been
I used and recommended by others, but not
uutil I took Paine's celery . compound did
I find any relief. T7/T .
"This season I took one bottle and was
not troubled with headache for at least six
months. Since that time I have kept the
medicine in the office and used it occa-
| sionally, and have not been troubled with
headache since.
"I have recommended it to a number of
my friends, who have been benefited as I
have. For a person who is disposed to
constipation.it is unquestionably one of
the best medicines that there is on the
market to-day. Very respectfullv,
"F. C. PIERCE,
"Business Manager Chicago Evening Jour-
nal."
A black cloud is no surer indication of
an approaching storm \f,han persistent
headaches are of dangerous debility.
There is no one specific that can perma-
t RAILROAD TRAVEL:
smfrimisco&mrthlpl
CIFIC RAILWAY co.
Tiburon Ferry— Foot of Market St.
San Francisco to San Rafael.
WEEK DAYS-7:40. 9:20, 11:00 a.m.: 12:35,
3:30, 5:10, 6:30 p.m. Thursdays— Extra trip
at 11:30 p. m. Saturdays— Extra' trips at 1:50
and 11:30 p. m.
SUXDAYS-8:00, 9:30, 11:00 a.m.; 1:30, 3:50,
5:00, 6:20 p.m.
San Rafael to San Francisco.
WEEK DAYS— B:2S, 7:55, 9:30, 11:10 A. **.•
12:45, 3:40, 5:10 p. M. Saturdays— Extra trips
at 1:55 P. M. and 6:35 p. it. *
SUNDAYS- 8:10, 9:40, 11:10 A. M.; 1:40, 3:40,
5:00,6:25 p.m.
Between San Francisco and Schuetzen Park same
schedule as above. ->' ■_:,.-■■
Leave Tnpffer-t *-* Arrive
San Francisco. Oct? 28. San Francisco.
Week sin- i, es 1 t fnf,', on Sun- I ™'
Days, j days, destination. DAY3 j d ays . I
7:40 am i 8:00 am j Novato, 1 10:40 ax I 8:50 am
3:80 pm 9:30 ami Petaluma, ! 6:05 pm 10:30 am
6:10 pm 5:00 pm Santa Rosa. 7:30 mi 6:15 pm
_____ .
Fulton,
7:40 am j .. " Windsor, 10:30 am
Hcaldsbnrg,
Geyservllle,
3:30 pm;8:00 am Cloverdale. 7:30 6:15 pm
— j, leta> ~ —
I. . Pieta, <fc
'Hopland <fc \
8:00 am "Ukiah. I 7:30 pm| 6:15 PM
7:40 AMI ~~- y, j '- r - 10:30 am
j 8:00 am Guerneviile. I 7:30 pm
3:30 pm| ' I j j 6:15 PM
7:10 am 8:00 am Sonoma 10:40 am 8:50 am
6:10 5:00 PM! and I 6:05 6:15
. i Glen Ellen. |
7:40 am 1 8:00 sebastonoL.l lo - AM 10:30 am
3.30 pm j 5 :00 pm! * 3e - J< * stopoU | 6:05 . 6:15 pm
Stages connect at San Bafael ior Bolinas.
Stages connect at Cloverdale for the Geysers.
Stages connect at Pieta for Highland Springs,
Kelseyvllle, Lakeport.
Stages connect at TJkiah for Vichy Springs, Blue
Lakes, Laurel Dell, Upper Lake, Booneville, Green-
wood, Mendocino City. Fort Bragg, Usal, Westport,
Cahto. Willetts, Calpella, Pomo, Potter Valley, John
Day's, Lively's, Gravelly Valley, Harris, Scotia
and Eureka. '
Saturday to Monday round-trip tickets at reduced
rates.
On Sundays round-trip tickets to all points be-
yond San P.ufael at half rates.
Tirk-*- , Offlc< s, 650 Market St., Chronicle building.
H. C. WHITING, P.. X. AN,
Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.
Atlantic •^ten
Trains leave from and arrive tV^^^^^^^x
at Market-Street Ferry. C^^^^^^Tam
SANTA FE EXPRESS
To Chicago via A. & P. Direct Line
Leaves every day at 3:30 p. m., carrying Pullman
Palace Sleepers and Tourist Sleepers to Chicago \
via Kansas City without change. Annex cars for
Denver and St. Louis.
CHICAGO LIMITED, '
From Los Angeles to Chicago.
, Solid Vestibule Train Dally, with Dining-cars,
under Harveys management. Connecting trains
leave San Francisco at '" a. m. and 3:30 p. m. dally.
The best railway I from California to the East.
New rails, new ties; no dust: interesting scenery;
and good meals In Harvey's dining-room or dining-
cars. ■ •■.■-•--.■
.i Ticket Office— o44 market Street,
; Chronicle Building. !
NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD
-.. - ''— , (Via Sausalito Ferry).
From San Francisco, beginning October 27, 1895.
WEEKDAYS.
For Mill Vcl'.ev and San Rafael— 7:3o, 9:15, 11:00
a.m.: 1:45, 3:45, 6:15, 6:30 p.m.
San Quentin— 7:3o, 9:15 a. M.; 1:45, 6:16 p. m.
Extra trips for San Bafael on Mondays, Wednes-
days and Saturdays a* 11:30 p. M.
' : --' „.- SUNDAYS. •'■- ■ ■ -
For Mill Valley, Bau Rafael and San Quentin—
8:00, 10:00, 11:30 a. M. ; 1:30, 4:30, *6:15
p.m. '"Joes not run to Sau Quentin.
■ THROUGH TRAINS.
7:30 a.m. weekdays— Cazadero and way stations.
1 :45 p. m. Saturdays— Tomales and way stations.
8:00 a. m. Sunday*— Point Reyes ana way stations.
nently cure headaches unless it goes to the
seat of the trouble. That great nerve and
brain restorer, Paine's celery compound,
does get rid of them and leaves no chance
for their return, because the deep-seated
cause— the weakened nervous system— at
last is supplied with the food it has so
sadly felt the need of. . 7 v :-*' ;
The best physicians in every city in this
\ country prescribe Paine'3 celery com-
j pound where a rapid building up of the
I system is imperative. As an invigorator
i in cases of nervous exhaustion, sleepless-
| ness and a poor state of the blood it is the
| mainstay of the ablest practitioners
j throughout the United States.
A mere glance at the faces of weak, nerv-
**
ous, run-down persons after they have be-
gun to use this greatest of all remedies
shows how rapid is the nourishing effect
of Paine's celery compound.
There are thousands upon thousands
i well to-day because they used Paine's cel-
! ery compound.
RAILROAD TRAVEL .
SOVTHKRS fACIFIC CO*JH»A**rr. '
(rACIFIO SYSTEM.)
Train* leave- and are <lu« to urrlre at
SAN IK.4X<I*»!O.
LEAVE — From NovEMBgR 20, 1805. — ARPjyi
C:3oa Haywards, Niles and Way Stations.. 10:1
7:00 a Atlantic l"ipref3, Ogden and Last.. . 8:43r
7:00a Benicia, Vacafille. Rnmsey. Sacra-
mento, and Redding via Davis.... 7:13*
7:30a Martinez, San Ramon, Napa, Calis-
toga and Santa Rosa 6:1
8::tOA Nilcs, Sau Jose, Stocltton, lone,
Sacramento, Marj'&ville. Red Blull
and Sundays excepted 0i0T111e.... 4 : 1 tp
•9:30.v Peters and Milton - •7:13p
9:OOa San Leandro, Hay wards & Way St'ns 11:13a
9:OOaLos Angeles Express, Raymond, ;*; :-
(for Yosemitc), Santa llarbara '
and Los Angeles 4:45p
9:00a Martinez and Stockton 10:43*
10:OO a San Leandro, Kiywtrda and Niles... l:-13r
12:00m San Leandro, Haywards* Way Sfcs 2:45p
l:OOp Nilcs, San Jose and Livermore 8:43a
*I:00p Sacramento Liver Steamers •!»:O0i»
fl:3op Port Costa and Way Stations '«:'*•***
8:00p San Leandro, Haywardsft Way St'ns 3:4
4:00p San Leandro, Haywards & Way St'ns 6:43r
4:00p Martinez, San Ramon, 'Vallejo,. '-*
Napa, Calistoga, El Verauo and
Santa Rosa 8:13a
4:08* Benicia, Esparto. Woodland,
■* Knights Linding, Msrysville, -- . .
Orovillo and Sacramento 10:43a
4:3oi> *:"ile3, San Jos**, Livermoro . and
Stockton 7:13»
8:00p San Leandrc, Haywards & Way St'ns 8:43p
B:3oi' New Orleans Exprcos.Fresiio.Bakers-
field, Santa Barbara, Angeles,
Deming, El Paso, Now Orleans and
East 19:43a
3:30p Santa Po Route, Atlantic Express
for Mojavo aud East 10:43 a
6:30p European Mail, Ogden and East.... 0:43a
0:»or Haviviirds, Kil-.su'.id Kan Jose 7:43a
17:00 p Vallejo 17:4Sr
7:00 Oregon Express, Sacramento, Marys-
- villo. Redding, Portland, Pnget
Sound and East 10:43a.
7:00p San Leandro, Haywards & Way St'ns 10:50p
OtOUp SaaLeandro, Hay wards!: Way Stns ) 12:00 a
*10:03p "Sunset Limited." Fresno. Los
..--.y. Angeles, El Paso, New Orleaiis
and East |I*»43*p
ttlltlgT San Leandro. Haywards & Way St'ns 7:134
SANTA V.M'Z DIVISION (Harrow Ban-re).
(t:i:>A Newark, Ceutervillc.'iaii .lose, Felton, *
Boulder Creok, Santa Cruz and Way
Stations SiSOi
•2:13p Newark, terville. San Jose, New
Almadcn, Felton, Boulder Creek,
Santa Cruz and Principal Way >
Stations *1 1:20 a
4:15i» Newark, Sau Jose and Los Catos.... 9:50a
il 1:151- Hunters' Excursion. Ban Jose and
:- Way Stations t7:«op
- COAST DIVISIOX (Third .1 Townxenil Six.)
6:40a San Jose an.l Way (Stations ("New
Almadcu Wednesdays only) 1:45*
Sll 5 A Sari .lose. Tres Pinos, Nun Cruz,
Pacilic Grove, Paso Rubier, s.ki
Luis Obispo, Guadalupe and Prin-
cipal Way Statious : 7:05*
10:40a Sail Joso and Way Stations 3:00p
11:43a Palo Alto and Way Statious 3:39l
*2:*lOi' San Jose, Gilroy, Tres Pinos, Santa
Cruz, Salinas, Monterey and Pacilic
Grove *IO:40a
*3::top San Joso and Principal Wsy Stations 9:47a
*4:30p San Jose ami Way Stations *«:OG*
3:3»r San .Tose and Way Stations •9:lh*
C:3op San Jose aud Way Stations 0:33 \
♦11:45p San and Way Statinnw 17:4.-»>
CREEK ROUTE FERRY.
rrom SA'.i FRIKCISCO— Foot of Market Street (Slip 8)—
•7:1» . . 9:00 11:00a.m. "Jl:20 **2:0O 13:01
•4:00 *B:00 *0:00r.M.
rron OAKIAHD— Foot of Broidwsj.— . *6:00 B*oo
10:00a.m. JI2:CO *1:00 5S:00 «3:00 J4:00
•*is:oor.M. . ■ ■■■■■' ■
A for Morning. P for Afternoon.
• Sundays excepted. t Saturdays only.
t Sundays only.
tl Monday. Thursday and Saturday nights only.
TTuesdaya and Saturdays ' Sundays and Thursday***,
THE SUCCESS OF THE SEASOS
THE LADIES' GRILL BOOM
-OF THE -"■ :.
PALACE HOTEL.
DIRECT ENTRANCE FROM MARKET ST.
OPEN UNTIL. MIDNIGHT.
i^M/C Vfi!! »°"° Throat, nrnples, Coji^et^^
3IHAVE I UU Colored Spots, Aches, Old jfor«.B|
in Mouth, Halr-Falllng! V, rlto COOftSS
HSESIEDY CO., CO7 Masonic Templecd
111., lor proofs of cures. Capl-^
«JJal, 5500.000. Worst ca&eaeiirco*. in 16M
Mho 35 days. 100-pagc boob free. Jj
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