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young Endeavorers through the halls and
laboratories. Much interest was found by
the visitois in the museum, the botanical
and agricultural cardens and the giant,
historic oaks.
The broad stretch of open campus,
which is dry and parched at this season
of the year, presented anything but a
pleasing appearance, but the remainder
of grounds formed features of con
siderable interest.
The ladies of the- First Congregational
Church sent 1500 sandwiches and 25 cakes
a-- their contribution to the lunch tendered
the Endeavorers hi Oakland to-day.
AT HAYWARDS.
San Leandro Adds Much to the
Day's Enjoyment.
Arrangements hail been made for taking
2000 of the guests out to Haywar.is and
when the time arrived for those having
t he necessary tickets to go to t he depot the
2000 withdrew, but their doing so old not
seem to lessen the enormous crowds at
the willows. One ihousa"nd of these vent
to First and Broadway and boarded a spe
cial train, which carried them direct ;o
Haywards without a store; the other
thousand lound four sections 01 an elec
tric train at Thirteenth and Oak streets
an.! were taken out to Haywards by way
of Ban Leandro, where a stop was made to
enable the townsiolks to show their liber
ality.
San Leandro added a very successful
chapter to the history of the day. In the
beautiful avenue, shaded on both side-*
with trees, which runs north irom the
east end of the plaza, long rows of tables
were rilled with luscious fruit, iced lemon
ade and delicious icecream. The guests
were met by a band, who led them direct
to the tables, where they were handsomely
regaled with refreshments that were
hiehly appreciated, for the sun was shin
ing warmly on the county road and the
visitors were well prepared for thy dain
ties that were so liberally provi led. All
San Leandro greeted toe visitors, and the
fifteen minutes spent in the progressive
little town will always be treasured in the
memory of those guests. After San Le
andro the spec trains vent direct to
Haywards, and here again the whole town
transformed iise f into a big reception
committee to welcome the Endeavorers.
As they passed along the road everybody
cheered them and the trip to Haywards
was one long ovation.
On alighting at Haywards they were
again met by people with carriages and
all kinds of fruit, and as a stop of one
hour was scheduled they had ample time
to see to advantage this thriving center of
Alameda County's fruit district. When
the visitors who took the steam* train ar
rived at the foot of B street ihey were met
with all manner of vehicles and were
driven uptown, where the}* met the other
delegation which came out on the electric
cars. The whole 2000 were then enter
tained with scenic drives and refresh
ments until the hour bad elapsed. Then
everybody was transferred. Those who
went out in the sieamcars returned on
electric-cars and vice versa. The electric
cars on the return journey stopped at San
Leandro, where the same bountiful pro
gramme was gone through, and all landed
in Oakland after an alternoon ot perfect
enjoyment.
The effect of this hospitality was very
noticeable. The guests could not suffi
ciently express their thanks, and all were
surprised to rind a country and a people
so very different from what they ex
pected.
C. T. Claud.is, an influential business
man of St. Josephs, Mo., expressed the
. entiment of every visitor when he said to
Chairman Laymance of the excursion
committee: "You certainly have the
grandest country on earth. I can't seem
to get enough of this climate and 1 am
going to stay here at least a month. As
to California hospitality, I do not believe
it can be equaled any wheres. Everybody
is sociable and perfectly willing to give
information and show everything to vis
itors that they care to see. Every one of
tirfese delegates will be a king adver
tisement for California for years to come,
and the effect of their observations can
not fail to have a marked effect on East
ern opinion oi California."
GATHERING UP
THE THREADS
Committees and Officials Still
at Work Yesterday.
Resolution of Thanks Covering
Everybody and Then a
Banquet.
While the great Cbristian Endeavor
convention is over there were heard yes-
terday several echoes reverberating from
the bombardment of the outworus of
Satan. Many delegations departed for
tours around the State and to their homes,
but the officers, those faithful servants
whose work is never done, remained be
hind to close up the business of the ses
sion and gather together the loose threads.
"While there was no meetine at the big
pavilion, the crowd was fully as great
there yesterday as at any time during the
progress of the convention. Friends were
getting together, delegations were making
arrangements for their trip home, and
curiosity-seekers were oat in force to see
what was going on. Already preparations
were being made for the big concert, and
the workmen were considerably impeded
by the throng constantly coming and go
ing. But the inspiration was no longer
there; ibe convention light had gone out;
it was the shell with the spirit flown.
At the Palace Hotel there was a differ
ent air; there was bustle; there was busi
ness. Yes, and there was pleasure, the
kind of pleasure that is strictiv material,
for it was in the nature of catering to the
inner man in the way that.it is said to be
easiest to reach men's hearts— through
the stomach^. There was a luncheon —
one of those luncheons that tickle the pal
ate without adding spirits to keep up the
spirits, lt was a luncheon given by the
trustees of the Christian Endeavor union
to the committee of 1597 in compliment
forthe noble work done— the work that
made the convention the grand success
that it was.
At 9 o'clock yesterday morning the trus
tees of the union assembled in room 390
at the Palace to talk of the future and lay
their plans for the coming year. The
principal talk was upon the effort to be
brought to bear on kindred societies in
order to gel them ail to join in one and
make it the strongest and largest religious
sccieiy in the world. While the trustees
have no official power to take action ways
and means were diseased to brine about
the desired object. Following this was a
general discussion of State conventions
and plans were lormulated by which it
was hoped to bring about a better attend,
ance upon these meetings. The lollop
ing Stales were represented in the con
ference: New York, ' Delaware, Canada-
Missouri. Nebraska, l>xas, Oregon, Wash
ington, Montana, Nevada, California,
Hawaii, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Michigan, Massachusetts, Maine. Rhode
Island, New Hampshire, lowa, Minne
sota, Wisconsin. Norm Dakota, South
Dakota, Colorado, New Mexico, Indian
Territory and District of Columbia.
After much discussion the following
resolution* were passed:
"Resolved, That the council, composed
Attention Christian I inli>;n ur.-r.
lowstone Park Trl».
It has been reported that the Northern Pa
cific Railway have booked all the Yellowstone
Park business that they will be able to handle.
I take this method of denying the rumor and
will stall- that we are prepared to handle all
parties that desire to make the trip.. T. K.
btaieier, Ueueral Agent, 038 Markei su-: : '■■* Z
of the trustees of the United Society and
the presidents of the State unions of
Christian Endeavor, voicing senti
ments of the entire convention, and grate
fully recognizing the overwhelming kind
ness with which we have been met on all
aides, desires most heartily to record its
profound appreciation of the services ren
dered by : .
"The committee of 1597, whose masterly
grasp of details and spiended efficiency
left nothing lacking for our com tort and
the success of the gr- at convention;
"The cities of San Francisco, Sacra
mento and Oakland for characteristic
Western welcome and hospitality, and
the State of California for legislative wel
come;
"The railway officials for their diligent
efforts to conquer overwhelming diffi
culties of transportation, due in part to
their own lack of faith in Christian En
deavor probabilities;
"The police, the conductors and motor
men, the railway employes and all public
servants for the patient and thoughtful
courtesy everywhere extended;
"The press, for the insight and the sym
pathetic spirit of the editorials and the
lull and accurate reports of the meetings,
by which the influence of the convention
has been spread throughout the country;
"The convention choir lor its constant
service and leadership in song;
•'The churches and pastors whose doors
were thrown open in fraternal welcome
and broadest interdenominational fellow
ship;
"The omnipresent aids and committee
men ior their untiring endeavors in our
behalf; and the community at large for an
unsurpassed manifestation of cordiality
and interest. "
Following the unanimous adoption of
these resolutions President Clark, in te
hail of the trustees, presented each mem
ber of- the committee of '97 a beautiful
Christian Endeavor pin, consisting of the
mono-Tim, with the "C" set in pearls and
the "E" in garnets, in remembrance of
their faithful services. The gift was ac
knowledged for the committee by Chair
man Rolla V. Watt.
At the close of the meeting a luncheon
was tendered to the committee by the
trustees, and for two hours they sat at the
boiseshoe-shaped table in the conserva
tory of the Palace, where eighty covers
were lail for the guests.
THEY ARE
GOING HOME.
Ten Thousand Visitors Are
Speeding to the East.
But They Left Probably a Cool
Million Dollars With
Us.
"We are going home to-morrow" sang
thousands of voices .last evening at tne
big depot on the other, side as they sat
around wailing for tbeir trains to be made
up. Tbey were going home very rapidly.
The exodus began before the consecration
meeting Monday night, and within
twenty-four hours 10,000 of the visitors
who have helped to swell the population
were on their way home. It was a tired
looking crowd, too, and there were no
sonrs of joy and glad shouts of greeting
as they fretted and fumed at the delay in
making up the trains.
The songs that have been beard from
the ferry to the Cliff House were not sung,
but all sang the one hymn, "We are go
ing home, no more to roam," and they
looked as if they meant it. But it was
not because they were not well pleased
with the convention and their trip— it
was simply the result of physical exhaus
tion. The whole crowd* was dead tired
and did not car*, who knew it. ' I
The first big party to leave the City was
the Boston delegation, whfct> departed for
the Yellowstone Park. Nine heavily
loaded trains went out Monday evenin
carrying 5000 tourists, and eleven trains
left yesterday wih the same namby.
These included the Boston party, the Con
necticut train, New Jersey and New YorK.
Nearly all went by the way of Portland
and the Yellowstone. On the twenty
tr ims here were 208 coaches, all filled to
tne limit.
In a private car that went out yesterday
afternoon by the Portland route was Sec
retary Baer, with Mr. Shaw and a party of
trustees. They will go home by the way
of the Canadian Pacific and will stay over
Sunday at Banff, and will reach Boston
one week from to-morrow.
President and Mrs. Clark left last even
ing for Los Angeles, where they will re
main until after Sunday, when they will
proceed directly home. It is estimated
that at least 15,000 people will leave to-day,
and by to-morrow night only a few strag
glers of the immense throngs will be left
in the City.
A large number of the delegates are vis
iting the resorts along the coast and
many of them will attend the Christian
Endeavor exercises at the Chautauqua As
sembly at Pacific Grove next Friday. On
this occasion addresses will be made by
Rev. Ira Landrith of Tennessee, Rev.
Ezra Tinker. D.D., of Wilmington, Del.,
Rev. W. J. Darby of Nashville and Rev.
J. F. Cowan, D.D. , of Pittsburg.
Those who are fond of financial statis
tics have been computing the nrobaole
amount of money left in San Francisco
by the people brou.ht here by the con
vention, and the lowest estimate places
the grand avreregnto spent by the 40,000
visitors at $1,000, C00. This gives but an
average expenditure of but $25 to each
visitor, which is considered a most con
servative estimate.
GRAND CONCERT
IS REPEATED
A Big Crowd Flocks to Hear
Endeavorers Sing.
Wei Conducted Performance That
Arouses t Interest and
Applause.
The repetition of the grand festival con
cert drew a great crowd to the Mechanics'
Pavilion last night. Perfect order reigned,
however, and by a few minutes past 8
o'clock the great audience was in its place.
The galleries were full, but not over
crowded. As for the main body of the
hall it was densely peopled, with the ex
ception of a few seats marked "special,"
which were reserved for ticket holders, a
few of whom did not come. No standing
in the aisles was allowed.
At eight minutes past 8 o'clock the or
chestra took its place, and began to play
the "'97 Convention March," composed by
W. J. McCoy, who conducted. While
this number was in progress the great
chorus of 1500 voices took its place with
the precision of an army moving into
line. The white dresses which are so fre
quently a teai ure ol big choruses had not
been observed rigidly, but the majority of
the lady members were robed Id white,"
and many of them -wore. big bunches of
yellow poppies, which added considerably
to the picturesque appearance of the plat
iorni.^a_\_^l_^rs_foS__w^S^S^__^^A^oSs_i
- A pleasant feeling of good fellowship
was engendered between the chorus and
the audience before the former began to
sing. At a given signal the body singers
rose as one individual. This Iso delighted
the spectators that they applauded loudly,
and the chorus responded with the Chau
tauqua salute. Then the conductor sig
naled to the audience to rise and join in
singing the "Welcome Song" and,',-Amer
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1897.
ica." There was not so much unanimity
about the way in which the audience rose
to its feet, but the chorus applauded the
effect : loudly, and then the audience
showed its, appreciation of this compli
ment by giving the Cnautauqua salute.
This little session of mutual admiration
put every one into a cheerful humor for,
joining in the singing of the "Welcome
bong," which was given to Sir Arthur
Sullivan's music to "Onward, Christian
Soldiers."- *sS^B|^g^Bgeg@^^_^.
The regular programme began with
Franz yon Suppe's "Festival Overture,"
which was played by the orchestra, con
ducted by W. "J. McCoy. The musicians
were made fir the most part of amateurs,
and in such organizations strings seem to
take a fiendish delight in getting a trifle
slack ana wind instruments in getting a
shade off the pitch, just when the players
want to do their best. There were a few
of these mishaps last night, but taken al
together the orchestra did its share of the
work valiantly, In addition to playing
the "Festival" Overture" and accompany
ing the singers in most of ■ tbeir selections
the orchestra also played selections from
"The Huguenots" and the march from
"Tannhauser." In the latter number the
"bouquet" of .soloists sang the chorus.
0. H. Tebbs, the composer of the fine
anthem composed for the convention, was
unable to. be present, and W. J. McCoy
conducted in bis place. In this, as in the
other works, the singers produced a tine
body of sound. The sopranos were a little
in evidence, but their voices were sweet
and mellow, and the other parts were
always clear and audible. A special
feature of the singing was the distinctness
of the enunciation.
A. M. Benhani conducted the chorus
ably in the following numbers: "Praise
ye the Father," by Gounod; "How, Lovely
are the Messengers," from tne ""St. Paul;"
American Hymn, by Keller: "Send Out
Thy Light," by Gounod; the "Hallelujah
Chorus" and "The Lord is my Shepard."
The latter number was unaccompanied,
and the chorus did some good shading
in it.
There was a good deal of applause for
everything. Two of the most decided en
cores were given to James Hamilton
Howe, who conducted "The Glory of the
Lord" from the "Messia -," and to D. W.
Loring and his "bouquet" of soloists, em
bracing some of the best-known singers in
the City. The bouquet sanir Rhein berg
er's "Bright fctarsoi Heaven" and Parker's
"The Sea Hath Its Pearls." The audi
ence insisted on hearing the latter num
ber again.
AT DEL MONTE.
Pilgrims View the* Great Hotel
Among the -Trees.
DEL MONTE. Cal., July 13.— This big
hotel was in a flutter of excitement yester
day about 6 p. m., and there was a hurry-
THE BABY ELKS IN GOLDEN GATE PARK.
Thousands of visiting Christian Endeavorers fell in love with the baby elks at Golden Gate Park, during their visit.
Yesterday the little beauties were carefully studied by thousands of the visiting strangers who had never seen young elk
before, and they seemed to enjoy being admired.
ing hither and thither of bellboys, porters
and waiters, while trunks, valises and
handbags were disposed of and guests
were taken to their rooms or into the
dining-room. The second Christian En
deavor excursion train arrived at (J this
evening, bringing over 400 Endeavorers,
and har lly were they fairly within the
lobby, preparatory to dispersing to their
rooms, when the Del Monte flyer steamed
into the station bringing 125 unexpected
other guests,, many of whom were adorned
with the purple and gold C. E. baage.
Head Clerk Junker and his assistant,
William Johnson, had gone to Ban Jose
yesterday morning where they boarded
the south-bound excursion train, and be
fore it had reached Castroville the 400 or
more passengers had rooms at Del Monte
assigned to them. Thus much annoyance
and loss of time were obviated upon their
arrival here. But the 125 extra visitors
rather disturbed th* smoothness of the
hotel's arrangements. However, all was
soon settled and the prearranged pro
gramme carried forward.
The dinner hours being over a special
concert by Huber'sexcellent orchestra wai
given on the well-lighted piazza, and the
many Endeavorers had glimpses of a ver
itable faiiyland in the surrounding moon
lit, music- pervaded grounds. Several par
ties were taken in cosches around the
seventeen-mile drive, which looked more
than ever picturesque by the silvery radi
ance.. '•
Tbis morning a general call was given at
the unearthly hour of 5 o'clock, and all
tumbled out of bed sleepily to breakfast,
and thence into all sorts of conveyances
for a second trip around the drive, wnere
the keen, fresh salt 'air drove all drowsi
ness from their eyes and brains.
After an early luncheon the . party
boarded the train for a return to San
Francisco.
SANTA ROSA PREPARES.
The City of Roses Will Welcome
Endeavorers To-Day.
SANTA : ROSA, Cal., July 13.— Santa
Rosa is fully prepared „to welcome .the
2000 Christian Endeavorers who are to be
here Thursday. She will greet her guests
in true California style and-' load them
with fruit and flowers. Hundreds of
boxes of choice fruit have been donated
and the Eastern guest who visits Horti
cultural Hall on the day of the excursion
bas but to select the most toothsome and
eat his fill without price.
The visitors will also be taken the
show places and over the best drives of
the city free of charge and every available
coupe, bus ; and carriage in the vicinity
has been engaged for that purpose. ; -7.
i The huge wineries of ' this section 'will
undoubtedly prove objects of curiosity to
the guests, but ■ there will vbe no 7 wine
served, and to prevent any one from go
ing dry a barrel of Ice water will be placed
upon each prominent corner of the town.
Judge Ira C. Jenks, president of the com
mittee of arrangements, has ■ issued the
following programme and directions:
The excursion train will arrive at the Dona
hue depot at 10 a. ?m. tnd depart at 4 p. M.
Upon the arrival of the train the band will
piny and every Enif-avorer and his friends
will give the Chautauqua salve. This is made
by waving a white handkerchief over your
head. Let this continue until ihe whole party
are off the train.
The Endeavorers will divide into two par
lie-, with the visitors between. Those irom
the Presbyterian, Congregational ami Metho
dist societies will take the south side ot the
space in, iront of the depot; the Baptist.
Christian and all others the north side.
The procession will bo formed, with the
Mayor, Common Council and clergymen in
carriages, followed by the band. Next to the
band, but upon the north sidewalk, will fol
low the guides. Taey will proceed in the fol
lowing order:
Baptist guides. Christian, Congregational
ist, Methodist South, Methodist, Presbyterian
and others. • • -„
Then the visitors will be next followed by
the Christian Kndeavorers and the citizeus.
Tne procession will halt in front of the court
house, where the address of welcome will be
delivered by the Mayor. The visitors will
then be directed to the'hotel*. restaurants and
churches. The guides are especially appointed
to direct those who want to reach the several
churches. They will wear white badges, with
the name of the church they represent printed
upon them. All the churches will be open on
that day and will welcome all visitors.
The lunches at tne churches will be served
from 12 to 1:30 p. m.
Carriages will be provided to carry free of
charge any who wish to see the city ana sur
rounding country. The carriages will be at
the front entrance of the courthouse at 1 P. M.
The transportation committee will wear yel
low badges with the word "transport
printed upon them.
From half-past ii to half-past 3 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon there will be a service oi song
in the First Presbyterian Church for those
who would like to rest and who do not so for
tho drives.
SAN JOSE IS READY.
SAN JOSE, Cal., July 13.— A1l is in
readiness for the . reception of the Chris
tian Endeavor visitors to-morrow. They
will be met at the depot by a reception
committee 1 and taken for a ride through
the city and adjoining orchard districts.
The Board of Trade rooms have been
handsomely decorated and the exhibit re
arranged. The rooms were opened this
evening and will be open to-morrow and
Thursday night. A large numberof En
deavorers were In this city to-day, bat it
is thought the number of visitors will be
increased by over a thousand to-morrow.
At Campbell a lunch will be given the En
deavorers. gSiiiSs
The travel to Mount Hamilton has been
unusually heavy this week, while other
suburban resorta have come in for their
share of patronage. Iris expected that a
large number of the Easterners will re
main over Sunday in the city v
THE GULDENSUPPE CASE.
Head of the Missing Man Said to Have
B;en Found Startling En.dence of
Two Woods. Residents.
NEW YORK, N. V., Jnly 13.— The head
ol William Guldensuppe is said to have
been found by some boys in Branchport,
N. J. Acting Inspector O'Brien is said to
have received this information last uight.
The head was incased in oilcloth and
plaster of paris.
Two more residents of Woodside, L. 1.,
have come forward with a startling piece
of evidence concerning Guldensuppe.
They are Z. 0. Blomquist, a painter living
in Fifth street, on the north side of Ander
son avenue, and his workman, Lawrence
Mickels.who lives in Rogen camp's Hotel,
at the corner of Anderson avenue and
Fifth street.
Both men declare that on Saturday
evening, June 26, they saw a man and a
woman at the Buala bouse with a bundle.
The bundle, they say, contained a larae
piece of meat, from which a bone pro
truded. The story is best told in Mr.
Blomatiist's own words:
y: "When I passed the Buala house at 2
p. m.," he said, "I saw a wagon in front of
the place. It was a peculiar wagon, with
a long black box-line body and a bug
top over the single seat in front. We
worked late that night, and it was between
6 and 7 o'clock when Mickels and I walked
through Second street on our way home.
The same wagon was in front of the door.
A large, stout woman was standing on the
stoop of the house and a medium-sized,
thick-set man was in the yard near the
pate. 7 The. woman was talking to him, but
B topped as we approached.
"As we passed the door I noticed a bun
dle lying in the grass beside the wheals of
the carriage at the 7 edge of the sidewalk.
It struck my attention because a bone was
sticking out at one end of it. It was a
big bundle, about three feet long, I should
say. and inciter at one end than at the
other. The bone stuck out of the thicfc
end, and seemed to be about three inches
thicK. There was. some dried blood on
the bone, and i got the impression that
the people had a forequarter of beef in
the bundle.
'"I guess they must be going to start a
sausage factory in that place,' I said to
Mickels, pointing to ; the bnndl*, and he
laughed and made some joking reply. 1
didn't think any more of the incident on
til I read in 1 - the newspapers all about
what the detectives had discovered." :; 7
'■■■ Mr. Biomquist said the man was dressed
in a darts sua, wore a black derby hat and
had 7"a very good-looking • face." 7? The
woman, he said, was stout, of medium size
and wore a dark dress. Lawrence Mickels
corroborated bis employer's story in every
detail. :;' ' Z'z-Z :.7-77 : yzi^yZ.-'-ii'-iZz i,"i
Between January 1 and May 15, 1897,
the number of persons expelled from the
German 'empire was 235, including twenty-'
one women.
HEAVY FAILURE
IN WALL STREET
Decker, Howell & Co.
Have Assigned to
Creditors.
Believed to Have Been Caught
en the Wrong Side of
Sugar Stocks.
The Liabilities Are Local and Not
Stated, but They Are Said
Not to Be Large.
NEW YORK. N.Y., July 13.-Decker,
Howell & Co., bankers and brokers of this
city, have assigned, with no preference.
There liabilities are not stated. v
The firm was one of the largest broker
age houses in the street. A representative
attributed the trouble to being on the
wrone'sideof the market, the firm's short
age on sugar being one of the principal
element-. Five years ago this firm failed
for $12,000,000, but paid up within sixty
days and resumed business.
The announcement was made on the
Stock Exchange soon after the opening
and created much excitement. The firm
is one oi the largest cloin-' business in th •
street and has conducted a purely broker
age business. The losses will fall on those
who have had speculative accounts with
the firm. HB_B§.<
Decker, Howell & Co. is peculiarly a
local firm. It had a large clientele and,
it is said, speculated heavily on its own
account. According to Assignee Fisher,
the firm has no creditors outside of New
York. It leased no private wires and had
no agents or correspondents in other
cities. Mr. Fisher added that he believed
the liabilities would be small.
" There was no consternation in the sugar
pit when the failure was announced. The
opening was at 134, after closing at 135%
last evening, and it declined to 134 on
sales of 5000 shares.
Kansas City Banks to i onsolidate. ™
KANSAS CITY. Mo, July 13.-The
Times announced that the Midland Na
tional Bank, of which S. B. Armour of the
well-known Armour Packing Company
is president, is to be consolidated with the
National Bank of Commerce, and that the
ileal has reached the point where only the
sanction of the Comptroller of the Cur
rency is needed to consummate it.
WONDERS OF THE BERMUDAS.
N w Yo k Universi y to Es'.cb/ish a Per-
manen; B olcgical Station— Report
ot Professor Bristol.
NEW YORK, N. V., July —New
York University is to have a permanent
biological staiion in the Bermudas next
year. This has been determined on as a
result of the first-alnmnal expedition" to
those i-lands, which, under the direction
of Professor Charles L. Bristol, head of
th..' department of 7 biology, spent six
weeks investigating the marine life of the
islands, and has just returned laden with
valuable collections. .
The collections brought home contain
much new material, mainly specimens of
invertebral life. So far as Dr. Bristol or
his scientists have learned, many of the
species have never been '. called to the at
tention of scientists. Among these are
new varieties of mollusks. Three of them
are stone-boring bivalves, whic i "bore
holes a foot deep into the coral limestone,
of which the Bermudas * are principally
formed.
. .'"The richness of the fauna." said Pro
fessor Bristol, -"would be sufficiently in
dicated to the scientist by my saying that
we found twenty lorms of tunicates. Six
of us worked over 203 yards of the coast of
Castle harbor at every low tide and so
immense were the forms of life that we
got no further. . We brought back splen
did corals, , sea anemones, Jelly-fish,
sponges, crustaceans, worms and echino
derms. most of them rare in the museums
of this country." -_„■
■ Proiessor Bristol said that perhaps the
most important immediate result of the
expedition was to demonstrate that fish
can be transported north of the Gulf
stream and acclimated so as to live in
northern waters. .
' Sew California Postmaster*.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 13.— The
following Caliiornia postmasters were ap
pointed to-day: . . 7
Amalle. Kern County, T. H. Slator, vice O.
C. Rogers,' resigned; Arti'SiA,' Los Angeles
County, David M( Koon, vice G. R. Fr.impion,
resigned; Calabasus, Los Angeles I County,
Weld in -Alf, vice. H. A. Bransvom, removed;
Cayueos, San Luis. Obispo; County, A. M. Har
die, vice T. B. Sloan, resigned; Gonzales, Mon
terey County, W.T. Elliott, vice H.R. Farley,
■resigned ; Jeniacha. San | Diego 'County,' --Her
man Toews, vice ('. E. Morey, resigned;: Priest
Valley, ; Monterey., County,'. A. I. ■ Meyers, vice
Martin ' Griffin, removed; Rivera, Los Angeles
County, T. B. ' Chapman, vice S. M. Smith, re
signed; San Lucas, Monterey County, William
Griswold, vice J. M. « Gibson, resigned; Wil
mington, Los Angeles County, J. H. Sylva, vice
E. A. Koster, removed. '
MISS MAY R. PARMENT3ER, a San Francisco Young Lady/ .■
Who Leaves for Paris to Become the Heiress of $100,000. . . : 7
RICHES BECKON
HER TO FRANCE
Miss May E. Parmentier
Goes to Paris for Her
Inheritance.
The Young Lady Gets a Hun
dred Thousand Dollars in
Three Years.
She Is a Niece of a French Count and
Grandniece of Cardinal
McCloskey,
The northbound express which will
leave the Oakland mole to-morrow even
ing at 7 o'clock will have on board a
young laay heiress to $100,000 in her own
individual right. The only condition to
its possession is that she shall remain in
France for the next three years, and whiie
there receive an education in one of the
French academies.
During these three years the income of
this young Sin Francisco heiress will be
$700 per month, her education and living
expenses while in France being paid for
exclusive of this amount.
; This fortunate young heiress is . the
daughter of the late Louis Napoleon Par
mentier, who died eleven" years ago : and
whose brother, Napoleon Parmentier, is
the benefactor, not only of Miss May, but
also her sister. Miss Lulu, and their
brother Charles. . But the two latter will
not come in for their inheritance until
Master Charle3 becomes of legal age,
which will not be for ten years more, ns
he is now hardly twelve years of age. At
the expiration of this period himself and
his sister Linu will become heirs to $100,000
each, with no strings attached.
These young heirs are the legal and
blood relations of one of tbe » ldest of
noble French families, dating back many
centuries in the land of political tips and
downs, and one which could justly lay
claim to the title ol "Count" long before
Franca became either an empire or a re
public.
Napoleon Parmentier, from whose es
tate this gift falls to the children of bis
brother, died in Paris on the IStb of last
September, and in his numerous bequests
the sum of $300,000 was given to these
heirs on the one condition just mentioned
in the case of Miss May. whose inheritance
commences on her attaining legal age.
The heirs to this handsome fortune are
connected on their mother's side with
that distinguished American ecclesiastical
Cardinal McCloskey of New York, whose
sister married one of the Harrisons of the
fres d^sntial family, whose cousin was
President W. H. Harrison.
In those days millionaires were few and
far between in New York. But the rela
tives of Archbishop McCloskey were
among the lending four hundred. One of
the foremost belles of the swell city was
Miss Elizabeth Harrison; and after Louis
Napoleon Parmentier had laid siege to
and won her hand and heart, their union
was one of the social events of the season.
It was graced by the presence of Emperor
Louis Napoleon's representative at the
Nation's capital in .Washington, D. C,
where the marriage ceremony was per
formed, first by the . Minister and after
ward by the bride's uncle. Archbishop
McCloskey. The marriage by the Minis
ter, though at the time considered of no
consequence, now turns out to be just
worth $300,000 to the children of tne
couple then united.
Mrs. Parmentier, who is an unpreten
tious tut refined lady, resides at 307 Jones
street with her three children. She will
accompany her daughter, to Paris, and
after -."lacing her in an academy, return to
San Francisco, where she has resided for
the past ten years. 7. . . ,
MELBA lilt lit fi HANG BETTER.
Sensational Stories About Operations, on
\he Prima Dcnna's Throat Rdiculed
by Damrcsch's Partner.
BOSTON, Mass., July 13.— The reports
of recent operations upon the throat of
Mme. Melba are branded" as sheer non
sense by C. A. Ellis, Walter Damrosch's
partner, who has just arrived from Eu
rope. He was interviewed here to-day by
The Call correspondent.
••How did you leave Mme. Melba?" he
was asked. "■'■■
"Fine," was the reply. "'She was never
better."
.'.-And her voice?"
"Quite a'l right. 'Indeed, they*" say 7 in
Impure Bloods-Boils .
Cured by Purifying tn c B'ood With
Hood's Sarsaparilla. -7*
"I have been troubled with a great many
boils, caused by the impure 'state 'of mv
blood. 7? I Degan taking: Hood's Sarsapa-
rilla and it purifi«_d my blood. .1 : recom-
mend Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best med-
icine I can obta'n."— DELl_A EES-
CHERTS. Alameda, Cal. Get only
Hood's S P 1K
The best— in fact the One True Blood Purifier.*
Hhflri'c - Pill the " best family cathartic
nUUlia rill 5 an liver7BtimulanW72oc
London that sho never sang better. Cer
tainly she never created any greater
furor."
"How about that operation on her
throat, in regard to which there was some
talk when she went to Paris last winter?"
"All nonsense. She did not need any.
operation on her throat. There was noth
ing the matter with it. S..e simply suf- '
fered "from an attack of grip, which began
with a sort of malarial fever, the result, I
do not doubt, of the gas from the excava
tion on Fifth avenne. She needed a
change of air, and she recovered as soon
as she had it."
"And she is singing in London in opera,
after all?"
"Yes, she sings her fourth time— that is, •
including the gala performance during
the Queen's jubilee— this week."
"When does Melba come over here?".. .
"In November. Indeed, we open the .
opera season as soon as she arrives. I
think we should open earlier could she get
here sooner, although possibly November
29 i* early enough for opera."
"You did not succeed in engaging Alva
rez?"
"No, he could r.ot be released from the
Opera anyway, and probably will not fof
ior some years. We were hardly as anxious'
to secure him as the papers seemed to
think. I think, however, that we have a
tenor who is to create a sensation here. '
His name is Ibos. He has sung in Paris, .
although he does not come directly from •
there. For the past two seasons he has
been in Madrid. He is a young man— l
should say about 32 — handsome, and .a-,
fine dramatic singer, with a voice of lyric
quality. There are a few other new sing- \
trs, but most of them I think you know
about.'*
••And Bimboni shares the conductor's,
de-k with Damrosch?"
"Yes; Damrosch will conduct the Ger- •'.
man operas, with which lie Is thoroughly'
imbued, and I think Bimboni is a good
foil for him." _ ." ..
The present population of the United
States exceeds tuat of Germany by about
22,000 COO. and that of Great Britain by
34 000.000 ..... v. •''
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Which has branch stores all over the coast. .
For the next 60 days will
i offer a full line of new ■*'
goods regardless of cost.
Salts formerly sold for 915.60 •''
now offered at $12.50.
Sui.s formerly sold for $20 and ! >*
325 now offered at 915.50 and-
. We have a full line of ' French..*.
Beaver, l'lque and Fine » lay '
Worsted, formerly sold at *35, . ."•
$40 and $45, now offered at *20, -
$25 and $30. Don't mins this
opportunity, Pants formerly $6 •
and $7 now sold for $4 and $5:
*!) and 910 Pants now offered at
$7 and $8. .-.•:;' •; „'
JOE POHEIM, THE TAILOR
Our garments are guaranteed to fit and are
made by first-class tailors, well trimmed
and kept in repair for 2 years
free of charge.
201 and 30.3 Montgomery St., corner
Bush, 844 and 816 Market St., op- .
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ket St., Sun' francisco, Cal..
485 fourteenth St.. Oakland, Cal.
60.'. and 60.~> X St.. Sacramento, Cal. •
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REFEREE'S SALOP REAL ESTATE. ;
BY VIRTUE OF TWO DECREES OF THE.
Superior Court in and for the City and County
of San Frnnclsco, State i f California (Department
No. 10), ihe tiis: of which decrees was made and "
I is dated th ■ '-Jo day of November, 18'"'', and tha
s-C!>nd of which decrees was made and is da- ed-
the 25th day of Jine, 1&97, and both ot which do-'-.,'
crees were made and entered in an action pc tiling .-
in mill Super. or Court, wherein Adam Urant is .
plan 1 iff m 11 Daniel T. Jlurphy and others are de-
fendants, being case Xo. 49.033 In the said court, ..
the undersign d, who was by said court appointed '. .■
leiere.. in said action, will sell ai public auction, *'
at ih.! auction-rooms of
G. H. I'mbsen & Co., 14 Montgomery it.* •
In said City, and County of san irancisco, on
Thuisday, the 2d day of .-September, A. L>. 1597, at
12 o'clocic noon of that day, to the hlsliet b dder
for ca>h in lawful money of the United -* tat
and sutij -ci to continuation by said court; all tnat
certain io , p. ece or parcel of la .d situate, I vine
and being In the City and County of san Fran-
cis-Co, state of California, and bounded and par-
ticularly described a. follows, 10 wit:
Commencing at a point where the- norther v line "
of Bush street is Intersected by the easterly line of !
Sansome stree.; running thonce easterly along th- .
northerly line of 1 ush street one hundred and
thirty-seven (137) feet and six (6) Inches; thence
at right angles northerly and parallel with san- •
some street one hundred and thirty-seven (137)
fe t and six (6) inches; th«nco at right angles •'
westerly and paraile. with Bush street, one hun-
dred and thirty-seven (137) feet and six (8) inches.
and to the c. s eriy side of Sansome street; and ..
thence sou. heriy along the easterly side of San- •
some street, one hundred and thirty-seven (137)
feet and six (6) inches to the point of ron men e-"'\
ment: together with the buildings and improve- .*
ments thereon. . - ■ ; „..-•
'! he purchaser shall take the said lot subject to 7
the right of John F. McCauley. and Henry Thorn-
ton 'l empleton, their heirs aud as.igns, to use the *'
brick wall along the norther.y line of said lot here-' '
in described as a i>iir;y wail. *
Terms . and . con JI; ions of sale— Cash in lawful
money of the United states of America; tn per
cent of the, purchase price : to be paid ohe ref- •
eree on theday of sale, when the lot is knocked
down to ? the. purchas r, an.l the balau eon con- .
urination of said sale by said court
. Dated San i rancisco. C»l., July 1, 1897.
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flyers, flourmllls, foundries, laundries, pane? '*'
hangers, i printers, painters, shoe lactones, atahla- • •'
teen, tar-roofers, tanners, tailors, etc. •:
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