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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-29
COURT-MARTIAL.
Eight Convictions Out of Nine
Cases Tried.

Nine cases have thus far been disposed of
by the general court-martial in session at
the Preside and proceedings and findings
approved by General Ruger. Sentences of
dishonoTable discharge with forfeiture of all
pay and allowances were pronounced in the
following cases:
Private Henry Brandenburgh, Troop X,
Fourth Cavalry, with five prior convictions,
who was absent from his troop and quarters
at the Preside for fourteen hours on the
2lSt ult., and then turned up too drunk to do
duty.
Private James Daily. Battery H. Fifth Ar
tiliery, with six priors, who was found
drunk on the afternoon of the 1st inst. in
barracks and had a personal encounter with
a member of his battery.
Private John +. Murphy, Troop K, with
six prtOrS, who on the sd ult. absented him
self from IL O'clock in the evening until
after reveille. though selected at guard
mounting as orderly for Colonel Graham,
ami when found was drunk.
Private Albert Kalbe, Troop K will be
confined at hard labor for six months and
forfeit $40 per month of his pay. the courts
mItigated sentence having been dish0nor-
able discharge with confinement for one
year On the 18th ult.. at Nisaiia, haibe
was drunk when ordered to report for guard
duty, but having been detailed loaded his
carbne and fired through the floor of the
car. General Ruger made the comment that
1.-THE prisoner should have been put under
restraint instead of being placed upon re-
sponsible duty"
Blacksmith Lewis NJ. Ross, Troop c, will
be confined at hard labor under charge of
the post guard at, Fort BIdweIl, Cal, and
forfeit $50. He was drunk and disOrderly
at dinner in the meSs=rooaf eff his troop on
the 5th ult., at the fort, and resisted the
post guard which had charge of him as a
prisoner.
Private Lewis Sample, Troop l. who has
suffered five previous convictions, will for
felt $50 Of his pay. He absanted himself
without leave for four days and fifteen
hours, beginning on the ID nit, and of
course did not mount guard as he had been
detailed to do. S.sssz
DisnOnorable discharge, with the accom-
panylng forteitures and imprisonment for
two years, fell to the lot OF Privates.J ohm
Schauer, Company II, Sixteenth Infantry,
who deserted in this city on thejth uit while
OF furlough and until apprehended on the
goth, aud Malcolm Sellers. Company G,
Fourth Infantry, deserted from Boise Bar
racks, Idaho, on the 10th of April. 1889, and
apprehended here ON the Sth ut.
Private Peter Mckinley, Battery c, Fifth
Artillery, was acquitted. 1t was charged
that he was SO neglectful at the Preside on
the 18th ult, during the forenoon while
guarding two military conyicts, that one OF
them named j. 4. ii. French escaped.
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PERSONAL NOTES.

Il. w. Crabb, the Oakyille vineyardist, is
at the Grand.
II. c. Shaw. Stockton manufacturer, is
at the Palace.
3. II. Gaylord, Riverside orange-g grower,
is In the city.
Charles T. Hanlon. Peter J. McGlynn
and J. +. Burgin left for New York yester-
day afternoon.
TO Mexico on two weeks trip. the object
of which is business connected with. the
mines.
Charles Fl. Fish, President of the Con-
soidated California and Virginia Mining
Company. who was at one time danger
ously i'll with pneumonia, is convaescent.
Second Lieutenant F. L. VIM, First In
fantry, has been granted an extension OF
five days on his leave of absence for twenty
days. His wife, the daughter of George G.
Boardman of this city, died on the 23d Inst.
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GLOOM IN YUCATAN.

her Crops Have Yielded AbundantIy, and
Yet the Planters Are Despondent.
''Y ucatan, one of the richest States in
the Mexican republic, is under a cloud of
gloom" Consul Thompson, at Merida, re-
ports to the State Department 1.-THE
insect plague that in the past has rayaged
her plantations in a single hour, stripping
them bare of each succeeding leaf and
twig, has ceased to trouble her. Her crops,
with perhaps the single exception OF sugar
cane, have yielded abundantly, and yet the
planters are Respondent and the merchants
are doeful. This apparently anomalous
state OF affairs is explained in the COM
plant made TO me the other day by a PROM
inent planter. OF what use Is it, he said
to talk to me OF good crops. and all that,
when the price OF hennequen in New York
is falling; and who knows where it will
stopP That is the key to the situation. The
price Of hennequen has fallen and is still
falling. and the farmers are anxiously in
quiring when it will stop. They have reason
to BIZ anxious. Only the cordage companies
OF New L 0rk, and possibly not even they,
can tell when henneQuen will stand firm
Hennequen fiber, or, as Il is better known in
the commerce of the United States, sisal
grass, IS the chief. indeed almost the only
expOrtable product of Yucatan, and conse.
quently the principal source of income. No
ObiiUt tiupo Chu blius VIC pllHCtly lUcOUleS
lately yielded by the hennequen plantations
to their fortunate owners. In fact, no other
crops can be made to pay any incomes what
ever from the class of land devoted to hen
mcqueen culture. There are sugar planta-
tions in Yucatan, and large ones, too, which
/ shall describe at some future time, but as
yet they are few in number. and their entire
output Is consumed at home. There are rich
sugar lands in abundance.
I'm the unexpored regions beyond the
mountains-the home of the SublevadOs In
dians-I have ridden for hours amid valleys
of rich sugar lands MS yet unknown to the
planters. The proximity of the rebelious
Mayas. inadequate water supply and lack
of laborers are the chief reasons why sugar
is not a more important factor in the com
merce of the State. When | state that the
exports of the hennequen fiber and its man
ufactured products, in the shape of cordage
and hammocks, during the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1891. had value in round
numbers of S4,500.000 in American gold,
while the combined value of all other ex-
ported articles barely reached $4,000, it
can be easily seen why Yucatan and her
people are buoyant or respondent according
as the price of henneauen rises or falls
With hennequen at cents per pound. what
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THAT FRESNO BARBECUE.
Joseph Urban, Fulton Berry's Cutter
Again Arrested.

Joseph Urban, Fulton Berry's Cutter,
Again Arrested.
On warrant issued by Fresno Justice
of the Peace, Detective Charles Crockett
arrested Joseph Urban on Market street
last night, and booked him at the Central
Station en- route for Fresno, there to answer
a charge of assault to murder.
Several weeks ago, Urban stated, he was
invited TO attend barbecue at Fresno, and
with a large clasp knife he carved off a
piele of meat from one of the barbecued
Deeves and was eating it, cutting off pieces
with his knife as he needed them, when
Fulton Berry, a well-known botel-keeper
and capitalist of Fresno. approached him
from behind, pulled him back from the din
ing-table and struck him twice about the
head with his fists. Mr.. Urban claims that
in parryng off the blows with his opened
knife still in his hands, he cut Berry in the
neck. lie was at once arrested and put in
jail. When tie Grand Jury met his case
was taken up, but no Indictment was found
against him, and on the goth inst. he was
released from custody, and on the 22d came
to this city, where he has been continuously
since.
Urban, who was with surveying party
near Fresno, admits that he was some " hat
intoxicated at the barbecue, but says Berry
was very much more so. The warrant for
lis present arrest was taken out by J. G.
Enller at Fresno.
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HELENA GUMPEL'S WILL.
The Disposition She Made of Her Long
Hoarded Wealth.

Hoarded wealth.
The will of Helena Gumpel, an old
woman who died last Saturday after having
lived life of misery and squalor, yet who
left an estate valued at goo, was de-
posted yesterday in the Probate Depart
ment by one of her executors, eX-Mayor L.
B. Pond. No application Tor letters ac-
compauied the last testament of the eccen-
tric woman, but petition may be filed TO-
DAY. She was 90 years old at the time Of
her death.
In the will, which was executed on No
vember IS. 1891, her property is stated to
consist of the following pieces of real
estate: a lot on LeayenwOrth street,
eighty-One feet from California, 53xl37; n
lot on Stevenson street, between Fifth and
Sixth; a lot on Sherwood place, note
against John Daniel for $500, now with Mr..
Greeneberg.
The testatrix divided her estate into three
equal portions, one Of which she gave to
her brothers. Samuel. aged 80, residing III
Brooklyn, n. Y, and Magnus, residing at
PredwiH, aud her sister Helen, whose
whereabouts is unknown.
The last portion is divided in equal shares
among the following charities: Old Peoples
Home Little Sisters OF the Infant Shelter
St. Mary's Hospital, the Hebrew Orphan
Asylum, the Hebrew benevolent Society
and Dr. Levy's synagogue on Geary street.
Max Gumpel, a nephew in this city, is
expressly disinherted on account of his
treatment of her during her lifetime. She
also bequeathed $500 to Lhe granddaughter
of Samuel Ramsey.
In codicil, dated on the same day, she
states that she also owns lot on the corner
of Hyde aud California streets; $500 is also
left in the codcil to Mrs. Donovan, the
night nurse OF the deceased. The property
is involved IN litigation, and it is not known
whether the executors, Louis Braverman
and E. 3. Pond. named in the will, Will &C
cept the trust or not.
HER FUNERAL.
The funeral of Helena Gumpel was held
yesterday afternoon from an undertak-
er's parlors, and was attended by many
friends and the few living relatives of the
deceased residing here. The only floral
tribute was a bouquet Of roses from Mrs.
Susie Judge. Rev. NJ S. Levy, rabbi of the
Congregation Beth Israel, read the Hebrew
service for the dead, and then spoke a few
words on the strange chance of death with
reference to the deceased Such a case as
that before us, said he. must puzzle all our
hearts, for what had that old woman TO live
for. She was eccentric; but might it not
haze been caused by some great sorrow.
Then, concluded the preacher, why should
we pass judgment upon her? She has gone
TO eternal rest and peace, and let no man say
aught against her. The rabbi closed with a
brief prayer
The interment was in the Jewish GENE
terry at New Salem, San Mateo County.
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matters il 10 the planter whether the corn
crop is good, bad or Indifferent? If it be
good, so nuch the better; if it be bad, hen
mcqueen will remedy the matter, bring the
corn from the exterior. and pay for it easily
and quickly. But with hennequen at 4 cents
per pound and still falling, nothing can
alter the general dependency. Some heavy
failures have occurred. but the community
in general have stood by each other individ-
ually wonderfully well, and as result they
have been felt much less than would have
been the case otherwise. Many struggling
firm will thus probably be able TO pull
through the present crisis and wait until
better times will enable them to repair
damages. Washington specialize st. Louis
Glnhe-D Rmnnrat
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SEIZURE-R0oM FLOODED.
Leakage From the Cutters Running In
the Apprniser,s Binding.

Leakage From the Cutters Running Into
the Appraisers building.
The Officials in the Appraisers Building
are in a quandary, from which there seems
to be no Immediate relief The cause of
this is the leakage from the cutters into the
building, which the recent rains have
brought to light, The siepage has been so
great that the selzure-room was flooded. and
the opium in it had to be raised to higher
shelves.
One of the causes Of this leakage is the
irregular gutter on the Sansome-street- side,
where large pool of stagnant water is al
ways found. Another is the broken car
tracks that hold water, which. with the ris-
ing and falling of the rails as the cars jolt
along, is churned into an ugly paste.
The Government has appealed to the
Board OF Health which referred the matter
to the Street Superintendent, who. in turE,
referred it again to the Board of Supervisors.
As there is no Supervisor for the First
Ward there Is no one to press the matter.
The Government has also signifed its will
ingness to raise the pavement the three or
four inches required to bring it up to the
official grade if the city Will raise the street
It's five inches and straighten the gutter.
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Alan da.

The third payment on the new Wilson
SchOol-hoaSe, amounting to S3652, has been
allowed.
The syndicate which owns the North
Alameda Tract has under consideration
some offers for the purchase of land 'front.'
ing on the tidal canal, which it is proposed
to utilize for business purposes.
a masked burglar entered the residence
of john O'Brien at an early hour Sunday
morning, but was frightened away without
securing any booty. He left behind his
mask, shoes and hat.
The celebration of the completion and
acceptance of the Government steel bridg e
across the tidal canal was set for this even
ing, but as the weather was stormy last even
ing the celebration was postponed until
Saturday evening, as a feature will be the
display of fireworks.
AT the meeting of the City Trustees a
petition was received from property-Owners.
asking for the removal of the freight depot
on Encinal avenue, near Regent street
The City Attorney was requested to make
a report to the Trustees as TO what
power they have in making the re-
moval. Property-Owners on Oak street
north of Railroad avenue, petitioned that it
be graded and curbed. A long discussion
took place on the question of laying new
sewer III Park street, and a report was read
from City Engineer Power recommending
Pinch vitrifed iron-stone sewer, which
Can be laid at cost of about 81 q per
running foot. The City Attorney Is engaged
in preparing resolution of intention to lay
the new sewer, in accordance with the
wishes of several Of the propertv-owDers
The new sewer will extend from Encinal TO
Blanding avenue
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-29
la GRIPPE EASILY CURED.
La

RUsToN. La
u was attacked with Ia grippe at church,
went home with chill. headache and shoot
ing pains through my entire body, sneeZing
sore throat, etc; fever scon arose and it
was the most intensely hot have had in
many year. had seen in the Cincinnati
Enquirer that Kings Royal Germetuer
would cure la grippe and resolved to try it.
l took dose at II, II and / o'clock and fell
asleep. l awoke at o'clock and took an
other dose. Got up at $3.50, ate hearty
breakfast and worked hard splitting timber
till noon. | have had no return of any
symptom since.
Three of my children have been attacked
by same disease. i gave them same treat
ment with same result.
"A neighbOr had au attack. called to see
her just after dark. Her fever was very
high and at times she was delirious and
said she would die. She called her friends
around her to give her last parting words.
l told her friends if they would give her
Germetuer she would be ready for breakfast
morning and found her at break fast table,
enjoying hearty mea-feeling well, with
all symptoms of la grippe gone. There has
been no return uf it in either of the above
cases. L know of many other cases in aud
about RuSton of this same disease treated
the same way, with the same results
Rev. Ii. C. PUGH.
Germetuer was never known to fail tn
cure la grippe if taken promptly Mt first of
attack. Cures diseases of blood and nerves,
such as Indigestion, catarrh, insomnia, net
ralgia, rheumatism, etc. Sold bv druggists;
81 per bottle. ROYAL GERMETUER CO.,
manufacturers 13B Polk St. San Francisco
Write for particulars. de29 1t
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work on the coast-defense vessel Monterey
as reported, on account of the Chilean situa-
ton. Everything has been ready for the
armor plates, which are being made at
Bethle hem. Pa A part Of this armor has
been completed and sent to the Government
proving-yard at Annapolis. 1t Is figured
that il will take about two months to get
the plating on. but when it will arrive no
one knows. The MonadnOck at Mare Isl
and is also waiting for armor-plate from
To
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-29
FEARFUL DEATH RATE.
Over Seven Hundred DemiSes Re.
ported This Month.

During the present month there has been
an average of twenty-five deaths day in
this city. On Sunday there were forty
deaths, and yesterday the number was
forty-nine. The total number of deaths so
far this month is ZIG, which is the most
fearful mortuary record of any month in
the history of the city,
Since November 30th pneumonia caused
164 deaths, consumption 90 and bronchitis 50.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-29
EOr Charity.

The woodward scheme put in operation
some time ago by the Associated Charities
and tie San Francisco Benevolent Associa-
ten is demonstrated success and during
the past month many worthy individuals
have been given an opportunity OF earning
food and shelter by few hours work with
the nx and saw. Robert Beeching. manager
of the enterprise, yesterday received the
bills for $40 for tickets supplied by lodging
houses patronized by the association since
the 1st of the present month. This Is looked
upon by the manager as encouraging and the
project viii probably be exterded in It's
usefulness III the course OF two or three
months
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Native Sons, EIectIon.

Alcatraz Parlor, No. 145, N. S. G. W..
have elected the following officers: E. P. E.
Troy. President; NJ. c. Allen, First-Presi-
dent; A. E. Castle. Second President;
T. w. Day, Third Vice. President; George
Lacombe, Treasurer; I. +. McDermoIt
Recording Secretary; Henry Lichtenstein,
Financial Secretary
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CHIEFS

If judge you Will know they are pure linen. Our
guarantee will satisfy others, but you must see
these Handkerchiefs to properly appreciate them.
Initial HandkerchiefS. superine hemstitched.
rich initials, on:y about 200 dozen, i'm
pOrters' price 25c. we sell them for. .I5c each
Irish Linen Handkerehieis, eolOred borders.
Csc aud SIC each
White Linen Initial Handkerchiefs, extra
Or IN fancy box for ...... ...............$2 so
White Linen HandkerchIess.. Observation-Disclosures.
SOC, 75c aud ST. each
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DRESS SHIRTS

For Evening Wear; Embroidered Bosom m
y
If there's point for betterment in the fit OF our
ready made Shirts for men. il hasn't yet been
found We buy from the best shirt-makers In this
country manufacturers who make shirt perfection
their study. The celebrated Monarch Shirts have
headq uarters with ms. Every one Of their styles
here.
White Shirts, reinforced bosoms, all length
sleeves. made and cut to fit, best quality muslin,
extra fine linen bosoms, Monarch braud, 81 each or
6 for So so.
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THE THEATERS.
Sn0WiiriftS Prevented the Arrival
of the Carleton Company.
The Bohemian Girl" at the orpheum.
En- Amateur Performance-No
Other Novelty,
The Carleton Opera Postponed.

When the crowd Of ticket-purchasers ap-
preached the vestibule of the Baldwin
Theater last evening they were faced by a
placard to the effect that the Carleton Opera
Company had been detained on the railroad,
and would not arrive until 10 o'clock in the
evening, consequently, there would be no
operate performance at that theater till
this Tuesday evening. at the usual hour.
The company were due from Portland,
Oregon, yesterday afternoon, but, as we
learn. the train was obstructed by drifts,
and when last heard from, the singers were
discussing the olt-mooted question "Who
did really write The Beautiful Show?'"
Tickets were exchanged at the box-office
last night and the exchange will be con-
Iinued to-day. for the first performance
at date
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SUSP S.

200 dozen Very Best Quality Elastic Web Sus-
penders. silk brocaded.. SOC pail
Elegant Embroidered Satin Suspenders, with
genuine Kid ends; coiors-cardinal, pink,
lavender, slate blue, white... 81 pail
Fine Satin Suspenders, handsomely embroid-
cred in silk in all the latest combinations
and colors. ...,.........SI 50. 81 and 80 So eacl
Extra Quality Silk and Satin Haud-embroidered
SuspenderS, each pair in gIass-cOvered box
So. So so and 81 each
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New Fishinr Stntinns,

Nine articles of incorporation were filed
in the County Clerks Office yesterday to es-
tablsh as many fishing stations and can
neries, at the following named places in
Alaska: Uyak, Nakneck, Little River.
Uganuck, South Olga. North Olga. Afog-
max River. Fort Alexander and Karluk
Spit The Directors are the same in each
incorporation and are named: Henry PLACE
man. Henry +. Fortman. S. B. Peterson,
Angus: J. Gordon and Frederick E. Slebe.
The capital sto k is placed at $4,000 in
each Incorporation, Of which $3.50 has been
subscribed.
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GAMES.

There's nothing newer in Walking Sticks than
are showing. We've got stats for the extremists"
and for the medium tastes odd as they are they
are handsome. The twists aud quirks OF nature =,
silver and gold-trimmed, are.fashions first choice
We've those and palmer ones soc to Si5 each.
We do the engraving gratis.
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SIX ONES.

Brocaded SILK Handkerchlefs 20 coiors.. Csc each
20-inch Japanese Hemstitched SILK Hand&er-
chiefs, Isl white or coore1, l12 inch border
............... ................ sic and zoe each
Japanese Hemstit"hed SILK Handkerchefs in
red-the very latest fad. .-25C, soc aud 75e each
White Initial Japanese Hemstitched SIX Hand
kerchiefs, 20 and % inch, lI5 inch border.
QUO eaCn
Colored Bordened japanese Siik Haudk erehiess
with handsome embroidered initial, import
erS' price 81, our soc each
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The VERY ELEGANT FURNITURE

Costly FarlOr Upho stery,
Magnificent Ebony Cabinet, BrIc-a- Brac, Mantel
Mirror. Valuable on Paintings and Handsome
Carpets in above residence
COMPRISING.
Very Elegant Upholstery individual pieces, COW
cred in the richest silk and satin Elegant
Fire Screen: in richly embroidered and gold-gilt
frame; ! Magnificent Genuine Ebony Drawing
room Cabinet, superDly carved. one of the finest
ever imported. cost $500: Elegant Ebonized Music
Folio and Picture Easel; Elegant OIL Paintings
view I'm the Sierras" tby Shed) In costly god-gilt
frames. painted to order; Costly Lace Curtains;
Extra Body Brussels Carpets: Magnificent Walnut
Chamber Set, with fulldress plate Mirror Bureau
ana Tennessee Marbles; Elegant Chifonier; q
Handsome. Double and Z Walnut Chamber Sets;
Extra Spring and White Hair Mattresses: Down
Pillows; | Magnificent Toa-wood' Bookcase In 3
compartments. made to order, and one of the finest
in the city; Complete Set Encyclopedia: Elegant
Mirror-front Armoire: Magnificent Hall Hststand
with extra-siZe Freneh-plate Mirror, cost SI75; l
Fine Dining Suit, covered in Russian leather; l
Elegant Palace Pedestal Extension Table; i Walnut
Sideboard Elegant Decorated China Dinner set,
lI5 pieces: silyer-plated aud Crystal Glassware
together with an immense quantity OF other costly
and desirable furniture in this extensively fur
nished home
fS- Terms cash.
de2s 2t GEO. F. LAMsoN, Auctionssr.