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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-04
ENDORSED DAVIDSON.

The Technical Society in Regular
Meeting Passed Resolutions.
At the regular monthly meeting for
August of the Technical Society Of the Pa
cific Coast, held in rooms Sc and 81, Acad-
envy of Sciences building, $40 Market
street, the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
Resolped by the Technical Society of the Pa
cific Coast, That the society views with much
concern am apparent tendency to curtail the
work of purely scientific bureaus of the Gov
eminent, or to transfer it to departments where
political and personal influence will be sure to
I'm pair the famous records OF such bureaus.
RESOLVED, That this society, seeing additional
Professor George Davidson from the head of
the Pacific Coast division of the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey, expresses regret
that he should have been removed without ap-
parent cause after life service of the most
brilliant character.
He has, by years of efficient and distinguished
service, shown unusual devotion to scientific
work, and his labors have been a credit not
only to the bureau with which he has been
connected for nearly half a century, but they
entitle him to the lasting gratitude of this
Nation, and particularly of the residents OF
this Coast, with whose interests he has 30 long
been identified.
This society further desires to express the
hope that Professor Davidson in the yigor of
his mature years, may yet find abundant OPP
portunity for satisfactorily utilizing his profess
sional and scientific attachments.
JOHN RICHARDS,
OTTO Won GELDERN,
C, Il. GRUNsKY,
Committee.
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AN EXHIBIT FOR ATLANT IA.
CALIFORNIA; Products to Be
Well Placed at the Big
Fair.
A Contract for Space in the Liberal
Arts Building Has Been
Accepted.

The California exhibit to the Atlanta
Exposition will be placed in one of the
best positions on the grounds, in the
Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.
Yesterday Secretary Filcher of the State
Board of Trade received the contract for
the space and location. The position will
be in prominent corner of the building
to the right of the main entrance and 3222
square feet have been allowed. There will
be 2l5 running feet of wall for arranging
the exhibits in an artistic and attractive
manner. The location and wall space will
be much better than if larger area were
allowed in an open space in the big hall.
Secretary Filcher says that he is better
satisfied than if the space first promised in
the Agricultural Building had been OBJ
tanned. He expects that by Wednesday
the county boards of Supervisors in the
State will have appropriated the money
which they have subscribed, and then the
executive committee will go ahead and
make contracts for packing and shipping
the exhibit to Atlanta.
There has been considerable talk about
the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
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From the architects design. ]

enterprise in arranging for special Los
Angeles exhibit at the Fair but from all
accounts nothing of importance has been
done. This is manifest by inquiries from
Frank Virgins, the superintendent of
the Chamber of Commerce, who wrote
to Mr.. Filcher, asking what the
Board of Trade here is doing. The inquiry
implies that the Los Angeles people are de-
sirous of going in with the main California
exhibit and help in making creditable
State instead of a local exhibit, Mr.. Filcher
in his answer said:
My thought has been If your chamber does
not propose to make an exhibit on It's own ae-
count in Mrs. Dooley's building, for instance,
that 1t would be good idea to have you ar
range to send all the good material you can
spare from your exhibit and combine it with
ours and thus add to the effect of what we are
ambitious to make, viz, a good display for
California. It could be put up as section of
the whole. The only question would be the
want of space and the consequent necessity for
excessive crowding. However, my impression
is that exhibit loses but little of its effect
iveness by being crowded, provided the ar
rangement is well designed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-04
THAT BARREL OF MONEY.
George Daley Guessed How Much
Money the Raphaels Had
Put Into II.

The little glass barrel that was filled with
nickels and other coins, which had been in
show-window of Raphael's clearinghouse
on Kearny street since half-past on the
night of the Sd of last July, was opened
last evening by committee of represent
atives of the press, and was found to con-
tain $77.
Each patron of the house had been given
with each purchase an opportunity to guess
how much money there was in the barrel,
each guess being written on specially
prepared blank on which the purchaser
recorded his name, address, date and hour
OF the guess and the kind of bicycle he
preferred, for the house offered the choice
of q first-class "bike" to the one making
the closest guess. The rule for decision
was that in case there were two or more
making the same guess the bicycle should
be awarded to the one who on the face of
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time, nor, to all appearance have they
since learned, that the $4,000 clause had
been willfully violated by the company
In spite of the attempted steal, which
the Commissioners let pass without so
much as reprimand, they granted to the
Market-street Railroad Company, on July
Is, franchise authorizing that corpora
ton to construct an electric line along
Point Lobos avenue and the Cliff House
road to the beach.
This action of the Park Commissioners
is at least open to comment If nothing
more. Park Commissioner Rosenfeld
has heretofore claimed that all franchises
over property under the control of the
Park Commissioners must first be secured
from the Board of Supervisors, subject to
the Commissioners acceptance on rejec-
ton. The franchise just issued by Messrs.
Scott, Austin and Rosenfeld can hardly be
a ratification of the one granted by the
Supervisors three years ago, for that has
long ceased to be legal.
However, it is not out OF order to ask the
Commissioners whether this franchise is
intended to concur with the one, issued by
the Supervisors three years ago, and if SO
why they allowed the railroad to quietly
go ahead with their work before they had
obtained it? Again, if this franchise takes
precedence over all others, upon what au-
thofity did the Market-street Cable Com
pany tear up one of the main thorough
fares of the City?
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-04
SPENT A LIFE IN PRISON.
Close of the Career of Will
liam Pearidge, a Noted
Criminal.
How He Hoodwinked Judge Camp
bell and Managed to Secure
His Freedom.

A few days ago there died at the Aims
house one William Pearidge, who adj
mitted to having spent forty-two of the
seventy years that comprised his life be-
hind prison walls, sid who was one of the
best-known criminals III California. Cap
tain Lees said yesterday that he had given
Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs more trouble
than any one criminal who ever visited
the coast.
Pearidge, who was San Quentin pio-
neer and who at different periods of his
career sailed under at least six different
aliases, did not confine himself to one kind
of crime, but served sentences on charges
of petty larceny, grand larceny and burg
larry.
The authorities OF California first made
his acquaintance in August, 1864, when he
was sent to Jail from Santa Clara for one
year for grand larceny. BE admitted hay
ing served terms in Eastern prisons prior
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COAST GETS IT ALL.
At Last Circus Comes Over the Rock
les without First Dividing.

The biggest circus that ever came to the Pa
cifc Coast is the Great Wallace Shows,
now being billed and advertised for ten days
season in San Francisco. This is the first big
show to come to the coast in its entirety.
Other big shows have, in name, been this side
of the Rocky Mountains, but this is the first
time great one has come without first cut
ting down its equipment, and also the first
time big show has come without doubling
the price of admission for the benefit of the
coast people. The Wallace show comes with
ALI three rings, two elevated stages half-mile
race track and colossal menagerie, and the adj
mission is the same as in the East--50 cents.
The Wallace show is most highly spoken of
everywhere it has exhibited. Denver is one of
the cities it has captured. for the Times of that
city says in its issue of July II of this year:
"The Wallace Circus is decidedly satisfying In
an amusement sense. completely equipped
menagerie, new tents, new animal cages
and well-cared-for livestock adds to its attract
iveness The show carries 500 horses and has
force of 500 people. The main tent, with a
seating capacity of nearly 1000, is one OF the
largest tents ever brought here for circus"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-04
FAIRS HORSES SOLD.
twenty-five Animals Belonging to the Estat
Disposed of by Auction,

twenty-five Animals Belonging to the Estate
Disposed of by Auction.
twenty-five horses that belonged to the
late Senator Fair were sold at the sales
yard of Killip & Co., on the corner of
Market street and Van Ness avenue, last
Thursday afternoon. The sale was by the
order of the executors of the estate and
preliminary to sales of the remaining stock
in the fall. Choicely bred trotters, road
sters, broodmares, colts and tilles were in
cluded in the list of animals disposed of.
1t was the purpose of Senator Fair to
bring together one of the best collections
of fine horses in California, and with this
purpose in view he collected something
over 800 horses on the ranch at Lakeville,
in Sonoma County. Most of those in
Guided in the sale were bred by him on
this ranch.
The largest price received for any single
animal was the sum of $3.50 paid for the
brood mare Emma Abbott. Other prices
paid were: Virginia Fasto, $92 so; Illus
trato, $l60: Polly Perkins. $50 so; James
F, S72 so. Lord Fasto, $50; Dinah, s102,
and double team, Maud and Sadie, $205.
Nearly 800 horses, including those OF
greatest value, are yet at the ranch and
will be sold at auction in the fall.
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ter, Miss c. W. Paulding, T. W. Rawlin, Charles
E. Rice, William Terry, Miss Ward
The Mexican training ship Zaragosa
came off the drydock yesterday and is an
chored off Folsom street. She will leave
in few days for her station at Mazatlan.
The British ship Pinmore, which sailed
from this port April %, arrived at Queens
town August 2, So days on the passage.
burg, which left this port one month be-
fore the Primrose, reached Falmouth.
A dispatch yesterday states that the Nor
weglan ship Ambassador, bound from
Jacksonville to Honolulu, put into the
Falkland Islands badly damaged and leak
ing from rough usage IN gale.
The Panama Railroad Company's steamer
Washtenaw, which left San Francisco July
20, arrived in Panama last Friday.
Captain d. Mcneil takes command of
the barkentine S. G. Wilder, relieving Cap
tain Hey.
The members of the Afro-American
League were given an excursion around the
bay in the tug Vigilant yesterday after
noon. The affair was under the auspices of
the local order and was practically for the
benefit of the delegates from the interior.
The visitors, many of them strangers to
INC lOCaIiIyt IHO4OuBHly 0hJoycu IneII Ael-
Dor trip.
About 300 barrels of American whisky
were discharged from the ship Henseler
yesterday. They had been returned from
Antwerp. The spirit was sent abroad to
be aged by a sea-voyage. The tossing of
the packages in the hold of the vessel had
not strengthened the liquor, but the manu-
facturers by so doing have avoided the
payment of a tax, the benefit accruing
from the rough usage of the trip more
than compromising for the freight charges.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-04
FAIR TRUSTEES ANSWER
A Denial That the Children
Are Owners of Any of
the Estate.
IT BELONGS TO THE TRUST.
The First Will Quoted to Sustain
Those Chosen to Manage the
Property.

The answer OF defendants Thomas G..
Crothers, James Angus and Louis G.
Bresse to the suit of Charles L. Fair for
by his deceased father was completed by
their attorneys, Pierson and Mitchell, yes
terday.
A clause of the will debarred any heir
who contested the will from any of the
property left by the deceased. and the suit
was begun to test the strength of the trust
in the hands of which the estate was left
without calling into question the will
itself.
The answer opens with the following
paragraph:
These defendants hereby disclaim any and
ell estate, right, title or interest as individuals
in or to the property described in plaintiffs
complaint, or any part or portion thereof.
The answer tho goes on to state that
the estate is worth So, 000, 900. and enumer-
rates the heirs to whom it is left by the
first will filed for probate, which is the
will creating the trust and the one recog-
nized by the answering defendants.
The answer then quotes the will, relying
on the fifteenth section, which reads as
follows:
All the rest, residue and remainder of my
estate, property and effects, real, personal and
mixed, whatsoever and wheresoeyar situated. l
give, devise and bequeath unto my trustees
hereinafter named, and 10 the survivors OF
them and to their successors In office in trust
for the following uses and purposes, that Is to
say:
TO have and hold the same in trust during
the lives OF my daughters, Theresa A. Oelrichs
and Virginia Fair, and my son, Charles L. Fair,
and during the life of the survivor of them,
etc.
The answer concludes by saying that by
reason of the trust it is denied that Charles
L. Fair, Theresa A. Oelrichs or Virginia
Fair are the owners of the lands described
in the complaint or any part of the same.
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to that time From 1864 until 1891 he was
almost continually behind the bars, serv-
ing the following sentences:

to that time. From 1864 until 1891 he was
almost continually behind the bars, serv-
ing the following sentences:
November 4, 1865, three years for grand lar
ceny committed in San Francisco.
April z, 1862 one year for burglary COM
mitted in Yolo County.
November II, 1870, six months for petty lar
ceny committed in San Francisco.
May z, 1875, one year for petty larceny
committed in San Francisco.
September, 1876, one year for petty larceny
committed in San Francisco.
October, 1877, six months for petty larceny
committed in San Francisco.
May, 1873, six months for petty larceny
committed in San Francisco.
February, 1881, two years for burglary COM
mitted in Yuba.
February, 1884, five years for petty larceny
committed in San Francisco.
August, 1885, three years for burglary COM
In a number of instances where he COM
mitted crimes he escaped conviction.
Pearidge always wished to be thought
worse than he really was and usually said
berry.
If IA stage hold-up took place in any local
ity where he happened to be he generally
went to the Sheriff of the county and con-
fessed to being the highwayman, leading
the official a merry dance looking for
buried treasure, which somehow always
failed to materialize. He also worked the
honest-miner dodge, coming into some
mountain town gaunt and travel-stained
and exhibiting specimens of gold-bearing
ore that made the natives eyes water.
Like as not the specimens were stolen, but
Pearidge usually got his grub stake and
disappeared, never to return.
Once he told Secret Service Agent Harris
that he knew OF counterfeiting plant, but
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of confidence in him on the part of the
criminals. He remarked that if he had a
quantity of counterfeits he could better in
gratiate himself into their good graces.
Mr.. Harris gave him pocketful to be used
as decoys and Pearidge disappeared. He
failed to return at the appointed time and
when Mr.. Harris met him some time later
and demanded the counterfeits he put his
hand into his pocket with puzzled air
and then declared that he had spent them
by mistake.
To tae last he kept the stage.robber
myth. Just before he was sent TO the
Almshouse he was caught stealing pair of
shoes and taken before Judge Campbell.
With tears in his eyes he begged to be
let off, confessing that he had been guilty
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-04
AROUND THE WATER FRONT
The Mexican Training Ship
Zaragosa Ready to Sail
for Home.
QUICK PASSAGE TO ENGLAND.
Aging Whisky by a Sea Voyage.
Afro-Americans on the
Bay.
QUICK PASSAGE TO ENGLAND.

The Pacific Mail steamship City of
Peking sailed yesterday for China and
Japan with % cabin passengers and 2white
and 40 Chinese passengers in the storage.
The Oceanic steamship Australia sailed
for Honolulu with the following cabin pas
sengers:
Miss Barnum, J. A. Glover and wife, Captain
Z. J. Campbell, II. Fromholz, Miss Madge Gore,
A, q: Griffin, w. w. Goodall, w. B. Godfrey,
Mrs I. Hoffman, Miss Josephine Hannah, T. T.
Higgins, Frank Hustace and wife, Mrs. H. L.
Jenkins James A. Kennedy, Judge W. r. Kelly
Lambert, Mrs. r. NJ. Lovett, Miss II. L. Levers,
Robert Levers, H. NJ Mott-Smith Mrs. C.
Maurer and son, Miss Sadie Ostrom, c. w. Por-
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of stage robbery on many occasions, but
never before had 'dlsgraced" himself by
STOPPING to petty thievery. The Judge
was completely hoodwinked, and let Pea
body off with reprimand.
During his career Peabody travelled I'M
der the following aliases: Charles Brad
ford, William Buford, William Sheets,
Peter Dilmor, Charles Palmer and William
Smith. When told that he was dead Ser
geant Colby wrote dead" at the bottom
of his page in the police books, and closed
his career of record forever.
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the ballot appeared to have been the pur-
chaser who made the first guess, either
exact or nearest to the amount.
The ballots filled two large boxes, and 1t
took three men two hours and forty min
utes to examine them. There we're guesses
ranging all the way from the exact sum to
$1500, and more than 200 of the guessers
were within a few cents of the amount.
There were twelve who guessed $77, and
the committee decided that the lucky
guesser was George Daley of 1881 How
ard street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-04
The survival of the Fittest.

BY retaining your baggage checks until
you reach San Francisco and leaving same
at any OF our offices you will save money
in the transfer of your baggage. Trunks,
35 cents each. Morton Special Delivery, $50
Market street Chronicle bnilding), 408
TAYLOR street and Oakland Ferry Depot
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-04
THE HENDY WILL.

A Motion to Dismiss All Supreme Court
Appeals Relating to the Contest
Filed Yesterday.
The Hendy will contest is to be settled
on the basis OF the agreement reached by
the heirs several weeks ago, and yesterday
the final action in the matter was begun in
the Supreme Court.
a motion was made by the attorneys for
S. ]. Hendy to dismiss the appeals that are
pending, and when this motion is granted
the litigation over the property will be at
an end.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-04
Addrass TOR Young Mem.

The meeting for young men only at the as
ISOLATION hall, Mason and Ellis Streets to-day
at 3 O'Clock will be unusually interesting.
Staff Captain Mcintyre of the Salvation Army
is announced as the speaker, and is sure to at
tract large crowd. No ladies admitted.
Gentlemen between 16 and 45 years Of age
cordially invited.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-04
Erbin to Keen the Peace.

w. C. Erbin, the disappointed ofice-seeker
who went cunning for Governor Budd a few
days ago because he did not get position
with The Board of Health, was ordered yester-
day to keep the peace in $500 bonds and the
case went over for month.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-04
AUCTION SALES.

By EAsToN q ELDRIDGF-Tuesday, August 6,
Real Estate, at Salesrooms, 63S Market street, at
II o'clock noon.
By Won RHEIE Co.-Thursdav, August g.
Real Estate, at Salesroom, 513 California street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-04
ADJUSTMENTS.

AmOoEMENIS.
BALDWIN THEATER.-" Der Weisse Hirsch."
COLUMBIA THEATRR-"The Ensign"
CALIToRNIA THEATER-"A Black Sheep"
MoRosCo's OPERA-HoUsE >" Under the City
Lamps"
T1voLI OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ORPHEUM- igh- Class Vaudeville
PROF. o. X. GLEAsoN-The Champion Horse
Iamer' at Central Park, Sunday, August 4.
GOLDEN GATE PARK-Golden Gate Park Band.
STATE BOARD OF TRADE ExHIBIT-575 Market
street, below Second Open daily. Admission free
MAcDoNoUGH THEATER (OAKLAND)-"A Black
Sheepi' comm encing tomorrow evening.
PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS.
Ell CANPo-Sunday, August 4-Japanese Aerial
Carnival.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-12-16
PASSENGERS ARRIVED

Per stmr lwalani from Kauai, Dec l5-Mrs
NJ Jaoucn and Ii on deck.
Per stmr Kauai, from Kauai, Dec &c II
Ensign, c A Doyle, ES Olsen and l6 on deck.
Per stmr Mikahaa from Kauai, Dec ID
w H Rice, W Bcrowitz, G Won Hamm, B
Lindsay, J Lloyd, K Dexter, II Williams and
80 on deck.
Per stmr Clnudinc, from Maui and Hawaii,
Dec l5-Mrs f W Carter, infant and nurse,
Mrs 5 NJ Carter Mary Joseph, Father Leonor
and hoy, Wittrock, Rev W hOrsfall, W
Bergstrom, litnry Harrison, II Taylor, c X
Lindsay, l. A Andrews, II Anderson, A Gin
clair, Awana, Tung Sung, + Helckunihi, Geo
Sea, wife and child, Mrs Chung Chung and
three children, All Yeu Hamataui, shimoni-
shi, VI Kcaloha, Geo II HOrner, w Horner
and IS on /, eek.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-12-16

This Company will reserves the right to
make changes in the time Of departure and
arrival of its steamers without notice and
it will not be responsible for any conse.
quences arising therefrom.
Consignees must be at the Landings to
receive their Freight; this Company will
not hold itself responsible for freight after
it has been landed.
Live stock only at owners risk.
This Company will not be responsible
for Money or Valuables Of passengers
unless placed i'll the care Of Pursers.
Passengers are requested to purchase
tickets before embarking. Those failing to
do so will be subject to an additional
charge of twenty-five per cent.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-12-16


for all.
2d-BICYCLE RACE; One.half mile Juvenile
Open to all non.winners under l6
-RiryrIr p Arr. p,;,o mo. d0o;ao1 A.
'o DC i PSae '1 sIGo prr.o
One-hulf mile and reueat, Weight
for age,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-12-16
Stnlr. CLAUDINE.
CAMERON, Commander,

viii leave Honolulu Tuesday at 5P. NJ,
touching at Kahului, Hama, Hamoa and
Kipahulu, Maui. returning arrives at
Honolulu Sunday mornings.
Will call at Nun, Kaupo, on second trip
Of each month.
EN-No Freight will be received after
p. NJ. on day of sailing
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-12-16
LEAVES HONOLULU.
ARRIVES HONOLULU.

Returning, will leave TElo at o'clock
P. NJ, touching at Laupahoehoe, MANU-
kona and Kawaihne sane day; Makena,
Maalaea Bay and Lahaina the following
day; arriving at Honolulu the afternoons
Of / tuesday, and Fridays.
EgF-No Freight will be received after
~ noon on day of sailing.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-12-16
DEPARTl RES.

Tug EIcu, Hilbus, for a cruise.
S,mr Lchua, tor MolOkai and Lanai,
S'mr Nn,ia Grown, for a circuit Of Oahu.
o. ) Australia, Houdlettc, for san Fran
cisco.
Stmr Waal"alc, Gregory, for Nawiiwili,
Hanamau,u, Kilauca, KaIihiwai and llanalei.