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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
ARRESTED FOR ARSON.
William McGreevy, Laborer, Caught
in the Act by Police
Officer

William McGreevy, a laborer, living at
Eighteenth and Valencia streets, was ar
rested shortly after 10 o'clock last night by
Policeman Doran, and booked at the
Seventeenth-street station on the charge OF
arson.
Doran was standing on the corner of
Folsom and Seventeenth streets when he
saw blaze in Steeles trunk factory on the
corner of Shotwell street. He ran to the
place and saw McGreevy running awav.
He pursued him and captured him after
an exciting chase. He then went back
with his prisoner to the factory and extin-
guished the flames, which were beginning
to creep up the wall OF the building. He
found that McGreevy had stuffed lot of
paper through hole IN the fence which is
close to the factory and set fire to il.
McGreevy was considerably under the
influence OF liquor. He denied setting fire
to the place, and pretended not to know
what he was arrested for. He said he was
on his way home from his work in the
Southern Pacific yards at the foot of Six
teenth street when Doran arrested him.
McGreevy has penchant for fires. Sew
eral months ago he was arrested for two
attempts at arson early one morning. One
of the attempts was on the building at the
corner OF Twentieth and Valencia streets,
and the other at the corner of Twenty II rst
and Valencia. No damage in either case
resulted, and the charges fell through.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
4. MONTGOMERY'S BUST,
A Work of Art That Arrived
Intact Yesterday From
Carrara.
1t Is to Be Placed in the New Me-
mortal Chapel at San An
SeimO.

A beautiful marble bust of Alexander
Montgomery, which is to be placed in the
memorial chapel at San Anselmo, has
been received by the sculptor, Rupert
Schmid, from Italy.
The work is chiseled in Carrara marble
of fawless white, and stands on polished
white marble pedestal, across which the
name "a. Montgomery" appears in bas-
relief. The bust is life-size, and is an ex-
cellent likeness of the deceased Califor
Man, who is represented IN street attire,
though the long flowing beard gives an air
of dignity to the portrait and prevents an
inartistic modern collar and necktie from
being in evidence.
Rupert Schmid modelled the head be-
fore going to Europe, and chiseled tw @
marble busts from that model at Carrara.
One of them was intended for the memo
rial chapel at San Anse1mo, and the other
will be placed in the house of Mrs. Arthur
Rodgers. The duplicate bust only differs
from the memorial one in having a
pedestal of tinted marble, veined with
black.
The bust Will be placed in the memorial
portion of the Montgomery chapel at San
Anselmo, which is rapidly nearing com
pietion. This is a small circular cham Der
opening out of the auditorium, and it oc-
cupies the lower portion of the tower
The floor and the lower portion of the
walls will be tiled, and the walls above
beautifully frescoed.
The bust will be placed in a niche facing
the door, and on either side of it Will be
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
SOCIAL OF THE SAINTS.
Preliminary Meeting of Those in At
tendance at TO-Ddy's Conference.

Preliminary Meeting of Those in At
tendance at TO-Day's Conference.
There was social meeting of the Latter
day Saints at Calanthe Hall, Pythian
Castle, last evening, preliminary to the
conference of the San Francisco and Sacra-
mento churches to be held to-day.
The hall was crowded and the audience
appreciative of the programme, which con-
sisted of Rotations by Mrs. Houseman,
Mrs. Josephine Squires, Mrs. Rattenbury
and Arthur Scholes; vocal solos by Mr..
Rattenburv, William Scowcroft, Robert
Eccles, James Garlick and James B. Shep-
herd; vocal quartets by MIR. and Mrs.
Seowcroft, Mr.. Shepherd and Elder H. S.
Tanner; guitar and mandolin duet by
Miss Lord and Mr.. Allen, piano solo by
Florence Rawlinson and an original poem
by Mrs. Thackham.
The programme was followed by an
hour of social chat and dancing.
Meetings will be held at Calanthe Hall
at 10 A. N. and and P. NJ. to-day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
Coming musical Events.

The first concert of the Carr-Beel winter sea-
son takes place Saturday next, when an excel
lent programme, containing novelties by
Dvorak, will be performed. The fine Saturday
Popular Quartet has new second violin this
season who has recently come TO California
from Germany. He is said 10 be an excellent
artist. Miss Sofia Eewland the vocalist, vii!
sing songs by Thome, Torti and Goring
Thomas.
On Thursday next concert will be given at
the Mercantile Library by the Mercantile Ii
brary Auxiliary. Mrs. Anna Won Meyerinck
has charge of the musical arrangements and
Mrs. d. Mann, Roscoe Warren Lucy, A. Armand
Solomon, Charles Mayer Jr., Fred Maurer Jr.
The Music Teachers Association of Califor-
mia win give concert on Wednesday evening
next st 70 O'Farrell street.
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FIRE IN CHINATOWN.
Thirty Five Hundred Dollars Lo
Caused by Morning Blaze.

Thirty-Five Hundred Dollars Loss
Caused by Morning Blaze.
Fire caused a loss of $500 in the three
story brick building at the northwest cor
ner of Jackson street and Sullivan alley,
at o'clock yesterday morning. The
building is owned by Henry Norman and
occupied by Chinese, many of whom lost
their entire belongings. The usual scenes
of excitement incident to fires in the
Chinese quarter were presented, and a
number of Orlentals narrowly escaped in
jury while attempting to remove their
goods and chattels from the building.
The $4,000 loss on the building was COW
cred by insurance, while the Chinese will
lose $500, their property being uninsured.
The cause of the fire was unknown.
A loss of $25 was caused early yesterday
morning by fire in the three-story frame
building at 113 Oregon street, owned by
Joseph Cuneo and occupied III the lower
story by Chinese laundry. The blaze
was caused by defective f1ue.
An incipient blaze in the establishment
of the Pacific Woodenware and Cooperage
Company, about noon yesterday was
quelled by the Fire Department without
difficulty. The loss was nominal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
STATE BANKERS TO MEET.
Annual Convention of Presi-
dents, Cashiers and
FinancierS.
WILL CONVENE AT FRESNO.
Several Important Papers to Be
Read by Prominent State
Capitalists.

The fourth annual convention of the
California Bankers Association will be
held at Fresno next Friday and Saturday,
October and 5. Einstein Hall, opposite
Hughes Hotel has been engaged for the
occasion. The indications now point to a
full attendance from the State at large,
and certain it is that local financiers will
be well represented. According to Presi-
dent Lowell White, however, nothing of
general Importance will be discussed.
The executive council will meet at the
Einstein on Friday, October 4, at 8 A. NJ.
and at IL O'Clock the convention will be
called to order. DR.. Chester Rowell, presi-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
LOST THE BET AFTER ALL,
End of a Lawsuit Over 10
u and a Smoking
Wager.
James n. King Thought He Had
Made an Easy Winning, but the
Court Ruled Otherwise.

James Fl. King was overruled yesterday
by Justice of the Peace Carroll on that
500 smoking bet with which he proposed
to offset $500 o q given by himself to
Joseph knauer.
The bet and the o U have caused
great discussion as they see-sawed UP and
down in the scales of justice and the men
about town have had no end of fun out of
Knauer and King over the matter. The
controversy and joking has been going on
for four months. All sorts of bets have
been made on it and now by the decision
of the court Knauer and the o y have
won and King and the 500 stake have lost
Knauer began the contest in the Justices
Court with suit to recover 500, alleged
to be due on promissory note signed by
James H. King. 1t was admitted that
King had made the note and had rece lived
500 for it and that he never returned the
money.
King made answer as a set-off to the
note that Knauer owed him 500 on a
smoking bet. According to his story told
on the wltnesS-stand the two had sworn Off
smoking and had made bet that the first
one caught sucking the weed should pay
the other $100. The bet was entered on
June % last.
King was the lucky man. He was stroll
ing along Montgomery avenue about three
weeks later when he espied Knauer putting
big cigar with mingled avidity and de-
light. He slapped him on the shoulder
| and in the most Joyous manner imagin-
able demanded his 500 forthwith.
| Knauer responded that he did not walk
the streets prepared to pay 500 bets at a
moments notice. So the matter dragged
on from day to day and week to week,
till Knauer tried little collecting on his
own account and asked King to pay his
500 / o u. Then came Kings fat re-
Spouse, First pay me that 500 smoking
bet you owe me and call it square on an
Offset"
Knauer did neither. He began suit to
recover on the note.
In summing up the case Justice Of the
Peace Carroll said:
1t is conceded that at the time of making the
bet, and thereafter no money passed between
the parties. 1t is essential to the existence OF
contract that there should be sufficient
cause of consideration. l am of opinion that
in this case there was no consideration what
ever for the bet entered into between the
parties, and for this reason the counter claim
of King is dismissed and judgment is rendered
in favor OF Knauer.
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fine stained-glass windows. one represent
ing the cross and the other the crown, en-
blems which were favorite ones with
Alexander Montgomery during his life
time.
In the floor of this circular chamber a
brass will be placed, marking the entrance
to the vault. The auditorium, which opens
out of the chamber, is large enough to seat
go people, and contains an organ, as well
as handsome chancel with fine stained
glass windows. 1t is intended that the
memorial chapel and its adjoining class
rooms shall be used constantly for divine
service and for Sunday-school, etc. There
is no doubt therefore but that the fine bust
will frequently be seen and admired.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

place had been practically rendered to and
accepted by DR.. Charles c. Wadsworth.
DR.. Wadsworth, when asked about the
rumor last night, declined to discuss the
matter in view of the recent death of Dr..
Lilienthal. He said that the appointment
was in the hands OF the Supreme Court.
While he had heard nothing officially, he
was not prepared to deny that the appoint
ment might not be offered to him, and
that he might accept it.
DR.. Wadsworth is the president of the
San francisco Medical Society and quite
popular among his colleagues in this City.
His appointment was made by Judge San
derson.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
HISTORY OF THE STATE GRANGE.

On Tuesday next THE CALL will publish a
history of the Patrons of Husbandry by Ed
ward F. Adams, member of the order. The
history will describe its origin, the difficulties
encountered in establishing it, its failures and
successes.
1t contains about $4,000 words and win
occupy more than one page of THE CALL. 1t is
graphic, concise and complete.
Every granger in the State should have
copies of this number of THE CALL for his own
reading and for distribution among his
friends. Ii members of the order expect the
grange to grow it must be by the distribution
of such literature.
Address orders to Charles NJ. Shortridge, San
Francisco
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
BUILDING AND LOAN BUSINESS.
An Interesting Opinion by Attorney
General Fitzgerald.

An Interesting Opinion by Attorney
General Fitzgerald.
ey-General Fitzgerald has rem
dered an opinion which is of Importance to
all building and loan associations. 1t is in
answer to inquiries from the board of COM
missioners OF building and loan associa-
tions, and is self-ex planatory:
Replying to your letter of recent date, asking
a. whether or not building and loan associa-
ton is insolvent when its property has depre-
ciated to an extent that exhausts the entire
accumulated profits and impairs the dues paid
in 10 or 20 per cent, after allowing for outside
claims; (2l can such associations continue
business without scaling its book value of
shares, and (3) can the board OF directors effect
such scaling, or must it be done by vote of its
shareholders, am of the opinion:
First-That BUILDING and loan corporation
is insolvent when its available and collectable
assets are reduced below the value of its capt.
tai stock, as defined in section 634 of the Civil
Code.
second-That such corporation may con-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
uP-TO-DATE SHOE HOUSE.
One of the Most Notable MercantiI,
Developments of the Season.

One of the Most Notable Mercantile
Developments of the Season.
Yesterday the San Francisco Shoe House
opened in Gutzkow Building on Market
street, opposite Mason, in many respects
the finest shoe house west of New York,
and fills long felt want for a complete up
town shoe store. 1t is not the magnificent
salesroom of the establishment, extending
from Market to Stevenson, that lends the
greatest interest to the store, but the fact
that George E. Fairchild. the president
and manager, is the Napoleon of shoe
merchants in the West. Less than three
years ago he came to this coast stranger
Now he has four stores in Oakland, one in
Alameda and one in Berkeley. The San
Francisco Shoe House is but the tardy
fulfllment of his determination to open on
this side of the bay model shoe en-
porium.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
DEATH BY A TOY BULLET.
Thomas Henderson, Dock Laborer
Dies Through the Explosion of
His Sons Little Pistol.

Thomas Henderson, longshoreman
living at 1414 Kearny street, met with a
fatal accident yesterday afternoon.
While at dinner his sons toy pistol was
lying on the table and Henderson took it
up. He carelessly pressed the trigger and
the pistol exploded, the bullet striking
him in the chest.
He was taken to the Receiving Hospital,
and Drs. Fitzgibbon and Helms probed
for the bullet. They found it had glanced
downward into the abdomen. Henderson
was suffering great pain.
The surgeons thought that his chances
for recovery were exceedingly slight, as
the tiny bullet had penetrated the vitals,
and they detained him for treatment. He
lay on cot suffering acutely and began
to sink rapidly. AT P. NJ, a few hours
after the bullet from the toy-pistol struck
him, Henderson became unconscious and
died
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
Convicted of Begging.

Frank Lambert, the printer, was convicted
of begging by Judge Conlan yesterday and will
be sentenced tomorrow. The evidence against
him was conclusive, and when the Judge asked
him why he preferred to beg rather than to
mother were in court and the former appeared
to be deeply affected by her husbands con-
yictiOn.
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tinue to do business without Immediately seal
ing the book value of shares, provided, how
ever, an apportionment OF its losses must be
made at least annually, in accordance with Sec
ton 642 of the Civil Code.
Third-As the law requires the iapportion-
ment of profits and losses to be made, the same
may be made by the directors, without vote of
its stockholders.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
Mendelssol,n and Shakespeare.

An attractive entertainment will be given at
the Tivoli Opara-house Tuesday afternoon,
October 8, when George Riddle, who has Ma
tional reputation as a reader, will recite ex-
cerpts from Shakespeare's Midsummer Nights
Dream" accom- panied by symphony orchestra
under the direction OF Adolph Bauer. The
Mendelssohn music will be played in its
entirety, and the orchestra will be the best that
Director Bauer can gather in the City. Rid
dies reading OF the work has been excellently
received wherever he has given it, and his sue
cess with the Boston Sym phony Orchestra was
a genuine one. Seats will be on sale at Sher-
man, Clay & Co.'s.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
Painters Organizing.

The Progressive Union of Painters and Dec
orators, which organized six weeks ago at the
ALabor Bureau, rs Turk street, was forced on
account Of increasing membership to engage q
hall with seating capacity OF zoo. Now again
night Washington Hall, 80 Eddy street, with
400 seating capacity, was engaged, where the
next meeting will take place Monday evening
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

ance of pupils demands the present addition OF
one room. The indications are that the tenth
class Will soon be added and that will demand
still another room. Hence the new wing con-
tanning two rooms viii be necessary. Mrs.
Anna Z. Herman, principal OF the school, said
yesterday that when she took the school six
years ago there were only six classes, and they
were very slim III the number of pupils Those
had increased to nine full classes.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
The Richmond SCHOOL.

A new wing is to be added TO the Richmond
schoolhouse. Since the closing of the school
through the necessity of making repairs to
cure the unsanitery condition of the building
it has been considered by the building COM
mittee that the continued growth in attend
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
DIR. LILIENTHAL's SUCCESSOR

DIR. Charles G. Wadsworth Said to Be
the Man.
The death of DR.. Lilienthal, one of the
Insanity commissioners, left vacancy on
that board, which rumor is already filling.
Despite the fact that the funeral of the
late commissioner has not taken place, it
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
.James III. Barry injured.

James II. Barry, editor OF the Weekly Star,
was badly injured Friday evening. He was
aIighting from a cable-car, when he was struck
by another car coming from the opposite Ill
rection. He will be confined to his home for
some weeks
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

C. S. YOUNG, owner of Searchlight Addition
$500 LOTS to the city of Stockton has removed
TO 602 Market street, Croker building, the
Office formerly occupied by the Board of Trade.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

THE song of the "99" that created such a
Juror u sung by the Arion quartet at Senator
Perkins reception in Oakland last evening can
be procured free upon application 10 Dodge,
Sweeney & Co., San Franciscos
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ABOUT MOSQUITOES.
The Little Pests Get Looked At by a
Scientific Eye

The Little Pests Get Looked At by a
Scientific Eye
There are supposed to be about one
hundred and fifty species of mosquitoes
in the world. Already twenty-one
species have been identified as native
to North America. The largest va
rieties occur in the tropics, where in
sect life of ali sorts obtains its fullest
and most pestiferous development. No
where. however, are these blood
suckers more abundant than i'll far
northern latitudes, as in Arctic Alaska,
where they appear in countless Swarms
during the brief boreal summer. There
are at least three or four species of
Jersey mosquitoes, one succeeding
another curing the progress of the sea
sons. The biggest known mosquito is
only found as fosS il. happily. 1t lived
in tertiary times, being contemporary
with the maStOdOn and megatherium.
To it has been given the appropriate
name of ''culeX damnatorum, mean
ing "gnat of the damned"
There is no reason to doubt that
mosquitoes carry diseases, says the
Washington Star. and they are seriously
suspected of propagating yellow fever.
1t has been noticed that yellow fever
comes with them and goes when they
depart; also that il is worse III seasons
when they are most plentiful and i'll To-
ca!ities where they are most abundant.
But respecting this complaint compar-
atively little has been definitely as
certained. The mosquito is likewise
accused of propagating malaria 10y
carrying the infection from one person
to another. This charge is not proven,
however.
1t has long been known that only
the female mosquito bites. The male
possesses no lance for inflicting "A
wound, such as his mate il provided
with. The purpose cf his existence is
merely to pcrpetuate the species. and
he never enters a house unless by ac-
cident. The natural food of the female
is the juices of plants. and it is not
known why she seeks blood. The in
dulgence seems to be a kind OF dissipa-
tion with her. like whisky and tobacco
with human beings. Unlike the latter.
She never gets full but once. Her sting
consists of five extremely sharp needles
two of which are barbed. They unite
and form an awl, which, having in
tiicted the puncture. serves as a tube
for sucking the blood of the victim. The
duced into the wound for the purpose of
making the blood more liquid is mere
theory.
The female mosquito lays her eggs in
a bnat-shaped mass ON the surface OF
still water. From these the larvae,
called ''wri~glers." are hatched. When
the wriggler considers that he has
wriggled long enough he comes To the
surface and carefully eXtricates himself
from his skin. which serves as raft
for him To stand upon. This Is the
danger point of his life, for the least
breath of wind may upset the raft and
drown him Happily escaping this
fate, he flies away aS soon a. his wings
are dry. If a she" the insect loses no
time in seeking for some animal or per
son to torture. 1t has been contended
that the larval mosquito has some ust-
fulness. consuming mi:iSmatic germs in
the water; but thi is more than doubt
full