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The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07
the " half of lot 1s, block Il. Warner tract.

the " half of lot 16. block Il, Warner tract. Brooklyn township; s10.
 Martin and Flora Pennock to Paul Cohen. lot on s line of Washington street, 107 E of Fruttvale avenue, E 32. 33, s so, w 1913 N S1 .0S to beginning block 772 of c. c. Clay's subdi- vision of block 773. and fractional blocks FPS. ISi and TAT, Levy x Lane. Brooklyn township, subject to mortgage; S10.
 John D. Magee to Lillian F. Wilds. lot on s extremity of East East street, thence NV 1.23 chains, SW 1.42 chains NV links, SW 1.42 chains to boundary of lot Il, Fruitvale homestead Association tract, thence E to F. boundary line of Fruitvale Homestead Asso- citation tract, thence NE 2S6 chains to begin ming. being a portion of Fruitvale Homestead Association tract, Brooklyn township gift
 Antonio H. and Cresela Bernal to Joseph Enos, lot on line of Division street. with NV corner. lands of A. c. Sanchez, thence W 75. 2S9. "A. E 75, N 2S974 to beginning. be- ing portion of plot A. Ro e Vale de San Jose, Pleasanton, Murray township; s100.
 John F. Cooper to John A. Park lot SW line of Athol avenue 564.37 NV of Fourth SW 14S.96. SEE 3s.9, NE 147.S, NV 35 to be- ginning, block B. Peralta Heights, East Oak land; $500
 Rose NJ and J. B. Peralta to Bridget Ma loney, re-record 3S2 d 473, lot on line of Geary or Thirty-ninth street, 100 " of Tele- graph avenue. W 50, 122:6 F. 50, N 1855 to beginning, being lot 4, block 2071, map of Evoy plot Oakland annex; s1O.
 Mary Thompson to Anson s. Blake trustee. lot on line of Berryrnan street. 100 w of Shattuck avenue. W S5 by s 120, block 20, property Berkeley Villa Association, Berkeley: S1O
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07
WILL SOON BE AFLOAT. The Schoolship Mohican Will Come Down
 To-Day.

The United States training-ship Mo- hican, Commander George M. Book, will come down from Mare Island to-day bound away on her eight months cruise in the South Pacific. She will lie at anchor in this harbor for about a month, or until she fills up the vacancies in her crew of apprentice boys. The young tars will be enlisted by Lieutenant George M. Stoney, U. s. N, at the Naval Rendez- vous. 10 California street, and sent aboard the vessel, where they will be outfitted and initiated into Uncle Sam's big sailor Idy binany i, Ui stoS at n nepheWs ae Ine MO boys will catch their first sight of the islands they are to visit. A run will be given them ashore, after which the ship will sail southward to the Society, Friend ly and other groups of sea-encircled coral lands. They will continue down the Pa cific till Samoa Is reached, where they will remain for some months
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07
SAILORS INSTITUTE OPENING. Rev. Father Wyman Delivers the
 Address at the First Meeting.

The Seamen's Catholic Institute opened its doors to the sailors last night for the first time before a large gathering, and Father Wyman, the Superior of the Paul. ist Fathers on this coast, made the open ing address, in which he outlined the ob- jects of the institute and it's purposes. The rooms are large, comfortable and airy and are located at No. g Mission street. On the tables of the reading room will be found the daily as well as the weekly papers, monthly magazines and a variety of interesting books may also be had on the library shelves.
 Games are also provided for those who wish to pass the time in recreation. Sailors desiring information and even le- gal assistance may obtain 1t here on ap- pllcation.
 desire such a service free of cost, also stationery will be furnished free to all who wish to write.
 A lecture will be given every Sunday night at s o'clock, to which all will be welcome Special lectures will also be given at other times. It affords to sail- ors, without distinction on account of race. color or creed. a meeting-place where the leisure hours may be spent pleasantly and profitably.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07
COON CARNIVAL
 AT THE CALIFORNIA
The Black Patti's TrOubadours Break Sabbath With
 Success.
Inspiring Dances and Choruses and an Especial Hit for Ernest
 Hogan.

Sissieretta Jones' smoked troubadours came to town last night and there was hot time. We have had Ethiopic special ists before now, buck dancers, pickanin- ny brass-blowers, cake pedestrians, nat ural born nigger minstrels and all-wool Cperatic warblers. but never such a com bination of cultured mokes and wenches as that which broke Sabbath at the Cali fornia last night. Everything that ever happened in the. coon line is in this show from Sisieretta herself, the only black and-blue Patti, to Alice Mackay, the squash-colored Calve; from George Will Hams, the stained-Irish policeman to Err nest Hogan, the colored Chevalier, the man who wrote "All Coons Look Alike to Me" There Is even a coon Chinese The musicians and a bulldog are all who are not coons The bulldog knew his part last night, but the band made a wild muss of trying to keep time and pace with MT. Hogan's dangerous, raZor-edged lyrics. White men were at a discount
 The whole show is so unlike anything else on earth that it is worth seeing from end to end, but the best fun is in the opening skt called At Jolly Cooney Isl- and" Here Hogan. who Is a wonderfully funny fellow. sings any number of good songs; Miss Mattie Philips sings MT Johnson, Turn Me Loose" with the real crappy voice, and dances a lopper- jointed coon dance with an abandon that is only too authentic. and everybody joins in and lends an expert foot to the medley of buck dances and a strong, telling voice to the choruses. The chorus work in the coon songs Is the best that has been heard here; 1t has the swing and the sweetness, and the lights and shades of tone are delightfully."- managed
 Black Patti comes later on the pro- gramme and sings an Arditti waltz "Comin' Thro' the Rye" and ''The Old Folks at Home" with notable fiuency. and with some sympathy in spite of a wiry tone. Then comes a lively cake walk and another installment of Mr Hogan in several of his newest songs and several of his oldest jokes.
 The evening ends with thirty minutes of opera, in which Sissieretta and the en- tire company. clad in the operatic cos tunes or all nations, range easily from the Lucia Sextette to the Ave Maria fashioned on Mascagni's Intermezzo
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07
EVIDENCE OF MURDER
 ON A RIVERS BANK.
Blood-Stained Clothing and Docu- ments of John Schiess Found
 Near Colfax.

COLFAX, Wash, Feb. 6-Evidence dis covered to-day by E. K. Lloyd bears wit ness to the fact that John Schiess was murdered in the Valley of the Palouse months, perhaps years, ago. Who or what he was is not known.
 In the mud of the river bank about a mile west of here Lloyd to-day discov- cred a pile of clothing. They proved to be white shirt and an undershirt rolled together. In the white shirt were five sharply cut holes, as if made by a sti- letto. Blood surrounded each, and about the neck of the shirt were large blood stains. The garments appeared as if they had long lain in the river. They were filled with mud. Rolled in them was a diary and pocket-book. the latter con taining two drafts issued by the Banco de Occident of Mexico, on the Anglo-Cali- fornian Bank of San Francisco, payable to John Schess, each for $500, dated May 2. 1892 They were in Spanish. A deed or contract, also in Spanish, signed by Juan M. Rubin, and containing the name of John Schiess, and a certified copy from the Clerk of Multnomah County. Or, of Schiess' declaration of intention were found in the book. It was dated Septem- Der IA. 1892.
 No one here can read the Spanish docu- ments. The Sheriff has taken charge of the papers and garments.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07
Fraternal Societies Can Be a Menace to
 Home eS.
A DevOtee of Clubs Has No Home and No Place of
 Worship.
PAINE'S SONG PARODIED.
They Are Responsible for Thousands of Young Men Ignoring
 Church.
Oakland Office of San Francisco Call,

Oakland Office of San Francisco Call,
 sos Broadway, Feb. Is.
 Rev. pr. Coyle concluded his series of sermons tonight relating to the req sons why young men are not found in the churches. The speaker, having on previous Sunday evenings discussed the reasons sent him by young men, re- ferred to his ideas of their absence.
 Tn the first place. he said, T do not blame the theology of the churches. l glory in it's orthodoxy. Pliable convic- tions would not command respect, and backbone is required in the pulpit of to-day. The church must adjust itself to the methods of the age. Saloons and music halls are open all the time, but the church little more than once a week. Let the church open to the young man the door to a Christian home. let it be a club and college to him, let it tell him what to do, let the church give him brotherhood, comrade- ship and practical help, and much would be done to solve the question which we are discussing.
 Again, the growth of materialism has helped the prevailing spirit of in difference of young men toward the
 
 to the door of parental neglect and the ignoring of family worship.
 When 1 think the club-and 1 use the word in it's broadest sense to cover lodges and fraternities and brother hoods of all kinds-I think the club is responsible for a good share of the pre- valent church neglect. We have fallen upon the club age, and a facetious newspaper writer declares that the ic +I o11 lyric will be revised thus:
 Club, club, sweet, sweet club;
 Be it ever so humble
 There's no place like the club.
 Tn far too many instances the club has become a substitute for the home, and that which crowds out the home is more than likely to crowd out the church. No doubt there is a legitimate place for organizations of this sort, but where carried too far and allowed to take the place of home and church they become demOraizing. They cultivate selflshness, clannishness and have tendency to narrow and circumscribe human sympathies. I have had some opportunity for observation, and on the basis of what l have seen I feel perfectly Justified in saying that the devOtee of the club has no home and no church. l am convinced that If a cen sus were taken it would be found that thousands of our young men owe their absenteeism to the club.
 Tn bringing these talks to a close, therefore, l cannot do a wiser thing, a better thing, for you as young men out in the rough and tumble of life, be- set by thousand temptations, than to invite you and urge you and appeal to you to become disciples of this Christ who lived and died and triumphed as young man and is forevermore the young mans friend'
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07
Handball Sports Yesterday.

The attendance at the San Francisco courts yesterday was good and the play was up to the usual standard. At Phil Ryan's San Francisco court, S5S Howard street, there were eight stirring games played between the crack San Francisco teams. The results were as follows:
 N. J. Prendergast and D. J. Sheehan defeated E. McDonough and B. Lynch. Score, 21-14, 16-21, 21-1S.
 M. Basch and D. J. Sheehan defeated J. R. Bockman and N. J. Prendergast Score, 21-13, 15-21, 21-16.
 J. M. Kelly defeated A. A. Tobin. Score. 21-16, 1S-21, 21-20.
 M McNeil and G. Mcdonald defeated P. Rodgers and P. Ryan. Score. 21-14.
 R. Housman and E. Barry defeated P. Ryan and M. Basch. Score, 21-15, 17-2l, 21-16.
 R. Shay and D. O'Brien defeated R. Shields and c. Ward. Score. 21-13, 14-2l, 21-19.
 s. Hurley and D. o'Neil defeated C.. FftZpa trick and E. Murray. Score. 21-14,
 w. Hamilton and M. Basch defeated P. Mccarthy and M Joyce. Score, 21-13.
 T. F. Bonnet and A. Hampton defeated J. c. Nealon and R. Linehan. Score,
 At shaw,s Occidental court, 12o Grove and put into fine condition, the games were also lively with renewed vigor thrown into the play. The scores here were of closer result, which would lead to the impression that the teams were more evenly matched They are:
 Ben Clements and Al Collins defeated William Collins and w. Hassell Score. 21-19. 21-1S, 21-16.
 Ben Clements defeated Andy McInernv. Score, 21-19, 21-19, 21-17.
 Dan Mahoney and Al Whitehead de- feated William McClain and H. Kenny. Score, 21-17, 21--16, 21-4.
 M j. Kilgalion and M. P. Prenderea st were defeated by J. Shaw and W. Jacobs Score. 2--1S, 19-21, 20-16. 21-21. 1S-21.
 M. Mcclure and E. Toy defeated T.. Curley and J. Collins. Score, 21-IS 21-l5 21-16, 21-fS, 21-12.
 Lou Kenny and F. Mulinix defeated E. Antron and W. Craig. Score, 21-18, 21-12. 21-15.
 J. Sullivan and G. Lanloi defeated w. Coleman and c. Hartshorn. Score. 21-1s' 21-14, 21-10. '
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07
STEAMERS TO SAIL.
STEAMER. 1 DESTINATION SAILS. l
 NOTICE TO MARINERS.

branch of the United States Hydrogranh Office located in the Merchants Exchange Ia maintained in San Francisco for the benefit of mariners without regard to nationality and free of expense.
 Navigators cordially invited to visit the office. where complete sets of charts and sail- ing directions of the world are kept on hand for comparison and reference. and the latest information can always be obtained regarding lights dangers to navigation and all matters of interest to ocean commerce..
 The time ball on top of the building on TeIe- graph Hill Is hosted about ten minutes before noon and Is dropped at noon. 12oth meridian by telegraphic signal received each day from the United States Naval Observatory at Mare Island, Cal
 A notice stating whether the time ball was dropped on time or giving the error. if any. Is published the same day by the afternoon pa pers. and by the morning papers the following day. W S. HUGHES.
 Lieutenant. Q. s. N. in charge.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07
MAJOR HESS IS SATISFIED.
His Battery Transferred to Lime Point, Which Gives Him a
 Separate Command.

By the transferring of Battery l. from Angel Island yesterday to Lime Point Major Hess finds himself in the position of having a separate command, or in oth- CT war terms, post of his own, and m consequence will not be troubled by the movements of other batteries It has been his desire for many months to accomplish this point and he is now satisfied with the arrangement.
 Battery I, under command of Captain H. c. Danes and Lieutenant c. N. Foster, fills the vacancy left by the removal of Battery l..
 The delay of the U. s. s. Alert in get ting to the Nicaragua canal, where the surveys are to be made in the near fu- ture, has been accounted for. The ship arrived at Acapulco days from this port. including stops at Pacific Grove and San Diego, but on account of the sickness of the executive officer, Lucien Young, it is not probable that the war vessel will leave Acapulco for her destination for many days to come. The sickness of the officer is supposed to be serious, but the many friends and acquaintances of the genial officer are hoping that the reports have been overdrawn.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07
POWER OF AGENT LIMITED.
Hughes Dishonest Transaction the Subject of a Supreme Court
 DeciSion

A decision was rendered by the Su- preme Court Saturday which limits the power of an agent to perform the duties intrusted to him and nothing more.
 The case which the higher court was called on to decide grew out of the dis honest acts of man in San Jose, named Hughes, whom a Mrs. Emma E.. Hunt of this city authorized to procure $500 on a mortgage on piece of property she owned in San Jose, at not more than g per cent per annum. Hughes found in a Mrs. Margaret E. Walsh of that place a person who was willing to take up this mortgage. Consequently he notified Mrs Hunt, who went to San Jose and signed the necessary papers to perfect the mort gage leaving the document in the hands of Hughes to be delivered to Mrs. Walsh and the $500 to be forwarded to her as soon as he got it.. This Hughes did, but he did more, for he changed the face Of the document and also the conditions of the promiSSory note from $500 to $1200, and also the rate of interest from per cent to 10 per cent. In this condition the transaction stood for one year and until Hughes left for parts unknown. Then the true condition of affairs dawned upon the two women, and neither would give
 The result was that an action for fore closure against the property was com menced for the full amount of $1200 at the
 The Superior Court in San Jose gave judgment for this amount. holding Mrs. Hunt liable for the acts of her agent From this decision she appealed to the Supreme Court which body re- versed the judgment of the San Jose court so far as the figures went that were put in by the dishonest agent, and held that Mrs. Hunt was not liable for his act of forgery, but was responsible for the amount she authorized him to secure the mortgage for; namely, $500 at g per cent interest. By this decision Mrs. Walsh is out $700 and her expected l per cent over what Mrs. Hunt had agreed to give.
 The decision was written by Justice Van Fleet and concurred in by Justices Harrison and Garoutte.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07
EXPLANATION.

The arrow flies with the wind. The top fg- ureS at station indicate maximum temperature for the days; those underneath 1t, if any, the amount of rainfall, of melted snow in inches and hundredths during the past twelve hours. 1sobars, solid lines, connect points of equal air pressure; isotherms, or dotted lines. equal temperature. The word high high barometric pressure and is usually accompanied by fair weather; 'low'' refers to low pres- by cloudy weather and rains. Lows usually first appear the Washington coast. When the pressure is high fin the interior and low along the coast, and the isobars extend north and south along the coast, rain is probable; but when the low Is incosed with isobars of marked curvature, rain south of Oregon is im- probable. With a high in the vicinity of Idaho. and the pressure falling to the Cali fornIa coast, warmer weather may be expected in summer and colder weather in winter. The reverse of these conditions will produce an opposite result.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07
MURDERER BELD
 TENANTS A CELL
Notorious Montana Fugitive Captured in a Wash
 ington Town.
Wanted for the Killing Of John Denny at Whitehall in Sep-
 tenber, 1S96.
special Dispatch to The Call.

Special Dispatch to The Call.
 TACOMA. Feb 6.--Two weeks ago Sheriff Milett of Skagit County jailed a petty larcenist at Mount Vernon. When he came to write down the fellows de- scriptien he was struck by his resem- blance to Bert Beld, wanted in Jefferson County, Mont, for the murder of John Denny in September, 1896. Sheriff Milletr learned from another prisoner In the jail that his suspect could talk Spanish. This was one of Beld's accomplishments.
 Beld was a sign-writer by trade. and the Sheriff trumped up an excuse and had his prisoner paint sign for him. Then he wrote to the Sheriff of Jefferson Coun- ty, and after an exchange of several let ters finally convinced that officer that he had the notorious missing murderer. The Montana Sheriff was loath to come so far, because his county had already spent $10 900 in hunting for Beld, and he had made several long but futile trips after him.
 At last he came, and was so sure that Sheriff Millett had the right man that he went to Olympia first for reQuisition pa pers, and thence proceeded to Skaglt County and secured his man.
 Beld Is accused of one of the most cold blooded murders in the history of Mon tana. He and Denny were playing bil- lizards in saloon at Whitehall. Beld was quarrelsome and abusive, and finally made it so unpleasant for Denny that Denny refused to play longer and invited Beld to have a drink and call it square. Beld accepted but soon became abusive again and wanted to fight. The bar keeper at that point took a hand in the quarrel and put Beld out. A few minutes afterward Denny went out. As he stepped to the door Beld met him and, placing revolver at his breast, fired. Denny staggered back with the cry "He shot mel"
 The crowd ran outside and Beld, with a savage oath, ordered them as they loved their lives to get back. They did so and he escaped
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07
AN EXPENSIVE
 CURIOSITY Mrs. Knox Lost Heavily by Ignoring Good
 Advice.
Her Husband Told Her That the Yukon Is Not for
 Women.
She Intended to Surprise linn, but it Was a Very Expensive
 Whir1l.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call

908 Broadway, Feb 6.
 Mrs o. Knox of San Lorenzo, who went north on the ill-fated steamer Co., roma, is now lamenting that she did not follow her husbands advice and stay at home. As a result of her fail- ure to accept Mr. Knox's opinion, she has lost very heavily.
 At the time of the wreck Mrs. Knox s story of the passengers hardships on the island was told, but advices just received from Alaska show that if a woman had taken mans advice 1t would have been better all round.
 Some time ago Knox, who lived at San Lorenzo, went to the Yukon and built two houses. They are rough af- fairs, but he lives in one and rents the other for $75 month. He was doing very we'll and about month ago he wrote of his prospects to his wife. and particularly emphasized the fact that it was no place for woman. He made a special point of impressing this fact on his wife, and telling her, under no consideration, to dream of going north.
 Mrs. Knox's curiosity was aroused, and she suddenly determined to give her husband a surprise party. She was anxious to see that country which is so inauspicious for women, and decided that she could risk it anyhow. She got together a valuable lot of material and left for Alaska on the steamer Corona. Everything was lost, and now Mrs. Knox repents. She still intends to press onward, however, and be the chief guest at that surprise party.
 Mrs. Knox's sister, Miss Stone, was the first woman to cross the Chilkoot. She made the trip many months ago, wearing boomers, and sends word that she is now employed as a cook and re- ceiving $15 day for her services.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07

 60; minimum. 50; mean 55. WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
 FORECASTS.
 A storm of considerable energy Is central tonight Washington and Vancouver Island pressure of 29.34 inches is reported at Port Angeles. Rain has fallen generally over the Pacific Coast, with high southerly and southeasterly winds There has been a rapid rise in pressure during the past twenty four hours Montana and Assinniboia. The temperature has risen the country west of the Rocky Mountains, except over Washington and in a small area in Central California
 The following maximum wind velocities are reported: Fort Canby, 64 miles per hour from the southeast; Portland, 36 south; Seattle, 26 south; Baker City, 2S southeast, and a gale at Winnemucca.
 Snow is falling in Utah.
 Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty hours ending midnight, Feb. ', 1898: Northern Calfornia-Cloudy weather Mon day; probably showers; southeasteriy winds. Southern California-Cloudy Monday; prob ably showers: southerly winds
 Nevada-Cloudy Monday; probably rain in extreme northern portion; cooler north. Utah-Cloudy Monday, with snow, probably turning into rain; warmer north. Arizona-Cloudy Monday: probably showers. San Francisco and vicinty-Cloudy Monday; probably showers fresh southerly wind. Special report from Mount Tamalpais. taken at 5 p. m.-Dense fog; wind south. 40 miles; temperature, 45; maximum 45
 ALEXANDER McADIE.
 Local Forecast Official.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07
Seriously Injured.

Mrs. Magdaen Van Tassell an old lady living at 1255 Montgomery avenue was on her way to St. Francis Church yesterday afternoon when she slipped on the side walk at Montgomery avenue and Union street and fell heavily to the ground. She was taken to the Receiving Hospital in the ambulance, where Dr. Bunnell found that her left hip was fractured and she was suffering from the shock to her sys-
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07

into large confagration by the time the alarm was turned in The fire com municated to several brick buildings on Bay street and three of them were en- tirely gutted. The heaviest loss was carried a s100,0 stock of hardware, with an insurance of $75, 900.
 There have been dozen fires here within the last two weeks, and there Is considerable talk of firebugs