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The San Francisco call., 1899-12-28
BIG DEAL RECORDED.

OAKLAND. Dec 27.-The Puget Sound
Lumber Company to-day placed on record
a deed from Marcuse * Remmel, trans
ferring to IL all OF the property owned by
that firm in Alameda. only "a nominal
consideration being mentioned. The trans
fer. which has attracted unusual atten-
ton. grew out of some old financial trans
actions The deed covers many different
pieces OF property scattered all over Ala
media. aggTegating SIS 900 In value.
II infer from what have heard" said
Julius A. Remmel tonight. that this
transfer Just recorded Is a collateral Sc
curity on some OF our property given sew
eral years ago TO secure payment OF our
note. Some Of the transfers We're made
two years ago and some as far back as
five years ago. We made this assignment
on a note. There Is nothing about IL from
which a business failure might be In
ferred. and there has been no assignment
OF our business. Our firm Is perfectly
solvent and will continue IN business" i"
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-28
UNKNOWN MAN
BROWNS WITH
HELP At HAND
Mysterious Tragedy at
Alameda Mole.

ALAMEDA. Dec. N-The story Of a
mysterious drowning that occurred at the
narrow-gauge mole on Saturday night has
been reported to the Police Department
by some OF the railroad employees. R.
Ghilieri. car cleaner. and a gatekeeper
who Is known as Gus claim that an un-
known man was drowned underneath the
wharf at about IL o'clock on the night
mentioned. He was heard calling for help
and the two railroad men shouted back
that help was coming.
The gatekeeper got a boat as quickly as
possible and went 10 the drowning man $
assistance. while Ghilieri stayed on the
wharf and shouted words of encourage
ment The cries of the drowning man
began TO grow feebler and before the
gatekeeper reached the place from which
the sounds came they had entirely
ceased. He rowed about beneath the
wharf, but could find no trace OF the
unfortunate man.
The railroad employees about the mole
did not notice any. stranger around the
place during the night, and as no one
missing has been reported to the police
there IS at present no clew 10 the man :
identity. IL Is thought possible that the
person drowned may have been a pas
senger on the l0:i5 boat from San Fran
cisco.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-28
MRS. MYRH SPERL is
NOW MRS. s. D. PRTTHER.

~ AKLAND, Dec. 2L-Two prominent
H society. people were united in mar
W rage this afternoon. when Mrs.
Myra Sperl became the wife OF Samuel ID.
Prather The ceremony was performed
at o'clock at the residence OF Thomas
Prather. a brother of the groom. on Alice
street Rev. Robert Ritchie of st. Paul S
officiated The Prather home was In
Christmas decoration for the happy event,
the hall being arranged with large cut
palms and the drawing room with holly
and greens. Red candelabra made the
scene a bright one.
travelling suit OF gray and wore an i'm
ported hat 10 match. She carried roses.
There were no. attendants.
A wedding breakfast was served at the
conclusion OF the service, and later a re-
ception was held, TO which seventy-Ave
friends had been invited, the list inelud-
ing only relatives and the old and init
mate friends Of the newly hurried couple.
Later Mr.. and Mrs PTather left for a
short wedding journey that will culminate
at Montague. Siskiyou County where
Mr.. Prather Is interested In cattle and
farming.
The bride was the wife Of the late DIR.
Sperl. who died abroad some time since.
She is Southern woman of most charm
ing personality. The groom has many
friends about the bay, as well as many
relatives in the best-known families.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-28
FUNERAL OF MISS ETHEL
CROOKS AT HAYWARDS

HAYwARDS. Dec. ZT.-The funeral OF
Miss Ethel Crooks. the daughter OF the
late ]. K. Crooks. took place this morn
ing from her late home IN this city. Rev
James Hume. rector OF Trinity EpisCO
pal Church OF Haywards. preached the
funeral sermon and the remains we've
taken to Cypress Lawn Cemetery N san
Francisco tOr interment.
The funeral was one Of the largest ever
held in Haywards. The pupils OF the
Haywards High School attended IN a
body out Of respect 70 their fellow-schOlar
and friend and there were many beauti-
full floral offerings. The pall-bearers were.
Haywards High School: Professor VII
liam Greenwal. principal Of the Hay
wards Grammar school. u. Wilbert. T.
and ]. Reed OF Benicia. Music was ram
dered by Mrs. Ivy Wandesford- -Kersey.
Miss Annie obermuller and Miss Olive
Allen.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-28
Nuevo Potrero Club Jubilant.

The Nnevo Potrero Improvement Club
met in Reilly's Hall on Rhode Island
street and expressed its qualification 70
the Supervisors and the Mayor for con-
cessions made 10 their district. Attorney
c. p Kimball informed the 200 members
present that the Market-Street Railway
Company had been granted permission 10
erect wooden poles on Twenty -fourth h
street. from Howard 10 Rhode Island, for
the stringing OF trolley wires.
The concessions were made a the earn
est solicitation OF the residents Of the
district, as they deemed the extension OF
the car line as absolute necessity. At
torney Kimball was aided ~ Barduha.
president Of the club. and Patrick Reilly,
Mission district. The Call was thanked
for its support.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-28
FARMER SMART BITTEN.
Went Back on His Name by Playing
the Noble Game of Bunko.

Silas d. Smart. guileless rancher from
the vicinity OF Bozeman. Mont, was
fieeced out Of Sl27 yesterday forenoon by
three bunko men, who decoyed him into
a friendly game Of cards. where his op-
ponent was presumed TO be a greenhorn
ready for plucking.
The conspirators took Smart 20 the First
National Bank. where he mad tolo them
be had some money on deposit. and in
duced him 10 draw IL. The bank teller
recognizing the evil character Of the three
men, warned Smart that he was in the
hands OF bunko sharps who would fleece
him. but Smart thought that he had a
sure thing, and he gave the teller the
equine hal ha. The teller followed the
quartet into the street and put Detective
Gibson on the trail. Two of the men.
Frank Wright and George Bell, were cap
tured, but the third man escaped
At the California-street station the prIs-
oners were booked for grand larceny. they
having succeeded In swindl:ng Smart out
OF the SlA. BE was very willing to ap-
pear In the role Of complainant
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-28
Market Inspector Removed.

Dr. ]. II. Barbat Of the Board of Health
on Tuesday removed Samuel Brunswick
from his position OF Assistant Market In
spector and appointed Sam Mayer TO fiil
the vacancy. Or. Barbat's action will be
Brunswicks dismissal is the outcome OF
the recent visit Of several health officials
in Butchertown, over which Brunswick
exercised supervision. Several OF the
slaughter houses were found 70 be I'm a
frightful condition and their owners were
ordered TO improve them under penalty
of having them condemned. According
TO the health authorities the bad state
OF affairs H. the malodorous locality was
directly the result of Brunswick's gross
neglect Of his duties. and his dismissal
foilowed
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fascination. Her songs are positively
chaste, she seemingly having discarded
the chansOns shocking that she brought
10 this country with her six. seven years
ago. She has also laid aside the pyra-
mics OF millinery she NEas wont 10 wear
and ! looked in vain Tor the two inches
OF Fougere that used once 10 appear at
the top OF her stocking. and which scam
dalized New York. She uses her voice
IN an orthodox French style and her srat-
omy with so much spirit and abandon
that IL IS quite impossible 10 say exactly
what the author OF the song meant when
he said: Manuel Fougere est tres Vul-
gaire when she does CONNIE ca, but
CONNIE CT and CONNIE ca she does things
various and wonderful, and IL is worth
while 10 see her at H.
The Royles appear in another clever
farce with much fun in IL, la Sylphe
dances marvelously. Hamilton Hill is
singing still and the rest OF the pro-
gramme is as usual.
Al the Chutes tonight Lii Hung
Chang's Rag-Time Company"
PORTER GARNETT.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-28
DON JOSE PICO
PUTS TO ROUT
TWO BURGLARS
Fills One Full of Bird
shot.
Oakland ONCE San Francisco Call

OAKLAND once san francisco Call
SOS Broadway. Dec. q.
Don Jose Ramon Pico. the oldest Ma
tive Son in California and a descendant
OF the old Pico family OF early Spanish
days, had an exciting battle with two
burglars at his home in Temescal early
this morning. He shot one OF the men.
as was proven by the blood that was
found in the yard after daylight, but
II was somewhere in the neIghborhood
Of 8 o'clock that Major Pico was awak-
ened by hearing some one trying 10 pick
the lock OF his front door He heard the
man at work with some Iron instrument.
The major was not frightened by the
prospect OF burglars and his Spanish
blood was aroused and taking a shotgun
that he keeps always with him he made
a reconnaissance in force against the in
vaders and found two men standing on
the porch that surrounds the old Pico
residence.
The disparity in numbers did not worry
the major nor did he concern himself
killed in Oakland while resisting burglars
and highwaymen. He made a flank
movement upon the attacking forces. re
was working at the door uttered a cry
and jumped OF the porch TO the ground
about seven feet below. His companion
drew revolver and fired at random and
then he. too, fed from the scene.
Having routed the enemy Major Pico
made an investigation and found marks
on the !ocx OF the door where the men
had been working. He searched the yard
but there was no trace OF the men. This
morning he found blood in the yard
showing that the man he shot at mad
II would have killed the man." said
Major Pico to-day in telling the story
IF my gun had not been loaded with
fine birdshot. saw him working at the
door and fired through the window and
] found blood, showing that the man had
been shot"
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-28
TRIED TO SAVE
BROTHER-IN-LAW
FROM SUICIDE
Hammond West Was
Tired of Life.
oakland ONCE San Francisco Gail.
els Broadway Dec 4

Dahianu ONCE San Francisco Gail
sos Broadway. Dec. r.
"a hammond .lrd West, a carpenter residing AZ
l'h' Fifth avenue. who has been in poor
health and out OF employment for the pas,
NtIai months. was treated az the Re
Ne'Nihs Hospital this afternoon for gun
Fnot wounds IN such close proximity 10
the heart that his escape from death is
regarded by the hospital surgeons as mi
Circumstances and rumors Of family
troubles point 20 an attempted suicide.
frustrated by Vests brother-ln-la1v.
N-arke Watson. and Ii r. said that ir
Ncuiie, during which Watson tried 10 IN
arm fis relative. the latter was shot. The
charge ploWed through Vests lower over
6iae ,sef eSh rSSeenE SsE upward and m6sS N .So
sloi lodging in his chin and left cheek
The cnds of his right index finger and left
thumb were blown on
Al the Receiving Hospital West stated
l.at the shooting was purely accidental
D went 60 my sisters house al Fifth ave-
nle and Seventeenth street" he said,
lGsi % stop a moment I told my broth
er-ln-law that J was going hunting. cut
he remarked that De thought / was ctill
TOO weak 50 ! set the gun on the back
l.afch- me porcn was Wet. The gun
slipped O. the ground. the trigger strik-
lng on the steps discharginE one barrel
nave teen very sick and am suffering
rom nervous prostraton more than any
At the home OF the Watsons the strict
est secrecy was observed. neither Vests :
sister not hrother-in-law desiring 10 dis
cuss The matter. but it BIS learned from an
other source that tho Vests. who have
Zen tlldrtn % care Tor, have not been
living ogetherhappiy for some time past.
that West this afternoon bade his wife
Eool-hy. and from his home he went 10
she residence ~ his sister and brother
in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. Watson. al 22S East
Seventeenth street he also bade them
Eood-hy. and this aroused Watson's sus-
Tlcior. An invests cation showed that
West had secured his brother-in-law'
shotgun, and when asked what he was
doing with the weapon he replied that
De intended going hunting. Watson. how
ever. surmising that his relative intended
to end hts life IL said 10 have made an
EFFORT t0 secure the gun, and in the scuffle
that ensued West was shot. Dr. Strattnn
states that Vests wounds Will not prove
fatal.
Early this evening Mrs. West called AZ
the Receiving Hospital and charged that
her husband. the injured man. Is insane.
She feared the doctors would send West
home again after dressing his wounds and
she declared her lie. too. would then be
IN danger. She said that her husband
Rad several times recently threatened 20
kll her and end his own life. and that his
reason had been failing for some time
She also corroborated the statement that
her husband had bid her good-by this
afternoon. West viii be examined for In
sanity.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-28
BOLD WORK OF
AN |NCEND|ARY
IN OAKLAND
Attempts to Destroy a
Hotel.
Oakland ONCE San Francisco Cali,

s0s Broadway. Dec. q.
A disastrous fire. which would in all
probability have resulted in the loss OF
q block of property and the lives OF sew
eral people was narrowly averted this
morning by the fortunate discovery by
Patrolman Andrews OF the work of an
incendiary at the northeast corner Of
Seventh and Franklin streets. The in
cendiary had placed several gallons Of
kerosene in an unoccupied barroom on
the ground floor and I'm one OF the sleep
ing rooms above. and had deliberately ap-
piled a match to II. Luckily Patrolman
Andrews saw the blaze before IL had
gained much headway, and he summoned
the Fire Department in TIME To avert the
catastrophe.
Andrews was patroling his heat in the
vicinity Of Seventh and Broadway at 3
o'clock. when he noticed the reflection Of
the flames I'm the windows OF the build
ing. the upper floor OF which is used as
a lodging house by Mrs. Robert Flynn.
He hastily turned In an alarm and the
Fire Department responded promptly. II
took considerable fighting 10 extinguish
the blaze. but IL was done before very
little OF the woodwork had become ig-
nited.
AS soon as the fremen arrived upon
the scene they realized that arson had
been attempted. and an investigation by
Fire Chief Ball and Police Sergeant Green
confirmed their belief. The barroom con-
tained wads of paper and several blan-
kets saturated with coal oil, and It had
been literally spread about the floor, A
tumbler containing the fluid had been
placed on the back bar and on the bar
proper was a broken oil lamp. The bar
room has long been unoccupied, and IL Is
claimed that a door connecting IL with a
corridor from the street was always left
open. Just above the barroom, on the
Franklin street side Of the house. was the
other sleeping room which had been
treated 10 coating OF kerosene. Here
the oil had been generously sprinkled and
the bed clothing, consisting. OF single
blanket and spread, had also been sat.
torn up and the oil poured through a re-
Gently bored hole TO the ceiling of the
room below. This room. according 10 Mrs.
Flynn. was last used by an elderly man,
whose name she did not know. The man,
she claimed, had the only key 10 the
room other than her general pass key.
She had known him but a short time and
could give no reason for the attempted
arson, as she claimed 10 have no enc
mics.
Had the flames gained any headway II
is doubtful whether the block bounded
by Seventh. Eighth, Franklin and Web
ster streets could have been saved. The
buildings are close together and are old
nese. They were all well filled and IL
would have been with difficulty that the
sleeping occupants could have been
warned in time to escape. The building
in which the fire was started is owned by
the Belts estate Mrs. Flynn carried an
insurance on her scanty furniture of 500
in the Hartford Company. the officers OF
which are assisting the police In their
Efforts 10 detect the incendiary.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-28
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Cures Blood Poison
A Trial Treatment Sent Free 10 All
Who Suffer From Any Stage
OF the Disease.
Cures Cases That Hot Springs and
All Other Treatments Pallet
10 Even Help.

The-~ has been discovered by the State
Medical Institute. 80 Elektron building Fort
Wayne. IND. the most remarkable Blood Poison
cure ever heard Of. IL has cured all such In
dloau0ns a. mucous patches In the mouth.
sore throat copper coored spots. ohancres
uloerations On the body and in hundreds OF
rases = here the hair and eyebrows had fallen
oct and the whole skin was mass of boiis
Tirnrleh and ulcers this wonderful specific has
ccfurleteiy changed the whole body into A
clean. perfect condition of physical health
Every railroad running into Fort wayne brings
scores of sufferers seeking this new and marvel
3lF cure and 10 enable those who cannot travel
o. realize what a truly marvellous work the In
Ftitute IL accomplishing they VIII send free to
trery sufferer a free trial treatment that
fyery one can cure themselves In the privacy
~ their oWn home This n the only known
cure for blood Poison DO not hesitate 70
write ~ once ana the free trial viii be sent
sealed In plain package.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-28
NOTES
At THE THEATERS

~ UMBERLAND. 'eI'' is doing well a.
the California This Sunday might
~ with Flying Colors." by Seymour
Hicks and Fred Q. Latham will be
presented FOR the FIRST time Ia America.
u has been running with immense success
since last August az the Adelphi. London
Monday evening, January sth. Emma Ne
Vada viii sing for one night only. Tues
day. January 9Th. The Princess and the
Butterfly" Will be produced.
There is no uncertainty as 10 the success
81 The Christian" al the Columbia. Hail
Gaines play is more than ordinarily well
interpreted by the company. Efiie Ellsler
~ Glory Quayle and James Colvtlle as
John Storm have made quite impressive
Little Bo-Peep" at the Tivon Opera
Little Bo-Peep' viii be given next Sat
urday and New Years day and judging
by the demand for seats. the Tivoli is MOI
hkely 20 change its present bill for an in
"slnbad" Is doing a holiday business al
the Grand opera-house. The production
"a "a remarkable one and shows care for
the details ot scenery and costumes be-
lifting a spectacular eNtravaganza- IL will
be continued next week with a matinee
The Black Patu Troubadors are still
drawing Al the New Aihambra. Murray
a Mack open on sunday afternoon in
The programme OF De Pachmann's sec
Cnd recital 10 take place ~ the California
Theater is AZ follows:
tal senate. op. "a, major CBeethovsnl.
tal seventeen Variations serienses. op. a. D
minor lMendelssohn BartholdD. CD senate. op.
=. O minor ,schumannl, lal N0cturne op. g.
major. ,cl Two Prsludes. on Is. No 90 =.
,al Aszufkas op- Z. y minor; 'el Ihirt Balisde.
Danse. on O.. = fiat Cweber).
The Alcazar stock company is playing
q star this week The lumlnary's name
is Forest Seabury and ] think IL Is tie
same VINO has been making n human
meteorite n himself al the Chutes lately.
To rise from high diving 10 low comedy
Is quite feat, but Mr.. seabury is not
without talent n this less athletic art
have not seen MS name on the three
sheets IN letters foot high. but he Is not
the less 2 star for all that and IN Chin
ME Fadden' he comes near 10 being the
whole show. He has the Bowery air and
the BOwery voice 20 perfection and sue
ceeds 30 well IN rounding out the char
Hctcr ne assumes that one is not reminded
even when he Is doing nothing that he il
only making believe. He Is Chimmie Fad
den all the time and a very real one at
that.
Ia grande. petite Fopgere Is drawing
crowds 10 the Orpheum with a peculiarly
French magnetism. There is an attrac-
tive suggestion Of wickedness in the name
of her the wickedness OF the cafe chant
ant 81 Paris In de steele. where Wit poses
IN the altogether" and gayety uncovers
s multitude Of sins. And at last she is
here Fougere the famous. she who has
given a spasm 20 the vaudeville stage.
here IN al her incandescent splendor. a
vivid splash Of red IN the theatrical pano-
rama She sings with flippant intensity.
while her descriptive eyes say all sorts
81 things: she rhythmic and restless in
her poses and displays her armplts with
as much freedom as she does her ankles.
She rs Whlte-skinned. black-haired
young woman. from whose whole person
there seems 10 emanate an atmosphere 81
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-28
OLD MAN KILLED
BY A FRACTIOUS
TEAM OF HORSES
Run Over and His
Back Broken.
Oakland Once San Francisco Call,
Sos Broadway. Dec. ~.

Oakland Once San Francisco Call.
SOS Broadway. Dec. q.
Alexander Labaret was run over and
killed at the corner OF Fourteenth street
and Broadway this morning by big veg
etable wagon which the driver was not
able 10 control. Labaret. who Is a man
nearly S years OF age. could not get out
or the way and the horses knocked him
down and the wagon passed over him.
breaking his back and causing death
The wagon belonged 20 q. FippO Of
west Berkeley and was driven by D.
baroni. lt was very large wagon,
heavily laden with vegetables. and was
coming down San Pablo avenue az high
rate OF speed. The driver did not have
when The team swung into Broadway they
struck the slippery bitumen and he then
became utterly unable 20 control them
The team plunged into a crowd that was
women and children and narrowly miss
ing several besides the old victim.
DR.. ;. II. Buteau had such a narrow eS-
cape from being knocked down that the
double-trees Just grazsd the Doctors coat.
Laoaret was not so agile and he was
knocked upon his back The front wheels
passed over him and then he turned over
on his face. and while trying 10 crawl
out the back wheels passed over him and
broke his back.
Baroni stopped his horses as soon as he
could and came back 10 see II the old man
was hurt. He found that he was dead
and was placed under arrest by Police
Captain Wilson, who happened 20 be on
the spot. BarOni made no resistance and
said that his team was unmanageable and
that he did what he could 20 prevent ths
accident. but the slippery pavement made
10 impossible TO turn his horses.
Police Judge Smith ordered him released
upon his own Tecognizanee and ne will not
be held
Labaret was an old Frenchman who
supplied the San Francisco market with
French delicacies. He lived In Alameda
and Is not known 20 have any family.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-28
NEGLECTED SADIE.
James Tompkinson, Her Father.
Tells the Coroner About Her
Mothers Dissipation.

James w. Tomphnson. father OF Sadie
Tompdnson, the five weeks old infant re-
ported TO have died of starvation ard
neglect, made statement 10 Coroner Hin
yesterday in exoneration of himself
He said that he had been living apart
from his wife for the past five months ne
having been obliged 10 leave her because
OF her dissipated habits. The couple had
been married for eleven years. the wife
being only q years old al the present
time Tompkinson said also that he had
offered TO pay for the support of his wife
~ H,o,,id consent To live IN u,he, n n
would consider a respectable place
sadie was the only child remaining. two
others having died in infancy through ne
.glect An Inquest will be held al 10
O'clock Friday morning. The autopsy
held Yesterday afternoon showed that the
child died of a congenital disease.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-28
Two Gases of Smallpox.

Frank Seryanivich, an oiler on the
United States transport Sheridan. was
taken from his residence at % Rausch
street by the Health officers yesterday.
suffering with mild case of varioloid
His sister Annie Seryanivich who con-
tracted semi-confluent smallpox by con-
tact. was sent TO the Pesthouse together
with her brother. and DIR. Tillmann has
volunteered 20 attend them. Everybody
connected with the transport service at
Folsom-street dock has been vaccinated
ease among those who came in contact
with Seryanivich-
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-28
Idsntiaed as A. S. Raw.

OAKLAND, Dec. E--The body OF tho
man found floating IN the bay near Goat
Island yesterday was identified to-day by
Miss Bessie Oakes. residing at 10 Eighth
street, San Francisco. as that OF Albert
8 Rave. a laborer. who formerly resided
at the same address and was employed
by the Johnson Bridge Company of San
Francisco. Raye had been latterly work
ing AT Point Richmond and was last seen
there on the 18th instant Whether his
death was suicidal or accidental has not
been learned