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The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
THE BROKERS ARE NOT
WORRYING THEMSELVES
Tbev Saw That Sooner of Later the
Roads Will Pay Commis-
-iC

Ar a meeting held on Thursday evening
~ california Passenger Association ad-
,oi++ad 70 membership the Nickel Plate
80 he Pacific Coast Steamship com
vsnies This completes the membership
Of the association, which now embraces
every railroad and steamship company
REPRESENTED in this city.
Counts of the Transcontinenta Freight
Bureau presided as chairman LOT lht nfsl
rfrne There was nothing OF importance
tra arsacted beyond the receiving INTO mem
TererrT of The above mentioned lines and
The passing Of additional fuIeS making
f6e exclusion OF ticket brokers as com
..!This fs7 matter Of excluding brokers from
al particfpation in the business may be
an very well from the sJandpolnt OF tue
railroad men and the directors OF the Dig
rSads :, said one of the brokers yesterday,
..bllt how does it look from the brokers'
and travellers end Of II.
.tWc bring trade TO the different lines,
and if. in order to get that trade, we
divide our commissions with the pur-
chaser I can't for the life Of me see how
II is going to affect the road over Whlch
The rfIrchaser intends travelling. The road
GETS lust as much for the ticket, we get
0ur commission and the traveller is bene-
fitted to the extent OF the drawdown We we
railroad company but out of our own
9IH q Mccormick started this associa-
ton. He was brought out here to further
The business Of the Southern Pacific Com
pany. and you may rest assured that
though this association on its race LOOKS
like a great thing for railroad men IN
General it is going to benefit the Southern
Pacific in the end more than any one else,
or il would not have been started. Ihey
NAV talk all they want TO about excluding
Trokers, but wen go right along doing
business at the old stand, and sooner or
later we will find some one or other pay
ing us commissions for the business we
bring them -
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
Inninrs Install Officers.

The officers of Abraham Lincoln Council
No. . Junior Order of United American
Mechanics. were installed last Thursday
night by S Joseph Theisen. u. S. D. c.
The new officers are: William z. Bouton,
i,,nior mast councillor: Alfred H. Yordi
courcilor: Hugo NJ. Schmidt. vice council
or: John ". Colby, recording secretary;
Arthur w Brown assistant recording
secrefarv; r. F. de Lisle, financial secre
tary. r. A. A. Summers treasurer: e. p.
Tohier. warden; ]. E. Odgers. conductor;
F. Caldwell L. j. Biecke and F A. Ti6-
bits. trustees; L. Deeter, INSIDE sentinel
T. T Black, outside sentinel The re-
norts no for the term, presented before in,
stallation. show the council to be in good
condition In recognition OF services per
sented a handsome level in the shape OF
a watch charm, on which are the emolems
of the order.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
DEGREE OF HONOR.
The Grand Chief Appoints Her Depu-
ties for the Current Year

Mrs Viola S Norman of Santa Ana
grand chief of honor of the Degree of
Honor. A Q. L. w, has appointed the
following named as her deputies for the
current year: Loretta DonneIly of No. l.
'fp., lodges /, 2, 4. 33. SO and 80; Minnie Ba-
con of No. 6. for lodges g. 81. 60. SO and
90: Nellie G.. CrawIey of No. 3. for her own
lodge: Lucy GEMS of No. II, for her lodge:
f. L. CIyrenius of 81, for lodges "a and 81;
Ella M. Crossnan of No. 80. for lodges
80 % and 90; Jennie Z. Jackson of No
40 for thar lodge; MoIlie E. Schrode of
No. 40. for lodges So 56 and II; E. A Rich
mond of "a. t4r lodges "a and 76; Mary
Campbell of No So, for that lodge; Char
Iotte Harris of s.. Leah P Duke Of 81.
Carrie Kresge of 6A, Lille -- of 81;
Helen Bare of 70. Eltza Featerston Of 73.
Susie shaffer of rs, Mary F: Gardner u
80. Katherine Brown Of $, Alice HHlncik;leys Hci; ss
of SIS Clara Ruggles OF hS nerha oecfl ~ o.
81 Mary F. Marx of 81 t1lla t9Ie % Gd 20 80:
Mrs e j. ChiVell of A. Rotue SpaulqutS
OF IS and Jemima Allen OF Tor tflS5f So r. r.
spective lodges; Eva D. AraAn ,9,f 9i 20, iot
lodges SO and 63, and Sarah J. M1lIIlls , i VI
II. for lodges 65 and II. TEese @ aepueIeSS S
will have charge of the inStasia tIollS 7 en- ~
attend to the duties specially I'M 'oseU Oy
the laws of the order.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
SEQUEL of a Recent Divorce.

The marriage of George +. Bates and
Miss Mamie Davis in Portland yesterday
recalls a recent sensational divorce suit
in which the groom figured as the plant-
if. Bates is well known in the business
community and is drummer for an
Eastern clothing firm
Bates was first married here in Nav
1883. and the issue of the union is a boy
marriage that is on May "a last. he
brought suit for divorce against his wife,
charging among other things infdelItv.
and involving her name with that of j. B.
Costello of Amador. Later on he file
an amended complaint Omitting Costello s
name but still charging his wife Mar
guerite with unfaithfulpess. The vile
admitted the charges in her answer and
on June last the husband was given his
freedom and the custody of the child. 1t
looks as If Bates yearned for more matri-
monial experience for another month has
barely elapsed before he has again taken
unto himself a wife.
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FATHER TRIES
To ABDUCT HIS
OWN CHILD
Creates Trouble at
San LeandrO.
SCHElNGEL UNDER ARREST
LITTLE TESSIE'S MOTHER is
NOW DEAD.
Father Arrested Because He Does
Not Want the Grandmother
to Have the Young
Girl.
Oakland Office San Francisco Gail,

90S Broadway, July Z.
c. Scheingel a San Francisco merchant,
is to be tried in Judge Quinns court at
San Leandro next week On d simple
charge Of disturbing the peace. He is for
tunate not to be charged with the aoduc-
ton of his little daughteH, who IS in fhc
legal custody of her grandmother, Mrs.
Silva of San Leandr0.
A few days ago there was much excite
ment in the little town. Schelhgel Ihd D,
Murphy arrived in the evening and at once
caused it to be known that they were IN
search of Mrs Silva and her granddaugh-
ter They made q toulouse search,
and al length discovered the grandmcther
and Tessie or Caien avenue. SChcinGel
and the men acted in such a manner that
Marshal Giesenh0feT ordered them out or
town Mrs Silva SWprc 10 warrants charg-
ing them with disturbing the peace and
they were arrested IL SaG Francisco ana
brought to san i-eardro. whore Scheingel
gave bail and Murphy was released on
his own rccCgnizance.
Mrs Sity0's daughter Mamie married
Scheingel several years ago. three chill
dren were born and then SChcingeis wife
sued for a divorce and was awarded the
decree and the children About year
aud a half ago Mrs Scheingel died, but
before her Gecease she intrustcd her girl
to her mother. Mrs. Silva has honored
the trust and only moved to San LeandTo
from San Francisco when Scheingel be
came Il terror to her ana her ward. He
said he wanted t. send the girl to her
sister in Germany and was determined to
do so He soon discovered Mrs. Silva's
retreat and has renewed his efforts to
gain possession of the girl When in San
Ieandro Scheingel showed that he had
his divorce and the taking away of the
child
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
THE thirty-ffth annual session cf

THE thirty-ffth annual session cf
the Grand Lodge of the United
order of Red Men of California
= will be held in Sacramento on
July 81 and August / The convention
will open at Odd Fellows Hall and
will be the largest gathering in the
history of the organization.
The order has been in existence on
this coast since 1864 and has a mem
bership of 1858 in this State and
SCI, $40 "a in the treasury. Fifteen
lodges, of which nine are in this city
and one each in Oakland, Alameda.
Sacramento. San Jose, Santa Cruz and
Los Angeles. constitute the order
throughout the State.
Grand Chief Charles J. Kuss will
leave tomorrow to make an official
visit to Los Angeles on matters per-
tanning to the session and will be ac-
companied by Grand Marshal William
Geistlch.
committee from Sacramento Lodge
No 124 for the reception Of the grand
officers and delegates to the 'conven-
ton has been appointed as follows:
Charles Schmitt, o. Wilhelm, p. New
mann, F. Ebel, C. Wissig, J. Griesel,
g. Faig, f. Schneider, a. Bauer. j.
Wunder and E. Silber.
The programme is as follows:
Reception of delegates on the morn
ing of July 30 at the depot in Sacra-
mento; in the afternoon an excursion
TO Fritz Kinks summer garden and
moonlight picnic in the evening; Mon
day evening, July 81, concert and ball
in Turn Verein Hall; Tuesday, August
/, grand banquet in the evening;
Of
the different places of interest and
visit to Suffers Fort.
The names of the delegates as far as
received by Grand Secretary B. A.
Sammann are as follows:
Pacific Lodge No. 6s-J. B. Reinhard,
William Geistlich, c. C. Bolsdorff, H
Schmitz and D. Cohn; California Lodge
No 71-Charles Wekerle c. Berghofer. J.
Frankenberg and H. Horstmann Golden
Gate Lodge No. 7-P. H. VIII and S. NJ.
Fuetscher; San Jose Lodge No. IF.
Schumacher Karl Klein and F. Yung;
Gerrnania Lodge No. s3-L. Winter; Her
mann Lodge No. 224-R. Landmann, Joseph
Gutberlet, F. R. Schwarz. Jacob Noll. E.
Maak and F. Huber; San Francisco. Lodge
No 246-A Dreinann and c. Leidecker;
vorwarts Lodge No 255-Charles Schlesin-
ger and Julius Frisky; Schiller Lodge No.
27s-F. Schneider: Sacramento Lodge No.
124-Jacob Gruhler, John Nunder, A Bauer,
Jacob Meyer and Adolph Schueh; Santa
Cruz Lodge No. 125-J Bernehim and Carl
Beck.
The additional grand officers are:
First grand vice chief. r. Landmann;
second grand vice chief, j. d. Fielder
mann: chaplain, Charles Schlesinger;
treasurer, Joseph Gutberlet; herald, F.
H. Grossmann; trustees, F. Bramer, c.
n. Neubourg, 3. Moser and H. Beck.
Arrangements have been made with
the railroad for a one-third reduction
in rates, and tickets may be had at
the Office of the grand secretary, R3S
Fillmore street.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
A BULLY ON a CAR.
Edward GoodfeIlow Convicted of Dis
turbing the Peace and Exhibit
ing a Deadly Weapon.

Edward Goodfellow, a bother for a
water company. appeared before Judge
Mogan yesterday on charges of disturb
ing the peace and exhibiting a deadly
weapon. He was convicted and ordered
into custody without bail to appear for
sentence this morning. The evidence
showed that GoodfeIow was riding on a
Haight-street car on the Fourth of July
and commenced to make himself obnox-
ious to the other passengers, mostly
ladies. He was checked by L. Cox. the
sripman, bat it made him worse and he
used the most disgusting language. Cox
fellow pulled a revolver out of his pocket
and threatened to use il.
The Judge gave Goodfellow a severe
roasting and characterized his conduct
as that of a coward and bully 1t is
probable that he will give Goodfellow the
full limit
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
Thieving Domestics.

Della Shelly, a servant girl who stole
articles from her employers to provide
money for her best man, Leon Henry
now awaiting his trial for burglary. was
yesterday sent to the House of Correction
for year by Judge Treadwen being six
months on each of two charges Eta
Birmingham, a girl IS years of age. who
steals for a colored stableman in Ala
tives Fitzgerald and Graham and booked
for petty larceny. She was arrested
few weeks ago g[1o ana .;o Judge & MNogan MOS allowed
behave herself. She got employment in
a house at 112 Hyde street and left
week ago, taking a number of articles
with her
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08

y O many people are away from
town ON their summer vacations
that real estate brokers have
J practically been driven to a
~ standstiu. They ind il almost
Impossible to consummate a promising
looking deal for the reason thar either
The prospective buyer or the prospeC-
tive seller is almost certain To be out
Of the city just when his presence in
town is particularly necessary 10 close
The deal But this state of affairs Is
by ro means s5normal, being simply
the usual thing during July. so thar
while the brokers may grumbIe over
deferred commissions they have no
serious cause for complaint.
That the real estate market is Gull
admits of mo- question. but the COnui-
tI0uS are such Jhat there Is sure to be
d revival of activity early III the I&Ii
after the crops have been harvested
the city from the country. and sea
shore. \ good understanding Of the
existing conditions as compared with
the state of the market IN the past
may be obtained from the following
which forms part Of the hait-yearly
summary appearing ~ the Eeai Estate
Circular for June. published ty
Thomas Masee d Sons:
The total number Of real estate sales made
in the cIty and county pf san Francisco in
Tho first haU # 1899 was 1856. Of the value ot
$3.50. l--lS as an 4ti''l-t'-e Oh $50 ll
the number and of 81 SIS. 80 in the value II
the sales over those Of the previous haf
year.
There were points Of resemblance in the
condition Of the real estate market IN the
frst quarters Of 1855 and 1899. In both want
af carly rasu led To anticiTations OF dry
year and therefore 10 stagnatlon in real
estate. But that staEnatIon was not nearly
So marked IN the first quarter Of this as
I'D that NJ last year Buyers IN 1898 thought
that. because W. did not have rain, they
could buy their own prices. They acted
ur.u tla- theory. hut finding during the
months Of April. May. June and July that
t.e.I calculations We're not reailEed-that
owners would not sell al their prices-theg
began 70 buy in tha fall
TINS year sales went on while the dry
weather lasted, bus they increased consld-
arallv after the heavy rain Of March and
tar- uu fairly well until June, when the
sumner season. the period of dullness, set
ir. and VIII continue until the fall
one striking feature or the market TINS
year. and for long time previously. has
been that nobody whatever counts in the
least on the future. Central property that
-s ravluz well alone is looked az. Nearly all
outSk.rt business properties are LETT un-
touched Even Market street, outward from
Seventh street on the one side ana from
Jones' street IN the other, Is unstable, rents
being very low ana many buildings poor
there This want Of trust in the future
trail and renting well IS the natural outcome
of the reverse condition Of affairs which
prevailed from 1857 TO 1881 when wholesale
purchases Of suburban property were made
largely on credit. due 10 wild diSc0untng
of tho ruture That inflated period re-
senbied a bale Of cotton when it comes
from the plantation, and the present isei-
ing the same bale when II has undergone
the compression of a steam cotton press.
And yet there never was more abiding
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
WANT THE CONVENTION.
Merchants Invite Epworth League 20
Visit the Pacific.

Several weeks ago the local committees
of the Epworth League requested of the
various commercial bodies Of this city
that invitations be sent TO the members of
the convention now being held in the East
to hold the next national assembly in 1901
in this State. The Merchants Association
took up the subject yesterday and after
discussing the benefits to be derived from
such gatherings passed the following resc-
luton:
Whereas. 1t is to the direct benefit of our city
and State to secure the holding here of con
Veutons and meetings OF organized bodies and.
whereas efforts are being made to induce
the International Convention of the Epworth
League to hold its biennial session of 1901 in
San Fran ncisco Therefore be il
Resolved That the Merchants Association
heartily joins in extending 4 most cordial in
Nitation to the members of the Epworth League
TO visit city and State and to hold the ses-
sion Of the league IN 1901 in San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
LIQUOR Dealers Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Pacific Coast
Retail Liquor Dealers and Barkeepers'
Protective Association was held last even
ing and resulted in the election of the fol-
lowing officers: President. w X Dolan;
vice president, c. z. Carlson recording
secretary. C. H. Munk; financial secre-
tary. c. G. Keller; treasurer, p. Filippini:
sergeant-at-arms, w z. Mortensen: ex-
ecutive committee-E. Lauterbach. c. E
Carlson, G. H. Munk; directors-N Meyer
E Wagner. w. Hack, G. Holymuller D.
Steffens, A. Messerschmidt, n. 2. Larsen
H. Joost and Al Johnson An assessment
of so cent per capita was levied.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
Nuisance to Her Neighbors.

Mrs. Julia Hoover, Isl Natoma street,
was arrested Thursday night on the
charge Of disturbing the peace of her
neighbors. She takes a pleasure in sit
ting at her open window with a bucket ftII
of water beside her and as any one passes
she throws the water on him or her from
a dipper. The Judge could not get her
order the bailiff TO hurry her out of court
to the City Prison to await her sentence
this morning. She declared that she
would kill her landlord George F. Pease
1906 Baker street. as she blamed him for
hn her arrested.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
MANY BUILDINGS WRECKED.

MILWAUKEE. July "A Sentinel
special from Manawa, Wis, says: A tor
nado passed over the town of Union fve
miles north of this city. at s o'clock last
evening. The storm struck the township
at the western border and plowed fur
row across it six miles long and fifteen to
forty rods wide
Practically everything in its path was
DESTROYED. Conservative estimates place
the loss at $4,000 TO S75 900. Many farm
houses. barns and outbuildings were
wrecked. There was no loss of life. now
ever. and so far as can be learned no per
sons sustained injury.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
Temnerance Was His Theme.

Rev. J. W Webb, chairman of the Pro-
hibition executive committee, addressed
a large temperance meeting in Howard
NJ z. Church last evening. The audience
consisted Of Prohibitionsts from sur
rounding bay towns and was very en-
thuiastic. The services consisted OF sing
ing and short talks by those present. DR..
Webb proved himself a graceful and in
terestinc taker He is one of the most
prominent temperance advocates ON the
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
TO LOCATE AN ENEMY
USING SMOKELESS POWDER

NEW YORK. July IA Washington
special to the Journal says: Experts in
the War Department have discovered the
means of locating an enemy using smoke
less powder. The discovery is due tC col
onel Charles Smart. assistant surgeon
general of the army, who has recently
had some tests made, the results of which
have been transmitted to the Ordnance
Department.
The method used is very simple, consist
ing merely of the application to an ordi-
nary field glass or telescope of thin plate
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
CORONER HILL REBUKED.
The Japanese Consul Proposes to
Make Things Warm for Him.

japanese Consul Mutsu has addressed
a letter TO Coroner Hill, inquiring why the
two japanese sailors, who were drowned
while attempting to escape from the Nip
being cremated by order of the Coroner
before the jury had an opportunity of
viewing the bodies. The Consul quotes the
State law on the subject of inquests for
the enlightenment Of the Coroner and
pointedly asks why were not the jury
allowed to view the bodies before holding
the inquest, as has been the custom from
times fnmemorial whereof the memory of
man runneth not to the contrary
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
Bond Election DELAYED.

LOS ANGELES. July AT a special
meeting to-day the City Council decided
nance calling for a special bond election
to vote on the proposition OF resuming
S420 900 of the school Improvement BONDS
should be repassed in amended form. This
will delaY the election about two weeks.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
Died From Surgical Shock.

BERKELEY. July THE Coroner 9
Jury to-day rendered a verdict Of
death from surgical shock in the
case Of Mrs. Charlotte SPENCER, who
died at her home in West Berke.
ley yesterday. DR. Edward Lingen-
berg Of Sen Francisco attended the case
and issued q certificate of death which
was rejected by the health officer. DIR,
Eastman performed an autopsy this
morning. and Coroner Mehrman held an
inquest this afternoon. with the result
a hove
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
Was Drunk in Court.

When the case of John Murphy, charged
with stabbirg his mother, Mrs. Bridget
Murphy. in the abdomen. in her home. %
Clara street, on Nav IA was called in
Judge Conlan's court yesterday Mrs. Muir
Dbv appeared in an intoxicated condition.
She said she did not know who stabbed
her and the Judge dismissed the case and
ordered that Mrs. Murphy be taken to the
civ Prison and booked on q charge of
being a common drunkard. The police
give her a bad name.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
George Wade Indicted.

The Federal Grand Jury yesterday
brought in an indictment charging George
Wade with murder on the high seas and
within the maritime jurisdiction of the
United States. Wade ran amuck on the
steamer Australia just after leaving Hon
olulu on May 16 of this year and shot and
killed William Gillespie.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08

or film of vio1et-coored glass fitting over
the object glass of the instrument used
The first practical use to be made or
this ingenious and simple device VII! be
in the Philippines. where the tilplnos
even in the open country behind breast
works or trenches at long range IRE Mau-
ser rifles without detection.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
medical officers for Volunteers.

WASHINGTON, July THE President
has completed the selection of the medical
officers TO serve with the regiments Of
volunteer infantry tc be organized for
service in the Philippines. These appoint
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
Bohemians for San Jose.

OAKLAND. July THE members of
Oakland Hospitium No. . Bohemians of
America will go to San Jose tomorrow
evening to assist in the organization Of
the San Jose Hospitium. A large delega-
will also attend The San Jose folks are
making great preparations to receive their
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08

Of the Order of Good Templars and
member of the executive committee of the
Anti-SaIoon League. Mr.. Webb has gust
finished a successful lecturing tour of the
San Joaquin Valley. He will attend a
county rally in Stockton tonight and will
preach al Clovis and Parier. where sani-
tary district campaigns are in progress.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
Rrngere Succeeds zurlinden.

PARIS. July 7.-General Brugere. for
mer chief of the late President Carnct's
military household, has been appointed
Military Governor of Paris in place of
General Zurlinden. The latter retains his
membership in the Supreme Council Of
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
Bank Clearing gs.

NEW YORK July THE following tar
complied by Bradstreet. shows the bank clsaA =
irge at all prfncipal cities for the week ended
July / with the percentage Of increase and de
crease as compared with the corresponding
week La st wear:
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
Charles Kopp,s Estate.

Edward NJ. Robin applied yesterday for
letters of administration upon the estate
of Charles Kopp, who was shot and killed
by his wife. Louisa Kopp, few weeks
ago Besides Mrs. kopp. daughter,
Amanda Kopp, is an heir to the estate.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08

y O many people are away from
town ON their summer vacations
that real estate brokers have
, practically been driven to a
- standstiu They ind it almost
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-08
DOMINION OF CANADA

Totals. L. ....s1, ,S52. ga. 237 S4.5
Totals outside of
New york;. sl6, s66 $50 25.2