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The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

MISSION corner. 80 IT. frontage. con-
sisting of two stores occupied as
first class grocery and saloon doing
an excellent business; stores well
SO, ,OOo-stocked Receipts will show hand
some profit. The property. business
and stock must be sold as an entirety
on account of sickness.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE:
&C. GEORGE KROGNESS Marquette Buiioinss Buiio M
. U.ong Distance Telephone, Central zoi''
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

$50 000-Page-st business corner: frame
buildings consisting Of grocery store
and fats of and rooms and bath,
renting for $500 per month; large lot.
I 81 7:6x106:3.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

: CHICAGO NEWS STANDS:
Sherman House: 7. o. News 90. .,u,,
Northern Hotel: fremont House; Auoi'oiiuAA
Hotel: Palmer House
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

SO, -Larkln corner. near lombard grand
marine view of Golden Gate ana Day
lot 25x105 feet
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

$5.T5o-Bush ST., near the electric line; two
fine flats of rooms and bath each;
renting for $50 per month; in good con-
dition; investigate this.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

Sc. 0o0-Ayery ST., near Geary and Fillmore;
three flats OF 8, 5 and 6 rooms and
bath each: rents $50 so.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

ST. 0oo-I St. near 18th ave-; artistic home of
rooms and bath modern in every de-
tail: lot 25x100; comfortable home; easy
terms.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

THORNE & FITZPATRICK,
312 Bush St. Near Montgomery.
CHEAPEST FINE LOTS IN. THE CITY.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: .,
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. BTenIano o
Union Square; Murray Hill Hotel; Fith
Hotel ard Hoffman House.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

$40. .500-Byde st. near transfer point at Cali
fornia; substantial three story building:
store On ground floor renting for $50,
and two flats above of and rooms
and bath each renting low at $50 and
$22 30 per month"; total rents. sI2 SO;
inside business property at this low
figure Is seldom offered; this is your
oprOrtunitY.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

s35. oo0-MARINE VIEW RESIDENCE
First floor large living room, s4x17 feet; nm
ished in oak, with beamed ceiling; re-
ception rcorn dining-room kitchen,
etc.; hardwood floors throughout
Second hoor Contains peorooms
and bath.
Attic: Contains rooms and bath;
lot 65x12T on; view can never be taken
away.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

SO 500 INCLUDING bituminizins Of ST. !: terms
to suit; 3 swell fats not yet completed; rents
S1Oso per annum; every known possible lat
est Improvement: 16 minutes from City Hall;
7th-ave. boulevard mr.. Fulton ST.: close to
the Park; car lines, one runs all night
Cali from II to 4. Seventh ave, near Fulton.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

REALTY SYNDICATE PER CENT GER.
TIFICATES.
WALTER Il. LOGAN & CO..
zoos BROADWAY, OAKLAND.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

MCKAY & CO.. Real Estate, 2D55 Mission ct.
SSo0-4-room cottage; lot 25x125.
5000 lots, 5Ox70 Of fronts: 5-r house
$1S50-2 flats. rents $24 par month.
S2400--5 r. and bath; lot 25xlo5.
Lots from 500 up.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

SIC, 600 Washington st. business corner, near
Kearny; brick building, leased to one
tenant for $120 per month.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20
IMPROVEMENT SOUGHT IN
THIRTY-NINTH DISTRICT
Committee Reports Recommendations
of Board of Public Works I'm
Reference to Streets.

At a meeting of the Thirty ninth
District Improvement Club held Tues
day night the report of the executive
committee regarding street and other
improvements was unanimously
adopted.
The report set forth that the Board
of Public Works recommended that
appropriations be made by the Board
of Supervisors for the next fiscal year
to the amount of $21. 900 for construc-
ton of stone curbs and other work,
$27,500 for completing work of grad
ing, $1,000 for widening Cliff avenue
and completing parapet, $1,000 for re-
grading and re-macadamizing Twen-
ty-fourth avenue between Fulton
street and Point Lobos avenue. $1S,-
tween PreSidio and Thirteenth.
The board recommended an appro-
priation for securing a. right of way
for construction of sewer along a
line northerly from Lake street, ex-
tending from Sixteenth to Twenty
fourth avenues.
The committee had filed a petition
with the Board of Supervisors asking
it to declare Point Lobos avenue, now
rated as a county road, an accepted
street. that the appropriation recon-
mended by the Board of Public
Works to pave Point Lobos avenue
from Preside to Thirteenth may be
legally put in the budget for the next
fiscal year. The lighting of Richmond
District also came up for considera-
ton.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20
DEALERS
REPORT A LOSS

A. d. Porter Of j. K. Armsby & Co,
A. Rosenberg Of Rosenberg & Co. and
Mr.. Blum, packer of vacaville, say
that the prune crop of California this
year. in all the principal districts. will
range from only one-quarter to one
half of the usual California output
Ten days ago the outlook,~so these
gentlemen say. was good for a record
trees were bearing enough small prunes
to give basis for high hope in this di-
rection. Suddenly and sensationally a
great change has come.
very large percentage Of the prunes
has fallen from the trees after the fruit
had attained about the size OF peas. In
the markets where prunes are sold and
among orchardists in California this
announcement will cause marked SEN
sation.
A. D. Porter has toured the Santa
Clara Valley in the last few days and
reports on the basis of personal obser-
walton. He says he travelled in an
automobile and made a general and
thorough inspection. He cannot see
that there is a chance for more than
half a crop at the outside in the valley.
Mr. Porter is manager of the dried
fruit interests of Armsby & Co. He was
IOImeTly Oh -1OIteT bIOlDSIS.
Armsby & Co. have also received adj
vices from the San Joaquin Valley and
the Sonoma Valley. These are OF the
same general tenor as those from the
Santa Clara Valley.
The falling of the fruit from the trees
both in Sonoma and in the San Joaquin
Valley counties has been very heavy
and entirely destructive of the hope Of
a great California crop this year in
these sections.
Mr.. Blum reports that in Solano
County, and also in Yolo County, the
falling of the fruit has taken away at
least one-half of the expected CROP In
addition to making personal observa-
tions, the gentlemen in charge of the
concerns that have been mentioned
also caused the sending out of skilled
observers of crops to visit orchardists
and orchard sections over a wide
prune- bearing area
Various theories are given to supply
an explanation for the phenomenon
One is that the rains kept the flowers
wet and prevented perfect polarization
and the fruit therefore fell prematurely
to a very large extent. Another theory
is that insects have caused the damage.
Small fruit that represented millions of
pounds of mature prunes has fallen in
a week. The loss cannot yet well be
estimated.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20
CAUSES THE
DEATH OF /. WARD EATON
Prominent Young Man Dies After
Short Illness In Nevada's Disease
Stricken Mining CanD

I. Ward Eaton. son of F. w. Eaton.
secretary and treasurer OF the Pacific
States Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, who resided at Redwood City,
died in Tonopah Tuesday from the
puzzling plague prevalent at the min
ing town.
Ward Eaton was engaged in the
telephone business with his father in
this city and was one of the best
known young men in town. He had
been in Tonopah only about three
weeks and the news of his sudden
death was a great blow to his be-
reaved parents. He was taken sick
last Friday and kilograms brought his
wife and father to his bedside, while
his mother remained ,at her home and
delayed her departure because of the
favorable reports concerning the pa
tient sent from the mining camp. un-
til her son suddenly took a turn for
the worse and death ended his career.
Mrs Eaton is staying at the Luxor
in this city and is Drostrated with
grief, this being the second time within
a year that death has visited the fam
ily, her youngest son having died from
consumption in Nome
Ward Eaton leaves wife and baby
girl.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20
ABUSES WIFE
And BABY GIRL
Andrew Adamson, ''The Dub
lin Cyclone" Arrested for
Cruelty to Infant Child
MAKES HOUSE A WRECK
Drives Mother and Daughter
From Home and Then De-
molishes the Furniture

Andrew Adamson is marine fire.
man. He is also known as the Dublin
Cyclone - having received this cogno-
men from the city of his birth and his
ability to go up in the air after imbib-
ing freely. Adanson is languishing in
the tanks as the result of cyclonic
spree that took place Tuesday, when he
attempted to beat his wife, and sue
ceeded in driving her and their one
year-old girl out of their home ats
Harrison avenue.
Secretary White of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
says that Adamson is in the habitsof
going on prolonged sprees and during
these becomes insane. The man has
been in the detention hospital recently
for examination as to his sanity. At
that time he was seeing various kinds
of sea monsters in the throes of deli
rum that took several days to dissi-
pate.
Prior to his Imprisonment he had
driven his wife and their four children,
three girls aged Z, and 1 year. and one:
boy of 4, from their home. The wife
appealed to Secretary White, and when
he called at the hospital he found
Adamson nearly rational and in a re-
pentdnt mood. AddmSon made prom
ises to swear off and agreed to sign the
pladge, and was released Tuesday noon.
All Tuesday afternoon Adamson Wis
tied all the saloons between the hos
pital and his home and arrived at the
latter place in a drink maddened state.
He proceeded to beat his wife, but she
fled from the house, desperately clutch
ing her baby, and was taken care of by
neighbors. Adamson then proceeded to
uphold his reputation as the Dublin
Cyclone" He twisted through the
rooms, kicking over tables smashing
chairs and hurting crockery at the
walls and through the windows. The
racket attracted the attention Of the
nearby patrolmen, who, looking through
the transom, saw Adamson in the GEN.
ter of the bed jumping up and down
and yelling wildly. When he emerged
from the house he was arrested by Pa
trolmen Mullan and Young.
Adamson made a furious resistance,
and that proving futile sobbingly said
that he wanted to keep his brother-in-
law, Thomas Bell. from the house. He
even went so far as to appeal to Secre-
tary White for advice. AS the result of
driving the baby from his home Adam
son was booked at the Southern station
on charge of cruelty to minor child.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20
WHEELAN. AND SPERLING
ARE CITED FOR CONTEMPT
Prominent Men Fail to Respond to
Summons That They Appear to
Act as Jurors.

Fairfax H. Wheelan, vice president
of the Merchants Association, has
been summoned by Judge Kerrigan to
appear next Friday to show cause why
he should not be punished for con-
tempt of court for failing to respond
to citation directing him to appear
to serve as a juror in the case of
Harry A. Aver against the Dundon
Bridge and Construction Company for
damages for personal injuries. Frank
Sperling, manager of the Home Life
Insurance Company, who resides at
1920 Van Ness avenue also failed to
appear and was likewise summoned
for contempt.
1t is customary, when absolute ne
cessity compels the absence of a We
nireman, to present valid excuse for
non-appearance to the court, but
neither Wheelan nor Sperling took the
trouble to do so. The result was that
the court decided that process should
issue compelling them to explain their
action, and an order to this effect was
issued.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20

The summer season at the Grand
Opera House will open next Sunday
matinee with the dramatization of
George Barr McCutcheon's romantic
novel "Graustark. or Love Behind a
Throne in which Florence Stone will
play the Princess Yetive. She will
be supported by the Ferris company.
a dramatic organization, which takes
its name from its proprietor, Dick Fer
ris one Of the most successful actor
managers in this country. Mr.. Ferris,
in addition to being a prosperous and
clever manager, is also talented light
comedian and will play the role of the
American hero. Grenfell Lorry, in
'tGraustark, which will be produced
with a strong cast, including Lansing
Rowan, Marion Ballou, Edith Julien.
VA. Byron Beasley, Frank Sheridan,
Frederic Sumner. Frederick Julien.
George Pauncefort, Barry O'Neil and
others. The sale of seats will begin
Thursday morning. Special summer
prices will prevail and there will be
bargain matinees Wednesday. Satur-
day and Sunday.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20
CHARGES WOMAN
WITH BRIBERY

A scandal that was brewing in the
Police Department last December, but
was not brought TO fnality owing to
the removal Of H. W. Hutton from the
Office Of Police Commissioner, was re-
vived yesterday by the application of
Policeman J. S. P. Dean for a warrant
for the arrest Of Marie Paris on a
charge Of bribery. Dean informed War
rant and Bond Clerk Fitzpatrick that
on the night of December II the wom-
an who occupied a house in Bacon
place, had given him a, bribe of S3 to
put false entries in his notebook.
Dean was at the time assigned to the
blockade at Bacon place, with instruc-
tions TO take the names Of all visitors.
He had been put there at the request
Of Hutton with the object of discover
ing il the inmates bribed the policemen
on the blockade. The patrolmen were
changed each night, and Dean had with
him as a companion on the night of
December il Policeman Samuel Hig-
gins. Hutton appeared upon the scene
according TO an arrangement with
Dean, and Dean informed him that
Marie Paris, one of the women, had
given him bribe of So. and he turned
the coin over to Hutton.
Hutton then made a demand upon
Higgins for any bribe money the Of
6cer had taken. Higgins denied that
he had received any coin from any of
the. women and defied Hutton to prove
anything to the contrary. II was Hut
tons intention TO keep up the espion-
age, but he was removed from office.
Dean did not get his warrant yester-
day because doubts were expressed as
20 whether a charge. of bribery could
stand in view of tie fact that the
blockade of Bacon place was an au-
thorized act. The District Attorney
will be consulted, and Dean was asked
90 return to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20
Mrs. Collins a Notary Public.

Mrs. NJ. v. Collins, the Grand Jury's
stenographic reporter. has been ap-
pointed a notary public by Governor
Pardee. BY her zeal and good tact
she has done much TO facilitate the
work of the inquisitorial body and in
appreciation the members exerted
themselves to obtain the appointment
for her. The commission was won
through merit and the Grand Jury is
much pleased because 1t has been
able to bring about some reward for
the unusual amount of work Mrs. Col
Inns has done while in it's service. She
will continue in her position as re-
porter until the Grand Jury is dis
solved
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20
SMITH SHOWS
UGLY TEMPER

Joseph Smith, the aged contractor, on
trial before jury in Judge Lawlors s
court on the charge of shooting and
killing Joseph E. MCGOWAN at 1869 Mis-
sion street on November 26, showed
flashes of temper during his severe
cross-examination yesterday by Dis
trict Attorney Byington. At one time
he said he would like to see the Dis
trict Attorney get what he deserved.
What is that?" asked Byington, and
the defendant viciously replied:
AS good a beating as 1 got on No
vember 26."
Byington desired to question the de-
fendant as TO the statement he made
to Captain Burnett shortly after his
arrest to test his condition of mind, as
he had denied knowing anything about
making the statement. An objection
and after considerable argument the
Judge sustained the objection.
The defendant admitted that his true
name was Joseph Brannigan, and when
asked why he had changed 1t to Smith
he replied. Il hated the name of Bran
nigan." He denied that there was any
other reason. He admitted that he had
women carousing with him after his
wife's death. He also admitted that he
mao QudTreleQ Win young McGOWan
and was afraid of him. He stuck to his
story that he had no recollection of
shooting MCGOWAN.
Several men who had had business
dealings with the defendant for many
years, and others who knew him inti-
mately. was called to testify as to his
character and drinking habits They
all said that he drank more heavily
after his wife's death than before.
The case win probably close this aft
ernoon. This morning Eddie Graney
and De Witt c. Van Court will be called
as experts on the effect of a blow on
the chin.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20
CALIFORNIA INSURANCE
COMPANY REORGANIZED
Oldest Local Concern on Pacific Coast
Elects Board of Directors for
Ensuing Year.

LHSuulS 1cdT.
The California Insurance Company,
the oldest local insurance company on
the Pacific Coast which was organ
lied in 1861 and which retired from
active business in 1891 after paying
s1,500,000 in dividends to its stock
holders and then returned the full
amount of its capital, 100000, and a
bonus of $4,000 to its stockholders,
was reorganized yesterday at the Of
fees of NJ. A. Newell & Co. in this city
on a basis of 5000 shares at S65 per
share, paid up.
The following were selected by the
new stockholders to serve as a board
of directors for one year: Henry E.
Bothin, A. D. Cutler, E. A. Denicke, NJ.
l.. Gerstles d. Ghirardelli, John T..
Harmes, Charles Hoibrook, NJ. H.
Hecht, E. w. Mccarthy, NJ. A. Newell,
George L. Payne.
At meeting of the board of direc-
tors, held Immediately after the stock
holders meeting, the following officers
were elected to manage the affairs of
the company: M. A. Newell, president;
A. D. Cutler, vice president; e. w. Nc
Carthy, treasurer; George W.. Brooks,
secretary.
Among the stockholders of the Cali
fornia Insurance Company, which will
begin to do a general fire and marine
insurance business at an ear1v date,
are the following well-known people:
George e Ames, Charles R. Bishop. Alpheus
Bull, Charles Z. Bull l.. S. Bachman, E. c.
Burr, Leon Blum, Henry E. Bothin. s. T.
Bernhard. P. E. Bowles. Charles H. Crocker.
James Coffin, c. Carpy. Francis Cutting. A.
?. Cutler, J. 4. Cooper j. F. Clark; 1;,., Il; NJ
Davis. w. c. B. de Fremery. e A. Denicke.
Fontana & Co.. II. w. Frank. r. S. Far
reilly D. Ghirardefli. Alfred Greenebaum, Mark
l. Gerstle, r w. Huntington. ]: T. Harmes
s. HUFF, A. B. Hammond. Charles Hobrook
NJ. H. IIecht, c. A. Hooper. John Horstmann
H. C. Hacke, c. H. and B. Holt, Arthur
Holland, c. H. Holbrook. Franz Jacoby. Henry
Kohler, Abbe E. Krebs. Edwarc E. Kentfeld.
James K. Lynch. S. w. Levy, w Loaiza &
Co.. c. F. Marwede E. w. Mccarthy. Charles
G.: Moore James Moffitt James K Mof-
Charles W. Merrill. Edward F. Mau,
NJ. A. Newell. George /. Payne. George
4; Pope, E. B; Pond Thomas Prather
Rambo, John A. Schmidt, Laurance Irving
Scott. John r. Spring, Edward B. Smith. Ig-
natz Steinhart, s.. e. Slade. Swayne Hoyt
Taft & Pennoyer. Henry Van Bergen. H. F.
Woods, Henry Wadsworth, Charles Webb
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20
Arrested on an Old Warrant.

Henry Chassagne was booked at the
City Prison yesterday by Detective
Bell on charge of grand larceny. He
was arrested on a. warrant issued in
May. 1903. by Police Judge Cabaniss.
The complaining witness was Sidney
A. Lord, an insurance agent living at
21 Eleventh street. Chassagne had
been employed by Lord as a stable
man and TO do odd jobs about the
house 1t was alleged that he disap-
peared, taking with him clothing and
jewelry belonging to Lord of the value
of $500. Chassagne went to Nevada
and did not return till few days ago.
He is a son of Leon Chassagne, whole
sale liquor merchant, 432 Jackson
street
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20

KNIGHTS OF THE RED BRANCH.-Thers
was large attendance at the meeting at the
knights Of the Red Branch Hall last evening
OF the committee Of the whole on the picnic
which takes place Sunday. May Z, at Shell
Mound Park. William F. Coleman presided
James Smith, 3. j. Silver. j. ]. Rogerson and
Daniel Harnedy reported from the sub-con-
rnittees that everything necessary 10 the sue
cess OF the picnic had been done and large
attendance was assured special feature viii
be made of the Gaelic games this year and
the contests promise to be Very exciting.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20
RECOMMENDS IMPROVEMENT 4
OF VALENCIA STREET

Board Of Works Orders Ejectment
Suit Against Cowcll Estate for
Encroaching on Sidewalks.
The Board Of Works yesterday rec
commended to the Supervisors the
paving with asphalt Of Valencia
street from Eighteenth to Twenty
second, Twenty-third to Twenty
sixth and Twenty-sixth to Army at an
estimated cost of $58,275.
The board requested the City Attor-
ney to bring suit in ejectment
against the Cowell estate, which is
about to erect building encroaching
on the sidewalk on Clay street be-
tween Sansome and Montgomery.
The contract for building a culvert
on Army street was awarded to Will
liams & Belser for $40
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20
Child Labor Law in Effect.

The child labor law passed by the
last Legislature becomes operative to-
day and the School superintendent
Office was kept busy yesterday issuing
certificates to employers of children
between the ages of IA and Is years.
Under the law children under 15 will
not be allowed to work unless by spe-
cial dispensation of the Juvenile
Court
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20
Clothes Hamper oOc
Arrested for Extortion.

Deputy United States Marshal
George Burnham took B. F. Selvage
to the Oakland jail yesterday on a
warrant issued by United States COM
missioner HeacOck. charging Selvage
with having Falsely personated a
united states secret service officer
and having by such pretense extorted
30 from John F. Erhard last Septem-
Der. Selvage complained against Err
nard Tor some infraction of the Fed
eral laws in Seattle and when thew
met afterward in this city Erhard al
ieges that Selvage extorted the sum
named from him on the Dretense that
ne was secret service detective.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20
MiIkmaids in Convention.

The members of the Rebekah Drill
Team No. 1, Captain Allie Parker
commanding, will hold "Milkmaids'
Convention" this evening In Mission
Opera Hall. commencing at o'clock.
At the close of the convention at 10
o'clock there will be dancing for two
hours.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20

DRIVERS PIANO RECITAL - Maurice
Leon Driver, a pianist. who has scored sue
cesses in various parts of the world Will
make his first San Francisco appearance next
Monday evening at Steinway Hall. Driver
plays his own compositions. and, according to
critics in Europe and Australia. is an artist
of rare genius.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20

IMPANELLNG MCCARTHY JURY.-A jury
is being i1npaneled in Judge Cooks court to
try the case OF Michael J. Mccarthy. charged
with the murder of his young wife, Octavia
Out of the $50 names of trial jurors drawn
from the County Clerks box on Tuesday only
thirty-five were available, the others being
either absent or excused for cause
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20

SACRED HEART OUTING.-saered Heart
parish Rev Father Mcouaade pastor wifi
hold its annual outing this year at Camn
Taylor Saturday May Is.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20

If you desire the appetite and diges-
tion of early years take Lash's Kidney
and Liver Bitters.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20

MURINE EYE REMEDY cures Eyes:
makes Weak Eyes Strong. Soothes Eye
Pain. Doesn't Smart.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20

Have the Edward Knowles Co., figure on
your next catalogue.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20

BROUGHT BACK FROM PORTLAND -
James H. Nicholson. newspaper man. was
brought from Portland by Detective Whitaker
yesterday morning and locked up in the City
Prison. He is accused OF passing fictitious
check for $25 on G.. B. Daniels of the Chico
cafe or Market street. He passed similar
checks other people Chief A. A. Thomas
of San Diego has also warrant for Nichol-
sons arrest for passing a fictitious check there.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20

Your persistent, annoying cough
will disappear If you use Piso's Cure. 25c.