The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 18, 1895, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1895. LATEST OAKLAND NEWS, Residence Valuations Are Lowered by Assessor Dalton. CORPORATIONS MAY CONTEST. R. A. Archibald Charged With Crim- inal Libel-Coming of the Native Sons. The war in the ranks of the veterinary ons W brought to a climax yes- y morning when Dr. Thomas Carpen- ed a complaint in the Police Court R. A. Archibald, secretary of the te Veterinary Medical Asso- based resented to the Board of Health, which the secretary of the asso arge is on resolutions ently states that Dr. Carpenter is a ca: ior the office of Meat and Milk Inspector, and that he is not a proper person for the The comnvlaint o alleges that Archibald libeled the ccmplainant office. Mr. by charging him with maliciously ham- i in perir i the coast ve relief bills p nth, thirtieth the State Le ons of a resident of Sacra- been sent there for {r. Archibald i to the warrant h; service. Lowering Assessments. inished his work thoroughfares of is deputies to work on cts and the res en very ‘Where business bloc! the less opulent po: s were lowered to s r would have to i the box- bringine Imost- directly in ng local. d flag and nd stopped the on. One of the li not cks, and it hour of g and haul- 1t and passenger en- sosition. Beyond s and pins and couple of resulted from the h one on far enou ve 1d rs were loaded much of which by the cars over been exempt for looking over the 1 toh becomes ‘Want Their Money. The Oakland Water C mandamus proce Snow mpany began vesterday to tion for $276. or declined to approve the had not com- St g all anies to file with the proper horities a statement of their assets for purpose of enabling Boaras of Super- Tcwn Councils and otherlegislative ix just and equitable water rates. > company admits that it has not complied with the I but denies the right of the Auditor to withhold its warrants on that ground. The matter has been set for a hearing on the 29th inst. Sued for the Seats. incumbents in the Board of Works, Mayor Davie, City Attorney and City Engineer Wilson, are not owed to hold their seats withouta le, for the ousted Commis- Hughes and Miller, ir attorney, George de Golia, d quo warranto proceedings yesterday. The ex-Commissioners claim that the lection which placed Messrs. Piersol and ilson in office was illegal, and that they should be allowed to serve out the terms for which they were originally appointed. They ask Judge Frick, %efore whom the was brought. to seat the plaintiffs oust the incumbents. he State is made a party to the suit as ntiffs without liability, Attorney-Gene- Fitzgerald having given the permission required by law. Watching the Expenditures. Mayor Davie, following out his pledge of keeping “municipal expenditures within proper limits, has promulgated an order 1 is troubling the heads of the various partments. Heretofore requisitions for supplies have been passed upon by the secretary of the boaré’and have been paid &fter being signed by the Mayor, president of the Council or chairman of the Finance Committee. W Mayor, however, thinks that nds uld be snbject to careful jumped the | have been | is simply to carry out one of the pro- visions of the charter, which as Mayor he is bound to observe to the letter. To Attend the Encampment. The G. A. R. posts oing to Sacramento to attend the annual Sepnrtmen: encamp- ment will be accompanied by many of the hresent and past ofticials of the Woman'’s Relief Corps. Among those who will at- tend are the following: Department presi- dent, Mrs. Irene E. Gibson; Mrs. Eliza Shepard, president; Mrs. Josepnine Hame- lin, " junior vice-president; Mrs. Sarah Coleman of Lyon Relief Corps, treasurer, and the following past presidents of the same organizatiol Kate McGrew, Mrs. Mary Lohse, Mrs. Amanda Craker, Miss Beth Clift, Mrs. Abigail Hussey and Mrs. Flora Morrill. The corps will also send as delegates Mrs. Cora Merritt and Mrs. Lettie Forbes. Preparing to Celebrate. Oakland was gay with Midwinter Fair flags yesterday. Early in the morning T. P.- Robinson, without whom no Native Sons’ celebration is complete, came over from San Francisco witn a wagon-load of bunting, and establishing his headquarters at the Galindo, began his preparations. for booming the coming annual meeting. Circulars will be issued to business men | and householders on the line of march of | the grand parade asking them to decorate | their bouses in an appropriate manner. Mr. Robinson has_already enlisted the in- terest of the militia in the parade and Oak- land’s crack companies will turn out in force. Watkinson Keeps His Seat. The Gilligan-Watkinson contest for a seat in the City Council has resulted in the incumbent, Mr. Watkinson, keeping his position. He gained one vote instead of losing, as his opponent claimed he would. ALAMEDA. City Electrician G. A. Weise has made startling discoveries in the Westinghouse arc system recently contracted for by the City Trustees. He called upon Messrs. Clark and Fletter yesterday and made a request upon them to compel the experts of the Westinghouse Company to operate the plant for one month until 1:30 o’clock A. . of each day. The electrician believes { that when this is done circumstances will develop which will prevent the ac- ceptance of the plant. The old plant cost the city $40,000 originally and the new {xlun( about $12,000. The agent of the v ghouse Company was anxious to have the bill audited by the old Electric- | light Committee, but ‘they reported ad- ly on the bill. George P. Low and Sidney Sprout, experts employed by the old board to inspect the nt, reported very favorably upon its workings. Dr, Tisdale Made Chairman. Dr. C. L. Tisdale, who was re-elected a member of the Board of Education, was chosen chairman and D. J. Sullivan secre- tary on the reorganization of the board. A T n was adopted amending the rules gulations, making teachers elective the latter partof June, and also he day of commencing school to August and the day of end- ing to the third Friday in December. The second term will begin on the first Monday ‘iju January and on the second Friday in une. A New Survey. Work on the branch line of the Califor- nia Railway will resumed to-day. | Operations on this new road ceased be- a_resurvey had to be made. The uded a stretch of about a halia ile of track on Harrison avenue and a ht cut across the lands of the Sather v to a point intersecting the main The mnew route will be more cir- ous and will require a three-foot fill | between the tracks of the Southern Pacific | and the California Railway. BERKELEY. The Board of Educ | at the Town H on Tuesday evening. Principal Warnick reported the attend- ance and enrollment of the West Berke- ley schools for the past.manth to be as fol. | Iow Total enrollment, 433; number be- g, 409; cause n held a meeting average daily attendance, It was reported by Mr. Boone that the stagnant pool on the lot near the Le Conte | School, which caused so much complaint last month, had been filled. The contract with Lamb, Riner & Co. | for the placing of certain culverts at $545 | per nimear foot was ordered signed and a | committee appointed to wait on Mr. Shat- tuck and lay the matter before him for his consideration. Revival Meetings. Rev. Henry Varley, a London evangel- | ist, has been holding a series of revival | meetings at Shattuck Hall during the past { week. Large audiences have been in at- tendance and several converts are re- ported. The Trinity Methodist Church was in- | strumental in securing the evangelist, and irom the results achieved thus far they feel much encouraged. { Mr. Varley will hold services daily dur- ing the remainder of the week, and on Sun- day afternoon at 3 o’clock will delivera lecture to men only in Stiles Hall. Episcopal Church Election. At a meeting of the members of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Tuesday even- ng_the following vestry was elected: | A.B. Parker, T. L. Hobson, James Palache, G. W. Kline and Professor W. A. Merrill. At the close of the election of the vestry a delegation con ng of Professor W. A, Merrill, Professor C. M. Gayley, William T. Welcker, Joseph Palache and B. A. Hayne was appointed to attend the diocese and convention of the Episcopal churches, which meets on May 14 at Los Angeles. New Factory. A representative of the Golden Gate Hosiery Company was in Berkeley yester- day, looking 1or a site on which to locate a factory for the manufacture of goods for the wholesale trade. THE GUARDS WORTHLESS. The Grand Jury Investigating the Electric Car Acci~ dents. The Cars Should Be Set on Two Trucks Where One Is Now Being Used. The Grand Jury yesterday heard complaints of the Civic Federation against the Market-street Railway Company for lack of protection to its electrical cars. Messrs. Reynolds and Truman were in attendance on behalf of the organization and Superinten®ént E. P. Vining made a statement as to the position of the corpora- tion. It was charged that the guard on the electric cars, that is, the triangular-shaped contrivance that rests justin front of the wheels and immediately over the track, does not extend far enough in front of the cars and therefore is inefficient; that a per- son who is knocked down by the cars is crushed to death before he can possibly collide with the guard so as to be shoved in front of the car or off the track alto- gpther. R Another complaint is that the cars are run ona sin%le truck, while the ordinance regulating electric cars states that there must be adouble truck. Superintendent Vininiumid that the company was doing everything possible to improve the system and that they were experimenting with all the latest improvements. The Civic Federation was urged to take up this matter in view of the many fatal accidents that had occurred on the electric before being paid the Treas- urer and has ordered that theyrcéuisitio:s be pa. ’ed}upnn by the full Board of Public Works. The Mayor states that his move lines during the last few weeks. OUvr 8l4c matting, the best value in the market. Mackay’s, 715 Market. . California Art Shows Both Improvement and Earn- estness. BUDDING MASTERS VISIBLE. There Are Nearly Three Hundred Pictures Accepted and Hung. There is no doubt that the Spring Exhi- bition of the San Francisco Art Associa- tion, which opens this evening with a re- ception, is thoroughly representative of California art. Asa matter of fact every exhibitor is a resident Californian and the whole scheme of work displayed shows that the artists are working hard. Whether or not their efforts will be re- warded by patronage in proportion to the work can only be decided at the close of THE SPRING EXHIBITION. the wall. At the next exhibition of the Art Association it is probable that this will be done, and the hanging committee will receive less criticism from the men | whose works they arrangéd upon the wall. Inthe main hall, J. H. E. Parfington’s portraits of E. G. Steele and Sigmund Beel are probably among the strongest works. The Steele portrait_especially is admired, not only for its quality and technique, but for its truth as a portrait. The Beel por- trait is strong, but not so good in handling as the others. 5 Vermorcken's ‘‘Flemish Smoker” and “La Recit du Voyage,” together with his two small portraits, which are excel- lent in treatment, and his portrait of a “Girl Reading a Letter,” are especiall good. Latimer's “Morning in the Re woods” loses in the daytime, but gains the necessary soft light when the gas is lit. Oscar Deakin’s “A Doubtful Bargain” is particularly good in its Qualitv and tone. “A Mornigg in Britanny,” by Emil Pissis, has what is prac!.icullK the place of honor, but it seems as though the “canvas was too large for the picture. By a reduction in size the work 1f prosecuted on the same scale would be materially improved. Helen vde’'s “The Young Mother” is good. *After the First Rains,” by William Keith, is strongly individusi R. D. Yelland’s utumn in New Jer- sey’’ is probably keyed to a higher tone than any picture in this particular hall. Among the artists of native training the colors seem too strong, but to a great ex- tent this is due to the fact that the high e SR MAIN HALL OF [From an original pen and ink sketch by A. F. THE INSTITUTE. Mathews and printed in the “Call” by cour- tesy of the San Francisco Art Association.] the exhibition. Yesterday was “‘varnishing day” and nearly every visitor at the insti- tute had a picture hung somewhere in the exhibition. Members of the jury and hanging committee were noticeably ab- sent, possibly becanse they anticipated criticisms of their work which were sure to be aired by the artists when they saw the result of the hanging committee’s work. Instead of 200 pictures, there are nearly 300 pictures hung. Some that had reasona- vly expected to be “lined” were ‘‘skyed’’, while others wha bad expected fo be “skyed” were *linéd.”” The general feel- ing among the artists who were at the institute yesterday was that the exhibition as an exhibition is a successful represen- tation of California art. As has been stated before in these col- ums, the lights in the institute are, under present conditions, unfitted for the exhibi tion of pictures. Even in the main hall, surrounding the pictures are most favor- able, the daylights are really killing to color and to tone. They are so high that the tops of the frames throw shadowsdown upon the pictures, completely disarrang- ing the original intent of the painter of the picture, In broadly painted oils even the little lumps of paint throw shadows. Added to this, in the other rooms there is the strong where it is supposed that the conditions | | colors of the Eastern woods in autumn are never seen bere. The picture thoroughly carries out the intention of the artist, Miss M. M. Froelich’s “Berkeley Oaks" is good in quality, and evidently found favor with the hanging committee. Among the others in the main hall, Mary Curtis Rich- ardson’s portrait, Stanton’s ‘Pastoral,” Joullin’s “*Alameda Sand Dunes,” Reaser’s “Beggar,” William Hubacek’s “Study in | Fowls,” and Carrie T. Rixford’s porirait | are deservedly hung, and are rather sure to attract some attention. | . Possibly the conservatory holds the col- Jection best representative of native art. Many of the pictures are small, but all of | them are excellent. It is in this room that the hanging committee seems to have done its best work, for there are no discordant notes in the general scheme. The most admired picture in this room is No. 73, by Anna Arma Nordgren. In feeling it is | complete, and in general method of hand- ling, although on a small scale, is par- ticularly good. The study is that of a girl in the kitchen geeling potatoes, and the whole action in the picture is easy and effective. In the same room Keith hasa landscape and A. F. Mathews two por- traits, numbered 84 and 89. His lady’s portrait is one of the strongest things in the room. Stanton’s “Gathering Clams” shows a pretty scheme both in composi | tion and coloring. Mrs. A. F. Mathews' THE SALON. [From an original pen and ink sketch by A. F. Mathews and printed in the *“Call” by cour- tesy of the San Francisco Art Association.] and inartistic effect produced by the fres- coing and decoration of the walls. Bspe- cially is this true of the maple room and the ebony room, where the first impres- sion received by the visitor is that of a highly decorated room, instead of an art exiibifion. “If F had my way,” said a member of the association, **I would paint out those hor- rible blue spots around the top of the walls.”” This feeling was so general that it is almost true to say that no artist failed to coincide. Said another artist in an iron- ical tone, “Those tassels on the walls as background prove delightfully diverting. Yot see more tassels than you do pic- tures.” 3 The general consensus cf opinlon was that the walls of the institute should have been hung with burlap, which could bave been done without injury to the building and the pictures hung thereon. This would have made an effective background, and brought eut the pictures, whereas, under the present conditions, the pictures merely enhance the too strong coloring of child’s portrait is particularly good in its feeling. Reaser’s “Portrait” has a decided Whist- ler method in its treatment, and occupies a_place of honor opposite the entrance, although it is distinctly unlike anything that a %ulifornin artist is expected to paint. Evelyn McCormick has attempted in her portrait what a master would have feared to try. Had she left off the reflective effect it would have been better. In this room Yelland's “Monterey Woodlands” and “Fruitvale Meadows,” Robinson’s “Twilight,” Nellie F. Buckley’s “‘Portrait of Miss ughes,” Kunath's “Self Por- trait,”” Burnet’s “Sunset,” Joullin’s “Pre- sidio Marsh,” Josephine bayley'l “Double Daffodils,”” Leon Boillot’s “Gypsy En- campment’”’ and "Alonp the Beach at Oak- land,” with Hubacek’s ‘‘Penerf Fishing Village in Brittany” and Miss Lou Wall's | “Brightening Brass,” are well worthy of | mention. Douglass Tilden’s “Bear Hunters” was the subject of particularly strong criticism on the part of the artists. Of the strength of the work there can be no doubt. That is admitted by the artists and also by the committee in charge, as is made evident by the position the group holds at the end O{the main hall. Could it have been pos- sible to have placed this group nearer the center it would have been better for the work, because the quarter-rear view 1s robably one of the best. No matter how it is placed the fact remaius, and it is ad- mitted by competent judges, that as a piece of sculpture Tilden’s work is the best ever produced by a native artist. On the newelljposts at the foot of the stairway leading to the conservatory there are two very clever studies in sculpture by L. F. Auzerais—one “A Portrait Bust” and the other “The Hammer-thrower.”” The por- trait bust is particularly good, not only because it has no practical competition but because the face is fuil of life and feeling. In water colors the exhibition promises more for the future of this medium in Cali- fornia than could reasonably have been ex- pected. Jorgenson and Latimer are both well represented, while Clara Curtis’ “Morning in the Woods” and ‘Toward Evening’” are especially strong. Florence Lundborg’s “Sketch” "and Miss A. F. Brigg’s “Across the Marsh” are by their ositions evidently appreciated by the anging committee. Mrs. Alice B. Chit- tenden, Helen Hyde, John M. Gamble, C. Graham, Nellie M. Rodgers, Miss Edna Smith and Carrie R. Callaghan have all sent good work. 5 In the maple room, where there is prac- tically no decent light in the daytime, there' are some excellent canyases. Rob- inson’s “Seine-haulers,” Miss Heyneman’s “Lady in White,” Jorgenson’s “‘Grey Por- trait,” Gamble’s “Who Comes?” and Isa- bella Morrison’s “In a Garden” are among the best. The practical uselessness of at- tempting to hang pictures in this room without a background is made clear by the fact that some of the best things exhibited are put under six branched side chande- liers, which, when Iifihted, will in all likelihood kill every color ever intended by the painter of the picture. The Partingtons have come out strong in the whole exhibition, but their pen an ink work is especially good. Miss Gertrude Partington’s ‘‘Easter Girl” and the “My Sister'” of R. L. Partington, her brother, are the best, even not excepting their father’s “Head.” Gibson has undoubtedly had considerable influence over Miss Parting- ton, but the head in the “Easter Girl” study is exceptionally strongly handled, while the windy effect shown in the handling of the skirts is well above what ought to be expected from a young woman who has comparatively done so little actually serious work. There are few pastels in the exhibition, but among them Mrs. Caudlin’s pastoral is very good. This medium seems to find little favor among the artists here, al- though the reason is difficult to find. Taken altogether the exhibition is good, the lights in the institute are poor, as was stated before and is admitted Ey theartists with few dissenting voices. = The wall should have afforded a background instead of proving a dissentient tone, but the fact remains that with this exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the Mark Hopkins Art Institute there is shown more and stronger work than has ever been shown in any preceding exhibitions on the Western coast of the United States. If the public do not prove their apprecia- tion by their patronage it will be their mis- fortune as much as it will be their fault. An Awkward Speech. One of the first duties of a lecturer is to consider his audience. 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