The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 9, 1895, Page 11

o e THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1895.. LATEST OAKLAND NEWS, The State Board Intends to Raise the County Assess- ment. DALTON CALLS IT SPITEFUL. All Oakland Subscriptions to the Valley Road Have Ex- pired. The State Board of Equalization has de- termined not to allow Assessor Dalton to go without criticism. County Clerk Jor- dan received the following document yesterday: : STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATI g SACRAMENTO, Aug 7. | F. C. Jordan Esq., Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Alameda County—SIR: Please take notice and inform the Board of Super rs of Alameda County that the State Board of Equalization, having examined the assess- ments upon the asssessment-book or roll for the year 1895 for said county, proposes to increase the entire assessment-roll of said county for said year, except property exempt from in- crease, for the purpose of making the assess- ments conform to the true vaiue in money of the property conteined on said roll, 5o as to equalize the value of taxable property of the several counties of the State for the purpose of taxation. The board will consider all objections which may be made to such increase at its office in the Capitol at Sscramento on Thursday, the 15%h day of August, 1895. Respectful CHARLES M. COGLAN, Cleik State Board of Equalization. Assessor Dalton characterized the whole measure as an outrage. ‘‘This is the most cold-blooded thing I have ever heard of,” he said last night. “The State Board has no right on its own records to touch Alameda County's assessment. Last year they left the assessment untouched when 1t was $3,000,000 less than the valuations I made, and when it was $1,000,000 less than tke figures now to be used after the County Board has made its reduction. b | sup&\osc they want to get me before them and tear me to pieces. Well, I will e there on August 15, and I am fully prepared to meet th JUDGE 'Fl(lCK‘hiS('RPRISES. Felony Cases Against Politicians Re- vived After Several Months. Judge Frick stated yesterday that crimi- pals in Alameda County would not be permitted to escape if the court could helpit. A criminal case was called, and as the defendant’s lawyer was not present the District Attorney was ready, as usual, to consent to a continuance. Thisannoyed the Judge, and a homily to all the lawyers in the courtroom was the result. A post- ponement was permitted for two hours, and then the case was taken up, the Judge saying it wounld proceed whether the attor- ys were present or not. Judge Frick has been overhauling the Superior Court calendar. One case, per- rm{-mrily set for trial within a few days, had been forgotten, although a felony was charged against a public offi Walter identopf, a politician from the same ward as District Attorney Snook, was charged on four Grand Jury indictments with embezzling funds collected as County License Inspector. On December31 Snook filed the informations against his friend, and the prosecution was allowed to sink into oblivion till Judge Frick resurrected it on Monday last: A long time ago there was a political quarrel on Broadway and a special officer named J. A. Ingler shot a man named Keefe in the leg. Ingler was held to an- swer in the Police Court for an assault with a.deadly weapon. After several pre- liminaries the case was set for trial May 10, and that is the last entry in the records. 1t has not been tried. Ingler is still at liberty. The Scavengers’ Dilemma. The Health office has notified all scav- engers that they will be arrested if they dump any more refuse within the city limits. This practically means that they will have to suspend operations, unless they choose to haul their loaas several miles. Since the scavengers were restrained from dumping down at Peralta street they have chiefly been patronizing tbe lower portion of the Fourtn Ward, until the residents of that locality filed many protests with the Board of Heaith. It is expected that there will be a big outcry among the house- holders when they find that they cannot get their garbage removed. Water-Front Property. The Water Front Company has stated that it will probably put in some further proof as- to the extentof the property actually covered by improvements. The time in which to prepare and serve find- ir.gs has been continued to August 13. Yachtsmen’s Reception. The California Yacht Club will turn out en masse Saturday night to welcome the Ban Francisco Yacht Club. Members will dress ship and keep open house and guar- antee their visitors a reyal time, Fruitvale Postoffice. About three months ago the Fruitvale post- office was abolished without reason or warn- ing, and much indignetion was created thereby. An effort has been made to have the office reinstated, and yesterday a dispatch was recéived from Washington stating that the case is under consideration, and early action may be expected. A Colima Victim. Fred E. Whitney, as attorney for the Public Administrator, has petitioned for letters of ad- ministration upon the estate of John Keller, who Was drowned on the Colims. So faras known Keller has no relatives. He left $800 in an Oakland bank. Gronenberg Was Injured. Garl Gronenberg, who was head clerk for Echlueter Bros., and who was arrested fer stealing from the, firm, and acquitted by a fury, bas brought suit against his former em- Ployers for $299 damages. The Bones Divorce. Mrs. Bones' story of the troubles of her mar- ried life were uncontradicted yesterday, and the well-known conductor of the local train wasa divorced man before noon. HISTORY -OF YESTERDAY. Alamieda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. The county treasury shortage is the leading tapic of conversation in Oakland. The Native Sons are making grand prepara- tions for the coming celebration of Admission day. The appraisers appointed to examine the estate of Barker placed a valuation of £10,000 on real estate left by him. The charge of felony embezzlement preferred sgainst H. B. Clement by Mrs. H. A. Miner of San Francisco was dismissed by Judge Wood yesterday afternoon. Public Administrator Knight has petitioned for letters of administration upon the estate of William H. Bcott, deceased. The estate con- sists of real estate in Alameda valued at $12,000. Emma de Lacey pleaded ilty in the Supe- rior Court yesterday morning to a charge of larceny. Judge ¥rick sentenced her to serve & term of eighteen months in the State prison at 8an Quentin. James P. Taylor, the coal-desaler, who had 8o much trouble about the erection of his coal bunkers at the city wherf, has let the contracts for hig work and the bunkers are already in course of construction. The Hi?h School students of Oakland find the wheel a very convenient mode of transit to and from their homes. There are about 700 students in the various classes of the school and about 150 possess bicycles. J. M. Taulbee, State president of the Ameri- can Protective Association of Kentucky, is on & visit to the coast, and has been secured by the Oskland conncils of that order to deliver a lecture at the Oakland Theater, August 18. The rallroad is expecting a heavy shipment of tea for the East daily. Orders have been placed for 150 cars to be used between now and the 10th. They will be loaded direct from the China steamer from the long wharf and then hurried across the continent. Mayor Davie started out yesterday morning with the intention of enlisting the interest of the business men of this city in a proposition made by Charles J. Swift of San Francisco, the manager of the 'Ostrander Repeating Gun fo1 Company, to remove the works to California, and possibly Oakland. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. Several Resignations Accepted and Pro- motions and Appointments Made. The Fire Commissioners met yesterday afternoon and accepted the resignations of D. P. McConville of truck 7, Thomas O'Brien of truck 3, Julius Gimmel of truck 2, and C. S. Bennett, hoseman of engine 3. The following transfers were made: D. H. Wright, from truck 5 to truck 4; James Brith, foreman of chemical engine 7, to en- gine 30; Jere Jones, fireman of engine 30, to chemical engine 7; Thomas Coleman, from foreman of engine 30, to hoseman of engine 28; J. W. Kelly, hoseman of en- gine 28, to engine 30; C. 8. Bennett, from engine 3 to truck 6; James Sullivan, from truck 6 to ‘engine 3; Thomas Hart, from engine 1 to®engine 15; Edward Welch, from engine 15 to engine 1. Promotionsand appointments were made as follows: J.H.Thompkinson, promoted from truckman of truck 3 todriver of én- gine 30; Julius Gimmel, appointed as operator, vice Byrnes promoted; Edward Parker, truckman of truck 1; Albert Leaf and George Thomas, truckmen of truck 5; James K. O’'Brien, truckman of truck 7; Raymond Nolan, truckman of truck 2; F. Petorious, hosenian of engine 6. Samuel Gardner, driver of engine 36, was laced on the pension list. and will receive ?vfi a month. W. W. Harvey, stoker of engine 5, was fined five days’ pay for care- lessness in driving. T0 TEST THE REDUCTION. A New Suit Filed in Defense of Assessor Dalton’s Assessments. Attorney Davis Begins a New Pro- ceeding Against the Board of Supervisors. Late yesterday afternoon a suit was filed against the entire Board of Supervisors of Alameda County and also against Auditor Whidden, by Attorney W. R. Davis on be- half of E. D. Buswell, to determine the legality of the extension of time granted by the State Board of Equalization to the county board, and 1ncidentally to test the validity of the reduction of assessments by the Supervisors by nearly $2,000,000. “The formal proceeding is known as a special proceeding in mandamus,” said Attorney Da¥is last night, ‘as dis- tinguished from an ordinary action. Judge Ellsworth held that against our own views the scope of our former proceeding against Auditor Whiaden was not broad enough and did not reach far enough to go behind the order of the Board of Supervisors, which so far as the Auditor is concerned were prima facie correct. The present action has all the scope of an ordinary suit in equity, and impleads as defendants the Auditor, all the members of the Board of Supervisors as individuals and the board as an organization. “Theaction is brought directly under the decision of the Supreme Court wherein they have expressly held that an action | like this in equity can be maintained by a taxpayer to annul or set aside an illegal order of a Board of Supervisors, precisely the same as one private individual is able to maintain an equity suit against another to cancel any instrament that in equity and good conscience ought to be canceled. “The action is brought by E. D. Buswell as a taxpayer, and we ask in the ‘prayer of the complaint two specific reliefs: First, that the order of the County Board of Equalization, passed July 25, 1895, be can- celed and vacated, and, second, that Aud- itor Whidden, in furnishing his statement to the State Board of Equalization and State Controller, be ordered to make his footings and valuations and his statements to the State officer, disregarding and ignor- ing the reductions in the assessment roll attempted to be made by the County Board of Equalization on July 25 “The gist of the whole matter lies in the fact that the order of July 25 was made ten davs after the statutory life of the county board. Their time to sit as equalizers ex- pired July 15, unless before that date they had a valid extension from the State Board of Equalization, and the point we raise is that neither the pretended extension of July 10 nor that ot July 12 was passed upon or ordered by tbe State Board. On these days the members of the State Board were not in Sacramento and the board did not meet or act. On this showing the ex- tensions fall as not emanating from the only authority from which they could legally emanate, and therefore the life of the county board expired July 15, ten days before the reductions complained of were attempted to be made by the Alameda Board of Equalization.” As Auditor Whidden is required by law to _send in his rolls by next Monday there will have to be some speedy litigation. . JOSEPH WARREN'S GRAVE. A Bit of History Connected With the Battle of Bunker Hill. It has been a matter of some interest to historians as to the exact date when the remains of Major-General Joseph Warren, killed so tragically at the battle of Bunker Hill, received their final interment, says the Boston Journal. It has been disputed by some that Gen- eral Warren had more than one burial. There was some action taken by the sur- geons after the battle, and the fatal bullet was extracted. Itwas stated that the body was then hastily buried, but there has come into the hands of the Journal, through the family of Mrs. C. 8. Coburn, a most interesting relic of the Revolution, a diary, still in good preservation. 1t is the record of Dr. Daniel Richardson, assistant surgeon of Colonel Frye’s regi- ment, First Massachusetts Infantry, which was at the battie of Bunker Hill, and after- ward in the siege of Boston. With hisregi- ment Dr. Richardson came into Boston after the evacution by the British, on the 17th of March, 1777, and it was after that reoccupation that the event which he nar- rates took place and of which he was a wit- ness. This is the doctor’s entry: ‘“‘Monday. April 8, 1777, the remains of the lamented, Notableand cellebrated Doc~ tor Warren was this afternoon reburied in a very decent and respectable manner. It was attended by a very large concourse of people. A Considerable Number of armed men, with three drums and fifers marched before. Thena great Number of Free Ma- sons walk before the Corps, which was fol- lowed by the Relatives and Surgeons, and then the Clergymen and other Officers, both Civil and military. «“The Corps was first carried to the King’s Chapple, where was a very large Auditory. The Rev. Mr. Cooper first made a very fine rayer over the Corps. Then Mr. erez K{omm delivered an oration fully adapted to the occasion. After the funeral they fired a great Number of guns. “The bearers were General Ward, Gen- eral Frye, Dr. Morgan, Colonel Gridley and two of the Belectmen of the town. «April 5,1777, Went with Mr. Gilbert and Howard over to the Ferry and visited the Fort of Bunker Hill; went to Cambridge and drank a Bole of Punch at Bradishes Tavern. “April 17, 1777, I was awaked early in the morning by the beating of drums. I went with the Regiment to the Common to see the soldier punishment %nt in execu- tion. Ten of them were wheept in the Common before our Regiment and Colonel Phinney’s, 2 of them received 117 stripes and one received 78 and the other 7, 39 stripes each. Other 7 wheept at Dorches- 1 ter.” ROSBOROUGH SPEAKS QUT, Deputy Park Wanted a War- rant for the Auditor’s Arrest. REPLY TO AUDITOR WHIDDEN. The Secrets of Alameda’s Blg Scan~ dal Are Fast Coming to Light. The County Treasury shortage is the only topic of interest at present in Oakland. While the amount of the deficit is small, the circumstances surrounding it and the standing of all the parties involved, have created much curiosity regarding the guilty party. Myron Whidden, the Auditor, made a statement, published in yesterday’s CAvL, which would seem to exonerate him. But ex-Tax Collector Rosborough made a plain-worded statement yesterday which gave details and facts. It has now transpired that Leo Park, the deputy whom Whidden indisectly accused, made a demand on the District Attorney for a warrant for Whidden’s arrest. Alex Rosborough, who was Tax Collector till the end of the year, is now wharfinger at Jackson-street wharf in San Fragcisco. His version of the story is as follows: “The circumstances point conclusively to one man. The beginning was when my term of oftice expired in January last. My successor, James Barber, asked the Board of Supervisors to allow him an expert to go over the books, He was refused, and then got the Grand Jury expert, Snow. My accounts were gone over, and when Mr. Snow completed his work they told me [ was $133 short. That is to say that the figures as furnished by the Auditor, Myron Whidden, as to the amount charged to me and the araounts which should have been credited did not balance to that ex- tent. Very fortunately I had saved all the tax-receipt stubs which belonged to the office. The expert glgt through his work in the latter part of February, two months after I went out. “Itold them at that time that I would pay the shortage if it existed, but would not do so until it was shown by my stubs that I owed it. I shall stand by those stubs, for they show to_a penny every dol- lar taken in on each day of each month right through. Now, when the expert checked up the books he made a record of every unpaid tax bill on the books. When Barber made his final settlement in July he found that his books did not balance by $1100. When the discovery was made that the books had been tampered with there had been a number of bills stamped paid in the books which were marked with a date stamp which was different from either mine or Barber’s. “The investigation went on, It was found that the tax accounts stamped with this stamp were dated paid November 26, the last day of my tax collections. Every one of the entries which were thus feloni- ously marked were for bills which bore the paid signature of Myron A. Whidden. He says he paid the money to my deputy, Leo Park. Park told him he was a har to his face. Whidden did not deny it. The false entries were made in those books when they were in the possession of Bar- ber, months after I went out of office and when Park was not in Oakland. “Then there is this, that neither Barber nor District Attorney Snook have seen fit to tell, Myron Whidden received the taxes from George Schmidt of Berkeley and not for two months afterward did the receipts go to Schmidt. Whidden sent them to him. “Another thing: Whidden says he re- ceived this money and handed’it at once over to Park, who would then date the bills and return them to Whidden to in- dorse as paid. That is absurd on its face. We had a_paid stamp in the office. It would have been easier for Park to have used that at once, received the money and turned the paid bills back rather than fuss with a dater. ’ LATE NEWS OF ALAMEDA, A Heavy Increase in Taxable Property Over Previous Years. The Exempt Firemen’s Assoclation Incorporates—Gillam Found Guilty. The City Trustees will meet Monday morning at 10 o’clock as a board of equali- zation on taxes, For the accommodation of those desiring to examine the assess- ment-books the City Clerk’s office will be kept open this evening from 7:30 to 9 o'clock. For three or four years npast the city assessment roll has been about the same and the work of equalization disposed of ina few hours. The increase this year is about $595,000, which is considered extraordinasry, and bears out the reports of realty dealers of the general improvement of the city. Exempt Firemen. The trustees of the Exempt Firemen's Association of Alameda met last evening at the Webb-avenue firehouse and signed the articles of incorporation recently drawn up by the City Attorney. Upon the receipt of a certificate Temporary Chair- man Barton will call a meeting of the exempts, when a code of laws will be sub- mitted and the society permanently or- ganlzed. Quite a large number of the old remen have signified their intention of joining. Gillam Found Gullty. John Gillam, the capitalist, was found guilty yesterday by Justice Swasey on the charge of disturbing the peace of Mrs. Annie Spencer, one of his tenants with whom he had trouble over the collection of rent. Gillam was recently found guilty of battery on Mrs. Spencer. He will be tried by a jury this afternoon on the third charge of the alleged larceny of §5 on the same occasion. Answer to Robinson’s Suit. Captain R. R. Thompson has filed an answer to the suit of W. H. Rob- inson to recover $100 damages for tapping & main in securing water for his residence. Mr. Thompson alleges that Dr. Robinson requested him to furnish him water July 23, 1893, and signed the contract under protest. The Speed Boulevard. B. E. Smith has been awarded the con- tract for Jmtting the speed track in condi- tion, and work was commenced yester- day. The track will be thoroughly har- rowed and rolled, and it is expected that it will be in first-class condition, when there will undoubtedly be a large representation of the many fine horses owned in Ala- meda. Phantasma. The entertainment given byt h eLadies’ Relief Society in Linderman Opera-Louse last evening was a grand success. One hundred young ladies participated in the programme. —————— Defined by Court. M. Schoelcher, who was a member of the provisional Government in 1848 and a life member of the French Senate, was deeply interested in the negroes, and was one of the foremost abolitionists in France. He fuve his library during his lifetime to the sland of Martinique, and when he died, a "M Laughlin, Oakiand year or so ago, left his_objects of art and curiosities, valued at $125,000, to the mu- seum of Guadeloupe, to develop artistic feeling among the blacks. Just before his death, bowever, he made a codicil leaving his “meubles meublants” to his house- keeper. She claimed the objects of art under that term. The Freach courts called in Ernest Legouve of the French Academy to explain what the words meant, and have just decided that they can apply only to furniture, so that Gua- geloupe gets the objects of art.—New York un. PRICE OF IRON RAISED, The Iron and Steel Association Makes Another Small Increase in Its Prices. The Iron and Steel Association at its meeting yesterday made another slight raise in the price of iron at the mills of 5 cents on the hundred pounds. The meet- ing was held at the office of I. 8. Van Winkle & Co. Nicholas T. Romaine, the manager of that firm, occupied the chair as president of the association. Speaking of the general raise in prices of iron and steel all over the United States, Mr. Romaine said: “The dealers here have not been inclined to_raise the prices as much as in the East. It is safe to say that on an ayerage all over the East the prices have been raised from 30 to 40 per cent. Here the prices have not gone up over 20 per cent. We have not much faith that the prices are going to hold out, and the mills here do not feel like putting up the prices so as to permit too much impor- tation from the East. So the prices !lx)gre are kept within a limit that will prevent importation. Iron has been lately lower than it ever was before, and the mills were simply losing money. Indeed, the prices now are not high.” LATEST BERKELEY ITEMS, Formation of a League Favor- ing Free Coinage of Silver at 16 to 1. g Entrance Requirements for Speclal Students—Bicycle Race for a Gold Medal. General Theodore Wagner is working to establish a bimetallic league in Berkeley. Among those interested in the organiza- tion are also E. P. Bancreft, 8. L. Taylor, Frank Lowell, George L. Wilcox, Thomas Hann and George Schmidt. The constitu- tion of the league is to favor free coinage at16to 1. New Entrance Requirement. Recorder Sutton of the university issued the following notice yesterday relating to future entrance requirements of special students: Attention of applicants for admission es special students in the collegesof letters, social science and natural science is called to a reso- lution recently adopted by the academic coun- cil requiring such applicants, excepting only the holders of recommendations in English from accredited high schools and holders of teachers’ certificates, to pass an examination in English composition, The date for this examination is Au- gust 19, Bicycle Races. W. R. Stamper, the mechanician of the department of physics at the university, has offered a gold medal to be competed for by the Crescent Wheelmen. The race will be held in the Oakland Trotting park. F. B. Wilkins and Otto Putzku are thought to be the crack riders of the club, and the contest will probably be between them. H. H. Price, George Wilcox, H. C. Kastens and Peter Kromon have also entered to try for the medal. To Grade Spruce Street. _ A petition is being signed for presenta- tion to the Board of Trustees pto have Spruce street graded and macadamized from Rose street to the northern town boundary. Spruce street is the only road leading northward out of North Berieley, and its present condition is very pad. ¥t 1s said that Conta Costa County is about to improve its portion of the road. ‘Wedding at Lorin, Miss Kitty Stapleton of Lorin and Geor; E. Alberti of San Francisco were mlnlfi on Wednesday evening in the Park Con- gregational Church n{ Lorin, Bev. James Foster officiating, Information Bureau. The students’ information burean in Stiles Hall was opened yesterday. The burean finds boarding accommodations, etc., for students. A B TP HOTEL ARRIVALS, HOTEL. A G Butter & w, Colusa A G Speck, Cal M Abram, Santa Crus J T More, Colusa R D Myers, Modesto F M Campbell, Oakland G W Morgan,DuncanMls T T Spaulding, Woodland G W Griffin, Woodland T Spinney, Fresno Miss Spinney, Fresno M Wright, Bacto C M Carnes, Cal L A Sheldon, Pasadena 8 Evinger & w, Fresno G A Trambcs, G Raplds A Goldsmith, Tucson D Hawley & w, Denver Mrs E Frost,T Haute,Ind A W Furionk, Gilroy B R Price. Altaville o Bender, Or dell, Or Kans e, rs M E Clerc, Marietta J M Manson, Ukiah A Clerc, Marietta 1 Milton Manson, Ukiah Rand, King City ~ C W Coe, San Jose Brooks, Colusa Walter Bruce, Chics E Wiley, Stockton T J Coughlin & w,St Cruz Condon, Verdi J¥ Devendorf, San Jose aven, Concord B S Hayne, Sta Barbara TLucas & wi, Oroville Mrs W E Gerber, Sacto teinbeck, Hollister K H Gerber, Sacto Bullard, Fresno PALACE HOTEL. low, USN B N Steinman, Sacto e, Sacramento J E Terry. Sacramento N Rucker, San Jose L E Herrins, Phaonix W Adams, Pheenix QguEOmEE feeanEoTE Q 5 34 e Lake A C '8 Grubbs, Louisviile Grubbs, Louisville A J Rhodes, Chicago F C Banford, Santa Clara J H Flickinger, San Jose H D Warner&w,Toronto J Welsert & w, St Louls J H Seaverens, London Major J C Post, Portland Mrs Post, Portiand O R Pihl, Portland JE Young & w, Stocktn Mrs C F Mosher,E Orange Miss M McKenzle, Cal Miss A E Frazler, Cal Geo Cleveland, N Jersey C C Hay, N Y Mr & Mrs Stewart, Cal_ O N Guedlin, Fort Wayne Mrs J § Cone, Red Blufft W 8 Hughes, U S N G E Goodman Jr, wife, LF More, Santa Barbara and nurse, Napa HOUSE. RUSS W H Euselan, Cal 3 I Martin, Woodland E Keister, N Y F Fiynn, Jersey City 3 Wightman, Ogden J Stackport, Chicago ‘A Stackport, Chicago Miss McGowan, Stocktn J Ringan, Pt Arena, J Bishop, Pt Arena Mrs Harvey, Cal Dr G Fripild, Chi . Fuah, Bacerstiel Campbell, Stockton C Foote, San Diego 1L Bauschbach, Colorado W Johnson, Vacaville J A Jones, Sufsun E Lauster, Fresno 3 J Smith, Auburn D Cannon, Fowler @ Gown & d, Fowler J W Lynch, Boston E F Parker, Stockton ey ?hrever.‘gll lones, Chicago Miss L Whitney, Cal ¥ E Corey, Stockton P Holcom, Colorado M Reyman, Colorado R Higgins, Cal W Houseman, Vina T G Hart, Fresno NEW WESTERN HOTEL. W Claussen, Pleasan J Mason, Boston ngniin, 1% 3 W Eilison, Catitornta J Anderson, Elk 5% yfl?muonknmmg ul urney New O L T Holder, nhl‘; L B T¢ kins, Minn J Ellison, Minneapol| 3 HS Hl.l.li:!l, RM;’&:‘ exico B Johnson, Stillwater M De Bols, Chi B W Prewett, St. S i idding S Shultz, Iilinois Mrs J Murphy, Illinois BALDWIN HOTEL. BOSSw) g A G Phelps, San Jose J R O'Keefe, San Jose Jummer, Y mith, Chicago AT Blen,NY C 7 De Ros, Benicia A Farley, Santa Rosa P H McGrath & w, Sac Dr J C Trux, Cairo ‘W H Bresett, St Louis F A Stevens, Sac MrsJ W Huff&d, and T E Harrls, Oakland G A Smith, Fresno Ed Brown, Woodland J C Smith, Denver _ — King Alfonso of Spain, being now 9 years old, has been provided with a father con- fessor to direct his conscience. RRIGATION BOND FUND. One Being Raised to Appeal From the Decision of Judge Ross. THE BONDHOLDERS ORGANIZE. They Propose to Carry the Case if Necessary to the Highest Tribunal. 1n pursuance of the idea suggested by Daniel Meyer of this City a meeting of holders of irrigation district bonds was held yesterday afternoon at the rooms of the Merchants’ Club, at which about $1,500,000 worth of bonds were represented, including members of the Turlock Central and Poso irrigation districts. It was the unanimous sentiment of all present that the decision of Judge Ross declaring the Fallbrook irrigation district bonds unconstitutional and invalid should be appealed from and the matter carried to the highest tribunal in the land if neces- sary. . ‘With this determination in view, it was agreed to raise a fund for the employment of the requisite legal talent and such other expenses as it might be necessary to incur in prosecuting the issue. All bondholders will beasked to subscribe one-half of 1 per cent of the value of their holdings, and if the holders of the entire $8,000,000 worth of bonds which have been sold respond, as it is expected they will, it will give a working fund of $40,000. In order that the enterprising originators of the movement may not made to bear the brunt of the fight, no further step will be taken until all the bondholders have con- tributed their pro rata. Every bondhalder or representative of a bondholder who was present at the meet- ing promptly subscribed his quota. That the ‘work of getting all the bond- holders into line at %he earliest possible day may be properly looked after it was determined to organize and place the mat- ter in the hands of a few of the most ener- getic of those interested. The following were elected an_executive committee with full power to act: Richard W. Gorrill, Pa- cific Bridge Company, president; C. F. McCarthy, Pacific Bridge Compnn*‘secre- tary; Daniel Meyer, treasurer; J. McMul- Jen, 8an Francisco Bridge Company; L. P. Drexler, capitalist; I. W. Goldman, Tulare, banker; Thomas Carter of Carter Brothers, carbuilders. Secretary MecCarthy was instructed to make most strenuous_efforts to locate_all the bondholders and induce them to join hands with those who have already con- tributed to the fund. About $1,000,000 worth of the bonds are held in Europe, but these, too, will be asked to come into the fight and provide theirshare of ammu- nition. Although there were but $1,500,000 worth of bonds represented personally at. yes- terday’s meeting, letters were received from holders of $500,000 worth additional, all signifying their willingness to co-oper- ate, SALT WATER DAY, An Annual Festival on the New Jersey Coast at Sea Girt. To make this Jersey holiday assemble a thousand back-country vehicles of all sorts, from the hooded farm wagon, which has not greatly altered its pattern for cen- turies, to the rude buckboard and the pert sulky. The horses are withdrawn from shafts or pole to be tethered behind the wagons or picketed a little distance in the rear. Around the impromptu camp gather people enough to blacken half a mile of the sandy shore—people who for months have been looking forward to the occasion as the chief holiday of the year. Cedar chests and camphor trunk and flowered hand-box have been called upon to dis- gorge their treasures; but there is noother sttempt at cannming than the assumption of mere Sunday best. An old feature of the great concourse is the seriousness with whig it takes its pleasure. A solemn, even strained expression of determination to revel or die sits upon the majority of faces. During the unbarnessing of the wagons, whicg have been arriving upon the scene since early dawn—camping over night being not infrequent—the good wives unpack their luncheon baskets, take tally of theirpies, and, if need be, while away the time by methodically administerin; punishment of the good old-fashione variety to their impatient goungsten. Around the outskirts of the concourse are seen the booths and rostrums of the fakirs attracted from New York by the promise of rich harvests from the farmers’ wallets. There isa rifle range, a merry-go- round, and a doll urfit at which balls are thrown for prizes. any another cheap diversion offers itself duringhths explora- tions of the farmer and his wife and clamoring progeny, and more than one pinch of the dire experience falls to the playing member of the company. The nasal cries of the Yankee Autolycus offer- ing his inkles, caddises and lawns are con- tinually heard above the swelling mur- murs of Jersey joviality. Fairing over, there isa general retreat to the tent dressing-room, improvised with shawls and canvas curtains in connection with the vehicles. The great annual bath of the pilgrims is next in order, and down to the shining reach of ocean, where the crisping billows hurry in, presently troop the queerest procession of bathers ever seen out of a caricature. Many of the men and boys, disdaining change of dress, go into the water in gheir ordinary clothes, sun- wing themselves afterward in the hot sand until toasted dry again. Others put on shirts from which sleeves have been re- moved, and trousers cut off at the knee. The bathing outfit of the women reveals droll miscellanies of b{gona fashion in cut and texture, some of the more coy among the matrons including pantalets, sunbon- nets and gloves. With sober mirth, de- mure smiles, suppressed cries of excite- ment, the phalanx moves into_ the surf, taking hands to jump discreetly up an down in the long lines, safe within the danger line. To the greater number this venture into the sea is actually no more than an annual experience. After the bath, noontime turns all thoughts dinnerward, and the camp settles down into one vast picnic. Pies of all kinds suggest the litany—chanted without taking breath—of the feminine hotel waiter in the ear of the summer boarder: *Apple- pie, mince-pie, custard-pie, lemon-pie, -quuh-piennd ieplant-pie.” Doughnuts called “‘nuts’’ in the vernacular), cheese n liberal wedges, ham-sandwiches, hard- boiled eggs and pickles supply the favorite menu, and lemonade and root beer—per- chance a stronger beverage—are fmducgd in bottles, each confessing by label to a dif- ferent intertion in its earlier career. Then, while _the summer sun slants in the cloudless beaven, the merriment goes on to its climax, more dips in the ocean are taken, more money changes hands, ‘more solid food is consumed, till at last the shades of evening close upon the scene, and a general ‘‘hitching up'’ of teams. be- tokens the end of Salt-Water Day at Sea Girt.—The Century. — e The Grave of Mrs. Thackeray. A few weeks :Hgo when taking a walk from Leigh to Hadleigh along the high road, I found myself passing by the gates of Leigh cemetery, and I bethought me to turn aside for a few moments in order to visit the %rlve of Mrs. Thackeray, says a writer in Notes and Queries. The ceme- tery is by no means full, and so I easily found the spot where she is laid to rest. The grave is only a few paces from the entrance gates, on the left-hand side of the center road, and consists of two portions of ground labeled “E 34” and “E 85.” A 11 memorial cross marks the spot and stands on two receding blocks. The whole of the design is constructed of white marble, and on the upper block, from which the shaft of the cross springs, is carved the following inscription: To the dear memory ot Isatella Gethen Thackeray. Born 1818: married 1838, to William Makepeace Thackeray. She died au Leigh, Jan. 11, 18¢4. aged 76. At the back of the cross are the words “Domimus Illuminato’ and in the center the letters “IHS.” From this inscription it ap!ears that both Mr. Leslie Stephen and Anthony Trollope are wrong in giving the date of marriage as 1837, TOLD OF ABRAHAM LINOOLN. His Views as to the Sort of Prayer That Is the Most Speedily Answered. At the commencement exercises at Sum- mitville the class address was delivered by Benjamin F. Phemister, one of Van Buren’s teachers, who illustrated the spirit of his subject in the following story of Lincoln: “On the first day of January, 1864, while a blinding snowstorm swept with untold violence through the Northern and New England States, while thousands of our brave defenders were suffering upon the gory fields of the South, a man, tall, gaunt and homely, was seen standing on Pennsylvania avenue in the city of Wash- ington. ‘A woman with her head bared to the hurricane of heaven, with her feet naked to the frozen ground, with her gown tattered and torn, saw him. She, suppos- ing him to be a minister of the Gospel, ran to him, and falling at his feet, addressed him thus: ‘Oh, sir! If you are a minister of the Gospel, if you serve the God who fed Elijah by ravens and Israel with manna, pray to him to provide me a shelter from the storm and food for my poor starvin children! I am a widow. My husban sleeps in the bloody bosom of Gettysburg. T'm sad_and forlorn. Oh, pray to the Master till He hears my sad cry, that He may shelter and feed us, or pray that we die.” *“The tall ugly man, with his heart over- flowing with sympathy and his eyes flooded with tears, extended both his hands to the dirty kneeling woman and said: ‘Woman, get up; you are mistaken. Iam not a minister of the Gospel. Je- hovah neyer appears to hear my prayer. For four long years I have been praying for the restoration of our Federal Union and the cessation of this cruel, bloody War, “‘Not mntil a petition was sent to the States in rebellion in the form of two of the most magnificent armies that ever shouldered a musket, under the guiding hands of Generals Grant and Sherman, was there ever the remotest resemblance of an answer. My prayers have finally been answered through the instrumentali- ties of these two armies under the match- less and daring skill of these two generals, Now if I had any idea that a prayer would shelter, feed and clothe you I would bow down, but I think that the best prayer I can make in your behalf is a prayer to that groceryman on yonder corner.’ “Suiting the generous act to the kind and sympathetic words, that ugly-beauti- ful man took from his pocket a small order-book and wrote: ‘“WAsHINGTON, Jan. 1, 1864, “Mr. Groceryman—Ste: You will please supply the bearer with $25 worth of pro- visions as she may direct and choose and charge the same to yours truly, “ApranaM LiNcory.”’ —Anderson Democrat. R Cable Codes and Rates. It is, of course, well known that there is great pressure on the cables at certain ours—just about the time when the street traffic becomes comgested opposite the Mansion House, while at night the wires are comparatively idle. Again, the code lgnum must greatly. impede and hamper the working of the service. One man is known to have paid £3000 for a good code. These codes are sometimes oversignifi- cant. Thus the word ‘‘man’’ might mean “Reading’s declined one-tenth,” *‘Penn- sylvania’s rose one-fifth” and “New York Central steady.” Again the word ‘‘worm- like’! means in one code: ‘“The price is 10 shillings; appearing high as compared with your market. e took refusal until to-morrow and shall buy unless you im- mediately instruct usto the contrary.” This message of twenty-eight words was sent as one word, to the disgust of the sharehold- ers and managers of the cable companies. No code can properly anticipate a social or family message. The accuracy with which they work is simply astonishing. But they cannot please everybody. Some persons are in- tolerant of "the slightest delay. The other day a man made a great disturbance in a London office because he had to wait twenty minutes for a reply from New York. It must beabundantly clear from what has been said that in_the charge of 1shilling per word the public is paying not only for the companies’ services, but for their founders’ blunders and ‘their faulty finance. It is paying for abandoned cables, for superfluous cables, for unneces- sary working staff and apparatus. In a word, the public is paying, as already pointed out, # million a year for what could be supplied at‘ £130,000.—North American Review. e A Pathetic Incident. . A pathetic incident of the recent break- ing of the long drought in Kansas is told by, a traveler who was in that region at the time the rain came. There had been in- sufficient rain in this particular part for sev- eral seasons, the crops had been failures or meager and unprofitable, and many of the farmers were utterly despondent and sick at heart through hope deferred. But the copious rains brought actual salvation to very many. The traveler was driving across a bridge over a creek that was run- ning bank tull after being dry for months, .and noticed an old settler sitting on the bank with his feet hanging in the stream hnilin% up the water first in_one hand and then the other and letting it trickle back into the creek. The traveler spoke to him, but the old man seemed not to hearat first and continued to bail up the water as though in a dream. When he did finally hear and look up his face was wreathed in a happy smile and tears were running down his cheeks. Thetraveler made some remark in the way of inquiry as to the old man’s actions. . The old settler bailed up a double handful of water and in a voice that trembled with the intensity of his realization of all it meart he rapturously cried, “It’s water, friend! it’s water!” e T Matuda Knnam, Columbia, Pa., says $ ¢ That Feeling anddizzy, faint, gasping attacks left me as soon as I began to take Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. 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