The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 17, 1895, Page 13

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL; SATURDAY,. AUGUST 17, 1895. 13 LATEST CAKLAND NEWS, Three Desperate Burglars Sentenced. to Virtually Life Imprisonment. TO-DAY'S TENNIS TOURNEY. Alameda’s Oldest Farmer Before the State Board of Equal- ization. OARLAND OFFicE Sax Fraxcisco CALL,} 908 Broadway, August 16. - § Berry Holland, life imprisonment at Folsom. Jacob Oppénheimer, fifty years soni. John Holland, thirty-five years at Fol- som. The above sentence: yesterday by-Judge Fric burglars” who bound robbed the n clerk at-Fol- Wi e .-pronounced t the three gagged -and sarretf & Tag- The court- he Judge took ad- to impress wpon vantage of the occ: the vast crowd the er of leading alife of crime. Oppenheimer was' first “ordered. to stand up. He surly, half-detiant look, and e information said: you haeve been.con: 1e- of the most seri- surrounding.‘ the and abandoned dis- They show that you with a full determina- Cessary. during the course of t to commend you to shment by imprison- st is:reformation, society. You have e-of & serious charac- be crime of which you have cted eonvinces me thatrefcrima- out of the question.. Therefore, thiat you g period. ou-he given of the Sherifi of Alameda livered by him to the Warden iary at Folsom, there 1o° be" im- e term of fifty years. h obliged,”” said Oppenheimer stub- s he took his seat. Holland, - stend up,” - said the and the order was obeyed. e verdict in you: case: was as right- in those of your co-defendants,” Judge Frick. “It was the only 2ld have ‘been returned by a and intelligent jury. . There ction to be made between you efendants. There was, per- light ‘difference in- your. de- ig the course.of the trial and me slight difference- now. Still; cumstances surrounding the-case show that the character of ‘the crime was such as'to convince me that nothing short ofa long termwill" fit your case. . Under ordinary circumstances youthful offenders have: my sympathy. In this instance, however, I am convinced that a substan- nd severe sentence is demanded.. The it of the court is that you beim- oned in the penitentiary at Folsom for & term of thirty-five years. eous a anced. The prior conviction against n 1886 fixed his doom. “Everything I have 'said -to your ¢o- defendants,” said the Judge, “applies With e to.you. The safety of the demands your imprisonment ently. The judgment of the court ou be taken by the Sheriff of Ala- unty to be delivered to the War- den of the penitentiary et Folsom, there to in for the term of your natural life as hment for your crime.” rry Holland then parted with his wife in the courtroom. There were tears on both sides, and the scene was a strange contrast to the demeanor shown by her husband when listening to his letters, in he coolly planned murder, if such a se would be necessary in fighting his out of jail. TENNIS TOURNAMENT, The Lakeside Class Tournament to Be Played Saturday. The single class tournamewt of the Lake- side: Tennis: Club will be commenced to- morTow morRing. The ‘players will be arranged in three classes, the second class having a handicap of fifteen'oyer the first and- the third fif- teen over ‘the second.- In the first class Messrs. Sheffield 8. Sanborn and Walter Magee will be pitted against each other. They will probably have to play in the morning, as Mr. SBanborn has ancther en- gagement.in the afternoon. Oakland loy- ers of the game will be glad to see an exhi- bition of Sanborn’s playing after his ab- sence at Harvard. In the second class the drawings have been made as follows: Ed Gage vs. Harry Chickering, Stuart Rawlings vs. Arthur Boyden, John D. Hatch vs. Howard Byx- bee, Wallace ~Alexander vs. Dan Belden. Inthe third class the preliminary sets will be as follows: Bernard Miller vs. Orville Pratt, Paul Selby vs. Max Taft, Ed Hussey vs.- Fred Brown, Ed Spencer vs. George Gage. The referee, scorers and linemen will be selected previous to the opening of the tournament. The third class will probably play off first. MILLER IS DISCHARGED. He Preverted Bloodshed in Alameda County Jail. F. G. Miller was tried some time ago and convicted of chicken-stealing. The main witness agdinst him was a Portu- guese named Joe King. After the trial King’s reputation was inquired intoand it was found to be so bad thata new triat was granted. While waiting for a new trial Miller was a prison-mate of the notorious Benjamin Holland and the lat- ter confided to him his scheme of getting pistols into the jail and shooting his way out. Miller was delegated to carry a letter fo ‘Holland’s wife when he went into court, but instead he gave it to Sheriff White. When the case against Miller was called this morning it was dismissed with the consent of the Prosecuting Attorney. In dismissing the charge Judge Frick said: “Iwant to say to the defendant, Miller, that his conduct in a_recent cate was highly commendable. I believe that he told the truth and further that through his service bloodshed was prevented in our County Jail.” Mrs, Miller was in court to welcome her husband. ALAMEDA’S OLDEST FARMER. George Patterson Tells Some Truths Abont Modern Farming. A unique figure before the State Board of Equalization at Sacramento yesterday was the venerable and wealthy Alameda County farmer, George Patterson, who is said to be 86" years of age. He is a very hale old man and his mind is as clear as ever. He owns & strip of land extend- ing from the hills straight across the county to the bay, including several hun- dred ;M;res of marsh. Mr. Patterson gave an idea of the hazards of far he testified that he had paid as ‘fik‘g‘if‘a‘:';‘?«fi’z‘ an acre for Alameda County land, and for one tract of eighlly dcres bad given $20,000, or $250 an acre. This year on 848 acres oi this land he got only 8200 sacks of barle: and he sold his hay for $5 a ton, !{e’ figured out thaton one ranch, after pay- ing expenses, he had made .39 of 1 per cent profiton the price of the land, and on an- other ranch .52 of 1 per cent. Mr. Beamer, who is a farmer bimself, concurred in the statement that grain and hay could not be rown with profit: on $150 land, but Mr.- Patterson said he did not know anytning else which would insure him mare profit. Mr. Pattersonis the lord of some 3000 acres., HOLDING HER OWN. Miss Lewis Still Lies Unconscious at the Hospital: Miss Jennie Lewis; who has been uncon- scious at the Receiving Hospital since last Monday -afternoon,: is still' holding her own, but the doctors give no hope of her | recovery. She opens. her eyes ‘frequently, but recognizes nothing. Dr. Johnsen says' that she will never be conscious. . ‘The biillet is stiil in ber brain, and although another attempt was made to-day to probe for it the resilt was unsue- cessful. - Chief of Police Lioyd -was present when the wound wis dressed, in case Miss Lewis might for a moment- regain.con- sciousness and speak, but she did not. uhlner is veryquiet and is not doing: any talking, He ‘was asked if he desired to-send any ‘message to the dying girl if she should bé in a.condition. to receive it, and- he said he ‘might do so later. No charge“has beeniade against him,. fior will there be until'the result:of the’ shoot- ing is definitely known. He ithinks ‘the Signal Service suthorities were particulirly harsh in prejudging him to theextentof dis: 1issing him from theservice and of refusing !n;n.[ge custoniary.month's pay before he is tried. THE WILMERDING SCHOOL: A Substantial ‘Movement to Have 1t in | Oakland. The efforts of those working for the Wilmerding trades -school” have been strengthened by the work of several promi- nent men: who- coramenced ‘an‘actiye can- vass for the purpose of being able to make a magnificent: offer ta the University Re- gents. William . R: " Davis, - Charjes D. Pierce, Captain W.: R. Thomas, ‘W.' V. Witcher, Charles'G. Yale, Robert. M. Fitzgerald, P. E.‘Bowles, Rev..C. W.. Wendte, Rowland Snow, Q. - A.. Chase and W..Frank Pierce are all- working for the school; and considerable ‘premises have bheen made in the way of financial help.: A meeting will be held to-morrow to arrange plansfor a concerted movement.” The Police and Fire departments-and ‘the schoolteachers have each promised one day's pay as the nucleus of a furd. This alone amounts to $1187 63. AN INDI MOUND. One Is Openéd Up Near Newark' That Contained Skulls: One of .those curious formations; an Indian mound, has been opened mnear the ranch of Mr. Willis, near Néwark. - Judge Henshaw and A. A. Moore:of Oakland were interested logkers-on while some of the contents of the: kitchen midden were nnearthed. ' There . were found- parts of skeletons, six whole- skulls, ‘bone sharp- eneérs for weaving baskets, arrow heads, a stone pestle, an elk horn, some deer horn, shells, fragments of bone, part of the jaw of a wolf, and other kindred objects, the stinger of tne fish called stingaree, among others, also clam and oyster shells. - Of the skulls, the teeth were double -all- around the mouth, Emery Munyan,. a local antiquarian, says ‘there were-the fewest objects in this xmound of any- he. had ever seen. To Burn the Dump: At a meeting of the Special Garbage Committee, held ‘last evening, it was de- cided that the dumps in West Oakland should "be saturated with petroleum and thoroughly burned. over, as Tesidents 1 | that part of the city declare them not only a nuisance but a menace to life. The ship- ment of garbage out of town by rail prom- ises to work smoothly, but asthe expense i€ $135 a week this method will be too ex- ensive to continue unles the: Southern Paartie: soauces: 1 rites for hauling the cars. Scows and towage are likely to be tried next as a means to dispose of ‘the city’s garbage. § Special Oficer Arrested. Special Officer Tom Boyer was arrested to-night by his mother-in-law. Boyer mar- ried a danghter of Officer.Cashin, who was shot at the Point two years ago, and has recently been paying marked attention to another woman. A week ago he fired sev- eral shots through a door because he could not meet hissecond love, and to-night he went to the house of his mother-in-law and created an uproar because she would not admit him. To Answer for Bigamy. A. M. Lorenzo de Ferrer was held to answer on a charge of bigamy brought by the brother of his second wife in San Jose vesterday. His first wife was Miss Con- stancia McDonald of Oakland. -He had an examination and was held in-:$3000 bonds. Dr. Huntington’s Mine. Dr. Huntington . started sinkin’%n shaft on his quartz ledge near Lake Temescal yesterday. . A working test made with 100 pounds of rock from the ledge yielded about $4 to.the ton, and the doctor feels warranted in mdking further explorations of the prospects. Teachers’ Institute. The reguiar County Teachers’ Institute will be held on the9th, 10th ‘and 11th of Cctober. - Dr. Winship of Bosten, who has before addressed the teachers, here is ex- pected to be present and deliver a course of lectures. Fined Fifty Dollars. Jacob Weill, the free market butcher, who yesterday pleaded guilty to exposing the meat of a consumptive cow for sale, was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 by Judge ‘Wood, in the Police Court. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. OQAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,‘ 908 Broadway, August 16. Auditor Whidden is seriously i1l at his home. Newark has & Trilby Club. It holdsa picaic weekly. Rabbi M. Friedlander has returned from his extended Eastern tour. Dr. Huntington started in to-day sinking a shaft on his ledge near Lake Temescal. The regular County Teachers' Institute will be held on the 9th, 10th and 11th of October. The Assoclated Charitiesof Oakland desires & big baby carriage to help a worthy family ‘re- cently augmented by twins. The drema given by the village hall social club of San Lorenzo last Saturday evening proved a decided success in every particular. Work is very slack at the drier at Niles just now. Such good prices are being given for green fruits that the major part of the crop is being shipped to the canneries. A The people in charge of the Manse at West Oakland have issued a circlar calling on the school teachers of Oakland to ajd in the chari- table work condncted at that place. About twenty delegates from Oakland will visit Livermore Saturday and Sunday, Septem- ber 7 and 8, for the purpose of holding a grand rally before the Cgrlmln Endeavor county convention meets. The latest phase of the “Trilby?’ mania is the collection of press criticisms and advertise ments. An Oakland young man has collected several thousand clippings and pasted them in a large scraphbook. There was & mysterfous robbery at the U. P. restaurant on_Seventh street near Broadway last night. A sack containing $160 was taken from the safe and there isno clew. The place isan “all-night” house. The Alameda County Federation of Trades has accepted the invitation of the San Fran- clseo Couneil of Labor to participate in the exercises to be held at Metropolitan Hsll in that city on September 2. % 1 mystery surrounding the leaving of a ne&l&oru’ chfid on the doorstep of ¥. G. Otto’s residence at 1646 Seventh street about ten dgys ago is being solved. Police Officer Banks, Who has the case in charge, is hot on the trail of-the gullty party. J. L. Wetmore has sold to Charley Mau, the architect, & lot fronting 40 feet on Tenth street, and situated 90 feet west of Clay. The Price was $200 & _front foot, The price is suffi- cient to show how rapidly property values are increasing on Clay street and near by. * The Machine Woodworkers’ Union of Oak- 1and was organized with E.J. White as tem- rary president and C. F. Martin secretary, It 3‘311 meet at labor headquarters on August 26 for permanent organization, to wbich meet- ing-all workers of that class will be welcome. A. A. Barotea, the politician of the Fourth Junius Loring Hatch for disturbing his peace in-am alleged attenipt to interview Mrs. Baro- tean, has placed on record déeds to his wife of property on Fifth street in this city and in Ala- meds estimated to.be worth $10,000. - . Thé' tesidents of Twenty-fourth street and Telegraph avenue were yesterday aftérnoon over the appearance.of &. muad- dog:,-An_officer. did not want to use his. Ppistoi becatse it would attract & crowd,-so he: procured an ax and with two hlows on'the ce- nine’s head-put him out of misery.and calmed | the fears of the residents. -- reatly” wrought up | WAL BE SIX TRILBIES. The Only “Available Goddess ‘of Liberty ‘Refuses- to £ " Pose. Rev. M. F: Colbuin, formeily of- the Eighth-|" - avenue M. E. Chur¢h, Oakland, will oceupy the pulpit of thé Twenty-fourth- Avenue E. Thurch, East Oakland, on Sundsy morning, August 18. Mr. Colburn having spent thé last ‘two years in:the Old World and but . late! }y Te- | turped, his.many friends ‘Wwiil. be glad of this opportunity to hear:him again, At.the regular: monthly meeting of Woman’s . Exchange, held. at . Mrs. Barstow’s, on Franklin street, the treasurer's report was read and showed that, despite the duilness of the last-two months, money had been made. - Mrs..Anson Barstow,- Mrs. Oscar Ihite ‘and -Mrs. T.¥. Horn were leo‘iutEd a nominating vommittee to select the officers and directors't> serve aiter-the ‘annual meet- ing, which is to be heid on September 19.. _the LATEST BERKELEY ITEMS, A.P. Hayne, Instructor in Viti- culture, Talks About the Phylloxera. Unltarlans Belleve In Their Legal Right to Use Stiles Hall as:a House of Worship. BERKELEY, Aug: 16.—The viticultural department of the University of California agricultural experiment station has’ re- cently ‘received ‘many letters from vine- growers in. various' parts of - the State in- quiring into the means :of ridding the phylloxéra pest, which is ‘quite prevalent in certain parts of. California at this time. | This great influx of ‘communications seems to. have been due ' largely to special articles on..the phylloxera which have appeared in. recent editions of THE CALL. A. P. Hayne, instructor in charge-of. the viticultural department,. said to-day that he was overrun with letters of inquiry and samples of diseased roots from vineyard- ists - who desire’ .to know whether their vinés are affected with the dreaded pest. ““There. is one thing,” said he,*‘that I wish to especially impress.uporn those who send us cuttings of supposedly diseased vines, and ‘that. is, they must send live roots, since the phylloxera exists solely-on the sap of the growing yvines, and when the. root dies the pest: perishes also. It is not essential that the roots forwarded for ex- amipation shoutd. belarge. Fibrousroots Will ‘do- just as well, but -they must be alive, The only.-proper way to pack sam- ples for shipmeént is to wrap them in damp paper_and box them up tightly. They should be transported to the. experiment station as soon ‘as possible so that they may arrive. fresh: In sending diseased leaves a humber should be selected, and the same precautions in -the matter of’ shipment be observed. ““Accompanying the samples of -d vines there should be statements g the symptoms; stating whether one .vine was affected or.a number, ‘how: lon affected, what variety and the kind of soil upon which grown: ‘Anson | “All that can be done without complete | details or with:dead roats,” said Mr. Hayne, “is to guess at what the trouble is, we do not propose to do any guessing.” Letters from viticulturists requesting vine expeérts to visit théir- districts have been received from counties as far south as San Bernardino and as far inorth as'the.ex- treme limit of grape culture in California. Messrs. Hayne and Bioletti. left this afternoon upon request of a number. of northern vine-growers for St. Helena and: Napa and Sonoma valleys for the purpose oflocating the phylloxera and recommend- ing means for its extermination. Continuing, Mr. Hayne said that the de- partment had just received from France a number of samples of select, improved wine yeasts or ferments. They are from the best vineyards of the Rhine, Medoc, Sauterne, Italy and ‘Burgundy, and some of them have been foungto do especially good in -several hot countries, notably Southern France and Algeria. They have been successfully tried abread and have improved the quality of the wines from 10 to 15 per cent in mufl‘;et yalue. *We propose 1o - distribute - samples through the State, and at the same trme carry on experiments here in the labora- tories in connection with other class work in vinification,” said he. *If the experi- ments are successful, and there is every in- dication ‘that they will be; arrangements will be made in coming years so that wine- growers can always have a supply of these yeasts at a nominal price.” Dr. Le Conte Will Work On. A report gained ground amang the stu- dent body to-day that Dr. Joseph Le Conte would not give any courses at the univer- sity after this year, but. when asked with regard to the rumor he expressed much surprise and said: ‘‘I have no intention whatever-of discontinuing my "work; in fact, 1 expect to die in the harness.” He met his first class of the term yester- day morning and upon entrance to the lecture room a loud round of applause greeted him. When the cheers had sub- sided he said: “I hope our associations with each other will always continue to be as pleasant as they are now.” Dr. Le Conte expects to publish _another. work soon on ‘‘Evolution and Its Relation to the Animal Kingdom,” and a new edi- tion of his “Geology.” The reason why Lis publishers desire Dr. Le Conte to re- vise his ““Geology’’ at once is becanse Dana, the great naturalist, came out with an edi- tion on geology shortly hefore his death, and they wish to be able to say that Le Conte’s ““Geology’’ is.*“‘up to date.” _In speaking of his other work, he said: “There is one thing I wish to do before a great while, and that is to gather up some of my miscellaneous articles and publish them. I have enough on hand to make. four or five good-sized volumes.?’ Stiles Hall Controversy. Professor William Carey Jones in an interview -to-day with regard to the right of the trustees in charge of Stiles Hall to lease the upfler hall of that building to the Unitarian church ‘as a place for holdin, services, said: “The trustees of the Uni- tarian Church have leased the upper audi- torium of Stiles Hall from the trustees of that institution. Stiles Hall is not a-uni- versity building, and the Board of Regents has nothing whatsoever to do. with it; nor ‘has the faculty. The control of the building is entirely in the hands of the trustees of Stiles Hall.- There is an au- thoritative statement on this point in the ‘“‘History of the University,” which shows that the first offer of Mrs, Stiles to the Y. M. C. A. was was not responded to, and so the whole direction of the property.is in the hands of its trustees. ““The articles of incorporation provide that the building shall be used by the Young Men’s Christian Association and the Young Women’s Christian Associa- tion, and other religious organizations as they shall from time .to time arise in the university. Further, it may be used by other student organizations, so far as its use may not interfere with the religious uses of the building. There is no ptefer- ence given to any sect.” Rev. Dr. Bentley, pastor of the Metho- -dist church, to-day conceded the legal right of the trustees in -‘the matter, bm%e expressed himself posed to the use of the hall'by any reli- gious denomination, orthdox or heterodox. The expgession in the prayer-book, “kindly fruits of the earth,” has for most persons no definite meaning on account of the difference in significance now at- tached to the word kindly from that used when the expression was first written. The word kindly in that connection meant as nearly as possible “of its kind,” and the expression ‘kindly fruits of the earth” meant “‘the fruits of the earth each after ‘Ward, who recently cuused the arrest of Bev, li" kind.” as being strongly op- BEAUTY WELL REPRESENTED. All the Orphan Children will Be Invited to Attend Oaklahd’s Phantasma. QAELAND OFFICE, SAN FRANCISOO0 CALL,) - 908 Broadway, August I6. } As stated "in THE CALL yesterday morn- ing, the ladies of the Woman’s Exchange have taken the phantasma’in hand, and that entertainment will ve given under the airection: of Professor J. 'W.Sherman at t Oaklaiid Theater on -Thursday and Friday evenings of next week, with a matinee on Saturday. A number of enthusiastic -young ladies assembled at the First Congregational Church ' this afternoon to be assigned to the various parts, and, although several | characters are still wanting, almost all of them have been ‘filled, and matters are well under headway. On Monday after- | noon at 8 o’clock a meeting will be held at the same place, at which.details not touched upon to-day will be fally arranged. ‘Mrs. F. E. Sharon, president of the Ex- change, Mrs. Alexander McBean, Mrs. A. Fine and Mrs. White of the board of di- rectors are taking active interest in com- pleting details and have every reason to Miss May C. Chamberlain, Who Will Pose as ‘“‘Appeal.” [From d photograph.] feel confident that their entertainment will be in every way a success.. Miss Sulli-. van and Mrs. A. A, Déwing will be the principal soloists of the evening and will’ alsosing by way of illustrating several tableaux. . The orchestra of the - Oakland Theater will furnish selections. : These tableaux are so arranged - that as one looks the. group fades away or dis- solves into another quite the reverse in sentiment, and the different colored lights thrown upcn.them make ‘truly beautiful these living pictures. The groups which were completed to- day are: - “Homeless,’”’ dissolving .into “Three Graces.” Miss M. McKisis, Miss Selma Hershberg; Miss May C. Cham- berlin, Miss Mabel Osler, Miss Lorell Craib; “*Prayer,” dissolving in_‘‘Reconcili- ation,” Miss ¥. W. Hall as Prayer, Miss Grace Atwood, Miss Ruby Chase, Miss Lulu Ayres, Miss A.-Peres, Miss Grace A. Amerman; patriotic. illusion, “Under the Snow,” Miss Florence Sharon and little Ruth Cnrtwfight; “Tambourine Girl,” dis- solving into “Hope,” Miss E. Hyman; ‘‘Galatea,” dissolving into ‘‘Hebe,” Miss L. McMenomy, Miss D. Alexander; “Ves- tal Virgin,” dissolving into *‘Innocence,” Miss F. MeNally, Miss F. Sharon; “Morn- ing,” dissolving into ‘‘Night,”” Miss Mabel Hussey, Mrs. Davis; *‘Egeria,” dis- solving into: “Ruth and Naomi,” Miss A. Peres, Miss K.. White, Miss Pearl Fine; = “Meditation,” dissolving into “Shepherd: Boy,” Miss C. B. You:f, Sz “Truth,” djssolving into “Shepherd Bay," second group, Miss Sullivan; *‘Beatrice,” dissolving into ““Appeal,” Miss M. Hersh- berg, Miss Florence Sharon, Miss May C. Chamberlin, Miss -M. Osler, Miss D, Alexander, Miss Lorell Craib; ‘“Medea,” dissolving into “Rebuke,” Mrs. 8. F. Cart- wright, little Ruth Cartwright and Selma a Boloist Who Will Truth.” {From .a_photograph.] Hershberg, Miss Florence Sharon, Miss Chamberlin, Miss Osler, Miss Alexander, Miss Craib. Beautiful -Easter illusions— “Faith at the Cross,” Miss Blanche Sharon, Miss C. B. Young, Miss' Florence Sharon; ‘‘Penitence,” Miss Kate White, Miss Mahel Hussey: ‘‘Spirit of Faith,” Miss Ruby Orabires; “Early: at the. Cross,”” Miss Ruth \;aflwrigh!. Comic tableaux—*‘Mother,”” Miss Sullivan; “Yum Yum,” Miss Perés; “Three Little. Maids from School,” Miss Heyman, Miss Hersh~ berg, Miss' Alexander; football tablean, the kelinnwfi‘notb}ll Team; classic tab- leaux—*Nydia,” Miss McKisic; “Goddess of Agricuituee and Industry,” Miss May Sharon, Miss Lulu Ayers, Miss Jehu; tableaux from ‘Elaine’—"Elaine,’ Miss Mabel H“”e?’ and several characters not as_yet filled; “Egyptian water-carrier,” Miss G. A. Amerman; “Peace,” Miss May Sharon; _ “North,” = Miss Alexander; ‘‘East,” Miss Hershberg; “‘South,” Miss Grace Atwood; ‘‘West,” Miss K. White; “Bartholdi’s Statue of Liberty,” Mrs. 8. F. Cartwright. 5 , s ‘The partiof Trflb{nw:{ll be taken by six or more young ladies, Du Maurier’s creation being pictured in several different attitudes. As-yet no one has been found |- who would make a suitable Goddess of Liberty, the one lady who has face and form perfect for that inspiring figure being deaf to demands and entreaties and utterly refusing to pose. The Basket Ball Club of the High School will probably pose , whole, and a tennis team will zlso form a_tableau, the Hardy boys, Tom Driscoll and Georg:'B. de Long, or Charles Bates, probab! ing chosen. A military tableau will composed of ‘members of the Fort guard. The ladies hgve decided to invite thé members of thef various orphan asylums of Oakland and vicinity to attend the matinee, so if the invitation be acccpted _{ mental music is being prepared. abc;ut 500 little onés’ will feast tneir eyes and owe the Exchange a debt of gratitude all their childhood days. . THE TRADES UNIONS. Active Preparations Being- Made to Cele- 2 brate Labor Day. 7 The Labor Council and trades unions of this City are making great preparations for *| the celebration of Labor day, September 2. They expect to fill Metropolitan Hall and an “interesting programme of speaking, literary exercises' and vocal and instru- 3 At the meeting of the Labor Council last evening it was announced that G. W. Montéith and 'W.McArthur would be among the speakers. The National Labor Army applied for representationi in the council, but action was postponed until the army’s constitu- tion and: by-laws was prepared. A letter was_received from Labor Commissioner E. | L. Fitzgerald, stating that he would not knowingly furnish- any. laborers to -take the place of men who go out on'a strike. TrLemembership of S8an Francisco Union No. 22 of the Bratherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America has increased so much of late that it will be necessary for them to move from" their present: place of meeting; at 909 Market street, into larger quarters. ;] move to Odd Fellows’ Hall. Thirty-seven new members were elected. The secretary says that there are now about 700 members and by the end of the month the union will be as large as it was before the recent hard times. LATE NEWS OF ALAMEDA, Artesian Water: Works Prop- erty Assessment Lowered by the Equalizers. City Assessor J. C. Linderman Dis- pleased With the Board’s Action. A $10,000 Damage Sult. ALAMEDA, Aug. 16.—The City Board of Equalization- had the assessment. of the Artestan Water Works under consider- ation to-day, and Superintendent Borden carried his point by having the assessment. reduced $42,950. The board adjourned at noon until this morning, but no session will be held to-morrow, as this procedure was taken to conform with the law and hold jurisdiction by adjournments from day to day. ¥ The application of Philip Heuer for a reduction of his assessment of $5200 on property at the southwest.corner of Central avenye and St. Charles. street was-denied. The request of -J. L. Faust for a reduction from to $1650:-was’ also denied. Dr: T. P. Tisaale asked for a reductien on the roperty where the library is located from 13,475 to $11,550. His request was denied. Susan Barfow was denied a reduction on roperty assessed at $9150, the Loyal Oak %otel, on the east side of Park street. The improvements on the property are the old- est on Park street. . 5 The Artesian Water Works property was next taken up, and the Assessor claimed that the boara could not afford to make a rednction. Mr. Lipderman stated that he had consulted the District Attorney, and had been advised by that official that the Equalizers had no power, in that Captain Thompson had not filed a statement. Attorney Taylor, however, cited. the sec- tion in the City charter conferring power upon the Board .of Equalization, sliowing that it had the right to make all reasonable reductions, £ The members of the board called for the report submitted by the water works in February, but it was not available in the clerk’s archives, and President Forderer was of the opinion that should the report be found. the matter might result in a greater reduction. . i City Assessor J. O, Linderman was not a bit pleased with the. outlook, and stated that should the board reduce the afisess- ment it would practically charge him with crime. However, a reduction was granted on the Park-street property, on which the water-works building is” located, from $30,850 to $25,000; and from $127,450 to $89,500 on the assessment on the pipe lines, meters and materials. The reduc- tions were made by motion of Hammond and seconded by Clark. Captain R. R. Thempson’s assessment was next considered, The reduction from $18,000 on the High-street g}roperty was denied and the assessment of $5500 on the Alameda Bank building was also_denied. The equalization on the marsh lands on the north line of Alameda was referred to the Assessor. 3 The discovery was made that the fran- chise of the Sunset Te]e}{)l:zne and Tele- Emph Company had not been assessed. J. . Damon was granted a eancellation of the double §650 assessment on property.in bloek B, West End. The total - reductions to:date amount to §53,945. Suit for Ten Thousand. Mrs. E. Kuenzel and her husband have brought suit against the Alameda and Oak- land Railway and Goldberg, Bowen & Lebenbaum for $10,000. This claim. is on account of injuries received between an electric car on which she was riding and a delivery wagon on November 14, atthe crossin leventh and Jackson streets, Oakland. The plaintiffs have made sev- eral efiorts to settle the matter out of court without effect. e JUSTWHAT HE EXPECTED Assessor Dalton’s Opinion of His Examination at Sacramento. Merely a Plece of Machine Politics That WIIl Result. in Nothing. : OAxmim Orrice 8aN Francisco €ALy, i 908 Broadway; August 16. Assessor Dalton returned from Sacra- mento this morning and is not at sll satis- fied with his visit, He does not think the State Board of Equalization was asanxious to learn about Alameda County .assess- ments as Mr. Morehouse personally was to have Mr. Dalton before a board where he &‘Morehouse)‘has some jurisdiction. “The gnly point the State Board made,” said Mr. Dalton to-day, “was in_regard te mortgages, and that was really a very weak point. The value of & mortgage now is yery much less than it was some years ago when the meorigage was executed. Twice as much money ‘could be borrowed on Broadway property. four years ago as can be'borrowed at this time. The same'is true in a greater or less degree in every part of the county. In the townships agricultural land was more valuible for mortgaging when. the mortgages were made than'itis now. I have passed the inquisition and am still unableto sée why the State Board should have expressed. its intention to rajse the assessment of Ala- |- meda County when the rolis as reduced by the Sugervison show an increase .of over one million dollars above last year’s assess- ments.” . % ok ¥ Mr. Dalton’s_friends do not believe - that the State Board has any intention of rais- | ing Alameda’s assessment. They declare that the examination was held solely for the_purpose-of trying to injure Mr. Dalton alitically by ltumptmfiw show that he Siwrimlmmd. They feel -particularly bit- ter toward Dalton’s :predecessor in office, e ety Last evening it was decided to| Robert Leckie, who, they say, supplied all the details to the State Bosrd on which Mr. Dalton was examined. Mr. Leckie made most of the assessments on mort- gages that were called in question, and no one else could have so readily recalled the individual mortgages. The belief is -general ' that the State Board will leave Alameda’s assessment as reduced by the Supervisors. It is not easy to see how it can consisténtly be raised, in view of the increase already made. Ala- meda County is.in Mr. Morehouse’s. dis- trict, and Morehouse and Leckie are fast friends. . Morehouse highly complimented Leckie last year, and it was prophesied ‘three weeks ago that the reverse would be the case with Dalton. ' The prophecy has been fultilled e SR NEW TO-DAY. Another Mothers’ ay. Last Saturday we had a ‘“‘Mothers’ Day” CHANGED ALL THE LOCKS How a Houge_Agenf Prevented the Holding of an Auc- tion. g Having Appropriated the Furniture, the. Agent -Must Pay ) for .. 0ARLAND OFFICE SAN FrANCISCO CALL'} 908 Broadway, August 16. Judge Clift decided this afternoon ‘that an agent.of a building cannot lock up a tenant’s house when he is away and pre- vent the tenant or his representatives from procuring his furniture, even though some rent may be owing. The case was an interesting one to house-renters, and the decision was received with much in- terest among the real estate men on Ninth street, The evidence showed that a man named Morgan rented a house from Hugh M. Camron. - In the éarly part of last month Morgan sold his furniture to M. Linden- baum and resided elséwhere, although he remained in undisputed possession of Cam-~ ron’s house. , Lindenbaum took some more |- furniture to the vremises and announced that be would hold an auction sale and sell off everything on the premises. The auction was ‘advertised. to take ptace on July 23. A notice to vaeate was served on Morgan that expired on the 24th. On the day the auction was to have been held the auctioneer was on the ground with his leather lungs, the red flags were duly flaunted and the usunal crowa gath- ered. Mr. Lindenbaum arrived with his keys, but, to his great surprise, not one of them would fit any lock to the “house, back or front. The auctioneer advised that no viclence be used in - forcing: open the door, and after some explanation the crowd dispersed. It was - learned later from the agent that he had changed all the locks on the doors .and intended to keep everybody out until the back rent was paid. Lindenbaum contended that as Camron had proceeded by no process of law and had appropriated - the furniture he (Lindenbaum) was entitled to : the value of it, and to damages for being: kept oif the prémises illegally. He brought suit against Camron for. $299. The furniture is still Jocked up and Lindenbaum still has the keys that will not let him in. Judge Clift decided that the proceedings of the agent wére “highhanded, and that Lindenbaum was acting strictly within his legal rights when he advertised the auction. The agént had practically de- scended on the premises without any’vlefal process having been taken, and had locked up the plaintiff’s furniture, which was do- ing just what the .lJaw did - not permit— summary seizing of furniture for rent. Judgment was given for plaintiff, with the exception of the value of some goods in the basement, which it was shown had not been locked up. RESOLVED AGAINST BONDS, Oakland Populists Working to Defeat the Re- funding. Mayor Davle Is in Favor of Issuing Bonds for Strictly Municipal Improvements. OAKLAND OFrICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, August 16. A majority of the People’s party and nearly all the trades unions are opposed to the refunding of the municipal bonds two weeks from to-morrow, and as a two- thirds vote is required to carry the meas- ure, every voter who favors the reissue will have to record his vote. The - Populists : have commenced an organized - campaign. against the refund- ing and are working hard for its defeat. They have revived the wearing of the brass buttons prevalent when an attempt was made in 1892 to vote $800,000 for a park and boulevard. The buttons are lettered “no bonds, P. P.,” and quite a number of them decorate the lapels of the believers in the Omaha platform. Open-air meetin denouncing the reissue are held nightly in the City Hall Park and no effort has yet been made to present the other side of the question. The argument is made that instead of allowing- the bonds to fall due ‘when the treasury is at 8 lowebb a sinking fund should havebeen created during the past five years tc meet them. This has not. been done, and in October Oakland will have to redeem $140,000 worth of mu- nicipal-bonds. It is certain that every taxpayer will vote for the reissuing of the bonds, as shou!d the measure be beaten at the polls the next tax levy will have to be raised about 30 cents, or about 25 per cent of what itis' now. There is no alternative, 1 and Auditor. Snow is somewhat anxious regarding the result. 'gt[n orgDavie is in- favor of the -issue of municipal bonds, and said to-day that most people are apt to confuse the. issue and condemning all indiscriminately: . “If municipal bonds are to be issued in the permarnent im%mvemem, of the city,” said the Mayor, “‘they are not an injury, but, on the ‘contrary, a benefit to the city. The future generation are to receive the bénefits of these permanent improve- ments, and why, then, should they not stand a portion’of - the expense of them? 1 believe in a city beautifying itself and making itself attractive tothose desirous of making their homes here,.and the: best way to do.this is to issue bonds and ac- quire. funds for public parke and build boulevards.” - - : 3 All the local newspapers are advocating the reissue, and if it passes the majority will not be very large. . e o | GAIL BORDEN | 1 HasNoEqual § & SOLD EVERYWHER PeRNYROVAL Bills and. by sk A Do e Mk ol in Red and Gold metallio 05, scaled with bine rivbon. “Take that proved so successful that we are en- couraged to have another to-day. We have still better offerings than last Saturday: Boys’ Short: Pants Suits. 1 "0 Stylish, Neat, Handsome Chevi~ YLDV, ots for boys 4'to 14 years old. 2 50 Cheviots, neat and natty, Navy P&sIVUs Blue and Wood Browns. 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