The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 20, 1895, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1895. 11 LATEST OAKLAND NEWS, The - Grand Jury Ready to Investigate the Tax Shortage. ANXIOUS TO RETAIN WENDTE. Oakland Knights Templar Starton Their Pilgrimage to Boston. OAXLAND OFFICE SAN FrANCISCO CALL,] 908 Broadway, August 19. } The regular term Grand Jury was drawn by Judge Frick this morning. After hear- ing some excuses, the following were sworn: C. W. Damon, Solomon Kahn, B J. Osgood, August Fromm, Peter Cook, James. P. Taylor, William Hoffschneider, Don F. Miller, James L. Barker, James H. Corey, B. D. Gray, Richard Dowling Jr., E. J, Holland, James H. Rourke, Albert Wey- mouth, Justus Held, E. S. Buswell, Joseph Knowland, T. P. Carey. E.J. Osgood was selected as foreman by the Judge. Judge Frick, in his instructions, dwelt at great length upon the instructions which he'said were to govern the jury in its de- liberations, as laid down in the statute books of the State. Outside of these specific duties of the Grand Jury, Judge Frick dirécted especial attention to the fact that the body was required and had the power of it§ own motion to investigate matters connected with the administration of county offices that had become public topics through the press and were subjects of public rumor. }p{mm:rucnea the jury that where embezzlement of public funds was charged, the statute of limitations was 3 proceedings. The Judge, in conclusion, said a great deal of time and money had been wasted Juries going into matters over they had no jurisdiction. He re- strongly to the duty of jurors to inquire into rumors of public matters that had become matters of gossip or that been spread abroad by the newspapers ning maladministration in county whic ferred v offices. The first thing taken up by the jury will be the investigation of the shortage in the Tax Collector’s office. IS DISCOURAGED. He Pas Asked to Be Released From His Pastorate. Reyv. Charles W. Wendte, pastor of the First Unitarian Church, asked the trus- tees three weeks age to accept his resigna- tion on November 1. Four years ago the society erected one of the handsomest irches in the State, at a cost of nearly Of this amount $51,000 was sub- scribed b{v the members, and the balance WENDTE was:held as a mortgage. The mortgage fell dne Jast September, but was renewed. The bank has now asked that it be reduced. M ite said to-day that he 1s dis- ot d. He has worked hard to keep urp the:fimancial and moral interests of the church, and it is said bis contributions in motéy last year amounted to $1500. His own salary isin arrears, and there is no trouble in the church except the financial difficulty. Sinee the resignation was placed in the hands of the trustees they bave held sev- era}l meetings, and one cf their first acts was to pass resolutions heartily indorsing Mr. Wendte and calling upon him to re- main. ;This did not satisfy the pastor, who said the matter must go before the chureh as a whole, as the Unitarian policy # of church government isa congregational one; and haaiso insisted that 1f he was to remain some effort must be made to reduce the debt on the cnurch. It was decided that the letter of resignation should have Deen read yesterday, but this was altered, and the fact of the resignation was merely announced with the call for the meeting next Sunday. John P. Irish is a trustee, and he is working hard for a full attend- ance of members. The general opinion prevails among the members that Mr. Wendte will be retained and that the financial tangle will be straightened out. Itwasannounced to-day that the trustees have already found ten men willing to subscribe $500° each to re- duce the debt, and it is believed that three times thisamount can be obtained within the time before the meeting next Sunday. CRIMINAL OR CRAZY. Cornelius Stuart Remembers He Has a ‘Wife in England. Cornelius E. 8tuart, the man who was arrested Saturday for alleged tampering with the marriage records, has confessed that he has a wife in England to whom he was married -twenty-three years ago. He says he deserted her about six years ago, and did not know that a marriage in Eng- land was binding on a man in this country. Mrs. Ada Moore, the lady he married two weeks ago, hasnot put up a bond for_him and has hired a lawyer instead, and will find out just what Stuart1s and what his motive was for marrying her. Stuart is held at present with a charge of felony against him, but investigations are being made that may resuit in a charge of bigamy. He says he does not know whether his first wife is alive or dead. He contradicts his stories quite frequently and for a long time swore that he was a single man when he married Mrs, Moore. The District Attorney has examined the records aud feels convinced he will be able to make out a good case against Stuart for altering public records. A Good Witness for Muhlner. Some sensational lenimon{ was given to-night at the inquest on the body of Miss Jennie Lewis, who was shot last Monday afternoon, Miss Sparhawk, the nurse at the Mooar residence where the shooting occurred, testified that about half an hour before the shooting she saw a man hiding n the creek that runs near the house. The man was evidently trying to conceal him- self among the brush. She did not see Muhlner at the house at all Monday after- noon, and the man she saw walking awafr atter the shooting did not answer Muhi- ner's description, The Chief of Police went to the jail and brought Muhlner to the morgue. When brought before Miss Sparhawk she swore positively that Muhlner was not the man she saw walking off just after the shooting. The man she saw was a much heavier man. Muhlner wasturned round by the witness and placed in the attitude of the man she saw.ieaving the house and the witness positively testified that he was not the man. Oharles Miller was put on the stand and subjected to a close examination as to how he had put in his time during the fatal Monday afternoon. There were some con- tradictions in his testimony, but his story did not differ materially from that already published.. The inquest was adjourned at widnight, . Beverzl other witnesses are yet to be examined. ¢ The Wilmerding School. A tommittée composed of William R. Davis, J. B. McChesne%o Charles G. Yale, P. E. Bowles, Captain W. R. Thomas, Rev. Dr. Wendte, R. W. Snow and W. Frank Pierce met in the offices of Davis & Hill on Saturday n'l%ht to errange plans for secur- ing the Wilmerding school to Oakland. They will canvass for contributions, and when a- sufficient amount is raised will meet ‘the board of regents to select a site ffiodr th"e n;aw s‘cl_aool.f The committee is con- ent of raising from $10,000 within the-week L0 o 310000 ‘Breach of Promise, The demyrrer of Captain John Hayes to the amended complaint of Miss Carrie Lockyer for §10,000 for breach of promise of marriage has been overruled and the case-will be tried on its merits. The day of the marriage was set, the bride had sent out her invitations and at the last moment Hayes professed to treat the matter as a huge joke and withdrew. Dr. Chapman Accepts. The Rey. E. 8. Chapman, D.D., who has for years been connevted with the Brook- lyn Presbyterian Church as its pastor, has accepted a unanimous call to become the tor of the Market-street Congregational Church. He will be installed about Sep- tember 11, when the annual meeting of the church will be held, and Mr. Goodell, the incumbent, will retire from the pastorate. Dr. Chspman is a great Bible student. His work as an evangelist has been very successful throughout the State, and he is exceedingly popular with young people. He is filling the pulpit of the First Metho- dist Church at present during the absence of Dr. Kummer in Europe. An Attorney’s Fee Reduced. The matter of the claim of Attorney H. B. M. Miller for $4000 balance upon a claim of $5000 for legal services to the adminis- tratrix of the estate of C. A. Klinkner came up for settlement before Judge Frick to- dav. The court held first that the objec- tion of ex-Judge Nye to the fixing of a fee at this time was not a valid one. Several attorneys have estimated the services as worth from $4800 to $2500. Judge Frick was satisfied that $3000 was a fair com- ensation and made an order allowing $2000, $1000 having already been allowed. Awarded to Vandercook. The Supervisors this morning passed the ordinance governing the manner in which the electric railway from this city to Livermore shall be constructed under the franchise granted to E. P. Vandercook. A. D. Thomson sent in a communication settu_lT forth that the bid of Vandercook was illegal. It was filed. School Changes. The Board of Education elected three new teachers to-night, Miss Isabella Mor- rison was appointed to the Cole School vice Mrs. Harriet Lee, resigned; Mrs. Shorfie‘f was elected tofill a vacancy in the Garfield Schoof, and Miss M. A. Smith was elected a substitute to take the place of Miss Durrant of the Franklin School. Sledentopf’s Trial. The three indictments against ex-Li- cense Collector Walter Siedentopf came up to-day in Judge Ellsworth’s court. The second trial was set for September 17. Siedentopf is charged with misappropriat- ing public money, The first case against him was dismissed last week on account of a technicality. The City Council, A resolution was proposed at the meet- ing of the City Council to-night to give the whole of the municipal patronage to the Oakland Water Company and to withdraw entirely from the Contra Costa Company. The resolution was voted down. Children’s Clinic. A freeclinic opened at Fabiola hospital to-day for the srecial treatment of young children. The clinic is under the allopathic branch of the institution and is in charge of Dr. F. R. Starr. A large number of children were on hand to-day. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,! 908 Broadway, August 19. Miss Jennie Lewls, who was shot last week, was buried to-dsy. Judge Frick this afternoon denied the mo- tion of Attorney Knight to admit Patrick Col- lins to bail. Public Administrator Knight hes brought suit against W. G. Trigp to_recover $24,000 on the esiate of the late E. L. Cook. Mrs. Philip Boogar was this aflternoon allowed by Judge Frick an increase of allow- ance from $75 to $125 s month. A bloomer girl frightened Supervisor John- ston’s horse on I'welith street Saturday and he deshed off, dragging the wagon after him. Alired Lloyd of the Oakland High School ‘was struck by a Twelfth-street car at noon to- day while riding his bicycle and badly bruised. Ex-Police Officer Thomas Boyer was found guilty by Judge Wood this morning of disturb- ing the peace of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Cashin. Rev. E. 8. Chapman is to give a series of three lectures st the First Methodist Church, corner of Fourteenth and Clay streets, on “The Tabernacle of Moses.” F. H. Cummings of East Oekland was seri- onsly injured by & runavay team on Broadway this afternoon, " His injurfes were attended to 8t the Receiving Hospital. Martha Langhorne of Alameda has applied for letters upon the estate of George Lang- horne, her husband, who died in Mexico and left an estate worth $5000. Attorney Sam Bell McKee is going to make a. fight before the Board of Supervisors to have the franchise revoked recently granted to E. P. Vandercook for an electric road from Fruitvale to Livermore. Street Superintendent Miller has inspected the garbage-dumping grouads in the vicinity of lower Kirkham street, and has ordered whatever refuse can be destroyed by fire gath- ered together for that purpose. A case of utter cruelty was reported to the Humane Society to-day. Rats caught in a shoestore at Seventh and Washington were | saturated with coal oll, which was then set on fire and the rats were burned to death. Judge Ogden to-dey overruled the demurrer to the amended complaint in the suit of Mrs. Carrie Lockyer against Captain John Hayes, the well-known militiaman, for $10,000 dam- ages for breach of promise of marriage. Street Superintendent Miller will put twenty men at work to-morrow redressing San Pablo avenue. The work cannot be done without a steam roller, and he will ask the Councilat their meeting to-night to suthorize him to en- gageone. James Lane and Deputy C. M. White have returned from Folsom, where they went with Jake Openheimer, W iflliam Berry Holiand and Jack Holland, séntenced for robbery. The Pprisoners were delivered all right and are at work by this time in the quarry. There will be a double assessment on the Seventh-street local line this year. City As- sessor Bnow has placed 1t on his rolls as prop- erty taxable by the city, and the State Board of Equalization has assessed it as part of the general system of the Southern Pacific. Carlos Whistler disappeared from his home at 827 Campbeil street, West Oakland, last Tuesday afternoon. When he left his home he told his mother he was going to Alameda in search of employment. He departed witha bicycle, $15 and some jewelry belonging to his sister Maude, who has Sworn to & Warrant for his arrest. FROM CHURCH TO ARMY, Miss Ada Beck Leaves Oak- land to Become a Salvationist. The Third Army Woman Officer to Desert the First Baptist Church. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCIECO CALL.§ 808 Broadway, August 19. Miss Ada Beck, a member of the First Baptist Church of this city, took her trunk to the Woman’s Training Garrison of the Salvation Army in San Francisco to-day and will be trained for an officer. Thisisthe third young lady who has left the church within a month to become an officer in the army. Miss Beck for a long time was a regular singer in the Baptist Church choir and was a general favorite. She is about 19 years old_and a well-educated young woman. Her appearance is attractive, and during her short attachment to the Oakland corps she became a great favorite with the audiences on account of her re- markable voice. The new cadet lived with her widowed mother at Nineteenth and Grove streets, |; and has held several positions in Oakland as cashier in stores. Her mother was bit- terly opposed to her joining the army, and is more Eitterly opposed to ber becomin, an officer. The particular branch of wor that Miss Beck is anxious to undertake is what is known as slum work. The other two young ladies who have gone to the Training Home from the Rev. C. H. Hobart’s church are Miss Fisher and Miss Shettield. Mr. Hobart is a very earnest aggressive and impressive speaker, and all tEe youug ladies who went into the army attribute the foundation of their religious convictiens to his teachings. A TRILBY IN A TEMPER, Miss McKisick Takes Offense at Her Picture and Re- fuses to Pose. DR. DUNN AS A NEW WOMAN. Miss Mabel Hussey Will Take the Part of the Specter Bride. OARLAND OrricE S8AN FrANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Aug, 19. } This afternoon Professor J. W. Sherman met the young ladies who are to take part in the tableau phantasma at the First Con- gregational Church and filled out the parts. There was no rehearsal. That will be held at 2:30 o’clock on Wednesday aft- ernoon at the Oakland Theater, where the young ladies will be ‘“‘posed and dissolved and everything.” Miss McKisick’s with- drawal from the parts to which she had been assigned made it necessary to rear- | Mrs. Alexander McBean, the Lady Who Originated the Idea of Pre- senting the Phantasma in Oakland. She Will Pose as ‘ Mother.” [From & photograph.] range several tableanx, but it was an easy matter to find a “Trilby,” the principal character she was to take. Miss McKisick took offense at the publi- cation of her picture and concluded to have nothing further to do with the phan- tasma. Now there will be two Trilbys. Miss Ida Lange, a young lady who is considered quite a musician and who is physically well fitted to pese as the hypnotized sub- ject of Svengali, will be the singing Trilby. éhe will sing **Ben Bolt” as she stands in the position Trilby took when on the stage. It was not made known whether she would pose with bare feet. Miss May Sharon will pose as Trilby as she was in- troduced into the studio of Little Billee. Little Miss Ida Maloon will give a Span- ish dance, which all who have seen declare charming. A group from Company A. under command of Captain C, T. Poulter, will pose in several realistic battle scenes, during which Miss Pearl Noble of Ala- meda will play several solos on the cornet. A team of mixed doubles will delight ten- nis enthusiasts. It will be composed of the Misses Ethel Pratt, Paula Rued, Coit and Peres, Sam and Sumner Hardy, Charles Bates and Allen Bowen, Mrs, C. 0. Hyde will be the Goddess of Dr. J. M. Dunn, Who Will Pose as “The Specter Bridegroom” and ‘‘The New Woman.” (From a photograph.] leerg. There has been_ some difficulty in finding some one to take this part, but Mrs. Hyde will do_ it full justice. The Goddess of Peace will be represented by Miss Annie Barrington. In “The Specter Bride” Dr.J. M. Dunn will be the groom into whose arms the specter lady- will walk only to disappear immediately, Miss Mabel Hussey wxifebe the bride. Miss Lulu Ayles and Asa Clark Hewlett will represent Millet’s ‘‘Angelus.” Miss Sullivan and Mrs, A. A. Dewing will sing, Miss Sullivan’s numbers being Schubert’s ‘“‘Serenade’’ and the solo in “Over the Garden WalL.” She will not, as has been stated, ag})ear in this tableau, Mrs. Alexander McBean, secretary of the ‘Woman's Exchange, will play the part of : mother struggling to wash her small son’s ace. Mrs. Oscar White, who is a member of the board of directors of the exchange, will pose as “The Bereaved Mother.” ~ The Cn_nfiregntinnnl Church orchestra may furnish selections, though the music has not as yet been definitely arranged. Miss Pearl Hickman and Miss Merle Francis will both be “Little Red Riding Hood,” and the latter will also be “The Shepherd Boy,” into which the tableaux “Meditation” and “Truth” will be dis- solved. Allis in readiness for the rehearsal to- morrow and enthusiasm grows apace. The first performance is on Thursday night. DAVIE’S HISTORIC WHARF, The Mayor Will Claim Nothing Under Judge Ogden’s De- cision. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, August 19, } Much surprise was expressed to-day when it was made known that Mayor Davie does not intend to put in any claim to the portion of the water front he im- proved, although he has a legal right under Judge Ogden’s ruling to do so. Mr. Davie has stated all through his political cam- paign that even if it were found that he had acquired title to his piece of water- front property he would present it to the .city. He fully intends to stand by his promises. The piece of land improved by Mayor Davie is more available for commerce than any of the pieces of land to which claim has been made by the different holders, and is therefore proportionately more en- titled to it, Not only hasit been filled in, but it has been fully improved and a_sub- stantial wharf built at theend of it, at which vesseis dailf load and discharge. Many thousands of dollars were spent in the improvements and the wharf was con- structed under great difficulties. To prevent Davie from getting the piles into the sli& or frgmoasettlng his pile- driver to work the railroad company sank a huge barge across the entrance and moored it with heavy chains. Some rail- road men were put on board to hold it and on several occasions bloodshed neuflg Te- sulted. But Davie kept at work and built his wharf and it is to-day one of the most used and most useful sections of the water front. Judge Ogden decided that the city was not entitled to recover those portions of the water front that had been improyed by those who now occupied them and that were held in good faith for the purposes of commerce. The only bpiece of privately owned land that is available at this time for all purposes of commerce is Davie’s wharf. & “I intend to make no claim to water- front property,” said the Mayor this after- noon. “I have a right to do'so, and I be- lieve a very substantial right onaccount of the many improvements I have made, but I have all along maintained that the whole of theeleven miles of water front be- longed to the city of Oakland and I have not yet changed my mind. I would rather see the city own it than private individuals but scifl I haveno doubt the decision of Judge Ogden is just and legal. I do not think anybody in Oakland deserves their holding any more thanIdo. I built my wharf and every day my steamer calls and loads and_discharges, and I think that is surely préof that it was improved for the purposes of commerce. *Considering the largeamount of money I spent down on the front I think that if the city obtains title to theland I am en- titled to some compensation for the im- provementsas they will commence earning an income as soon as the city acts on its title. 1 have not given this part of the subject much consideration i‘et, neither can I say just now how much I have spent down there, but it is a small fortune.” LATE NEWS OF ALAMEDA, Mrs. Emily Cohen Preparing a Protest Against Her Assessment. Rev. Mahlon H. Wlison, Pastor of the Christlan Church, Tenders His Resignation. ALAMEDA, CaL., Aug. 19.—The Board of Equalization held another half-day ses- sion to-day and adjourned until to-morrow morning. It had been expected that the work would be finished to-day, although there may be a disappointment as it is re- ported that Mrs. Emily G. Cohen, the heaviest taxpayer in Alameda, was pre- paring a protest, which may be the means of extending the session and invite many more equalizations, The assessments of Theodore Mutz, W. G. C. Meyer, W. H. Taylor and Charles F. Fischer were considered. They were cited to show cause why their valua- tions should not be increased. Messrs. Mutz and Fischer were present and the origingl figures of the Assessor were allowed to stand. C, F. Fischer’s as- sessment was increased from $2500 to $3500 on his Park-street improvements. The assessment of Lin Palmer foré)rop- erty on Buena Vista avenue was reduced from $3975 to $3275, and the increase on T. L. Barker’'s adjoining prg}nrty was_ re- scinded, P. Martin was denied .a reduc- tion on his Willow-street property. C. C. Valberg was granted a reduction from 2400 to $2000 on improvements on the armonie Hall proverty. Florence Frazer was granted a reduction on imgrovements on Santa Clara avenue from $1200 to $1000. Angeline Shepherd was granted a reduc- tion from $1825 to $1550; P. McGowan from $1650 to $1300. Dr. Reynolds’ assessment on a house re- cently removed was rescinded and reduced from $1000 to $500. The assessment of F. J. Stackler on improvements Jreferred to the Assessor, was reduced from $4400 to $1950. The total reductions amount to $42,495, Rev. Mahlon H, Wilson Resigns. Rev. Mablon_H. Wilson, who has been pastor of the First Christian Church of this city for the past two years, has re- signed " his charge. Rev. Mr. Wilson stated to a CALL representative to-day that his resignation was due to trouble which developed while Evangelist Roemig and Rev. Mr. Lewis were holaing services in the tent. It is stated that he did not ap- prove of the attacks made on other churches. Rev. Mr, Wilson was named by the new Board of Library Trustees as Librarian and held the office until Judge Frick’s order of injunction reinstalled the old members. Mr. Wilson will reside in Alameda, Petition in Insolvency. Mrs. M. A, Finny, who recently obtained judgment against John Gambs for §733 75 on a note, but could not locate any assets, had him cited on an order of examina- tion. This was to have taken place to-day before Judge Frick, but the attorney for Gambs forestalled all creditors by petition- ing in insoivency. Gambs owes $4642 36 and his assets consist of furniture and watch and chain exempt from execution. Fischer Went East. Carl Fischer, who has been in the em- ploy of E. L. Hutton for the past eight years, left Alameda two weeks ago to at- tend the Great Council of Red Men at Red- wood City. His friends had began to get alarmed because he failed to return when his former employer received a letter from him a few days ago, written from Albu- querque, stating that after leaving Ala- meda a desire to go East seized him and he immediately purchased a ticket and took the Southern overland. His leave- taking is a mystery as none of his friends were informed. Bar to Unrestricted Immigration. Rev. F. M. Taulbee will deliver a free lecture to-morrow evening at Armory Hall on “Patriotism and the Live Issues of the Day.” Mr. Tanbee favors free educa- tion and an educational qualification as a bar to unrestricted immigration. He also favors general taxation of all property re- gardless of ownership, whether ecclesiasti- cal or of the individual. The Alameda Cyclists, The Alameda cyclers did not hold their blind run on Sunday, Twenty-four of the members held a “try out” on the Reliance track., The quarter, unpaced, was broken in 85 seconds by several of the members. The club will hold a five-mile road race be- tween San Leandro and Hayward next Sunday. Verein Germania Enriched. The “Country Fair'’ held by the Verein Germania closed Sunday night. It was a big financial success and the coffers of the Germania are enriched to an extent so as to permit the enugemen‘t of an instructor in physical culture. The affair lasted three days. Langhorne Estate, Mrs. Martha B. Lanlghoma of Christina street has applied for letters on the estate of her husEnnd. George Langhorne, who left an estate valued at §5000. Langhorne died in Mexico. A Unique ‘‘Scrap,” E. Van Jehu, & one-armed man, and ‘“John Doe” Jackson, & one-legged man, both of whom sell papers in front of Lotta’s fountain, had a fight yesterday morning. VanJehu encroached on Jackson's territory and words led to blows. Van Jehu got the worst of it, 88 he was knocked down by 5mklon‘| crutch. He swore out a warrant in Judge Low’s court shortly after. x:pr'd for Jackson’s arrest on the charge ery. LAMONT WAS INFLUENCED Pictures of Bridges in Air Were Forwarded to Washington. OAKLAND'S STEEL STRUCTURE. Passengers Will Be Accommodated Overhead and Steam Cars Beneath. 0AKLAND OFFICE BAN FRANCISCO Cun.} 908 Broadway, August 19, Secretary of War Dan Lamont has brought about a very interesting acquaint- ance between Colonei Mendel and Mayor Davie. The commencement of the affair dates back some months and will termi- nate with a handsome steel bridge across the estuary to take the place of the two shaky wooden structures that now connect Oakland with Alameda. The Mayor has just received a letter from the War De- partment containing very encouraging news and when the bridge is built, as it cer- tainly will be, the citizens of the two cities will be indebted in a measure to the luck that permitted John L. Davie and Dan‘ Lamont to be born in the sameé town and brought up as boys together. A year ago Colonel Mendel’'s method of superintending the dredging of the estuary did not altogether please Mr. Davie. The channel was deepened nearly up to Davie’s wharf, and was also deepened some dis- tance beyond it. Forsome technical reason the intervening distance was not dredged, and the wharves between Webster and Alice streets could only accommodate vessels of limited draught. But as the whirligi of time rolled on Davie became Mayor o Oakland and his brother was a{pointed to a Government position in New York. Davie told his brother of his troubles, his brother advised direct communication with Dan Lamont, and his advice was fol- lowed. Mayor Davie went out in a -boat one morning several months ago and was ac- companied by & photographer. Pictures of the two shaky old bridges were taken at low water, and some of them looked as though the bridges were floating in the air. Then a petition was signed by all the tugboat firms and ship-owners on both sides of the bay, relating the difficulty to navigation of having to pass through two draw-bridges to get to the basin at East Oakland, and asking for some relief, as both the old wooden bridges have been condemned, The pictures and petitions were forwarded to the War Department, and a little later Mayor Davie received a very courteous letter from Colonel Mendel asking for the Mayor’s practical opinion, as a steamboat owner, of the requirements of a bridge that would do the work now done by two. Colonel Mendel made no mention of the fact that he had been ig- nored in the premises, and that the Mayor had communicated direct with Washing- ton, and the Mayor has not yet asked Colonel Mendel why the channel was not dredged past John L. Davie’s wharf. “It will not be lonf before the bridge isa reality,” said the Mayor to-day. ‘‘I have advised that the bridge be built so as to provide for foot passengers on top and steam and electric cars and teams beneath, and I believe that plan will be followed; in fact I have substantial reasons for beliey- ing as Ido. The bridge should be across from the foot of Harrison street, as that will aad considerable wharfage to the gity property and give three wharves and slips a line. There are now but two., Of course the railroad may beéable to get it at the foot of Webster street, but that will not be s0 good a place as Harrison street. Colonel Mendel is pushing the project with un- usual energy and 1s taking great pride in the structure. The Government, the Su- pervisors and the city all have interests at stake, and all will consult together before the final plans are adopted.” LATEST BERKELEY NEWS, Manager Long AnnouncesThat Butterworth Is to Be Berkeley’s Coach. Five Hundred and Elghty-Five Stu- dents in All Have Applied for Admission to College. BERKELLY, Aug. 19.—Herbert Long, manager of the University of California football team, made the first official an- nouncement this afternoon that Butter- worth, Yale’s great fullback, had been Butterworth, Yale’s Greatest Full- back, Who Has Been Secured to Coach Berkeley’'s Team for the Thanksgiving Game With Stanford. [From a photograph.) secured to coach the Berkeley team during the coming season. In commenting upon the coach in whose charge will be placed the men who will meet Stanford on the gridiron next Thanksgiving day Mr. Long said: We should consider ourselves exceedingly fortunate in being able to secure the services of such a remarkable player and a man of such highly refined iemml ualities. We have been watching him for the past two seasons, mnhtv.he ho):: co.‘x ’;om? time 'm to come lornia. th regard to his ‘While making inquiry wi o , G elal!lniar and Walter ighest terms, ing able to get ility a8 a cos mp all spoke of him in the and said by all means to secure his services. Undoubtedly he is the greatest fullback Yale ever had, and whenever she was hara gfllhed and needed togaina few yards, the ball al- ‘ways went to Butterworth, seldom without the result sought. One of his characteristics when at play is to hit the line weil up and not low down, as many good players This may seem somewhat strange, but it is nevertheless of | true. When st work he expects his men to do their HIGHLAND SPRINGS, ON THE BORDER OF CLEAR LAKE, ILalxe County, Cal. DO, YOU ENIOY A SUPERB CLIMATE, dancing, lawn tennis, croguet, billiards? Do youlike fin bathing, boating, hunting and fishtng? you need recuperation and rest afforded by over thirty kinds of mineral springs? Shortest stage route into Lake County. All this and more can be had at Highland e ew hotel. Finest dining-room north of San Francisco. From San Francisco it costs on‘l{# for the round trip, and the hotel rates are to 82 50 per day or $10 to $16 per week. Take the 5. F, an llway via Pleta, thence by a short, d N. P. htful ride. e J. CRAIG, Manager. San Francisco office, 316 Montgomery st. FISHERMEN! T=e HEADQUARTERS FOR ANGLERS AND their families is at the BOCA HOTEL, BOCA, CAL. The best part of the Truckee River close at hand, An excellent table and newly fitted rooms. A daily stage leaves the hotel for LAKE INDEPENDENCE, Now is the time to 200 The queen of mountain lakes. fly-fish this grand lake. Average cateh, trout per day. For information and rates address JAS. McDONALD, Boca, Cal. MARK WEST SPRINGS, KAR SANTA ROSA—THE MOST BEAUTL ful spot in Sonomsa county: fine fishing and hunting; round n(g‘,ss’l table first class. Ad- dress FRESE & JURGENSEN. HOWARD SPRINGS, LAKE COUNTY, CAL. OT AND COLD MINERAL SPRINGS OF grea healing power. Will cure constipation, aid digestion and purity the blood. Terms $8 per week. Water doctor on the premises. Write for circular and further information. B REDUCED RATES, At Saratoga Springs, Lake County, Cal., ACHELOR P. 0.—FOR FALLAND WINTER. Large, airy, hard-finished rooms, en suite. Ac- commodations first-class. Hot mineral baths. ‘Write for particulars to J. CONNER, Proprietor. LAKESIBE HOUSE, LAKE TAHOE. PLEASANT FAMILY RESORT WITH home comforts; good boating and fishing, pleasant walks and drives. For terms address E. B. SMITH, Bijou, Cal. IVY LODGE, 117 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, Cal., SELECT PRIVATE BOARDING. Large grounds, fruits and flowers; central; first- clags accommodations. LAUREL DELL HOTEL, N LAUREL DELL LAKE (FORMERLY Lower Blue Lake). A new hotel—the most artistic in the county. The rush is over. Rooms can now be had and you will be treated well, Boat- ing, bathing, fishing, etc., are smong the many amusements. Rates, $8 t0 $12 per week. Address n A m e GILROY HOT SPRINGS A Place Where the Invalid Can Surel Regain Health—Where the Tourist May Regale Himself Upon Hagnificent and Picturesque Scemery, ‘Where the Summer Pilgrim May Find Rest, Hefreshment and Kelaxation. A Mecca for the Annual Secker After Repose and Recuperation. A Rural Retreat, Where the Adjacent Hills are Clothed in Garments of Matchless Glory. ‘Where the Ogre Malaria Never Lifts His Ghastly Head and Where the Waters of vinl‘n‘ Pour l"rsel{ From Nature’s Own Fountain. TAKE 2:20 P. M. TRAIN FROM FOURTH and Townsend streets, arriving at Springs at 6:30 P. M. Fare $7 15 for round trip. B3~ Stage connects with train from Third and Townsend streets. ROOP & SON, Proprietors. "S31Vd 0300034 Board $8 to $10 Per Week. $8—ROUND TRIP TICKET—$8 ANDERSON SPRINGS. J. ANDERSON, PROPRIETOR, Lake County. DUNCAN'’S SPRINGS Hopland, Mendocino County. PICTUR- JEW HOTEL AND COTTAGES, s from H feet above the Valley hot or cold; magnes! fervesc . seltzer, soda, iron, borax and sulphur springs; sure cure for kidney and liver tronbles and liquor or morphine habit; plano, billiards, tenn juet, baseball; free bus #rom Hopland ' Stati . &' N. P. R.R.; $10 0 $12 per week: take 7 3 All severe cases of si-kness ottended by the resi- dent physician, Dr. J. ierbert Reeve, 0. HOW ELL, Proprietor. DY (1L HE SUMMER RESORT OF CALIFORNIA: 20 hours from Sa: neisco; more than 6000 feet above sea level mmodations first class and attractions unsut sed. M. LAWRENCE & Ct Lessees and Managers, Tallac, HOTEL DEL MAR. N THE SEASHORE, TWENTY MINUTES ride from Santa Cruz; climate Derfect: table unexcelled: surf bathing, sailing, rowing, fishing: buses meet all trains: chilcren, $3 50 0 $5 per week : adults, $9 per weck: speclal rates 10 socie- ties and families. Address MANAGES HOTEL DEL MAR, Santa” Cruz, Cal, or room 29, Maze bulding, S.'F. JUMMIT HOTEL—THE MOST BEAUTIFUL spot in the Santa Ciiz Mount opens for ite fourth season under its 1; the tabie is well kuov.. Cream from our own ranci. . ¢ al. 1 8. croquet. MRS, H. WAMBOLD, Beriha P. 0., Lake County. A. N. NICHOLDS, Prop., P. .. . . ts. Cal. e e “CUPIDENE” This great Vegetable Vitalizer, the prescrip- ness BEFORE ano AFTER rers are 1T P!OE?I’!I‘!’I?%&%I?)ENE 18 the only known remedy to cure without an oj als. A written guarantee given and money returned {f six boxes does not 1,00 & box, six for $5.00, by mail, Send for FREE circular and testimonlals, Address DAVOL BMEDICINE CO., P, O. Box 2076, 8an Francisco, Cal. For Sole by BROOES' PHARMACY, 119 Powell street. tion of & famous French vous or diseases of the generative o Tnsomnia, Painsin the Back, Seminal Pimples, Unfitness to Constipation. It stops all losses b: discharge, which If notchecked 811 the horrors of Impotency. kidneysand the urinary organsof all impurities N ngthens and restores small weal e e not cured by Doctors is because ninety per cent are troubled with physician, will quickly cure you of all ner- s, such as Lost Manhood, ‘missions, Nervous Debility, Marry, Exhausting D: Varicocele and dlY or night. ' Prevents quick- leads to Spermatorrheea and UPIDENE cleanses the liver, ihe organs, ration, 5000 testimoni- fect a permanent cure, duty, and his presence among them is a source of hymplrntiongm account of his dignified and gentlemanly bearing. He was a clever student while in COHL‘[;e and stood high in the esteem of he‘s professors. We have been in corre- spendence with him for several months, and it Was decided about the st of last May to em- ploy him. Butterworth is in his twenty - fonrth year and stands5 feet 11 inches in his stockings. In 1893 at the great Yale- Harvard game, when Butterworth saved the day for the blue by making the only touchdown, he weighed only 158 pounds, but last season he increased his weight to 165. His strenght lies in his_hips and un- usually broad shoulders, His forte while at play is line-bucking, and in this one po'mt{xe is especially able to instruct as well as to give points in kicking and run- ning with the ball. Mr. Long continued: s been spending the summer with frfifid:‘ifln llleuml!.plend wgcxnect he will reach here.about October 1. His services as coach will cost us somewhere in the neighborhood of B expect to follow & much milder course than has been the custom in the last two or three seasons. Light training in field work and plenty of gymnasium exercise is what we have decided to adyise. That heavy line- bucking work will be almost entirely dis- pensed with, as too many of our best men were severely injured early in the season through an over indulgence in line-bucking before their muscles had become hardened. We will lose Pierce, Benson, Hunt and Porter this year, which will tend to weaken our team somewhat. Edward B. Clapp, professor of Greek at the university and a graduate of Yale, in speaking of Butterworth said to-day that he was very glad that Berkeley bad se- cured him as their coach, since he felt that in getting such a fine man, the game would be raised to a considerable extent. The New Students. The recorder of the faculties stated this afternoon that at the meeting of the academic council on Saturday evening 304 regular students and 15 specials were admitied to courses in the university, while applications from 200 regulars, 56 specials and 35 graduates were left un- touched. This makes a total of 58 ap- plications for admission to courses in the university this year, against 456 for last year at the corresponding time. The records show an increase of fifteen in the number of applications for graduate study, and a decided 'increase in the num- ber of highly qualified applicants for spe- cial work, many of the latter being teach- ers of considerable experience in Califor- nia and Eastern schools. Notwithstanding the fact that there are thirteen more accredited schools this year than last, a greater number of students took the examinations than at any time heretofore. It has been estimated that out of the en- tire number of applicants received thus far only about 450 will be admitted, taking the experience of former years as a prece- dent. To-morrow morning at 10 o’clock all freshmen, includin, tEosa whose entrance papers have not yet been passed upon,ml! meet the president and advisors at Stiles Hall, at which time the regular opening addresses of the term will be given. Before 4 o’ clock to-morrow afternoon all freshmen who have received their enirance notification cards a:e expected to file their study cards for the coming term. The next meeting of the academic coun- cil for passing on applications will be held on Thursday afternoon, August 2. U. ©. Boating Association. The Board of Directors of the University of California Boating Association issued a report to-day showing their present finan- cial condition, needs and purposes. The statement says that the boats now under construction “consist of one 25-foot pair- oar boat for training purposes; two 40- foot, four-oar, open outrigged boats, which will be used for racing until the associa- tion is prosperous enough to purchase either four-oared or eight-oared racing shells; two single out-rigged sliding seat, working boats, for general use and well adapted for racing. The report shows further that an ad- ditional boat equipment would be in the line of pleasure-boats, such as the associ- ation owned before the fire. These boats can be purchased for $80 apiece, and five of them are necessary, making a total oat- lay of $400 necessary. The financial summary is as follows: Realized from insurapce, $2447 50; debts of the association, $735 85; available for re- building, $1711 65; boathouse, as now com- pleted, $620; contracts for boats now being built, §1040. Total, $1660; leaving a bal- ance of $5165. To complete equipment, house and boats, $900 will be necessary; for running expenses $40 per month. University Records Broken. The University Daily issued to-day the following official report of the records broken during the Eastern tour of the U. C. Athletic team: 100 yards, (old) 10 1-5 seconds, ‘mew) 10 seconds, Scoggins, '97; 2! fiola) 23 seconds, Mays, '93, (new) 22 2-5 sec- onds, Barnes, '98; 440 'yards, (0ld) 5134 sece gnds, Mays, 03, (new) 50 33 seconds, Koch, '96; 100 yards hurdle, (old) 1.’?{ seconds Henry, 93, (uew) 15 3-3, Dyer, 94; 220 yard hurdie, (old) 26 2-5 seconds, Bakewell, 95, gnew) 2515, Torrey, '93; 2 mile bicycle, :413-5, Dozier, '98; running broad jump %Oh‘l) 22 feet, Woolsey, '95, (new) 22 feet 2 nches, WOOM§, '95; throwing 16-pound ham« mer, (old) 123 feet 5l¢ inches, Edgren,'97, (new) 126 feet, Edgren, v DESERTED AND DESTITUTE. A1l Mrs. Gross’ Furniture Seized on Ao« count of Her Husband. Mrs. Martha Gross of 2751 Harrison street complained yesterday to Secretary McComb of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children that her husband, F. W. Gross, a millhand, has not only de- serted her and their two little children of tender age but is the cause of her utter destitution. He left_here for Seattle on May 15, but before going mortgaged all their furniture to Noonan & Co. for $50. The last she heard of him he was stopping at a lodging- house in Seattle. The mortgage on her furniture has been foreclosed and the Bheriff, she says, bas taken away every- thing she had 10 the world, Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills Are acknowledged by thousands of persons have used them for :v’crl-nyi::g.'s'ucun e Mays, 93, 20 Ty s SICK HEADACHE, GIDD CONSTIPA- TION, NeepldLiver fi'-fk_ Pimples, and Crossman's Specific Mixtur SR R ot change {n application to business. The medicing that is of the least to the A ear e2ugciet or it Brice $1 8