The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 27, 1895, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1895. 711 LATEST OAKLAND NEWS. Good Roads Association Ad- vocates Refunding of Bonds. | VALUE OF ONE DAY OF LIFE The Water Front Company Wants Ten Acres In East Oak-~ land. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO (‘4‘1.1”} 908 Broadway, August 26. The Good Roads Association of Alameda County has taken a hand in the bond elec- tion and has issued the following circular letter: The election called for Saturday, August 31, 1895, to determine whether or not the bonds becoming due October 31, 1895, next, should or should not be refunded is of vital impor- tance to this assoeiation. . It must be apparent at once that should the election fail it would be nece for the City Council to provide in its tax levy for the year 1895-96 a sufficient amount of mo to meet the obligation which will th This will 0 increase the at no opportufiity will be {ing aside of any portion of mprovement of the s P eems to your committee, therefore, in- cumbent that every effort should be made to carry the election and authorize the City to re- fund the $140,000, 0 ths progress in the matter of street improvements should not be &tayed for a moment. Your committee thercfore appesl to you to use every influence tha yon Iay pos‘ess to created such a feeling smong the citizens of Oakland that th ssary two-thirds ma- jority of voters hall be in favor of allowing the Co nd the bonds. Under the pre it will be necessary g new bonds to pro- i one-fortieth of the therefore, upon s will o inconsiderable as ention, but on the other hand of the 31st inst. be de- 1 be so great as not only worities from proceeding 1 also tend t0 so intimi- that they will be able otest against any contem- work which the Council may in- the current fiscal year and ar following. sue. of taxation ited for set- e tax levy for the xation w p the city ay w h a ed street duce du bebly fos ized for the purpose of creating a feeling yng property-owners in this city not only for the improveme: f streets at present with- in the purview of the city autnerities, but also b of so interesting property- will not protest against pro- and your committee believe that it is to the nis city that the bond propo- v the City Council should To that end our friends is ch can_only be lson the day of A LIFE. Was Mr. Goldberg’s Worth Two Hun- dred Dollars a Day. The heirs of the estate of Morris Gold- | berg have filed a notice for a new trial in | the suit of Dr. Dudley Tait, who was | awarded $6500 by a jury for professional | attendance. The original charge of the | physician was for $9200. The attorney for the heirs stated that Dr. Tait was the ph; Hospit ian of the French | lat San F who wasa m | ze, | servi at the hospital. The attorney | conceded that Goldberg desired that the operation be performed at his own home. ¢ attorney insisted that it 11d be that Goldberg | on nd that the purpose of of the treat > claimed it | kill to operate would require the sar 1 that er as on a I e of the la at the real question orth of the patient’s 1f ,mmunity ? at attorneys TEN ACRES MORE WANTED. The Water-Front Company Lays Claim to Filied Land. Water-front Company 1y upon a claim to ten acres which it claims should rom the decision of Judge ng the company of its title. was filled by the deposit of the estuary by the Govern- ng, it was claimed ity, was made without y Water-front Company. At- Davis said that it did not appear t was ever done at the instance or nest of the defendant. He asked if the hould be included in the find- t remarked_that he would not c ruleat this time. He would hear el upon the matter. His lmgression v that the property was subject to estoppel. An opportunity would be given to present authorities. The counsel for the city will be prepared to present find- zs in a few days. Thought Death Was Near. Philip Sieken’s wife is worth $12,000. The property was deeded to her by her husband at a time he thought he was go- ing to die. But be did not die and lived to go through insolvency. To-day one of his creditors had him examined on an order of examination. Sieken produced an old watch worth $2 and said that was all he owned. It was refused and Sieken may be sued. Made Twenty-Five Dollars. The phantasma iiven by the Women's Exchange was not the financial success it deserved to be. “‘No, there_is no fraud at all.” said Mr. | McBean to day. “The affair was simply not a financial success. The ladies worked hard and they were not supported by the people of Oakland.” The returns_are not fully in yet, but ap- roximately $600 was taken in, of which fr. Sherman;received half. The remain- ing $300 will meet all obligations with about $25 over. Council and Board of Works. The bitter fight between Mayor Davie and City Engineer Wilson over the Eighth- street sewer was practically concluded to- night by the Council ordering the Board of ‘Works to proceed with the work. As Da- vie, Wilson and Peirsol constitute the Board of Works, Wilson and his confrere will of course vote to order the City Engi- | Francisbo on the evening of Sepiember witnesses, whose testimony has already been published. The bullet taken from the dead girl's bruin was produced and compared with the one found in the barn, and some doubt exists as to whether they are of the same size. An expert may de- cide. The case will be continued to- MOrrow. Railroad Assessments. Auditor Whidden has received the follow- ing statement showing the apportionment of railroad assessments to Alameda County | as fixed by the State board : Pullman Palace Car Company, $903; Cen- tral Pacific Railroad Company, $1,447,346; Northern Railway Company. $84.490; fornia and Nevada Railroad, $22.000; Soutb- ern Pacific Company, $13,100; South Pacific Coast Railway Company, $25,312. The total railroad assessment in Alameda County is $1,993,151. This 1s simply on Emdged and rails as assessed by the State oard. ‘Want Little Hatfield. The proceedings to determine who shall have custody of little George Juan Hat- field, whose parents are divorced, were held before the Superior Court to-day. It was announced by E. C. Clapman that Mrs, George Sperry of Stockton, sister of the boy’s father, was willing to adopt the child or become his guardian. Tatal Fall on the Head. Samuel Hair, an old man, fell on his head Sunday at the Market-street wharf. He was trying to_climb over the closed catesand slipped. He died at the Receiving ospital of his injuries. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 8 Broadway, August 26. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Alameda, Oakland and Piedmont Electric Railroad will be held on Friday next. Laura Stickney was examined to-day as to certain property belonging to the estate of Annie L. Cameron _and ordered to turn over certain personal effects to the executors. The Supervisors at their meeting this morn- ing at length disposed of the question of a bridge over Sausal Creek at Sixteenth street by awarding the contract to Thomas C. Bassett. William H. Wymean wants a $500 bequest he says was left him by Stephen Larkin. Wyman has had Amos Larkin, executor of the estate, cited to show cause why he should not pey the money. Howard Byxbee deteated 8. S. Sanborn in 'RESCUED BY A KNAPSACK, Narrow Escape of “Baron” Baroteau in the Fort Point Breakers. NEARLY MET A SEAL'S FATE. Taken Into an Italian Fishing-Boat After Barely Escaping a Spear. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, August 26. While acceoting an invitation from Mayor Sutro to visit his baths and mu- seum yesterday Alfred Baroteau, the Oak- land politician, met with an adventure that will hereafter constitute a sensational chapter in the history of his life. Mr. Baroteau was accompanied by N.P.Jen- sen, a Broadway merchant, and after in- specting the museum a proposal was made o patronize the baths. As they were not in condition for use it was decided that the party, now re-enforced by a couple of drummers, should take a dip in the briny at Fort Point. The quartet returned to their carriage and off they started. Baron Bewoteau, as he is known on his native European soil, has an established reputation as a swimmer. It is a matter of history that the Baron offered Louis Napoleon to swim in the vanguard of the French army, in their contemplated inva- sion of England, from Calais to Dover. But although the Baron does not claim that on that occasion he acted in good faith, he has, since coming to this country, won medals that teil their own tale. Yesterday afternoon he did not tell his friends that he knew anything of the nataterial art, but they soon saw they could not compete with him. They pro- abuse of the intention of the Jaw. Asitis the Oakland Township Constables still ar- rest man; t.nmgs just outside the eimz limits and by so doing earn their fees wit! the least possible exertion. ““The only people I have heard complain of the fee bill,” said Assemblyman Dodge to-day, who was a warm advocate of the measure, ‘‘are a few Justices and the Con- stables. Every citizen that has spoken about it highly approves the measure. It will save this ‘county not less than §25,000 this year.” ————— Dr. Sims Insane. Dr. John M. Sims, who has an office in the Spreckels building, 927 Market street, at- tempted to throw himself down the elevator shaft yesterday morning. He had become violently insane and was taken to the Reecely- ing Hespital and placed in a padded cell. He 105 nephew of Marion Sims, the capitalist, and was demonstrator of anatomy in the Toland Medical College. He will be éxemined before the Insanity Commissioners to-day. FRUITVALE'S NEW SCHOOL A Handsome Structure De- manded in a Rapidly Grow- ing District. = Many Improvements Under Way. The Rallroad to Livermore Will Soon Be Begun. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Aug. 26. The new public school at Fruitvale is fast approaching completion and will be ready for occupancy in about two months. The increase in the number of school children and the growing population of the district rendered the old schoolhouse far toosmall and about a year ago the trustees were forced to meet the demand and take steps to build a larger and mere commod- ious edifice. The necessary money was voted and no time was lost in preparing the plans. The contract was awarded about four montns ago and work has been rapidly FRUITVALE’S NEW GRAMMAR SCHOOL. [Sketched from the plans of Cunningham Bros., Architects.] the tennis tournsement Saturday afternoon with a handieap of half fifteen aud Paul Selby with half fifteen over Byxbee defeated the latter. Drs. C. M. Fisher and M. Johns fully removed a cancer from the breast of Mrs. Kanie at the Recefving Hospital. Kane is & housewife in poor circumstances, with eight children. The affiliated labor unionsof Oaklana will participate in & grand mass-meeting which will be held in Metropolitan Temple in San 2, success- Labor day. E Heron and other stockholders sued by James T. Boyd and others holding bonds of the Consolidated Piedmont Cable Company have been allowed until the 29th inst. to plead to the complaint. The Grand Jury wasin session this afternoon. A number of wiinesses were examined in re- gard to tax receipts. J.Leo Park was among the witnesses called. The District Attorney was also in attendance. An amended complaint has been filed by George and Christiana Moir vs. the Southern Pacific Railrond Company for $40,000 on ac- count of injuries received by the latter in get- ting off ihe cars in the dark. A resolution was unamimously passed by the Supervisors to-day appointing A. F.Johns to complete the unfinished work of compiling the records of the county roads at & salary of ¥100 per month, from August 27. The Superyisors as a committee of the whole decided to go to Centerville on Wednesday next to inspect the jail at that place. which has just been_completed, and which the con- tractor is ready to turn over to the county. W. H. Hill has petitioned for special letters of administration on the estate of his brother, James T. Chamberlain, who committed suicide on the ferry-boat Newark last Tuesday. Cham- berlain owns & dairy at Fruitvale worth $1700. Further time has been granted Dr. W. M. Beckwith to answer in_the GuO WATTanto pro- ceedings brought against him by Dr. J. M. Selfridge to oust him from the Board of Heaith. Dr. Beckwith has until September 2 to move or plead. Some thieves drove off with P. J. Keller’s rig, which had been left standing near Shellmound Park Sunday. Keller followed the trail, ran down the party, recovered the outfit at Watts tract and arrested C. F. Hawkes, one of the gang, who was taken to the County Jail. Delia Lawler, who is suing for a divorce from Joseph E. Lawler on the ground of desertion, has applied for $40 & month alimony for the support of herseli and minor child, Maggie Florence Lawler. The defendant is sald to be in receipt of a salary of $85 & month irom the singer Sewlng Machine Company. A cost bill of $31 40 has been filed against Luigi Duleich, who refused to pay the bill of J. L. McCarthy of $160 for burying his son. The judgment of the Justice Court in favor of the undertaker was sustained by the Superior Court, and Dulcich’s obstinacy cost him $3140 for costs, besides his attorney fees. James L. Tyson did not get & new trial this morning when his attorney tried to show that the prosecuting witness against him, Melissa Van Patten, had been instructed as to tbe evidence she should give in the case, Tyson was instead sent to the County Jail for three months, which was the extent of the law. Richard Bromstad, a blacksmith on San Pablo avenue, near Thirty-eighth street, has been deserted by his wife, She had a mania for fine clothes, and her disappearance is_at- tributed to her desire to get better apparel than her husband could afford. The couple have been married about two years and have no children. A large audience is expected at the meeting of the Fire and Police Commissioners to-mor- row. Many people want to see how Mayor Davie and Commissioners Peirsol and Wilson will ook when they eit face to face at the same table to transact the business of the city. If the three gentlemen do not exchange fistic cour- testes there will be disappointment. A power of attorney in the Portuguese lan- guage, accompanied by a translation and the neer fi\'\’ilson) to continue the work. The complicated “unpleasantnesses that con- tinually arise, of which this is one, is held to demonstrate that the new formation of the Board of Works is a total failure, if its purpose was to put in smooth, running or- der Oakland’s municipal government. May Have Left a Fortune. J. M. Curry, a former resident of Ala- meda, died vesterday at the Fabiola Hos- pital of dr%gsy. He was a native of Can- ada, aged 80 years, and came of wealthy people, Itis stated by his ac%uainunceu that he is a man of considerable wealth, and that before he died he expressed a de- sire that his children should not receive a cent of his estate. His two sons live in San Francisco, but two men named Bur- giss and Norriss took the funeral into their own hands. It islikely that the children may allege undue influence. Mulhner’s Examination. Louis A. Muhlner’s preliminary hearin, for the shooting of Jennie Lewis occupi: the greater part of to-day in Judge Wood’s court. The prosecutionintroduced several consular seal. has been filed with the County Clerk. It was executed at Angro do Herons in the island of Terceirafone of the Azores, by Isabel Josephine de Avila and Antonio Luz de Sanza de Avila to represent them in the estate of Manuel Souza de Avila,now in course of probate. Caught in the Act, Charles Perkins, a laborer, was caught while breaking into an outhouse i1n the yard of a new building being erected on Webster street, near Hl?-es. yesterday morning. He wastaken to the City Prison and booked for attempt at bury ln{‘; Two weeks ago the outhouse was broken into and a quantity of carpenter tools stolen. A watch was kept on the place, lead- ing to the arrest of Perkins. i ik B S S A Pacific Bank Outgrowth. The attorneys of Somuel Montague & Co. and the directors of the defunct Pacific Bank came to 4n amicable understanding in the United States Clrcuit Court yesterday. The sum of 000 was in dispute and Montague & Co., the English bankers, sought 1o recover that amount. It was l{ned that the money should remain in the bank subject to the order of the court until & decision has been reached in the cese. | cured a piece of cprk, and making bets on the Baron’s ability to catch it in a certain | time, threw it in the waves and Baroteau | made a dive for it. The cork caught on to the top of an outgoing wave and swiftiy proceeded seaward. The Baron swam like a Fiji Islander, but the tide was stronger than he. However, after a lon;ixstruggle he managed to catch the cork. e tossed it in the air and proceeded to return, but the tide was_too strong for him. His friends cheered him on, but without avail, the fast receding tide carrying him further from them at every stroke. Without doubt Baroteau was in a serious predicament, and as darkness was coming on, his friends were alarmed. Finally, Jensen rushed to tHe fort, and after ex- plaining his mission to a sentinel, he suc- ceeded In getting a knapsack and a coil of small rope, with which Le hastened back to the rescue. The rope was hitched to the knapsack, | which was thrown out as far as possible in the direction of Baroteau. exerted himself supremely and at last | caught on to the rope. He helloed to his friends that he could hold his own till they could get a boat, so two of thém started to look for a boat. Then it became too dark for Jensen to see his friend in the breakers. About half an hour later Baroteau heard a boat approaching. Turnini his head, he saw an Italian fishing boat bearing down on him. Standing in the bow, with a spear ready to hurl, was a fisherman. As the boat approached Baroteau yelled some- thing in French. The fisherman dropved his spear, the boat Iuffed up into the wind and Baroteau was dragged aboard, as a boatman said to him: “What for you play a seal, hey ?” A few minutes later Barotcau was taken into the boat procured by hisfriends and after settling with his Italian rescuers he _drejsed on the beach and returned to Oak- land. He was around to-day telling the story to his friends. TRAMIPS' ALLEY DESERTED Effect of the New Fee Bill With Alameda County Con- stables. Only Half the Usual Number of Knights of the Road Arrested. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FrANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Aug. 26. Alameda County Jail bas for several weeks past entertained an average of fifty prisoners. The usual average is one hun- dred. The difference is the direct result of the new fee bill, which limits the salary of a Constable to $1000 a year for criminal business. Last year the amount paid out to Justices and Constables in Alameda County was $38.000. At the present rate it will not ex- ceed $18,000 by the end of the year. The difference, however, does not repre- sent the amount saved to the county by the new bill, as the cost of the prisoners’ boara at the Courity Jail is an item of some magnitude when added up for a year. Several Constables have put in claims that are larger than the law allows, but the Treasurer has refused to pay them and the matter is now before the Supreme Court, which tribunal will pass on the con- stitutionality of the act. For that purpose all the Constables in the State contributed toward a general fund and formulated a test case. On account of its being the ter- minus of a great railroad system Alameda County has always been a harvest field for tramps, and the fabulous fees made by Constables have caused these offices to be as much sought after as those of judges and county officials. Crowds of young men have “‘just over the city boundary” near the Sixteenth-street depot so as to be the lawful prey of the township constabies. In many “instances it has been proved that the city boun- dary is an _ elastic quantity when being surveyed by a Constable out man- hunting, and on several oceasions the Jus- tices have summarily dismissed cases be- The Baron | chuse the evidence was so flagrant an | pushed. The building will cost $16,000 and | is located in one of the healthiest spots of | this healthy locality. | locker and lavatory conveniences that should have place in a modern first-class | schiool. The ventilation and sanitary arrange- ments are all modeled on the latest scien- tific principles, and while all these points have been fully considered the architec- tural features have not suffered. The school is surrounded by ample grounds and it is a handsome addition to the many elegant buildings in the district. There are many signs of improvement at present in Kruitvale, and much build- ing is going on. The re-establishment of the local postoffice is a source of much | firqtification to the residents, and the | building of the new electric road to Liver- | more will naturally help Fruitvale’s prog- ress. The new Vandercook line starts at Fruitvale, and the travel through the dis- trict will call much attention to the thriv- ing section east of Oakland. LIVERMORE AT BOSTON, Alameda County Wines Being Given Away as Souvenirs. Sir Knights Hear Nothing but Com- pliments for the California Products. OAKLAND OFFIcE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Aug. 26. A dispatch from the California and Oak- land commanderies, Knights Templar, was recerved at Livermore stating in brief terms that the 10,000 bottles of Livermore Valley wine for distribution on California day at the conclave might not be sufli- cient and that it is probable more would be required before the pilgrimage is con- cluded. each bottle was proving an advertisement of the best kind for Alameda County, as the opinion expressed regarding it was highly favorable. The order for the wine was the largest ever received in the Livermore Valley, and it require a large baggage-car to transport it, as the consignment weighed twelve tons. All the bottles were pints, and each one was enclosed in a fancy paper box, which is placed in the center of small bas- kets of fruit, the whole being given away bf; the Templars as souvenirs of the con- clave at Boston. Around the neck of each bottle is a label with the following couplet: Oakland Commandery also took fifty cases of Livermore Valley wine, to be dis- tributed as souvenirs, and all are being distributed nmong the class of people whom it is desired that the wine shall reach. Livermore Valley expects to derive lasting benefit from the novel souvenirs being distributed by the knights. ——————— THE INJUNOTION GRANTED. Another Phase in the Famous Schoen- feld Bankruptey Case. The old suits arising out of the bank- ruptey of Schoenfeld, Coben & Co., nearly fifteen years ago, were again aired in the United States District Court yesterday. The case is entitled Herman Shainwald, as assignee in bankruptcy of the firm of Schoenfeld, Cohen & Co., of Lewis Schoen- feld, S8imon Cohen and Isaac Neuman, in- dividual members of the bankrupt firm, vs. D. 8. Davids, I. J. Lewis, Harris Lewis and thirteen insurance companies, all of whom had risks on certain properties of tne bankrupts that were burned. The firm of Navids & Co. wanted to se- cure the money, and the assignee brought suit tfnr an injunction to prevent its pay- ment. J udr%a Morrow granted the injunction yesterday, and the money will remain un- paid until the other suits are settled. ———————— August 14 there was a grand reunion of *Mosby’s men’’ at M: o, Va. 5 It contains eight | Iarie classtooms besides all the necessary | The dispatch also stated that | TELEPHONES IN OBKLAND. The City Council Awards a Franchise to the Commer- cial Company. NEW LINES TO BE ERECTED. The Competing Service Promises to Cut Existing Rates In Half. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, August 26. The City Council accepted the bid of the Commercial Telephone Company to-night and granted a franchise for the erection of poles and the maintaining of a complete telephone system ixn this city. Councilman Bassett said he thought the bid of $50 cash and one-half of 1 per cent of the gross receipts too small. Attorney W. H. H. Hart then addressed the Council on behalf of the company. He said the position of the new company was not fully understood. They were going to give the city the use of a free fire alarm and police patrol system and supply offi- cial telephones free. He said that the peo- ple who were backing the new_telephone company were the same people who are backing the Carral Hollow coal mine de- velopment, and that they were prepared to expend vast sums of money in this county. He called attention to the fact that as the franchise and plant increased in value it would be proportionately taxed ana the city would be the gainer. The company already has several hundred subscribers who will take the new service as soon as it is in operation. Mr. Hart said that the patrons would be the ones to benefit directly, as the new company would cut existing rates in two. The speech of the ex-Attorney-General was very convincing and turned the ma- jority in favor of the franchise. Several of the Councilmen when voting said they thought the bid was low, but Oakland has received such marked benefits from recent competition in ferry and water rates that they felt justified in encouraging it at any rice. The complete vote was: Aye— uckland, Campbell, Heitman, Marshall, Mott, Manuel. No—Bassett, Brosnahan, Dow, Towle. LATEST BERKELEY [TEMS, The Orbit of the New Comet Calculated by the Berke- ley Professors. The New College Paper Named “The Josh” —WIill Not Lam- poon the Faculty. Armin O. Leuschner, assistant professor of astronomy and geodesy at the univer- sity, assisted by Mr. Wright, fellow in mathematics, bas calculated the orbit of the comet which was discovered by Pro- | fessor Swiit at the Echo Mountain obser- | vatory in Los Angeles County last week. Numerous telegrams have been received | at the students’ observatory, in Berkeley, | from Professor Holden, giving Professor Barnard’s first three observations of the comet. Taking these observations as a basis Professor Leuschner has been at work day and night ever since receiving the first notice, and this morning com- pleted his computations. He found that the discovery of the comet was made shortly after the perihelion passage, which occurred on August 16, so that it is now receding from the sun, The comet is com- aratively near the earth, and its distance R‘om the sun is between 127,000,000 and 128,000,000 miles. | On August 21 it was 42,000,000 miles distant, and is now approachingat the rate of 46,000 miles a day. The inclination of | its orbit to the ecliptic is only 3 deg. 39 min., and it is therefore concluded that the comet is perfodic. A hasty examination of the elements of other comets shows that those of the new resemble somewhat those of the La Hire comet of 1678. Yet nothing definite can be said regarding their identity until more extended observations have been made, as it frequently happens that the elements of different comets very strongly resemble each other. The longitude of the ascending node is 172 deg. 33 min., and the arc from the node to perihelion is 195 deg. 62 min. The ele- ments were telegraphed from the students’ observatory to the Mount Hamilton Ob- servatory enrl{ this morning, and from there will be forwarded to other observa- tories. The work of computation, as carried on by Professor Leuschner and Mr. Wright, was of exceeding intricacy, and those of the faculty of the university who have been informed of the result consider it of much import, and say that it reflects no little credit on those who solved the difficult problem, being mindful of the comparatively limited apparatus at the disposal of those engaged in work at the students’ observatory. Students’ New Paper, “The Josh.” At a meeting this afternoon of the stu- dents who are to compose the staff of the new comic paper about to be established at the university, it was decideda that the temporary name of the publication be The Josh. This cognomen will stand until a more appropriate and fitting one 1s se- curec. It is the intention of those who have the aper in charge to make it a cartoon pub- ication, selecting the objects of illustra- tion from local and foreign subjects in about equal proportion. No attempt will | be made to lampoon the faculty, or to pub- lish any doggerel of which they are the subjects. 1t will be purely a students’ paper, so far as selecting material from the university is concerned. About balf of each issue will be devoted to illustrations, and the remaining portion to editorial work. Hits on the idiosyncra- sies of the students and spicy articles on their ways and methods in general, will form a component part of the paper. The business department will be in the hands of J. L. M. Robbins ’97, and Alex R. Baldwin ’96, while the editorial staff will be made up of the following, all of whom are undergraduates: Lionel Sher- wood '97, Arthur Brown ’96, E. R. Jackson '96,,W. 8. Wright 96, Harry Quinan '96, ‘Walter Magee '98, Miss Marion Whipple e ——————————————————— ROYAR. Baking Powdes Absolutely Pure. Wright's Inian Vegetable Pills A knowledged by thousands of Biave Used Fmem 10 Over fOrLy yeara t0 pare SiCE “‘.}’fi"’.’,”b‘.’.{.‘.’”‘fi‘” GONSTIPA. 6 v ‘Stomac, Fim ’l‘aa“ 'y ples, and Crossman's Speife Hize without the lenst ex) ) of diet, or e e e e, S contains nothing that is of the least injury to the conatitution. Ask your druggist forit. Price $1 » ’98, Miss C. Barto '98, A. W. Allen :g;. Edward Steele 98, and Will C. Russell 1t is expeoted that the first issue will ap- pear about September 10. Philosophical Lectures. Professor Josiah Royce’s public lecture next Friday evening on the “‘Conception of God”* will be delivered at the Harmon rymnasium. It will be discussed after de- ivery btv! Professor Sidn2y E. Mezes of the Texas University and Professor Joseph Le Conte. Professor Royce’s lectures be- fore the Philosophical Union have been announced as follows: Monday, September 2—“The Applica- tion of Will to the Absolute Being.” ‘Wednesday—*‘Considerations of the Em- pirical Psychology of Individual Con- sciousness.”” Friday—“Results From the Foregoing Lecture as to the Reality of Individual Existence and Possible Mortality.” Only members of the Philosophical Union and a few friends will be admitted to next week’s lectures. New Presbyterian Church. It is understood that the trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley are about to accept a bid of §$12,000 for the erectipn of their proposed new structure to be built at the corner of Allston way bay horses yesterday afternoon. It was with other horses in alot at the corner of Eagle avenue and Broadway. In attempt- ing to drive them into their stalls the horse shied and in going over a picket-fence dis- emboweled himself. A policeman shot the horse to put it out of misery. Trouble Over a Lease. Mrs. Delia Storm was acquitted by a jury this afternoon of having disturbed the peace of Mrs. Annie Lawrence of Jack- son street. The trouble was about the lease of property, the prosecutrix being the owner of the premises, which she ac- cused the tenant of invading. Course of Study. The Board of Education will meet to- morrow evening to consider the course of study about to be adopted. Patrons of the schools interested in the subject will be present and take part in the discussion. To Classify the Horses. The Alameda Driving Association will hold a meeting next Monday evening when the proposed race meet for next month will be discussed. A committee will also be appointed to classify the horses owned by members into their grades. A Street-Opening Case. The case of Mrs. Emily G. Cohen against the city of Alameda over a street opening and Ellsworth street. This bid covers the erection of the main structure, without the Sunday-school room. LATE NEWS OF ALAMEDA, Protests Against the Accept- ance of the Commission- ers’ Report. An Attorrey Who Claims That He Has Been Unintentionally Dis- criminated Against. ALAMEDA, Car, Aug. 26.—Attorney R. B. Tappan joined the protestants against the acceptance of the commis- sioners’ report on the openiug of Buena Vista avenue westerly from Seventh street before the Board of Trustees. He claims that the commissioners have unin- tentionally discriminated against him in assessing his property at $5 per front foot. According to the map, certain lots owned by A.J. Fromm are put in hisname by his father, declares Mr. Tappan, to secure greater damages than he would otherwise be entitled to, and that said lots are in fact owned by August Fromm. He maintains that he has been assessed unjustly and in an unreasonable sum com- ared with those on the avenue near eventh street. The attorney declares ““that all the expenses set out in said re- port are exhorbitant and if allowed to stand a poor man had better move off the earth and take his lot with him.” Tappan also differs from the ordinary rotestant in not objecting to the opening, ut, while hogiu that it will be opened, trusts that the board will lessen the ex- penses and cut them down to a figure and iive said report a general “shake up,”” as he elieves ‘“‘five heads are better than one.” Mrs. Olive Lake Dead. Mrs. Olive Lake died yesterday morning at her home on Broadway from a compli- cation of diseases from which she had been a long sufferer. She was a native of Massa- chusetts, 59 years of age, and the wife of Louis E. Lake. She had been a resident of Alameda about five years. The funeral will be held at 11 o’clock to-morrow morn- ing from the Unitarian Church and the interment will be at Mpuntain View Ceme- tery. ¥ Bid in by the Plaintiff. Property on the east side of Park street, 932 feet south of San Jose avenue, 50 by 159, has been sold at Sheriff’s sale under fore- closnre in the suit of the Alameda Sav- ings Bank against Daniel McKinnon and others. The property was bought in by the bank for $2983 85. Valuable Horse Killed. F. H. Kellogg lost one of his valuable has been laid over until Tuesday afternoon * of next week. ————— Accidental or Intention John Johnson, 7323{ Clementina street, wa taken to the Receiving hospital yesterday morning with a bullet wound in his left breast. He said he was extracting the cartridges from a revolver when it exploded. He has been out of employment for some time, and as his brother said he had'been threatening to kill hirself, it is thought that the shooting was not accidental. Dr. Weil probed for the bullet but could not find it. The wound is not considercd dangerous. ————— Patti has been on the operatic stage for forty-five years. EDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to <;;enonz‘nl enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet- | ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world’s best products to the needs of physical being, will attest | the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas- ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of & perfect lax« ative; effectually cleansing the system dis&)elling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. 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