The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 14, 1895, Page 11

HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1895. 11 LATEST OAKLAND NEWS, Reducing the Forces in the West Oakland Rail- road Yards. TC-DAY'S TENNIS TOURNEY. Whitmore Says His Franchise Is Good, and Bassett Is Jealous. 0AELAND OFFICE SaN F! 908 Broadwa Last mght Master Mechu low laid of thirty men in off the West Oa :d railroad yards. While the reirenchment has been expected for some time it came very P ular sufferers. Most of them have families to support, and owing to their long usage to railroad work they will find it difficult to procure employment else: where as every branch of ent overcrowded. Mr. Ludlow said to-day: “You may be sure we did not lay the men off for the fun It is like any private business; work lack and we are for: to reduce our The men laid re car-cleaners, suddenly to the | labor isat pres- | | days and promises to assume good propor- WtionsA To-day the members of the fire | department started a similar subscription, | and it is expected that the police depart- \ ment will follow in a few days. Attorney W. R. Davis said _this afternoon that the’ rospects were brighter than they had een. The committee are a busy set and | any one who has decided to subscribe should aid them by giving name and amount of subscription to some one of them and thus save time, as well as en- courage the work. & May Be Man and Wife. A man and woman giving the names of | Craford P. Kiniman and wife were ar- ! rested to-day on a charge of felony em- bezzlement alleged to have been com- | mitted in Los Angeles. The couple did | not come to this city under their right | names, and this caused suspicion. It was also learned that the man had another wife living in San Francisco from whom he had never been divorced. The money which the couple are charged with em- bezzling amounted to $500 and was ad- vanced to the woman for the purchase of a restaurant in Los Angeles by a real estate dealer named Shaw. The woman | then went by the name of Mrs. A. T. Vos- burgh. She and Kiniman are charged with decamping with this money. | Kiniman looks considerably younger han the woman who claims to be his wife. When asked concerning the woman in | San Francisco who also claims to be his | wife, the prisoner said he was divorced rom her in Los Angeles. The prisoners | were handed to an officer from Los An- ! geles and went south to-night. | Y. W. C. A. Meeting. A meeting of the Y. W.C. A. will be | held next grm:sdny afternoon, when the | bandsome gavel recently obtained by the | San Francisco and Oakland branches of | the association for presentation to the in- MRS, W. E. SHARON, WHO SECURED THE HANDSOME GAVEL NATIONAL [Drawn from FOR THE Y. W. C. A, CONVENTION. a photograph.] repairers, painters and shophands. We shall be too glad to employ them again as soon as work j It is understood that other curtailments nd there is a very un- PRACTICAL RAIL ROUTES. M. J. Keller on the Livermore and San Joaquin Valleys. M. J. Keller, president of the Oakland 1of Trade, is at present making an tion of the Livermore and San rin valieys for the purpose of gaining idea of the most feasible route for ted railroads in Alameda and San Joaquin counties. To-day an interesting letter was received from him at the Board of Trade office, in which he asserts that every part of the route could be made to pay. The letter concludes: We continued our journey toward the San Joaquin Valle rav down some eight miles along the bed of the Buenos A Here we encountered surveying partie Alameda and San Joaquin Railroad Compa Who told us they were finishing the surveys up to the mines from Stockton. 7 Now it seems that & party of Eastern capital- ists {5 going to build a railroad from Merced to the Yosemite. They and the Corral Hollow people suggest that a line be commenced at Oakland to connect with the mine's road and con- tinne to Merced, thus securing the coal trafic and part of the San Joaquin ess by & connection Wwith the Val- road and diverting the Yosemite travel At_first thought this seems feasible be so in reality. Another party claims tha this might be a good start for an 1 road, say by theline of the old sur- the United States Central Railway, proposed to build to Grand Junetion, with a line of 550 miles. This sugges- s & third possible line for overland nections; the other two, as you know, ng to Rogers, Cal., and to Butte, Mont. n iavor of the United States Central line it is claimed that it would afford the very short- est route and best grades from East to West; that it would parallel no other line and that it would have & paying business along the entire route. As for ‘the line from Oakland to Merced, there are three routes from which to select. If to Stockton, first an easier grade could be had than that to Corral Hollow, and many miles shorter than any present line. Every mile would be productive. From the mines two routes are available, : by continuing along the Buenos Ayres Creek and northeast, or by striking almost due east from the mines through a pass in the hills toward Merced. Each would have its special advantages. The Stockton line might be a continuation of the Valley road, the line via the creek would tap the mines and a good section of the San Joaquin Valley. The short line would be eco- nomical in cost, distance and time, besides tapping the mines and traversing other profit- able territory. M. J. KELLER. STEAL HIS FORESTS. A Real-Estate Man Wants Proteotion From Churches. G. G. Baker, a real-estate man, led a watchman into the Sheriff’s office to-day and asked that he be appointed a deputy, to act without pay so far as the county is concerned. On Mr. Baker’s tract is one of the most magnificent forests in Alameda County. Up to this time everybody who wanted to decorate drove a wagon o Baker’s forest and helped themselves. He stationed 2 man there with a shot- gun, but the watchman had too much sense to use it, but holding no official power was more of an ornament than any- thing else. The Sheriff granted the own- er’s request, and now the watchman has a star. “Why, do you know that church people go out to the grove,” said Baker, angrily, “iand chop the tops of the trees off for dec- orations? Many others have been there and not only carved off the foliage, but have cut down the young trees and left them to die. Now that grove is too precious to be ruthlessly destroyed, and I am going to protect those trees. It will be a sorry affair if hereafter my watchman apprehends any miscreants.”” Prospects Are Brighter, An enthusiastic meeting of those inter- ested in having the Wilmerding School in Oakiand was held last evening at the home of Mrs. Charles Webb Howard. From now on subscriptions will range from $100 to §1, the idea being to have a widespread and popular subscription. The schoolteachers are the first among the salaried list to raise a subscription. The work has been going on for several ternational board will be intrusted to a delegate to be conveyed to the Eastern conference. The gavel is the result of the thoughtful work of Mrs. W. E. Sharon, the present corresponding secretary of the Oakland N and the newly elected presi- dent of the W. C. T. U., who noted duritg her attendance at the Buifalo conferente the lack of a gavel. The gavel will become the property of the National organization. Tennis Tournament. The Lakeside Tennis Club will hold an open-class tournament to-morrow, Satur- day. The members have taken great in- terest in the events and the rivalry be- tween the teams is very keen. In order to give all the players an equal chance it has been decided‘\o have four classes in the tournament, instead of three, as pre- viously. They will commence at 10 o'clock, and the third and fourth classes will play off first. A partial list of the entries in the vari- ous classes is as follows: First class—Magee and Sanborn, Byxbee and Boyden. Second ciass—Stewart and Frost, Chick- ering and Belding, Third class—Se%by and Thome, Gage and }’?ttelr, Prait and Spencer, McCabe and Lloyd. Fourth class—Mauvais and Whitney, Hussey and Brown. 5 eral other tedms will enter before the tournament begins. The grounds have been specially prepared to-day, and should the fine weather continue will be in excellent condition to-morrow. ‘Whitmore Hits Back. Welles Whitmore says there is no dan- ger of his four rails on Franklin street being removed, and says the franchise is not forfeited. Mr. Whitmore said: Ido not think that the franchise will be de- clared forfeited by the Council. Mr. Bassett has been saying a great deal about those two rails laid at Fourteenth and Franklin streets. He has been trying to make us a good deal of trouble, but it is all because we beat him in getting the franchfse. Davie is behind him, all)ld he is mad also because we got the fran- chise. But we do not mind it. Thosa tracks will not be removed. The iranchise has not yet expired. We have done all the work required to be done by us under the franchise. The rails at Fourteenth street were put down within the required limit in the franchise, namely, six months. The next work under the franchise was to be done within three years after the doing of the first work. . Two years must yet elapse before we shall be required to do any more work on the road. The proposed line runs from Fourteenth and Iranklin _streets, on Franklin to Twentieth, to Webster, Broadway, Col- lege avenue and then turns around on certain streets in Berkeley. To Test the Vrooman Act. The Vrooman act, requiring property- owners to repair the roadway abutting on their Eropeny within three days after notice by the Superintendent of Streets, is going to be tested at once by Superin- tendent Miller. The attempt to enforce the law will be on Twelfth street, near Lake Merritt dam, from Fallon street to First avenue. Several efforts have been made lately to repair the thoroughfare, but each time the property- owners have protested. Edson E Adams claims thatowners have made repairs in the locality on several occasions and that the municipal government is to blame in allowing railroad and water corporations to cut up the roads without requiring them to repair the roads destroyed. The Vrooman act requires the property- owners to commence work upon three days’ notice and to have the street first swept, stirred up and remacadamized. If the owners fail to comply with the no- tice, the Superintendent may then have the work done by contract, the expense In- curred becoming a lien on the property. Preparing for Christmas, The Oakland Benevolent Society is pre- aring to make the coming Christmas a joyful one for the poor and needy of this city. ’the distribution will consist of food, fuel and ciothing to the deserving poor, with toys and sweetmeats for the little ones. The society has the city thoroughly dis- tricted with a board of visitors through which information concerning all appli- cants for aid is secured, 8 method very fa- vorably indorsed To Help & Hindoo Boy. GOLDEN GATE, CAL., Sept. 13.—Satur- day afternoon Rev. E. 8. Williams, the former assistant pastor of the First Con- gregational Church of this city, will give the children of the Congregational church of Golden Gate a “Minnesota maple-sugar treat,” and will tell them some interesting stories connected with the missionary work in India. One of the most entertaining will be that a little eight-year-old native boy, who was turned out of his home for losing caste by drinking from the same cocoanut cup that British soldiers bhad used in quenching their thirst from a pail of water. Mrs. Gay’s Death. The inquest into the cause of the death of the wife of ex-Assemblyman Gay, who was killed at the mole last Saturday, was concluded to-night. There were two ver- dicts returned. Foreman J. T. Gardiner and G. F. Fairchild signed a verdict that Mrs. Gay’s death was due to “gross care- lessness” on the part of the railroad in not having barriers and lookout men at the mole. The remainder of the jury held that it was “criminal carelessness’’ on the part of the railroad. A Bear Loose on Washington Street. A young bear got loose to-night and for some time it created a good deal of ex- citement on Washington street. It was one of two that arrived from Eureka to-day, consigned to a local butcher, who uses such animals as advertising capital. The animals were chained together, but one got free aud was not captured until a couple of the hunters had received ugly scratches on the arm. HISTORY OF A DAY, Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Sept. 13. partnership between William Jones and Stillwell has been dissolved. G. V. Taylor_has been appointed a Deputy Constable for Brooklyn Township. Thomas Moran was granted a decree of fore- closure to-day against O. J. Bargellini and others for $2024 28. The claim of the California Bank and Trust Company against the estate of Franklin Moss on a note for $5100 has been allowed. Judge Wood decided to-day to allow A. L. Breeder, who pleaded guilty to beating his wife, to withdraw his former plea and plead not guilty. The rainfall for the twenty-four hours end- ingat 1 o’'clock to-day was .07 of an inch. Thisis 1.11 inches for the month and 1.13 inches for the season. Emilie Griesche, who lives at Berkeley, was committed to Agnews to-day. She sppears to be worriea about money matters, and threat- ened to shoot her husband. The body of Manuel Carria was found yester- day afternoon floating in the creek near the foot of Linden street by three lads, who saw the body and reported it to Officer Kyte. There will be a ma‘l sent from Golden Gate to San Francisco hereafter at 6 o'clock in the evening. Heretofore there have been only two Toails to the City, one at9 A. M. and the other at 2 P. M. Ferdinand Kettleson, the man who tried to commit suicide by throwing himself under an electric car on Sixth street and Broadway, was committed to the Ukiah Asylum for the In- sane to-day. Frank Silva, who had a desperate fight some months ago with Daniel Jones, a watchman at Market-street whari, in which the latter was shot by Silva, was sent to the County Jail to- day by Judge Frick for four months. Further improvement was noted to-day in the case of Richard P. Valentine, who has been lying at the receiving hospital since last Tuesday as a result of a_collision with an elec- tric-car at Tenth and Jefferson streets. The District Attorney’s office is preparing to proceed with the prosecution of the indict- ments against Myron A. Whiddén and Ernest Mayrisch. They will probably be on the calen- Qar in Judge Frick’s court on Monday. Attorney W. H. Chapman of 8an Francisco, who represents the heirs under the will of Philip Boogar, is preparing a bill of exceptions preparatory to an appeal from the order of court granting a family allowance to Catherine Boogar. Thomas Moran and other defendants in a suit by the California Improvement Company to collect assessment for street work on Eighth street. west of Market, have set up a defense of fraud and non-compliance by the company with the specifications. A remittitur has been sent down from the Supreme Court of the dismissal of the appeal of Annie L. Cameron on conviction of an assault with a deadly weapon on one Laymance. Mrs. Cameron was sentenced to a térm in the County Jail, but was released on bouds. Fred M. Campbell, ex-State Superintendent of Public Instruction, has applied for letters on the estate of his deceased wife, Catherine Campbell. She left no will. The estate con- sistsof & house and lot on Webster street, valued at £5000 and mortgaged for %2100, and a lot in the Teachers’ Tract worth $00. THE WHTE. MORTGAGES Attorney Lynch Writes to State the Position of Parties to a Suit. The C.W What the Records of the Superlor and Supreme Courts Show In the Matter. The following letter is self-explanatory: Editor Call—DEAR SIR: On September 11 you published an article under the titie “To Avoid 1he Alimony,” in which it is charged that three mongnzes executed by George E.White— one to the Sun Insurance Company for $70,000, one to H. T.Fairbanks for and one to J. M. Costigan of Costigan, Cohen & Co. for $2500 —are now in process of foreclosure and are being resisted es parts of a general fraud by Mrs. White and W. T. Smith, the receiver; and the article phrporls to give some statements contained in one of the receiver’s pleadings in these suits. Permit me to call your attention to the following facts shown by the records of the Superior Court and the Supreme Court: The mortgage to the Sun Insurance Com- pany for $76,000 was made upon an order of the divorce court, entered August 8, 1888, in Minute-book 28, page 693, Department 1 of the Superior Court. That order was made atter a full investigation and bitter resistance on the part of Mrs. White. The money was [8id, by the Sun Insurance Company upon (¥ hite's orders to various creditors and per- sons, and the fact of that payment and the amounts paid to the various persons was in- vestigated fully by the court’s referee, Harry T. Creswell, on the 12th day of Septem- ber, 1891, and following; the whole evidence was reported in writing to the court, it was shown that the Sun Insurance Company paid $70,000 to White, that White had paid it outto his creditors, and the referee’s report ‘was confirmed by the court. The mortgage to H. T. Fairbanks was made upon an order of the divorce court upon ntpn- cation of White to permit him to make mortgage and_secure the payment of $4200 borrowed by White for the purflona of payin alimony to his wife in the month of February, 1891. The $4200 was paid to Mrs. White. We have her attorneys’ receipts for it. The matter was fully investigated by the court, and the court made the order confirming the mortzage iven on June 24, 1891. Mrs, White appeaied rom that order to the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court confirmed that order on June 593, the opinion being published in the 33 Pacific Reporter, page 400; not published in the Official Reporis. The mortgage of J. M. Costigan was made upon an order of the divorce court in 1891, which had né;poimed Harry T. Creswell, now the City and County Attorney, &8 a_referee to take evidence in the divorce suit. The referee asked that an order be made requiring White to pay $2500 as referee’s fees and expenses. The application for this order was backed u by Mrs. White and her attorneys. Upon a full hearing by the court, and it appearing. that White 4id not have thé money to do so, the court made an order that White borrow the money upon & mortgage and note. White bor- rowed the money from J. M. Costigan. It was immediately xdd over to the referee, Harry T. Cresswell, and Costigan took & note and mort- gage on December 11,1891, the mortgage being upon the same property alread; mo_rtlnged 10 Fairbanks. Mrs. White was dissatisfied with the order permitting White to make the mort- gage. She took an appeal to the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court affirmed the order on March 24, 1893, the opinion beshn‘g published in the ninety-seventh Cal., page . These are the three mortgages now being foreclosed, and the foreclosure of which Mrs, ‘White and her;receiver are now resisting upon general charges of fraud. These are the three mortgages which have been referred to in the article of September 11 and one or two prior articles of the same sub- ject. You will therefore see that one of the parties (Mrs. White) alleging the fraud in the execution of these mortgages has already had a full hnflnioln court upon the matter and tl ticles, especially of September 11, are calculated to do injustice un accom- nied with this cxpll.nlté%n. Very respect- fully yours, WARD LYNCH, iy Attorney for H. T. Fairbanks, MANY MARITAL MISHTS, A Remarkable Day’s Work Even for Alameda County. CONTRACTS AND CHILDREN, Ministers and Divorce Judges Kept Busy Undoing Each Other’s Work. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRrANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Sept. 13. % Oakland teems to-day with interesting stories all growing out of the disregard of the sacred nature of the marriage tie and its obligations. This afternoon Edyth Ta Flesche of Niles, a young girl with a baby a year old in her arms, appeared before Judge Greene and asked for a divorce from her boy hus- | band. Mrs. Youngman, the mother of the girl-wife, was 1n court with her daughter, and added her testimony to that of Mrs, La Flesche. The wife testified that she married La Flesche in October, 1893. Since that time her husband has not contributed 1 cent to her support or that of her child. She said she had returned to her mother, and her husband was living with his parents. Her husband had never worked a day, but said he would work if it came to him, but would not look for it. He is now 19 years of age, and at the time of the marriage tiie bride was 16. The children ran away, and were married without her knowledge. Mrs. Youngman said her son-in-law had never worked. “Simply loafs and lives with his people,”’ said the Judge. La Flesche made no contest, and At- torney Dodge said there would be no ap- plication for costs or alimony, “‘as it is impossible 1o get blood out of a turnip.” | The decree and the custody of the little girl were awarded to the young wife. RATIFIED A CONTRACT. A Drama of Love With One Act in Lori Last evening Warren A. Thompson was married to Miss Dora Fittbogen. Two months ago they signed a con- tract to live together as husband and wife, and pretended that they did not know what they were doing. The story was given out that they signed the contract at a party merely as a joke, and did not real- ize what they were doing. This story was denied by the attorney who drew up the contract and whose typewriter was the bride. The young lady was well versed in the drawing up of contracts and took this means of marrying. Her mother, who is prominent in Grand Army circles, objected to the peculiar position in which her daughter was placed and requested a cere- mony more in accordance with the de- mands of society. Mrs. Fittbogen has now stated that Dora is not her daughter, but that she was adopted by the woman whom she thought was her mother, when a little babe. About a year ago Thompson was much in love with a Lorin maiden named Miss Jessie Frick, and because she would not admit him to the house be broke in the door, for which she had him arrested. No com- plaint was made out, and a short time later Thompson transferred his affection to Miss Fittbogen. CONTRACT AND DIVORCE. The Tale Told of a Forgotten Package of Letters. Another chapter in marital. complica- tions is the marriage of Miss Hattie Colton and Frank Miller at the residence of the bride’s parents last night, at 1221 Twenty- third avenue, East Oakland. Miss Colton was once the wife of J. M. J. Kane, from whom she was divorced. They were warried but eighteen months when Mrs. Kane discovered that her hus- band, who was an Oakland reporter, was not conducting himself properly, and tha his actions warranted ber in applying for a divorce. There is a little hidden chapter in con- nection with the marriage that has never been made public, and came out through the carelessness of Mrs. Kane when leav- | ing her home in San Francisco, when she separated from her husband. When the vacant house was rented by the next ten- ant a package of letters was found tied with a blue ribbon, and a marriage con- tract bearing the names of Miss Hattie Colton and J. M. J. Kane of Oakland, evi- dently drawn up before a public marriage was consummated by the parties. The letters were of the most affectionate kind, from a devoted husband to a be- loved wife, and now are in the possession of Mrs. Jennie Brown of Sacramento, who kept them not as a matter of curiosity but in case the time should ever come when Kane disowned his legal wife or repudiated the marriage. 5 The time came in a short while. Then followed the divorce and Kane was free to marry whom he pleased. His fancy fell upon Miss Lily Fontaine, the actress, and both are now living in Cincinnati, where Kane edits a dramatic paper. Now Mrs. Kane No. 1, or, as she has been known since her divorce, Miss Col- ton, has taken another husband in the person of Frank Miller, who conducts a soloon and wayside resort on the San Le- andro road. A. M. Colton, father of the bride, is a capitalist and owns considerable real estate in East Oakland. The bridegroom is a person who has had troubles also, and was formerly married to a Miss Lester. The latter died early last spring, and immediately afterward her father appeared before the Board of Super- visors asking that Miller’s license be re- voked on the ground that he contributed to his wife’s death by dosing her with whisky. A thorough investigation was made at_the time, resulting in clearing the charges against Miller. The marriage of the two parties, whose lives have been so eventful, was largely attended by friends of both, and they were presented with many valuable presents. A supper and reception followed the ceremony. REFUSED TO RETURN. A Quarter of a Century of Married Life Ends in Divorce. Milton G. Strong, a wealthy butcher of Alameda, was granted a divorce to-day, after a married life of twenty-five years. All went well with the couple till 1886, when Mr. and Mrs. Strong went to Illinois on a visit. 'When Mr, Strong returned he left his wife with her parents. To her husband’s great surprise she refused to return, and, although he’ has furnished her with money every month, she stead- fastly refused to return. Mrs. Strong finally reachied Washington, where she_settled in Bguoknna Falls. The suit for divorce was filed a year ago or more. Efforts were made to serve a sum- mons upon Mrs. Strong, but it was not successful, as her exact whereabouts was unknown. As soon as the location was realized, the neces- sary publication of the commencement of the action was made. She did not heed the matter a great deal. When efforts were made by her attorneys to secure a disposition from her, word reached E. A. Sherman Jr., who had charge of her end of the case in Alameda, that she was men. ———————————————————— ROYAR Baking Powder Absolutely Pure tally incompetent and unable to make oath to anything. She had hired two at- torneys there, but they were not diligent - in preparing their case. In April of this year Strong was obliged to pay $100 to his wife of nine years ago for counsel fees, as she prepared” no way to fight the case. Butthe delayshave been interminable and Judge Greene finally de- cided to proceed with it, and granted Mil- ton thedivorce. A PROSTRATED WIFE. ¥red ¥. Adams at the Home of 3 Mrs. Richards. Mrs. Fred F. Aaams said to-day that the published statement of her husband’s fam- ily that he is anxious to be released from his marriage tie has completely unnerved her. *I really do not wish to discuss the mat- ter,”” said Mrs. Adams. ‘‘We were married at Martinez, and I had every reason to be- lieve that our future would be free from trouble. I have no husband in the East, but further than that I cannot say.” Mrs. Adams then appeared to be faint, and Mrs. Richards, the landlady, bastened to her assistance. Fred F. Adams, the son of the late James Adams, cloped with Miss Isabelle Potter six weeks ago, and the pair were married at Antioch, near Martinez. Yesterday the secret leaked out, and there was trouble in the Adams family. They absolutely re- fused to recognize her, and will not give her permission to enter the house. The same day on which they were mar- ried they returned to their respective homes in Oakland and'have resided apart ever since. Adams isonly a boy 19 years of age, but Mrs., Adams looks to be about 30. It is said that she came to Oakland from St. Louis and the boy’s parents are looking into her previous history. When he took out the license Adams committed perjury by stating his age to be 2_l.hHe is now keeping himself out of sight. Mrs. Richards lives at 1214 West street | with Mrs. Fausett and these ladies stated to-night that Mrs. Adams was completely prostrated with grief at the action of young Adams. Should Close the Doors. For several days one of the most repul- sive divorce cases ever tried in this county has been on trial. It is the caseof Florence Martin _ against Charles Martin. The | plaintiff is seeking a divorce on the ground of cruelty in Judge Ellsworth’s court. | Mrs. Martin had her story told some days ago, and her husband is now trying | to offset her charges with a mass of testi- mony which is as unsavory as it is dis- creditabl The fight is very bitter. There are two young children, but no property interests at stake. The family troubles have been | carried from the time the couple settled in | Fruitvale and finally moved to Lorin. At | the latter place most of the difficulties oc- curred. Mrs. A Day’s Pro Rata. Mary E. Sweeney has sued for a divorce from John Sweeney. Elsie M. Yates has brought suit for a divorce from M. Yates. LATE: NEWS OF ALAMEDA The Exempt Firemen Choose Their Officers and Adopt By-Laws. An Appropriation for the Fund to Be Made by the City Trustees. Accidentto a Brewer. ALAMEDA, Carn., Sept. 13.—The Ex- empt Fire Company of Alameda perfected organization last evening by the final adoption of by-laws and the election of officers to serve until the first annual meeting in January next. The company organized with thirty-seven original signers to the roll, since which thirty- three more, all but two residents of Ala- meda and holding certificates for service periormed, have applied. An initiation fee of 50 cents was agreed upon and the election of officers resulted as follows: President, P. W. Barton; first vice-presi- dent, Max Gundlach; second vice-presi- dent, J. C. Murray; foreman, F. K. Krauth Jr.; first assistant, Charles Sturm; second | assistant, Mark Hackett; secretary, E. H. | Turner: treasurer. M. G. Strong; direc- | tors—T. R. Hanson, William Schulte, F. K. Millington, William G. Stahl and Henry Muller. The contest for the office of first vice-president was quite spirited. Divorced Under Singular Circumstances. Judge Greene to-day granted a divorce to Milton G. Strong from £mma L. Strong. Mr. Strong is a member of the firm of Strong & Daniels on Park street and has been a resident in Alameda for nearly twenty-five years. The couple, who were married in 1870 in the BEast, came to Cali- fornia and settled in Alameda. Nine years ago they went East on a visit to Mrs, Strong’s parents in Illinois. He returned in November of that year and since Mrs, Strong has moved from one place to another but has refused to come back to Alameda, neither would she ever give an explana- tion as to thie cause of her desertion. The wife’s only communications were mainly demands for money, and it was some time before a summons could be served on her. The divorce was granted on the grounds of willful desertion, and the application for $25 a month alimony denied, but some of the community property will go to her. Death of a Young Lady. Miss Bessie Cox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cox of Eagle avenue, died this morning from diabetes milletis. A brother of the deceased died from a similar com- plaint about five years ago from an injury received by a passenger turning a seat on the local train. He was struck on the head, causing an injury which affected the kidneys. Mr. Cox emphatically denies the story published in the local paper that her death was caused by bicycle riding, as she had ridden a wheel but twice. Downstairs Headfirst. John Schuler of the West End became dizzy yesterday and fell headfirst down the stairs at the Palace brewery, striking his head against a beer pump, which neces- sitated _fifteen stitches to sew up. He was found in an unconscious condition, but h]x‘ckl}ly did not receive a fracture of the skull, Died in the East. Deputy City Clerk E. E. Johnson left last evening for Philadelphia on receipt of telegraphic communication announcing the death of his father. Mr. Johnson Sr. retired from business about ten years ago, and, it is said, left a wealthy estate. He was 68 years of age. The Rector to Be Installed. The services at Christ Church next Sunday will be an unusual one. Rev. W. M. Lane, the new rector, will be installed. The holy communion will also be cele- brated by the Right Rev. Wilham F. Nichols. Additional Oakland News on Page 9 'EAGLE Brand; «CONDENSED MILK.. Has No Equal SOLD EVERYWHERE NOTARY PUBLIC. am and_Notary Puniis, 669 Harket sts_ o9m0: aw site Palace Hotel, Residence 1620 Fellst de Pphone 570, NEW TO-DAY, CLOSING OUT (LOLRS 1S FRATINGER’S, 105 Kearny Street. MILTON, JAMESTOWN AND SONORA STAGE LINE! NEW LINE OF STAGES FROM MILTON to Sonora by way of Conperopolls, Burns Ferry and Jamestown. Elegant coaches and horses through from Miiton to Sonora in six and a half hours. Passengers will please not purchase their tickets until they arrive at Milton, where they will be met by the agent. Passengers traveling over this line will receive every attention possible. Single fare from Milton to Sonora, $: Round-trip tickets, good for thirty days, $5. A smooth road and no ferry to cross. No bullion carried on the coaches, HODGE & GUERIN, Proprietors. OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY. TEAMERS LEAVE ASPINWALL Siortnightly for the West Indies and Southampton, calling en route Cerbourg France, and Plymouth to land passengers. Throtigh biiis of lading, {n connection With the Pacific Mail S. S. Co., issued for freight and treas *ure to direct ports in England and Germany. Through tickets from San Francisco to Plym g erbourg, Southampton. First class, $193: thl Gasey 30760, For urther paicniazs apsiy t@ PARROTT & CO., Agents, 306 California st SINFRANCISCO & NORTH PA- CIFIC RALWAY €0, Tiburon Ferry—Foot of Market St. San Francisco to San Rafael. WEEK DAYS—7:40, 9:20, 11:00 3:30, 30 P. M. Th at 11:30 ». and 11 San Rafael to San Francisco. WEEK DAYS—6:25, 7:55, 9:30, 11:10 A. M.} 12:45, 8:40, 5:10 P. 3. Saturdays—E: SUR DAY S R0, b o 1536 S NDAYS—8:10, 9:40, 11:10 A. 3; 1:40, 8 5:00, 6:25 P. M. B0 Between San Francisco and Schuetzen Park same schedule as above. Leave San Francisco. Arrive Hdas San Francisco. May 5, 1895. | Destinaton. | DAY! T:40ax 8 Novato, [10:40 Ax 8:30 P (9:80 AM| Petaluma, | 6:05 Py’ 5:10 Px|5:00 P Santa Rosa.| 7:30 px ulton, | 7:40 AM ‘Windsor, 10:30 aw Healdsburs, |Geyserville, 8:30 P |8:00 ax| Cloverdale. | 7:30 px| 6:15 pM | Piota, 1 7:40 Ax. ‘ Hopland & | 110:30 aM 8:30 PM(8:00 AM| Ukiah. | 7:30 PM| 6:15 pM 7:40 ax 10:30 aM T |8:00 A Guerneville.| 7:30 rx| 8:30 Py FITSCU (From U. . Journal of Medicine.y Prof.W. IL Pecke,whomakes aspecialty of Epilepsy, | has without doubt treated and cured more cases than | anyliving Physician ; hissuccessisastonishing. Wo haveheardof casesof 20 years’standing gured by him. Hopublishesavaluable werk on this disease which ho sends with a large bottle of his absolute cure, free to anysufferer who may send their P.0. and Expressade dress. We advise anyone wishing & cure to address, Prof. W, H. PEEKE, F. D., & Cedar St., New York. PILE ITCHING PILES SWAYRE'S ABSOLUTELY CURES. OIHTMEHT SYMPTOMS Molsture; _intens nd E ich Ry T ‘an. n T W AY NESS OINTMENT stope the ltching 2nd bleeding, henls ulccration, and In most, ooy cs the fumors. asx your Drogelst o7 (b OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. PACIFIC COANT NTEAMSHIP COMPANY gTEAMERS WILL SAIL FROM o Broadway wharf, San Francisco, as ollow: TJuneau, Kil- ary Island, Loring, Wrangel, September 2, r 'y Ugnoo and Sitkca (laska), ot 9 4. For Victoria and Vancouver (B. ©), Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Anacories and New Whatcom (ellngham Bay. Washop § & . Sepr. 2 7, 12 17, 22, 27. and every fifth day tnereafter, connect- 2. R, ¢ Tacoma h G. N. Ry., av Pors Townsend with Alaska steamers. For Eureka, Arcata aad Fieid’s Landing (Flum- bolds Bay), str. Pomona, every Tuesday at 2 P. M., For Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Simeon, Cayucos, Port Harford (San_ Luls Obispo), Gaviota, Santa Barbara, V entura, Hueneme, San Pedro, East San Pedro (Los Angeies) ana Newport, 8 4. )., Septem- ber 2, 6,10, 14,18, 22, 26, 30 and every fourth day thereafter. For San Diego, stopping only at Port, Hartord (San Luis Obispo), Santa Barbara, Port Los Angeles, Redondo (Los Angeles) and Newport, 11 A. M., September 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28 and every fourth day thereatter. Str. Pomona, Saturday and Monday, excursion to Santa Cruz and Monterey, leaves Droadway whart 1, Saturday, 4 P. 3. For Ensenada, San Jose del Cabo, Mazatlan, La AM|8:00 A¥M| Sonoma |10:40 Ax| 5:10 Px 5:00 Px| and 6:05 | | Glen Ellen. 7:40 AM 8:00 AM| o 30 Par 5:00 pa| Sebastopol. Stages connect at San Rafacl for Bolinas. Stages connect at Santa Rosa for Mark West Springs. Stages conn. seyservilla for Skages Springs. Stages connect at Cloverdale for the Geyscrs. | _ Stages connect at Pleta for Highland Springs, | Kelseyville, Soda Bay, Lakeport. | . Stages conneci at Hopland for Lakeport and Bartlett Springs. Stages connect at Ukiah %or Vichy Springs, Blae 5, Laurel Dell, Upper Lake, Booneville, Green- wood, Mendocino City. Fort Bragg, Usal, Westport, Canto, Willetts, Calpella, Pomo, Potter Valley, John Day's, Lively's, Gravelly Valley, Harris, Blocks- burg, Bridgeville, Hydesville and Eureka. Saturday to Monday round-trip tickets at reduced rates. On Sundays round-trip tickets to all points be- yond San Rafael at half rates. Special Sunday E1 Campo Service. M libaron ferry every 00 and 4:00 p. M. at 1:00, 3:00 and 5:00 P. > Ticket Offices, 850 Market st., Chronicle building, H. C. WHITING, R. X. RYAN, Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent. Rewrning—Leave £l Campo I SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. (PACIFIC SYSTEM.) Trains leave and are duo (0 arrive at SAN FRANCISCO. 4 LEAVE Trow JULY 27, 1895. ARRIVE *G:30A San Leandro, Haywards & Way Stns 5. A Atlantic Expross, Ogden aud Eact.. 1 A Benicis, Vacaville. Rumses. mento, and Redding via Davis. 2 7 7:304 Martinez, San Ramon, Calis toga ard Santa Ro: 4 7:304 San Leandro, Haywards& Way St'ns 8:304 Niles, Sau_Jose, Stockton, Ione, Sacramento, Marysville, and Ororille. #8:304 Peters and Milton. 9:004 San Leandro, Haywards & Way St'ns 91004 New Orleans Lxpress, Raymond, (for Yosemite), Santa Darbara, Los Angeles, Deming, El Paso, New Orleavs and East. 9:004 Martinez and Stockton 20:004 San Leadro, Haywards and Niles . 12:00x San Leandro, Haywards & Way St'ns 00P Niles, San Jose and Livermore. . *1:00p Sacramento River Steamers. 11:30p Port Costa and Way Stations. 02 San Leandro, Haywards& Way Stus 4:00p San Leandro, Haywards & WaySt'ns 4:00p Martinez, San Rawon, Vallejo, i1 Verano and Red Bluft Esparto, Woodland, P 3 oodiand, Knights Landing, Margsville, Oroville and Sacramento . 10:454 Paz, Altata and Guaymas (Mexico), str. Willam- ette Valley, 10 A. 3.. 25th of each month. Ticket office, Palace Hotel, 4 New Montgomery street. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Gen'l Agents. 10 Market st., San Francisco. 0. R. & N. TEAMSHIPS DEPART FROM SPEAR- street wharf at 10 A. M. every five days, con- necting at PORTLA ND with direct rail lines to all ints in OREGON, WABHINGTON, IDAHO, ONTANA, and all Eastern points, including Chi- cago, New York and Boston. TO PORTLAND AND ASTORA. State of Callfornia salls Sept. 6, 186, 26, Oct. 6. Columbia sails Sept. 11, 21, Oct. 1, 11. Fare in cabin, including berth and meals, $15 00; Steerage. §7 60; For through rates and all other information apply 10 the undersigned. GOODALL, PERKINS & Cov Gen'l Supts., 10 Market st. OCEANIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Coolgardie gold flelda (Fremantle), Austra- lia; $220 first_class, 8110 steerage. Lowest Tates o Capetown, South Africa. Australlan steamer, MONOWAI sails via Honolulu and Auck- land, Thursday, Sep- tember 19, at 2 P. 3. Steamship Australia, Honolulu only, Tues: day, sept. 24 8t 10 A ML FRED. F. CONNOR, Gen'l Agent. 19 Montgomery st. SPECIAL PABTIES.—Reduced special rates for parties Sgpt. 24 and Oct. 15. . ket oflice, 114 Montgomery stroet. arket strest. Freight office, 327 J. . SPRECKELS & BROS., General Agents. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE French Line to Havre. OMPANY'S PIER (NEW), 42 NORTI River, foot o Morion st. ‘Travelers by this line avo1d both transit by English rallway aod the discomfort of crossing the channel in a smail boat. New York to Alexandria, E via Par first-class $160: second-class uxe.‘ e - LA TOURAINE, Capt. Santelli A 3 .September 14, 70£00'A. ». LA GASCOGNE, Capt. Baudelon.... . .September 21, A LA CHAMPAGNE, Capt. Laurent.... 7 ..September 28, 10:00 4. a. , Capt. Leboeut. ... A For further particulars apply to . FORGET, Agent, No. 3 Bowling Green, New York. J. F. FUGAZI & CO., Agents, 5 Montgomery avenue, San Francisco, CUNARD LINE. New York to Liverpool, via Queenstown, from Pier 40, North River. FAST EXPRESS MAIL SERVICE. Etruris, Sept. 21, 8 A x|Etrurla, Oct. 19, 3 px Campania, Sept. 28,Noon Campana,0¢.26,10:30ax Umbria, Oct. 5, 3 P ¥ Umbria, Nov. 2, 3 P Lucania, Oct. 12, 11 A x| Lucania, Nov. 9, 10 ax EXTRA SAILING. TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 10 A. &. - .“‘;I'UEBDAY, October 8, 9 A. M. Cabin_passage and upward; secon 35, 840, $45, according 0 sicamer and e ) 5004 2. tions. Steerage tickets to and from all of Europe at very low rates. For freight and passage apply at company’s office, 4 Bowling Green, New York. VERNON H. BROWN & CO., General Agents. Good accommodations can always be secured on application to WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO., Agents, San Francisco. STOCKTON STEAMERS Y Leave Pier No. 3, Washington St., At 5 P. M. Daily, Except Sunday. A Accommodations Reserved by Telephone. S STEAMER ' . C. Walker. J. D. Peters, Mary Garratt, City of Stockten. Return steamer leaves Stockton Sundays, 5 P, 36 Main 805. Cas. Nav. and Impt. Co. VALLEJO AND MARE ISLAND. 5:00p Niles, San Jose, Livermo Stackton . 75E 5:30P San Leandro, D5 8:45% 5:80r Los Angeles' Express, Fresuo, Ray- mond (for Yosemite), Bakersfield, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. . 5:30p Santa Fo Route, Atlautic Express for Mojave aud as.. 00p European Mail, Ogden and 1 6:00r Haywards, Niles and Sau Jose. 4:452 10:434 9 17:00p Vallejo . 17:452 700 Orefan Express, Bacramento, Marys- ville, Redding, Portland, Puget Sonnd and I 10:454 7:00P San Leandro, aywards & Way St'ns 10:502 0P San Leandro, Haywardsk Way St'ns 1112:004 H11:15p San Leandro. Haywards & Way St'ns_*7:154 SANTA CRUZ DIVISION (Narrow Gauge). $7:454 Sunday Excursion for Newark, San Jose, Los Gatos, Felton and Santa. San Jose, Felton, Boulder Creek, Santa Cruzand Way Btations. ... #2:15p Newark, Centerville, San Jose, Almaden, Felton, Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz and Principal Way Btations. L ¥11:204 4:450 Newark, San 9:30A COAST DIVISION (Third & Townsend Sts.) 18:059 *6:454 San Jose, SNew Almaden and Wa. Stations *1:45¢ 17:304 Sunday Ex Cruz, Pacific Grove and Principal Way Stations. .. s . 18:35% 8:15A San Jose, Tres Tinos, Santa Oruz, Pacific Grove, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Guadalupe and Prin- cipal Way Stations .. 3 » 19:474 Palo Altoand Way Stations... [} 1145 10:404 San Joso wud Way Stai . '5:00p T1:454 Palo Alto and Way Station . B:30p 18:10 * Dol Monte Limited " for Hienio ark, San Jose, ¥, Pajaro, Castroville, Del Monte, Monterey, and Pacific Grove only. *2:307 San Jose, Gilroy, Tres Pinos, Saita iriz, Salinas, Monterey and Pacilio Grove = S, MO:40A *3:307 San Jose CREEK ROUTE FERRY. From SAN FRANCISCO—Foot of Market Street (Slip 8)— » 8:00 9:00 *10:00 1&38(;‘.:. *12:30 1100 *2:00 3:00 *4:00 *6:00r. From OAKLAND—Foot of Broadway.— *6: *7:00 8:00 10:00 *11:00A.M. $12:00 $12:30 200 *3:00 490 3:00rak A for Morning. P for Afternoon. aonly. 1Mo . ¥ Sundays o e hursday and Babanlay nights ooty Atlantic AND Pacific RAILROAD Trains leave from and arrive st Market-Street Ferry. Chicago Limited Leaves every day at 5:30 P. ., carrying Pullman Palsce Sleepers and Tourist Sleepers to JChicago via Kansas City without change. Annex cars for Denver and St. Louis. VIA LOS ANGELES. Trains leave daily at 9:00 A. M. and 5:30 .M., connecting in Los Angeles with solld trains, Los Angeles to Chicago. Summer or Winter the Santa Fo Route s the ‘most Comfortable railway, California to the East. A popular misbelief exists regarding the heat m Summer. The heat is not greater than is encouns tered on even the moat northerly line. This is well known to experienced travelers. The meals at Harvey's Dining Rooms are an ex- cellent feature of the line. The Grand Canyon of the Colorado can ‘be reached in no other Ticket Office—644 Market Street, Chronicle Buildin; NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD (Via Sausalito Ferry.) From San Francisco, beginning September 1, 1895. WEEK DAYS. For Mill Valley and San Rafael—7:00, 8:00, 9:15, 10:35‘11:45 A M. 5, 8:20, 4:15, 5:15, 5:50, 6:35, *11:30 P. 3. ' #Does not run to Mill Valley. San Quentin—8:00, 10:15 A. x.; 1:45, 5:15, 11:30 M AYS. STR. MONTICELLO, except Sunday—10 A. ., & P. Dy, oo maaye8 Bk = Landing, Mission 1, Pier 2. SUND. For Mill Valley, San Rafael and San Quentin— 8:00, 10: :80 A. 3. 1:80, 3:00, 4:30, #6:15 *Does not run to San Quentin. THROUGH TRAINS. 8:00 A. M. week days—Cazadero and way_stations. 1:45 P. . Saturdays—Tomales and way stations. 8:00 . x. Sundays—Polnt Heyes and way stations