The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 10, 1895, Page 13

THE SAN FRANCISCO' CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1895 13 Interesting Report of Important Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County STANTON'S EARLY CAREER The Vallejo Murderer Was Once} Married to a Haywards Belle. A GIRL FATALLY BURNED. Another Schoolgirl Disappears and | Circumstances Point to an ‘ Elopement. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FrANcrsco CALL,) 908 Broadway, Dec. 9. The murder of Medosa H. Keach by William Stanton at Vallejo has created | much interest in this county, where the family is well known. The Stantons own the big Stanton raach near Haywards and have resided there a | The family consists of two | long time. sons and two daughters ana the widow. All but William live at home, but he has been leading a varied life for several years. William Stanton was married some time ago and after a short wedded life there was trouble between him and his wife and it ended in their being divorced. When the time came for William to start in business his mother started a grocery-store, but the firm of Lee & Stanton flourished in Hay- wards only a short time. After the busi- 2 was discontinued William Stanton joined the navy and received a regular re- mittance from the ranch. Everything seemed to be going along smoothly till the news of the murder and attempted suicide at Vallejo. His friends here knew of his attachment for the dead girl and were ex- pecting to hear of the wedding when they received the report of the tragedy. THE EXPOSITION. Work in Securing Exhibits Progressing Rapidly. OAKLAND, C. Dec. 9.—The formal opening of the first industrial exposition ever held in Oakland will take place one week from this evening. The doors will be thrown open at 10 o’clock on Monday but the addresses will be made n the evening, and the music will be more rate than during the day. Hill of the art department he following for publication: gs will be received for exhibition 1e art department of Oakland Exposi- from Tuesday to Friday inclusive. original works accepted. iles governing the Mechanics’ In- regarding responsibility will be ap- 1 here. llowing artists have already en- terea pictures: Henry Rascher, J. B. Wandesforde, Thomas Hill, R. D. Yel- d, William Keith, Edw. Deakin, Wil- am Resser, Mrs. L. C. Keely, Mrs W. Gelewicks, H. D. Grenke, J. H. Pa ington, Marian Dahlgren, E. Rufus Hill, ferdinant Reichards. Efforts will be made to secure a repre- sentation of the broom-making industry as carried on at the Home for Adult Blind, by having some of the inmates at work at an Leandro will exhibit an engine of his own making, which is con- sidered a marvel of mechanical skill. The demand for space is urgent, and it »den found necessary to utilize a_por- r }F the galleries for exhibit: Much erest is being taken in the exposition ghour the county, and the s'will be well represented. ANOTHER ELOPEMENT. fferent This Time a Schoolgirl Disappears With a Butcher. OAKLAND, CaL., Dec. 9. {innie Men- T ,al ar-old girl, has been miss- m her nome, 633 Grove street, for een days, and it is thought that she ith Bert Noy,a young butcher Alameda. A week ago last Saturday she left home, as her parents supposed, to go to work for yon Myrtle street. She was not ssed until the following Friday, when led to come home sccording to It was then ascertained that she | not been working at all, but had run way For some time the girl has been keeping company with young Noy, whose father ps a butcher-shop at Bay station in Alameda, but the young man denies that ie has married her or that he knows any- thing of her whereabouts. Two years ago the sister of the missing girl was the heroine of a tughboat marriage outside the heads. The girl's father is a carpenter, and is respected by all who know him. Both of his danghters are girls of good appearance, and bave had many admirers, but owing to the tender age of their daughter the parents are heart-broken. Every effort is being made to find the missing girl. ASKED A CONTINUANCE. The Murphy Case Waiting for Word . From Absentees. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 9.—The at- torneys for the Murphy sisters in the Mur- phy will contest appeared before Judge Frick tkis morning and asked fora con- tinuance until next Wednesday, which was granted by both sides. Argument on the motion for a new trial was to have been heard to-day, and it is understood that the continuance is asked for the purpose of awaiting news from the Murphy girls, who are now in Europe. A settlement of the contest is only de- layed because of the non-arrival of the authorization of the girls to an agreement ot compromise, which is daily expected and will probably be in the hands of Met- cait & Metcdlf, the attorneys for the girls, within a short time. The motion for a new trial will not be argued Wednesday. BURNED TO DEATH. A Little Girl’s Nightdress Catches Fire at an Open Grate. OAKLAND, Carn., Dec. -The little daughter of Dr. W. A. L. Knowles, a den- tist residing on Versailles avenue, in Ala- meda, met a very painful death yesterday. The child came down to the sitting-room in her nightdress yesterday morning, and | while standing before an open grate fire in some way the flames caught her clothing. Startled by the child’s screams, her mother rushed into the room and found | lier running about trying to put out the | flames. Before they cou!d be extingnished sie had received uries so serious that | she died from their effects at half-past 8 o'clock last evening. 3] An inquest was set by Coroner Baldwin | for 4:30 o’clock this afternoon in Alameda. | SUED FOR SUPPOET. Mrs. Annie Bacon Wants Part of Her Husband’s Property. Dec. 9.—Frank Page pitaliet, has been sued by his w ‘,r’" Annie C, Bacon, for support for her- el and six children, all of whom, except Bacon places her husband’s fortune 1000 and states that the income is )@ month, not including the sales and derived from his interest in the nd and Loan Company. She court to award ber $350 for the ! and maintenance of herself and x hildren, — 1€ plaintiff states that she does not de- #divorce. She has sued to have her asks the Suppor her ck husband enjoined from disposing of any of his property until this suit is settle E. B. Mastick acts as her attorney. Acme Athletics. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 9.—The Acme Athletic Club sixth annual exhibition was given to-night at the Macdonough Theater. The house was moderately filled and the | varied programme was given without a hitch. There were sword exercises, wrest- ling and boxing, but as the events were for | exhibition only bonors were easy right along. The Reliance Glee Club attended he trampers’ run” and sang_a couple of glees. The exercises concluded with a two-mile bicycle race on home-trainers. Nissen made the distance in 2:30 and Le Fevre in 2:35. The object of the exhbi. tion, which is toshow the efficiency of the club, was ably carried out. The audience was enthusiastic and the affair was a marked spccess. Abducted His Boy. OAKLAND, CarL., Dec. 9.—James Boden, who is being sued for divorce by his wife, Florence Boden, on the groun is charged by her with having stolen their | three-year-old son from her home in Tem- | escal last Saturday afternoon. She claims the court had ordered him not to interfere with the child while the suit was pendingz. Boden is an engineer at the Telegraph avenue electric road power-house. On Saturday afternoon he called at the house and had the boy in the front yard. When Mrs. Boden went in search of the child both were gone. M. C. Chapman, Mrs. Boden'’s attorney, will take the necessary steps to recover the child. Issued a Bench Warrant. OAKLAND, CaL., Dec. 9.—Judge Wood to-day issued a bench warrant, ordering J. A. Wagner to be brought into court. Wagner, who is now engaged in conduct- ing a restaurant in_San Francisco in his wife’s name, has failed to pay the $15 for the support of his first wife’s child, as he agreed to. His attorney was in court, pleading pov- erty and asking more time, to-day, but the Judge said he had waited a month and would not permit him to trifle with the court any longer. Walsh Gets Out a W OAKLAND, CaL., Dee. 9.—Attorney Phil M. Walsh surrendered himself to the police to-night, and his attorney, C. M. Chap- man, immediately got out a writ of habeas corpus. Judge Frick made it returnable for Tuesday evening, and Walsh was ad- mitted to bail on depositing $25. The argument to be made on the writ will be based on the assumption that the lan- guage by Attorney Walsh to Judge Wood was not contemptuous, and that even if it were the Judge had lost jurisdiction when he made the order adjudging the attorney gulty. Studied FElectric Roads. OAKLAND, CAL., Dec. 9.—E. P. Vander- cook, the projector of the electric road from Oakland to Livermore and Corral Hollow, has returned from an Eastern trip, taken in the interest of theroad. He visited various citie: looking _carefully into the construction and equipment of electric railroads, and also endeavored to secure capital for the proposed road. He says he received substantial encourage- ment and is much pleased with the result of nis trip. Death of Mrs. Merritt. OAKLAND, CaL., Dec. Mrs. nah A. Merritt, mother of Fred .A. and James P. Merritt, who are now contesting the dispositicn of the estate of the late Samuel Merritt, died last Saturday even- ing, at her rooms in the Blake block, 523 Eleventh street, this city. The deceased was a native of Phipsburg, Me., and was 79 years of age. She was the widow of the late Captain Isaac Merritt, brother of the | dead capitalist. Mrs. Merritt had resided in Oakland twenty-six years. Will File an Answer. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 9.—A. Heyne- mann, attorney for Mrs. Frederick Stuart Adams in the suit brought by Frederick Stuart Adams for annullment of the mar- riage which took place in Murtinez, has ob- tained five days’ extension of time in which to plead.” This would seem to indi- cate that Mrs. Adams intends making a determined fight. She has retained A. A. Moore as associ- ate counsel. . Relinguished Their Claim. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 9.—The children of the late Mrs, Kate B. Fisher have re- linquished their interest in a bequest of a life insurance policy of $2000 which she de- vised to them. Attorney W. H. Jordan appeared in the Superior Court this morn- ing, asking that the claim be assigned to their father, L. P. Fisher. Judge Frick made the necessary order. An Official Visit, OAKLAND. Can.,, Dec. 9.—The First Regiment California Brigade uniformed Knights of Pythias paid an official it to Piedmont Lodge and Liberty nof the regiment to-night. Colonel Lohmeyer, commanding the First legiment, attended by his staff, were met at the narrow-gauge depot by Oakland Sir Knights, in full uniform, and invited to Loring Hall. A Church Bazaa: OAKLAND, CaL., De: The Twenty - fourth avenue M. E. Church of East Oakland will give a grand bazaar in Old Armory Hall, Twelfth and Wash- ington streets. It will open December 16 with a concert by the Clara Schuman quartet of San Francisco.. Meals will be served at reasonable prices and the bazaar wili run for one week. The Library Fight Ended. OAKLAND, CaL., Dec. 9.—Judge Greene in the Superior Court to-day issued a per- manent injunction against the new Board of Trustees of the Alameda Public Library from occupying the positions. This has | partially settied the fight between the old | and new boards. . For Branch of Promise. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 9.—The suit of Miss Carrie Lockyer, the who has sued Captain John Hayes for reach of promise of marriage, demanding 0,000 damages, has been set for February 5, 1896. The plaintitf has demanded a jury trial. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in | Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, Dec. 9. '§ | _ The $2000 insurance on the life of Mrs. K. | B. Fisher has been set aside to the surviving | husbend of the deceased. | The refinery at Alvarado has ceased opera- | tions for the “current yesr. About 5,000,000 | pounds of sugar were made. | ““a fit of mental aberration,” as ne put it, was sent below for three months. The pupils of the Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind will give a sacred concert in the assembly hall of the institution next Sun- day afternoon. The Bank of Livermore to-day levied a fore- closure upon the ranch of H. B. Mendenhall near Livermore. The ranch contains 100 scres and was mortgaged to the bank for 100, Judge Ogden to-day allowed F. J. Woodward O per mof th for his services as receiver of ¥ the Company, and F. J. French £1200 for his ser- vices a5 atlorney. Mrs. Boden, who is suing Henry Boden for a divoree, is much exercised over the fact that her husband got the child into his custody sSunday and did not allow it to return to her. She appears to be afraid Boden will take it out of the State. The rebuilding of 8t. Mary's College has been completed and before rcopening the structure will be rededicated. This ceremony will take place on Sunday, December 29, at 3 o’clock. The reouilding cost $50.000 and was superin- tended by the architect who designed the structure.- William Clark, the old East Oaklander, who has been charged with unlawful conduct toward three little girls, made an lq_%lluuon to-day to have his bail reduced. The court made an order reducing it from $9000 in the aggregate to The preliminary exam- inations were set for December 18. Another legacy of the late Morris Goldberg, the wealthy fmymn of the Fruitvale hills, was distributed to-day by order of Judge Frick. 'THE BLIND MAN OUSTED, of cruelty, | Han- | young woman | Charles Sullivan, who stole a pair of shoes in | ighland Park and Fruitvale Railroad | \ Superintendent Sanders of the | Blind Asylum Dis- | charged. IRISH CHAMPIONED HIS CAUSE. | John C. Hays Placed in the Position. | The Annual Meeting of | Directors. | better boat. | received next Wednesday. | oared boat destroyed by fire, §250. Total |on boat contracts, $8250; janitor, oars, 0AKLAND OFFICE, SAN Francisco CAvy,) 908 Broadway, Dec. 9. | The directors of the Blind Home met at | that institution this evening, and Messrs. | Campbell, Greenhood and Morrow yielded their seats o the Governor's new appointees, F. R. Glascock, T. C. Corgan and Colonel James. John P. Irish and | Frank A. Leach held over. President Irish read the following re- port, which he has sent to the Governor: To Hon. James H. Budd. Governor of Cali- Jfornia—S i have the honor to transmit | the report of the Adult Blind Home for the fiscal year ending June 50, 1895, as rendered | to the board of directors by the superin- tendent. 1 have made a careful examination and comparison of the same with the original records and find it correct. The success of the institution is to be mess- ured by its vroduction and sale of articies manufactured by blind handicraftsmen. There is no sentiment in trade, and as a buyer of raw | material and a seller of the finished article the home stands in the market in no different at- titude from a privaie enterorise. For this reason it is affected by the conditions of busi- ness to a degree unknown in any other State institution. The excellent business manage- ment of the superintendent has carried the institution through the last two yearsof hard times without a deficit, notwithstanding the | bad condition of trade. It will be observed that the cost per capita of maintaining the | entire number of persons at the home was 44 cents per day. Its sanitary condition is shown to be excellent by the fact that there was no | case of acute or zymotic disease among the in- mates, nor has there been for seven years. In the last Legislature it was proposed to sell | the present site, which was declared by & com- | | mittee that showed unjust animus against the institution and management, to have in- creased from_$26,000, its cost to the State, to | the value of $100.000, and relocate the home | in some country place. Such change would destroy the blind indus- tries and obtiterate the institution. To con- tinue successful it must remain in contact with the market for its raw material and manufac- tured art The experience of & century has demonstrated the best employment for the adult blind, and that experience should guide those added to the management of such an i stitution. ; As heretofore stated snd now repeated with emphasis, these iustitutions are never any- - made seli-supporting by the labor of the | of finances. tion for president and elected, J. P. Irish | retiring. Colonel Irish, in a_speech nominating | | the blind Superintendent Sanders for re- election, reviewed the seven years’ service of that official. After quoting statistics to prove that a blind man is the best person for such an institution, Colonel Irish said: Before Mr. Sanders was superintendent this institution had no eflicient books of account or record beyond the proceedings of its directors. The system of books and accounts in the man- ufacturing and _commercial departments is of his devisin There are here skillful and ex- pert employes, blind and seeing, apt and fait! ful. He trmned them. This institution has | gained a momentum which will carry it far | ahead without new impulse. His hand gave it the impetus. Before he came the dependent adult blind of California were foriorn and helpless, with no future but indigence. Every one rescued from despair and restored 1o mati- ?)oold and hope was delivered and enfranchised him. [ PEven the deaf, dumb and blind have been taught a trade, and made skitlful and to a de- gree sclf supporting in its practice, by this blind benefactor. I therefore declare fidence that,in the presence of an informed public opinion, the popular appreciation of this blind man’s work would enter the record of it among the things honofible to the com- monwealth; and in these days, when we are told tnere is to be eivil service reform under the Harbor Commission and merit is to be set above partisanship on the water front, the enlightened manhood of the State would forbid that politics should intrude upon the position he has filled so creditably, or unmeke this in- | stitution, which is the perfect work of his hands. His devoted wife has served as matron | for seven years and a half, without a penny of | pay. The hapless blind women have had her | patient attention, the sick her care and the dving her tears as an unhired offering on the eltar oi humanity. The oratory of Calonel Irish availed nothing, and John C. Hays, the son of the Texas Ranger, was elected in Sanders’ stead. No other changes were made, but as Mrs. Sanders will leave with her hus- band, a matron will soon have to be ap- | pointed. . MWONT WEAR BLOOMERS, Mrs. \ Custom Procter Has Killed the in the Uni- versity. Those Who Favored the Idea Abashed by Her Premature Appear- ance. bloomer auestion seems to have well nigh run out its natural existence and passed into university history. Had Mrs. Proc- | tor, the lady who last Friday appeared on | the campus in the abbreviated costume. waited until the next heavy storm came | on she might have bad a bevy of fifty or | more fair co-eds dressed in like attire to | accompany her. But she came out alone, {and her appearance in the mountaineer costume has been the cause of so much | comment that the other co-ed supporters | of the extreme dress reform seem to have | retired gracefully. It seems that twenty U. C. girls had signified their willingness to don the cos- | tume, providing that the total number could be raised to fifty and that they should all come out at once. It seems that these twenty were very enthusiastic | over the scheme and were rapidly securing converts, when the single exponent of the | canse came out and blasted their bopes. | Now the tide has turned and many of | those who were supporters of the original movement refuse to even talk of the matter. The general sentiment among the co-ed contingent now seems to be that bloomers are not the proper costume for the classe room. They will continue, however, to re- main loyal to the short skirt and leggins —the rainy-day attire which was adopted by the women students last year. : In the meantime Mrs. Proctor intends to wear bher bloomers as often as she chooses and where she chooses. She says that she is not a regular student of the university and that what move she might make in the matter of dress ought not to make any difference with the rest of the student body. The report has gained currency that the bloomer proposition will be officially brought before the Associated Women Students on Wednesday, but those in au- thority declare that it is not a public mat- ter to them, but a question of individual desires, and, therefore, will not be dis- cussed in an official manner. atee is the estate of Dina Saks, a Rus- ;‘;2: l'l'.'gluivu who died beiore the affairs of Goldberg’s estate had reached a point where she could be allowed her legacy of 3 Boating Association Affairs. BERKELEY, CAL., Dec. 9.—The co-ed‘ ith con- | | Perpetual Injunction Issued Preventing was received from the builders and placed in the water for the first time last Satur- day. The new craftis much the sameas | the St. Lawrence skiffs which were burned, except that it is stronger_and altofether a The first single-scull will be An informal meeting of the members of the association has been called for Wednes- | day afternoon. he financial report of the association for November, as presented by W. J. Mor- row, is as follow Receipts—Cash No- vember 1, 1895, $340 20; insurance on four receipts, $554 20. Expenditures—Payments %hotusforBlueand Goid, etc., $20 25; cash ecember 1, 1895, $441 Total expendi- tures, $554 20. 1 Football Men to Meet. BERKELEY, CaL., Dec. 9.—The Var- sity footbull team will meet on Wednes- day afternoon to decide whether they will | undertake the much-talked-of trip to | Southern California during the Christmas vacation. The prime dificulty which | Manager Lang seems to have met is that He expects, however, to be able to give a definite statement at_the meeting on Wednesday with regard to just what teams the Berkeley men will meet and the approximate receipts of each contest. Hope is expressed thata game will be arranged between the U. C.and Olympic teams to be played at Los Angeles. The players themselves are much in favor of the southern tour, since they will have both a pleasant outing and also an oppor- | | tunity to become acquainted - with the | methods of other teams. | University Examinations. BERKELEY, CaL., Dec. 9.—The regu- lar midyear examinations in the depart- | ments of the University of California at Berkeley will begin next Friday morning | and continue until Saturday, December 21. No recitations will be conducted dur- | ing the time set aside for the examina- | tio Following the examination period | will be the customary Christmas recess of three weeks. Shocks From the Heavy Guns. BERKELEY. CaL., Dec. 9.—The testing of the 12-inch guns at the Presidio Reser- vation to-day shook the buildings of the town and university so severely that many persons ‘thought that an explosion had taken place at the West Berkeley powder | works. s ey THE SCHOL BOARD MAD, It Thinks the Health Board Made Very Injudicious Re- marks. Interference With the Library Board. ALAMEDA, Car., Dec. 9.—The School Board 1s very much exercised over the in- | timations of disease in the public schools | made by the Board of Health, which got | into print in a local paper somewhat more | broadly than they were uttered. President Tisdale of the Board of Education de- nounces such unguarded remarks as very unprofessional and unnecessary and as tending to greatly injure the schools, be- ides being a direct reflection upon the School Board. President Tisdale says the board will hold a special meeting in the near future and invite the member of the Board of Health who made such damaging statements to appear and substantiate them. g Dr. Smith is the member referred to. His statement was to the effect that he had been reliably informed that one of the | teachers was afflicted with a worse disease than tuberculosis, and he named the dis- ease. He further expressed the opinion that teachers should be examined as to their physical condition and general health before being placed in charge of classes of children. The end of the agitation 1s not | yet by any means. Still in Trouble. ALAMEDA, Car., Dec. 9.—The Tele- gram has not Ey any means emerged from | its troubles. Marshall is out of the paper | altogether. Receiver Nauman was work- | { | | | ing hard last night to issue a paper this | | | better sanitary condition go unheeded. | gives satisfaction generally to the | all the ordinances in existence against the morning. J. C. Tyrrell is bitter against | | the successor to Marshall, and declares | that the paper must die. He says he has | been grossly deceived in the property and | is going to make some one lose just as | much as he has lost. He threatens to get | out an injunction restraing the issuance of the paper pending a partition or some | settlement of the partnership troubles. The Injunction Sustained. ALAMEDA, CaL., Dec. 9.—The decision of Judge Greene, permanently restraining J. R. Knowland, George J. Jensen and Robert Husband from interfering with the management of the free public library, }wople of Alameda. Messrs, Knowland, Jensen and Husband were appointed library trus- tees by the Board of Municipal Trustees in May last. The incumbents refused to vacate, and so they forcibly took posses- sion one day at noon. An injunction was sued out.by the old board restraining the | new from interfering with them, and by | which they regained possession. Judge Greene has made this injunction per- petual. Notes of Interest. There was no meeting of the Municipal Board last night. | "The suit of Emilie G. Cohen vs. the Lin- coln Avenue Commissioners, to restrain the extension of Lincoln avenue, which was to have been heard last night, has been postponed for three weeks. The funeral of little Ruth Knowles, who was burned to death Saturday morning, takes place to-day at 2 o’clock. A Cor- oner’s jury yesterday afternoon returned a | verdict in accordance with facts as pub- lished in this morning’s CALL. 1 *Charles L. Mastick of Portland, Or., is visiting his parents and friends in this ¢ The Diamond Cveling Club is to have a beuefit at Linderman Opera-house, where ‘“The Private Secretary’’ will be produced. ‘The Board of Health is going to enforce Chinesa shanties maintained on Railroad avenue, near Park street. Due notice to abate nuisances and_put the premises in REPUBLICANS MEET. An Enthusiastic Assemblage In Pixley Hall Last Night. An enthusiastic meeting of Republicans was held last night by the McKinley Re- publican Club of the Forty-first Assembly District, at Pixley Hall, on the corner of Polk and Pacificstreets. One hundred and ten new nembers signed the roll, swelling the membership to over 400. H. C. Fire- baugh presided, and there were some stir- ring speeches on the issues of the coming campaign. 3 The following were elected as delegates to represent the club in the executive council of Republican clubs: E.F. Wil- kinson, J. M. Jacott and Henry Gerlach. The club will hold stated meetings on the second Thursday of each month, when representative speakers of the Republican party will be present and deliver addresses. e —————— Stole the Freight Money. Albert Lewis of the firm of Lewis & Co, teamsters, 11 Steuart street, swore out a war- rent in Judge Joachimsen's court yesterday for the arrest of Donald Fleming, one of their employes, on the ch of felony embezzle- ment. Some days 8go they sent him with $138 to pay the freight on some goods, and since the:‘m«y have ioc seen or heard of him. He BERKELEY, Car., Dec. 9.—The U. C. Boating Association’s new pieasure-boat had been in their service for the past nine years. | who are skilled_in FOUR DAYS OF ANXIETY. Then M. Meunier Will Know the Result of Years of Work. PARISIAN MUSHROOM CAVES. Long and Costly Experiments to Add a New Industry to Those of Ala- -meda County. OAxLAND OFFICE SAN FrANcisco CaLy,) €03 Broadway, Dec. 9. | Out near Fruitvale an earnest French- | man has been for four months watching the development of his experiments with Parisian mushroom caves. In 1879 M. Fernand Meunier came to California and after years of search found the peculiar atmosphere ne sought i the Fruitvale hills. M. Meunier has long cherished the idea that Parisian mushrooms could be grown in California, and he now declares that his caves are a success and that the first crop ever grown in the Western Hem- isphere will be ready for the epicures in about three months. It bas taken two or three years of labor to prepare the caves, but last September the work was commenced inearnest. The experimentalist secured the large tract that was once looked upon by the Contra Costa Water Company as a place ior a reservoir. He has already laid out and planted two caves 15 feet broad, 10 feet deep and 100 feet long. Around each cave is a high board fence. In about four days the caves will be opened and M. Meunier’s mind will be at rest. By that time he will know just how much of a success he has | scored. To get these caves in readiness has re- quired the constant gervices of twelve men ihe science of raising mushrooms. Some' idea of the prelim- inarv work necessary may be gained from the knowledge that forty-seven tons of fertilizer, or 180 cubic yards, are required in each cave to form the ridge beds. This material has to be sifted and packed until it has the firmness and consistency of clay | before it is in a fit condition to receive the wi. “Icame to California,” said Mr. Meu- nier, ‘because I thought that it has the best climate in the world for growing mushrooms. The rainy season is some- what against us, but my study of the summers has convinced me that they could not be better. Considering every- thing, not even Parisis adapted so well, naturally, to the business. At present there are never any fresh mushrooms in California, and in the United States there 1shot a man who raises Parisian mush- rooms as an industry. 1 brought over a lurge quantity of Parisian spawn, but I find I can produce it here. I will be the only man this side of the water who raises spawn of that kind. As soon as 1 have succeeded in establishing the industry I shall add to my facilities until I have fifty caves in operation. If everything is suc- cessful each cave should produce 100 pounds a day. “But what more than all eise has in- duced me to settle in Oakland is that there are so few insects here, the maggots (diptera), white, black - headed worms about three-sixteenths of an inch long, ‘black spot’ caused by eelworms (auguil- lule), manure-flies and other insects being almost unknown, although in Paris great quantities of salt, the chief insecticide, are | needed.” M. Meunier is very confident that the mushroom-cave industry can be success- fully introduced here, and although he has not yet any product for the market, he de- clares he sces a certain fortune ahead. APPELS O THER PRDE County School Superintendent Writes a Circular to Teachers. Programme for the State Teachers’ Association Finally Pre. pared. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 9,—The County Superintendent of Schools has issued the following circular letter: OAKLAND, December 7, 1895, To the Teachers of Alameda County: The Ala- meda County Institute will meet in Oakland, Thurulni‘, January 2, 1895, at 9 A.M. After being called to order it will be merged in the State Teachers’ Association, which will con- tinue in session three days, adjourning Satur- day, January 4, at 3 P. M. Your patriotism and local pride are called upon to make this important gathering of the teachers of the State tne largest and most en- thuelastic ever held in California. That it may be so requires that each teacher should | feel responsible for the success of the associa- tion. The local executive committee is greatly en- couraged by ihe very generous response already made by the teachers throughout the county. This response will enable us to properly en- tertain our guests from other parts of the State. The programme for the State associa- tion sessions has been completed and is as follows: & Thursday morning (Council of Education) 9:30 o'clock—Organization. 1. ‘“‘Course of Study,” Superintendent J. W. Linscott, Senta Cruz. 2. High Sechool certificates, Professor Fernando Sanford, Palo Alto; review of report of committee of fifteen, Professor George H. Howison, Berkeley. 2 P. ».—1. President’s address, Earl Barnes, Palo Alto; some remarks on the professional course, Professor Wayne P. Smith, San Jose; “The Poet as a Pilgrim,” Ehzabeth A. Packard, Oakland; “The New Psychology and Its Peda- ogical Significance,” Professor F. B. Dressiar, s Angeles. Thursday evening—Entertainment of the association by the teechers of Alameda County. Friday morning—(Commitiee on Manual Training)—9 A. M ‘'What Has Been Done in California in Elementary, Secondary and 1) Special Schools,” Professor Walter J. l[enynn of Stockton; “Recommendation of Courses De- sirable and Feasible for Elementary Schools, James A. Addicott of San Jose: “Recommenda- tions of Courses Desirable andZFeasible for Sec- ordary Schools.” Protessor Walter N. Bush of San Franeisco; ‘‘Character of Teacher Training Demanded for This Work,” President Charles H. Keyes of Pasadens; specimens of work from the Manual Training Schools of California will be on exhibition on January 3 and 4. 1 p. m—Election of officers; choice of next meeting place; “Supervision,” Superintendent T. T. Kirk, Fresno; “Ethics in Education,” Proféssor P. W. Search of Los Angeles; “The Edueation of the Human Animal,” Professor Joseph Le Conte of Berkeley. Friday evening—Address, ““The Evolution of Education,” Professor Joseph Le Conte, Berke- urday. morning (Committee on School Hygiene), 9 A. M.—1. “Hygiene in Education,” Professor T. D. Wood, Palo Alto; 2. ‘‘Sanitary Construction of School Buildings,” Eulm-hy tendent McClymonds, Oakland; Hygienic Im- rovement Within Reach of Us Al,” Lucy M. “lummrn, San_Jose; *“Physical Training for Girls,” Catrie B. Palmer, Oskland. Adjourn- ment. LADIES ASSIST PROGRESS. Two Associations to Be Organized at Livermore This Week. LIVERMORE, CaL.,, Dec. 9.—All the business men of Livermore will meet on Wednesday evening next at the Towx\ Hall to organize a local imprnvomlg[:t s0- iety. During the past week the followin, ?:'p{r has baegn libe‘;n:lly signed : i We, the undersigned citizens of Livermore | and vicinity, believing that there should be an organization among the busi men_and citizens for the purpose of agitating for local improvements and prosecuticg a general work for the advertising and bnilding up of Liver- more Valley, Lereby signiiy onr willingness to become mewbers oi such an organization, and recommend & meeting to take place for that urpose Wednesday evening, December 11, 95, at 7:30 o'clock, in the Town Hall. The ladies have also determined to or- garize in connection with the movement, and on Thursday next the Woman’s Club of Livermore will come into life at the Presbyterian Church. All public-spirited ladies are invited. These improvement societies will be educational, social and practical in their character. In speaking of these organizations W. R. Ellis of Livermore said: “Itisa purely pnblic-spirited enterprise and one in which all our citizens should unite. Here is a special opportunity for business men to make manifest their good-natured ability to rise superior to the little bickerings that too often interrupt social intercourse amoug neighbors. All ourdpeople are in- terested in the growth and prosperity of our valiey; and it is only the smallest and shri el»d-nr kind of a man who would allow his ill will toward other people to in- terfere with his cheerfully and manfully doing his part in maintaining a deserving community enterprise.” THREE DOLLARS A NAME, What It Will Cost Alameda County for Votes Next November. The Whole County Is to. Be Re-Dis- tricted—Many Precincts Will B: Halved. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL.} 908 Broadway, Dec. The first step toward the comnvilation of a new Great Register was taken by the Su- pervisors to-day with the appointment of a committee to arrange preliminaries. The committee consists of Supervisors Pelouez and Church, County Clerk Jordan, District Attorney Snook and the County Surveyor. The most important part of the work of the committee will be to redistrict many parts of the county. 'There are many pre- cincts that contain more voters than the law allows, and in a few instances some precincts will be made into three. At the last election there was one precinct at Fruitvale in which ever 600 votes were cast. This precinct required three days louger to count than the others and de- layed the returns that time. In Alameda there are several precincts with from four to five hundred voters and in Berkeley one precinct polled over 700 votes. As the tickets are such large ones sev- eral days are required for the count. The law distinctly states -that no more than 200 voters shall reside in one precinct, and as there will be about 25,000 names on the new Great Register there wiil be about 125 precincts in the county. One of the greatest troubles anticipated for the de{;\ny cierks of registration will be caused by the educational requirements. Between this time and the next general election there will be hundreds ot aliens | naturalized, and County Clerk Jordan has discovered that many voters newly nat- uralized cannot sign their names or read. Under no circumstances witl he register such, and it is anticipated that there will be frequent applications for writs of man- damus. The law, however, is very plain, and all deputies will be instructed to see that it is obeyed to the letter. The new law requires that registration shall commence 160 days prior to a general election, and must continue for seventy- five days. After that transfers can be made, but twenty-six days before the elec- tion the copy must be sent to the printer. It is calculated that the cost of getting outa at Register and holding a general election in Alameda County next Novem- ber will cost about §75,000, or $3 per hcad for every name on the Great Register. The reistration will require that a force of about fifteen clerks be scattered all over the county and be kept in service for sev- enty-five days, and in many places for the time allowed for transfers. County Clerk Jordan has a plan of registration that will make all efforts at stuflinf: very plain. All lodging-houses and hotels will be kept apart, so that if forty men register at a house with but ten rooms the fraud will be at once apparent. Applications to be appointed as deputy clerks are already being banded to the Supervisors and County Clerk, but none will be appointed till the redistricting business is completed. REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS, Mary A. Winn to Andrew line of Florida street, 100 N of Clara), N 25 by K 100; $10. Jane Besby and Mary Curran to ann C. Stott, lot on W line of Taylor street, 56:714 N of Montgom- ery avenue. N 18, W to Montgomery aveuue, SE ton point 47:7%4 W of Taylor street, |5 47:714; 10. alentine. lot on E enteenth (Santa Hibernia Savings and Loan Soclety to same, all interest in 80-vara lot 706, quitclaim deed; $5. E. J. LeBreton and W. H. Cook (trustees of the estute of Cynthia H Shillaber) to Claus Sprec lot on SE line of Market street, 275 SW of Third, SW 50, SE 100, SW 10, SE 70, NE 60, NW 170; $166.000. Louls and Mary J.Jaunet to Henry H. Davis, lot on NW line of Harrison street, 375 SW of Fourth, SW 25 bv NW 85, subject to mortgage, warranty deed, $10. Jeremiah Santry to Mary McCarthy, lot on NW line of Netoma screet, 150 XK of Seventh, NE 25 by NW 75: gift. arah Blumenthal to Annie Dettelbach, divided half of lot on N line of California street, 57:6 W of Twelfth avenue, W 26 by N 100; $10. John and Ada M. Hinkel to Elizabeth A. Kickard, loton N line of Cliff (Point Lobos avenue) 80:11 W of I wenty-fifth avenue, W 25 by N 100: $10. Wiltam Sharp to Evelyn M. Evans, undivid half of lot on SW line of U streer and Thirty-fifth avenue, S 6U0 by W 240: §10. Sisters of Mercy to John J. O'Farrell, lot on NE line of Francis street, 300 NW of Telegraph street (Mission road), NW 100 by NE 200; %10. John J. and Mary L. O'Farrell to James 3. Coutts. lot on the SW corner of Francis street, 400 NW of Mission, 25 by SW 150, Academy Tract: $10. Joues, Allen & Co. to Frank _I. Veen, lot on the S corner of Athens street and Madison avenue, SE 66:2,SW 98:9, NW 50, NE 142 1-16, block ' 69, Silver Heights: $10. Loitie R. Smith to A. H. Sonnemann, lots 226, 226 and 227, Precita Valley lands: $10. J. N.and Sarah K. Atherton to J. C. Hollows: lots 8 and 4, block 21, Fairmount Homestead, o line of Beacon sireet, 75:6 NW of Bemis, N (615, N 30:614, S 173:314,8 50, as ‘O’Neil to Mary A.Dowd, estate of un- $10. Margaret Jo. William O'Nell; gift. Moses Deutsch to Jacob Denu,g.n, all mterest in es ate of Mina Deutsch, No. 14.784; 3 Isaac_and Ferd Deutsch, Cecilia Smith, Sarah Budd, Henrletta Johnson and Kebecea Morris to same, same; $—, . ALAMEDA COUNTY. Jobn Sloane et al. to John W. Doubleday of Ala- medu, lots 66, 67 and 6714 and lot 68, block G, amended map of blocks G and I of Vicente Peralta. Reservation Tract, Oakland Township: $10. Same to J. D. Cuthbert, lot on W corner of Buena Vista avenue and Broad: SW 165 by NW 140:2, being lots 1, 2 and 1, Hays and Caperion property, Alamed; 5 Manuel and Isabella J. Foster to Asmus Franzen, loton N line of V street, 25 W of W line of lands of Quigley, W 50 by N 160, Decoto, Washington ‘Township; $126. Duniel W. Baker to Naomi J. Baker, lot on N line of First street, 50 E of L. 50 by N 100,block 2, town of Livermore, Murray Township; $10. ‘Sarah Hughes to«f". A. Schrader (Livermore), lot on 8 corner Livermore avenue and Park streer, SK 50 by SW 160, being the N W one-third of lots 10, 11 and 12, block 16, same, Murray Township; 810! Fliza W. Morgan to &,'W. Newell of Stockton, lot on S line of Fisteenth street, 90 W of West, W 42:8 by 5 75. being portion of iot ¥, block A, North Oakiand Homestead Association, Oakland, quit- claim deed; $10. S.W. and Annte E. Newell to Eliza W. Morgan (wite of C. B.), 1ot on NW corner of Castro and ‘Dwelfth streets, N 100 by W 150, being lots 19 to 25, block 180, Oakland, subject 10 a mortgage; #$5000. Ellza W. Morgan to 8. W. Newell. lot on SW corner of Fifteen:h and West streets, W 90 by S 75, being lot 9 and portion of lot 10, block A, North Oakland Homestead Association, Oakland ; '$5000. ubert S. Thomas to Sarah ‘A., wife of James Hill, all interest in lot 90, Crocker Tract, Pied- mont, Ozkland Township: gifi. May Wilson to Charics J. Behlow of San Fran. cisco. lot on W iine of Eicventh street, 100 N of Powddl, N 80 by W 100, being lot 20, block 22, ‘Beaudry & Peladeau property, Oaklana Township} Katherine V. Kiinkner (executrix estate of 86,8 100, E 100 rac! streets, N 241. W 138, S 141, E to begnning, block 108, L. and T. I Association, Berkeley: 85780, Harriet Boyer to A. Britz, lot on i line of King street. 160:6 N_of Mason, N 75:3 by E 120, being lot 38, block 11, Regent-street Homestead Asgo- ciation, subject to a mortgage, Berkeley ; $10. Joseph A. Leonard Company (a corporation) to 3.'W. Beatty, lot on S line of Eagle avenue, 126 £ of Willow street, E 42, S 147:6. W 38, N 22: W 4, N 125 t0 beginning, biock 17, lands ad: jacent to Encinal, Alameda; 310, — e HOTEL ARRIVALS. S HOUSE. A T Hicks, Angel Isld © W Taylor, Tacoma J Walsh, Victoria Mrs Ingram, Seattle E Dougherty, Oakland W Dunn, Sacto H E Davls, Soledad A S Pa mer, Sal Miss Feeley, Sta Rosa D J Bradford,Hldsburg R R Patton, Healdsburg ¥ A Hanisch, Roseville EM MeLaughlindw,Chgo J H Beamer & son, Cal J Smith, Sacto F H Smith, Cal A T Hicks, Angel fsland J xton, Pleasenton L Mackenzie, Oakland CE Lynch.Alameds W Lioyd, Milwood D H Lioyd, Milwood W J Wkitaker, 'I' Haute t_ B, Berkeley 5780. RU H Perkins, Dunsmuir 1L 1 Stokes. Seattle M C Burns, Seatiie P Callan, Victena Oukland t0. PJ Smit H E Cassidr, W Griswold, Sn W M Coleman, Eureka A B McUlellan, Enreka P Butler, Eoreka H E Griffin, Virginia J Francis, Fresno M V B Green, Helena F Cook, Alameda 4 M Tully, Fresno W Carrush, Oakland J A Schoneld, Hollister E A Noyes, Marysville C K Dam, Wheatland C H Wheeler, Portland W Butler' & w. Hldsbrg M Nebr Miss A Dumlien, Sacmto Mrs A M Morris, Clear L E Bender, Ohio J L Bell, Visalia © W Hunt, Fori Bragz A B McRea, Portland S B. Fulton, Santa Rosa G L Sinty, Mich W Breeton, Mich A Clay, Nevada City. I Annlar, Butte City € Garcelon, Guatemala J A Robinson, Newcastle G W Roberts, Palo Alto € O Clar, Ci A M Morris, Clear Lake J Quick, Badger Hill T McCormick & w, Cal J B Garver, Montana S L, Roberts, San Diego Mrs Youngborn, Merced S Tyler, Pasadena J McLaughlin, Napa A K Bannor, Sacramento W S Young, Yokohoma W F Mason, Los Gatos Mrs L A Berry, Boston H Stevens, Boston GRAND HOTEL. A F George & w, Sacto W Tack & w, Ogden J E Evans, Salt'Lake . W H Evans, Salt Lake W H Wendt, Chij NY Cal A J Conway, Sacto S Dr Clark, Gliroy 3T J Churehill, Yreka G J Brown, L0s Ang R S Miller & w, Sta Cruz T McKee, N Y H R Cooke, Los Ang G Tarner, Modesto W Knowlton, Corn J H Jones, Merced A J Mesoriey, Cal W C Sheldon, Snisun A Haines, Madison A J de Russy, New Orins 0znozzini, Cayucos n Luis Ob ¥ Erickson, Sn Luis Ob P A Blell. Stockton A J Rhodes, Sac.0 J B Garibaidi, Merced H P Andrews, Red Bluft J Black, Tebama L Miller, Stockton C H Dwinelle, Fulton A P Stanton, Cal LICK HOUSE. Frank C Ross, Tacoma W R Mills, Alaska K M Lees, England W R Darneal, Los Gatos Jas Cameron, Los Gatos J J Holmes, Pittsbrg. Pa F M Anderson. Pe’aluma Albert Lake, San Jose Mrs G D Kellogg, Nestle C I Sins v F J Mathews &w, Oukld F E Baker, Woodland iiss C Lesser, N York Vernon Goodwin, S Rosa ‘Warren Gireen, Preston Frank T Nilan. Nev City R H Lucas Jr, S Rasael H Hoover, San Jose W H McMinn, SJose J M Howell, San Diego JJ Seymour, Fresno W I Youle, Los Angeles € L Walter, Fresno Ose Mohr:, Honolulu Mrs € Von Pueblo, K Cty Jas E Hall, US N H C Talbot, Cal H Hamilton, Eureka James Denny, Chicago kM Nelson & w, Chicago PALACE HOT J Buhmster, US N H H Miller, N Y T Corwell, Portland W Bradbury & w, S Jose J Martin, Dutch ¥lat ~ DrJ R Currion, San Jose P F Galtigan, Chicago Mrs R M Morrison, Prtid J O Berg, Portland P Ranaldo, San Jose L D Cole, Portland F Oldham & w,London F F West, Montana aer & w, Leadville Coung. Japan on D Peterson, W F Knox, J H Butcher, H B Cotton, Sacto o Petaluma A H Martin, Ney City Geo E Turner, Nev City Mrs D Sutton &2 s, Sac T C Kurift, Cal O W Booth, Reichtor & w, Chego ¢ H Durkee, C 8 Knigkt, Fort Wayne 1 Harlow, N Y H Yarrington & w, Nev € Willia R B W R seeley, Carson G Thompson, San Jose ‘B Bushnell. San Jo owning, St Lonis Capt & Mrs N H J Cleveland, kngland San Carlos W L Fooge & w, Wdburn R C Rozers, BuiTalo E Hoyt & w, Conn G E Goodman & w, Naj Mrs W F Holden,S Lake Sister Mary, Londor S M Murtrie, Guadaloupe R M Carr, Minn J Finnell, Tehama BALDWIN HOTEL. A L Wagner, San Jose 1 V Tripp, Indianapolis J P Weller, San Mateo J B Enright, San Jose 1 Scheeline, Oakland M Kemper Jr & w, Cal ams & w, Carson St Louis I\ Szn Jose se. Smith, P B McCabe, Arizona M Black, Ind R C Snos Y. Miss Emming, 1492 Co fiss S Evans, 1492 Co E H Price, 1492 Co € R Gulber, 1492 Co Miss L Steriing, 1492 Co Baer, 1492 Co itzgerald, San Jose G Bierce, Los Gatos o Muss M 'Warner, 1492 Co ss A Johuson, 1492 Co Miss Moore, N Y ¥ Wighermann, Napa S D Allen, Napa, G D Allen, Napa Mrs'A D Allen, Napa Miss C Allen, San Jose Mrs B Allen, Napa Miss Mills, San Jose NEW WESTERN HOTEL. Capt Sertor & w. N Bed J stohl, Vacaviile C Walkins, Placerville W Gord, Placerville J P Goddard, Stockton W D Barnes, Stockton J Smith, New York W Little, Boston A Sullivan, Oskland M P Novak, Alcatraz C P Wilson, Rodeo W Stolker, Alaska Chas Bussell, Chicago A B Mikae, Columbus 7T H Stoftee, Stockton A D Bushnell, Hoguiam Miss Mason, Boston W McLellan, Charlesion A B Maclellan, Boston W Little, Alameda Paris is again agitating the project of a monument to_Victor Hugo, obiivious of the fact that Hugo errected his own mon- ument in his works. Still, the sum of 100,000 francs is now in hand for that pur- Yose, and it is proposed to collect 200,000 more, which would pay for a monument that would adorn even Pari: NEW TO-DAY. 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Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druge gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will nod accept any substitute if offerea. RIGGS HOUSE, Washington, D. C. The Hotel ‘* Par Excellence’’ Ofthe National Capital. First class in all appoins- ments. G, DEWITT. ‘Treas. * American plan, $3 per day and upward. BLOOD POISON Charies A. Kliukner) to Luther A.Teague, lot on E line of Hel street, 135 N of Butler avenue, E 200, N 52. 200, 8 56.37 to_beginning, being portion of lots 1 and’8, block 2, Butler Tract, Uak- and Township; graut. Charles Calais et al. (by Commissioner) to E. J. Overend, lot on NW corner of Allston and Sixth AVE YOU ?"m“;s;‘a%. preiogy ’gf‘."fio..me"éw A Shonic Tomple