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

: .idead. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1895. Interesting Report of Important Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County |THE KING WILL G0 EAST, THE LAW TO BE TESTED, Doubt Exists on the Educational Requirements of Voters. NO CALL FOR DR. STINSON.| A Strong Protest Against Allowing the Destruction of the Boulevard. OAKLAND OFFICE, SAN FRANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, Dec. 19. | The refusal of County Clerk Jordan to register any one who cannot read or write | will soon be contested in the courts. Already the groundwork for a.suit has been laid by his refusal to register certain | people, from San Leandro and they are preparing for mandamus proceedings. The opronents to the Clerk’s method claim to be supported by the constitution of ths United States, which they assert conflicts with the State laws. The consti- tution of the United States says: _All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to_the ju thereof are citizens of the United of the State wherein they reside. shall make or enforce & abridge the priviles zens of the United 1t is asserted that the State lawisan abridgment of th hts of ci in se where Clerk Jordan h: refused ration the applicants have been nat- ized. have been told of these matters,’ Clerk Jordan to-night, nd I must re ot able to read angu; his name is on n ister of this county prior to November 4, the oath to support t obey the laws of the Stat of what any c tend to do it - The clause at is he!d to be in opposi- tion to the constitution is the following: ot be able to read the h language and write exercise the privi- State: 1 ed, that amendment reiative to i 1not apply to ical disability some other county 1894, I have taken C: itution and d regardless ‘may say I in- his or her name s| lege of an electo: plying w : who now who sh vote, nor age and a1l take As the matter is considerea to be one of the highest impor nd is attracting attention in every ¥, it will be car- ried to-the Supreme ( soon as pos- sible. REAL ESTATE MAN FAILS. Myron Wurtz Has Sides the B: OAKLAND, CaL., Dec. IS Wurtz, a son-in-law of A. capitalist, filed & litors on Both olvency to- en engaged in the real Oakland and Berkeley. r $18,395. Some of the e and many sets forth ation of his holdingsand mo verdue have. caused the insolver A PLEA OF INSANITY. BMuhlner’s Attorney Will Use It as Well s an Alibi. OAKXKLAND, CAL., Dec. 19.—In the trial of Lewis Muhlner for the murder of Jennie Lewis Robert Chesnut of Point Reves was called to prove that Muhlner had acted queerly for a long time. He toid of the ner's singing songs about the dead of his auoroseness when he did from her. Chesnut further stated that two of the most important witnesses for the prosecution had bad characters for truth and veracity. Mr. Lewis, he had been told, “and he had *was not to be believed under oath. trial goes on to-morrow morning. A Vault at Last. D, Car., Dec. 19.—Since the Bank Commissioners notified all the treas- urers in the State that no public money | must be placed in the banks, .‘special deposit, City Treasurer Gilpin has been trying to find out how he can obey the law when there is no city vaults. He has found that be can hire a secure bank -vault for $50 a year, and as the building of 2 vault at the City Hall would cost $10,000, he has recommended to the Mayor that one be built. The Mayor recommended this blan to the Council and it will prob- ably be adopted the first of the coming year. Father Dempsey’s Mother Dies. OAKLAND, CaL., Dec. 19.—Mrs, Hannah Dempsey, mother of Rev. Father Demp- sey of St. Mary’s Cathedral, was fonnd dead in her bed this morning. She lived alone, but tenants in the immediate vi- “cinity visited her to-day and found her The deceased had resided here for many years and suffered irom heart grouble. She was 52 years of age. No Saloons Wanted. QAKLAND, CaL., Dec. 19.—Application has been made by Frank Courant for a icense to sell liguor on Fourteenth street, right opposite the First Presbyterian Church. The board of trustees and all the : “property-owners will be before the Council and protest. Eighteen months ago a li- Zeense for the same place was refused. Cuts Of Another Thousand. OAKLAND, CaL.,, Dec. 19.—Dr. Dudley Tait, who % millionaire hermit, Morris Goldberg, for $9200 for medical services, will accept $5500. A jury awarded him $6500 and he has agreed -to cut off another thousand on con- ard it said that P. J. Shafter The OAKLAN dition that the appeal to the Supreme | Court be dismissed. This has been agreed 1o and the doctor will be at once pald. Left a Large Estato. OAKLAND, CaL., Dec. 19.—The will of Elizabeth Paul of Alameda was filed for probate this afternoon. The deceased left an esiate valued at $40,000, consisting of real estate in San_Francisco, Alameda, Fresno, Madera and Lake counties. His Final Report. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 19.—James Stan- administrator of the estate of the late h Sheer, filed his final account to-day 1 I with a petition for distribution. He asks | 1500 for his fees. During the last year he l‘m received $13,564 and has disbursed $10,054. The expenses of distribution wiil be about §6500. Destroying the Boulevard. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 19.—Harry A. Morse, a_property-owner, has taken the matter of the destruction of the Lake Merritt boulevard to the Grand Jury. He has made a complaint to the Street Su- perintendent and demands that that official do his duty. No Call for Dr. Stinson. OAKLAND, CAL., Dec. 19.—A story was Eubnshed this morning that Rev. Dr. Stinson of New York had been selected to succeed Dr. McLean of the First Congrega- tional Church. The committee deny that they have sent Dr. Stinson a call. Guns in Evidence. OAKLAND, CaL., Dec. 19.—The men who are suspected of knowing how the murdered hunter Varni Felice came by his death in the hills are still under examina- ot a kind of Bella Union | sued the estate of the late | | tion. The prosecution rested to-day and thedefense began. A motion to dismiss | was denied. HISTORY OF | Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, Dec. 19. | Gus Larue of the Acme Club won the wrest- | ling match last night with John Maroney of | the San Francisco Athletic Club. Dr. Curtis is tired of litigation and paid £5 cost to the Police Court this morning to have | the charge wade by him against C. E. Kinard | i sed. The new school building recently erected in Fruitvale will be dedicated to-morrow after- noon at 2 ¢’clock. All patrons and friends of | the sekiool are earnestly invited to attend. Phiilip Weber will spend six months in the County Jail because he could not furnish & 5000 bond to keep the peace. 5 of making numerous threats to kill in da and Justice Taylor commitied him A DAY. The Tenth-avenue Baptist Sunday-school will hold its annual Chrisimas festival on Friday | ext at the church. One hundred | and forty children will take part in the cantata ed for this occasion, under the charge of A A. Dunnett. The children of the West Oakland Home will have & Christmas-tree on Tuesday evenin, The metron and kindergarten teacher hay been busy in preparing gifts for the girls, but there seems to be & scarcity of gifts suit- able for the boys. | day. PRESSED BYCOVERNMENT, ‘Why the Railroad Fights the 1' Opening of Harrison Street. The Secret of Why the Piece of Marsh Land Suddenly Became Valuable. OAKLAND OFFIC 908 Fraxcrsco CALL,) adway, Dec. 19. | The strength of the opposition to the opening of Harrison strect has just been made apparent. It is explained in a letter recently réceived by Mayor Davie from the War Department. That the Water Front Company should pay so litile attention to the opening of Broadway and should show such concern regarding Harrison street, was proof that some poweriul incentive existed. Harri- son street is a highway that if it was oace open to the water front, would not be used by more than one team a day, and the knowledg more inexplicable. “The story dates ba said the Mayor to-day, *‘and involves the building of a bric cross the estuary. Last March the bridges across were fou very unsafe con- dition, Secr y Lamont and Colonel Mendell bad some correspondence regarding the building of a new bridge to ke the p. structures. [ k mnearly a year,” ce of the two old decayed nknown ‘o therailroad com- pany and Colonel Mendell, photographs of the bridges were taken at low water, show- i v thoroughly insecure they were. fact some of the piles were hang- ing from the stringers, and hundreds of others would 1 failen apart but thbat their uppe cere fastened. Well, the ailroad com y. rather than go to the nse of rearranging their tracks and ying their proportion of a new bridge, spent several thousands of dollars in re- ring the two old wrec! of bridges. v thought they were e been but for those S b e afe, and would ha photographs. “Now, the only place where a bridge can be built across the estuary that will answer all the purposes to which it will be put is from the foot of Harrison street. It 1s the natural poiut for a bridge and is so viewed by the Government ofiicials. But of course the Jand at the foot of Harrison street could not be used if it be private property without lengthy condemnation ngs. Ii the proper! be in iner tied up the building of that | be delayed. | he War Department is anxious to | have the bridge built and is pressing the matter rather bard. temporary repairs are not much to rely upon in the face of the photographs_on file at Washington, and to prevent against any possible accident the bridge is eon- sidered to be a necessity. When found that the repairs to the two bridges B idge w did not stop the Government’s activity | something eise had to be done. It became necessary to stop up Harrison street. | The land was lcased to Smilie, who piled | lumber right across it. Then a petition was circulated against the opening of the street. It wa: presented that the open- ing would cost a lot of money, and so the majority of the property-owners signed it. Then I went down and opened the street, and it did not cost the property-owners a cent. That was far too radical a move for | the railroad company to_tolerate, and so | they sued for an injunction, and, to our great surprise, it was granted. and the city, which was made a party to the suit, was not even served. “Yet I was restrained from doing any- thing further at the foot of Harrison street. I do not wish to criticize Judge Ellsworth, but I must confess that he greatly sur- prised me. Now the street will probably | pe tied up for months and nothing can be done in the interval. | “This explains why no fight has been made to have Broadway closed and only the Harrison-street opening is being so strongly opposed.” | The City Council held a special meeting to-night to consider the Harrison-street opening. § | the suit, decided to defend it, and Attor- neys Hill and Davis were employed for that purpose. The whole matter | upon that portion of the street that is in- | cluded in the Peralta grant. If it were | ever dedicated to the city for a street | Mayor Davie’s action is legal. If not, then | the present lessee cannot be disturbed. | | | GOCDS ARE STOLEN. ‘A Boy Thief Visits the Store of the Bernard Mattress Company. | A peculiar case was heard in Judge Con- | 1an’s court yesterday. Samuel Bernard of the Bernard Mattress Company, 642 Mis- | | s10n street, swore out a search warrant on | | Wednesday for the recovery of goods al- | leged to be in the wrongful possession of | his brother, Henry Bernard, 658 Mission | street, The goods were recovered, and in | court yesterday Henry said he had bought | them from a boy about 19 years of age. { The goods were ordered to be given back to the Bernard Mattress Company. It seemed that the Bernard Mattress Company had been missing goods for some time, but no trace of who had taken them or where ‘they had gone could be found. Finally samples of the stolen goods were sent to several mattress-makers and deal- ers, and they admitted they had purchased similar goods from Henry Bernard & Co. 1t is believed that the boy thief had a key to the premises of the Eernard Mattress Company, as there never was any appear- ance of the place being forcibly entered. e Movements of Trans-Atlantic Steamors. NEW YORK—Arrived Dec 19—Stmr Fulda, frm Genoa, etc: stmr Havel, from Bremen and South- ampton: stmr Alsatia, from Mediterranean ports. BREMERHAVEN—Arrived out Dec 19—Stmr Munchen. NAPLES—Arrived out Dec 19—Stmr Kaiser Wilhelm NOA- QUEENSTOWN—Sailed Dec 19—Stmr Teutonic, for Ney rk. LONDON—salled Dec 19—Stmr Mohawk, for New York. BROW HEAD—Passed Dec 19—Stmr Britannic, from New York for Liverpool. LIZARD—Passed Dec 19—Stmr Werkendam, fm New York for Roterdam; stmr Augusta Victoria, iled Dec 19—Stmr Ems, for New from New York for Cherbourg, etc. Weber was con- | 1t is hoped the generous | public will remeinber the little ones on that | of this made the opposition | BACHELORS N JEOPARDY. They Are to Decide the Baby Oratory Competition at the Exposition. SPEECH OF JOHN P. IRISH. | |A Fine Literary Programme Has Been Arranged for Saturday Afternoon. For a long time the eyes of society | maidens have been cast in the direction of certain of Alameda County’s rich young bachelors. So far all these loving looks have been in vain, and for years it has been stated that a four-horse team could not drag some of them from their club- rooms. - A few months ago hope again rose tri- | umphant when Edson F. Adams, the rich banker, led to the altar Miss Belle Whea- ton. . Adams had long been considered s having relapsed into a state of chronic bachelorhood and when he announced to his brother Athenians that his bachelor days were over they had grave doubts if something were not wavering. Since Mr. Adams’ marriage no more in- progressed very rapidly, and Mrs. Sharon has kept a sharp lookout on the progress of the case. She was informed a few days ago_that the testimony had been tran- scribed and submitted to Judge Ogden for a. decree. She then concluded that the decree would be granted before to-day. She went away and commenced gremn ations for her second marriage. She in- formed her intended that al! was right and set to-day for the wedding. When about to get the license she remembered that she had not heard definitely that the decree had been granted, so she made in- quiry and discovered that she was still the legal wife of Mr. Sharon. Judge Ogden was sought and asked to decide the case at once, but he said he must carefully read the evidence, and | hinted that as there was no hurry in the matter he might require time to read it twice. He may not decide as the wife de- sires, and he is very suspicious of hurried proceedings in divorce cases, A Bad Accident. ALAMEDA, Can. Dec. 19.—H. K. Field, general agent of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company and re- siding at 717 Paru street. while on his way to a train slipped on a wet sidewalk this morning near Morton-street station. He broke his right leg below the knee, suffer- ing what is known as a compound frac- ture. Hewasat once removed to his home and medical assistance summoned. It was found to be a very bad injury and one which will keep him confined to his bed and his house for several months. Lectures for Young People. ALAMEDA, Cav., Dec. 19.—The young Feuple of the Park-street Metbodist Church have arranged a course of lectures as fol- lows: “Real People,” Rev. Dr. Cantine, January 17; ‘A Pilgrimage to American | Shrines,” Rev. Dr. Dille, February 7; | stereopticon views of Rome, Rev. Dr. | Kummer, March 6. 3 | Holiday Argus. ALAMEDA, Cav., Dec. 19.—The holiday | i “Kee. | | vasions of the ranks of eligible clubmen | have been made and the matrons of the edition of the Alameda Argus will be issued to-morrow at noon. It will be an | exposition decided to come to the relief of | unusually fine edition, consisting of six- their younger sisters. So a deep plot was | teen pages of eight columns to a page, hatched and it was decided to help three | printed on fine book paper and illustrated of the most bashfu! bachelors to arrive at | by more thanone hundred half-tone en- | a sense of their duty. A baby competition | gravings made specially for it. No such | was decided upon and it was agreed that | pretentious publication was ever before at- It knows that the| it was | justice coula never be obtained from proud fathers or from mothers, to all of whom every goose is a swan make the bachelors of it was decided to 5 | of the most retiring, active and capable | bachelors were selected. Ana the choice could not possibly have been a better one. To-morrow ternoon, befure an audience, Robert M. Fitzgerald, Athenian, att and Prison Director; Andrew L. Athenian and manager of the Ha road, and Sam Bell McKee, Athenian and attornev, wiil decide which is the most accomplished orator among the little ones wio will appear before them. | It will be a novel kind of debut for the bachelors, and it is probable that the rules will demand t the candidates sit upon the judees’ knees while trying to pro- nounce the t senience. | Mr. Stone was not in his office this aft- | | and it was reported that he was in ide nursery with Robert Fitzgerald practicing the art of balancing a baby | each knee, and when he returned fused to be interviewed on the subject. Altogether a great time is expected to- | morrow afternoon. | The executive committee held a meeting | to-night and decided that as the attend- | ance was so great the exhibition would be | kept open all next week. | ohn P. Irish delivered a short address, in which he attributed the success of the exposition to the generous manner in which it had been handled by the press. It was decided that the programme for to-morrow night should be provided by | the Oakland schools and the Acme Cluv. | It is as follow Babies’ afternoon—Repeating contest for ba- bies 2 years of age and under. Prizes will be | awerded to the three babies who repeat the most distinctly the words lameda County Industrial Exhibition.” [ st_prize, solid_sil- | " The selection was not difficult, and three | * | tion as chor 3| The train-gate ordinance will hardly be- | Two Battalions at Berkeley Here- i tempted in Alameda County. ‘ Brief Notes of Interest. | Helen Cashman has petitioned for the revocation of letters of administration issued to the Public Administrator upon theestate of her father, who died in Ala- | meda March 1. | S."H. Roberts will relinquish his posi- ter of the First Congrega- | tional Church on the 1st of January next. | | come a law. Most of the members of the | municipal board have expressed them- selves as opposed to it. A young son of a Mr. Simpson, who re- | cently moved to 1233 Pearl street, fell from a swing yesterday and dislocated two bones in his left elbow P T WILITARY CHANGES MADE after Instead of Only One. Officers for the Coming Term Appointed. Meeting of the Board of Library Trustees. BERKELEY, Car., Dec. 19.—A radical change has taken place in the military de-.| partment of the university. According to the bulietin posted this morning by order | that no one mentioned the beating spory to him while in Arizona, and that there were no marks on his brother’s body to substantiate the staiement. University Library. BERKELEY, Car., Dec. 19.—Librarian Rowell of the University of California, in his annual report to the Board of Regents, states that there is a total of over 60,000 volumes in the library atthe present time, between 30 and 40 per cent of which'ure published in German. Died of Dropsy. BERKELEY, CarL., Dec. 19.—Miss Marie Ekberg of South Berkeley, who has been suffering from dropsy for several inonths past, died at her home this morning. A SUCCESSFUL BAZAAR. Entertainment by the Inmates of the Girls’ Training Home. The inmates of the California Girls’ Training Home gave a bazaar for the benefit of the institution yesterday. The proceeds will form a goodly nucleus for the fund to be used for the erection of a build- ing on the site recently donated to the home by Mayor Sutro. If any one were skeptical as to the use- fulness of the Girl’s Training Home, a visit to yesterday’s bazaar would have con- vinced him of his error. Articles of fancy work as well as those of more substantial use were arranged in a tasteful way for sale as holiday giils. Modest-looking girls, wearing dainty caps of their own manufacture, were in charge of various departments, and their zeal and pleasure in this, their first genuine useful- nessin the world’s big workshop, was a pleasing sight. The rooms at 26 Hill street presented a cheerful spectacle yesterday afternoon and last evening, and as much’ ingenunity and taste were shown in the preparation and arrangement of the articles as may be seen at any of the numerous church fairs. The growing interest in the work of the Girls’ Training Home was shown by the generous patronage of yesterday’s bazaar. Crowds of ladies filled the rooms all after- noon and evening, and admiration for the handiwork of the girls was expressed on all sides. SHITHS SURPISE AT, Many Heavy Judgments Against His Road in His Ab- sence, Another Damage Suit Against the Southern Pacific for Neg- ligence. OARLAND OFFICE SAN Fraxcisco CALL, 908 Broadway, Dec. 19. } The Supreme Court isarranging a surprise party for F. M. Smith, the principal owner of the Oakland Consolidated roads. A few days ago the court sustained the judgment of the lower court for $14,000 damages for the death of Mrs. H. A. Redfield. This was the largest judgment for death ever awarded by a jury in Alameda County, and it was thought it would be declared excessive; but judgment was amrmed for the entire amount. Yesterday the damages awarded Mrs. Howlands by a jury, amounting to $10,000, was -onfirmed by the Supreme Court. | This was a case for injuries only, sustained because of a collision between the Adeline- street horsecar and a Berkeley electric car. This is a total of $24,000 that must be paid within ninety days unless a rehearing be granted. As the decisions knock out every oint in the appeal it is not considered ikely that any hearing will be granted. There are also judgments onappeal against the same company for $1700 for H. A, Red- field, for $6000 tor the kiiling of little Lorin Foxon Franklin street, for $4000 for Mr. Howland for loss of his wife’s services, making a total of $35,700 for F. M. Smith to dispose of when be returns from Europe. To-day another case for damages was commenced against the Southern Pacitic Company. The suit was brought by Robert P. Jansen, who asked for §50,000 for | injuries received in September of last year in’ Alameda. Jansen boarded a train at Encinal station. He was_alighting and was knocked down by a train coming from the opposite direction. He was struck by the train and his right leg was broken ard his skull fractured. General W. H. L. Barnes appeared for Author .Chambliss Shipped Him Books and Abused His Confidence. NOT A CHRISTMAS PACKAGE. The Potentate Expresses Himself jn Decided Terms—Discusses the New Styles in Coats. James Waldere Kirk, the king of the dudes, has decided *to go East, though when he came recently he thought he would stay most of the winter. One reason is that the styles of coats have changed, and the king fells that he would not be strictly in it unless he has some of the latest. He will, therefore, ere long join W. H. Chambliss, the society leader, who is lost somewhere between the Rocky Mountains and the Atlantic seaboard. A while ago, when the king was en route West, Cham- bliss shipped him ten copies of his book. They fetched up at Chicazo just aiter the ruler had left for St. Louis and followed his devious ways thereafter to this coast. In all his Western meanderings the books arrived toolate, and the accumulated expense charges when they arrived here caused the potentate to think many thoughts of an unpleasant character. The agents at the aforesaid places—Kan- sas City, Leavenworth, Pueblo, Denver and Salt Lake—had pilled up the charges till to say that the king had a corrugated brow is but to feebly state the facts. On top of this the author had the temer- it¥ to inclose a bill for the ten copies for a sum sufficient to settle his bill at the Bre- voort House. This was the last straw. True, the king's notable career had been set forth in Chambliss’ work, and a picture of himself had also appeared in it, but the king considered that it was an honor con- ferred on the author when he gave him the picture and & bundle of manuscript to be embalmed in the book. The king feels that his confidence had been abused, and Chambliss yet awaits the sum which he had hoped would reach him long ago. In recounting these details yesterday Mr. Kirk showed certain tinges of feeling which may not altogether be ameliorated when the two gentlemen meet. It1s mean to play it so low down on a man as that, at least so_all Mr. Kirk’s friends believe, and especially about Christmas time, when large packages are wont to be received. Mr. Kirk wore his pocketless overcoat yesterday at the Palace. “Whut do you think?” he said; ‘“the styles have so changed for January that a man who ordered clothes a month or so agowill find when he steps on Broadway that he hasn’t got the correct thing at all. “For one thing, take the three-button cutaway cont that a few weeks ago was just the thing. It isn’t the thing now at all. In itsplace January 1 will be a three-button double-breasted coat. It will be just like the coat now worn except that it will_be double-breasted, but an innova- tion iike that would bave been thought impossible a short time ago. : “Many other changes will be made in January, and I am §oing East so as to get them. "Idid think I would stay here all winter, but T am feeling so much better than I did, and so 1interested in the new things, that I will return. “About Chambliss and his book, I thought Mr. Chambliss would send me some complimentary copies. He said he would, ung I was greatly surprised when a big package reached me here, with not only big accumulated express charges, but | ¥ It astonished me | a bill also for the books. It greatly, for though I am written up in the book, and my picture isin 1t, I thought it a favor rendered bim more than anything *“Where Mr. Chambliss is now I do not know. I see by the papers, however, he i8 not at his hotel in New York any more, as he had some trouble about his finances.” When the two notables meet it is not unlikely the weather will take on a very chilly aspect. THE BUFORD CHRISTMAS. How the Little Ones in the South San Francisco Kindergarten Enjoyed Themselves. The eighty little men and woman who corstitute the Buford Free Kindergarten, located on Polk street, Miss Lula Zabuska, the present principal, has been_associated with it. Miss Frances Weldon is acting as her assistant. e A board of managers consisting of eighteen ladies, with Mrs. J. B. Garniss, president; Mrs, A. K. Durbrow, vice-presi= dent; Mrs. Fred Talant, secretary, and Mrs. D. W. Horsburg, treasurer, has control of the institution. The Buford Kindergarten on Harrison street, near Fifth, which was recently turned over to the South Park College set- tlement, was a branch of the association’s work. Like many other institutions of the kind the kindergarten is in need of funds to further its usefulness. e e———— Bert Boodwin of Cathage, Me.,shot a white hedgehog last week which is quite a curiosity. The fur of this animal covers the quills, while on the dark species the quills are no longer. NEW TO-DAY. HEROIC WOMEN. Their Struggle Against a Common and Merciless Enemy. * (EPIPIAL TO OUE LADY READERS.] ‘Woman's hero- ism is not evinced oy fearlessness or enterprisein time of danger, but her courage and forti- tude are unques- tionable in time of suffering. Think of the woman who ' smiles and tries to make those around her cheerful, while she is racked with the excruciating tor- tures of womb trouble. 5 Think of one who, day by day, begs her physician to help her, while the torture of tortures could not add to her misery, Does she yield ? No! She endures hep agonies, and meets her friends with cheerfulness. This is woman’s heroism, and few men | realize how prevalent they are. Physi- cians rarely render relief in such cases. Aftertwenty years of success, withever- increasing popularity, Lydia E. Pink- lham’s Vegetable Compound is, to-day, woman’s only sure and safe refuge from inflammation, ulceration, fallingand dis- placement of the womb, ovarian trouble, leucorrhcea, painful and suppressed men- struations, kidney trouble, nervous pres- tration, and all mannuer of distressing and life-sapping female diseases. O my sisters, believe what is told you of this wonderful medicine! Before I took it I had falling of the womb and leucorrheea. My womb came down so badly I could not walk across the floor; the pain was excruciating; now all is so chenged, and I am so happy. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has saved me from a life of misery. Don’t, don’t suffer, I say, when a cure is so easily obtained.” — MRs. WiLL1AM HowE, 163 Antoin Street, Detroit, Mich. USEFUL PRESENTS JUST RECEIVED From 4. H. ANDREWS & (0., Chicago, EANKRUPT STOCK. Office and Library Desks and Chairs Piano and Stenographers’ Chairs, dlobes, Maps, Blackboards, i Ete., Ete. ALbu—CLOSING-OUT SALE OF ANDREWS’ FOLDING-BEDS. Open Evenings until Christmas. C. F. WEBER & CO., 3800 to 306 Post St., Cor. Stockton. Danger Siguais More than balf the victims of consump- tion do not know they bave 1t. Hereisa list of symptoms by which consumption can of Licutenant Winn, there will be two | the railroad company and D. M. Delmas, The question of title was not proven | The city, being made a party to | the pupils of the Oakland schools and Acme Club, Part 1—Band seleztion; vocal selection, “America,” Oakland grammar schools, led by the special instructor in music, M Brown, and sccompanied by Miss Onkes; address, Hon. Wil selection, “Flag of the Fre mar schools; vocal selection, Tramp, the Boys are Marchin | grammar sehool Part 1I—Engi Oekland High instructor in m vis; vocal | land gram- | mp, Tramp, | g, Oakland ) Glee, “Hail, Smiling Morn,” hool ‘chorus, led by spec ic, . P. Hughes; vocal se ne” Oakiand High School | chorus; “vocal selection, “Harvest Home,” Oakland High School chotus, Part 11I—Band sele Band, B. B. C.;; dirceled by Paul U en Jr., Charles Slamberg, H. B. Deming of th Acme Athletic Club, Acme acrobats, T. Cook, Charles Stegman, B. T 1y, J. Toohig; ladder pyramid Deming, Charles Conlan, 2 ally, J. M.Toohig, Charle: | Cook, Center, Clarence Staple: | The programme for the literary exposi- | ions, Second Regiment | ol children calisthenics, club swinging, J. K H. Mally, Me- Stegman, F. B. | tion at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon is | nearly completed; Charles’ Edwin Mark- | ham will preside, H. A. Redfield, vice- chairman. Short addresses will be given | i by: Rev. C.W. W Joaquin Miller, “‘Nature’s Book as I Read | 1t”; Mrs. H. B. Pinney, “Literary Qak- | land”; W. C. Bartlett, “Ozklana Old and New”; A. B. Nye, “Progressive Oakland” ; A. H. Breed, ‘“Ihe Newspaper World”; F. R. Porter, “The City and County of Oakland’”; Miss Mollie E. Connors, “An Ideal Public Spirit”; Dr. Muhr, “German Influence in American Society.” Presi- denf Kellogz of Berkeley and Miss Ray | Frank are still to be heard from. There | | will be readings by Miss Mabel Hussey | and Miss Anne Kavanaugh and music by | Mrs. Eva Wren, Mrs. Blake-Alverson, Ben | Clark, George H. Carleton, Miss Nellie B. Shipley, cornet, and, it is hoped, Miss Georgiana Pope, violin. VERY ANXIOUS TO WED. A Lady Who Wants to Marry Again Before Old Bonds Are Severed. H. K. Field Slips on a Wet Pave. ment and Sustains a Bad Fracture. ALAMEDA, CarL., Dec. 19.—Mrs. Alice Sharon intended to become Mrs. Some- body else to-night, but her intention was frustrated. This afternoon she avplied for a marriage license, but before swearing to it she thought it would be as well to in- spect the divorce record. Some time ago Mrs. Sharon applied fora divorce from Frank G. S8haron. She had an unrleasant matrimonial experience, and she sought to sever the tie. The suit | the second battalion, with Major Thomp- | son in command. [ ndte, “Music and Art'’; | W = ver cup; second prize, beautiful French dol battalions from this date on, instead of ;!‘x”ll»cr')m ;mmxxl‘rcr[? \(nfi. J\\xdgiw—kf:hflr one as has been the rule heretofore. This ! d, 3 il McKee, Andrew Stone. a1 | Evening-Vocal and ataletic entertainment | Cbange has been found necessary because | of the size to which the department has grown within the last few years, there be- ing nearly 600 officers and cadets at| the present time. The division into | two Dbattalions has necessitated the | appointment of a second major. A. | McCullongh and W. D. Thompson have | been appointed to these positions. Here- | after companies A, Band C will constitute | the first battalion, with Major McCullough as commander, and companies D, El and F | The following is the list of appoint- | ments made to-day for the coming term, subject to the approval of the president of | the universit; Major, A. McCullo: major, W. D. Thomp- son; captain, Company A., H. P. Veeder; cap- tain and adjutant, A. L. Napthaly; quarter- master, A. W. Dozier. First lieutenants—E. J. Crawford (Company | B), C. W. Morse, G. 5. Walker, E. R. Jackson | and C. A, Cross. Second lieutenants Kinzie, Owen 8. Case, W. C. Jurgens, J. H. Slee, McNutt, R. T. Crawford, Sergeant-major—W Sergeants—A. . P. Taylor, R. A. A. Son, N. K. Davis, B. Metcalf, W. F. Hesse. tarr. & Company G), G. W- Bauer, W. W. E £ f» Hateh (Company | F), B. P. Miller, F. Tade, O. W. Ransome (Com- pany Aj and 8. 'E. Coleman, Color sergeanis—G. H. Whipple and G. F. Robiuson. Corporuls—W. Arklay, B. Bakewell and J. A, foore. Lientenant Kelley has been assigned to the command of the ei F""l detachment. The cadets are still without a colonel, and much speculation has been going on as to who will be appointed to the posi- tion, Itis¥2nemlly believed that it will be either Thompson or McCullough, as they rank next below. Library Trustees Meet. BERKELEY, CaL., Dec. 19.—The Board of Public Library Trustees met last even- ing at the “Fireside” rooms. Communications were read offering rooms for the branch library tq be estab- lished at Lorin. No action with regard to the renting of a room was taken. A petition signed by 120 West Berke- ley residents was presented askin, that W. R. Dickieson be appointe to take charge of the branch to be established in their section. An ap- plication for the same position was also received from Miss Ida McCullough. No appointments were made, however. The board fixed the compensation of those who are to take charge of the branches at SZW)M' month. 1l lliam Stillwell of Lorin made appli- cation for the position of librarian ofp the south end reading-room. Does Not Believe It. BERKELEY, CAL., Dec. 19.—With refer- ence (o the published telegrams from Ari- zona concerning the alleged fatal beating of the firm of Delmas & Shoruridge, for the plaintiff. Jansen claims that his in- juries were due to neglizence, and besides telling his own story, expert testimony was introduced to show that the train that caused the injuries could have been stopped in time had it not been going at an excessive rate of speed. The case will £0 0N tO-MOrrow morning. IRVING INSTI'fiFl‘E CLO3ES. Interesting Programme by the Primary and Kindergarten Departments. The closing exercises of the Irving Insti- tute of this City Wednesday evening were as foliows: Chorus, “Onward to Battle’ (Verd), class; “Hunting Song" (D'Ourville), duet. the Misses | Swi “The Mitl” (Josseffy), Sedie Smith; | recitation, ““The Music Stool,” Marie Taylor; “Petit Bolero” (Ravina), Helen Brown; song, “The Little Mountain Maid” (J. Re ding‘: Edith Mills; allegretio irom “Zonata” in k major (Mozart), Edna Farrow; srictta (Lack), Amanda Loheide; German recitation, *‘Der | Sanger” (Goethe),” Lulu Curtaz; violin solo, “Cayatina” (Raif), Dora Saunders; “Album | Leaf” (Grutzmacher), Corrinne Bailey; minuet (Delahave), Maud Case; recitation, “What Shall It Be?’ Agnes Marshall; song, *Sundown” (Parker), Laurena Hansen, with” violin obligato by Professor Kavion; waljz A flat major (Chopin), Hattie Fischer; French recitation, “Le Depart du Petit Savoy- erd,’ Addie Steweart; “Arabesque” (Chami- nade), Lena Atkins; 'song, selected, Miss J. Greninger '95: Nocturne (Field), ‘Miss H. Ruthrauff '95; waltzes (a) C_sharp minor, (b) D fiat major (Chopin), Edna Smart; recitation, “Tne Immolation of Constance de Beverly,” Hattie Fischer; andantino, grazin and scherzo from Op. 81 (Meyer), Miss Florence mart '94; recitation, “0id Ace,” Ellie Panno; violin solo, “Gypsy Dance” (Sarasati), Professor A. H. Kayton, Miss Lois Hall pianiste; taren- telle (Raff). iwo pianos, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Stewart; chorus, *‘See How Lightly on the Blue Sea” (Donizetti), cless. . Last evening the primary and kinder- garten festival took place, with the follow- ing programme: March; welcome song, class; “Clouds and sunshine,” class; “Falling Leaves,” class; reci- tation, “Welcome,” Georgine Hansen, Edwin Purrington, Della Bloyd, Rey Sargent, Mildred Gibson, Johnnie Taylor,Gladys Harriman ; duet, “Meadow Talk,” Howard Rles and Alec Gray; came, “The Trees and the Birds,” Kathyrn Rader and class; German game, “Haschen in der Grube,” kindergarten; German game, “Der Bauer,” primary class; song, “Weihnachts- zeit,” 'Lizzie McDermott; duet, “There Was a Little Girl,” Hazel Sobey and Russell Dalton; solo, “Baby Bo,” Dorothy Pillsbury; French game, “Les Maripnettes,” kindergarten ; French ame, “Sur le Pont d’Avignon,” primary class; French song, “Ahl vous diraije Maman,! Glen Cowgill; violin solo, Dorabelle Gratto; recitation, “A Little Boy's Troubles,” Cutler McLenegan; songs of the seasons, class—(a) “Four Sisters Every Year We See’’; (b) Winter < ‘Happy New Year,” Lucille McCracken; (c) Spring—-Lovely Spring,’ Jeannie Ewing; (d) “The Year's Sweetheart,’’ Lizzie Mc- (e) Autumn—*“Nutting Song,” Ada Jobson; (f)_ “When the Sisters All® Have Passed;” recitation, “Santa Claus,” Lowell Hart; recitation, “A’ Christmas Wish,” Zayda ar Zabriskiz; song, “Our Crristmas Tree,” class; distribution of Christmas gifts. ———————— A novel scheme for saving his cattle of Dan Landrigan by gamblers, his brother | from the droves of coyotes that infest the James says that the dispatch is news to | region has been kit upon by a rancher of him and that he puts iittle credence in the | Glen Rock, Wash. He has placed bells on report. The death certificate signed by | the necks of a great’number of cattle in Dr. Carter of Yuma gave consumption as | his herds, and the result has been to scare the cause of death., The brother states |the coyotes away. at Railroad and Fifteenth avenues, re- joiced over a-Christmas tree in the big, cheerful kindergarten room in South San Francisco yesterday. Tea-sets and paper dolls for the girls, picture books and paints for the boys, and candy and nuts for all were taken from the tree and distributed after it had been suffi- ciently admirea as a dazzling whole. Master Johnnie McAvo{< in behalf of the kindergarten, presented Mrs. J. B. Garniss a picture of the school. An hour was spent in kindergarten games, and it was a uestion which enjoyed them the more, the small participants or the 200 specta- tors. The board of managers and many of the parents whose children are attendants at the kindergarten were present. 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