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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1895. “~ J1 Interesting Report of Important Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County ONLY TWO DAYS MORE To-Morrow the Exposition Re- ceipts Will Be Given to Charity, HAYES' MARSH LAND SOLD' Preparations Being Made for the Com- | ing Pigeon Show at the Tabernacle. Oaxznanp OFFIcE Sax FraNcIsco CarL,) 908 Broadway, Dec. 26, | The OQakland Exposition which has been such a success, will close Saturday evening. Those who have not yet visited the exposition and desire to do so should not delay it any longer. The receipts to- morrow will be divided equally between the: Oakland Benevolent Society, the Women's Christian Temperance Union, | the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. _Saturday is to be ziven entirely to the Native Soas and they are preparing a pro- gramme of great me It is expected | that the closing hours will afford any It amount of fun and a general frolic. has been pro: the mac L ight and com- Infantr, A and F , paraded the streets mental ban very realisti irand George C very interesting selectic A Sale Set Aside. OAKLAND, has he sale of Lou double role of attor and assignee for the Meyer. filed a pe street, Alame: intimate friend of to a mortgage. income o of er’s homestead at ¥ treet, cc three-story $7000, went 2o P. F Josit in the granted ion, s bhad. re in favor of of Savings. It was aintiif for $32,483 13, hich it was proposed for the Fulton Iron ed of coming to Oak- of the few pieces of property sands of the Southern P. | 1 make a firsi-class | 1 land competing road. s along the north line of the and just east of the So The diractors of the Val der consideration at the time when it was thought the line mizht come to deep water instead of tidewater, as at present. Mrs. Hayes has six months to redeem the land 1f she so desires. Preparing for the Pigeon Show. =y OAKLAND, CarL., Dec. 2 i Pigeon A le B S red the Tabern: and are completi itions of | one oi the largest and thoroughbred poultry, pigeons, and vpet | tock ever seen west of the Rocky Moun- | tains. It is expected that there will be | fully two thousand specimens on exhi Isaac K. Ich, of (Natick, Mass., who is a world renowed judge of been secured to make the av The | opening will be made the occasion of a | great demonstration, with music, fire-| works ana resses by the leading fanciers. There will be anincubator conte with a snitable reward for the machir which hatches the greatest per cent of the eggs. Among the trophies offered are the | American Buif Leghorn cup, the Oakland | cup, the Duff medal, and gold and silver | medals innumerable. Suicide and Sudden Death. OQAKLAND, CAL., Dec. 26.—John Vanoli shot himself at Twenty-first street and San Palo avenue to-night.” Vanoli is a single man, 47 years of age, and has been sick for some time. He came here from Ouray, Colo., where he owned the Goiden Belt Theater. From papers found in his room it is thought he owned considerable prop- erty. Nearly $200 was found on his per; sop. No reason can be given for the sui- cide. 3 May Stanly, a middle-aged woman, was found dead at Lorin to-night. She was missed by neighbors and a_search proved that she bad died sudden As no phy- sician nad been attending her an inquest will be held. Faneral of Gustave Mix. OAKLAND, CaL., Dec, 26.—The funeral of the late Gustave L. Mix was held at 11 o’'clock to-day from the St.John’s Episcopal Church, Rev. Benjamin Akerly, D.D., offi- ciating, assisted by Rev. F. G.Mynard. There were presen t a large number of the old-time friends of the deceased. The pall-bearers were from among close frienas of the deceased. They were Messrs. C. D. Haven, J. A. Britton, C. R. Jones, Dr. 8. Adams, Adams and J. W. Tompkins. The music was by |h7 _vested choir of thirty voices connected 2]:11111\(;}1‘5 rgm;"cln The remains were in- terred at Mountain View Cemetery. wWants Pay for Advice. AKLAND, CaL., Dec 26.—Attorney G. H:?rdinp Tebbs has brought suit to recover $1700, the balance due on fees for eervices e (igims o have rendered McKeuzie Usrquhart, . Christian Russ, Charles E. Tetbs and C. E. Phillips. The attorney alleges that for two years pastdhg has drafted agreements and given advice to the defendants regarding the location, acquisition and working of the mine Cnow the property of the Mabelle ;\Iunng om- pany in Curry Coanty, Or. These uervl':]es he says are worth-$2000, but he has only evetved 150 shares of the Mabelle Mining Company’s stock, which he values at §$300. 2 Bieler's Estate Dlllrnn.!;*e‘d. % {LAND, CaL., Dec. 26.—The ecsi ate o!o‘%;h'{-::r Bicler was ordered dlstnhut&do oday by Judge Frick. Bieler left §7 in gold fto numerous nephews an mec:g m)é’ a brother, Frank Bieler, who wabs have §6500. A will Iailladdw nze:u&r;yl :'5: ors in Switzerland, t g{x?erchtgt::irn at law tbeon;‘ssm‘rz n}:;‘gell:etrh:;a tal, had not Fran! - plr:i‘:gl lt.hut' his brother had msl-mchwd Eim that the other brothers were to share as Frank did. will Sue for D-m-ga-'.rh : - rela- ND, CaL, Dec. 26. e rels ti\gfilg“;ficb‘wl l<‘\'nr_negan. who died ::': the Receiving Hospital Monday nig T | the Oakland Expo .—Judge Ells- | of | Judge Ogden gran ion of an assault to murder George | after having been struck by an electric- car and tien confined in the City Jail all day, have retained an atrorney and wil institute a suit for $50,000 against the Oak- land Consolidated Railroad Company. Gottschall’s Fight for Life. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 26.—Martin Gottschall was picked up in the bay off the narrow-gauge pier to-night. He said he had been pushed off Alameda Point and had been battling two hours for his life tefore assistance arrived. Afterhaving been attended to by the police he was taken home. Muhlner Trial Ended. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 26.—The argu- ments in the trial of Muhiner for murder- ing Jennie Lewis were concluded this aft- ernoon and the case given to the jury at 6 o'clock. One hour after midnight they had not reported and it is supposed that there wiil be a disagreement. A DAY. HISTORY OF Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE . 90! The Unitarian Sunday-sc its Chrisimas festival to-morrow (Friday) after- noon from 3 10 6 o'clock. The Oakland Navy has elected its officers for the next year. The first ruce of the new season will be hield on January 19. 'he Acme Club will give an exhibition at on to-morrow evening. The baseball club is getting into shape. J. W. Taylor has been awarded the contract for moving the Davie ferry-shed from the wharf at the foot of Franklin street. His bid was $498 for the job. The rehearing of the charges preferred against ex- William H. McCloud by ex- Chief of Police Schaffer will come up before the Police Commissioners at 10 o’clock to-morrow mornin, The Y. on New Y will play a game of football day with & team composed of ish'ships now in the harbor. A ond game will be played on Washington's Reliance Club will give a bigsociety pro- » Daly’s great play, &t the and 28. v ! ot close before conteet of the will o upon che IT. s Fire Com ng and tahl for police officers to made vacant by the discharge rs O'tiara and Brown. clerks and car- 1 be held at Hall, or. February I'be received at the Wednesday, January 15. has been continued to Al et for trisl pending the the order of trial after im & ne E. Clark as pastor byterian Church, ’s College will take M. The it now stands about No changes of any . Davie, nd within that th n removing obstructions ed and old-time resident to the Receiving Ho: 1 an exhausted cor a lack of proper nourishmeni. the County mary. Ayers He 1875 years old now scen dependent on meager charity for nee for months. due He or ONORCED AND MARRIED Mrs. Fred Sharon Wedded to Sergeant Reynolds in Alameda. Had a Divorce but a Few Days Before the Wedding—Jack Tar Knocks Down Six Men. ALAMEDA, Car., Dec. 26.—Mrs. Fred Sharon, who a week ago thought she had been divorced from Sharon, but when she went to get a marriage license to marry another man found the knot had not been untied, got matters all straightened out in timie to have a wedding on Christmas day. Her divorce case had been heard by Com- missioner Babcock, who reported his find- ge Ogden. The findings were favorable to a divorce. Judge Ogden had not entered a final decree, but his atten- tion having been called to the mutter he performed the judicial act that enabled the fair plaintiff to embark in matrimony agal “This she did at her residence, 1619 Pacific | avenue, when she was married to Sergeant Reynolds. A Bad Accident Recalled. DA, CaL., Dec. 26.—A bill re- roduced in s for the retief Gearing re- cking accident that t 1o a resident of V. G aring was a young ma- chinist in the employ of the Government at the Mare Island Navy-vard. In Febru- ary Inst he was superinfending the placing of engines in the Monadnock when he met his death. Orne of the engines was suspended above its bed and was being lowered with the huge tackle when a chain broke. The enormous mass ofiron swung around and pinned Gearing to a large three-inch bolt that protruded, driving 1t entirely through his body. He lived six hours afterward, meking his wilt and arranging his earthly affairs. His widow lives 1n a cottage he built for his family on Louisa street, and Hilborn’s bill, 1f it becomes a law, wiil give her a fund of $10,000 as compensation forthe loss of her protector and support. A Muscular Tar. ALAMEDA, Car, Dec. 26—A young man by the name of Finnigan, in the em- | ploy of the United States Government on a revenue cutter, came to Alameda Christ- mas day to celebrate. While in a saloon jon Park street several young men began to banter him by questioning the valor of Uncle Sam’s tars in general and Finnigan in particular. One young man named Bachelder was particularly scornful of the bluejacket, whose anger was finaly so aroused that he started in to show how he could fight. He knocked his tormentor down and then successively floored six of his companions, and by “that times his prowess was conceded on ail sides. Bannen on Trial. ALAMEDA, Car., Dec. 26.—William Bannen, arrest«d at Stockton on a charge of embezziement, was brought to Alameda Thanksgiving day and yesterday arraivned, when he pleaded not guiity. Bsnnen is charged with having embuzzled money from a grocer named Martin Joost, whose clerk he was, but his mother swore to the complaint upon which the warrant was issued. Shedid that because, she claimed, her son left her without support and was not eoing to care for her any more. Ban- nen declares that he does not owe Joost anything, having settled with him in full, and that his mother must be out of her head. Miss Caroline V. Bernard, whose mother, the late Caroline Richings Bernard, was a famous singer twenty years ago, is the contralto of the choir of the First Presby- terian Church of Philadelphia. by fire about a year | employed for that purpose | WRAPPED N TARPAULIN, How an Engine Is Kept in a Condemned Fire Building. IS LIKELY TO DISAPPEAR. The Board of Health Would Like to Better the Condition of Fire Laddies. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, Dec The Health Office has once more con- demned the historic Sixth-street engine- house, but still the firemen wio inhabit the wretched gquarters have no hope of re- lief. It has been pronounced unfit for habitation for many years, and still it is falling to pieces, is causing the wanton waste of valuable municipal property, and is actually endangering the lives of the firemen. The Sixth-street engine-house was built twenty-three years ago, and has been al- lowed to decay ever since. It is without exception the most wretched building in his city, and no one who has not seen it will believe the horrible condition it is in. Two of the three ornamental pillars that originally supported the moldings of the entrance have long since fallen down, and have not been seen for years. Recently a ortion of the ornamental head of a column ell down and seriously cut a fireman’s hand. The doors are patched worse than any water-front rookery and the roof is like a sieve. Yet within this place eight four horses are kept and about $8000 worth of valuable property is allowed to depreciate. Said the driver to-day: There is danger of the heavy engine and fire truck sinking through the floor at any mo- ment. We have to keep moving the engine about to prevent its resling too long on one part of the floor. the boards are all eaten away an: scoting around the interior is in dustand splinters half way up from the floor. There is not a gle inch | of wall theat is not rain-soaked and the roof is like a filter. But where we suffer most is in the rooms. { We live over the horses and that needs no ex: planation to express our discomfort. Whenever 1t rains the water comes in and we have to put place hias been condemned many times before, | but nothing has been done. The fireman’s description does not do the rottenness of the buil(lin{f justice. It is far worse than represented. There are bed through within three feet of where the heavy engine is placed, and the ted s turned in whi ading costame a couple of minutes would be lost in undressing it. Itis not lik that the condemnation proceedings will produce any marked im- provement, as there is not any mon fes. houses. 1 uisition for a few dollars was made and two panes of glass were put in ight. But the work done is cical, as it is entirely lost on the old rattletrap of a building. The only fireman who finds life tolerable | is one who has built an airshaft from his room through the roof, and in other ways -done what the city should do for its em- ployes. LADIS 45 JOUBKALITS Will Issue a Paper on Washing- ton's Birthday for the W.C.T.U. The “Enquirer” Office Will Be Turned Over to Them and They Will Receive The Proceeds. OAKLAND OFFICE, SAN FRA 908 Broadway, ) Tbe Women’s Christian Temperance Union of Oakland is to issue an edition of a paper on Washington’s birthday. They will handle the issue of the Enquirer !og one day to help them in their work. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union is composed of many ladies, who work on the lines of social purity and tem- perance. They also conduct a temperance restaurant, and, on account of the very tight condition of the money market, the ladies find their funds somewhat depleted. No attempt has ever been made by Oak- land ladies to get out an edition of a regu- lar paper, and it is hoped that as the pro- ceeds are to be given entirely to the Women’s Christian Temperance Union the venture will be a successful one. To- night the matter was the one subject of discussion in the various ladies’ booths at the exposition. “Mrs. to me,” said Frank A. Leach, proprietor of the Enquirer, to-mght, sking me about giving over the paper to them for one day. Ordinarily we do not isue a paper on Washington's birthday, and so the ladies asked the privilege of the paper for that day. We decided to turn over the cffice to them. aud I have no doubt the affair will be a great success, as there are some of the brightest women I know doing newspaper work in this city. They will get their own advertisements, do their own solicit- | ing and will take the entire proceeds. It will bave been the first time such a thing was ever done in Oakland, and I expect to see a very bright paper.” THE GREAT CHIEF. c1sco CALL,) the Red Men to Visit Alamedn’s Hunting Grounds. 0AxLAND OrFrFicE SAN FrRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Dec. 26. On Monday night next every member of the Improved Order of Red Men in the hunting grounds of Alameda County will don his war paint and feaihers and pro- ceed to the wigwam of Gray FEagle Tribe No. 65 in California Hall, on Clay street, between Tenth and Eleventh. The cause of the grand assemblage will be the arrival in these hunting grounds of An- drew H. Paton, grand incohonee of the United States. nearly Lalf a million members ot this fra- ternal society, ison an official grand tour of the great reservation of the United States, and as the order on this coast is seldom visited by a great incohonee, the Red Men here have decided to make the occasion, or the t, one of a life time, which in reality it is, on account of the in- frequency of the visits of so distinguished a chief of the order. The officers of the Great Council of Cal- ifornia wili accompany the great incoho- nee on this visit, and will introduce him to the assembled chiefs and brotiers of the local tribes, namely: Tecumseh Tribe No. 62 and Gray Eagle Tribe No. 65 of Oakland, Pawnee Tribe No. 67 of Alameda and Comanche Tribe No. 79 of Elmhurst. On assembling at Gray Eagle's wigwam are worse than those of thousands of | Should a fire alarm be | te the engineis in masquer- | available at present for repairing engine Grand Incohonee Andrew H. Paton of | This great chief, who is at the head of | | graphs of the memb the order of the evening will be the of- ficial reception of the great chiefs, which will be followed by the adoption of pale- faces who have been found astray in the forest. A banquet will then be served. < The committee from the local tribes having the reception in charge are ac- tively engaged in making preparation for the event. 5 Great Chief Paton is the first great in- cohonee to visit the reservation of Cali- fornia, and the desire is to so entertain him that when he returns to the reserva- tions east of the Rockies he will give such a glowing account of his treatment by the local Red Men and of the resources of so fruitful a reservation that his successors will all desire to follow in his\footsteos to the land by the sunset sea, Ail Red Men residing in or visiting this reservation are cordially invited to be preseut. e WALES OBJECTS. The Prince Will Not Give His Children’s Pictures Except to His Intimate Friends. 0AELAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, Dec. 26. | F. R. Porter of Echoes received a letter from the Prince of Wales to-day in which the future King of England declined an in- vitatien to visic Oakland. The correspondence between the Oakland editor and the Prince was not very volum- inous. Mr. Porter wrote as follows: 0AKLAND, Cal., Nov. 19, 1895. To Albert Edward Wettin, Prince of Wales, ete.— Your RoYAL HIGHNESS: You will oblize me should you direct your secretary to forward me at the earliest a late photo of your daughter, the Princess Victoria, also a late photo of the Princess Maud, likewise your daughter, There are many “Britishers” living hereabout, and I propose to publish, as of gen- eral interest, authentic likenesses of these two of your children. Al<0, will you, personally, kindly answer this query: Is it in your mind'to visit California durnl:gme vear 18967 I remain, with the greatest respect, your Royal Highness’ friend, F. R. PORTER. The letter received to-day was from Sir Francis Knollys, private secretary and close friend of Albert Edward. It was as follow: SANDRINGHAM, Norfolk, Dee. 7, 1895. ir: 1am desired by the Prince of Wales to cnowledge the receipt of your letter of the ta ult. and to inform you in reply that it is contrary to lis practice to give away photo- s of his family unless he ed with the applicants is personally acquain for them. His Royal Highuess regrets, therefore, that he is unable to comply With your request. The Prince of Wal 28 nointention of visit- ing California next year. I am, sir, your obedi- ent servant, FRANCIS KNOLLYS, F. R. PORTER EsQ. Mr. Porter regrets that he is not person- Ily acquainted with his Highness, as he had set his heart upon the Wales children to his gallery of celebrated men and women, A A put | actors, actresses and aristocrats. | the tarpaulins over the engine and truck. The | BONDING BERKELEY TOW A Hot Political Fight Expected Over This Question of Finances. Residents of the Place Petition for the Reappointment of Post- master McCarthy. BERKELEY, CaL., Dec. 26.—There is every indication of a hot political battle between the supporters and the non-stp- porters of the proposition to bond the town of Berkeley for $200,000, to be ex- pended in the erection of four school build- ings and a wharf. It is estimated that the school buildings will cost upward of $120,000 and the pro- posed wharf in the neighborhood of §80,- 000, The general sentiment expressed at the several mass-meetings held in various parts of the town within the past two months for the consideration of the bond- ing scheme seemed to indicate that the propositions for building both the school buildings and wharf would easily carry. There has recently developed, however, a feeling that the wharf is not a necessity, but more of a luxury, considering the present financial status of the town as compared with the population and the valuation of property. As the whart would, ot course, be built in West Berkeley, the citizens in that im- mediate section seem to be almost unan- imously in favor of calling for $80,000 to be spent in their vicinity, since they | would be much Dbenefited because of the manufactories which are located there. It is among the Hast Berkeleyans that the sentiment against the wharf has arisen. They maintain that the commerce { which would be consequent upon its erec- | | | | tion would not be sufficient to justify the expenditure of such a large amount of money when other interests, such as the school syster, are sadly in need of assist- ance. It isfurther asserted that the great- est benefit which would redound from ths erection of the wharf would go into the hands of the few manufacturers in the West Iind, while the maes of the popuia- tion in the First and Second wards would be required to pay for that which wouid afford them but little benefit. The ordinance adopted by the Board of Trustees couples the wharf and the school propositions, so that the downfall of one means the overthrow of the other. Some Bocland of the W. C. T. U. it of the citizens of the town are inclined to 301 . C. T. U. wrote | criticize the board for bpeing so short- ighted in not making two separate and distinct ordinances. The requisite petition, according to the new charter, for the calling of a bond elec- tion has been circulated in West Berkeley with the best of success. It has reached Bast Berkeley, but its reception is not so cordial, since the two propousitions are coupled. Want McCarthy. BERKELEY, Car., Dec. 26.—A petition is being circulated in Berkeley asking for the reappointment of Postmaster James McCartby, whose term of office expires in March. Toe petition is addreysed to Presi- dent Cleveland, and states that Mr, Mc- Carthy has carried on the work of the office in a business-like and non-partisan manner, and accordingly deservesa second term. Orchestral Socioty Concert. BERKELEY, Cap., Dec. 26.—Prepara- tions have already begun for the second concert of the season to be given by the Berkeley Orchestral Society Janunary 31 President C. 8. Merrilland the many other nusicians who constitute the society have already begun the work of outlining the programme. 7They announce that an un- usual varlety of selections will be rendered. Alexanaer T, Stewart of Oakland will di- rect the concert. New Buildings. BERKELEY, Car., Dec. 26.—John M. Foy is about\to commence the construc- tion of four large stores on tie northeast corner of University avenue and Seventh street, one of which will be occupied by the West Berkeley branch of the Public Library. Sunday-School Festival, BERKELEY, Can, Dec. 26. — The hristmas exercises of the Presbyterian nnday - senool were held this~ even- ing at Shattuck Hall. The programme c;)nsislcd of music, charades and recita- ilons. (“, Codified the Ordinances. BERKELEY, CAL., Dec. 26.—The Board of Town Trustees met as a commitiee of the wiole this evening for the purpose of codifying the ordinances of the town, so that they may be put into book form. ——————a— Elizabeth Cady Stanton, whose eightieth birthday was recently celebrated, is learn- ing to play on the piano. HE GETS TEN THOUSAND. D. M. Delmas Wins a Victory Over the Southern Pacific Company. THE JANSEN DAMAGE CASE. Railreads Cannot Allow Two Trains to Remain in the Same Station. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FrANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, Dec. 26. | The jury in the case of Robert P. Jansen against the Southern Pacitic Company to- day gave a verdict against the company for $10,000. This suit has been on trial before Judge Greene for the last five days, D. M. Del- ‘mas appearing for the plaintiff, and W. H. L. Barnes for defendant. Mr. Jansen boarded one of the defend- ant’s cars in Alameda, to go to San Fran- cisco, and seeing Lis wife beckon to him from the sidewalk he understood that she wanted to speak to him. He attempted to leave the car on the same side on which he had boarded it, but being prevented from doing so by the people crowding to the train, he alighted on the opposite side and was struck and permanently injured by an incoming engine. Suit was first brought in San Francisco, but the plaintiif consented to the motion for a nonsuit made by the railroad com- pany and the same day recommenced the suit here. The railroad officials, believing the consent to the nonsuit to have been given through some feeling of weakness | on the part of the plaintiff, permitted their | mistaken belief to prompt them to force the new suit to trial. Within three days after the new suit had been commenced | the railroaa company, relying upon its fancied security, had answered to the com- | plaint. Yesterday’s verdict shows that never was fancied security less founded in fact. It was provea that it is the custom of the Southern Pacific to permit one | train to enter a station while another is | receiving and discharging passengers, but that it is not the custom on any other rail- | road to do so; and, in fact, the courts have | repeatedly decided that such practice in itself is gross negligence. Before the defendant’s testimony was given, General Barnes made the same mo- | tion that the plaintiff had consented to before, which, after argument, was denied by Judge Greene. The defendant called thirteen witnesses, and after able arguments, in which the whole case was presented to the jury, Judge Greene delri)vered his charge upon the law of the case. The jury then re- tired, and after over an hour’s delibera- tion returned a verdict for $10,000 in favor | of the plaintiff. DODGING SHERIFFS. Lorin’s Retired Saloon-Keeper May Yet | Have to Answer to a Charge | of Murder. | OAKLAND OFFICE 8ax Fraxcisco CALL,] 908 Broadway, Dec. 26. Albert Menzenmeyer, who created con- sternation at Lorin with a pistol Christ- | mas eve and seriously shot John R. Per- kins in the lung, is still at large. Sheriff | White is not satisfied with the efforts made to hold Menzenmeyer prior to tbe time he shot Perkins. It has been shown by investigation that he was running about the streets in Lorin for four hours flourishing a pistol before he was taken in charge by his wife, at which time he shot Perkins. He first went into a saloon kept by one Lamm and there knocked down Albert Simon. After this he shot two bullets into the ceiling and ran | out. Even after ths affair an hour | elapsed before the Sheriff’s office was noti- fied. After shooting Perkins, Menzenmeyer went to his home at Lorin and Las not been seen since. It was reported that he was in jail a few hours after the shooting, and much surprise was expressed yester- day when it was known that he was still at liberty. Mrs. Menzenmever said this morning | that she did not know where her husband | was and had not seen him since the shoot- ing. The Sheriff sent out two men to-day, but they have not located the man. He was for many years a saloon-keeper in an Francisco and kept the Fair Wind resort on the water front, and it is presumed he is in hiding over the bay, as he was re- | ported to have been seen at Sixteenth- street depot after the shooting. 1 Perkins is in a critical condition and his | lung is considered very weak through fre- | quent hemorrhages. It is by no means | certain Menzenmeyer will not have to answer a charge of murder. TROUBLE 14 CHURCH, ‘Wholesale Resignations Because | of Rev. M. P. Boynton’s Election. | cal fort. | yesterday.” They will all be cited to appear | this afternoon before Judge Sanderson, at | 2o’clock, to be examined. The parties to | be summoned are: | They Give an Enjoyable Banquet to | tral Postollice was the guest of honor atan | enjoyable banquet | dered him last Sunday night by the clerks | of the department. | marked by an absence of formality, which | 3. Manni | capacity of toastmaster, and distinguishea | speech, which was received with the most | | cordial | Drugs never build up weak nerves without taking the strength meeting the fires of indignation were smoldering in the bosoms of the mem- bers of the committee whose action had been ignored. ‘At least we might have | been accorded the courtesy of having the ‘ choice of Mr. Boynton referred back to | us.” they argued. | The result was that at the business meet- | ing on Wednesday evening the resigna- | tions of Deacons A. H. Flynn, H. L. Gear | and J. G. Levensalerand Trustees William Chamberlin and A. B. Forbes were ten- dered and accepted. This action was re- | garded merely asa declaration of rights | on the part of those officers, as the annual | election was at hand and their resignation | wes a “work of supererogation.” ‘W. A. Clark and J. A. Wiles were elected | THE STREET LAW ILLEGAL, An Important Decision on the Subject Rendered by Judge Slack. IT WILL NOT BE APPEALED. | to fill vacancies that had existed for several | months; but the general election was post- | poned, | The annual election shou!d have taken | place on Wednesday, but owing to the | number of resiznations it wasdecidedt at | some quiet canvassing was necessary. The election will be held on January 1, or if it is conciuded that an election on a legal | holiday is null it will take place the follow- ing Wednesday. Mr. Boynton presided at the meeting on | Wednesday evening, and it would appear | that he intends to hoid the ecclesiasti- | No Special Classification of Cities Can Be Made by Legislative Enactment, Judge Slack has given another blow at the power cf the Legislature to specially classify this City for purposesof special legisiation. The case of Robert R. Hinds against the City and County and Mr. Ash- worth, the Superintendent of Streets, has been decided against the claimsof the de- partment. The decision rendered in this way knocks out the street widening and extension act of March, 1893. Hinds was the owner of two large tracts of land through which Potrero avenue was extended. The people protested earnestly against the assessment, and finally Hinds, the largest owner, brought suit to have the act construed by the court. The defendant demurred, but the de- murrer was overruled, and for a long time the City was undecided whether to appeal from the decision on demurrer or to make answer to the complaint and fight the case. The matter was submitted to City and County Attorney Creswell, ana he advised the board not to appeal. It was further decided that no answer should be sub- mitted, but that the City should default and allow judgment to be taken. This ac- tion was resolved upon by vote at the last meeting of the Supervisors, and judgment rendered for Hinds yesterday. The particular point upon which the law was knocked out was upon a question of classification. The street act provides a certain method for opening, widening, extending and improving strests in cities | of 40,000 inhabitants and more. W. A. | Beatty, who has conducted Hinds' case | from the start, argued that such a elassi- | fication was illegal, as it made a special class for a special purpose. The classifica- | tions of cities is done under the constitu- NEW GRAND JURORS. Thirty Names Drawn From the Box for Examination This Afternoon Be- fore Judge Sanderson. Thirty names from which to draw the new Grand Jury were drawn from the Grand Jury box before Judge Sanderson R. 8. Davis, 1059 Market street. €. O0'Connor, Nevada block. J.J. O'Farrell, 11 Montgomery street. B Garrett, 1307 Guerrero street. Joseph Quay, Pacific Union Club. Charles B, Stone, 405 Market street, Arthur F. Price, 524 Sacramento street. G. H. Umbsen, 14 Montgomery street. F. H. Rathbone, 2215 California street. D. V. Deming, 714 Ellis street. Herman H. Hencke, 1707 Broderick street. J.J.McKinnon, Pier 5, Steuart street. Adam Grant, Bush and Sansome str eets. Louis Sloss Sr., 310 Sansome street. Frank H. Vail, 741 Market street. R. H. Pea: utter and Franklin streets, Edward E. awer, 534 Bush street. J. Downey Harvey, 916 Market street. A. Roos, 27 Kearny street. James Dunne, 1218 Hyde street. Frank Maske: 2 Kearny street. 7 Mission street. Nolan, iden Gate avenue. John Landers, 1111 Hyde street. P. F. Butler, 818 Eddy street. John H. Kline, 1414 Washington street. Horace Davis, 41 Front street. Charles L. Haskell. 10 Bush street. J. M. Walter, 529 Merket street. Frenk P. McLennan, 1515 Clay street. & S e etlle i ity : e _ | tion, and it must he general in its applica- tioohe fury to be selcoted will begin opera- | fion’ and for all purposes. There is no el PO el O | constitutional classification of 40,000, and POSTOFFIC® CLERKS! consequently when it was announced-that | the act of March, 1893, applied to. cities | with 40,000 inhabitants and over it created aclass for a special purpose, which was illegal, and it made the limit of that class one at variarce with the constitutional classification. The act, therefore, was de- clared illegal by Judxe Slack. This is the act under which all recent street work has been done. The principle involved is one similar to the principal contention in one of the fee- bill cases—the conflict of classifications by legislative enactment and by-constitutional maudate. The constitutional classification is full and complete. ard it was done for all purposes. No mere act of the Legisla- expressions of applause, and | ture can divide the classifications, nor can Messrs. MctGowan, Donglas and Maloney | they make a law applying to certain classes enlivened the offair with a number of | of cities unless these classifications con- well-chosen musical selections. Messrs. | form to the original ones made under the W. E. Morrison, F. Griffin, A. Imbre, C. | constitution. Curry, W. F. Douglas ana J. J. Carroll | The City will not appeal the case it has made short addresses n{vproprinte to the | lost, but any citizen interested may take occasion. The affair will be remembered | the matter up and bring it before the with pleasure by all who took part in it. bigher tribunal. Their Superintendent. Superintendent J. I.. Meares of the cen- and reception ten- The occasion was rendered it more pleasant. Superintendent of Station D officiated in the himself in that exacting position. Mr. Meares made a short but taking NEW TO-DAY. MAN! Are You Weak? Some Points on the Development of True ManHood by Electricity— Reasons Why Dr. Sanden’s Elec~ tric Belt Is the Only Sure Remedy for the Recovery of This Vital Power. What a great amount of happiness is destroyed by this terrible drain which is called Nervous Debility! You see the evidences of it in the faces of more than half the people you meet. This great country of ours is a nation of nerves; nerves which have been drained of their vital foree ; nerves which are crying out for help. And why don’t we help them? Why don’t we replace the energy which has been stolen from them ? Because the medical profession, to whom we always go in time of sickness, has no means at hand to restore nerve power. from other organs of the body. That don’t pay. You might as well be sick one way as another. If you are going to steal from your kidneys, your liver and your stomach the energy to give temporary nourishment to your nerves you'd better better let your nerves suffer and save The Action of the Pulpit Committee | your stomach anyway. of the First Baptist Church Ignored. But you can’t get help any other way as long as you stick to drugs. “I'm tired of drugging.” We hear that remark every day. The members of the First Baptist Church | Tt’s the wail of the nerveless man who has lost all confidence in have developed a feud of no small propor- | is the | tions. The bone of contention choice of a pastor. There is a division and a very marked one on the question of Rev. M. P. Boyn- ton’s fitness for the conduct of affairs at tne rirst Church. man ot genial presence, who, during his tenure as acting pastor,strongly entrenched himself in the affections of the younger element of the church membvership. Some of the older and more couservative parish- joners felt tbat Mr. Boynton was too young for such a responsibie charge. There was no doubt that he had conscientiously and | ably discharged the duties of acting pastor | gince the resignation of Rev. J. Q. Henry, put it was thought by the pulpit committee, whose duty it was 1o provide a successor for Mr. Henry, that an older mau and one of broader scholushig was necessary for the post. Accordingly the committee recommended that r. Cameron, of Chelsea, Mass., a scholarly divine of mature years, should be invited to the pastorate of the First Church. It has been the custom in that church as in many bodies to accept the ipse dixit of the committee, henoe it was a great sur- prise to the pulpit committee when the church not only rejscted its candidate, but announced that the wish of the majority of the members was that Mr. Boynton be given the honors, emuluments and re- sponsibilities of a full pastorate. Itdid not stop at the declaration, but proceeded to make it good by the election of Mr., Boynten. This occurred at the regular business meeting last month. Mr. Boynton,’it is He is a bright young| the old, worn-out system of medicine. “I took barrels of medicine and got no relief. Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt cured me in three months of Nervous Debility,” says William Dawson, 1422 Sutter street, San Francisco. That shows you what Electricity does. Fowler, the noted phrenologist, says it’s the instrumentality of all life. He ought to know. Dr. Sanden’e Belt is a simple thing. You wear it about three hours at night. You feel electricity goinginto your nerves all the time. You can regulate it yourself ; turn it on mild or strong. Every minute you soak up nerve power from it. Even electricity is useless if not intelligently applied. Dr. Sanden has devoted twenty years to close study of the nerve and gsexual forces, and even if other belts fail his treatment will cure. Cheap, clumsily made electric belts are like cheap jewelry. You think you are getting a high-class article at a low price, but your experience tells you that you pay twice for what you get. “Dr. Sanden’s Belt cured me of Varicocele and Weakness of 26 years’ standing.” L. L. JACCARD, San Leandro, Cal. A permanent cure is guaranteed or money refunded in all weaknesses of men. A pocket edition of the celebrated electro- medical werk, “Three Classes of Men,” illustrated, is sent free, sealed, by mail, on application. Every young, middle-aged or old man suffering the slightest weakness should read it. It will point out an EASY, SURE AND SPEEDY WAY TO REGAIN STRENGTH AND HEALTH WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE said, waivea the formality of a formal notification by the clerk, thanked the church for the honor done him and ac- cepted the charge. uring the mouth that elapzed between that time and the succeeding buSiness HAS FAILED. Address SANDEN ELECTRIC CO., 632 MARKET ST., OPPOSITE PALACE HOTEL, SAN FRANCISCO. Office Hours—8 to 6; Evenings, 7 to 8:30; Sundays, 19 to 12. FPortland, Oregon, OMce, 233 Washington Street.