The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 9, 1896, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1896, 11 In;cerest{hg MReport of Important Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County DB, HOOD'S DOUBLE LIFE Gained the First Wife’s Con- fidence by Means of the Civil Code. LOVED HIS SERVANT GIRL A Deposition From Buffalo That Leaves No Doubt of the Gay Doctor’s Mode of Life. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRA 908 Broadwa; n was filed with the Counry afterncon that supplies the proof to a strange story of duplicity that first told when Dr. Hood died at Hay bout two years ago. The dccu- f; Dr. Hood’s first wife, and filed for the p of substan- aim 10 the estate of the de- tangle arises from the fact Hood was posing as the legal hus- band of two women at the time of his death. When Dr. Hood was living at Hayw. d a wife known toallas M Hassler Hood. She died a few months be e the doctor and left her property f\?‘ E e the estate was distributed Dr. Hood died, and in accordance with | of the will the estat d | 1buted to A | 4. B. Tennant, who is now getting $5: who does not take the same vlew of the goat question as Mrs. Grady, is a8 new woman—an up-to-date washerwoman, who wears bloomers and rides into the court- room on her hicycle, with a wash-basket fastened on in front. Mrs. Trowbridge Honored. OAKLAND, CaL., Jan. 8.—The directors of the recent Osakland Exposition this evening presented Mrs. H. O. Trowbridge with a beautifully engraved silver service as a recognition of the interest shown by her in that enterprise. President J. w. Nelson, M. J. Keller, G. Roeth, Theodore Gier, B. T. Bell, F. W. Spears, Craigie Sharpand Mr. Davis went to her residence about 8 o’clock taking her completely by surprise. When all had been made to feel at home the presentatipn was made. Theservice is an_elegant affair of eight pieces and a magnificent silver tray neatiy engraved. In the bottom of the‘ tray are the words: “To Mrs. H. O. Trow- bridge, with the compliments of the ex- ecutive commitree of the Oakland Exposi- tion, 1895.” New Ordinance Needed. OAKLAND, CaL., Jan. 8.—It has been discovered that the ordinance under which the city officials have been obtaining their supplies is illegal, and a new one will have to be passed by the Council. According to the present ordinance requisitions granted by tbe Mayor may be made for any sum he may see fit. A short time ago the Council sought to place the signing of the requisitions in the hands of the chair- man of the Finance Committee instead of the Mayor, but the measure failed to pass. w that a new ordirance is required the Council will undoubtedly incorporate the change. Of course the Mayor will veto it, so if Brosnahan, Bassett, Watkinson and Heitman stand together as usual the veto will prev 1. Cremation for Garbage. OAKLAND, CaL., Jan. 8.—The Council isnow about to settle the garbage question definitely. th . Bids have been received from ec_parties and one must be accepted. fler & Swiit, who have built a scien- | titic garbage crematory, offer to destroy the garbage for $350 a month for one month to haul it away on cars, offers to do it for 0 if he can segregate it and put ow lives at age. She co when she . of Mr.and Hood h a cere- | He said his died mnear San like to make his °r a certificate of Justice Shinn of San | that on June 24, 1878, he W. H. Hood to Bessie ate is attached to ved with Dr. rs and that he prominent people known in Oakiand i was born at A chi e letter- | from these letters | relationship between | Hood, as my health the trip might | 1 by wor- | Hood was | her conduct with After she left my house Dr. il wpported her— | hey lived together as | er. It was on her ac-| ed to care for me and | | tters he says: “I am | ds and be- | , but hope that you with men. Don't me; At the such counsel er servant girl ends, s ago the woman with ing got into trouble on | olent and cruel treatment | e doctor had befriended in | ht out bere. From that - Hoods were notorious, and made his will on his his curse upon all who | charges of cruelty against charged with his | est comes up on | The ¢ T TALKS. THE PRESIDE He Explains the ¥ Regimen OAKLAND, Car recently been publ ent Standing of the nd. 8.—Much has bout the split in nd and the row of the musi The has furnished the | blication: i | over the prop president of ti 1 following statement for 1 the able prac ce vith diseri al capaci m- iavor of the F gimentband. | ond place, the man who brought | E Richardson, is not a be band, buta dis- | nt band, | | ) e Fiff e third plac was not e of the nou-st position | votes 1o carry its| crimination 21 the time being there was band in Oakland, the Fifil was recognized that th b the apposition, was maae | throwing 'the presi- of direciorsout. Mr. dent, and, to- ill remain n. a ught f ou will greatly favor tter in its proper i J. H. HaLL, iang’ Union, Osakland. STOLE A GOAT. Uncle George Bromley to Be Tried for a Misdemeanor. OAKLAND, Caxr., Jan. 8.—A novel trial wiil be conducted in the Macdonough T anuary 17, for the benefit of the z People’s Unity Club. Uncie George e defendant in the ca<2 ana | goat from € will hear esented by d 8| ty people will act d witnesses, ana there will un- doubtedly be a full house. “Trinl Ly Jury,” as this piece is called, exactly a play, because the dialogue partly written, much being left to | the impromptu fun-making powers of the participants. Among the latter will be e goat, who will be in court tagged as xhibit A.” He wi!l browse around the courtroom, wageing his beard and devour- hoice pieces of clothing of the law- yers and jurymen, and occasionally taking a header at somebody rash enough to turn his back on so important a personage. Widow Grady describes hersell asone who e mostly takin’' scrubbin’ for a livin and she lives at Lake and Jack- son sireets, where a washerwoman would naturally be expected to reside. The lead- ing witness for the defense is a_rival was| erwoman, Maud Evangeline White, who isl black as the ten of spaces. Mrs. White, -3 | ber the ashes on the city marshes. John | Hackett will give $50° bonus if given a ten-vear contract to dispose of jt. The Health Officer favors ecremation. Da Costa Is All Right. OAKLAND, Car., Jan. 8.—John Mar- tin denied to Judge Frick this morning t he had schemed to have Jose da osta declared incompetent. As there was no evidence except hearsay to refute Mar- tin’s statement, Judge Frick shut him off, ving he did not want to hear more in the matter. The Judge then granted the etition restoring Da Costa to capacity. The suit to collect the money from Wen- ceslaw that was paid to guarantee Da Costa a homue for life will now be pressed. There Was No Cruelty. OAKLAND, Car., Jan. 8.—A story hav- ing been published that the San Leandro branch of the Girls' Directory of San Francisco was not being properly con ducted, Mrs. Prescott, agent of the Clil dren’s Society, investigated the jlace vesterday. The agent states that there is no evidence of cruelty, but as two sisters have charge of seventeen babies in four Under the the rooms their task is a hard one. circumstances, Mrs. Prescott says, foundlings are tolerably well cared for. A Heavily Bonded Rosad. OAKLAND, CaL.,, Jan dolph, secretary of th Company, tileda cerf debtedness to-day. showing the creation of the debt by the stockholders at a special g held last November. The road onded for $120,000, and the purpose v debts and retire i The vote for the bonding was 4190 shares out of a total of 5190 shares. The ue was of 1000 bonds to run thirty years at 6 per cent. No Need to Have Run. OAKLAND, Car, Jan. 8. — Thomas | Lamb, who was shot by Officer Andrews, is recovering. The police appear to be sat- 1sfied that he was not one of the robbers for whom they were searching and cannot un.erstand why ke shouid have run off. The surgeons have as yet been unable to locate the bullet, but believe it has not lodged in any very dangerous place. Kellogg’s Bribery Case. OAKLAND, Car., Jan. 8.—G. H. Kel- | logg, formerly a railroad detective, was on | trial to-day for an alleged attempt to secure a brive tosquare a case against Edward Savage, who was arrested for pocket-pic When the case was called the princi- al witnes: were missing and cannot be ocated. The opinion has prevailed since the indictment was issued thatthe case would not go to trial. To Help Armenians. OAKLAND, Car, Jan, 8.—A mass- meeting will be beld at the First Congre- gational Church next Monday night to de- vise some means of providing assistance for the Armenians. Rev. Drs. McLean Kummer, Hobart, Coyle, Wendte and Pai mer, Rev. Father McSweeney and Rabbi Friedlander have the affair in charge. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. 5C0 CALL, ) Jan. 8.§ The Oakland Athletic Club will organize a baseball team. AlLean has issued a challenge to meet any | amateur or professional in any athletic diver- The Acme Club willhold & gentlemen’s night next Tucsdey. A big programuie Las been oe- ranged. The week of prayer is being duly observed at the various churches of Oakiand. The attend. ance is large, and ihe services are of an unusu- ally interesting character. The Reliance Club will have a society bene- on the nights of Janusry 24 and 25, when iarity company” will produce +*7-20-8" nhe Macdouough Theater. The entertainment tc have been given Thursday evening at the Unitarian Church has been indefinitely postponed, owing to the iliness of Miss Portia Knight, who was to have the central figure. The coroner’s jury in the case of William J. Gardner, the foreman of the switch engine crew, kil'ed in the Peralta-street yurds by his 100t ‘catching in a irog, returned a verdict that he met his death by being run a train but, made no further comment, 1e suit of James White against George Pe- nann for 25,000 damages was dismissed 3 plaintiff. White claimed that Petermann drove him out of the postofice at Mount Eden last July at the point of a revolver and threatened to shoot him. The C which sailed away th the yawlboat belong- ing to Ceptain Peterson of the bark La Ninfa, was at For ta yesterday. Coustable Scott boarded her, but could find no trace of the nissing yawl, and consequently made no ar- Tests. Drs. McNuttand Lisoni of San Francisco held an autopsy on the remains of the late John W, Coleman_yesterday afternoon. It was found that his déath was caused from an attack of neuralgin of the heart. The funeral has been set for 2 o’clock to-morrow from his iate resi- dence. Miss Flossie Jennings, a littie six-year-old traveler, arrived At the pier yesterday from Puileacipnia. Sne lindg bewn on toe road fi days and traveled without eny companio Bhe wag mot st the ferry by her unole and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Drr, and taken to their home, 1320 California stréet, San Fran. cieco. Superint endent Hays of the Home of the Aduit Blind has appointed Max Glas of Ala- meda to be watchman. He succeeds James Grummett, who has held the position for a nomber of years. Glasis native son and a Democrat,” who ran ior the office of Constable on tne Democratic ticket in Alamedes some time ago. ckerjack, the supposed pirate craft Very Rich Indoed In the elements that supply the human system with bone, muscle and brain substance isa circula lation fertilized with the supreme tonic, Hostet- ter's Stomach Bitters, which begets thorough as- similation and digestion, and gives a healthful tmpulse to every tunction of the body. Dyspeptic and weukly persons give strong testimony in its behalfl. £0 do those troubled with biliousness, ma~ laria, rheumatism, constipstion and inactivity of the kidneys. DIVIDED THE COMMITTEE, Effort to Oust Chairman Mau- talen to Be Made on Saturday, RELIC OF THE LAST CAMPAIGN, Each Side Claims an Equal Number of Votes and the Fight Is Very Keen. OARLAND OFFICE SAN Fraxcisco CALL,) 908 Broaaway, Jan. 8. | Next Saturday the Republican County Central Committee will meet for the pur- ganized or whether it shall remain as it is. As near as can be ascertained the commit- tee is evenly divided. talen, chairman of the committee. For over & year he has been persona non grata to balf of the members and this feeling was arrived at by a piece of work that at once stamped Mautalen either as au ad- pose of deciding whether it shall be reor- | The bone of contention is Charles Mau- | stand against the measure. His views were concurred in by Regent Houghton of the building and_grounds committee, Re- gent Martin, chairman of that committee, standing on neutral ground. As a substitute to the driveway it was proposed that a broad footwalk be con- structed over about the same territory as that planned for the driveway. Professor Hilgard, through whose plan- tation the driveway would pass, gave as his reasons for opposing the measure that the driveway would be little used by vehi- cles excepting those of butchers and bakers, on account of its location with re- spect to Oakland and the populated por- tion of Berkeley; that the historic oak trees would necessarily have to be inter- fered with; that there would have to be another entrance made from University avenue as soon_as the streetcar line from the proposed West Berkeley Ferry was put in; that the agricultural experimental gardens would be again disturbed and much cut up, and that he believed a drive- way and walk for pedestrians through a place such as the university grounds should not be, both on account of the dust and the liability of accidents, “Asfor my gardens,” said_he, “they are of the least consideration. If I felt that the drive would bpe for a lasting good I would accede to the plan and dig up my plants.”’ ; The matter will be brought up for final | settlement at the meeting of the board | Tuesday. After considering some of the plans for | laying out walks and drives near the main buildings, the party went to the site of the proposed reservoir about 300 yards to the rear of the chemistry building on the creek. A dam will be built across the | creek, and the water backed up. It is CHARLES MAUTALEN, THE MAN WHO COUNTY REPUBLICAN HAS EVENLY DIVIDED THE ALAMEDA CENTRAL COMMITTEE, [From a photograph. vanced diplomat or as a novice, and neither his friends nor his foes have been able to decide which. The trouble occurred &t the time 8. G. Hilborn was making his campaign for Congress. At a meeting held in this city Meutalen, as chairman of | the County Committee, appointed Stephen T. Gage as chairman. As Gage’s relations with the railroaa company were so well known many considered that Mautalen | bad chosen him for the purpose of enabling | Hilborn’s enemies to circulate the cry of | railroad influence being used in his behalf and thus help Warren B. English. Others concluded that it was a scheme to | estimated that the reservoir will be | capable of holding 80,000,000 to 100,000,000 ‘}uu{]uns of water, to be used chiefly for parden purposes. The work when com- | pleted will have cost about $40,000. No | money for this purpose is available at | present. | University SingersZAbroad. | BERKELEY, CaL., Jan. 8.—The Uni- versity of California Glee Club left this morning on a coucert tour through some | of the more important near-by towns of the State. They will perform to-night at Stockton, Friday evening at Chico, Satur- | day evening at Marysville and Monday evening at Sacramento, Berkeley Tuesday. returning to | help Hilborn and that that candidate’s re- H il 51D £0 upon the platform at the meet- | Fi‘;:’c“ot‘;;r:;‘;:s }'.‘e ing made him hundreds of votes. No sat- | Hiaton: B: G Shnets TIAUGmith “secoad isfactory decision of the merits of the sen- | ;0 o0 o or, Harold Symmes, sation was ever arrived at, but there has Templ‘o Smith, Fred 8. Knight; first bass. been since the last election a split in the | o0 R0 G0 ovo Ravmond J. Russ, committee. After the election the com-|gi.ort' “Rawlings, George Whipple: mittee met and passed some very SLrong | geoyn; bass, Dwight Hutchinson, Power | resolutions which were never made public. | §{°00, bass, Dwight, Hutchinson, Power At this time the fight isover the chair. | . g . B. H. £ | sons; Charles E. Parcelis, violinist; Dr. man and Maotalen and Evans are the | Gilbert S, Graham, tenor soloist; Avthur " Ag 4 ccompanist. some time ago they were informed by A83Td: piano accompanist Mautalen that he would resign on account | Rules for the Library. ersonnel of the club: R. Morse, Charles A. | of iil health and that they believed him. | Mautalen denies that there is any truth in the story and that he will not resign. The Evans wing is known as the reor- ganization party, and claims that Mau- talen is the remaining legacy of the Vroomsn regime, and must go. There are also some smaller elements Egurim: in the | unpleasantness, but these are all subor- dinate to the main fight. As things appear at present the commit- tee will be a deadlock if all turn up at the meeting. Mautalen claims a majority with his own vote, and depends upon Walsh, Bernal, Church, Riley, Striker and pos sibly Ford. Evans claims Mitchell, who | wants to be a Supervisor; McPherson, Armstrong, Fletter and Hawes. Church is sick and will probably not be at the meeting, so the vote to determine the re- | organization plan appears to be even. Each side is trying to capture an extra vote, but the greatest display of confidence | is being made by the Mautalen party. S s WILL BE NO CRIVEWAY, Reinstein’s Plan for Improving the University Grounds Opposed. Professor Hilgard Contended It Would Be of No Use—The Campus Inspected. BERKELEY, Car, Jan. 8—Fiom present indications it would seem that the plan of Regent J. B. Reinstein and Super- | intendent McLaren of Golden Gate Park | for the construction of a broad entrance and driveway to the university grounds from Center street would experience some difficulty in carrying into execution. This forecast is the result of the decision which took place this morning between Regents Reiustein, Houghton, Martin and Professor Hilgard. The three regents mentioned, in com- pany with Professors Hilgard, Soule and Randall, and Messrs. McLaren, Grunsky and Rowell, spent the entire morning in tke proposed new reservoir and for the much-talked-of driveway entrance from the west side of the reservation. From the very bezinning of Regent Rein- stein’s move lor the beautifying of the grounds it has been his object to have a V-shaped 60-foot approach to a 45-foot drive from Center street through Pro- fessor Hilgard's agricultural gardens, along Strawberry Creek, under the oaks, to a point near the present footoall grounds, Uv to the present time the scheme has met with little apparent opposition, but to-day Professor Hilgard took a decided looking over the grounds and planning for | | BERKELEY, Cav., Jan. 8.—The Board | of Public Library Trustees met last night i and adopted a set of rules and regulations | to govern the borrowing and use of books | and the general conduct of the library. | A special committee was apJ)ointcd to | purchase furniture for the reading-rooms | at Lorin and West Berkeley. | Arrangements were entered into for the | renting of a room in the Baker block at Lorin for the free library at $12 50 a month. | “The finance committce approved bills to the amount of $67 31. Mrs. Stillwell was appointed librarian of the Lorn branch at a month. The report of Librarian Moore of the main library, on Shattuck avenue, for the month of December showed the total attendance for the month to have been 5474, an average of 182.75 daily, which is an increase of nearly 7 per cent over that of December, 1854, Liquor Within the Limit. CAL., Jan. 8.—A. Berg was afternoon on a warrant charging him with selling liquor within the mile limit. He was allowed to go on his own recognaizance until he could secure bonds. & | | Notes. | BERKELEY, Car., Jan. 8.~The Board | of Town Trustees will meet as a committee | of the whole to-morrow evening to further | consider the re-enactment or annulment | of certain ordinances or parts of conflict- | ing ordinances now standing on the statute | books. | The Christmas_recess of the University |of California will close next Saturday. Regular worl in the colleges of Berkeley will be resumed on Monday, the 13th inst. IR A LOOTED A PLUMBING-SHOP. ]Jos-pll Costello and Joe Alonzo Ar- | rested on a Charge of Burglary. | Joseph Costello and Joe Alonzo, both under age, were arrested last evening by Policemen McMabon, Frell and Flanley |and detained at the California-street sta- tion on a charge of burgzlary. Tuesday night a plumbing-shop at 320 Montgomery avenue, which is owned hév E. J. Dailey, was looted and tools valued at $100 were stolen. 3 Officers were detailed on the case and vesterday afternoon succeeded in locating the tools in a water-front junkshop. From | a description obtained from the junk- dealer ot the men from whom the tools | were purchased the officers succeeded iun | locating the prisoners on the Barbary Coast and placed them under arrest. JIce Carnival Excursion Rates. The first of the weekly excursion trains to the Truckee ice carnival will leave to-morrow at6r. M. Reduced rates have been made for the | oceasion and include, in addition to trenspor- | tation both ways and berth, the use of skates | from 9 A. M. to 10 P. M., twelve rides on the to- boggan slide, a sleighride to Donner Lake and entrance to the rocking-stone tower. The rate for n upper berth {5 §13 #nd for a lower berth 50. $13 Bl e e s Cabinet-makers in Florence receive 48 to 68 cents a day, | PLOT TO DESERT A WIFE, A Catalina Island Sailor Wants Her to Believe He Is Drowied. ANXIOUS TO GO EXPLORING. An Unnatural Husband’s Letter to the Promoter of the Santana Expedition, OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Fraxcisco CALL,) 908 Broadway, Jan. 8. The promoters of the scheme that has for its object the exploration and possible conquest of a large portion of Lower Cali- fornia have received a very remarkable let- ter from Avalon, Catalina Island. They are asked to become parties to a plot that would sever the family relationship of a husband and parent in such a manner as to cause his nearest kin to think his body was at the bottom of the deep blue sea. The strange letter refers to an article that appeared in THE CALL several weeks ago describing the projected voyage of the Santana. Itthen procceeds to tell a story more suggestive of an irresponsible ro- mancer than of the head of a family. The writer, whose name is suppressed by Alired Baroteau, who received the let- ter, because he regards it as a confidential communication, starts out by saying that he possesses accurate knowledge of some valuable mines, and is anxious to join any expeaition that will help to explore them. He asks the terms on which he can come in on the deal and then proceeds to tell of his worldly goods and what he | would be willing to do to help the expedi- tion. He possesses a powerful little gaso- line launch that he says is capable of tow- ing a small schooner three miles an hour in'smooth water, and he suggests that it would be & valuable acquisition to the owners of the Santana in exploring creeks and rivers and in helping the old bark along in a calm. Then comes a little bit of family history. The writer says he has not the same opinion of married life that he had when the experience was new, many years ago. His domestic relations are, in fact, so strained and uncongenial that he is anxious to separate them entirely. does not wish to do so in a manner that would cause unnecessary anguisu to those | bhe would leaye behind, so he has con- ceived a plan by which he hopes to create | the impression that he is dead. 1f the members of the expedition will stand in the writer asks to know when the Santana will be off a certain point on the coast. He wunts them to heave-to and wait till he visits them. He will go off in his gasoline launch and the little vessel can then be hoisted on deck and away the whole outfit will sail to the southeast. Of course, the unhappy writer need not take §0 much trouble tu leave Avalon, as a mail is sent from the place daily, but by leavin, in the gasoline iaunch and not returning the writer sees a way of avoiding much unnecessary searching and anxiety. He says that it is a custom of his to make frequent trips from Catalina to Clemente Island and that if be should not return it will be at once concluded that his gasoline | launch has exploded and that the launch and owner have gone to the bottom. In order to prepare the way for the | credible reception of such a story, the owner has toid many stories by his fireside of the numerous little accidents he has not experienced, and has made frequent reference to the final one that may come unexpectedly and render his wife a widow. “I’ve been in many schemes in my life- time,’* said Baroteau to-night, ‘‘but that’s | just a little too cold-blooded to suit me. I can sympathize with a man that is tired of married life, as I have a lively divorce suit on my hands at this time, but 1 think she ougit to know whethershe is married, divorced or deserted. It don’t strike me as quite fair to leave her in the dark. I don’t think we’d take that gasoline launch Ifitis as dangerous as repre- sented, it might explode on board, and I don’t appreciate that kind of a judgment.’ HE JUNPED FOR LIBERTY with us. An Alameda Chicken - Thief| Leaps From a Train in Motion. The Rev. Victor Morgan to Reply Next Sunday to the Rev. Mr. Bovard. ALAMEDA, Cav., Jan. 8.—Police Officer Moebus boarded the first local narrow- gauge train yesterday morningin the hope of catching the chicken-thief who has been robbing the West End henroosts. The officer had a theory that the thief took the train for the City with his booty, get- ting on at one of the last stations, His theory was right. A man witha basket of chickens boarded the train at Second avenue. The officer upon ques- tioning him soon became convinced that he had found the thief and placed him un- der arrest. The officer rode with his pris- oner down to the mole and started back with the return train. But the train had not proceeded far from the landing when the brakeman passed through the car and lert the door open. The chicken-thief seized the opportunity and made a dash for liberty. He ran through the open door and leaped from | the platform upon the trestle. Whether he alighted in the water or remained on the ties is not known. The train was stopped and_backed up, but he was no- where to be found. ¢ Later people at the Bay View House, near the old landing, reported to the po- lice that & man_bleeding from cuts about his face and with torn clothes and hat- less, applied for some one to row him across the estuary to Oakland. Heisun- doubtedly the man, but has not yet been found. Will Take the Other Side. ALAMEDA, CaL, Jan. 8.—Rev. Henry Victor Morgan, pastor of the First Chris- tian Church, announces that he will preach next Sunday ir reply to Rev. Dr. Bovard, taking up the cudgel in bebalf of the El Nido Club. His subject will be, ‘““What Churches Might Learn From Clubs.” The Rev. Mr. Morgan is qualified to speak from actual knowledge. His con- regation worship in the main hall of the i{ssonic building. 1 rooms in a hall adjoining. The same hall- way leads to both.” In the several months of the Rev. Mr. Morgan’s pastorats he has seen nothing out of the way in the club, and is on terms of friendship with a num- ber ot its members. The members of the club will turn out in force at the services Sunday evening to hear Rev. Mr. Morgan, and his church will receive at least a tem- porary boom thereby. Boat Ciub Officers. ALAMEDA, OCaL, Jan. 8.—Alameda Boat and Swimming Club has elected the following officers: President, J. A. San- some; vice-president, C. J. Lancaster; secretary, W. B. Hinchman; treasurer, S. W. Creigh; captain, A. Schumacher; He | The El Nido Club has | lieutenant-captain, L. A. Merry. Ten new members have been elected. The Alameda Public Schools. ALAMEDA, Carn., Jan. 8.—There are 2500 pupils in attendance at the public schools of Alameda. Of these, 165 attend the High School. were made at the last meeting of the School Board: Mary A. Hewett, Sallie B. Hampton and Jeanne Gillespie of San Francisco; Mabel Miller of Alameda, Florence Hamilton of Berkeley, and Edna S. Hamer of Oakland. A resolution was adopted providing that hereafter all brooms and brushes required by the School Department of Alameda shall be purchased at the Home for Adult Blind at Berkeley. ACCUSED OF STEALING. Employes of Brown Brothers Charged ‘With Systematically Robbing the Firm for a Long Time. Henry Wetzler, a cutter for Brown Brothers, was arrested last night on a war- ment. Sheiadman, one of the salesmen. Wetzler was arrested Saturday on a charge of petty larceny and admitted to bail in $50. The case came up in Judge Joachimsen’s court Monday and was con- tinued till January 13. W. T. Baker, a salesman, was arrested December 24 on a charge of grand larceny for having, as alleged in the complaint, stolen clothing from the tirm, and he will be tried January 13. It was stated last night that Baker informed on Wetzler, thereby turning State’s evidence, The warrants accuse them of having systematically stolen clothing from Brown rothers and sold it in saloons and other places around town. DAMIAGES THAT MAY FAIL Question of Jurisdiction Settled in the Sampson Cases. | The Prospect of the Baker and Doolan Litigants Is Not' Very Encouraging. There is not much prospect of a large lookea forward to by the claimants in | the schooner Sampson damage cases now | in the Admiralty court. ‘When the ocean steamer the City of New | | York was wrecked off Point Bonita in the winter of 1893-94 the Sampson was engaged in the work of unloading the ill-fated ves- sel. anvthing connected with the big ship, the little Sampson was blown ashore and | wrecked on January 5, 1804, and to add | still more misfortune the lives of George | Baker and James Doolan, seamen, were | lost. The Sampson also caught fire. | Suits were subsequently brought in the | Superior Court by Lottie Baker, adminis- tratrix for George Baker, and Mary Krone and others, heirs of James Doolan. The | actions were for §50,000 each. | Then a restraining order was obtained from the Admiralty Court—the Federal tribunal that has jurisdiction—cutting short the proceedings in the State court; | and before the same tribunal & petition | was made under the act of 1851 (section to limit the liability of Thomas P. H. Whitelaw and Thomas A. Whitelaw to | the value of the schooner and nothing | over. The schooner has been appraised at about $600 gross and $300 net. United States District Judge Morrow granted the petition yesterday, overruling the de- murrer entered by the attorneys for the | Whitelaws and denying their motion to dissolve the injunction. Judge Morrow, in his opinion, goes thoroughly into the question of the juris- diction of the Federal and State courts re- | spectively. “The only real question pr | sented by the demurrer and motion to di | solve,’’ he explained, “is whether thi | | court (Admiralty) having original and ex clusive jurisdiction of limitation of liability groceedmgs can enjoin the suits in the | tate court.” | In support of their motion counsel for | the Whitelaws cited section 720 of the Re- vised Statutes, which reads: “The writ of | | injunction shall not be granted by any | court of the United States to stay proceed- | ings in a court of a State except in cases | | where such injunction may be authorized | by any law relating to any proceeding in | | bankruptey.”” The court showed that the | original act of March 2, 1793, from which | this section evolved, did not include the exception relating to bankruptey proceed- | ings, and he also demonstrates that even | in its present form section 720 is inappli- cable. A decision of United States Dis- trict Judge Choate of New York is copied isdiction, as follows: The peculiarity of this case is that the suit stayed is one in which by the express terms of an act of Congress the State court is absolutely | without jurisdiction to proceed. There are not, therefore, the same reasons of public policy in vided for in section 720 for prohibiting the issue of the injunction or restraining order. It does not interfere with any exercise of jurisdiction which could otherwise be claimed by the State court, and is not likely to lead to | unseemly confiicts between the Federal and | State tribunals, to prevent which is under- | st00d to have béen the original purpose of this | prohibitory legislation. So positive is the lan- | guage of section 4285 that it may be doubted | whether, after the transier therein provided for, the State court could make any order what- ever in the cause, even one restraining the plaintiff from its further prosecution. On the whole, therefore, construing the two sections together, I think this court may still Testrain, by its order penaing the suit, parties who have commenced actions in the State court from further proceedings therein. The suggestion that the court which first ob- tains jurisdiction in & matter has the right to go on and determine the cause has no force in & case where, by & valid statute, a court subse- quently obtaining jurisdiction is vestea with exclusive jurisdiction. Judge Choate’s decision was given in the Long Island, ete., Transportation Compa- ny’s case (5, Federal Reporter, 599). The action of Judge Morrow limits the liability | of the Whitelaws to the mere value of the schooner. = ETR\IAL OF THE LUCERO. George A. Knight Gives Charles Fair's New Yacht a Test Run Outside. Charles Fair’s gasoline yacht Lucero A, Knight yesterday for a trial trip. On board were Captain G. M. Jessen, her future skipper; Rovert Engelbrecht, her builder, and Captain Hughes. who brought the vessel down from Seattle re- cently. She was speeded at about nine knots both head on to the sea and broadside to | the waves, and in every condition behaved | in an excellent manner. | The craceful little steamer rode the | swell like a bird, breaking but little water | and with very little roll in her motions. | The engines worked without a hitch and the entire trip was made most satisfac- | torily. Mr. Knight, as the representative of the young millionaire, declined to state whether he would accept the vessel, but he expressed himself as pleased with the | performance of the boat. S . el o In Honor of a Great Victory. Major W. B. Hooper of the Occidental Hotel early yesterday unfurled a large flag from the top of the Occidental block in honor of the trinmph of General Jackson at the battle of New Orleans. The following applications for positions | rant charging him with felony embezzle- | The complaining witness is B, | amount of pecuniary realization to be | As though fate itself were against | 4282 of the United States Revised Statutes) | | ket street. from as settling the entire question of jur- | this case as in the cases more particularly pro- | was taken outside the harbor by George | DOCKING HORSES' TAILS, Objected To by the Society for Preventing Cruelty to Animals. TRYING TO MAEE A NEW LAW Secretary Holbrook Says Docking Is Vulgar as Well as Wicked. War has been declared by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | against the custom of docking horses’ tail and during the next session of the Legi | lature the society means, if it has any | power in the land, to have a clause enacted makimg docking an offense against the | law. | Secretary Charles Holbrook says that it | is not only cruel to dock a horse's tail, but that it is also vulgar; and he wants to see | a stop put to California following a fashion that is completely out of style in the East. Secretary Holbrook said yesterday: 1 regret o say that there is no law against docking in this State, and in the present con- dition of things we could only secure a con- viction on the general grounds oi cruelty. We are working, however, to get a bill in mext winter, making docking a specific offense. 1 should like to get & case and try it, for it is my belief we could secure & conviction, even under the present law. Docking is another name for torturing a horse. The tendons of the tail are severed and the ends are twisted upward and fastened by pulleys to the roof of the stall. After a weekor 50 in this position, when the wound heals, the tendons retain their upward curve and this causes the hair of the tail to bunch out. The difficulty is to get a test case of docking. We have been working for months, but we find that the thing is done in private stables by some groom or coachman, and we have not the power to go in and investigate even if we | suspect that the thing isgoing on. 1t's easy for & 1ot of people 1o sit around and say, “Oh, I'd catch a case.” They say the same thing of dog= fights, but they do not find it so easy when they set out to locate one. We cannot get any- body to testify to the dockings thatare done in | these private stables and we have no power to | arrest'a man for having a docked horse in his possession, he always says he bought it that | way. It's’ome thing for us to suspect that & | man has his horses docked at home and ane | other thing to prove it. | Secretary Holbrook is especially dis- i who fondly uite English” to-dock | their horses’ tails. He said when dis | cussing this phase of the cruel practice: | Such nonsense! I suppose some idiot has | gusted with Anglomaniacs, | imagine that it is come out here from the Fest with a dock-tailed horse. All the other idiots at once imagined that to be in the style they must copy him. They say that we have been wearing pointed shoes long aiter they were discarded by New York, and it is just the same with docking our horses’ ta In New York and Philadelphia they have | enacted laws agoinst docking, so, of course, | the custom is dying out there, and in England no horse cen {nke & prize At a_ horse show | Which has had his tall docked. "1 am ot sore whether there is a clause against entering | them, but they are entirely disqualified from | taking any kind of a prize. Mostof the Eng- | lish horses have their tails cut short, but it is only the hair that is clipped. Secretary Holbrook says that he hopes soon to find proof of an actual case of ocking. He thought at one time of send- ing a horse to a groom belonging to a rich man here, who is suspected of making money in his leisure moments by docking 1orses, and boarding them in his master’s stables till they have recovered from the operation, but on seeond thought the sec- retary decided that he would not be justi- fied in allowing the cruelty for the pur- pose of securing aconviction. The officers | of the society are gathering information, | however, and they hold some clews which | lead them to hope that they will soon have | | sufficient information to make an arrest. Eugene F. Bearns Arrested on a Warrant ¥rom Delano, Kern County. Engene F. Bearns, alias De Beers, was arrested yesterday by Policeman C. M. Barnes, on a warrant from Kern County charging him with abduction. 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