The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 29, 1896, Page 13

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1896. 13 —_—— e ey e e e e e 38 _ln_teresting Rei)ort of Important Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County]| SHOT AT HER HUSBAND, A Barber's Wife Objected to His Absence From His Home, RECONCILED AT THE HOSPITAL. | A Youth Who Eloped With a Married Woman Is Quickly Caught and { Lodged in Jail. | Oaxraxp OrricE SAN Fraxaisco Cary,) | 907 Broadway, Jan. 28. } | ed by a little child to the room occu- | pied by her recreant husband, Mrs. Bianchi | shot and tried to kill John Bianchi this | mworning. The bullet made a serious | wound in the man's back. The woman expressed some regret at the Receiving Hospital and they went home together. John Bianchi is a barber doing business | at the Newland House. He married his | present wife about six months ago and all went well till about a month ago. Then | Bianchi stayed away from his home for a | couple of days at a time, and Mrs. Bianchi obtained proof that her husband was not | as faithful as morals and law demanded. She made several attempts to catch him in | his new quarters, but was not able to locate | him. This she did this morning with the aid of a stepdaughter. Mrs. Bianchi’s sis- ter was Bianchi's first wife, and it was the child of her gead sister that was the means this morning of finding her husband. As soon as the little child had shown her stepmother where her father was Mrs. Bianchi entered without ceremony and fired point blank at her husband. The bullet struck his left shoulder-blade and glanced toward the right blade. Bianchi at once grappled with his wife and wrenched the pistol from her before she had time to fire a cecond time. The woman then half-swooned and was very | anxious to get her husbanc to the hospi- | tal that his life, if possible, might be saved. The doctors extracted the bullet, and in a | few weeks it is expected that Bianchi will be no worse for his narrow escape. | At the hospital Mrs. Bianchisaid: “Why | do you leave your lawful wife and run off with another woman? I meant to kill you and then kill myself. That is what I ought to have done. You have supported me only poorly, and instead of saving our vou have sper for some other | iattempted to deny that there nother woman in the case, but his ed that there were in the room that were not usu- re they left, their up, and there AN ELOPEMENT SPOILED. A Youth Robs a Till and Flees With | Another Man’s Wife. i OAKLAND, Can, Jan. 28.—William Keileher and Mrs. V. Sandt were ar- rested at Ingleside early this morming and brought to Oakland later. Yesterday aft- ernc n Herman Kosta, a grocer, reported to the police that his clerk, William Kel- | leher, had gone, and so had the contents s cashbox, about $85. A little Jater eported that Mrs. Van Sandt, wife | ard employe, was also miss- | ing Late last ni the police bt a report was received by at the couple had been seen in San Francisco voing toward the Ingle- side racetr: k. Officer Lamping was de- stigate, and he was accom- | ‘an Sandt. About1o'clock | the guilty pair were located | near the course. Tne officer broke in the door, but before he could get the handcuffs on Kelleher the th. who is not yet 18 years old, and Sandt bad become mixed. Lamping ed them and took his prisoners to San Francisco prison for the night. | his morning they were brought to Oak- | and complaints have been filed | ing both with grand larceny. i en arresied they both protested their | innocence, and a search of Kelleher onty produced a quarter. When the woman | was searched $72 was found secreted in | ber stocking, and in her pocket was | Kosta’s revolver. They are both very re- pentant. CANAL OR HAKEOR. Delegate McLean of Alameda Not in Yavor in Oakland. t OAKLAND, Car., Jan. — Anditor Bnow has received a note from H. Wein-l stock of Sacramento, secretary of the River ‘ and Harbor Improvement Association, asking him to draw a warrant for the $250 | appropriated by the Council to help pay | the expenses of Dr. McLean of Alameda | at Washington. 3 The Auditor has declined to draw the warrant and has forwarded the following reply to Secretary Weinstock: I am in recelpt of your communication of 25th inst. with reference to the sum?Zof $250 Which the Council of this city has sught to | donate to the association which you represent. Some texpayers have objected 10 the payment of this sum out of the city treasury, there is & question whether or not it i use of public funds,I will give the ci benefit of th Iy to draw the warrant. i inion th at made on 1am of the op i the objections of taxpayers have bee { account of the selec of a representative | who 18 reported as being interested in lessthan i | the whole of Oakland harbor Dr. McLean wants the tidal canal to get the benefit of an appropriation and some of the Oakland merchants want the har- | bor improving first. They want deep | water to all of the wharves before the canal is dredged through. Steps are being taken to apprise Congressman Hilborn of | the facts and to request him to see that Dr. McLean does not benefit Alameda at | the expense of Oakland. STUCK A K> FE IN HIM. How Dr. Crowley Selentifically Exam- | ined Colonel Wettstein. OAKLAND, CaL., Jan. 28.—The trial of Colonel A. Wettstein against the Southern I Company for $25,000 damages brought out some interesting testimony to- day. Attorney A. A. Moore, for the com- pany, recalled Dr. Kuckein for cross- examination, and asked him why he called an agent of the railroad company a The witness was asked if it neces- sarily followed that because a man was hunting for evidence that Le was a spy, The doctor said he did not know, but he guessed he was not far wrong. Dr. Crowley was the next witness. In his testimony he said that he carefully ex- | amined the plaintiff as regards sensibllity to pain. “I conducted the examination.” said the doctor, “by scratching the surface of the foot. It is difficult to keep the foot quiet during such an examination. In dition to this, 1 took a knife and thrust the biade into inflared parts of the foot when the patient was lying on the operating table and the patient did not move. By breaking the skin I did not find reflex. on the right leg thatl would have found on the left leg.”” It was &lso learned that the doctor charged $50 perday for expert testimory. The case will last many days yet, as there are lots of doctors to be neard. A SAFE EXPLODED AT LAST. A Neat ‘but Very Unprofitable Job in East Oakland. QAKLAND, Cav., Jan, 28.—The two lads who were so neatly caught the other night { where the explos | Manuel of that body has done some his- | torical work in self-defense. He has gone | | essessment for ‘the south line sewer at Lorin. | of music at Hoitt’s Oak Grove school, was a with a new set of safe-cracking toolsin their possession are not the people who have been cracking a safe about every other night for a couple of weeks past. Last night the safe of C. M. Jenkins & Co., at Kast Twellth street, was blown open and the door was completely separated from its hinges. An entrance was gained by a skeleton key, as the door of the office was not injured. The detectives are of the opinion that nitro-glycerine must have been used by the burglars. Jmlginfi by the effect the explosion must have been very heavy. Several articles of furniture were broken and the office windows were smashed. The handle of the safe was blown clear through a window of the office into the main buitding. The explo- sion, however, did not arouse any one in the neighborhood. Officers Jacobus and Nedderman, who are on duty in that sec- tion, did not heac it. The burglar did not obtain any money at all, for the firm kept nothing in the safe but books and private papers. The mill ion occurred 1s situated in the Commerce-street hollow, and prob- ably on that account the explosion was not heard. Although half a dozen safes have been bored into during the past two weeks, this is the first case in which a fuse was used. Mayrisch Is Free. OAKLAND, CaL., Jan. 28.—Ernest May- risch Jr. was acquitted by a jury to-day of the charge of embezzlement brought against him by the late Grand Jury. To- day J. Leo Parkes, a former deputy in the office, testified to the system employed and the possibility of error. Deputy District Attorney Church re- viewed the evidence and claimed that the facts showed thav the shortage bad oc- curred in the accounts of which Mayrisch was in charge, and be had admitted that he was responsible for it. He asked for a verdict of guilty. Attorney W. W. Foote argued for the defendant. He said tbere was no proof of ninal intent. The evidence showed there was liability to error and that Mayrisch’s conduct had been that of an honest man. He referred to the good reputation of the young man and asked the jury to restore him to his wife and child and his parents cleared from the stain which it was sought to fasten upon him by a conviction of this crime. The father, mother, wife and little son of the defendant were in the courtroom and the wife and mother were moved to tears by Mr. Foote’s plea. Judge Frick occunied about an hour in cLarging the jury. After being out about fifteen minutes a verdict of ‘‘not guilty”’ wae returned. The Tables Turned. OAKLAND, CAL., Jan. 28.—For several days past there have been columns of mat- ter in the local papers calling attention to the impassable condition of East Twelfth street, the only highway 1nto Bast Oak: land. As these communications and in- | terviews were all from property-owners and reflected indirectly on the Council for | not having the street repaired, President | back four years, and to-night he published a statement that shows that every time the Council has adopted a resolution to re- macadamize 1he street the property-owners | have defeated it by protest. At the Macdonough. OAKLAND. Car., Jan. | Kentucky” will come to the cdonough | next Monday for three nights and a y matinee. Seats will be on Thursday, January 30, and a rush for tickets is assured. Popular prices | will rule. February 6, Louis James comes for three nights and a Saturday matinee. The Frawley Company will present on February 10 their latest triumph, “Men and Women,” for the testimcnial benefit tendered Charles E. Cook. Ended His Lifo. D, Cav., Jan. 29.—Charles Beer- ng man who came to this city 20, committed suicide at 12:30 o’clock to-night by shooting himself in the | head. He went to the ounds of the Chabot Observatory and fired the shot | that ended his hife. “But little is known of | Beering. 1In his pocket was the address of | 8. Berry, sixth floor, Mills building, San Francisco. Mrs. Harmon Gets Alimony. OAKLAND, Cav., Jan. —In the- suit | of Frauces Harmon against L. C. Har- mon for a divorce on the ground of cru- | elty, the petition of plaintiif for s and counsel fees was heard to-day allowance of $100 per month and for | fees was ordered. The parties live near | Ban Leandro and Harmon is said to be worth $25,000. He claims he has given his | wife property worth $10,000. For Calvin McDonald. OAKLAND, Car.,, Jan. 28.—Calvin B. McDorald, an old-time journalist who is | now 72 years of age, is in want, and frienas are coming to his reiief. Many subscrip. | tions have been sent to his friends for his | benefit, and Under Sheriff Harlow will probably act as trustee of the fund. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. OALLAND GFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Jan. 28, f There is tobe a meeting of Republicans at Milton Hall on Friday evening, when steps will be taken to organize a Second Ward cam- paign club. Edward Duffy, the alleged bigemist, who es- ceped from the County Jail awaiting trial, is supposed to_have shipped on the schooner Golden Shore, believed to have foundered at sea. Twenty-four lien suits have been filed by the California Bridge Company on account of the “In OI1d There are about sixty delinquents. The bond of Mrs. Kate Kirkham Wheeler as guardian of her mother, Mrs. Kate Edith Kirkham, was to-day reduced from $116,000 10 $30,000 upon the deposit of certain stocks and bonds with the Union Trust Company. Harry A. Culhane has sued the Southern Pacifl for $5000 damages. While employ o January 27, 1894, in & collision while riding from thie mole to the yard on & switch-engine, Application has been made to the Superior Court for the removal of Attorney George H. Perry as assignee of the estate of Louis Meyer, the restaurant man of San Franefsco, who is trying 10 secure a discharge irom insclvency. Mrs. W. H. Jackson, daughter of J. A, Robin- ssn of the County Clerk’s office, who i3 teacher | pussenger on the wrecked train near Sax Mateo Sundaey. She escaped without injury, save a scare and shake-up. Professor William Carey Jones, professor of Jegal jurisprudence at the university, will ad- ess ihe Alameda County Law Association to- morrow eveniug on the “Constitutional De- cisions of the United States Supreme Court nce the Civil War.” The Germen Bavings and Loan Society has osed a morigage of $12,000 made by Susan ys and Anicon Barstow upon property on Central avenue near Prospect street, Alameda. The total amount, including principal, interest and costs, is $15,807. S. 8. Simon, the cowboy detective, who was sent 1o the County Juil for six months for hav- ing unstamped cigars in his possession, has made nprhemon 1o the Board of Supervisors 1o be allowed thirty days’ cradit for good be- hnxvlor under the provisionsof the Goodwin act. _The sill ot James McPeake, who died in this city on January 17, was filed for probate in the Superior Court to-day. The deceased be- aueathed a $1500 estate to bis brother, Michael McPeake, “in exclusion of ail other ives, believing,” the clause recites, “‘that he isen- titled to the whole thereof.” The property con- sists of a house and lot in East Onakland. Judge Ellsworth to-day made an order di- recting Joln Lo:d Love, assignee of the insol- vent estate of Arthur W. Bowman, and Nath- anicl J. Britton to appear on February 10 and show cause why a fiiial acconnting shouid not be filed and a payment of an 18 per cent divi- dend made upon the claim of J. M. Mansfield. Bowman was declared an iusolvent eleven years ago. fores H ——— . Large tracts of sand wastes are now be- ing reclaimed along the Welsh coast. Series of parallel fences are put up sea- ward, closely interwoven with wires and furze, and spaces between these posts are filled h earth and road-scrapings. In these various trees, such as sycamore, wil- low, pine and alder, are planted,while the ridges are sown with gorse and broomsced May 21, while | the company he was hurt on | and planted with brier, i by all taking any interest in the matter what- ever, that I will get out the new great register without a dollar’s expense to this county, and every man who is entitled to vote will be reg- istered, As far as cancellation of the oid great register isconcerned, it Vas upon my repre- sentation aud at my desire that the Board of Supervisors canceled it, and I will cheerfully assume all responsibility in that connection. As every one knows who has had oceasion to examine the present great register, it is a shame and disgrace to the county. There are several thousand names on that register that do not belong there, and to lllemPL to purge the old great re%istm- with the information that I have at hand would bé & most unsatis - factory task, and in the end would only result in criticism and dissatisfaction, 1 have nearly six months in which to regis- ter the voters of this county, some 22,000 in number, and I have no fear but that T will be able to put every man on the register. I am now taking time by vae forelock, and am pre- paring the affidavit of every voter whose name appears on the last great register and also in the directory of Oakland, Alameda and Berke- ley. In addition to that, I sm sending to prominent people throughout the county the precinet register of country distriéts, and they are taking the names of those who are bona- fide residents and voters. When these marked 1 rned to me affidavits will be m also. v of February atleast 15,000 be mailed “throughout the | county, together lwim these aflidavits will go i ing | i0struciions to the voter as to the course to Corral Hollow coal mines has been going | {23\ order toget his name on the register, on Livermore has become the central point | In the country, prominent, intelligent and re- of interest in the interior of the county, | liable gentlemen have, as much for the accom- g A %7 | modation of the people intheir respective lo- To aid 1n brmgmg into publicity the many | calities as to help me, kindly consexflen o ad- resources of the fertile valley and to help | minister the oath necessary to each voter LADIES WITH A PURPOSE, They Organize a League to Fur- ther Livermore’s In- terests. ARE NOW ACTIVELY AT WORK. The Development of the Corral Hollow Mines Is Progressing Very Rapidly. OARLAND Orrice SAN Fraxcisco CALL,) ! 908 Broadway, Jan. 28, | Since the active work of developing the | Mrs. Emma B. Coffman, Vice-President, and Mrs. Mae I. Beck, President of the Ladics’ League of Progress of Livermorc Valley. [Reproduced from photographs taken by the Livermore Herald.] the progress of the town the ladies have | applying for registration and to have the . foe? >ro- | Afidavit when perfected forwarded to this just organized the Ladies’ League of Pro- | T opect o iarein ey e gress. | county from two to ten responsible The league was formally started a few | ative citizens who will assist in the days ago, and is already outlining work of rof registration. Noone need have any 0 y i uneasiness whatever in regard to this registra- a practical nature, The society elected | Mrs. Mae I. Beck opresideat. She 1s a | tion matter, native of Livermore Valley, a graduate of ohe of the best known Pacific Coast sem- THE inaries and a lady of spirit and culture. | Mrs. Coffman, the vice-president, a lady | of culture and grace of manner, fittingly | represents the valley women, whose co- | operation with the public-spirited women | of the town is the scheme of the league. Mrs. Bistorious is secretary of the | league. She is a business woman, and | from that standpoint, as well as from her | interest in the social and moral growth of | S the community, she is earnestly inter- | He Points Out Their Ignorance in ested in the new society. Mrs. Gordon, A the treasurer, was from thl;: first one of Speaking of Keeping the In- the most active promoters of the new so- P ciety. The first work that the Iadies have struments in Cases. undertaken i? the orgsmz:uion of ;Ipublic library and free reading-room. The va- | % rious branches of home indusiry will be | T0e Teport of Mrs. J. ] ; taken up by the Ladies’ Leazue and every- | sented to the Woman's Federation at its thing vossible wiil be done to further the | meetine on Monday night, giving an ac- interests of the valley. | count of a visit to the Receiving Hospital, During the past few weeks much work | afforded more amusement than annoyance has been done at the Corral Hollow mines, | to Dr. Weil, the head surgeon, and his as- and the outlook is more favorable the | j.io:4c farther the work proceeds. The veins|S'S.ants ¥ bave been traced and explored for over | Lhe statements in the report were al- iz miies and many tunnels and shafts | most entirely at variance with the state- have been sunk. A large shaft is now | ments mads by Mrs. Faw, one of the com- being sunk at the rate of tive feet a day. | mittee, at the time of the visit. It will be 300 feet deep and 11 by 22feet | ‘“The statement that the hospital was in square. Itis estimated that there is coal | charge of boys.” said Dr. \Veirye;lerdny, enough in the mines to supply the needs | ‘‘is notin accordance with the facta. Itis of the State for the next fifty years. | never in charge of boys. That day Dr, In order to build the projécted road from | Fitzgibbon was absent by permission at Oakland to the Corral Hollow minesa long | the funeral of a relative, but Dr. Helms, WOMAN'S FEDERATION Dr. Weil Takes Exception the Statements of Its Committee. to J. B. Bruner, pre- ] N T il S el ENTRANCE TO A 3000-FOOT TUNNEL, CORRAL HOLLOW COAL MINES. tunnel will be necessary, but Mr. Tread- | the interne appointed by the Board of well and the engineers are not at all dis- | Health, was in charge. In the afternoon mayed at this. The work done onthe | Dr. Hetms received a telegram that his mine has thorouehly demonstrated tne | mother was seriously ill, and he left in formation through which it will pass, so | time to catch a train.” I toid the steward that they are in a position {o prove that a | to call me by telephone if any cases came double-track tunnel can be built and tim- | in, and I attended to two cases, till Dr, bered for $20 per foot and that it can be | Thompson and Dr. Stice reported on duty built at the rate of twenty-five to thirty | at their usual hour. feet per dafv, working from both ends, so | ‘It isall nonsensefor them to talk about that it could be completed 1n eight or nine keeping the instruments in small cases montbs. No expense is being spared on the i and 1t shows their ignorance. This is an road now in course of construction. The emergency hospital and the instruments steel drawbridge across the San Joaquin | must be Kept where they can be reached will be one of "the best in the State. All | atany moment. it would be no advan- otlier parts of the road are being equally | tage in regard to rust to keep the instra- solidly built, and in view of the fact that | ments in small cases, and it is much easier a much inferior road would answer the |to see rust on them in the way they are purpose of a coal-carrier the belef that it | kept here than if they were kept in small will be pushed through to San Francisco | cases. seems to be fully warranted. “T admit that our instruments are poor i e ] iand I have drawn the attention of the WILL BE A NEW REGISTER. |Board of Health to the need of better Clerk Jordan Says No Voter Tg in Fear ones, and until we cet them we have to do of Being Disfranchised. the best we can. OAKLAND OFFICE §AN FRANCISCO CALL,} “They say there was no woman about 908 Broadway, Jan. 28, the place when, as a matter of fact, Mrs. No one will be disfranchised because the Keane, the matron, was with them for some hours and gave them all the infor- county cannot legally make an appropria- tion to get outa new great register. All mation they asked. I cannot understand why they could have made such erroneous the published opinions of politicians and others cut no figure with County Clerk statements.” SR e AR Jordan. The latter said: Armenia, which is now playing so im- portant a part in the politics of the world, 1s an indefinite extent of country—its There will be denger of many losing the 7 ik Tight 10 vote through the cancellation of tne | POundaries being variously estimated to et Tegister. AS T'am te.one most deeply | contain all the z"Y from 50,000 to 150,000 interested in. this matter of registration, I square miles. Part of it is in Asiatic will say, and I want it distinctly understood Turkey and part in Russia and Persia, WRITES T0 THE STUDENTS Regent Reinstein Lays His Plans Before the Berkeley Collegians. EXPRESSES FAITH IN THEM. Important Meeting of the Town Board. To Determine Who Are Cham- pions—News Notes. Tk BERKELLY, CaL., Jan. 28.—An open letter to Berkeley students from Regent J. B. Reinstein , in which he gives his plans for carrying out the proposed new improve- ments to the campus, was published in this morning’s issue of the university daily. The communization was of con- siderable length, and pointed out in detail the many fmprovements needed on the grounds and those which are possiblé to be made by the ‘“student labor.” The let- ter was intended to furnish the students with a complete and succinct outline of just what they will be expected to do when they don the blue jeans and lineupasa pick-and-shovel brigade. There has been much anxiety on the part of the students to know at what date the work will be commenced and how they will be organized to carry it on, In his letter the rezent said: Time when work will begin deper.ds on the rapidity with which Professor Hilgard can safely remove the valuable plants and growths on the lines of the new entrance after this line is surveyed and staked out. This should not take longer than ten days from this date. The proposed programme ofstudent lebor is to use the military organization—simply to have students fall in in their respective companies nunder the leadership of Mr. McLaren at 8 A. M. The entire male student body will then be di- vided into two squads—first to work from 810 10 o'clock, second from 10 to 12. The first squad will then work from 1 to 3 o'clock, second squad 3 to 5, which will give four hours for each squad, fwo hours at a time with three houys’ rest. ' This plan was suggested by one of the students and seemed in every way a de- sirable one. The work will consist solely of picking, shoveling and wheelbarrowing, the cutting of any pines or bridge-building being done pre- liminarily. ‘There will be an experienced workman with each squad. A complete cessation of university work is cnuremfilmed for the two, three or four days the work is going on. This, however, bas not been finally decided. In relation to the willingness and pur- pose on the part of the students to live up to their word when they shouted with one voice, “We will,” and to allay any misap- prehension on the part of those who do not believe that the student body meant what they saia, he stated: There is just a tinge of doubt in the minds of some of thé regents who are not graduates of the university as to the ability—possibly even the willingness—of the students to do the work anticipated of them. I know and heartily assure the student-body that the doubt {s not intended as a reflection on them, but I believe it gives a desirable op- portunity to convinee ali concerned of the “‘powers ana purposes” of the students of Cali- fornia University. Trustees’ Meoting. At the meeting of the Board of Town Trustees last night, A. D. Wilder of the Southern Pacific Company appeared to protest against the ordinance limiting the ipred of trains in Berkeley to ten miles an our, Mr. Wilder stated that if such regula- tions were enforced, it would be necessary for his company to reduce the number ot trains, as, with a maximum speed of ten miles, the trains could not complete the trip from the mole to Berryman and re- turn in the time aliotted to them. Tne matter was referred to a special commit- tee, to be reported upon at the next board meeting. Attorney W. H. Waste addressed the board in behalf of the protestants against the new license ordinance relating to the taxation of vehicles, A petition siEned by forty-four names was presented asking for the repeal of the section touching on vehi- cles. A letter was read from Attorneys Fitz- gerald and Abbott of Oakland addressed to the Town Attorney with reference to John Casey’s upplication for a liquor license, which the board had refused to grant. The attorneys stated that Casey had placed the matter in their hands, and that 1f nothing was done toward granting his application they would be compelled to take the matter into court and have it de- termined whether a board of trustees has the power to deny without any reason therefor the application of any one to sell liquor when there are no protests or any- thing to show that the applicant is not en- titled to the permission. Bills to the amount of $1181 44 were al- Jowed from the general fund and $188 56 from the road fund. The boara will meet next Saturday even- ing as a committee of the whole to con- sider the question of water rates. Who Are the Champions? BERKELEY, Car., Jan. 28.—Arthur W. North, when eiected president of the West- ern Intercollegiate Amateur Atnletic As- sociation, said that ke bad a scheme to benelfit athletics. This scheme took form at the meeting of the assoctation held in Chicago January 17, from which word has just been re- ceived. President North had cailed the meeting to organize the executive com- mittee and to consider his promised plan. The committee organized as follows: President, A. W. North, University of California; vice-president, P. L. Blodgett, Grinnell College, Towa; secretary, G. A. Bliss, University of Chicago; treasurer, C. M. Lewis, University of Illinois; and W. B. Allison, State Uniyersity of Iowa; W. B. Kay, Northwestern University; H. F. Cochems, University of Wisconsin. North’s proposition was that the W. 1. A. A. A. take steps toward formingz an alliance with the I. A. A. A. A. to hold an annual championship contest between the individual winners of the two associations, which was adopted. This has been North's pet plan since his return from the East with the U. C. track team, and he has corresponded with Caspar Whitney, John V. Crum, Captain Sheidon and other noted athletes in regard to it. Tithe I. A. A. A, A. adonts this proposi- tion it will become possible to say who are the real collegiate champions of the United States, whereas at the present time it is quite impossible. Crushed by a Dray. BERKELEY, Car., Jan. 28—A. W. From, a drayman, is lying at his home on Eighth street seriously injured as the re- sult of an accident which occurred yester- day. He was driving down University avenue when oneof the front wheels of his dray ran into a hole, throwing him beneath the wheels. He was found lying in the road in an unconscions condition. Upon being removed to his home it was discovered that his face was badly bruised and his head cut, while there was a huge gash _on hig left leg where one of the arteries was severed. The physician states that it will be a considerable length of time before the injured man will be able to go about his work again. Crescents’ Ladies’ Night. BERKELEY, Cav., Jan. 28.—The Cres- cent Athletic Club has decided not to give a gentlemen’s night, but instead a ladies’ night will be given on February 6. The programme will be made up of an athletic exhibition and vocal and instrumental music, followed by a dancing party. A Big Center Coming. BERKELEY, CAL., Jan. 28.—The Uni- versity of California football team has th prospect of having for next fall a big cen- l ter rush in the person of Birdsall of Sacra- mento. He weighs over 200 pounds and stands 5 feet 10 inches in height. He has had considerable exverience in the Sacra- mento Atbletic Club eleven and in the High School team. The Berkeley team is in great need of heavy men for the center, and they are confident that the acquisition of Birdsall will be much to their advantage. Singers to Play Ball. BERKELEY, CAv., Jan. 28.—The Uni- versity Glee Clnb sent a challenge 1o the football team yesterday for a game of baseball. The’ challenge bas been ac- cepted, and Saturday, February 8, set as the day for the contest of the warblers and the pigskin chasers, WEDDING OF MISS WAITE A Daughter of the Late Secre- tary of State United to W. C. Bryan. Wires Not to Be Cut in Alameda in Order to Permit the Moving of Houses. ALAMEDA, Car., Jan. 28.—Miss Edith Waite, youngest daughter of the late E. G. Waite, Secretary of State, was married on Monday evening last to William C. Bryan of Sacramento. The ceremony took place at the residence of the bride’'s mother, 2026 | Central avenue, and Rev. W. W. Scudder of the First Congregational Church offi- ciated. The groom is prominent in rail- road circles of the capital city and the THE BACHELORS DISBAND A Graceful but Complete Capitu- lation by the Alameda Club. FOUR OF THE MEN ENGAGED. It Is Expected That the Leap-Year Wedding List Will Be the Great. est on Record. The Alameda Bachelors’ Club has given up the leap-year fight and disbanded. It is said that four of the members have be- come engaged since the girls announced as an ultimatum that kissing would be per- mitted only after betrothal, and these members and some of the others secretly agreed that the self-imposed system of fines could not be maintained during the year. Complete and unconditional is the eapit- ulation. ‘The girls have won their victory, and it is the rule in the beautiful city of the En- cinal that there is to be no more ante- engagement kissing until 1897. It is ex« pected that the wedaing list will be twice as great as during any previous year, for the present surrender on the part of men has been graceful and unanimous, and the MOTTO OF THE ALAMEDA GIRLS —“YOU SHA | young couple will settle there to live, hav- ing a home all prepared for their recep- | tion. An Ordinance Void. ALAMEDA, Car., Jan. 25.—A house- | mover named Henderson had a contract | last summer to move a house from a point | on San Antonio avenue 1o a point on | Santa Clara avenue. There is a municipsl | ordinance which requires that buildings | that aré being moved must be moved | across railway tracks between the hours of 12 o’clock midnight and 5 A. M., s0 as not. to interrupt traffic, and that the wires of | electric railways must be cut when de- mand for it is made. Henderson got the house on the tracks one night and could not get it off before 9 o’clock the next morning. There was a consequent block- ade of the electric railway, and the man- ager sued the house-mover to recover dam- ages therefor, together with costs. ‘The trial took place before Recorder St. Sure, who rendered a decision favorable to | the railway and declaring the house-mov- ing ordinance to be invalid. The decision recites that an ordinance granting a fran- chise to the electric railway was. first granted and that the house-moving ordi- nance, so-called, is an infringement of the | rights granted by the franchise ordinance | and was therefore of no force. The Recorder assessed the damages re- sulung from cutting the wire at $30 and | lost fares because of the foreed idleness of | the road at $10 more, making a total of $40 | which the company was entitled to collect. | Cost of Electric Light. ALAMEDA, Car., Jan. 28.—Some idea may now be obtained of the amount of money that is likely to be spent by the municipai board in expanding and enlarg- ing the city's electricjplant. On Monday night proposals to erect the additional building and to furnish machinery were opened. The lowest bid for the building was $1970 and the lowest bid for engine and boilers was $14,767. That includes no electrical machinery nor the setting up and starting of the new plant. Before it is ready to run $20,000 at least will have been expended in construction. Last year $19,- 000 and upward was expended in con- struction with the result that butlittle was accomplished and as much more money is now necessary to meet the requirements, Items of Interest. ALAMEDA, CaL., Jan. 28.—John Wil- son, for several years engaged in the butcher business in Alameda, died last Sunday at his home in Columbia of con- sumption. { Ernst Mayrisch has a great many | friends, who ‘last night warmly congratu- | lated bim on his acquirtal of the charge of embezzlement, brought because of the ! shortage in the County Treasurer's office. The ordinance prohibiting the mainte- nance of vegembxg and truck fields within certain boundaries has been repealed,with the understanding that it be re-enacted in the autumn. It was working a hardship, as many gardeners had leased land and vrepared it for crops. The funeral of J. T. Gray will take place to-day (Wednesday) at 10:30 o’clock. The City Clerk has served notice on all city officials to move into the new City Hall on or before February 1. —————— A Few Concise Thoughts. It is a waste of time to put coal on the furnace with sugar tongs. Try a shovel. To prevent children losing their mittens | or gioves whip them with a stout stick. A wash-boiler should pot be left in the drawing-room, especially if guests are ex- pected. | A sleeping apartment cannot be suffi- ciently ventilated by the windows in a neighbor’s house. To restore a tarnished conscience remove it from its solution of lie and polish vigor- ously with unaduiteraied trath. It is wiser not to attempt to make a grand piano at home. A more satisfactory article may be obtained at any reliable manufactory. It is no longer considered good form to carry home irom a dinner party the spoons and forks because you happen to like the pattern. To keep your children's teeth from de- caying have them extracted while the lit- tle ones are still at a tender age. Lay them away in some cool, dry place. No woman can hope to retain competent servants if she expects them to sleep in the refrigerator. Give them a comfortable bed upon the back doorstep. airy and well lighted.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. —————— Xenophon's Ten Thousand went 600 miles in thirty days; the Romans, marching against Hasdrabul in the second Punic war, covered 250 miles in seven days, and the troops of Severus only occupied forty days for a march of 800 miles. li‘he only modern instance 5!_\'0\1 to match these feats is an expedition of Cromwell’s, whose troops got from Edinburgh to meur atan average speed of twenty miles a day. Llute; conflict has exposed the seriousness of be- ing eligible ta a bachelors’ club. It was all prearranged before the final meeting of the vanquished organization, and when the members came together they all knew the club was to be dis- banded. Postmaster Stoddard, according to the report made public yesterday in Alameda, began the proceedings by moving that the reading of the minutes of the preceding meeting be dispensed with. “Burn 'em up!” and ““We don’t want to hear them!”’ were among the shouts heard in response, and then President Smiley made a speech. He said, in part Ihad hopes that this elub would fill a long- felt want and sccomplish an abundance of £ood for its members, but 1 realize that I was sadly mistaken, The exnerience of the last four days has taught me a sad Jesson. If this tning keeps up much longer life will cease to have any charm whatever for me. Judge St. Sure and Lawyer Simpson arose simultaneously to say that if the club were to be disbanded the proceedings should be in a legal manner, o as to leave no doubt that the organization had gone out of existence. 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NABEE, ALFS & BRUNE, Agents, 323 Ma: St., S. F. d "for Circul AUCTION SALES, M. MARCUSE, AUCTIONEER, 18 Broadway, Oakland. PEREMPTORY AUCTION SALE ——OF THE—— SUNSET #ANUFACTURING co. O-MORROW. Thursday...... _-January 30, 1896, At 10:30 A. M., At 207 and 209 Sacramento St., Cor. Davis, San Francisco. Stock comprises, raady for market, Alaskan Seal Ol Dressing, Flavoring Extracts, Inks and Oits. Also, Furniture, Machinery, Copper Kettles, La- bels, Corks, Boitles, etc. Terms Cash. Sale abso M. MARCUSE, Auctioneer.