The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 4, 1896, Page 13

_THE SAN FRANCISCO OALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, Interesting Report of Important Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County 500D GOVERNMENT CLUB Councilmen Surprised by the Ap- pearance of Its At- torney. THE CALL'S STORY VERIFIED. Shattuck Withdraws His Offer for a Wilmerding School Site at Berkeley. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Fra 408 Broadw The report in THE CalL two months ago of the existence and purposes of a Good Government Club to keep watch of the city officials and finances was solidly corroborated to-day by an interview with ex-Congressman John R. Glascock. For some months there has existed an organization which considered as its work the guarding of the public funds. It was said that the organization was brought ebout by the desire of a certain citizen clement to see Mayor Davie's dollar tax levy carry the city through the year and not cause any deficiency or shut off any needed improvements. John R. Glascock was the first to an- nounce outright that there was such an organization, and his announcement was made at a special meeting of the Council when charges against School Director Moody and City Engineer Wilson were being considered. e was allowed the floor to speak, but was asked whether he appeared as an‘attorney or as a citizen. He replied that he-appeared in both ca- pacities and also as a member of the Good Government Club. In reply to further questioning Mr. Glas- cock said that the club was still in the pro- cess of organization and its purpose was to protect the city from dishonest officials, He said he bad aiways taken a deep inter- est in the city affairs during his residence of thirty years, and that all he wanted was to see the city have a good, clean, hon- est government. ~ He denied the story that he had advised the Mayor to sign a requi- sition Wilson presented so as to get a chance to throw Wilson out of office. Speaking of the matter afterward Mr, Glascock said; ‘1 went to tie meeting as chairman of the Good Government Club to oppose the payment of the claims for the plat books made in the City Engineer's ofice. 1did not go as the attorney for the Mayor as has been saia. The club is only in its formative state and its intention is to have it of leading and . influen- tial citizens. No charge has been made to the club that a fund of $3500 had been raised to belp out if the tax levy failed to furnish the city sufficient to run on until the next ievy, and I believe it is only the work of some dissatisfied Populists.” Mr. Towle said he knew nothing about the charge save that it was a general rumor that a purse had Leen raised to pre- vent the passage of an ordinance provid- ing for more than a levy of $1. ixpert Kaufman wasasked whether v is paid out of the money ailleged 10 have been raised to prevent the passage of an ordirance calling for more than a tax levy of $1, as alieged. Said "he: “My salary is paid by the Mayor and the city. Part of it comes out of the general fund. I have also private employment which enables me to make [ enough to live.” Mayor Davie said: “Towle and Wilson made the charge of a fund being raised, but there is not a word of truth in it. That rumor was started a mounth ago, and was intended to injure me. When I asked Wilson wko bad told him, he said hedidn’t want to tell. I told him that he ought to heave kept quiet then until he could sub- stantiate the charge. 1 asked him whether he would net have collected the money if I had signed the requisition. With me, it was simply a standing under the charter.” SHATTUCK WITHDRAWS, His Wilmerding School Site Offer Open No Longer. OAKLAND, CaL.,, Feb. 3—F. K. Shat- tuck has withdrawn s offer of a block of land in Berkeley for the Wilmerding School site.” When asked for his reason to-day he said: “Something over six months ago I ad- dressed a letter to Albert Miller, one of the regents of the University of California and chairman of that body’s committee to select a site for the Wilmerding School, offering to them’ the site referres to, and to this day have never received an: acknowledgment of the letter or offer. { Lad concluded they did not want it; so last week I wrote him referring to this fact and concluding by saying I took their silence as meaning thai they preferred come other site,'so would withdraw my offer, - That is the situation at present.” In response to a letter gent to Mr. Hil- born a week a:jgo to-day the following tele- gram was to-day received: WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3.—Put me down on your hundred-doliar 1ist to secure to Oak- land the Wilmerding Trades School. 8. G. HiLsory, Of the original $100 subscribers on ex- Mayor W. R. Davis’ list fully one-haif bave decided to double their subscriptions. DITORS. Now Hard at Work on Their Hollday Paper. OAKLAND, Cavn, Feb. 3.—The ladies who are to issue the Enquirer on February 22 are now getting their affairs rapidly settled, City Editor Mrs. S. C. Borland has partially made out her detail-book, and the assignments are as follows: Mrs, Florence Hardiman Miller, interviews with business people; Mrs, Clarigsa Morris, West Uakland railroad matters, ete. ; Miss Mabel Hussey, North Oakiand; Miss Florence McDonzald, East Berkeley and the univer- sity, Among the otliers unassiened and who will do the general skirmishing for the news of the day are: Mrs. Emma Seckle Marshall, Mrs. Emily, C. Remsen, Mrs. £, E. Echlin. In one of the meetings Mrs, Borland expressed the sentiment of all those interested when she remsrked: *[ hope the dear public who patronize us will be satisfied with a little less than perfec- tion, for if we women sncoeed too well it will be a reflection upon the gentlemen who have been long in the field.” MOODY IMPROVING. He Tells How His Nearly Fatal Acei- dent Happened OAKLAND, CAL., Feb. 3,—Captain Wil- liam C. Moody, son of 'V. D. Moody, the capitalist and banker, has so far recovered from the effects of the injuries received on board of his yacht, the Bonita, during the gale of January 24 as to tell how the acci- dent occurred. He saysthe vessel dragged her anchor and pounded against the tim- bers of Jong wharl. He went on deck to make zn effort to sheer off and set sail suf- ficient to clear the pier. 3 ? He was braced against the mast of the boat and making an effort to shove her off, when she pitched and his head was caugiit between the mast and projecting stringer of the wharf. The greatest force of the blow fell upon the head back of the ear. His condition bLas now so improved that his ultimate recovery iscongidered certain, but it is feared his hearing is permanently impaired. [¥emale Shoplifters. QAKLAND, Can, Feb, 8,—Mrs, Mary G. Rodgers, aged 20, and Miss Amelia Sawyer, aged 19, or women who gave those names and ages, and their residence as San Pablo avenue, were arrested shortly- after noon to-day on a charge of shop- lifting. They were detected by Clyde Schrader, in Fearn's pharmacy, who turned them over to Officer Banks. The were searched at the city prison. Eacl was found to have a large bag concealed under ber skirt, in wkfich were stowed away a clock, inkstand, silver cup, silver scoop and two forks, These were recog- nized as coming from some of the stores, and when questioned by Chief Lloyd the women admitted their guilt. Hard Words for Supervisors. OAKLAND, Cav., Feb. 3.—D. L. Smoot of the Palomares school distriet presented a long remonstrance to the Board of Su- pervisors to-day regarding their recent ac- tion in refusing to grant petitioners a new school district. }ge claims the petition had been held over eight months by the County Superintendent; the petitioners bad never been notified of his action in the matter, neither had they been granted a hearing before the Supervisors, all of which is required by law. The matter was laid over for two weeks. Assistant Postimaster Suspended. OAKLAND, Car., Feb.3.—R. H. Mc- Cloud of station A, the West Oakland branch -of the local postoffice, has been suspended by Postmaster James J. White. George F. Uollyer, a letter-carrier, has been placed in charge. Itis charged that McCloud has_been gumlty of intoxication. Postmaster White says he will name a successor within a few days, as the posi- tion is a very responsible one, and he must have a man that is to be relied upon at all times. ‘Washington’s Birthday Parade. OAKLAND, Oar., Feb. 8.—The commit- tee on celebration of Washington’s birth- day reports a lively interest taken by the numerous. societies of the county, The press committee has been increased to six members by the addition of Mrs. M. 8. Martin, H. 8. Pugh and ‘'W. W. Knicker- bocker. A committee has been appointed to interview the merchants and request them to ciose their - places of business on the 22d in order to give their employes an opportunity to attend the parade. Says He Was teld Up. OAKLAND, Car, Feb. 3.—Henry Young, a dairyman, residing out in the Claremont district, was held up by a lone highwayman and robbed of $3 50 about 8 o'clgck " last night. Young was driving home on Aleatraz avenue and had about reached College avenue when a man dressed in a long overcoat and slouch hat, with a handkerchief over his face, seized the reins near the horse's head and ordered Young to get out and *dig up,”’ which he promptiy did. The Usual Damage Suit. OAKLAND, Cav,, Feb, 3.—The Alameda, Oakland and Piedmont electric road has been sued for $25,000 by Benjamin Brown for injuries received in a collision with ‘a car of that line on Twelfth street on Sep- tember 18. - Brown is a teamster and claims to have received permahent in- juries. He says the car came up from the rear, struck his wagon, driving it into another and tangled him up so that he was laid up for seven weeks in bed. Still Another Suit. OAKLANYD, CaL., Feb. 3.—Pietro Soraco bas sued the California Improvement Company for §20,000 as the result of a {rvmature explosion in the quarry at aundry Farm. He -lost one eye while the other was permanently injured. He claims that the shock to his nervous sys- tem was also very severe. Given a Light Sentence. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 3. — William Fourtain, one of the two young men arrested a week ago Sunday by Officer Ely on New Broadway, on whom were found burglars’ tools and several big revolvers, medntin the City Prison by Judge Wood to-day, ¥ : Dimond’s Will Probated. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 8.—The will of Hugh Dimond was admitted to probate to-day by Judge Greene. An order was month. The two sons and daughter are Fruitvale avenue. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Short Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Feb. 3. The Alvarado people have had to resort to Doats to get about town since the big storm. The Main-street bridge st Pleasanton was partly washed away during the recent rains. The will of James Sinclair of Warm Springs leaves an estate of $120,000 to his widow for life, and on her death itis togo to his nine children in equal shares. The Oakland Water Company has decided to locete its new reservoir on. the Weston tract, east of Broadway and between Booth street on the north and Amethyst on the south. A resolution fixing the road Sglllnxlt $2 from February 3 to July 31, 1896, and from that date to December 31 a' #3, on male citizens between 21 and 55, was passed. To-morrow evening there is to be an anni- \'erlu{ celebration at the First Presbyterian Church to mark the roundiug out of five years gf (iflickm service as pestor by Rev. Dr. R. F. oyle, Postmaster White has dlschuied Assistant Postmester P. H. MeCloud of the Point station, and Letter-carrier G. F. Collyer is temporarily filling the vacancy. McCloud is too partial to the flowing bowl.” ¢ County Clerk Frank C. Jordan presented the receipt of County Auditor M. A, Whidden showing that he had turned over to that official fees to the amount of $2539 30 for the month of January. The Junior Order of American Mechanics give an entertainment to-morrow evening at Fraternal Hall under the auspices of the joint councils. Their State convention is to be “held in this city on March 8. Blanche Bisbec, a_15-year-old miss, was com- mitted to the Whittier "Retorm School yester- day by Judge Greene. The girl’s parents sepa- rated about seven years ago, and since then she has been running wild, C. E. Vungoes, & freight conduetor, died at Sacramento yesterdey from opium. poisoning. He wves 28 years old and a member of Libert, Lodge, K. 0f P. of Oakland, His mother and sister reside in West Oakland. . s Messrs. 8mith and Dunn,, representing the Pacific Creamery Company, are in town tfying to organize a créamery company in Livermore, They are making good headway and expect to begin the ereciion of the piantin a few days, C, H, Haswell, general delivery clerk of the Oakland postoffice, was chosen first vice-presi- dent of the loeal branch of the National Asso- ciation of Postotice Cierks at their annual n;eelin', held Thursday evening in San Fran- cisco, Professor vonjHirsch has pleaded not guilty to being cruel to his stepgnughter and em- ployed Attorney Button to defend him. This morning the case was called in the Police Court and went over to February 5 to be set for trial. The Christian Endeavor Soclety of .the First Congregational Church will give a.hard time social in the church, corner Chaster street and Central avenue in Alameda, on the evening of Fcbruary 28. A fine programme will be ren- Oered aud refreshments will be served. For the venelit of the society. HELD UP HIS FATHER. Harry Moyer Arrested for Taking a $1200 Diamond From the Oak- Jand Capitalist. OAKLAND, CAL., Feb. 3.—~Harry Meyer was arrested to-night at the insiance of his father for stealing a diamond stud val- ued at $1200. Meyer, who is 39 years of age, met his father on the street at 7 o’clock to-night and snatched the diamond from his shirt iront and ran off. A few hours afterward be was arrested on Eighth and Broadway by Policeman Morrison and locked up. Morrison saw him come outof a pawnshop and inquiry showed ‘that Meyer had offered to sell the diamond for $40. : Meyer’s father is "the capitalist known as ‘*Eurgka”’ Meyer on account of his own- ing the Eurcka block, WOES OF THE MEAGHERS, A Story of the Foothills Told Yesterday in an .Oakland Court. THE HOUSE LONG UNTENANTED. Meagher Committed Suicide and His Wife Became Insane—The Place Now Avoided. OAKLAND OFFicE SAN FRrANOISCO CALL]) 908 Broadway, Feb. 3, 1896. A curious story developed during the hearing of the Meagher estate case to-day. It was the story of a haunted house, of the people who lived in it being driven in- sane and of an estate that has been eaten up to the last penny by a dozen ygars of -administration, Twelye years ago old John Meagher passed away. He bad lived in his house, on his own property, about a mile this side of Haywards and about midway between the electric-car track and the sloping hill- side. -He was a thrifty rancher, but trou- ble of different kinds pressed heavily on his mind and rendered him despondent, He lived in the house with his wife, but there were no-children, and ‘from chance remarks dropped by Meagher the absence of boys and girls from the family heartn helped to bring about the feeling of indii- ference that he felt toward all the world. . The final straw that broke the desire to live any longer will never be learned, but one morning nearly fourteen years. ago Mrs. Meagher arose to discover that her husband had taken his life. The effect of the tragicdiscovery on the wife was to shock her reason. She became violently hysterical and after three days, as there was no imgrovemem, she was pronounced insane. , She was sent to Napa Asylum and the eloud upon her intellect has never been lifted. She is an old woman now and an attorney who visited her recently says she is of a docile dispo- sition except when her mind reverts to the fearful event that dethroned her rea- son and then she has to be restrained. After Mrs. Catherine Meacher was taken away friends went_into the house and tidied up the furniture. Then the door was locked and as there were no heirs Louis Gottshall, who was then Public Ad- ministrator, toak possession of the estate. fome years ago a Chinaman got into *he house and next day nhe was discovered in the hills insane. He told a wild story of visions and noises that he had seen and heard in the honse, and as his experience had evidently ruined his reason he, too, Was sent to an asylum. The place was rendered more mysterious by a party of young men who, knowing one dark night and burned blue lights and axploded firecrackers. Attorney W. H. Waste was ordered by the court to sell the property some time the reputation of the place, went there | turers have lost faith in the management of the Mechanics’ Institute,” said Mr. Keller to-day. ‘*We have not been fairly treated, and in fact I know of scores of manufacturers who will never again’ pat- ronize the Mechanies’ fair. “Our company placed and maintained a working exhibit of 8 shirt factory at the fair. Those are the most expensive kind af exhibits, because we had to pay for ex- tra help, and for meals and transportation for our workers. It cost us hundreds of dollars and was & very attractive corner of the fair. There were some things which I wished to explain to the judges when they made their inspection of exhibits. I wrote and asked for that privilege. I was told that I would be duly informed of the time and would be accorded the in-‘lvflege asked. 1 knew nothing more till I wasin- formed that we had been awarded the highest diploma for ‘dressing.’ We were indignant, and informed the directors that the diploma was a farce, as there was no such exhibit as that named in the cata- logue. % * Yl went to the City and made formal complaint. I met the committee, and about two months after the fair closed I was told that the matter had been recon- sidered and I had been awarded the high- est diploma for our entire exhimt, I waited a few dn{s for the diploma, and as it did not come I again went to the City. I said that exhibitors made the fair, and that they had the right to reap all the ben- efits from it. We wanted our diploma to hang in the Oakland Exposition that opened on December 16, and we were anx- ious to have it. Isaw the secretary and he told me that the diplomas were in the hands of the engraver, and were to beready that day, We called up the lithographers and they said they were just sendin, bundle of diplomas to the office. I waited till they came and then took the wording of it for use. The secretary told me that he would have them signed right away and would send them out, I left feeling somewhat satisfied. 2 #On December 14 I received a letter from the secretary and he said: ‘The diplomas that you saw the day you were here are not satisfactory and will have to be changed. We are sorry to disappoint you, but will send.diploma as soon as possible,’ “That letter came on December 14, three months after the fair closed, and as I have heard nothing more, I conclude that they are still sorry. I bave lost all interest in the diploma now, and am perfectly indif- ferent as to whether it comes or not. “I am not alone in this matter, for I be- lisve that bundreds of manufacturers feel the same as Ido.”’ - 4 I THE NEW Y ML, Last Night's Meeting of the Ala- meda Board of Trus- tees. Examination To-Morrow of the Burg. lars Charged With Stealing Goods Valued at $400. ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 3.—The City Trustees hield their first mesting thiseven- | ing in the new City Hall. All the mem- bers were present and there was no cere- | mony to mark the opening of the new made fixing the family allowance a $300 a | maintaining the old home at the head of | was sentenced to five months’ imprison- | Ins; The House Where Mcighcr Killed Himself and Where Mrs. Mcagher Became ane. [Sketched by a.“ Call’* artist.] ago, but there is some dispute over the bids and the matter is azain in the courts. The property was worth at one time $3000, but the entire lack of income to keep 1t in repair and the expenses of liti- gation and. administration for twelve years have eaten up -the estate. It isim- possible now to mql”e it pay the expenses that have accrued against the estate. NO DIPLOMAS RECEIVED. Exhibitors Have Grievances Against the Mechanics’ Institute. Three Months After the Show Closed - a Letter Expressing Sorrow Was Received, OARLAND OFrIcE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Feb. 3. There is a general grievance against the directers. of thie Mechanics’ Institute, San Francisco, because of the fact that the exhibitors who were awarded di- plomas on September. 14 of last year have as yet received no certificate of award. The fortunate exhibitors who moved their Mechanics’ Institute exhibits to. the Oak- land Exposition were anxious to display | their diplomas at the Tabernacle, but were unable to procure them, Neither have they yet been forwarded. The manner of making the awards is also seriously ques- tioned, and Oakland’s commercial bodies have concluded that their exhibits at in- | dustrial expositions will be confined to this side of the bay. The recent disagreement between the Mechanics’ Institute and the Manufactur- ers’ Association has been watched on this side of the bay and grievances freely aired. ‘The opjection most forcibly made comes from i Keller Oompnny‘ whose experi- ence with the Mechanics’ Institute was told to-day by the president of that con- cern. M. J. Keller is a vice-president of the San Francisco Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation and also %;enldcnb of the Oakland Board of Trade. His story was borne ont by the various notices and’ letters that he has received, and represents the griev- ance of hundreds of exhibitors. At the Oakland Exposition the diplomas were given to exhibitors on the closing night of the show. The Mechanics’ Institute fair directorate has not yet awarded its diplomas, although nearly five months haye passed since the fair was closed. “It 18 not surprising that the manufac- council chamber. Each of the Trustees sat before a new desk, which was quite a con- trast to the tables in the old room. Each table is provided with an incandescent electric light and the desk of Chairman Forderer is on a raised platform. The room is a large one, and there is ample space for the lobby. The contract for additional boilers and engine for the electric-light plant was $15,502. The contract for the building was not awarded. The City Clerk was instructcd to invite all the ex-city officials and the present officials to the dedicatory exercises, which will be held in the new City Hall Febru- ary 13. Charged With Burglary, ALAMEDA, OAL., Feb. 3.—The two men who were arrested in Oakland Iast Satur- day bi the Alameda police and charged with bhaving burglarized. the schooner Prosper at_ the old narrow-gauge landing will have their preliminary exgmination before Justice Morris to-morrow morning. ‘The value of the goods which they stole ?! estimated at $460. A Musical Comedy, ALAMEDA, CAvn, Feb. 3—A musical conredy entitled “‘Open Session of the Influ- ential Order of Bon Bons” will be_ pre- sented Tuesday evening, February 18, in Linderman Opera-house by the ladies of Unity Circle, Unitarian Church. E. C. Dayis jis the author of the comedy and Theodor Vogt the composer of the music. An ¥njured Eye, ALAMEDA, - CaL, ¥eb. 3.—August Howard, an inventor of this city, is t telnt,- ened with the loss of his left eye. While in his workshop a small piece of steet became lodged in theball,and Mr. Howard is unable to have it extracted.,, He suffers great agony from it. A Lecture Postponed. ALAMEDA, CAL., Feb. 3.—The ] that Captain Morse, for many years ;ne.‘:;: of the steamship Alameda, was to deliver in this city for the benefit of the Alameda High School Library, has been indefinitely posiponed, . . An Address by Mrs. Cooper. ALAMEDA, CaL., Feb, 3.—Mrs, B. Cooper will addréss the Mntl::rss‘::g Teachers’ Club this_afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Park-street M. E. Church, Her sub- ject will be “The Moral Education of Chil- dren.”’ A Paris ndverflaini ent, who recently ainted the front of his establishment a cilliant red, hus been sued for damages by a milliner, a jeweler and a silk mer- chant, havinfi stores opposite, on the round that the reflection of color makes it mpossible for their customers to dis- :mgnish the colors of the goods they wish o buy, awarded to A. 8. Fish, whose bid was| LIOUR WD RESITEL Berkeley’s Town Marshal At- tacked in a Saloon in West Berkeley. RESULT OF A LONG CAMPAIGN. Plot to Break the Town Charter—Uni. versity Baseball—Interesting Brief News Notes, BERKELEY, CaL., Feb. 3,—Town Mar- shal Lloyd was assaulted last night while enforcing the liquor laws. The Marshal entered the establishment of John Hig- gins, at the corner of Third street and Town Marshal Lloyd of Berkeley. [From a photograph.] University avenue, . West Berkeley, at about 10 o’clock in the evening. Lloyd says the proprietor was serving whisky and beer to several customers and the officer endeavored to seize the bottle from which the liquor was poured. In order to do so Lloyd jumped on the bar. According to Idoyd’s story Higgins quickly overturned the bottle and, aided by a customer, attempted to prevent it from falling into the officer's possession. The officer received two blows on the head from his assailants, but managead to get hold of the bottle. Higgins was arrested for selling liquor without a license and the customer who attacked the Marshal was charged with battery, The arrested saloon-keeper denies that any assault was committed by him cr any of his customers, and says that no liquor has been sold in his place. Marshal Lloyd, however, has tbe bottle over which the struggle occurred, and, though it was|” empty before he secured it, it has an -odor that shows its contents to have been whisky. Lloya is decidedly unpopular among the illicit saloonmen and their customers in Berkeley, and his assault is not occasion for surprise. He has conducted a vigorous anti-liquor campaign in the town for many months. Baseball to the Front. BERKELEY, Car., Feb. 3.—The man- agers of tue baseball teams at the law, niedical and dental colleges met to-day at the university and with Manager Friend of the college teams at Berkeley outlined a schedule of games for the coming season. The recitations, both in the Affiliated Col- leges and those at Berkeley, are so ar- ranged that it will not be possibie to -play off the series at any other time exceptin Saturday afternoons. All the games wifi take place on the Berkeley diamond. A wire fence is to be put around the field and a small admission fe? charged for admission to the games. The first match game of the season will be that of the freshmen and sophomores on next Wednesday afternoon. The sopho- mores seem to have vantage ground, pos- sessing at the present time two comnvlete nines of well-trained players. The game between the football men and glee club on next Saturday will be something of a novelty and promises to attract a large crowd. The football team will appear in complete football uniform, while the mem- bers of the glee elub will be attired in duck trousers, negligee shirts and straw hats. The management has suggested that the fraternities give a basket luncheon before the-game and that the entire student boay Loin in‘making it the ga!a day of the base- _ball season. Following is the schedule of games, with dates, as decided upon by the several mansagers to-day: Freshman-sophomore, Wednesday aftetnoon, Februa: ootbail team vs. glee club, Satur- day, February 8; dental college vs. Berkeley Jjuniors, Saturday, February 15; law cnllegc vs, Berkeley seniors, Saturday, February 23; medical college vs. winnersof the fresuiman- sophomore contest, Saturday, Febrnary 29; winners of the second game agalnst winners of the third, Saturday afternoon, March 7; winner of the last-mentioned coutest against winner of the fourth game in the serie, for the University of California championship and siiver cup, To Break the Charter. BERKELEY, CarL., Feb. 3.—It became known to-day thata Klan is being quietly but energetically pushed in West Berkeley which, if carried to a successful issue, will attract considerable public attention in the near future. . The scheme is nothing less than to overthrow the present city charter, and theé work of so doing is said to be in the hands of a number of indi- viduals who feel that they have grievances | to right as things now stand. One ground of procedure in the matter of b ing the charter was to have been the alleged fzet that two of the freeholders who originally framed the document were not citizens; but this plan has now been abandoned, as it is conceded that as a ma- jority of the freeholders were citizens the work of that body would stand. A peti- tion bas beén in circulation for several days, the object of which is to secure funds to carry on the case, and it is stated that a liberal sum has already been snbscribed and paid for that purpose, and that a well- known Oakland attorney has been secured to represent the interests of those corf- cerned tn overthrowing the charter. Lunch for the Students. BERKELEY, Cav., Feb. 3.—The co- eds at the university will meet again to- morrow afternoon at Stiles' Hall for the urpose of further discussing the practica- ility of supplying lunch to the students brigade during the labors of the latter on the university grounds. Since their first meeting, called Mrs. F. V. Paget, the supporters of the ‘plan have been worfiing vigorously among the heretofore non-in- terested glement, with the result that many converts have been made. One of the leaders in the movement to supply the toiling collegians with coffee and sand- wiches stated to-day that she very hopeful for the faverable outcome of the plan. % New Water Supply. BERKELEY, Can., Feb. 3.—The Ala- meda Water Company has announced to the Board of Town Trustees its inability to develop a sufficiently large water supply to. meet the demands of West Berkeley, The company hasexpressed its willingness to abandon the territory to the Contra Costa Water Company, which company is said to be ready to extend its mains to that Section if suitable terms can beereached with the Town Board. The Trustees will meet next Thursday evening for the pur- Pose of further discussing the matter. Disease Germs in Vegetables. ‘BERKELEY, Car., Feb, 3.—The class in bacteriology at the university, under the direction of Professor Woodworth, is conducting a_series of experiments with 1 the view to ‘determining whether the con- jecture that certain diseases are brought into homes through vegetables is true. The methiods being used by them are simple, consisting merely. of planting Vegetables in media favorable to the growth of bacteria, inoculating the roots with germs and determjning the results. ‘The Next Blue and Gold. BERKELEY, Cav., Fep. 3.—Plans are well under way for .the issuance of '97's Blue and Gold, which is expected to ap- pear on the day of the intercollegiate ath- etic contest, about Aprill. Editor Case says that the book will be similar in gen- eral appearance to that of )asi.lyeur. except- ing that it will be somewhat larger. The frontispiece is to be a picture of Professor Charles. M. Gayley, who has written a collection of about thirty college songs, which are to be issued with the Blue and Gold, but under a separate cover. Crescont’s Ladies’ Night. BERKELEY, CarL., Feb. 3.—The Cres- cent Athletic Club will give a ladies’ night entertainment next Thursday evening at their clubrooms, Elaborate preparations are being made for the event. ELOPED FROM ALAMEDA Annie Francis, a Girl of Fif- teen- Years, Runs Away. It Is Supposed That She Has Married Edward Cowell—Search by the Police. 0AxLAND OFFICE 8AN FRancrsco CALL,) 908 Broadway, Feb. 3. | This city and Alameda were scoured to- uight by relatives and friends of Annie Francis of Alameda, a 15-year-ola girl who is supposed to have eloped with Edward Cowell, a young man about 22 years of age. Mrs. Francis has watched the progress of the love affairs of the young couple for some weeks, and she suspected that they were planning marriage. Miss Annie made no secret of her attachment for young Cowell, but it was not supposed she would run away. According to the re- ports of the girl’s relatives Annie had some valuable jewelry, and as it has disap- peared at intervals it is supposed that she has sold it to belp out the financial end of what her mother says is an elopement. Annie’s father is a ship-captain and is away from home most of the time. Annie obtained a situation, but yester- day her mother learned that she had gone with young Cowell. A systematic search was commenced this afternoon, as the girl bad been ab- sentsince yesterday. Mrs. Francisapplied to the County Clerk to see whethera mar- riage license had been 1ssued. ' No license had been taken out in this county, A visit was made to the Humane Society, and Mrs. Francis told her story of Annie’s elopement and asked for assistance in lo- cating her. The usual methods were fol- lowed, but nothing could be learned of the missing girl or Cowell. A visit was made by the girl’s friends to the Sheriff’s office and orders were issued to intercept. any one answerinig the given description. Then the aid of the police was invoked, but nothing was learned of the youthful couple in Oakland, and it was c?nct:uded that they must have goneacross the bay. No Ivicense was iisued to them in San Francisco, and it is supposed that they have gone farther away. Mrs. Francis is convinced that they are married and is anxious to know where her daughter is lo- cated. The girl looks older than she is, |- but hardly as though she had reached the legal age of eighteen. idward Cowell, with whom the missing girl is supposed to have eloped, is a dressy young man, about 22 years of age, and is well-known about ~Alameda. Annie's father is éxpected to return from a voyage shortly and her mother says it will break his heart to find his daughter gone. SIS THEY READ POORLY, Rev. George Gibson Scores His Brethren’s Pulpit De- portment, Californian Ministers Listen Meekly, While Their Oratory Is Derided. ~ The members of the Baptist Ministerial Union received a number of hints on pul- pit deportment vesterday morning from Rev. J. George Gibson of Emmanuel Baptist Church. There was a very full attendance, and the eminent gentlemen listened with politeness, though not with complacency, while Mr. Gibson criticized them for using manuscript instead of preaching extem- pore. He.also expressed strong disapproval of the grammar, pronunciation and gen- eral methods of pulpit oratory which pre- vails in America, particularly on the Pa- cific Coast. Mr. Gibson, with a rich accent which at once proclaimed him as hailing from ¢he banks of the Frith of Forth, vigorously at- |. tacked the English of his American breth- ren, assuming himself the position of a man whose lips are a well of English unde- filed, and whose gestures bristls with eloquence and grace. He regretted in touching terms that so many Baptist min- isters in California lessen their efficiency by using manuscript in the pulpit. “All the great(frencners have been talk- ers,’” he said, and after intimating that he bimself shared Sourgeon and other pulpit orators’ fluency in the use of the tongue, he went on to ridicule the hesitancy, want of precision, want of system and want of thought that characterize so vmunf Califor- uin}neacheu. ‘who, he said, are aiso in the habit of adjusting a style of voice that kilis effect. ., "I so often see,” he said, “thata preacher does not know how to use his hands or his feet, or to turn his mouth around. I urge you to try to acquire the art of speaking beautifully and naturally in public.” Rey. Mr. Boynton enumerated the min- isters of the Baptist Union, stating that almost without exception they are in the babit of spcaking extempore. He also quietly and firmly drew attention to a few of Mr. Gibson's North Country }ncnlinri ties of speech, such as *gud” for good, and asked whether the pastor of Emman- uel Church had used tie expression ‘‘on _the ‘spot’ of the moment” advertantly, or merely as a flower of speech. Rev. W. T. Jordan intimated that if Mr. Gibson turned his attention to criticizing the dialects of England he would find no rest for tle sole of his foot. Rev. Robert Whittaker remarked: fBrother Gibson’s talk this morning has been disorderly and desultory. He tould have spoken better if e had used a man- uscript. ‘Fools rush in where angels fear to cread,’ ‘and { have found a great many !:xtsmporaneous preachers who .rushed in." _ Rev. E. H. Hayden gracefully thanked his brother Gibson for his rating of the California ministers. If there wasa tinge of sarcasm in the thanks it was not ap- parent on the surface, In closing the discussion, Rev, G. Gibson threw more slings and arrows at “Eng- lish as she is spake” in California pulpit=. “I have the greatest difficulty in speakingz American English,” he said pathetically. “I hear so much bad grammar around me that I really find difficulty in speaking well myself. Brother Whittaker has made a criticism that has never been made on me since I was a minister, and I deny his charge that my remarks were disorderly or desultory. Brother Whittaker says he became a preacher with difficulty. can quite believe 1t. I once heard him speak in Metropol'tan Temple, and I thought at the time that if he had written his address down beforehand he would have burned it.” ‘This caustic remark caused the bretbren to exchange looks of surprise, as Rev. Mr. Whittaker is conrsidered one of the finest preachers in the Baptist conference, Mr. Gibson, blandly unconscious of ihe sensation he had caused, went on to say that in his estimation Generai Dickinson and Eugene Duprey would make very poor reachers, though District =~ Attorney arnes he considered to be a more accom- plished speaker than most pulpit orators. He also exp-essed surprise that the Baptist brethren in California are in the habit of speaking their sermons - extempore. “Whenever I have heard them,” he con- | cluded, triumpbantly, “they have read d the their sexmons, ar very poorly.” Presbyterian Ministers. Rev. Dr. Mathena scored the vices of this and other large cities yesterday, in a paper on “The Evangelization of San Francisco,” which he read before the Presbyterian Ministerial Association, ‘“What the churches in the City of San Francisco need most,” he said, “is a revival -of religion.” Dr. Mathena also said the City needed a revival of Sabbath- keeping. *‘I plead for a Sabbath day and for Sunday glosing. There are thousands of temptations to lead the.young astray, ‘We do not see so much of it from our own firesides, but if we believe all we hear thera are scenes which would make the devil himself ashamed. I do not, however, say this is the worst city in the world, and I do not hold with those Eastern novelists who come here, abuse us and whitewash their own cities.” Dr. Mathena proceeded to lash the vices of. San Francisco, the poolrooms, side entrances to saloons, gambling and kindred vices, and concluded by urging ministers to unite in evangelizing the gty and preaching the thunderbolts of od. - Rev. Francis King, in discussing the paper, said he believed in preaching love rather than thunderbolts. Rey. Mr. Burnham spoke enthusiastic- ally of the good a rich man might ac- complish who would build a palace, where between services on Sunday the people might sce art treasures and hear music of the highest kind. Dr. Bevier thought that great cities had always been more or less cities of iniquity. Dr. Farrand pointed out that people are apt to forget the heroic struggles many Christians_are continuaily making to do their duty. Methodist Olnb. Rey. Carlos Martyn delivered a lecture on “Civic Reform” before the Methodist ministers yesterday morning. The speaker made practically the same remarss that he used in addressing the Presbyterian Ministerial Association two weeks ago. 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