The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 5, 1896, Page 13

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1896. 13 Interesting Report of Important Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County WRECKED M OLIND STORE A Successful Safe-Robbery Perpetrated Early Yes- terday Morning. NITRO-GLYCERINE USED. Frank R. Girard’s Place of Business Partially De- molished. IN CENTRAL BANK BUILDING. The Operations Were in the Heart of the City, but the Burglars Were Not Disturbed. OAxLAND OrFIcE SAN FRANCIECO CALL,} 908 Broadway, Feb. 4. A heavy safe was wrecked and pieces weighing thirty pounds were hurled fifty feet, a glass office was demolished, a piano was blown to pieces and three other pianos were badly injured by an explosion of nitro-glycerine this morning in the rear of Frank Girard's piano-store in the Cen- tral Bank building. . The work was done by safe-crackers, who secured money and jewelry worth about $1300 and committed tdamage to the amount of about $1000. The most remarkable element in the affair is that although three policemen were on duty within two blocks of the| scene of the robbery, and although the City Prison 1s only one block away no one heard the explosion, which experts say must have been audible for four biocks. From the accounts of the janitor, who slept in the building, and of the watch- man at _the narrow-gauge depot, which is across the street from the bank building, it is clear that there were two explosions. The safe-crackers evidently blew open the safe at 3:30 o’clock this morning and returned at 6 o'clock, blew open a little iron box in an inner corner of the safe and took -all that it contained. After applying the fuse they doubtless took themselves to await developments. Two ~hours after the explosion, as nobody seemed to h been disturbed, they entered and cted the work of wreckage and pil- 1d went away unmolested. . e burglars entered from. the rear. of the building is a small courtyard ez way, flanked on three sides by the of the building, and on the fourth by oog wall facing on a vacant lot. is wall, the burglars took a lad- di longing to_H. C. Bradley, a painter whose shop on Fifteenth street backs up on the empty lot at the rear ot the burg- larized store, The ladder'had heen chained to the side of the paintshop, but with a jimmy the padlock which held it was forced. The burglars then placed it against the wall which leads into the area way back of Girard's place. On the inside of the wall the workmen ad placed an old set of stairway, and on the cracksmen came down. ‘There was one of the cellar doors open and they entered. The only outlet besides the door through which they came in was a heavy wooden door, barred by a scantling. The burglars pried the door open. Marks of a jimmy show that this instrument was used, and a broken mason’s spirit level shows that this was also used as a lever. In this basement is Lund's workshop, and while one of the burglars took a small hammer and a large circular file the other ran upstairs, pressed the key of the cash register and extracted $13 50 which had been left by the proprietor.” The window in the “basement under the store must have been left opened or un- locked and was easily raised. Stairs lead from the basement into the store, and the office.door was unlocked. There is no’ light left burning in the office, and it is so jar from the front of the store aud the view so obstructed that it is almost impos- sible to discern anytbing from the street. This fact was evidently appreciated by the burglars, for before trying their hand on the safe they priéd open every drawer and looked over every book and paper, -and even took a half dozen cigars that were in the proprietor’s desk. The wreck was of such proportions and so0 complete that theories as to how it was done are not borne out by any evidence. The jab was a desperaté one, and the ex- plosion caused many times the damage the robbers intended it should. The ianitor of the bank building, Ed- ward Fay, who was awakened from his sluymbers by the explosion, bas the follow- ing to say concerning his experience: “I sleep on the fifth floor of the building and was awakened suddenly by a loud report. It seemed to me as loud as arifle. I thought that it must have been a police- man firing his pistol at some one, and so I went to a window on the Fourteenth-street side of the building. “Everything seemed to be very quiet, and after I had been looking out of my window about five minutes I saw a police- man walking slowly by. He went as far as the narrow-gauge depot and then came back on the other side of the street. From the way that he acted I stipposed that everything was all right, but before going back to bed I locked out on the Broadway side of the building and saw nothing un- usual there. I then went back to bed, and it was then 20 minutes to 4 by my clock. I thought no more of the affair until I was told that Girard’s safe had been cracked.” Flagman J. W. Hill, who asserts that he heard the explosion at6o’clock, has the jollowing to sav: “I come on duty hereat Fourteenth and Broadway at 5:30 o’clock. About 6 o’clock this morning the night engineer of the gas works came along and he stopped for 4 moment to talk with me. While we were talking we heard a report coming from the direction of Girard’s store. I remiarked that some one had fired a pistol over there, but no one went over to the place. It was still quite darkat this time.” £ From these facts it is certain that there were two distinct explosions, and that the modas operandi of the burglars was as . previously mentioned. The full force of the big explosion was evidently received by a piano which stood at an angle to the front of the office. -Half of the “outside plate of the safe door struck this instru- ment with terrific force, completely shat- tering it. The heavy piece of steel then rebounded against another piano, cutting a deep gash into the side of the instru- ment. It then fell to the floor. The other half of the outside plate of the door. was evidently sent flying through the air and alighted in the front portion of the store, caroming on one of ‘the pianos @sit went, A piece of the wooden parti- ton of the office_was also sent flying at fhother angle and made an indention in the plastering ten feet from the floor: in ¢lose proximity to a picture. A third {(’“""k bad a portion of the veneering “}9“ ed off by a flying missile. rauk Girard said_to-day that he had s E;emnmnon yesterday that he would robbed, and tne money. in _the safe belonged to nis wife, “They have taken everything " Lo said. *There was fome jewelry, silver plate and about $450 in money. I have alsg missed some bank stock and bank books and notes. The je:‘:‘lrfi):vas worth about $700 or $800. found that the place had been robbed we could net find a single officer to. come over here. There was not one at the City Hall. The Chief has not been here yet. Only Detectives Shorey and Williams have been here. They can’t do any good now, anyway. They can’t get my money Ni"‘d jewelry back and they can’t fix up my n0s.” Chief Lloyd says he is satisfied-that the work was ‘done after 5 o’'clock. “The officers all report off at 5 o’clock,’’ said he, “and from the reports received the safe must have been blown open within a very short time after that hour. It is possible that part of the work was done shortly after 3 o’clock and finding that a big noise had been created they decamped. Later they investigated and found their work was undiscovered, and then they returned to the attack and wers more successful. That would explain why there issucha difference of opinion as to the hour the reports were heard. If this theory iscor- rect, then all of these people are correctas to the time.” Since the 13th of January there have been six safes cracked, thirty-two burglaries committed and four hold-ups in Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley, and not a single man has been arrested. The record of the depredations is as follows: BURGLARIES. January 13. Henry O'Neil, 560 Caledonia .vl‘lnn“ua;ry 14. Mason’s candy store, 2128 e, B o e S aorge H. Stricker, 2150 Shat- s '§5. Miss MoClellaws, Eighth and Castro. January 18. Market-street Congregational Chureh. 21. G.G.Newhall, 1561 Broadway. 3‘:23:3 21. E. C. Dyer, 510 Thirteenth street. g 1—C. L."Bell, 1316 Adeline street. 5:::;:;; 22—14. Rothjen, 1416 Thirteenth enuary 24-R. G. Williams, 787 San Pablo venue. chnnulry 24—Mrs. C. L. Lundberg, 741 San 'ablo avenue. 7 January 31—Akesson & Co., Alameda. January 31—Alameda Creamery, Alameda. Januery 31—Silverberg’s store, Alameda. January 31—Hall’s candy store, Alameda. January 31—Vosburg’s hardware store, Ala- medea. January 31—Hauch & Co,, grocery, Alameda. January 31—Ernst BroL, grocery, Alameda. January 31- . L. Waller's market, Alameda. February 1—Maison de la Mode, Blake block, Washington street. February 1—New York Tea Store, Blake block, Washington street. February 1—Oakland Shoe Store, Blake block, Washington street. February 2—Gllbert’s cyclery, Telegraph and Sixteenth streets. February 2—Woman's Exchange, Twelftk and Clay. February 2—H. Roberts, Telegraph avenue and Seventeenth street. February 2—Charles Murphy, 501 San Pabl avenue. . February 2—Fletcher & Kuhnle's, 441 San Pablo avenue. February .2 — Salt warehouse, Sixth and Washington, February 3—Charles Blohm, Lorin. February 4 —Lund’s Cyclery, Fourteenth street, near Broadway. February 4—B. Rudrick, 709 Webster street. February 4—J. Hill, 776 Jefferson street, ROBBERIES. s hl:innl.ry 21—William O’Malia in West Oak- ny January 21—Robert Walker In West Oaklend. Januery 21—E. C. Dyer on Washington street. February 3 — Henry Young on Telegraph avenue. SAFE-CRACKING OPERATIONS. January 20. Pioneer Soda Water Works, Thirteenth and Webster. January 21—Smallman & Cummings, East Tweiith street and Eleventh avenue. January 24—National Ice Company, Elev- enth street, near Franklin. January 28—Jenkins’ sawmill, East Twelfth street, near Fifteenth avenue. February 3—Anson Barstow, Thirteenth and Franklin. ¥ebruary 4 — F. R. Girard, Fourteenth and Broadway. SRR GIRARD’S WILL LOST. The Burglars Cause the Plano Man to See Visons of Lit- igation. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 4. —Mr, Girard, whose store was wrecked, has a difficult matter to handle. It did not come to his notice until the excitement caused by to- day’s burglary at his store had subsided. Then he remembered that among the pa- pers taken from lis strong-box was his last will and testament. The loss of the will caused a host of un- pleasant possibilities to come to his mem- ory. He had made it carefully and thoughtfully and had placed it away ready to be found when he should have crossed into the land where thieves do not loot strong-boxes. one stould look at that final disposition of his property for two reasons. He might want to change his mind, and he might bave ‘‘left out” some names of people who would like to be in it, and if they did not know it till to late too make alterations they could not aunoy him while alive. “Yes, it's gone sure enough,” said Mr. Girard, as he looked for the tenth time among the ragsof the piano covers that the explosive had scattered all over the office. “The thieves have . taken He bad intended that no | my will—my last will and testa- ment. Now"I am in a fix. They may try to negotiate it.. Suppose I cannot recall just how it was werded and should make guother one and the two should differ? When the- first one comes to_the [ surface again, as it surely will, then there will be a contest,and nobody will know just what Idid mean. If itshould stay ost, then somebody might forge another oneand declare it was the one the burglars stole, and there would: be endless trouble, and I thought I had matters fixed up beantifully, ~ - *Then again, the robbers might become acquainted with my husiness and social affairs, and might sell that will-to some interested party. - It is no joke tolose your last will and testament. Suppose Ishould die to-day, I should not have lefta will, and I am mad enough to die. There is only one remedy forit; I shall have to make another will. I hate to do it, asit's amean job-to prepare for leaving a world that’s been a pretty decent one after all, even it there are a few roguesinit. But there’s no hope for it.”” Haen N RESULT OF POLITICS. How Corruption Has Worked to the Detriment of the Police & Force. OAKTAND OFFICE, SAN FRANCISCO CA 908 Broadway, Feb. 4. When Mr. Girard looked over his ‘wrecked warehouse to-day and said “This is politics,” he told a naked truth. The present era of crime in Oakland is the direct result of ten years of corrupt politics. It is clear apparent that notone half of the police force is doing its duty. There isa motive for this systematic neglect, and it is 1o be found in the fact that the depart- ment is overwhelmingly in politics and that a large proportion of the force is anxions mienp ignominy on the present work in San Francisco, and they are now 1n this city doing as they please and feel- ing safe from arrest. Unless some strong moral support is accorded Chief Lloyd and some radical changes are made in the police force the prospect for the future is no brighter than the present ontlook. e FAITH IN A DUMMY. It DId More for J. T. Moran Than Pollcemen DId for Girard. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb.4.—J. T. Moran, the well-known Broadwaymerchant, keeps a safe in his office-in the rear of his store, and he is very anxious that it shall not be molested. He has adopted a novel method of vrotecting it, and finds that it works like a charm. The stores all over town have been vis- ited, and now gas is burningall night long. Mr. Moran keeps two jets of gas burning, and last night he adopted the expedient of havine one of his clerks sleep in- side the store, ready to receive the burglars. that might arrive, The plan worked so “well that the— proprietor intends to continue it. The cYerk slent sounaly all through the night and did not even move. A burglar or any one else look- ing through the wire-screened window on Eleventh street could plainly see the pro- tector of the store. Trousers were on one chair, a hat on top of a8 bundle of clothes, & pair of boots were against the counter and the scene Was one of an improvised bedroom. Policeman Carson was on that beat last night and he was the first to detect the anti-burglar device. The light fell strongly on the features and people who took one. look at the clerk will never forget it. It was a face that leaves what roman- cists call ' “an indelible impression on the memory.” It created just such an impres- ,h.flmfl\ T e o3 Fragments of the Outer Door of the Safe, Collected From Various Parts of the Store. [Sketched by a. “Call™ artist.] administration. Chief Lloyd, by . his numerous raids on gambling dens and illegal saloons, has created an army of enemies who will stop ap mothing to ac- complish his official ruin. They realize that iheir existence depends on im- munity from justice and they are now convinced that_such immunity cannot be enjoyed -under Chief Lloyd. Many officers could be named who onenli ridi- cule their chief, and because of his known religious gropensltie:,'ne continually as- serting “that Christian Endeavorers can- not catch rogues.” Another remark often heard is that if Chief Lloyd is wanted ‘‘he is either leuding’ the choir or conducting a prayer-meeting.” The spirit of indiffer- ence and disdain that prompts these re- marks is sifinifiunc of the feeling that exists and helps to account for the fact that although forty crimes have been com- mitted in three weeks not a single arrest has been made excepting that of a lad caught with burglars’ tools in his posses- sfon and sent to jail yesterday for five months. This state of affairs has undoubtedly reached the ears of the crooks that usually sion on one verson, and at noon to-day a biz discovery was made. The clerk who had guarded the store- | during the night was on duty during the | day supporting a suit of clothes on the in- ner edze of the sidewalk. Mr. Moran was consultea and the secret leaked out. The | “clerk” was a store dummy, and the shoes, | hat and clothing were but adjuncts to the great anti-burgiar device. ““It protected my store,” said Mr. Moran to-day, “and that’s more than half a dozen officers did for Brother Girard.” b Bought a Haunted House. OAKLAND, Cavn, Feb. 4.—George A. | Oakes, the well-known and popular Native Son and journalist of Hay wards, 'has pur- | chased the John Meigher place, about one ile out of that city: The estate has been in court some eleven years and was orig- inally appraised at §650, which included some barnyard fowls and other articles which have long gone to- decay or waste. It has been the séurce of much gossip and 1s claimed to be haunted. His bid of $450 was affirmed by, the court to-day. Ll ‘ Tgl-i PIANO+ STORE AS IT WAS FOUND FIVE HOURS when we unlocked the store and | 2 ; : THE INNER DOOR OF THESAFE S (3 Sketched by a “Call® artist.] A FORTUNE. N A WELL, ‘What Four Silent Men Expect to Find in East Oak- land. A PREACHER WANTS A JOB, He Breaks - Through the Rules of Etiquette and Advertises for a Church: 0ARLAND OFFICE SAN FrANCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, Feb. 4. OAKLAND, Car.,, Feb. 4. —There are four men at work on Fred Saubech’s place, 634 Valdez street, between Livingston and Dennison, sinking a shaft. They are not at all inclined to talk, but appear to know their business and stick to it. They lLave gone'down toa depth of twenty-five feet and are now ina brown gravel, which con- tains an apparently unlimited supply ot water which somewhat interferes with the work, - 3 E Mr. Laubech is well advanced in years and is well known ‘in‘the vicinity where he resides. When questioned regarding the men’s work, he said: “No, I have not ordered a well dug. :All I know is that these men came to me and said they wanted to dig, and I told them they could ¢1g if they desired to do so. I do not know whether there is gold there or not. If they should be so fortunste as to find gold while digging’ there I guess they would let me have a part of it at least.” A full-grown son of sMr. Saubech re- marked: “I might as well tell you the truth regarding this matter. My father has nothing to do regarding this work. These men came here and told him they believed there was gold down in this gravel and they wanted his permission to aig for it. He told them to go ahead and dig as long as they wanted.” The quartet work very systematically. Two of the treasure-seekers work a primi- tive windlass over theé shaft, while one aigs at the bottom and sends up great buckets- sul of gravel, which the fourth and oldest man dumps into a wheelbarrow and care- fully carts off to a safe part of the lot, where it is deposited with as much care as if every pebble was pure gold. Owing to the great flow of water the work has been slow, but to-day they se- cured the old Felton engine, with Andy Hutchison as engineer, lnfi soon had the shaft pumped out. After that the work proceeded more rapidly. The shaft is en- cased with pine boards about five feet square. These are greatly decayed and certainly could not have geen put in by the present workers. It is believed that this wooden casing has aroused the cupid- ity of the workmen, but how they learned of the old well is a. mystery. The work- men are the same as those who, some time ago, sought for hidden treasure on old Garibaldi’s place in West Oakland. EXPRESS CONSOLIDATION. The Proprietors of the Fay Citles to Form a Combine. OAKLAND, CAL., Feb. 4.—Messrs. Eck- stein & Sorenson of Alameda are working on a scheme to consolidate the various ex- press companies of Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley into one large concern which would do all the work required ahd yet not employ nearly the same number of teams. If no unexpected difficulty arises the seven independent companies of the three cities may soon become one large concern. The plan on which they are operating is to obtamn options on each business with the undersmndx’nfietbn one general incor- poration would organized. It is said they have succeeded in getting options cn Whitney’s and the People’s, the two big companies in this city; Sharpe’s of Ala- meda, Patterson’s of Berkeley, Ducker's of East Oakland, Anderson’s of West Oak- land and Kellogg’s of Alameda. Jones’ and the Merchants’ express have not yet been secured. 2 B Report places the figures at which the two large companies are bonded to be $20,000 for Whitney’s and $25,000 for the People’s, while the other five taken to- gether are supposed to reach $25,000. The plan is to pay the proprietors one-half cash and one-half stock in the new cor- foru.tion if the enterprise goes through. t is believed one company could so sys- tematize the business that it could 'be transacted at much less expense, and thus pa{ a profit where now there is nothing init. & A MINISTER ADVERTISES. He Seea No Remson Why He Should Not Use Printers’ Ink. OAKLAXND, CAL., Feb. 4-—The following personal appeared in a local paper last night: ~ PERSONAL—Ani congregation needing as. supply an ordained preacher of mueh experi- enceand progressive thoughtapply to Minister. The minister was found and questioned as to the unorthodox manner of seeking a pulpit. He is an. Englishman named Joseph Adams, about 62 years of age, re- siding on Fourteenth street. : “I was a member of the Bay Association of Congregational Ministers up to ten years ago, when they withdrew the hand of fel- lowship,”’ he said, “on the ground that I had departed from the orthodox faith. I then went to Boston and_ took a course of. instruction under Mrs. Eddy, the leading Christian scientist, and then returned to Oakland. 1 gave instructions here for awhile and then returned to Boston to také the normal course under Mrs, Eddy. I then remained in Chicago. There I left following Mrs. Eddy’s teachings and be- came a truth-healer. “When I returned to Oakland all my old friends refused to acknowledge me, but remained with Dr. Fluno, who was my successor when I left to go to Boston. 1 am now teaching the gospel science and am ready to let every one have their own beliefs. ~ T believe the golden rule is as = ; s [ AFTER THE EXPLOSION, good a religion as a msn can have. Ido not desire to be deFendant on my children’ ana decided I would offer my services to any congregation who were willing to have a man of experience and progressive thought.” UNIQUE GAMBLING LAYOUT Captured During the Sunday Rald- in Chinatown. OAKLAND, CaAL., Feb, 4.—The first rald on the Chinese gamblers of this city in over five years has resulted in securinga very unique layout, which is now in the police station property-room. The princi- pal implement used in the tan game of the ‘Chinese is a flat white button, or cor- rectly, a large number of them. To play the dealer takes s handful of these.and covers them u% with a brass receptacle. The players then bet, after. which the dealer removes- the coverand, with a thin iece of bamboo, separates the buttons into piles of four eack. He goes very slowly, so as to give all .the F‘"n a chance to count the buttons. According. as there are one, two, three or four left in the Jast pile the winnings are made. Knowing t! game to be unlawful the wily Chinese have everything prepared for a raid of the police. They have a tin scoop with a round hole in the handle,’ and to this is attached a bag. In case of .an-alarm the buttons are up and the bag thrown intv some convenient | hiding place. In the recent raid they only had time to throw it behind a box, where it was soon found by the officery It is said that the dealer becomes such an expert that the entire lot can be swept .up at one stroke when the alarm is given by the lookout. Besides the thin whitelbut- ton used by the dealer the other players have different buttons to indicate the amount of their bet. All participants bet against the dealer and at the end of the game another Chinese pays the bets from a smallinclosure. 3 NONSUIT DENIED. The Railrord Cannot Endanger Lives by Ejecting Would-Be Passengers. OAKLAND, Car., Feb, 4.—Judge Ogden denied the motion for a nonsuit in the case of Colonel Wettstein against. the Southern Pacific for $20,000 damages for injuries alleged to haye been received by plaintiff in being thrown down by a gate- man while attempting to board a Seyenth- street local train at Broadway on March 15, 1895. In doing so the court held that the rule had been laid down in the case of Meuk vs. the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, in which it was held that even in case of trespass the defendant had no right to eject him under circumstances that would endanger his personal safety. The first witness for the defense was G. H. Kellogg. ex-railroad detective, He ad- mitted to haying tried to get on the plain- tifl’s side of the case, and that he also expected to get back into the employ of the railroad com{;any. Judge Ogden this “afternoon denied the demand of the defendants to compel the plaintiff to submit to a physical examina- tion. A motion by the defense to_ strike the cqmplaint from the 1iles and dismiss the suit was also denied. Aldrich Trustees Win. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 4.—The trustees of the Aldrich estate over which there is'a contest involving the $600,000 won the first skirmish with the contestant William Holt Aldrich to-day, when judge Greene denied the motion of his attorneys on their objections to & hearing of the annual account of the trustees. Thé motion was on the ground" that the court was witheut jurisdiction and that proper notice had not been given contestant of the petition for the distribution of the estate to the trustees. Judge Greene held that the Probate Court had jurisdiction, while on the second point said the decree of distribus tion was conclusive as to the question of notice. . He deemed the right of a collateral attack upon the notice. The contestant was given ten days to prepare and file objections to the annual account. ‘Wants His Liberty. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. John Mc- Donough is tired of lying in jail and has instituted habeas corpus proceedings through his attorney, Phil M. Walsh. He was arrested January 30 on the request of Dr. I. E. Green, but he has never been booked, nor has there been a charge or complaint filed against him. Green iden- tified McDonough as the man. who as- saulted him on Christmas eve, but since the arrest Green has left, and no one seems to know where he is. Opposes City Ownership. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 4.—A, C. Ham- rmond Jr., an accountant in the employe of W. J. Landers, the reputed owner of the San Leandro gas plant, has filed a suit against the city of San Leandro and the Trustees individually to restrain them from issuing or from selling the bonds in the sum of §10,000, voted for the erection of an electric plant, and also to enjoin the city and Trustees from engaging in the electric business. . Scholars to Parade. . - OAKLAND, CAL., Feb. 4.—The Board of Education has accepted an invitation to participate in the local celebration of ‘Washington's birthday. They have also granted permission to the principals of the various high and grammar schools to form the boys into brigades to join the parade. This feature last year was one of the most taking of the parade, and will in all probability be again this year. New Assistant Fire Chief, OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 4—The Police and Kire Commissioners met to-night and aproicted W. B. Smith, foreman of chem- ical No. 3, to the.position of First Assist- ant Engineer and Fire Warden. His ap- pointment was a sore blow to Fred Mur- doch, who rode in the red buggy until the recent ordinances were passed abolishing his office and creating the new one. Healthy Oakland. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 4—The Health Officer reports only forty-seven deaths for Oakland during the month of January, which makes the percentage 9.40 to 1000 for the year, which is the lowest death rate registered in this city since statistics have been kept, which wasin 1882, The nearest approach was in 1887, when the mortality rate was 11.93. Drilling Firemen. OAKLAND, Car., Feb, 4—Chief Fair of the Fire De}mnmeut has inaugurated a system of drills for the various fire com- panies so as _to increase their efficiency etting to and after they arrive at a fire. %‘or some time past there has been no drilling of the men except in case of actual fire. ‘White-Sherry Nuptials. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb: 4.—Chief Deputy Sheriff William 8. White and Miss Cecelia Sherry were married in San Francisco this morning, and have gone to San Jose on their wedding tour. They will return and go to housekeeping in this city. The Murphy Settlement. OAKLAND, Car,, Feb, 4—The reported compromise of the Murphy will contest is admitted by interested parties i1 this city, but the amount, instead of being $8000, is nearer $60,000. Out of this the attorneys must receive their fees. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameds County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters., OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Feb. 4. The case of 8. J. von Hirsch, charged with cruelty to his stepdanghter, will be set for trial in the Police Court to-morrow. Carrie M. Andross was granted a divorce to- day by Judge Ellsworth from Winfield S. An- dross for desertion. She last heard from him in Montana. % The committee on celebration of Washing- ton’s birthday are making rapid progressand report a lively interess by the numerous socie- ties of the county. Johz Conant, a eontractor, has sued Ruth A, Armstrong for ¥3023, original contract price of & house at Berkeley, and $169 16 on account of seventeen changes irom the original plans. The negotiations that have been conducted in behali of & compromise of the Murphy will coniest have been settled. The contestants have agreed to the terms of the Murphy girls, and all litigation will cease. The case of Michael Collins, who shot Philip. Boogar in front of the Galindo Hotel in Janu- ary, 1895, was continued to-dsy by Jud Greene until March 17. The motion was made :;-izh the consent of the District Attorney’s of- ce. Pietro Saraco has sued the California Im- provement Company for $20,000 for the loss of an eye and other injuries sustained by a pre- maturé explosion of a blast at the Laundry f.rm quarry on account of an alleged defect- ve fuse, 3 Jndfie Greene to-day overruled the objection of W. H., Aldrich to the jurisdiction of tha court in the matter of the settlement of the account of the trusteep of the estate of and continued the hearing of the account un- til February 17. The estate of the late John W.Smith has been appraised as worth $10,307. The princi- al items are two tracts in the Rancho EI So. rante, in Contra Costa Countg consisting of thirty-five acres valued at $3500 and eighty- six aeres worth $5590. City Treasurer Gilpin is locking the door be- fore the horse is stoler. In the future the city’s money will be kept in the banks over night. He has notified those having warrants to present them before 3 o’clock, as at that hour the money will be removed. Thirty-six aspirants for itions as clerks and carriers in the pos took the civil service examinations this morning in the Council chamber, Twenty-five want to be car- riers and eleven are anxious to pose behind desks, among the latter being four ladies. County Clerk Jordan to-day revoked the ap- pointments of & number of deputy county clerks whose commissions only entitled them | to register voters. This move was made in an- ndrnnflm of a new deal when'the work of pre- paring the great register commences on Feb- ruary 17, W. A. Aldrich, | POISON N THEIR TER, Mary Burnett of Alameda Tries to Kill Her Grand- Parents. A DOSE OF ROUGH ON RATS. Mr.and Mrs. Burnett Swallowed the Poison — Saved by a Physician. ALAMEDA, Civr., Feb, 4,—Because her grandparents had taken occasion to repri- mand her for some trivial offense, Mary Agnes Burnett, a young girl 16 years of age, who lives at Bay station, tried to poison them by putting ‘‘rough on rats” in their tea. The grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Evan Burnett, owe their existence to the prompt work of Dr. Sander. When summoned to the assistance of the aged couple the poison had begun to operate, and it was only after considersble effort that the physician' was able to save the victims. It was not known at first who had placed the poison in the cups for Mr. and Mrs, Burnett. Suspicion, however, pointed to the granddaughter, becauseof hernervous manner and peculiar actions. She denied emphatically, upon being accused, that she was guilty. The girl’s conscience must have smitten her later, however, for she wrote a letter to Dr. Sander confessing thatshe had tried to poison her grandparents, and expressed great sorrow and repentance for her acts. She implored the doctor to shield her. But the doctor did not do so, and, instead, he gave the Iet- ter to ‘the. grandparents. They made all haste to get the girl away from this city and arranged to send her to other relatives in Colusa, where she now is. The girl has always received the best of treat- ment at the hands of Mr, and Mrs. Bur- nett, and they are unable to account for her attempt at life-taking, unless it be the intense anger which became aroused on account of some fancied great wrong. Alameda School Direectors. ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 4.—The School Directors to-night adopted the vertical system of handwriting for the public schools of Alameda. It also adopted a recommendation of Stiperintendent Sulli- van permitting teachers to visit grades in Alameda, Oakland and San Francisco to observe methods of tenching, derive personaliy-the benefit ject lessons. Fire on Railroad Avenud. ALAMEDA, CAL., Feb. 4.—From box 32 an alarm of fire was turned in for a small blaze at the cottage of W. Davis, a sail- maker, at 1718 Railroad avenue, near the corner of Minturn street. Some old clothes in a closet adjoining the kitchen were dis- covered to be blazing by Mrs. Davis, who turned in the alarm. The fire was put out without the assistance of the department, damage amounting to about $25. THE INQUEST RECORD. Welsh Hanlon’s Death an Accident and Thomas Adiington’s Fatea Suicide. Among the four inquests held by Cor- oner Hawkins yesterday were those on ‘Welsh Hanlon, a victim of an explosion at Perine’s quarry in San Mateo County, and Thomas L. Adlington, an old English bartender, who, being out of work and penniless, poisoned himself with mer- phine. The jury found that in Hanlon’s case the death was accidental. Hanlon was an old man and somewhat deaf. When or- dered by Foreman Drum to come down from the top of the hill and “tamp” a hole which had already been “sprung,” he at first did not understand. Finally he was made to hear, and owing to the loss of time caused by his failtire to hear the order at first, he reached the hole just a little before the exvlosion. Drum was badly injured also and is now at. the City and County Hospital. Hanlon. was em- loyed by Contractor Smith; it was said. }tle died at the City and County Hospital January 21. In Adlington’s ease the verdict was sui- cide. He expected to obtain work at the Cliff House, but was disappointed. He took the morphine at 110 Ninth street and died at thg Receiving Hospital January 28. He was 60 years old. in order to of such ob- NEW_ TO-DAY. 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