The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 16, 1896, Page 13

HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1896 13 I ptf:restm g Report of Important Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County POLICE COURT CONTEMPT| The Opposition to Judge Wood Is of Three Years' Standing. COURT'S LEGALITY DOUBTED. Ex-Mayor Chapman Will Seek to Have the Supreme Court Upset Wood. OAKLAND OFFicE SAN FrANCIsco CALL,) 908 Broadway, Feb. 15. | cases of contempt in the t have taken on a new interest | eedings instituted by ex-Mayor is the attorney for a | prison for violating the | Mr. Chapman has prepared | & case that will be brought up on habeas oceedings. He contends that the act, which created the present Police Court, is invalia, and Judge Wood is not, erefore, the ant of the bench. On this ound Attorney Chapman will apply for ( 'S release, and ii the rior Court denies the writ, he will at 0 before the Supreme Court. ar against the police court and its t is of long standing. Attorney Chapman was e Judge Ogden was elevated the § o1 Court about three vears M Chapman appointed John to the office and the Supervi: ap- ted Fred V. Wood, the incumbent, ) Was re-ele. ht for oifice, a reme t seated Wood. Ever e has been a contlict. | Uk d in several inst ¢ been denied and The recent Police C by the pr when w e Court have the They Lave tempt b 1 that it w he h Judge Wood as a A. when he (Welsh) his post as official ter of the Police Court. tempt case on habeas , as Juage Wood pro- gularly. Attorney Gar: who 11 the liquor-license in- t with Judge Wood. » have been Wood and Garrity because of the fusal to allgw jt in misde- d appeals are now pend- | ase will be | ing. C tried on fayor €hapman, by s to have the court declared inates with 1 interests in the city to whom gences are denied and whose animus is of a political n; It Came to N LAND, CaL., Feb. Snook has decide ught. 15.—District At- there i that $84 had he polls after James Hopkirk, a member stated that paid to ’ timein April ent to the date that Davie swore had paid :, and that ated that he he money put t up| avment by law ie of the period prescribe: n which election bills may be paid. ie: has shown his vounchers to t Attorney, and that official bas ided that there 1s no cause for com- t. Redfield’s Attorney’s Fees, OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 15. itield asked the court to a nt agreement to-day made with | and Senator Earl for attorney’s fees in the case of the applicant against the Oakliand Consolidated Street Railroad Company. The agreement was that the attorneys advance all costs, conduct the case and take one-third of the first $10,000 and one-fourth of any further p Judgment was given for $14,000 ana §1 costs. The basis of the action was the death of the plaintiff’s wife in a streetcar accident. By this arrangement the at- torneys receive $4333. Young Men Populists. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 15.—The Young Men’s People Party Club of Alameda County was organized last night with about twenty charter members. Those present subscribed to the pledge to support the Omaha platiorm and the proceeded to effect a permanent organi tion by the election of Burdette Cornell of Oakland as president; Hennessy of West Oakland and Leo S. Robinson of Alameda vice-presidents; John H. Fuller, secretary; John R. Elley, treasurer, and Will H. Cornell, sergeant-at-arms. Paderewski’s Concert. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. —The an- nouncement that Paderewski will play at the Macdonough next Saturday evening has met with much enthusiasm here. The sale of seats begins next Wednesday at 9 A. M., yet already the box-office is besieged by would-be ticket-buyers. His success in San Francisco has so intensified the popu- lar desire to_hear him as to amount to a craze, and his audience here will be as large and fashionable as any he hasap- peared before on the coast. Wagner in Court. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 15.—James A. Wagner, the former husband of the mother of Abe Majors, one of the boy burglars, who was brought back from San Luis Obispo, was in the Police Court this morning. He left town suddenly instead of returning to Oakland and paying ali- to his divorced wife. Judge Wood y give a judgment on Monday, but hinted to-day that Wagner neell expect 10 merc mon; More Treasure-Seekers. OAKLAND, Caz., Feb. 15.—The treas- rs, who recently dug a hole 1 akland and looked for buried goid, 4re now digging near the jute mills in “t Oakland. They dug a big hole near R oak tree and finding notbing quit tions. The same performance has ¢ through several times during, years., i __ Foresters to Entertain. A OAKLAND, ¢ Feb. 15.—A grand en- iven by the Foresters Jl“'g when she was summoned v trinmphant photographer, who exhibited a satisfactory negative. the examinations qu: tice as a physician ?n the land of her adop- nty on next Wednesday | tion. evening at Y. M. C. A. Hall, 524 Twelfth street, corner Clay, at 8 o’clock sharp. Oakland *“Times” Sold. OAKLAND, CAL, Feb. 15.—Gavin D. High of the editoriel staff of the Daily Report has bought the Oakland Times from the heirs of the Pomeroy estate. Mr. High has made a contract for The United Press service, and will also issue a Sunday edi- tion. A. H. Breed has no further interest in the paper, Mr. High being sole editor and proprietor. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Srief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Fraxcisco CALL,) 908 Broadway, Feb.15. | Market Inspector P! confi 1 a dozen tainted geese this morning whic! being offered sale by n_free-market vendor. It was the seiler’s first offense and no arrest was made. The Pacific Creamery and Cannery Construc- Company has entered into & contract with 1 of citizens of Livermore to erect that town on the Elgin centri- r £4100. ill give the 5-MOTTOW. 8 Department its ‘clock en rough the drill. ig attempt was re safe in the office of the bie e Alameds and Oskland power-house in Ala- DRIVEN FROM THE TOWN, Oakland Residents Well Know the Band That Killed Fountain, WERE PROTECTED BY TROOQPS. Experience of an Editor Who Tried to Run a Paper in the Cowboys’ District. 04xLAND OFFICE SN FrANCIsco CALL,) 608 Broadway, Feb. 15. The kidnapping and murder of Colonel Fountain of Las Cruces, N, Mex., is, ac- cording to the story told by some residents of Oakland, who were driven from that A young monkey is taken and before him {s placed a set of blocks, on which are painted in capitals the letters of the alpha- bet. These blocks are, in fact, exactly similar to those which children play with in every civilized country in the world, and they are used in precisely the same way as the monkey were & young speci- men of the human race. Thereis one pro- fessor for each monkey, and the monkey is taught by means of the bloeks to spell cer- tain words. If the word is *“fruit,” for ex- ample, the monkey, after having been taught to arrange the blocks so as to spell the word quickly and without error, re- ceived a bit of fruit as his reward. The same exercise is repeated with other words, and it is hoped that in time the simians will learn how to read and spell and understand English if they cannot speak it. Only young animals are taken, for they learn more quickly than old ones, There is no danger of this queer school lacking scholars, for there are thousands of monkeys to be found in that part of India where Calcutta is situated. An effort will also be made, it is saia, to educate these beasts so that they may become fairly efficient domestic servants. The school is so_young as yet, however, that what it will accomplish is entirely a matter of speculation. Its ‘‘professors’ are enthu- siastic about their novel work, and seem to think that a new field of usefulness will The Courthouse of Lincoln County, N. Mex., where the Cowboys were tried who murdered Col. Fountain. [From a photograph.] CUT OFF IN RIS PRIME Commodore Blow of the Oakland Navy Was an 0ld Con- federate Soldier. FROM A PRIVATE TO MAJOR. Well Known in Connection With Aquatic Sports All Round the Bay. OARLAND OFFICE 8AN Francisco CALL, 908 Broadway, Feb. 15. } The sudden death of W. W. Blow, the well-known rea! estate man and canoeist, came as a surprise to that gentleman’s numerous acquaintances in this county. Although his family were not altogether unprepared for the end, his business ac- quaintances did not know that he was se- riously ill. He went to live at Berkeley about a month ago for the benefit of his wife’s health, she having been broken down physically through attending her hus- band. Mr. Blow’s family was a branch of a dis- tinguished Virginia family. The deceased was born in New York on April 13, 1842, and was therefore only 54 years old when the fatal attack of heart disease ended his busy life. TUp to 1861 he was in business, and in that year he went to Norfolk, Va., where he enlisted in the cause of the Con- federacy in the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues, which was increased in member- ship as a consequence of the impending conflict. At Sewells Point he served with the command in the lines. Intheengagement between the Monitor and Merrimuc a flag- staff near the division to which Blow was attached was cut in halves, the upper half falling with the colors to the ground. Blow “seized the flag and ciimbing the splintered pole replaced the colors at the top amid the cheers of his fellow-soldiers. General John B. Magruder, who had then resigned his commission as captain of artillery in the United States army and joined the Confederacy, heard of Blow’s valor and the hard fighter took the young man into his own division. Mr. Blow remained in the service of the Confederacy till the close of the war and at the surren- der of Appomattox he had climbed the ladder from private to major of heavy ar- tillery. Mr. Blow came to_California in 1867 and remained with the firm of Haggin & Tevis for many years. After severing his con- nection with that tirm he was engaged in a brokerage business with his brother Al- fred. In 1870 he came to this city and was married to Miss May A. Glascock, daughter of the late Judge, and sister of Hon. J. R. Glascock of this city. Since coming here Mr. Blow has been an active fizure in real estate circles until July of proposition, at least, would carry, because of the wreatly overcrowded condition of both the high and grammar schools at the present time. At the municipal election held last May, 1739 votes were cast, and the number cast to-day, those on the wharf proposition being in the preponderance, was 1147, thus showing that only about two-thirds of the legal voters of Berkeley participated in this election. It is generally believed that the down- fall of ‘each proposition was dte to the ex- istence of the other, that there had been an extraordinary amount of antagonism lest one portion of the town should be fa- vored, to the exclusion of the other. The two precinets in the extreme east end of town poiled a heavy vote for schools and a comparatively light one for the wharf, while in the extreme west end, in which are included the Sixth and Seventh precincts, the vote was much heavier for the wharf than for the schools. v Since the school building proposition has been defeated it is a matter of speculation as to what the Board of Education will do in order to provide proper accommodation for the overflow of pupils in both the high and several grammar schools. University Baseball. BERKELEY, CaL., Feb. 15.—The Berke- ley juniors and the dental college nine had an exciting game of baseball this after- noon on the university diamona, which re- sulted in a score of 27 to 16 in favor of the dental college téam. In the first three in- nings the juniors had things their own way, but in the fourth the “‘dentists’” bezan creeping up, and from that on did distin- guished work. They had found the vulnerable points in the juniors’ playing and made good usage of their discoveries. At the end of the seventh inning the score stood 18 to 15 in favor of the aftiliated college men. [nthis inning they recorded eight runs. In the next they made two to the juniors’ noth- ing, and in the final seven to their op- ponents’ one. The dental college battery was particu- larly strong, with Morden as pitcher and ‘Wheeler catcher. There were fewer errors on the part of the dentals than the juniors, but the rapid base-running of the latter largely counterbalanced this shortcoming. Almost the entire dental college was on hand to witness the game and cheer their comrades. Followin, position: Juniors. C.and A. Elston. g were the players and their Dentals. Positions. C. and A. Fiston. Saph... ceveenee et fleld " Arenellas Youthful O¥enders. BERKELEY, CarL, Feb. 15.—Martin except that portion of Panoramic way to be used for a public road, Berkeley: §5. Joseph A. Leonard (a corporation) to C. B. Trocksell, the 810 feet of lot_B. block 59, avd ¥ 30 feet of ot A, block 60, Alameda Paric Home- stead, Alameda z 10 Susanna Schomberg, lot on XN line of (a Clara avenue, 130 W of Second, W 75:8 N 144:3, beinz portion of lands of Teutonia Park and Homesiead Association, Ala- meda: -also all real and personal property whatso- ever in Alameda County, Alameda; uiso all lease- hold Interes: ia first party’s name I Alameda it. 1ot on S line 14 E of by S 100.55, subject Lo a morigage : $10. T ellie M. Schmidt to John_S. Perez, Ninth street, 146:2 S 6t Folsom, ine of 50 by W 130, bl 2ud Town Improvement Associution, Berkeley; ock 63, Tract B, Berkeley James Brown to Alice Edwards, lot beginning at apoint 120 W from SW corner of Audubon and Haste streets, W 45 b; , being lot 10, sub- division of Bell property 0. Katie 8. and P. (', Brown (b; B. Colt, lot on S line of Haste street, 165 W ot ‘Audubon, W 45 by S 13 being lot 11, same, Berkeley; $10. Fortin Brick Company to M. T. Holmes Lime Company, lot on E Iine of Gran S street, 150 S of A Deyton avenue E to patent lin tonio, thence SW to F line of Grand sireet, thel N to beginning, bl Park, Alemeda; $5. 0 I ock Builders’ Contracts. G. Pezzolo with G. Banchero, to erect a three- etory building on the W line of Lafayette street, 13436 N of Green: $3000. C. E. Gisin with L. B. Schmid, to erect a building corner of Sixteenth and Sanchez streets; $1850. Mark Sheldon with M. J. Grant, alterations and additions to buil corner of Market and First street: Sweet Potato Whisky. J. W. Crow has a small bottle of sweet potato whisky that is a very interesting commodity in this section of the country, and not a familiar one to the world at large. The liquid is crude and white, as all new whisky 1s, but it is the genuine old stuff and not a counterfeit. & Among the home-seekers who have been to this section lately was Mr. Hansburg, a German, who 1s skilled in the distillation of spirits. When Le saw how abundantly Sweet potatoes were raised in this section of the country it occurred to him that he could distill ‘whisky from them. Several bushels of sweet potatoes were shipped to him, and soon Mike Brown received half a gallon of sweet potato whisky. As a result of the success of the scheme, arrangements are being made to distill the liquor for commercial purposes. If the residue can be converted into stareh, the sweet potato will soon become one of the most valuable products of Southern soil.—Augusta Chronicle. —————— The new Russian Minister to the United States is Ernst Charles Kotzebue, and he is of German origin. He was in the naval service several years and comes of a fam- ily distinguished for its military service. Wilbur, 12 years old, residing in West Berkeley, was arrested by Deputy Marshal Rawson for violation of the curfew ordin- ance in being on the streets after the pre- scribed hour of 8 o’clock. Justice Lord sc_x;tenced him to three days in the town jail. icholas Strobel, aged 12 years, was sen- tenced yesterday to three days in the town jail for jumping trains. e REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. John and Ada M. Hinkel to Peter Michelettl, lot on S line of Lombard street, 180 W of Gough, W 50 by S 603 $10. s John Lepori to Hugo Urban, lot on E Olive court, 100 S of Union street, S 25 by T ord and Harriet Ferris to on W line of Bourbin street, 75 by W § Afgeltinger, lot of Eddy, N’ 50 meda. One himge and the safe knob were broken off and that was the extent of the dam- age wreck, ith a cut over the Antone Valance is not to be tried. The Chief of Police has laid all of his evidence before Prosecutiy n,who, aiter inves- it is insufficient to tigation, informe . agistrate holding the warrant the examining m prisoner. Thomas Gray was arre esterday, where he fr Fast Oakland veral persons vo_men to It took It wes ascertained that get him to th Gray had been confined in lum, but was out on parole. turned to the asylum. the Stockton asy- H. F. Selier, a tea and coffee agent, who lives | t on Central avenue, & smali Leandro rond, near Joe Die last night by two_masked car niear his home and a short distance w him_with revolvers and comvelled him . to nand out his money, about $12. BEADY 10 RE-REGSTER, Woerk on Alameda’s New Great Register Will Begin To- Morrow. t off the San ce, was held but had gone As Theie Is No Money for Help, the Affidavits Will Be Prepared by Volunteers. 0ARLAND OFFICE 8AN Fraxcisco CALy,) 908 Broadway, Feb. 15. | The re-registration of voters of Alameda County will commence on Monday next. A long list of deputies has been appointed by County Clerk Jordan, embracing every town and city in the county, and a more systematic method has never been known. The Clerk returned to-day, after having been occupied for an entire week swearing in reliable deputies who bave volunteered to do the work. In former years the posi- tion of a registration deputy has been looked upon as a political snap, but owing to the absence of a clause in the new act providing for extra compensation the clerk has no fund at his disposal. “There will be no difficulty in making a regisier that will be one of the cleanest and best the county bas ever had,” said Mr. Jordan. “Iam now making arrange- ments for handling the registration affida- vits that will reduce the chances of fraud to a minimum. They will be arranged in wards and precincts, so that I will be able to keep at my fingers’ ends the exact con- dition of affairs as they progress.” The opinion of the District Attorney that no financial aid can legally be ex- tended to the clerk has been accepted by Mr. Jordan, and he has arranged every- thing eccordingly, and he anticipates nothing more serious than several months of hard work for himself and deputies. More than 150 deputies will be placed in the field when all appointments have been made. e How He Succeeded. sEeakin§ of pictures, a friend of ours took her four-year-old to a photographer. The child could not be made to sit still. He of the camera was as suave as he could be and worked every device of gentle persuasion to make the little wrig- gler sit still. Finally he said to the despairing mother: “Madam, if you will leave the little dear alone with me a few minutes I think I can succeed.” The mother had scarcely withdrawn back by the When they reached home the mother asked: “Nellie, what did the man say to ou alone with him ?” vhen I left ““He th isped Nellie, “‘thit thill, “He thaid,” you little rathcal, or I'il thake the life out of ye.”-—Spare Moments. ———————— The Queen of Portugal has just passed alifying her for prac- norning the Ala- He will be re- | He got off | tne footpads covered | gqyertisements, from the cattle-ranchers, town a few months ago, not an uncommon | experience in that district. | The Oakland party consisted of Mrs. Mary E. Linde, a journalist from Hot Springs, Ark., and her son-in-law, George Mockwitz, wife and cnild. Mr. Mockwitz is a geologist and mining | prospector and had gone to Lincoln County from Paris, Texas, for the purpose of prospecting, prepared to locate claims for himself aud a rich Danish syndicate. He found the country rich in minerals, but the environments so dangerous that he could not remain there with safety to himself and family. Mrs. Linde was offered the only print- ing office at Lincoln free if she would con- duct a weekly county paper. This offer | appeared generous, considering the fact that it contained presses and type to the value of several thousand dollars and that the advertisements amounted to $250 monthly, at the rate of $10 an inch for | known as “brand ads,”’ showing each rancher’s cattle-brand. ; This appeared to be a grand offer until it was discovered that no man had yet run a paper acceptable to the cowboy element. The last editor had had his nerves shat- tered by the actions of a band who had taken offense at some news published. Instead of calling for a retraction they took the law into their own hands, rode up to the office, opened a fusillade of pistol shots, pied the type and scared the editor and staff into suspending publication—a very wise precaution under the circum- stances. It was soon learned that strangers were not welcome unless they would fall in with the clique of cowboys that ran the town, and Mr. Mockwitz was not one of their set, so they determined to annoy him. They took possession of his valuable horses, and confiscated whatever they could lay their hands on. The birth of a little daughter in his family compelled him to remain at Lin- coln two months, while he felt that his life was not safe. In the meantime Mrs. Linde had written articles for a paper at White Oak in New Mexico, a more civilized country, in which she showed up the doings of the | so-called cowboys, which this lady says | are not the class generally known as cow- boys, but renegades of Texas, New Mexico end all Western States. These articles found their way back to Lincoln, making her position as dangerous as that of Colonel Founiain. The cowboys swore that the family should never leave Lincoln, and neither could they until a message reached Fort Stanton, ten miles distant, asking protec- tion for themselves. Captain Burbank re- sponded, and troops were sent over to escort Mrs. Linde and the Mockwitz fam- 1ly safely to Fort Stanton, where they re- mained a short while, and later on were protected by the Government troops over a stretch of 140 miles to the railroad sta- tion en route to California. In speaking of the experience Mr. Mock- witz says that he has traveled all over America and Europe, but never encoun- tered a class of people so wholly lawless and defiant as these outlaws, who are called cowboys, which is a decided mis- nomer, for they are not like the cowboys of Texas and elsewhere, but a lot of men who recognize no laws but their own, and revenge every real or fancied wrong with terrible punishments, regardless of life. The population of Lincoln is not over 1000 inhabitants, and the law-abiding citi- zens are greatly in the minority, standing in abject fear of the class that murdered Colonel Fountain. “Iam surprised that he was allowed to live even as longas he did,” said Mrs. Linde to-night, “after convicting the twenty-two cowboys, who were among the ‘very worst of the cligue that rule Lincoln, the county seat of Lincoln County."” A SOHOOL FOR MONKEYS, An Institution Where They Are Taught to Spell With Blocks. There has just been founded at Calcutta an institution for the education of mon- keys, says the Paris Journal des Debats, Probably the prime movers of the affair never heard of Professor Garner, the cele- brated American simiologist, who has again gone to Africa to make an ex- haustive study of the language of mon- kevs, or else they bave deemed it easier to teach the monkeys than to learn from them in simian tongue. At any rate, one of the methods employed in this strange educational institution is the following: soon be opened up for these chattering | little beasts. ALAMEDY HILK FLYSES Dairymen Protest Against Hav- ing Records Bulletined Weekly. Charles Keller Sues for Divorce Be- cause He Was Deserted by Wife and Family. ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 15.—The milk- men who supply Alameda, at least those who are engaged extensively in the busi- ness, are going to object strenuously to the setting up of a bulletin board in the rooms of the Board of Health, whereon to chron- dcle from week to week the result of tests of the milk supply, as samples of the same are taken from the cans that customers are served from. 1t is represented that big dairies, where the product of many cows is mixed, will not hold its own alongside of the produvct of one or two cows, kept by the man who owns a spare lot and who has fancy stock and keeps it in fancy style. The dairymen declare that the competition will be unfair and be likely to greatly pre- judice consumers against them when there wo uld really be no warrant for so doing. But Veterinary Inspector Carpenter de- clares the bulletin board must be set up, and it is now 1n course of preparation. Charles Keller’'s Woe ALAMEDA, CarL., Feb. 15.— Charles Keller has applied for a divorce from the bonds of wedlock that unite him to Kath- erine Keller, and in his complaint tells an unusual story. He was married nearly thirty vears ago, and has grown children. Keller moved to Alameda some six years ago, being a skilled mechanic and having secured work in the Pacific Coast Borax Works. For some reason his wife refuseda to come to Alameda to reside. She not orly refused to come, but she disappeared irom her husband’s view and knowiedze, | and he professes that he has not the least | idea in the world whither she went. Keller is now in ill health. He was very | ill a few months ago, but not one of his children, who live m San Francisco, came to see him. He resolved, seeing that they were so indifferent to him, to separate himself legally from them, mainly to the end that some real property in Nevada City may be wholly in his name to dispose of as he may see fit. A Japanese Boy Arrested. ALAMEDA, CaL., Feb. 15.—Mrs, Alfred Lundquist of 1709 Eagle avenue swore to a complaint yesterday on which a warrant was issued for the arrest of a Japanese ser- vant named Yamada. She declares that the Japanese came to her house to borrow a book, but attempted to assault her. He declares that the complainant called him a Chinaman a number of times, greatly ir- ritating him, during a call made to inquire why the lady was displeased with a com- patriot which he had recommended for service, and that the discussion degene- rated into a slight scrap. A hearing be- fore a local magistrate will be necessary to get at the facts of the case. Burglars Around. -ALAMEDA, CAL., Feb. 15.—An attempt was made at an early hour this morning to commit burglary in the office of the electric railway power-house on Webster street. Entrance was made at a side win- dow by pushing aside the fastening with a knife.” The safe showed siFns of kaving been tampered with, but did not bear the mark of any decided effort to crack it. The burglar or burglars appear to have been frightened away before they accom- plished their purpose, or else they were timid and inexperienced hands, who weak- ened when they saw what a job was be- fore them. ‘A Man Disappears. ALAMEDA, CAL., Feb. 15.—Alfred Erle has joined, for a time at least, the larce army -of mysterious disappearances. He was a_driver for the Palace Bakery, and drew $30 of his wages last Wednesday, leaving §5 still owing, and went to San Francisco.. That was the last seen or heard of him by his Alameda friends. He was a very steady and frugal man, and that fact has added to the perplexity of his employers. W.*W. BLOW. [Reproduced from a photograph.] last year, when he transferred his busi- ness to his son. The deceased was passionately fond of the water and in 1886 he organized the Oakland Canoe Club, of which he was chosen commodore and which position he has held ever since. He was largely in- strumental in bringing about the success of the club. The deceased was a member of ! the Knights of Pythias, but belonged to no other order. The funera! will be held from his home on Monday afternoon. BONDING 15 DEFEATED, Berkeley Declares Against a Debt at a Popular Elec- tion. Neither Wharf Nor Schools Can Be Built Now—Baseball at the University. BERKELEY, CaL., Feb. 15.—The propo- sitions to bond the town of Berkeley for $200,000, to be expended in the erection of four new school buildings and a wharf, to cost $120,000 and §$80,000 respectively, were both defeated at the election held to-day. The total vote on the school proposition was 1134, the number cast in its favor being 676 and those against it458. The number required for its passage, according to the law of a two-thirds vote, was 756. The total vote on the wharf proposition was 1147, the number cast in favor being 652 and those against it 495. The vote re- quired for 1its passage was 766, The election throughout the day was al- most_entirely devoid of interest. very lit- tle electioneering work having been done in either the east or west end. So quietly did it pass off that it was quite impossible to mlEB a forecast of the outcome from any manifestations on the part of the voters. Many of the older citizensand those who have been in touch with the entire work- ings of both propositions since their origin believed that the outcome of the election, from the very conditions which brought them into existence, would be defeat for both, Others thought that the school 91 Clay striet, 157:6 E of Locust, E 27:6 by N Metropolitan Railway Company to Market-street Railway Company, lot on § line of Carl street, 127:5 W of Willard, W 75 by S 125; also lot on S line of Carl atreet, 202:5 W of Willard, 79:1, S 267:015, E 120:11, N 263:9; § Frank T. Tilgner (administrator of estate of An- nie F. Tilgner) to Edward I. Sheehan, urdivided 1:12 of lot on NW line of Howard street, 80:1155 SW of Lafayette, SW-by NW 90; $720, Levi Strauss to Levi Strauss & Co.. loi on SE line of Market street, 242;6 SW of Brady, SW 25 by SE 124; 86. Hannah M. Brown to Laura J. Parkin, lot on E Line of Chattanooza street, 175 S of Twenty-third S 30 by E 117: gift. E. R. and Bella Lilienthal to Walter A. McCreery, lot on NE line of Steuart street, 137:6 NW of Mis- sion, NW 45:10 by NE 87:6; $10. Hans H. Kohler to Elise Kobler, east half of 100- a lot 40, Second street, 275x137:6 on_Folsom S,5orner Second and Folsom, SE 157:6 by SW 7 : N. D. Thayer to Hannah Murphy, lot on SE line gt Freclon strect, 80 SW ot Fourtii, SW 25 by S1 et il John McDermott to Margaret McDermott, lot on SW corner of Fifth and Tehama streets, W 73 by S 55; also lot on NW line of Mi of Third, SW 20 by NW. Fifth, NE 26 by SE 90: Gift Henry Stern to Annie B. Chalmers, ot on N line of A sireer, 26:8 W of Twenty-third avenue, W 53:4 by N 100; $10. E. and Lydia M. Maginnis to Sol_Getz, lot on § line of I street, 107:6 L of Twelfth avenue, & 25 by S 100; $10. William J. Welch to Ada H. Allen, lot on SE line of_Ariington street, 388 SW of Roanoke, SW 25 by SE100; $300. Annie J. Nahl to George C. Smart, lot 8, con- taining 1.08 acres; lot 9, containing’ 1.20 acres, block 1, Belle Roche City; §5. E. H. Harford to Kate Spencer, lafs 27 and 28, Dlock 44, City Land Association; also property in Solano County; gift. ALAMEDA COUNTY. W.W. and Francis I. Woodcock to George D. Gray, lot on NW line of Eleventh avenue, 337 NE from NE line of town of Clinton, thence NI $7:6 by NW 150, Kast Oakland: also lot on NW line of Lleventn' avenue, 412:6 NE trom NE line of Clinton, NE 37:6 by NW 150, East Oak- land; $5. Enma C. and L. D. Manning to_C. 8. Lane, lot on W line of Neilson street, 996.80 N of Gilman, N 87:6 by W 100, block ¥, Amended Map Christiania Tract, Oakland Township: $10. O. F. Miner to Pacific Bank of San Francisco, lot 1314, block B, Amended Map Teachers’ Tract, Berkeley; $10. K. G. and Katharine O. Easton to H. C. Kidder, lot on N line of Francisco street, 289:6 F of Grove, I 50 by N 135, block D, Janes Tract, Berkele; 0. Clarinda P. Raleigh to Alice A. Kerber, lot on W linc of Second street, 100 N of Page, N 55 by w 125, block 31, Tract B, Berkeley Land and Town Improvement Association; $110. Charles A. and Alice C. Builey to W. J. O'Brien, 10t commencing at a point in N boundary lot 14, University Terrace, distant 155 from NE corner of said lot 14, thence NE 40 to stake No. 48 in center line of' Panoramic way, thence SE 50 to stake No. 47, thence S 160 to stake No. 27 In cen- ter of Panoramic way, thence SW 50 to stake No. 26 1n center line of Panoramic way, thence N 200, to beginning, being portion of University Terrace, AUCTION SALES! pGE'g. Co- WERAL A e s CESROOT ores SAN Francioc E‘\STO“ &D(\ Réac peraTe AStNTs OFFICE& 8 /AARKET 5‘-3” 2 At Auction TUESDAY- TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1896 AT 12 o'cLOCK NooN At 638 Market Street, Opp. Palace Hotel. Invesiment Properties! A GRAND PIECE OF SUTTER-ST. PROPERTY, Is known as the “CALEX ANDRIA,” South Side of Sutter St., 41:2!{ East of Jones St., Lot 65x137:6 Feet, RENTAL $800 PER MONTH. This new and elegantly constructed 5-story mod- ern hotel building, contains everything known to architects for the convenience of patrous of a first- class family hotel; it is subdivided into 120 sunny. cheerful and pleasant rooms, comprising grand halls, elegant reception-rooms, pariors, biliiard- rooms, family rooms, in suit or single; fine eleva- tor; in the basement is a complete outfit for the elevator; laundry appliances, and everything that the demands require for a strictly first-class house, or if desired the building is well arranged and can be rented for offices. Doctors, dentists, artists and all professional people are making Sutter st. the great Leadquarters, resort and thoroughfare for every profession useful to the human family. For a professional not 10 be located on Sutter st. Is to be out of the swim. Examine this property for an investment; a rare opportunity for a large piece of Sutter-st. property; a chance once in s lifetime. PALATIAI; RESIDENCE And Lot 137:6x137:6 feet, on north line of Broadway, 137:6 feet east of Fill- more street—the very apex of Pacifie Heights. This elegant mansion is one of the choicest homes In this city; contains 18 rooms. comprising Beautitul Parlors, Reception Rooms, Library, Bil- liard Room. Elegant Dinivg-Room’ and several Bedrooms, Grand Hall, frescoes and elaborate or- namentations ‘thronghout the residence; elegant grounds, with stable for several horses, and the grand and imposing view of San_Francisco bay, the islanas, the Marin, Sonoma, Napa and Contra Costa Hills, and a constantly moving marine pan- orama-view unequaled in the world. The Mansion and Stable and the entire lot, 137:6 X137:6 feet, will b2 offered as an entirety or In Four (4) Large Subdivisions—3. 137:6 Feet, 4x Reserving the improvements. A more perfect and sitely c location for a home cannot be found in the ‘I'he homes of our best citizens surround this mansion and grounds. Broadway Is bituminized and in splendid condition. Car accommodations 10 every portion of city. Improved NW. Corner Filimore and Jackson Streets. Improvements consist of 8 FRENCH FLATS, “0f7and 6 rooms and bath and a bay-window residence of 9 rooms and baih. 7T hisis one of the choicest locations on Pacific Helzhts. The prop- erty Is in quick demand for renting at oll times; surrounded by street cars, accessible to any por- tion of the cf Examine this Fall rents $2: A PACIFIC HEIGHTS 50-VARA LOT, South line of Vallejo street, 137:6 feet east of Filimore. This Is a grand location for a handsome alatial residence. klegant and choice neighbor- Food. The grand view associated with the Pacific Heights is enjoyed by this property. Lot 137:6x 137:6 teet. Car accommodations everywhere. For catalogues, terms, etc., inquire of EASTON, ELDRIDGE & CO., Auctioneers, Salesroom, 638 Market Street.