The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 19, 1896, Page 13

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1896 1 o e R e By e b e s s I e e T S e Interesting Report of Important Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County A FOUNDER OF THE CALL, J. J. Ayers Talks of Half a Cen- tury of California Jour- nalism. ECHOES OF THE VIGILANTES, Most of His Early Associates Have Joined the Army of Those Gone on Before. AND OFFIC 908 B the hom r1sco CALL,) dway, February 18, | of Colonel W. J. Shanklin Madison street is a man who knows re perhaps of the inside facts of Califor- iistory than any one now living. referred to is Colonel Shanklin’s w, J. J. Ayers, one of the founders of the San Francisco MorNING Carr. He came to this State in 1848, crossing Central America and coming north on a coastl appearance has not passed much beyond the prime of life, although his hair is almost snow white. He stands ot and carries himself much like a mili- tary man. He is from a New York family, ( harness up to a year ago. He was interested with Mr. Lynch in the Los Angeles Herald, He was Public Printer from 1883 to 1887 under Governor Stoneman, but has now retired to Azusa, where he has a home and an orange grove | out of the frost belt. S v L EARLY REGISTRATION. An Army of Clerks Now at Work In the County. OAKLAND, Carn, Feb. 18.—County Clerk Jordan’s office has been thronged since early yesterday morning with electors who desire to get their names upon the new Great Register early and thus avoid the rush. The county officials feel assured that the earlier this duty is performed the more accurate will be the register. To facilitate registration the of- fice is kept open from 7:30 to 9 o’clock | each evening. | whom applicati Ward and precinet registration are trongly urged. The list of deputy clerks appointed and given herewith shows to ion can be made in that Affidavits of registration may be to before any of these free of regard. sworn charge: Oakiand—J. C. Ellsworth, F. F. Jackson, O. C. Pyutt, Fred M. Walsh, John Gilberison, G. H. Hunt, T roe, C. A. Taber, E. S. Van Court, E. B. T. Coner, O. J. lien, John A. Jackson, L 1. Boak, awrenc cihatton. E. S. Reed, H Suden, C. W. Emery, K. M. Hayden, P. . R. Crargen, G. F. Prosser. B. Thompson, H. Crowell, A. 8. . B. Vandérhoot. den, T. A. Ellis, Charles B, Overacker, E. J. Briscoe. Fruitvale—W. S. Dunlevy, A.F.Shubler, C. A, Tyrrell, P. H. Blake, W. 0. Bridgman, Charles O. Alexander, T Harwood. Mission San_Jose—C. W. F. Bergman, J. E. Briscoe, A. Herman, A. L. Sunderer. Lorin—W. C. Moran, . D. Irwin, Thomas A. Evans. San Lorenzo—Xenry Dornan, P. F. Rehde. James J. Avers, Printer, Jonrnalist and Author, and One of the Founders of the San Francisco ¢ call.” ing-room of the St. Louis e accepted Hor- came West to appearing e aud very of some of ay the Herald d orde d commit scsibers had all A small sheet, , CA out in favor of went ahead like a hed to it end the sub- eld for a small and e opportunity and weré five of us, ewspaper fellows, 80 sed & co-operative a daily at 12)¢ cents per \amed it the MORNING CALL. which ed until its present proprietor, I ve, changed the name to the San Fran- cisco CALL 1 was chosen editor and was to t in setting type when not otherwise em- id W. Higgins, now a wealthy but retired ictoris, B. C., assistant Tha rial and George Edwards Barnes was manager. He was assisted by Dav now passed awey. Charles F. compositor. He, 100, 1 have to go. never had but two and reportorial staff ranked as editor and_as- We had success irom the start and in s had to enlarge our paper. When we started it was a little smeller than the front page_of TH 1 . The original plan on which the leid_out wes to ¢ verything in the most con ble. There were no railroads hose days, but we did not lack y There was al- ent 10 keep up the interests of renders, as_there is to-day. o report, politics were lively and the: ng news was &iways & source of great in- terest e and to tell nanner possi graphs in ¢ two weeks the eteamers ar 1d receive a lot of old East the doings he people ived, and n papers g news out for the next day. Then Jater, as we had more time, we could go over pem again and get out more that was of -st. Our policy was to ist wepaper. 1t was well conduc shly r pative, square and honest pa- ising came in to us and ilt up, enlarging as became necessary, atthe end of ten years it was the best- paying paper on the comst. Atthat time we J'wit n subscription of 17,000 in a population of 70,000. The manner of how the paper wasnamed has n told, but it may be new to many of its enders 1 We hed ielked the matier over sether and ded tnet we didn’t want any the old names; we wanted to have some- ng entirely new. One Sunday morning we ail standing on Kearny street, when a ,oster came along and put up thean- incement that Julia Dean Hayne would ap- r as Parthenia in “Ingomar,” &na the per- sance would close with the roaring lnrvc’;f Morning Call.” “There we are, boys,' ned. “We will name our baper THE ENING CALL’’ That is how one paper se- red its neme. Mr. Ayers bas written a book called )lden” Sunshine, an Autobiographical te of California.” 1t'is out of the line of books treating of the argo- days. Itis full of sketches of the ic ents that went to make up the early tory of the State and of the principal of that day with whom he came in v contact. i nvitation of the Society of Pioneers ] address that organization Friday ning upon the subject-matter of his , which has not yet been publish-d. - “address will be in the Pioneer Hall, Francisco, and will be highly inter- ng to both young and old. & is pioneer” editor continued in the withdrawn | We often had | early newspaper training | Temescsl — W. W. Kuickerbocker, Henry West Berkeles—W. A. Nash, T. Wilson, W. R. Dickieson.. Haywards — F. B. Hooson, H. E. Biuner, Joseph Pimental, Frank J. Hofling, C. W verett, H. Hoare, J. A. Collins, Frank Lake, harles F e, W. J. Ramage. Mount Eden—George C. Peterman, H, L. Peter- H Hemenger. b F. W. James, . Nugent, George Schmidt, 11, C. L. Hugiins, F. W. Marrquand, er, J. cotchhler. , L. J. Ayer. ing, William Higby, W. R. R. Knowland, J. L. Ballentine, G. R. , E. Minor Smith, C. W. Petney < San Leandro—August B. Jorkman, J. W. Her- hert. Golden Gate—Clarence Haven, R. W. Gifford, Walter N. F. Behrns. Elmhurst—H. W. Whipple, L. L. W. D. Montford, William G. Oliver. Pleasanton—A. H. Harms, T. W. Harris, John B. Hornstein, A. C. Vandervoort, A. 8, Calsbury. | McDougall. Dublin—George Kolb. Redwood Canyon—Henry Hauschildt, Alverado—E. A. Richmond, F. B. Gran- ger Jr. Centerville—H. C. Gregory, F. F. Dusen- berry, J. G. Mattos Jr., Hi 'y Crosby, 8. Sand- holdt. Claremont—H. B. Gaston. Livermore—W. H. Wright, J. H. Taylor, A. W. Felden, I. McKown. Dec to—John H. Hayes, William King, Peter | Juhl, Edwin Whipple. General appointments—C. E, Ellis, W. C. Busse, T. M. Robinson, A. J. McKim, C. L. Be- ratta, A, K. Hartwell, M. P. Manning, James M. Shanley, George Wales, J. F. Paull, Antonio Gomes. A MONTH OF MARRIGE It Proved to Mrs. Brock That Hyman Was a De- ceiver. Oakland Streets Already Gay for the Washington Birthday Cele- bration. Oaxraxp OrricE SAN FrAxcisco CALy, - 908 Broadway, Feb. 18, } Mrs. Brock is a young woman who is convinced that so faras she is concerned marriage is a dire failure. She made this discovery less than a month after she became Mrs. Brock. The young wife appeared before Judge Frick to-day and told of her marital ex- periences. A few weeks after marriage X | ber Lusband took her for a targetand o hrough them and get the most | ¢ 04 many articles at her, amone them an old shoe and a pistol builet. - On one occa- sion, according tu her complaint, Brock went home intoxicated and threw himself upon a bed in which their little baby was sleeping. The mother rescued the babe, the father objected and Mrs, Brock was the sufferer. He varied his acts of violence with oc- casionsl threats to kill his wife and once he tried to carry out the threat, but the bullet lodged™ in the wainscoting instead of in Mrs. Brock’s head. A boot was hurled at her with such violence that she was sick for several days. A year ago, to the young wife's great relief, Brock left her in peace. Brock is a bookkeeper and has been em- ployed by some of the Alaska canneries. i{e went off & year ago and now his wife need no longer call herself by the name of the man she married, for Judge Frick considered her allegations proved and sent her on her way rejoicing. YOUNG WOMEN’S HOME. Annual Reports Show a Most Flourish- ing Conditign. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 18.+-The annual meeting of the Oakland Young Women’s Cnhristian Association was held.to-day at the home on Frankiin street. Mrs. P. D, Browne occupied the chair. The report of Mrs. E. Wolfenden, the secretary, contained many interestin, facts. Among many details are the fol- lowing statements: The home since January, 1895, has been nndeer the excellent management of Miss Williams, matron. From the records we find that 93 ladies have been registered during the past vear. Of these 15 are students attending the university, kindergarten and other schools, 6 are sewmstresses, 17 nurses, 11 teachers, 7 salesladies, 3 companions, 5 dressmakers, the balance being transients. On an average dur- ing the past seven months every available rogm has been occupied. We have again and again reiterated that our boarding home is not a charity, but fills a needed want, a refined Christian home at the lowest price, also that young women out of work and money shall be retained. The man- agement exercises a kindly discretion, not keeping the paying of boerd ever before them, but still giving them to understand they can Pay all indebtedness as such course is right in the sight ol God and man. Some good iriends realizing how hard it is to runa house and setsuch a good table with so little money have cceasionally remembered the home with sub- stantial donations, Mrs. Anson Barstow, as treasurer, reports the Treceipts at $4137 95 during the year,and $2 14 from last year. Disbursements, $4074 84; bal- ance on hand, $65 25. The matron, Miss Willlams, reported the Teceipts from hoarders as $3615 88, and the expenditure of $2695 6. balance peid to treasurer, $920 27. This makes an average of i:) 5 95 per month for the total expense of the me. The following board of directors were elected: Mrs, P. D. Browne, Mrs. J. M. Hinkle, Mrs. D. W. C. Gaskill, Mrs. W. H. H. Graves, Mrs. G. D. Gray, Mrs. A. E. Sharon, Mrs, J. P. Ames, Mrs. Anson Bar- stow, Mrs. 8. G. Chamberlain. The following officers were Mrs, P. D. Browne, president; Dr. H. P. Van Kirk ana Mrs. William Tk, Mrs. J. C. Ainsworth, Mis. 8. G. Cham- beriain, Mrs. A. Dow, Mrs. H. C. My- gatt, Mrs. W. A. Jacobs, Mrs. J. M. Merrill, Mrs. F. A. Bashford, Mrs. E. L. Hutchinson, vice-presidents; Mrs. E. Wolfenden, recording secretary; Mrs. W. F. Lewis, corresponding secretary ; Miss C. J. Bacon, financial secretary; Mrs. Anson Barstow, treasurer. THE EXCHANGE IS SAFE. chosen: 3 No Loss of Trade on Account of the Dressmaker’s Ruse. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 18.—Mrs, W. E. Sharon, president of the Women’s Ex- change, says that the failure to remove their sign from the original exchange, on Fourteenth street, has not caused them any loss of business, although it has caused much inconvenience. Mrs. Caldwell, the dressmaker, who is trading on thesign, is not, it is said, de- riving any benefit from her ruse, but is | losing on accountof it. Last Saturday Mrs. | Caldwell hung out an extra sign contain- ing the words, “Women's Exchange,” but although that is a clear infringement of the rights of the legitimate, organized ex- change, the ladies have decided to take no action, as they feel the publication of the facts has sufficiently enlightened the public. The exchange is now doing a business averaging from $500 to $900 a month and is sieadily increasing. Itsvalue is mani- fested in many ways. One woman is keeping herself and five children through its assistance. Aid is extended to women who are competent and desirous of heip- ing themselves, and the lady patronesses of the institution give much time toward fostering i DECORATING STREETS. Preparing for the Big Parade on Wash- ington’s Birthday. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 18.—The decora- tion of Broadway and Washington street | for the celebration to be held Saturday in honor of the birthday of General George Washington has been commenced. From now on the work will be pushed along as rapidly as possible, and by Friday it is ex- pected the business portion of the city | will be in gala attire. | The exercises in the evening will be held at the First Congregational Church. Ex-Mayor G. C. Pardee and Major E. 2 Sherman will be the speakers. A lare choir which has been under the training of D. P. Hughes for the past two weeks will lead the singing and promises to be & feature of the celebration. Disastrous Fire on Thirteenth. OAKLAND,Cav, Feb. 18.—Fire broke out in the rear of the building on Thirteenth street, between Washington and Clay, known as the Ladies’ Co-operative Home. As soon as the alarm was turned in the whole of the back of the building was- in flames. It is an old structure and when once the fire got headway its progress was very rapi A second alarm was turned in and thei re was worked from both Thir- teenth: nd Twelfth streets. Before the FireD e partment got control of the fire it had reached to the attic from the kitchen where it originated. During the excitement the ladies of the home reported that there was a sick man in one of the rooms. He was taken there from the Receiving Hospitala few days ago, and after being carried out he was taken to the hospital in the patrol wagon. Before the fire was put out the building was badly-gutted. The damage will probably reach $2000, part_of which is covered by insurance. The Ladies’ Co-operative Society, to whom the building was leased by F. K. Shattuc! conducted the home asa cheap lodging house. Paderewski and Opera, OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 18.—The sale of | seats.and boxes for the Paderewski piano recital will begin to-morrow (Wednesday), at 9 A Already thousands of people have been at the box office for tickets. Prices will be the same as charged in San Francisco. The Tavary Grand Opera Company comes Wednesday and Thursday evenings and Thursday matinee of next week. “Carmen,” Wednesday evening; *Bo- hemian Girl,” Toursaay matinee, and “Trovatore,” Thursday evening. Sale of seats begins next Monday. A McKinley Club. OAKLAND, Cav., Feb. 18.—On Satur- day evening at Kohler & Chase Hall, Eleventh street and Broadway, a McKin- ley club is to be_organized. The meeting is to be_ held under the auspices of the Second Ward Republican Club, F. R. Porter president. Speakers from San Francisco are to be features of the event. The Oakland Congressional district be represented at the St. Louis convention in June by two delegats The club will try to send a solid McKinley delegation of eighteen from this State, Charged With Corruption. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 18.—Charles A. Lanais, charged with offering to accept $40 to refrain from testifying in a case against Walter Cook and Albert Koenig of East Oakland, where he secured evidence for Chief of Police Lloyd, was up for trial before Judge Frick, in the absence of Judge Greene on account of illness. The defense will be insanit; Dr. Morse’s Successor. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 18.—Rev. C. M. Hill, pastor of the Tenth-avenue Baptist Church denies that he is to succeed Rev. 8. B. Morse, D.D., as president of Califor- nia College at Highland Park, East Oak- land. Heisa trustee of the institution and will have a voice in selecting the new official. The subject has not yet been con- sidered by the board. Smith’s Position. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 18.—The Police and Fire Commissioners this afternoon did not take up the appointment of a per- manent assistant chief to the Fire Depart- ment. It seems to be the opinion now that the temporary appointment of W. B. Smith will be allowed to stand. The Grand Jury. OAKLAND, Cav., Feb. 18.—The Grand Jury had under consideration this after- noon charges against G. G. Baker, a real- estate de:fler. He is accused of selling property for a woman for $625 and then failing to settle with her so as to secure a deed For the purchaser. Mr. Baker claims the difficulty 1s purely technical and will be explained satisfactoril; Cost Bill Filed, OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 18.—The attor- I neys for the plaintiff have filed their bill in the Wittstein damage suit. The heaviest item of expense is the jury fees, amount- ing to $432. Jurors’ mileage reaches $103 50, reporters’ $76; total $276 40. Hammerberg’s Death an Accident. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 18.—An inquest was held to-night into the death of A. Hammerb: foreman of the section crew on the Fruitvale and Laundry Farm | Railroad, who died shortly before mid night last night as a result of injuries re- ceived in an accident on the road, which occurred about 6:45 A. M. yesterday. The crew had just started to go to work on the handear when it jumped the track, going over an embankment near a trestie. The men on the handcar with Hammerberg were Louis Alverg, J. C. Warren, C. Bone- zeno and F. Fitzpatrick. In propelling th2 handear the men on | one side pushed too hard on the lever, | causing the front trucks of the car to leave the track. Where the accident occured there is a slight curve in the track, which made it much easier for the car wheels to ‘‘ride” the rails. The carran on a short distance upon the ties and then pitched over a ten-foot embankment, carrying all the men with it. All the section hands were more or less jured by the fall, but it was not thought at the time that any serious results would follow. Hammerberg was taken to his home and Drs. Beckwith and Fortin were calfed in. The only external injuries that they could find was a slight abrasion in the vicinity of the hip. The man seemed, however, to have been qnite severely in- jured internally and died about midnight, He was a married man, a native of Swe- den and about 36 years of age. He had been employed by the company about five years. After hearing the evidence the jury re- turned a verdici of accidental death. OF A DAY. HISTORY Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, Feb. 18. { condition this afternoon is re- Dr. Wythe! ported as Mrs, J, F. Kiernan, who was so seriously in- jured & few wecks ago by an accident, is gradu- ally recovering. The alarm of fire shortly before 11 o'clock fees $175, physicians' ! | The ohn | T0 PROTECT SICK HORSES, Humane Society Wants Funds for a Well-Equipped Ambulance. DR. CARPENTER'S INVENTION. Many Valuable Animals Have Been Slaughtered for Lack of Means of Removal. | OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway. Feb. 18. } The recent horrible death of two horses | in a ditch at Fruitvale has caused the | Humane Society of this city to feel the} urgent necessity of an ambulance for the | removal of horses when such accidents | happen. A similar need was felt for many years | by the Society for the Prevention of | Cruelty to Animals in San Francisco, and | three years ago Dr. Thomas Carpenter, | who is now a prominent officer of the Humane Society of this county and veterinary inspector for Alameda, seeing the urgent need, invented an ambulance, which has proved a blessing to suffering horses and cattle. It has also been the means of saving animals that would other- wise have been sacrificed. This ambulance was never patented nor will it ever be, as Dr. Carpenter desires every society to have the privilege of using the vehicle whenever needed. The body of the ambulance is patternetl after the old Bergh system of New York, which has a platform on rollers. To this | Dr. Carpenter has added a rubber bea and pillows and a mask padded two inches thick with felt, with an apron over the Dr. Carpenter’s Invention—An Ambulance to Remove Disabled Animals. this morning wes for a_small blaze on Frede- rick street, just off of San Pablo avenue. The | tire siarted in a closet on premises owned by the Charles Kramm estate and was put out by the chemical, with a damage of about $20, A sneak thief effected an entrance into the rear of 938 Broadway some time Sunday night, but nothing was obtained by the fellow for his trouble. Walter Tye, driver of a buteher-wagon, charged by the Humane Soclety with cruelty to animals in drtvingalame horse, was ac- quitted by & jury in the Police Court yesterday afternoon. The estate of John Crellin has been ap- praised at $11,759 70, consisting entirely of money oa deposit in local banks, ~The fortune of the decensed banker was disposed of by him before his death. Officer George Kvte admitted to the Police Commissioners to-day that he had overslept his noon hdur one day some time ago. The matter of his punishiment was taken under ad- visement by the board. Julius Abrahamson, president of the First Hebrew Congregatior, will Jecture on “Reli- glous Enthusiasm” at'the First Hebrew Con- gregation, corner of Thirtcenth and Clay streets, Friday evening. The contempt case of Thomas F. Garrity will probably be ‘ransferred to Judge Ellsworth's department, as some of the same points are in- volved that are raised in the AL Quay case pending in that department. Axel Johnson had his right foot crushed on an Oakland ferry-boat by a freight truck on November 22. To-day through his attorneys, A.L.Black and W. W. Foote, he brought suit 10 recover $500 and £166 expen . John A. Logan Circle No.5, Ladies of the G, A R., will hold its regular meetings at Grand Arm¥ Hall, 419 Thirteenth street, every Tues- day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Members of sister circles are cordially invited to be present. 1. L. Foster, foreman of Engine Company 1 of the Fire Department, surprised his friends by being quictly married at St. John's Episco- al Church yesterday noon. The bride is Miss Ethel A. Paimer, a highly respected young lady of this city. 5 The attorness for Andrew Wettstein have served a memoranda of costs in his suit againat the Southern Pacific Company upon the at- torneys for the defendant. The total amount is ®876 40, of which $432 is for jury fees and $103 mileage of jurors, reporters’ fees 8175, the balance 15 for court costs and mileage of witnesses. The funeral of the late Edwin H. Campbell took place this afternoon, the remains being interred in Mountain View Cemetery. Re- ligious exercises were held at the homeé of the deceased on Sixteenth street near Grove, They were conducted by Rev. Father Akerly and were attended by many of the iriends of the family. A document was filed to-day by which M. F. Delanoy assigns to his two childzen, Marion F. and Frederick W., all his right, title and in- terest in the estate of Austen B! Delanoy, de- cea in accordance with the wish of said son ex; d during his lifetime that nis brother e5s nn’d sister should have his estate in the event of his death. J. C. Donnelly, a commercial traveler, who lixes at 1305 Eighth street, was picked up on Fourteenth strcet, neer the narrow-gauge depot, this morning by the police. He was badly'ent about the head. Itis supposed he fell off the train. He wes taken to the Receiy- ing Hospital for treatment. and after being righted up returred to his home. The two-story house of Mrs. McGuire at Mis- sion San_Jose was destroved by fire yesterday afternoon. 1t was occupied by three families, and one room was used as & burber-shop. Part of the contents were saved. Loss on bulidings, £1200; insurance, $750. A man working on the roof fell to the ground and received inter- nal injuries which 1nay resuit fatally. A FATHER SEEKS HIS SON. An English Architect Makes Inquiries About Martin Lunn. Secretary Kane of the Society for the Suppression of Vice has succeeaed in find- ing the whereabouts of Martin Holmes Lunn and will place him in the care of the Youths’ Directory for a time. It is an incident in the story of 4 run- away and, it is said, incompetent youth, of asorrowing father across the sea who is trying to persuade the prodigal to re- turn. Martin Lunn has but onesettled purpose in life and that 1s to rove both by sea and lana. He is scarcely 17 vears old, but has gone far over the road that leads to prison or the life of a tramp. A letter from his father, William Lunn, an architect of Great Malvern, Eng., nar- rates the story of the boy's secret de- parture from home, and of his finally reaching San Francisco and going into the employ of tie Midway Plaisarce of this City. I sent hir £5, hearing from him that he was invalided and wanting money, but it was returned to me, togecfier with five of my letters to him. i:h wrote me in September, but gave no address.” e inclosed letters from the boy show- ing exceeding illiteracy on the part of the young fellow. Martin Lunn has been a roustabout at the Midway Plaisance until recently, but showed such skill in light fingering that he was dismissed. He 1s now pesdling cheap jewelry at Vallejo. eyes, to blind the animal dnring removal, The mask is to prevent injury to the head, as all horses have a tendency to throw the head around when hurt, and frequently iniure themselves seriously. { obstreperous, this is prevented by the padded mask. A rubber bucket of water 1s carried to wash the wounds or quench the thirst of the horse. The apparatus consistsof a strong frame- work of 1ron, suspended on a trolley traek, assisted in its work by a compound hoist- ing block, by which one mau can lift a ton weight. The track is divided in the center and doubles back on itself when not in use. The end of the track is supported by a twelve-foot tubular tripod, which can be adjustea over an excavation, cellar hatch- | way or a hole in a wharf, or, as in some cases, where horses or cows fall between. the wharf and a steamer. The horse is removed by a system of | slings, a most perfect arrangement, in- vented ten years ago by Dr. Carpenter’s now deceased father, W. H. Carpenter. The hoisting apparatus is attached to the driver’s seat by a double block con- | nected with the trolley over the driver's seat. The horse is lifted right up into the ambulance by this arrangement without the least suffering. Dr. Carpenter says the need of such an ambulance is seen almost daily in the ani- mal work of the humane society of this city, and the only reason that they do not have it is for lack of money to pay for one. Che cost would be $1000, ANOTHER BOND ELECTION. It Will Be Held in Berkeley Under the School Law. A Branch Republican League—Student Laborers to Celebrate—New Precincts. BERKELEY, CaL., ¥eb. 18.—Steps have been taken by the Board of Education for the calling of another special eiection to again submit to voters a proposition for | providing new schools for Berkeley. The election will be under the school law and will be a school-district election, called by the Board of County Supervisors at the instance of the Berkeley Board of Education. At a meeting of the School Directors | last night a committee consisting of Presi- dent Boom and Directors Robertson and Neihaus was appoicted to consult with the Town Attorney as to the nature of the bonds and the rate of interest. The | committee will report at the board’s next | meeting, on March 20, when the election will probably be called. No decision has yet been reached as to the amount of bonds to be asked for, but the amount will probably be about $60,000. It is proposed to secure grammar schools, as was projected in the election held lasi Saturday, and also a school at Lorin and one at East Berkeley, to relieve the Kel- logg school, so that the latter can be used as a high school. Republican League. BERKELEY, CaL., Feb. 18.—A Califor- nia and Nevada department of the Ameri- can Republican Uollege League is about to be established at the State University. The league is a National one, haying departments at thirteen other universities throughout the country. The objects of the league are to arouse the interest of college-men in politics, to discuss political and economical questions and to assist in forming Republican clubs in the various colleges of the country. The league is divided into “fourteen ‘“‘departments,”’ which include ali the States of the Union, the department of California and Nevada, of which W. D. Thompson, U. C. ’95, is chairman, being No. 13. The general officers of the league are: L. Brent Vaughn of the University of Chicago, president; F. B. Deberville, Uni- versity of Vermont, vice-president; F. L. Edinborough, University of Michigan, sec- retary; C. L. L. Twichell, University of Michigan, treasurer. The Iengue also has a sub-executive committee and an advisory board, among the members of the latter being ex-President Harrison, William Mec- Kinley, Chauncey M. Depew. James S. Clarkson, Speaker Reed, Levi P. Morton, Robert T, Lincoln and other well-known American statesmen. Fraternity Houses Damaged. BERKELEY, CaL., Feb. 18.—Some un- known person or persons, presumably town boys, started on a tour of devastation | Creekis ravidly being built. | among the fraternity houses at about 3 o'clock this morning. They seemed to single out the *‘frat’’ houses for their work of demolition, as no other buildings are reported to have been molested. Breaking windows, stealing door-plates and metallic house numbers were the main features of their work. Besides breaking a4 by 5 heavy plate glass window in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Hounse on Channing way, they forced the front door open and were about to commit further depredations Wwhen they were frightened off. Crossing the street, they broke a large window of the Phi Delta Theta house with a piece of concrete. Going to Bancroft way they stole the door plate off the Sigma Nu house and the house number off -the Chi Phi quarters. The fraternity men are up inarmsat the spoliation of their house property and promise to make it lively for the perpe- trators it caught. Will Organize to Celebrate. BERKELEY, Car., Feb. 18.—President William Nat Friend of the Associated Stu- dents of the university will call a meeting of that body in a few days to organize the “student labor’” brigade and to make ar- rangements for the celebration to be had | on the eveuing of the final day’s work. The new rustic bridge across Strawberry ¢ he foundation is already»com{nleted and the work on the structuré is well under way. The bridge will be finished by the end of the present week. The trees, vines and plants along the route of the proposed new wallk are nearly all removed, and as soon as tnat work is completed and the bridge built everythineg will be in readiness for the stroke of the collegians’ pick. Special Lenten Services. BERKELEY, CaL., Feb. 18.—There will be special services during Lent at S Joseph’s Church on Wednesday and Fri- day at 7:30 P. >, and the celebration of masses will take place every morning at 7 o’clock. To-morrow, Ash Wednesday, the ceremony of blessing and distributing the ashes will take place at 8 A. M., Lo be im- mediately followed by mass. The day will pe observed at St. Mark’s Church? “to-morrow by three services. Morning prayer and holy communion will be held at 10 A. M. Litany services at :30 P. M. and evening payer and sermon at7:30 p. 3, Dr. Jordan Will Lecture. BERKELEY, Car., Feb. 18.—The sec- ond lecture in the course under the aus- | pices of the Unitarian church will be | given in Stiles Hall next Frida 7 night, February 21, at 8 o'clock, by Presi David Starr Jordan of Stanford University. His snbject will be ““The Disappearance of Great Men from Public Life.” St. Mark’s Vested Choir. BERKELLY, CaL., Feb. 18. — Rev. George E. Swan of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church has issued a call to all the young men of the parish who wish to join the vested choir to meet him at the church to-morrow evening. When the choir is organized it will be the first vested choir ever formed in Berkeley. New Voting Precincts. BERKELEY, CaL., Feb. 18.—The Board of Supervisors has increased the number of voting precincts from 99 to 121. Berke- ley gets six of these new districts. —_— A GIRL TAKES HER LIFE, Alameda to Have a Permanent Home for Its Library or None. Death of Captain A. H. Morse, a Seafaring Man—Divorce Granted. ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 18.—The City Trustees have set at rest all discussion as to whkether or not the library trustees shall erect a temporary structure for the use of the library by passing a resolution forbidding action to that end. Ciiy At- torney Taylor submitted bis opinion to the board, touching on the right of the library trustees toerect a building or pur- chase real property without the consent of the Municipal Trustees, and it read as follows: To the Honmorable the Board of Trustees of the City of Alameda—GENTLEMEN: Replying to your inquiry, I will state that under the act estab- lishing free libraries the board of trustees of the free library and reading-room have au- thority to purchase real estate and erect build- ings only with the consent and approyal of your honorable board. This opinion settles the proposition to build & $2500 temporary structure. There are now but two things which the Library Trustees can do. One is to_remove into the room in the new City Hall designed for the library, and the other is to erect a rmanent building. A scheme for the atter at present seems to be well ad- vanced, and the probabilities are that it will go through. There seems to be no legal obstacle in its way, and it appears to some the most satisfactory solution of the matter. A Girl’s Unexplained Suicide. ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 18.—With an eight-ounce bottle of strychnine lying at her side Lena Neilson, a comely girl about 21 years of age, was found this afternoon prone upon the bathroom floor in the resi- dence of her emplovers, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Clark of 2111 Alameda avenue. It was evident that the girl had taken the poison with suicidal intent. She had made every preparation for the commission of the rash act. and her desire to die was grati- fied. What ber motive was does not appear, for it was not known that she kept company with any male companions or had had any mis- fortune lately befall her. When Mrs. Clark left her home this morning at 8 o’clock to go on a trip to San Francisco she did not notice that the girl appeared to be troubled, but on the contrary she noticed the girl’s light-heartedness. Mrs. Clark arrived home again at almost 5:30 o’clock, and upon opening the front door saw a note lying on the carpet. She perused its contents which read as follows: Mrs. Clark: You will find the key to the back door on the window sill by the porch behind the blind. LENA. Mrs. Clark did not understand the con- tents of the note until, upon searching through the different rooms and coming to the buthroom, she stumbied across the body of her late servant. Recovering from her fright, she picked up the vial of strych- nine, which was entirely empty, and” an- other note which she found by the girl’s side. The second note gave the address of her relatives. It was written on a torn and soiled piece of note paper and was as follows: *‘My anunt’s address is 935 Santa Clara ayenue, Alameda; my sister, Eighth and Washington streets,” Oakland; Dr. Demi, Fourth street and Telegraph avenue, Ouzkland, Palmer House; key to my room.”” Deputy Coroner Smiley took charge of the remains of the suicide anda will hold an inquest to-morrow. It was his opinion that the girl had been dead for at least six hours, which leads to the belief that she took the poison shortiy after Mrs. Clark’s departure for the City. A Divorce Granted. ALAMEDA, CL., Feb. 138.—Judge Frick has granted isabella Brock a divorce from John C. Brock. They were married in Alameda May 10, 1893, and have one child. ‘The ground set forth by plaintiff was ex- treme cruelty, which culminated in No- vember, 1895, as is alleged, when the de- fendant fired a pistol at plaintiff with intent to kill her. An answer was made to the suit, but there was no contest at the trial. The plaintiff wasawarded the cus- tody of the child and $10 alimony. Death of Captain Morse. ALAMEDA, CaL., Feb. 18 —Captain A. H. Morse, a retired mariner, died this afternoon at his residence, 893 Union street. He had been ill for a long time of a complication of diseases—dropsy, kidney troubies and general debility—and the end | was not unexpected. Captain Morse had been & follower of the sea since boyhood, and when he came to this city to live some years ago had accumulatad quite a snug fortune, which he spent liberally in building and beautifying a home. He was never married, but a widowed sister, M Foy, kept house for him. Ie was 64 years of age and a natiye of Maine. Republican Club Meeting. ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 18.—Tne Ala- meda Republican Club will meet Wednes- dav evening in Tucker's Ha!l instead of Red Men’s.” Maps will be prepared show- ing the boundaries of the new precinets, and an explanation will be made of the new system of registration, with clerksin attendance to register electors. SECRET FAOM THE GRAVE Annie Parker Sacrificed Her Life to Make a Friend Happy. A Senteree in a Letter From the East Brought Her Face to Face With the Inevitable. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRrANCIS 908 Broadway, Feb. 18. Now that Annie Farkeris in her grave the secret that caused her to end her life in the bay has come to light. The story of the young woman’s trouble bearsout all that her friends and relatives have said of her worthiness and nobility of charac- ter. The secret is contained in one sentence of a letter received from Mrs. Wood by Miss Parker a few days before the young dressmaker left her home for the last time. The sentence referred to asked Miss Parker to do all in her power to help make ci cumstances such that it would be possible for the absent wife to return snd reside in happiness with her husband. What the circumstances were is but too well known. They are told in a letter received by Mr. Wood two weeks ago and shown to a re- porter. The absent wife told her husband that as she stood before the alter in the little church at Maryland before which they had been married, she had prayed earnestly that he might be able to free himself from the demon that was destroying him. The same wish was expressed to Miss Parker. To one of her intimate friends Miss Par- ker had told more of her inmost thoughts than she appears to have told her brother and sister. For thirteen years Miss Parker had been in the employ of the Woods. During this time she learned to lean greatly on the Woods as_a child might toward its parents. Mr. Wood said he was accus- tomed to call her Aunie and he looked upon her as one of the family. Itis known that the friendship between Wcods and Miss Parker was of an intense nature, and during the past few months it increased rather than decreased. Miss Parker was conscious of it, but did not possess tbe strength of will necessary to subdue it. After Mrs. Wood went East the friend- ship between Wood and Miss Parker was very noticeable. This was known to the family and was the thought that induced Aibert Parker to go to Wood’s house the same night that Annie was missing. The young woman made every effort to stifle any demonstration that might not be strictly honorable toward her absent friend, but, according to Wood and the stories of her intimate friends, she did cherish an affection for him. Then came the letter from the East. It asked in clear language that the one who knew better than any one else the circum- stance that had separated husband and wife should use her influence to bring about a restoration. It was more than that lonely heart could bear. The mission was too exacting. Miss Parker knew that she could never carry it out. Her honest nature realized the danger of the situation. With true conscientiousness she faced the tragic in- evitable and decided that the path of re- conciliation for Mrs. Wood would be much more smooth if those whom God had united were left to themselves. When the final debate took place no one will kuow, but evidently prior to the evening before it was carried out. The unhappy girl sacrificed her life rather than have it appear that she had done aughton which the world might frown. DYING IN THE HOSPITAL. Poor Mamie Pease Is Another Victim to Malpractice. Mamie Pease, a very pretty and young blonde girl, is dying at the City and County Hospital. As a matter of fact, she may be dead by the time THE CALL reaches its readers. Dr. Maximilian A. Cachot of 207 Taylor street brought the case to light yesterday, when he caused O. W. Harrington to have the sick girl taken from her abode at 42 Turk street to the City and County Hospi- tal. Harrington has for 2 long time been the protector of the sick girl, whose finan- cial friend is an employe of the Southern Pacific Company at the Oakland mole. Last Fricay Dr. Cachot was called in, and has attended the girl from day to day ever since. To him she has denied that any criminal operation has been per- formed upon her, notwithstanding the in- dications to that effect. She referred to the railroad man in all her statements to the physician, and claimed he should settle all the bills, ashe was the cause of them. e Ce Among the well-known products of rice may be mentioned arrack, or rack, often called “'rice spirit,” which is distilled in Rangoon, Bataviaand Ceylou. 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