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THE SAN FR NCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1896. 13 Interesting Report of »lmportant Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County DB, HARMON HAS FRIENDS The Divorce Case Will Bring to Light Many Sensa- tions. MARRIED HIS TYPEWRITER. Gave Her Brother an Education and Now He Says They Want What Is Left. OArLAND OFFICE SAN FrANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Feb. 20, '} The interrupted flight of Dr. Harmon of San Leandro and the circumstances sur- l\me because they are under obliga- | tions to me. One day in San Lean- | dro they created a disturbance and { then called a Deputy Sheriff in and | accused me. My physical condition is | such that I could not disturbany one’s | peace. The Sheriff held me while my wife | took the baby and left the house. The | baby was the only thing in my solitary | life that was a joy to me. I was trying to | get out of tne jurisdiction of the court when T was arrested. I wanted to goona | steamer to the north, so that I could geta | chance to engage attorneys and make a fight. They wanted to keep me here and | worry me, so the warrant was issued. I | sent nothing improper to my wife and I | will prove it in court.” The arrest of Dr. Harmon for disturbing the peace occurred before the divorce pro- ]ceedings were commenced. Dr. Harmon | | was taken to Judge Clift’s court and was released on $100 cash bail. Dr. Cecil Cor- | win figures in the record as the complain- ‘ ing witness. The case was never pushed, | as the attorneys agreed to let the affair be | held in abeyance. DR, HARMON AS HE USED e— " l TO APPEAR ON RORSEBACK. {From a photograph.] rounding it and leading up to it have drawn forth many exvressions of sympa- v in the town where his home is situ- There are many who look on the as a much-abused man. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Harmon’s brother, Dr. Cecil Corwin, an Oakland dentist, went out to the beautiful nome of the Harmons at San Leandro. He was accompanied by a young man named Wheeler, and they were anxious to get into the house. Somewhat to their sur- prise, they found the house under the pro- tection of a man named Davis, who is a | ser , and who refused to aliow them to enter. “I was put in charge of this place,” said Davis last night, *‘and I don’t propose to let any one in. If that was Mrs. Har- mon’s brother, what right has he coming to the house. He knows his sister is in Oakland, and Dr. Harmon is not here, and I nave not permission to allow any one to enter.”” The house is luxuriously furnished and stands in the center of grounds that are tastefully laid out with flowers and trees. It is an ideal country home and stands about half a mile from the courty road to Haywards. In opposition to the usual course of family troubles, many of those who were neighbors to the Harmons think the doctor deserves more pity than he is getting. They refer to the time when he was a great horseman, when his back was erect and he was a fine specimen of man- hood. That was before he was attacked with that dread disease, spinal ataxia, and Dr. Cecil Corwin says_that Dr. Harmon has been abusive to his sister, and has threatened to shoot her. ‘‘A fayorite form of abuse,”” said Corwin, *‘was to throw soft- | boiled eges at her at breakfast. The doc- | tor became so cruel that my sister re- turned to her mother’s house, taking her little girl with her. Then she commenced | suit for her divorce. A few days ago my | sister received a letter in which was in- i closed an obscene valentine. It was a pen- and-ink drawing of a subject Harmon had m the house at San Leandro. We deter- mined to take steps to punish the man for | his conduet.” | punished him has been already published. Mrs. Powers, who resides near the Har- | mon house at San Leandro, says that the doctor made the mistake of marrying a family, and is now reaping the benefit. | She says that there are two distinct sides | to the story of the Harmon trouble, and when the divorce case comes to trial there will be more than one sensation. Dr. Harmon was in the Police Court this morning to answer to the charge of mis- demeanor. On the plea that he was at present suffering acutely from nervousness | his case was postponed for a week. | PROHIBITIONISTS MEET. The Party’s State Central Committee Meets and Protests Against the Funding Bill. OAKLAND, Carn., Feb. 20.—The State Central Committee of the Prohibition . THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY HOME OF Tui‘: HARMONS IN SAN LEANDRO, [From a p hotograph.] which he says will end his life in about four years. It has already almost totally deprived him of the power of hearing and speech. Dr. Harmon was a fearless rider some years ago, and be and his favorte dark brown horse formed one of the most familiar figures on the county road. He attributes bis present troubles to the fact that he placed the Corwin family under big obligations to him. ‘Ten years ago,” said the doctor, “I met the woman who is now my wife. At that time she was as poor as it was possible to be. She lived in a leaky little cottage near the bay, while hLer brother, who is now putting on 80 much style upon my money, Was gather- ing driftwood along the shore. Then the girl was very sweet and lovable. I took her into my office as typewriter, and after- ward married her. She remained a lov- able woman until her mother dinned into her ears stories prejudicial to me. Iam suffering from an incurable disease of the spine that will eventually result in paralysis of the legs, and the mother kept saying that when this came my wife would be compelled to support us botn. When we had been married about five years they zot me to send young Corwin to college. It cost me $3700 to pay his expenses and vive him proper experience with a compe- tent dentist. 1 paid $500 cash to fit up his office. It is the old story and the phi- , party met in the Albany Hotel to-day for | the purpose of fixing the time and place | for tbe next State Convention. Jj. M. Glass of Pasadena presided, and there was a fair attendance of committeemen from | several interior points. It was decided to | hold the State Convention at Stockton on May 13 -and 14. The following resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That it is the duty of Congress to refuse to pass any funding bill for the exten, sion of the debt of the Central Pacific Railroad | Company to the Government, but that the lien | of the Government on said railroad should be foreclosed at the earliest opportunity and the road bid in and operatcd as a public highway in the interest of the pecple. There was a large attendance at the ban- quet to-night at the Albany Hotel. The following were the toasts and the speakers: “Our State Work,” Hon. J. M. Glass; “Right- eous Minorities,” Rev. Philip Graif; “The Good Citizen's Movement Coming Our Way,” Rev. William Rader of San Francisco; “Our Allies, the Good Templars,” Rev. J. W. Webb of Fresno; “Our Wine Industry,” C. F. Clark of ape: “Our Chained Friend (Woman Dr. C. McCargar; “The Blind Parson,” Dr. H. Calhoun of Alameda; “The Tenderfoot,” T. H. Nontgomery: ““The 'Resolves,” Dr. Robert Bentley; “The Press,” C. A. Tupper; “Our Local Ticket,” Joseph Humphreys; “The W. C.T. U., Miss M. A. Thompson. ———————— Republican Ladies. Miss Addie Bellou delivired a stirring ad- dress at last night's meeting of the Thirty- fourth District Republican Club. She spoke of the part taken by women in the Civil War and urged her hearers to select & man_such as Lin. rorn was for their standard-bearer in the coms losophy that is 4000 years old. They hate ing campaign. The manner in which they | MAJORS AS A SCAPEGOAT, The Boy Burglar Has No Hope | of Securing an At torney. HINTS AT A REVELATION. Burt Willmore Seems to Have Many Friends, but His Partner Is Forsaken. OARLAND Orrice Sax Fraxcisco CALr, 908 Broadway, Feb. 20. ; Abe Majors is in trouble. He is in jail awaiting trial for burglary along with his boy companion in crime, Burt Willmore. But the lots of the two boys are very dif- ferent. Willmore is well supplied and will have able attorneys to plead for him. Majors has nothing and does not know which way to turn for an attorney. Madors’ mother isa widow and all the world seems to have turned on her until life is such that she says the grave would be preferable. Her former husband, who is now in the City Prison, has succeeded in turning her own son Archie against her, and now she does not know which way to look for relief. The Willmore boy has friends and many of them. The little home of the Willmores was frequently visited by many people and now that they are in difficulty there is no trouble in getting them to come forward and help save Burt from the peniten Majors expresses a doubt as to the age of his companion. He seems to realize that being the unfortunate son of an un- fortunate father, advantage is being taken of this to make him the scapegoat for Willmore. In conversation this afternoon at the jail young Majors conveyed the impression that thére is an unwritten cnapter in the mystery sur- rounding the career of the young safe- crackers and that it might soon be told. Only the romantic affection feit by Abe to- ward Ina, the young daughter of Mrs. Willmore, prevents him frem telling all, but at present his lips are sealed as far as anything is concerned that has not already been published. He feels that he bas been thrown over by the family of Bert Will- more, and as they were partners in more than crime the effect of it is to embitter his mind toward ali but Ina. One of the friends of Majors is endeav- oring to procure birth certificates so that the ages of the boys may be truly known. It is said that Wilmore is older than his mother has given out and that he is the senior of Majors. “I do not believe Archie sent any mes- sage up here by Wagner,” said Mrs. Wag- ner. *‘All that reference to a man named Nau stopping at muy house is entirely | false. He boarded tbere for a time and | when be got too fresh I threw him and his trunk into the street. Ever since that time he has tried all in his power to injure me. I donot think Archie would will- ingly say a word against his mother.” POLICE COURT CONTEMPT. The Habeas Corpus Proceedings Under Advisement. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 20.—The habeas | corpus proceedings that will determine the } validity of the Whitney act, upon which argued to-day before Judge Ellsworth, As the same points are involved as in the contempt proceedings of Attorney Garrity, it was consented that such issues as are common to both argued at once. court oceupying the greater portion of the forenoon in argument upon the claim that the Whitney act creating police courts in cities havin 0,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants” js unconstitutional, because it is special legislation. Counsel asserted that an act to be general must apply to all cities in the same class in like manner. was argued that the designation of the Whitney act as applicable to cities having *¢30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants designates cities of the second class as cities of ‘‘more than 30,000 and not to ex- ceed 100,000 inhabitants.” Mr. Chapman then claimed that the act was a special one and therefore illegal. Messrs. Reed and Nusbaumer appeared with the District Attorney for the people, and at the conclusion of the arguments Judge Ellsworth intimated that his de- cision would be in favor of the legality of | the court. Olsen Deeds Declared Void. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 20.—Judge Ogden has rendered a decision some time ago when Dorothea Olsen claimed she had been led to sizn a deed to her property in Alameda and San Fran- cisco, valued at $12,000, on_representation that she was signing a civil contract mar- ring: with Peter Olsen. The court set aside the deed and awarded her the prop- erty. Olsen is about half the age of the woman. He married her and then they finally separated. Subsequently they made up and were to be married by a civil mar- riage. He claimed that she deeded him the property to get him to marry her. Olsen bas served a term in the County Jail for battery on his aged wife. Fortin’s Position. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 20.—C. L. Max- well, one of the committee appointed by the creditors of the V. L. Fortin Brick Company to endeavor to bring about a set- tlement, says: - “I am satisfiea that the affairs of the company will be adjusted in a manner to euable Mr. Fortin 10 begin work again. He is well known and the cause of his trouble is due more to busi- ness depression than to any other cause. The creditors bave no desire_to hurt him. I think the attachments which have been levied against the property of the firm will be removed at the meeting of the credi- tors which will be held in San Francisco next Saturday afternoon.” Silver Water Service. OAKLAND, CarL., Feb. 20.—The dep- uties of the District Attorney’s office re- membered their chief, Charles E. on his thirty-third birthday anniversary yesterday afternoon with an elegant silver water service. The presentation was made by Chief Deputy L. S. Church, who voiced the esteem and good wishes of Mr. Snook’s associates. Mr. Snook made a feeling re- ply. There were present at the presenta- tion Deputies L. 8. Church, H. A, Melvin, Frank ~Thwaite, Carl Wood, Carlton Greene, A. A. Moore Jr. and Frank Thompson. Merchants Asked to Close. OAKLAND, CaAL., Feb. 20.—President Thomas Carpenter of the Washington’s birthday celebration committee has is- sued the following appeal to the mer- chants: The Washington’s birthday celebration com- mittee tzkes this means to appeal to the mer- chants of Oakland to close their stores and places of business on Saturday, February 22, 1896. Thereis to be & large parade in the morning, and many will not be able to parade if the business houses are not closed. ‘Women’s Press Club Reception. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 20.—A reception was given to the members of the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association last evening by Mrs. E. 8. Marshall, at her home, 551 Knox avenue. Foresters’ Ball. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 20.—The sixth grand annual ball given by Court U. 8. of A. No. 38, Foresters of America, will take the Oakland Police Court is founded, was | cases should be | Attorney M. C. Chapman addressed the | It | does not conform to the general 1aw, which | the case tried | place in Germania Hall Saturday evening next. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters, OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Feb. 20, The opening of Shell Mound Park for the icnic season of 1896 will take place Sunday, March 1. * Charles A. Landis, accused of offering to ac- cept a pribe in a Police Court liquor case, has been acquitred. William C. Longstreet of this city has been ranted a patent on & burglar alarm and T. H. Montgomery one on & roof cleat for painters. Peter Pumyea, the well-known liveryman, has had another atteck of the illness which confined him to his home for several months recently, but is reported somewhat improved to-day. Lizzie G. Newvort has brought suit for a di- vorce from Thomas L. Newport. She alleges cruelty and desertion as the grounds of action. Her attorneys are E. M. Gibson and Ben F. Woolner. The funeral of J. A. Hammerberg, who was killed in the Laundry Farm Azcident, was held from Albert Browr’s parlors yesterdey aiter- 10on and was attended by & large number of the friends of the deceased. Clyde Madsen, & seven-year-old_sckoolboy, residing with his uncle, Julius Madsen, at 1314 Market street, was run over and severely injured last evening by a wagon belonging to the Greeley Wood Company. Isabella Kirkaldie was examined before the Lunecy Commissioners to-day as to her sanity and was d rged. She lives on Fifth street, near Franklin. Her trouble is due to other causes than mental weakness. The residence of George Johnson, a con- tractor and carpenter, on Claremont avenue, beyond Temescal, was_destroyed by fire early yesterday morning with all The family were all in San Francisco at the time. Judge Ogden has denied the motion for & new trial in the case of L. Fox against the Oak- land Consolidated Electric road. Fox recov- ered $6,000 for the death of a young child who was killed by a Franklin-street car some years ago. County Clerk Jordan announces that regis- tration afhdavits, which have been sent to voters in five wards of the city already, will be forwarded to the Sixth and Seventh Wards within a few days. After they have been .:ier\ml the outside precincts will get their affi- avits. The Livermore League of Progress has adopted a resolution in which it declares itself ready and anxious to extend every effort possi- vle and practicable toaid and encourage the extension of the Alameda and San_Joaquin Valley road through the Livermore Valley to the San Francisco Bay and urges farmers, land- owners and citizens to organize for the pur. posc of procuring rights of way for the road through the vell ALAMEDA ~ REPUBLICANS, Some Feeling Between the Two Clubs in the Encinal City. Arrest of Santos For a Very Old Offense—Water Rates for * 1896. ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 20.—The antago- nisin between the two Alameda Republi- can clubs was accentuated Wednesday night when twenty-seven members in a hody formally withdrew- from the Ala- meda Republican Club to cast their for- tunes with the “Regular’ Alameda Re- publican Club, and when members of the former, anticipating some such action, re- ported the accession cf 432 new members, as the result of individual efforton the part of eight of their number. The roll of the main club is now 732, after deducting the | twenty-seven who desired to withdraw and who were permitted to go in peace. The split in the local Republican ranks is difficult to explain, but 1s generally | asserted to be on account of tne personal | ambitions of men prominent in party work. The larger club, to set itself right on this subject, has adopted a set of reso- lutions declaring its “absolute indepr | dence in the matter of the ambition to fill public office of any individual or set of in- dividuals,” and further declaring that it | will view “with extreme disfavor any at- tempt to make use of. its influence urd[\reg- tize by any individual or set of individuals | 80, inclined.” The names of the twenty-seven who withdrew are: Charles W. Petry, Wiiliam Higby, Edward Houston, H. L. Zimmer- man, George W. Caswell, W. S. Risle; dward A. von Schmidt, John Santine, H. Glissman, F. W. Thompson, D. paks C. Larsen, Otto Leydeck H. Walker, G. C. Brooke, W. Winks, A, R. Hamlin, F. W, Craig, J. J. Armstrong, L. H. Chandler, J. F. Hawkins, J. H. Banta, E. D. Dennison, E. Bell, J. H. Terrill, Speiser, C. J. Hammond, James B. Barber, 1. P. Clarke, Harsy A. Dean. An Unpleasant Cnse. ALAMEDA, Carn., Feb. 20.—The arrest of Santos, a Portuguese negro, on a charge of abusing little girls is a proceeding that | has some queer features. The arrest was | the result of an investigation by Mrs, Prescott, secretary of the Humane Societ; | and the complaining witness was Susa | Petranek, a girl 14 years old, who fixes the date of the offense on July 4, 1894, when she was 12 years old. Santos was arrested ayear ago ona similar charge as to an older Petranck girl, but gotoff on a techni- cality. He is a tall, not very intelligent negro of hideous appearance because of a mistit glass eye. He has a little home, which he lives in alone, and is reputed to bave some money. The Petraneks are his neighbors, and are not of a very high class of people. The case attracts no attention in Alameda, as it isan episode in very low life, and implicit confidence cannot be placed in the statements of complaining witnesse Santos, in his former case, em- ployed R.B. Tappan, and after the at- torney had got him clear, accerted the ad- vice of an Oakiand attoruey to put a home- stead on his place so that his attorney could not collect his fee. Now he has again employed Tappan, making an agreement to pay all obligations. A Unigue Production. ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 20.—The enter- tainment given by the “Influential Order of Chocolate Bonbons” at Linderman Opera-house was high-class and thorough- ly successful. The affair was a decided novelty and was entirely new to this coast. ‘The participants in the meeting of the “Influential Order” were ail Jadies and members of Unity Circle of the Unitarian church. They were dressed in brown skirts and white waists, representing chocolate bonbons, and conducted a meet- ing which abounded in humor, song and dance. All the selections were excellent, considerable time having been given to the securing of good talent for the production. C. Davis of this city wrote the libretto and Theodore Vogt the score. Notes of Interest. Alameda Parlor No. 18, Native Dangh- ters, give a masquerade ball this evening at Armory Hall. Frank G. Thomas and W. T. Platt will represent the Alameda cyclers in tbe twenty-five mile road race to-morrow. A Chinese laundry-wagon was struck b; a locomotive of a freight train at 2 o’cloc! yesterday at Willow-street station. The wagon was demolished and the horse fatally injured. G. W. Leydecker of Alameda and J. M. Richards of Vallejo, both breeders and trainers of homing pigeons, have arranged a match with twelve birds, to fly from Asbland, Or., in June next, The Wilson school will have patriotic exercises to-day commemorating Wash- ington's birthday. Yrincipal True will be in charge. Ayamada, the Japanese boy arrested on THE INSTITUTE DIVIDED. Northwestern Grand Council Or- dered for the Catholic Society. SUPREME COUNCIL SURPRISES. News From Denver That the Next Annual Meeting Must Be Held in May at Haywards. OARLAND OFFICE SAN ¥'RANCISCO CALL.) 908 Broadway. Feb. 20. The Supreme Council of the Young Men’s Institute, now in session at Denver, has prepared a big surprise for the whole of California. It has advanced the date of the twelfth Grand Council of the State of California from the first Monday in August to May 19, This decision has taken all the local councils by surprise and is of special inter- est to Haywards, which town captured the Grand Council for this year, after a stub- born fight at Vallejo last August. The information was conveyed to Grand Secretary Stanley in a telegram from Grand President John Lynch of Oakland, who is now attending the Supreme Council -at Denver. The dispatch was very short and merely announced that the twelfth Grand Council would convene in Haywards May | 19 instead of August, and that a Northwest | Grand Council would convenein Portland, Or., on the same date. Grand Secretary Stanley sent word to the local councils to-day, and as less than | three months elapse before the 400 dele- | gates must meet at Haywards, the usual friendly struggles for the honor of repre- senting the lodges all over the State must commence at once. A special meeting of the grand directors has been called for Monday, March 2, and representatives from the Haywards council haye been re- quested to attend. A mass-meeting of citizens has been called to meet at Luce Hall, Haywards, next Monday evening to take immediate action to prepare for the holding of the Grand Counel, and to provide for the en- tertainment of the visitors. Frank B. Hooson, chairman of the exec- utive committee in charge of the Grand Council, was very much surprised by the sudden change of date. Tne time at the disposal of the committee to make the necessary arrangements has been short- ened by one-half, and some very energetic work will be necessary to insure a success- ful gouncil that will be a credit to the Ala- | meda County town. ‘‘We made many promises at Vallejo,” said Mr. Hooson to-night, “and of course we shall have to redeem them all. One of our attractions, however, must of necessity fail to materialize. We talked a gooa deal about the profusion of fruit that we would distribute among our guests, but although the Supreme Council has placed us in a position where we have to hurry it cannot’ play the same trick with nature. “We have to raise about §3000 to fittingly | carry out.the programme as orginally in- | tended and we must get this in at once. | Our committees were all named some time | ago, so we are in a good position for work and will go right ahead. It has been the | desire of Haywards for years to get the | Grand Council of the Young Men’s Insti- | tute, and so it will be necessary for every- body to get in and work without delay. Already we have several substantial prom- | ises and 1 do not anticipate any difiiculty to doing justice to our town, although we | would naturally have preferred Avgust.” SPFLENDID PROGRAMME Arranged for Saturday Night by the Y. M. I OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 20.—The leaders | in the Youne Men's Institute have been | quietly at work since December to have a | grand celebration on the evening of Wash- ington’s birthday. The first move was to secure a building sufficiently large to ac- commodate ail who might hear their pro- | gramme. After casting about it was de- | cided to use the Exposition building, so it | was secured. A general committee of arrangements was named from the local councils as follows: At large—Grand President John Lynch. | Oakland Council No.6—Charles J. Harring- | ton, R. H. Hammond and G. W. Brown. American Council No. 8—F. D. Realy, James Henneberry and Martin Hune: Fraternity Council No. 31—M. A. McInnis, | C. H. O'Connor and James T. Carey. The committee organized by selecting officers as follows: W. V. Harrington, chairran; J. 8, | Gilmore, secretary; D. McCarthy, treasurér; D. J. Hallahen, chief usher. The committee has arranged a vwenty- page programme, giving a history of the order and of each of the local councils, with half-tone pictures of their vprincipal officers, which will be distributed free. | The entertainment is open to the public | and all are cordially invited toattend. The following programme will be rendered, beginning at 8 o’clock: Overture, orchestra; opening address, Chair- man W. J. Hennessey; vocal solo, ““Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean,” Miss Lottie Crawford of St. Joseph’s choir; recitation, Edward C. Manus; musie, orchestra; duet, ‘“The Two Sailors,” J. W. Solen and R. G. Drady; oration, Rev. Arthar M. Clark, C. P; voeal solo, | Star-spangled Banner,” W. Claire Wilson' quartet, “Sword of Bunker Hill,” St. Mary’s College quartet, J. W. Solen, G. E. Hayward, R. G. Drady and H. J. Swords; “America,” by | the audience; music, orchestr NEW SYSTEM AT ALTRURIA Rev. E. B. Payne Speaks Con- | cerning the Difficulties of the Colony. B Youthful Disturbers of the Peace. President Jordan Will Lecture. Items of Interest. BERKELEY, CAL., Feb. 20.—The news of the abandonment by the Altrurians of their social-colony scheme at Mark West is of interest to many residents of Berke- ley, in which town the famous colony was organized. One of the most prominent of the pro- jectors of Altruria when it was organized in 1894 was Rev. E. B. Payne of the Uni- tarian church of Berkeley. Mr. Payne has been a leader in all the enterprises of Altruria. “The band of fraternal workers at Al- truria has been obliged to succumb to financial obstacles,” said Mr. Payne to- day. “The hard times, together with the failure of promised aid, have made the at- tempt of the colonists an exceedingly diffi- cult one, and the association became con- vinced that it ought to close up some part or its affzirs while 1t was yet able to pro- vide for the payment of its obligations. “Theassociation is still in existence as an incorporation and it will continue as such, though its efforts in the direction of found- ing a colony will be discontinued. Our paper, the Altrurian, will be continued and will be the qrgan of the association.” a charge of battery sworn to by Mrs. Lund- quist, was found guilty of technical as- sault, confessing that he laid his hands upon the complainant, The reasons for the move made by the Altrurians are shown in the following resolutions passed by the association: ‘WHEREAS, This association entered onm its work last July under the burden of a heavy debt inherited from the previous experiment; and whereas, it also faced the necessity of rais- ing and paying a considerable sum of money annually toward the purchase of the land; and whereas, the financial aid which was confi- dently expected from various sources for meet- ing these oblizations and demands has failed 10 appear; and whereas, the present resources and productive power of the association are not sufficient to provide means for our under- taking under the conditions above aied; therefore, be it Resolved, That we, the members of the asso- ciation, deem it necessary to suspend, and do Rev. Dr. Payne. hereb{ vote to suspend our practical opera- tions for the establishment of & colony, and Resolved, That we will maintain the associa- tlon intact for such other work as we may find ;;1 be feasible under our articles of incorpora- on. The New Comet. BERKELEY, Car.,, Feb. 20.—Professor Leuschner of the students’ observatory has completed his computations on the new comet discovered by Mr. Perrine of the Lick Observatory. The comet is moving at the rate of 1,600,000 miles a day and is rapidly approaching the earth, but not so directly that a collision may be antici- pated. Professor Leuschner says the comet is likelv to approach near enough to the earth to be visible with the naked eye. Registration Movements. BERKELEY, CaL., Feb. 2 Clerk Jordan has instructed his Berkeley deputies for registration purposes to record the streets, house numbers and streets between which voters who register live, as well as the side of the street, but not to take note of the ward numbers. Registration aflidavits are being returned very rapidly and the work of registration is progessing with unusual dispatch. 0dd Fellows’ Celebration. BERKELEY, Car., Feb. 20.—Berkeley Lodge No. 270, 1. 0. O. ., celebrated the eighteenth anniversary of its organiza- tion in this place to-day. The Veteran Odd Fellows and the grand officers were the guests of the local order this evening. Addresses were delivered by Past Grand Sire Harmon, Grand Secre- tary Shaw and Senior Scribe W. H. Barnes. Past Grand Master William H. Hill officiated as chaplain. Youthful Disturbers. BERKELEY, Cir, Feb. 20.— Oliver Martin and William Davis Jr., two West Berkeley boys, were arrested last night near Sisterna Hall by Deputy Marshal Rawson, on charges of malicious mischief. They boys are declared to have attempted to break up a social and to have used in- sulting language to pedestrians who passed them. County Lecture by Dr. Jordan. BERKELEY, Car., Feb. 20.—President David Starr Jordan of Stanford University will lecture at Stiles Hall to-morrow even- ing on “The Disappearance of Great, From Public Life.” The lecture wil under the auspices of the local Unitarian Society, it being the second of a series being delivered on alternate Friday even- ings. Address by Dr. Moreland, BERKELEY, Car., Feb. 20.—Rev. Wil- liam H. Moreland, M.D., rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Chuach, San Francisco, will deliver the first of three sermons on “The Three Temptations of Our Blessed Lord,” at St. Mark’s, Berkeley, to-morrow evening. Lecture Postponed. BERKELEY, CaAn., Feb. 20.—The lec- ture prepared by the late J. H. Oswald, which was to have heen delivered at the Columbia Theater, San Francisco, for the benefit of the students’ loan fund of the State University, has been postponed to ¥riday afternoon, March 5. In Memory of Washington. BERKELEY, Car., Feb. 20.—Tne pupils of Columbus school rendered a lengtuy programme to-day commemorative of "\‘nshinglon’s birtbday. The building was handsomely decorated for the occa- sion with flags, flowers and bunting. BENDIT DID NOT FORGE, A Neat Question Decided by the Supreme Court in a Criminal Case. Fraudulent Signatures by an Agent Cannot Be Called Foxgeries. / Simon Bendit has been given another chance by ¢he Supreme Court and the chance promises to be a valuable one un- less a more suitable charge than forgery' can be brought against him. Bendit was sentenced to fourteen years in prison. The charge was that Bendit had forged the firm name *‘William Cluff & Co.” to a receipt for money, and he passed the aper to G. W. Hume & Co., realizing $75 20 on the transaction. In the presence of the cashier of Hume & Co. Bendit signed the receipt, adding ‘‘per A. B.” after it. It is to this last litule piece of forethought that Bendit owes his respite. The Supreme Court holds that this places the signature beyond the limits of forgery and the court orders that the judgment be reversed, adding, “OF course another trial upon the theory upon which the first trial was conducted would be useless.” In commenting upon the case the court says: It is quite clear that the facts stated do not constitute forgery. When the crime is charged 1o be the false making of a writing, there must be the making of & writing which falsely pur- ports to be the writing of another. The falsity must bein the writing itself in the manu- script. A false statement of fact in the body of the instrument, or a false assertion of authority to write another’s name. or to sign his name ss agent, by which a person is de- ceived or defranded, is not fsrgery. There mustbe & design to pass as the genuine writ- ing of another person that which is not the writing of such other person. The iustrument must fraudulently purport to be what it is not. - And there was nothing of the kind in e case at bar. There Was no pretense that “Wmn. Cluff & Co.” was the genuine signature of that fim. It was written by appetlant him- self in the prescnce of tie party who paid the money; he added the initials A.B. to i he was understood to be acting as the agent of the firm, and to have written the name Cluff & Co. by himself as such agent. By these acts he may have committed some crime, but he did not commit forgery. — . — Delinquent Taxes. ALAMEDA, CarL.,, Feb. 20.—Since the Klublicntion of the delinauent tax list last onday the taxes have been coming in quite rapidly. City Treasurer Wheeler reports that §9000 lias been paid in up to date. The delinquent list this year reac&ned larger Ggroporhons_tlmn last, amounting to ;22348948 , to which is attached a penalty of NOTHING BUT OLD GLORY, Grand Army, National Guard and Veteran Firemen to Be in Line.* ELEVEN HISTORIC FLOATS, Completed Arrangements for Oake. land’s Great Washington's Birthday Parade. OARLAND Orrice SaN Fraxcisco CALL,} 908 Broadway, Feb. 20. { The ladies of Alameda County have for the first time come prominently to the front in making a public parade a success. Not only have they taken in hand the ex- ecutive department, but they have con- sented to appear 1n patriotic floats and to add an imposing ladies’ cavalcade to the other features of the procession. On the various committees there are about forty people, and half of them are ladies. Mrs. 8. M. Martin has worked hard on the press committee with Mrs. Ennis and H. Pugh. Among the other ladies who have prepared a monster his- torial parade that nothing but Pluvius can dampen are: Miss Anita Jarvis, Miss Grace La Rue, Mrs. Ida Gardmer, Mrs. Paulson, Mrs. Ennis, Mrs. Racardo, Mrs. L. Cowan, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. J. E. Hen- derson and Mrs. A. Larsen. The grand marshal bas issued the fol- lowing complete programme of the make- up of the parade, which inciudes more public bodies and secret societies than have ever participated in any one pageant in this city: Aids to the grand marshal will report mounted to the chief of staff at 9 o’clock at the Hall of Records. s will assemble at the City Hall ock, where they will be received by | the committees on invitation and parade and ssigned to carriages. e various divisionsmust be in position as- a promptly at 10 o’clock. hals of divisions will report promptly to hief of staft through an aid when divi sions are formed. . The headquarters of the grand marshal dur- ing the formation of the parade will be at the Hall of Records. The battalion of police will form on Broad- way, facing W \lsflingmn street, the right rest- ing on Second street. A rowing regatta will be held on Lake Mer- ritt at 2. M. Citizens along the routeof the procession are requested to decorate their places of business and their residences. Literary exercises will be held at8 . m. in the First Congregational Church, corner of Twelith and Clay streets. None but the flag of the United States of America will be allowed in the parade. This does not exclude society banners. Police, C. E. Lioyad Advance—Chief of (mounted); _ police captain, A. Wilson (mounted); first sergeant, S. E. Hodgkins (mounted); company of police, Captain W. P. Fletcher commanding: grand marshal, Henry P. Dalton (gold sash); chief of staff, Samuel P. Bodwell (red, white and blue sash); color- W. Mariin, C. L. laggart, Theodore L ell, W. M. Gardner, 11. Vose Jr., A. Humphreys, E. Holmes, } 8 Leiteh, " J. iam Higby, Dr. R. W. Rodgers, N. Pierce (biue sashes); float (American flag). First division—C. K. King, marshal (red sash); aids—C. H. Ingerson, S. K. King. Fifth Regiment band; Second Battalion A, Fifth Regiment Infantry, N. G. C., Major J. F. Hayes | commanding; ‘Company A, Fifth Tufantry, | Captain T. C. Poulter commanding, Second | Lieutenant J. M. Vaughn; Company F, Fifth | Infantry, Captain G. H. Weithern comm ing, First Lieutenant W. H. Cobbledick, Second Lieutenant §. E. Wand; Company G, Fifth In- fantry, Captain W. F. Chipman commanding, First Lieutenant W. W. Simnson; float (Wash- | ington and Cherry Tree). G. A. R.—Lyon Post | No. 6 Yorton commanding; Appomattox | Post N . F. Pierce_commanding; Porter Post No. 169. Float, (Washington at Valiey Forge); Mexican War Veterans'(in carringes); president of day, J. A. Lands; Major E. A. erman, Hon. George C. Fardee, Rev. Dr. R. 1 e. :ond division—E. C. Lyon, marshal (red sash); aids—C. C. Gilbert, A. E. Isaac, A. L. Todd. Float (Washington crossing Delaware) ; Veteran Firemen’s band; Veteran Firemen of San Francisco and Oakland; float (Cornwallis surrendering to Washington;) N. S. V.3 Knights of Pythias; Chosen Friends; teenth Century Generation. Third divisicn—C. H. Ingerson, marshal (red sash); aids, C. C, Dryden, C. A. Waterbury, C. E. Randolph. Float (Tnirteen States); Second Artillery band; Uncle Sam; First Battalion; patriotic citizens; float (Forty-five States); Sec- ond Battalion. Junior 0. U. A an Fran- cisco Councils: George A. Custer Council 22, James Monroe Council 24, Paul Revere Coun- ¢il 28, John A. Logan Council 31, Henry Clay Council 34. Spinitof 1776; float (Red, White and Blue); patriotic ladies; Ladies’ Cavalcade, Miss Abbie R. Taggart commanding; carriages containing County Board of Supervisors, Mayor Davie, Board of Public Works, Board of Education, City Council. Fourth division—E. von Schmidt mar- shal (red star); aids 1. F. Behrens, Charles Ruppricht, A, 0. Twist (blue star). Drum : Company D, Second Regiment, B.B. C., . N. Cobbledick, captain, commanding; float, schoolhouse; First Battalion; High School, J. B. McChesney principal; Durant School, B. G. S. Dunbar principal; Garfield School, Mrs. Ellen Gibbs principal; Grove-street School, v Efanastora principals ines Mrs. D. thirteen | States, pupils of Lincoln School: Lincoln School, T. 0. Crawford principal; Swett School, H. Sumner principal; float, Utah coming into the = Union; Second Ba talion; Cole School, G. W. Frick prinei pal; FranklinSchool, J. F. Chandler principa School, Miss Elizabeth Powell principal son School, Miss H. M Lafayette School, Miss A, F Prescott School, kins School, C. E.Markham principal Battalion; Pledmont Public School; Peralta Public School; Golden Gate Public School; Emeryville Public School; Alameda public schools; Berkeley public schools; Temescal Publie School. Fifth division—George Baxley, marshal (red sash); aids—E. W. Craig, Louis Kreiss (blue Sash); Cavalcade of meh (P, J. Keller come manding) ; bicyeles; Fire Department. Alameda Water Rates. ALAMEDA, Cax., Feb. 20.—1f the Board of City Trustees takes action at its next meeting in accordance with a conclusion arrived at Wednesday night at a special meeting the income of the Artesian Water ‘Works will be reduced some $6000 for the year beginning July 15 of this year. The Tates to individual consumers will remaiz | as it is now—30 cents a thousand gallons— but for street sprinkling it will be 10 in- stead of 20 and for flushing sewers 10 in- stead of 30. Kor rent of hydrants the rate will be $1 instead of $2. NEW TO-DAY. Surgeon=General FRENCH ARMY, VIN b _THE IDEAL TONIC « . .. 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