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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1896. Interesting Report'“of Im portant Up-to-Date News Item§ in Alameda County HAS GROUNDED HIS ARMS Death of Charles Roberts, a Member of the California Battalion. HAILSTONES, SNOW AND FROS T Vegetable - Growers _ Have Greater Cause for Fear Than Owners of Orchards. 0akLAND OFrFicE SAN Francisco CALL,) S Broadway, March 2, | Shortly after noon to-day there was.a violent hailstorm in this county which lasted nearly half an hour. The weather was quite cold during the night and this morning the hills east and north of the city were covered with snow for the first time since 1886. At 7 o'clock this morning snow was still falling lightly, and irom Berkeley to Livermore the grass was covered low down on the hillsides. The fruit trees are not far enough ad- vanced toward blossoming to be injured by the cold spell in most partsof the county, although the almond trees near Niles have suffered somewhat. There was a black frost at Haywards on Saturday night and early yesterday morn- 2 no damage was done. There was v at Niles and Alvarado yesterday and hailstones of moderate size fell freely at noon. If the cold spell continues more than ‘lh'er d’I v the early vegetables will be uined. as the latter are not forward enough to be 0st nipped. ght a cold rain is fall- and the temperature is somewhat higher. At 5 o’clock Sunday morning the temperature in Oakland registered 46 deg. and at the same hour this morning only 35 deg. PETER PUMYEA'S WILL, The Estate Left to the Widow During Her Life. ND, Cav late Peter Pumyea was filed for pro- e to-day by Lorain Pumyea, widow of [he estate is valued at 000, consisting of real estate estimated o be worth $14,000, and the livery stable fixtures at Alice and Eighth streets, ome other personal property valued t wit! was dated September 30, 1890, tnessed by C. T. Johns and W. It bequeaths to Albert Pum- ther, a solitaire diamond ring; »n D. Pumyea, another brother, a mond cluster pin; to Raymond iend, a gold watch and chain and cket; to Annabe Courtwright, fe by a former husband, are Albert Pumyea, Nel- ea, Ida Pumyea, Laura ne Sarah Jenkins and 200, The hi n DeWitt 1my « a McCrate, all of whom survive, and 1e of his estate, real and personal, e for the term of her natural life, h to go to the six breth- share and share alike. The y is_deciared to be community 7 and the wife is named executrix without order of court. PROCEEDINGS STOPPED. Courts Awaiting Decisions of the rederal Courts. LAND, CaL., March 2.—The efforts in Chetwood to find assets of R. P. 1s of the Standard Soap Company a large judgment against him g t of the California National ifailure have been abandoned fora Judge Frick of the Superior Court sel aside thLe restraining order made sev- eral weeksago in the matter and several motions and demurrers growing out ot the E_JIT‘LE difficulty were all stricken from the docket. This action was taken because of a sim- ilar order issued out of the Federal, court k against Chetwood directing bim not to proceed in the State courts until the case against b T. K. Stateler 1s settled. That thing until a decision Federal courts. ties up every- reached in the Death of Charles Roberts. OAKLAND, Car., March 2.—Charles oberts, who resided on San Pablo avenue and Forty-seventh street, died this morn- ing, after a brief illness. He was a native of Uhio, age 55 and has been a res:dent of Oakland for twenty-five years. He wasa prominent member of the First Baptist Church, was cashier of a local bank at one time and was quite prominent as a mining man. He leaves a widow and several grown children. . Roberts was a member of the famous lifornia battalion that served during the rebellion under General Thompson. He was associated with the latter at the time of his failure in the trust company in San ¥Francisco years ago, and lost nearly every- thing. He afterward went with Archie Borland, making several trips to New York ana one to London. The death comes very sudden and a large circle of friends mourn his untimely demise. A Good Living Allowance. OAKLAND, Car., March 2.—A petition was filed in the Superior Court to-day by F. P. Bacon, Carrie Bacon and Ella E. B. Soule, which shows the widow of Henry D. Bacon, the capitalist, who died in this city February 19, 1894, has been enjoying a monthly allowance of $800 from the es- tate, and they say that amount is neces- sary to maintain herself in her accus- tomed mode of living. The estate was originally appraised at $888,033 78, but there were debts against it that amounted to $250,472 42. - These have all been liquidated save $15,000. Kesult of Blasting. re is more anxiety shown in | regard to vegetables than io fruit trees, | ith full power to seil any | | i | | Evans, clerk, and Archibald S. McDonald, bailiff. This organization is not a_ branch of the Alameda County Law Association. Populist’s District Club. OAKLAND, Carn., March 2.—President Barkeman of the Twenty-third-avenue Club and President Hardenberg of the Thirteenth-avenue Ciub have united in 1ssuing a call for a joint meeting of the Populist clubs of the Seventh Ward, to be i heid to-mcrrow (Tuesday) evening in Justice Lawrence's courtroom. The object of this joint meeting isto organize an | Assembly District Club. A full attendance is aesired. Rudolph Arrested. OAKLAND, CaL., March 2.—W. F. Ru- dolph, superintendent of the Central-ave- nue electric road, was arrested to-day on warrant sworn to by Street Superintendent Muller, charging him with violating the city ordinance requiring railroad compa- nies to keep the street between their rails and two feet on either side in repair. F R. Girard and C. R. Lewis went on his bonds. This is a test case, to have the va- lidity of the ordinance passed upon by the courts. Asseéssor Dalton’s Work. OAKLAND, Can., March 2.—Assessor Dalton and deputies began the field work on the assessment for 1896-97 to-day. He has named fifty men to assist in the work and will pursue the sama lines as he did last year. The same policy will be used with regard to the railroad assessment unless the Supreme Court interferes, which he does not at all anticipate. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, March 8. A map of Flint Tract 4, being a portion of Oakland Heights, hes been placed on record by E. P. Flint. Mary D. Matthews has sued Minta Larsen, N Larsen and others to foreclose & mort- 00. of Sarah R. Hatfield for $1080 and $2102 egainst the estate of the late Dr. Tsanc S. B have been allowed. L. J. Finley has been ordered by Judge Ogden | to pay his wife Anna $25 a month alimony 2 the settlement of his divorce case her. | The funeral of | Colonel Jesse Healy, gage for § The the well-known pioneer, took place yesterday, The remn were interred in Mountain View Cemetery. The services were conducted under the auspices of the Society of California Pioneers. Thomas Carrol, the noted hammer-thrower, who has brokeu all records in his line by nearly sixteen feet, and who 1s & resident ot this place, is now engaged in active and con- stant preciice in preparation for the athletic Imeetings of the coming season. Mrs. Goltzene has filed an amended complaint in her suit against the Alameda Electric road and the Southern Pacific Company for £50,000 damages for being jammed between a freight- car on the spur track on the Broadway wharl and & car on the electric track on Water street. County Clerk Jordan has canceled the appointment of R. C. Vose, clerk of.Depart- ment 3. Judge Jobn A. Robinson has been assigned to his position and Frank H. Mason, who has heretofore been employed doing extra work, has been promoted to & permanent deputyship. There will be a meeting of the officers of the Associated Charities on Wednesday to discuss the mdvisability of continuing the woodyard run by the society, Secretary Helen M. Kelly of the Associated Charities is greatly in favor of its continuance, &s it is aiding many poor men and 1s nowW self-supporting. The entering upof the decision in the matter of the habeas corpus petition of T. F. Garrity has gone over one week. In the meantime s petition has been presented by Attorneys Chapman and Bradley to the Supreme Court for & writ of habeas corpus in the Ah Quay case, fnvolying the same point as regards the { Whit Frank Westphal, 8 young man well known |in this city, where he has lived all his life, | died rather suddenly at his father's home, | 1463 Eighth street, yesterday afternoon. He had been sick only & week. He was the son of jc. | Westphal of _the Bay City Flour Mills, was connected wth his father in that business, and was only 23 years of age. At a meeting of the Supervisors this after- | noon a resolution was adopted appointin; copyists of the old records in the clerk’s office 0. J. Mullen, E. L. Johnston, J. G. Mattos Jr., | William Powers and H. Dophman. The rates 10 be charged, as suggested by the Grand Jury, | are six and hall cents per straight folio and eight cents per folio for indi JUNIGR ORDER MEETING State Delegates Will Meet in Fraternal Hall To- Night. New Officers to Be Elected and Much Important Business to Be . Transacted. OaxLaND OFFICE SAN FrANCISCO CALL,] 908 Broadway, March 2. ¢ The annual State Convention of the Junior Order of United Awmerican Me- chanics will assemble to-morrow morning Deputy Assessor Van Der Mark of the Executive Committee of the Junior Order of American Mechanics. | OAKLAND, CAr., March 2.—Complaint pervisors to-day regard- ing at the Temescal rock- quarry. Edward Meeks addressed the board, claiming that residents were put to much’ trouble and expense by reason of damage done to their homes and_contents by heavy and frequent blasting. He wanted to take some action to put a stop to the nuisance. The matter was referred to tne District Attorney for an opiniod as to the power of the board. Mr. Meeks was informed that it would be weil for him to consult an attorney also. Young Girl' Missing. OAKLAND, Carn, March 2. — Lizzie Scheaf, a pretty 16-year-old girl, is miss- ¢ from her home at 1068 Campbell street, est Oakland. She lives with her sister, ing the bl Mrs. Voit, and when she _{mied to return ho several weeks ago it was supposed she bad gone to her aunt’s in San Fran- cisco, or to her motiuer in Vallejo. ‘When it was discovered that these relatives knew nothing of the girl then some alarm was felt. A search among her girl friends to locate a trace of her whereabouts. \e sister has said to neighbors that she believed the girl'ran off to get married. Law Students Organized. OAKLAND, CaL., March 3.—The_ Asso- ciated Law Students of Alameda County held an inangural banquet at Barnum’s to-night. The association consists of a band of voung students, who hold mock trials 2nd hear lectures on law and other- wise prepare for the duties of their chosen profession. They organized Baturday night and elected the followin, ofljoeru: ‘[.J. Thompson, president; Fred Y. Du- brutz, vice-president and treasurer; George at Fraternal Hall, corner of Thirteenth and Wasghington streets. The sessions will last all of Tuesday and Wednesday, and will probably wind up with a banquet on Wednesday night. There is much important business to be | transacted, and delegates will be present from forty counties located all over the State. There will be more than fifty dele- gates present and the proceedings will be | conducted secretly. Accommodations for all visitors have been made at the Galindo Hotel, and several of the delegates arrived to-day ready for the opening session. A number of candidates will be initiated into the uniform rank of the order, and the various reports that will be read wiil show that the growth of the order during the past year has been larger in this State than during any previous year since its inanguration in California. ‘The councils of the order in this City are: General Custer No. 22, General John A. Logan No. 31, Henry Clay No. 34 James Monroe No. 24 will be represented | from Alameda and Paul Revere No. 28 from Berkeley. The committee on entertainment con- sists of Drs. Edwards, Bert, Pugh and John_ Hopkirk. Deputy Assessor Rev. Van Der Mark, who performs most of the marriages at the courthouse, has been ap- pointed a committee of one to attend to the demands of the press. There will be a complete board of officers elected for the coming year and there will be some contests. = State President Shirpser of the order is making a hard fight to succeed himself, and there has not | Zok developed s very sliong opyosiion Fruitvale, {05 the childzon of the Fred Kingh |FATHER AKERLEY'S GRIEF He Was Closely Identified With | the History of the Majors. i INA WILMORE IS MISSING. 4 | Her Mother’s Case Taken Under Ad-| visement—The Boys Are Now at Folsom. OARLAND OrFIcE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, March 2. { Next to Mrs. Wagner, the mother of Abe Majors, the saddest-hearted person in all | ‘le:\ve for Port Costa this morning, and Orphanage, will be consecrated by Bishop Goodsell. Next Friday evenfng Joaquin Mil- ler wiil give his lecture, “Notes on Nature,” ior the benefit of the church. The lecture will take place in Hamilton Hall, at the corner of Thirteenth and Jefferson streets, Oakland. EMMET CELEBRATION. John F. Finerty Will Be Welcomed by a Delegation of Irishmen on His Arrival To-Day, | A delegation of prominent Irish-Amer- icans left for the south last night to meet John F. Finerty, who comes to San Fran- cisco to lecture vnder the auspices of the | Knights of the Red Branch. Mr. Finerty will arrive in the City this morning. He will have rooms at the Occidental Hotel during his stay here, which will be neces- sarily brief, as he has important engage- ments in the northern cities, A large number of Nationalists will will extend to their distinguished com- vatriot a hearty greeting. Others will meet thie orator at Oakland and at the | ferries. B Colonel Finerty is billed to speak at T’\ (0 Rev. Father Akerley, to Whom Abe Major: [From a photograph.] | s’ Father Gave His Bible on the Scaffold. | Oakland over the fate that has overtaken | the lad is the ven:rable Father Benjamin Akerley, the pastor of St. John's Episcopal | Church. When the news reached him that Abe | Majors had been arrested for burglary, the kind-hearted old gentleman was deeply | grieved. A few days later a fit of vertigo overcame him while standing in his pul- | pit, ana it is said that the shock of the news helped to cause the attack. The circumstance brought to Father | Akerley’g mind the last hours of the lad's | father, Lloyd Majors, when he had re- | mained with him as his spiritual adviser, | and the subsequent months when ne had visited Majors in the very same prison where his youngest son was also im- prisoned. Father Akerlev's mind went back to | the harrowing scenes of the young wife, | barely baving reached her twenty-first | prosperous future for the new and enter- | cOunt of the heavy fall of rain last night year, when she visited her condemned husband, with the two little blue-eyed | boys, Abe and Archie, lovingly-clinging to | her hands. To-day the same woman is crushed to the earth by her present troubles, and for her the 'kind - heart of Father Akerley almost bleeds. | In an interview to-day he said: “The | most trying ordeals that [ ever experienced | in my professional capacity were the visits | to Lloyd Majors after he was condemned. | His aftection for his wife and little ones was extremely touching. Religion was his consolation, for he was a learned man, had studied the scriptures and knew their worth in the hour of death, as he had once known them in his life. He protested his innocence of the crime for which | he died. He blamed himself for not obey- | ing the voice of his conscience, and be- | lieved if he bad never allowed himself to keep a saloon he would not have been con- nected with the crowd that he claimed | ‘swore away his life.” Never shall I for- get his fortitude when his last hour had come. It iscustomary when men are pre- paring for this final trial to give them a glass of whisky to strengthen their nerves. When Majors was offered a glass of liquor he turned to me and in a voice | full of emotion said: ‘I cannot take it, I shall go to the scaffold sustained by a | power stronger than that contained in the | lass.’ 5 “When Majors was making a disposal of his effects he sent the Bible that had af- | fordea him all the comfort that he had to | his wife. On the blank leaf he wrote a touching, loving letter to his son Archie, | in which he advises him never to handls | or touch intoxicating drinks. He told him to love and care for his brother Abe, and to be a comfort and mainstay of his mother's future life, concluding with sen- sible advice for patterning bis future ca- reer.” The name of Father Akerley is written distincily in the Bible and Mrs. Wagner has always felc that it had a significance and she bas frequently begged Ler son | Archie to call on Fatber Akerley to learn | if there was anything he had to tell. She, herself, could never gain the courage to talk over her husband’s death with Mr. Akerley, fearing that she could not bear up under the recital of going over the ter- | rible sorrow of the past. Father Ackerley, on account of his inter- est in Lloyd Majors, wiil now come for- | ward and help to save his son from the | penitentiary. | The case against Mrs. Wilmore of re- | ceiving stolen property was concluded to- | day before Judge Wood and taken under | advisement on a motion to dismiss. A | decision will be rendered on Wednesday. | During the testimony it appeared that the boys had burned the will of Frank Girard | that they had takey from his safe when they blew it up. Friends of Ina Wilmore have taken her from the Chabot Home. The girl went to court last Wednesday in charge of a detec- tive, but when the court adjourned she wus not to be found. She is with Chris. tian friends who have decided to look after her future welfare. Several efforts were made by sym- pathizers to secure the intervention of Governor Budd on behalf of the boys. The Governor, however, caused it to be known that he would only act in such a case on the recommendation of the Prison Di- rectors. Prison Director R. M. Fitzgerald said this afternoon that the matter would be discussed at the meeting of the Prison Di- | | | | | rectors next week, but he declined to dis- cuss the merits of the boys’ case. This afternoon the two lads were taken to Folsom State prison, A New Church. Next Sunday the new churech at Dimond. | Riley, treasurer; Thomas Lynch, master Metropolitan Hall to-morrow evening. | His subject will be ‘““The Life of Kobert | Emmet,” and indirectly he will review the | new movement in the United States look- | ing to the national independence of Ire- land. An excellent literary and musical programme has been arranged for the oc- casion. On Thursday evening Colonel nerty will be tendered a banquet by the | Knights of the Red Branch at its hall on Mason and O'Farrell streets. P MANHATTAN ATHLETES, An Entertainment That Was Witnesed by a Large Gathering of Sport-Lovers. The Manhattan Athletic Club gave its | inuugural entertainment last eveningat | its clubrooms, 1749 Mission street. Judg- ing from the interest that was manifested by the large and enthusiastic gatheriug | of members and lovers of pure athletic sport it is decidedly safe to predict a most prising athletic association. | After an intreductory address by one of the leading representatives of the club the following very excellent programme of athletics was carried out. The first was a three-round boxing bout between W. Alex and M. Stoenfield, then followed | a three-round contest between J. Kenny and F. McMahon. Professor Tronchet, the champion swordsman of America and professor of fencing at the Olympic Club, gave a very clever and interesting exhibi- tion of fencing with Professor Orton, The club-swinging exhibition by Harry Belden was loudly applauded, as was also the four-round boxing bout between Dal Haw- kins and Charles Reno. H. Peppers and Joe Kennedy, Gus Muller and Jim Lucey, Hozan and Riley, “Deacon’” Jones and J. Lawlor, F. Muller and Tom Lynch, and Young Corbett and A. Lyngreen appeared in three-round set- tos, which thoroughly pleased the large gathering ot sport-lovers. . Kelly, Marlowe and James Donohue sang some popular songs and William Le- more gave a very clever exhibition on the trapeze. Taken altogsther thé entertainment was decidedly successful and reflects much credit on the managers. The officers are: C. A. Reno, president; F. C. Shaefer, vice- yresident; James Killeen, secretary; J. B. Sallagher, recording secretary; J. ‘of ceremonies; G. W. Mertes, captain; F. C. Mulier and Thomas Kennedy, trustees. The officers will Jeave no stone unturned to make the Manhattan Club one of the most popular athletic associations on the Pacific Coast. e LU THE POOLROOM CASES. Defendants Leniently Dealt With, as They Are Out of the Business. The proprietors of poolrooms and their employes who were arrested for violating the pool ordinance, and pleaded guilty after the decision of Judge Wallace, ap- peared before Judges Joachimsen and Low yesterday for sentence. They all declared they had gone out of the business. In the circumstances JudgeJoachimsen continued | his cases for a month to see if they would adbere 10 that declaration, and Judge Low fined the defendants in hus court $5 with no alternative. The cases of Levy, Schwartz and W. B. Hicks, arrested on Wednesday last, were heard before Judge Low yesterday. It was shown that the tickets bad been purchased by the police officers before 1 o’clock in the afternoon, that the poolrooms had been closed beforc the races started and the | money taken out to the track and bet there. The Judge thought the defendants had acted within the meaning of Judge Wallace’s decision and dismissed the cases. IN ITS NEW HEADQUARTERS The California' Board of Trade Prepar- ing Grand Exhibits. The California Board of Trade has moved into its new quarters at 14 Post street, where the Builders’ Exchange used to be. 1n addition to tne exchange apartments a saloon and a cigar-store have been taken |, by the new tenants, o there will be a large floor space for exhibits. Secretary Fisher has laid out the floor plan for the show-stands that were at the Atlanta Exposition. Nearly all these cases have pretentions to architectural beauty, and they are allfinely finished specimens of the cabinet-maker's craft. ‘With ample light from the glass front and from overhead the exhibits may be seen to advantage, and a display far superior to anything yet attempted by the board is in contemplatice | for anybody but my children. lam not at all anxious though to have it THE MAYOR HAD A SECRET He Was Once a Professiomal Tenor in a Grand Opera - Troupe. y | HIS CHILDREN ALL MUSICIANS.| Mr. Davie Did Not Wish to Have to| “Sing” Himself Into Office. | OARLAND OFFicE Saxy Fraxcisco CArvn,) | 908 Broadway, March 2. | No one would have known that Mayor Davie was once a favorite tenor opera- singer had he not told the secret himself while listening to “Carmen” last Thurs- day might. The Mayor attended alone, and some of his friends asked him to ex- plan his desire for a solitary feast of grand opera. ‘‘T'wenty-five years ago,”” said the Mayor, “I was the tenor soloist in an opera com- pany, and we made a tour of the Eastern States. We met with considerable success both in this country and in England.. For many years I sang in English, French and Italian opera, and then I had a splendid tenor voice. I finally abandoned the life | because there was "so much roving at- | tached to it, and I am of a disposition that likes to settle in one place. I thought, verhaps, I might meet some of my old ac- | quaintances in the operatic line in the | Tavary Company, but they are all new to me. I gave up the business about 1876, and for over twenty years have not sung | “‘My father was a well-known musician and my children are little musical prodi- gies, Their voices are beautifully modu- lated and they sing together perfectly. I | am training them, and they are natural musicians, Either of them may adopt | music as a profession, as they all have sufficient talent to guarantce success. 1 known that I am a professional singer or I should get no peace hereafter. I have carefully avoided giving publicity to this portion of my career fcr prudential rea- sons.” The “prudential reasons’’ his Honor refersto are very apparent to the voters of this county. When Alex Rosborough, the comedian and State wharfinger, was elected Tax Collector three years ago, everybody, himself included, concurred in the opinion that he had sung himself into office. At a political meeting the dullness of the ‘*‘views” of candidates is agreeably enlivened by a few comic selec- ti:_ns, and Alex was soon made aware of | this. | ‘When the Mayor again goes before the | people a year hence it is& safe to assume that he will be frequently called upon to render, “Oh! promise me,” without the | back action that seems to distinguish the ante-election promises of most of Oakland’s | politicians, | N0 WORK AT BERKELEY. the | The Wet Weather Kept Students From Their Picks and Shovels." Proposed Monument for the University Library to Commemorate the Labor Movement. | BERKELEY, Carn., March 2—On ac- the student labor brigade did not turn out to-day to complete their work of excavat- | ing and making pathways across the | campus. The day was practically a holi- day so far as recitations were concerned, | cnly a few having been held during the | early periods of this morning. Many | coilege men came over from San Fran- | cisco and from various other points in the | immediate vicinity prepared to work, but | finding it quite impossible on account of | y - T g i Proposed Monument for the University Library Commemorative of the Stu- dent Labor Movement. the dampness of the soil and the threaten- ing weather they returned to their homes. f‘rcsident Kellogg, in_his address‘at the celebration last Saturday night, declared that to-day would be a university holiday without stating any conditions, and on this account the majority of the students stayed at home when they found it too wet to work., It is generally understood however, that another day will be zranted them in which to finish_their task as soon as the weather clears off sufficiently. Regent Reinstein came over this after- noon to inspect the work that has already been done and find out just what more needs to be done. He stated confidently that the students would be granted an- other day by the academic council in which to put the finishing touches on the work, justas soon as the weather cleared off. “It is exceedingly gratifying,” said he, ‘“‘to know that an interest has been taken in this labor and what excellent results have been accomplished. What has al- ready been done is beyond my most uine expectations. believe that at east 95 per cent of the able-bodied male students at the university have done some- thing toward accomplishing the work. A large percentage of them have been a lutely faultless in the matter of their ap- plization, having been out daily and worked hard continuously. “The students have accomplished a deal | Junbany | of the university.” | Governor Budd that he is to be appointed | years of Mr. Reinstein’s term. Reinstein | students to select representatives for the | next intercollegiate debate with Stanford of good in the matter of improving the campus, but the principle which they espoused when threy took up their picks | and shovels and went to work will be of vastly more benefit to the university, since 1t will tend to dissipate the-idea | from the hitherto uninformed that the University of California is made up of rich | men’s sons and dudes, who aré too proud | to soil their hands with honest toil. I have been accused of having stirred up the | labor movement purely from a selfish mo- | tive. Of course this is absurd. What I | have done for the university, little though | it may be, has been because of my love for | it, and my desire to see improvements | made where needed. | “The position of regent is the only pub- | lic office I ever sought and the only one 1 | ever desire to hold. I would not accept | even the governorship of this State if it | were offered to me_to-morrow. Thereis absolutely no political office in the land | to-day that I have any desire whatsoever | to held. I apprehend that those who | staried the rumor that I am seeking no- | toriety for political reasons and ulterior motives are neither friends of myself nor ““Josh” Is Tranformed. BERKELEY, CaL., March 2.—Josh, the funny paper at the university, is nolonger | under the jurisdiction of the faculty. It has undergone a complete reorganization, and is now classed as a professional period- ical under the management and personal direction of some of the U. C. alumni. It has been incorporated, and is to be the official caricature paper of the alumni, the Affiliated Colieges and the colleges at Berk- eley, so its promoters say, “Now it will be possible,” said one of its most interested alumni supporters to-day, “to caricature and write up whomsoever we choose with- out fear of being expelled or suspended. The only thing we will be amenable to is the law.” This statement was meant as a direct hit on the faculty of the university, who suspended two members of the Josh staff last fall for allowing caricatures of certain of them to appear. It was hinted to-day that the next number of the comic journal would unmercifully lampoon certain members of the faculty at Berkeley who | do not stand in the best of favor with some | of the alumni. De Witt H. Gray, a gradu- | ate in the class of '95, will serve as thei | | new editor. The staff of artists of the old Josh will be retained, together with a num- ber of new ones from the Mark Hopkins | Institute. “We expect correspondence,” said | Editor Gray to-day, *from members of the Alumni Association all along the Pacific Coast from Mexico to Washington. It will be the aim of the paper to cstablish a | closer union between the widely scattered alumni and other former students of the university.” Long Term for Reinstein. BERKELEY, Car., March 2.—Regent Reinstein _received word to-day from to a long term as regent as soon as a vacancy occurs. The first vacarrey in the board occurs in May, when the term of Columbus Bartlett expires. Mr. Rein- stein will probably be appointed to suc- ceed Regent Bartlett, and Timothy Guy Phelps to fill the remaining four is now serving the unexpired term of Re- gent Ainsworth, who died last fall. Fred | W. Koch, U. C., 96, and A. W. North 96, went to Sacramento yesterday with a peti- tion to the Governor from 600 Berkeley students, asking that Regeat Reinstein be appointed to the 16-vear term. It is be- lieved that the petition from the students added much weight to the arguments in! favor of appointing Reinstein to the long | term, { Snow on the Berkeley Hills. BERKELEY, CavL, March 2.—The hills | back of the university grounds presented a beautiful appearance this moruing. They were white with snow on their western slope from crest almost to base. At an early hour the rain changed to snow for | about thirty minutes as it fell in the low land, but on account of the ground being wet it melted immediately. The snow on | the hills, however, remained throughout | the day. The drifts in some places were four feet deep. About forty university students climbed | the summit of Grizzly Peak, built a fort ’I;nfi' spent most of the morning snow- | alling. Preliminary Debat BERKELEY, Car., March 2.—The first preliminary debate of State University will be held next Wednesday evening in Stiles Hall. The subject for discussion is | a resolution *‘that the direct: form of elect- | ing representatives to the legislative bodies in this country is in all respects prefer- | able to the indirect.”” The same question will be argued in the intercoliegiate de- bate. The debaters in the Preliminar will be J. D. Hatch, Joseph O’Connor, J. R. Kelly and John Gardener for the affirm- ative and Theodore de Laguna, A. L. Weil | and W. N. Friend for the negative. ALAMEDK'S MILK SUPPLY Tests of Each Dairyman’s Supply Posted for the Benefit of Consumers. Very Serious Illness of Mrs. J. T. McLean—A Boy Impaled oa a Picket Fence. ALAMEDA, Carn., March 2.—The Health | Inspector had the records of twenty dair- ies tabulated upon a big blackboard in the room of the Board of Health this morn- ing. This was the action that the dairy- men protested against so vehemently when it was first proposed, but their protests | were of no avail. The table shows the percentage of buatter fats and cream and the condition of the respective dairies. This is a new departure, as there isnot another city in the State, so far as known, | that is blackboarding its milk supply for | the ben efit of consumers. The City Trustees. ALAMEDA, CaL.,, March 2.—The Board of Trustees at its meeting to-night trans- ferred $500 from the general to the Board of Health fund. Bids will be asked for | furnishing meals to the prisoners at the | City Prisol At present the city pays at | the rate o cents per meal for those fur- nished the prisoners. This hasbeen found to be rather expensive and the plan of ask- | ing for bids will naturally reduce the cost. A special fund, amounting to $671, which ison hand will be used to complete the in- terior finishings of the Sherman and Web- | ster .street hosebouses. At the Sherman hosehouse a team of horses will be stabled, | to be uséd by the volunteer department. A driver wilhfleep in the house also. | An amended ordinance was passed re- | quiring property-owners to send in a veri- | fied statement thirty days after the first | Monday in March of personal property. On failure to do so the Assessor will make | an arbitrary assessment, which the Board of Equalization must not reduce. i The City Assessor was authorized to hire an assistant to help him on the work at a salary or $75 per month. Mrs. Dr. McLean 11l ALAMEDA, Car., March 2.—The wife of Dr. John T. McLean, Health Officer of Ala- ‘meda, is very ill, and it is not believed | that she will long survive. She has been an invahd forseveral years, but during the past two weeks has been iiowing steadily and dangerously worse. Her husband is in Washington, where he went a month ago as the representative of Oakland and Alameda, to appear before Congress and urge a larger appropriation for Oakland harbor and the dredging of the tidal canal. Mrs. McLean is well advanced in years. Her husband has been wired of her dangerous condition and is hastening home to her bedside. Dougherty to Plead Guilty. ALAMEDA, CAL, Mareh 2.—To-day, Iavea hodd Dovgherty, the ™ | street Land Compan T | Cortland avenue, 28 E of | 1y, 1ot on S! N\ 13 chicken-thief, to answer to the Superior Court in the sum of $2000, on a charge of burglary. The prisoner remained mute during his examination. He expressed a desire to hurry along the proceedings, so that he could get a hearing before the Superior Court and plead guilty. He wants to get through with the trouble and ascer- tain at once the extent of his punishment. He is also afraid, apparently, that a prior conviction will be laid against him. A Boy Impaled. ALAMEDA, Can, March 2. —A boy named McMahon, whose home is in San Francisco, met with a painful accident on Sunday while on a visit to the house of A. E: Ridley, 1501 Sixth street. He was climb- ing an ‘iron fence that surrounded .the premises when he fell on the sharp points, cutting a bad gash in his thigh, which it required nine stitches by a doctor to sew up. Notes of Interest. ALAMEDA, Car, March 2.—Marshal Rogers collected a total of $620 05 from licenses during the month of February. Of this $500 was for liquor licenses, $105 25 for business and $14 80 for dogs. Jennie Appleby died on Sunday after- noon at the home of her brother, J. F. Fullerton, 1202 Park avenue, of consump- tion. Deceased came from Canada about five months ago. She was 27 years of aze. Policeman Keyes found the door of the High-street Market, on High street, near Encinal avenue, open on Sunday night at 10 o’clock, and this gave rise to a report that burglars were on a rampage again. Nothing was stolen, and the door was probably left open accidentally. Robert J. Burdette is to lecture at Lin- derman’s Opera-house on the 2lst inst. under the auspices of the Baptist Society. Rev. W. T. Jordan is managing the affair. ———— Good Templars. Grand Chief Templar Webb has just completed alecture tour in the fifth district. He delivered twenty-threeglectures, meeting with gratifying success wherever he appeared. The order through- outthe State is advaocing, and has many lectur- ers in the field. The local lodges are reported in good condition and receiving many additions to their numbers. Valley Lodge held an open meeting last Tuesday in its hall, 927 Mission street, and there was a very large attendance. “The following interesting programme was ren- dered: Piano duet, Mrs. Bernheimer and Mrs. De Rosier: reading, {offman; solo, Mrs. Shuette; zither solo, dress, A. E. Ogg: instru- m 1 recitetion, J. Q. Adams; tal 4 rier; vocal solo, Mrs. A M. ation, George Hatcher. 2 Knights and Ladies of Honor. Grand Secretary Carleton expects to visit the lodges in San Jose shortly, and later in the month expects to visit those in Sacramento. The grand officers visited Martha Lodge last Fri- vening and & pleasant and instructive meet the result. y City Lodge, which has a very efficlent pro- tector in thg person of H. W. Quitzow, at its last held meeting initiated a number of candidates. The grand secretary and many knights and ladies were present. e S 4 REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. D. R. and Louisa Thomas to W. B. Thomas, lot gn X line ot Green street, 81 E of Octavia, E 34 by N 137 $10. S. Lewis to Bridget Robinson, lot on N aight street. 175 W of Webster, W 25 by N 137:6; also lot on W_line of Filimore street, 62:6 N of Pine, N 25 by W 87; also lot on W line of Steiner street, 60 N of Waller, N 25 by W 106:3; also ot on S line of FPost street, 100 W of Devisadero, W 25 by S 80; $10. Walter M. Conrad (executor of the estate of Anna J. Smith) to Bernard C. Duffy, lot on S line of Busn street, 100 E of Fillmore, E 27:4by S 137:6; $4750. Bernard C. Dufty to Elizabeth A. Dufty, same; ife. & Rachael A. Folsoin to Albert Folsom, lot on N line of Sacramento street, 192:6 W of Devisadero, W 55 by N 127:814; gift. R. D, and Jennie Cranston and H.and Theresa Keenan to Edwin L. Mead, lot on E line of Mug%c Henry liveof H: avenue, 75 S of Haight street, S 25 by F 87:6 Pacific Improvement Compauy to Mary Gordoo, lot on NE line of Brady street, 81:235 NW of West Mission, NW 25 by NE 100; $10. Same to Mark L. McCord, lot on NE line of Crocker street, 43:95% SE of Colton, SE 22:95% by NE 99; ame to Peter Streiff, lot on NEline of Crocker t, 89:834 NW of West Mission, NW 3 g stre by NE 68:855; $10. Same to Beriha Muller, lot on SW line of Brady street. 25 Sk of Colton, SE 50 by Sw 99; $10. Will E. Fisher to Pacific Improvement Com- pany, 1ot on W line of Valencia street, 185 N of Sixteenth, N 72:6 by W 90; $10. Pacific | Improvement Company to Joseph Harvey, lot on W line of Valencia street, 185 N of Sixteenth, N 22:6 by W 90: $10. E. P. E. Troy to Jobn and Mary King, lot on E line of Shotwell street, 124 S of Seventeenth, S 24:6by E 122:6, subject to a mortgage: $10. Robert P.and Aibert C. Wieland, Olga M. A, Tamm (nee Wieland) and Alvina P, 8 Sherman (nee Tamm) to Charlotte F. Clarke, Iot on W line of Powell street, 94 Sof Ellis, S41, W 87:6, N 25, W 7:6, N 21, E 20,8 5, E 75; £10. Frank P. Sherman and Ernest F. Tamm to same, 1 same; $10. Eljse Kohler to Anna L. Bauer, lot on E line of Twenty-second avenue, 250 N of Calilornia street, N 50 by E 10. Stephen E. Nutting to_Patrick Brady, lot on W line ot T w, izhth avenue, 200 Sof J street, S 25 by W 124 Isidor Gutte to T. H. Huber, lot on NE corner of Liebig street and Mission roid, NW 90:215, NE 50. SE 114:1015, lhencleo to beginning, Mission- Noonan, lot on N line of Bennington, £ 28:3, N 88, W 28, § 83, Gift Map 1; glft Tienry Wangenheim to Kose Wangenhelm, lot on_NE corner of Beacon and Carlos streets, N 14736, E 21, S 149:1. W 56:8; gift. Lone Mountain Cemetery to Albert Folsom, lot 150, section 11, said cemetery; §100. Masonic Cemetery Association t0 Martin Tied- man, lot 19, section 18, northern addition of said cemetery; $102. ALAMEDA COUNTY. Oakland Bank of Savings to James W. and M. B. Warford, lot 10, Peralta Heights, East Oakland: to John Gillam, ot on SW_corner of Buena Vista avenue and Ok street, W 68:1, S 86, W 31:11, $19, E 100, N 105, to begin with' block 39, lands adjacent to Encinal. Alameda; $10. . . F. Pierce to Charles P. Fonda, lot on N line of Prospect avenue, 10,8 SE of New Broadway, NE 1 James Noonan to Ma 99.67, SE 138.68, NE 63.29, NE 48, NE 53.55, SW 89.53, SE 50, SW 57.53, NW 188.84, SW 194.6' £ 46, Oskland: $10. Tiermann Druckerto Rebbece Drucker, lot on SW corner of East Twenty-first street ana Twen- ty-third avenue, W 131, § 50, E to W line of Twenty-third avenue. N to beginning, block D, subdivision 50 Associates Tract, East Oakland: also lot on NW corner of Twenty-third avenue aud lot 5, block D, subdivision 50 Associates Tract, thence W 13, S 50, E to W line of Twenty- third avenue, N to beginning, biock D, same, East Oakland: gift. John A. and Maria D. Merrill to HerbertJ. Thompson, lot on NE line of East Twenty-second street, 575 SE of Twenty-first avenue, SE 40 by NE 140, I block 74, map of lois i Sell to Firs, Presbyterian church of Berke- E corner of Atherton street and All- 40 by F. 136.21, block 6, map of addi- Ia lots joining the umiversity site on the south. Berkeley, quitclaim di Erie Tillman to Mathilda ¢ line of Woolsey street, 200 W of Calais, W 50 b; S 150, being lot 18, block F, Peralta Ranch, Berkeley: gift. Michael Catusich to Peter Catusich, lot on N¥ corner of A and Hannah streets, E 58 by N 100, ng subdivisions I and J of lot 1, block 703, atts Tract, Map 2: also lot on W line of Grove street, 120 north of Thirty-first street, N 40 by W 115, block 2087, Rowland Tract, Oaklan: on SE corner of Prince sireet and Stanfora avenue, 100, W 0, N 111.40 _to beginning, Q, Newbury Tract. Berkeley; $10. 5. M. Butterfield to John M. Sabin Jr.,lot on S12Tine of 1 enth aven: e, 100 X E of voundary line of Clinton street, NE_50 by SE 100, subject to &, mortgage for $1600, East Oakland; $10. Julia and Charles F. Welch to Isaac H. Miller, | lot 23, block 31, Smith’s subdivision Mathews Tract, Berkele: Henry and Sarah W. Miller to Charles J. Graft, 10t 7, block ¥, Vernon Park, Oakland Township; $10. ston wa, mes Singley to Mary M. Graft, lot 6, block F, | same, Cakland Township: $10. Jares Singley to FKaston Mills, lot 11, block 53, subdivision ot lot 1, Laundry Farm, Brooklyn ' Township: $10. Frank 4, Poliard to Eliza Davis, ot on NE line | of Ensy Fourteenth streer, 395:9 NW of Adeline, | NW 28 by NE 160, block U, revised map of Oak ree” Farm Tract, subject’ (o & mor.gage for $700, Brooklyn ‘i ownship; $10. Laymares Keal Estate and Investmens Com- any to sume, lots 7 io 10, block Q, lots 18,17 and kT amended map of Mois Tract, Brook- y 3 Mary A. McLaren to Willlam J. Landers, lot on N line of Central avenue, 250 W of Willow street, W 50 by N 217:8, block 8, lands adjacent to En- tinal, Alameda: §10. Pacifie Coast Savings Society to Alexander John- son, loton N line of Park stresp 110:314 8 ot Bucna vista avenue, S 35:414, W 106:33, N 35, :1213&7;160 to beginning of block 46, same, Alameda; ————— Movements of Trans- Atlantic Steamers. NEW YORK—Arrived Mar 2—Stmr Spaarndam, from Rotterdam: stmr Friesland, f-om Antwerp, Suiled Mar 2—Stmr La Bourgoxde, for Havre. NAPLES—Arnved out Mar 2—Stmr Norman- nia. Sailed Mar 1—Stmr Fulda. for New York. COPENHAGEN—Arrived out Mar 2-Stmr Heckla. ml‘l‘:‘nnax—snud Mar 1-Stmr Zaandam, for N k. °DOVER_ Passed_Mar 2—Stmr Marsals, from 625 KEABNY ST. Established in 1854 for the treatmentof Private Diseases. Lost Manhood. Debility or diseasewearing on bodyand mindand skmnhn-u Th :yemcnml- aranteed. 5 . 5T T SARBON,: Box 1957, 502 Francioes