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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1896. 13 Interesting Report of Important Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County FILLS A SOLDIER'S GRAVE Father Wood, the Old Salvation- ist, Will Never March Again, 1 BURIED BY EIS COMRADES. Whatever Was the Secret of His Early Life It Has Gone to the Grave With Him. Oaxraxp OrrFice SaN Francisco CaLy,) 908 Broadway, March 5. | Wood of the Salvation Army ‘was buried to- according to the ritual of that organizati Many members of e army attended in uniform, and as the se proceeded from Wood’s rracks, flanked on either by pall-bearers in uniform, it at- tracted more than ordinary attention. There were no relatives present, as r Wood is not known to have a| one living. e ed that part of his history to his rad It was generally supposed b been at one time a man of in the world, as his man- idence of some refinement, learned the secrets of his understood that he had | hat wk the army | s ago, he was | g an attractive of reformation > was far man when the he lived long | he had stamina | to keep from retreating. The old *gritty, and eltho the army i to support him he worked | able and preserved spirit. n he had satisfied himself that the Salva 1 Army inten he turned over to the o hundred dollars on the ¢ siould alw E: ondition that he a verbal one, but ood did all and the army did he contract was or strictly kept. to help him ands of people in this C are r with the figure of Father Wood, will m him from the nightiy march. ith a military bearing, and of having been an old sol- The simple story told by Ensign Reid his coffin placed the worn-out old light of a man whose re- infinitely superior to od around i were ther than have ’s burial cas heir comrade, the sold for the simple funeral remains oft. subscribed ex- Wood is d 3 sign example of faith ness March ie of ilizabeth L. Cook, amount- ng to $40,000, is again in contest. The | hel Kimbail, a sister of the de- against William G. Tripp ume up for ore Judge Ogden to- | 1v with the Public Administrator an in- r i party on as she is the only heir to e should bave it instead of ripp to hold it as a trustee. He claims it was all given to him with ons how to dispose of it so that it not have to go into probate. He was estopped from proceeding by a t instituted by Public Administrator | night wherein the lat ment for $10,000. The case is so tangled that it will take months, if not years, to settle. Numerous Weddings. —Cupid is San Fran- he following couples to-d eodore Sahlick, age 24, and rjer, age 21, and Bertha A. n, age 18, all of San Francisco. Joseph Jamet, age 23, and Lena A. Koh- ler, age 21, of Alameda. Anxious About Pensions. OAKLAND, Car., March 5.—The Ala- da County Teachers’ Annuity Associ- ation will hold a meeting Saturday after- noon at the High School to form a perma- nent organization. The present arrange- ment is only temporary and the members are anxious to have their affairs in con- nection with the pension law placed in ch shape that there will be concert of ction. 7To date there has been no move made toward a rinal settlement of the ions that have been raised regarding validity of the law. Fighting for Money. OAKLAND, CaL., March —Juage k is engaged in the trial of a peculiar case. Two daughters of John Wier, a baker who died here three years ago, are fighting Olaf P. Johnson, an uncle by mar- riage, to have the $5000 he received by him from his wife declared a trust for Wier to them. Johnson’s wife was a sister of Wier’s. She died in 1893 and two months atter Wier died. The defense object to the on the ground of limitation, and claim erable expense. Lamping’s Contest. OAKLAND, Car., March 5.—Ex-Police Officer Lampihg not satisfied with his dismissa! by the Police CommIssioners and is taking steps which he believes will even- iead to his reinstatement. Throngh Lis attorney he has served each member of the board with a notification that he con- tests their decision. He denies the legal existence of the board and he does notcon- sider the evidence suificient to warrant the: verdict. Talked of Suicide. OAKILAND, CirL, March 5.—The jury in |:.\ehu]mucs! of Bdware E. McCaw, who hanged himself in the rear of Henry Kob- nsor’s cigar-store in Livermore yesterday, urned a verdict of suicide. Richard Maguire testified McCaw asked him to treat shortly before he took his lie, say- ing it would be his last drink. Benjamin Coughlan and Robinson both testified to nearing McCaw talk of taking his life. More Mechanics Needed. OAKLAND, C4 Maich 5.—Some time azo the Judson lron Works at_ Emeryville started their nail works ana it bas been onstantly increasing in importance. At rst only twelve to fifteen tonsof nails were ned out every day. Now the output s been increased until the works are iuning at 1ts fuil capacity and more nics may be put in during the sum- Ward’s Bail Reduced. KLAND, Car., March 5.—The bail of « . Leake, alias Ward, one of the gold brick | led to stick by him | the plaintiff’s side. | r secured judg- | r was cared for by his sister at consid- | icers a couple of | shelter while he | in characteristic dre | | | | ill for some months, is now at the point of death, and no hopes are entertained for his recovery. In 1890 Mr. Collins was elected to the City Council from the First Ward, and also served as president of that body. Two years ago he was elected to the As- sembly. Mr. Collins is 62 years of age. To Reduce Hydrant Rate OAKLAND, Car., City Council duce the rate paid for hydrants from $250 to $1 75. An ordinance is being intro- duced providing for the placing of an ad- ditional lot of hydrants, so that the in- come 1o the water companies will remain the same. + Back on the Payroll. OAKLAND, Car., March 5.—George H. Kellogg, who was dismissed from the em- ploy of the Bouthern Pacific Company as a detective about ten months ago, has been taken back as watchman. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, March 5. Otto Schimitt is in jail on a charge of per- sonating a United States Secret Service officer, He was arrested on complaint of the Dobles of Fruitvale. The trustees of the First Congregational Church have decided not to sign the protest AfAinil the construction of & new sewer in Clay street. The management of the National Base Ore Reduction Works expects 10 get the affairs of that concern adjusted this week and to be able to shortly resume operations. The California Door Company end the Cali- Very little is known | fornia Shoe Company are again in operation. v life of Wood, and he never | Both concerns give employment to a large number of West Oakland people. Santos, the man who was accused of ill treat- ment of little girls, held toanswer by ice Howe in Alameda this afternoon. Be- unable to give bonds in the sum of $3000 he was sent to jail. The Municipal League is to be formed in Alameds. It will meetin April. It is to be part of a State Municipal League, and Mayor Sutro will address the meeting. Municipal ownership of lights and water will be advo- cated. The First Free Baptist Church will give its new pastor, Rev. Philip Graif, a reception to-morrow night at the church. ~ All members 1 the cnurch and of the congregation and all iriends of the churcia and pastor are invited to attend. The suit of Elizabeth Kuenzel against the Alameds, Oakland and Piedmont electric road was dismissed to-day on motion of Attorneys Johnson and Shaw. A compromise effected some weeks ago has been settled by the com- his | Pany. The amount is about $1000. Christian Endeavorers of the Tenth-avenue Baptist Church are arranging to bold an even- ing with Burns and Tennyson on Friday i the church. It is the intention to have & stereopticon exhibit of Scotch scenes, with selections from the poetry and Scottish songs | UUWNE§H@AFPEAHEB It Is Thought the Old Man Committed Suicide in Alameda. Telephone Subscribers Protest Against Nickel-in-the-Slot Attach- ments. ALAMEDA, Car., March &—Patrick Downes has disappeared and it is thought he may have committed suicide. He was a man net vigorous of mind, who floated hither and thither without aim or object or consecutive effort. Four months ago he was arrested for being a vagrant and was held before Justice Morris. The magistrate, instead & sending him to jail, set him to doing chores about the magis- terial residence for his keep. I'oratime all went well and then the old man began to grow restless again and to talk mysteri- ously of dying and ending his troubles. Suddenly he disappeared, and now that his peculiarities are remembered it is thought he may have wandered away to some seclnded spot and ended his life. Downes is the man who attracted atten- tion in San Francisco a yearago by throw- ing a cobblestone through .one of the large plate-glass windows of J. J. O'Brien’s store, claiming he did so to get shelter and food tnrough arrest. In this he was but temporarily successful, however, for a sympathetic jury, hearing the story of his woe, acquitted hir: of the charge of mali- cious mischief. Protest About Telephones. ALAMEDA, Car., March 5.—The busi- ness men of Alameda are up in arms against the action of the telephone com- pany in putting nickel-in-tbe-slot attach- ments on‘their telephones. The machines only permit of forty calls during the month, each one over that number costing the subscriber 3 cents out of every 5 dropped- in the slot, and this discrimina- tion the merchants protest against. A petition for vpresentation to the Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company is peing circulated by A. P. Smiley and James A. Munroe, which reads: We, the undersigned, contract subscribers to your telephone, request that the nickel-in-the- slot contrivance be removed from your tele- phones, and that our use of the said telephones be not limited by said contrivance, but that we be permitted to use the telephones in ac- cordance with the terms of our contracts with you. In case this re?nen is not acceded to, we desire the removal of the said telephones. The petition already has a long list of names attached to it. The merchants argue that forty switches a month means a little over one each day, which is en- tirely out of proportion to the amount of cost of rental. ¥uneral of Mrs. McLean. ALAMEDA, Carn.,, March 5. — The re- mains of the late Mrs. Mary Eliza Mc- Lean, the wife of the Health Officer of Alameda, have been embalmed, and their interment at Mountain View Cemetery will be private, on the return of Dr. Mc- Lean from Washington, D. C. _ At the funeral the pall-bearers were: Jjoseph F. Forderer, of the Board of Trustees; Drs. G. P. Reynolds and C. H. Lubbock, of the Board of Health; G. F. Watson and W. F. Gibson. The ritual of the funeral service | was road by the Rev.-F. D. Bovard of the Park-street M..E. Church, and the eulogy pronounced by the Rev. M. C. Biggs of San Jose. A Christian Canvass. ALAMEDA, Can, March 5. — The churcues represented in the Ministerial Union of Alameda have made a new de- parture. They have canvassers who have for the past week or more been visiting from house to house. Their object is to learn whetbter or not the family called on isaffiliated with any of the denominational churches of the city, and if not they make an effort to have them do so. A card entitied “‘Christian Greeting,”’ inviting the recip- ient to attend and “identify yourself with some one of them as your Christian home, etc.,” is presented. Anna Shaw to Lecture. ALAMEDA, CaL., March 5.—The Po- litical Equality Club of Alameda has se- cured Rey. Anna Shaw to lecture before it on March 18. The lecture will be de- livered in Park Opera-house, and the sub- ject will be “The New Man.” B Professor Merrill’s Lecture. The special committee on & course of free lec- tures, appointed by the Board of Education, has announceu that the next lecture to the teachers of the department will be given by Professor George A. Merrill, principal of the California School of Mechanical Arts, in the swindlers, wiich was raised to $2500 last ht by Judge Wood, was reduced to §250 ash to-day. The bail was deposited and Leake was released. Collins Is Dying. OAKLAND, Car., March 5.—Assembly- man H. M. Collins, who has been seriously auditorium of the Girls' High School, corner of Scott and Geary streets, this evening at 8 o'elock. The subject of the lecture will be “The Evolution of Industrial Education 'in America.” Professor Walter N. Bush, principal of tne Polytechnic High School, will deliver the opening address, and Professor L. A. Bu- chanan, principal of the Cogswell Polytechnic College, will act as chairman of the evening. LETS HIS LIGHT SHINE| But It Is Always With the Aid of a “Borrowed” Stereopticon. A RELIGIOUS KLEPTOMANIAC. Remarkable Career of Rev. J. H. Scott, Under Arrest for Embezzling a Magic-Lantern. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, March 5. The latest natural curiosity to develop on this side of the bay is a religious klep- tomaniac, with a predominating penchant for stereopticon outfits, valuable ones re- ceiving the preference. A few weeks ago THE CavrrL published a story of how A.J. MacMurtry had been swindled out of a valuable stereopticon apparatus that he loaned the *‘Rev.” C. H. Scott some monthsago. Scottrepresented himself as an Arizona evangelist, and, after establishing himself firmly in the good graces of Cnristian people, he mani- fested a desire to borrow, always in the interests of the work of religion. Recently Scott was arrested in Los Angeles, and MacMurtry has sworn out a warrant for embezzlement. An officer was sent down to-day and the ‘“‘reverend” Mr. Scott will baye a chance to explain his actions next week before Judge Wood in the Police Court. Since the publication of the story in THE Cavy evidences of Mr. Scott’s borrowing mania have been made known in various parts of the country. He was first heard of in 1893 in Canton, N. J., where he en- tered the St. Lawrence University to take up a special course of study. He said his home was in California, and that he was aregularly ordained Congregational min- ister; that he had circumnavigated the globe as a captain of a man-of-war: that he bad penetrated the icy north with the pole-seeking Schwatka; that he had been a missionary among the red rovers of the plains, and that he was the owner of a fine stereopticon which had become sepa- rated from him and lost. At that time he had several sets of fine magic-lantern slides, illustrative of polar scenes, and he wanted to give a lecture on Alaska. He learned that Professor Priest had a fine double stereopticon, so he “bor- rowed” it, and a few days later the rev- erend lecturer and the professor’s outfit were missing. *‘Rev.” Scott next turned up at Nor- wood, Vt. He had Professor Priest’s re- liable outfit with him, and when his iden- tity was discovered he_ was arrested and taken to New Jersey. Upon his returning and paying the costs the charge was dis- missed and Scott faded from view in that State. Shortly after he left news was re- ceived that he was wanted in Illinois for “borrowing’’ a stereopticon from a minis- terial friend and skipping out. After leaving Canton ‘‘Rev.” C. H. Scott made a trip to California on “‘borrowed” money, and then was heard from at Al- | burg Springs, Vt., where he was known as | Henry Clay Steele, and where he was | engaged to preach. He was a man of fine appearance, good address and much elo- quence, and his congregation raised the necessary funds and sent him to Chicago | for his wife and child. Aftertaking in the | ‘World’s Fair he returned with a plausible story regarding his family and soon after. ward skipped with missionary funds to the amount of $160 and a lot of “borrowed” books, besides forgetting his board bill. A few months later he appeared at Mid- dletown Springs, where he gave good satis- faction as a Baptist preacher. The church authorities grew suspicious and started an investigation when Scott took a letter from the Postoffice directed to a deacon and containing charges against him. He at once “borrowed’’ a team and carriage and drove to the nearest railway station. He nextappeared in Arizona and last ot all at Los Angeles, taking in Mr. Mac- Murtry of Qakland en route. “I intend to prosecute him to the full extent of the law,”” said MacMurtry, “but I expect it will be difficult to make a charge of embezzlement stick.” (0405 PLIT GIDENS They Will Lay Out the Grounds Around North Hall With Flowers. Duties of the Local Health Officer. Higgins Wants to Sell Liquor. News Notes. BERKELEY, CaL, March 5.—North Hall, the oldest of the buildings at the State University, and the one on three sides of which eXtensive excavating has been recently done by the student labor- ers, is soon to be surrounded with gardens of roses, geraniums, shrubs, deciduous trees, ivy and other trailing -and twining vines. . The co-eds are to do all this. The plant- ing of flowers and shrubbery and the beau- tifying of the grounds in close proximity to the old woouen structure is to be their part in the student labor movement. Though they will not actually get out and work with the spades and shovels them- selves, they-will furnish means to pur- chase the plants and to pay for the labor in having them set out. Just whether grass will be sown on the turee sides of the hall where the excavat- ing has been going du is a matter of specu- ulation, but that its surroundings. wili be made more assuming by the efforts of the co-eds is assured, so Regent Reinstein said to-day. The young women of the university have been anxious to do something toward beantifying the grounds ever since the re- cent labor movement was proposed by Mr. Reinstein, but notning bas appeared to them in 80 plausible a light as the plant- ing and rearing of a flower garden around the recitation hall, Nothing can he done in this new depart- ure until the work of leveling off the round in the vicinity of North Hall has geen completed#and the time for the stu- dent laborers to do this only depends upon how soon the weather will permit. ‘Ihose who know of the new scheme among the co-eds seem to think that it will be much more productive of lasting zood than any of the others which have been mentioned. Health Officer’s Dutles. BERKELEY, Car., March 5.—Objections have bsen raised to the ordinance passed some months azo by the Town Trustees creating a Health Officer for Berkeley. The ordinance gives the Health Officer power “to act upon, define, determine and ad- judge what shall constitute a nuisance in the town of Berkeley,” and all per- sons wio refuse to comply with an order from the Health Officer to abate what he may have declared to be a nuisance shall be deemed guilty of misdemcanor, punish- able by a fine of $50 or more. The arbitrary powers thus given to the Health Officer are declared 10 be contrar; to constitutional law, and likely to result in an abuse of power, and it is possible | that the Town Trustees will be asked to reconsider their ordinance. No ~charge has been made that the present Health Officer, Dr. Rowell, has been guilty of un- due exercise of authority, but objectors to the ordinance call attention to the fact that such unreasonable display of power is 4 possibility. To Establish Rates. BERKELEY, CAL., March 5.—The Mas- ter Plumbers’ Association of Berkeley held an important meeting last evening, at which they decided to co-operate more ef- fectually for their preservation and self- interests. A blacklist of ‘‘deadheads’ was made out for the use of all local firms, and hereafter no work wiil be done on credit for those whose names appear on the list, The socjety decided to tender a receg- tion and banque: to the officers of the master plumbers’ associations of San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda early in April. The date and place was left to a committee composed of Sanitary Inspector Frank Thompson, Byron Underwood, J. J. Menjes ana Xl Hawes. Petition to Sell Liquor. BERKELEY, CarL., March 5.—It is re- ported that a petition signed by every saloon-keeper in West Berkeley ‘will be presented to the town board at their next meeting. The petition requests that the board grant J.J. Higgins a license to sell liquor providing he pays $50 of the §$150 license fees which he would have paid had he taken out a license at the time the board granted him the privilege of so doing. Higgins refuses to state who has joined him 1n the petition, but it is under- stood that he has secured signatures of the majority of the West Berkeley lignor- dealers. Rosewald Memorial. BERKELEY, CaL., March 5.—Professor J. H. Rosewald’s lecture on ‘‘Descriptive and Characteristic Music,” which was to have been delivered in Berkeley by Mr. Rosewald himseli some months ago, and which has been postponed several times since his death, will be read to-morrow afternoon by Professor Bernard Moses at the Columbia Theater in San Franciscc. The lecture is to be illustrated by some of the best musical artists 1n San Francisco, among whom are Messrs. Beel, Jaulus, Coffin, Miss Morey and Miss Weigel. The entertainment is to be given under the auspices of the faculty of the State Uni- versity for the benefit of the Rosewald memorial aid fund at the university, The lecture will begin at 3:30 P. M. . Students’ Gateway. BERKELEY, Car., March 5.—Regent Reinstein states that a temporary wooden gateway will be erected at the new Center- street entrance to the university grounds, to be known as the ‘‘Students’ Gateway.” This will serve for the present, it being hoped thata more pretentious and sub- stantial one will be erected at some time in the near future. The regent says that the cash valuation of the work recently done by the students on the campus, together with the dona- tions of various kinds, will aggregate at least $5000. Lecture by Colonel Greenleaf. BERKELFY, Car., March 5.—Colonel Charles R. Greenleaf, U. 8. A., will lecture at Stiles Hall to-morrow evening on “Humanity in War.” It is to be given under the auspices of the local Unitarian Society and wiil be the third of a series of six lectures arranged for Ly the Unitarians. Presbyterian Concert. BERKELEY, Car., March 5.—The choir of the First Presb & public concert to-morrow evening in the auditorium of the church as a benefit to the building fund. MORE OFFCERS ELECTED Good Attendance of Delegates at the A. P. A. Conven- tion. The Work of Framing Amendments to the Constitution Will Be Taken Up To-Day. The attendance of the delegates to the third day’s session of the American Pro- tective Association was as good as on the two previous days. The fact that somany members of the Superior Council wishea to see Washington, D. C., next May, wnen the Supreme Grand Council will meet there, was an incentive to the Californians to remain at the State Counciland try their luck with their friends to get suffi- cient votes to secure the offices of dele- zates. After the disposal of some routine work and the adjusting of some committee re- poris the convention resumed the labors of electinig the balance of the State officers. For the office of grand sergeant-at-arms J. E. Hall of Stockion was awarded the honor of the baton, after a sharp contest with ibree competitors. To attend to the inner door during the session of the Grand Council H, W. Honn of Shasta was elected. Joseph MeNeil of San Diego will guard the outer door against any of the unini- tiated gaining admission. For the office of trustees the followiug three gentlemen will guard the valuables of the Grana Council and also attend to | the financial branch of the order: A. Peterson of Santa Cruz, M. Laidlaw of Oakiand and W. D. Kingsbury of San Francisco. For delegates to the Grand Supreme Council there were twenty-hve nominees placed before the convention. Out of this number the following were elected: G. G. Baker and B. ¥. Hudelson of Oakland by virtue of their offices as past and present State presidents; G. E. Hayes, San Ber- nardino; Joseph Waldorp, Sonoma; W, W. Knickerbocher, Oakland; H. W. Mathews and W. 8. A. Nicholson of San Francisco; W. W. Rodebaver, Auburn; P, Pearson, Rediands; L. W. Alinm, River: side; S. M. Androus, Pomona; W. H. Nei- mier and Governor L. A. Sheldon, Los Angeles; J. L. Gilbert, Fresno; D. D. Bow- man, Santa Cruz; H. V. Swain, Stockton, and C. H. Darling, Sonoma. A recess wns taken at 4:30 for the pur- pose of receiving the following named ladies, who represented the executive com- mittee of the W. A. P. A.: Mrs. M. E. Richardson, president; Mrs. L. A. Gunn, secretary; Mrs. Ica Killenberger,treasurer: Mrs. W. F. Barnes, Mrs. L. P. McCarthy, Mrs. M. E. Stahl and Mrs. L. Fenton. After an introduction by President Hudel- son an hour’s time was devoted to short speeches and an exchange of congratula- tions between the newly elected officers and the lady members of the woman’'s branch of the order. After disposing of the election of officers the convention resumed the regular order of business and took up the consideraticn of amendments to the constitution. The session will resume its labors at 10 o’clock this forenoon. B Caricaturing Explained. Spedon, the caricaturist, gave his {nitial entertainment in this City last night at the Y. M. C. A. auditorium. He amused his audience with rapidly exe- cuted and evolved sketches of individuals and landscapes, and he talked entertainingiy all the while, teiling humorous incidents or ex- rll(nln‘ the illustrator’s art, the impressions st's method and the caricaturist’s attempt to postrarciaracter by exaggerating with a few old lines the most noticeable features of the individual. — .. —— A Cyclist’sIMishap. The bicycle races last night sent a man to the hospit R.G. Harvey Downing of the Garden City Bieycle Club was lendhng in the ten-mile race and just as he was finishing his last lap he fell and was thrown violently on his face. He was taken to the .holrlul, where it was found that his nose was broken. He received several other bad cuts erisn Church will give | ANOTHER G. A B, BATILE, Lyon Post Declares That De- partment Commander Wilson Is in Error. HAS EXCEEDED HIS AUTHORITY Deny That He Has Power to Order an Inquiry Into Charges Against the Directors. OAELAND OFFICE SaN Fraxcisco CALL, 908 Broadway, March 5. } Lyon Post No. 8, Grand Army of the Re- public, has named as a committee to ap- pear before the court of inquiry called by Department Commander Wilson the fol- lowing members: George A. Norton, com- mander of Lyon Post; Senior Vice-Com- mander Richardson, George 8. Naismith, G. Hoguet, Major E. W. Woodward, E. P. Daniels, J. B. Colquhoun, R. C. J. Adney and John A. Robinson. The committee met last night, with all members present, when it was announced that G. S. Naismith had declined to serve so that ex-Judge Gibson could be placed on the committee. Judge Talcott and General Thompson were also present. The subject considered was the right and authority of the department com- mander to call a court of inquiry to inves- tigate the charges of malfeasance in office against the board of directors of the Sol- diers’ Home st Yountville. It was finally decided to deny the right of tue court to inquire into the truth or falsity of the charges, on the ground that thie court of inquiry was instituted without authorit; of the rules in the G. A. R. Blue Book. f; this should be overruled the committee will insist on a continuance to prepare tneir side of the case. The committee searched the Blue Book through, but in vain, for authority dele- Rating the department commander power | to convene a court of inquiry to seek the truth or falsity of the charges in question. These charges, it was shown, had been made not against individuals as members of the order, but as managers of a soldiers’ home, supported in part by money con- tributed by the State of California. Attention was called to the fact that the charges, which were based on allega- tions and beliefs, closed with & request for the Governor to investigate and that the G. A. R. annual encampment act on a g{alposmon to turn the home over to the ate. This being the case it is alleged that Lyon Post has not offended against any law of the order aud that the department commander acted in an unwarranted man- | ner when he undertook to forestall the ac- | tion of Governor Budd by instituting an nquiry into the methods in which the home "has been conducted. In further support of their view of the case the mem- | bers of Lyon Post say there is nothing to | be gained by this illegal course, because Governor Budd has 15ready signified his | willingness to investigate, and it is be- lieved will do so as soon as he returns from the southern part of the State, which wiil be in about ten days. The haste with which it has been sought | to bring on this G. A. R. investigation has caused the Lyon Post members to feel | that it has done more with the view to | gratify the wishes of the members of ‘homas and Lincoln. posts in San Fran- cisco than anything else. It is claimed that these latter have intimated that Lyon Post will be driven out of the department. If it is a desire to try Lyon Postona | technical offense under the G. A. R. law for publishing the charges referred to it is believed that there might be some ground on which to make such a point, but there {is no such offense charged in the sum- mons. Should such a charge be made against Lyon Post, however, it is more than likely that a similar charge could and would | be made agamnst Lincoln and Thomas | posts in Ban Francisco, from each of which | organization resoiutions and other docu- | ments bearing on the subject have ap- peared in the public prints. It was per- | baps for this reason that Lyon Post was not cailed to answer on that score. The nearest approach made by Lyon Post to a direct charge against the | G. A. R.or any of the order, it is caid, is the expression of a belief that Thomas Post of San Francisco ‘‘has usurped the control of the Veterans’' . Home, having had most of the commandants, all the treasurers, all the secretaries coming from the Grand Army and many other oflicials, while posts that have labored faithfully | for the veterans have practically no voice in the management of the home."” But this charge is not referred to in the summons either, and for that reason the members of Lyon Post say that Thomas Post does not want any further reference to the charge, which 1t is alleged may | be easily demonstrated to be the truth. | Tlhey say further that all they want is fair play. They claim this Is a matter in which all the people of the State, and not merely the | friends of the directors of the Yountville Horme, are interested. Thecharges should therefore be inquired into by State offi- cials—the Governor, or by a disinterested board which the Governor may name. One of the most interested parties to the controversy went to Sacramento to-day to sec.the Attorney-General regarding the State interests. | Two years ago General Barnes submitted a minority report on the management of the home to the State encampment that created a sensation, as it severely criticized those in charge, but it was not accepted. “This report or any copy of it is not to be found now; they have all been called in,” said the general to-day in speaking of the matter. 3 OBJECT TO PICNICS. i Grand Army Men Want the Spirit of Memorial Day to Be Preserved. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRrANCISCO CALL.} 908 Broadway, March 5. A meeting of Grdand Armv men and of | the Women’s Relief Corps was held to- | night for the purpose of securing a suita- ble observance of Memorial day. Thacel- ebration will be under the management of the permanent Memorial-day committee | organized after the celebration a year ago. | There is a desire on the part of the old soldiers and their wives and of many citi- zens to prevent the day being devoted to pienics and sports, as has been the case for several years past. The committee is | working “with the idea of having the day preserved for exercises in conformity with the purpose for which the holiday was founded. They have been holding monthly meetings since last year, but now that the holiday 1s approaching they will at once decide on the methods to be pur- sued to carry out their intentions. The following are the meinbers of the committee appointed to carry out the work of observance of Memorial day : Lyon Post—W, H. H. Hussey, Daniels, William Davenport. . Apvomattox Post—N. 8. Douglass, E. 8. Parritt, Peter Clark. D. D. Porter Post—W. F. Lewis, J. R. Scupham, Charles E. Lancaster. - Hooker Post, Alameda—J. H. Demise, C. D. Judd, George R. Miller. Lookout Mountam Post, Berkeley—J. R. Ayer, Ed P. Bancroft, T. J. Gilvert. ™ Lyon W. R. C.—Mrs Cora Merritt, Mrs. A. Winkier, Mrs. Josephine Hamlin. ‘Appomattox W. R. C..—Mrs. Lucinda R. Gilmore, Mrs, Barah McFarlin, Mrs. An- nie Goodwin. = Lookout Mountain W. R. C., Berkeley— Mrs. A. Hamlin, Mrs. Carrie Sawyer, Mrs. M. Stewart. s Phil Sheridan Circle, LadiesG. A. R.— Mrs. Sarah E. B. Todd, Alameda; Mrs, C. Counell, Mrs. Martha Campbell. John D. Wyman Circle, LadiesfiG. A. R.—Mrs. Marion E. Kyle, Mrs. Venice F. Cushing, Mrs. Mary J. Pite. Colonel E. D. Baker Camp S. of V.— k % Shipley, Charles A. Taber, Carl ood. Captain W. H. H. Hussey is chairman of the committee and Dr. Charles E. Lan- caster secretary. A TRAMP KILLED. Third Victim of the Berkeley Local Trains Within the Past Seven Weeks. BERKELEY, CaL, March 5.—George Barnestead, the third victim of the Berke- ley local trains within the past seven weeks, was killed to-night by the north- bound train between Bristol street and University avenue at about 6:20 o'clock. He was a tramp, between the age of 55 and 60 years, and was supposed to have recently come from San Bernardino. He was drunk at the time of the accident, and it is thought that on account of this he lost his Jife. He wasstanding on the track as the train approached. The engineer whistled first when within about 200 yards of the man. He got off the track, according to the engineer, and staggered back toward it as the train drew near. The engine passed him and he was struck by the %nkebeum of the fixst car. The entire top of his head was taken off and both arms were broken. The other parts of his body remained uninjured. Late this afternoon he wasseen in Henry Ostermann’s saloon and was recognized by W. A. and J. J. Nash, who knew him while in San Bernardino. Barnestead se- cured several drinks at the saloon and called for more, but they were refused him. He then asked the way to San Fran- cisco and was seen later by the Nash brothers and Ostermann staggering down the track. A few moments later the re- port came that he was killed. He was roughly dressed and bore all the appear- ances of a hardened tram SOME STUDIO" GLIMPSES The Arts and Crafts Guild Will Hold a Novel Exhibi- tion. Fra F. It Is Proposed to Show the Public How Pictures Are Really Made. The Guild of’Arts and Crafts has decided to hold an exhibition in April which will be entirely novel in character, Instead of hanging framed and glazed pictures ready to suspend in a room the exhibition will partake a little of the character of a studio ! —nearly all the exhibits will be unframed and many of the sketches will be unfin- ished. The desire of the guild is to held an ex- hibition which will not clash with the spring show at the Art Institute, and after considering several schemes it was finally resolved that a sketch exhibition would be novel as well as instructive. Another thing that has been resolved upon is that there shall be no jury to ac- cept or reject pictures at its own will or ca- price. The members of the guild say they do not want anything or any one to ‘‘boss” the coming exhibition, and in pursuance of this plan, even committee work in con- nection with the affair will be curtailed as much as possible. Each artist belonging to the guiid will be assigned a certain space, and it will be his duty to see that it is filled. He may hang his own work or any one else’s he pleases, but he will be considered respon- sible for the character of work exhibited in his own section, and woe betide him if on the varnishing day his space isiound to consist of empty walls. It is believed that the exhibition of sketches will encourage artists to bring studies, old and new, out of their studios. If a picture is only just sketched it may be hung, for people who are not in the habit of painting themselves or visiting studios will learn from the sketch how artists set to work to make a picture, and 1t is in- tended that the coming exhibition shall let the public have a peep behind the scenes of studio work, There is an illusion, so say the artists, among good well-meaning people who know nothing aboutart, that all a painter has to do is to think out a subject, sketch it in, slap his colors on the canvas and have a picture as the result of his labors. The arts and crafts guild says it means to show the public a thing or two about how an artist goes to work to paint pictures. Paintings wiil be shown and beside them will be all the drawings and studies made to reach the final compositivns. One art- ist will show an open-air picture and be- side it will be six months’ preliminary work, 1n the way of studies of foregrouna, background, middle distance, trees, grass, logs, etc. ore sketches will show how these sketches were welded together till the de- sired composition was finally reached and the picture itself was begun. The members of the guild say that after going to the coming exhibition no one will harbor the delusion that pictures are mere hand work, painted according to rules learned at school. They pledge themselves t6 show how much hard work there is in a picture, and they will also let the public see that a good deal more paint is wasted than appears on the caavas. In fact, they have undertaken the task of proving that a good picture means a good deal more in lator and thought than the Faim, on the canvas and the man’s timein s{ing it on. n order that the exhibition may not be too didactic there will be a number of finished pictures in addition to the sketches, and studies of hali-completed paintings, but the charm of novelty will really lie in the exhibition of the unfinished work. It is believed that at the last some of the painters will shrink from exposing their uncompleted work to the cold criti- cism of the world, and for these retiring ones a looohole of escape has been left by allowing any artist to fill his space with g‘nished and franed work if he chooses to o so. At the same time there is a good deal of talk about *‘yanking’’ the works out of the studios by force, ana hanging them, des- pite the owners’ protests, 1t all the walls of the exhibvition are not fully covered by the beginning of next month. The place for holding the sketch exhibit has not yet been fully decided upon, though it will probably be chosen in the course of the next week or ten days. 4 ——————— Suicide With Carbolic Acid. Mrs. Celia Reci, living at 16 Rich street, committed suicide last.night about 10 o’clock by drinking carbolic acid. Her husband, who was absent at the time, found her dead in her room when he returned. No reason for the act is known. She was 32 years old and a na- tive of New York. The remains are at the Meorgue. ———————— Delegates Elected. At a meeting of Mission Parlor No. 38,N.S. G. W., held last night, aiter a spirited contest John Porchar, past president, Senator Eugene F. Bert, Dr. James A. Black and Adam L. Karl were elected delegates to the next Grand Par- lor, which meets at San Luis Obispo next month, There were eight candidates and the meeting was largely attended. ———————— The Bay of Fundy has the highest tide in the world. It raises a foot every five minutes, and sometimes attains a height of seventy feet. MAGNETIC NORTH POLE, Professor Davidson Waiting for Papers From Wash- ington. ANDREE AND HIS BALLOON. Geographic Society Takes Steps to Advise Northern Stations to Look for the Air Ship. The council of the Geographical Society of the Pacific met yesterday afternoon at the office of Professor George Davidson, its president. The business for which it was callea was discussed at length—that of presenting the facts of the Jeannette relics, as they were known to the members in San Francisco, to the Royal Geographical Society of Copenhagen. The council decided to in- trust the matter to Professor Davidson and to Henry Lund. They will draw up a paper reciting the facts and include with it the paper concerning them by the Gover- nor of Greenland recently published. The council also decided to preparea circular concerning the balloon expedition to the north pole to be undertaken in July by Professor Andree. ‘T'he circular will be sent toall the north- ern stations on the North Pacific coast and to all the Siberian ports that may be reached by vessels ?rom Pacific Coast ports. The circular will give advice as to the character of the expedition and advise the recipients to spread the news and ask that a lookout be kept for the balioon, and if sighted to afford assistance to the voya- ers. A Professor Davidson stated that he had not received the papers from Washington that be is expecting by every mail, and was, therefore, not prepared to bring the matter of the expedition to locate the north magnetic pole formally before the council. He will call a meeting for the purpose as soon as his plans are in shape. Adjuster Eckstein Arrested. A. B. Eckstein, an adjuster and “‘spotter’ on the Market-street Railway, was arrested last night on the charge of petty larceny. He lived at 311 Turk street, ana was accused of stealing his landlady’s gold watch, handkerchiefs and & paur of gloves. oliceman F. B. Gibson found a pawn ticket for the watch in Eckstein’s pocket. The pris- oner was one of the defendants in the infamous polltax swindles about nineteen years ago, and the only one among them to be acquitied by the jury. FOR BETTER PAVEMENTS, Superintendent Ashworth Prom- ises to Co-operate With Merchants. Steps to Be Taken Toward Laying an Electric Line on Montgomery Street. At the meeting of the board of directors of the Merchants' Association yesterday a communication was read from James D. Phelan for a meeting of the committee on the Wilmeraing school site, to make re- newed efforts to secure that school for this City. A committee consisting of A. S. Baldwin, Frank A. Swain and Vanderlynn Stow was appointed to conter with Manager Vining and report at the next general meeting concerning the matter of trans- fers on Kearny street from the Market- street line. This committee was instructed to take steps to secure a better pavement on Montgomery street and to ascertain from the Market-street Railway Company what itsintentions are concerning changes to an electric line on that street. If such a change were contemplated repaving would be necessary. A committee consisting of H. Fusenot, Hugo D. Keil and M. S. Konlberg was ap- pointed to take charge of the matters con- nected with street-sprinkling, and to re- port at the next meeting what action should be recommended to the merchants in regard to it. 1t was decided by the board that at the next quarterly meeting of the association, to be held at Beethoven Hall Thursday evening, March 12, an invitation be ex- tended to each of the Freeholders who framed the charter to aadressthe meeting. T'he secretary was instructed to call per- sonally on the Freenolders and ascertain upon what portion of the charter it would be their pleasure to speak. 'the public in general are requested to attend the meet- ing, as well as the members of the associa- tion. The association communicated with Su- perintendent of Streets Ashworth, with a view of having certain cobbled blocks in the downtown districts bituminized dur- ing the present fiscal year. In reply a letter has been received by the association from Mr. Ashworth, contain: ing tke following: . 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