The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 11, 1896, Page 13

FRANCISCO CALL, WED SDAY, MARCH 11, 1896 Inte restingi Repgfir:twof Important Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County ESCAPE A Desperate Indian Gains His Liberty From Centerville Prison. HAYWARDS Y. M. I. AT WORK Rev. Charles Weéndte Resigns Superintenient of the Coast, Unitarian Association. as OakLAND OfricE SaAN FraNcisco CaLy,) 908 Broadway, March 10. § Manuel Pastor is an Indian residing near Centerville. Last ht he was in custody and this morning he gained liberty by jumping over the prostrate body of his jailer. Sat ¥ night Pastor was in a mur- nor and he cut another Indian iastly fashion that the victim riy bled to death. Pastor wa ught to the County n he was taken to the calabo at Centerville to be ready for his preliminary examination this mornin, When Jailer Baker went to the cell this morning to ve the Indian his breakfast the prisoner As Very u Baker tried to induce the ow to take the meal from him, but in n. Without giving the least indication of what he was about to do the indian dealt the jailer a stinging blow on the forehead, and as he fell the prisoner jamped over him and took to the woods. He has not vet been found, and when Deputy District Attorney Greene went up to Centerville to day th was nothing for him to do but tor rr ARIAN CHURCH. FIRST UNT Two Ladies Elected Members of the Board of Truste OAKLAND, Car., March nual meeting of the First T was held last evening, at w Jadies were ¢ to serve trustees for the follown ; year. 1 itarian Church time two —The an- h on the board The re- prev ess of the t v flattering. al repori of the trustees hip of the n sen hat th one. the debt o 3854 10 has been fore el T to raise $¢ ) ffort 1 to reduce astor resigned. s been paid, and te there is on the subscrip- that on the super- Unitarian As- de g his > time This will take unt of a work from him, been making inroads on his school report shows there 1 like number of mes in the li- 1s succeeded W. dent. he re- ixiliary at work through- the Starr King ught that society to its The Unity Club has been do- ry work, besides mock trial called ¥'s G e.” The of- Walker, president; Mrs. Warner, v e ite Warner, treasurer. I'ne pastor, Rev. C. W. Wendte, in re- orting his pastoral work of the vear e of the increase of attendance and pening interest in moral and religious airs during that time. The Sunday- school voung people in their religious meetings, charity work, lectures, clas-es and zeal for the church were proving their readiness to e up and carry forward the work of their elders. He tenderly referred to the dead, the thirieen marriages were mentioned, the Sunday iecture courses and the puablic dis- cussion of Protestant and American prin- ciples in which he had borne a part until self-respect had compelled him to drop all controversy with an unscrupuious and dis- courteous opponent. He also referred to the great activity displayed by the mem- bership of the church in the public and unsectarian charities of the City. Their . he said, was felt for culture and b in Oakland’s higher life. The church stood freed from the pure doe- trinal distortionsand ecclesiastical parade. The following were elected as the new board of trustees: Warren Olney, G. C. Perkins, John P. Irish C. H. Keding- ton, Francis Cutting, E. A. Kiuegel, B. F. Denham, George Meredith, S. P. Hall, A. K. P. Harmon = YOUNG ME Planning to Entertain the Delegates to the State Convention. HAYWARDS, Cxr., March 10.—The ex- ecutive committee having in charge the arrangements for entertaining the annual convention of the Young Men’s Institute held a public meeting in Luce Hall last night, at which there was much enthu- siasm shown. From the remarks made it was plain 1o be seen that the citizens did not intend to leave anything undone to make the affair the most successial one ever held. The following sub committees - were named 10 assit in getting things into ehape for the coming guest Parade—F. S. Perry, Dr. A.J. Powell, William Pann, Wiliiam Pimental, J. E Geary. Hotel—R. P. Lewis, S. P. Hooson. Decoration—John Haas, C. W. Heyer, A. V. Morgan, George Oaks, Cohn Silva A. J. Powell, J. E. Geary, R. INSTITUTE. Reid, C. W. Heyer, Wil- Dr.'A. J. Powell, Witliam Golden Gate Council No. 115,°Y.. of Haywards. MI George Oakes was named as a commit- tee to interview the officials of the Hay- wards electric line to secure a special rate on canvention. road during the sessions of the These committees are ex- pected to be able to report progress Friday } night at the next meeting. ACT OF A LUNATIC. Engineer Peterson’s Desperate Attempt to End Ris Life. OAKLAND, Car., March 10. -Benjamin Petersen made a desperate effort to leave this world of troubles this morning. He is & gardener who has been living at 1801 Seventh street, and s he had been out of work for some time his funds had run low, and he became despondent. He went to the Ladies’ Co-operative Aid Society last night and secured a bed for 10 cents, and at an early hour ‘ broken-backed pocket-knife and jammed it into his neck five times in theatiempt to end his life. Finding his_ efforts were not successful he came to his sepses sufficiently to seek the Receiving Hospital, where he arrived t 5 0'clock covered with blood. Dr. John- called and sewed up the wounds. wsei claimed the A, P. A.’s were after D OVER HIS JAILER] showed | was especially prosperous and the | E. | veyed to Sacramento for interment. 1is morning took a | bim, but later in the day said it was the Catholics. He was examined for insanity and committed to Agnews during the afternoon. He is a Swede, age 52, and savs he has a brother living at Rankin, Wash, Municipal League. OAKLAND, Cav., March 10.—The Citi- zens' Municipal League amended their constitution in minor details last night and elected the following members to the central committee, having been nomi- nated by President Inskeep: Messrs. Charles Hens Dalton, E. P. Flint, ‘J. J. am Winnie, B. C. Cuvellier, head, Charles | Roeth, Giles ay J. Reed, Dr. John 2 Benham, E. G. Bu well, Cary Howard and Dr. K: Foster. Hill’s Trial Begins. OAKLAND, Car., March 10.—The El"ii_l] { of Benjamin L. Hill for the murder of his wife, res Hill, who was shot dead by him in the vicinity of velith and Kirk- ham streets on January 11, was begun be- fore Judge Ogden to-day. The impanel- ing of a jury occupied the entire day. The | jurors were questioned by the defense as to prejudice against the plea of temporary insanity as a defense in the case of mur- der. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SaX Fiaxcisco CaLl, ) 908 Broadway, March 10. Councilman Dr. Buckland is suffering from a baily swollen hand which he attributes to the bite of a small spider, received last Satur- dany. The suit of Ben Brown against the Alameda, Oekland and Piedmont Electric road for ¥10,000 damages for being struck by a car, has been set for June 2, The remains of Willlam Hickey, the veteran railroad detective, who died last Sunday, were taken from his Alameda home to Sacramento this afternoon, there to be interred. Mary P. Thomson has been granted a divorce from William Thomson on the ground of ex- treme cruelty. The wife is given the custody ild and the household furniture. An “intelligent” voter recently returned a registration blank to the County Clerk, with the_statement that he was 155 feet and 563 inches high and 28 years of age. County Clerk Jordan wants to engage that voter for s flag- Rosso's cottage on Lake Meritt dam, which is one of the landmarks of that vieinity, is to be sold at public auction to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock at Justice Clift's court to satisiy a judgment obtained by W. M. Watson & Co., the uor dealers. ige Frick has admitted the will of the late ot W. Blow to probate, and_appointed Blow, the widow of the deceased, as . No bond was required of Mrs. same was expressly waived by the ms of the will <nown orator Peter Gori will give | an address at Montana Hall on Saturday next | Mr. Gori is one of the ablest and speakers of the Ital He 15 very popu large atteudance is cer- AN 0LD CALIFORYAY ILL 2 CO; en and a ‘\Boys Who Got Into Trouble by | Writing Their Names in | High Places. | A Lost Will Found—Remains of W, | E. Hickey Taken to Sacramento | for Interment. | ALAMEDA, | Smith Car., March 10.—J. C. ving%eriously ill at his home on Central avenue. Mr. Smith is an old-time ; Californian, prominent in times past in the commercial and political life of the | State. In early days he was one of the | best-known lumber-dealers. Later he was a breeder of blooded horses, importing from Europe some Normans of high pedi- | gree. Under the regime of William Eng- lish he was the treasurer of the Democratic State Central Committee. Mr. Smith numbers his acquaintances and friends among all the older Californians, and there is general regret over his illness, which, on account of his advanced years, is likely to be guite serious. Dr. Beverly Cole and other leading physicians of San Francisco have made him friendly profes- sional visits on the score of old-time acquaintance and everything that is pos- sible is being done for the amelioration of his condition. Wrote Thoir Names High. ALAMEDA, Car., March 10.—The Ala- meda youth embraced the first oppor- tunity to write kis name high up on the scroll, proceeding to perform that feat as soon as the tower of tihe new City Hall was thrown open to visitors. The inside of the picturesque tower was scratched all over with hundreds of names, and the defacement was so pronounced that the | City Attorney calied the attention of the | municipal board to it and stated he had | contemplated proceedings against those whosenames were proof of their having a hand in the work, but be found no general statute q uite covered it. He didnot think that it came under the head of malicious mischief. He therefore suggestea that an ordinance covering such acts should be framed, and his snggestion was adopted. Lost Will Found. ALAMEDA, CaL., March 10.—The will | of George B. Couturon, who died in San Francisco May 1, 1894, has been filed for probate by his widow, Marie Augustine Couturnn.” It has but just been found. It was supposed that he died intestate, and letters of administration were issued im- mediately after his death to his widow. The will was found among old papers that had been overlooked. The estate is small, | being estimated at $1000, and is bequeathed to the widow. The Late W. E. Hickey ALAMEDA, Car.,, March 10.—A special car, attached to the 3 o’clock train, was switched at Park sireet to-day to receive the remains of William E. Hickey, the de- tective who had been in the employ of the Southern Pacific Company and who died last Sunday night. The remains were con- | They | | were escorted from the residence of de- ceased to the car by a special committee of Oak Grove Lodge oi Masons, consist- ing of E. K. Taylor, B. F. Sanborn, F. J. Fletter, Stanley Stephenson, J. A. Collins and J. W. Harbourpe. . CUT THROUGH BARS. Two Prisoners in Oakland Jail Ge: Free Only to Be Cape tured. OsRLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, March 10. § Two prisoners named Fountain and Kil- { burn took advantage of the dilapidated condition of the City Prison to-night and cut their way to liberty. As they jumped over the outside wall they fell into the arms of Captain Fletcher and Officer Maskey and were at once marched around to the front entrance and putin the tanks. No sooner had they been placed in con- finement than several other prisoners ap- peared at the open window and assayed to walk into freedom. They seemed 1o scent danger, however, and hurried back to their cells. Inquiry and investigation showed a rlot to deliver all the prisoners in the jail. L‘ountuin was a trusty and it is supposed that he took soap impressions of the keys of some of the cells and with a small file | | | CHANCE 0 HONCR GRANT., Calvin B. Macdonald Again Takes | Up His Long Silent Pen. | THE SAME SPIRIT AS OF OLD. The Veteran Journalist Writes of the Unveiling of the Great General’s Statue. OARLAND OFFIcE SAN FrANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, March 9. Calvin B. MacDonald has again taken | up his pen. For a long time the veteran journalist has retired from active work, but he now thinks that the opportunity | for a great National tribute to U. S. Grant | is offered when the statue of the General ’ shall be unveiled. The old editor has issued his ideas on | the subject, and the language shows that | | mines where he met his death. | rental received a telegram to-day from Damas- cus, Placer Courty, announcing that her husband had been killed in the mine there. | Mr. Thomas is well known here, but for some time past has been working in the No de- tails were given. Mrs. Thomas left to- night for Damascus. PROFIT FROM CITY LAND. The Merritt Estate Has Been Deriving Tt for Many Years, 0akLAND OFFIcE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, March 9. | Mayor Davie claims to have found a new plan to keep the Twelfth-street dam in repair. He has also discovered that the wealthy Merritt estate has been collecting about $350 per year for rents from prop- erty that belongs to the city. To-night the following statemert from the Mayor was read at the meeting of the Council: Gentlemen: Your attention is respectfully calied to the fact that the Merritt estate col- Jects & monthly rental from the keepers of the boathouses at the Twelith-strect dam ou Lake Merritt. The said rental amounts to about #1350 per annum and has been so collected for years past. The boathouses are owned by the parties oc- cupying them, and thev are paying the said the space occupied by the houses and do 3 Tt appears that the space oceupied by the said boathouses belongs to the ¢city of Oakland and not to any private parties. The records do not show that the said property is or ever has been assessed to the Merrit! estate or any other parties or person. z Therefore, if the above facts in reference to CALVIN B, MacDONALD. although far advanced toward the mid- night of life, the same spirit stil! lives in him that inspired his writings while editor of the American Flag many vears ago. | The fire of the veteran warrior and jour- | nalist can be seen in every line, and those | familiar with his work pronounce it the | second best among his many contributions | to patriotic literature. Regarding the opportunity to honor Grant in the near future Mr. MacDonald writes: On the 27th of April, 1892, when the body of General Grant was about 1o be committed to the tomb on the Hudson,a great oppor- tunity for the performance of a sublime Na- tional drama seemed to have been forever lost. The entombment of the great warrior ought to | have occurred in the evening,at the time when the flag of his country was descending for a mnight's repose, and when the reverbera- tions of the sunset gun were announcing to all the inhabitants of hill and plain that another day of universal freedom and National lory had been fuifilled. Then the unparal- eled incident would have been eloquently referred to by American orators a hundred years thereafter, and the most inspired genius of the future would have exhausted its art and invention in giving imaginary form and beauty to a sceneof National gratitude, love and de- votion, such as had never before awakened the emotions of patriotic mankind. American poets -would have sung over it; beautiful women of the distant time would have wept at the tender recital, and where there had been only continuous woods and voiceless desert, | young children, in the prosperous abodes of | labor, would have conned it in their school- | books and clapped their hands over the won- derful story of their country’s Leonidas. General Grant’s career is” without a parailel in anciént or modern times. In civil occupa- tions he had been a failure. He came out of the West looking like a plowman anc had great difficulty in obtaining a footing among the dress-parade military men of thattime. He took command of the army after three prede- cessors had failed, and after repeated defeats. The North was discontented and the South | confident of victory, and it does not appear | that at first he had the entire confidence of a | hali-frantic administration. It was not gener- ally pelieved that the silent, undemonstra- tive man from the prairies could | bring order out of military chaos, or be aole to successfully cope with the splendid | Confederate commander, General Lee, But, | having been aroused from his gloomy torpor by tae electrical touch of a pinion of the out- flying War Spirit, and realizing that conquest | involved the slaughter of men, and sometimes | the decimation of armies, he set his face with ‘ an iron frontand bore down on the rebel capi- | tal with the steadiuess and momentum of an Aretic iceberg. Since the time of Alexander of Macedon no | military commander has ever sustained the popular honors that have attended General | Grant, not only in his own country, but &ll | around the circumference of tke globe. It was all one whether he traveled without ostenta- tion, through empires or kingdoms, commo wealths or republics, or in half-barbarian | islands of the sea—the people everywhere hailed | him es a demi-god. And there is still time and will be oceasion | for the grandest obsequies the world ever saw. | At his death General Grant's body was laid in | & temporary tomb, where it still Temains, and the bivouac of the iliustrious dead is continu- | ally guarded by a Union soldier-sentinel. There has been a popular subscription in sums ranging from 1 cent to $5000;and to the ex- tent of $600,000,to raise a becoming monu- ment over the greatest warrior 0f the nine- | teentn century, and on the 27th day of April, | 1892, the then President of the United States | Iuid its foundation in the presence of an in- | unumerable throng. The mejestic pillar is still being carried up- ward by the votive hands of American labor, and when it shall have been finished the re- | mains of General Grant will Le “forever laid” | beneath the lofty dome. Then there will be time tor the Ia tact in the drama of the great soldier’s history, the Passion plav of American patriotism. Then let the dreamless sleeper be called forth by one of the tremendous voices that shook the Wilderness when the evening sun is taking & parting glance at the drooping standard-sheet of his heroic devotion. Let the seemingly dead rise again at the tremen- dous reveille that had so often animated his great soul for victorious battle. Some of us who. in the days of battle and war, humbly shared with General Grant an earnest wish for the restoration of our coun- try’s unity, will lament that we had not laid up a granite fragment in that perpetual monu- ment of a nation’s gratitude and love, and can only hope that when it shall have been thickly clad with the mosses of time, the exultant sign of our Union’s salvation may te still streaming out from its summit, and may still continue to glitter and flash in the sunlight oi a thousand other successive years. CALVIN B. MACDONALD, 471 Fourth street, Oakland. In Memory of Rickard. BERKELEY, Car, March 10.—The Board of Town Trustees at their meeting last night paid a hign tribute of respect to the Jate Reuben Rickard who was twicea which was found sewed in his trousers made duplicate keys. Two or three cells were opened, and some of the old rusty bars that prevent too much daylight from getting through the windows were broken. Nothing then remained but to creep through and over a board fence into the street. membor of the town board, once its presi- dent, and twice a member of the Board of Freeholders. Eulogistic resolutions were passed. The Father Killed. HAYWARDS, CaL., March 10.—Mrs. J. R. Thomas, who resides on Castro street with her three daughters anhd twe sons, | the title to the property are correct I would re- spectfully recommend that the said property | be placed in charge of the Board of Public Works with instructions to lease the property to parties desiring the same and the revenue so dgrived would assist in keeping the Twelfth- street dam in good condition. 1 would also advise, in connection with the matter at hand, that the city bring proceed- ings against the Merritt estate for all rents pre- viously collected, The matter was referred to the City At- torney. THIS 15 T00 FAR WEST, Senator Perkins Writes From Washington of the Vice- Presidency. He Thinks the ‘California Delegation Should Go to St. Louis Unpledged. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL, 908 Broadway, March 9. } Ex-Senator W. E. Dargie, proprietor of the Tribune, received the following letter | to-day from United States Senator Perkins: ITED STATES SENATE, WASHINGTON, D: Co, March B, 1896. | Editor Tribune, Oakland, Cal.: Your letter of February 25, inclosing _clippings in wnich my name 8 méntioned in .connection with- the i pliment as that which has been paid me in placing my name before the people as has Peen done. Tt has been more than dattering 1o Jearn how the proposition has been received. 1 shall always remember with most sincere gratitude the nNuUmMErous expressions of con- fidence and friendship which I have recetved during the past week. Though there is no pe sibility that the desires so warmly expressed will be realized my friends may be assured that their kindness and good will can never be forgotten. 1 am ot the opinion that it will not be possi- ble to go so 1ar West for a candidate for Vice- President. Indeed Ido not thiuk that either of the candidates ior the two highest offices in | the gift of the Nation can be drawn from States westof ITowa. With & Presidential candidate from the Middle West, of scholariy attain- ments, eminent in statésmanship and of un- questioned honesty, and with the Vice-Presi- dential candidate ‘trom New England or New York, I think that the Republican party would sweep the country 1 am of the opinion that California should send to the National Convention a delegation of representative men who shall be entirely unpledged. and, in consequence, left free to | vote for the best men brougnt forward for nomination. The State will thus be placed in & position to make its influence felt, and will be able to work for the best interests of the en. tire country. Besides, it may thereby secure the power to name a cabinet officer, which would, perhaps, prove of more benefit to the entire Pacific Coast than to have a Vice-Presi- dent chosen trom that State. iy name has been brought forward as a pos- sible candidate for Vice-President without any consultation with me, and, in fact, the move- ment was started without my knowledge. How far it has progressed I do not know. The position whieh I oceupy confers high honor, | and is one which gives an of Usefulness that I have taken advantage of 1o the extent of my power. It presents a field ich is wide and in which it is perhaps pos- sible for me to secure a8 many benefits K:r the Pacific Coast as I could in any other. Though my own preference is for work in this field; [ shall always gratefully remember those who have desired to give me higher honors. Yours very truly, GEORGE C. PERKINS, EDITORS AT OUTS. Cesare Crespi on Trial for Libeling G. Almagia. Cesare Crespi is on trial before Judge Wallace for libeling G. Almagia through his paper, “Il Messagiero.” Almagia is editor of a rival paper, “L'Italia.” : The hbel consisted in referring to Almagia in rather slighting terms, but there is a wide diiference of opinion as to the precise meaning of the words used, and so a study of orthography, and Italian orthography at that, has become necessary to the jury. The feeling on both sides is bitter, and various charges are being made by the principals and their witnesses. An attampt was made to show that Crespi was interested in the extensive shipping to this country of spurious olive oil in lien of the genulne articie, and also that Almagia had deserted from the Italian army and had been imprisoned for a year in consequence. Evidence on those in- teresting points was cut short, however. The case will continue to-day. portuniiy for | 53 s s : 5 : K their opinions in relation to the inade- | of the offending ofticials or employes is to YOUNG LIVES SACRIFICED Disobedience of an Ordinance Re- sulted in Killing the Booth Girls. WILL BE RIGIDLY ENFORCED. More Money Paid Out for Damage Suits Than Would Suffice to Equip the Cars. 0akLAND OFFICE SaN Fraxcrsco CALL,) 908 Broadway, March 10. | | The killing of the two little girls of Fritz Booth by the Eighth-street cars has called.| attention to the necessity for safety guards | to ,be at once placed upon all cars. The feeling is general that not another day’s delay should be permitted, and that itis a matter in which every family is interested. Over a year ago the City Council passed an ordinanbe relating to guards and pro- vided that all steam or dummy cars, or cable, electric or horse cars, “‘shall have a suitable buffer or guard appliance of suit- able design and construction for the pur- vose of removing from and clearing the track of persons and obstructions; rail buffer or guard shall be placed in front of | such car or dummy and attacbed to the | frame of the forward wheels or trucks | thereof, and shail run at a uniform dis- | tance of not more than one and one-half inches above the roadbed or parts over | which such cars run, and shall be so con- | structed as to prevent persons or objects | on the roadbed of said car from being rum | over or upon by any such car or dummy.” There is another section which requires “that each car shail have a suitable device atrached thereto and placed in front of the rear wheels or trucks of the car and over the rails on which such carsrun.” Such device must be constructd of iron, wood or otiier strong material, and must not be more than one anda half inches above the track. According to the ordinance it should have gone into effect March 23 of last year, and_ within ten days thereafter all com- panies operating cars were to present to the City Clerk designs of their guards and have them approved by the Council. Only the Alameda line and_the Hay wards road have complied with the law. A fine of not more than $500, or 250 days in jail, is the penalty for each and every day the cars are left unguarded. The or- dinance does not, howeyer, specify which | | | | e made to suffer. | I notified each company in this city of | the terms of the ordinance,’” said Chief of | Police Lloyd to-day, in speaking of the | matter. *The Alameda line hasa guard that has picked up a child and carried it around a curve unharmed. Tiis knownas | the Clark ghard, and I consider it the best | there is. The Haywards line has another | kind, more suitable for the country road- | bed. The superintendents of the other | roads wanted time, so as to look about that | | they might secure the best guard, and not | to be harsh 1 have let them go along. Had that car such a fender as the Alameda line, the Booth children might have yet been | | alive and anyhow their bodies would not | have been so cruelly mangled.”” “I believe it 1s time to force the street- | | car companies to place fenders on their | cars,” said Councilman Towle to-day. “I | think the Ordinance and Judiciary Com- mittee should have the City Attorney pre- pare an ordinance that would have the effect of bringing them to time so as to | have it introdnced Monday night. I know we have an ordfnance, but it seems to be non-effective, and it is time to stop this killing of peovle to avoid the expense of placing of proper protection on the cars. “The companies pay out morein damage suits every year than it would cost to equip the cars with the best safety appli- ances for saving life. I believe the ordi- nance we have should be strictly enforced. If it does not meet the needs then I am ready to push a new one along. I cannot understand why they do not see it this way and put fenders on the cars of their own accord.” Coroner Baldwin has set the inquest for Thursday night. “I want all the evidence possible,” he said, “and [ am procuring a jury of representative men because I real- ize that the verdict should carry weight, especially with regard to adzquate guards.” BERKELEY'S FIRE DANGER Citizens Want a Better Depart- ment and a Better Hydrant System. Town Trustees Discovered the Defi- ciencies at the Burning of the Jensen Residence. BERKELEY, Car,, March 10.—The ex- perience of tho'e who witnessed the fire last night which destroyed the home of Charles Jensen on Haste street has taught them a lesson whicn they will not soon forget. The absolute inefficiency and almost utter uselessness of the fire depart- ment occasioned by the lack of water sup- ply and the resultant devastation of the house and almost its entire contents have given rise to much unfavorable comment among the Berkeley citizens. The Board of Town . Trustees are blamed, in the first place for not having larger and more | numerous fireplugs on the mains, and in | the second place for not compelling the | local water company to either put down more and larger pipes or to withdraw their franchise. Prominent citizens are free to express quacy of the facilities for quenching even the smallest’ blaze. The only water that was available at the fire last night wasa stream from a iwo-inch plug through an inch and a hali nozzte, with a force which carried it about fifteen feet at most. The volunteer fire department, with their hand hose-carts, reached the scene as auickly as could be expected, but almost too late to be of any service beyond preventing the | spreading of the flames. The devastating element Lad full sway and did not cease until the entire building was in ashes. Though the loss of the house and its fur- nishings was comparatively small, not ex- ceeding $3000, yet from the manner in which the flames worked it is believed the entire block would have gone up in smoke had there been other dwellings in the im- mediate vicinity. The neighborhood in which the fire oc- curred is near the center of population snd many of the most expensive houses in Berkeley, and it is considered fortunate for them tnat the building which was ablaze was somewhat remote irom the rest. Two members of the Town Board them- selves were at the scene of the fire, and one of them was overheard to express his chagrin at the sight of half a dozen men acurxyini around the burning building with “a large-sized garden hose with a stream barely pouring from its nozzle at- tempting to put out a big fire. itisun- derstood, as a result of last night’s experi- ence, that a movement will be instituted | freshman-sophomore field-day sports will | show by a number of Berkeley’s most promi: nent citizens to discover why the town, with its 12,000 inhabitants,cannot have bet- ter protection against fire than is afforded by two or three hand hosecarts and an oc- casional small hydrant. New Chapters of Delta Upsilon. BERKELEY, CiL., March 9.—Two new | chapters of the Delta Upsilon college fra- | ternity will be organized in San Francisco next Friday evening, the local orders of Omega Alpha at Berkeley and the Alpha Upsilon at Stanford merginginto the well- | known National order. The installation | ceremonies attendant with the formation of the new chapters will be performed by United States Circuit Judge Sherman of Chicago and Hon. Thornton B. Penfield, secretary of the executive council of the National fraternity. They will come to this coast for the special purpose of con- | ducting the initiatory ceremonies. The | exercises will take place at the California Hotel, after which a banquet will be held at the sanie place. President David Starr Jordan of Stanford will act as toastmaster at the banquet, and among the other speakers will be Dr. Samuel B. Morse, | president of California College, East Oak. iand; Principal J. B. McChesney of the Oakiand High School, and Professor A. F. Lange of tie English department at the State University. The Stanford chapter of Alpha Upsilon numbers twenty men, while the Omega | Alpba of Berkeiey numbers twenty-three. | The Delta Upsilon fraternity is the only open and non-secret Greek letter college brotherhood in existence. It was founded at Williams College in 1834; there are now twenty-nine live chapters of the order and it has between 150 and 200 members on the Pacific Coast. ‘Work of Town Trustees. BERKELEY, Car., March 10.—At the meeting of the Town Board last night the License Committee recommended thata saloon_ license be granted J. J. Higgins on condition that he pay $10 back license and $50 for a quarter in advance, and that Mrs. Higgins of Lorin be refused alicense, her application not being properly sigred. The récommendations were adopted. The protests against the assessments for the macadamizine of Alcatraz_avenue were overruled.and Wednesday night was set as a time for hearing the, protests against the opening of Wheelerstreet. Theordinance | creating the office of food inspector was | passed and the salary was fixed at $25 per month. Dr. H. N. Rowell, the Health Officer, was appointed to fill the position. The question of the petition for the call- ing of a special election to raise $20,000 for school bonds by a direct tax was consid- ered by the board. They decided to take no action regarding the matter until after April 4, when a school district election is tobe held. The petition asking for the special election bears 312 signatures. Freshman-Sophomore Field Day. BERKELEY, Car, March 10.—The take place next Saturday afternoon on the university cinder path. The entry-list closed to-day with about twenty men on | the board. Captan Merwin of the Varsity | track team stated to-day that he had ex- | pected Lloyd ’99 to break the present U. C. record of 29 feet 11 inches for the shot-put; Dorn 98 to break the U. C. hammer record | of 123 feet 10 inches, and Lloyd to break | the pole-vault record of 10 feet 4 inches. | Dorn and Lloyd have been surpassing the ‘ records in their specialties in_ practice almost daily for the past week. Dorn has | thrown the hammer 135 feet, Lloyd put the | siot 42 feet and vaulted over 10feet several | times lately. | Flower Show Coming. | BERKELEY, Can, March 9.—The | Woman’s Auxiliary of the local Unitarian | Society has decided to repeat the flower | given last season in Stiles Hall under the direction of the church. | The show last spring was under the | management of Mrs. R. W. Brehm. This | | ear’s exhibit will be in charge of Mrs. C. Wattles. The show lasi year was a great success, both from an artistic point of view and financially, and it is expected that this year’s exhibit will be quite as good. Berkeleyans are proud of the possi- | bilities the town possesses in the way of floral exhibits, and there will be a very general co-operation to make the coming display a thoroughly representative ane. Will Visit the Presidio. BERKELEY, Car., March 10. —The sentor class of the university will visit the Presidio to-morrow morning for the pur- pose of witnessing the new dynamite guns and mortars in operation. Lieutenant Frank L. Winn of the department of mili- tary science at the State University will escort the visitors about the grounds of the reservation. Those of the College of Mechanics will be taken by their in- structors to the Union Iron Works in the afternoon. ’97’s Blue and Gold. BERKELEY, CaL., March 10.—The editor and manager of '97’s Blue and Gold expect that the book will appear on the last drill day of this term, April 25. e LADIES DEEPLY OFFENDED. They Decline to Receive a Paltry Sum ¥rom the Supervisors. 0AkLAND OFFICE SAN FrANcisco CALL,) 908 Broadway, March 10. { The Ladies’ Aid Society feels that it has been insulted by the Supervisors. The so- ciety has been carrying on a very useful work for many years. About two years ago they leased a large building on Thir- teenth . street and opened a co-operative | home. The institution was soon placed on a paying basis. About a month ago the place was partly destroyed by fire and the furniture was ruined. Unfortunately the ladies did not carry any insurance and their loss was very heavy. Last Monday tney appealed to the Su- pervisors for aid and the sum of $25 voted them. This sum was considered very paltry in view of the showing maae before the board of the work done by the home. To-day the ladies sent the follow- ing communication to the clerk of the board : Board of Supervisors of Alameda County— HONORABLE SIRS: The mesger pittance of $25 jouhave seen ¢ toapportion fo assist the L dies’ Co-operative Aid Society after their se- vere loss by fire is too insignificant to find a welcome in the home where so many have found food and shelter when short of meéans. If the society is obliged to fail that inferior sum will not prevent it, and the ladies prefer to struggle on in the future as in the past, trust- ing in God and those who believe in the brotherhood of man,and do unto others as they would be done by, rather than feel under any obligations for so small a favor irom the county they have saved hundreds, yes, per- haps thousands of dollars. Therefore we most respectiully decline to receive the appropria- tion. Mrs. L. E. Drake, Mrs. L. L. Plummer, Mrs. E. J. Call, managers. I T REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Samuel and Rose Lavinson to Maurice, Jacob and Noah Erandt, ot on NW corner of Grove and Ocuvmfi;reel. W 55 by N 120, subject to mort- 3 M. J. Simmons to Joseph D. and George L. mons, iot on N line of Bush street, 165 W of guna, W 27:6 by N 137:6; 810. William W. Main to Medora T. Main, Iot on § line of Onk street, 156:3 W of Pierce, W 85 by § 137:6; also lot on W line of Twenty-third avenue, 100 S of Clement street, S 50 by W 120; alsolot on E line of Twenty-fourth avenue, 100 S of Clement suiget, S 50 by E 120: gift, M. J. and Margmet 1. Dolan to Anme Driscoll, 1ot on N line of Post stret, 100 K of Baker, E 87:6 by N 137:6; atso lot on N'line of Sutter street, 85 W of Broderick, W 27:6 by N 110; gift. Annie Driscoll to J. J. Driscoll, same two pieces; Sim- ? La- gift. R. D.and Jennie Cranston, Hugh and Theresa Keenan to Thomas T. Pottinger, 1ot on W line of Cole street, 25 S of Waller, S 25 by W 84:4145; $10. ‘Thomas T. and Susie E. Pottinger to Julia Leahy, same: 810. William and Lizzie Hinkel to Albertine Stillwell, lot on E line of Cole street, 233:9 S of Wal.er, > 50 by E 126: $10. Peter Donnelly to Bridget Donnelly, lot on W Lino of Noe sireet. 102 N of Fifteenth, X 26 by W f t. ' L-!fll\d Pauline Schoenberg to Jacob Nagel, lot on E line of Bryant avenue, 385 S of Twenty-first street, S 26 by E 75; $10. Same (0 G. T. Knopf, lot on E line of Bryant aveuue, 60 S of Tenty-first street, S 25 by £ 7. 10. Louise Ellwin to Stephen A. Born, lot, on_E line of Castro street, 51:6 N of Tiwenty-third, N 25 by E 105; $10. G. and Mary Ratto to G. Filipelli, lot on E line of Eearoy street, 82:6 5 of Filbert, S 27:6 by K 110; Thomas and Clara L. M.Gorman to Herman Murpby, lot on S line ot Filbert street, 137:6 E of ‘Taylor. E 23 by S 137:6; $10. R. W. and Mary E. Tansell to Herman H. Held- | nagh to William Mann, lot on | N 100, being lot 7, block | street, 107: bush, lot on S line of C street, 57:6 W of Seven- teenth avenue, W 25 by S 100: $10. Barbara Gronuebers (by Wiltiam H. Stackpole, attorney) to James W. Coleman, lot on W line of Thirty-seventh avenue, 160 Sof L street, S 50 by W 120: $10. Patrick end Annte McNamara to Catherine Mc- Kamars, lo: 5, bleck X, Park Lano Tract, map gift. Annie and Catherine Deering to Mary A. Birch, loton N fine of Montana street, 280 E of Orizaba, 100 by N 125, block U, Railroad Homestead As- sociation: £10. 2 Eugene B. Alden to Bertram F. Alden, lot on W corner of Fulton and University streets, W 30 by N 100, block 75, Railroad Avenue Extension omestead: $10. M. Martin to O. Pederson, lot on W line of Lau- rel avenue, 150 S of Crescent, S25 by W 7 being lot 136, Holiday Map A; $10. g mas and Hanoah M. Phillivs to Spring Val- ley Water Works, deed of easement as to piping, ete., through lot 171, Mission and Thirtieth street Homestead; 1. 0dd Fellows’ Cemetery Association to John H. Sheper and Hy Schuttheis, lot in Harmony section, plac5; 877, ALAMEDA COUNTY. Kate McDonnell, Ann and E. Cava- {E corner of Myrtle and Twelith streets, £ 838, S W 72:8, 53:955 to beginning, block 568, Dakland: $10. William and Agnes G. Mann to Patrick and Kate McDonnell, Ann and E. Cavanagh,loton SE corner of Myrtle and Twelfth streets, 5 53:93s, E 78, N 38 oV 805 w0 beglnuing, block 668, Oak- and X Emeline Daggett to A.W. Root, lot on NE corner of Harrison and Eleventh streets, E 45 by N 78, block 162, quitclaim deed, Cakland; $10. D. J. Buckley to Sarah K. Atherton, lot_on S line Patrick N 1 S Fifteenth street, 74 W of Cypress, W 40 by S €6, block 5¥2-B, Bagge Tract, quitclaim deed, Oakland; $5. Jacob Weill to Sarah Weill, lot on SE_corner of Forty-fitth and Linden streets, E 80 by S 50, being lot 4, block 2104, Aldén Tract at Temesecal, Oak- Jand Township: $200. William Clark to W, W. Davis, lot oa N line of Durant avenue, 200 W College avenue, W 50 by N 130, block 9, property of Coilege Homestead Asso- clation. Berkeley : $10. L.and Hettie B. Borden et al. to Celia G. 's (wife of M. S.),10t on W line of Sherman street, 550 S of Kings avenue, S 75 by W 150, by ing lot 12 and N 25 feet oflot 13, Bay Side Tract, subject to a mortgage for $2000, Alameda; $10. J.S. and Philomena S. Gomes to Eduardo P. da Rosa, 1ot beginning at a point in the middle of coun- ty road from Centerville to Newark at corner com- mon to lands hereby conveyed and lands of Bem, thence NW 22.50 chains, SW 1.96 chain: links, SW 2.66 chains, SE 10.65 chains, E chains, SE 11.90 chains, N 25 links to beginning, Washington Townshi 200. Benjamin Teal (by Tax Coliector) to M. McCann, lot on SW line of San Pablo avenue, 6 S of 1 irst street, SW 435, £ 128: 136:6 io beginning, Oakland; $42. Josephine J.. McCoy (by same) to same, same; Ouklabd; $284. 3 k M. Cerini to Florence M. Creely, lot on E line of Myrtle street, 35:6 N of Twenty-sixth, N 35:6 by £ 125, block C, Northern Extension’ to Oakland, Oakland: $10. - Sstate of William P. Cerini (minor, by guar- e, 1ot on E line of Myrtle street, 71 N sixth, N 35:6 by E 125, block C, same, Qakland ; $10. James Moore to Francis R. Musser, lot on W line of San Pablo avenue, 100 N of Milton street, N 50 by W 100, lot 38, Milton Tract. Oakland: $10. Wells, Fargo & Co. to Josephine Shipley, lot on N of Kuox avenue, 549.60 W of Telegraph, W 45, N 11217, £ 48,018 11208 to beginning portion of lots 36 and 87, Knox Park, Oakland: $1 Unknown owners (by Tax Collector) to M. Me- Cann, the rear 40 feet of lots 8 and 9, block 9, Jones Track, Oakland; $2. D. V. and Frank Prenti to Frank A. Pratt, lot NW line of Twent, h avenue, 125 NE of ast Eleventh street, NE 25 by NW 100, lot 11, block F, Kuowles & Potter subdivision, Kennedy ‘Tract, subject to a mortgage, East Oakland; $10. . J. Heim to Maria H. Peralta, lois 5 and 6, Drexler Tract, Onkland Township; £10. . A. Fink to Charles F. Brignardiilo, lot on § line ot Virginia street, 160 E of California, E 40 by S 135:415, block 1, lands of State University Homestead Assoclation 5, Berkeley: $10. Joseph C. and Carrie Kitchell to Kate McDonal lots 18 to 22, block 55, tract B, Berkeley L. and 1. Association, Berkeley; $10. L. B. and_Laurs A. Pinney to Louisa L. Mat- thews, lots 12, 13 and 14, block A, Prospect Hill Tract, Brooklyh Township: $10. ‘Walter J. and Mary C. Weatherly to W. P. Fuller & Co., '(a corporation), lot on NW line of Bay avenue, 9:9 SW from a _ point of intersection of said avenue with W line C. P. R. R. Company’s railroad_track, thence SW by NW 200, Brooklyn Township; $10. T.R., E.D. and Eliza A. Bassett'to Phebe P. (wife of J. R.) Van Arman, lot on E line of Bassett street, 13 of Lioyd avenne, N 37:6 by E100, being lot 11 and N half of lot 10, block B, Frulte vale Station Tract, Brooklyn Township; $10. W. K. and Erminia Dargie to W. M. Coiiee, lot 39, Rose Tract, Brooklyn Township: $5. Same to same, lot 39, Rose Tract, Brooklyn Township: $5. Annie G. Miller_to James P. Dunn, lot on S line of gle avenue, 304:11 W of St. Charles street, 150 by W 25, biock K, Columbus Bartlett prop- eriy, Alamed . Benjamin Ruddock to Mary Ruddock, 1ot on W iine of Arch street, 100 S of Stanley.'S 150, NW- 196, E 117:2, block 27, City Land Association; s | gitt. to Claudia R. O'Brien, lot on treet, 30 W of Edith, W 40 by ' Edith Tract, Berkeley; George W. O'Bi N line of Virginia lit. & Géorge ana R. C. Quackenbush to H. W. and Mary M. Miller, lot 1, block 4, Newbury Tract, Berkeley; $10. Charies A.and Alice C. Bafley to C. E. McCaf- ferty, lot on E line of Tenthstreet,464.44 S of Cha: ning way. Il 135, $ 58.78, W 135, N 51:56 to be- ginning, being lots 22 and 23, block 138, corrected map of Avery Tract, Berkeley: §! George and Mary C. Flemming to William D. Huntington, strip of land bounded N by lot 8, lands of Brooklyn Land Company, E by right of California Kailway Company, S by rignt of w along S line of lot 9, Brooklyn Land Company, and W by High street, being portion ot lot 9. lands of Brooklyn Land Company, subject to a mortgage for $1200; $10. Andrew'F. Magrane to William H. D’Arcy, lot 5, being a resubdivision of lots 12, 13, 20 and 30, Kingsland Tract, Brooklyn Township; &1 F. and Anna C. Bammann to Jennie Woodward (wife of Charles J.), lot on E line of Lafayette street, 40 S of Eagle avenue, S 45 by E 108, block 47, Encinal, Alameda; $10. J. M. Olimpia to Maria J. Olimpia, lot on NE line of Haywards road at a stake distant 74:6 NW- from N corner of said road and Ward avenue, N& 100, NW 25, SW 1 25 to beginning, town of San'Leandro, Eden Township: gift. Builders' Contracts. Carl Diel with Hood & W atson, to erect & 2-story frame building on W line of Capp street, 100 S of Twenty-third, S 35 by W 122:6; $2370. Esther Rosner with C. M. Weste and L. T. Fenn, to erect a 1-story cottage on N line of California ‘W of Twelfth avenue; $975. —e——— Mechanics’” Institute. At the election of officers of the Mechanics’ Institute last night there were forty-two bal- lots cast and no candidate received a majority. At tne conclusion of the balioting Joseph Leg- gett and Oscar Lewis, on whom the final result seems to have centered, were even. Balloting will be continued to-day at 3 P. M. To Bring Seidl. R.E. Johnson, Ysaye’s manager, arrived here last night from Denver. His abject is to com- plete arrangements for bringiug the Seidl or- chestra here in May. NEW TO-DAY. THE OWL DRUG CO., ¢ CUT-RATE ) DRUGGISTS ! Bien. 190, vz THE OWL DRUG CO. San Francisco—Los Angeles. BAKER’S TAR Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. .75¢ Paine’s Celery Compound .60c Joy’s and Hood's Sarsaparilla... .85¢ THE OWL DRUG CO. CUT-RATE DRUGGISTS. Williams’ Pink Pills... (slnstoriai..F rup of Figs.. Gsllnic‘:xm Kegsolvem.. ‘Warner’s Kidney Cure. .85¢ Allcock’s Porous Plasters -10e Carter’s and Beecham’s Pills. 152 Allen’s Malt Whiskey..... .85¢ Romany Oil......... WRITE FOR PRICE-LIST. THE OWL DRUG CO. Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEABNY ST. Established in 1854 for the treatment. o;.lerlv Diseases, Lost Manhood. Debility daad d otherstail. Try hins. Oharges o anteed. Caliorwrita Francisoe, disease wearing on bodyant Skin Diseases ' ne doctor curen Cures; T s K. Gl.minl.x 1857.San