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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1896 13 Design Submitted by Architect G. Alexander Wright for an Alameda Library Building to Cost $20,400. [From the architect’s drawing.) INFLUENCE OF THE LIBRARIES The Subject Discussed at| the Convention in Alameda. MANY BOOKMEN LISTEN. Delegates From All the Cities That Are Represented in the Association. THE NEW BUILDING PROJECT. Plans for a $20,000 Structure Sub. mitted by Architect Wright of A'am:da. ALAMEDA, Car., April 10.—The con- vention of the Central California Library Association was held at the new City Hall this evenin Nearly all the members were present and the council-rooms were well filled. The subject discussed H “Pulpit, Press and Public Library as Means of Irfluencing Public Opinion and Elevating Humanity.” The speakers were Rev. George R. Dodson of the First Uni- tarian Church, Editor T. G. Daniells of the Alameda Argus, Superintendent D. J. Eullivan of the Alameds Public School Department and Principal Ergo Majors of the Alameda High School. Rev. Mr. Dodson spoke in a general | badly arranged. There olitical science; it is rather to inspire a great dence in and devotion to truth. v the speeial opportunity given o winted with the best he may help his fellow nceptions, to readjust s science grows, andthus fit them - _modern_world. The preacher general, is, if properly pei immense value. Though partly i , it is mostly in the region of senti- n the human world sentiment great part. The press, the pulpit, and the school are all working for i—the education of humanity, and Leaving rison as to respective merit, not each feel that it is enough to have 4 part in_helping the world in its onward and upward way Mr. Daniells spoke particularly of the ress, and these are among the things that 1e said: Less than 100 year ago the newspaper was not much of a factor in political, religious or social life. It was in embryo. It was rather a de- spised avenue of infelligence. Its mission seemed {0 be to promulgate essays on abstract subjects written by over-serious men, to give the light to poetic effusions, and to tell news that was already known. In appearance it was undersized, smudgy, badly printed and their to live i work, t formed tellects | editorial expression, and not a glimmer of way and did not argue that the pulpit was | a greater power than any other in shaping public opinion. He said that public opinion and social condition are products of numerous factors. Humanity is a vast organism, and a change in one of its parts reverberates through the whole. Progress 1s the result of many forces and influences in human society. The day has gone by when the preacher and schoolmaster were the only educated men in the community. They no longer have abything like a monopoly ot intellectual and moral in- fluence. The speaker continued: The preacher especially is aftected by the change. Itis not that he has become less, but that other factors in social improvement have gained in importance. The yrinted book is one of the greatest civilizing agents in history. e Through it the stimulating and helpful ideas of the finest minds are sown broadcast through- U}‘l( the world. t 1t is largely through books that being transformed into the crowa ble. anks to Gutenberg, a new and enlightencd Demos is appesring in the world. The Public Library is a great social factor. The ideas that are to-day making their way in the public mind will inevitably ind appli- cation.~ Venerable and age-long errors are disappearing, not so much because they are d out of existence as because the is becoming too well informed to retain With enlargement of mental norizon bly come wider eympathies. Books and Treaaing promote the sentiment of the brother- Lood of man. d Victor Hugo: “‘Henceforth all human acement will be accomplished by swell- legions of those who read. For the sire to read being a train of powder, once lighted it will not stop; and this, combined with the simplification of hard labor by ma- inery, and with the increased leisure of © body less fatigued, leaving the mind er, vast appetites for thought will spring u in all brains; the insatiable thirst for knowl. edge and meditation will become more and more the human breoccupation; low places will be deserted for high places—en ascent na- tural to every growing intelligence. People will taste the noble, and, once tasting it, they satiated; men will make the t food, because the refinement of minds augmentsin proportion to their force; and a day will come when the fuliness of civi ization, making itself manifest, those moun- tain tops, Lucretiu Shakespeare, for ages almost dese ited only by the select few, will be crowded with intelligences seeking their food upon the heights.” While the press is not intentionally philan- thropic and leaves largely unused its magnifi- cent opportunity to di the right way, with a vast amount of good. Indeed, much of the best work done for the cause of h is performed without intention and uncon. ly. The new rs tend to lift men above proyincial y make us citizens of the world, interesting us in the thoughts, 1 the life of other nations and peo. is found, of the oneness and solid- arity of the The brotherhood of man is already something more than & phrase, and for this we are considerably indebted to the press . Every influence that tends to the enlighten- ment of the people reacts beneficially upon the pulpit. A reading public necessitates an edu- cated ministry. Libraries and schools force the A candle could give light in . To-day there must be in- nce in the pulpit or the pews will be ce. the other hand, it is a very great help to nister to have hLis people read, for he can then teach them things that were othere wise impossible. The New Testament repre- senis Jesus s soying to his disciples, “I have yoany things 1o say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.” No wonder, for they were mostly illiterate peasants. In’ proportion as people learn are they able to bear what s said 1o them. Happy the minister whose people are always ready for the highest word he is able to speak. The Dress, the pulpit and the library are to be regarded as co-operating and mutually helpful factors in the elevation of humanity— that is, in its salvation, for salvation is coming 1o be regarded as something progressive asa hastoric process. It fs almost synonymous with education, for this word, with all the deep meaning now being put into it, is among 1ho very greatest that we haye. The work of the minister is becomin; grad- pally and necessarily special and partial. CIt is his to develop the sentiments of men 1o inter- pretlife in the light of the best thought and of ideal. He should be able to the noblest mora make people feel that ail great political and so. 50 moral questions. He cinl quiestions are al may render & social service by bringing to the support of practical reforms the tremendous sanctifying and sustaining power of the moral | say Lthat no power in go that news feature that is now developed to such a superlative degree. Probably each of you who have to do with | that other great modern institution, the public library, is able to find in your respective archivés copies of journals printed 100 years ago that fully beer out my idea. sively reproduced in fac-simile. It is the Ulster Gazeite, death and burial of George Washington. The events described were two weeks old and the description was perfunctory and overfulsome. Not a single one of what we would in this day consider to be the news features of the incident was elaborated. Besides this great historic incident the paper contained very little. There was & smattering of European news, obtained from the captains of ships that had recently arrived, and which related to events three | months old. Napoleon was conquering Europe at that time—amazing the world and terrifying the great rulers of the earth—yet his doings were considered In & few vague lines, a tenth as much as we now devote to the revolt of an African chief. From the U paper of to-d ter Gazette to the great news- less than & century of time in- tervenes, but it is & vast cycle of progress. The marvelos stride made in mechenics — the miracle of the telegraph, the telephone and of electricity—these in some degree have relation to the great advancement of the press; but neither in itself is more wonderful than the Progress of the press. In round numbers there are 20,000 periodi- cals published to-day in the There is a publication of some kind for every 00 of population. Twenty-five years ago there was only one publication for every 6500 of population. Very recent inventions in printing appliances have served to enormously increase the output of printed matter, espe- cially of newspapers, and the cost has been re- duced to a small fraction of that which pre- vailed in the olden time. The newspeper of a third or quarter of a cen- tury ago wielded its influence through its edi- torial columns. That was the era of personal- ity in newspaper making; it was the golden period of the great editor.” Some of you know Tom personal observation of the time, and all of you from history and tradition of the mighty mén who molded public opinion in that stir- ring epoch, Horsce Gre stands forth a luminous figure in American journalism as well as in American history. To speak of Gre: Uy to suggest the To refer to the New York Herald was to eall to mind the elder Ben- The Evening Postand William Cullen Bryant were synonymous, and the Louisville Journal was known because George D. Prentice edited it. There is just one survival of this old-time Tule, and thatis in Charles A. Dana of the New York Sun. The press of to-day has popularized scientific | subjects. It instantly seizes upon the lates discoveries and deductions and places them before the people. It is the only up-to-date yelopedia. Mankind does not have to aweit tardy appearance of books embodying t discovery of new truths to inform themselves thereof. The deep things that are profitable to know are simplified and made comprehen- sible in the modern newspaper. It is not only mirror of news, but it is a compendium of the innumerable incidents and transactions | that illustrate human life and afford a better insight of nature. And the modern newspaper brightens life with its quips. The aucient newspaper was a very solemn affair. The old- time journal was prosy and over-dignified, but the modern journal scintillates with humo giving to life & brighter side. And this wit outin any way detracting from its more seri- ous features. ‘That is a point that should be taken into full account, for the man who makes another man laugh does him a service o#value. The complaint is often made that the mod- grn newspaper is remorscless und that it ruth- lessly invades the home, and with a_brutal hand lays bare the private lives and affairs of men, without justice or reason, This in instances well-founded ting humanity. I shall the press for what appears 10 be a lack of diserimination in the publica- tion of personal matters that sometimes need- lessly wound and injure, but I make bold to érnment, no _usage or not stop to defend | custom of society has such restraning force on wrong-doing as newspaper publicity. The AT of getting Into the newspapers has pre- ented many a crime and kept many a_man straight. And it is not o fear of being | scourged by the newspapers, but of having the and religious feelings. His work is not to in- vestigate and settle questions of economic and anvarnished facts told. Superintendent Sullivan spoke extem- umanity | poraneously on the relations of the library t0 the public school, insisting on the value of the library. Ergo Majors, member of the High Schiool, read a clever history of libraries, from the famous Alexandria col- sult is & feeling, constantly grow- | lection to the libraries in every town to- ay. J. C. Rowell, librarian of the State Uni- | versity, presided ; Librarian Jellings of the | Mechanics’ Institute acted as secretar; The next meeting will be held in Stan- ford University. At this convention one of the features of special interest to the librarians was the discussion of the plans for the library that is to be built. One of the designs submit- ted is by Architect G. Alexander Wright, whoogru%oses a classic structure to cost $20,400. This plan is of a building to con- tain about 5500 square feet of floor space on the first floor, so arranged thata gal- lery all around 18 feet wide and 11 feet high might be easily added at any fature time, if required for library purposes or public museum. This gailery would con- tain about 3000 square feet of Hoor space and be lighted by circular windows. The dimensions wonld be 74 by £0 fect. A 12-foot basement would afford 53:0 square feet of floor space, tnough Mr. Wright believes that there slxoul(f be no basement, preferring to dispense with the long flight of entrance steps. The library room would be 25 feet high. Brick would be the material used in the construction. the principal elevations to be faced with selected buff pressed brick. in 8Ban Francisco At the Macdonough. OAKLAND, Car, Apru 10.—“Sinbad” has proven a success at tte Macdonough and is drawing large houses. There will be a matinee Saturday afternoon and fare- well performance at night, was no attempt at | & I remember | one such ancient journal that has been exten- | and it contains an account of the | United States. | ence, of philosophy, of usaful knowledge, | MOTT'S CHANCE 1S LOST, |He Might Have Been Mayor | of Oakland for Two 1 Whole Days. | | DAVIE TAKES A QUIET TRIP. | Noboly Knew He Was Out of the City Till Just Befere His Return. OARLAND OFFICE SAN Fraxcisco CALr,] 908 Broadway, April 10. § Mayor Davie has been out of the city for | three days and no one was aware of his absence till a few hours before his return. This morning he was in his office as usual. Dauring Mr. Davie’s trip to Merced a | great opportunity was offered President Mott of the Council to attach his signa- | ture to a large number of requisitions that | | the Mayor does not favor. The charter | provides that when the Mayor is away the | president of the Council shall act for him. | There is no other qualification necessary than that the Mayor ‘‘be out of the city” to place the power in the hands of the pres- ident of the Council. President Mott would like to hasten much of the business that the Mayor does not favor and he could have done it easily | had he known that the Mayor was out of the city. | But President Mott did not know it, nor | was anybody else aware of it till this morning. There are requisitions waiting the official signature for clothes and blank- | ets_for cold prisoners, for lumber for side- | walks, for books for the city engineer and for numerous other things that the Mayor does not consider necessary, and by rush- ing into the office and signing them Presi- deut Mott would have earned the thanks of a small multitude. Several ordinances are also needing a_signature to_ render them operative and Mr. Mott would have supplied it had he only known of the op- portunity to do so. ‘“Mott” missed the opportunity of his life,” said the Mayor this morning. *Hey| could have been a bona fide Mayor for a few nours, and I guess that is as near to the office as he will ever get. Itis rather amusing to notice how much a man 1s missed who attends to his business. Itis known that I am at the City Hall during | office hours, and as soon as I am missed there is a hunt for me. I told my sscre- tary that I should be away for a couple of days, and as I do not consider Mr. Mott competent to manage the Mayor’s office even for a day, I thought the best inter- | ests of the city would be served by saying nothing. I was in communication with my secretary, so that [ was kept informed of all that was goingon. I'm sorry for Mott, but 1t’s too late now, and I cannot conceive how ne could have lost such a chance to shine.” | A few daysago President Mott as a com- | mittee of one reported to the Council and reflected on the Mayor's methods, and so there is no spare love or courtesy between them. Mayor Davie says that there is only one theme of discussion in the Merced district and that is the Valley road. The farmers | are a unit in its favor, be says, and 1t is | refreshing to get into a district which can | feel independent of the Southern Pacific. | A Heavy Mortgage. OAKLAND, CaL., April 10.—The Farm- ers’ Loan and Trust Company of San Fran- cisco to-day filed an answer in the suit of the Pacific Improvement Company vs. James A. Waymire et al., to/determine their several interests to the marsh land lying on the south of the estuary between Oakiand and Alameda. The ~company claims in its answer a lien upon 4712 acres, an undivided interest in the lands; also upon a specific tract within the exterior Limits of the lands, which_is also claimed | by the South Pacific Coast Railroad Company, ana mortgaged to the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company. These marsh lands are set forth as a por- tion of the property covered by a mortgage made by that company July 1, 1887, secur- ing the aggregate sum of $5,500,000, evi- denced by 5500 bonds in the sum of $1000 each, running for nity years from above date. The same mortgage covers as well the entire main line, sidetracks, fran- chises, rights of way, station buildings, ferryboats and all other property of the South Pacific Coast Raiiroad Company. A Hoaxed Attorney. OAKLAND, CarL., April 10.—Attorney Henry A. Goldson Jr. declares he will make a couple of his lecal brethren dance | to a new tune next week, as he is prepar- ing a suit for $299 damages for a practical joke which they perpetrated upon him. Cesterday they telephoned Goldson from an adjoining office requesting him to go at once to Berkeley to try a criminal case in one of the Justice’s courts. He believed he was talking to the Berkely Justice and he agreed to take the case, which finally he 1ound did not exist. ‘The School Census.’ OAKLAND, CarL, April 10.—This city will during the next two weeks have its school census taken by William N. Friend, who has done this work two former years very satisfactorily. There will be eleven deputy marshals, seven of whom will do licrd work and four will write the reports up in the office. The deputies as iar as named are: William Knapp Friend, Wal- ter Barstow, R. T. Chestnut, i‘rnnk Howard, W. 1. Robinson, W. C. Harmon, Mr. Warren, Mr. Roseberry, James Gil- bertson, Miss Pearl Knox and Miss Doug- las Whitehead. SAVING A BOARD BILL. Aged Solomon Baumgarten Finds Some Satisfaction in Serving Time. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, he pays $100 fine. As he has said that money is dearer to him than life he will probably serve his time. Baumgarten was an_object of great in- terest as he sat in the dock this morning and heard Judge Wood pronounce sen- | tence. No one bad any sympathy for him and even his own people have been advis- ing him_to act like a man toward his young wife and her two-week-old infant. he old man’s attorney made a long plea for his client, but without avail. The prosecution showed that Baumgar- ten was possessed of considerable money but that he is too miserly to spend a cent unless abaolutelfi compelled. “He has re- fused to furnish his wife and child with provisions and clothing and has said that ail is welcome to him because it will save im his board. Judge Wood spoke very plainly to the old prisoner. He said that his attorney’s plea only showed that the old man should have been _Prosecuted years ago for starv- ily. ing his fami ! ALL IN ASHES. Dr. F. A, Merriman’s Be: tiful Resi- dence at Pledmont With Its Con- tents Totally Destroyed. OAKLAND, CAL., April 10.—The beau- tiful home of Dr. A. F. Merriman, on the southeast corner of Oakland and Hillside avenues, at Piedmont, was totally destroyed by fire shortly aiter midnight this morning with its furnishings. The family barely escaped with their lives. There were in the house at the time Dr.and Mrs. A. F. Merriman, Miss Mayme E. Merriman, Dr. William C. Merriman, Mr. and Mrs. Harry | W. Thomas, Mrs. L. E. Calhoun, a sister of | Dr. Merriman’s from illinois, and the ser- vant girl. The residence was a large two-story ten- roomed building with larze and commo- dious basement and garret that cost $13,- 000 when built a few years ago by F.D. Myers, It was insured for $8500. Dr. Merriman had $6150 insurance on his household effects and Mr. Thomas $2000 on his. Tke total loss is estimated at fully $25,000. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, who wer» married last fall, lost all their wedding presents, as as well as their wearing apparel The family were kindly taken in by neighbors. DR, JEFFERSON ARRIVES. Successor of Dr. McLean for the First Congregational Church. He Expresses Surpriss and Delight at Finding H'mself in a Land Equal to Italy. OArLAND OFFICE SAN FrANcisco CALL,) 908 Broadway, April 10. Rey. Charles E. Jefferson, pastor of the Central Congregational Church of Chelsea, Mass., who comes as a prospective succes- STUDENTS STAGE STRUCK Berkeley Collegians Will Put On Their Second Play This Week. A LIQUOR-DEALER MISSING. | It Will B: Instructor L. D. Syle’s; Adaptation of Congreve’s Comedy “Love for Love.” BERKELEY, CArL., April 10.—Some of the Berkeley students have apparently : | become stage-struck, judging from the in theatrical performances recently. On ! last Wednesday evening the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity presented a well-written three-act farce-comedy composed by one of the members, and to-morrow evening another company of student amateurs will present at Shattuck Hall Insiructor L. Du Pont Syle’s adaptation of Con- greve’s “Love For Love.” Congreve's masterpiece has never hefore been played in California, though it was staged several years ago at Harvard. Mr. Syle has adapted the origzinal to modern tastes, but | the slight changes which he has wrought | have in no way detracted from the bril- | liancy and humor peculiar to Congreve and his day. 2 A feature of the performance will be the grand and stately minuet. The costumes of the performers will be magnificent in the extreme, The comedy is replete with bright conversation and spicy dialogue. | The play runs something ~after this| fashion: ~Valentine, son of Sir Sampson | Legend, and a young man of good tastes | and impulses, falls unfortunately into debt as a result of frequenting the London | chocolate houses. e applies to Sir Sampson for assistance, but 1s refused un- | less he agrees to sign cver his inheritance | to his_younger brother. Valentine is in | love with Angelica, an heiress, and to get square with the world again he agrees to the paternal mandate. Angelica appears | to have no affection for her adorer, and in | order to make some impression upon her he feigns madness. Meanwhile Sir Sampson becomes smitten with Angelica and gives her his bond. Of course she is present when the time comes for Angelica to relinquish her | inberitance. The lawyer announces that | Valentine’s signature will count for naught, as he is out of his mind. The erring son ceases his deception, Angelica | destroys the bond and the hero captures | the heroine. In Instructor Syle’s adaptation the ghar- acters are essentially the same as those in:| the original. The play has peen reduced from five to four acts, with one or two other changes of minor note. The cast is | drawn from among the mast talented stu- | dents in the university, who have been | practicing on the play for the past three months. L. D. Syle has had complete charge of the affair, having been introduced by him- self. It will be put on both to-morrow and next Monday evenings at Shattuck Hall, and will be in the nature of a benefit to the 1nglish lepartment librarv of the university and the Eastern track team. Following is the cast: Sir Sampson Le- end, father of Valentine and Ben, Frank unn; Valentine, the hero, fallen under his father’s displeasure by his exgensive living, Willard D. Thompson; Scandal, his friend, a free speaker, George D. Kierulff; hen, Sir Sampson’s younger son, an officer in the navy, Ray Sherman; Foresight, a_wealthy astrologer, uncle to | Angelica, Frank T. Bioletti; Jeremy, Valentine’s valet, Charles E. Fryer; Trap- land, a scrivener, and Buckram, a lawyer, E. T. Stadtmuller; Angelica, an heiress, Miss Jessie M. Anderson; Mrs. Foresight second wife of Foresight, Miss Emily P. Rhine; Mrs. Flippant, her er, Miss Centennia Barto; Miss Prue, daughter of | Foresight by a former wife and broug:t up | in the country, Miss Alice Marchebout; nurse to Miss Prue, Mrs. Syle; Jenny, maid to Angelica, Miss Syle. A Swell Dancing Party. BERKELEY, CAL., April 10.—What was generally considered to be one of the most successful and swellest dancing parties ever held at the University of California was given to-night in Harmon gym- nasium. Many well-known society people | | | | | intense interest they have directly taken | | | client has aroused much discussion, ell, Miss Pearl Knox, Miss _Jessle Cheever, Miss Carrie Coit, the Misses Crellin, Miss Florence Dunbam, Miss Bernie Drown, Miss Elsie Davis, Miss Agnes Duff, Miss Mabel Estee, Miss Gertrude Farnum, Miss Jessie Glos- cock, Miss Ida Gibbons, Miss Juliet Garbar, Miss' Ella Holmes, Miss Mollie Hind, Miss Beile Hutchinson, James Bishop, Raymond J. Russ, J. H. Mee. Fred Bixby, L. Bald- win, Douglas McBryde, Russell Selfridge, Will Smith, T. Allen Smith, George F. Reinhardt, Will C. Russell, Templé Smith, Lloyd Robbins, Dudley Dean, Fletcher McNutt, Lawrence Havens, H. H. Lang, Miss Martie Hutchinson, Miss Ciara Huntington, Miss Ethel Keeney, Miss Bernice Landers, Miss Bell Mhoon, Miss Blanche Morse, Miss Carmen_Moore, Miss Amy Requa, Miss Lillian Strong, the Misses Stubbs, Miss Belle Van Viack, Miss Tibbie Taylor, Messrs. B. P. Miller, Ray Sherman, Wilfred Ran- some, Power Hutchins, Thomas Van Ness, Frank King, Ira Boss, Frank Argall, Charles Elston, Fred Greenwood, M. Greenway, Vail Bakewell, Lieutenant Carson, U. S." A., Lieutenant Smedberg, U. §. A., Lieutenant F. L. Winn, U, A., George Cameron, Roger Friend, Morton Gibbous, E. T. Houghtou, Maxwell McNutt, Professor G. M. Richardson, Joseph Powell, Alf Russell, Charles Mills and Willilam Whea- ton. ¥onzo Skips Out. BERKELEY, CaL, April 10.—A pecu- liar termination to_the Fonzo liquor case occurred in Justice JTames’ court yesterday morning. Fonzo was charged with selling iquor within a mile of the university in violation of the State ‘‘mile-limitv” law. When the case was called Mr. Fonzo ap- peared with his attorney, M. C. Chapman of Oakland. After an endeavor to secure a postponement of the case, Mr. Chapman made once more the oft-denied motion to dismiss the case on the ground that the court is no court at all, being illegally created by alaw of the State Lezislature. The motion was once more denied and Chapman and his clientleft the conrtroom. After a moment’s consultation aside the two left for Oakland and Fonzo has not been seen since. Justice James ordered an adjournment until1:30, at which hour court convened | again, but the accused was still absent and his bonds were declared forfeited. The bonds were for $500, and the sureties were J. Raspillar and John E. Boyd. The unexpected and wunprecedented move made by Attorney Chapman nndlgus he only theory advanced in exvlanation of their action is a desire to speedily secure a decision on the question of whether or not Berkeley's justice court is a properly created egnl tribunal. At a late hour this evening Fonzo had not been found. He will be arrested as soon as located, and it 1s thought that the question of whether the Berkeley court is a legal one or net will be tested by habeas corpus proceedings. Marshal Lloyd had a number of wit- nesses ready to testify in the case, and says that he had conclusive evidence against the defendant. Plan for a New Church. BERKELEY, ' CaL, April 10.—Rev. George A. Swan, rector of St. Mark's Church, has suggested a novel plan for the construction of a new church building. Rev. Mr. Swan’s plan is for the erectioa of the church by degrees as the parish is able to pay for it. According to his scheme, a Jarge temporary structure would first be erected for immediate use, the only per- | manent part of it being the chancel, which would be the nucleus of a building to be erected piecemeal, the temporary edifice being superseded by section after section of the projected permunent place of wor- ship. The vpresent St. Mark’s Church has a seaiing capacity cf about 350. The Rev. Mr. Swan wants a church with seats for seven or eight hundred. e HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told In Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, April 10. G. 8. Prosser_was elected assignee in Judge Frick’s court this morning in the matter of the insolvency of R. Bartsch, the pottery man who was formerly in businéss in Easi Oakland. The amount of the bond was $200. An fmportant meeting of the Alameda County Teachers’ Benefit Association will be held to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock in room 23 of the Oaklana High-school building. An invitation is extended to all the teachers of the county to be present. County Clerk Jordan hss received a petition, which he will present to the Supervisors next Monday, requesting them to open Prospect evenue, between Broadway and Union street, and Union street, between Prospect avenue and McAdam street. The Plymouth - avenue Congregationsl Church has decided to try an innovation in its evening service commencing with next Sunday. Instead of having the usual sermon at 7:30 o’clock in the evening it will have a vesper service from 5 until 6. A. F. Wiliiams, the daylight burglar, was held to answer to the Superior Court this after- noon for entering the room of J. C. Franklin. The defendant offered no testimony. He is now being examined for burglarizing the room of Alvert Sanders in the Winter’s Hotel. The ladies of the First Free Baptist Church, Rev. Philip Graif, pastor, will give an Easter dinner to-morrow at 510 Twelfth street, in the from the prominent dancing clubs on store in the Masonic building formerly occu- The Four Leading Characters in the Play “Love For Love,” Which the Students of the State niversity Will Present. sor of Rev. J. K. McLean, D.D., in the First Congregational Church, arrived to- night and is quartered at the Metropole. A committee consisting of ex-Judge J. M. Haven, R. W. Snow and J. B. McChes- ney met him at Benicia at 6 o'clock and accompanied him to this city. Rev. Mr. Jefferson is a fine-looking man of medium height, dark complexion and of medium weight. His manner is cor- dial and very pleasing. He makes friends readily with 21l he approaches. In con- versation he said: “I never realized before how greata country the Ubited States really is. The overland trip was very pleasant, but I was greatly surprisel this afternoon when 1| Degan” to descend the mountains and find myself in a land equal to Italy. I was more pleased with the beautiful scenery and nice neat homes. I had seeing things in such condition here. I am a stranger in a strange land to-night. I believe there is nota human being in the State that { know or have ever seen. It seems very oda under these circum- stances that I" should really be away off 3000 miles from home in this land of sun- shine and flowers.” ————————— EUREKA SHINGLE RATES. They Have Been Placed at 60 Cents to Chicago. Word was received by the Sounthern Pacific Company yesterday that the con- necting roads to Chicago had agreed upon a 60 cent per 100 rate on shingles from Eureka to Missouriand Mississippi River ‘roinn and to Chicago in carload lots of 4,000 pounds. This rate will into effect on the 20th inst., and will place Eureka on an equality with the Puget Sound ports which are in competition with the Eureka product in the East. The 908 Broadway, April 10, } Solomon Baumgarten, wealthy, aged, the father of eleven children and the hus- band of a young wife, is in the City Prison, where he will remain for 100 days unless 60-cent rate is the same as prevails from San Francisco and regular California ter- minals to Chicago. This important con- cession to Eureka was brought about through the intervention of Traffic Mana- ger Curtis of the Traffic Association. no ides of | both sides of the bay were present. The gymnasium was beautifully decorated for the occasion and brilliantly illuminated with electric lights. A feature of theeven- ing was the dancing of three figures of the | german. This was an innovation in dancing at the university, a german never before having been introduced. Those under whose auspices the ball to-might was given are hopeful that the german will in the future form a feature of all the | University of California parties. Oniy 200 invitations were issued, o that | the hall was not overcrowded, as has been the case with several of the recent parties in the ‘‘gym.” Several of the Greek letter fraternities threw open their chapter- houses for the reception of guests who had come from a distance. The german was led by Clinton R. Morse and Miss Marie Messer, Howard P. Veeder and Miss Mamie Stubbs and Alpheus F. Williams and Miss Flora Dean. The three figures of the german which were danced were the grand right and left, tigure eight and debutantes’ march. The german was not introduc d, however, until late in the evening, most of the time having been given up to assembly dancing. Following were the patronesses: ‘Mrs. Martin Kellogg, Mrs. Ben Morgan, Mrs. W. F. McNutt and Mrs, John Glascock. Among the professors and their wives who were present were: President and Mrs. Martin Kellogg, Professor and Mrs. Charles Mills Gayley, Professor and Mrs. Thomas R. Bacon, Professor and Mrs. E. B, Clapp, Professor and Mrs. C. C. Plehn and Mr. Mrs. F. M. Wilson. Those in the first set were: Clint rse and Miss Marie Messer, How-rgnl’?"v::ga? and Miss Mamie Stubbs, Alpheus F. Williams and Miss Flora Dean, Fred A. Knight and Miss Mabel MacDonald, Stewart Rawlings, Burbank Somers and Miss Neta Graham, John 8. Merrill and Miss Edna Dick- ens, Thomas Taylor and Miss Elsie Bennett, Howard Avery and Miss Mamie Polhemus, Alexander Baldwin, Otto Wedemeyer and Miss Clara Carpenter. Among the others present were: Miss Josephine Blackmore, Miss Gertrnde Bates, Miss Frances Currey, Miss Crow- 1 fed by the Telephone Company. Dinner will e served from 12 to 2 P. ¥. and ifom 5108 P. M. Attorneys Foote and Fitzgerald have secured a week’s extension of time in which 10 file the ! answer of Dr. D. D. Crowley 1n the suit of his wife for divorce. ‘They asked for the extension €0 as to have further time for consultation be- fore they made any legal move in the behalf of their client. Some time ago George W. Arper indorsed a $25 note on which he has not yet been paid, 1he signers being H. S. Turner, A. J. Gregg and J. H. Payne, As a consequence Arper has at- tached lots14 and 15 in the Broadway View terrace, which belong to A. J. Gregg. The note wus given to support the Populist newspaper. Oliver D. Hamlin has applied for letters of administration upon the estate of Oliver Ham- | lin, who died on April 3 during a surgical oqer&lion. The estate consists of real estate in Al ameda and Contra Costa Counties worth ¥7500 and personal property valued at $578, ‘he petitioner, & son of the deceasea. is the only heir. The retnrns from one of the precincts in Alameda County shows that on fifty-two out of 200 registration: blanks the citizen made hi mark, indicating that he could not write his name. This will affect all re-registrations, as 1o person can be registered under the new law ‘who cannot write his own name and read the constitution in English. DUFFY'S MANY -ESCAPES. It Xs Said He Is Now Being Harbored by Firemen in San Francisco. OAKLAND, Car.,, April 10. —Deputy Sheriff Al White chargee the San Francisco Fire Depariment with harboring a crimi- nal who is a fugitive from justice and in- terfering with officers. Detective Kiuger charges that a policeman refused to make an arrest of a fugitive from justice, whom he pointed out, without a warrant. These charges all grow out of the escape of four prisoners from the county jail some time last fall by cutting through the roof. One of these was Thomads J. Duffy, charged with bigamy. White says he saw Duffy in San Francisco, but he ran into a fire en- gine-house and the occupants refused to allow him to search the premises. Duify was formerly a member of the Sun Fran. cisco Fire Department, and White says he believes they are harboring him at present. To-day his mother-in-law called on Prosecuting Attorney Melvin and de- manded tue retvrn of the marriage license of Duffy and her daughter, which had been used as evidence against him. She did not get the marriage license. In 1869 much interest was excited in London by the sessions of adeaf and dumn debating club. == smart Broadway, New York, druggist has this sign hanging outside N his store; it marks the new era of drug selling, Is it any wonder that he has to enlarge his quar- ters, that his clerks are busy, and that his store is one of the most popular along the leading thor- oughfare? ou can afford to trade with a druggist that has such a motto as that. Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEABNY ST. Established in 1854 for the treatment of Private Diseases, Lost Manhood. Debility or disease wearing on bodyand mindnad Skin Diseases ‘I'he doctor cureswhen ‘Try him. Charges low. o4 arantced. Callorwrite, rancisco others fal Cures Dr.Jd. F. GEBBON, Box 1957, San F) — OCEAN STEASHIPS. PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY CUT RATES ——T O VICTORIA, B. C., and PUGET SOUND. First Class.... $8.00 Secomnd Class.. 83500 Meals and berth Included. Ticket Office—4 HMontgomuy Streots @OODALL, PERKINS & CO., General Agents O, . cc IN. ASTORIA AND PORTLAND. $2.50 Second Class, $5 Firsi Class, MEALS AND BERTHS INCLUDED. Columbta sails.. April 8 and 18 Etate of California salls <.....April 13 and 23 From Spear-st. Wharf (Pler 24) at 10 & 3. 600DALL, PERKINSE & CO,, Genl. Supts. F. F. CONNOR. General Agent, 630 Marikes street. PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY QUEAMERS WILL SAIL & FROM Broadway wharf, Say Franciaco, as follows: ¥or Mary Island, Loring, Wrangol. Junesu, Kll- llsno& and su;n (Alaska), &t 9 a. 3, April 14 , May 14, 2 For Victoria and Vanconver (B. C.), Port Town- send, Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Anacortes and New Whatcom (Bellingham _Bay, Wash.), 9 A. M April 4, 0. 14, 19, 24, and every fiftn day toereafter, connecting at Vancouver with the C. P. R.R. at Tacoma with N. P. R R, at Seattle with G. N. Ry., av Por: Townsend with Alaska steamers. For Eureka. Arcats and_ Flelds Landing (Hure: bold: Bay) str. Pomona, 2 P. ., Aprl 3, 7, 11 15.19, 24, 27, and every fourth day thereafter. For Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Simeon, Cayucos, Port Harford (San_ Luls Obispo), Gaviota, Sants Barbara, Ventura, Hueneme, San Pedro, East Saa Pedro (Los Angeies) ana Newport, at 9 A. 3., £pril 1. 5.9, 18, 17, 21, 25, 29 and every fourth thereafter. Tor San Diefo, stopping only st Port Harford (San_Luis Oblapo) ta Barbars, Por: Loy Angeles, Redondo { ngeles) and Newport, 11 M. April 3, 7. 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, nd A 3 every fourth day thereafter. ¥or knsenada, San Jose del Cabo, Mazatian, La Paz. Altata and Guaymas (Mexico), str. Orizaba, 10 A. .. April b, Ticke: office, Palace Hotel, 4 New Montgomery " reet. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Gen'l Agents. 10 Markot st. San Francisco, CEANIC S.S. CO. DAYS TO HONOLULU By S.S. AUSTRALIA. . 8. AUSTRALIA for HONOLULU only, Tues, April 28, at 10 A. . Speclal party rates. _ 8. S 'MARIFOSA salls via HONOLULU and AUCKLAND for SYDNEY, Thursday, April 30, 2P M. a6 16 COOLG ARDIE, Aust., and CAPETOWN, S.Afr. J.D. SPRECKELS & BROS. CO., Agts.. 114 Moatgomery st Freight Office, 327 Market st., San Francisco, COMPAGNIE GENERAL TRANSATLANTIQUE French Line to Havre. OMPANY'S PIER (NEW),42 NORTH River, foot of Morton st. ‘Travelers by this line &void both transit oy English railway the discomfort of crossing the channel in asmall boat. New YOrx to Alexandris, Egypt, via Parls, first-ciass $160: second-class, $116. GASCOGNE, Capt. Baudelon . e Aprll 11, AN April 183 ¥ further partic 0 P FORGET, Agent, No. 3 Bowling Green, New York. J. F. FUGAZL & CO., Agents, 6 Montgomery avenue, San Francisco. TWIN-SCREW EXPRESS Line from New York to herbourg, Faris & Hamburg. A. Victoria. Columbia.. I Cabin, §' upward; IL Cabin, § PLYMOUTH-LONDON. 414 h.. free of charge, by special train; annBouhG-:\nlizey, h. For passage apply to HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE 3T Broaiway, . Y O to Local Agents. ROYAL HAIL STEAN PACKET COMPANY. TEAMERS LEAVE ASPINWALL Siorinightly for the West Indles snd Southampton, calling en route at Cerbourgl France, and Plymouth to {and passengers. Through bills of lading, in connection with the S, issued for freight and treas and Germany. land o Francisco 1o Plymou puc ml‘ln: elm;n $1! w’:nh irther cul Ap] ARROTT & CO. e A 306 Calftasain'se VALLEJO, MARF ISLAND, *BENICIA, PORT C;)S!z\ AND CROCKETT. . MONTICELLO, Daily, except Saturday and Sunday—10:30 A and & r.. ; Saturday, 10:30 A, x., 3:30 £, M Sunday—$ P. A 4P onls. Landing, Mission 1, Pier 2. STOCKTON STEAMERS Leave Pier No. Washington Sty At 5 P. M. D-llya.-lixngln snn-.l:’y. 93 Accommodations Reserved by Telephons. STEAMER :: T, C. Walker. ‘Mary Garratt, JTelephone Main 508,