The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 20, 1896, Page 11

MORE CITY HALL FARCES The High School Is Now the Battle-Ground of the Officials. SOME FLORAL JUGGERNAUTS. Electric.-Car C mranies Are Still Dem- onstrating Ihe:r Superiority to the Law. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRrANCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, April 19. There has been a sufliciency of political sensations and scandals in this city to cause any one to think that anything ap- parently new must of necessity be a repe- tition of some old scheme. Thisis not the case, however, and the latest out in the City Hall farceis the most amusing of all. As usual it is Mayor Davie against the field, and as the Mayor and Council only just completed one year of office there can be no hove of result from the present ri- diculous campaign till next March. This being so the ordinary voters are taking it in and the professional politicians are looking on with mild indifference and making preparations to choose the next Legislature. It almost seems to have reached the point where the Council and Board of Works persistently oppose anything advo- cated by the Mayor merely because it is the plan of John L. Davie. The same would appear to be partly true of the other side. Oakland has never had a Mayor who made it his sole business to ive the municipality the services it pays or till it elected John L. Davie. Conse- quently the officiais have long been in the Labit of daing as they pleased and of re- senting any curbing of their arrogance as a display of impudence. Mr. Davie does not make a comfortable seat when sat upon, and, in consequence, the municipal reports and reports of_ spe- cial committees and the reports of Coun- cil and Board of Works meetings during the past year are the most puerile, undig- nified, useless and generally stupid con- | tributions to official archives that can pos- sibly be founa. The latest phase of this petty political warfare is the attempt to prove that the dollar tax hmit is not sufficient to run the city and not leave a deficit. At the present time but ten weeks of the fiscal year remaiu, and Superintendent McCly- | monds is already prophesying a deficit in the High School funds. If there be a | deficit the Mayor has proved that it is of McCiymonds” making, for he has dictated | the policy of the Board of Education for live years, until at the present time the salaries of teachers are 50 per cent higher than those of cther representative cities. The Mayor has compiled the following table, which Le declares is absolutely correct. T T | 55| 2a 3 13 Prack. | 82 =3 | 35| <» | |2l i3 Oakiand..... .| 800 $50.000 24 $1600 | Los ngeles | 836/ 40,000, 27/ 1100 | Sacramento. .. 266/ 12,000 "8 1000 | g 1000 | 1000 800 800 800 1200 Harrisburg, Pa. 800 | Cambridge. Mass. 1000 800 750 | 900 | 5 | 500 Haverhill, Mass.. 000| 10| 900 | XNashville, Tenb. | 000 11| 1000 | The Mayor oveniy declares that his colleagues are conspiring how to spend every available and unsvailable cent so that they can prove the jallacy of his $1 tax limit. Mr. Davie, of course, opposes ail expenditures that were not in the estimates, ana sends his communications anent them to the Council. That body ridicules them and passes them by witn a sneer. A few days ago Councilman Manuel, who had been delegated to inquire | into some charges brought by the Mayor against the Street Superintendent, pre- sented areport which was intended as an affront to the Mayor, and which reflected guite as much on the writer as on the ob- ject of his wrath. Such work has now be- | come s0 common that the same crowd that patronizes the police court now, troops into the Counci{’ chamber in the same spiri: as they would feel toward a circus. The killing of two bright little girls a | few weeks a2o is being forgotten, and the electric-cars are still rushing through the streets witiout guards and just as they | please. The ordinance requiring guards is said to be inoperative and the police and | the council throw the ball of responsibility | from one to the other with careless indif- ference. Last week an ordinance was | passed, however, which is operative if en- forced. It regulates the passing of cars and their passing of street crossings. It reads ‘‘to take eifect immediately afterits{ passage.” It was passed a week ago and | the cars, if possible, are dashing across | streets more carelessly than ever. The streetcar companies have notified the fete committee that they will get out and dec- | orate expensive cars to advertise the floral fiesta. The motive is a worthy one, but so long‘ as the shadows of frequent’ fatalities is | seen among the display of gayety sensible | people will consider that obedience to the | laws is more commendabie than a tawdry | display of finery. The floral cars will still | be juggernautls when they pass the homes where they have caused eternal sorrow. The everts of the past week have proved without a doudt that the Republican | party of Alameda County is in dire stralts | for want of a political Moses. The ma- | terial to form a party is here and the major portion of it is willing to pledge fealty to any able commander, but so far he is not in sight. The reorganizers have succeeded in disrupting the party and claum to have taken with them a majority of the party, but this is not borne out by yesterday’s primaries when only about 900 | voted in the city of Oakland outofan aver- age Republican vote of about 8000. This is not altogether a safeguard, as Oaklaunders never figure at primaries, but yesterday it was expected that at least a majority of Republicans wonld be on hand. As a matter of fact the new movement is composed of seven different factions in the | seven wards of the city, and each has 1its own special leader. Dr. Rabe leads the First, John A, Sands the Second, Fred E. Whitney the Third, W. R. Thomas th: Fourth,” W. H. Friend the Fifth. A. L. Davis the Sixth and George C. Pardee the Beventh. Now a head is required to unite these elements into a solid tront, but it is not easy to say who will completely fill the bill. There are many things to be taken into consideration. The natural man for the task is ex-Mayor Pardee, but he seemns far more inclined to be the power behind the throne than the figure-head. As & non- vartisan Mayor Pardee was a success, but as a Republican leader he would fignre in an entirely different rofe, To make a suc- cess of the reform branch requires a man of marvelous courage and executive abil- ity. He must bea political Reynard if he is to lead the party out of the morass into whieh they say it bas aescended. The old line bave eyerything to command. They have experienced politicians, men of nerve and force and strategists, and in addition they bave control of the party machinery, and evince a desire to retain it. The problem will be partly solved at to- yet who will preside, but as G. C. Pardee is a delegate ne cannot_serve, and itis not unlikely that County Clerk Jordan may be called upon. If Jordan be wise, he will not take such a prominent part. It cannot be denied, however, that the bolters are not so powerful as they believe they are, and should the right man be found the Republican party of this county will yet be harmonized, but eac day the chances for such a reconciliation are grow=- ing smaller. His Final Sermon. OAKLAND, Car., April 19.—Rey. C. E. Jefferson of Chelsen, Mass., preached his last. trial sermon in the First Congrega- tional Church to-night. There will bea vote of the coneregation taken shortly after his departure to decide whether or not to exlen(!)nim a call. e DEAD IN HIS CELL Jailer White's Grewsome Discovery in the Padded Cell Yesterday OAKLAND, April 20.—Frank 8. Koeble was found dead in the padded cell at the County Jail this morning. Koeble was arrestea yesterday in Ala- meda and was booked for insanity. The jailer thought that it was a case of de- lirium tremens and placed him in a cell, but as he was rather violent he was re- moved to the dded cell last night. Whoen Jailer White visited him this morn- ing he was dead and had expired several hours previously. The body was taken to the Morgae and an inquest will be held. Koeble was arrested yesterday on com- laint of his wife, who said he had been grinking heav He lived on a little ranch on Central avenue off the San Le- andro road and leaves one child. Itis supposed that death was caused by alco- holism. THERE WAS NO RIVAL BAND. Joaquin Miller's Nearest Saloon Visited by Salvationis OAKLAND, Cav., April 19.—The Her- mitage, a well-known resort in Upper Fruityale, was visited to-day by a detach- ment of Salvationists and & quiet meeting was held. The proprietor of the place, knowing that they were coming, caused it to be widely circulated and announced the fact tnat he had engaged a brass band from San Francisco to offset the army band. A sensational story to this effect was pubiished this morning and a tremen- dous crowd was drawn to the resort, but the proprietor had not a vestige of a band, and the ingennity of the host was well re- paid. The Salvationists beld a quiet little meeting about half a mile away and the great battle of bands was proved to have existed only in the mind of Boniface. FABIOLA'S FLORAL TRATH, It Will Parade Through the City for Two Days Before May Day. All Entries for the Bicycle Events Cose Next Friday Night. Some of the Features. OAxLAND OFFIcE SAx FRANCISCO Cu,r.,t> 908 Broadway, April 19. Several of the electric street railroad companies have decided to furnish a car beautifully decorated for the purpose of | creating enthusiasm for the Fabiola fete on May day. Thecompanies will each try to surpass the other in the beauty of their designs and for two days the floral train, with musical accompaniment, will parade | through the city. The Eastern bicycle parade will be held on Wednesday night and will attract large crowds, as three handsome trophies willjve given. The Ladies’ Auxiliary have re- tained all rights regarding refreshments so as to nvokf the criticism caused by the famine prices of lastyear. The committee on bicycle events, com- posed of G. F. Neece, W. E. Griffiths and A. P. Swain, has appointed the following officials for bicycle 1aces: Judges—F. H. Kerrigan, B. C. W.; A. P. Swain, Acme; W, E. Grifiths, R. A.C.; R.M. Welch, B. C. W.; H. M, White, 0. Timérs—George A. Strong, R 4. C.; G.P. Wetmore, B. C. W.; M. A. Widden, Acme; H. F. Wynue, C.: G.'W. Pollard, G. C. Clerks—C. J. Beiloli, 8.J. R. C.; G. L. Hall, C. W.; E. Johnson, Acm ‘Umpires—W. H. Tucker, L. C. C.; F. W. Bretz, 0. g.;“;!ohn Burke, C. C. C. C.; H. Haudenfelt, 0.C. W. Starter, D. C. Van Court, Acme; assistant starter, M. E. Games, Acme. All entries close next Friday night. Th= following paragraph from the circu- lar sent out by the ladies gives some idea of the events that are being preparea: *'The experience of last year will enable the present committee, with co-operation of the citizens of Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, 8an_Lorenzo, Haywards, Niles, Livermore and other communities in our banner county of Alameda, to make the coming fete a greater success than that of last year. ‘‘There will be a parade of florel deco- rated eguipages, bicycles, ete.; athletics by the State University team, steeple-chase races by the Burlinzame Country Club, and bicycle races by crack riders of the United States. The National Circuit of the League of American Wheelmen will open here. There will be sextuple and uadruple races. It will be a great day or Oakland and Alameda County. May we not have your co-operation by partici- pating, either individually or with friends, with a floral decorated equipage? Suit- able trophies will be awarded in the differ- eut classes.” WORKING ON THE COMET. State University Astronomers Comput- ing Its Orbit. BERKELEY, CaL, April 19.—The as- tronomers at the State University are busily engaged in computing the orbit of the new comet in the northern skies, which was observed or rather discovered at the Mt. Lowe observatory a few nights ago. Itis believed that the cometis ap- proaching the earth and that it will be visible in a short time. It is impossible to determine as yet whether or not 1t is a large one from the fact that all the data have not been furnished the computors. It will be a question of only two or three days after all the data regarding the comet. have arrived from Mt. Hamilton that Pro- fessor Leuschner and his assistants will be able to determine its exact location with respect to the earth and its detailed characteristics. Greatest General of the War. - I donot risk anything in saying that the greatest general we had. greater than Grant or Thomas. was Abraham Lincoln. This Was not so at the beginning, but after three or four years of this constant practice of the art of war he arrived at this supreme knowledge of it, so that Molke was not re- ally a better peneral or ap abler planner of a campaign than President Lincoln was. To sum it up, he was a born leader of men, He knew human nature. He knew what chord to strike and he was never afraid to strike it when he believed the time to do 80 had arrived.—From a lecture by Charles A. Dana. ———— Napoleon's Lack of Delicacy. Apropos of Napoleon’s lack of delicacy, it is said thationce in the Tuileries the Em- peror addressed one of his court ladies, not renowned for purity,with the words, “You are iond of men, I understand?” “Yes; when they are polite,” was the rejoinder. At Erfurt Talleyrand gave the same ex- lanation of his master's yagaries, “We rench are more civilized than our mon- arch,” he said to Montgeles, tLe Bavarian Minister of State; “his is only the civiliz- ation of Roman history.”—"Life of Napo- miorrow’s convention. It'is not known leon,”” by Professor Sloane, in the Century. THE SAN FRANCISCO.CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1896 DEDICATED BY LUTHERANS The New First Church Formally Accepted by the Synodic Officials, MANY ADDRESSES OF WELCOME The Key of the Pretty Edifice Is Handed Over to the Building Committee. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, April 19, } The First English Lutheran Church was dedicated this afternoon by the members of the synod, which had just adjourned San Jose. The pretty building, which is the first one built by the Lntherans in this city, has been in use for several months, but the formal dedication was reserved till to- day, so that several officers high in the councils of the church might be present. After the hymn following the opening services several local pastors made speeches of greeting and congratulation. Among those who did so were Dr. McLean, Dr. R. ¥. Coyle, Dr. Kummer, Revs. J. C. Hobart, J. M. French, A. Gatho, A. M. Le Veau. When the gifts and subscriptions were taken up a substantial part of the debt ne%essary to equip the church was real- 1zed. Christian Schreiber, one of the trustees of the church, presented the keys to the building committee and the formal dedica- tory prayers completed the ceremony. The ladies had decorated the church with neat taste, and the unpleasant weather of the past week certainly bad no effect so far as the profusion of flowers was concerned. This eyening special services were held. Rev. H. L. Yarger, western secretary of the board of church extension, preached tne dedicatory sermon. Rev. W. 8. Hoskins of Bacramento delivered the charge to the astor, Rev. J. E. Bushnell, and G. G. urnett of the First English Lutberan Church of San Francisco delivered the charge to the congregation. If the advice of these two speakers be followed there will never be any dissension among the ‘worshipers at the new church. GRANT, THE MAN, His Style of Living and Dressing, as Told by a Veteran. Here is a story of U. 8. Grant, told by George B. Merrick of Chicago, a veteran and an editor: *‘Before the war I ‘ran the river,’ as steamboating was known in the early days. My first acquaintance with the greatest military genius of modern times began while engaged 1n that business, be- tween 1857 and 1861. During one season I was running as second clerk on the steamer Fanny Harris. We ran into Galena, seven miles up Fever River, then a navigable stream. Galena was at that time a dis- tributing point, as well as a center of the lead industry. Among its wholesale firms was that of Grant & Son, leather, saddlery and harness dealers, and among their em- ployes was the future gemeral of our armies. He was then shipping clerk. As ‘mud clerk’ it was my duty to check up all shipments as the goods were hauled to the | levees on drays, and receipt for the same to the shipper. U. 8. Grant was the clerk to whom the boy receipted for Grant & Son’s shipments. Remembering him, as I1do now, as only one of many business men with whom I came in contact, my impression is not as distinct as it is of tue general whom I last met at Washington in 1866. My impression is that the last time | I saw bim 1n Galena he had a mustache, { not the full beard familiar to the men of | Vicksburg, Chattanooga and Petersburg. | “When the war opened we all went our ways, and the name of Grant at Belmont awakened no response in the mind of the cub pilot on the Mississippi, conn: cting the fighting colonel with the saddlery | business at Galena. Our chief pilot, Tom Burns, had raised a company at Gaiena, composed princlpalls of river men, pilots, engineers, mates and roustabouts, and his name was greater than Grant’s among the river men who had not yet caught the war fever. “In February, 1864, I was detailed from the West to the War Department for spe- | cial service. Grant had madea greatname as a fighter and a winner of pattles. There was much discussion among the detailed wen as to his probable success in handling | the Army of the Potomac. It was claimed | by the Eastern men that he had fought | only the second-rate military men in the | West. When he met Lee he would fail, as | other promising generals had failed. We Western men inthe War Department main- tained that he would whip Lee, as Le had Johnson, Beauregard, Bragg and Pember- ton; cr, failing, it wouid be because e did not have his Western troops to back him. “I saw Grant at City Point in 1864 after | the repulse at Petersburg sand once or twice at Washington during the months | following. It was not untl after the fall of Richmond and the surrender of John- ston that I met the Galena man to speak | with him. ‘It will be remembered that after the assassination of President Lincoln men | held their breath, wondering what would | be the outcome. All eyes were turned upon Grant. The volunteers’ estimate of the loyaity and patriotism of Andy John- son in that crisis was not high. ad the threatenied differences come to a choice between Johnson and Grant the army would assuredly have followed Grant, and | no one will question that Grant would have done what he deemed best for the | Union. It was at this time that I resumed my acquaintance with Grant, ‘Many War Department employes lunched at a little oyster-house on G street, just off Seventeenth. We dined in a very democratic manner, standing at a tail | counter and eating half a dozen raw and | drinking a cup of coffee. Ignoring t.e | high-priced and high-toned restaurants, | General Grant sauntered over from his headquarters in the Windsor building, and, standing at the counter, finished his half-dozen like the rest of us, took a cigar and walked around the block for exercise. I was dressed in a private’s uniforin, and knew the far-apartness of a boy in the ranks and a lieutenant-general, but, pre- suming on the fact that the war was over and upon the common interest we had in old times in Galena, I one day took my | stand alongside the general, and dur- [ ing a pause in the lunch I intro- duced myself. Atonce General Grant was a shipping clerk in Galena, and as eager to know the fate of the river captains, clerks ane pilots, mutual acquaintances, as I was wiiling_to communicaie what I knew of them. We ¢ atted for fully half an hour, discussing the changes that the war ha made in the circle of our acquaiutances and the changes that had already come, or would come, to the West and to the com- merce of the Mississippi. “I saw the general often after that dur- ing the two years of my stay in Washing- ton, but never again spoke with him. The fact of his democratic style of living and dressing, for he never wore his uniform buttoned and laced as the regulations re- quired, and bis condescension, as it might be deemed, in conversing with a private in a public place, all indicated 4 character uninfluenced Ly changed conditions and untainted by success. The political and scholastic biography of Grant will deline- ate him as a grea t general planning cam- aigns and winning battles; the popular Exulor which will take hold on the lives as wel{us the imaginations of the young men of tne Nation, as well as upon the in- terest of the old men who foliowed him, will show bim to have been a plain man, hard-working, sometimes unfortunate in 11 business, determined, persistent, ¢ourte- ous, interested in common affairs as well as in great, doing_his whole duty in many and varied conditions of life, and, dying, worthy to rank with other our great men, ‘Washington and Lincoln.” ——————— BALLAST FOR DUOKS. A Scientific Discovery That Elucidated a Puzzling Mystery. “Few people credit a duck with the sense he really possesses,” said Frank Ozenne, a disciple of Nimrod. ‘For years Ihad been wondering what had caused the presence of a good-sized pebble-bank on the shore of the lake in the Grandivola section of the Louisiana marsh., Had it been a sandbank I could have understood it, but it was composed of pebbles, all over, very much alike, rounded and smooth ' almost to a size, and appar- ently differing from the small stones found in the gravel-beds of the South. Several of the hunters in that section had seen the pebble beach and, like myself, they could not understand 1t. Ali winter long it seemed fresher than at other times, and during the summer the grass would kinder cover its upper portion and the mud from the fresh water dim the luster of the stones near the edge. There was not another beach like it in the marsh. “One winter, in fact it was just when the first cold spell had struck us, I was hunt- ing with afriend in the lake I spoke of. It was one of the finest duecking spots in the State. This was before they had begun to make glue from the eggs in Canada. When we reached the lake there was not a duck to be seen. *The next morning I was hiding in the grass near the pebble beach when I heard a sound of wings and a large flock of mal- lard settled near me. Before [ could raise my gun the entire lot walked out on the pebble beach and, to my astonishment, began to disgorze a lot of smail stones like the ones aiready there. Thisoccupied but a short time and the flock began quacking and sailed into the lake and fahou several. This settled the mysiery of the pebble beach. £ ‘‘In the spring I was again hunting in the lake, and when the first warm weather came the ducks began to go home. They would come to the beach, and after a few preliminaries swallow a lot of pebbles, then fly around for a few minutes 1n order to see if their balance was aliright. If they were too heavy they would disgorge a few stones, or if 100 light swallow a half dozen more. I found by observation that in order for the ducks to make long flights it was necessary for them to fill up with a cer- tain number of stones to secure a proper equilibrium for the return trip. Xlurx found this out I al'waxs had plenty of game to show my friends.””—New Orleans Times-Democrat. FATHER YORKE O SPE He Has Been Asked to Address the Grand Council Y. M. L. at Haywards. Ladies Promise That the Decoration of the Church Will Surpass Any- thing Yet Szen. HAYWARDS, CAL., April 19.—The com- mittee having the matter in charge has requested Rev. Peter C. Yorke to deliver the address to the delegates of the State Council of the Y. M. I. that meets here on May 19, and it is regarded as certain that he will accept. The controversy in which Father Yorke recently engaged in TrE CALr bas made his writings familiar to Catholics all over the State, and there is a general desire among the delegates to hear him speak. The finance committee that started out a few days ago to collect the promised sub- scriptions met with extraordinary success, and all doubt regarding adequate enter- tainment for the delegates 1s at an end. In a few days the erection of the arch of welcome will be commenced and prepara- tions will be made for decorating the town. The ladies have promised that the church shall be decorated as never church was decorated before. They are preparing some floral designs that are said to be unique and which will not bs seen till the church opens for high mass on the day the Grand Institute opens. The preparations for the event are not confined to any creed, but everybody irre- spective of belief, has entered into the af- fair and is working for the success of the gathering, all realizing that they are equally interested in having a good report of the town carried away by the returning delegates. Arrangements have been made so that all who attend can be accommodated and there will be neither crowding nor over- charging. SUIT FOR A PERNY. The Coin Was Over Nine Hundred Years In the Westminster County Court yes- | terday his Honor, Judge Lumley Smith, Q. C., tried the case of “Spink vs. Cress- wetl,”” which was an action brought by Messrs. Spink & Son, numismatists of Piccadilly, W., to recover three guineas, the value of an Athelstan penny, from the Rev. Dr. Cresswell, who resides at Cromer. Mr. Jones, solicitor to the plaintiff firm, said they published what was known as Spink’s Numismatic Circular. A “Not- tingham was described there, and on January 2 the defendant wrote to the plaintiffs asking that the coin might be sent on approval. ‘The coin, a King Athelstan venny, was sent, On January 6 the defendant wrote, saying: “The coin you sent me gave way in the wadding.”’ The plaintiffs received it by post and found that it had been broken, and they’ now sought to recover its value from the defendant. 3 i Charles Frederick Spink, a member of the plaindff firm, bore out that statement and added that he had twenty-two years’ experience. The penny was sent by reg- istered letter in wadding. That was the usual method of transit for coins and this | was the first one tnat had been damaged. He produced the coin. His Honor—Do you call that a coin? It is as thin as a piece of tissue paper, Was it originally thin? Mr. Spink said it was originally thin, and in answer to further questions from his Honor'said it was English and dated about 900. Dr. Cresswell said he was a col- lector of coins and other curiosities. He was desirous of having the coin in ques- tion and received it by registered post en approval. Ultimately he decided to send it back to the plaintiffs and put it in some wuddxfig and inclosed it in a small envel- ope. e then put it between his finger and thumb and telt it, to make sure it had not slip oat, and he felt it crumble away. He used no undue pressure. He put it in a box and returned it to the plaintiffs. Mr. Jones submitted that under the sale of goods act the defendant was liable. He had adopted the article. Fur- ther, he was negligent in pressing the comn and breaking it. He then proceeded to cite cases in support of his contention that defendant was lLiable as a bailee for award. His Honor decided against Mr. Jones throughout. This old penny had kept together over 900 Furs and then the time came when it fell to pieces, and he believed it received a shock to the svstem in the post. He was of the opinion that.a registered envelope was not a safe way of sending it, and he found for the defendant, with costs.—London Times. —— Bankruptey returns show that the farm- ers are stiil among the most unfortunate class. In arecent period of three months over ninety farmers in England and Wales confessed themselves finan: ruined. ¥ ENCINAL YACHT CLUB Opening of the Season Marred by High Winds and Choppy Seas. Second Preduction of the Operetta to a Crowded House—More Fire Exits. ALAMEDA, Cavn, April 19.—The En- cinal Yacht Club opened its season yester- day afternoon by tendering a reception to its many friends at their club house. Old Boreas was not invited, but he came along, however, with a driving galeand a choppy sea that made the onlookers shiver in their friezes, restricted the number of sight-seers and curtailed the afternoon’s programme coansiderably. The Commo- dore’s El Sueno, not having forgotten her early appetite for the mud, refused to leave her winter quartersat High street: consequently the parade as arranged for did not come off. Vice-Commodore E. K. Taylor and Stanley Stephenson on the Emerald and Captain Hanley on the **Caprice’’ contrived to interest the spec- tators with their skill and daring. 8. Stephenson fell off the Emerald into the water and continued to swim until he got into the yacht’s skuiff, which had been cut loose. He refused to be lifted out of the briny by a boathook manipulated by one not in the Know, but got into the skift eventu- ally. Captain Hanley picked tip his painter and chased after the Emerald, some three miles out. Calculating the distance toa hair's breaath he brought the Caprice round to the wind, dropped the painter and left Stephenson nothing to do but step on bbard the Emerald. Thecaptain’s skill was much applauded. In the evening a much larger attendance experienced the hospitality of the club. F. R. Ziel, with stereopticon views of a nautical nature; H. Melville of Oak- land, Alex Rosfnrough the Philomela Quartet, Acme Quartet, dnyum John Leal of the Bay City and (éhules}!nrt rendered a choice selection of songs. Afterward daucing to the strains of Yanke's orches- tra concluded the festivities. “The Rival Queens.’ ALAMEDA, Cav., April 19.—Linderman Opera-house was packed to the doors last night long before the curtain was raised for the second production of the operetta “The Rival Queens.” As might be ex- pected it ran more smoothly, and every one was high)!iv delighted with the per- formance. iss Maud Brennan danced the cachuca in a way that few profession- als ever excel. This little lady has also the honor of being the first one to make a voluntary contribution toward the fitting out of the “Alameda bed,” her gift being a hot-water bottle and mackintosh sheet. A great many remarks are current about the want of proper fire exits in both the Opera-house and Armory Hall. 1f ever a fire should occur the loss of life would be appalling, as the stairways in both halls are far too narrow and crooked to allow of the galleries being emptied readily and nlelfly. It is said there is no fire ordinance affecting the question, and a conflict of opinion exists as to whose duty it is to see that due provision is made for minimizing such a danger. The Encinal Hall Ball.} ALAMEDA, CaAL., April 19.—~The U. O. R. M. ball in connection with the opening of Encinal Hall last night was a great suc- cess. Over eighty couples took possession of the floor till well into the earlg hours. The music was augplied by A. Paulson’s band and Messrs. C. W. Petry, T. W. Ley- decker, F. Cattermole and W. Kalmass duly attended to the comfort of the guests. Latest News Notes. ALAMEDA, Can, Aonl 19—A man named Peter Mny was lodged in the City Jail this morning by Officer Keyes as being a yagrant. Information reached this city to-day that the unfortunate man, F. 8. Koeppele, who said he was robbed yesterday, and later on was arrested as a lunatic, died shortly after admission to the County Jail. ———————— THE LANDLORD'S JOKE. It Is Harmless, and He Has Worked It Many Years. James F. Moses has been landlord of the good, old-fashioned Bucksport tavern known as the Robinson House for thirty- six years. Just how far back in history he conceived the ingenious **April-fool” joke is uncertain, but a gray-haired citizen was caugbt by it on April 1 for the twenty- third consecutive year, according to un- doubted authority. The hotel is of the old-style hospitable front, with a piazza running the whole length, from which open two large doors. In winter these are protected by portable, boxlike storm porches, about the width of the doors and four feet deep. The door opening into the office is in constant use, | and it is here that the trap for the unwary | is set. As often as the 1st of April rolls around the veteran hotel-keeper has the porch at the office door moved along the piazza to the left, so that it faces the blank broad- side of the house. Projecting sufficiently to hide the oftice door from a person ap- proaching from up street, it makes the de- lusion more effectual. The snare is hardly set before, perhaps, up comes one of the grocery delivery wagons. The driver leaps from his seat, grabs two or three baskets and bundles, | stumbles up the steps, kicks the door open | and goes into the trap ‘‘all over,” as the heavy-weighted door slams behind him. Next, probably, comes along one of the leisure population, who thinks to drop in and look over the fi°§" and have a chat. He opens the porch door deliberately and shuts it behind him, carefully wipes his feet and fumbles over the cold white clap- boards for the door-latch, and then remem- bers the old, old, but ever new joke. The train is in, and along comes a pha- lanx of the knights of the grip. The leader acutely recognizes the plot as one which cost him many a cigar a year ago, and he resolves to make a wholesale slaughter of the rest of “‘the b?s." There are half a dozen or more, and by shrewd tactics he gets them in a group, “Now boys,” says he, *‘let’s all get in a bunch and pile into the office all at once and holler, ‘Hullo, old Jed!’” All agree to it. **Now charge!’ There is a rush, and in a secona_all but one are flounderinfz in a confused heap in the 4 by 6 box, while the cause of the com- motion slips into the best room and is well settled before the confused contingent gets umnngledh and with battered hats and wrath in their eyes swarm in. And so itjgoes ali_day long. Landlord Moses, from his chairin the reading-room, chuckles and haw-baws at the success of his little scheme, although it is whispered that he was by a very deep-laid plot in- veigled into his own trap himself, and that he had to go down cellar and bring up something to square matters.—Lewiston Journal. —————— When You Cut Your Nails Monday you cut them for news. Tuesday a pair of new shoes. ‘Wednesday cut them for health. Thursday cut them for wealth. Ffld:é' cut them’ for wogi‘ L Saturday a journey you’ll g Sundnyyyoul:ut th’;m for evil, for all the week you will be ruled by the devil, There are, however, some seers who, lacking the power to rhyme, aver that: Monday you cut them for health. Tuesday you cut them ior wealth. Wednesday vou cut them for news. Thursday, Friday and Saturday you cut them for bad luck. 3 Sunday you will do evil before the week is out, or something you will be ashamed of. e The ears of the garden slug are located in his neck. Huction Jales PAVILION AUCTION HOUSE. 818-321 Sutter Street, above Grant ave. AT SALESROOM THIS DAY, MONDAY, at 10:30 . 3., I will sell two Upright Pianos, three Oak Parlor Sets, Odd Parlor Pieces, Etchings, Engravings, Fancy Tables; Oak, Cherry 2nd Walnot Chamber Sets; Chiffonieres, Couches, Lounges, Hair and Wire Maitresses, Pillows, Blaukets; about 500 vards Body Brusseld Carpet: Ranges, etc.; aiso one Hational Cash Register and three Safes. S. BASCH, Auctioneer. M. J. SIMMONS AUCTION (0., INC., . WIII gell this day, MON DAY, April 20, 1896, at 11 o'clock A. M., at 'salesroom, ‘1057 Market street, Handsome Upright Plano; 8 Oak, Walnut and Cherry Bedroom Suits; Fancy 04d_Pieces Up- holstery: Mantel Top; Wardrobes; Chiffonieres; Sideboards, Hatracks and Bookcases: 0dd Bed: Bureaus and Washstands: Clipper - spring and Curled-hair Top Mattresses; Fine Cooking Range with waterback: Carpets, Crockery, etc. H. 8. KOZMINSKY, Auctioneer. ELEGANT FURNITURE THIS DAY AT 11 A, M., OF 20 ROOMS At 303 Sutter St., Near Grant Ave. EDWARD 8. SPEAR & 00, Auctioneers, 31 and 33 Sutter Street. TELEPHO! MAIN, 5181 POLICE SALE. THIS DAY, -e.. April 20, 1898, At 10 A. M., In our salesrooms, 31 and 83 SUTTER ST, +<..WE WILL SELL.... BY ORDER OF A. C. WIDBER, Treasurer of the City and County of San Francisco, Sundry Articles of Stolen and Unclaimed Jewelry, Watches, Pistols, Knives,Clothing, Ete., Hecovered by the Police. EDWARD 8. SPEAR & CO., Auctioneers, 31 and 33 Satter street. S EXECUTRIX OF THE E<TATE OF WIL- LIAM GALVIN, deceased, I will sel! at pubiic auction for cash, all the real property of said estate (22.75 acres) on TUESDAY, April 21, 1896, at 10 A. M., 0n the premises {n San Pablo Ranchoin Con- tra Costa County, Callfornia, at place on east side of San Pablo avenue, aboat 1200 feet north of school- house on said east side. FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, Auctioneer, Choice land; good guality: near city: a bargain; 19 Montgo: tre. come and see. © ANN 8. GALVIN, Execats: PROPOSALS, PROPOSALS—Continued. 125 dozen Clark's O, N. T. Spool Cotton, assorted SUPPILIES | oombenandoons 5 dozen Handkerchiefs, ladles’. FOR THE 20 dozen Handkerchiefs, men's Turkey red, 24 STATEINSAEASYLUM AT AGNEWS. Commencing May 1, 1896, and Ending September 30, 1896. [ OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT SEALED proposals will be received at the office of the Becretary of the Board of Trustees of the State In- sane Asylum ot Agnews, No. 32 East Santa Clara street, San Jose, up to 3 o'clock P. M. of TUES- DAY, APRIL 21, 1886, and at the Asylum at Agnews up to 10380 oclock 4. u of WEDNES- DAY, APRIL 22, 1896 (Asylum time), for furnish- ing supplies for said Asylum for the six months Commencing May 1, 1806, and ending September 30, 1896, said proposals consisting of the following scheaule, and Lo be delivered as ordered: Grooeries. 6000 pounds Beans, small white No. 1, last crop. 4 dozen Bath Brick. 1000 pounds Crackers, Sods, net weight. 250 pounds Corn Starch, Kingsford's, 1-pound papers. 400 pounds Cheese, best quality, Californta. 40 pounds Candles, Stearic Wax, 20-pound boxes, 16 ounces. 50 gallons Coal O1l, 150 degrees test 48 pounds Chocolate, Eagle, 1-pound papers. 100 pounds Germea. 3 pounds Hominy, large. 15 gross Matches, Diamond Match Co.’s three noes, Safety. 4 dozen bottles Lucca Oll, quarts, Cross & Black- well. 2 dozen bottles Olive Ofl, Quito farm, Goodrich’s lar, pounds Pearl Barley, No. 3. 800 gallons Pickles, No. 1 mixed, n barrels. 8 boxes Ralsius, -crown loose, 50-pound boxes. 5000 pounds Rice, Sandwich Islands, No. 1. 1000 pounds Split Peas. 9000 pounds Sugar, dry granulated, extra fine, 15,000 pounds Sugar, Golden C. 200 pounds Sugar, cube. 00 pounds Sugar, powdered. 1200 gallons Syrup, Golden, 30 gallons to the rrel. 72 pounds Soda, Bi-carbonate, 1-pound papers. flake. 600 pounds Taploca, fiake. 200 gallons Vinegar, wine, 40 deg. test. 3 dozen bottles Worcestershire Sauce, Lea & Per- rin's. pints. 6 cases Oysters, 12 ounces, No. 1, Farren's. Macaroni and Vermicelli. 1000 pounds Macaroni, white, No. 1, 25-pound boxes, net. 1000 pounds Vermicelll, white, No. 1, 26-pound boxes, net. Canned Goods. 10 cases Canned Apricots, standard, gallons. 10 cases Canned Corn, Winslow's. 10 cases Canned Peaches, standard, gallons. 8 cases Jellies, assorted. Dried Fruit. 2000 pounds Dried Apples, sliced, No. 1. 1000 pounds Dried Apricots, bleached, No. 1. 100 pounds Dried Currants, Zante, No 1. 1000 pounds Dried Peaches, bleached, No. 1. 87000 pounds Dried Prunes, California French, 60 10 70. Coffee, Tea, Spices, Ete. 1000 pounds Coffee, Java. 4000 pounds Goffee, Guatemala. 1600 pounds Chicory. 500 pounds Tes. A. Schilling & Co’s Popular 0. 4. 1\"’?2 pounds Tea. Diamond M., E. B. Congou, flmgmmdl Baking Powder, Pioneer or Golden Gate, 5-pound cans. 50 ‘pounds Cinnamon, ground. A. Schilling & Co's best. 3-pound cans. 20 pounds Ginger, ground. A. Schilling & Co.’s best. 3-pound cans. 100 pounds Mustard, ground. A. Schilling & Co.’s best. 8-pound cans. 250 pounds Pepper, black, ground. A. Schilling & Co.'s best. 3-pound cans. 2 dozen botties Extract of Lemon. A.Schilling & Co.’s best triple, 32-ounce bottles. 2 dozen bottles Extract of Vanilla. A. Schilling & Co.’s best triple, 32-ounce bottles. Fresh Beef, Mutton, Ete. 100,000 pounds, Fresh Beet, No. 1, all steers, from 500 pounds to 700 pounds, delivered in sides, 5000 pounds - No. 1 Fresh Mutton, delivered whole. 5800 pounds No. 1 Fresh Veal, dressed, delivered whole, Roll Butter. 2600 pounds Fresh Fancy California Butter. Keg Butter, 10,000 pounds First class Butter. California Keg Eggs. 4000 dozen Fresh California Eggs. Potatoes. 110,000 pounds No. 1 Burbank Potatoes. Hams, Bacon, Lard and Pork. €00 pounds Bacon, Light Breakfast, bidders to state brands. 2500 pounds Hams, bidders to state brands. 1000 pounds Lard, Pure Leaf, in tierces. 6 barrels Salt Pork, extra clear. Salt ¥ 600 pounds Codfish, Callfornla, ‘selected. 100 pomr cases to run 18 fish or less to case, last catch. 5 haif-barrels Mackerel, No. 1, 100 pounds net each barrel Fresh Fish. 10,000 pounds Fresh Fish, No. 1 assorted. Flour, Grain, Eto. 15,000 ponnds Ground Barley. 6000 pounds Corn Meal. 6000 pounds Gat Meal, extra. 6000 pounds Cracked Wheat. 25,000 pounds Bran. 8 barrels Kolled Oats. 600 barrels Fl.ur, bakers’ extra. 2400 pounds Graliam Flour, 6000 pounds What Chewing Tobacco. gounds Drammond Tobacco Company's e £00 Horse Smoking Tobacco and Pipes. 350 pounds Plug Cut, in 1-pound packages; bid- ers 10 submit samples. 6 gross Clay Pipes. 1. D. Soap, Lye and Soda. hm:o boxes of Star of Kitchen Soap, 20 bars to the box. u?flbohoxn Ivory Soap, laundry size, 100 bars to X o 1500 pounds Laundry Soap, Tischer's. 200 nl:'s conuntmodwnye, American, one-pound cans. Laundry Sepplies. 1 case Chloride of Lime, 24 ten-pound cans. 2 cases Caustic Soda, 24 ten-pound cans. 1 case Caustic Potash, 12 twenty-pound cans. 5 pounds Blueing, Aniline K. 850 pounds Laui Starch, Palmetto brand. ‘200 pounds Wheat Starch, fifty-pound boxes. 28 pounds ]lm Wax, 3 ‘pounds Sal Soda. Dry Goods. 400 yards Bed Ticking, Amoskeag, A. C. A., 38 inches wide. 200 yards Crash, linen, 18 inches wide. 300 'yards Denims, Pearl River Indigo Blue, 28 inches wide. s 500 yards Sheeting, Indian Head, 4-4 unbleached. 100 yards Pequot, 5-4 bleached. 800 yards Pequot, 7-4 bleached. 500 yards Pequot, 7-4 unbleached. 300 yards Muslin, Lonsdale, 36 inches wide. 200 yards Prints, 32 iuches wide. ‘”}00 yards Ginghams, Amoskeag, staple, assorted lors. 2 dozen Corsets, large size. 8 dozen Corset Stecls. 2 dozen Steel Thimbles, large sizes. 5 dozen Buttonhole Twist. 25 pounds Cotton Batting, medium. 50 Darning Cotton. inches. 8 dozen Halrpins, K. & B., assorted, No. 100. 85 dozen palr Ladies’ Hose, gray mixed. 1000 dozen Needles, Millward’s assorted sizes. 2 gross Pins, Wallace & Sons, No. F. 8. C., 334 20 gross Buttons, pants. 6 gross Buttons, horn, coat and vest. 25 gross Buttons, agate, dress and shirt, No. 40. Clothing. 100 dozen palr gray mixed cotton Socks. 10 dozen Overalls, duck, canton flannel lined, log 80 10 34, walst 32 10 44. 8 dozen pair Suspenders, average and extra lengths. Brush; 4 dozen Hair Floor Bru 2 dozen Counter Brush & dozen Scrub Brushes. 1 dozen Shoe Brushes. 8 dozen Combination Mop Handles. Brooms. 16 dozen California Brooms. The Industeial Home for the Adult Blind, No. 1, Excelsior. 1dozen Whisk Brooms. 3 strings. Crockery and Glassware. 8 dozen Dinner Plates, 8-inch. 8 dozen Soup Plates, S-inch. 3 dozen Vegetable Dishes, 9-inch. " 1 dozen Piatters, 12-inch. 8 dozen Sauce Dishes, small. 12 dozen Cups and Saugers. 8 dozen Glass Tumblers. Tinware. 5 dozen Galvanized Iron Buckets, 3 gallons, No. 24 fron. 5 dozen Galvanized Iron Chambers, 834-inch top, Tinch bottom. 614 inches high, No. 26 iron. 0 dozen Pint Tin Cups, X tin. 1 dozen tin Coffee Pots, 3 gallons, XXX tin. 1 dozen Tin Syrup Cans, 2 gallons, XX tin. 1 dozen Sonp Cans. 3 gallons, XXX tin 1dozen Milk Cans, 3 gallons, XX tin. Wood. 200 cords Pine Wood. Sald wood shall not be under 8 Inches or over 10 inches in thickness and shali be strictly No. 1. Engine-Room Coal. 150 tons Engine-Room Coal, 2240 pounds to the ton. Bidders specify kind and quality. To be delivered in carload lots and weighed on Asylum scales. Gas Coal. 100 tons Gas Coal, 2240 pounds to the ton. Bid- ders specify kind and qualicy. To be delivered in carload lots and weighed on Asylum scales. Range Coal. 40 tons screened coal, 2240 unds to the ton. Bidders specify kind and quality. ‘To be delivered in carload lois and weighed on Asylum scales. The above-named articles are all tobe of the best qualities, subject to the approval of the Medical Director, and to be delivered at the Asylum at such times and in such quantities as he may desire. And it Is expressiy understood that it a greater or less quantity of any article than apove mentioned shall be required by the Medical Director, the same shall be furnished by the con- tractor at the contract price. The contracts will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, and no_bid will be received or considered unless accompanied by a certified check 1n an amoant equal to 10 per cent of the bid or bids presented, which amount_shall be forfeited to the people of the State of California as seitled, fixed and liquidated damages in case the bidder to Whom the award of contract is made shall fail or refuse 10 enter into such contract and furnish such bonds for the faithful performance of the same as the Board of Trustees may require within five days after such award. Supplies only to be re- ceived between 8 A. M. and 4 P. M. Separate bids MACARONI AND VERMICELLL CANNED GOODS. DRIED FRUIT. COFFEE, TEA, SPICES, ETC. FRESH BELF, MUTTON, ETC. ROLL BUTTER. KEG BUTTER. GGS, POTATOES. HAMS, BACON, LARD AND PORK. SALT FISH. FRESH FISH. FLOUR, GRAIN, ETC. CHEWING TOBACCO. SMOKING TOBACCO AND PIPES. SOAP, LYE AND SODA. LAUNDRY SUPPLIES. DRY GOODS. CLOTHING. BRUSHES. BROOMS. CROOK £ RY AND GLASSWARE. TINWARE. WOOD. ENGINE-ROOM COAL. GAS COAL. RANGE COAL. The Boacd reserves the right of relecting any or all 8. Payments to be made monthly, in cash, when there i3 money in the Treasury for such pay- mects, and when there is no money in the Treasury, pavment to be made out_ of the first money inthe Treasury applicable for that pur- ose. Pk to be addressed to T. 8. Montgomery, No. 52 East Santa Clara street, San Jose, Cal., Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the State insane Asy- lum at Agnews, and indorsed on envelope, * Propo- sals for furnishing supplies.” Bidders will also mark on envelope the class of supplies bid on. Envelopes and blank bids may be obtained by .r- Iyingto the Secretary. A sparate envelope will required for each bid. Samples 0f articles. showing the character ana guality thereof required. .except such as are per- ishable, may be seen at the storercom of the Agyloa, 'he attention of bidders Is called to the following section from the Political Code of the State: SEcTION 3285. “No supplies of any kind or character for the benefit of Lhe State or to be paid by any moneys appropriated, or to be sppropri- ated, by the State, manufactured or grown in this State, which are {n whole or in part thie product of Mougolian labor, sha’! be purchased by the offictals for this State having control of any public Institu- tion under the control of the State, or of any connty, city and county, clty or town thereot.” order to preserve uniformity and facilitate the award it has been resolved to receive no bids unless made upon blank forms furnished by the secretary. Parties will please carry out the sum total for each article and add up the same, 50 that the gross amount may be seen at & glance; otherwise bid will bot be considerad. By order of the Board of Trustees of the State Insane Asylum at Aguews. Dated San Jose, March 5, 1896. T. 8. MONTGOMERY, Secretary. No. 32 East Santa Clara street, San Jose, Cal. Baja California ‘Damiana Bitters PP g g sex; i sexes, remedy for iscases of the kidnieys agd biad: . A great Restorative, Invigoratorand Nervine. Belis on its own Merlia—no long-winded tesd m necessary- ONABER, ALFS & BRUNE, Agents, 323 Market St., S. F.—(Send for Circulac.) OPPRESSION SUFFOCATION, NEURALGIA, Etc., ESPIUC'S CIGARETTES, OR POWDER. Paris, J, ESPIC: New York, E. FOUGERA & CO.” Sold by all Druggists. CURED BY Dr. 62fi(itibbm:’s Dlspensaz: