The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 21, 1896, Page 15

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1896, 15 FOR PROTECTION AND McKINLEY, All FElements Unite Starting Off the Campaign. ORATORY AND in FIRE. Alameda County Republicans Listen to Enthusiastic Speeches. MANY CLUBS ON PARADE. Major Keller’s Great Effort to Retain His Position as Piedmont Roadmaster. OARLAND OFFIC N Frawcrsco CALL, e 908 Broadway, June 20. Oakland was eenuinely enthusiasiic to- night. The city is not often so lively und bright. For once there was harmony in the Republican ranks. Had any one pros- pected here this evening he would have founa hatchets in every vacant lot, for zions of these were buried by the war- 2 elements that peace might prevail for nee, to the end that one grand shout might ascend from this Republican < | epublicans turned out en masse to ut their appropal of the National nees, and those who are not Republi- cans were on hand to see the fun. As “the was of a magnetic nature the out- ers felt their spirits rise in harmony those who carried torches and ed red fire an4 Roman candles into ir, and, although they would resent ement, they seemed to be as iastic as those they watched. The Presidential campaign opened very y. Old and young Republicans rom every ward marched side by side and C d unison. In the parade were 1 who marched in the campaigns of rty years ago, and they were as light of t and bright of eye as when they car- their first banner. Young men were also there who will cast their first vote November. Dissatisfied seceders n other political faiths were also seen a Republican procession for the first me, and there were also others, but not many, who *‘jollow politics,” and whose faces are as familiar as their political be- irefs are doubtful. While the parade® was passing along Broadway the whole street looked like one of fire. There seemed to be lit- e cessation to the letting off of fireworks, the redfire wagon was at once the de- and the awe of the hittle Republicans, ho will vote, if they live, in the next Grand Marshal Marston Campbell and aid, Captain W. R. Thomas, were on lively steeds. If the Ohio who heads the Republican ticket can apple with the great question in as mas- the leaders did their ses. the dawn of the century will not v a repetition of “‘the times” of 1896, Then came the center of inspiration, the band. ‘“The Washington Post”’and *“March- ing Through Georgia”” never seemed more martial than they did to-night, ana the effect on the strains was very marked on the veteran members of the Army and Navy Republican League. The old soldiers d sailors smelled powder in the air, and t as young as when they got their first whiff thirty years ago. The State-renowned Republican Alli- ance acted as an escort to the league, and they carried out their part most gallantly. The Alliance men carried ponderous vol- canic torches, and when they blew in the mouthpiece each firebrand instantly be- came an active Vesuvius, and the old sol- diers and sailors were illuminated nearly the whole line of march. The Young Men’s Republican Club fol- 1 ed the Alliance, and the commanding T nce of their presrident, J. W. Stetson, was admired wherever a fair face was gazing from a window—and there were thousands of them. Next came the Sons f Veterans, who were reminisceutly inter- ng and made a good appearance After the Bons of Veterans came the most prominent feature of the parade. It was the wagon on which a few demons fed powder to a regular Hadean fire. Not one instant did the redfire men cease their la- bors, and their experience with brimstone and saltpeter ought to render them proof against any experience with similar ma- terial in the future. Among the rd clubs wes the Afro- American McKinley Club, organized a week ago without a name, but pledged to name itself after the St. Louis choice. A glance at the ward clubs was interest- ing. - Although there are rival Republican organizations in every ward they all united on the choice of the party leaders. Al- though the matter of indorsing a pound- master or & politician is valid ground for rending 1n twain a ward organization the banner of “prosperity and protection’ is too popular to quarrel under and for one night all the hatchets were buried and Re- publicans of Alameda County were in har- mony. 5 The parade wound up with Keller's 2angers. Keiler is the *Mayor of Pied- mont” and is one of the most notable men in his district. Whether for a Fourth of July celebration or a Fabiola Fete proces- sion or a Republican whoopup, Mayor Keiler can always be depended upon to organize a corps of mounted rangersat a moment’s notice. Where they come from nobody seems to know, but they always make 2 good showing and their horses are gene bedecked with the softest of green foilage. After the parade they dis- appear and are not seen till they are asked for again, when they always come up smiling. 1 Mayor of Piedmont” isin danger to-night. For many years he has been dmaster and he has built all the roads n Piedmont. Now the fiat has gone forth that he must resign on Monday or Super- visor Jonnson of his district will demand scalp. Suoch athing would be a county mity, and if for no other reason tharn for Lis display of loyalty to Republican- ista to-night Keller ought to be installed as Mayor of Piedmont and District Road- master for life, P “McKINLEY AND HOBART.” Only One War Cry Shouted by the Big Gathering at the Tabarnacle. When Chairman 4. P, McElroy bowed to ‘be audience there was not a vacant seat An Republican Meeting to Order Table Were Admired by the Immense Audience Filled the Enthusiastic Multitude. Tabernacle Last Night When Colonel J. P. McElroy Called the| While Cheer Succeeded Cheer the Silent Features of the St. Louis Nominee for the Head of th: Republican Ticket Which Hung Over the Chairman’s | | 7 in the Tabernacle. If the proportion of women in ‘the audience was indicstive of | | the interest taken by the fair sex in poli- | tics then it might be conceded that woman | suffrage has astrong hoid in Alameda | County. | On the platiorm, among others, were W. R. Davis, R. W. Church, A.L. Frick, H. D. Talcott, F. 8. Stratton and C. May, and it may be said every prominent Republi- can inthe county. The first speaker on | {the programme was the Hon. 8. G. Hil- | born, who was not present. The mention of his name was received with cheers. F. S. Stratton was presented and said: “I but repeat Senator Ingalls when I state that *‘Thisis the people’s year.’” At no time 1n our history since the civil war has the power of public opinion been o remarkably exhibited as in the movement which culminated this week in the nom- ination of William McKinley. The move- ment toward him was & popular move- | ment. It came from the masses. It gath- | ered strength everywhere and swept aw: all obstacles, bearing great rivals and los jealousies before it. His adversaries | united against bim with admirable tem- per and dexterity. 1t was even equal in the strength of its opposition to that against Blaine in 1876 and in 18%0. Fuat | there was a great groundswell urging the nomination of McKinley and one before which politicians, combinations and even statesmen gave way. “From the beginning McKinley was the only candidate who was seriously regarded by the country. Mr. Reed had high intel- lectual powers, immense force of character and an impressive personality. Governor Morton had achieved arank among leaders that justitied any aspiraticn, but the voice, not only of Ne gland, but even of New York, was for McKinley. And so it was that favorite sons in many States were | swept aside in the demand for this one nomination. *The people have been schooled by means of adversity; they are fatigued by hard times; they are weary of low wages and falling prices. The prophecies of Mr. Cleveland and of the f)emocralic party have not brought relief, and as one of the 8t. Louis correspondents wrote, ‘The | farmers want the country to sell more corn and less bonds.” The meeting to-nightis | truly a ratification meetiny, and fication of what was done at 3 What was done at St. Louis wasonly a greater ratification of what had been done and decided by the Union at large. There never was atime when party fealty and party discipline were so lax. “The sizns of independence, of careful | consideration, show that the people are | thinking, and that mere empty assoc tions and party ties will no longer bind | the masses. A political speech can no longer be made by mere reference to the past. Party names do not mean as much as they did. The independent voter is abroad, and the man of individual convic- | tions is a force in the land. Platforms lately have been taken to mean but little, declarations have been received as of small weight. Republican platforms usu- ally pointed with pride to the record of the party and viewed with alarm the acts | and indications of its adversary. “All this has passed away. The Repub- lican party can_no longer stand upon its record alone. It must succeed, and it will succeed, upon its promises anda hopes for the future. The election of McKinley is assured, not because the nomination was founded upon impulse, nor the influence | of speech, but because from this time on | until November the American peovle will | give to the great issues sincere study, calm consideration and ceaseless reflection. “‘There never was a time since the aboli- tion of slavery, when the masses were so profoundly agitated as now by a sense of injustice, and the unequal distribution of | piivileges and burdens, and the people in- stinctively turn for guidance to one man. | The phenomenal popularity of McKinley | must be attributed not only to himself, | but as well to the cause for which he" stands and the ideas which he repre- | sents.”’ | G. W. Reed was the next spe be spoke as follows: *““As I look around this hall and see before me this great out- pouring of the people—this spontaneous | ouiburst of enthusiasm for our chosen | leaders—I feel that it means something | above and beyona the ordinary course of | events. It means that the people are in earnest this time, that the Republican | varty is to receive the support of the peo- | ple, and that Alameda County is to again | return to its proper place, the banner Re- | publican county of the State. When the | people are in earnest, when they arise in | their might, the Nation will always be | safe, and the right leaders will be placed | in power to guard and protect their inter- | ests. | “Was there ever in the history of the | great Republican party such a spontaneous | uprising of the people, such a demand for | a leader as was manifested at the great | convention which has so wiseiy and so well performed the duties delegated to it by tue people of this Republic? This is the year of the people. 2 “‘Major McKinley was nominated by the people, he was demanded by all classes of the peopie, and he will be supportea by | the patriotic peovle of this country insuch | overwhelning numbers that the last four years of Democratic misrule, mistakes, blunders and un-American doctrines will be stamped out of existence so completely | that the coming generations will bardiy know that such things ever existed. “Why do the people demand the elec- tion of Major McKinley? Because he is near and dear to every American heart. Becanse he is honest and upright inall his business dealing. Because he was nomi- nated by no cligue or faction, but by the people of this Nation. Because he is an ideal American. Because his personal character is such as to command the es- | What is our difficulty ? | for $40,000. teem and respect of every man who loves his count: Because he bas been tried in | many official trusts and never found want- ing. Because he has a broad-minded, in- telligent idea of the wants of his fellow- countrymen and has the courage to en- force what he thinks is right ana best for the people. Because his name is synono- | mous with protection, the keynote of the | campaign. Because he believesin sound money and that the National credit should never be impaired. “In the hour of Republican disaster in the hails of Congress Le stood by and fought for its principle with a zeal an God-given inteliigence and force surpassed by none and equaled by few. As the chief magistrate of a great State he made no mistakes, and his robes of office are spot- less as the driven snow. Why should we not be proud of such a leader? should not every patriotic American rally to his support and place upon his brow the laurel wreath which he has so richly de- served? “Under bis administration the country ! again return to prosperity and the la- berer will find employment. American industries will be fostered and protected, the credit of the Nation will be preserved, the veterans of the Union armies will re- | ceive fair treatment, the rights of all American citizens wiil be protected, the American flag will never be insulted or torn cown. The old ship of state with such a captain, with the dear old flag at its masthead, that flag whose stars are the coronet of freedom and its stripes the scourges of oppression, will trinmphantly weather every gale. And protectiou, re- ciprocity aud sound money will place us at the head of all the nations of the earth.” Hon. S. G. Hilborn, who entered the hall while Mr, Reed was speaking, was then introduced. He said: *“Ithank you for this copdial reception. I have just come from St. Louis, and the country is just alive witn enthusiasm for William McKinley. Even was this the case in the P pecied on sccount of some things in the platiorm. Many loyal Republicans will | reject some of the plankg 1in the platform. But the majority must rule. McKinley has, been named as our leader, and his name is a synonym | for protection, the cornerstone of Repub- licanism. The country has never made a mistake in electing a Republican to office. Through a mistake a Democrat has gsome- times slipped in, but we have always re- gretted it. Does any one regret having voted for U. 8. Grant or for Abrabam Lincoln? No one who votes for McKin- | ley will ever regret that vote.” Judge Abraham Lincoln Frick, who was introduced by Colonel McElroy, said: “The demonstration upcn the streets and here indicates Rep\lhlicm\ sentiment is abroad in Oakland as elsewhere. We now have the result of four years of Democratic rule before us for our approval or rejec- tion. Coming into power with Abraham Lincoln, Republicanism saved the Nation and restored peace, paid off the National | debt and gave us reason to boast that we | were the greatest Natior: on the face of the earth. In 1893 the Democracy assumed control and what have we? “A depleted treasury, hard times, facto- | ries closed and thousinds starving. Be not again deceived. Let not Democrats or Populists pull wool over your eyes. We bave a platform that, when studied intel- ligently, will commend itself to every man who can think. If you believe in protect- ing the policy under which_this country | grew and thrived; if you pelieve in giving justice to the brave soldier and their widows who suffer for noble deeds done that this Nation might live; if you desire a return of prosperity and peace go to the polls and cast your hallots for that expo- nent of true Americanism, William Mec- Kinley.” Hon. W. R. Davis spoke next. “Iaman Republican,” be said, “because it is the party of performance ana not promises. | There has been no party in the history of man’s government as fhis great party to which we belong. It has come of late to be considered that the silver question is the most prominent question. It is, but it is not the dominant question.. If we au- thorize the free coinage of silver without the consent of other nations we profit nothing. While it is a clamorous ques- tion, it 18 not the most dominant. i “We want relief, we want confidence, and to bave this we must have protection. It is, that we departed in 1892 from a course that has builded \hp prosperity. Some of our Demo- cratic and Populistic friends say it is an injustice to pay out $130,000,000 as pen- sions. Can a man be found who would like to see other nations take our trade? Do we want Chinese hordes and illiterate paupers to flood our country? No, The duty of our Government is not to protect foreign powers but to protect American rights upon American soil.”” R. B. Carventer made a short speech, and a selection by the band and the glee club brought the great meeting to a close. BIG REAL ESTATE DEAL. Improvement of a Central Brick Block for Lodge and Club Rooms. OAKLAND, CaL, June 20.—The three- story brick block on Fourteenth street, just opporite the Free Library, has been sold to Jacob Levi Sr. of San Francisco This is $10,000 more than an option obtained three years ago by other parties. The lot is 503100 feet, while the structure is only a shell. The pur- chaser is to put $15,000 into the buildin, by excavating a ten-foot basement ung fitting the interior out in eleganu style. The ground floors will be stores, while above them will be clubrooms and lodge halls, with all modern conveniences. SIS e iy Young men or old should not fail 1o read Thomas Slater's advertisement on page §2. untry where opposition might be ex | 1 4 Why | SUNDAY BASEBALL NOT APPROVED, Grounds of the State Uni- versity Closed to Athletes. CHOSE ANOTHER FIELD. University Police Ready to Turn Baseballers Off the Grounds. DR. BONTE WAXES INDIGNANT. The Regents’ S:cretary Characteriz s the Proposed Sunday Game as Monstrous. BERKELEY, Car, June 20.—Sunday baseball does not meet with the approval of the authorities of the State University and in consequence a game that was scheduled to take place to-morrow after- noon on the university campus will be played at the Whittier school. Tickets had already been printed for the contest, reading: Oakland Clippers vs. Berkeley Stars, U. C. campus, Sunday, June 21. Tickets 10 cents, Game &1 2 P. M, This afternoon the university policeman announced his intention to stop the game. The officer is Jonn Irvin, who is appointed university policeman by he Board of Re- gents and special officer by the Board of Town Trustees of Berkeley. Dr. J. H. C. Bonte, secretary of the Board of Regents, this afternoon declared that no such event would be vermittec on the university grounds. “Ours is a State University and as such should not permit anything that is calculated to oifend the general public,”’ said he. “It has been the fashion to stop ail work and everything else at the university, and surely an innovation will not be made for the sake of a baseball contest. Years ago there were Sunday games of several kinds on the college grounds, but the Regents broke tbem all up, and it is a long time since anything of the kind bas taken place. “The university grounds are a family park every Sunday. At this time of the year they are thronged with visitors, who enjoy the quietness and ths natural beau- ties of the place, and to allow a baseball game to intrude upon such a scene would be monstrous. ‘“Certainly the game will be stopped 1f any attempt is made to bring it off, Such a contest on Sunday on the grounds of the University of California is unheard of and will assuredly never occnr.” University Policeman Irvin was in- structed this afternoon to use his powers 10 put an end to the contest if it should be begun, and to arrest the principals should resistance be offered. The managers of the game, however, decided to change their plans, and the Oakland Clippers and Berkeley Stars will cross bats at the ‘Whittier school. Athletes for the University. BERKELEY, CAL., June 20.—The fam- ous Santa Barbara sprinter, Birch, who is preparing to enter the State University next Augusi, has arrived in Berkeley with his family. Birch has a record of less than ten seconds in the 100-yard dash, four watches having given the time made by him at 94-5. He also enters the hurdles. The sprinter has a younger brother, who will enter the Berkeley High School. He is a valuable man in the high jump, shot put and mile run. End of the Berkeley Gym. BERKELEY, CaL., June 20.—The Berk- eley gymnasium is about to be finally closed as a result of the assignment of the - principal and manager, Professor Bates. The school has just completed its nineteenth year. Most of the pupils of the institution will, it is said, enter the new Peralta University Academy, some of the teachers of the old Gymnasium having already connected themselves with the new institution. A Crisis Averted. BERKELEY. CAL., June 20.—A strike occurred this evening in the office of the Daily Advocate. The printers and press- men refused to work on thisevening's edi- tion of the paper, as no money was forth- coming to pay them. Later this evening the paper was finally issued, some of the printers returning to work and Manager Marquand assisting them. To Enlarge a School Building, BRERKELEY, CAL., June 20.—The Board | barrels at the upper end of the canal. The of Education last night awarded a con- wract to E. J. 8quires for the construction of atwo-room addition to the Lorin School. GREAT FAITH N A WOMAN OFFICIAL. President Sarah Shuey Gets Down to Business at Once. TIDAL CANAL PROBLEM. Two Cities Trusting to Her Wisdom- for Practical Relief. TEN-YEAR-OLD GRIEVANCE. A Large District Depopulated Because of the Existing Menace to Health OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, June 20. | A task that men have failed to accom- plish will probably be successfully handled by a woman. The task 1s the tidal-canal problem,and the woman is Dr. S8arah T. Shuey, who was, last night, elected presi- dent of Oakland’s Board of Health. For many years the tidal canal, which should be the great flusher for both Oak- land and Alameda, has been a menace to health. It has been permitted to fill with sewage, and the Government appropria- tions have been spent in deepening the approaches to the harbor and not to dredg- ing the canal so that each tide would carry out to sea the deposits of the two cities, The canal is now a menace of the worst kind to the public health, and is daily growing worse. The people of Oakland declare that Ala- meda has created and 18 creating the nui- sance, and the people across. the estuary make a similar charge against this ecity. Considerable diversity of opinion ex- ists as to the best method of remedying the evil. Similar differences have existed for many years, and each year the number of residents in the vicinity of the arm that cements the two cities has greatly decreased. Itissaid that altogether as many as 500 families have been driven from the neighborhood since the exodus commenced. Alamedans believe that a five-foot trench which would connect the canal with San Leandro Bay would flush it, but others differ. Eungineer von Schmidt of San Francisco, who has 1nvestigated the matter, says that a trench would do little or no good. The Alameda nemfi‘ Board, which for- merly maintained that the refuse from the East Oaklana tanneries was washed into the canal and caused the stench, are now convinced that it 1s caused by the Fruit- vale sewer which discharges into the canal. Experiments have been made with marked outgoing tide floats them as far west as | the Government bridge, but the next tide carries them back again. From this it would seem that the accumulated sewage for years has settled east of the bridge. The question of paying for the trench in case it should be uug is another matter to be decided. Tte Alamedans say the Gov- ernment caused the nuisance and that the Federal appropriation should be used to abate it. Oaklanders are opposed to this and object to the money intended for har- bor improvements being used for any other purpose. Another proposition is that the nuisance should be abated and that each city should pay one-half the cost. So long as the Boards of Health of both cities were composed entirely of men there seemed no prospect of any intelligent agreement being reached. Dr. Sarah Shuey’s first act as president of the Oakland Health Board was to ap- point herself, with Drs. Lackey and Beck- with, a commitiee to meet the Alameda board and reach some conclusion. They will meet in a few days and expect to make a practical report at the next meet- ing. LADY PRESIDENT. Dr. Sarah Shuey to Preside Over the Board of Health. OAKLAND, Car., June 20.—The mem- bers of the Board of Health chose Dr. Sarah Shuey as president at their meeting last evening unanimously. She was ap- pointed a year ago by Mayor Davie and has proven a most active and eflicient member. The condition of the tidal canal between East Oakland and Alameda was consid- ered at some length, and it was decided that it should be the subject of a special 'fi)int meeting with the Alameda Board of ealth, to be held next Friday evening. A resolution was passed condemning the marshes about the city as highly unsani- tary, and requesting the City Council to condemn them as nuisances and to take the proper steps to sbate them. e e DISPUTLD PRCPERTY. The Ownership of the Eureka O0il i Works Somewhat Mixed. OAKLAND, Car., June 20.—The efforts of J. J. Higgins to collect a debt from the Eureka Oil Works at West Berkeley has complicated the ownership of the instita- tion untii it will take the courts to un- tangle affairs. It was the property of Tiedeman & Cotton, but when Higgins attached the works to secure a claim of $2300 Tiedeman transferred his balt-inter- est to Higgins. Cotton did not like this arrangement, and Higgins took out a $4000 attachmeny against Cotton’s interest, but when the Sheriff attempted to make the levy he was told that Cotton had transferred his interest to W. C. Cotton. Higgins charges this transfer was fraudulent and will test the matter in court. SIONE READY. A Portion of the Base of the Sloat Monument Suitably Inscribed. OAKLAND, Car., June 20.—The stone Auction Sales 1ngs, Ancient and Musical Instruments. CHAS. EASTMAN, AUCTIONEER FOR CREDITGRS, AUCTION SALE FOR CREDITORS $25,000 WORTH OF JAPANESE HIGH-ART GOODS! Placed in my hands by the CREDITORS of the ORIENTAL = TRADING = GOMPANY. All to be closed out on the premises, 419 KEARNY STREET, COMMENCING ON MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1896, At 10:30 A. M. and 2 P. M., and Continuing Daily Until All is Sold. This is positively the Jargest stock on the coast, consisting of Oriental Ococo Rugs, Elegant Screens, Bronzes, Canton Carios. Oid Satsuma, Kaga, Koehl. Cloisonue, Awata. Bishu, Ivory and Wood Cary- Sale positive as store is rented. Ladles particuiarly invited. ALLEN COWAD, | Auctioneer—230 Sutter Street. Advances | n Consignments. i TO-MOKKOW—-MONDAY, | Will sell at 13 o’clock ou the premises, i 7 SA MENTO ST. | | | 607 1 Without Reserve, Consisting of One Walnut isar, Back Bar, Wines, liquors, cigars: oue very massive walnut lunch counier: ble- op tables: cha rs, French range, copper boil.rs, L glassware, etc. SHERIFF'S WAREHOUSE, 211 XInarizin Sirecet, TUESDAY, JUNE 23. To_close up the business of the late Wescott & | son [ will sell the unciaimed goodsof the above | warebouse, inctuding 10 Pianos, 20 Elegant Fold- | 1nz Beds and ten thousand dollars’ worth of Fine | roiture .r goods. Wait for b Tu L . BCRD. Auc | Business and Ro: SALE. S Wagons, Carts, Rockaways, Buggies, Ete., at 1128 Mission and 1141 Mis- sion St., Bet. T7th and Sth, S. F. AT F. E 21, AUCTION, MONDAY, JU by order of As , We W K OF RIG 1 sell : S, consisting of | 5 Open_and Top Rockaways, 3 Surreys, 3 Phae- | tons, 2 vi Caris, 10 Top Buggies, 20 Open Si-class WV AgON- & Wagons of ail Wagon (almost for all delivery Farm Hurness, Hoggles. 1 Fi ette. 5 Business Carts, 25 8 descriptions. 1 new), 5 Laundry gnr]m!w jets Be: W 0 Sets =i al v Harness, 25 Sets Double Driving and Team Harness, Kobes, Blank- ets, Whips, Safe. Office Furniture, ete. Sale positive. No rese SULLIVAN & DOYL] ve or limit whatever. Aucuioneers. Xty sireet. assistin every possible way, and request- ing all who were producers or manufact- urers to make an exhibit. J. Tyrril, cbairman of the committee on Fourth of July celebration, reported that the committee recommended to pass this year’s celebration, concentrating their | work and attention upon the Exposition. At the Macdonough. OAKLAND, Car., June 20.—It is evident | from the interest manifested in the attrac- tion that Nat Goodwin wiil do agood business both nights in spite of the ab- sence from the city of many first-nighters. “In Mizzoura” will be presented Monday evening and a “Gilded Fool” Tuesday. John Drew will give four performances at the Macdonough commencing Tuesday. July 7. His plays will be “The Squire o Dames’ and Christopher Jr.” Orders for seats will be received after 9 A. ». next Thursday. Boudsmen Changed. OAKLAND, Car., June 20.—Gavin Dhu High of the Oakland Times has given a new bend in his criminal libel cases, George L. Fish and J. B. McChesney with- drawing, The new sureties are his brother, W. H. High of the Union National Bank, and Thomas J. Moran, the capiialist. Debating Soclety Formed. LORIY, CaL., June 20.—A aebating so- ciety was organized in the Lorin school- bouse last nicht, with about twenty-five membrrs, Officers were elected as fol- lows: President, Joseph Stephens; vice- yresident, 8. B. Barnes; secretary, Rose Norton; treasurer, L. 8. Rogers; sergeant- at-arms, Herbert Stephenso e AWAKE 0 SUFFERING, Mrs. J. A. Folger Donates an Ambulance to the Fabiola Hospital. President Yule Says Its Arrival Marks an Epoch in Humane Work. OAREAND OFFICE SAN FrANcIsco CALL,) 908 Broaaway, June 20. | There is an ambulance in Oakland. This seems & very commonplace remark, but had it been uttered two days ago it would have been an untruth. Although Oakland has always been con- sidered a philanthropic city, and although being a railrcad terminus the number of injured people brought is enormous, yet the clumsy patrol wagon driven at break- neck speed has hitherto been the only meane of conveying suffering humanity to a hospital. For many years the sickening sight has been witnessed at the depots of mutilated men and women groaning with pain being transferred from the train to the patrol wagon. This, however, is at an end. The fol- lowing letter was received by Mrs. John NYule yesterday afternoon: ‘WEDNESDAY, June 18, 1896. Mrs. John Yule, President of Fabiota Hospital Association—DEAR Mapad: I give this ambu- innce to Fabiola Hospiial hoping that tae poor souls wili be carried to the hospital with more comfort than In the past. 1 hope it may prove as mnch of a blessing to those who ma quire its help as it is to myself who sends it. Most sincerely, ELLEN FOLGER. 1308 Jacksou sireet, Onkland. On the same day a handsome ambulance arrived in the city and was at once driven out to Fabiola. The following reply has been sent to the donor, Mrs. J. A. Folger: Mrs. James A. Fo'ger, 1308 Jackson Street, Oak- land—DEAR MRS. FOLGER: Your letter making kpown your noble gift of an ambulance to Fabiola Hospital is before me, and in accept- ing for and in the name of the hospital this splendid ambuiance, I beg to tender you sin- cere and profound thanks. As the Roman matron, Fabiola. gave to the world the first hospital, the first home for the sick, so you have given to the sick of Oakland their first ambulance. Your gift marks an epoch in the history of hnmane work in our eity, and June 18, 1896, will be memorable as the day when for the first time appeared upon its stroets a vehicle carefully constructed with every safeguard for comfortably conveying the sick and injured— the generous gift of Mrs. James A. Fo'ger. 1 congratulate you, dear madam, that it has been your privilege to do tnis, that for all time the bl d consciousness' wust be yours that you have given that which will be to many souls a source of safety and comfort in hours of great agony. Sincerely, SARAH S. B. YULE, President Fabiola Hospital Association, June 18, 1896. The ambulance is a very handsome affair, and as it was being driven around the streets to-day, it created much curi- osity. from Alameda County for the Sioat monu- ment is now ready and will be forwarded to Monterey the first of the week. Itisa granite stone 2x2x4 feet from the quarries at Rocklin, Placer County, and has been put into proper condition uuder the per- sonal supervision of Superintendent E, M. Hall of the Amador Marble Company of this city. The face is highly polished and has inscribed in large letters the following: S March 28. July 7. _ Arameps CousTY. 0il in Contra Costa. OAKLAND, Car., June 20.—E. M. Hoag- land addressed the Board of Trade yester- day at length on the feasibility of boring in Contra Costa County for petroleum. He claimed that the best oil in the State was to be found there, and gave great en- couragement as to the finding fof an abundant supply of oil in that belt. The secretary was instructed to send to all the members of the Board of Trade the announcements of the Exposition, with a circular letter requesting them to e ——— HISTORY OF A DAY, Alameda County Hapvenings Told in Brief Chavters. Tne Masonic Hall Dancing Club will give its last party of the season next Thursday evening i asonic Hall. A plantation social will be given by Phil Sheridan Circle No. 5, Ladies of the G. A. R., in Loring Hall Tuesday evening. Rev. Arthar Clark will lecture at the Mac- donough Theater Thursday evening for the benefit of the Catholic Ladies’ Aid Soctety. The bond of Frank Brown, charged with burglary, bas been reduced from %1000 to 5400, which he has put up and is now at berty. Rev. G. W. Lyons of Haywards will preach at the Presbyterian Church in Temescal Sabbath morning and evening, in exchange with the pastor, Rev. James Curry, D.D. Mrs. Ina Atwell has been allowed to adopta three-year-old girl named May from the West Oakiand Home. The child was left at the home when an infant by & nurse who declined to disciose the name of the parents. The Sunday rally at the Y. M. C. A. at 3:30 P. M. to-morrow will be of unusual interest. Instead of the usual meeting for men it will be SHOTS I THE DARKAESS Alfred Saxton Has No Idea Who It Was That Fired a Pistol at Him. The C.ty Library Close to the People. A Chims of Bells That Will Play “America” ALAMEDA, Car., June 20.—The mys- tery surrounding the attempt to rob Ai- fred Saxton, night receiver at the Ala- meda, Oakland and Piedmont Electric Railway power-house on Webster street, last night still remains unexplained. Sax- ton, when interviewed by the police and others, said his attention was first at- tracted from his accounts by a slight coughing of some one at tbe receiving window. There he saw a hand holding a revolver pointed toward him. He says he did not see the party who held the weapon. He made a dash for his own pistol, which hung near tne window, but before he reached it his opponent fired and he felt ti;e bullet whiz past his head. Saxton then fired twice through the window where the assassin stood and turning out the light rusked to the door and sent another bullet into the darkness. The Alameda police were notified at once and they 1in turn called up the Oak- land police office, which dispatched two men to Webster-street bridge. They saw nothing of a man, and Police Officer Brown, who was on daty on Webster street and hurried in the direction of the power-house, when he heard the shots, saW no one. It is only three months ago since over $300 disappeared between the hours of 2 and five o’clock in the morning. The re- ceiver's services were dispensed with and Alfred Saxton was placed in charge. Last night, if robbery were the motive, the re- ceipts would have been confined to the evening takings. Chimes for the City Hall. ALAMEDA, Cai., June 20.—When the City Hall was finished Ben F. Lamborn, City Clerk, got the idea that to render it thoroughly complete a chime of bells should be installed in the hall tower. He worked on the project and got subscrip- tions to the amount of $200. He has now enlisted in the scheme the sympathies of the ladies who made the floral fete such a success a month ago. They are to give an entertainment and dramatic performance in the rear future for this object. A. 0. Goti, the jeweler on Park street, has constructed a working model of the apparatus necessary to control the clap- pers when they strike the bells that shall ring out “America’ twice every day. Popularizing the Library. ALAMEDA, Car., June 20.—Librarian Harbourne is always devising some method to increase the circulation of the library, and'his plan of allowing readers to choose their own books direct from the shelves has done much to popularize the institution. The latest scheme which the board of trustees has indorsed goes into effect to-day. The rule heretofore has been that books shall only remain out for fourteen days. In future, he says, a book can_be kept for a second period of fourteen days by the borrower forwarding a postal card stating its number; and if a citizen is out in the country books will be sent to the party by express, the borrower, of course, paying the expressage. Fitzgerald’s Henchman. ALAMEDA, Cav., June 20.—William E, Scully of Webster street has been ree warded for bis efforts in trying to elect the Fitzgerald-Daggett delegates in this city at the beginningz of the month by being appointed painter in the mint. He will draw $4 a day for his services. f\smart Broadway, New York, druggist has this sign hanging outside 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 & meeting for both men and women, and the executive committee of the Chrisiian En- deavor Society City Union will have charge, with a druggist that has such a motto as that,