The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 22, 1896, Page 11

THE ANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1896. 11 VOTERS THINKING FOR THEMSELVES Unusual Condition of Poli- tics in Alameda Ceunty. A NEED OF SINCERITY. Big Responsibility Rests With Republican Campaign Leaders. BECESSIONS OF FOUR YEARS. There Is Great Hepe of a Return of Fealty to Republicanism Next November. OarAND OFFICE SAN FraNcIsco CALL,} 908 Broadway, June 2L. { If the voters all over the country are of the same mind as those of Alameda County there will be more intelligence shown at the polls in November than at any election for twenty years past. This was f demonstrated at the big meet- i t night in the Tabernacle. was the' most thoughntful, It gathering that has ever been seen in Ozk- earnest land. The people—men and women— went with open minds, and came away thinking. Everybody seemed to have de- cided to arrive at their own con i and not to let any one else do their think- ing em. All ed that thereis a commercial, industrial and fin; ial cr] to be faced if the country is to return to her former prosperit tion was shown for jinco talk and prom- ises of the bubble variety, but cold, clear facts, such as those related by W. R. Dayis, were eagerly listened to and pon- dered over. Alameda voters will not vote Little apprecia- | murderer was taken with paralysis, and he has lain on his cot ever since. Now be hasadesire to see how much the world has progressed since he went to bed in 1884. He is anxious to see an elec- tric car, and, although they have whizzed by the jail for three years, he has not yet seen one. The old man has learned mnch since he first went to jail. He haslistened to the conversation of prisoners so long that he has comviled a set of rules by which he judges of the guiltor innocence and of the length of time they have led lives of crime. “I have not made a mistake in years,” said Jones. *“When I am roiled out in the corridors I can hear all that is going on. I have told the Sheriff sometimes of my conclusions in regard to his prisoners and I have always been right. Ilisten to the tone of their voices and to their anecdotes and experiences, and now, as soon as a new prisoner arrives, I can tell, after hear- ing him talk, just what he is. Although the jailer separates the different classes as much as possible, he cannot do justice to all under the existing conditions. Often young fellows come in here who are far | from being criminals, and from having criminal instincts. The first few weeks they are somewhat reticent. Then I can hear them getting callous, little by little, from contact with seasoned criminals, and when their short terms are up they go out ten times worse than they entered.” It is not likely that Jones’ wish to see the improvements of a aecade will be grat- ified. His crime is regarded as a very cold- blooded one,and no one conversant with the facts has any sympathy for him. S. W.B. ETHCS OF THE WHEEL Dr. Graif Says the Bicycle Is a Godsend and a Moral Agent. On the Sabbath, Though, It May Be-| come a Pew-Emptying Machine. OAxLAND OFFIcE SAN FrANcisco CAvLL,) 908 Broadway, June 2L | This evening at the Twenty-first-street Free Baptist Church the pastor, Rev. | Philip Graif, preached on “The Ethies of the Wheel.” He said: “This is, perhaps, not so much the age of newspapers, elec- this year under any leash; they will vote as conscience and judzment di more than in the ordinary sense ‘“‘the people’s year.” Democrscy, made in the same old Taber- nacle fo lessly broken that faith in party plat- forms and promises has received a shock, and the people want to hear all sides of the great current questions and decide for themselves. Under these unusunal circumstances the maneagers of the Republican [campaign in this county carry a very heavy respons: bility. No superficial sophistical argu- ments will convince such an intelli- gent and sober-minded audience as was seen last night. They want fa nd facts on If ever there was a campaign of education in this county it is at this time. The voters have been wafted about by every political wina that blows until they are so scattered that lines are in danger of being lost. In Oakland, especially, is this the case, and men once ranked as party leaders are now hovering between two or three opinions. The man who can deal only in generalities eches are of the red-rubber- stamp order, had better stay at home, as do the party more harm than good during the coming campaign. Nothing but the pure gospel of Repub.icanism can bind these elements. Any one who takes the stump in Alameda County for per- sonal advancement will do untold harm. Staunch Republicans have been looking forward for three years to this Presidential campaign in the hope that it would re- store Alameda to her rightful place as the | banner Republican county in the State. — nce at the people holding office in ty and county will give the best idea existing conditions and of the need cere work on the part of Republicans ng the campaign. Four years ago te city of Oakland and meda was filled by a Re- pear and Democrats were elected for eriff and County Tax Collector. Two later the condition of affairs was for the Republican party. Populists | filled the ofii of Sh . County Treas- urer County Superintendent of Schoots. The dissatisfaction was also manifested at the City Hall, and a Pop- ist Mayor, one Councilman and a mem- or of the Board of Works, who is also Engineer, were elected. The Pop- in the Board of Works caused the appointment of Populist heads to the Police and Street departments. While all this has been going on locally, me Republicans have been looking for 1896 as a sort of chronological Moses to lead the voters back to their first love. The time is now here, and although a recapitulation of the facts is not very ying, it will serve a good purpose, ily to impress upon the leaders the urgent necessity of regaining lost ground. George Carleton is a walking history of Ozkland. For over thirty years George has been mentally compiling data of this county and when information is wanted Lecen slways supply it. What is troub- liag George most at present is the number of murderers that are still enjoying the comforts of lite, who should according to his idea have been attended to long ago. Carleton says that he has seen over thirty murder trials in this county and only three times has death been the penalty although many convictions were obtained. Owing to *‘technicalitiés” unheard of out- gide of California, the majority are walk- ing the streets and breathing the air of liberty. “I don’t feel like mentioning names,” said George to-day, “‘but there are people in this city who have told me that they feel they ought to apologize to me for be- ing on the streets. They know perfectly well they should have been hung years ago, but they are still here. There isone man, who is a member of an old Spanish family, who has cheated the gallows once and he actually told me that he feels ashamed to walk down Broadway because he always meets somebody whose presence reminds him that he should have been trarslated long ago. Thisis a sanctuary for murderers over here. If they land in this county they are safe.” «Qld man Jones”’—nobody knows him by any other name—who has been con- fined to his cot in the Gounty Jail, await- ing his second trial for the murder of Dutel many years ago, made a peculiar yeta reasonable request last week. Jones has been given as much publicity as any two men that ever entered the jail. He was convicted on his first trial, but, as usual, was granted a second one eleven years ago. Before it was set the old The promises of the | r years ago, have been so ruth- | In 1892 piece clubs began to ap- | tricity and the gold debate as it is of | | wheels, whether of steamcar or factory, sewing machine or bicycle. From time to | time various recreation crazes have cooled | off and vanished, but evidently cycling is ng fad—the quirk or toy of| Is the wheel an agency for good or ill—which? What are its moral ‘ | uses? If this style of sport helps to | brighten the lack-luster eye, fiil out the| | bollow cheek, exhilarate the sluggish limb | and recuperate the outworn brain snd“ | he art, it is no small hygienic boon both to | | body and soul. To neglect physical self- cul ture 18 not only to remain unsymmetri- | cal in development, but to lack the best | elements of ‘moral vitality and magnet- ism. “For the voung especially the bicvcle1 seems & godsend, inasmuch as it utilizes pent-up energies which otherwise might find vent in unnatural ways. Overflowin | animal spirits, unless held in leash ani | curb, are too apt to run into naughty | paths. Athletics are safer than an un- | guarded imagination lolling in ease and | luxury. Itis less risk to punta football or sprint a wheel than to leave the pruri- ent and pampered flesh to its unholy de- vices. “The best way to keep the veins red blooded and the mind a-sparkle is in right measure to woo the delights and freedom of outdoor exerci The new-fangled | vehicle not only relaxes the overwrought nerve and unwrinkles the knit brow, but | gives to the cheek a rosier tint and teaches the veins to run with a deeper crimson | and a happier flood. 1t is too often the | sedentary body that breeds sickly fancies | | and paints religion in unhappy hues. To | get away now and then from the smoke- | hung, roaring City into broad azure hori- zons and dewy grass and green woods and swells of bird song is to the humdrum tethered toiler no small blessing. “On a pneumatic steed, in park and | | slen, to seek sweet release from dust and | din, is a freeman’s privileze and jo When a man once becomes the mere acci- | dent of his workshop or counting-room | | he is a slave, no matter if his | be of gold or iron. Certainly if the | will cure our American nervousness, it | will prove a desirable step in the evolution and dignity of our National temperament. “But while the benefit of bicvcle-riding, in many respects, is great, there are all | too visible, some grave perils. So long as | it is not overdone, or does not infring with libertine hand on the sacred uses | ihe Lord’s day, it fulfillsa high mission. | Better let every day in the week sweat and groan under the whip than turn Sun- day into a_cinder path or inio a parade | | ground. Bicycle larks on the Sabbath are | not accepted yet as the best method -for | training youth in morals or greatness. “Loud as may have been the pulpit’s thunder against” wheel carpivals on Sun- days, the sane bicycle is not a pew- emptying machine, but an instrument that makes the mind hungry for truth and the heart eager for the altars of religion. | Much as the bigoted Puritan has been pricked and ridiculed in this fin de siecie age, the moral sense hastens to preier the straitlaced bine-law maker to tge bicycie fiend scorching round the racetrack and | marring Sunday’s rest and sanctity. No matter bow much good the wheel may do as & factor in physical culture, it cannot afford, in the long run, to ignore or out- rage that higher civilization which grows out of man’s moral ideals and Sunday worship.” INGLESIDE COURSING. Whip Jr. Won a Dog Stake Galloping as Run- ner Up. All of the coursing enthusiasts who were out to witness their favorite sport yesterday went to Ingleside Park, the Ocean View resort being closed on account of temporary shortage in hares, and the consequence was a big crowd that kept the pool-sellers busy passing out and cashing red and white tickets. Thirty-six dogs were was run cown as follow: M. Burke’s Butler beet F pring’s Boodle, M. Traynor’s Whip Jr. be: . Trant's Little | Beauly, J. McCormick’s Rapid beat C. Galla- | gher’s Mascot, T. Cronin’s Reliance beat A. Flannigan’s Sport, Portal & Haggerty's Eldridge beat J. H. Rosseter’s Kitty Scott, J, Bryne's Mohawk beat J. Neenan’s Wave, Valley- kennel’s Mountain Daisy beat T. Cronin’s Rosa B, J. Dillon’s Evening Star beat T.Trant’s Applause, A. Merrill's Tommy Hall beat J. McCormick’s Parnell, Porial & Hag- g{erty's Laurel Lesf beat T. McHugh’s Mageie . A. Merril’s Snowbird beat T. McHugh’s Sculptress, N. A. Peters’ Galloping beat D. feind’s Trix, Trant’s Trilby beat Peters’ Tee Wee, J. Bryne’s Seminole beat E. H. Mulcaster’s Lass o’ Gowrie, J. R. Dickson’s Camilla beat H. M. Spring’s’ Bill Nye, Valley kennel’s Gold King beat A. Merril’s Ben Brusi, M. Traynor’s Lee Boy beat I'. Neenan’'s Reger t. C. Galiagher’s Dashaway beat A, Moore's Moni- T. First ties—Whip Jr. beat Butler, Rsliance beat Rapid, Mohawk beat Eldridge, Evening Star beat Mountain Daisy, Tommy Hall Leat Laurel Leaf, Galloping beat Snowbird, Semi. nole beat Trilby, Gold King beat Camilla, Lee Boy beat Dushariay. cond ties—Whip Jr. beat Reliance, Mohawk beat Evening Star, Gnllfi{)lng beat Tommy Hall, Seminoie beat Gold King, Lee Boy a bye. | Third ties—Whip Jr. beat Mohawk, Galloping beat Lee Boy, Seminole withdrawn, Final—Whip Jr. beat Galloping. Prizes—$20, $15, $10, §5 50, §5 50. With the stake, which Bur- THE DEPARTMENT 1S DEMORALIZED Firemen Are Now Required te Work for Their Salary. POLITICS NO LONGER GO. All Praying for the Next Mu- nicipal Election and a Change. “SOFT THINGS” ARE NO MORE. Chief Fair Takes Too Many Notes and “Recommends” Too Much. OAxLAND OFFICE SAN FrANCISCO UALL.} 908 Broadway, June 21 *The department ain’t wot it wuz.” It was a fireman who made the remark enforced, and while the men are subduning imaginary fires Chief Fair is around tak- ing notes. The result of his notes is made known at the weekly meeting of the Fire Board when he ‘“recommends’ certain changes. This morning Company No.1 was or- dered to practice near Lake Merritt and Twenty-first street. The engine had to run and the hose to be “nreeled just as fast as though there was a real fire, and although there were some who were not in favor of playing firemen they have learned that it was better to look as it they liked it if they did not want the trouble of re- signing. & “This kind o' thing makes me sick,” said a wet fireman after the drill was over. *The department ain’t no good any more. bad better quit or they won’t know what happened to ’em next March. Wish it was March now.” BUSY ENIGHTS. Many Applications for Membership Are Being Received by the Pythians. OAKLAND. CaL, June 21.—QOakland Lodge Knights of Pythias at its session of June 12 received one application for mem- bership and acted upon one previously re- ceived, and with the assistance ot its superb team elevated to the Knight rank Esquire Fred Rugg. Atits convention of June 19 the page rank in an impressive manner was conferred on Strangers San- ders and Hansen. Oakland Lodge during the present term has added twelve new names to its roster and has two more applications on file. At the session of Live Oak Lodge No. 17 on June 10 the proposition of consoli- dating with West Oakland No. 141 was the principal order of business. After considerable debate and a ballot being Hrn Ochklarna fure ir“w I ccpal Snap T The Fire Department on Sunday Morning During the Period Which George de Golia Once Referred To as the “Good O1d Times in Politics.” at the Sixteenth-street engine-house this morning. His words were true and con- tained much. They sounded the death- knell of one of the softest of municipal snaps that Oakland has ever seen. Sunday morning is a busy time around the engine-houses now. Since the organ- 1zation of the Fire Department no one ever dreamed of giving the boys an oppor- tunity of perfecting themselves in their profession. Chief Fair started the prac- tice when put in office some months ago, and now he has the satisfaction of seeing a revolution. Formerly when a member of the Fire Commission wished to help a political taken the proposition was rejected. Live Oak Lodge has purchased an elegant and cos! ilk flag to adorn its lodgeroom. District Deputy H. C. Aldrick officially visited Piedmont No. 172 last Monday | night, Live Oak No. 17 on Wednesday, | Oakland No. 103 on Friday, and exempli- | fied the nnwritten work for the benefit of | the officers-elect. The wisdom of Grand Chancellor C. F. McGlashen has been | demonstrated in the appointment of | Brother Aldrick for district deputy of Dis- | trict No. 9. | Calenthe Temvle No. 6, Order of Rath- bone Sisters, at its session of June 11 had | one for initiation, admitted two by card | and received seven applications for mem- | bership; and at its last convention on | June 18 received eight more applications [ —HUr I“” M"*’//E DEPAR 7'}#15/./-} = - _,_';i:’ fij» AT WO CoT ANy Kome, As the Same Men looked Yesterday Morning. on Fire So That They Could Hayv: They Wisbzd Chief Fair Were e the Pleasure of Yrowning Him. “worker” to tide himself over from one election to another he would let him board at the expense of the city. In other words, the ‘‘worker’” would be ziven a place as “extraman’’ in the Fire Department. He was not supposed to work, but he was at liberty to draw $20 a month from the treasury. Chief Fair tound so many of these ornamental fire- men in the department that he com- menced to weed them out. He ordered a thorough fire-drill every Sunday morning and ordered the ‘‘extras” to turn out with the regulars. Some who disobeyed were vromptly dropped, ana there was general consternation. They immediately voted the new chief “no good,” and threatened political extinction to the board that ap- pointed him. Tae Sunday drills have been rigorously and acted upon three previously received. The new applicants are all members of Live Oak Lodge No. 17. Alameda Council No. 1, Order of the Grand Orient, on Friday evening, June 26, will tender its members another one of its excellent banquets. An experienced caterer has been especially engaged to pre- are the menu. It is promised that the iterary and musical programme will be up to date. The committee, consisting of B. D. Gans, H. Spencer and A. V. O'Neill, are indefatigable in their efforts to make it a great success. More than 100,000 pairs of shoes will be saved by the changes in the British army regulations, by which the soldiers may wear their shoes until used up, instead of | haring anew pair issued at stated inter- vals. This mugwump board and their toy Chief | LAID T0 REST A KINDLY FRIEKD, Masonic and Military Trib- utes Paid General McComb. AN HONORABLE CAREER Pioneer and Former President of Bohemian and Olympic Clubs. EULOGY BY GENERAL BARNES Impressive and Pathetic Services and a Notable List of Pal'- bearers. A most impressive funeral service,and one combining Masonic rites and military tributes, was held yesterday afternoon over the remains of General John Mc- Comb, secretary of the California Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; ex-president of the Olympic Club; ex- president of the Bobemian Club; ex- warden of the State Prison at Folsom and of the Penitentiary at San Quentin; for many years brigadier-general of the Na- tional Guard of California; a ’49er: an old-time newspaper man of this City and a member of the Masonic order. The remains were brought over from Osakland under the military escort of the mounted signal corps of the National Guard and taken to the Masonic Temple, where California Lodge No. 1, Free and Accepted Masons, took charge of the ser- vices, conducted in King Soloman’s Hall. The great room was crowded beyond its seating capacity, when at 2 o’clock Henry Ascroft, master of the lodge, flanked by Masons full garbed in mourning and by plumed Krights Templar, began the read- ing of the Masonic funeral service. As the chants and responses sounded at intervals above the impressive monotone the sol- emn sadness of the scene became more and more evident until, when the Masonic choir chanted in weird, slow time, every woman present was shedding silent tears, and many a manly eye glistened in re- sponse to that feeling that makes all the world akin. And then General W. H. L. Barnes, the old man eloquent, stepped down from the platform and advancing near to the great, beautiful floral piece in white lilies at the head of the casket, spoke of the unknown beyona, of the goodness and kindness of his friend. Beginning with a review of the accom- plishments of man in thisrealm of science, his researches intc the mysteries of the starry universe and the knowledge he had acquired of all things, General Barnes, anfir a long series of balanced clauses, said: “And yet we know no more aktout the source of human life or what is afterdeath than did the Egyptian when he made his sacrifice to the cat; nothing except what we know by faith.” Continuing, he said in part: “What do we wait for? Where did we come from? ““The mystery of death, the hope of what shall be has long ago taken away from me the feeling of horror. It isto me a wel- come friend. *I do not mourn, neither should you mourn, for our friend that is gone. He knows it all; the record of centuries is now his to contemplate as he looks down upon us with that kindly face we knew so weil. Ido not mourn for John McComb. I am glad that so good, so true, so faithful a man has lived during my life, and that I knew him asa friend. “This man was the same in the greatest disappeintments of his life as he was in the moments that seemed to him the greatest triumphs.”” From the Masonic Temg}a the long funeral cortege moved up Market street and out Golden Gate avenue to Van Ness, where the military opened ranks, allowed the procession to pass through and finally fell in at the rear. A littie further on the way to the Masonic Cemetery the Knights Templar opened out into two parallet col- umns through which tbe mourners passed, and lastly the Masons themselves sepa- rated and repeated the formation of double columns before taking their position in line again. At the cemetery the Masons assembled in a circle about the grave, where the final part of the funeral service was performed. The pallbearers were Isaac Brodrick and John Preston, representing California Lodge No. 1, Free and Accepted Masons; H.J. Owen and William A. Davies of California Chapter No. 5, Royal Arch Masons; B. B. Flint and Charles Yost of California Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar, and the following intimate frienas of the deceased: General J. H. Dickinson and Major-General Walter B. Turnbull, as representatives of the retired officers of the National Guard of Califor- nia; Colonel Charles Sonntag, president of the California Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Children; Joseph Simonson and General R. H. Friedrich, representatives of the Union League Club: George K. Fitch, the veteran journalist, and Ferdinand Tassault, who were fellow- passengers with General McComb on the steamship Oregon that brought them to San Francisco in 1849; George B. Dens- more, the veteran editor and representa- tive of the old-time journalists, with whom deceased was once a co-worker; General W. H. L. Barnes and R. H. Lloyd, standing for the local legal profes- sion, General 8. W. Bachus and J. M. Litchfield. HOTEL FIRE IN BERKELEY, The Acheson House Burned Down by a Supposed Incendiary. Radical Changes and Improvements at the Oakiand Racetrack. Religious Events. BERKELEY, CaL., June 21.—The Ache- son Hotel fire, which occurred last even- ing, was one of the largest suffered by the colleze town in years. A pe- culiarly touching phrase of the matter is that Mrs. Acheson, the owner of the hotel, who is a widow, had but recently com- pleted arrangements for leasing the hotel, and it was being refitted, prior to occu- pancy, when the fire broke out. The building is a large frame one, valued at about $9C00 or §10,000. All efforts possi- ble were made to get control of the flames, but without success until considerable damage had been done. Residents of the town assisted the firemen until all danger to neighboring buildings was past, and the fire partially subdued. The conflagration was discovered Night Watchman Purker, who turned in an alarm at th Columbia Engine House Auction Jales AUCTION SALE FOR CREDITORS. $25,000 WORTH OF JAPANESE HIGH-ART GOODS! Placed in my hands by the CREDITOES of the ORIENTAL = TRADING = COMPANY. All to be closed out on the premises, 419 KEARNY STREET, COMMERCING ON MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1896, At 10:30 A. M. and 2 P. M., and Continuing Daily Until All Is Sold. This s positively the Jargost stock on the const, consisting of Orfenta] Ococo Rugs, Elegant Soreen Bronzes, Canton Curios, Old Satsuma, Kaga, Koenl, 1ngs, Ancient and Musical Instruments. Sale positive as store is rented. Cloisonne, Awata. Bishu, Ivory and Wood Ci iles particularly invi CHAS. EASTMAN, AUCTIONEER FOR CREDITORS. GEO. E. LAMSON, AUCTIONEER. Office—410 Kearny Street. THIS DAY. June 22, 1896, e premises. Street. Twenty-first and Monday, At o 812 Ca et it o Misslon streel within one block. I WILL SELL The Var¥ Elegant New Furnitureand Carpets of Residence, COMPRISING: Magnificent Parlor Set, richly carved, polisned frames, upbolstered in costiy silk tapestry: 1 Elegant Mahogany Book Case: Fiue Thread Lace Curtains: Elegant Center Tables; Engravings and Ornaments: kxtra Fine Parlor Carpets; Hand- some Fur Kugs: 3 Elegant Polished Oak Chamber Suits with Chevalle Mirrors; Finest Pillows, Mattresses, Blanke:s or sedding; 1 Elegant Polished Oak Mirror-back Sideboard with Exten- sion Table and Dining-room Chairs 10 match; 1 Elegant Oak Chiffonjer; 2 Fine Wardrobes; Handsome Couches; Hall Hat Stand; French | tra Choice Improved Rauge: Patent | n Table: 50 yards Linoleum, with other first-ciass articles. The above elegan: furniture has been In use only two monibs and is sll first-class in every respect. Remember tne hou LAMSON, Auctioneer. ASSIGNEE'S SALE. =B [ Rockaways, Buggles, Wagons, Carts, Etc., at 1128 Mission and 1141 Mis- sion St., Bet. 7th and 8th, S. F. AT AUCTION, MONDAY, JUNE 22, At 11 o'clock 4. M., by order of J. E. KENNEDY, Assignée, we will sell THE ENTIRE SIOCK OF RIGS, consisting of 5 Open aud Top Rockaways, 3 Surreys, 3 Phae- tons, 3 Villege Caris, 10 Top Bugies, 20 Open Business and Road Buggies. 1 First-class Wagon- 5 Business Cai 5| purposes, 25 Sets B inand Farm Harness, 50 Sets Sing e Wagon snd Buggy Harness, 25 Sets Double Dr d Team Harrness, Robes, Blank- ets, Whips, Office Furniture, ete. Sale positive. No reserve or limit whatever. Auctioneers. BULLIVAN & DOYLE [ Sixth sireet. PAVILION AUleOS’ HOUSE, 319-321 Sutter St., Above Grant Ave. AT SALES 1 THIS DAY, Monday. June 22, 1896, : L SELL The Enormous Furnishings of Two Private Houses and 40-Room Lodging-house, consisting of Fine Parlor, Bedroom, Dining-room, Library and Kitchén Furniture, Odd Beds and Bureaus, and large variety of Carpeis zood as new. = BASCH, Auctioneer. ALLEN COWAN, Auctioneer—230 Sutter Street. Advances C Will sell at 11 o'clock on the premises, 607 SACRAMENTO ST. ‘Without_Reserve, Consisting of One Walnut Bar, Back Bar, Wines, liquors, cigars; oue very massive walnut lunch counter; marble-iop tables: chairs, French range, copper bollers, crockery, glass are, etc. at about 12 o’clock. By 2 A. M. the fire was under control, The Columbia, North Berkeley, West Berkeley, Dwight way and Ashby-avenue fire companies were on the scene, but de- spite their united efforts the building is now valueless, and only a holiow frame- work is left standing. The interior was almost entirely gutted out by the flames, and anything of value which the fire did not reach was ruined by water, The fire is thought to have been incen- diary, as the hotel was unoccupied. There was a report among the spectators of the conflagration that a boy who was one of the first at the fire, saw a kerosene oil can in the rear of the building placed in a sus- picious manner, Another explanation of the origin of the fire is that some rubbish was burned in the vard in the afternoon and smoldering embers remained until midnight. The matter, however, seems to be shrouded in mystery, and it is_hardly probable that anything definite will be known. During the battle against the flames, a fireman named Patterson was overcome by smoke after climbing through a win- dow on the west side of the building. He was not observed to reappear and was car- ried out by the other fire-fighters. The 12 and 1 o’clock trains from San Francisco were unable to go to North Berkeley, owing to the hose on the rail- road track. 2 Grand Stand to Be Moved. BERKELEY, CAL., June 21.—Work will be commenced this week to move the large st grand stand at the Oakiand Trot- ting Park about 160 feet farther south. The yarious clubhouses will be placed in the locality now occnpied by the grand stand, and when the work is completed it will be a decided improvement. Another change which will be made is in the track itself, It will be raised three feet higher | than 1t is at present. The cost of the work will be $4000. ©Oakland Team Wins. BERKELEY, CaArn., June 21.—A base- ball game was held in North Berkeley this morning between the Berkeley Stars and the Oakland Clippers, which was won by the Oakland team. The score was 15 to 6. The Oakland team’s pitcher, Smith, was too speedy for the Berkeleyites and they succumbed to his curves and shoots. The game was witnessed by a large crowd | of Berkeley people. No Addition Possible. BERKELEY, CAL., June 21.—The much talked-of addition to St. Mark’s Church | will probably not be made. The reason | assigned is that it will cost more than the parisu can afford for the vpresent. The proposition originally was to bisect the church and place the addition in the open space. Unitarian Doings on Sunday. BERKELEY, CAr., June 21.—The Sum- mer School of Religious Thougnt held its third session in Stiles’ Hall this morning. the subject discussed being ‘“The Doctrine Concerning Man.” Mr. Keeler led the dis- | cussion and will preside again next Sun- day. The Unitarian Sunday-school, which during the summer montns is studying from nature,was conducted this morning Mrs. Keeler. She took for a lesson “Shadows."” “Kissing the Book’’ Abolished. The new system of administering oaths, as legalized by the last Legislature, has gone into effect at the Central station, where it was inaugusated by Justice Sult- zer yesterday. No more does the old familiar *“kiss the book” resound through the courtroom as the witness often smacked it with a sound like that of a Fourth of July torpedo exploding. Under the new system the outh is administered while the right hand of the witness lies on the open Bible, and there is now no neces- sity of kissing the book. A few old-timers, however, who ad been there before many a time,” kissed the book to-day as upon former occasions, as they had not yetlearned of the new style oath.—Balti- more News. e Silkworms were raised in China 2700 years before the Christian era, From China tkey passed into Persia, India, and vari- | Oak Beasteads, Bureaus and Chiffoniers ous parts of Asia. GRAND AUCTION SALE TO-MORROW AND WEDNESDAY, June 23 and 24, 1896, At 10 o'clock A. M. of each day, at MISS MARY LAKES SCHOOL,, N. E. Corner of Sutter and Octavia Sts., THE ELEGANT AND ELABORATE Drawing - Room, Reception - Room, Library, Music-Room, Dining= Rocom and Chamber FURNITURE BY CATALOGUHR, COMPRISING IN PART, 10 Concert Grand, Upright and Sanare Pianos— Steinway, Chickering, Decker, Weber, Rosener ana Light & Co.’s makes; Rich and K1 holstered Sofas, Arm and Easy Chairs, Lounges, | Patent Rockers, Reception Chalrs. ete ; Solid Oak | Reception, Rocking and Patent Rocking Chair: Solid Oak, Walnut ana Ebony Bookcases, Cabi- nets and Music-Stands: Elaborate Carved Solid 25 Oak & Mattresses; Rich Glace Frame Mirror; Mag- ts: Halr Spr Magnificent Chamber Armoires; | nificent Oak Sideboard and Hat Tree: Dimng- | Tables; Butler's Sideboard: Vienna Bentwood is; Bronze Man- Chairs; Onyx and Ebony Pede: tel-Clock; Elegant Bric-a-Brac; Flegant Engrav- ings and Etchings; Japan:se Plaques: China, Glassware and Plated Ware: Elegant Lambfe- quins and Lace Curtains and Cornices. Also The Contents of the Gymnasium and Schoolrooms, COMPRISING 50 Sets Pulley Lifts, 75 Sets Indian Clubs, 100 Sets Dumbbells; 34 -Circle Foils, Masks and Pads; Hand-ome Platform S s, etc.; 250 Sciool Desks, assorted sizes; 12 Teach- ers’ Desks, and an endless variety of articles for 8chool purposes. Residence open for Inspection on Monday, June 22, 1896, from 9 o’clock A. M. until 5 o'clock P. M. Catalogues at residence on Monday and atour office. Remember the hour of the sale, at 10 o'clock Ao Auction sale Tuesday and Wednesday. June 23 and 24, 1896. EASTON, ELDRIDGE & CO., Auctioneers. Office, 638 siarkot Street. WHY TRUE WAS SHELVED. Many Parents in the Wilson School District Demand a Reason. The Deposed Principal Gave Expres- sion to His Opinions on Study in Alameda. ALAMEDA,CAL, June 21.—The removal of C. k. True as principal of the Wilson School by the Board of Education at its last meeting is not in accord with the wishes of a great number of the parents. A petition isin course of circulation asking for his reinstatement or for a tangible rea~ son for his removal. No one knows why he was not reap- pointed. Mr. True says he has uot the re- motestidea why hisservices were dispensed with. “I have been principal of the school for the past five years, ard at no time during that period has the Superintendent or any member of the board made a com- plaint as to the manner in which Icarried out my duties. They have never even sug- gested any Lne of improvement. Inall ceses of appeal to the Superiniendent my actions have been upheld.”” Some say his opposition to the new course of study introduced last year was instrumental in his removal. True says he cannot see why this should be assigned | as the reason. “When the course of study came out I said it was too cumbersome; that it re quired too much work on the part of the { pupils. and would tend to disgust them witn school life. The number of subjects to be covered in each term prevented efli- cient teaching in any one, and if the sub- jects allottea could not be honestly cov- ered by teachers and pupils the course of study had better not be adopted. These opinions I-expressed openly at the board’s meeting at its invitation. I touk no un- derhaus means to create a feeling against the course of study, and when it was adopted I carried it out. I have been a teacher in the State for the past thirty years, and surely m{ opinion—fer it is only an opinion—honestly expressed ought not to have lost me my position. Against my moral character no one can breathe a word. I therefore think I am entitled to kuow why I was thrown out of my position.” Company G Shoot. ALAMEDA, Can., June 21.—The first regulation shooting held by Company G since its vransformation 100k place yester- day afternoon at the range, High ‘street. The following record was made: Heim 86, Gifford 13, Day 41, Wessel 33, Ham- mond 38, Masten 32, Tenney 22, Muise 26, Car- roll 34, Montell 20, Whalley 25, Russell 24, Smith 32, Oesterreicher 16, Waiker 15, Pickett 29, Johnson 26, Woodward 8, La Deux 30, Shaffer 30, Browning 33. —————.———— The dangers of ballooning are to be slightly mitigated by the invention of a Frenchman, which provides for the equip- ment of a cvlinder of membrane to ths car, so arranged that by the pressure of a but- ton it may be automatically inflated with air in the unfortunate event of the balioon falling into the sea. Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established in 1854 for the treatment of Private Disenses, Lost Manhood. Debility or disease wearing on bodyand mind and Skin Diseases. The doctor cureswhen - othersfail. Try him. Charges low. Curesguaranteed. Callorwrite, Dr.J. ¥. «ABBON, Box 1957. Sau Fran