The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 23, 1896, Page 13

THE TUESDAY, N FRANCISCO CALL, I(‘eedcd in getting both scow and engine above water and are again at work pre- | paring to scrape the bea of the Feather | Riverfor gol1 dust. They are working .“.I IH HWN PLANI 1: bav off Judson Iron Works. The embryo miners are reluctant about disclosing their complete plans and merely state that lhe‘y propose making Feather River or “bust.” ““The Advocate’” Progressive, | BERKELEY, CaL., June 22.—The state- ment published on Sunday to the effect : E | th < i ffered thi Unique System of Awarding| peni o: 4 Sirice: vroves aitoeiber . mis Bids for County | in the rush of getting out a special edition | on Saturday it was arranged with the leading. Mrs. Marquardt, the able and | courteous co-editor, stated yesterday that Supplies CAUSED A BIG ROW.! Some Bids, Apparently the Low-| est, Were Really the | Highest. 5 FICURES THAT TELL TALES. | A Pecu'iar Method That Has Set| Merchants and Politicians Wendering. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRrAN 908 Broadway, J public supplies to be he lowest bidder. ( , but it possesses the defect logal and will probably bring ut an open conflict between the Board lrade and the Merchauts’ Exchange on one hand the Board of Supervisors on the other. The work of to-day will prob- s asked. v be undone and new his was contract day for the county poorhouse. The board room was made to a free market with scores of | of everything that the indigent <or wear ina charitably The space not occupied dr cod or coal was shaving is so with biading for e board room al- interesting scene when aw ] with wares, food, ¢ rded. ing than ever. ce ket. led for, Herrsch- e system adopted, was the lowest, and there was & protest m other bidders. rvisor Church impatient to let Herrscher get the bid a motion that efore the his ead new system seriatim,’| as each one was read Church asked | antly, “Any objection?”’ v made, but wk he totals were a: there wasa se, a flutter and general erance of Herrscher’'s total the bids fefinitely. The or coal, clothing, etc., were the heat of the arguments dy voted that the was no good for legitimate e “unit system’’ ill show: flour, §1 ) = dozen for 7 cents a pound for sugar. the unit of each is added is read out by the clerk nother man bids $3 a barrel for flour. r brooms and 6 cents 4 is read out as $13 06. ied were 100 barrels 1 (which is said to be and 20,000 the *lowest” bidder's bill | and the highest bidder" the clothing was on exhibition vond the control of adjourned for a con Attorney led into con- reconvened the bids of for groceries and dry wn out, althouzh Church ted for them, baumer on behalf of Mr. ered a protest inst s e t had complied with all of the board. scher ent: G0 SEARCHING FOB GOLD Four Young Iron-Workers Bound | for the Feather [ River. i Build a Raft for a Boctand a Thresh-l‘ ing Machine Engine for Motive i Power. | BERKELEY, Car., June 22.—The four | ekers who started from We; last week for Feather River on a rait and whose rudely con- | «tructed craft sank 1o the bottom of the bay | before they got out of hearing distance not daunted, but are determined to ather the glittering grains from the | 1 of the river bottom for which they .d. They have righted their scow and ed their threshinz-machine engine om the deep mud and are again at work making ready for their expedition after the golden metal. These four young adventurers, James Wilkie, R. Basil and D. ging in age from 16 to 26, were mployed by the Judson Manu- facturing Company, and, cltchmg the gold about six months ago, decided to | . gravel beds of Feather River. | set to work building a craft v considered saitable to their rude boat, after the manner of v, was constructed, and on it was hand threshing-machine | eng y hich it was intended to turn | the huge paddle-wheel propeller which had been hastily improvised. : | A cabin was built around the engine, | and at one end of the crait were their liv- | ing apartments. On the forward deck was constructed an immense dredger, by the use of which they expected to revolution- | ize gravel mining. A stock of provisions | to last many months was procured, and everything was in readiness Er putting off | when misfortune overtook them and their boat sank through the shifting of the engine. Their earnings for months past and the result of half a year’s labor had all gone to the bottom. | After a desperate struggle they suc- “ young fortune They at which | seems to have occasioned the discrediting | has been ever ¢ | the 1st of July whether Keller tenders his | compositors that paying off be deferred | until to-day. This seems to have been | the sole foundation for the report. Asa matter of fact the very prozressiveness ot | the Advocate in issuing a special edition story. All the staff of the Advocate re- pudiate the statement that they contem- plated a strike and are confident that the | residents of Berkeley will be in no haste to question the stability of their favorite, progressiveand reliable local paper. Bit the Constable’s Hand. BERKELEY, CaL., June 22. Nieman, a deputy constable ploy of the Southern Pacific Company, | while arresting two tramps at Adeline station this morning for petty larceny, had his right hand severely bitten by one of them. The flesh on the inner part of his member was lacerated to such an ex- | tent that the services of a physician were necessary. The prisoners were landed in the County Jail and a charge of mayhem placed against one of them. Interesting News Notes. BERKELEY, CaL., June 22.—Another | amateur theatrical company has been | organized in Berkeley. The seekers | of histrionic fame, this time, hail from South Berkeley. The members | of the company are: M. C. Boag, | George and Larry Haggerty, Frank | Tope, John and Charles Douglass, Walter | and Joe Brothers, Fred Heineman, P. G. | Betts, Charles Thornton will manage | the company. The boys expect to goon | the road in two weeks. | The Crescent bicycle annex will take a | moonlight run to Alameda Park next‘ Thursday evening. A programme has‘ been arranged which will be given at the | Park. There will be races ranging from a | balf mile to two miles. | The Berkeley Republicans, including | the Republicans of Oskland Township, | will hold a big ratification meetiug on | next Wednesday evening in Odd Fellows’ Hail. The Rev. George E. Swan and wife left | to-day to spend the week with Mr. and | N harles E. Wickson at Alvarado. | Professor Charles Mills Gayley and fam- ily left to-day by steamer for Sauta Bar- ‘Was the Onl bara, where they will spend. several weeks | B g o | with'friend| | Dropped. The Board of Town Trustees held a meet- | | ing this evening at whcih bids were re- ceived for a sewer on Telegraph avenue, between Oregon and Stewart street; for grading, curbing and culverting Prince street from Grove to Sacramento, and for grading and macadamizing the east side of Shattuck avenue from the ola charter line | to Derby street. The University of California Male Quar- | tet, consisting of C. R. Morse, Frank Ar- | gall, S. C. Baldwin and W. W. Durant, | are preparing to make a concert tour of | the State. They will leave in a few days. | Professors Woodworth and Jaffa of the | department of agriculture of the State | University returned yesterday from their | lecturing tour to the dairying districts of | Humboldr County. They report the | dairies in that region to be in excellent 1 condition. | | T | | Bridge-Tender William Potts Sees a Body Floating, but Fails to | Secure It. | OAKLAND, (AL, June 22.—William | Potts, the tender of the Webster-street | bridge over the estuary, says he saw a body of a man float under the bridge at6:30 o’clock this morning, but he failed to se- | cure it. He says it wasthe body of an | elderly man, lying face downward in the | water without a hat. The top of the head | was bald and on the back there was a growth of grayish sandy hair. According to Potts’ story tha tide was | carrying thebody away when he saw it,and be being in a very irail craft was afraid it would upset him if he started to tow it in. After he got a better boat he failed to find | the corpse and declared that it sunk. He rowed around for some time but could find | no trace of it. He thinks the clothes | caught upon a nail on the timoers of the | bridge and the tide sucked 1t downward. | | CHINESE MAY RECOVER. Murderously Assaulted by Whito Men | for the Sake of Securing | Opium. | OAKLAND, CaL., June 22.—The three | Chinamen who were murderously assault- | ed by unknown white fiends Sunday night | on Oak street, are still alive at the Receiv- | ing Hospital. Dr. Johnson gives hopes of | their ultimsate recovery now, but it will | | take some time for their wounds to heal. It took him five hours to dress their} wounds. of them had fourteen knife cuts dressed, all about the head and hands He refused to come to the hospital till this | morning, and presented a pitiable sight. | Another one of them had his windpipe | severed and barely saved bis jugular vein. The other one had his lung pene- trated with the knife. | Detectives Holland and Williams have | good descriptions of the three white fiends, | and have hopes of placing them behind | the bars shortly. They got $20 and a gold | watch from the Chinamen’s cabin. MRS, " FOUND. MEYHAN She Js Here, While Her Husband Is | Hunting Her in Portland. | OAKLAND, Car., June 22.—Mrs. M. J. Meehan, who deserted her aged husband | about two weeks ago and took with her, | as he claims, all of his pension money, has been located with her two children at 119 Turk street, San Francisco. where she e she left this city. Her husband believed she had gone to Portland, so he sold the household furni- ture and went there in hopes of finding ber. He is an invalid from exposure while in the regular army. N I HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Hapvenings Told in | Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, June 22. The trial of Charles Gordon, the confeder- ate of A. Root, the slleged gold-brick man, will come up before Judge Greene to-morrow. James H. Potter, employed in the Southern Pacific yards hre. met with a serious mishap on Friday and sustained such serious bruises that be will be unable to work for some days. H. Walter Spaulding, secretary of the Board of Public Works, who was taken suddenly ill Saturday efternoon, was unsble to be at work to-day, although since yesterday his condition has somewhat improve The members of the faculty of the Sacred | ollege of San Francisco have gone into 1al retreat at St. Mary’s College In this he retreat will be conducted by Brother Clémentian, late of Paris. On Saturday an attachment for $5200 78 was sued out agains: block 21 in Emeryville by the aitorneys of Ellen Hamlin of San Francisco, The writ was issued against Abner Doble and J.S. Emery, although the property stands in the name of John W. Farren. Supervisor Johnston has asked Road Fore- man Keller of the Piedmont Road District to tender his resignation as such officer. He in- ends to appoint Chris Jessan to the position Tow held by Keller and savs he will 50 8o on esignation or not. Attorney J. H. Smith has given notice of his | intention to ask for a new trial for the purpose | of showing the executors of the will of the late Philip Boogar that he is entitled to more than $2000 from the estate of the deceased for legal services, He sued for $2500 and the allow- ance of the court was $2000. | has not found either. | | the Exposition directors will not have the hideous thing in position at their ’ JUNE 23, 1896. 13 Crowley divorce case was reached in court this morning, instead of the findings beirg submitted in the form of a decree Mrs. Crowley’s attorneys, W. R. Davis and F. L. Button, made a request that they be allowed $250 additional fees for services rendered. This was strongly objected to by R. M. Fitzgerald, counsel for the defendant, Dr. Crowley, who contended that the estate | was small, that there had been no contest and that counsel had been detained in court but half a day, and therefore $250 was sufficient for a fee. After some further discussion the mat- ter went over until Wednesday morning, when all interested can be present and be heard. UNENOWN SUICIDE. A Stranger Shoots Himself on the Steamer Piedmont and Dies in the Hospital. OAKLAND, Cav., June 22.— A man about 60 years of age, having the appear- ance of being a Mexican or West Indian, shot himself in the head on the ferry-boat Piedmont on her 11 o’clock trip from San Francisco this morning and died from the effects of the wound at the Receiving Hos- pital this afternoon at 3 o’clock. He stood outeide of the chain on the rear end of the boat, and evidently in- tended that his body should fall into the bay and sink, for eech pocket of his over- coat was filled with shot. But he fell in the opposite direction, and was taken care of by the deckhands, and, upon the arri- val of the boat at the long wharf, he was sent to the Receiving Hospital. The bul- let entered his brain and caused uncon- sciousness from which he never recovered. | The revolver snapped twice before going | off. The boat was opposite Goat Isiand when the tragedy occurred. o There was genuine surprise in this city | The only means for identification found this morning when the news was read in | UpoD the suicide’s ‘_er:,cm was a satchet of TxE Carx that Meyer Coben was missing. | POWAEr Put upat Jins's pharmecy of this | MEYER WAS NOT - AT THE WEDDING. |Sudden Disappearance of an Oakland Newspaper Man. BRIDE WAITED IN VAIN. The Groom-Elect Invited All His Friends and Then Van- ished. AN ANGRY BROTHER ARRIVES. Searches the City for His Sister’s Lover, but Meets With No Success. OARLAND OFrIcE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broaaway, June 22. } = | city bearing the name of V. P.” Smith, Meyer Cohen is as well known asany one | )jgpjeville, Cal. He had been a sufferer on Broadway, and as he is a very genial | from jaundice, and ill health may have fellow and not ultra-seclusive regarding | caused the rash act. BECAUSE SHE IS MARRIED Mrs. Shockley Doubts the Ex- _ planation of Her Failure to Be Re-elected. Many Married Women Retained, but OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Fraxcisco CALL,% 908 Broadway, June 22, Mrs. Harriet B. Shockley, who was | dropped from the roll of the teachers in t..e public schools 2 week ago without any explanation, is making an investiga- tion as to the reason for her non-election. So far she has only been able to learn that she was dropped because she was a | married woman, but so loag as many other married women are in the depart- ment Mrs. Shockley does not believe that | was the reason. | The Oakland Board of Education elects | teachers every year in secret session. No Meye: vohen, the Missing Groom-Elect, | one in the department is certain of more than a year of service, and there is great Who Was to Have Been Married in | fear and trembling every time the first San jose Sunday. | ‘ Monday in June comes around. No reason is given when a teacher is dropped, and the members of the board say that the object of the secret session is to protect the reputations of the teachers, | as a public discussion would be very un- his own affairs, everybody knew of his‘ approaching wedding. A fewdays ago the | following invitation was received by scores | of his friends in this city: Mr. and Mrs. A. Greenberg request the pleas- ure of your company at the wedding of their | pleasant. & daughter, Hinda, to Meyer Cohen, Sunday, _ This explanation. is the source of much June 21, 1896, at 5 o’clock P. M., 158 South | feeling on the part of teachers who fail of Eighth street, San Jose, Cal. | re-election, as they naturally infer that| Meyer told large-sized stories of the in- | they are dropped because of some dere- dividual wealth of the bride-elect and of | Jiction of duty or incapacity. This is a the settlement that his father-in-law was | Y6Y unpleasint experience for the teach- ers, but there 18 no remedy. P O e ente o "o | Mrs. Shockley is not satisfied to let mat. . B hed t nuLas Mok been seen ANde, Anc XYM O [ Tile wasinirbduosd forbidding the re-elec- his friends went to 1"‘1“" "ngye“lfird“ 0| tion of any woman teacher who had a hus. be present at the weddir s told in to- LRt e < body were present at the lovely Greenberg tor,”" said Mrs. Shcckley to-day, “‘that I home except the groom-elect. Search has e dronral -be}:ause SRR Dol muadies foe Cokion (oSIAy DD ane (o ian DP’I‘hiu explanation would be a has been able to find him, and all sorts of | /3od one if all_the other married women rumors are rife as to the cause of his ab- | T dropped, but such 1s not the case., 1 seg(o:%:xz] ?:ilxl\ aJ;fitxffifi"rTe;"e, He has | 8 not satisfied with the manner in which 3 i I wasdropped, and I propose to investi- worked on all the papers over here and | ° ¥ a Htht allrednda went East about three years ago, return- | 85te and see w G ing last fall. He is of a very affable nature Married or Not? and is generally liked. His many ac-| OAKLAND, CaL., June 22.—Mrs. D. D, quaintances believe that he will turu up | Baroteau, the divorced wife of Baron Ba- and give a good account of himself, as it is | roteau, who was freed from matrimony a not at all in accordance with his usual be- | week ago, reported to her friends to-day havior to be ungallant to the ladies. that she had married Jack Troy. Mrs. | He was secretary of the baseball league | Barotean i 48 years old and Mr. Troy is that went to pieces a few months ago and | 22, When seen this evening Mr. Troy de- has filled many transient positions, as | njed that he was married, and there is no doorkeeper at the tabernacle and promoter | record of any license having been issued of public concerts. to the couple. A little incident occurred a few weeks T T ago that has an added significance at t: is CURTIS VI NDICATED. | time. The city editor of a local paper pub- —— lished a notice of the wedding and sarcas- | Judge Wood ' vidently Believes He | tically concluded thus: “The marriage Only Did His Duty. may take place June 21.” Cohen was mad e wuen he saw the notice and visited the| OAKLAND,CAL, June22.—Judge Wood office with the intention of having re- | of the Police Court completely vindicated venge. Nobody was killed, however, and | Officer Curtis to-day when he denied the the editor stated to-day that he had prophe- | p5tion for a new trial on behalf of Hen sied more wisely than he had intended. = | yone the convicted Chinese lottery dealer, on whose behalf Thoma- F. Aenew A brother of Miss Greenberg, the de- serted bride, has been in Oakland to-day | G104t Ysliavit attacking Curtis’ official conduct in summoning jurors. | seeking Coken and an explanation, but The sentencing of the prisoner was de- ferred awaitin: the return of Assistant District Attorney Moore, who is enjoying his vacation in Colorado, as there was a question raised as to just what the testi- mony had been regarding the identifica- | tion of the defendant. FEES CONTISTED. D. Crowiey’s Legal Advisers Want More Moncy. OAKLAND, CaL.,, June 22.—When the Mrs. D. THE PICTURE NOBODY WILL OWN. OAKTLAND, Cal., June 22.—In the old Tabernacle there is a large oil paint- ing t &8 .urports to be a representation of the seal of California. Nobody knows who owus it, and on account of its execrable appearance, viewed from an artistic standpoint, no one will claim to be the painter. It has hung at the back of the platform through religious and political meetings, but will soon have to go, as coming show. The drawing is frightful and the coloring is vile and yet the canvas has been gazed at by tens of thousands of people. The accompanying picture is a faithful copy of the painting., It will be observed that the face is | tidal canal at Oakland on Friday evening, | admitted that the work was not good, but | streets at a greater speed than twelve | friends assembled to witness the cere- not nearly 8o broad as the arm. i} POLITICAL EQUALITY, Woman Suffrage Has Not Dis- turbed the Marital Rela- tion in Colorado. Lincoln Avenue Has Not Yet Been Gained for the City—A Domes- tic Goes Wading. ALAMEDA, CAL., June 22.—The regular meeting of the Political Equality Society | was held this afterncon in Foresters’ Hall, the president, Mrs. E. L.Wood, in the chair. After a few remarks by the Rev. 8. A. Taft Mrs. Hazlite, a resident of Colorado, ad- dressed the meeting. She told her hearers that so far she had not been able to perceive any change in the condition of things generally since women had been granted the franchise. They experienced no difficulty in casting their ballots and she had heard of no dis- sentions in married life caused by the woman voting one way and the husband another. Indeed, the women see as well as the men that their interests are identi- cal and the woman knows her interests are bound up in his. In speaking of the way women worked to gain their freedom to vote Mrs. Hazlite said the work was carried on on much the same lines as are in use in this State. She aid a high tribute to the personal excel- ence of the miners of Colorado and cited amusing instances of the way the would- be suffragists waylaid them as they came off their shifts. It was decided to hold the meetings without any break or vacation time. City Trustees. ALAMEDA, CaAL, June 22.— At the meeting of the Board of City Trustees accounts to the amonunt of $4627 were passed for payment. An invitation from the Board of Health, Oakland, was received fixing a meeting of the combined public bodies to consider the present unsanitary condition of the June 26. The City Attornev stated that in his opinion no change of grade at the inter- section of Seventh street and Atlantic ave- nue could be made until a majority of the frontage owners had presented a petition asking such change to be made. J. B. Pitchford, mechanical engineer, San Francisco, who drew the plans and specifications for the electric-light works, addressed the board on thelackness dis- played by him in their construction. He he thought that was not his fault, as he | Lad a deputy to look atter the work. He claimed the boilers were better set than nine-tenths of the boilers in the State. The Street Commissioners of Buena Vista avenue were allowed $25each for extra services. The ordinance prohibiting expectorating in public places or in public conveyances was carried. No bicycles are to be ridden on the miles an hour. A Home Wedding. ALAMEDA, Car., June 22.—Rev. H. Haserodt of the German Lutheran Church united William Wahmuth and Miss Bertha Ruf in the bonds of matrimony yesterday afternoon. The ceremony was performed at the residence of the bride’s parents, 3255 Briggs avenue. The bride was most attractively dressed in lavender silk, with sprayvs of orange blossoms in her bair and veil. Her sister acted as bridesmaid and her brother Otto as best man. Quite a large party of relatives and mony, the bridegroom being the son of Henry Wahmuth, who was formerly a prominent brewer in San Francisco. Anticipating. ALAMEDA, Car., June 22.—The nine- year-old son of Alexander Innes, named ‘Warren, thought he would, with'a com- anion’s assistance, ascertain if the regu- ation allowance of powder was in the bombs he had purchased 1n anticipation of the glorious Fourth. The bomb went off too quickly for the lad and he nearly lost his left eyeasa consequence. Dr. Tisdale's assistance haa ‘to be obtained to save the organ aud get the powder out of his eye and cheek. Linderman Opera-House. ALAMEDA, CAL., June22.—A new exit, five feet in width, is being constructed in Linderman Opera-house. It will be a separate stairway, and relieve the crowd from the gallery from meeting with those who use the ground floor, Mr. Linderman’s work is in _accordance with the recommendation of the tire com- mittee who inspected the buildings in May, their attention having been called to the matter in THE CALL in April. Not a Suicide. ALAMEDA, Car, June 22. — Jasper ‘Winant reported to the police this morn- ing that a woman was trying to commit suicide in the bay at the foot of Oak street. Constable Day hastened to the scene and found the woman wading in the bay. She told him she was not going to take her life just yet. She had been having “a time’’ and was cooling off. Revival Services. ALAMEDA, Car., June 22.—The revi- valist, Rev. T. G. Patterson, is now ex- horting in the streets and is drawing quite a large crowd of onlookers. He is being assis’ed by the Rev. F. D. Bovard of the M. E. Church and other evangelical min- isters. Services are held after the street exhortations in the Park-street M. E. Church. Lincoln Avenue. ALAMEDA, CaL., June 22.—Mrs. Emily G. Cohen has been granted ten days' further time wherein to file a notice of her intention to move for a new trial in the case recently decided in favor of the city in the matter of opening Lincoln avenue | through the Cohen property. WILL SOON RESPOND. Father Akerly, tha Venerable Episcopal Minister, Appears to Be Preparing for the Last Call. OAKLAND, Carn, June 22.—The Rev. Benjamin Akerly, rector emeritus of the St. John's Episcopal Charch, is rapidly declining and old age and general weak- ness are fast drawing the career of the popular minister to an end. For the vast two weeks he has been confined to his bed, unable to move about, though he is not afflicted with any narticular ailment. Father Akerly, as he is reverently called by the whole population of the city, was one of the first clergymen to establish a church in Oakland, and during his long ministerial career he has christened, mar- ried and buried more people than probably any cther two ministers of Oakland. He is nearly 80 years of age, half oi which has been spent in church work. e AFTER R AD HOUSES. Their Li- Supervisor Church Wants cens OAKLAND, Carn., June 22.—Supervisor Church went after the road housss to-day and if they fail to heed his note of warn- ing they may find themselves in trouble. Many of them have let their liquor li- cense expire and either refused or neg- lected to renew them. To-day at the meeting of the Board of Supervisors Supervisor Church called at- tention to the Lafayetie House, Wingate's and the White House, and asked that the District Attorney take the matter pefore the Grand Jury. Hesaid the county expert had notified twenty-five othersaloon-keep- ers that their license had expired, and if they did not come to time at once they, too, | Suction Jales AUCTEON SALE FOR CREDITORS. $25,000 WORTH OF JAPANESE HIGH-ART GOODS! Placed in my hands by the CREDITOES of the ORIENTAL == TRADING = GOMPANY. All to be closed out on the premises, 419 KEARNY STREET, COMMEHCING ON MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1896, At 10:30 A. M. and 2 P. M., and Continuing Daily Until All Is Sold. This is positively 3 o Bronzes, Canton Curios, Old Satsuma, Kaga, Koeni, v the Jargest stock on the coast, consisiing of Oriental Ococo Rugs, Elegant Screens, Cloisonue, Awata. Bishu, Ivory and Wood Carv- ings, Ancient and Musical Instruments. Sale positive as store is rented. Ladles particularly invited. CHAS. EASTMAN, AUCTIONEER FOR CREDITORS. AUCTION SALE ! CHAS. LEVY & (0. AUCTIONEERS, Salesrooms—1135 Market Street, Between Beventhand Eighth. Regular Saledays, Tuesdays and Fridays. Telephone, Jessie 761 THIS DAY Tuesday... . June 23, 1896, t100 Salesrooms, 1135 MARKET bet. 7th and Sth, WE WILL S8ELL Elegant line Furniture, Carpets, Upright Plano, Stoves and Ranges, Tollet Sets, Crockery. ec. CHAS. LEVY &'CO., Auctioneers. | THIS DAY AT 2 P. M. FURNITURE OF FLAT | 420 Fourteenth St., Near Valencia. | FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, Auctioneer, 19 Montgomery street. AUCTION SALE. On account of unpacking mud preparing the large stock of unclaimed furniture and merchan- dise for sale at warehouse, 211 Larkin st., auction | will be postponed until June 25. L. H. BURD, Auctioneer. | = | would be reported to the Grand Jury. Among the latter were William Peru, Eim- hurst; Mary McConnell, racetrack en- | trance; J. H. Jurgens, Golden Gate; L. | Lehmkuhl, Golden Gate’; J. Tierney, Broad- | way and Columbus avenue; Joseph Ras- | iller, Dalton and San Pablo avenue; H. | rockelman, Golden Gate; Leuz & Wat- her&nor:h, Half-way House, San Leandro road. THE GARBAG = QUESTION. | Improvement Ciub Taking Active Steps | to Solve It. OAKLAND, CaL., June 22.—The West | Oakland Improvement Club is now ready to let the contract for the moving of | 2500 yards of earth for the beginning of the filling of the West Oakland marsh, which has been under discussion for so | many years. They have the money in | hand to pay for_this work and they_will | be assisted in this enterprise by the North | Oakland Club. This is the beginning of a | thoroughiare from Seventh street to North | Oakland, the racetrack, stockyards and | West Rerkeley. | The club now has under consideration | a more sanitary and practical method of | di-posing of the garbage that is being | dumped between Curtis and Adeline | streets. ‘ —————— Young People’'s Party Against Teller. OAKLAND, CAL., June 22.—The Young Men’s People’s Party Club of Ala- meda County, the Trepresentative or- ganization of the party in this county, | held a large and enthusiastic meeting this | evening, when they took steps to stem the | Teller ‘tide that appears to be raising | steadily in their party. The following | declarations were adopted unanimously as | expressive of the party sentiment of this | | | vicinity: The Young Men’s People’s Party Club of Alameda County stands aghsst at the assump- | tion of certain members of the National Com- | miitee, under the chairmanship of H. | Taubenech, with the tide of success setting | toward our standard, to surrender the grand | principles of the People’s party to the single | issue of free silver, and passing by uried and | true Populists to advise the acceptance of a | candidate fresh from the Republican party, | who repudiates being a Populist. While we | Tespect the honesty and manhood of Henry | M. Teller, we recognize in Senator M. V. Ailen | of Nebraska a true Populist, sound upon the | silver issue and worthy of the supvort of the | party that he has so honored in the halls of National legislation. We aflirm our belief that sincere friends of financial reform should rally | to the People’s party, which declared for tree | silver in (he Omaha platform, and is capable of dealing with this as with every other great issue before the American people. | B ey ] Big Damage Suit. OAKLAND, Car. June 21.—The suit of Suail Grant for $20,000 damages against | Dr. J. P. Sarsfieia has been transferred to | this county from San Francisco. It was | filed May 28, when the plaintiff alleges | that by unskiliful treatment and neglect she was confined to her bed for weeks. | She claims to have paid him $150 for medi. | cal treatment and $30 for nursing. i —————— | | Lamb’s Death. OAKLAND, Car, June —W. E.| Lamb, a member of the brokerage firm of | A. G. Gwinett & Bro. of San Francisco, | died at his residence, 963 Seventh street, | at 11 o’clock this morning. He had been a | resident of Caiifornia twenty-five years, | and leaves considerable property and a | widow. —————— Christian Endeavorers. OAKLAND, Car., June 22.—The city Christian Endeavor Union held an import- ant meeting this evening and elected offi- cers for the coming year. They took action ‘in regard to the Sun- day drills of the Fire Department that will undoubtedly provoke opposition. A reso- lution was introduced condemning the practice of breaking the Sabbath with fire drills, . The city union also elected the follow- ing officers to-night to -serve during the coming year: GRAND AUCTION SALE THIS DAY AND TO-MORROW, June 23 and 24, 1896, At 10 o'clock . 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= Room and Chamber FURNITURE BY CATALOGUE, COMPRISING IN PART, 10 Concert Grand, Upright and Square Pianos— Steinway, Chickering, Decker, Weber, Rosener ana Light & Co.’s makes; Rich and Elegantly Up~ holstered Sofas, Arm ana Easy Chairs, Lounges, Patent Rockers, Reception Chairs. etc.; Solid Oak Reception, Rocking and Patent Rocking Chairs; Solid Oak, Waluut ana Ebony Bookcases, Cabi- nets and Music-Stands: Elaborate Carved Solid Oak Beasteads, Bureaus and Chiffoniers: 25 Oak Chamber Sets: Hair Spring Mattresses; Rich Glace Armoires: Magnificent Gold Frame Mirror; Mag- nificent Oak Sideboard and Hat T Dining- Tables; Butler's Sideboard: Vienna Bentwood Chairs; Onyx and Ebony Pedestals; Bronze Man- tel-Clock; Elegant Bric-a-Brac; Fiegant Engrav- ings and Ktchings; Japanese Plaques; China, Glassware and Plated Ware: Elegant Lambre- 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 Dumbbelis: %4 Circle Foils, Masks and Pads; Handsome Platform Scales: Rich Books, Charts, ete.; 250 School Desks, assorted sizes; 12 Teach- ers’ Desks, and an endless variety of articles for scnool purposes. Residence open for inspection on Mondsy, June , 1896, from 9 o'clock A. M. until 5 o’clock P. M. Catalogues at Tesidence on Monday and at our office. Remember the hour of the sale, at 10 o'clock A Auction sale Tuesday and Wednesday. June 23 agd 24, 1896. BASTON, ELDRIDGE & 00.. Auctioneers. Office, 638 Market Street. President, H. J. Waters, Baptist; vice-presi- dent, E.T. Leiter, Congregational; recording secietary, Miss Helen G. French, United Pres- byteria; corresponding secretary, Miss Alice B. Wythe, Methodist; treasurer, Gilbert Rob- ertson, Presbyterian. The city union was only formed one year ago, but the reports were very grati- fying and showed rapidly increasing mem- bership. ——————— Ferry Suicide Identified. OAKLAND, Cacr., June 22.—The body of the man who committed suicide to-day was identified this evening by J. H. Hickox as that of William M. Towle of Downieville, a miner "40 years of age, His wife lives in Bangor, Me., and a daughter, Mrs. A. A. Dowe, in Pueblo, Colo. Mrs. Spencer’s Suit. Sarah Owen Spencer has applied to the Superior Court to have the judgment obtained aganst her by Henrletta G. Witzemann set aside. Mrs. Spencer was accused by Carl von Tiedeman of figuring as Harriet P. Christy in a swindle which involved a transfer of 500 shares of the Southern California Fruit and Improvement Company. It is claimed that Spencer was bedridden in Arkansas and | unabie to attend the trial and that her attor- ney allowed the case to default. 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