The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 25, 1896, Page 13

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1896. v HOW 7O RUN AN ELECTRIC ROAD, Conductors Should Be Wise as Serpents, Patient as Job. MUST HELP THE LADIES. Forbidden to Discriminate, How- ever, Between the 0ld Maids and the Young Misses. MOTORMEN MUST BE STUDIOUS Interesting “Letters” to All Their Employes Issued by the Hay- wards Electric Road. 0AxLAND OFrICE SAN FRANCIECO CALL, 908 Broadway, Aug. 24. } People who have expegienced any trou- ble with streetcar employes, and they are legion, will be interested in alittle “letter” that has just been issued by the Hay- wards electric road. It marks a progress- | will greatly aid them in operating their cars by teaching them the uses of the various | wires and other parts of the motors. When a man understands that the welfare of himself, and possibly of his fomily, depends upon his efforts, it should spur him on to increased en- deavors, and he should take hold of his work as it it was a pleasure to him, and not as if his sole aim in 1ife was to kill time while on duty. Carelessness loses many positions. The last piece of advice is self-explana- tory: *In case of any trouble between passen- ger and conductor (should your services be required) you will give the conductor all the assistance in your power."” | FOOTPADS CAUGHT. Pulled a Man Off a Street Car and Robbed Him in East Oakland. OAKLAND, CaL., Aug. 24.—Raphael Massar of San Francisco reported to._the police at 11 o’clock last night that he had been pulled off of a Fruitvale electric car at Commerce and, East Twenty-third streets by two highwaymen and robbed of $2, all the money he had with him at the time. No one saw the deed and the passen- ger was not even missed. o Officers Jacobus and Kingsbury were in- structed to look into the matter. In the struggle Massar had lost his hat and secured one belonging to his assailants. On seeing this Jacobus recognizea it as be- longing to Henry Lawson, whom he had seen wearing it during the evening. With Lawson at the time was Henry Callaghan. The officers know both men as hnvlng records and that they were often about E Tye's house on East and Twenty-secona streets, near Commerce. The officers went to Tye's and found both men in bed, but Wassar's hat was in the room. Both wefe made to dress and were sent to the City Prison. This morn- ing Wassar called and identified the men as the ones who had assaulted him, and swore to complaints charging them with | No Matter HoweCantankerous or Obstinate Passengers May Be, Conductors Must Always Wear an Angelic Smile and Try to Please. ive step both in the prestige and depori- ment of motormen and conductors. It commences by stating that the advice if followed “will be of great benefit to you and will tend to make you more useful to the company.” Above all things, the company does not t “cranky’’ men, although it expects every employe to be momuf;hly famihar with all the cranks and wheels of the ma- chinery under his control. A conductor must certainly have a temper like Job if he honestly acts up to the advice regard- 1ng being pleasant. ““W hen asked for information,’ it says, ‘“‘hasten to give all that you can, A con- ductor can, by being cranky, drive travel from the railway, just the same asa clerk a store can drive trade away. Trbanity is capital, without which no business can be successfully carried on. “Passengers do not always like to make requests, and their wants should be antici- pated. ¢ “Do not get out of temper when a pas- senger happens to take offense, but rather make an effort to appease him and please him.” Something new is found in the rule about putticg an obnoxious passenger off the car. Before ejecting him the con- ductor is to use every means to pursuade to be a gentleman, and if this has no ct then return his fare and bounce im. The return of the fare is a new feature, The poor conductor has another task which isnot any more pieasant. He is advised as follows: Should & light of glass be broken while a car is in your charge endeavor to collect $1 50 from the person breaking it. If he refuses ask him his name and address, and when you turn your car in make a full and detailed ac- | count of it and drop it in the time-card box. No conductor is to discriminate between the Jady who is fair, fat and fifty and the dainty maiden who is attending a picnic at San Lorenzo Grove. He is told to be ‘ready at all times to assist ladies, both old and young, in alighting or getting on & car; also help them with bundles, etc., always being careful when assisiing a lady to do so in such a manner as not to give offense. Always try to find seats for passengers by making children ‘double up,’ or by having their parents take them on their laps.” The conductor is dismissed with one more word of advice, doubtless the rasult of a talk to a newspaperman in the past. Here is the rule: ‘‘You must not under any circumstances discuss an accident ex- cepting when ordered to do so by the su- perintendent.”’ The motorman is no longer fo be re- garded asa ‘‘streetcar man.” He will be expected to be somewhat of an electrician and more of 8 machinist. Among other things the ‘‘Letter to Motormen” contalns the following: Itis not enough for a motorman toknow how to turn the current off and on, but he hould be thoroughly familiar with the ma- chinery on his car, in order to economically operate the same. It will be but a question of time until & motorman wiil be required to take an examination similar to thatof an en- gineer. It 4s a well-’known fact that a man wio understands the parts of an electric motor is able 10 operate the same more economically than he who does not understand them. Ifa man wants to make it his busizess to run e motor, and thereby earn his living, he should thoroughly understana his business. It is not necessary for & man to be an electri- cian, yet he should understand his motors. It is expected thet soon every car will have a re- cording Waét meter; then every motorman will be held accountable for an excessive use of current, and if he does not know enough to run his car with economy lie cannotexpect to beretained in the service of this company. Motormen will clearly see that it is to their in- terests to study end become thoroughly fa- miliar with everything in connection with the motors. There are a great many good books on the subject of cleciricity which caa be purchased cheaply, and which, if studied by-them highway robbery. Motorman Moir called also and identified them as passengers on the trip mentioned. Lawson is the last of three brothers. Fred, the oldest, was shot in Los Angeles about eighteen months ago and Charles was found dead in an opium joint here about a year ago. Henry is an ex-convict, with two prior convictions to his credit. Callaghan is a petty larcenist of local note. They were allowed until Wednes- day to consult an attorney. B Free-Silyer Clubs. OAKLAND, CAL., Aug.24.—The Bryan Bilver Club of the Seventh Ward will meet Tuesday night at the old engine- house on Fifteenth avenue and East Kour- teenth street. The officers of the club are: Chairman, C. F. Thompson; frst vice-president, R. V. McSorley; second vice-president, W. R. Kennedy; secretary, J. Samuels; treasurer, T. Wheaton; ser- geant-at-arms, F. Peters; executive com- mittee—Dr. B. Stetson, W.J. Fields and . C. Crooks. The Bryan Free-silver Club of West Opkland has been orzanized with fifty-two names and the following officers: H. C. Franks, president; M. J. Connerton and L. A. heeler, vice-presidents; G. J. Kearns, secretary; J. Bimpson, treasurer; E. Alvers, sergeant-at-arms; W. J. Harlin, M. J. Halpin, E.J. Powers,~A. Lawrence and George J. Kearns, executive com- mittee. The club will meet Tuesday evenings. Crushed Beneath Timber. | ELMHURST, CaL, Aug. 24—E. L. | Stone, manager of the Elmburst Supply | Company, was seriously injured to-day. While in the lumber-yard a pile of lumber fell and buried one of his legs, breaking it in several places. ————————— HISTCRY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, | 908 Broadway, Aug. 24. George C. Putnam, Z. W. Moore and H. C. | Babeock have taken the oaths of office as Fire Commissioners of North Temescal. G. Tarwater, the shoemaker, who had his arm broken by a chunk of dried adobe thrown by young T. O'Leary, threatens to sue the boy’s tather for damages. L. P. Fiege, one of the three boys arrested for stealing $200 from the Center-street station, was bound over by Judge Wood sy for trial in tne Superfor Court with bail fixed at $2000. The funeral of Stanley Willlams, the suicide of Friaay, was held to-day at G. A. R. Hall, under the auspices of the Sons of St. George, Albion Lodge 206, of which the deceased was a member. Frederick Ekenberg drank a third of thirty- three gallons of ‘‘dago red,” or Italian wine, in three days, and died, The inguest was held this morning at Irvington, near where the body was found. L. Ore, a resident of Fifth and Linden streets, is in an insane asylum at Denver. A telegram to that effect was received this afternoon at police headquarters from the Chief of Police at the Colorado city. The dedication of the new synagogue will take place Sunday, September 6. The annual rental of seats for the coming holidays can be secured before that time at the secretary’s office, 466 Ninth street. The suffragists of Pledmont will hold a meeting Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, at the home of Mrs. T. L. Walker, 2549 Pjed- mont avenue. This will be the first precinct meeting held by the campaign committee. In the matter of the estate of Peter Otten, deceased, Reed & Nusbaumer have been ap- pointed attorneys for the absent heirs, who are Mrs. Alfeldt of New York, sister of the de- ceased, and children of a deceased brother, who reside outside of the United States. The miil at Alvarado was started this morn- ing to bandle the sugar-beet crop. The actual season this year will be much longer than previous ones, as the acreage of beets is greater, Contra Cesta County sending in many carloads. The mill will run night and day for five months. A few days ago Chris Thorup was riding on a bicyele on the Mount Eden road, when in passing & man on foot, the latter maae a pass at him with a knife, and, upon reaching home, Mr. Thorup found he had been cut in the arm. Attempts were then made to find his assailant, but without success. Street Superintendent Miller commenced preparations to-day for the work of cleanin, the main lake sewer. He has men at wor building a rude boat 3x12 feet, which will be used to float the iron buckets containing the reluse removed from the sewer 1o the nearest manhole, where the buckets will be hohudl out. MISTAKEN 08 MIDHGHT THES, He Was Shooting a Skunk That Had Attacked His Dog. ANDREW HAYES’ ESCAPE Shot At While Investigating a Disturbance in His Chicken- House. BOTH ANIMALS WERE GAME. The Presence of the Odoriferous Pest So Near the City a Sur. prise to All. OAXRLAND OrricE SAN FrANCISCO CALL,} 808 Broadway, Aug. 24. Andrew Hayes was shot at last night near his home under circumstances that, 8o long as they did not end tragically, may be regarded as funny. It was the result of a midnight battle between a dog and a large skunk which took vlace in the grounds surrounding Andrew Hayes' residence near Trestle Glen. The dog, was victorious, but not before a stubborn fight bad takep place was the skunk killed. When measured it was found to be twenty-eixht inches long, which is the biggest one of its kind killed in this county for many years. In factso rare have these odoriferous pests been for a long time that it was hoped they were extinct so far as Alameda County was con- cerned. The dog which is a valuable pointer, at- tacked the skunk and the two were fight- ing fiercely when Andrew Hayes was at- tracted by the noise. The scene of the strife was beneath a low platform near the chicken-house at the Hayes place on Wat- son avenue near Brooklvn. After severely wounding his antagonist, the dog could stand his surroundings no longer, and running to a pile of ashes he buried his nose in it. Hayes got his gun and a couple of charges of shot ended the skunk’s suffering. He then turned his at- tention to his dog, and for half an hour he played a garden hose on his favorite. After that the dog ran to Lake Merritt and spent several hours swimming for the purpose of trying to forget that he had been 80 near so ill-favored an antagonist. “I never saw a skunk act s0 meanly in my life,” said Mr, Hayes to-day. “I have not seen a skunk in this neighborhood for a long time, and it must have been a very vicious animal or my dog would never have gone near it. The beast was very sick, though, when I shot it. Our place is about a quarter of a mile this side of Tres- tle Glen, and was thought to be free of such pests. 5 “The worst part of it all was the excite- ment that it caused. When the neighbors heard ihe shots at midnight they came out with their guns, and it was only by a lucky chance that I did not suffer. I had been attracted from my rcom by the noise of the dog, and supposing that robbers were around I took my gun with me. “When some of the neighbors saw a man with & gun in the moonlight they at once supposed that I was a robber, and a shot went whizzing past danger- ously close to my arm. I had to shout to save my own life, and I am not wanting any more skunks around here at mid- night.”” % WILL FIGHT FOR HONOR Berkeley Freshmen and Sophe- mores Prepared for Their Rush To-Night. 0Odds in Favor of the Freshmen—C-p- tain Ransome Will M:et the Football Men. BERKELEY, CAL., Aug. 24.—The fresh- men and sophomores of the State Uni- versity have everything in readiness for their great annual ‘‘rush,” which will take place to-morrow evening at 8 o’clock on the football grounds. Each of the two classes held meetings this afternoon and made final arrangements for the battle. The juniors admonished all the fresh- men to turn out and make their victory, of which they seem reasonably certain, as overwhelming as possible, and the seniors advised the sophomores to keep up cour- age and fight to the bitter end, notwith- standing the odds in the way of numbers they will be forced to work against. The freshmen say they can get together 200 fighting men who “will stay by the ©00” banner uatil it is trailed in the dust. The sophomores do not believe they can call out &s many as this, but say that their experience will counterbalance their lack of numbers. = All day long the rival classes have been gathering together baling ropeand twine with which to bind the vanquished. After the fight is over and the defeated classmen are piled in a heap the customary war dance about them by the victors and their anpgorfing upper class will be observed. The usual rumor that the faculty will take a hand in the affair and call a halt if &nnun become too lively went abroad to- ay. 1f the evening be a clear one, it is ex- pected that at least three thousand 8 tors will be on the scene to witness the spilling of %oru and the straining of collegiate muscle. Will Meet Football Men, BERKELEY, Caivn., Aug. 24.—Captain Ransome will meet prospective football players for the coming season to-morrow afternoon in Harmon gymnasium. This will be the first official meeting of Berke- ley football men this year, and it is anti- cipated that a large number will be pres- ent, especially representatives from the treshmen class. This class contains a large number of big men, eighty of whom stand over six feet in their stockings, and who seem eminently fitted for work on the gridiron. 2 May Leaso the Cottages. BERKELEY, CaL., Aug. 24.—So many of tiie classrooms at the State University have become decidedly overcrowded since the advent of the class of 1900 that it seems necessary that the cottages on the south side of the grounds belonging to the university, but now occupied by some of jts officers, will have to be pressed into service for holding recitations. Mostof the cottages have for many years been omuEied by professors and em- ployes of the university, but gradually it has become necessary to bave them va- cated in order that they might be used:for recitation-rooms and other university pur- poses. At present one of them is used by the dining association, another is used as the university printing offize, and still another was used as a recitation room and called the French cottage befure it burned. The chemistry building, which was one of the last to be erected on the campus, is overcrowded beyond all expression, and North Hall is filled almost to suffocation. To Choose Delegates. BERKELEY, OAL., Aug. 24.—The Popu- lists of the Fifty-first Assembly Distriet, which includes the First, Second, Third and Fourth wards of Berkeley, will meet in Pythian Hall next Monday evening for the purpose of electing delezates to the county convention. Only those whose names appear on the club-roll by next Wednesday will be allowed to vote at the meeting. Wish Their Co-operation, BERKELEY, CaL., Aug. 24.—The mem- bers of the Citizens’ Suffrage Society are solicitous of the support of the university students in their cumpniin to pass the eleventh amendment, and havesent a gen- eral communication to them asking their support. They also forward a communica- | tion to thke Students’ Republican Club asking the privilege of introducing a speaker, such as Rev. Anna Shaw or Miss Anthony, to address tbem at their coming mass-meeting, Dr. Carrie Young addressed the club at the special meeting this afternoon on the issues of the day. Lectures to Farmers, BERKELEY, Oavn., Aug. 24.—A meet- ing of the committee on ‘‘lectures to farm- ers,” at the State University, was held to- day to make final arrangements for the course of fifty, which have been inaugu- rated and which will all be delivered within the next six months. Regent Reinstein, at whose suggestion the course was decided to be given, was present. Professor Wickson went south last Satur- day to begin the course and Professor Hil- gard will follow him next Saturday. WAS VERY POPULAR. The Oakland Exposition Proved Re- markably Successful for Three Weeks. OAKLAND, CarL., Aug. 24.—The second annual Oaklapd Industrial Exposition proved a great drawing card, as the record of tickets taken in at the door clearly proves. The following table shows the attendance by days and weeks: First | Second | Thl Davs. week. | week. wurlg 2,389 | 3,727 8108 | 1,208 2712 | 8674 879y | 3478 4,355 | 5,012 8,564 | 6,671 14,289 | 19,929 | 22,665 ...66,876 The management has issued a pamphlet giving the names and addresses of all ex- ibitors. The exposition directors have received an invitation from the California Manufacturers' and Producers’ Associa- tion to be present next Monday night and occupy seats on the platform on the formal opening of the State Fair at the Mehanics’ building. SUFFRAGIST CAMPAIGN. Political Equality Club Campaign Com- mittee Organizes for Active Work. OAKLAND, CAn. Aug. 24.—The cam- paign committee of the Political Equality Society of Alameda County is gging {o push work on the suffragist amendment, The fol- lowing sub-committees have been named: Precinct committee—Mrs. Lydia A. Prescott, Mrs. 8. C. ford, Dr. Ke'flogghno‘ Precinct work—Mrs. 8. C. Borland, Mrs. M. 8. Haight, Mrs. Olive ~Babcock, R C. Campbell, Mrs. L. M. Walker. Great register—Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Curtis, Mrs. Bangs, O. M. Sanford, Burdette Cornell. Parlor meetings — Mrs. A. Borland, Mrs, Tripp, Mrs. Carlisle. ‘Ward meetings—A. A. Dennison, Dr. C. 8. Lane, Mr. Holland. Advisory committee—Colonel Dickinson, Green Majors, C. 8. Dodge, Judge Haight, Colonel George Babeock. Lecture committee—Mrs. Lloyd Baldwin, Mrs. Haight, Mrs. Alice M. Stocker. Preparation committee—Miss Mollie Con- ners, Mrs, Curtis, Charles Norward Shinn, Mrs. William Keith. Lecturers—Colonel Dickinson, Green Majors, Dr. Kellogg-Lane, Mollie Connors, Mrs. 8. C. Sanford, A. A. Dennison, Charles Norward Shinn, Burdette Cornell, .vudse Haight, Mrs. Ada Van Pelt, Mrs. Alice M. Btocker, Mrs. A. Eleanor Carlisle: e ———— A FORTUNE IN RELICS. Visit of Judge Ambrose Cunning, Traveler and Statesman. OAKLAND, Can, Aug. 24—Judge Ambrose M. Cunning of Indianapolis, a well-known traveler, orator and states- man, is at present in this city and may permanently locate here. He has lately spent six months in Europe and has col- lected $20,000 worth of relics, mostly from | Palestine. He was twice elected to the | Indiana Legislature and was once a Dis- trict Judge. To-morrow night he will de- liver a free lecture at the First Christian Church on “‘Rambles in Europe.” He is at present the guest of the pastor, Rev. James, Small. “ The Irish Artist.”” OAKLAND, Car., Aug. 24.—To-morrow night Chauncey Olcott, at the Macdon- ough, will present as the second play of his engagement, “The Irish Artist,” a yim production of the pens of Augustus ercy and George H. Jessop. *‘The Irish Artist”’ is a decidedly pretty Irish comedy- drama. It represents scenes in Wexford, Ireland, in the early part of the present century, and its creators have invested it with a charm which holds the audience interested from beginning to end. An Irish love story forms the theme of the lay and fishermen, smugglers, pretty asses and blithe lads are incidentally, yet naturally, introduced. Mr. Olcott appears in the principal role and as Maurice Cronin qina an admirable representation of the Irish lad, whose artistic instin cts send him to Loudon to develop his talents and win fame as an artist. Promising Singers. OAKLAND, CAL., _Anf. 24.—The success that attended the singing of the Misses Edna and Hattie Winslow at the exposi- tion has resulted in their decision to de- vote their entire energy to music. They will be tendered a farewell reception to- morrow night, and will leave for Chicago the next morning. Both youn{; ladies are graduates of the Oakland High School, and have already made a State reputation, being regarded as the most promising singers of the colored race on the coast. Miss Edna sings contralto and Miss Hattie soprano. Mrs, Mary C. Tubbs Dead. OAKLAND, CAL., Aug. 24.—Mrs. Mar C. Tubbs, the stepmother of Hiram C. Tubbs of East Oakland, died at Pacific Grove to-night. Mrs. Tubbs has been ail- 1ng for some time, and her death.was not altogether unexpected. The deceased was 71 years of age, and was little known in this city, as she has resided at Pacific Grove for many years. The body will ve brought to this city and interred at Moun- tain View Cemetery on Wednesday, Fivancial Statement. OAKLAND, CAL., Aug. 24. — The quar- ',.r]{ report of County Treasurer O, M. Sanford shows the receipts from all sources to have been $513,248 55, which, with the balance on hand at the \:elinnin: of the quarter, makes a total of $753,495 19, The disbursements for the same period were $454,977 08, leaving a balance on hand of $208,518 11, Mining Claim. LIVERMORE, CAL, Aug. 24.—Mrs. M. J. Hearst of this city has filed a gold placer mining claim on a'tract of land 1n Mocha VMIe*. near this' place, and expeects to work it this fall. Some good-paying dirt has been taken out already. HIS BIG RECORD - OF LIBEL SUITS. Several More Promised for Editor High of the Times. THROWS UP THE SPONGE President Dingee Says He Wiil Still Pursue His Fight for Character. OTHERS MAY BE ARRESTED. Meanwhile Gavin Dhu High Issues a Statement That He Has Sold the Paper. OAxrAND OrricE SAN FrANcrsco CALy,) 908 Broadway, Aug. 24. | The Times is once more in tronble. This old newspaper was the first daily journal to be established in this city, and, like many other ‘‘pioneer’” journals, seems to be doomed to periodical wreckage. A few weeks ago it passed into the handsof Gavin Dhu High. Mr. High's aggressive policy soon brought about a couple of libel suits by W. J. Dingee. The first of these was tried a month ago, ana the editor was fined $230 and ordered to jail for five days. He appealed, and the case is still pending. The second case is set for Wednesday. This afternoon Mr. High published the following little notice: 1 bave to-day sold the Oakland Times and Evening Item and retire from their manage- ment to fill an important position on a San Francisco paper. GAVIN DEU HIGH. The Item was an offshoot of the Times, that appeared about two months ago. The editor of both papers came under the ban of the directors of the Board of Trade, and a movement was introduced at the last meeting to dro&hlm from the rolls. It is said that the Merchants’ Exchange ‘was about to adopt a similar measure. The Times has nov passed into other hands yet, but has reverted tc the banks Yhat hold mortgages against it. Its future is not yet settled. It was stated to-day that Gavin High’s retirement was due to the banks, but Mr. Prather says it was the result of an inability to make it pay ex- penses. “I shall not relax the prosecution of my libel suits,”’ saia Mr. Dingee to-night, “‘be- cause High has left the paper, but shall vindicate my character to the fullest ex- tent. I have several other libel suits that I shall bring, and if Mr. High is within reach of the State courts he will be tried for his doings.” It was reported to-night that Mr. Dingee had decided to swear out warrants for libel against some prominent people who, it is alleged, have been joint owners with High in the Times. “I only spoke once to Mr. High,'’ said Mr. Dingee to-day, ‘‘and then 1 told him I felt sure that he was being encouraged to publish his infamous stories concerning me, and that if he would tell me who they were that were using such means to an- noy me I would not press for a heavy sen- tence. Atthattime he refused to tell me.” PAULINO READY 0 EAT Thinks He Can Vanquish Miller, the Champion Egg-Con- sumer. The Bootblack on the Ferry Steamer Tiburon Out With a Chal- lenge. Since Ernest Miller, the butcher in the employ of Uri & Co., the Clay-street butchers, vanquished Sam Browney, the stableman, in an egg-eating contest in a Clay-street bakery, the craze for cham- pionship bonors in the gastronomic line has been rampani and more than one as- pirant has announced his willingness to devour hen fruit for coin and fame. Most of these aspirants have been dis- couraged because of their well-known paucity of square meals, but one man has come to the front whose claims for recog- nition cannot be ignored. He is a boot- black, but an eater of mighty attainments and moreover his friends are ready with funds to back him. Guiseppi Paulino shines shoes on the steamer Tiburor and incidentally con- sumes all of the available food in the gal- ley when bis time to eat arrives. As re. muneration for lighting the fire in the steamer’s restaurant range and cleaning the kitchen he 1s allowed to eat ad libitum, and this is what he generally coasumes: Two plates of soup, two large platters of meat and vegetables, one large loaf of bread, a soup plate tull of cucumbers and tomatoes, three cups of coffee to wash down a dozen or more of doughnuts and all the fruit that is left over from the previous day. This is simply tor breakfast and the other two meals of the day are in propor- tion. Evyen after these feats in tha eating line Guiseppi often announces that his hunger is unappeased, and that a few plates of spaghetti would still be accept- able. - When Miller's fame as an egg-eater went abroad Paulino was asked by ms shipmates aboard the vessel whether sixty- five eggs would fill his ever present cavity. “Notta much,” replied the doughty bootblack. “I eata seventy-five any time.” The satisfied friends of the bootblack at once made up a purse of §25, which they are willing to increase to $35, that Paulino will not only outeat Miller to the exten of 10 egfl, but that he will accomplish thé demolition of the hen fruit in twenty minutes less than the cadaverous butcher. Man and money areready at the Tiburon ferry atany time that the steamer is in, and a match can be arranged at short notice. i g Missing People. JOAKLAND, CAL, Aug. 24. — Chief of Police Floyd has received a request for in- formation odl fwmhfl R. B. Hiollgwnd vivho disa red from his home in Washing- ton,plg.“ ., December 18 last. He is 19 years of age and 5 feet 5 inches tall. He has studied medicine, and may be engazed in a hospital. L A request has also been made for him to look out for Archie Beers Jr. of Chicago, age 11, who left home August 3, Divorce Granted. OAKLAND, CaL., Aug. 24.—Judge Og- den to-day granted a decree of divorce to Mrs, Jennie Tyssell from John C. Tysseli, who is supposed to be in Cleveland, Ohio. He was served with notice of the case but madé no appearance. : A ton of Atlantic water, when evapo- rated, yields eighty-one pounds of salt; a ton of Pacific water, seventy-nine pounds; the water of the Dead Sea, more than twice as much—187 pounds to the ton. HAuction Bales - GRAND FURNITURE SALE. THIS DAY, ....:August 25, 1896, l0CK A. M., 8L 1057 MARKET STREET, OPP. JONES, WE WILL SELL.... 5000 Yards of Carpets and Linoleum, 10 Kitchen Ranges; 50 Perfection Kitchen Tables; 3 Magnificent Eastern Oak_Chamber Suits; 1 French-plate Mantel Mirro; Tuesday. 1 Cherry-rrame Par- | lor Suit, covered 1n Freuch velour: auy amount of | odd pieces of Upholstery; 1 Klegant Sideboard and | Extension Table and Chaurs, Bureaus, Chiffoniers, Tounges, Wardrobes, Paintings, Art Proot En- gravings, Etchings, Mattresses, Pillows, Crockery, | Urnaments of all kinds, etc. INDIANA AUCTION COMPANY, 1057 Market st., opp. Jones. Formerly M. J. Simmons. FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, Auctioneer for A. M. Speck & Co., Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers, 6% Market Streots GRAND GROCERY AUCTION THIS DAY (TUESDAY), ceree AL 11 A M 816 SIXTEI STRERT { | AUCTION SALE. The Undersigned Will Offer for Sale AT—— PUBLIC AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE FOR CASH At Our Warerooms, Nos. 218-215 Market St., San Francisco, Cal., THURSDAY.. COMMEN AUGUST 27, 1896, AT 10 A, M., AND AT Our Warerooms at Nos. 562-366 Twelfth Street, Oakland, Alameda County, Cal, ON. FRIDAY......... ...AUGUST 28, 1896, Commencing at 10 . X., Tho stock of Vehicles, Bicycles, Horses, Harness, Robes, Whips, etc., formerly of the Columbus Bugey Company, including about 600 Vehicles, compristug Carringes, Surreys, Phaetons, 7Traps, Bugzies, Spring Wagons, Business Wag ‘Wagons, Road Carts, Village Carts, ~peed Carts of various styles, 112 Nets of Single and Double Har- ness, 8 Hor. 0 Bicycles, Office Furniture, =afe, Desks. Typewriter, 640 Dashes, large stock of Robes, Whips, Blankets and other miscellaneons assortment of Buggy Tops, Poles, Shafis, Lamps, ete. CHARD BRO. & LANE. e e UNEARTHED AN ANCIENT TOMB An Interesting Discovery at the Oakland Race- Track. QUEER INDIAN SKULLS. Their Remarkable Formation Interests Professor Meriam of Berkeley. ONE THOUSAND YEARS OLD. President Williams’ Museum of Ancient Anatomy at the California Jockey Club. The Oakland racetrack is at the present moment a happy hunting ground for en- thusiastic archmologists, a state of affairs directly due to a most importantdiscovery recently made in that locality. This is nothing less than an unusually fruitful specimen of what is commonly termed the shell-mound or kitchen midden, now gen- erally admitted to be the burial ground of presumably autochthorons Indian tribes long ago extinct. Mounds of this descrip- tion have frequently been found in many parts of California, and in fact all along the Pacific Coast, but in this particular in- stance the discovery referred to is of such a character as to suggest to the eye of an expert much greater antiquity than the average type. This opinion is held by Professor Meriam of the Berkeley University among others,. He was notified of the find without del and has secured two skulls for examina- tion and preservation in the university museum. possessor, was, no doubt, a distinet ad- vantage. * A representative of THE CALL visited the racetrack vesterday afternoon and after sundry inquiries was sufficiently fortunate to light upon George Bleasdale, the fore- man of the improvement work, who very courteously communicated all he knew concerning this unique shell mound. ““We began to level it early last week,” said he, ‘‘as we intend to use the site for the new stables and also require the earth for filling-in purposes. Eight skulls, think, were found in all, and as many as four of these within ten inches of each other, as well s hundreds of other bones. Four of the eight skulls were fairly well preserved, but the remainder were broken up into several pieces. Two professors from the university wereover here a few days ago, and I understand that in taeir opinion these relics are at least a thousand years old, Perhaps the site of this race- track was used by those old Indian tribes as a battie-field, and the mound was where they afterwards buried their dead. *“One reason for my thinking so is that from the pesition in which we found the bones it is certain that the bodies were placed in the earth anyhow—some of them upside down and all jumbled up together i terrible confusion, The bones were covered with finely powdered shells. Seems to me,” added Mr, Bleasdals, face- tiously, ‘‘that these” fellows must have feasted on clams, oysters and mussels every time they had a funeral. Here's a bit of a spinal column. Ifit originally belonged to a human being be was evi- dently much bigger than we are nowa- days. You'll notice, too, that the teeth in these skulls are very heavy and_sharp— made so artifically, no doubt. I've often found shellmounds in this neighborhood, but have never before seen skulls of the same formation as these.”” The original of the skull shown in the sketch was kindly loaned by Thomas H. Williams, the president of the California Jockey Club, who intends to have it re- stored. When questioned on the subject of the discovery he stated, that Professor Meriam of Berkeley had taken possession of two of the better preserved skulls, on behalf of his faculty, and had also ex- pressed his opinion as to the antiguity of the mound in the terms previously quoted. In the course of the next few days the entire mound will be plowed up, when further interesting developments mdy be looked for. Itis worthy of remark in this connection that the examination of the mound has yielded nothing in the shape of domestic utensils or warlike weapons, such as are often found in other mounds of California. POLITICAL EQUALITY CLUB. Addresses Delivered by Mrs. Eckman and Mrs. Margaret Hood. ALAMEDA, CarL., Aug. 24.—The Politi- cal Equality Club held a meeting this aft- ernoon in the Foresters’ Hall. Mrs. Eck- About a weekago George Bleasdale, who ! man of Ban Francisco addressed the Skull of Strange Conformation Discovered in a Berk eley Shell Mound. is tke foreman of the work of improve- ment now in progress on the Oakland racetrack, began to level the mound in question in order to prepare a site for the new stables, and also to obtain earth to £ill up another portion of the track. Hardly bad the workmen begun to dig than one of them, more fortunate thanthe rest, like the gravediggers in ‘““‘Hamlet,” sudden!y unearthed a skull. Thomas H, Williams, president of the California Jockey Club, and A. M. Allen, superintendent of the work, soon heard of the occurrence and immediately visited the scene of the discovery. Both: gentle- men seemingly take keen interestin theab- struse subject of shell mounds, and eagerly determined to thoroughly investigate the nature of this particular sample of the species. A hole was accordingly dugsome six feet in depth and not more than seven feet in diameter, and within this com- paratively small space fully eight skulis in a more or less perfect siate of preserva- tion were brought to light, as weli asa large quantity of bones from other por- tions of the human frame, as for example bits of the spinal column, hip and thigh bones. The whoie of the mound is otherwise composed of clam, mussel and oyster shells 1n a state of decomposition and is e:timnted to be at ieast 200 yards in diam- eter. One marked peculiarity of all the skulls which have thus far been unearthed 1s the peculiar formation of their upper portion above the eye-sockets, As will be seen from the accompanyine sketeh the own- er’s head must have been entirely devoid of what moderns call the forehead and that it recedes abruptly, thus indicating an extremely low order of intelligence. Moreover, the occipital parts are of enor- mous thickness and scarcely calculated to be easily broken in time of war, which, from the point of view of their happy Br.d. ¥. wIBBON. | meeting on the necessity of all working for the eleventh amendment asif they were going to get it. B8he deprecated any half-hearted measures and assured her hearers that they must educate themselves to know they are asking for what is right and just and then go ahead. The City Trustees. ALAMEDA, CaL., Aug. 24.—At the City Trustees’ meeting this evening a request was received from E. B. Dunning asking the board ta withhold moneys due Con- stable & Kennedy, contractors at the Klec- tric Light Works, to the amount of $38 70, on account of materials supplied by him to them. Accounts to the amount of $203, besides the salary list for the month, were ordered to be paid. A new stone sewer is to beput down in Central avenue, between Willow and Chestrmt streets, under resolution 653. A similar sewer is to be laid down in Santa Clara, between Oak and Walnut streets. The condemnation of the tidal canal completion by Colone! Suter was infor- mally disenssed and the matter was laid over till next meeting, by which time data are to b: prepared to controvert Cdlonel Suter’s statements. Plumber Fails. OAKLAND, CaL., Aug. 24.—Thomas J. Carroll, a plumber at 915 Thirty-sixth street, has filed a rtinion in insolvency. He owes $4901 and has assets vaiued at $700, of which $370 are exempt. r. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY NT. 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