The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 8, 1896, Page 13

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1896 Interesting News Items From Alameda CLARET SPOILED HER LOVELY DRESS Curious Case Based on a Little Streetcar Ac- cident. i | 1 TEE CORK WORKED OUT. And on a Steep Grade the Wine Coursed Along the Seat. NOVEL ESUIT FOR DAMAGES. A Young Man Who Thinks He Might Have Settled When Hs Anger Had Cooled Off OARLAND OFFICE 8AX FrANCISCO CALL.E 908 Broadway, Sept. 7. - A very novel suit has been filed against George Sterling in the Justices’ Court. | vestry pressed me. on the ground that it | | their letter of denial or referring to it. i Then the vestry submitted to me a letter | Sterling is sued for $25. being the value of | a lady’s dress “‘spoiled and rendered unfit for use because ot the negligence of the | defendant.” The plaintiff is Mrs, Petersen of Hast Oakland, and the suit has caused a good deal of smal! talk because of the socia! standing of the defendant, who is a Ban Francisco insorance man, and very popular on this side ot the bay. About two weeks ago Mr. Sterling was making a visit from his home in East Oakland to a sick triend in Berkeley. As a little gift, he placed a bottle of ciaret in his overcoat pocket, which he carried on hisarm, as the evening was warm. He hailed a Haywards car at East Seventeenth | sireet and Ninth avenue and sat in the front seat on the outside, carelessly throw- ing his overcoat on the seat beside him. At the rear end of the same seat Mrs. Petersen sat. The car had not gone far when it met the grade on the west side of the Twelfth-street dam. This is a steep grade, and Mr. Sterling was about one foot higher from sea level than the lady at the | lower end. So was his overcoat and the bottlc of claret. He was engagea in deep thought, when he was suddenly aroused from his evening dream by the lady exclaiming, “Sir, what have you done!”’ Quick as lightning Mr. Sterling looked the claret bottle and that the greater por- tion of the contents had coursed along the seat. The lady wore a beautiful sum- mer gown of pale blue. An_apology was at once made, but the lady deciared that the gentleman should pay for the dre: Sterling glanced at his own ruined overcoat and thought that loss enough for one evening, especially as he was on an errand of mercy. He ex- pressed no desire to recompense the lady, but got off the car and looked at his over- coat and talked about the dam till he boarded u returning car. suppose 1t was my carelessness that spoilt the lady'sdress,” said Sterling, “but T'do not like to be sued for it. 1f I had been asked to settle when I had cooled off a little I would have done it. I have an idea that the railroad track is not in good condition and that the jolting of the car removed the cork, and if I can only prove that why then the railroad company is the guilty party. It is just possible, how- ever, that I mav compromise. BECTOR LAKE RESIGHS He Opposed the Vestry's Action in Taking the Matter Before the Church. Mason and French’s Claim of Victory Did Not Meet With His Approval. ALAMEDA, CaL., Sept. 7.—Rev. W. M. Lane, rector of Christ's Episcopal Church, presented his resignation to the vestry of that organization at a meating held to- night, with a request that it be accepted at once, as he was done with the ministry. He will practice law in this city, and =among his first cases will be one against these who have slandered him while in the church, so he says. This is the resalt of a war waged against kim by F. E. Mason and F. M. French, two members of the church who were the means of him being called to this place. The story is best told in his own words as he rel.,;.e.l them to a CALL representative. e said: *'The trouble began with the resignation of Revy. My, Perkins, one of the best min- isters our church evef had. He resigned in April of last year after serving the church for fourteen years. There were a few troublesome old womer in the church who made their boasts that they would make it bot for his successor, whoever he might be. Those are the conditions I found when I came here, a stranger, un- biased, knowing not a soul in the congre- gation. bers and told them I hoped that they would nct connect me with any former wrouble, as I knew nothing of it. I have neard since that some of those very women said, after inviting me to their homes: «*Just thinki I asked him here and he didn’t tell. me anything about his life." “Did they expect me to tell every old woman all of my sorrowsand griefs? I ‘never nave. Of course I have many things to grieve me. Isit any of their affairs if I meade a mistake at 18 and married and am unhappy. I am man enough to adarit that I made a great mistake when a boy of 18 I married, and I tola them I was married, but my wife weuld not be here with me. 1 defy any one to point a finger to a day or act anywhere in these fourteen years and say it has even the appearance of evil. “Mason and French are responsible for | me being here. It was they that insisted that the vestry must call me, as { was a stranger. After a while rumors were cir- culated about my dress, my talking on the streets to other gentlemen and going over to San Francisco and_ taking dinner with H., K. Field. Now 1 don’t wear a long, sanctimonious face. I don’t believe in it.” I have the same right 10 wear a business suit as you or any other man. Mason believes in” candles and ali of the rites of the ritualistic church, but I do not. He asked me to use candles and 1 refused, telling him the members.wonid not permit it. “Wnen I left to go on my vacation Mason visited all the steamboat and rail- road oflices trying to fina where I had gone. He said that I had gone to Honololn. On my return I excommuni- I called upon the various mem- | | i | | | | | | | 1 | { | | | accept your explanation of the matterstherein | | referred to, and cheerfully withdraw my letter | communion of the church and | dence this morning from inanition due to around and saw that the cork was out of | | commissioned Postmaster by President | of Trustees met to-night and passed a iof pastors of the denomination around meeting of the vestry for the first Monday night in August. "At that time I told them what I had dene and for them to take the matter in hand. They met in Mr. Field’s office in San Francisco, and Mr. Mason and Mr. French appeared. The result of that meeting was this letrer: The Vestry of Christ Church, Alameda—GENTLE- MEN: Having had en opportunity of meet- ing you sud discussing with you the sub- ject " of the rumors which for some Ume have been current in Alameds, re- flecting on the character of your rector, Rev. W. M. Lane, we take occasion to say that Wwe personally have not made any charges against Mr. Lane; that we have nd personal knowledge of anything detrimental to his character as & clergvman; that we heve no feeling against him, and we desire to assure Mr. Lane, through you, of our sympathy with him in ‘the position in which he has been placed by reason of the attacks upon his char- acter. Yours respectfully, FRED E MasoN. F. M. FRENCH. “‘This I refused to acceptat first, but the would hnrt the church if I did not, and it was better to take their denial than a con- fession, for those whom they had talked to would catch them in the lie any way. At last I consented and wrote them the fol- lowing: Dear Sir: The vestry having submitted to me your communication of the 6tn inst. I 1o you of the 1st inst., and restore you to the ray God that you may have much joy in receiving same. Assuring you of my appreciation of your kind expression of sympathy, 1 hope that our relations may be pleasant and profitable in all future. With friendship, I am yours, W. M. LaNE. *T'his they took around exclaiming, ‘I told vou so,” ‘See, he backs down,” and ! such expressions, without ever showing they intendec presenting to the member- | ship of the church yesterday. It referred | to the rumors in general terms.without mentioning any of them, and then says: ‘To such an extent has this been carried that the rector at iast, though very reluctanily, felt himself obliged to suspend two members | of the congregation from all rights of com- | munion. Those members are F. E. Mason and | F. M. French. Thereupon, and at the request ot those gen- lemen, the vestry took the matfer in hand, desiring not only to remove any aspersions upon the rector, if found unjust or unwar- ranted, but to restore the gentleman named to the right of communion. As the result of our investigation we can find no facts, nor any person who can substantiate any facts, detrimental to tbe moral character of the rector, and we can come to no other con- clusion than that he has been Imost unwar- rantably aspersed and maligned. “I objected to this, but they insisted, and I toid them that if they did my resignation went with1t, and it will to-night. I will live rignt here and practice law, and will see that I have rearese for these slanders. The resignation was accepted and a vote of confidence in the honor and integrity of Rev. Mr. Jane was passed. Mr. Mason and Mr. French have left the church and will hereafter worship somewhere else. PIONEER POSTMASTER. A. S. Barber, Who Served Thirty-Three Years, Home. ALAMEDA, Car., Sept. 7.—Arthur 8. Barber, who for thirty-three vears served as Postmaster of this city, died at his resi- Uncle Sam Called old age. He leaves a wife and six children, three sons and three daughters. The eldest, James B. Barber, is Tax Collector of Alameda County. The others are Alfred 8. and Arthur F. Barber, Mrs. Alfred Bannister, Mrs. Florence hoolcy and Miss Mabel Barber. The deceased came to Alameda Decem- ber 24, 1853, having been born in England thirty-six years beiore. He opened a mer- chandise-store on High street and was Franklin Pierce in 1856. He held the po- sition until 1886, when George Sturtevant | succeeded him. During the past seven years Mr. Barber has not been actively engaged in business. | The Trustees. | ALAMEDA, Car., Sept. 7.—The Board large batch of bills, many of which will not be paid at present, owing to the lack | of funds. The complaint of the Chief of the Fire Department, made at a former meeting, was remedied by an order which vrovides for the policeman on duty at the | City Hall to notify the engineer at the water worgs at Fitchburg whenever an alarm of fire is sounded. Each morning he must make a report to the chief. This order was brought about by the lack of water pressure at the Newport fire, two weeks ago. Out of Debt. ALAMEDA, Cav,, Eept. 7.—The Church of the Disciples of Christ are out of debt now, and have enough money on hand to complete their chapel building. This is | the result of the services held yesterday at | which Protessor Jefferson, of the Berkeley Theological School, preached, and others the bay spoke. HOWARD-SHARPE. Wedding of Two Well-Enown Young People at the Plymouth-Avenue Church. OAKLAND, CaL., Sept. 7.—Surrounded by adozen relatives and two or three per- sonal friends in the little Piymouth-ave- | nue Congregational Church, Miss Daisy Bell Sharpe became the wife of Edward A. | Howard this afternoon, | The cozy little church was tastefully | decorated with palms and ferns, China | astors and other cut flowers. The bride was very becomingly attired in a light- blue traveling gown, with hat and gloves to match. She was attended by bher rounger sister, Miss Chelly Sharpe, who was attired in a navy-blue suit, The groom wore a biack frock suit and | was attended by J. K. Moffitt. The Rev. J. XK. McLean, D.D., president of the Paci- fic Theological Seminary, officiated. The bride was given away by her father, Craigie Sharpe. The service was attended by only relatives, not over twenty-five be- ing present. The honeymoon wili be spent at Del Monte. . ey But a Semi-Holiday, OAKLAND, CaL., Sept. 7.—The fact that to-day was National Labor day by an en-. actment of Congress was not heeded in this city by the labor unions, The only recognition the day received was at the hands of official bodies. The courts did not hold their regular sessions, the Board of Sapervisors adjourned until 10 o’clock to-morrow, but the Clerk and other county officers kept open and did any business | offered. The county officials and em- ployes all drew their monthly salaries trom the Treasurer. * The City Council and Board of Educa- tion which were to have met this evenin, convened and adjourned, the Counci until to-morrow evening and the Boara of Education until Saturday evening, on the advice of City Attorney Piersol. - Van Court-Groff. | OAKLAND, Cav., Sept. 7.—Eugene Van Court, the official sienographer of the Police Court and a well-known physical director of local clubs, was married at noon to-day to Miss Mary Groff, a popular | young lady of this cify, by ihe Rev. | Alfred Kummer, D.D., pastor of the First ,° Methodist Chureir. The ceremony took place at the home of the bride's mother, on Thirty-second street, which had been beautifully dec- orated. The couple stood uader a floral arch while the words were spoken which made them one. After a bounteous wed- ding breakfast Mr. and Mrs, Van Court leit for San Jose, where they will spena their honeymoon. CAPTAN NOODY ISTS HS MCHER Death of the Oldest and Best-Known Yachtsman on the Bay. BAY AND COAST PILOT. Many Years Ago He Sailed Yachts for Vanderhilt and Dr. Sam Merritt. LIVED EIGHTY-ONE YEARS. A Typical Sailor, an Artist, Well Versed in Poetry, and Always a Gentleman. OARLAND OrrIcE 8AN FrANcIsco CALy,) 908 Broadway, Sept. 7. | Old Captain Edwin Moody has finally cast his anchor and his weather-beaten captain was an honorary member, was de- signed by him, and at the time of his death he was engaged upon a design for an ensign tor the newly projected Inter- Club Yacht Association. The old sailor was very particular, and one of the little things in life that always annoyed him was to see a picture of an anchor in which the stock and flukes sre not placed at right angles, as they should be. He frequently said when talking lightly that if any one sent a floral anchor to his funeral that was not correctly made he believed he would turn over in his casket. His friends did send a beautiful floral anchor to his funeral this morning, but, being yachtsmen,the emblem of Hope was correctly built. . In his room he (had several paint- ings and artistic pieces of work, and his friends considered it a pleasure to visit him in his quarters and listen to his rem- iniscences. He was always affable, pleas- ant and congenial and as much of a gen- tleman on the quarter-deck as in the drawing-room. Captain Moody was 81 years of age and leaves two daughters. One is married and the other was with him when the final watch closed. Unlike most sailors Cap- tain Moody was a total abstainer and a cup of tea was the strongest beverage in which he was known to indalge. AN ERRONEOUS REPORT. Mary’s College Baseball Players Object to Misrepresentation. OAKLAND, CaL., Sept. 7.—The follow- ing letter has been handed in for publica- tion: In the report of the ball game between the St. Ignatius College and the Facifics at the Pre- sidio on Sunday, the whole matter was said to | be a grand misteke because the team trom St. Mary’s College dia not put in an apperance. St. | CAPTAIN EDWIN MOODY, Yacht-Master for Cornelius Vander- bilt and Dr. Merritt, Whose Voyage of Life Is Completed. | | i bark is now moored for eternity in the haven of rest. The veteran yachtsman coiled up his ropes and cleared his decks Saturday night and just as the sunset flag was dipping he made his final port. No yachbtsman is better known on the coast, and especially around the bay. Cap- tain Mocdy bas lived from his early boy- hood, which was passed in his native State of Massachusetts on the water. His salt- tanned features were those of a typical old- time Boston skipper who held sway on the Atlantic seaboard before the inartistic smokestack with its following of brass-be- dizened officers wrecked the legitimate pro- fession of a sailor. Captain Moody was an artist in every sense of the word. His very sailing of a yacht was a picture. He would paint deli- cate water-color marine views and was a lover of Byron and other poets, whose verses he would quote at length to suit all occasions. He held a pilot's certificate and for many vears performed pilotage duty on the coast and on the bay. Many years ago ke was yacht-master for old Cornelius Vanderbilt and made many | short voyages with his wealthy master. | He came to the Pacific Coast in 1851 and was vacht-master for a time for Dr. Sam Merritt. For many years he has sailed yachts on the bay and every yachtsman | was his friend. His last appointment was with City Engineer Wilson, who ow: yacht Pilerim. MR e The pretty burgee of the California | One baseball enthusiast of the college, it is | | true, sent a challenge to the St. Ignatius team, | | but it was without the suthority of the student body, and its acceptance was rejected for the reason that football is now occupying the | abilities of the college athletes, | A committee from St. Ignatius College were | so informed last Tuesdny and again last Thurs- day, so we see no_reason why we disappointed | the lovers of the National game at the Presidio | last Sunday and- why we should lose & game by defanit. We have held the college baseball championship for the last three years and are | | the possessors of the championship cup pre- | sented by the Midwinter Fair and have always | been ready to defend the title at the proper | | time, and’ when the baseball season of all | recognized coileges opens we will be in the | field to defend our title. STUDENT BODY OF ST. MARY'S COLLEGE. Per JORN J. GREELEY. sllipra Tt Refus usion.? OAKLAND, Can, Sept. 7.—B. Ran- |dolph, a member of the People’s party | County Central Committee, has resigned | his position, as be is tkoroughly disgusted | with the action of some ot the Alameda County delegates to the recent Benicia convention, who by their division de- feated the nomination of an Alameda County man _ard thus played into the | bands of the Democrats. e o e Brown Is Free. OAKLAND, Can, Sept. 7.—Word has been received that the Rev. Charies R. Brown of Charlestown, Mass., presented his resignation to the church yesterday where he has been vastor for & number of years. He will be married within a week and start for this city to assume the | astorate of the First Congregational | nurch, to which position hs was called a 13 County. | Ayction Sales THEY RUSHED AND THEY CONQUERED Berkeley Freshmen Tie Up the Sophomores Again. CO-EDS 1IN EVIDENCE. They Furnished Watermelons and Rubbed the Heads of the Wounded. TENTS FOR CLASSROOMS. Canvas May Be Brought Into Use to Meet the Demand for More Room. BERKELEY, CAL., Sept. 7.—The fresh- men and sophomores at the State Uni- versity had another violent rush at mid- day to-day, which resulted, after an hour and a halfof fighting, in a signal victory for the freshmen. The co-eds played a lead- ing hand in the affair, baving taken unto themselves the duty of cutting their class- men loose with jackknives, and of run- ning the hospital and ambulance corps. Co-ed Florence Nightingales were on hand by the score. A number of serious accidents occurred during the course of the fight. James Ely, the big sophomore halfback, was kicked on the right temple by a freshman and had to be conveyed from the campus in a buggy, after having been nursed by four co-eds for half an hotir on a bench under an evergreen tree. Kuster “00’ and Wolf *00” both got laid out. Wolf received a severe injury of the back, and Kuster was kicked in the stomach. Before the fight commenced some of the co-eds who were 1n the gymasium handed out through the windows football suits, shoes, stockings and other rushing gar- ments to the participants in the battle for class honors. They stayed with the boys all through the melee, and after it was over two loyal * '89" girls bought a dozen watermelons and had them dumped near the **gym” for the sopnomores. ‘The rush began at about 12:30 and con- tinued until 2 o’clock. When the last | sophomore nad been tied it was found that thirty-six of them were piled up near the bncksteg. It took about fiity fresh- men, with the assistance of the juniors, to | do the work. The midday “scrap” was precipitated by the freshmen, who had painted a huge 00" on the backstop in red and green ¥mt. Hart, McCleave, Ruttles, Masters, oodsum, Hazeltine, Nyman, French, Rainey and O’Toole did the work with the paint brush and then dared the sopho- wores to deface.the number, The sophs soon mustered their forces and swooped down, twenty-five strong, ! upon the ten freshies. For a time the 89 men had things their own way, but soon the freshmen were re-enforced and the tide was turned. More s§phomores came, ana the forces were aboutevenly divided. The freshmen were slow to respond, but finally they turned out in sufficient numbers to entirely overwhelm the’'99 men. By the time they had been attheir “mill” for half an hour a crowd of at least 300 other stu- dents had gathered on the scene, It being broad daylight the rush was pursued with more violence than ordinarily attends a night rush, on account of the increased opportunity for one many to take advant- age of another. The co-eds brought water in junior plugs to the exhausted ‘‘rushers,” fanned and rubbed with camphor the foreheads of the stunned and cut loose the baling-rove that bound the helpless arms and legs of their friends. About ten minutes before the end of the battle had been reached George Wilcox, a iocal photographer, appeared with his camera to take a few snapshots. He was spied by some seniors and in less time than it takes to tell the story his photo- graphic plates were smashed to atoms and one leg ot his tripod pulled completely out of its socketand cracked into splinters. Pieces of the camera were distributed amongz the sophomores and seniors as souvenirs. When the affair was over and the vic- tory won a more bed:aggled set of earth- scoured collezce men never walked off the Berkeley campus in daylight. To bave such a monster rush on the campus in the daytime is a decidedly infrequent occur- rence. While theaffair was in progress a number of the facuity stood to one side and gazed on the scene, but no one raised a hand against the progressof the time- honored college battle. Recitations in Tents. BERKELEY, CaL., Sept. 7.-—A big sur- prise will be sprung at the meeting of the Board of Regents to-morrow afternoon, and this surprise may result in the Berke- ley students having to recite their Latin and Greek under canvas. A proposition will be made to secure a number of tents in which to accommodate Yacht Club, of which organization the late few weeks ago. WHSMITR SEC. OAKLAND, Car, Sept. 7.—The Oakland and Alameda Letter-Carriers’ Assoclation has made very complete arrangements for its picnic at Irestle Glen on Admission Day. 1Inaddition to the usual attractions, the famons letter-carrier’s band of San Fraucisco will be in attendance, and there will also be a balloon ascension and a parachute jump. The committee of arrangements consist of D. J. Haliahan (chairman), W. H. Smith (secretary), Solon D. Arnold (treasurer), George F. Bampson, F. Berger, H. Bkinner, Percy Fox, C. D. Littler, B. L. Sedgley, 0. C. Robl, J. Z Barnett. Porey Fox is in charge of the floor; H. Skinner and ——————— Onida never shakes hands. She declares it to be the most vulgar form of saluta- cated Mason and French and called -]Lion. charge of the gate and games are Charles Li Barnett. DJ.HALLAMAN. PRES ttler, G. Sampson, 8. D. Arnold, E. G. Donovan, H. Miller, William McNamara, J. Z. the overflow from the ciassrooms. The LETTER-CARRIERS AT TRESTLE GLEN. . §.D.ARNOLD TREAS. C. L. Kelton are his assistants, and G. Kohl, J. . Kenney, I. Cohn and F. E. Graham complete the floor committee. Those in SPECIAL SALE OF FISk FURNITURE THIS DAY, <iieno......September 8, 1896, ....At 11 o'clock A. W, &t.... 1057 Market Street, Opposite Jones, ver. WE WILL SELL crvv.. A Mos: Select Assortment of Eiegant Parlor, Bed- room and Diming-room Furniture: aiso 8000 yards of Carpets, Urnaments and Pictures. INDIANA AUCTION COMPANY, 1057 Market st., Opp. Jones. AUCTION SALE. THIS DAY (y’l';lletdlyh Sept. 8, 11 A, M. Elegant Osk Furniture of private residence, 105 Larkin street, near Hayes, Tuesday. . BURD. Auctioneer. probability of such a move being taken in order to supply in a8 measure the pressing demand ‘for more room became known this afternoon to a CALL representative. The heads of the variousdepartments at the university beld a conference this afternooa and the matter of more room was brought up for discussion. ~The tent scheme seemed to be the most feasible of all that were proposed. The question was left nntil it had been acted upon by the Regents. SENSATIONAL CHARGES. Mrs. ¥rank P. Bacon Claims She Has Been Deserted and Defrandgd by Her Husband. OAKLAND, Car.,, Sept. 7. — Because Frank P. Bacon failed to keep up the pay- ments on the old Haight homestead in Alameda and allowed a suit of foreclosure to be commenced his wife, Mamie C. Bacon, has renewed her suit for perma- nent alimony and support. She also makes defendants Julia H. Bacon, Caro- line Bacon and Eila Bacon Soule, sisters of his and daughters of the late H.D. Bacon. The stipulation on dismissing the former suit was that she was to have $250 a month and the Haight homestead. She charges now that he nas withdrawn all money to his credit in the banks, and left ithe State to avoid service in any action for support of her and the family. Ske asks that all conveyances made by defendant to the co- defendants be set aside, and a permanent decree for support and costs made a lien upon his property. Mr. and Mrs. Bacon were married at Ban Gabriel, Cal., December 24, 1874, and she alleges that without cause he deserted her about July 22, 1895. There are eignt children by the union, ranging in age {rom 20 years to 16 months. She puts his interest in the Bacon Land Company at $i25,000, but to defraud her he has con- veyed this interest to his sisters. She claims to have loaned him $4000 of her separate estate received irom her mother, and that the $1500 received from the estate of H.P. Bacon was exhausted in main- taining herself and the family. She asks for $300 monthly allowance. DEATH OF HUGH WILSON, The Well-Known Society Man Drowned While Bathing Near Aatioch. He Was on His Way to Stockton for the Native Sons’ Annual Celebration. OAELAND OrFricE SAx Feaxcisco CAry, ©08 Broadway, Sept. 7. } J. C. Wilson received a dispatch from Stockton to-night statinz that his son Hugh had met death while bathing near Antioch. Hugh Wilson, who is one of the best known society and club men in Oakland, was swimming with a party of friends when he was attacked with cramp, and before assistance could be rendered he sank. Last Saturday Wilson left this city with a small party on board his father’s yacht Nathalie. Their intention was to sail to Stockton for the Admission day exercises. Hughb Wilson was in charge of the yacht, as he is an expert sailor, and a fire run was made 1o Vallejo, where yesterday was spent. A starlt was made up the San Joaquin, and the marsh between Antioch and Stockton was reached. On reaching a pleasant anchorage the young men pro- posed a swim, and the proposition was carried out. Wilson was seized with cramp and sank, and his body has not yet been recovered. A dispatch was sent to Oakland from Stockton and was delivered to J. C. Wilson Jr., Hogh's brother. Mayor Davie and ex-Mayor Chapman carried the fearful news to the fatner, and when it reached the ears of Mrs. J. C. Wilson Jr. she swooned and was unconscious for several hours. The notice of his death was posted at the Athenian Club and created great sorrow all over town. No two men in Ouskland are better known than Hugh Wilson and his brother. Hugh Wilson was only 24 years of age, and wasaclab man and rising man of business. Only lately his father, whose places of business are in Oakiand and San Francisco, turned over the management of the local office to his sons. Hugh is a member of many fraternal organizations, and was prominent in athletics and yacht- ng circles. He was a member of the Re- liance Ciub and the California Yacht Club, and of Oakland Parlor, N. 8, A WATER CAMPAIGN. Prohibitionists to Nominate a County Ticket Wednesday. OAKLAND, CaL, Sept. 7.—The Ala- meda County Prohibitionists will hold their convention at Hamilton Hall ‘Wednesday next at 10 A. M. There will be present State Chairman Coulter, who will speak to-morrow evening before the Young Men’s Prohibition Club in upper Hamilton Hall at 8 o’clock. Professor S. P. Meads, an old-time worker in the cause here, in speaking of the situation, has this to say: In regard to the effect of the presence of the Prohibition ticket in National polities, opin- ions differ. The Democrats hope that the re- jection of the iree-silver vlank by the Prohibi- tionists in their National Convention will lead many of the silver Prohibitionists to bolt to Bryan. Th this, however, they are likely to be greatly mistaken. In this State pronounced silver Prohibitionists are standing by the National ticket, Levering and Johnson, because they esteem the Prohibition issue of lar greater im- portance than any other, The few exceptions only prove the rule. e “National” bolters are pearly ail return- ing to the Prohibition ranks. The fmhbuhy is that for the first time in the history of the Prohibition rany in National politics its resence will help the-Republican party. vering of Maryiand, their candidate for President, was formerly a Democrat, as was also Johnson, their candidate for Vice-Presi- dent. Gere, their candidate for Governor of Ilinois, was until very recently one of the leading Democratie attorneys in the State. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of the Dem- ocrats in wne Steiesof Maryland, Kentucky and Iilinois, as well as in other doubtful States, will for the first time vote the Prohibition teket. There is no doubt that in the States mentioned, as well as in several others, the presence of the Prohibition ticket will draw more votes from the Democrats than from the Republicans. L HISTORY OF A DAY, Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. ‘OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Sept. 7. ‘Harry Hamilton, a railroad man, ha: been reported missing. He left home abouta week TO-DAY, TUESDAY, SEPT. 8, 1896, At 2 o'clock . i, at Salesroom, 414 McALLISTER STREET. A Stock of Notions. Scationery and Japanese Goods without reserve. P. J. BARTH, Auctioneer, 8go and has not been seen since. He hasa wife, at present residing with his parents in East Oakland. Fridn{ evening the Seventh Ward Repub- lican Club will hold an open meeting in its Twelith-street headquarters. To-morrow evening the regular Republican Club of Temescal will hold a ladies’ night in Pedrini’s Hall, when able speakers will bs heard. The Fourth Ward McKinley Club will meet to-morrow evening in People’s Hall, 767 Sixth street, to listen to addresses by prominent speakers. The regular meeting of the Oakland Politi- cal Equality Society will be held to-morrow at 2:80 P.A. at Odd Fellows' Hall, corner of Eleventh end Franklin streets. The West Oakland Freesilver Clab held a rousing rally at Silver Hall on Pine street, be- tween Seventh and William. C. L. Hutchin- son, Mr. Shives and others delivered stirring addresses. ——— Estate. OAKLAND, CAL., Sept. 7.—The estate of the iate W. A. Holcomb, capitalist and president of the San Francisco Produce Exchaunge, has been appraised at $45,14037. Of this $35,240 34 consists of cash, promis- sory notes, judgments and a seat in the exchange vaiued at $650. The remainder is :enl estate. It all goes to his two daugh- ers. «WAGNER" AND SOCIETY Thousands Listen to Splendid Interpretations of the Composer’s Genius. Attractive Programme Arranged for To-Night and the Balanc: of the Week. ‘Wagner night at the Mechanics’ Expo- sition was a brilliant success, musically and socially. For four hours last night great throngs of people promenaded the big Pavilion, listening to every note, while along the balcony and around the bandstand hundreds more gathered. Whatever success Scheel of not-unfor- gotten fame might have attained Hin- richs more than fills the vacancy created by his absence. As a leader he is superb, and as a musician he is the peer of many who would place themselves above him. The concert last night opened with the “Kaiser March,” followed by an overture (“Tannhauser’”). In all, eight selections were rendered, and each piece seemed to be better than its predecessor. The entire programme was as follows: ‘Kaiser March”: overture, “Tannhauser”; selection from “Flying Dutchman”; eupho- nium solo, *‘Evening Star Song,” from ‘‘Tann- hauser,” W. H. Calyerd; selection from “Walkure”; entr'acte and bridal chorus, “Lonengrin”; introduction, third act “Meis- tersinger”; grand march, “Tannhauser.” The American concertband is composed of fifty pieces, and it is not assuming too much to say that its superior bas hardly if ever been seen in thie City. It is understood that a movement is on foot to give symphony concerts on Sunday. If the scheme is carried through it will prob- ably prove attractive, as the machinery will not bein operation, and consequently there will be nothing to mar the harmony of the occasion. For this afternoon and evening a special musical programme has been erranged. This is Chinese night and it is expected that the Celestials will attend in great numbers. This afternoon children from the Chinese school, Agassiz Primary, Broadway Grammar and Clement Gram- mar will bs in attendance. The musical programme is as follows: AFTERNOON. March, “Front Section,” Horst; festival overture, Lindpainter; waltz, “Graefen- berger,”’ Gungie; solo for cornet (selected), William Mahood: *‘Grand Review of Aida,’ Yerdi; overture, _“Maritana,” Wallace; «“Marche Heroiqua,” Saini-Saens; “Forgein the Forest,” Michaeles; “Fantaisie Hungarese,” Burgmein; polks, “Thunder and Lightning,’” Strauss. March, *N ,”” Roncovieri; over- ture, “Bronze Horse,” Auber; waltz, “Thou- sand and One Nights,” Strauss; trombone solo, paraphrase of “The Heart Bowed Down’ Balfe), by Alfred Roncovierl; Chinese War arch, Michaelis; overture, “Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna,” 8 ; grand selec- tion, “La Juive,” Halliog; *“The Jolly Black- smith,” Suckley; Chinese Patrol, Michaelis; Infernal Galop de Concert, Kela Bela. A great deal of interest is being taken in the baby show which is scheduled for to- morrow afternoon. Owing to the great in- terest manifested in this event the rules and regulations governing the contest and the prizes are published pelow: Babies competing for prizes will be desig- nsted: z Boys, Elnk ribbon on left shouider. Girls, blue ribbon on right shoulder, Those competing for prizes for heaviest babies: Weighing scales for boys north of muslliosund. lor girls to the south of music- stand. Babies must be natives of California. PRIZES. Handsomest baby boy, not over 2 years old, silver cup. Handsomest baby boy, not over 1 year old, baby carriage strap, silver mounied. Heaviest baby boy, not over 2 years old, sil- ver knife, fork and spoon. Heaviest baby boy, not over 1 year old, stiver rattle with belis. Handsomest baby girl, not over 2 years old, pap bowi, spoon and plate. andsomest baby girl, not over 1 yearold, art glass and silver puff box and puff. Heaviest baby girl, not over 2 years old, silyer brush and comb. Henviest baby girl, not over one year old, gold buttons with turquoise settings. There will also be specisl prizes. Judges—Judge J. V. Coffey, James D, Phelan and Edward M. Greenway. JudPe Campbell, Judge Bahrs and George T. Cromley will act as judges. MRS. MARCEAU’S BILLS. The Wife of the Photographer in Legal Difficulties With a Furniture House. On a claim of Joseph Fredericks & Co., which haa been assigned to L. 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