The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1896, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1896. 11 QUUMENTS THAT fLL OF NOBLITY Found in the Room of Vis-} countess Ross After Her Death. A Life’s . Happiness Ruined by a Daughter’s Unfilial Actions. In a Modest Grave Rest the Remains of a Direct D:scendant of a Scottish Chief, OAKLANT With modest ceremony a little woman who possessed an interestin one of the wealth the old -Scotch estates, was buried this afternoon from an unassuming West Oakiand. ived in this city for m v years and her life history is more romantic and tragic than any relia- at the moment the lightning came, but she was not seriously shocked, although it is nothing short of miraculous that she was not baaly burned. I cannot describe it,” said Miss O'Brien to-night, “for it took place so very sud- denl 1 felt a slight shock and instantly lizhtninz seemed to be dancing about all over the switchboard. There wasa smell of burning, but the non-conductors shut | off the current the instant it reached | them.” The telephone office where the light- ning struck is about a biock and a half from where lightning struck ana destroyed the electric light plant a year ago. At hat time the electric fluid was carried into the dynamos over th= wires and the largestof them exploded with a report like thunder. Peorle residing in that neighborhood no longer believe in the aphorism that lightning never strikes twice in the same place. .. WORK TO OONTINUE. Oakland Harbor Jmprovements Will Soon Be Resumed. OAKLAND, Caw., Dec. 30.—A dispatch was received to-day from Washington from Congressman Hilborn which reads: *The Secretary of War has ordered contracts let Ibor continuance at work on Oakland har- or.” This news relates to $400,000 which has already been appropriated for the work, but does not state how it will be used; but there seems no doubt that the recom- mendation of Colonel Suter, as published a few days ago, will be carried out. ———— Closing the Adams Estate. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 80.—A petition has been filed for the tinal distribution of the estate of James Adams. The cash on Land amounts to $46,944, and, in addition, there is a large estate to be divided among many Leirs. —_— VISCOUNTESS MARGARET BOOTH, Who Was Buried With Modest Rites Yesterday. ble creator of fiction dare place in print. Until forced toapply to the Supervisors for help the little woman lived on the sale of heirlooms. One by one they were sold for bread and butter aud among her pa- | trons were the wealthiest ladies in Oak- land. In a little tin case in her room were 4 ore than a century old the last century. The old document is a nique certificate 1ssued to her crand- r, Baron Ross, on April 3, 1796, by Mungo's Lodge of Masonry at Glas- gow, Scotland. Tke document sealed over a ribbon that was blue 100 years ago, but with the exception of one little spot, is now yellow. All the ornamental work, and there is a preat deal of it on the parchment, was done by hand, and tne coloring is well preserved. 1t reccm- mends John Ross to the good will of Ma- sons all around the globe, and issigned by G. R. B. Niv . W. N Thr dec as the daughterof Sir James Mo mery, who was a member of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Ireland. In the tin ¢ tificate was nd which was granted him on April 6, 1812 Another reli¢c found in the old V ' i been given io successive bridesin the fam- fly ever since. It is richly ornamented with Masonic characters. Mrs. Booth, prior to her death, toid a story regarding her daughter, which shows huw one u 1 act can wreck the happiness of a life In early life Mrs. Booth had more share of deep trouble. A baby 18 n ths o!d was pois- oned by a drunken doctor, a iad 10 years of age was drowned in algke near their home in Sierra County, ther son was stabbed to death by Italians, and yetan- other expired after one day’s iliness while employed as a clerk at the Oakland City Hall. In addition to th Mrs. Booth was Jeft 2 widow many years ago. She was abont to wed a second hus her daughter interfered. Her intended departed on a long trip, on his return from which he was to have been married. Her daughter did not approve of the match, and, according to her mother's story, she intercepted letters that came from him and kept them from her mother. Not for years aiterward did ‘Mrs. Booth discover how she had been treated. TUp to the day of her death she still looked forward to a reunion with her lost lover. but for many years she had not heard n‘ word of him. Although partially dependent on the county during the last monih of her life, Mrs. Booth wes not buried in a pauvers grave. Friends took the funeral in hand and the remains of the unhappy woman whose life. but for one act, might have been so different, were quietly interred 1, 8 private grave at Mouutain View Ceme. tery. ——————— BURNED THE SWITCHBOARD me than Freaxs of Lightalng in the Haywara |Whder jor Telephone Office—The Operator Shocked OAKLAND, CaL., Dec. 30.—An electrrc | storm of short duration passed over Ala- meda County this ‘evening. found some documents, one of which is | and which | clearly establishes her descent from one | of the noblest of the Scottish families of | referred to a ciearance cer- | d, when | | DESERT (0 HS FAMILY, Charles Davis Leaves His Wife and Children for Others to Support. Boys’ Brigade Szttie Their Debts and Start in Atew—A Mail Car- rier’s Escap:, ALAMEDA, Can, Dec. 30. — Charles Davis, a gardener who lived at 3016 Jack- son street with his wife and three little girls, left home about four months ago and has rot returned. In the meantime the family have nearly starved. Officer Keyes found their pitiable condition end notitied the representative of the Cali- fornia Society for the Prevention of Vice, who vesterday took them toa home in San Francisco. Settled With Their Creditors. ALAMEDA, CaL;, Dec. 30,—Colonel £. J. Walker, Major L. N, Cobbledick, Major A.W.Taylor,Captains Wey mouth,Bird and | Jones, and Lieutenants Bird, Fergusson, | | | Hanley and D.nsmore, beiig the field and iine officers of the Eecond Regiment of the Boys’ Brigade, First California Bri- gade, met their_creaitors in the‘Spreckels building, San Francisco, last night, and compromised their indebtedness for 60 cents on the dollar. When the encampment met in Santa Cruz, a year ago last summer, the city | pledged $1000 ior the boys’ expenses, but only $400 was contributed. Then the pro- yisions shipped by rail were delayed in a tunnel accident and the brizade was out nearly $800 exira for rations to feed the 611 boys in camp. Out of the recent car- nival of nations held in the armory $476 was netted. They had $200 in the treas- ury, all of which will be applied on the debts when the San Francisco and Stock- ton companies will assume the balance due, leaving the regiment clear to begin the year. The boys as well as their friends are exceedingly happy over this condition of affairs. Eob Vacant Houses. ALAMEDA, CaL.,, Dec. 30.—The police were notified to-day by Mrs. Barbara Wit- tich, 1603 Walnut street, that some time | during Tuesday night thieves entered an empty house belonging to her, located in the rear of where she lives and facing i Raiiroad avenue, and stole thirteen pairs | of Holland curtains, all in good condition, | They carried off the back door key, and now Mrs. Wittich fears that the gas fixtures, which are very fin-, will be pur- loined. A handkerchief was found with initials which may give the police a clew. About 5| tory ’clock there was one brilliant flash o(iuued Completed the Test. { ,ALAMEDA, Car, Dec. 30.—The sfu- |deuts from the University of California, the direction of Professor C. L. | _completed the test of the city's | electric 1i ht plant to-day. The engines were put to their fu!l speed and showed 356 horsepower, being six horsepower in |excess of the requirements. Trustee Clark <aid that the result was so satisfac- that the official figures were hardly ed. These will be given by Professor lightning immediately succeeded by a loud | Cory some fime next week., peal of thunder. About 2 mile to the westward of Hay- | wards the lightning struck the telephone wires and the remarkable sight was pre- sented of a sheet of flame suspended be- tween the poles. It hung therefor sev- cral minutes and presented a weird sight against the dark background of the sky. The electric fluid traveled alonge the wire toward Haywards and communicated the e to the switchboard where the operator, fiss Nora O'Brien, was sitting. Saddenly the telephone office was bril- iantly illuminated, but it was onlv or an instant, as the appliances providing for such emergency quickly receivea the cur- ren¢ and prevented a conflagration. Of the thirteen wires leading to the Haywards central office, twelve were de- stroyed and six wires connecting with the Siockton current were also burned. Miss O'Brien bad her hand on the switchboard Heavy Damage Suit. ALAMEDA, CaL., Dec. 30.—Gilbert A. Dodg- of 1114 Regent street filed a com- plaint in the Superior Court to-day to re- cover $10,000 damages {rom the Market- street Railway Company of San Francisco for injuries received August 20 on Market street, near Sansome, San Fransisco, He claims a car struck and knocked him to the ground, rendering him insensible. He was formerly in the newspaper business in Los Gatos and here. Fell From ths Train, ALAMEDA, Carn, Dec. 30.—Lef rier Hamma fell from the 7 o’cloctt“;l:;:; train at Mastick siation ana narrowly escaped being seriously injured. He was making a collection of the mails, as usual and jumped off before the train stopped. His ioot slipped and down he went undey the car. The train was neariy stopped, which may bave saved his life or a limb, DENDUACES THEM A5 “NEFARIOUS" So Are the Liquor Ads in the “Plus and Gold.” W. W, Bristol of the College Y M C A. Assails Mao- ager Mott. In a Curt Letter He Says He Will Fight the Liquor Qusstion to the End. BERKELEY, CaL., Dec. 30.—The fight between the Young Men’s Christian Asso- ciation of the State University and the manacement of the Blue and Gold over the publication of liquor advertisements in the Annual is waxing hot. W. W. Bristol, manager of the Students’ Aid Society and one of the most promi- nent members of the eollege Y. M. C. A,, wrote a very curt letter to Manager Mott of the Blue and Gold to-day, in which he scores the latter for not heeding the re- cent resolutions passed by the Christian Association protesiing against the publi- cation of such advertisements in the Blue and Gold. He says that the request the to msanager was not done in a spirit of child’s play, but that the Y. M. C. A. meant busi- ness when they drafted the resolutions. Being one of the framers of the injunc- tion, Bristol has been free to express his opinion and has couched his 1etter in no unceriain language. The renewed controversy was precipi- {ated by the publication in this morning’s CaLy of the statement made by Manager Mott that he would keep out the liquor ads if the Y. M. C. A. would make good the financial loss thus brought upon the book. In an interview this evening, Bristol made the following statement for publi- cation: Yes, I read the notice in THE CALL this morning relative to the liquor “ads” 1n the Blue und Goid, and as the author of the reso- lutions protesting in the name of the college Young Men’s Christian Association against such “ads,” I think I have something io say. When we asked the management of the Blue and G 10 refuse liquor ‘‘ads” it was not done in the spirit ol child’s pl We meant business. We shall fight along these lines until we accomplish our purpose, be- cause our opinion has become & conviciion that we sre right. In the interest of purity, ropriety and consistency we have made our emand. The time has come when Christian men at least must hedge about the liquor trafiic in every conceivable way. The State, the faculty and the students unite in banishing the sale of liquor one mile from the university campus, yet the most widely circulated student publi- cation of the University of California hesi- tates not to devote its pages to the advertising of liquor not ouly by printed words, but by cuis, in which lurk suggestions of aegreding sensuality. Mr. Mott did suggest that we guarantee him the amount the “ads” would come to. Presi- aent Fairchild and 1 taiked this over and the proposition was rejected on the ground that as an association standing for all that is pure and ennobling in the college it was our prov- ince 1o persuade rather than to purchase men 10 do the right, but that a§ individuals the as- sociation would see toit that the manage- ment lost nothing by rejecting saloon “ads.” Mr. Mott then persuaded us to let the matter drop, assuring us that he would do all in his power to keep out said “ads.” With this we ullowed the matter to rest. Ibelieve the sen- timent of the class of 98 is decidedly opposed to the insertion of saloon *“ads,” and ii this sentiment is aroused it can do the Blue and Gold more harm financially than the nefarious traffic “‘ads’’ can do good. Ou the other hand I be'ieve this sentiment is strong enough to make good the financial heip the liquor “ads” would give, and I think there are around the bay firms of a legitimate character sufficient to flood the “B. and G.” with “ads” rather than that its pages should be polluted with questionable advertisements. I have to-day written Mr. Mott these views. There is no telling when nor where the fight will end. An attempt to bring the matter before the class in an official man- ner was made Jast term, but without avail. Most of the classmen seem to treat the matter with indifference, and appear will- ing to let the manager use his own discre- tion as to what shou!d be published and what should not. On the other hand, the Y. M. C. A. members, who reoresent not an inconsiderable number of the ciass, geem determined to fight the matter to the pitter end. In their resolations they say that their ‘‘sense of right and consistency as Christian men has been shocked to the uitmost through the insertion in times past on the pages of Biue and Gold of the advertising matter of liquor-dealers.” In their denunciatory billet they refer to cuts of lignor-houses, which appeared in the annual, and to the licentious influ- ence which they exert. In ’'97's “B. ana G.” there appeared a fall page half-tone engraving of the bar in a weli-known San Francisco resort., The thoughts of this and other similar ads are rankling in the breasts of the Christian Association members, and they have apparently put on full armor and girded up their loins for the defense of their principles. PAYNE SCORES A ROBBINS. A Berkeley Unitarian and Congrega- tionalist at Outs—Reply and Rejoinder. BERKELEY, CaL., Dec. 30.—The Rev. E. B, Payne, iate of the Berkeley Unita- rian Church, and the Rev. J. Clarke Rob- bins of the North Berkeley Congregational Church, have engaged their pens and tongues in a bitter controversy over the former’s larewell sermon of last Sunday. Mr. Robbins declared that the sermon was & gloomy lamentation voicing the Uni- tarian’s disappointment at life and his failure to find peace and satisfaction in his doctrines. ‘“I'he sermon 1s a warning to all young men,’” declared the Congrega- ticnalist. To-day Mr. Payne replied with a bitter attack upon orthodoxy, as represented by Mr. Robbins, and defiving uis own posi- tioa as a searcher after truth. *1 have not found all the truth 1 ex- pected to find or shall yet find,” said Mr. Payne, “and I am not so sure of what I have as are some loud dogmatists whose petty traditional systemsswere found for them long ago by somebody else.” As to astrology Mr. Payne said: *'1 feel only contempt for the sort of ortho- doxy that judges things by the amount of ‘peace and satisfaction’ they afford, for peace and satisfaction are not what ra- tional, manly souls are after, but trath and reality. “Mr. Robbins’ ‘warning to young men’ is nothing but a warning to them to ab- stain from honest search for trath in order to be more happy by being saved by the old, regular orthodox and warranted pro- cess.” To-night the Rev. Mr, Robbins had the DID NOT ELOPE WITH HER LOVER The Would-Be Bride Clev- erly Detained by an Official. Miss ‘Maud Quackenbush Did Not Take Monday’s Train to Chicago. Young Mr. Williams Is Still Single and Koows Not Why His Plans Failed. OAKLAND OFFICE 8AN FrANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Dec. 30. } A cleverly planned . elopement was ef- fectively nipped in the bud by Mrs. Pres- cott, secretary of the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Cbildren, three nights ago. As the result of her strategy the young man in the case left for the East last Sunday night, while the young lady did not get away till last nignt. MAUD QUACKENBUSH, Whose Elopement Was Nipped in the Bud by Mrs. Prescott of the Children’s Society. following to say regarding the much-dis- cussed farewell sermon and Mr. Payne's attitude: As to the warning to all young men, Mr. Payne gives us the meaterial whereby we can picture the young man of about 28 years starting to his new field of labor full of the lo1tiest aspirations, ha; and spirit of in- trepidity; he was going in response to a cali “for a pastor of earnest convict ons, firm the- ology and evangelistic temperament,” but in less than four years he failed fn all these re- quirements; his friends at Oberiin had be- ileved that he possessed them to an uncommon degree; he undoubtedly believed so himself, else he was dishonest, yet he failed; it is a werning to all young men. Afinln Mr, Payne saps the powerful influence of the uniyersity led him from orthodoxy to Unitarianism; that the influences antagonis- tic to the old faith such as were not encoun- tered in the orthodox home led him to throw away the old faith. This is & warning toall young men who come to Berkeley. Again he =ays of the acceptance of that call to Berkeley in 1874: “Ilooked upon it as & setilement to a life work, but events turned out differently.” What does this mean if it is not an admissien of failure as to his life work? I will admit that such an admission may not have been a sad one. Still the general tone of the sermon is downcast in spirit not from the weight of the nresent alone but also of the past, possibly of the future Again Mr. Payne says: “I was once a theo- logian, but I am free 10 confess that I am not e theologian to-day.” Whence this change? Has he not said that it was due to the power- ful influence of -the State University? He came here as the valiant champion of ortho- doxy, and in less than four years he was be- ginning to oppose it. Abortion is failure. — - The Keller Suit Dismissed. OAKLAND, CaL., Dec. 30.—The suit of Augustz Brooks against M. J. Keller for $10,000 damages for alleged assault, said to have taken place in Mr. Keller’s store, has been dismissed and Mr. Keller has been awarded jndgment for costs. When suit was brought Mr. Keller denounced the scheme as a bola attempt at blackmail and was preparing to make a prompt and vig- .orous defense when the charge was with- drawn. REV. J. CLARK ROBBINS. Miss Maud Quackenbush is the 16-year- old daughter of a divorced Berkeley con- tractor. Some time ago her father ar- ranged for her to have the matronly care that is to befound at the Chabot Home, and the young lady was placed in charge of Mrs. Glud, who was in charge of that institution. All wae going well, when the mairon met with a severe accident about three months ago, the effect of which bas been to confine her to her home ever since. Miss Maud is a very clever little girl. Naturally pretty, with fair bair and an innocent unassuming manner, she was enabled to somewhat deceive Mrs. Glud’s successor. By various pretexts she man- azed to take quite a number of trips into Oakland witbout exciting any suspicion. Finally it came to the matron’s ears that her ward was having clandestine meetings with a young man named Williams. The young lady confessed her regard for Wil- liams and hinted that if she were es- tranged that they might take matters into their own hands. As a last resort it was decided to send the girl to her mother who lives in Chi- cago. She was informed of the contem- plated plun, and at once made arrange- ments with her lover to frustrateit. It was agreed between them that he should go East on the same train and that they should get off at some way station and be married. Girl-like she took one or two intimate friends into her confidence, and before the day set for ner departure ar- rived the matron of the Chabot Home and Mrs. Prescott were informed of the plans. Mrs. Prescott took Miss Quackenbush to her home and carefully guarded her so that she could not make her escape and get away on the same train with young Williams. Monday night Williams_got on board the eastbound train, but Miss Maud did not. She was kept at Mrs. Prescott’s house till last night, when she was taken to the train and placed aboard, and when she arrives at Chicago she will be met by her mother, Miss Maud is evi- dently not an expert at deception, for she left at the Chabot Home a note from her lover in which all their plans were out- lined, and had she not told any one of her intended elopement the letter itself would have frustrated her plans. When told last night that she was going to leave for Chicago within an hour she was greatly surprised, for she was not aware when she was to leave, being purposely kept in 1g- norance so that she could not make any more arrangements with her youtnful lover. NOT A MURDER. The West Oakland Mystery Cleared Up by Two Lads With Air Guns. OAKLAND, CaL., Dec. 30.—The mystery regarding the remains of the man found at the mole yesterday has been cleared up. John Conlgn was not shot before he was run over by the train. The holes in his face were made by two boys named Eddie Dolan and Elma Mec- Bride, both of Willow street, who used an air gun on the piece of the man’s face not knowing that it was part of Conlan. They told their siory to Detectives Shorey and Holland to-day, and the buckshot used by them is similar to that found in the man’s 1ace. The dead man’s relatives assert that he was not intoxicated when he was killed, but thav he frequently indulged in liguor quite freely. 11The inquest held to-night resulted in a verdict by the jury of accidental death. Engineer Robert Aiken of the Alameda local train testified that Conlon must have been struck by his (fhe 5:30 o’clock) train, as he found a jawbone in the fire-box and there was blood on the trucks of the en- gine. —————————e Foreclosure on Blair Estate, OAKLAND,” ()u.é Dec. 30.—S8nit was filed to-day by the Savings and Loan So- ciety of San Francisco azainst Mrs. Pheebe Blair, Mrs. Squire, Henry Squire, Flor-l Tuction Salcs THE BASCH AUCTION CONPANY, Inc. 319-321 SUITER STREET, Bet. Grant Ave. and Stockton St. Tele. Grant 87. I WILL SELL THIS DAY, Thursday.. ...December 31, At 10'clock P. M., on the premises, COR. CALIFORNIA and LARKIN STS., The Contents of a 12-Room House, ....CONSISTING OF.... 0dd Parlor Pleces and Sets, Center Tables. Pic- tures; Ok Bearoom Sets and Odd Beds, wi h wire and hair wop Matiresses: Live Geese Feather Pil- lows, Comforters, Missfon Woolen Blankets; one Elegaut Ouk Sideboard, kxiension Table and Chairs to match; Crockery, Glassware, Cu:lery, etc.; one Elegant No. 7 Range, with elevated oven: Agateand Tinware: Fine Roxbury and Iody Brassels Carpets throughout the hous S, BASC 00 — 1896, ence Blair and others represented in the Piedmont Railway Company, to foreclose a mortgage for $14,000 made to Mrs. Biair in August, 1894, This suit is part of the aftermath of the financial complications in which the original stockholders of the Piedmont Cable Company became involved two years ago. THE WATSON CASE. No Occasion for Dragging the Rev. Dr. Scudder’s Name Into a «Sensation.” OAKLAND, Car, Dec. 30.—Much indig- nation is expressed at the manner in which the name of the Rev. W.W. Scudder, D.D., was used in to-day’s report of a very ordi- nary divorce 'case. Dr. Scudder's name was brought into the case in a very casual way, and the testimony of every divorce case tried in open court can be made to furnish just such a “sensation.” The facts of the case are to befound in to-day’s CALL. Mr. Scudder was seen in his study in the First Congregationai Church, Ala- meda, to-night by a CALL representative, but refused to make any answer to the ar- ticle. *'I have nothing to say,” said the gentleman, and no amount of persuasion would draw another word from him. Deacon Ager was more inclined to talk when seen at prayer-meeting. “I see no cause for Mr. Scudder being abused. The paper has so much space to fill, I suppose it must run something. Ido not take it #nd have no use for such sensationalism. THE CALL is my paper, and I consider it the hest one published in San Franci-co. Ihave known Mrs. Watson for a long time. She was in my Sunday-school class before she was married. Aitera long ab- sence from church I greeted her and her husband cordially. I saw no interference by l:’im. and if there was any it was after- ward.” e e e Should Be Elsewhere. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 30.—Little El- mer klliott, who says he is not yet 12 years of age, is locked up in a corridor of the County Jail witn a lot of convicts of mature years, because, it is alleged, he stole 50 cents from Mrs. Conrad Brown of Lorin. On several occasions the child has taken small sums of money, but he seems to be more a victim of circumstances than a natural criminal. His father and mother separated some years ago and he has drifted about from one family to an- other until he landed in jail. A Christmas Murder. OAKLAND, Car, Dec. 30. — Colonel Baldwin held an_inquest at Livermore on the remains of Frank Garrigue, who died from the effects of a blow received in a row with Lonis Petifice on Christmas night. The evidence showed that Petifice was directly or indirectly the cause of death, and he will be charged with mur- der. - ¥ree New Year’s Dinner. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 30.—The Salva- tion Army is making its preparations for its annual dinner to the poor on New Year’s day. T:.edinner will be given in the barracks at Wasbington and Twelith streets, Donations either of money or food or clothes may be sent to the hall, where Ensign Reid is in charge. 0dd Electrical Storm. ALAMEDA, CaL., Dec. 30.—Three times during the evening the current of the Alameda electric streetcar line was grounded and the cars stopped. All of the latter are well protected with light- nin: arresters, as are each of the machines in the power-house. No damage was done owing to this precaution. ‘Wants a Divorce. OQAKLAND, CaL, Dec. 30.—Lonea M. Porter has filed a suit for divorce from F. R\ Porter on the general grounds of in- compatibility of temper. The parties were married six years ago and have two chil- dren. BERKELEY POLITICS, Excitement Over Testimony in Court That Town Marshal Lloyd Was Intoxicated. BERKELEY, Cin., Dec. 30.—Marshal Lloyd declares that politics is responsible for the testimony in court yesterday that he was intoxicated while making the ar- rest of P. A. Unda, who was charged with keeping his saloon open after mid- night. A tewn election will be held in Berkeley in a few months, and the friends of Lloyd assert that an effort is being made to spoil his chances for re-election. On the other hand, Unda and two other witnesses swore in court that the Marshal was under the influence of liquor. Lloyd admitted to having had a number of drinks, and the affair has attracted much | attention, especially amongz tbose who had begun to watch the political pot. According to the testimony Lloyd en- | tered Unda's place and took several drinks of whisky, and at the time he made the charge against Unda wasin a most befuddled state. Lloyd denies all this, and those who were with him shortly be- fore he entered the saloon corroborate the assertion that he was sober. CHURCH DISCUSSIONS. The Church of the Nazarene and Trini y Methodist Church—Discord in the Latter. BERKELEY, CaL., Dec, 30.—Members of Trinity Methodist Church are again discussing a possible split, growing out of the same revival band’s actions that has caused trouble in the past. On recent Sunday evenings several members of the holiness band, who do not approve of some of the regular church policies, have held servicies in the anditorium down stairs while the usual evening service and sermon were going on above. The sing- ing penetrated to the upper auditorium and a good deal of indignation was aroused, The holiness band is expected to furnish most of the recruits for the new Church of the Nazarene which will be organized in Berkeley next'month. Dr. Bressee of Los Angeles, the original founder of the church, will visit Berkeley to assist inthe organization. E. A. Girvin is the leader of the locai movement for the Nazarene | Church, INOANDESCENT LAMPS, How the Burned-\ ut Filament May Be Replaced and Renewed. 1t has been generally supposed to be a fruitless task to attempt the renewal of a burnt-out incandescent eléctric lamp, al- though there appears 10 be some economic fallacy involved in the destruction of what is, except in one small if important Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. | SPECIAL AUCTION SALE. CHAS. LEVY & CO., Auctioneers, 1135 Market Sireet, THIS DAY. Thursday.. .......December 31, 1898, At ock A. 3t , at Salesroom, 1155 MARKET ST., bet. 7th and S8th, WE WILL SE! 200 ribs, and everything appertaining toa first-clas § CHAS. LEVY & CO., Auctioneers. BASCH AUCTION COMPANY Ine., 319-321 SUTTER STREET, Bet. Grant Ave. and Siockion St. Tele. Grant87. I WILL SELL THIS DAY, Thursday December 31, 1896, At 10:30 at Above Salesrooms. A Full Line of Household Furniture, Carpets, Stoves. | anges, Croc<ery. Slassware, 'gate and Tin Ware; also, sbout J000 yards of Body Brus- selsand Roxbury Carpets. 40 Bedroom 40 Stoves and Ranges, ,}hr’“' Washstands, 34 Beds, Odd Bureaus, bl BASCH, Auctioneer. ———— e par\icu!nr,‘n perfect piece of appar- atus. It is not intended, as a rule, to give in this column descriptions of American devices or achievements drawn from foreign publications. This subject has, bowever, been taken up by the English journal, Industries and Iron, and although it states that an American process for renewing these lamps afier the filament has been broken, has been de- veloped, it does not give the name of in- ventors nor state that the process has come into anything like general applica- tion. Itsdescription of the overation 1s, therefore, given for what it is worth. It states that a commercial success has been made of a process for renewing burned- out lamps which renders possible the use of the old bulb at a very slight ex- ense. By the new method the collar or are end of the lamp is not disturbed, the old filament being removed and the new one placed through a small hole in the lamp bulb made by removing the tip. The small hole is subsequently closed exactly in the same manner as in the case of the new lamp, leaving nothing to indicate in thé finished repaired lamp that it had ever been opened. 1t is stated that some 400,000 lamps have been repaired by this method, the filament being inserted through the small hole referred to by a skillful twist of the hand and secured in position by a special carbon paste. The black deposit on the inside of the bulb is removed by fitting the lamp to the holder and removingitin a gas furnace; while immediately following this operation a small glass tube is fused to the opening made in the bulb, through which the lamp is exhausted. 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