The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 10, 1898, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1898 § ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. NOT AWARE HE MET A URYMAN How Kessler’s Story Got Before That Body. Harry Thomas, Anxious to Tell All He Knows. Major Woodward Spends One More Afterncon on the Rack. EXPLAINS WATER RATES. Follows the Arguments That Were Exploded Before the Couneil. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, March 9. All of Oakland and most of Alameda are now centering their interest in the doings of the Grand Jury. The rumors of bribery in connection with the fixing ings of the Grand Jury. bribery in connection with the fixing of water rates and the reported sale of positions on the police force, as told in The Call of February 15, are grad ually enmeshing many citizens, and in- The rumors of | \\4Hh its deliberations. Major Wood- ward was before it many hours to-day and was questioned very closely about {ns knowledge of water rates. He said llfiehad read the newspaper reports of e broceedings of the Fire and Water o mmittees for years, and especially is year, and s well posted. The jury is evidently running down the story that his long, clever and logical defense of the extortionate water-rate ordinance was not prepared by him but by those who knpw a great deal more about the affairs of water companies. Miss Vogelsanger, the typewriter who Wrote the defense, was also before the Jury and told of the condition of the notes and memoranda from which the document was prepared. Major Woodward was closely ques- tioned regarding his knowledge of the Henneberry ordinance that was sprung on the Council without a moment's warning. On that eventful evening Mr. Hennebrry produced the ordinance that has since become a law. To every- body’s surprise, he also proposed that Woodward, Watkinson and Upton be appointed a special committee to ex- amine the document and report back at once. This was Woodward’s very first meeting as a Councilman, yet he re- ported favorably on the pernicious in- strument in less time than it could pos- sibly be read. The jurors asked Wood- ward why he acted so tily and how he came to be so well informed on such nl“ Important matter at such short no- tice. The Major then attempted to play the same trick on the Grand Jury that Heltmann tried at the Council. He compared section 1 of both ordinances and showed that In the Henneberry or- dinance the figures are lower. This is true, but the committee’s ordinance provides for all charges in section 1, while the Henneberry ordinance does not. It cuts the committee's figures about 10 per cent on *“poor men’s houses” and then adds extortionate rates for a water closet, a bath, win- dow washing, sidewalk washing, irri- gation, hens, horse, cow and visitors in other sections so_ that, according to Councilman Rowe, his seven-room cot- tage is raised from $2 50 to about $5. All these details the and Jury is covering the ground in order to ferret out why the solid six | should vote against the best interests |of the people. | W. F. Lewis, a money lender, was | present and sald that it was his son who had loaned Woodward money. Ex-Assemblyman Howard Wright and i dictments are expected daily. were also examined. The Grand Jury ‘ ':’fi’/,/fi/ HARRY THOMAS, Secretary 17 i of the Board of Public Works The leading topic to-day is the story of Special Officer Kessler, who says he gave the Mayor's son $100 to aid him in securing a position on the police force. This story was told in The Call to-day, and it will probably lead to the expos- ure of several similar incidents. For three months it has been openly stated that money was used in connection with the appointment of the new men some weeks ago, but all attempts to trace the reports to their source have proved unavailing. Even when proof was brought forward the rumors have been denied by all hands, and nothing conclustve could be obtained. Speclal Officer Kessler, makes no secret of his transaction with Secretary Thomas and the Mayor, and he will soon be given an opportunity | to tell his story to the Grand Jury. 1 made an application for a position on the police force,” sald Mr. Kessler, “on June 22, 1847. About July 10 this funny business began. Harry did all of the business. On July 17 1 gave Harry the money. I took a photograph of the note for future use. “I also have a letter from Farry, in which he spreads it on thick. Anyone knowing what I had done would under- stand by the letter that I was assured a position. In it he assured me that I was ‘all right.” The appointments were made on Saturday, and Monday after- noon 1 went to Thomas in the Ciwy Hall and demanded my money. He pald me, and I had my little say. In the midst of it Harry came in and at- tempted tc smooth matters over. “Some time ago 1 went into a busi- pess house in San Francisco on busi- ness, and after finishing we began to talk about other affairs. I spoke of los- ing a place on the force when I thought 1 was sure of it. My friend asked me and I told the whole transaction. The next day I learned that the man I had talked to was a grand juryman. Aft- erward 1 told him that if the Grand Jury would subpena all applicants I would give all the evidence I had. I don’t want to take the brunt of this af- fair, but if the others are made to tell what they know I will tell what I know."” Harry Thomas says that he acknowl- edged the loan in a letter to Kessler, but says that he made no promise to secure him a place, because he could not do it “I am not the least bit afrald to tell the Grand Jury all I know,” said he to-day. “I explained everything to the District Attorney some time ago.” It is very evident that the Grand Jury s proceeding very systematically however, | | will meet again at 1:30 o’clock to-mor- row. | WAS NOT A HASTY ACTION. | Woodward and Thomas Given the | Same Treatment They Accorded | McElroy. | OAKLAND, March 9.—J. W. Osborne of | the Army and Navy Republican League answers Councilman E. W. Woodward's attack upon that organization with a | lengthy open letter. The principal points | are herewith presented: ‘ “If Woodward was desirous of attempt- ing to cast odium on the action of, or | impugn the motives that actuated his |one hundred and twenty ex-comrades | (who not maliciously but with sorrow | and bowed heads performed a painful but just duty on last Saturday evening and one that was demanded by public, press | and pul{rll} why did he not speak for him- self and in his own behalf and leave Mr. | Thomas to plead his own case or com- | mend him to the tender mercles of an | outraged community? * ¢ ¢ “The meeting was called (not bi; Colonel Hoguet, as Woodward would have his | readers belleve, but was upon petition signed by seventeen members of the league), two-thirds of whom were fast friends of Woodward and Thomas, when as Woodward well knows the bK-les of our league require but five. nd even then after the petition was presented to the colonel commanding, for fear that a call by him would subjeg: him to the criticlsm of the two guilty officials, the colonel referred the same to the council of administration of the league and that body unanimously directed the colonel to | call the comrades together. * - “Had Woodward desired fair play and was honest in the premises, his own acts belie him. The very fact of his sending his resignation to ‘the league when no charges had ever been presented against him was of itself an evidence of guilt. And why was he absent when his honor and reputation (If any he has) were at issue? o “This we did without Colonel Hoguet's consent or advice. The most amusing portion of Woodward’s incoherent com- munication, however, is his laudation now_ of ex-Commander McElroy, an in- dividual whom he and Thomas had ex- pelled without trial on the very ound that the excited and agitated public of this city are now clamoring for the head of the sald Woodward. — ee————— Varsity Nine Defeated. BERKELEY, March 9.—The varsity baseball nine met defeat this evening on the university campus at the hands of a team composed of former U. C. players and several crack players of the Berke- jey High School. The score was 10 to 5. The teams lined up as follows: Varsity. Picked Nine. Mein . c .C. Elston Kaarsberg P Sims Collins ... b nessey McLaren b Hunter Baer . b Spencer Foster 8 Krug (capt.) Hoag ((cnpt)) 3 tt Hnfimz Hoag (capt.). 3 Belding «...vee f Riggs show how thoroughly | A. Standeford of the Grand Army | (ORDERED T0 AVOID SALOONS Oakland’s Fire Chief Is to Set a Good Ex- ample. A New Rule That Is Due to the Excitement of Last Week. Six Heads Fall, and It Is More Than Likely That Others Will Follow. 308308 306 308 X0 308 106 308 106 306308 00 O R 0E 30 RESOLVED, That the Chief of the Fire Depart- ment, the Assistant Chief and all permanent officers of the department shall not patronize saloons, and RESOLVED, That any ex- traman found under thein- fluence of liquor shall be dismissed. o 06 308 308 201 30% 308 0% 308 XGF 30F 108 X0¢ 308 30F 06 206 X0t Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 908 Broadway, March 9. | The Police and Fire’ Commissioners caused surprise to-day by passing unanimously the above resolution. It has been known for a long time that | the Oakland Fire Department has not | been an aggregation of John Gough's disciples, but no such stringent rule was expected. The individualizing of the Chief and the fire warden has caused much com- | ment and is the result of an incident that occurred on the exciting night when Councilman Brosnahan was es- corted from saloon to'saloon by a squad of police, while the mob reviled him. At Thayer's saloon on that evening Fire Warden Murdoch was on hand, and in some manner he was embroiled in a fight and was arrested the next day. The Commissioners agreed to-day that if Murdoch is in danger of being arrested when his services are needed it is best to make such a dilemma | impossible. | The sweeping nature of the new rule can be understood when it is consid- ered that the Fire Department is on duty all the time, and consequently the resolution is absolutely prohibitive. The department was shaken up this morning and six heads dropped into the basket. They are the heads of Stephen Towne, stoker of Engine Company Louis Walker, tillerman of Truck Com pany 3; Robert Grant, extraman of En- | gine Company 2; Charles Groff, extra- | | man of Engine Hose Company; Thomas | | Dolan, extraman of Hose Company 1; | Samuel Short, steward of Chemical Company 3. The men were dropped on recommen- dation of Chief Fair, and the following appointments were made: J. H. Ayers | as stoker of Engine Company 1, W. B. | Scribner as tillerman of Truck 3, Wil- | ilam Laughland as steward, of Chemi- cal No. 3, William Backus as extraman of Engine Company 2, T. Pullis as ex- | traman of Hose Company 1, John Do- lan as extraman of Hose Company 1, | ‘Willlam Gamble as extraman of Truck | Company 2, George Weaver as foreman | of Engine Company 6, Thomas Gilmore | | transferred from Truck 2 to Engine | Company 6. A rule was also adopted by which the fines imposed for punishment on mem- | bers of the department will be placed | to the credit of the Oakland Firemen’s | relief fund. Bert Swan, foreman of | Hose Company 3, was fined $10 for a starter. | Commissioner Dow said the Fire De- | partment needs. stiffening up, and hinted that the work of reform would produce some unexpected results. WITNESS GOES 10 PRISON Allie Sluffet Failed to Obey the Court’s Order to Appear. 08106 106 108 108 308 308 308 308 10 00 X o k=4 k=3 O o o o | & f=3 b=d f=3 o b=4 fed 2 The McGinnis Murder Trial Produced a Small Sensation Last Night. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 98 Broadway, March 9. Allie Sluffet was to-night committed to the County Jail for five days by Judge Ogden for contempt of court. Sluf- fet was subpenaed last night by Ballift Woodsum to appear this morning at 10 o’clock in the McGinnis trial. Between 1 and 2 this afternoon a bench warrant was issued and the young man brought into court. He was placed upon the wit- ness stand and excused a little after 6§ o’clock. As he left the chair Judge Og- den ordered him into custody and gave him five days in which to reflect upon his disobedlence of the court's orders. Adolph Strummel testified to-day that John McGinnis, who is on trial for com- plicity in the death of D. A. Cronin, said o him: “For Christ's sake, Adolph, tell Cronin that Bryan s drunk and going to kil him.” Gus Wilsoil, a 19»year-oldid. testified that the defendant asked him to help catch Bryan, as he had a gun and was going to kill Cronin. Mrs. Ross was also a witness. Judge Ogden wanted to hold court this evening in order to take all of the tes- timony, but belng unable to secure the witnesses the case went over until to- inorrow, when it will be submitted to the ury. 7 —_——————— A Son Finds His Father. OAKLAND, March 8.—Jacob Spuhn of Elmhurst, who left his home and family in Chicago twenty-five years ago and had not heard a word from any of them since, was visited by his son on the 25th of last month in thé most unexpected manner. Spuhn left two boys and two girls when he came west and now both the boys are prosperous business men and the two girls are married. On the day mentioned one of the boys dropped into a store and after being introduced under a fictitious name made close Inquiries as to his fam- ily affairs. He then told the old gentle- man he was talking to his son. The next few days were spent talking over the past. The son has now returned to his mother and family, where it is thought that a missive wiil soon be written ask- ing the father to come to spend his de- clining days. —— Y. M. C. A. Anniversary. OAKLAND, March 9.—Thursday even- ing the First M. E. Sunday-school or- chestra, the vested choir of the Church of the Advent, the Knickerbocker Male 8ufl.rtef and Mrs. Martin Schultz and Mrs. ‘arroll-Nicholson will supply the music for the anniversary meeting of the Y. M. C. A. in the First Congregational Church. Hon. Irving M. Scott will be the orator of the occasion. TWO VIEWS OF AN AMBITION People of Many Towns Discuss United Government. Report of the Committes Is the Cause of Much Debate. Alameda Sends a Protest, but the Berkeley Delegates Are Favorable. OAKLAND, March 9.—The question of a consolidated city and county was before the Board of Trade this even- ing, and delegates from surrounding towns were present. The committee appointed two weeks ago consisted of Messrs. Sol Kahn, J. T. Naismith and M. J. Keller. Chairman Kahn read the report and stated that it was the joint work of the committees of the Merchants’ Ex- change and the Board of Trade. It read: The committee has seen fit to deal in two things, facts and figures only, and if there are any other reasons beyond these two that should argue in favor of consolidation we trust they will find expression in' the debate which will follow the reading of this report. We herewith present figures Whieh we feel will appeal to every taxpayer, every individual paying in- terest on a mortgage in Alameda, Berkeley and Oakland property. These facts we know will convince them of the benefit of a consolidated city and ounty government. g We )fif\d that the city and county government can be maintained at an Eoproximate cost of $L215.000, as per the figures presented by City Auditor Snow at the last meeting of the con- Solldation committee. This on an as- sessed valuation of $75,000,000 would Make a tax rate of $170 on the $100, which compares favorably with San Francisco. It may be a surprise to some of you to know that for every $100 worth of property assessed in Oak- land $19 50 is covered by mortgage. On the same basis Alameda has $27 50, and Berkeley on a like basis has $25 covered by mortgage. Money is bor- Towed in San Francisco at from 6 to 7 per cent per annum. Here interest- ayers are taxed $ per cent and over. Tnder consolidation we could also borrow at 7 per cent and less. Basing calculations on the lowest rates consolidation will annually save Oakland . homeowners, yet interest- payers, Berkeley, $20,000 and In addition to these s would make a sav- in taxes. We also de- sire to call your attention to harbor interests in which we are mutually concerned The report then proceeded to show how the advantages that would fol- Jow from the consolidation would be of equal benef)t to both cities as far as the harbor ‘s concerned. These points have been already fully explained in The Call. | Mr. Gelder of Berkeley sald the time | has come when the peovle of Alameda County have got to do something for themselves. Many people in Berkeley are in sympathy with this movement. Director J. F. W. Sohst surprised the | meeting with his figures regarding the Alameda § | difference of interest rate between Oak- | land and San Francisco, which he ob- tained by a visit to a San Francisco bank. He sald that for twenty years Oakland has paid 60 cents more taxes | than San Francisco, and yet it has| nothing to show for it—not a park, not a city hall, in fact, nothing. Berkeley is disgusted with her government and, in fact, has no government. “We have no Justice Court to enforce the law and cannot bring our cases to Oakland. Can we not have one gov- ernment? We surely can. pay a county assessor and each of our citles pays again to have the property assessed again, and is that rational? San Franclsco is interested in keeping us fighting in this county so that she can step in and get our trade and eat | culars appealing to up our spare money by taking it as; increased interest on mortgages. I | represent the small propery owners and there are lots of us. We have nothing in Berkeley. Not a policeman, not a fire department and electric lights, for which we pay double to the same cor- poration as you do in Oakland.” Mr. Nalsmith said there are four city governments, four sanitary districts, several school districts, fire commis- sioners at Temescal and Fruitvale, and under consolidation there would be but one City Council and a Board of Edu- cation. The cost of all the elections alone is enormous, and cannot be passed by, and I belleve the scheme will be successful. T. G. Daniels of Alameda was invit- ed to speak, it being well known that he is opposed to the measure, and the meeting being desirous of hearing his objections. “The people of Alameda are almost to a man opposed to consolidation,” he said. “The plan will not do away with two governments, but you will need nearly all the officials you have now. Fire, police and street departments will have to be largely expanded. You will have, like San Francisco, a Sheriff’s of- fice and a police department. Neither is it certaln that consolldation will reduce taxes. It will cut off fifteen millions of assessable property, which will decrease the in- come which will have to be made up elsewhere. Tallegsen Evans, Craigie Sharpe, E. C. Sessions, J. S. Emery also spoke. Mrs. Cunningham of Livermore spoke for the other end of the county. She sald that she did not know whether Murray Township wanted to be left out, and also made a request that at the next meeting delegates be invited from all the little towns in the eastern end of the county. President Taylor said the request would be cheerfully complied with. The next conference will be held the second Wednesday in April. ——————— Oakland News Items. OAKLAND, March 9.—William J. Mo- ran of East Oakland flled a petition of insolvency this afternoon. His liabilities are $717 05 and assets $199 50. Of this $49 50 is under attachment and the balance is clothing and furniture. Mrs. Alvira F. Watson secured an order against her husband, Willlam 8. Watson, to show cause why he should not be com- mitted for contempt for refusing to pay the plaintiff $25 alilmony on March 1, as ordered by the court. The first meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic posts, Woman's Relief Corps and Sons of Veterans will take place Sat- urday evening in Loring Hall to arrange for Memorial Day, May 30. It is expected that a marshal and orator of the day will be selected upon that evening. Ed Austin, ’a_ged 17 years, left home Sat- urday with $i5 belon: to. his mother and started for the Klondike. His father has asked that he be arrested on reaching Seattle and sent back. Henry J. Ahlers, serving time in the County Jail as a vag, shows signs of in- sanity and will be examined by a lunacy commission. The Farmers’ Institute will meet at Livermore April 1 and 2. Messrs. Crel- 1in, Buckley and Inman are making the necessary arrangements. Any one intend- ing to make a display should notify the committee. The blocks for the paving of East Twelfth street are en route from Mendo- cino County and are expected early next week. They will be dischar; at the foot of Ninth avenue, where they are to be dipped in a preparation before being laid. | quested by our employes to unionize our We now | 11 R R S R R T R R R R SRR R e From Washington, D. C., comes Lewis of May Irwin's company. profession. persons imaginable. utation. came to San Francisco. offer him congratulations. R R R R R TP PP P PGGP e Daniel Frawley, the well-known theatrical manager, and Miss Ada Miss Lewis is, like Frawley, a leading member of the theatrical Particularly is she well-known and admired in this city, her birthplace, and the scene of her very first efforts in the profession wherein she has gained such high laurels. Though it has been in the character of the “tough girl” that Ada Lewis has gained her reputation as an actress, nevertheless she is one of the most refined and gentle Her career has been an eventful one. merit, and an inclination for study and hard work, coupled with a natural adaptability for the stage, have been responsible for her success. From a modest beginning, obscure and unknown, she has risen to the topmost rounds of the ladder, and has earned for herself a national rep- The acquaintance of Miss Lewis and Mr. Frawley dates back to the early part of last summer, when they were in New York City. Shortly afterward Miss Lewis was apprised of her mother’s serious illness, and She remained here until her mother died, hav- ing apartments at the Occidental Hotel. Mr. Frawley is so well known to San Franciscans that comment upon his career seems almost needless. greatly interested in many stories circulated concerning his matrimo- nial intentions, and now that he has made his choice they will heartlly Though the announcement of the engagement of Frawley and Miss Lewis was telegraphed from Washington, D. C., yesterday morning, Mr. Friedlander of the firm of Friedlander & Gottlob asserted that he positively knew that no engagement existed. source of his information, but further declared that he knew Mr. Frawley was not engaged to marry any one. P et R R R R e R e e S e g F. DANIEL FRAWLEY TO WED } Miss Ada Lewis, ‘‘the Tough Girl,”” Will Mcke the Actor-Manager Happy. the news of the engagement of T. Genuine Theater-goers have been He did not explain the R e R e R R S R PRINTERS STILL ON A STRIKE Berkeley Publishers Explain Why the Reduction Was Made. Declare They Had the Alternative of Reducing Wages or Going Out of Business. BERKELEY, March 9.—The newspaper publishers of Berkeley have made a state- ment of thelr position toward the print- ers’ strike which still continues in the college town. Their version of the exist- ing difficulty is as follows: “‘About three months ago we were Te- offices. This meant a general increase in wages. It was represented that this increase in wages would be offset by a corresponding increase in business. Prior | to that time the employes in the mechan- fcal departments were paid strictly ac- cording to the value of their services. After due consideration we decided to give the new system a trial. We did so and it proved a failure. There was a heavy increase in wages, but the receipts of the offices remained stationary. “At the end of three months we were confronted with the alternative of going out of business or reducing wages. The situation was explained to the printers. They were informed that it was necessary to reduce the wages below the union rates, but that they would be paid more than before the unionizing. “The majority of the men expressed themselves satisfled, but it was first necessary to obtain the consent of the Oakland Typographical Union, which has jurisdiction over Berkeley. “Last Saturday night the union voted on the proposition and rejected it. Ac- cording to the laws of the union the Berkeley printers, not having been mem- bers in good standing for six months, were not allowed to vote. Consequently they were forced to leave their positions by the vote of the Oakland printers. “The printers are now circulating stories to the effect that under the pres- ent scale their wages would be cut from 50 to 100 per cent. This is totally untrue. As a matter of fact the new scale is from 30 to 8 per cent higher than the one in force prior to the adoption of the union schedule. The new scale ranges from $10 1o $18 a week, and not a flat scale of $10 a week as is claimed by the men who are out.” ™ Oakland Typographical Union, No. 36, of which the striking printers are mem- bers, to-day distributed a number of cir- “all men and women of Alameda County who believe in re- taining the integrity of American insti- tutions to cease patronizing them until such time as they awake to a realization of the fact that there are other people in this great commonwealth and that they | have rights which must be respected. District Organizer J. J. Galvin of the International Typographical Union has also issued a number of circulars to be distributed in Berkeley, calling on uni- versity students to withdraw patronage from the Berkeley publishers. The Oakland Typographical Unfon last evening adopted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Oakland Typographical Union No. 36 appreciates the earnest and straightforward_action taken by the Oakland | Enquirer and San Francisco Call in placing | before the publie a correct account of the | grievances which the union has with the em- ployers of printers in Berkeley. il e S Should Pay Their Board. BERKELEY, March 9.—Editor Creed of the college daily has come out with a vigorous protest against the fact.revealed in Football Manager Brown'’s report, that during the football season none of the members of the varsity squad contributed to the cost of maintaining the training table. “Aside from the criticism which ought to be heaped upon such a practice from a_ purely business point of view,” Creed declares editorfally, “it deserves condemnation because it is a questionable feature of athletics.’ Berkeley Wews Notes. BERKELEY, March 9.—A special com- mittee of the Board of Regents will meet in Iderkeley next Tuesday to take action on Professor Moses' proposal to change positions for a year with Professor Miller of the University of Chicago. Hicks, Judd & Co. of San Francisco have presented a collection of eighty- eight books to the university library. The Glee, Mandolin and Banjo clubs of the university will soon combine under | the name of the Musical Association of the University of California. Manager Hugh Webster Is endeavoring to arrange for a grand concert on the evening of commencement day, May 18. The Alumni Association will meet in San Francisco a week from next Satur- day evening to discuss plans for the aiumni exercises which are held regular- 1y in Berkeley on commencement day. August Mejji of West Berkeley is miss- ing. ~His creditors have attached his place and his wife has appealed to Sheriff White to assist her in finding her miss- ing husband. —_————————— Library Expert’s Report. ALAMEDA, March 9.—Expert Davies, who has been at work on the library books for some time seeking to straighten out matters connected with the Har- bourne defalcation, has nearly completed his task, and expects to have his report ready some time next week. Unless a special meeting of the Board of Library Trustees is called, however, it cannot be resented to that body before the first esday of mext month. What he has discovered Is of course not known. Brotherhood of St. Andrew. LAMEDA, March 9.—Speclal services w‘:n held at Christ Church last evenin, Under the auspices of the Brotherhood o % Andrew. St. Cecilin’s choir of tifty Voices rendered the musical portion cof the exercises, and addresses were de- livered by George Bennett of San Fran- cisco and Professor Balley, who spoke on “The Living Church.” Electric Light Deflcit. ALAMEDA, March 9.—The report of Tremrer Wheeler, just flled, shows that there is a deficit in the electric light fund of over Sl It is claimed that this defi- cit is constantly increasing, but no ex- F]anatlon has been given other than that t may be due to the recent expenditures in the way of wiring for porch lights. Alameda News Notes. ALAMEDA, March 9.—The Coroner’s jury charges foul play in the case of an infant found in the bay near the Alameda mole the other day, but there i{s no clew as to the perpetrators. Electric cars will soon be run from Ala- meda directly to the Sixteenth-street de- pot in West Oakland. This will be a great convenience to the traveling public. A reception is to be tendered this eve: ing at Salvation Army Hall to Captain and Mrs. Webster, who have come to take charge of this fleld. The Patriots of America will hold a meeting at Randolph Hall on Thursday evening for the purpose of completing their organization. The city delinquent tax sale will take ll)_}ufie on Saturday morning at the City all. No one sufficiently patriotic has yet been found to take charge of the flag in the public park. It is expected that the Grand Army post will take action at its next meeting. A chess tournament has been inaugur- ated by the Encinal Recreation Club, be- ginning Monday night. Games will be layed on Monday and Thursday even- ngs until the series is completed. There t"e forty names on the list of competi- ors. On Friday evening next Professor Hud- son of Stanford will lecture under the auspices of the Teachers’ Club on “The Poetry of Tennyson.” City Assessor Smith will commence his field work next week, with George Sturt- evant as his assistant. —_—e—e————— An Afternoon Wedding. OAKLAND, March 9.—Miss Caroline Schutz and Harry Balsdon were married this_afternoon at 4 o’clock at the home of the bride's parents, 1303 Grove street, Rev. R. F. Coyle offlc!atln% The bride is the youngest daughter of F. W. Schutz, a wealthy resident of this city. The fam- ily came here from Colusa County. The groom is the only son of James Balsdon, | one of the oldest and wealthiest residents of Colusa County. The bride's brother served as best man and the groom’s sis- ter was the bridesmaid. After a luncheon the couple left for a month’s honeymoon trip through the southern part oOf the State. On their return they will reside in Colusa County. He Robbed Buckley’s House. OAKLAND, March 9.—One of the b\xr?- lars who has’been working in this city Is now in jail. Dave Reeves, who did ‘the job_at Mr. Buckley’s house last Friday night, pawned some of the booty around town and was arrested at Sixth and Broadway. He is an old-timer with sev- eral priors and made a full confession to- night in the hope that the priors might not be held against him. FOR THE MURDER OF MRS, CLUTE Albert Hoff, Who Is Accused of the Crime, Placed on Trial. Seven Jurors Have Already Been Secured and Testimony Can Soon Be Taken. Albert Frederick-George Vereneseckock- ockhoff, otherwise known for various rea- sons under the abbreviated title of Albert Hoff, was placed on trial before Judge Cook yesterday morning for the murder of Mrs. Mary A. Clute. On the morning of December 10 the murdered woman was found In her residence on Guerrero street, her skull crushed in by some ..unt in- strument. Néar the body lay a coupung pin, stained with blood. This was the only clew left by the murderer. Hoff was seen leaving her house, and it was after- ward found that ne was the owner of a coupling pin_similar to the one with which Mrs. Clute had been killed. Other developments_pointed toward How as the murderer, and he was arrested. ‘When the work of drawing a jury was commenced Hoff was all attention. He would lean forward and peer anxiously at each new .ace, ans would then busy him- seif working his bony fingers through each other. During the day twenty-six talesmen were examined, and all were uestioned at length by Attorney W. H. chooler, who represents the defendant, and Assistant District Attorney Hosmer, who is prosecuting in the interests of the people. At the end of the day's work seven. jurors had been accepted, and it is thought that wue jury will be completed to-day. Those WhO NOW ocCCUDY the box 1. M. Merrill, L. Lasar, A. wn- des, W. F. Doane, J. Bremer, F. O. and J. F. Murray e ——— MIDWEFK NOTES OF THE THEATERS Marteau Plays at To-day’s Symph- ony Concert—A New Singer at the Tivoli' To-night. Every seat in the Baldwin is sold out | for the rest of the week, which the Bos- tontans will. devote. to repetitions of “Robin Hood.” On Monday night a com- pany headed by Joseph Holland will pre- sent a comedy by Mrs. Ryley, “The Mys- terfous Mr. Bugle."” At the symphony concert this afternoon Marteau, the violinist, will play Bruch's G minor concerto and a Bach sonata for violin alone. The programme, which al- Teady has been published, is a long one and the Tivoll doors will be closed agalnst late comers punctually at 3:15. . The Primrose and West minstrels are doing well at the Columbia. The Orph- eum has a fine new bill. headed by Sabel and her living sheet music. Rudenoff, the fantastic delineator, and the Jose Quintet. “A Gilded Fool” is drawing well at the Alcazar. “The Gelsha” comes to a close this week at the Tivoli. To-night Miss Helen Merrill will appear in the part of O Mimosa San. “The Woman in Black"” {s making the customary good business for Morosco's. There will be no more farewell paragraphs for Chiquita of the Chutes, as_she has been indefinitely re- engaged. The California reopens Monday with the Broadway comedians in “Town Topics” at cheap prices. The fac-simile signature of is,on every wrapper . of CASTORIA. PACIFIC-UNION LADIES' ANNEX Scheme to Establish the Res- taurant Abolished at a Special Meeting. Members Fancied That the Club Might Get a White Elephant on Its Hands. The Pacific Union Club at a special meeting yesterday afternoon practically decided to abandon the scheme to estab- lish an annex for the ladies. Seventy or more members attended the meeting and listened to the estimate of the cost of equipping and maintaining the proposed restaurant in the large store room at the corner of Post and Stockton streets. The scheme was proposed by certain well-to-do members of the Pacific Union who e not qualified to join the Uni- versity Club. The latter institution main- tains a restaurant for the convenience of the wives and daughters of its members and has therefore gained considerabla favor in society circles. Members of the Pacific Union who took no thought of ex« pense fancied that it would be easy to make their club accessible to the ladies in_this manner. The plan to establish the annex pros< gressed so far that the corner store room on the ground floor of the big building was leased. Then came a pause. Mem- bers who have no wives and daughters ta consider began to estimate the probabla expense of the new departure. It was found that the sum of $10,000 would be re- quired to furnish and decorate the res- taurant. The cost of rent and mainten- ance would approximate $1000 a month. The rent alone is $350 per month and the club now stands bound to pay this sum if the landlord does not release the in- stitution from the agreement. It is sup- gosed. however, that there will be no dif- culty in finding & good tenant willing to pay that sum for the store premises. The figuring yesterday was to the ef- fect that the club, after expending from $12,000 to $15,000 in getting ready to enter- tain the ladles, would be bound to spend about $1000 a month to keep up the enter- tainment. The conservative judgment of the club was that the proposed annex would prove to be a very costly white elephant, hence it was decided to abandon the scheme altogether. — e e—————— Circular or elliptical haloes round the sun indicate violent storms, especially if_the haloes are dark in tint or of a large diameter. Lightning and mag- netic disturbances may also be expecte ed from these signs. ‘];)r. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 25 KEARNY ST. Established in 1854 for the treatment of Private Diseasvs, Lost Manhood. Debility or disease wearing on bodyand mindand Skin Digeases. The doctor cureswhen othersfail. Try him. Charges low. Curesguaranteed. Callorwrite, F. « (BBON, Box 1957, San Fraocisco. OCEAN TRAVEL. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Steamers Broadway wharf, San Franelsco: For Alaskan ports, 10 a. m.. March 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, April 1. Transférred at Seattle. For Alaskan ports (from ) ar street wharf), 10 a. m., March 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30. Transferred at Portiand, Or. For Victoria, Vancouver (B. C.), Port Town- send, Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Anacortes and New Whatcom (Wash.), 10 a. m., March 2, 7, 7, 25 21, and every fifth day thereafter, connecting at Seattle with company’s steam- ore for Alaska and G. N. Ry., at Tacoma with N. P Ry. at Vancouver with C. P. Ry. Pureka (Humboldt Bay), 10 a. m., March 3, 8, 15, 21, 21, and every sixth day thereafter. For Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Simeon, Cayucos, Port Harford (San Luls Obispo), Gaviota, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Hucneme, San Pedro, East San Pedro (Los Angeles) Newport, 9 a. m.. March 2, 6 10, 14, 13, 22, %, 30, and every fourth day thereafter. For San Diego, stopping only at Port Har- ford (San Luls Obispo), Santa Barbara, Port Iobs Angeles and Redondo (Los Anseles), 11 a’m., March 4, §, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, und every fourth day thereafter. For Ensenada, Magdalena Bay. San Jose del Cabo, Mazatlan, Altata, La Paz Santa Rosa- lia #nd Guaymas (Mex.), 10 a. 'm.. March April 3, and 2d of each month thereafter. T'he company reserves the right to changs without previous notice steamers, sailing dates ana honre of sailine TICKET OFFICE-Palace Hotel, 4 New Montgomery street. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Gen. Agts.. 10 Market street, San Francisco. THE 0. R. & N. CO. DISPATCH FAST STEAMERS TO PORTLAND From Spear-street Wharf at 10 a. m. FARE #12 First Cl. Including Bert §8 Second s and Meals. SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS: State of California. Mar. 2, 10, 18, 28 Columbla. z 6 14, 22 30 Through Tickets an gh Baggage to all Eastern Points. Rates and Folders Upon Ap= plication’ to E. C. WARD, General Agent, 630 Market st GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Superintendents. EANIC (Cl S. S. ZEALANDIA, for HONOLULU only, Saturday, March 12, at 2 p. m. Special party rates. The S. 8. S. MOAN. sails via Honolulu an Auckland for Sydng Wednesday, March at 2 p. m. Line to COOLGARDIE, Austral and CAPH TOWN, South Africa. 3 CKELS & BROS. CO.. Agents, E ERRC 114 Montgomery street. Freight Office—327 Market st.. San Franclaco, Compagnie Generale Transatlantique. French Line tnul'lnvre.n mpany’'s Pler (new) Nort! t ptooy: of Mcrton st. Travelers by this line avold both transit by Phglish rallway and the discomfort of crossing the channel in a small boat. New York to Mexandria, Esypt, via Paris, first class $160; second class $1if. LA NORMANDIE .. LA CHAMPAGNE . March 19, 10 a. March 26 10 a. pply to A. FORGET, Agent, No. 3, Bowling Green, New York. J. F. FUGAZI & CO., Agents, 5 Montgomery! ave., San Franclsco. HAMBURG‘AMERILAN WIN: SCREW. EXPRESS LINE DIRECT TO PARIS, LONDON, HAMBURG. Normannia ..March 2¢[Columbla May April 7| Normannia A ek Apml 78l A Victoria First Cabin §75 up. 24 Cabin $45 up. S TWIN-SCREW PASSENGER SERVICE, NEW YORK-HAMBURG DlRECK. oA .March 26| Patria .. P A Qb 21 s!ghoenl'vih i 1 ennsylv: Pretoria ....... April 16! Pennsyivania . Ma ”: -abin, $60 up; 2d cabin, #0; F arahure. Ameriean Line, 87 Broadway, N. Y. HERZOG & CO., General Agents Pacific Coast, 101 California st., cor. Sansome, San Franelsco STOCKTON STEAMERS Leave Pler No, 3, Washington St., at 8 m. Daily. FREIGHT RECEIVED Ur TO 5:30 P. M. ‘Accommodations reserved by telephone. The only line selling through tickets and give ing through frelght rates to all points on the Railroad. X STEAMERS: T. C. WALKER. CITY OF STOCKTON. RY GARRATT, I D. PETERS, “’?elephone ‘Maln $05. Cal. Nav. and Impt. 05 For San Jose, Los Gatos & Santa Crua Steamer Alviso leaves Pier 1 daily (Sundays excepted) at 10 a, m.; Alviso daily (Saturdays excepted) at 5 &nm. Freight and Fare between Francisco and Alviso, m to San Jose, T5c. Clay street, Pler 1. 41 N First street, San Jose. FOR U. Sé NAVY-YARD AND VALLEJO. te: amer ** Monticello” ; Wil leave \aiicju ntumui.:) D mm will lnln urday, 8:30 P. h 12, 1898. "Teles ATCH