The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 23, 1898, Page 11

THE SA N FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1898 11 ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. 0PPOSED THEIR OWN INTERESTS Caused the Abandonment of the Clay Street Tracks. siness Men Refuse to Occupy Stores That Are Erected. Now Properiy-Owners Can Blame No One but Themselves for the Loss. Oskland Office San Francisco Call, | 98 Broadway, March 22. evolution of Clay street into a busi- horoughfare to rival Washington et has received a severe setback by andonment of the street railway s by the Realty Syndicate. This a surprise alike to the company, ouncil and the citizens who do not in that district. The companies abandoned the tracks upon the ur- t solicitation of the property owners now the same people are begging 1 praying to have the order rescinded. ne time ago the property owners requested to pave Clay street with uminous rock. Some expressed their illingness to comply provided the street car tracks were removed. The rails were set high above the grade and always caused trouble for teams. Considerable ure was brought to bear upon the mpany at different times both in and out of the Council to induce them to give up this portion of their route. At that time they had arranged for a circuitous route, covering Clay, Franklin, Four- teenth and Second streets, upon which cars were to be run in both directions and intersect all lines of the Realty Syndicate. But in consequence of the coutinuance of the tracks upon the street, the syndicate decided to give it up and so announced. This was supposed to be the desire of the people upon that street and the end of the whole business. But In consequence of the opposition to the continuance of the tracks upon the street, the syndicate decided to give it up and so announced. This was supposed to be the desire of the people upon that street and the end of the whole bus 2 Now, however, Lhe property-owners evi- dently think they have made a mistake, and are doing all in their power to undo what has been done. It was announced to-day that two or three of the parties who have contracts to occupy stores either already erected on Clay street or 10 be erected have given notice that they will cancel their comntrac to the changed conditions. It caused some of the property-owners to protest to the Realty Syndicate against the abandonment of the road. Manager Ira Bishop, when whether there was _a possibi the directors re- scinding th eplied in t..e nega- tive. He ole question was settled as were _concerned some time ago, did as re- quested by the and City ncil. The work of tearing up the track has already begun, and in it the property- owners see a Severe setback to the ad- vancement of Clay street. It is expected that several bullaings proposed for this spring will be delayed in building on this street. The work of uniting the Alameda and Central-avenue tracks is completed ex- Gept the curve at Iieventh an. Harrisen sidents, property-owners streets, and before the week ends the cars will run through from Alameda to the Sixteenth-street depot. Work wiil be begun at once to extend the . Eighth- stree. track from Grove street to Broad- way, where passengers will be trans- ferred uptil the East Ua-.and Lne can be transformed into a system. )FBESH FRUIT DIRECT DAILY. The Apache and Modoc Will Land at Broadway Wharf. OAKLAND, March 22.—The Eleventh- street commission merc en- tered into an agreement whereby the rail- road steamers Apache and Modoc will land fruit daily at the Broadway whart in this city during this summer. It is to reach here before § ock each day and suitable sheds will be erected to accom- modate the traffic. The agreement also jncludes a guarantee that the rates of narrow-gauge transportation shall not exceed those of any other After boat or company several meetings at which the on merchants were represented by Mr. Sinclair of the Oakland I'ruit and Produce Company, Walter G. Manuel and E. D. Willlams, and the railroad com- pany by K. A. White, the agreement was made to extend over a period of five years. The service will be entirely inde- §>enr‘lent of the creek route and will carry rom seventy-five to 100 tons of fresh fruit daily to this place. The fruit will be con~ signed to this city and after being loaded will not be handled again until unloaded at the wharf. The firms interested in this new depart- ure are the Oakland Fruit and Prgduce Company, E. D. Willlams, Walter Man- wel, Fossing & Gallagher, Joseph & Gar- cia, Olympia & Woods and W. A. Rouse & Co. The service is to begin about the middle of May. —_———————— ELECTRIC CAR SWITCHING. Complaint That the Streets Are Ob- structed While It Is Going On. ALAMEDA, March 22.—A few weeks since the Oakland and Alameda Electric Railway changed the manner of running its cars. It was formefly the custom of the company to run its cars in a con- tinuous circuit from Oakland via Ala- meda back to Oakland. The change was made so that cars coming from Oakland either way would Stop at the corner of Santa Clara avenue and Park street, Ala- ~ meda, switch and double back, consider- | ably to the obstruction of traffic at that point. The chief of the Alameda fire de- partment has entered a protest against such obstruction, and the matter was brought up in the meeting of the City Trustees last night. The City Clerk was authorized to communicate with the rail- way company and request it to assist the Zity in devising some means to abate a custom that endangers life and obstructs tratfic. If the company does not meet the city on the proposition an ordinance | assed abating what now seems may be langerous obstruction. to be a ———————— OVERTURES FOR PEACE. Innuu;uce Bepre;:;tn_flves Ask A. L. Stone to Name His Price. OAKLAND, March 22—Every effort is being made by the insurance companies in the combine to pull A. L. Stone down on his rate cutting war, Several of the Jocal representatives of the companies have visited Mr. Stone with a view of H‘avlrxg him withdraw or join the com- ne. Mr. Stone responded that he was only doing what any one e had they been cut off as he was. His business, he said, must continue until he was pald for his loss. It is expected that a financlal consideration will be offered Mr. Stone for his loss, and if it is he will cease his rate cumonog. However, the $25, worth of business to be done with the Board of Education is a thorn in the flesh with the compa- nies. They have already threatened to “9 break_the combine to get this business from Mr. Stone. Coal-Dealer Fails. OAKLAND, March 22—E. A. Fish, a well-known retail coal dealer, has turned his business over to his uncle and it is announced that there is about $2000 in- debtedness. An .tmchment.Pluced on the stock Friday may be valueless on this account. 1se would have done | HE FALLS HEIR 10 A FORTUNE A Big Estate for a Boot- black Who Observed the Sabbath. Antone Ambrose Will Gset a Fine Merced County Farm. | Undivided Half Interst in a Quarter Section of Cultivated Fruit Lands. i Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 909 Broadway, March 22. A. A. Ambrose, a hardworking boot- black, whose stand at the corner of Thir- | teenth and Broadway is patronized by hundreds who know him only by the name “Tony,” has been informed that he is the sole heir to a $60.000 estate left by | an uncle named Francisco Burlety. He is extremely backward about talking of | VATER RATES TET 1N DOUBT Henneberry’s Knowledge of Law Is-Seriously Impugned. Prominent Lawyers to Take the Ordinance Into Court. The Veto of the Mayor Is Held to Ee in Full Force and ? Effect. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, March 22. There is still a great deal of doubt in legal minds as to whether even after all the jugglery and excitement there have been any legitimate water rates fixed for the year commencing July 1. When Henneberry handed in his reso- lution providing for the ignoring of the Mayor's veto, which was passed last i g M\__fl = A. AMBROSE, the Oakland Bootblack, Helr to a $60.000 Estate. the sudden riches forced upon him, but| at the same time declares that he hopes his attorneys have made no mistake in the affair. Thomas J. Thompson and John Goss, the attorneys, have secured all the evl dence in the case, and declare that it is only a matter of the time required to probate the estate when Tony will be in possession of one of the finest farms in Merced county. It was through them that Tony first learned of . his uncle's death and his own good fortune. At first he would not believe it, but as the evi- dence accumulated he was forced to see he was the man to whom it belonged. Francisco Burlety, his mother’s bro- ther, and Antone Sarrubba, two Italians, Jocated upon Government land in Merced County late in the '70's and cultivated a quarter of a section together. This, in time, was proved up and kept well culti- vated. Burlety saved enough money to return to Italy. He left his partner in sole charge, and on reaching home went into business there. About two years ago he died and it is claimed now that he left | $10,000 there. But that is not certain. His | family had died and no one knew of any | heirs. His partner here kept the Merced | County farm until he died last year. It | | was in the settling up of Sarrubba’s es- | tate and an attempt to borrow some | | money for running expenses that it was found that he was not the sole owner of The -undivided half interest | ereq | i the estate. of the deceased Burlety was disco and an attempt made to find an hei | "The appraiser of the estate estimated | the 160 acres of land to be worth 312\),000] | Jast summer, and Messrs. Thompson and | | Goss believe that Tony will secure halt | | of this, if not the $10,000 In Italy. They | are pushing the matter as speedily as| | possibly. | Ambrose, or ““Tony,” as his friends call | him, is the father of five children, living at 754 Brush street. He is a member of the Christian Indeavor Society of the First Presbyterian Church, and when he was converied the matter of working on the Sabbath had to be settled. He knew Sunday was the best day of the week in his business. It brought in several times as much as any other day, and with a | wife and five children to feed and clothe he could not make up his mind to throw away ma}ha unt of money. He tried to get somet] lnl?else to do and sell out, but | | £ ‘this he was unsuccessful. He then ar- ranged to get off Sunday, as a financial loss to himself and gain to his partner, | all but one Sunday in the month. This | he has kept ur. and he feels that he is | soon to be relieved entirely, in a way | that looks as if it was in consideration of | his faithfulness to his belief. Unique Clubhouse. OAKLAND, March 22.—With the con- trol of the Pledmont electric road by the Realty Syndicate the old Trestle "Glen | resort goes out of use and new improve- | ments are being made at the old Pied- mont Park. A contract has been let for the erection of a pretty little club house | at Piedmont Springs, where the hotel | burned down several years ago. It is to | cost $2588 and will resemble the Oakland | Golf Club's new home. There is to be a main room 25x35 feet in size, where luncheon will be served. It | i to be furnished partly rough and partly | polished and with a double series of in- tandescent lights around the eaves. There | Will be a large kitchen and pantry, while | outside wide rambling verandas Tunning almost all around the structure. Ernest Lunt in Oakland. OAKLAND, March 22.—A fine el gramme has been arranged by the Bhil- | harmonic orchestra for its concert on| jght - at the Congregational | | Church. his s the old Congregational | Sunday-school orchestra, tha. was sev- Friday nl | the church last fall. Beatrice ;’r:igs:ni“'?ne. ‘soprano, and Ernest Lent, the 'cello virtuoso from Leipsic, will be the soloists and Robert C. Newell the ac- | 1 companisk night, there was a general feeling that the people were finally and irrevocably sold to the combined water companies. i Now it is agserted that the Henneberry resolution is' null and void because the charter provides that eight votes is neces- sary to pass over a veto, and that no veto message can be killed arbitrarily by a resolution which secures but six votes. | It has already been declared by the City Attorney that the first resolution intro- duced by Henneberry that fixed rates in- side of five minutes is clearly illegal as no investigation, as required by law, was held, and if the M. held valid there will not be legal rates in_existence after July 1. Nothing can now be done to test the Jegality of the rates tili the companies begin to charge ine figures so kindly pre- pared for them by Mr, Henneberry. Some of the largest property owners have al- ready decided to band together and bring a test case as soon as possible, which will not be for three months. Ex-Attorney-General Hart some weeks ago expressed the opinion that there is nothing in the contention that the State constitution makes it unnecessary to sub- mit a water rate ordinance to the Mayor, as the sole power to fix the rate is vested in the Council. There is a Supreme Court decision on the point, but it is stated that it applies to the act under which San F}'n.nclsco is sovterned. n any event there are enough doub and legal quibbles to take h'i'w cour'ls, and that {s where the ordinance will eventually go. INTERSTATE BASKET BALL The Berkeley Girls to Play Against the Nevada Co-Eds. Fair Enthusiasts .Busy Practicing the Rival University Yells. BERKELEY, March 22.— ‘Wah hoo wah, Nevada!! Ha, ha, ha, Californta, U. C., Berkeley, Zip, boom, ahi! Cheered by rival yells rising from hun- dreds of feminine throats and goaded on by the sight of waving streamers of blue and gold and gold and red, eighteen fair athletic co-eds will struggle for the Cali- fornia - Nevada Interstate basket-ball championship at Odd Fellows' Hall next Saturday afternoon. The contest will be a unique one, it being the first Inter- state athletic battle ever waged between women, so far as the Berkeley girls are aware. Beside this struggle between the fair champions of commonwealths the abandoned contest between Berkeley and Stanford becomes insignificant. The Berkeley basket-ball players and also the co-ed enthusiasts who do not play are firently excited over the coming game, They have practiced the college vell and have improvised yells to cheer on the individual players. One of the latter is as follows: We will win, we know we will, Because- our’ captain {s Miss Brownsil! Another slogan with which the Berke- | Alto co-eds. | the city Saturd | Hovt '8 gold champions is a formidable yell in German, dedicated to Miss Bessie Gris- wold, the brilliant center who captained the team in the intercollegiate game with Stanford two years ago. The University of Nevada co-eds will leave the Sagebrush State on Thursday evening. Miss Nell Lewers, the captain, will bring a full team and three substi- tutes, twelve in all. Among the players is Miss Louise Ward, whose reputation as a player has already reached the ears of the erkeley players. The California girls feel confident. They have thus far fhis season defeated every team they met, last Saturday beating by a score of 31 to 1 the Lowell High School players, who the week previous had scored 5 against Stanford’s nine in a game with the Palo | Still the Nevada girls, while | hot having the advantage of match games With other teams, are ahead of the Berke- leyans in having been coached by an ex- pert football player, Brewley of the Uni- | versity of Nevada. When the sagebrush champions reach y morning they will be met and entertained by the Berkeley co- eds. 0da Fellows' Hail, where the game will be called at 3:30 o’clock Saturday af- ternoon, will be decorated in the colors of the rival universities by a committee under the direction of Miss A. E. Stock- well, one of the Berkeley players. Im- mediately after the game the visitors will leave for Nevada. The Berkeley team will be composed as follows: . Center goal, Miss E. S. Brownsill, cap- tain; left goal, Miss Josephine Roller: right goal, Miss Edna Robinson; touch center, s Bessie M. Griswold: left center, Miss L. A. Linscott; right center, Miss Sarah Hanscom; guards, Miss May Haworth, Miss Alma Stockwell, Miss E. Rued. Substitut Gonl, Miss T. V. Stoer; center, Miss Ethel Catton; guard, Miss G. Longmore. Miss Mary C. McCleave, the manager has been of the California team, for the game. busy making arrangemen | “We think we shall win,” she said this | | evening, “but just think how it would be evada girls should turn around and beat us. Here we have been arrang- ing how we will give the Nevada yell if they score; but suppose they should ac- tually beat us!” Meanwhile, the athletic co-eds at Berke- if those ley are training hard. To-morrow being a | holiday at the university, on account of Charter day, only Thursday and Friday afternoons will be left for final practice. The varsity players have been particular- Iy fortunate during the season in escap- ing accidents, the only injury being a sprained ankle, from which one of the goal-throwers is_just recovering. Mrs. Genevra Magee, wife of Professor Walter E. Magee of_the university, will umpire the game. None but feminine spectators will be allowed to witness the struggle, much to the disappointment of the boys at the university. Berkeley News Notes. BERKELEY, March 22—The Berkeley High School Alumni _Association has elected the following officers: President, George Wilhelm '9; vice-president, Charles Dozier '97; secretary, Miss treasurer, Mark White "9. H. F. Peart, Benjamin Bakewell, C. Bush, Miss L. J. Blumberg and Miss Ethel McClymonds have been appointed a committee of the senior class to co-op- erate with the Alumni Association in cel- ebrating commencement day on May 1S. Fifty members of the Graduate Club of Berkeley will picnic on Angel Island to- morrow. H. B. Torrey will read a paper next Thursday afternoon before the Zoological Section of the Science Association on “Re- cent Investigations of Some Anthrozoa.” The Columbia Fire Company gave a house-warming this evening in its newly furnished firehouse on Addison street. CHANGE OF OFFICERS. | New Standing Committees for the Endeavor Union An- nounced. OAKLAND, March 22—The new officers of the Alameda County Christian En- deavor Unfon assumed their duties last evening when the executive committee met. It was decided that the next quar- terly convention should be held June 10 at the Golden Gate Baptist Church. Re- ports from all the standing committees showed the work in good condition. The following standing committees | were announced by the chair for the en- ayor's veto shouid be | B | | | only held over Sunday, | dey girls hope to cheer up the blue and | consejuently lost no credits, suing year: Lookout—R. B. Gaylord, Earl Ira Sanford, Ed McDermed, Miss Emma Simpson. Missionary—Miss Grace Fisher, Miss Edna Kenard, Miss Grace Wytheé, Miss Lyon. Jewell, Dr. W. R. Belle Garrette, E. C. ress—; Hughes, Miss Lucy_Ellis. iss Dell Finance—W. A. Gardiner, F. A. Web- | ster, H. F. Kellogg. Sabbath Observance—George H. White, George P. Lowell, W. N. Friend, B. L. Spence, S. A. Willard. Good Literature—George P. George H. White, B. L. Spence, S. Willard, W. N. Friend. Good Citizenship—George P. Lowell, B. L. Spence, George H. White, W. N. Friend, S. A. Willard. Floating Work—Edward Taylor, J. C. Hill, George Burbeck, F. S. Page and one to be selected. ——————————— CITY HALL SCANDALS. The Grand Jury Inquires Into the Alleged Sale of Positions. OAKLAND, March 22.—The Grand Jury has begun an investigation into the al- leged sale of positions In the Oakland police and fire departments. The inquis- itors this afternoon went into Dr. Stimp- son’s appointment as a veterinary sur- geon by the first Board of Health named by Mayor Thomas. The appointment but Stimpson published a signed statement charging . Hughson, a friend of Mayor Thom- as, with holding him up for a certain sum, which was finally reduced to $20, which he paid. This was afterwards re- funded. The reports that Chief Fair of the Fire Department and Chief Lloyd of the Police Department secured their positions by cash and were holding them by monthly assessments have also been taken up and an effort made to trace the rumors to their beginning. Chief Fair was exam- ined at some length and others will have their turn to-morrow. FOUND HER FATHER. H. H. Craig Took the Wrong Boat and Created a Sensation. OAKLAND, March 22.—H. H. Craig and | daughter, Miss Addie H. Craig, left for | Los Angeles this evening after quite an exciting experience. The couple are East- erners who have been in San Francisco some time for the father's health. They left the Palace to take the 5:30 train last evening for the south. At the ferry the father mysteriously disappeared and the daughter put in a night of worry. Mr. Craig had recently suffered a stroke of apoplexy and it was feared that he might have had another, but it seems he wandered into the depot and took the nar- row-gauge boat for this city. The daugh- ter, taking the broad-gauge, missed him. He remained at a local hotel and suppos- ing the daughter on the train wired her to awalit him in the south. When he of- fered a draft at a local bank to-day he was informed of his daughter's anxiety and the two were speedily reunited by aid of the telephone. The Tunnel Road. OAKLAND, March 22.—The joint com- mittee of the Merchants’ Exchange and Board of Trade which nas in hand the proposition to tunnel the hills northeast of the city to make a road of easy grade into Contra Costa County have entered upon_their work with renewed energy. An old resolution adogted by the Super- visors December 19, 1892, has been un- earthed pledging the board to assist in the work as soon as a right-of-way is ob- tained. The intention is to build the tun- nel by public subscription and then re- quest the Supervisors to accept it and maintain the approaches. Roeth’s Trial Resumed. OAKLAND, .iarch 22—The trial of Supervisor Charles Roeth on an accusa- tion of misconduct in office, made by the Grand Jury, was resumed before Jjudge Ellsworth ~and a jury, Juror 3 Steinmetz, who has been ill, was present, and although Attorney A. A. Moore was engaged in another department the court directed that the trial proceed. Willlam Neohaus, the prosecution’s first witness, who was on the siand before the long recess, was on the stand all day, being cross examined. His testimony was not shaken in any particular. ‘Wants a rarole. ALAMEDA, March 22—W. B. Gay, who is serving a_sentence in San Quentin from this place for bigamy, gives notice that he intends applying to the Board of Prison Directors for release on parole. The application will be made at the meet- ing on April 9. Gay was recently in- volved in a desperate row at the prison. though he was the person attacked an kept | Swan, | Lowell, | i d | Clark Brothers will imitate 4 REAL ESTATE MARKET REVIEW Quietness Prevails to a Marked Extent in All Branches. Mortgages Again Exceeded in | the Aggregate by the Repayments. One Auction Sale for the Week—The | Records, Sales and Notes at Random. The realty stream has flowed along | for the last week with scarcely a ripple to mar the quietude of its way. Sales, | even of the smaller parcels, have been few. Little money has been loaned, |and the release from mortgages, together with the reconveyances, have exceeded the former by a half. There | has been some activity in the building line, but chiefly for placing up cheap | dwellings. THE RECORDS. During the week under review the mort- | gages and trust deeds recorded were | Small in number and amount, belng ex-| ceeded in the aggregate by the releases | | and reconveyances. 'This is good evidence that but few investments are being made. ‘The only loan worthy of men.on was one of §10,00, by the Hivernia Bank to John P. and Mary Courter, with interest at tiz pér cent, on property in Mission block 70, on the west Line of Valencia street, 5 feet north of Eighteenth, north 50 by west 100, and on the north line of Eighteenthstreet, 100 west of Valencia, west 35:6 by north 105. There were no releases large enough to deserve mention. Homesteaas were declared as follows: by Rosalie Rauer (wite of Robert), on e east line of Hampshire street, 20 feet north of I'wenty-third, $3000; Anna iruse (wife of John H.) on lot 4, block 104, Uni- versity Mounu tract survey, $1500; Gian 8. Roregno, on the north line of Greenwich, 240:T t of Dupont, $2000; Martha Pe- | ters ‘(wite of Henry), on the east line of | Castro, %0 south of Kifteeenth, §3000; Mar- garet Daly (wife of John), on the north lm of Sagamore, 200 west of Marengo, © MINO.¢ SALES. Baldwin & Howell report the following sales of recent date: Lot on the north line of Folsom street, 2[5 feet west Of Third, 25x80 feet, and 1{5x75 feet on Clem- entina, in rear, $15,000; lot on the north | side of Broadway, 170 teet west ot Gough, ZIX157:6, 35500; lot on east line of Guerrero | street, 95:6 south of Kighteenth, 49x105, with L in rear, $5000; lot on the south side of Randall street, 142 west of Chenery, 28100, $650; lot on’ the west side of Utah street, $7:6 south of Mariposa, 25X100, $600; | ot on the north side of Lombard street, | 260 feet west of Gough, Z5XI37:6, $1150; lot }und improvements, consisting of a two- | story residence on Leavenworth street, 22 feet south of Washington, $75u; lot on the southeast corner of Twenty-first and Chattanooga streets, 25x104, $1625; lot, 25x100, and two flats, on Lyon' street, 25 feet south of Golden Gate avenue; lot on the west line of Devisadero street, 7 feet north” of McAllister, 2x100; lot on the northwest corner of Twenty-second and Minnesota streets, 20x100, $1750; lot on the east line of Douglass street, 64 feet | south of Elizabeth, $750; lot on the north line of Twenty-second street, 75 feet | | east of Pennusylvania, 25x60, $525; south- | east corner of Arkansas and Mariposa | streets, T5x102:6, $900. M. L. Wurts, Seventeenth and Broad- | way, Oakland, has sold eight acres in | North Berkeley to A. Fink, also a house | and lot on Bancroft way, Berkeley, to | | James Anderson of Carson’City, Nevada, | for $4000. UNDER THE HAMMER. Easton, Eldridge & Co. report the fol-| lowing bids, as obtained on the various | parceis of property offered at their auc-| | tion held yesterday: Lot, 43:6: on the north line of Sacramento street, east of Kearny, with thrge-story build- | $15,400, subject to confirmation; lot on’the north lint of Geary street, 3 edst of Fillmore, with two-story | residence, $5000; lot, 22:11x80, on the east | line of Leavenworth street, 22:11 south of | Sacramento, $050; lot, 25x100, on the west line of Broderick street, 150 feet south ol‘[ Oak, $2000; lot, 25x120, on the east line of Tenth avenue, 125 south of California street, with five-room cottage, $1450; ten lots in South San Francisco, near Hun- ters Point drydock, $300. RANDOM NOTES. G. H. Umbsen has been appointed by | Judge Seawell referee of the estate of | Margaret Dunn, consisting of property on | the northwest corner of Duncan and San- | chez streets, southwest corner of Octavia | | and Page streets, north corner of Minna | and New Montgomery, northwest line of | Minna, 118:2 southwest of New Montgom~ ery, and on the southeast line of Minna, 208:8 southwest of New Montgomery. The following opinion of Attorney Fitz- gerald will be found interesting, stating, as it does, “that where, in a bona-fide transaction, real property belonging to an association (building and loan) is sold, the terms of the sale being part of the purchase price paid down and the bal- ance upon deferred payments, the asso- ciation may take a mortgage upon the property to secure such deferred pay- ments, such a transaction not being a | loan within the accepted meaning of that | term, but in no case should a_loan be made to members in excess of the par | value of the stock subscribed by them.” | W. J. Cuthbertson has prepared plans for three flats to be built by L. Kutner on the northwest corner of O'Farrell and La- guna streets, to cost $7000, and at an esti- ?;ated expense of $8000 for their construc- | on. | Havens & Toepke, the architects, have | | prepared plans for three flats on the west | line of Devisadero street, between Turk | and Eddy. ‘The boards of directors of the building | and loan associations of the State have been notified by the Commissionerd to fill | out furnished blanks showing all loans made any officer or director, with minor details, such as amount, value of shares edged, etc. - The election at the Builders’ Exchange | held yesterday resulted in the following being chosen directors: Thomas Elam, S. H. Kent, Thomas McLachlan, G. V. Dan iels, J. 'R. Tobin, E. B. Hindes, E. L. | | Snell, D. McPhee, James A. Wilson and | John' Tuttle. For the eleventh director | | ; t]l:urfs\!uited Efil‘weefl‘l % lalerrlng and W. | | J. Burt. How this will be decided b been settled. i CITY CHARTER DISCUSSION. Municipal League Hears Arguments on the Proposition for a New Organic Law. ALAMEDA, March 22.—At a regular meeting of the Municipal League of Ala- meda held last evening, among other matters of Interest discussed was that of a new city charter. A debate had been arranged for, E. W. Maslin naving been selected to present the affirmative side of the question and Colonel J. J. Tobin to handle the negative. Mr. Maslin thought that, inasmuch as Alameda had grown to such & pretentious size, it should be taken | from the fif... class of chartered cities properly belongs. He admitted that the expense in the way of salaries would be the example. typhoid fever Miss Nellie Wigney died of | Oakland, 1 will sell at public ‘auction ihe e 5] 50| Y | thirty jurors will b and placed in the third class, where it E Del Auction Bales FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, Auctioneer... 602 Market Street, Wil Sell THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, March 24 and 25, At 11 O'clock Each Day, No, 19 Stockton St., Near Market, THE ELEGANT FURNITURE AND CARPETS ned fn 136 rooms oi the hotel known as the Do gardless of vaiue. ; uropean.’” n't miss this sale. All must be sold re- IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE. Hardware merchants and dealers in cutlers and paints, please take notice that un March at 11 a. m., on the premises, 1011 Brondw« tire stock of hardware, cutlery, paint and fures. This stock is new and well salected. Cashmore is going to the Klondike im:ne- diately. Stock will be sold as a whole witho 1eserve or limit; sale positive. M. GERMA Auctioneer. at her home, 1562 Railroad avenue, last evening. A company has been organized to manu- tacture the car fenders patented by I. D Clark of this city and now in_successful use on the street cars here. The fenders will be introduced in the East. The new license ordinance was adopted by the City Trustees last evening. There were only a few minor changes from' the fizures aiready published. The Alameda Driving Association has elected the following officers for the en- suing year: President, John Thoms; viee- president, Charles 8. Neal; secretary, 0. Gott; treasurer, I. L. Borden. ‘At a meeting last evening the City Trus- tees recommended that more lights and more benches be placed in the park. It is thought that there will be objection to more lights. The Alameda Recreation Club is making preparations on a grand scale for a mu- sicale to be given at Armory Hall, Thurs- day evening. —_ee———— Dr. Chapman Retires. OAKLAND, March 22.—Rev. E. S. Chapman, D.D., pastor of the Market- Street Congregational Church, has noti- fled his people that his resignation pre- sented some time ago must be accepted. He lays down the work of the pulpit to accept the position of president of the State Anti-Saloon League. The offices of the church will recommend that he be granted a six months' leave of absence S0 as to enable him to go to Redlands and Riverside for the campaign next month and later to Was GIGGLING GIRLS WERE DISCUSSED Bachelors and Old Maids Who Give Advice Regarding Children Scored. The Church Workers’ Council Met Last Evening — A Warm Debate. The Church Workers’ Council met last evening at the Grace Methodist Church. J. J. Morris had charge of the singing and the praise service and scripture read- ings were conducted by Rev. J. A. B. ‘Wilson. Then W. B. Higginbotham told what he knew about the giggling girl and Mrs. Glendora Pedler told her experiences with the frrepressible boy. In the beginning of her paper ske was rather sarcastic about these bachelors and maidens, especially when thelr ages are told in whispers, giv- ing advice how to rear children. She stated as follows: “It is a trite saying, ‘If you desire to find one who knows all the mysteries of science, go not to the sage who has spent a lifetime in laborious research, but to the colle%e sophomore, whose egotism is as boundless as the mysteries of the uni- verse are profound.’ If you wish to learn all about how to raise children and gov- ern them properly, get the opinion of some bachelor or maiden lady of mature rears. “When your committee requested me to read a paper this evening on the subject of ‘The Irrepressible Boy’ excused upon the plea that I possessed the boy, and consequently Kknew very much less about his training than some one who never owned such a treasure. “My excuse was not accepted, so I am here before you not so much to instruct as to open up a theme which, to me at least, is of vital interest.” A debate closed the council. Richard T. Marrack took the affirmative side, showing that for the amqunt of time, 1 bor and money expénded the . Suncay- schools are not producing satisfactory re- sults. Rev. W. Melvin Woodward was on the negative side of the question. The assembly was rather in favor of the nega- tive view. Rev. H. Pearce made the clos- ing praye: POOLSELLERS EXCITED. Much Interest Taken in the Case of Richard Creighton. In view of the conviction of Dan Crow- ley, the poolseller, by a jury in Judge Campbell's court Monday afternoon, much interest was shown in the case of Richard Creighton, in Judge Low's court yesterday afternoon. After the venire of thirty had been exhausted only four had been accepted and the case was con- tinued till this afternoon, when other e passed upon. The cases of Joseph Dow, charged with selling pools in the basement of the Cafe Roynfi and George Wright, with buying them, were called in Judge Conlan’s court’ yesterday morning and continued for a week. The same action was taken in Judge Low’'s court in the cases of John Connolly and James F. Blanchard, ar- rested in ex-Senator Dunn’'s room on Ste- venson street, near Third. —————————— Who Is to Blame? L. C. Burtin, 1426% Jackson street, called at police headquarters yesterday morning and demanded to know why the warrant sworn out by him a few days ago for the arrest of Willlam Howard was not served upon him before he was Allowed to leave San Quentin Monday, after serving a term for grand larceny. Burtin could not. get any satisfaction. Some one is to blame for allowing the ungrateful scoundrel to escape and Burtin means to_see who the party is. Burtin went on Howard's bonds in September, 1896, and while at liberty he and a com- panion named McCarty broke into Bur- tin's house and stole a large quantity of jewelry. —_—e————— TUnwelcome Japs Will Appeal. Ex-Tmmigration Commissioner Walter P. Stradley, O. K. McMurray and Henry Monroe, counsel for the thirty-three Japs refused a landing last Monday on the ground that they were contract laborers, ave the Secretary of Commissioner General against the decision of the local board of inquiry. HOTEL ARRIVALS. GRAND HOTEL. T Davis, Salinas G A Holmes, Napa B M Gill, Dunsmuir |A Woodman & w, Cal W Gearge, o H Edwards, § Jose A Bernheim, Sacto |J T.Brown, Cal | Boca, Paris |L Lieohart, Denver C L White,” Sacto M Shanghat W Hicks & w, N | Miss' Liebhart, Colo L B Duby, Neb J N Anvail, Neb increased about $3000 per annum, but | ose hought that the benefits would far ex-| “Nosoiey.s Andras|G Wood & wiS Jose ceed that amount. V' Bugnole, South C |J F Elllson, R Bluff Colonel Tobin was a little conservative| C Vicinf, South Crk |M Isaacs, Tone in the matter, and doubted the sdvisa-| Mrs Hawkins, Cal - W Buckman. Sacto y_of g the people of Alameda P . . Salinas rush into a new charter scheme. He was § gug"mv'g-,,*‘offlm‘ e S not strictly opposed to it, but thought ' 3 Stelning 8 MLt SRy the matter should be carefully considered, | Mrs Steinin, S Rosa |5 B Fulton, 5 Rosa intelligently discussed and’ cautiously | R Farrell, Nevada |L Withey, G Rapids acted upon. A committee on city charter, F scnmidt, Portiand |[C Ri cBomposed;mAfssrs. Huun.lz‘&\gn‘ Bloadn, : fi Si arks, o4 S %BB w ‘r rown an ors, was appol to study | mmenberg, urnhart, G- up on the subject and report from time BIE Sath Ds'l!‘l:ble- T Mayfiela. goysuu time to{theasague; J A Dowling, Mass | C Hughes, Chicago Alameda News Notes. lgr}‘ m’r.fi" i Mass B F Burct, Spokans or, jord, _An; ALAMEDA, March 22.—The borax & ¥ fusisos, Fresno |Mrs Hutier, Color > works people propose to try the experi- W Fisher, Los A L Walker, Ve ng. . Denver ment of using oll instead of coal for fuel, R A Blair, Sacto w , S Rosa and If it prove successful the pottery of E Armstrong, Woodld|Lieut L d¢ Wiadimir& C McCussion. = S S TP T re R I begged to be, 'ven notice that they will appeal to | the Treasury and the | of Immigration | ja | | | SPECIAL AUCTION SALE! =8 e SURREYS, BUfi(:IIES, WAGONS, CARTS, HARNESS, ETC., At our salesrooms, 222 MISSION STREET. SATURDAY, March 2, at 11 a. m. We are instructed by the manufacturers to sell the entire consignments, consisting of 100 Spring Wagons, Carts, carloads just received. re of the best workmanship, ! es, nicely painted and trimmed and the choicest stock that has been offered at auction in this city. Be sure to attend, for it will be a day of great bargains. Sale positive. No reserve or limit. = ALLISON, NEFF & CO. SULLIVAN & DOYLE, Auctioneers. ERN HOTEL. P de Martini, Visalla J McIntosh, Sta Rosa |C Bannerman, Petalma J Andrews, Stockton M F Howard, Hanford |C M Storey, Colfax |0 von Schuter. L Ang G Hatch, Cal W E Armstrong & W, Montana I Williams, Cal J A Cundail, L Ang |H B Lyons, Chicago |L B Murphy, San Jose |§ £ Ballard, Snta Rosa. T Burke. Rio Vista |E G Perkins, San Jose BALDWIN HOTEL. D Earl. Chicago F Keating, Pleasanton M E Harrls, Oakland |C A Lemp, St Louis W B Rankin, L Gatos |W R Clark, Stockton L Thomas, Oakland L Harris, Monterey 1 Silberstein, Chico |G Bollinger, § Jose _Brooks, Seattle V_Young Denmver J Leet, S Jose A _Alper. Chicago J Hollingsberry, Cal Tke Levy & w, Cal Brown,’ Stockton |R Hutchison, L Gatos E Hinton, Stockton |J Shore, L Gatos H Graves, Stockton |R M Moore, Illinols Mrs Cobb, Stockton |M G Bencort, N Y PALACE HOTEL. E McCage & w, Chgo | Miss F Allen, St Pau} Miss Cralg, Rochester|Miss hnlhelm'z.sN 23 | H n; St Louis |E C Hazard, N Y G Curtis |Mrs_Hazard, N Y B Steinman, |Dr Pierce, San Jose, E Runge, Dr Baumgarten, N Miss Runge, hanghai R Kochman, N Y Brayton, Oakland rd,” Chicago ard, Chicago | ady tich | Blake, |C Converse, Boston |7 Scathered & w, N ¥ y Warren, N Y. Mrs Warren, N Y Mrs W Badger, Mass w. W A Rodgers, N Y Mich Mrs W Rodgers, N Y Mich 1. Lubhardt. Denver Compte, N Y |Misé Lubhardt, Denve bbs, Pa ¢ si Chicago Mrs fer, Chicago = Y|I W eid. London B 4 H Darrington, Pa Clark & w, S Rosa 'Mrs H Darlington, Pa B Blake, e D L Dul Miss Leighton, B K Biiss, Boston |L Delworth. Pa B A Rice, N Y H A Trovter. Londom G A Kelly. Pa |T Beard. London A Hohenthal, N Y |T § Tobin, Cal J Burd & w.' St Louis|T M Gumpel. Ind H Goodfellow, Mo |J ¥ Hinds, N Y E Woltmann, |7 D Hoge.' Seattle W A Bowden, S Jos¢ ‘Boston ~ston a Ratael San Rafael C Moore, Baron A von Schroder, Mrs Moore, N Y San Rafael H Patton, Los Anx I. Withey. G Rapids W Rarnhardt, GrandR C_H_Stevens, Boston W B Gaitree, Wash Wash Mrs Follansbee, Wis | Mrs_Gaitree, Miss Porter. N Y v_Barton, F M cook, Pa |C H Albfers Miss Walton, Pa J A Conne Mrs Dibblee, Chicago (Mrs Connell. Miss Dibbles, Chicago!R Smith, N Y J H Allen & w,S Paul W Baumgartee, Miss Allen, St Paul 'C H Converse, NY Boston Humboldt said that a single pound of the finest spider webs would reach around the world. Dr. Gibbhon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established in 1854 for the treatment of Private Diseuses, Lost Manhood. Debility of bodyand mindand y Charges Iow. Caresguarantesi. Callorwrite, «“ IBBON, Bex 1957, San Franocisco. Dr.J.F. OCEAN TRAVEL. EAH Sgansipd - rates. Line to COOLGARDIE, Australia, and CAPB TOWN, South Atrica. J. D.'SPRECKELS & BROS. CO., Agents, Freigth Office—327 Ma 114 Montgomery street. rket st., San Francisco. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Steamers leave Broadway wharf, San Francisco: For ‘Alaskan ports, 10 a. m., March 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, April 1. Trai For Epear street wharf), 19 a. m., . March 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, %, Transferred at Portland, Or. For Victoria, Vancouver (B, C.), Port Towns gend, Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Anacortes New Whatcom (Wash.), 10 a. m.. March 2, 7, 12 17, 2. 27, and every fifth day thereafter, connecting at Seattle with company's steam- ers for Alaska and G. N. Ry.. at Tacoma with The S. S. MOAN. sails via Honolulu an Auckland for Sydne; Wednesday, March 55, at 10 p. S. S. ZEALANDIA, for HONOLULU only, Wednesday, April 2 p. m. Speclal party N. P. Ry. at vancouver with C. P. Ry. For Pureka (Humboldt Bay). 10 & m., March 3, 8 15 21, 21, and every sixth day lh;r““s“' Cruz. Monterey, San Simeon, 3 anta 3 erey, S Cayucos, Port Harford (San Luis Obispo), Gaviota, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Husneme, Gan Pedro, East San Pedro (Los Angeles) and Newport, % a. m.. March 2, 6, 10, 14, 13, 2, %, 30. and every fourth day thereafter. For San Diego, stopping only at Port Har- ford (San Luis Obispo). Santa Barbara, Port {0 Angeles and_Redondo (Los Anseles), 1y 250 "March 4, 8 12, 16, 20, 24, 25, and every fourth_day thereafter. For Fnsenada, Magdalena Bay. San Jose del abo, Maratlan, Altata, La Paz Sanfa Rosa- lia %nd Guaymas (Mex.), 10 a. 'm.. March 8, and 24 of each month thereafter. ny reserves the right to change without previous notice steamers, sailing dates and honrs of sailine. TICKET OFFICE-Palace Hotel, 4 New Montgomery street. . PERKINS & CO., Gen. Agts., GOODALL. o rket street. San Francissa, April 3, The compa: THE 0. R. & N. CO. DISPATCH FAST STEAMERS TO PORTLAND From Spear-street Whart at 10 a. m. FARE S$12 First Class Including Berth £8 Seccond Class and Meals. SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS: Etate of California. -Mar. 2, 10. g: n Columbia Through Tickets an Eastern Points. Rates and Folders Upon Ap- plication to E. C. WARD, General Agent. 630 Market st GOODALL, PERKINS & CO. Compaguie Generale Transatlantique. French Line to Havre, P foat of Morton st. Travelers m &‘ih;fll“me avoid_both transit by 1 in a small boat. New York to e Egypt, via Parls, first class $160; Superintendents. Company's Pler (new) 42 North Al railway and the discomfort of crossing second class $116. For turther pa to COMPAGNIE 'GENERALE TRANSATLAN- TIQUE, Agent. No. 3, Bowling Green, New York. J. F. FUGAZI & CO., Agents, 5 Montgomery ave., San Francisco. STOCKTON STEAMERS Leave Pier No. 3. Wasaington St., at 3 m. o . FREIGHT RECELVED LY TO 5:30 P. M. ‘Accommodations reserved by telephone. The only line selling through tickets and ing through freight rates to all points on Valley Ral : . STEAMERS: T.'C. WALKER, CITY OF STOCKTON. MARY GARRATT, J. D. PETERS, Telephone Main 806. Cal. Nav. and Impt. Ce. R U. S. NAVY-YARD AND VALLEJO. 1 Monticellg” 2 30 p. m. ex. Thurs.) ys p. m. and 8:30 p. m. 3 10:30 2. m. and 8 p. m. Landing and_ Offices—Mission Dock, Pler 2. Telejhone, Red 2241 For San Jose, Los Gatos & Santa Cruz Steamier Alviso leaves' Pier 1 daliy (Sundays excepted) at 10 a. m.; Alviso daily y(&l.fil‘w- excepted) at 5 Freight and Passe 3 Fare between Francisco and Alviso, 50c; to San Jose, T5c. Clay street, Pler 1 41 North v e | First street, San Jose.