The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 2, 1898, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1898. PURITY OF ELECTION LAWS ARE VIOLATED Desperatibti‘ of the “Gang” Politicians of San Jose Exposed. fndependent Candidate McNeil En- deavors to Induce C. E. Smith, the Charter Club Nominee for Mayor, to Withdraw. o “If you will consent to permit. O & the withdrawal of your namefor © $© the mayoralty, you :can’ com- L' -mand:me and my “services . for - & L any offi present .or ‘future, © £, within power."” o o o ifefefaFuRaPetrReRiRugaB=gegagegc] In the use" of ocal language-in-a letter to C. Smith, . there: was so. it is c¢laimed :by.attor- g .. a violatien eléctions ‘law by Smith = {5 ° the ayor on - the ' New cket. McNeil is a ‘can- e high-honor, and-is claims, against both J. -Martin, the lat- it-out “gang” can- n forced into this:fight to-. Boss nuch in- on-Mc¢ 1, it -is further a financial obligation. the comjng- contest of : that of stalking horse 3 ith and thus aid ction of de - of. Mc onceded mere than a few to McNeil,- but I d lose. this ,. judging in al.—Dear Sir: hope, of this you person- r s I it the Inclosed my Jittle ich will be ou will sée with with any its ssible n the circumvent. wyor. -1t 18 & physics 1 ur -aid 1 c¢an be, rite. Far Do t-against me. eve me or no purity of : motive conviction, there is 0 holds you in ithin 1 shall t yif 4’ co pleased d_sheet. and I s is the eig er. Should my plan be | 1l of the articles now. | new matter will ‘he | list of candidates | 2 omitted, n and the - will be two-more r literature. M. reed to the conference | Neil, the developments ly have been such:as 10 | both from holding the office | even if elected, As the mat ands McNeil h s0. it i than thrown away—it will | . one for the “gang” candi- In the postseript to sheet” is referred to. printed weekly b that - gentleman In that postscript the offer MeNeil to furthe campaign. is also construed to b purity of electi made that M 11, paragraph 6 of this law, which reads as follow a violation. of the 15 law. . The ¢laim. is 3 candidate for a public pays, lends or.contrjbutes or offers grees to pay, lend or’contribute any mo or for any person in tion of any person withdrawing as a can- didate for public officé or Presidential elector at any election held within this ate * ¢ *.such candidate shall in ad- fon to the punishment prescribed by the laws of this State, or by this act, for- feit any effice to which he may have been elected at the electibn in reference to which such ¢rime or offense was. com- mitted. . For a violation of this law, section 61 of the Penal Code provides as follows: B v person who willfully violates any of the provisions of the laws of this State relating to elections is, unless a different nishment for such violation is pre- »ed by this code, punishable by a fine eeding $1000 or by imprisonment in , State prison not exceeding five years, or by both, It is further claimed that McNeil has also violated section 19 of the purity of elections law, which reads as follows: done between | Veéil has violated. section | ey or other valuable consideration to | .- considera- | C‘O’:‘OQOO’C‘UUUC‘.O’OOC‘G?“Y' of | s of Martin. The’| s 1n_addition to |} r to Smith, and has also dis- | alified himseif from holding the office | ild he be elected to fill it... Under es a vote for. McNeil| . confidential. & any gift, loan, promise, ofter, pro- ent or agreement, as aforesaid, to, or with any person, In order to induce h person to procure, or endeavor to ure the election of any person * ¢ * Svery person who commits any of the nses mentioned in this section Is pun- shable, upon conviction thereof, by im- prisonment in the State prison for not less than one year nor more than seven years. The words ‘‘as aforesaid” refer to paragraph 2 of section 19, which reads as follows: To give, offer or promise any office, place or employment, or to promise to procure, or endeavor to procure, any of- fice, place or employment. It is claimed that McNell requests Smith’'s aid to secure his (McNeil's) election where in his letter he says: “You cannot be elected Mayor; it is a physical impossibility. With your aid I can be.” tence which opens this article. It is but justice to Mr. Smith to state | that the first knowledge of this letter was obtained by The Call from a mem- | ber of the Charter Club. Mr. Smith had confided its contents to a number | of his friends in that organization. When Mr. Smith was asked if he had received such a letter he replied in the affirmative, but it was with the great- est reluctance and only after he had taken counsel with his friends and an attorney that he consented to allow the letter to be made public. The reason he gave for permitting this pub- licity was that he and his friends con- sidered that the letter was one that did not concern his interests alone, but those of the entire Charter Club ticket and the welfare of the city of San Jose. He had also been advised by the attor- ney whom he consulted that he was un- | der neither a moral nor a legal obliga- tion to consider his communication as It related, as was told, to public affairs of the most vital interest to .San Jose, and virtually sought to make the recipi an accessory to what was considered to be a felony. In rse of an interview with Mr. virtually admitted having °n -this letter to Mr. Smith, and showed clearly by his unwarranted aby of that gentleman that he has hoped to impose what appears to be an unfair and unlawful confidence upon that gentleman. “Do you recognize that as part of a let- ter written to Mr. S. E. Smith, the can- »f the Charter Club?” asked The rrespondent, at the same time McNeil a slip of paper con- taining the following words: “If you will 1sent 1o permit the withdrawal of your name for the M rality, you can com- mand me and my services for any office, hin my power.” 1 can't say Neil, “whether 1 recognize all the words that are his slip or not. I can give you a definite answer by comparing them with a letter I wrote a short time ago. Would you like me to compare this slip with my letter?” Yes, sir. The text of this particular part of the purity of elections law was handed to Mr. McNeil ior his perusal. e nothing in'this section,” sald Mr. il, “at all applicable to any private I may have addressed. have no offers to any person. I have made endeavored to seure the withdrawal of a man who cannot be elected .iayor of San Jose. As an earnest of my sincerity, and urther evidence of my wishes for the ifare of this eity, I also wrote several other letters to different members of the New Charter Club, in which I urged the withdrawal of Mr. Smith, not that I ob- ject to the gentieman, but because I be- 1 he cannot be elected.” Do vou claim that those words re- ferred to in your letter were not an offer to contribute a valuable consideration to Mr. Smith in consideration of his with- drawing as a_ candidate for public of- fice, namely, that of Mayor?” “I do clai that most emphatically and unequivocally. You may put it in capi- tal letters if you wish. I am not now engaged in crooked politics,” “Was not that an offer of a valuable sidi ratl(’)n'.’" “‘Because it was not, and by no stretch of the imagination can it be construed as.such.” ““Was not the offer of an office a valu- able ¢onsideration?"” “I have made no offer of any office or any valuable - consideration or anything else to secure anything whatsoever. 1 am not now engaged in that line of business. reover, I wish to express to you my preme ¢ontempt for a man aspiring for public office, & man who claims his re- Jigion is purify, & man who would rue or ruin this eity.: I say I look with su- preme contempt upon that man who will violate a personal communication ad- dressed to him and who will endeavor to use that personal communication to an- other’s injury. - Mr. Smith can have but one object in giving you any words I might have addressed him, That object is wholly to take a mean, hnsturdl}'. disreputable advantage of me at this time. 1t has no excuse whatsoever, and stamps him as one beneath the respect of decent men.” “There is another portion of this purity of elections law that, It s claimed, is violated by these words. This is section 14, paragraph 3. After perusing this paragraph of the | law Mr., McNeil remarked: to print “the entire list” of candidates | That is another section that sults your convenience to lmarfme is being violated or has been violated. Buppose you put it that way tnstead of the way you worded it. If you can see any possible connec- tion between my letter,to Mr. Smith and this section to which you have called my attention you have a more florid imagina- tion than you have yet exhibited, and I credited you with considerable of that article.” In further explanation of the writing of the letter to Mr. Smith the follow- ing statement was made by Mr. Mc- Neil: “The date for withdrawal expired last Saturday night, and my letter to Mr. Smith and to several other gentlemen who belong to the New Charter Club was wholly for the purpose of securing not only better government in San Jose, but, if possible, the nomination of a man who stood some chance of election, I would furthermore state now that Mr. Smith has shown himself to be the acme of im- purity in politics; that throughout this campaign, in his flippant, arrogant and uncalled for remarks relative to mr can- didacy, he is carrying out or extendingthe cunning that has characterized his course ever since the new charter has existed.” In view of the serious predicament that McNeil has apparently placed himself in his further course in the present campaign will be watched with It hall be unlawful for any person to | a great deal of intere™~ How that aid can be ex- | tended Mr. McNeil explains in the sen- | " replied Mr. Me- | ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. THREE LETTERS STIR SOCIETY How Young Men Tried to Insure Answers to Invitations. Misses and Matrons Puzzled at the Additions to Usual Forms. Yet Somehow the Suggestion Seems to Have Been Generally Understood. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %8 Broadway, April L Three young society men, who are also students of the University of California, have startled the misses and matrons by the boldness of their invitations to a lit- tle luncheon that is to be given at their | chapter house to-morrow afternoon. All kinds of little sensations are continually | cropping up in Oakland society, but the| latest is thought by some to be a huge joke and by others to be rather too sug- gestive. | To be plain, the three young gentlemen | have introduced a departure in the | method of invitation that is unique. The invitation is issued on light green paper and is as follows NOTICE! Bix-Dix-Chinx Luncheon at D. K. E. Hall, on Saturday, April 2, at 1 O'clock. Consider Yourself Asked. R. 8. V. P.—P. D. Q. The innovation is in_the last three let- | ters, “P. D. Q.,” and when the young | ladies received 'their little green notes | there was consternation and inquiry as to the meaning of the three capitals. The | luncheon_is being given by Fred Bixby, Dixwell Davenport and Allen Chickering and Mesdames Bixby, Davenport and Chickering are to be chaperones. It has long been a grievance in local society that the “R. S. V. P.” has been neglected and | a few weeks ago just forty invited guests | responded out of 23) invitations, and there was_trouble. This neglect has caused much trouble to hostesses and every ef- fort has been made to bring about some reform. The young men at Berkel to emphasize the “R. they added the “P. D. Q.” Among the invited guests are Miss Marietta Havens, Pauline Fore, Carmen Moore, Ida_Belle and Bessie Palmer, the Misses Duff, Da~ venport, Marie Rose Deane and many others from the Lakeside district. When these young ladies received their invita- | tions they scanned them very thoroughly and the “P. D. Q. w a veritable con- nundrum for them. Fathers and broth- | ers were asked, but all professed ignor- ance, and the Young ladies are still in | doubt. The luncheon comes off to-mor- rew and the three young hosts will have | an interesting time explaining away thelr | little suggestion to their guests. The little incident has aroused great in- | terest. It is generally regarded as a bold innovation and there is a desire to know | what may be expected next. | There 15 one peculiar featire to the al- | leged ignorance of the young ladies re-‘ garding the cabalistic signs. It is re- | markable that acceptances were sent in | | with greater speed than for months. As one of the invited young men guests said, | “Those answers came in in accordance | with the suggestion.” STRUCK BY A ley_undertook V. P.” and so - LOCAL TRAIN A Fatal Accident to Mrs. Jennette Whiteford Yes- terday. Walked Upon the Track in a Strong Wind and Was Hit Without Warning. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 8 Broadway, April L Mrs. Jennette Whiteford, 60 years of | age, was struck by the 2:30 train from | | the pler this afternoon as she was cross- ing the Seventh street local tracks at Wood street. The pilot struck the unfor- tunate woman and it is believed that but one person witnessed the accident. | William Davidson gives the following account of the affair: “I saw Mrs. White- ford as she started across the street. She had her head down against the wind and ‘e\']denllg did not see nor hear the train | approaching. The engineer did not whis- tie nor did the bell ring, and no effort was made to stop the train. In fact | I do not believe that the engineer knew | an accident had happened, for the train | lwem. right along.” | | Mrs. Whiteford was removed to the Re- ceiving Hospital, where Drs. Stratton and | | Milton treated her, Internal injuries | | caused bleeding of the ears and mouth, | ‘Lnll(v hope is held by the attendants of | her recovery. ~ She is a_sister of Mre, | | Thomas Lee of 931 Campbell street, but { lived with Officer Bert Curtiss for the | past five or six years. Mr. and Mrs. | Curtiss were both away from home when | | the accident happened, but Officer Cure | tiss answers all calls for the patrol wagon | during the day, hence was on hand to | gather information and give directions for | gle;hgare. She may not live through the | _Mrs. Whiteford died Hospital late to-night. —————— POWDER CAN EXPLODES. Spark From a Forge Ignites the Ex- plosive in a Blacksmith-Shop. OAKLAND, April 1.—W. Lebrecht and John Foreman, while at work in a black- smith shop on Sixteenth street, near Tel- egraph avenue, this morning, were star- tled by a violent explosion that nearly wrecked the building and made them think a second edition of the earthquake had arrived. The whole building was en veloped in smoke immediately which caused a fire alarm to be sounded. After geuln? out on the street the gen- | tlemen soon learned that there was no | fire, but it required some time to dis- cover the cause of the explosion, When the smoke had cleared away sufficlently to enable them to enter again they found an_old ten-lyound lard can that had had owder in it. This Lebrecht and E. C. Eufldn had carried on a hunting trip, but Mr. Lebrecht did not know that it haa been left in the shop. It was the suppisition that a grnpped into the can, er. at the Recelving spark igniting the xl;ow. Must Appeal or Drop Them. OAKLAND, April 1.—Alameda County will appear in court ._.onday morning and ask that seven suits be dismissed for lack of prosecution. They are for recovery of taxes pald under protest, and were await- ing the decision of Jugfe Hall in one, in which he decided against the plainfiff, So far, they have made no move to ap- peal, and the county will thus force them to accept the findings as final or take their appeal. The suits involved are one Company, two by tne Oakland Consoli- | | know there has been no foundation for | ROETH EOUND NOT GUILTY The Supervisor Did Not Misuse County Funds. Indictment of Grand Jury Is Declared to Have No Foundation. An Expensive Job to Prove That He Did Not Take a Load of ‘Wood. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, April 1 Supervisor Charles E. xoeth was ac- quitted of a charge of malfeasance in of- fice by a jury to-day, after half an hour's deliberation.- The prosecution was the result of an indictment containing several counts returned by the last Grand Jury. From the very first Mr. Roeth has con- tended that his Indictment was nothing 600D TIMES COST MONEY Don Ezeta Now Objects to Settle With the Hostess. Six Months’ Frefich Dinners at the Apel Chateau.in Alameda. ‘Also Forgot to Pay- Back Small Loans. © Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 2 908 Broadway, April 1. General Ezeta, late Vice-President of | the republic of Salvador, and now of this city, has been sued for ‘a paltry | $141 50. The general has been {n.the Jus- was such that it was thought he would | not care to go through it again. But the general is evidently doughty.’ Exonerated CHARLES E. ROETH, the Inii;t::l Supetyisor, Who Has Been by a Jury. | but persecution, and has expressed per- fect confidence that he could clear him- selt on all points. The jury only took two ballots, and was then unanimous for acquittal. The arguments were con- cluded yesterday, and this morning noth- ing remained but for Judge Ellsworth to nstruct the jury. The instructions were very brief, and the Judge dwelt espe- cially upon the necessity of giving the defendant the benefit of the presumption of innocence. The court also impressed upon the jurors that they were to banish any prejudice they might feel and to con- sider nothing but the evidence. “I am greatly relieved, sald Super- visor Roeth, “at the verdict. While I was confident of the jury’'s findings, a man feels less anxious when matters are settled. I trust now that the public will the accusation brought against me. The evidence was mostly from ignorant sources and was very much juggled. Now that the thing is over it seems absurd !{mt any one ever listened to such gos- sip.” Ex-Mayor Chapman, who was one of Roeth's attorneys sald that the evidence showed that Roeth not only did not mis- appropriate the county’s funds but he saved the county money. Roeth paid for some work out of his own pocket which it is claimed the county paid for. The trial has been an expensive one for the county, considering the questions at issue. One of the chief charges was that Roeth appropriated about $§15 worth of wood to his own use that pelonged to the county. To prove that he did not do this has cost about $558, made up as iollows: Jurors' fees, $288; reporter, §120; mileage, $100; service of papers, $50. STUDENTS WOULD FIGHT SPAIN | Uncle Sam Can Find Ready Sol- diers at the State University. BERKELEY, April 1—A number of students at the State University have signified their intention of offering their services to the Government in case a war with Spain is declared. A list of names of prospective soldiers was started this morning in the armory. By this evening eleven students had signed it. The statement to which the signatures were affixed is as follows: “In the event of war with Spain we, the undersigned, virtually agree and pledge kourselves to offer our services to the | President of the United States of Amer- ica,” The signers so far are: R. W. Ben- der, C. 8. Schilling, Paul castelhun, A. L. Giacomini, J. W. Millar, E. T. Dow, R. 8. Lavenson, L. T. O'Toole, Edward Rainey, Spiro F. Sargenlich and A. B. Anderson. ~Three of the signers, Gia- comini, Millar and Rainey, are captains of cadet companies, and bender and An- derson are lieutenants in a military organization at Berkeley. Records May Be Broken. BERKELEY, April 1.—An athletic car- nivel, consisting of the annual univer- sity championship field day and baseball games between the varsity and alumni, will take place to-morrow afternoon on the university grounds. The cinder path has been put in first-class condition, and according to one of the most prominent of the track athletes there {s a strong probability of Drum breaking the record in the 220 yard dash and Waish in the mile walk. The baseball game promises to be a close one. The Varsity has been practicing hard, and the men are in ex- cellent condition, while the alumni will probably be strengthened by having éberg of the California Markets in the 0X. Damage for a Lonely Walk. OAKLAND, April 1.—J. F. Burris has filed a suit for damages against the Realty Syndicate for refusing to carry him on a transfer issued by one of their own lines. The trouble occurred on Sep- tember 11, last year, when the Fourth avenue branch was discontinued at 10:30 p. m. without notice to the patrons. Bur- ris was given a transfer, but there was no car, and he had to walk a mile and a half. His wife was ill and he had been down town purchasing some medicine for her. The case came to trial to-day be- fore Justice Clift, but went over one week, after taking part of the testimony. ‘Will Make No Defense. OAKLAND, April 1L.—Joseph H. Moffett appeared in the Police Court this morning with his head still in bandages. His at- torney asked for an early examination, stn.tln‘g that he desired to ;at his client out of the unhealthy City Prison to the “~ounty Jail as soon as possible. He fur- tuer stated that he would make no de- fense at the examination; hence it would require but a short time. Monday after- noon at 2 o'clock was agreed upon by the dated Street Railroad Company, two by the Oakland, San Leandro and Haywards Electric Railway Company and two by the Alameda, Oakland and Piedmont lF.‘lect.rh: Rallway Company. counsel and ncnegted by the court. Thus far Mrs. Dora Guernsey, Moffet's step- daughter, who swore to the complaint cl ng him with murder, is the only witness subpenaed. General Ezeta cannot understand why | Americans should be in such-a hurry for ; their money. The little bill for which he is now sued was contracted between Feb= ruary and September of last year, and try to collect it by the law. It is a very interesting bill that the general is asked to pay. With the exception of one loan of §20 it consists entirely of “French din- ners for two.” g - There is in Alameda & lady named Mrs. N. H. Apel, who is noted the country: round for her marvelous menus. Mrs, | Apel's French dinners enjoy ‘a’ -fame which reaches clear across the bay, and it was not long after the general's exile from Salvador that - he .discovered this the general entered upon a course of Apel dinners that extended for. six months, eating _one regularly about every tem days. There are eighteen dinners charged against him and his friend, and the aver- age price is $6 50. 2 5 On one occasion in June the general ate a hilarious dinner, and he is charged with $15. The @etails of the dinner. are not given, but a liberal supply of wine was included. One little item shows that the general must have been flat broke when he visited the Apel restaurant, for he took the lady of the house into his con- fidence and was accommodated with $20 in gold coin, and this is made a separate item. All kinds of peaceable attempts have been made since last September to coltect the biil, but without success. In September of last year Mrs. Apel ceased to consider the ex-Viceé-President of Salvador “a good thing” any longer, and he was Invited to pay up his arrears or seek another retreat. He sought an- other retreat, and now Mrs. Apel, tired of waiting, intends to have the general up on a plebelan order of examination to | find out whether he is in a position or ot to pay for_the eighteen French dinners that he and his friend enjoyed nearly . a year ago. DARK HUNTER 10 GO NORTH Taken From Her Berth to Fit. Out for Gold-Hunting on Rivers. Will Carry a Small Steamer to Be Usea for Prospecting Purposes. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %8 Broadway, April 1. The bark Hunter was towed out of the ereek ‘to-night and taken across the bay to fit out for Alaska. The bark has been purchased by a Chicago company, of which Engineer A. C. Rumble is the local representative, and will be started north as soon as possible. 4 “Qur expedition is an entirely new one,” said Mr. Rumble to-night, “and we do not expect to do anything but prospect along the rivers this summer. We have a steamer in sections all ready to go north and with it will go a dredging apparatus for finding out the depth, value and na- ture of the bedrocks of the rivers. We have a concession of twenty miles on four rivers from the Canadian Govern- ment and we believe that they all have gold in their beds. The original intention was to fit out at Seattle, but 1 induced my people to do all the purchasing here for this purpose we have bought the Hunter. . “After rospectlnf and finding out what 18 needed, we shall come back and have adequate dredging apparatus built and go to work in earnest. Hunter is a stanch vessel and we have had three sur- veys made and all have been satisfaw- tory. We shall have another one made as ‘soon as she is off the bank and on the other side of the bay.” Sophs Remain Silent. BERKELEY, April 1.—The sophomore class met this morning and again refused to e action in regard to rushing. A resolution pledging not t% rush the fresh- men on the day of their Bourdon celebra- tion was tabled, as was also a proposition to hold an o'gkosmnn demonstration on the camru e freshmen will hold their celebration on April 20. The - Ex-Vice-President of Salvador | tice’s court before, and his experience |- ‘have: been -grossly exdggerated. the general thinks this is Very early to [ little resort in Alameda. Last February | . valued at Charges “Against . . Students.. Declares . That Soms of. the Revelérs Became Beastly * Drunk. | Editor Matthew Protests -Against the Revival .of ‘a “Semi= o Heathen' Orgie.” BERKELEY, April L.—An editorial to- day in the Callfornia Christian: Advocate -charging that recently a *‘beer-bust” was held on’the Berkeley campus, at which a number -of students became ‘‘beastly -drunk,” . has created considerable com- ment at-the university. - The editorial in question is headed, “‘Berkeley’s Disgrace.” It recounts the former experience- which the Berkeley faculty had with the ‘‘beer< bust” some years ago and calls on. the president and faculty to puta stop.to the gradual movemeént. which is said to have receritly begun to re-establish the objec- -|-tionable institution.: - Editor Matthew || eriticizes the recent occurrence as fol- low: E - Years ago students of. the University. of Call- fornia inaugurated an annual observance: which | théy ‘were pleased to- call the ‘‘Beer Bust." Presumably’ it was copied: after some seri- heathen orgie of medieval Germany.: In no other. part ¢, the ‘American’ continent have we ever heard of a_similar observance among stu- dents. The custam- was tolerated until it be- came $o_disgraceful that the then president of the- university determined to break it up. The students were warned and most obeved the in- junction. ~ A few. disobeyed and’ were brought 1o account. As We .now .remember, several were. susperided ‘and. ‘two or - three were ex- pelled. That so incensed certain. brewers of influence - that they determyined to’ drive the high-mindéd president’ from his seat, and_they succeeded—but from his day-the “Beer Bust” was outlawed. Indeed; until ‘recently” we supposed it had Little by -little, how- sed away forever. pa: -ever, it has crept.back; and last week, on the - evening before: the Charter ‘day celebration, a | secluded nook on the Berkeley campus was the scene of a.most disgraceful revel. During the day tickets were. quietly: sold-‘to students who wished to engage in the carousal, a guantity of beer “was. procured, ‘and late at night a large number of students—report says: Is)—came to- ether and drank until not a few were ‘‘beast- y_drunk.!” > ‘We are sure the revelers of last week do not represent the students, -in any. .r gense. The vast majority loathe such conduct.. It is, as one student says, an expression of all that is beastly in the’ very scum of: student society. We trust_the great body of Christian students at Berkeley will put on record - their protest against- such -barbarism by -their fellow stu- dents. And.can we not rely. upom President Kellogg and the faculty. to'purge the university of students: who -haye 'so low . a_ sense of | decency and honor? “Invéstigation shows' that there Is some basis for the statements made .in.the edi- torjal, but it is maintained that the f]ac(ls t is clajmied that nobody was ‘“‘beastly drunk’” and that the individuals who participated in the affair.‘Wweré mostly. outsiders who had gone.upon the hill at the-back of the university ‘in ‘the ‘expectation: of - seeing a'rush between the freshmen and sopho- mores,. the sophomores having started out 16 place their class number on the hill. Neither ‘Editor Mdtthew, who lives in North ‘Berkeley, nor - President. Kellogg could be seen: this: evening. -~ The latter is attending . the annual Session. of the Southern . California ' Teachers” Associa- ton. " He "will - notreturn to: Berkeley until next week. Another Damage Suit. OAKLAND, April -~ 1.—Mrs. Isabella Purvis has filed a-suit. for $30,000 damages against the Oakland, Sdan- Leandro and Haywards Electric’ .Railroad. She was injured' on East Fourteenth street, just -east ‘of Thirteenth avenue, on September 4, 1897, 'when an.outgoing car jumped the trick ‘at a switch and struck an inbound car. Beveral persons were slightly in- Jjured, but Mrs. Puryis received the most severe.shock.. She was laid up. for eight r weeks as a result of. the injury. Final Report in' the Keyes Estate. OAKLAND, - April. .—The second and final. aceounting of Winifred S. and Alex- ander D. Keyes, as executors of the estate of ‘Erasmus ‘1. .Keyes, has been filed. There 18 real property .in San Francisco 3148000 and personal property worth $16,557 *50. The -commissioner - ap- gomted to: appraise . the--annuity given tarie. Louise Beghetti and her issue by the will of Mr.' Keyes algo filed a report. The annuity 15 valued at $4718 10 and taxed at 5per cent, or $235 9. ———— : To Be Courtmartialed. ALAMEDA, April 1.=-At’ the annual muster of Company G last Friday, five of the members fatled ‘to appear as or- dered. Three of them wilt be courtmar- tlaled, so Captain: Simpson announced last evening, while the:.other two. had sufh- clent reason for their absence. At last night's meeting the captain told the com- pany that it was 4 shame that in view of the present emergency any man should abseént himself from inspectiéon when or- dered, and that'it has been decided to make an example of ‘thé absentees by courtmartialing ‘them. . Police Report. ALAMEDA, April 1.—The police of this city- made only thirty arrests, all told, last ‘month. Of-these eight were for dis- turbing the peace, five for drunkenness, seven for vagrancy and eight forviolating city ordinances. ' Twenty-four vagrants were furnished. with lodgings and forty- two meals were supplied, it Alameda News Notes. ALAMEDA, April L—Notiée has been given by the authorities that all licenses except these for the:sale -of liquor are riow due and payable. ' The wide " tire wagon:-law will be enforced this year. The semi-annual convention of the Ala- meda. City. Union of, the Christian En- deavor was held in the First Methodist Church. this afternoon and evening. A. Aschida, a Japanese, was arrested last night for drunkenness and dfsorderly conduct. He said some one got him drunk for an April fool. % The field day of the Alameda High School will take placeé to-morrow morn- ing at the speed track at .the foot of Bay street, . Miss Florence Mandler was. tendered a reception on the octasion of: her eigh- tHneli)Ith birthday last evéning at Harmonie all. . Professor Griggs of Stanford will lec- ture at the Unitarian Church to-morrow evening before the Teachers® Club on “A Walk in Florence.” The ladies of the Presbyterian' Church will hold a reception at that place on Monday_afternoon from 2:30 to 5 o’clock, to which all the ladies of the congrega- tion are invited. —————— Hopper Waxes Wroth. BERKELEY, April 1.—Editor Hopper in to-day's Occident strongly denounces a supposed correspondent of the Yale Alumni Weekly at the University of Cali- fornia, who sent to that paper a derisive article on the recently dedicated ‘‘Senior C.”” The unknown writer, who, Hopper believes, is a Yale alumnus at Berkeley,is scored as follows: “The Senior C may be ridiculous, may be an example of our childishness in seeking to manufacture college customs; our athletic methods may be immensely funny. But we want the man who thinks $0 to say so in our faces, and not to make us ridiculous before strangers. Such pro- ceeding is treacherous and cowardly. We have given our opinion of such an indi- vidual and we think that, if ever found, he will discover—be he student, janitor or rofessor—that, with many faults, there s enough college spirit and force of opin- jon here at the college of which he is a member and which he 8o maliciously de- t"d“b lm make his position absolutely un- enable.” New Athletic Constitution. BERKELEY, April 1—Representative James Hopper, who was appointed by the executive committee of the Athletic As- _——m — — — e —— ‘The fao-simile signature of is on every wrapper «f CASTORIA. -| and . Eckart; Mein ‘saciation to draw up, in cenjunction with Professor ' Edwards, a new constitution for the assuciation, stated that the draft- 1ing of the document had just been com- Pleted, and that it would be presented to the committee at its next meeting. “The frropnsed new constitution,” he said, “is n general a codification of existing regu- lations, - the- principal new feature being the provision for a pald and bonded treas- urér and the enlargement of the powers, not of any individual, but of the athletic committee.’” ‘Will Play Tennis. BERKELEY, April 1. —The ' annual championship tennis tournament of the University -of California will begin to- morrow_at 8:30 a. m. at the Madison court, ‘Oakland. It is expected that all but the final games will be played to- morrow. ‘Those who lose to champions will subsequently play a tournament to decide second place. The drawings for the singles are as follows: Kline and Trysler, Fay and Hovey, Hunter and Hardy, Dickson and Van Wyck, Brown and- O'Brien, Stone and Freeman, Selby and Whitcomb. The doubles will not be played for some time. Visited the University. BERKELEY, April 1.-The senior class of the Girls’ High School of San Fran- ciseo visited the university to-day. ~With the. party, which . numbered n(‘:\rl{; one hundred. young ladies, were a number of teachers: The Spanish:peasant works every.day and dances ‘half. the night; and yet eats onty his: black. bread, onion.and water- méion: - The Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit and some olives, ve: he carries with ease his load of 200. pound: ADVERTISEMENTS. THE ONLY GUNUINE HUNYADI WATER Hunyadi Jinos BEST NATURAL APERIENT WATER, ——FOR—— CONSTIPATION, DYSPEPSIA, LIVER COMPLAINTS & HEMORRHOIDS “The prototype of all Bitter Waters.” Laneet, “Speedy, sure, gentle." British MedicalJournal CAUTION: ture of the firm. Andreas Saxlehner. 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