The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 6, 1898, Page 9

' THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1898. 9 ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. l\1 ORE T} LES tervene, for Cuba must be free. God - (F OFFICIAL PETTIFOGGIN 0F PARTIALITY “As to the Maine incident: Cuban question settled, nothing short of indemnity abject apology and ample from Spain should avert war upon that | issue. Otherwise it is a casus belli and the Maine should be avenged tlloug!l it take all the resources of the nation. Rev. Mr, Hobart sais s to the claim | that because the Bible teaches non-resist- | ance between individuals, the theory of | non-resistance should be followed out be- | tween nations, I would say that I, per-| | sonally, may turn my other cheek to be act now or be particeps criminis in op- pression and butchery. The larger Class Line Said to Have Been Drawn in the | smitten and suffer personal indignity, but | Sch. i | as the head thmily with a wife and | chools. A New Scandal That |chudren to protect. T would not be justi- | And fled in carrying out such a theory. as 1 take it that the same is true of nations. | Has Just Been | T most certainly am for war if Spain will | o TR . not discontinue her atrocities in_Cuba | Superintenden el acnas Broached. and make proper reparation for the | P y blowing up of the Maine. e Has a Scheme That Is “At this juncture it is cause for devout thanksgiving that we have a President Not Feasible. | who, seeking wisdom daily of the Most | i i , realizes to the full that he must Coin Said to Have Been wer, not to the peace-at-any-price or | A : of the hour. | war-at-any-price factio our. | 2 Paid to Protect Dut to impartial history and to the God | Mr. Girard Says if All Were Treated of Natio: Alike Crowding Could Be Relieved. ————— | Gambling. | TRUST IN LITIGAT1ON. ‘ 3 | W. W. Norris Must Show Cause for His Refusal to Obey Its Demand for Repayment Was ! Oakland Office San Francfsco Call, Backed Up Witk BEandsles I 908 Broadway, April 5. acked P ith a OAKLAND, April 5.—Henry Curry, L. 8 ) 3 | :\{:T e " A Curry, Mirabah Curry, | The charges made last night by Coun- Gun. | A | ellman Girard and Mr. Wheeler of West Oakland that there is discrimination be- | Cur A the latter's children yert — wve flled o complaint against W W- | ing made among the school children by »‘““”“*» Jonn Sl e ehildren in the Superintendent McClymonds has a.roused} EX - EMPLOYES TESTIFY. g il this afternoon. The cause | EeReral interest and brought to the sur- iy ased upon a declaration of | (490 | thust ma ~ 3. Curry on July 23, 18%, | ¥ears. by Norris and which the ges has not been kept by the and Gardner Tells How the Act With Mayor Did Rush” Hi tho; ns of the trust Curry trans- | hi amounting to personal prop- | the value of | 5 e y des on, unless by purchase to have any play-|H Ry unknown to the plaintiff, to catin, v a stairway directly with the 1 Feturn Norrls was to pay | Bround. The cost of this move is conser- | (fo® A" cat. had the freo range of Qakland Office San Franci the income from it during Curry's | vatively estimated by the Board of Edu-| hoth floors. About 4:30 this morning, | cation at $15,000 for the land and $5000 for removing the school. Practical contra tors, however, assert that to cut the big | school in three pieces, move it the long distance it gvould have to go, rebuild it and put it ”1 good condition, would cost at least $20,000. It is also said that to buy enough ground for an adequate &;Ia)'- ground would cost $40,000 more, and the argument is made that after all this ex- | penditure the people whom McClymonds 3 Broadw t his death provide for all of his dealing: More of the pet died August 25, 1895, and the es that the plaintiff has om time to time that the he trust be carried out and evs due them be paid and that ant render an accounting, all { d to have refused to do. n the Montreal Bank, in iff seeks an order to compel W. Norrls to show cause why he would benefit wouid be at a greater dis- not carry out the provisions of | gqvantage than at present. why he should not be removed . Mr, McClymonds stated that he did not | 1 to make an accounting. ———— MOFFETT AND HILL. | know why parents north of the steam track would not send their children to school south of the track, and ridiculed | the idea that it was because they did not | want to send thelr children across the | track four times each day. McClymonds | showed with figures and diagrams that | there are now 600 children south of Sev- | enth street, of whom attend the | Tompkins school. The school is capable | of and large enough to accommodate 600 | children, and the nearest school north | of Seventh street is overcrowded. McCly- | monds would therefore take the school | north of the track and have the 400 chil- Did One Murderer Influence the Fate of the OtherP ND, April 5.—Joseph H. Moffett wer to the Superior Court for of his wife. In the Police morning, Mrs. McDonald, mat- the Receiving ‘Hospital, was on nd, and said that when suffering OAKLA . ds, Moffett had told her he | gren walk from seven to twelve blocks = R en forced to kill his wife, but did | four times a day across the track rather | 3 explanation. It will be the than have the congestion from the Cole | & e nse that Moffétt w school cross the track to fill up the Tomp- | kins school. { This_idea of Mr, McClymonds irritated | Councilman Girard, who was for several | vears on the Board of Education. *You | pretend not to know why people do not wish to send their children south of Sev- | enth street to school,” sald Girard. *You | know very well why it is, but you don't | r the attentions of nerally thought that the shoot- Moffett by her husband con- ced Governor Budd in his crfere in the case of Ben- o will hang to-morrow for to the ef- b 1l said_at the time tha nore the rights of the humbler class ¥ of Mrs. Moffett was an ill-omen for “aristocratic’’ families south | time a few have been given of Seventh street, who pe stea the Tompkins school, where there is yet room for 200 children. Wheeler said he could present the names of fifteen children to whom Mec- Clymonds had pandered by letting them attend the Cole school. The superintend- | ent denfed this, but the argument of Gir- ard, the practical experience of Mr. Cuvellier, The Aged Husl;and Says He Hasi Most Cause to Dissent. OAKLAND, April 5.—Should the divorce suit of George R. R. Alnsworth ever come to trial it will bring out some sen- sational evidence. Over a week ago Mrs. Ainsworth, who is just 20 years of age, brought suit against her aged husband for divorce. Mr. Alnsworth is just three and a half times as old as his wife, and when they married it was freely proph- esled that they would not long live to- gether in peace. | rs. A rth charged extreme cruel- | y, most of the alleged acts, however, being mental crueity and not physical. | The aged husband has filed his answer and denies every ge. It is sald that | he has in his possession some interesting documents written by his young wife to voung men and which he does not con- sider should have been sent by a dutiful | wife. It is possible that Mr. Ainsworth | may also flle a cross-complaint. | —————— BLANDING ON THE RACK. | | Does Not Sati;g_the Court by His Evasive Answers. OAKLAND, April 5.—Charles F. Bland ing, who obtalned large sums of mone: had so much effect that out of the whole Council Mr. McClymonds only received one vote. There s the greatest satisfaction e hibited in the Tompkins school district to- day over the fact that the school is not to ‘be removed. MEN WHO WILL COMPETE. Complete Lists of Eligible Athletes for the Intercollegiate Field Day. BERKELEY, April 5.—Track Captain Everett J. Brown this evening sent to Stanford the list of men eligible to com- pete in the intercollegiate field day on the 23d inst. The list, which was ap- proved by Professor Thomas R. Bacon of | he faculty athletic committee, is as fol- of them rumors office. Wilds the were in Joh half at the rted at why _Police | ed, but he » knew any- aid he had as in regard to the latter to go > the Mayor him- t"“““{ ES:E in return for stock in the Jupiter mines, | 10WS: ! S know. | Which he promised to incorporate, was | L fillfl;v‘ Ghl;{ A‘}r“- S ‘;‘7 f}"‘m"- ‘f~ . subjecte eV g Bakewell, B. Bakewell. E. J. Brown, C. ven a cent for his | Subjected to a severe examination by | BRUCHCK, C. Broughton, K. Carroll, W. F. i Judge Greene to-day. Some documents | Carpenter, L. E. Carpenter, W. Childs, F. £ pmn,]and s,ugwwrlpflornfl were brought into court and carefully ex- | Cooley, W'I\Jl‘ l;"rmknr“;u. r\‘h?mmun W. P. discu d around town for | amined, but they did not s | Drum, 1. Delashmutt, M. Dozier, Dickie, 1 from the evidence so far | Juage. 4 bty ”“’iw_ Dawson, Tt Fryer, B, T. Fisher, N. Guiber’ | : does not appear to be much | ” Judge Greene commented very severely | 5m, G, CIOy, T Orejsberg, R Grieve, D. on which to base crim- | on the manner in which Blanding had | phreys, J. Hoftman, C. Hinz, W. B. Jackson ough there can be no | conducted his trust as assignee of the | L. itaarsberg, A. Kidd, G." Kuster, C. y of the rumors are based | estate of Mrs. Ingalls since she went into | Laughlin, C. Moser, J. McNab, C. Miiler, B. that can ) with them | insolvency. The witness was not very | P. Miller, L. Miller, C. W. McConaughy, F. cannot fail to leave a ready at answering questions and seemed | Mumma, J. McDermott, L. O'Toole, R. Park- as if n criminal convie- | to take pleasure in irritating the court. | hurst, C. Parker, C. Peck, A. J. Smith, M. Scott, H. Squires, R. W. Simonds, A. Skaife, There are reports con- | If It were not a fact that Mrs., Nagles, | ection with the | to whom Blanding assigned Mrs. Ingalls’' | R. Tolman, L. Tolman. A. Tasheira, A. Walsh, s that were | mortgage, is complet?gly under the ln-}o; Westerfeld, R. Woolsey, A. Wise and O. ome months | fluence of Blanding the case could be| Wedemeyer. The list of Stanford’s athletes, sub- mitted by Track Captain Walker with stated that the sum n official at the closed much quicker. The court contin- ued the case until to-morrow. \ for the ————e—— the approval of };ro{»s;nll" Angell of the ien it was seen t - fazs Stanford faculty, is as follows: the purch protection could not be de- Commissioners to Change. Brunton, Coolldgs, Smith, McReary, Ferrari, | livered, who paid the money OAKLAND, April 5.—City Attorney | Boya, Williams, Whitaker, Nourse, Weather- | took his & the Ci 1 - | Dow was elected president of the Ponce‘ wax, Birtch, Foster, Cainer, Busch, Lousley, manded its refunding wi Pension Commissioners - this morning. | Adams, Symonds, Borough, Cantwell, Hopper, Fickert, Strout,” Wardail, " Diggles, Thompson, Dutton, Morgan, Manuel, Cranston. Burnett, Karsted, Allcott, ' Moeller, Hayden, Carle, Powell, s, aid that the money was paid hin that time. t these storfes no During the past year City Engineer Clem- | ent has held this office. To-morrow tha soard of Public Works will meet and | doubt have some 11 of foundation_and point to a system of cor- | elect a president to succeed Mayor ¥ = 4 ruption and cheap politics under the pres- | Thomas. This will probably g0 to Mr, | Mo atsere Wodelohs, Hamon Mams® Seier ent administration. Beyond enlightening | Clement, and Mayor Thomas be elected | Walker, Whitlock, Erb, Gilman, Marvin, Say public upon these mntters it is not | bresident of the Police and Fire Commis- | Bradley, Cross, Henderson, Chandler, C. §. that manry of the c sich a manner as {o ament for the offenders. | Dole, A\ Dole and Hahn. The time and place for the fleld day | have been get as April 23 and the Olympic | oners, a position now held by Mr. Dow. The Board of Public Works will meet | to-morrow, and it is possible that some changes will be made at the City Hall, 2 legal p - — | Club grounds, San Francisco. There is | There 1s o clerkship in the Chief of | stiil some. uncertalnty ag to- wi d CLERICAL CRITICS. | Polleers ofice {0 il and there are soveral e Ty elb et il b arid = andidates. clerk may also be ap- | ford wanted the race held at S 5 They Rese;t Ed;t;rhl Views of the | g;ylllnlud to the chiet of the Fire Depart- | to which (‘Iallfornin a:sented; s“«'énigfij ecen’ ermons. | SBtran however, also wants the race to be held i : | & pressure is being brought to Friday before thy ND, April 5.—The sermons on| bear on Mayor Thomas from certain ?:gufi:rk;le“men atmden?a?dto?atyflew;‘r‘:: 11 ish question, published in The | Monday morning, having been quarters to vote with City Engineer Clement to remove Street Superintendent | oo pands of the TAculty st Commmis the hands of the faculty athletic commit- Dr. Coyle, Dr. Dille and Rev. C. H. Ho-| agaifist the removal of Miller may break TR bart to-day replied to thelr critics. the slate which was put up when Chiefs Funeral of Miss Rosenstirn. 1d: | Lioyd ‘and Fair were removed a week | BERKELEY, April 5—The funeral of y contention for war was based en- | 88C. Miss Frances Florence Rosenstirn was upon the idea of righteousness. Big Money at Stake. held this morning at 8:45 o'clock at the er can Dbe reached except| OAKLAND, April 5.—The suit of Mrs. | Fesidence, 2647 Bancroft way. The cere- monies were extremely simple. Rabbi through Susan A. Martin and h Ve - iy o o minor ehil- | Fo00L *yoorsanger of the Temple Eman. ighteousness and no question is \. Ma dren, W. W. and Louise'G,- Martin, for settled until x§ is settled right. And | | 1 believe, .2 d before, if Spain | $50,000 damages from the So " | El, 8an Francisco, and an honorary mem- eid, if she insists upon keep. | cific Company for the doa‘ffiheg? 1;3.- ber of the university faculty, officlated, ir I Heel upon the neck of Cuba, | husband and the children’s father was | Sbeaking briefly, = The body ‘was taken if she refuses to end the outrages and | begun to-day before Judge Ogden. Mar- |aCross the bay for é‘te"ment. Mrs. Ro- abominations in that unhappy land, and | tin was killed near the station at Trving- | Senstirn_and Miss Emily Rosensurn if she will not make reparation for the | ton on September 6, 158, while driving | %l leave Berkeley to-morrow night for destruction of our great warship lying | along the county road. He died shortly Germun),' i‘:l ere r. Rosenstirn i{s at peaccfully at anchor in one of her ports |after being struck by the train. Most of | Present Visiting. and for he blood of 5o many of our gal- the day was ;Acec':r;'l‘e‘z";y soo“rln‘g a jury, May Buy the Berkeley Gym. lant sailors—then, Ay, lot the sword | after a ng veic of tics, fall; et righleonenoss mu‘(‘e’ laced upon the stand. He toid of the | BERKELEY, April 6-—The bullding known as and formerly occupied by the Berkeley gymnasium has been offered to | the Berkeley School Department as a means of relieving the present crowded condition of the schools. The building was built for school purposes, contains njuries sustained by Martin, will be continued to-morrow. Good Shooting at Berkeley. BERKELEY, April 5—In a shoot to-day the university “rifls teace will come the sweet angel | The case ivery true American, it seems to me, must contemplate with pride and grat- {tude the course the Gévernment and the nation have o far held on the Cuban (made the bsl seore ever made on ‘the AL {,’g"o R e LT The patience and temperate 600’ point: & I8 0ut | and if the Trustees decide to purchase o & of our people under great proy. | Of & possible oints. The records of £ he ‘cupport, Congress has given | the vrious mempers of N teum were | PRI} U0 Soise tne money. | rooebly ecutive, and the statesmanshi L oy la. or, 44; v McKinley andais RAvIRars. hn:‘.e“gdgf Vanderbilt, 43; Beviile, 43; Fairchila, 43 Berkeley News Notes. n honorable chapler o our nation's | West 43 Jullen, 40; Dow, 40; Pierce, 37i| pERKELEY, April 5.—George E. Colby uba independence, then we must forcibly in- A ory. ' — of the agricultural department of the uni- As to the future: If our Government ganmot by diplomacy succeed in_Cone To Cure a Cold in One Day eenity Detore- the o :&?:tlgyn e % g Spain at she cannot suppress Laxa rome o Associatiol ~ the rebellion and 1nduce her to give e s aiae Taiets: ANl deup: | ho TG S e jome California Tobaccos. (abiet Two new members of the Board of Re- fhe genuine has L. B. Q. on each tabiet. ~ " o 35 1 of last der the south.” Mr. McClymonds attempt repeatedly | Hili to deny that such discrimination was is now —_— e shown, but Mr. Wheeler said that he d will no GIRL WIFE COMPLAINS. could prove it, and that there are at this | rmits to attend the Cole school, (n»I d of obeying the law and attending | Brosnahan and Wheeler, added to| who has four children in West Oakland, | | nue. Mr. McClymonds is bent upon removing | gray Thomas cat answering to the name the Tompkins school from a thickly pop- | of Dick, who has in the past showed the ulated district south of Seventh street, | possession of an unusual amount of in- where it has healthy surroundings and | telligence. fine playgrounds, to a lot at Ninth and | of the store closed it as usual, leaving Castro streets, where it will be impossible | Al lerin s wife. Just about the time ¥ so. North of Seventh street | W, hote d_others m: the plea stocratic district, while south are | Hill's e, Moffett cc tted his | lots of poor families, many of them Ital- within a mile of where Hill had | jans and Irish, and you want to pander tted murder. One of the attorneys | to the people north of the track and ig- | gents of the university will take their seate at the regular monthly meeting of the hoard next Tuesday. They are Mayor James D. Phelan of San Francisco, who succeeds George T. Marye, and A. B. Spreckels, the newly elected president of the State Agricultural College, who takes. the seat of Charles M. Chase. Instructor J. N. Le Conte will read a paper before the metaphysics, physics and astronomy section of the Science As- sociation next Friday evening on “The fnalyzer, an Exhibition Description of s Fire escapes will not be put on the uni- versity buildings until during the sum- mer vacation. It is expected that it will take five weeks to equip the buildings. Governor Budd and Regents Jeter, Kel- logg, Black and Slack will meet next Monday at 2}?. m. at the Hopkins Insti- tute in San Francisco to make arrange- ments for summer school courses at the unjversity during the coming vacation. The academic council of the university will meet on Friday morning to make ar- rangements for commencement day, and to choose commencement speakers. At the meeting of the Board of Regents next Tuesday propositions will be con- sidered for the erection of a building for the University Dining Association, and additions to the mechanics’ and mining buildings. Professor George Davidson will give an {llustrated lecture on ‘“‘The Physical Features and Resources of Alaska,” at a Special meeting of the Alameda County Miners’ Association, to_be held at the university, in South Hall, to-morrow evening. —_———— A CAT GAVE THE ALARM. But for It There Would TUndoubtedly Have Been a Large Fire. ALAMEDA, April 5—A cat gave an alarm of fire this morning, which un- doubtedly prevented the destruction of the drug store in which the flames were at work. The scene of the remarkable exhibition of animal intelligence was the 55 | drug store of R. J. Van Voorhies, at the face much that has been smoldering for | corner of Park street and Encinal ave- The establishment boasts a large, Last evening the proprietor Ibert Scurr, the night clerk, in charge. e sleeps upstairs in a room communi- while Scurr was sound asleep, the cat leaped on the bed with a thump and with a terrific yowl, which awakened the sleeper in a jiffty. From the bed the cat ped to the floor and back again, still vowling at the top of its voice, and then ran downstairs. Scurr smelled smoke as soon as he awoke, and without dressing hurried down after tne cat and found a fire burning briskly behind the prescflf- tion counter, wheré it would have shortly reached a lot of inflammables and un- questionably have caused avy loss if not (‘hL‘CKE&, He immediately turned in an alarm, which was responded to by the chemical engine, and the flames were ex- tinguished without more than $00 dam- age. If the clerk had not been awakened le = just at the moment that the cat aroused | the fire would have ob- him, however, caused tained such headway as to have Severe 108s. “Dick” is the hero and his owner says money him. The origin of the fire is cannot a mys- —_————————— Meeting—Street Sprinkling Bids. ALAMEDA, April 5.—Considerable rou tine busir was transacted at last night's meeting of the Board of Trustees. A contract for 211 tons of coal for the| electric light works was let to Henry Koerber at §57 per long ton. He was the only bidder, though other tenders had been expected. There were a number of applications for free licenses, but most of them were not | acted on owing to the enforcement of the requirement that each application must be indorsed by a member of the board in order to secure action. A communication as received from the | electric railway superintendent announc- ing that a switch would be laid on Santa to do away with the switching of on Park street, which had been a source of complaint. Bids for street sprinkling for the com- ing year were opened. here were five bids, ‘the figures being respactively 80 cents an_hour, 33'% cents, 2% cents, 33 cents and 30% cents. The contract was not awarded e WILL WEAR UNIFORMS. Members of the Fire Department Who Are Paid Must Dress Uni- formly. ALAMEDA, April 5.—At the meeting of the Board of Trustees last evening the question of requiring the paid members Clara avenue, S0 a | of the Fire Department to wear uniforms came up for discussion. The reasons for the proposed order were given and on the recommendation of the Chief of the Fire Department the Truste pted that here- after the salaried employes should be re- quired to don uniforms.” The Chief was given power to select the materi style. He stated that the uniform hé proposed adopting would cost §: the men and $28 for the office 3 will be of navy-blue material and of ap- propriate pattern. —_———— Alameda News Notes. ALAMEDA, April 5—The executive committee of the Alameda Driving As- sociation met last evening and decidea to make active preparations for the spriny meet which is to come off on May 3. City Attorney Taylor has presented the Fire Department with twelve smoke pro- tecting mas in recognition of the good work done by the department recently in extinguishing the fire in his house on Re- gent street, with small loss. —_———— Reliance Gentlemen’s Night. OAKLAND, April 5.—A gentlemen's night will be given by the Reliance Ath- letic Club Wednesday evening. The pro- gramme is of the best and the affair promises to be the best ever given by this already popular organization. There will be three try-outs and two eight- round events for decisions. Hugh Dough- erty, champion amateur featherweight of the Middle West, will meet Yank Sav- age of Vallejo, and Charles Tye of Oak- land will meet Phil Green of Oakland, The men are all in fine condition and will put up great fights. Mrs. H. H. Haight’s Estate. OAKLAND, April 5.—Henry Huntley Haight to-day filed his petition for letters of administration upon the estate of his mother, Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Haight, who died in this city one week ago to- night. The estate iS said to consist of money in the bank, promissory notes and other securities, exceoding 10,000 in value. The heirs are Jenet Cameron, Henry Huntley and Louis Montrose Haight, ail residents of this city except the 'last named, who resides in Stockton. There is no will. Financial Aid Asked. OAKLAND, April 5—The Young Men's Christian Association has started a move- ment to raise its Indebtedness, which amounts to $35,000. Unless this is’ accom- plished at once the work of the institu- {!on will be greatly hindered in the fu- ure. Oakland News Items. OAKLAND, April 6.—Hans Lembeck has filed a suit for a divorce from his wife, Anna Lembeck, charging desertion. He {8 a farmer, living near Irvington. The water front case, remanded by the Supreme Court for a new trial, was again foltnoned in the Supfrlm- Court to-day. t_is now set for the 12th. Rev. Willlam Rader, formerly associate B‘antor with Rev. J. K. McLean of tue irst Congregational Church of this city w‘mulfcmre on “Courtship and Marriagé’ al Pilgrim Congregational Church Thursda, evenlnf The F¥ee Kindergarten at Grove and Thirty-ninth streets will be tendered DeneRt 8t the First Baptis Chirer Thursday evening. Mrs. Carrie Fross- Snyder, Miss Jeanne Brush, Miss Jennie Tuttle, Miss Gertrude Hibbard, Clement Rolands, Benjamin Tuttle, Frank .How- ard and Miss Blanche Estelle Hostetter will assist. ———— New Incorporations. Articles of incorporation of Noe's Col- lege of Osteopathy have been filed by Dr. A. T. Noe, J. S. hgers, Tda E. Noe, A. C. McDaniell and J. G. Ohlwine, M. A. Marron & Co. have incorporated to engage in a general retail and whole- sale liquor and flacery business, with M. A. Marron, K. Marron, M. Donohue, A. F. Quinn and J. Farelly as directors, —_———— - 3. J. O'BRIEN & CO., Murphy Bldg., Mkt. & Jones, sell “STANDARD" shirts’ of the S HAPPY AS Mr. Dingee Explains the Position of Mr. Moffitt. The Senator Was Never on the Payroll of the Water Company. Have Not Fallen Out and Each Con- siders the Other His Best Frienad. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, April 5. Just at this time the relations existing between William J. Dingee, president of the Oakland Water Company, and ex- Senator Frank J. Moffitt are naturally of great interest. The Grand Jury is in session and it is generally belleved that either of these two men could tell a good story if he so desired. Consequently a report that Mr. Dingee and Mr. Moffitt had quarreled, and that Mr. Moffitt was no longer seen around the office of or in- terested in the affairs of the Oakland Water Company would be a very pretty story If it were true. Unfortunately for the tale it is not true. Mr. Dingee was in his office to-day, and when asked how much truth there was in the report that he had quarreled with Mr. Moffitt he said that it was all as false as—any old place. ship between Mr. Motffitt and myselt,” ‘We have not quarreled, Mr. Moffitt has | | when a reporter of a morning paper called | on. me yesterday and asked me if Mr. Moffitt had left the Oakland Water Com- | pany 1 said no. I told him that he was | here Saturday and to-day (vesterday), | but that last week perhaps he might not | have been In as much as uswal. Out o | that simple statement was woven an at- | tempt at sensationalism, which, it seems to me, i8 very poor newspaper work. ‘‘Mr. Moffitt has never been on the pay roll of the Oakland Water Company. He has never received a dollar from the com- pany. He has personal interests in the | company, and he looks after them ener- getically Being a friend of mine, he naturally has worked in my interest. He has never been a political manager or any other kind of manager for the Oakland Water Company. We are as friendly as ever and I cannot understand why a big newspaper should publish such bosh.” | Ex-Senator Moffitt, who was himself in | the newspaper business for many years, | | sald this morning that Mr. Dingee had just assured him that if there was any necessity of sharing a dollar with him | (Moffitt) he would willingly do it. “We ave had no quarrel, and, in fact, thers is nothing to quarrel about. A newspaper rumor has no effect on me, and I am in | the water business as business, and to make money if possible. 1 am not aware that I have been around the water com- pany's office less than usual and cer- | tainly Mr., Dingee and I bear the same | relationship to each other that we have done for some years. On the first of January, when the two water companies agreed to charge the legal rates, com- | mencing March 1, all was done that could | be done, and since then I have not been active in water matters.” Ir. Dingee disclaims that Mr. Moffitt | w a leading factor in fixing the new | water rates, and says that he appeared | personally before the Council and before | the water committee, and that on no oc- casion did Mr. Moffitt attend the City Hall conferences as a representative of | the water company DELIGHT T0 41D THE FESTIVAL Long-Distance Telephones Are Used to Proffer Dona- tions. Interest in the Big Masonic Even Increasing—Ladies Working Bravely. The interest manifested in the forth- coming festival by the Masons in the in- terior was clearly shown in the use of the long-distance telephone whil leads to the Masonic Temple. All day long mas- | ter Masons were continually in conversa- | tion with Mrs. W. Frank Pierce, the chairman of the committee on booths, Many of the lodges desired space set | apart for special booths. | Clear Lake Chapter of Eastern Stars at | Lakeport will send a carload of wild | flowers to the festival, and will send each day a load of fresh greens and flowers. Colusa Lodge aims to have a miniature festival for the benefit of the Widows’ | and Orphans’ Home. The ladies of Fidelity Lodge met in the temple yesterday. Mrs. 8. S. Kahn acted | as chairman and Miss Rosener acted as secretar It was decided to call their booth “Fidelity. Mrs. P. Rahfish, Mrs. T. Cohn, Mrs. Merzbach, the Misses Cohn, Miss Abrams, Miss C. Friedman and Miss Wessenberg were appointed a com- mittee to canvass the merchant district for contributions. The ladies who had been appointed on the previous commit- tee for collection reported much success— as Miss Rosener sald, no one refused. Mrs. Nathan Schlesinger is arranging a music and art booth, with Hving pic- tures. She does this at her own expense. She has secured all the scenes necessary from the Alcazar Theater. Fifty girls | will take part. Rinaldo Bros. & Co. offered to inaugu- rate a smoking bee at the festival. They ;vill’luurate all the “Belmonts” needed or this. L:cnations 2re coming from all quarters. One coacern in Los Angeles offers 16 seid up a carioad of oranges. The Hires’ Root Beer people will fit up a booth and sell | Hires” Root Beer at 5 cents a glass and turn all the proceeds to the festival. Highland Springs has donated board for two weeks for one person. The ladies of Doric Lodge met yester- day_afternoon and elected Mrs. Thomas L. Hill chairman and Mrs. J. R. Gold- smith_secretary. It was decided to get up a Japanese booth and have 100 young ladies dressed in native costumes and wait on the tea tables. These ladies will serve in groups of twenty each night. Among the leading ladies present were Mrs. J. F. Logan, Mrs. J. P. Frazer, Mrs. S. H. Collins and Mrs. A. Kronberg. Com- mittees have been appointed and active werk is expected. It was decided to name their booth the ‘‘Geisha.” The_ ladies of the postoffice booth re- ported to their gostma-ster. General Pat< ton, that they had received as a dona- tion 10,000 sheets of fine paper and 10,000 envelopes. The work of the executive committee is assuming such proportions that six stenographers are kept busy at work re- sponding to the communications. The following letter speaks for itself: SAN FRANCISCO, March 30, 1808. Mr. and Mre. Charles L. Plerce: We beg to confirm the arrangements made with you per- sonally to-day, namely, that we will be pleased fo donate toward your festival a complete din- ing service outfit in china and glassware. ft 1s tinderstood that a proper space for the display thereof will be Riven, and we will undertake to display and arrange the same for you. Wishing you every success in your enter- rise, we n, respectfully vours, prise, We TRIATHAY, DOHRMANN & €O, The largest gasometer in the world is at East Greenwich. When fuil it con- tains 12,000,000 cubic feet of gas. It weighs 2200 tons, is 180 feet high, 300 feet in diameter, requires 1200 tons of coal to fill it with gas, and cost nearly “The relation- | said he, “is one of pure friendship, and | h 4 | it 15 no less solid to-day than it ever was. | S35, one of ver been around this office considerably and | £ | TWO LOVERS| ESTATE WORLD N THE REAL The Threatened War Has Had Its Effect on the Market. H. Wreden Makes a $180,000 Purchase in Southern Celifornia. Large Purchase of Pacific Heights Property—The Records, Sales and Notes \J For a long time investments in real es-| tate have been marked for various rea- sons by hesitation and timidity on the | part of buyers. This consequent dull- ness has of late been intensified by the | prospect of war with Spain. Few deal- ers hesitate to admit this fact. In the | current issue of the San Francisco Real Estate Circular Thamas Magee, after | stating that a duller month than March has not been seen for a lonpperiod, says: | ““The excitement created Ly the threat-| ened war with Spain and the fall in prices | of stocks and bonds which resulted, | caused all real estate and other invcs(ors; to hold back, thereby practically paralyz- | ing all movement, either in real estate or_other securities.” | Despite the many obstacles in the way it is cheerful to notice that of late there has been a slight improvement in the tone | of the country realty market. There has | been a fair inqui the never-failing pulsa | of the real estatc system, and some few | good size. Henry Wre- | den of the Washington Brewery has pur- | chased for $130,000 what has been known | as the Flint Stock Ranch, situated thirty miles from McGill station in San Luls Obispo County. There are 6200 acres in | the ranch, v\'i\l(‘h has always been used for stock-raising purposes. Mr. Pryor, the gas fitter, was the seller. Ten per cent was paid down, the rest being due in regular installments, Mr. Wreden will continue to use the land as g, stock ranch. Though the rates are not conceded to be beyond the power 0f ordinary busi- ness to pay, interest remains at and | 7 per cent. The total number of sales for March was 229, in the total sum of | $848.615. The mortgages and trust deeds, numbering 316, reached a total valuation of $1,191919; the releases and reconvey- | ances, numbering 250, amounted when ag- ed to 3840,430. Sixty-six building contracts were recorded, being for a total valuation of $330,439. TOLD BY THE RECORDS. The following mortgages and deeds of trust recorded during the week were for comparatively large amounts: By the German Bank to Bernard and Charlotte Windhaus $14,000 for one year at 7 per cent on property in Western Ad- | dition block 136, on the north line of Mc- | Allister, st of Franklin, west 78, north 120, east 137:6, south 40, west 59: south §0;'by William Price to Walter F. | Foster 13,000 for three years at 6 per cent | on property Mission_block 60 on the | east line of Mission, 185 north of Eight- eenth, north 50 by east 245; by the Hiber- | nia Bank to Ellen M. McKernan $15,000 for one vear at Gl» per cent on property | in 100-vara blo on the southeast line of Howard, 150 south 50 by southeast 1 by the | bernia Bank to William A. Magee $10,000 | for_one vear at fin per cent on property | in 50-vara block 28 on the north line of | Golden Gate ave 37:6 west of Leav- enworth, w 60, north 80, west 22, north 67:6, east 82:6, south 137:6: by the same to | the S. and H. Lachman estate $100,000 for one year at 6% Oper cent on property in | 100-vara block 340 on the south corner of Fremont and Market, southwest 1s7:6 by southeast 137:6. The principal releases ances were as follows: From the German Bank to Jacob Bach- mann, $3000 on property in §0-vara block 91, on the south line of Clay, 241 east of | Dupont, east 30 by south 62; from the | Farmers' and Merchants’ Bank of Hol- lister to Julia B. and Gaston M. Ashe, $10,000 on property in 50-vara block 166, on | the north line of Sutter. :6 east of Mason, east 50 by north 87:6; from Henry Root to John Coop and James W. Smith, $100,000 on property in the Western Addi- tion on the southwest corner of Clay and ‘Waller, west 557:7% by south 618:9. SOME RECENT SALES. For close to $60,000 Sigmond and A. Stern of the firm of Levi Strauss & Co., have purchased property on the northeast cor- ner of Pacific avenue and Octavia street. | The avenue frontage is 140 feet, the aver- age depth 132 feet. The 8 feet on the| corner were purchased from Cyrus Wal- ker, the next 25 from Charles Rosenbaum | and the final 30 from Mrs. Mary Hurley. | This piece of Pacific Heights® property commands a magnificient view. The cor- ner will be occupied by a handsome resi- dence, erected for Sigmond Stern. ~An adjoining residence will be constructed for A. Stern. David Davidson has bought 830 acres of improved land in Butte County, including | a good house, stock and various acces- sories for $15,000. Bovee, Toy and Sonn- lfl% were the brokers. hrough Easton, Eldridge & Co., E. G. Greening and John Thompson, wealthy cattlemen of Arizona, have bought six- | ty-five acres of the Olinda ranch in Or- ange County, partly in oranges, walnuts | and olives, for $10,000. Henry A. Davis has sold 488 acres of | land in Alameda County through Bovee, | Toy & Sonntag to C. M. Collcos for $14,- 350. About 300 acres are in grain and the | remainder in fruit. The same brokers also officiated in the sale of 480 acres of | Merced County grain land by S. M. Fal- | cher to M. P. Dollaller. The price was | $12,500. ‘Through Baldwin & Howell the old Red- dington_place of 0 acres, near Burlin- | game, San Mateo County, has been sold to Prince Andre Poniatowski for $70,000. | S. C. Buckbee of the firm of Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. has departed for the East | on a three months’ visit. The contract for the construction of | Lewis Gerstle's double residence of two | stories, basement and attic, on the north- west corner of Gough and California streets, has been let to E. Lieter. The plans are by E. A. Mathews and the cost | will be about $28,000. Work has been started on the four- story house for Mrs. R. A. Rose, on the" northwest corner of Geary and Jones | streets. There will be two stoMes below and seven apartments above, each hav- ing a separate entrance. The cost will be_$18,000. On April 25 O. F. von Rhein, who has been appointed referee in the case of R. C. Goo !&peed‘ a minor, and others against | Annie M. Pratt, will sell a part of the | real estate. ‘W. F. Herrin has begun the erection of a $1000 dwelling on the lot in the rear of | his residence at the northeast corner of | Scott and Broadway streets. The archi- teet is J. E. Kroft. The four upper floors of Captain Ede’s building on the southwest corner of Pow- | ell and Ells streets has been leased | through A. M. Speck & Co. to Dr- A. H. | McDonald for five years at a total rental | of $18,000. The ground floor stores have | been leased for five years for $81,000. | Thrm;fh the same brokers the Long- worth Hotel at 510 Geary street has been leased for three years at the rate of $250 | a month; also the rooming-house on the southwest corner of California and Du- pont streets for $200 a month. HOFF SENTENCED TO DIE. TUnless the Supreme Court Intervenes He Will Pay the Denth Penalty Next June. Albert Hoff, an upholsterer, convicted of the brutal murder of Mrs. Mary Clute, in her home at 803 Guerrero_ street, last December, was sentenced by Judge Cobk yesterday to be hanged at San Quentin prison on June 10 next. An appeal will be taken to the Supreme Court by Hoff's attorneys, and the usual delay will un- doubtedly follow. % ‘When Hoft appeared for sentence yes- terday morning, his attorneys interposed the usual technical objections to the pass- ing of judgment. They claimed that er- vors of law had been committed during the trial, and in addition urged'the statu- tory grounds why sentence should not be vassed. Judge Cook, in overruling the motions and reconvey- | | tin in charge of Deputy of the defense, said that he had care- AUCTION SALES. CARPETS ! CARPETS ! CARPETS! THIS DAY (WEDNESDAY) at 11 a. m. 125 TE~TH STREET, NEAR MISSION. FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, 602 Market st. fully watched the case, and that he felt satisfled from the evidence adduced at the trial that the verdict was a just one. Hoff accepted the sentence in the sama spirit of nonchalance that has marked his every movement since the day of his arrest. SAN QUENTIN PRISON, April 5.—Al- bert Hoff arrived at the prison just at lockup, ‘when the hundreds of iron doors are being slammed closed. Once within the massive gate and behind the great walls of the penitentiary. Albert Fred- srick George Vereneseneckockockhoff lost his high sounding name and in the tuture will be known as Convict Number 17694, It was fifteen minutes before 5 o'clock when the murderer arrived at San Quen- Sheriff James Kennedy. From Green Brae station to the prison Hoff occupled a seat between the driver of the stage and the officer. Hoff had nothing to say. He was hand- cuffed and uninteresting, and as he | walked toward the entrance of the prison he approached a score of guards who had | been attracted to the spot out of curi- osity. He was led to Captain Edgar's office and registered. Then he was taken to the photograph gallery, where his pict- ures were taken—one with his hat off and another with his hat on. After this he was put into the bathtub and instead of his civilian garb was given a suit of stripes with the number 17694 printed thereon. As the light was hardly suffi- cient for further photographing, Hoft was led away to Murderers’ Row, whera he was placed in the cell occupied by Owens, the Stanislaus murderer, whe will be executed Friday, May 20. ————e———————— MAHER WANTS SHARKEY. The National Club Received a Dis« patch to That Effect last Evening. It was stated yesterday that after Jef. fries had finished with Mexican Pete he would depart immediately for the East, where he had other engagements of im- portance to attend. Billy Delaney, the manager of Jeffries, said his charge would meet Peter Maher and Gus Ruhling in the East, and that the Maher-Jeffries fight was booked for May 20 at Syracuse, N. Y. Delaney was evidently stretching a point when he made this latter state- ment, or in other words, he may feel dis« posed to rush his man away from meet- ing Tom Sharkey, the bold sailor lad, who stated before the Jeffries and “Mexican Pete” match was consummated that rather than miss an opportunity to prove to Jeffries that he was not a g%uker of solid punishment, he (Sharke: would flip a coin for the choice of clubs, viz., the Olympic or National. It will be remembered that Sharkey | favored the National Club and Jeffries the Olympic Club, and as neither man wofild consent to fight outside of his choice of clubs, Sharkey finally agreed to decide the question by a flip of a coin, which Delaney’s coming champion re- fused. According to the following dispatch, which was received by the National Club last evening from M. Connolly, the backer | and manager of Peter Maher, it does not seem as If Jeffries had had an under- standing with Maher, relative to a fight in New York in May or in any other month. The message reads: Managers National Athletic Club, San Fran- cisco: Am offered §12.000 by the Syracuse Club for a fight between Maher and Sharkey. Wil f you can give the same. ey 5 M. CONNOLLY. The National Club managers said last evening that they will not offer a purse to any one of the fighters, and that if Maher is willing to journey to this city they will give 60 per cent of the gross re- ceipts for a match between Sharkey and Maher. Sharkey is seemingly anxious to fight Maher, Jeffries or any other man for the creentage stated, but it is doubtful if Maher will accept any offer unless he is guaranteed a_block and tackle by which he pull down the winner’s end, win or lose. In case Jeffries shall defeat Mexican Pete Sharkey has stated that he is ready to deposit any sum from $1000 to asa side wager that he will whip the man from Oakland in less than ten rounds, and if notJeffries can take the side wager and the entire purse. The San Francisco Athletic Club will give an entertainment this evening. W. B. Dirks and J. Firet will box for the bantam championship; J. Granfield and C. Dixon will box for the featherweight championship; G. Bates and G. Koster will box for the heavyweight champion- ship. A. Greggains and F. McConnell will give a four-round exhibition-contest. On Friday evening the Excelsior Ath- letic Club will entertain its members and the event of the evening will be an eight- round bout between Billy Otts of the Excelsiors and Hugh Dougherty of Chi- cago. —_——————— LGALIFORNII\ CATTLE BARRED BY ARIZONA. Livestock Sanitary Board ‘Refuses to Permit Herds to Cross the Line. PHOENIX, April 5—The Livestock Sanitary Board of Arizona has been in session all day considering the proposition of the admission of California cattle, as permitted in a recent modified order of the United States authorities. Arizona cattle are reported to be in the best of condition and the board, fear.ng the im- portation of Texas fever, declined posi- tively to issue the order sought. Dr. Norton, Territorial veterinarian, is instructed to proceed to California, there to investigate the condition of the thou- sands of sheep now being shipped from the southern counties of the State into the northern part of the Territory. If | the disease is found in the bands sheep also will be quarantined against. ——e————— In Ireland there are 2,830,000 acres of bog iand. LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. Tuesday April 5. Schr_John D. Tallant, Hoffland, 9 days from | Port Blakeley. Stmr North Fork, Rash, 25 hours from Eu- reka. 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