The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 7, 1898, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1898. T THE DOCTOR'S SECRET WEN WITH I Inventor Lee Has Not Been Seen For Years. Made Damascus Steel by a Method Discovered by Him. Mrs. Kelly Gave Up Her Ranch for a Big Block of the Stock. SUED FOR HER PROPERTY. Fourteen Years the Supreme Decides Against Her. Court Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 93 Broadway, April 6. teresting suit which has been In for fourteen years and which times proved of great in- ) Alameda and Contra Costacoun- led by the Supreme Court famous suit of Kelly which involves the sesrets of of making the celebrated eel, the manufacture of rally considered to be a lost . Lee, one of the sicians of this city, a rel- of Virginia, a man of ments and of an ex- started a series of their object the of making that 1 as Damascus steel. d much labor ng a small quan- experimental works at he produced was s and experts and was ul e best quality of steel 8 k made a few bars of it “ ) den s strument ve them t and t greed that it made at could possibly t no such steel their notice. used instruments | was Dr. Christen- ), another doctor in 10 still adhere to ry. all of hismoney Lee was unab r without financial cess of his Work wa a Mr. he necess at once built funds and Martinez a manufact of the steel. t the land onwhich their pl and incorporated, after whic posing arket. the plaintiff in in ) imbued with at she did not at Kelly 1, took or her stock. eager to obtain the stock, w old at its vh cash Kelly took a P ufacture of t at theplant 1 stated to his friends ths Itogether too im yo presence at the Wi joyed him con- 8 or r. 1 1 2 ez and went to San ¥ - paid a few bills, made a te to much impo 1 utely dropped out of 5 n about fourteen y ie train to Santa Cruz, a t time to this nothing what- ev: n hearc im. s d carance with the aking the steel ock was not hing, brought suit t of exchange set ced her action over 1d the original co: Judge Catlinof Sau ater D. M. Delmas and Franklin P. Bull ntiff and the cas nd Messrs ted Judge Dwinella urt of San Fran- RO LA BT A m e attorneys for s bitterly fought t more because d than the mer- Owens died and the defendant, The in a verdict for the was reversed by the Court, which ordered a new trial. the argument was made in the the attorneys, Dwinelle re dead and the case was urrett McEnerney. f this city and Welles ered the case, which was rety tinez before Judge Jones. It was again decided against the defendant, Owens, and was once more taken to the Supreme Court. That tri bunal in an opinion written by Judge M Farland reversed the judgment and granted defendant a new trial. A motion de for a rehearing by Attorney vhich was granted, and the case vgued before the Supreme bank. Yesterday they affirmed the department decision, giving defendant new trial, and this virtually decides ase in_favor of the defendant, be- the decision touches on a point hich prévents a new trial. It states i much as the suit was an action ding of a contract, there been an offer to rescind made act was commenced. As s not done, the attorneys for the efendant claim they have won thelr case ise ervals regular searches have been to discover the pre but so far nothing has . been of the Melrose experimenter since he Santa Cruz train over Estaba Asks for Delay. OAKLAND, Apjril 6.—Joaquin Estaba urprised the court this mornin~ when was arraigned for the murder of tes, the tamale man, by ‘ase be continued for a able him to ‘secure an at- As he confessed to the crime at time, the court questioned him closely 5 ability to secure fungds for an His only answer was tha. he 4 friends, who he hoped would help m. Juuge Ellsworth finally consented » o week's continuance, with the under- & that he would appoint an at- for Estaba should he not secure one by t time. ‘W. W. Foote Has Gastric Fever. OAKLAND, April 6.—W. W. Foote Is 1 to his bed with an attack of gas- er, and Dr. D. D. Crowley has for- one being admitted to his nt home Friday night com- not been out since. Dr. cannot get out for two He was engaged in mage suit now beine heard * Ogden, but his partners have welled to handlethe case alone. Alameda Cars on Washington Street. OAKLAND, April 6—Switches have had | Lee had indeed | sence or fate of | been placed on Fourteenth street, near Broadway, and in the near future the Oakland Transit Company, successors of the Realty Syndicate, will run the Ala- meda cars from Broadway to Washington street, op Sixth, thence to Fourteenth and Broadway. Ther~ they will switch across and run back again. Transfers will be issued to all lines crossed belonging to the Oakland Transit Cor-pany. The company is putting in a large amphitheater at Oakland Park, formerly known as Blair Park, and will enlarge the dancing pa- vilion and orchestra platform. The reg- ular Sunday afternoon concerts will be resumed at Leona Heights Sunday. —_——e———— MR. MILLER HAS FRIENDS. Good Roads Association Petition for His Retention in Office. OAKLAND, April 6.—At a meeting of the executive committee of the Good Roads Association of Alameda County, last night, Seth Mann introduced the fol- lowing resoluuons which were adopted unanimously: Whereas, The most important office under the municipal government which concerns the con- struction and repair of the streets is the office of the superintendent of streets; and, whereas, the incumbent of that office, M. K. Miller, has proved himself in the past to be one of the best, most_honest, able and efficient superin- tendents of streets it has ever been the good fortune of Oa to possess; and, whereas, is eminently to the advantage of a city to n of tried and proved effi- ince their capacities must ence; and, therefore, the men from office cannot fall to ent to the community; therefore, , That the Good Roads Assoclation ty most cordially indorse the s superintend- Oakland, and re- request of the Board of Public Works the interest of the city and in behalf | use of good roads and good streets nd the honest and efficient administration of | this important office, they cause to be retained therein the incumbent, M. K. Miller; and, be it | further | | Resolved, That the secretary of this assocla- | tion_be instructed to forward a copy of the | resolutions to the Board of Public Works. ———— | | TECHNICAL FIGHT BEGUN. Demurrer to the Indictment Charg- ing Harry Thomas With Crime. OAKLAND, april 6.—Harry W. Thomas, secreta., of the Board of Public Works, and son of Mayor Thomas, appeared in Judge Ellsworth’'s court this morning to plead on the indictment returned by the Grand Jury for suvornation of perjury, but his attorneys wemurred to the indict- ment, and the case was continued until next Wednesday at 10 o’clock. IE CLATMS A BIG FORTUNE William F. Barker Needs but Two Certificates of Proof. Inherits Through = Brother Who Died Missouri. Has Just in Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | %08 Broadway, April 6. A certificate of his mother’s marriage and one of his own birth are all that stand between William F. Barker of this | city and an English estate of large pro- | This is the story told by that | gentleman to-day, and he gave the par- | portions. ticulars in the most minute detail. This good for! the death of his cousin, George T. Barker, at Jefferson City, Mo., three weeks ago. The deceased was the heir to the for- tune, and his cousin in this city asserts that he had made all proofs to the satis- WILL LET HIS WIFE BE FREE Young Mrs. Ainsworth Had to Flee at Night to Her Mother. Very Anxious for a Piano That She Says the Captain Gave to Her. The Aged Husband’s Story Puts the Girl Wife in a Very Peculiar Position. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway. April 6. It was decided to-day that the divorce suit of the Ainsworths should not be con- tested. The young lady will be permitted to obtain her divorce and the aged hus- band, old enough to be her grandfather, with a decade of years to spare, will not make any effort to prevent her from car- rying out plans which her correspond- ence shows she has already lald for the future. Captain George R. R. Ainsworth was many years ago a wealthy New York banker. Some of his speculations went wrong and.he gradually lost most of his possessions. With what little remained to him he came to the coast and has lived on Market street in this city many years. He has long been a widower and has two sons now in business in Oakland. About eighteen months ago Captain Ainsworth surprised his friends and rela- tives by taking to his house a young girl then little over 17 years of age named Ida Murphy and proclaiming that she was his wife. An investigation was nec- essary to satisfy his family that their father had committed any such peculiar act, but proof was forthcoming and they accepted the situation. According to the young lady’'s com- plaint for divorce they lived in moderate comestic happiness for about six months, after which they began to quarrel. Grad- ually, according to the allegations, the aged husband became more and more cruel, and on two occasions the girl wife says she was forced to flee to her mother, who lived close by the Ainsworths, for protection. In each instance she returned to_her husband. She also says she was | induced to marry him because he repre- | sented to her that he was well situated financially, and that he was in a posi- tion to educate her and bring her up in such a manner as befits the wife of a wealthy man. These promises have not been fulfilled, | but it is stated that on one occasion Cap- tain Ainsworth gave his young wife a very good piano, and she is very anxious that the court award her this gift. The piano and the decree of divorce will ap- tune comes to him through | faction of the Court of Chancery in Eng- | land, and the case had been settled in his favor. The London barrister, Sir Wil- liam Humphreys, attended to the legal work for the Missourian, and assured him before his death that he could step into possession of his estate whenever he saw fit to come to that country. But he never visited the domain which is now claimed under the English law of succession by | W. F. Barker. Mr. Barker starts away back in 1613 to trace his relationship to the estate. In that year a son of Sir John Barker, of Ireland, committed suicide, leaving the Barker estate. By a series of marriages which are fully set forth by Sir William Humphrey, the Davidson estate of Scot- | land and the Essex estate of England | have been consolidated and are now one. The Countess of Melrose married into the family, and should Barker and his oldest son die, the Melrose Tobacco Com- pany would be the next heir, through that marriage. But this is not likely to hap- | pen as Mr. Barker is pushing everything | to secure control of the estate. He says | he will have an attorney of San Fran- cisco attend to the legal points, but he is already in correspondence with Sir William Humphrey. The papers upon which it is claimed that George Barker made his proofs are in Los Angeles now, and will be turned over to his attorney on their arrival here. “The British Court of Chancery meets |in July,” said Mr. Barker, this afternoon, “and then we will know whether we can secure the estate without litigation. I was in England in 1887 and saw the do- main, and was told by Sir Humphrey that it was a very large one as well as valu- able. The matter had then just been taken out of the courts. We hope to avold going into chancery, which would | ruin_our chances of ever getting it in my lifetime. | “Until July I shall contain myself in patience, but when the whole matter is settled I expect to go at once to take charge of the estate. I want it under- stood that I have received nothing from the estate, nor will unless I get the whole.” Mr. Barker is a hard-working mechanic, living in North Oakland, with his wife and family. Should his hopes be realized, | the windfall will come at a most oppor- tune time, as he is nearing the age where making a living for his family is some- what of a hardship. | —_———————— OPPOSE A SEPARATION. | Bride of a Tugboat Marriage Does Not Want to Give Up Her Husband. OAKLAND, April 6—Angie Foster Church, by her general guardian Vauns M. Foster, has filed a demurrer to the | complaint of Mrs. Sarah Church, who seeks to have annulled the marriage ,2- tween her son, Albert T. Church, and Miss Foster, which took place outside the heads about a year ago. The girl-wife has retained Cary Howard and is going to ma.e a determined con- test. She has a baby to care for, and from all that can be ‘arned, her husband does not care to be separated from nis wife. ‘“he demurrer is on the ground that the complaint does not state suf- ficient facts to constitute a cause of ac- tion; that the court has no jurisdicuon of the action or person of defendant, and tnat the complaint is ambiguous, uncer- tain and uninte.ss.v.e, in that it is not stated therein nor can it be ascertained therefrom where or at what place the marriage took place, why or for what reason the marriage is not valid. A dis- missal of the suit is asked. —_——— Clement and Thomas. OAKLAND, April 6.—The Board of Police and Fire Commissioners was re- organized to-day, in acordance with the annual custom. Mayor Thomas nomi- nated City Engineer Clement. Mr. Dow declined to vote, and Clement voted .or himself. Mr. Dow said he desired to have nothing to do in the premises, and told the two members to vote for themselves. ‘When the Board of Works met this af- ternoon Mayor Thomas was re-elected president by the votes of himself and Mr. Clement. —_———— R. Pahl's $3 Shoes always on hand. Agency W. L. Douglas’ Shoes, 324 Kearny*. parently satisfy the young lady. There is, however, another side to this equinoctial romance. his possession some very interesting let- ters, certainly such letters as a dutiful young wife is not supposed to write. They are to young men, and in one of them there is_more than a suggestion that a trip to Portland, Or., would be a pleas- ant diversion from young Mrs. Ains- worth's routine life. These letters were | corralled by the captain_owing to the thoughtlessness of young Mrs. Ainsworth when she left for the last time her hus- band’s roof-tree. The captain says that | he does not consider it advisable to try and hold such a giddy Koung girl to her marriage vows when she shows such a strong desire to have them severed, and consequently in his answer he merely de- nies in a perfunctory way each and all of the allegations and will not be sorry when he is agajn free to commit matri- | mony. The captain is a dignified, well-edu- | cated, reticent man, and it has always been a surprise to his many friends how | he was led into this hasty marriage with Miss Murphy A HOUSE ROBBED. Oakland’s Fake Gas Inspector Trans- fers the Scene of His Opera- tions to Alameda. ALAMEDA, April 6.—For some time a rascal pretending to be a gas inspector has been operating in Oakland. His meth- od was to gain admission to a residence by pretending that he had been sent to and once inside he was usually not watched and had time to ransack the | rooms wherein he carried on his pretend- | ed inspection. Complaints to the police became so nu- | merous that the fellow apparently de- cided to transfer the scene of his opera- tions to Alameda, which he did this morn- ing, and succeeded in robbing a house of a purse containing $36 75, and also a gold watch. The residence in cuestion was that of W. B. Wellman at 1617 Central avenue. The bogus inspector called there early this forenoon and was admitted to the basement by a Chinaman. With- out sayirg anything to the Celestial he walked directly upstairs and remained | for some time, finally leaving by the front | door. Mrs. Wellman was in the house, but did not see or hear the intruder. About noon she had occasion to go to her room, when she found that her gold watch and a purse with $36 75 in it were gone. The police were at once notified, The Chinaman could not give a Very ac- curate description of the thief, but from what he said it is apparent that he is the same fake “inspector” who has been working Oakland. The same fellow also | called at several other places to-day, but S0 far as heard from stole nothing more. ————— HARBOURNE’'S ACCOUNTS. Expert Davis Will Not Make His Re- port to the Board Until Saturday. ALAMEDA, April 6.—It was expected that Expert Davis, who has been at work on the library accounts for some time in order to ascertain the facts with regard to the Harbourne matter, would have his report ready at last night’s meeting of the library trustees. He was not ready, however, but it was stated that he would probably hand in his report to Librarian ‘Weller on Saturday next, and accordingly a special meeting of the library board was called for Tuesday evening next. in orser to consider the report. The delay is said to have been due to the fact that so far the expert and Treas- urer Wheeler have not been able to get together and compare the warrants with the treasurer’'s accounts. The warrants that are said to have been manipulated were somehow sidetracked while the Grand Jury had the affair under consid- eration and never reached the expert until yesterday. —_—— SEWING TO BE TAUGHT. Girls in the Public Schools to Re- ceive Instructions in the Useful Art. ALAMEDA, April 6.—At a meeting of the Board of Education last evening a committee of ladies was in attendance and urged upon the board the project of establishing classes in the schools for the purpose of teaching the girl pupils how to sew. t was pointed out that this was a very necessary accomplishment, and that many pupils did not receive instruc- tion at home, while having no time to attend a regular sewing school. The committee offered to stand all the ex- pense mnecessary for establishing the class, and upon this showing the board voted to allow the instruction to be given. It is proposed to have two lessons each week, of half an hour duration in the {ugher grades and twenty minutes in the ower. —_——— A Narrow Escape. ALAMEDA. April 6.—There was a nar- The captain has in inspect the gas burners in the house, | | | ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. | row eccug; from a fatal fire at the rooms of J. J. McDonald, on Park street, near the postoffice today. The infant son of Mc- Donald was playing near a coal oil stove when_its clothes caught fire. Mrs. Mc- Donald screamed for help and several neighbors rushed in. They quickly ex- tinguished the fire on the child’s clothes, and it was not badly burned. The tank of the oil stove in some way also caught fire, and one of the men who came to the rescue threw it out of the window. In the meantime an alarm was given and the department turned out, but there was nothing for it to do. No damage was done and the child was not seriously in- Jured. Alameda News Notes. ALAMEDA, April 6.—J. C. B Al Morgenstern have been elw?:;ld:fid- gates from Halcyon Parlor, of this city, to the Grand Parlor of the Native Sons at Nevada City. The Encinal Literary Socisty will hold an open meeting at the Congregational church parlors to-morrow nlgfi{e An in- terestir~ programme has been prepared. WRANGLE AMONG REFORMERS. Professor Plehn and Local Single Taxers Wage Wordy War. BERKELEY, April 6.—Professor C. C. Plehn of the State University and local single taxers are engaged in a spirited controversy. The dispute grew out of a statement recently made by Professor Plehn, in a lecture at the university, to the effect that it was the purpose of the single tax to destroy, to a certain extent, at least, the receipts of the landowner. Ralph Hoyt, a prominent single taxer, took exception to the statement in the following sarcastic rejoinder: .« “It seems strange that a high-salaried professor of political economy in a great State institution of learning cannot dis- tinguish between destroying ground rent and taking it for public purposes; or, see- ing the difference, that he will not admit it.” It he cannot or will not do that much toward making the institution useful, the question naturally arises: What is he there for?” Professor Plehn retorts that it {s useless to argue with the single tax men, as “they invariably follow the advice given to young lawyers: hen you have no case abuse your opponents,’’ and, in conclusion, characterizes the proposai of the single taxers as follows: “The single tax is not a practical pro- posal for tax reform, unless we first ad- mit the desirability of the social and eco- nomic revolution which these people de- sire to accomplish. I have therefore al- ways confined my study of taxation to the sufficlently difficult question of what is the best mode of taxation under the present economic organization, with prop- erty as it now is. ow taxation should be under another system {s a question as remote as would be the question of tax- ation in the planet Mars.” MERCILANTS ASK 4 GENERAL HOLIDAY “Tunnel Day” atthe RaceTrack to Be Made an Event of Importance. The Exchange Has Outlined a Plan That Should Insure Big Re- ceipts. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, April 6. If the tunnel road which is planned to connect Alameda and Contra Costa coun- ties be not soon bullt it will not be the fault of the Merchants’ Exchange or of | President Williams of the race track. The “Tunnel Road Day" at the race track has not yet been set, but will be agreed upon this week. The committée of the Merchants’ Ex- change has made the following report There {s no time to be lost. Preparations should be made at once. As soon as the day is | announced by Mr. Willlams, tickets should be | Then the Mayor should be | ready for sale. asked to declare it a legal holiday. Proprietors of stores, factories, mills and shops should be asked to close their places of business. The ladies of the Ebell Society and all other ladies" organizations should be asked to participate. The Labor Exchange and all other organiza- tions, the Acme, Reliance, Turners, Young Men's Institute, Young Men's Christian Asso- clation and_Good Roads Association, and all other societies which have not been heretofore mentioned should consider themselves invited from Berkeley, Alameda, San Leandro and the Test of the county, as well as Oakland. San Francisco ‘can also afford to donate handsomely, for it will open a pleasure drive for her people and the many tourists stopping at her hotels. A four-in-hand drive with an easy grade that will bring them to the top of Mount Diablo is pronounced by those Who have been witnesses that a sunset or a sunrise at that particular spot is worth half of a person's life. This certainly ought to be a great inducement for San Francisco to assist. If this plan, as pictured, is carried out, there can be little doubt that the amount re- quired for building the tunnel can be raised in 4 day, and no one will be any poorer, and the §1 invested will bring interest at the rate of 100 per cent. Last, but not least, the press must be asked to assist, for it lies in their power to make success perfect. Your committee knows that the press has been in the lead for years, pointing out the benefits which would be de- rived in both counties by closer communication and better roads. All of our local and also the San Francisco papers have furnished editorials time and again and your committee asks the gentlemen kindly to keep it up. Had His Thumb Broken. BERKELEY, April 6.—“Dick” Mott, '99, the substitute catcher of the varsity baseball nine, had the bone of his right thumb broken this afternoon while catch- ing off the bat. As a result of the blow the bone was driven clear through the flesh. Mott was taken to the gymnasium to have his hand attended to. He will be unable to play any more this season. His forced withdrawal will leave nobody to take Mein's place behind the bat in case of an accident to the latter. Berkeley News Notes. \BERKELEY, April 6.—There will be a review and inspection of the cadets at the university next Monday morning at 11:15. Captains Cralg and Wigmore will command_the two battalions and Lieu- tenants Budd and Eastman will act as adjutants. Major Loyve H. Miller will act as’ lieutenant-colonel. The semi-annual supper of the college Y. M. C. A. was held this evening at Stiles Hall. Over 100 students were pres- ent. Brief speeches were made by Pro- fessor E. B. Clapp and others. A meeting of the Athletic Association will be held on Friday morning at 11:15 in Stiles Hall for the purpose of “jollying up” the baseball players in anticipation oF the game against Stanford Saturday, wh:ch is the first of the intercollegiate series. The university basketball team to-day defeated a team of young ladies from the Mission Branch Y. M. C. A., San Fran- cisco, by a score of 10 to 1. The Berkeley girls are training systematically and practicing songs and yells for their game with the Nevada University girls next Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Odd Fellows’ Hall, San Francisco. The April number of the University Magazine appeared to-day. It contains ar- ticles by Professor Isaac Flagg on “The Translation Habit,” and by W. H. Gor- rill ’95, on “Harvard as a State Univer- sity.” The magazine, with this issue, be- comes the official organ of the associated alumni of the university. The university tennis tournament for the doubles will be held next Saturday morning at the Madison Courts, Oak- land. éallfurnla. representatives for the intercollegiate tournament will be chosen. On Friday evening the various _hristian Endeavor societies of the Berkeley Union Will hold a social at the First Congrega- tional Church. The following newly elect- ed officers of the union will be installed: President, H. O. Woodworth: vice-presi- dent, W. M. Martin; secretary, Miss Ruth Engle; treasurer, A. W. Naylor. ——— Sued for Legal Services. J. B. Skinner, assignee of the claim of John H. Dickinson, commenced suit yes- terday against the Pacific Fruit Company to recover a balance of §1282 10, claimed to be due for legal services rendered. WWWWWWWcccoccococaéc&cccccoocccccoccccocccccccccccc GARDNER HAS TOLD TWO ROMANCES The Ex-Police Clerk Isin a Very Tight Box. Inspector Maloon Relates His Experience of a Year Ago. To Several People Gardner Has Denied His Latest Testimony. WAS THOMAS’ DEFENDER. A Development of the City Hall Scandals That Savor of Con- spiracy. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, April 6. The Grand Jury now has to deal with many suggestions of perjury and unless appearances are very deceptive Harry Thomas will soon have company in so far as being indicted is concerned. The latest story, which was partly told to the Grand Jury before it ad- journed and which will be completed to-morrow, is that of License Inspector Maloon, whose testimony flatly contra- dicts some of the stories credited to Charles E. Gardner, ex-clerk of the Chief of Police. ' ‘he matter concerns the loans and subscriptions said to have been engineered in the interest of Mayor Thomas by Gardner. In an interview published Sunday Gardner said: The next morning I went to the Mayor’s office and told him of my conversation with Wilds. He said that it was true that he was very hard up, and that if the boys were willing to put up something for him he could not S&Og them. I asked the Mayor what he thought would be a fair subscription. He replied that the men could subscribe ac- cording to their salaries. Then the Mayor said: *I think you are just the one to take this subscrip- tion in hand; a man can put his name down for what he pleases.” The Mayor then wrote the pre- amble to_the subscription list, as Imar as I can remember, as fol- ows: ‘““We, the undersigned, in view of the contest filed by John L. Davie over the recent election, the cost of which contest will fall on Mayor Thomas, coming, as it does, on top of a long spell of sickness, with doctors’ bills to pay, an with the full knowledge and con- sent of said Mayor Thomas, do hereby subscribe the amounts set opposite to our names.” The Mayor handed me the pre- amble and I reduced it to type- writing and presented it to Chief of Police Lloyd. He put his name down for $100 and 1 signed for $50. I then took it to Henry Maloon, License Collector, who was ap- ointed by Thomas, but he re- used to subscribe. I spoke to Cap- tain of Police Sam Mitchell about it, and he said the thing was an outrage and he would mot sub- scribe. Finally Chief Lloyd came to me and said the thing was in- judicious, and told me to Stop cir- culating the petition. The next day the Mayor came to me and asked me what I had done. I told him what oraers the chief had given me, and he said he guessed it was right. I then gave the Mayor $i0 in cash as my share of the subscription. Shortly after Dr. Fall came into my office and read the subscription list, as it lay on my desk. At the time I pledged him = to secrecy. Subsequently Chief Lloyd destroyed the sub- scription list. 5 In August, 1897, Mayor Thomas again came to me and asked for a loan of §200. I told him that I did not have the money and he asked me to dig it up among the boys. He said he held a block of mining stock he was about to lose and he could not get the money at the bank. He wante. me to go to Chief Lloyd to get the loan. I de- clined. He wanted to know if I “knew any police officers who had money. told him Police Officer ‘Woods had meney. The Mayor said: “You borrow $200 from Woods and_give him your note for ninety days at 10 per cent. Then I will make out a note to you and Harry and myself will sign it. You _get loy to sign our note.” I began to talk loud n the hallway, saying Woods would not give me the money, when the Mayor replied: “Flush— somebody will hear you; I will get the money elsewhere.” A few days later the Mayor came to me and wanted me to give up $10, but T did not have the money. In October, 1897, the Mayor rushed into my office, just after I had col- lected my salary. He said he was very hard up and wanted $25 for a day or two. I said: *“Mayor, 1 am hard up and can’t let you have it unless you promise to pay me back.” He promised, and I gave him the money, and then he rushed out of the office. He has not paid me back, and I propose to sue him next week. In the meantime Harry Thomas borrowed $0 from Police Officer Phillips, and the lat- ter chased him for the money for [*] g 8 | g g | E end. g ‘When this story was first told some weeks ago Gardner was interviewed by the Oakland Tribune and on March 25 the following appeared in that paper: Rumors of other requested loans have been in circulation on the streets to-day, one of the principal ones being that Charles Gardner, clerk of Chief of Police Lloyd, had gone around with a subscription list in the interests of the Mayor. Gardner was indignant when spoken to in regard to the matter, and made an emphatic denial. “I have paid the Mayor néthing,’; he said, “and I have loaned him nothing. He has never spoken to me of money matters, and I know of no one to whom he has. I know abso- lutely nothing of any money trans- actions in which the Mayor is inter- ested. I have never bought shares in a mine from the Mayor or any agent of his, and I did not know that he had anything to do with a mine. This is the first I have heard of any sub- scription list, and I am just as un- familiar with the business affairs of Harry Thomas as I am with those of his father.” Before the Grand Jury Gardner, it is said, substantiated the story told by him to the newspapers. “Gardner has prevaricated hugely,” The fac-simile signature of is on every wrapper of CASTORIA said License Inspector Henry Maloan to-night, “and I am going to prove it. He came to me one morning after I was appointed and said, ‘Maloon, I have a subscription I want you to sign.’ We went into the office and Gardner showed me a typewritten copy of a subscription list that he had pre- pared, and it was signed by Chief Lloyd and Gardner for $25. I asked him: ‘Gardner, does the Mayor know anything about this business?’ ‘No, he does not,” was the reply, ‘but that is all right.” ‘Did he suggest this?" I next asked. ‘No, Chief Lloyd and I decided that as we owed our positions to him that it was but fair that we should help sustain the contested election against ex-Mayor Davie’ ‘Well’ I replied, ‘don’t you have anything more to do with it until T have seen the captain (Thomas). I am as near him as any one, and I know that if he wanted any help he would let his Republican friends know it. You are a Populist holding office under a Republican ad- ministration. To do this will put you in a bad light.’ ‘Oh, well if you don't think it is right,” he said, ‘we will drop the whole thin I went to see the Mayor, but he was out. That afternoon 1 did see him and told him what was being done. He said: ‘Who authorized any such work? I never did. When- ever I want any help I am able to ask for it. I did not even know that such a thing was contemplated.” “I then tried to see Gardner, but did not find him until I was going into the police station the next morning. I said, ‘Charley, the Mayor does not want that subscription list to go any further.” “‘Oh, I dropped that at once when you spoke about it,’ he said. “That is the story I told the Grand Jury yesterday and to-morrow I will go back and present this statement of the reporter who quoted Gardner on the 25th of March. He will swear to the truthfulness of that. This matter is not nearly so one-sided as the pa- pers have made it appear.” A few days prior to the publication referred to by Mr. Maloon, John Wilds was asked about the matter by another reporter ‘and said he had never heard of the subscription list and that all the talk about it was ridiculous. ————— Oakland News Items. OAKLAND, April 6.—The Unitarian church has been granted permission to mortgage its property for $20,000 at 7 per cent interest, to pay off a mortgage uue. The West Oak.and Improvement Club discussed the proposed Twelfth-street ex- tension and wharf proposition last even- ing. They desire to see it a reality in the near future. “The Mysterious Mr. Bugle” will be presented at the Macdonough Theater on Thursday night by John Holland and an excellent company. It is a comedy which will please many of the patrons c the house. Police Sergeant John Morrison had to search the hold of a barge in the dark last night to secure Charles Haggerty, wanted on a warrant for petty larceny. ‘While there he found Johanna Keefe. and took her in on a charge of vagrancy. Haggerty pleadr guilty to-day. Special Services to Close. OAKLAND, April 6.—The special meet- ings which have ueen conducted for the past three weeks at the First M. E. Church will close with to-morrow’s serv- ices. In the afternoon Mr. Yatman will speak upon the theme, *“The Story of Mr. Yatman's Preaching _to the Banished Lepers of Hawail and the Kaffirs of the South African Diamond Fields.” In the evening his theme will be, “What Comes ‘After Death?* (illustrated by chart). This Will be his last sermon here. —_———————— TO EXTEND STREETS SOUTH. Mission League Improvement Club Determined to.Better Its, Condition. A meeting of the delegates from the Missionand Potrero, Precita Valley, Cort- landavenue,James Lick and Wilmerding, Southern Heights and Holly Park Clubs took place at Maennerbund Hall, Potrero avenue and Twenty-fourth street on Tuesday for the purpose of takingdecisive action on the extending of Potrero ave- nue, Hampshire, York and Florida streets and also Bryant avenue from their pres- ent terminus at Twenty-sixth street to Army street; and also to urge the build- ing of the new County Hospital and the turning of the present site into a park. These were the principal questions dis- cussed, while at the same time other matters intending to better the condi- tion of that section of the city came in for a portion of the league's considera- tion. The matter of the creeping gait of the Mission-street cars as brought about by the interference of Mayor Phelan in his communication to Manager Vining on this subject, and which has proven to be so objectionable to the Mission residents, was acted on by a motion made by Stephen A. Byrn, president of the Precita Valley Club, requesting that the former schedule of eight miles an hour be re- stored to all cars running into the Mis- ion. 2 The all important matter of having an outlet from the center of the city to San Mateo County via Potrero avenue came | in for the major portion of the evening’s discussion. The law and the policy of having this done brought out all the eloquence of the speakers. Chairman T. B. Slevin and Secretary J. B. Vizzard managed, however, to keep the run of things pretty well and strengthened the league by adding the following delegates to the role: From the James Lick and Wilmerding Club, J. W. Felt, G. E. Merrill, J. W. Kerr, F. Hielms, J. E. Kipp, John Haskins, M. Welsh, R. Obert and J. M. Toner; from Precita Val- ley Club, J. J. Guilfoyle, W. McCaul and Frank Powers. One member from each club was ap- pointed as a committee to consider the proposed charter and report at the next meeting as to its worth as an organic law for this city. The proposition of making Potrero avenue a boulevard was hooted down as being a railroad job to prevent a compet- ing railroad from running in that direc- tion. It was suggested that either the Suttcr-street or the San Mateo Company would eventually extend its lines toward the south to San Mateo County. ADVERTISEMENTS. Annual Sales over 6,000,000 Boxes FOR BILIOUS AND NERVOUS DISORDERS such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach, Giddiness, Fulness after meals, Head- ache, Dizziness, Drowsiness, Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetite. Costiveness, Blotches on the Skin, Cold Chills, Dis- turbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams and all Nervous and Trembling Sensations. THE FIRST DOSE WILL GIVE RELIEF IN TWENTY MINUTES, Every sufferer will acknowledge them to be A WONDERFUL MEDICINE. BEECHAM’S PILLS, taken as direct- ed, will quickly restore Females to com- plete health. They promptly remove obstructions or irregularities of the sys- tem and cure Sick Headache. Fora Weak Stomach Impaired Digestion Disordered Liver IN MEN, WOMEN OR CHILDREN Beecham’s Pills are Without a Rival And_have the LARCEST SALE of any Patent Medicine in the World, 25c. at all Drug Stores, gg. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 5 KEARNY NT. Established in 1854 for the trentment of Privato Diseases, Lost Manhood. Debility or dh-euanwanrln( on bodyand mindand Skin Diseases. I') € Dr.J. F. el‘fi'fle: 1907, Sau Frauclsco. AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OF ELEGANT FURNITURE, Etc. ...April 8, 1898, FRIDAY . At 11 o'clock & m., 804 TURK BT., BET. FRANKLIN AND GOUGH. Magnificent Chickering Upright Plano, cost $450; Birdseye Maple Bedset, cost $65; White Halr Mattresses, elegant Rugs, solid Mahogany Center Tables, Chiffoniers, Couches, Folding- beds, Mirrors, Plctures, elegant assortment of select Dishes, Ornaments, etc., Stoves, Cook- ing Utensils and everything else requisite to fit up complete a neat nice home. Do not fall to attend this aiction at above date and place. FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, Auctioneer. AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER. Second and last week. ..« ANNA HELD... Presenting & new ldflflel of ;cn{!, including the original animated song sheet. In conjunction with the roaring farce, “A GAY DECEIVER.” EXTRA. BEGINNING NEXT MONDAY, APRIL 11 Hoyt's New Comedy Entitled A Stranger In New York. Presented by Hoyt & McKee's Own Company. A superb organization of clever comedians and pretty girls. | Sumptuously Staged and Beautifully Costumed, Sale of seats now going on. COLUMBIA THEATER. Two weeks—MATINEE SATURDAY. MR. JAMES A. HERNE. In his original creation of NATHANIEL BERRY, In his beautiful comedy drama SHORE ACRES! Coming—'"'NANCY HANKS.” CALIFORNIA THEATER. Wm. Jerome's Herald Square Comedians, Headed by MAUDE NUGENT, In the Uproariously Funny “arce, A Jay In New York, Latest musical hits. Clever specialties. EXTRA— NEXT SUNDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, The Famous Author-Actor EDWARD HARRIGAN And a select company, presenting his masterpiece OLD LAVENDER. All the original songs and music by Dave Braham. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE Walter Morosco.......Sole Lessee and Manager. Grand Production of Henry Pettit's Great Drama, HANDS ACROSS THE SEA! With a Powerful Cast and Realistic Scenio Effects. New Prison Scene, La Roquette, France. New Harbor Scene, Sydney, Australla. Great Ocean Steamship lasia; Beautiful Costumes and Good Comedy. Evening Prices ...... B 10, 25, 50 Matinees Satu rday and Sunday. Paris, bewildering, MLLE. be- From the Folies Bergeres, the beautiful, MANDO! | | E ELLIS, and others. S and EDWAR! STONE, GLISSANDOS, CHAS. T. Reserved Seats, 2S¢ Balcony, 10c; Opera Chairs and Box Seats, 50c. NEXT WEEK — Hyde's Comedians and Helen Mora. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE. MRS, ERNESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Manager To-night. By universal desire. Balfe’s romantic opera, THE BOHEMIAN GIRL! THE ALL-STAR CAST. Superb chorus and magnificent orchestra. THIS SATURDAY EVENING, OUR EASTER BURLESQUE, “SINBAD THE SAILOR.” Bright, Breezy, Brilllant. Grand Ballets, New Speclalties,” Novel Eccentricities, Musle, Merriment. ATS NOW ON SALE. IPOPULAR PRICES—25¢ and 50c. | | Mirth, No Telephone. ALCAZAR' MAIN 2?54. LAST FOUR NIGHTS. FAREWELL MATINEE SATURDAY. The Screaming Farce, --=-%“JANE! - - - SEATS BY PHONE Says_Good-Bve After Sunday Night. PRICES, lic, 2c, 3c, 6lc. Next Monday—The Spicy Farce, *“THE | STRANGE ~ ADVENTURES OF MISS | BROWN.” SHERMAN, CLAY & CO. HALL. MATINEES APRIL 13th and 15th. EVENING OF APRIL 14th, LITTLE PALOMA SCHRAMM. There is no other musical genius before the public either in Europe or America as truly great and wonderful as this dainty little $- year-old daughter of California. She holds her audience spellbound and creates irresist- bl dmiration. Salo of seats begins MONDAY NEXT 9 a. m., at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s, corner Sutter and Kearny sts. 1.00. Children 50c. Prices: 0 RACING! RACING! RACING! ——CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB— Winter Meeting, 1897-9. Beginning MONDAY, April 4, to April 16 Inclusiv, OAKLAND RACE TRAC: RACING MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. ———RACES START AT 2:15 P. M. SHARP.—— Ferry boats leave San Francisco at 12 m. and 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30 and 3 p. m., connect- ing ‘with train stopping at the entrance to track. Buy your ferry tickets to Shell Mound. Returning—Trains leave the track at 4:15 and 4:45 p. m.. and immediately after the last race. THOMAS H. WILLIAMS JR., Pres. R. B. MILROY, Secretary. EXHIBITION OF ANIMAL TRAINING From 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. Dally at the ZOO IN THE CHUTES. PROF. CANIAC'S PERFORMING JAGUAR 'AND LEOPARD, and a host of attractions! See the LIONS and the LAMB, Side by Side. Feeding of the Carnivora at 5 and 10:30 p, m. Open Daily from 10 a. m. to 11:30 p. m. 10¢ to All, including Zoo, etc.; Children, Sc. CHIQUITA receives afternoons and evenings. EL CAMPO, THE POPULAR BAY RESORT. Now open every Sunday during the season. Music, Dancing.” Bowling, Boating, Fishing and other amusements. prlee.. Fare, round Refreshments at ci including admission trip, Eca Children, 15c; o 5 to BNy e STEAMER UKIAH— ‘Wil leave Tiburon Ferry at 10:30 a. m., 12:1 2and 4 p. m. Returning, leave El Campo at 11:15 a. m., 1, 8 and 5 p. m. Corner of Mason and OLYMPIA__ Comarof thvun. America’s Most Beautiful Music Hell. THE MARTELLES, Trick Bicyclists; MLLE. ADE- DITA, Spanish Dancer: ( LIFFORD YACKEIN, Great DOLLY PAXTON, Baliadist, and Ten Others. MAE TUNISON, Operatic Selections. Grand Matinea Sunday. Admission Free.