The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 9, 1898, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1898. NO CHANCE T0 GET AT | | | | | THE TRUTH The Water Compa-i nies’ Hand in Local Politics. | Inspector Smith Does Not | Testify He ‘ as ‘ Swore. Ex-Mayor Chapman Kills the Coffin Case at the Start. FARCE IN A LAW COURT. | No Desire Now to Use “the People” in the Great Corporation Contest. | o B2 | | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, April 8. “I purpose to show that the Board of Health of the city of Oakland, and certain officers of the present city government, owe their appointment to the ac- tive influence of the Oakland ‘Water Company, and that these proceedings were instituted against Coffin by this water company; that for a long time prior to and after the present Board of Health was appoint- ed the Oakland Water Company was engaged in slandering the water of the Contra Costa Com- pany, and that this suit is sim- ply a put-up job of the company to hoodwink the people. I am showing-the animus in this suit. I am trying to show that the Bo Health is simply the tool of the Dingee people and that Inspector Smith is the ex- ecutive officer of the Board of Healt I don't say that the wate companies are hostile now. Oh, no, they are two souls utterly harmonious; but I pur- pose to show that at the time this complaint was filed there was deadly hostility exis tween the two watercompani; [ [ [ (] PR L DD Dol D Dl De ol Delele X ] (] [ () (A (] CO0000COOCOO00000000CQ0OCOCC0O0000CO Such was the opening statement of Mr. Chapman's “purposes” this morn- ing, but the prosecution did not pur- pose that Mr. Chapman should carry out Buch & VIEbrous Sraets within the past ninety days, a_decision has ut such a vigorous programme, and|peen ‘rendered by the Sup Court of this therefore the defendant was dism State which finally settles and dstermines the The' trial ot ithe Cbfn. cage! td ‘ oration mant, which - 2 2 aves outside of said pierhead | produced some peculiar testimony and | lin between them and the property of | Tn al Parcies < arry | Said corporation a wide strip of water which L. farcical manner. Harry | {83, 0i%d to e in public ownership. in, who represented the District| That said water front corporation and other ice on behalf of the people, | ribarian owners have the right, however, sub 5 2 2 “OP%€, | ject of course to Federal supervision, to con- had the thankless task of conducting a | struct I\har\fis out to sald first established prosecution in which the prosec plernead lines prosecutors | g i he corporation being the riparian own- did not care to prosecute. | The main witn for the people was Sanitary Inspector Smith, and had he been for the defense he could not have made a better witness. Mr. Smith stated that in the complaint as filed in court were allegations that he had never sworn to; that the complaint was inter lined after he had signea 1t, and that had he seen it or had it been read to him in the condition in which it was filed he would never have sworn to it. Ex-Mayor Chapman, who appeared for Coffin, turned Mr. Smith into a most excellent witness for the defendant, and the prosecution was at the very outset shown to have no case. Had the suit been tried at the time it was filed in the fall of last year, when the rival water companies were fighting for pat- ronage, it would have provoked a very warm contest. Now the companies hav- haken hands there is no longer the water of the other company is full | of microbes and pollution and conse- quently the Fanitary Inspector who owes his appointment to the Board of Health which owes its appointment to Mayor Thomas, who is commonly sup- | posed to have been helped in his elec- | tion by the water companies, certainly | has no object in testifying contrary to the wishes of those who keep him in of- fice. It was seen at the beginning that the | case was to be allowed practically to fall through, as only J. H. T. Watkin- son of the Contra Costa Water Com- pany, of all the prominent witnesses summoned, put in an appearance. He did not hurt the case one way or the | other, his testimony being mostly | stricken out after he had left the| stand. It was the intention of Mr. | Chapman to have produced evidence to | show that Attorney Herrin of the| Water Front Company came over here last spring, consulted with political managers and water company mana- gers as to how Oakland should be gov- erned during the coming administra- tion, but, owing to the evident desire | not to hurt anybody, his plans were | thwarted, and after the prosecution had put in its powerful side of the case it was so eminently favorable to the defendant that he was dismissed. Mr. Coffin was charged with willfully and all other kinds of ways polluting ® public water supply against all kinds of public health, peace, dignity and ®imilar civilrights. Theevidenceshowed that he had not polluted the wat- | ers, that there was no water to pollute; | | merely stated that 1t was | Miss Ida Murphy- re to prove on either side thatgqand ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. before making a bid for it, the committee appointed a subcommittee of one to as- certain if this could be raised by popular subscription. It is expected that 200 or 300 delegates will be in attendance. The fusion question will cause a fight, which will cause a lengthy convention. —_— e ——— A YOUNG WIFE FREE. Mrs. G. R. R. Ainsworth Awarded Her Piano and Also a Divorce. OAKLAND, April S.—Captain George R. R. Ainsworth was divorced from his girl-wife, and there will ve no sensational trial. The findings in the case signed by Judge Hall, were filed this a ternoon, and wered very brief. true that the defendant married Ida Murphy, that there were no children, that the charges of ex- treme crueity were sustained, and tound that judgment should be entered on be- Is half of the fair young plaintiff. The final finding, therefore, gives to for she is permitted to he .piano she 8 is said ribution of property. S0 gr about alimony or di: — e— RESCUED FROM HER MOTHER. Ruth M§er Saved by Mrs. Little Prescott of the Children’s Society. OAKLAND, April 8—Little Ruth Myer was taken from a house in Berke- ley last night by Mrs. Prescott of the Children’s Society. The child is but 2% years old, and her unnatural mother has left her all alone. Lillian Myer s been watched by the police for several weeks, and after a were found that she was not a n to have her child Mrs. Pres- cott notified and took away the child at night. The young mother returned after mid- night and found her child gone. She hunted up Mrs. Prescott in the early morning and tried to make when s of th but he discovered that vas known e con- oing to the Maria sented Kip Orphanage. A “JOKER™ MAY AR THE PETITION Attorney Davis Suspects a Re- quest of the C. C. Brock Company. On Its Face the Document Asks for a Change in the Lines of the Harbor. OAKLAND, April S.—Following is the petition to change the pler-head lines of the harbor that has been filed by the C. C. Brock Company with the Government engineers: The undersigned corporation, the C. C. Brock owner in sixteen Vessels en- stwise trade in and iCal. ised that the Government engi. s who establ laid out the ex plerhead lin inasmuch £ s 5 or, as the entire water front was at the nd location claimed by a h pierhead vate property mnation pro- cee That since said lin tablished, to-wit: er in sald harbor is about to subdivide and sell its water front holdings in which will invite and result in the construction of a great number of wharves and permanent improvements out to said pierhead lines and on both sides of said harbor. ' the construction of =uch wharves will greatly n w said harbor and render it a strip of of varylng width but averaging to some 800 feet only. That such narrowing will aid harbor, t will make towing in and out of said harbor ., and will prevent ships anchoring n_the stream, so increasing dock charges. That further, the selling and improving of said water front will largely increase the commerce of said port, while it will diminish the facilities for conducting such commerce, and that, too, in localities most used by com: merce. The imaginary lines now laid down in said harbor offer no obstruction to commerce, and | litigati struct estuar n having heretofore suspended the con n of wharves, the full has been and is to-day a mmerce as though formally which we, vyour petitioners, ate and secure before extensive im nts will render the same less easy, haps impossible, to effect. petitioners therefore pray dth of the aedicated ek to provi per Your that said harbor lines may be widened o as to include within the established pierhead lines all pub- lic lands or waters therein, and 8o prevent the construction of wharves beyond the line of private ownership and forever preserve to com- merce the full width of sald harb And your petitioners will ever pray. THE C, C. BROCK CO., By T. J. Shannon, Secretary. W. R. Davis of counsel for the city in the water-front suits thinks there is something underlying this petition and will attend the meeting of the 1Sth inst., at which it will be c idered. —_—— e ——— TO WAISE A REGIMENT. An Unknown Man of Wealth Who ‘Will Equip a Thousand Mourt- ed Infay try. ALAMEDA, April 8.—At the meeting of Company G last evening the announce- ment was made by a2 member that a wealthy gentleman o. San Francisco, who desired to keep his name a secret for the present, had devided to raise a regiment of a thousand men, which he proposed to arm and equip as mounted infantry at his own expense. He has gone East to obtain permission from the Government authori- ties at Washington to do this, and as soon as he has obtained the required au- thority he will proceed at once with tne enlistment of men. He has expressed a desire to raise one company in Alameda, and from the recep- .on accorded the proposition last evening romises to be an easy task to accom- The members of Company G of this city are enthusiastic and are ready to answer the call at any time to take the field against the Spaniards. Young Men’s Club. to-day | They | greatly increase the | cost of shipping from said harbor, inasmuch as | much used | ALL ANXIOUS - FOR HARMONY Young Men Republicans Seem Unable to Secure It. Much Regret Over the Little Unpleasantness at the Hall. Leaders Declare That the Affair Is Not Possessed of Any Official Significance. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, April 8. Five hundred young men, Republi- ‘cans. are walking around to-day talk- ;lng on the street corners and in public | places and trying to discover what is | meant by “harmonizing.” There is good reason for the discus- | slon. Last night there were two Re- publican Leagues. One was led by President Frank Bilger, the other by | President Pulcifer. To-day there are all the way from four to six clubs, Murray Laidlaw having developed into a leader, while there are other fac- tions under disputed leaderships. For a year the young men Republicans have been misunderstanding each |other. A week ago one branch, consist- | ing of about 850 members, organized | and elected Mr. Bilger. Last night Harry Pulcifer, who was president of an original Republican League, sent out invitations to all the members of ‘all the young men’s Republican leagues | to attend his meeting at Fraternal | Hall. | The response to his invitations over= came by about 350 his most sanguine | expectations. The word was passed around among the members of the Bil- ger League to turn out in force, and | they did so. | Mr. Pulcifer called the meeting to order, but had no sooner done so than there was some kind of a misunder- standing between himand Murray Laid- law, each of them having some sup- port. The 350 opponents to the Pulcifer League had all gone there in the inter- ests of harmony. The meeting had no sooner com- menced than the harmony began to work. A party from the audience jumped up on the platform and there was a mix-up. Scme heavy blows were struck, Bert Swan figuring in one little contest, while some innocent members ran their noses against fists without any intention of doing so on their part. Mr. Cal Ewing made an attempt to speak in favor of harmony, but just i at this juncture somebody received a blow on the face that knocked him backward and there was a crash, fol- lowed by the hissing of escaping gas. One of the chandeliers in the hall had been knocked down and confusion fol- lowed. Finally J. W. Stetson of the | opposition tried to make a speech, but while he was doing so policemen at- tracted by the rioting went into the hall and compelled the harmonizers to disband. Much regret is expressed to-day over the event, and it is acknowledged on all hands that it would have been bet- ter for the Bilger League, having al- | ready claimed to be the genuine Young Men’s Republican League, to have ignored Mr. Pulcifer’'s meeting alto- gether. As it is, both sides have suf- fered. The Bilger League has suf- fered in prestige, while the Pulcifer League has been proved to be greatly in the minority. The officers of the Bilger League, including A. H. Breed, its president, regret the incident and declare that had not Mr. Pulcifer sent out his invitations the members would not have attended. The matter to-day is being discussed with more interest even than the Span- ish complications, and it is prognosti- cated that a few individuals who took a prominent part would have better for their political interests remained away. OAKLAND WINS THE DEBATE. Second Forensic Contest Between the Berkeley and Oakland High Séhools. BERKELEY, April 8—The Oakland High School won the second inter-high school debate between Oakland and Berkeley at Shattuck Hall, Berkeley, to- night. The question for debate was, “Re solved, That the Steam Railroads of the United States Should Be Owned and Op- | erated by the United States.” The | Berkeley High School, which had the af- | i was represented by Harry A. E. Woods and Leon Mar- | tin. For the negative were the Oakland { High School debaters—Winfield H. Dorn, | Louis A. Roseberry and Ben w. Reed. , . Dungan, president of the Berke- forum, made the opening L | ley High School address. Ray McCargar, president of the | Oaklana High School Senior Debating | Socie responded. The judges of the de- | Date were Professor Thomas R. Bacon of | the Unjversity of California, Judge S. P, Hall of Oakland and Horace G, Platt of San Francisco. The committee of arrange- | ments in charge of the debate consisted | of the following: Loring I. Barker, uouis | Cling, Harry A. Jonnson, Edward A. Spencer, Clifton Knoll and Winfleld M. | Dorn. e | Garbage Crematory to Move. OAKLAND, April 8.—Steps have been taken to remove the plant of the Oak- e Crematory from its present Peralta and Twenty-eighth stre corporation proposes to con- tinue its fight to secure the exclusive contract to dispose of the city’s garbage. It recently paid the $300 due the city as the second Ins Iment on the bonus of- fered. It pre s to try to secure a franchise in Alameda and in that event it will locate the plant on the marsh between two cities, Harbor Dredging to Begin. OAKLAND, April 8—Actual work upon the dre g of the Oakland harbor below Webster-street bridge, for which a con- tract amounting to $101,500 has just been let, will begin for ‘four - weeks vet. | The dredger which IS to do the work is at present in Vallejo on a Government | job ana will not leave it until finished | or the other one is repaired sufficiently | to replace it. ALAMEDA, April 8.~The Young Men’s | A MEMORIAL TO BISHOP KIP. that if there had been any water it|Club of the Presbyterian church of this was not supplied to the people of the city is a healthy and growing organiza- city of Oakland, although it might have | got into the pipes in some manner, and it was also proved that Mr. Coffin was not the lessee of the premises, and that | if a nuisance consisting of misdemeanor charged had been main- | tained, it was maintained by John| Avala, who is a tenant .of Coffin’s, and | that therefore the allegations in the complaint did not in any way concern the man who had been arrested and cuted. | Such is the fate of the case which | was begun by one of the water com- | panies and which both of them were anxious to quash when it came to trial. Their anxiety was quickly relieved. —_———— Evening Classes Commencement. OAKLAND, April 8.—The annual com- mencement exercises of the evening edu- cational department of the Young Men's Christian Association will be held in the Auditorfum of their building on Twesday ‘ening next. The teachers and students will have a social gathering afterward in the dining-rooms. The classes in electric- ity htmkkeerlng and mechanical drawing passed the international examina- tlons, and will receive the certificates is- Sued by that body. Populist State Convention. OAKLAND, April $.—The matter of in- viting the State Populist Convention to hold its session in this city was discussed by the Populist County Central Com- mittee last evening. It will require about 3400 or 600 to entertain the gathering. and tion, and at last nigh.s meeting it was decided to take steps for the acquirement and fitting up of athletic grounds for the use of the members and those of kindred organizations. A b seball park will be the high | fitted up and other accommodations for | sports of various kinds provided. Alameda News _lotes. ALAMEDA, April 8—James Monroe Council of the Junior Order of American Mechanics gave an entertainmént last ev- ening at Linderman Hall, which was | well attended. Attorney R. B. Tappan will leave for Akron, O. to-morrow to look after the estate to which he has just fallen a par- tial heir. Elaborate Easter programmes will be rendered in most of the churches in this city on Sunaay. Some very good music ised. & hr::?es Hammond of the electric rail- way service is suffering from blood poi- soning in one of his hands, the result of running the sharp point of a pencil into some_ume ago. ‘f‘t‘:\%" K. Dodson of the Unitarian h will leave for the East and Eu- 53.‘3{%.1 Tuesday next and will reutrn in the latter part of October. The Leota, now being built for the Alaska trade in the back yard of the resi- dence of D. G. McKenzie, on Clinton ave- nue, in this city, will be launched next Thursday at high tide. DIED. —In this city, Friday, April 8, 1598, Will- Kfl(r:nfl.r., beloved son of the late Joseph Koch and cousin of Frederick, Jacob, Lena and Mrs. J. Elizabeth, a native of San Francisco, aged 28 years 11 months 4 days. =, = (2% afi 05 -0 | [ 1=c=| |Afe.omew feiio a37eg ] Window for the Chancel (=] very handsome stained-glass window work of art has been provided. morial of the first Episcopal Bishop of the art to be found anywhere. ture. much ceremony. Glass Works. EXU | of the Good Samaritan Mission. The handsome chapel of the Cathedral Mission of the Good Samaritan at Second and Folsom streets is to be further adorned by the addition of a for the chancel, which will be un- veiled on Easter morning, April 10. Through the thoughtful kindness and liberality of Mrs. Colonel Baldwin of New Haven, Conn., a relative of the Rev. W. I Kip Jr., who is minister in charge of the mission, this fine Appropriately the window will be a me- of California. The window is in every way worthy of the distinguished prelate whom it commemorates and in beauty of color and design will be surpassed by but few other specimens The subject of the illumination is healing the sick and is an almost perfect copy of Hoffmann’s famous pic- The unveiling of ¢he window on Easter morning will be marked with The execution of the window was intrusted to the United Christ THRASHED HIS WIFE'S LOVER Rajas Found Astonin His House Christmas Day. Quickly Acquitted of Battery He Will Soon Get a Divorce: The Visiior Was Caught Hugging and Kissing the Deiendant's Wite. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, April 8. Many of the leading Portuguese res- | idents at Alvarado were in Judge Hall's courtroom to-day to hear and testify in the divorce case brought by Guada- lupe Rajas against his wife, Refugio A. Rajas. The parties to the suit are| well known in the upper part of the county and their trouble has aroused great interest. Rajas blames his neighbor, Philip Aston, for breaking up his family and in his story he tells of finding Aston in his home and of giving him a severe Ethrashing. This occurred on Christ- | mas day. Rajas returned home and | saw Aston kiss his wife. This was more than his patience could stand, so | he used his fists on his wife's lover. | Aston was foolish enough to have Ra- | jas arrested for battery and the trial, a | few weeks ago, created quite a sensa- | tion in Judge Richmond's courtroom. Rajas demanded a jury trial and a | jury of the most wealthy citizens was impaneled, representing over .a million dollars. Rajas took the stand in his own be- half, admitted the truth of the charge and told his story to the jury. He said he went home on Christmas day and | found Aston making love to his wife. | He had previously given Aston warn- ing to keep away, but the warning had been disobeyed. Rajas said that he did not feel inclined to kill Aston, so | he merely thrashed and gave him a black eye. The jury promptly acquitted him on the charge of battery and the story was told in the Superior Court | to-day, as showing the standing of Mrs. | Rajas in the vicinity of his home. | The plaintiff had made out his case, | but - as there are three daughters of | Mrs. Rajas by a former husband, it was decided in their interest to mod- | ify the allegations, and the complaint | when amended will be . confined to| cruelty and neglect. Rajas will be granted his divorce after his attorney, ex-Judge E. M. Gibson, has amended the complaint. BASKET-BALL GIRLS. | They Are Rea;ly for the Interstate Fray This Afternoon. BERKELEY, April 8.—Half of Reno and the whole of the University of Nevada were at the Reno depot last night to shout | for the basket-ball team and to wish it | success, Passengers trying to sleep in the | Pullmans were roused when they reached Nevada's metropolis by the free, loyal, full-lunged Nevada boys' repeated good- by to the sagebrush co-eds. ‘Wah! Hoo! Wah! Zip! Boop! Ah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Nevada! At Sixteenth street, Oakland, the sage- brush athletes were met by Mrs. Magee, who is to referee Saturday's game, and a committee of two Berkeley co-eds. The whole party, chaperoned by Mrs. T. N. Evans, wife of the president of the Board of Regents of Nevada's university, and Miss Bardenwerper, and accompaniea by wee, golden-haired, gray-eyed Rowena Evans, the Nevadahs' mascot, proceeded to the Cliff House, where luncheon was served and all the sights were enjoyed. They will return to Reno Sunday evening. Miss Mayme Merrit of Stanford has consented to act as umpire of the great game. The Nevada team does not expect to defeat the clever Berkeley girls. “We are a new team,” sald pretty Cap- tain Louise Ward. “We've had only three weeks' practice, and we're patticularly unfortunate just now, because our best player, Nell Lewers, is ill and had to be left at home. Miss MclIntyre has kindly jumped into the breach, and will play right center. But she is out of practice, having played only three times within the past year. Three of the team are just recovering from the grip. So you see | we're not in the best condition. Still, we have excellent individual players, though our team work isn’t ail we'd wish it to e, | and we intend to play as hard and as well as we can. If we're beaten, our defeat will teach us something, for Nevada Uni- versity girls haven't had an opportunity to see a game of basket-ball, much less to take part in one against a trained team.” The Berkeley co-eds are in excellent training, and will play a very interesting game. Should they succeed in carrying off the basket-ball honors, as is probable, there will not be the slightest ill-feeling between the two teams of fair athletes, for the generous hospitality oL Berkeley {‘xlaul quite won the hearts of the Nevada rls. D e — EDITOR HOPPER WROTH. Charges Stanford Athletic Authori- ties With Using Methods Un- sportsmanlike and Dishonest. BERKELEY, April 8. — Editor James Hopper ot the University Occident in to- day’s issue of the college weekly charges the athletic authorities at Stanford with acting the part of wily diplomats and re- sorting to methods ‘“‘unsportsmanlike, pet ty, mean, dishonest and unworthy of a great university.” Hopper bases his charges upon the refusal of the Stanford tennis authorities to meet California’s representatives to arrange for an inter- collegiate tournament, and the determin: tion of Stanford’s track athletic repre- sentative to protest Ray Carroll, one of California’s athletes, after announcing that no such action would be pursued. Editor Hopper’s caustic denunciation of Stanford’s methods is in part as follows: It seems, from all evidences, that Stan- ford athletics are directed by men who play the wily diplomats. They delight in puerile and mean utue maneuvers, affect deep distrust of our most natural actions, counterplot darkly against the atroeious schemes of their own imaginations. They | lose athletic agreements; they refuse to ratify clauses of intercollegiate agree- ments proposed V tneir own representa- tives; they seek to evade the tennis tour- nament, or, at least, to delay it to tne period of our exes. They seek success in a tortuous and ridiculous Machiayellism which is exasperating. This deplorable tendency is evidenced in the method by which they seek to deprive-us of one of our best athletes. Stanford University is ing to protest Ray Carroll at the next . A. A. meeting. This threat is not of a nature to affright us into hysterics. The charges against Carroll are ridiculous. Ray Carroll acts as monitor at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. Among his multiple duties is the one of leading the children in the calisthenic exercises. It is this heinous offense which is unbearable to Stanford athletic Puritans and the cause of the crusading wrath. Now that the field day is imminent; now that there is no time for investigat- ing the matter thoroughly, representa- tives of Stanford - University suddenly change their mind ®nd announce their in- tention of protesting Carroll. Is this not an answer to our question? Does not this discover the purpose of Stanford men in 11 protesting Carroll? It certainly seems so. It looks like a de.iberate attempt to be- smirch the brilliance of our vistory by false accusations, by insidious calumny; it looks like an endeavor to halo the re diance of our success with false haze of doubt and uncertainty. It is an attempt to make our hard-won conquest unsatis- factory and questionable. It is a proceed- ing unsportsmanlike, petty, mean and dis- honest, unworthy of a great university. ———— READY 4O MEET STANFORD. Berkeley Baseball Pfayers Are Given a Rally by Student Enthusisasts. BERKELEY, April 8—The first of the series of three baseball games between the University of California and Stanford University will take place at Recreation Park, Eighth and Harrison streets, San Francisco, to-morrow afternoon at 3 a’clock. The remaining two games of the serfes will be played on the 16th and 30th | inst., respectively. The Berkeley students gathered on the | campus this morning to give the team a rally before the game. Brief remarks were made by the members of the team, Frofessor Syle and a number of prominent students. Yells and cheers were prac- ticed for use in the big game to-moTTow. The California nine practiced yesterday and to-day at Recreation Park, where the; game will be played. The Varsity, as it| will line up to-motrow, is as follows: | Catcher, Mein; pitcher, Kaarsburg; first base, Bride; second base, McLaren; third base, Baer; shortstop, McCabe; left field, Chesebrough; center field, Hoag (captain); right field, Collins. Berkeley News Notes. BERKELEY, April 8.—F. W. Kerns of Hollister, a_freshman student in the col- lege of mechanics, has been awarded the | Levi Strauss scholarships made vacant by the resignation of Saul Epstein "00. The freshmen have decided to hold their Bourdon burial celebration on the univer- sity campus on Monday evening, April 5. Professor Edmund J. James of the Uni- versity of Chicago, formerly of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania and president of the American Academy of Political and Social Sclence, has accepted the invita- tion extended by President Kellogg on behalf of the regents to deliver the com- mencement address to the graduating class on May 18. Captain R. P. Thomas of Berkeley has | applied to Secretary of War Alger for | permission to recruit soldiers in Alameda | County for war with Spain. The trustees of the South Berkeley | Presbyterian Church have purchased the | lot on_the scuthwest corner of Lorin and | Russell streets for the erection of a new | church edifice. Professor E. H. Griggs _of Stanford University will lecture at Stiles’ Hall on | Sunday evening, under the auspices of | the Berkeley Unitarian Society, on “The | Ethics of Hamlet.” 1 The annual election of directors of the | Students’ Co-operative Society at the | university to-day resulted in the election | of the following board of director: Pro- fessor M. W. Haskell, Professor C Plehn, E. T. Clark, W. W. Mein and E. R. Leach. —————————— | Prosecution to Rest. OAKLAND, April 8 —The Martin 350'\001 damage case was to-day continued until | Tuesday, when it is expected that the plaintiff will finish his testimony and rest the case. The usual motion for a non- | suit will then follow, but those who have | followed the testimony declare that this will not be granted, as too good a case | has been made out. Dr. W. S. Thorne, president of St. Mary's Hospital of San Francisco, was a good witness to-day, and will complete his testimony Tuesday. Dr. Young of Irvington, who attended the injured man at first after the accident, will be the last witness. He is at the deathbed of his sister in Oakdale or tho case would have gone on to-morrow. | Oakland News Items. OAKLAND, April 8.—Johanna Christen- sen was sent to Stockton to-night at the | request of her brother, for insanit Judge Hall granted a divorce this after- noon in the Rajos case on the petition of the husband. The report that the Associated Charities would close their woodyard does them a great injustice, as it is without founda- tion. They never close for any reason, but a certain local evening paper makes such a statement regularly. L. C. Clinton of Glenn County has filed a suit for $2500 damages against John Gale of 1319 Broadway. The case has been transferred to this county for trial. Ebell Annual Election. OAKLAND, April $.—The annual meet- ing_and_election of the Ebell Club Was held to-day. Out of the 400 members 171 attended the polls. The following board of nine directors was elected: Mrs. Bun- nell, Mrs. A. W. Bishop, Mrs. I. Cockroft, Mrs. Cuilds, Mrs. Prentiss Selby, Miss Jennie Huff. Mrs. E. W. Owen, Mrs. H. B. Pinney. Mrs. Bunnell will be re-elected president. ——————— Swindlers in Australia. ALAMEDA, April 8 —Word has been re- ceived that a couple of confidence opera- tors who swindled a good many Alameda people a couple of years ago have been at their old tricks in Australia, and have just reaped a harvest. Augusius Howard | Wwas the name of tue chief of the couple, | and he was the one who did most of the illicit scheming. He had a patent gas machine, with which and a-lot of bogus diamonds he swindled several people in this city and in San Francisco. They fin- ally made a good haul ar left for Aus- tralla. Under the names of Lee and ki- liott they have now.swind)~d a number of people in Sydney out of some $20,000 with the same bogus gas machine they oper- ated here. SOCIETY EVENTS. The wedding of Miss Blanche Goggin and Clyde C. Westover (with -the firm of Hirschman & Co.) took place on April 2, at the residence of the bride, before the relatives and a few intimate friends, Rev. E. J. Lion officiating. The bridal party entering the beautifully decorated parlors was preceded by Miss Maude and Master Clyde Curley, wie niece and nephew of the bride, followed by the maid of honor, Miss May Miles. The bride en- tered last, on the arm of her brother. After the ceremony congratulations were showered on the young couple, after w...ch a wedding breakfast was served at tete a tete tables. The bride's dress was white organdie over satin, the brides- maid being also in white, over plnlt(. ‘I'ne haj couple were the recipients of many beggg’(ful plfls. wr. and Mrs. Westover have lettl gr San guse, where the honey- oon will be spent. mMrs. D. Gormpan and her daughter, Miss K. F. Gorman, left San Francisco april 1. They will go to Los Angeles, San Diego and Mexico, returning in three months. Mrs, James O'Brien has gone to Sausa- lito to remain until they return. Mr. and Mrs. S. Kahn (nee Clayburgh) have returned from their southern trip, and have left for an extended European our. : The Mystics will give an Easter party next Tuesday evening at Native Sons’ 1. Hé;ptsm and Mrs. Charles Minor Goodall have returned from their wedding trip, and are at home at 150 Lake street, Oak- Jan S onel J. C. Currier and family are at San Mateo for the summer. Mrs. cur- rier's mother and sister, Mrs. Smith, and Miss Greenwood Smith, who are spending the winter on tais coast, are with them. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Craig have sold their Lake-street home, across the bay, and w... hereafter pass the winters in San Francisco and the summers in Los tos. G%filss Ethel Pomeroy, who has been spending the winter at the Occidental Hotel, is now the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Witcher. . The wedding of Henry Mitau and Miss Alice Taussig will take place at the home of the bride’s mother, 2127 California street, on Sunday, the 17th inst. It wul be a qulet family affair. ———————————— ‘Huntington’s Reply. At a recent meeting of the Board of Supervisors, a resolution was passed asking the Market-street Railroad Com- pany if it would pave that portion of Market street!with bitumen it is required by law to keep in repalr, to conform to the rest of the street where it is proposed to lay the new pavement. Yesterday Clerk Russell received a brief reply signed by H. E. Huntington, stating that the directors had held their annual meet- ing just before the Supervisors’ request had been received, but that he would be willing to meet any representative of the The faceimil signature of is on of PRINTERS CLAIM AN ADVANTAGE One More Office Reported to Have Acceded to Their Demands. Other Unions Coming to the Front With Promises of Assist- ance. The striking printers claim to have made a slight gain, as it was stated yes- terday ghat one more office had conceded to the new scale of prices and had put on a small force of union men to work the nine hou at the same wages for- merly paid for ten. The Typothetae con- tradicts this statement emphatically and claims that if there be any advantage it is on its side of the house. None of the offices are working with as large a force as they carried last week, but that is ex- plained by the fact that the shops were pushed to their full capacity to clear out the old orders, and what orders have been received since that time will be held back as long as possible in the hope of a speedy settlement of the difficulties. Mr. Crocker said yesterday that a man up north had wired him to the effect that he had fifty men ready to ship down at once, but he had informed him that all he wanted was three good pressmen, and these were immediately sent to him. They all proved to be competent men. A story was published in a morning paper yesterday to the effect that the old hands had gone back in three offices at the old scale of wages, but this is most emphatically denied at the union head- quarters and notice was posted on the bulletin board to the effect that the en- tire story was woven out of a tissuegof lies and the outlook was very encou ing. To further strengthen this the em- ployes of two of the offices in question appeared at headquarters and issued a statement that “‘they were not working, have not been working and will not re- sume work for the firm in question or any other firm until the nine-hour work day is conceded, and most respectfully and strenuously protest against being placed in a false position by any one.” The of- fice where. the men were reported to have gone back, that of Upton Brothers, em- ployed five printers previous to the strike, and but two of these, the foreman and his brother, are now working. A mem- ber of the Typothetae is authority for the statement that this foreman received $24 per week previous to the strike, but is now working for $15. At the meeting of the Labor Council last night the strike was the chief topic and the paper which published the al- leged msleading statement was _de- nounced in the bitterest terms. The dele- gates were instructed to call the atten- tion of their respective unions to this story and have action taken on it of such a decisive nature that it will in future publish labor items in a fair and impar- tial manner. ‘W. J. McArthur of the Sailors’ Union reported that he had received a commis- sion as organizer for the Western States for the A. F. of L., and as this would take him to Utah during May he would willingly represent the council at the Western Miners’ Association, to be held in Salt Lake City early in that month. He was granted credentials. The varnishers and polishers also met last evening and resolved to tender their unqualified support to the printers in their struggle and to do all in their power to aid the cause both as an association and as individuals. Union No. 22, Carpenters and Joiners, met last night and indorsed the action o the printers in the heartiest manner. This union has nearly 500 members, and when a resolution was offered tendering the full and unqualified support of the union to the printers it was carried unanimous- ly. The recognition which the card issued by the Building Trades Council is meet- ing was also considered a matter for con- gratulation. e — BASEBALL AT CENTRAL PARK. Oakland and Olympics of the Pacific States League to Meet at Cen- tral Park To-Day. Oakland will line up against the Olym- pics at Central Park this afternoon in a regular schedule game for the Pacific States’ League championship. The make- up is as follows; Oaklands. Hammond. Olympics. Pitcher First base . Second base Third base . Shortstop Left field Center field . liss Right fleld ...Fitzpatrick — e AT RECREATION PARK. Recreatlon Park will be given over to the university teams to-day, when Stan- ford and California will play the first of a series of three games. To-morrow Fresno will make its first appearance here, going against the San Franciscos of the California League. —_——— WANTS CALIFORNIA THERE. Special Commissioner R. W. Richard- son Here for the Trans-Miss- isu}ppi Exposition. R. W. Richardson, a prominent lawyer of Omaha and special commissioner to California from the Trans-Mississippl Exposition, is at the Palace, where he arrived last night on the overland. Mr. Richardson is here to see if he can- not interest the people of California, through their Governor and large mer- cantile bodies, in the exposition he rep- resents. He wants the people here to take active steps to see that their State, which is the only State west of the Mis- sissippl that has not already done so, ba fully as well represented at the exposi- tion as the others. Mr. Richardson says he is not here in the endeavor to raise or ask for money. He wishes no appropriation for site or buildings. All that will be taken care of by the exposition authorities. He merely wants the Chamber of Commerce, the Mining Bureau, together with the Gov- ernor and other public and influential officials, to use their influence to have all the different industries of the State well represented. r. Richardson will probably remain here several weeks. ADVERTISEMENTS. THE ONLY GWNUINE HUNYADI WATER Hunyadi Janos BEST NATURAL APERIENT WATER, ———FOR——= CONSTIPATION, DYSPEPSIA, LIVER COMPLAINTS & HEMORRHOIDS, “The prototype ofall Bitter Waters.” Lancs. «Speedy, sure, gentle.” British MedicalJournal CAUTION: Secthat the label dears the signa- ture of the firm. Andre: Saxlehner. Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established 1n 1834 for the treatment of Privata Manhood. Debllity or disense wearing on bodyandmind and Skin Diseases. The doctor cureswhen board it might designate and talk the matter over. every wrapper CASTORIA. Cnres Dr.J. F. ¢IB30. » Box 1957, Sa0.