The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 4, 1898, Page 9

THE FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4,‘ 1898 9 ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. DR, BRIGGS ACQUITTED OF IMMORALITY But He Did Register a False Name. ‘ NO WOMAN’S NAME APPEARS | SENSATIONAL SCENE AS THE CONFERENCE CLOSES. | Accused Minister Denounces The Men Who Rob Him of | the Right to Preach. The | | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Oct. 8. Dr. Briggs, of the M. E. Church South, been in trying his case. But he has been “lo- | cate by the conference, which action will prevent him from accepting a pas- torate in any other conference. This mornihg when the ministers met Bishop Hendrix, after some formal mat- ters, stated that he would announce the verdict in the case of Rev. Dr. Brig He prefaced the verdict with a few marks on the manner in which such trials are conducted. He stated that more crecy had been observed in governing this trial than in any other of which he kne The verdict was ghort. It w to th that Dr. Briggs was not guilty of ut he was gullty of falsif; in that he had r effe gistered at th e on March 28, and on anot! under an assumed name. T plained that the vote was not T ad been kept s rd does not show who voted for st Dr. Briggs. e verdict had he approval of eigl 1 “Sesire to say i \ation,” said Bishop, presided over this erests of pub: al of Dr. Briggs c decency. 1 wa the trial to be str was private. In the verdict there : e name of no woman. In pr ct I have adopted a r The bal- of the k Jlate. A record s for or against any tion of all the jury ir are correct being the will be given to the pub- ummary two votes would changed the final verdict. tmony was introduced which consumed four | lays. we worked until mid- night and all d Saturday The time By umed was 1 lengthy than was de- | , for the matter was very serious important and of an unusually grave | iature. ‘During the trial the charges of con- cy against members of the confer- were not sustained, and 1 wish to commend counsel on both sides for their of the nun: issue and t hat these only fact lic. In t have ent “No_expert during the trial, On Frida: aLi'.{lll',’ shown during this trial.” Dr. Lamar arose and was recog- by the Bishop, although there wero wishing to speak. He said the had much difficulty in the e witnesses could not be con- much of the testmony could ed while the postofilce offi- d to attend the trial. tion then arose as to whether many prosecution case beca trolied anc not be comp! cials declir pr. B ggs should be located. Some min- ter stated that the acquitted pasior's racter_could not be passed upon, while others differed in their vie Rev. Mr, “arpenter, counsel for Dr. Briggs, said that they should stand by the decision of the jury and not go further. 2 followed the most interesting mo- ment of the conference. Bishop Hendrix stated that as Dr. Briggs was preseut he id come forward and be heard. The itted minister left his wifé and ad vanced toward the pulpit. With his eyes fixed upon the Bishop he sald, with hand | upraised: ‘“‘Brethren, you cannot locate me. Your ju has found me innocent of immorality, and you cannot locate me | without degrading yourselves and vour | ministers. If I am not acceptable either expel or receive me. You cannot say I | am not acceptable, for no charges of un- acceptability have been entered agalnst me. 1 am being antagonized from per- ral feelfpng. It was a fair jury and an impartial trial, and now you try to locate me secularly. It is infamous, scurrilous, an outrage. It will contaminate the pure atmosphers of thousands of homes throughout this land. Come right out and admit that it is on personal grounds. If you do not state the true facts you are ?lypocrites and false pretenders. If you locate me you must locate Lamar. What do you think of a minister of the church | who has allied himself with the Examiner —a scurrilous, degraded sheet.’ Bishop Hendrix said that such discus- sion was out of order, and a vote was called regarding the locating of Dr. Briggs. e was humiliated by just one vote, the conference standing thirty to thirty-two against him. The conference will be held next year at | San Jose. g A discussion was had upon the subject | of editorship of the Pacific Methodist Ad- vocate. Some of the members did not agree with the policy of the editor, R. P. Wilson. AT The following are the new appoint- | ments: | San Francisco District—C. B. Reddick, pre- siding elder. San Francisco, H. M. McKnight; | Ean Jose, J. E. Squires; Oakland, W. P. An- drews; Alameda, John Hannon; 'Hollister, I ¥. Betts; Santa Rosa, J. A. Batichelor; Stock- | ton, H, C. Meredith; Walnut Grove A. L. Paul; Galt, P, N. Blankenship; Milton, .| W. Curran; Linden, A. Odom; Gilroy, J. B. Needham; Salinas, Healey; San Lucas and , D. Braughn; San_Benito, J. C. Pen- Mountain View, W. A. Boohn; Peta- F. Allen; H P. F. Page; . C.”C. Black A. Lindsay Lakeport, W. M. Acton; Upper Lake, ditor Pacific Methodist Advo- ; conference secretary of | missions, drews. | San Joaquin District—J. J. Keeney, presiding elder. * Fresno, J. R. Sawyer; Fresno circuit, | B. H. Greene; Big’ Dry Creek, F. M. Staton; | Seima, P. T. Ramsay; 8 ;I F. Roberts! | Dinuba and Orosa, iealla, J. W. | Ray: Woodville a . _H. Cooper; Kingsburg, E. J. Page; Bakersfield, C. P. At- | kinson; Lémoore and Hanford, Tipton, J. M. Brown; Madera, W. A. Finley; Merced, C. B. W. Smith; Le Grand, R. A. Sawrie; Mo desto, J. C. § mmong: Mariposa, H. Neate; | Hornitos and y. J. D. F. Houck; Sonora, | A F. W. Walters; Los Banos, W. E. Phillips; | Dos Palos, R. F. Beasley: Ramona, Snelling | and Waterford, G. H. Frager. Colusa District—J. Emery, presiding elder. Colusa, Claude M. Davenport; Chico, L. A. Greene; Willows, D. Taylor; Red Bluff, L. C. Renfro; Pri J. M. Pratt; Yuba City ———; Wheatland edham: Lincoln, J. Bule; Sacramento, 1ghan; - Winters | and Davis, J. C. Hy mira and Dixon, H. McWhorter; Woodland, C. O. Steele: | Knights Landging, William Armstrong; Ma: well, O. L. Russell; Gr Sutter ana Grace, G. W. Archer; Arbuckle, L. C : Sulphur Creel F. Wileon; Orlan Reeve; Millville and_Ono, ;. Big Valley Anderson, J. M. Parker; Rockville, T. | 5. Patterson. ‘A P. Few and C. R. Montgomery transferred GRAPE-NUTS. FIVE FRIENDS. Made by One Friend. Good teeth. Btrong brain. Steady nerves. Good digestion and a well fed feel- ing go with Grape-Nuts, the famous food. Good for breakfast, lunch, dinner or supper. Grocers sell Grape-Nuts, | cultural station. | evening th | solvency filed after July 1 is valid unless | | hanging crime when he took the horse to to Little Rock conference; J. Wood to Holston conferénce; C. R. Lamar and J. . Carpenter conference: J. F. G. Finley, w. hris C. Black to Los Angeles confer- O. Coppage to Missouri conference. THE STATE GRANGE TO HOLD SESSIONS It Will Meet To-Day to Transact Business—Several Matters of Interest to Come Up. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %3 Broadway, Oct. 3. The California State Grange will meet to-morrow for its twenty-ninth annual session. The session will last three days, and already many delegates have ar rived. To-morrow morning the grange will be opened and routine work transacted. In .the afternoon reports will be read by the officers of the grange and the worthy master will deliver the annual address. In the evening Mayor Thomas will pre- side at the public reception at Elite Hall. Wednosday's business will open with an excursion on the electric roads to Berke- ley, visiting the university botanical gar- dens, conservatories, orchards and agri- T the afternoon there will be a session devoted mostly to the consideration of proposed amendments to the counstitutions of the national and State Brang Memorial services }\'uh appro- grmte speeches and eulogies will close the ay. I ing will be devoted to e AR rnoon_the plade business, and fn the afte of the next annual session will be chosen, and there will a an addre: on the subject af et for San Fran- cisco and th gua canal. Thursday erred ne will be given up to the sed amendments to B stitution, and sev- cconomic_subjects will be fternoon the delegates will isco to meet at the Cham- e with many commercial nd in the evening will re- where an entertainment their labors. will be ¢ “rid discu ber organizatic turn to ( will ¢o A CARPENTER DISA.EARS. Fears Entertained That Cal Bees- | WRITES OF HER - TROUBLES WITH ~ HER HUSBAND 'Mrs. Rojas’ Story of a | Hated Rival. 'ROJAS LOVED THEM BOTH SOON DESERTED HIS WIFE FOR SOME ONE WITH MONEY. She Believes With Judge Ogden That a Whipping Post Would not Be Without Good Effect. Oakland Office S8an Francisco Call, 98 Broadway, Oct. 8. Mrs. A. Rojas of Alvarado 1s of the same opinlon as Judge Ogden. She be- lleves that a whipping-post would be a very desirable addition to the present means of punishing recreant and cruel husbands. Mrs. Rojas has recently been granted a divorce, and, as her husband has been busily trylng to bolster up his acts at the expense of his wife's reputation, the woman has taken the unusual course of telling in detail to the public her varied experience. Her story is more romantic worth Has Killed Himself. OAKLAND, Oct. young carpenter, who has been stopping at the home of Mrs. M. T. Tanner, 3 Hannah street, North Oakland, has been missing since last Saturday, and fears are entertained that he has done away with | himself. | About a year ago Beesworth arrived in | California from Portland, Me., where his | parents, who are reputed well-to-do, re- | side. He was usually well dressed and | carried a gold watch and chain. He had been drinking heavily of late. When he | left last Saturday he acted very queerly, according fo Mre, Tanner, who says sh | belleves his mind is affected, | “He told the two Josephs boys on Sat- urday morning that he was golng to Sen | Frarncisco,” sald Mrs. Tanner . fo-night, | but 1 know- he had ho money for that, | and to-day I visited all places where he would most likely stop in the city, but no one had seen him. I am afraid that | he committed suicide by jumping off Long whart.” The police wers notified by Mrs. Tan- ner to-night and are investigating. | —_———— HE WAITED FOR THE TIDE. { Yuk Kee Wy, Out of Morey, Was Tired of Life. OAKLAND, Oct. 3—Yek Kes Wy, a Chinese cook, hailing from Yolo County, has apparently caught on to some Ameri- can ways of doing things. Last January i \ | | he came down from Yolo With ‘heap muchee mon,” as he related to-day, and “alle same young fal, go theater, blow heself, get bus’, no can fine work; leady | to_die.” He was found sitting in the creek at| the foot of Linden streét last Saturday, | the brine being up to his neck; but when | the steamer Garden ( plowed up the | creek the billows swept over his head and | he tried to get out. When Officer McKinley took charge of him and hustled him off to the Recelv ing Hospital he ted that he had con- cluded to die and for that purpose sat in the estuary wating for the tide to carry him into eternity. ] Drs. Webster and Pratt examined Yuk Kee Wy and recommended him for com- mitment to an insane asylum, and to-day Judge Hall took the same view and sent him to Stockton. POWER-HOUSE WRECK. An Engineer’s Narrow Escape From Flying Machinery. OAKLAND, Oct. 3.—Much damage was done to the electric plant of the Pled- | mont power-house this morning by a belt | slipping from a pulley wheel. When the belt released the resistances | from the wheel it whipped around at the | rate of 215 revolutions a minute and smashed everything within its reach. The wheel flew into pieces, one of which was found 200 feet away F. W. Nelson, the chief engineer, cannot understand why he was not killed, for he stood In the cor- ner of the dynamo room while broken | machinery and blocks of cement were be- | ing hurled in all directions. He, however, | met with no more injury than being cov- | ered with dust. | The pit in the concrete floor in which | the pulley revolved, was filled with | broken concrete and wood, and the roof overhead was torn for its whole length. None of the generators suffered and the | damage tq the machinery is estimated at | about $2000. Traffic was suspended until noon, but by utilizing the power from | other power-houses, trafiic was resumed. e e AN IMPORTANT DECISION. Judge Hall Says Petitions in Insol- vency Filed After July 1 Are Void. OAKLAND, Oct. 3—No petition in In- it be flled in the Federal courts; if.filed | in State courts such petitions are illegal. | The foregoing is an important decision | rendered by Superior Judge Hall this | morning in his interpretation of the new | bankruptcy law, when the petition filed by W. W. Woodcock of the Zenith Plan- ing Mill came up on a demurrer. Attor- | neys for B. S. McFarland, one of the | creditors, moved the petition be thrown out of court, since it was in conflict with Federal statutes regulating bankruptey proceedings. In . sustaining the demurrer Judge Hall reconsidered a former ruling made by himself and now coincides with Judge | the peti- Greene. There are nine similar cases, tions in all of which were filed after July 1, and no doubt these also will be dismissed. Last of the House of Plazes. OAKLAND, Oct. 8—The famous old | «House of Blazes” will now be removed | for_sure. The City of Oakland to-day obtained judgment in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals declaring Fal- lon street, between Eleventh and Twelfth, opened to the public, and the “Tiouse of Blazes,” which is in line of the opening, will now have to go. Suit avas originally brought by the London and San Francisco Bank to prevent the Street opening, and the case has been fire for many months. The “House of Blazes” 18 one of the old landmarks of Oakland. o Sequel of & Printers’ Strike. Oct. 8—C. F. Guenther, a brought suit against W. E. or of a Berkeley printing for the recovery of $557 5, 'on a contract for employmen: ‘élnug:‘:g fl,‘ifi October 21, 1897. The plaintiff alleges that the contract provided for h(llg em;fioymant in defendant’'s shop at $25 per week for a period_of ten months, pa_?;_ able weekly, and on March 21, 1898, with- out any cause, he was discharged. The laintif's discharge was the outcome of he printers’ strike last year. Beverly Crampton Acquitted. t. 3—Beverly Crampton, OAKLAND. O cumed of embezzling & rinter, has ells, propriet establishment, rainer acc :az:,eorggr:e onwned by Wallace D. Evans at BEmeryville about a year ago, was to- uitted by a jury in Judge Ogden’s gglyxrt'.quetendayl’n, who was represented | with cruelty h | story that called forth Judge Ogden's re- | marks savors of the acts of a good sama- | many | was left | weeks, during w! J than any novelist dare make it, more 3.—Cal Beesworth, a | SYmpathetic than the ordinary story that is ventilated in a dlvorce court, and reeks compared with which the ritan. The unhappy woman of Alvarado thus relates her experience: “I, Refugia A. Rojas, hereby declare that the following is a true story of my married life since I was married to Guad- alupe Rojas. When he first askedeme to become his wife I declined, and told him that, as I knew he loved another woman, I could not consider his proposals. After months_of promises of sincerity I consented, and we were married, but only after he had threatened to kill himself if I refused him.” The narrator then proceeds to tell In detail how she set her husband up in busi- | ness on several occasions with her own money, only to find that he was spending the procee(fs on his old love. This money Mrs. Rojas by her first husband Open in- for the care of her little ones. | sults were followed by cruel beatings and | desertion, but each time that Rojas went away and bestowed his fevors on his wife’s rival, he came back and possessed the abfll(lejO again ingratiate himself with Mrs. Rojas. The two loves of Rojas continually met and quarreled, but the husband did not appear to have the least sense of shame or_even decency. ‘Wherever the rival went Rojas was sure to follow, and under various pre- texts he always seemed able to obtain money from his wife, which was always siven in the hope that he would start working and keep her and her family. The confession groceedsx ‘“ After a few ich my husband had de- serted me, I was informed by the Portu- guese Consul that I had a $300 legacy coming to me. I got it and somehow or other my husband heard of it, and he was not long coming back. He had not a nickel in his pocket, but told me he had finally said good by to his love In Alva- rado and that we had better move to that town and put up a house. I gave him money and he did build a little house on a lot just about a block from where the other woman was living. As soon as we started to live in our little house our first visitor was the woman who had made my life o unhappy. She coolly told me that she had not seen or heard of my husband for so long that she thought he must be sick, and g0 she called to make inquiry.” A little later Mrs. Rojas recelved a re- quest from her rival for Mr. Rojas to go to their house and fix some furniture. Wishing to do a little detective = work, Mrs. Rojas sent her husband, and a little later, the narrative proceeds, ‘‘at dinner time I approached the kitchen window and I saw my husband with his arms around Mrs. Miller’s neck, and kissing her. When I spoke, they jumped up very frightened, and the lady said ‘Come in. Mrs. Rojas, and have some dinner with but I thanked her and went home. Oh, how I suffered. me every day as he went to call on his friend, and as her house was only a block away 1 could see him plainly from my kitchen window. When I remonstrated with him he sald, ‘Now don’t be foolish, say nothing and let me alone. I am sure my friend will be very kind to you.” To add to my_ humiliation he threatened to kill me if I said a word, and the same evening he brought over from the woman's house four or five wheelbarrows fuil of provisions, which he said had been given to him. I took a bottle of strych- nine in my hand and was about to end my misery when I thought of my children and was deterred. He told me that he loved this woman before he married me, and that he found ail his former affec- tion returning. I noticed that it com- menced to return as 8oon as he had spent what little money I had, and I asked him to kill me rather than bring about my death by inches. This angered him so that he grabbed a lamp and threw it at me, broke all the dishes and chalrs, grab- bed me by the throat and told me he was boss and would do as he liked.” The narrative then tells of many acts of brutality and starvation, and of all kinds of indignities heaped upon her by | her husband and her rival. In speaking of the death of their little child, which finally convinced Mrs. Rojas that she had better live alone, she says: “I had just $5 left, which was In a trunk, and I told my husband, for I was sick In bed, to get a little coffin for my child and bury it decently. He got very an rX, left the house and went off for several days, leav- ing me without Bny(hln% to eat or any attention and enjoying the company of the woman he loved before he met me."” Mrs. Rojas’ story appears to bear the imprint of truth—it i{s so blunt and earn- est. It is a strange story of the amount of misery a woman will endure out of misplaced affection for an unworthy man. Had not the greater part of it béen re- peated under oath it would hardly appear to be credible. According to her narra- tive her honor nor her children’s honor had any claim on the réspect of Rojas, and a large portion of her experience 1§ simply indescribable. The last scene in_this unhappy drama was the selling, a few days ago, of the little property at Alvarado. Fixed the Tax Levy. OAKLAND, Oct. 3—The City Council met to-night and fixed the tax at $1.21 This is the ordinance that has created such opposition and that provides for $80,000 for dredging Lake Merritt and 338,500 for bullding sewers on either side of ‘the lake. Mr. Girard made an argu- ment against its passage, saying it would result in closing the schools and the free library and in other hardships, byt his speech had mno effect and the vote stood, for the ordinance, Earl, Heltman, Henne berry, Woodward, Brosnahan and Wat- kinson; agalnst, Girard, Pringle, Upton, Cuvellier, Rowe. Run Down by a Train. an employe of the railroad company, was killed at the mole to-night. He was wheeling from the shops to the pier to take the train for home, when he was run cver by a gravel train which was backing down the pier. He did not appear to see that it was hacklng and was knocked down and instantly killed. Coffin resides at 937 Capp street, and has been an active non-commissioned officer 'of the Salvation Army for some years. He would laugh at4 | ed last OAKLAND, Oct. 8—Charies D. Coffin, | FONG SUEY WAN STILL MISSING Search Made for Her on the City of Peking. TWO OF HER VICTIMS HELD MAJOR MOORE'S PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT A FIASCO. Disagreement Between Deputy Mar- shal Gallagher and Special Agent Putnam in the Recent Raid. There was no abatement yesterday in the pungency cf the latest Chinese bureau scandal, Fong Suey Wan still being in- visitle and Chief Meredith being awake but innocuous. In order to prevent the possibility of the notorious woman making her escape on the City of Peking, Special Agent Moore, of his own motion, requested Surveyor Spear to furnish the revenue cutter Gold- en Gate and six men to proceed to the steamer and search for the woman. Mr. Spear cheerfuily and gromptly complied with the suggestion, and in turn suggested to Chief Meredith that he detall Dr. Gard- ner to accompany the posse and L in identifying the criminal in cas e be found.” Mr. Meredith refused at first to allow the doctor to Eo. but thought bet- ter of it later on and gave his consent. The search, while fruitless, strengthened the conviction in the mind of Speclal Agent Moore that the woman had not left this city, but is in hiding in some of the underground habitations in China- town. He is, however, taking no chances with the women now confined in the Presbyterian Mission, several of whom had escaped from the Omaha Exposition and whose capture he was requested to make by the Becretary of the Treasury. He_ has detailed General Vernon to sit each day in Judge Heacock’'s court room and see that the Fong Suey Wan incident 18 not_repeated in_ their case. Ah Young and Jin Ho, the women im- ported by Fong Suey Wan, were taken out of the mission yesterday and brought before United States District Judge de Haven, who made an order holding them as withesses in lieu of $250 bonds each. Special Agent Putnam of Los Angeles, who 18 here to assist Major Moore in having the Omaha women deported, is disgusted with the manner in which Deputy United States Marshal Gallagher acted while on the recent raid in China- town. Mr. Putnam said he found it neces- sary to force a door open in order to cap- ture one of the Omaha women, and that Gallagher not only refused to assist him, but refused also to walk around the cor- ner of the hallway so that he might not be a witness in case Mr. Putnam should ac- cidentally fall against the door and break a panel. He said also that Gallagher re- marked on that occasion that he did not proRose to break open any doors, and that e did not propose to allow any doors to be broken. AROUND THE’ CORRIDORS. State Senator Thonias Flint Jr. is at the Palace. M. J. Wright, Surveyor General, is at the Grand. 8. B. Magnes, a merchant of Portland, is at the Lick. ‘W. Blackstock, & lawyer of Ventura, is at the Grand. W. H. Hall, a mining man of Gridley, is at the Grand. J. McCallum, & confectioner of Watson- ville, is at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs. V. S. McClatohy of Sacra- mento are at the California. The Baron and Baroness von Schroeder registered at the Palace yesterday. F. de Vries Van Deesburgh, a vineyard- ist of St. Helena, is at the Lick. C. Jesse Titus and wife, proprietor of the Golden Eagle, is 4t the Palace. J. F. Trowbridge of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, is at the Grand. N. J. Doyle and James V. Doyle, min- ing men of Jamestown, are at the Lick. W. K. Brown, a prominent business man of Kings City, is a guest at the Occiden- tal. George E. Rouse, Ed4 H. Oerend and Thomas Lloyd of Tacoma are guests at the Occidental. Mrs. H. B. Miller and son have re- turned from Healdsburg, where they have been for some days. Colonel Hardin, wife and daughter, are down from Santa Rosa for a few days and are registered at the California. E. 8. Benson and wife, B. F. Btevens | and wife and J. Britter of Portland regis- | tered at the California yesterday. J. Jerome Smith and M. B. Harriman, prominent mine-owners of Tuolumne County, are registered at the Lick. Hon. John T. Dare, United States Ap- | praiser, has been granted twenty days’ leave of absence for his annual vacation. A portion of that time will be devoted to working for the Republican party. 3 John P. Burke, vice-president and man- ager of the San Jose and Santa Clara Street Railroad Company, accompanied | by Mrs. Burke and daughter, leaves San | Jose this morning for an extensive East- ern trip. They will be gone about tive weeks. The Omaha Exposition, Chicago, ‘Washington and other cities will be visited. CADWALADER COMES OUT. BERKELEY, Oct. 3.—Cadwalader, the crack football man from New Haven, Is to be a permanent acquisition for the University of California. The doubts which were entertained when the big fel- low first came to Berkeley, as to whether he would ‘‘come out” or not, are now at rest. This afternoon he “came out,” and having exchanged his Yale sweater for the University of California colors, took art in_the regular daily practice upon Fhs tootball fleld. Coach Cochran put him in the team as right guard, and he will probab% play in that position for some time. ‘he new man will keep up his training, until the blue and .gold faces Stanford next Thanksgiving day. The freshman eleven lined up this after- noon for the first time. Their first match will be played against St. Matthew's School next Wednesday afternoon. The game is to come off upon the university campus at 4 o'clock. — Precipitated Twenty Feet. OAKLAND, Oct. 3.—Clarence Barr, a painter at work on_the Seventh-day Ad- ventiet Church on Brush street, late this afternoon fell from a hanging scaffoldin, a distance of twenty feet to the g!‘mmed flrlk‘:n one?anhesfifl- ll-!t:l iu‘ being tnn§ at the O8] or concuyssion of the brain. 'file lurder fell on account of one of the hooks becoming detached. —_————— Shannon-Welch. ALAMEDA, Oct. 3—Mrs. Jennfe Shan- non, a wealthy Park-street widow and a lady verxam ular in lodge circles, depart- onday evening, not telling her friends where she was going, and it was not until her return Saturday evening, bringing her husband with her, that peo- ple found she was married. She was mar- ried at Reno, Nevada, to Martin Welch of Oakland, a man of considerable means. ey visited Carson City, Lake Tahoe and Virginia City on their bridal tour. ‘Will Fix the Tax Levy. ALAMEDA, Oct. 3.—The tax levy will have to be fixed by the city trustees this evening. The levy weould have kept with- in a dollar had it not been that consider- Ele s e Vear, Wimounting. 5 155 10k e s ye: n, A s sum will be the largest Paid for the by T. B. Pheby, went-on the and traightforward story, showing that ‘iiidn?.i nog intention of committin, on.' and placed it on the racing ofreuit, The signature of is on every, wrapper _of CASTORIA. liquidation of bonds since the incorpora- tion of the city. The amount asks for bfy the different departments of the city, if allowed, would make a tax levy of §1 11 necessary. It is closely figured that the actual running expenses will require a levy of §1 10, and anything less than that will cause a deficiency It is stated on good authority that the rate will be fixed at §1 05, as a compromise with two mem- bers of the board who are pledged to a dollar limit. — e The Maxina Was Ablaze. OAKLAND, Oct. 3. —The Maxina, a lumber_ schooner which has ~just dis- charged a cargo at Adams wharf, had a narrow escape rom burning Saturday evening. A fire started in the wheel house in some unaccountable way and sel was burned away and will have to be replaced. Proposed Alliance With England. 1t the United States and England should form an alliance, the combined strength would be 5o great that there would be little chance for ene- mies to overcome us. In a like manner, when men and women keep up their bodily strength with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, there is lit- tle chance of attacks from disease. The old time remedy enriches the blood, bullds up the muscles, steadles the nerves and increases the appet; Try it before its discovery that part of the ves- | RAILROAD TRAVEL. Santa Fe Route THE BEST R‘ll.", ) 4 SAN FRANCISCO to CHICAGD. Every Day Puliman Palace 8leeping Cars and Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars Run on the Following Time: Leave San Francisco. | Arrive Denver.... Arrive Kansas City. | HARVEY’S DINING-ROOM: Serve Superior Meals at Very Reason- able Rates. YOU WILL BE COMFOR TABLE If You Travel on the Santa Fe, SR FRANCISCO TICKET OFFICE—844 MARKET ST, TELEPHONE MAIN 1520. | Oakland Office—1118 Broadway. Sacramento Office—201 J Street. San Jose Office—7 West Santa COlara St Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established in 1854 for the treatment of Private Disenses, Lost Manhood. Debility or dhlena#vlnrln‘ou bodyand mindand Skin Diseases. The docior cureswhen others fall. Try bim. Charges low Curesguaranteed. Callorwrite. Dr.Jd. ¥. GIBRBON, Box 1957, San Francisco. | MOUNT TAMALPAIS SCENIC RAILWAY. (Via Sausalito Ferry.) Leave San Francisco, commencing Sunday, fi&m 11, 1898: ‘eek Days—9:30 a. m., 1:45 p. m.. 7 BTy ot S Veuds B A % = THOS, K & SON, Agents, 621 Markst street, San Francisco. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, SACRAMENTO, July 30th, 18%8. WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of two-thirde of all the members elected to each in favor thereof, proposed the following de- scribed amendments to the Constitution of the State of California, to-wit: AMENDMENT NUMBER ONB. (Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. [ A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to section eighteen of article eleven of the tion, In relation to revenue and taxation, by which it is proposed to amend said section 10 read as follow: Section 18. No county, city, town, township, board of education or school district shall in- cur any indebtedness or liability in any man- ner or for any purpose exceeding in any year the income and r such - year, without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors thereof, voting at an election to be held for that purpose, nor un- less before, or at the time of incurring such indebtedness, provision shall be made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such indebtedness as it falls due, and also provision to constitute-a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereot on or before maturity, which shall not exceed forty years from the time of contracting the same; ~ provided, however, that the City-and the unpaid claims with inferest thereon for materials furnished to and work dene for sald city and county during the forty-third and forty-fourth fiscal years, out of the fncome and revenue of any succeeding year or years; pro- vided, that any and all claims fof making, re- pairing, altering or for any work done upon or for any material furnished for any street, lane, alley, court, place or sidewalk, or for the con- struction of any sewer or sewers in sald city and county are hereby excepted from the pro- vislons of this section; and in determining any claim permitted to be paid by this section, no statute of limitations shall apply in any man- ner: and provided further, that the City of Valiefo, in Solano County, may pay its exist- ing indebtedness incurred in the construction of its water works, whenever two-thirds of the electors thereof voting at an election held for that purpose shall so decide. Any indebted- ness or liability incurred contrary to this pro- vision, with the exception hereinbefore recited, sball be vold. AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. (Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 1 .) A resolution Proposing to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Con- stitution of the State, by adding a new sec- tion, to be known |d designated as section geven and one-half, article eleven thereof, pro- viding for the framing by the inhabitants of counties of local county government acts for thelr own government. The sald proposed new section to read as follows: Section 7%. The inhabitants of any county may frame a county government act for their own government, relating to the matters here- inafter specified, and consistent with and sub- ject to the Constitution and laws of this State, v causing a board of fifteen freeholders, Who have been, for at least five years, qualified electors of such county, to be elected by the Qqualified electors of such county, at any gen- eral or special election, whose duty it shall be Within ninety days after such election, to pre- pare and propose a county government act for fuch county, which shall be signed in dupli- cato by the members of such board, or a ma- jority of them, and returned, one copy thereof %0 the Board of Supervisors or other legisla- tive body of such county, and the other copy to be sent to the Recorder of Deeds of the county. Such proposed county government act ghall then be published in two papers of gen- eral circulation in such county, or if there ba not two such papers, then In one only, for at Jeast twenty days, and within not less than thirty days after such publication it shall be submitted to the qualified electors of such county, at & general or epecial election, and 1f a majority of such qualified electors voting thereon shajl ratify the same, it shall there- after be submitted to the Legislature for its rejection or approval, as a ‘whole, without power of alteration or amendment, and if ap- Proved by a majority of the members elected to each house, it shall be the county govern- ment act of such county, and shall in such case become the organic law thereof and super- sede any existing county government act, and 21l ‘amendmengs thereof, and all special’ laws inconsistent with such county government act. A copy of such county government act, certi- fled by the President of the Board of Super- Visors or other legislative body of such county, and authenticated by the seal of such county, fetting forth the submission of such county government act to the electors, and its ratifica— fon by them, shall be made in duplicate and Qeposiied, one in the office of the Secretary of State, the other, after being recorded in' the otfice of the Recorder of Deeds in the county, among the archives of the county. "All ‘courts shall take judiclal notice thereof. /e county government act so ratified may be amended, at Wntervals of not less than two Sears, by profosals therefor, submitted by the Jemiaative ‘authority of the' county, to the Qualified electors thereof, at @ general or spe- 1 election held at least forty days after the Publication of such proposals for twenty days Taa newspaper of general circulation in such county, and ratified by at least three-fifths of e qualified slectors voting thereon, and ap- Reved by the Legislature as herein provided for the approval of the county government act. In submitting any such county government act Ehy alternative article or proposition may be Presented for the choice of the voters, and may be voted on separately without prejudice to others. 1l be competent in all county govern- mi:fi!g:u framed under the authority given by this section, tg provide for the manner in N ch: the tmes at which, and the terms for T hich’ the several township and county officers her than Judges of the Superlor Court, shall O %lected or appointed; for thelr compensa- ton: for the number of such officers, for the tonsolidation or segregation of offices, for the Soimber of deputies that eachofficer shall have, Tha for the compensation pavable to each of aheh ‘deputies, for the manner in which, the fines in which, and the terms for which the mbers of all boards of election shall be Metted or appointed and for the constitution, compensation and government of regulation, t , and of their clerks and attaches; sufh oarts, sl of thelt Slerey Ad ey lections by the people shall be con- Ted: and may in addition determine the S Gnd conditions upon which electors, po- ifiival parties and organizations may partici- pate in any primary election. Whenever any countv has, in the manner and ‘method herein pointed out, adopted any A nty government act, and the same shail e “peon approved by the Legislature as aforesaia, the dlrection of sections four and Avarof this article providing for the uniformity A% Jeystem of county governments throughout fhe"sinte, and likewise providing for the elec- appointment of officers, and the re; which_all tion and api heir compensation, shall not apply. latlon o e ertment act Shail. s to any ot B natters herelnabove provided for and de- Ly ' “county government act, not b ared Y "any iaw or amendment enacted by sublect b0 Anre, excopt by amendment first b A to the electors and ratified in. the e Rereinabove set forth. AMENDMENT NUMEER THREE. (Being Senate Con-m“mlonu Amendment No. ) ution proposing to the people of the s i ornia_an_amendmebt to the Con. Sltution of the State, by adding a netw section 6 be known and designated as section five and One-haif, -article six. thereby providing for the Srganization of a court, to be known as the JEe of Claims. The sald proposed new sec- tion to m& a8 oo ‘three Judges of the Superlor Court, 2PYe requested by the Governor to hold The Court = “have exclusive jurisdiction to fear and determine all claims of every kind and character against the State, under such oY erecn s . The ferms I Je€Gourt 'of Clatms shall be held s’ fol- fows: City of Los commencing the schond. Monday of gm'yfi" st In the City and < mol San Frandisco, .« In the City of Sacramente, commencing on gular terms thareof. PROCLAMATION California, at its thirty-second session begin- | ning on the fourth day of January, A. D. 1897, | of the two houses of sald Legislature voting | Constitu- | nue provided for it for | County of San Francisco may at any time pay | the second Monday of November of each yeas, The Judges holding such term of Che J Y court shall | Ipcelve Mo extrn compensation therefor, but | & :n receive their actual expenses, to be paid Qut of the general fund of the State treasury. | The Leislature shall enact all laws necessary toappsinlze such court, to provide the 'pro- of an £t thereol and to carry out the provisions AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. (Being Assembly onstitational Amendment 0. 37 A resolution to propose t State of Calffornia aa amendmen stitution of the State, amendin | by adding a new section thereto, people of the t to the Con- article eleven, o as section number five and one-Balt. rejating fo consolidated city and county governments. %h. sald proposed new section to read as follows: Section 5%. The provisions of sections four £nd five of this article shall not, nor shall any egislation passed pursuant thereto, apply o | any consolidated city and county government, | pow existing or hereafter formed, which shall B Sonccome. or shall become, organized under ven, or secu | elght of this article, S bl et AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE. (Being Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 36.) A resolutlon to propose to the le of | State of California an amendment ot section | ifteen and section sixteen of article five of the | Constitution of the State of California, by | which it is proposed to amend sald sections to | read as follows: Section 15 A" Lieutenant Governor shall be elected at the same time and place and in the | office and his qualifications shall be the same, | He shall be president of the Senate, but shall only have a casting vote therein. Section 16. n case of the impeachment of | the Governor, or his removal from office, deat! | inabtlity to discharge the powers and dutles o his office, resignation or absence from ths State, the powers and duties of the office shail devolve upon the Lieutenant Governor for the residue of the term, or until the dise bility shal cease. And should the Lieutepant wvernor be impeached, displaced, resign, dle or become ine capable of performing the duties of his office, or be absent from tha State, the president pro tempore of the Senate shall ast as Governor un- til the vacancy in the office of Governor shall be filled at the next general election when members of the Legislature shall be chosen, of until such disability of the Lieutenant Gov- ernor shall cease. Tn case of a vacancy In the office of Governor for any of the reasons above named, and neither the Lieutenant Governor nor the president pro tempore of the Senate shall succeed to the powers and duties of Gove ernor, then the powers and duties of such ofe fce shail devolvs upon the speaker of the As- gembly, until the office of Governor shall be filied at such general election. AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. (Belng Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 88.) A resolution to propose to the people of the State of Californfa an amendment to section six, article nine of the Constitution of the State of California, relating to grammar schools, by which it {s propesed to amend sald section to read as follows: Section 6. The public school system shall in- clude primary and grammar schools, and such high schools, evening schools, and technical schools as may be established by the Legislature or by municipal or district authority, but the entire revenue derived from the State’ school fund and the State school tax primary and grammar schools shall school distriet, schools. Grammar or unfon of school districts, Which a course of study shall be taught which ill prepare puplls to enter the agricuitural, nin, sity of California. AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN. (Belng Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 34.) A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to section two of article four of the Constitution, in rela- tion to sessions of the Legislature, by which it is proposed to amend said section to read as follows: Section 2. shall commence at twelve o'clock meridian on and shall be biennial unless the Governor shall in the interim convene the Lej lamation. The Legislature shall then remain in session for twenty-five days, after which it must adjourn to some date not less than thirty nor more than sixty days from the time of ad- journment. If the two houses fall to agres session, the Governor shall, by proclamation, ‘within the limits above prescribed. Upon re- assembling the Legislature shall complete its session. No pay shall be allowed to members for a longer period than seventy-five days, and no bill shall be introduced In either house ex- cept at the first twenty-five days of the session, without the consent of three-fourths of the members thereof. NOW, THEREFORE, Pursuant to the provi- slons of the Constitution, and an act of the Legislature of the State of California, entitied ““‘An act to provide for the submission of pro- posed_amendments to the Constitution of the State of Callfornia, to the qualified electors for their approval,” approved March 7, A. D. 1 the above-described proposed amendments are hereby published and advertised to be voted upon, by ballot, by the qualified electors of ths State, at the election to be held throughout this State on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, A. D. 1898 The sald proposed amendments are to be sep- grately voted upon in manner and form as foi- ows: Each ballot used at such election must con- | tain_written or printed thereon the following words, whereupon the voter may express his choice as provided by law: Amendment Number One, being Senate Con-titutional Amendment No. 41 (¢ mpting certain claims against the €ty and County of San Francigco, and t - cxisting indebtedness of the City | Yes o ‘allejo for the construction of its{ —— v ‘er works from the provisions of No . Constitution requiring such claims to be pald from the income and reve- nues of the year in which they were incurred). For the Amendment? Amendment Number Two, being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 10 (providing for framing local county government acts by inhabitants of counties for their government). For the Amendment? Amendment Number Three, belng Sen- ate Constitutional "Amendment No. 44 (providing for the creation of a Court of Claims to determine clatms against the State, and to consist of three Superior Judges destgnated by the Governor to serve without extra compensation). For the Amendment? Amendment Number Four, being As. ‘sembly Constitutional Amendment 6. 81 (exempting consolidated citles and counties, organized or to be or- ganized, or holding a charter un- der the Constitution, from certain leg- islation in relation’to countles). For the Amendment? Amendment Number Five, being As. sembly _ Constitutional 'Amendment No. 36 (relating to office of Governor, proyiding for succession thereto in Certain cases and removing disability- of Lieutenant Governor from holding other office during term). For the Amendment? Amendment Number Six, being Assem- bly Constitutional Amendment No. 38 rl‘!ltlln)( to and defining Grammar chools). ¢ For the Amendment? Amendment Number Seven, being As- sembly Constitutional = Amendment No. 34 (providing for adjournment of Legislature for not less than thi nor more than sixty days during eaci session). For the Amendment? ‘Witnees d Great Seal s mfl hand anc o -of the of California, the and year herel fll‘tlb'.'lfo .“ £ 8 e, = E 3T o Yes No same manner as the Governor, and his term of | normal schools | shall be applied exclusively to the support of | tnclude sohools organized in a | having more than one thousand inhabitants, in | or scientific department of the Univer- | The sessions of the Legislature | the first Monday after the first day of January | next succeeding the election of its members, | gislature by proc- | upon & time at which they will resume their | fix a date for such reconvening, which shall bé | { i 83, ‘\ Highland AUCTION SALES. SALOON AND FURNITURE. THIS DAY (TUESDAY), AT 11 A. 27 PACIFIC ST., NEAR DRUMM FRANK W. BUTT! | SOUTHMERN PACINIC COMPANY. (BACITIC s¥sTES) .| Tralas leave and ave due (o arvive ad SAN FRANCINCO. (Main Line, Foot of Marlkst Street.) ©EAVE — Frouw Srrr. 29,168 — ARRIVE 81004 Niles, Sau Jose aud Wey Stations... 8464 * 10k Miveriie, Orovile and Bedding via | ooon 71004 Magysville, Orovilie an & v 3 Woodland Suase 8:452 6:15p xpress, Oglen and fust.. S:edde Jose, Stuckton, Valley Spring, Ione, Sacramento, Marysville, Chico, Tehama snd Red Blufl. 0A Stackton, Oukdale and Jamestown: 04 Milton :004 llfldlnFe-w and Fresn 01004 Fresuo, Bak | Bunta 3 !fl' 611: les, ?ilmlns El Paso, rleans and East. iandots, Toac 10:004 Valle ez god Wi 007 Sacraments River Stexmioss. 1:00z Niles, 8an Jose and Way Stations. ; San Jomo, Nileg aud Wag Stations. 8306 Niles, Tracy, Mendote, Hantord and Visalla aesesss Livermoro, Baa Jose, Niles sud Way Stabions. Y 1osoa 41009 Martinor, Vaiiefo, Han Ramoy, Napa, Calistogs, El Verano an Santa Rosa. 4:007 Bonicta, Vacaville, Woodland, Knuights Landing, Marssville, Oro- ville and Sacramentp. . . ¥ 4:307 Haywards, Nfles apd San Jose 5:00 Martinez, Tracy, Mendota, Freano, Mojave, Sants Darbars and Los Augeles....... = 8:00r Bquty Fe Houte, Aiisnile Hxpr tor Mojave and Rast. 8:30r Niles, Tracy, Freauo 5:302 Stockton .. 0 ituropean Mall, Ogden an 8P Vallejo . Ba 7:454 8:454 6:45p Lathrop, tions. 81002 Oregon ville, SAN LEANDRO AND WAYWAEDS LOCAL. (Foot of Market rg, San Leandro, South Sam Leandro, Estadillo, Lorenso, Chorry and Haywards. 4 Runs tbrough to Nlles. J & From N1l " COAST DIVISION (Narrow Gange). (Foot of Market Strees. 17454 Banta Oruz Excursion, Senta Cruz and Principal Way Stations. . 8:53A Newark, Oenterville, San Jose, T"e!wn, g:“‘t‘l ler Creek, Santa Oruz and Way ation *2:152 Newark, Cen! le, Ban J Almaden, Feitog, Boulder X, g&nu Cruz snd Principal Way IO s Jose, Glenwood & Way *10:504 4:152 9:204 aA:13» Boulder Creek and Banta Oruz 39:204 CREEK ROUTE FERRY. From SAN PRAKOISCO—Foot of Market Strest (Slip 8)— 1100 200 00 “6:00 8:00 10:00a.1. 12:00 00§ *B:00r .. COAST DIVIRION (Brosd Gauge). (Third and Townsend Sts.) 101404 Ban Jose nud Way Statio: 11:304 San Jose and Way Statio *2:45p Ban Mateo, Redwood, Me: Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Sau'Jose, Gliroy, Hollister, Santa Oruz, Salines, Monterey and Pacifi Grove... .. *10:300 B0p San Jose aad Way SEations..oessreee *B100 5r San Jose aqyl Principel Way Stations 9:45a 7 Ban Jose apd Principal Way Stavions 8:334 5:30r Ban Jose agd Prinoi) Way Stations 5130 SOE et Tens nek Wap A ey as U1:43p San Jose aed Way Stations. L, _Tises San1ox Moenine = ¥ for Afternoon * Sundays excepted. § Sundays only. 1 Satup ays onl; #Sunceys and Mondeys. & SStardays ang Sondary | CALIFORNIA NORTHWESTERN RY. CO. | LESSEHR |GAN FRANCISCO AND NORTR " PAGIFIG | RAILWAY COMPANY. Tidburon Ferry. Foot of Market St | 2 | _ SAN FRANCISCO TO SAN RAFAEL. | WEEK DAYS-—7:30, 8:00, 11:00 2 m.; 12:3, 8:20, 5:10, 6:30 E. m. Thursdsys—Exéra tri ::-dfifxmsu" m. Baturdays—Extra trips at 1: :30 p. m. | EUNDAYS 00, 90, 100 & m.; 1, 23 100, 6:20 p. m. SAN RAFAEL TO SAN FRANCISCO, DAYS—§:10, 7:50, 9:20, 11:10 a. m.; 18 | WEEK 340, 6510 p m. Baturdays—Extra (rips al | eORDATS T8 11:10 3 140, 8 5:00, 6:25 : S . m, | Eetmtas B anoismo iand Suistemn, Puck | schedul above. Leave Arrive san Franctsco. | In Bftect | San Prancisco. June 23, | Sun- 1893 days. | Destination. ‘Windsor, Healdsburg, Lytton, Geyserville, 2:30 pm| 8:00am] Cloverdale. connect it Springs; at Lytton for Lytton Springs: at Gey- eerville for Skaggs Springs; at Cloverdale for the Geysers; at Hopland for Duncan Spring: ‘Springs, Kelseyville, Carls Springs, Soda Day, Lakeport and Bartlett Eprings: at Ukiah {or Vichy Springs. Saratosa Springs, Biie_Lakes, Laurel Dell Lake, Upper Lake, Pomo, Potter Valley, John Day's. River~ side, " Lierley’s Bucknell's,” Sanhedrin Heights, Hullville, Booneville, Orr’s Hot Springs, Men= docino City, Fort Brags, Westport, Usal. Saturday to Monday round trip tickets a¢ uced rates. e Sundays round telp tickets to all potnts beyond San Rafael at balf rates. Offices, 650 Market st., Chronicle bldg. B O W RITING, R. X. RYAN, General Manager. Gen.’ Pass. Agent. NORTH PAGIFIC COAST RAILROAD. Via Sausalito Ferry. FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO MILL VALLEY AND_SAN RAFAEL. WEEK DAYS—*T:2), *):30, 11:00 & m.; *1:45 8:45, 5:15, *6:00, 6:30 p. m. EXTRA TRIPS—For San Rafael on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11:30 p, m. SUNDAYS—#5:00, *10:00, *11:30 a m.; *1:15, 500, w430, 6:15 . ‘m. Trains marked * run to San Quentin. FROM SAN RAFAEL TO SAN FRANCISCO. WEEK DAYS—5:25, *:35, 7:43, *9:30 & m.% *12:20, 2:20, *3:45, 5:0 p, m. EXTRA TRIPS on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturday at 6:40 p. m & SUNDAYS—6:20, *8: 00, *11:55 & m.z 1:15, #3110, 4:40, m. Trains marked * start from San Quentin, FROM MILL VALLEY TO SAN FRANCISCO. WEEK DAYS—5:45, 6:45, 7:5, 9:40 a. m,: 12;35, 9:45, 3:00, 5:20 p. m. EXTRA TRIPS Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at J m. BUNDAYS—8:00, 10:05 8. m.; 12:05, 1:20, 3:20, 5:00, 6:20 p. m. THROUGH TRAINS. a. m. week days—Cazadero and way sta’ns. 145 p. m. Saturdays—Duncan Mills and way stations. $ 2. m. Sundays—Duncan Mills and way sta's. THE SAN FRANGISCO AKD SAN JOAQUIR VALLEY RAILWAY GOMPANY, From June i, 188, ralos will run as follows: Bouth-bound. North-bound. on e 0} S i it intermediats e e At Btockton “with steamboats of California Navigation and Impr yement Com. pany, leaving San and Stockd at p. m. daily, exce| Sunday from San cisco: at M ith to and from i, S, Tope B 00 with stage to and from Maders..