The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 7, 1898, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL FBI]f)AY, OCTOBER 17 9 ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. e S DAKLAND GENERDUS T0 ITS VISITORS? Q Sta + Little Hospitality. ARE BAPTISTS ENTHUSED RECEPTION ACCORDED IN NY YEARS. Better Treated at 1 Santa Rosa Oake« land. of 'aliforni leadir their wives, ays. They are with the manner their dofr ich ha most importa was almost , but was an- present, and was that over and at n w . which e t ate Grangers See| t grower: | Church, and in the evening a good dinner has been given, all gratis, as the result of the generosity of the ladies of the church, A committee composed of Miss | Clara Reed, Mrs. Louise Hagman, Mrs. K. M, Haydon, Miss Mary Talboft and Mrs. William Jess undertook the task of entertaining and feeding the delegates | 'and they have been accorded all manner | of votes of thanks. Another committee | consisting of Mrs. Thomas Dermott, Mrs. | 3. K. Smallman and Captain H. P. Walte arranged for the locating of delegates in different homes, and altogether the Bap- | tist Association thinks Oakland a first- class entertainer. | Rev. Robert Whittaker also did some criticizing this morning before the Bap- | tist Association, in which he stated that akland is a hard city ih which to make conversion: It is hard because it Is a city of fads. Especially is the resident | part a dificult place in which to work | for the people have been preached to and | pre hed to and preached to until they led in their ideas.”” | the whole there is much encourage- ! ment in church work, although the T ports showed a dark side, for while 158 { People were baptized last vear, only nine- ty-eight were reported this year. Still later, in' a_ very interesting report f church ‘work,” Mr. Whittaker ~sald onversions must come if we will work |-and walt {n faith; even here in Oakland conversions can be mad od P She Couldn’t Eat Realty. 6. Police Judge Allen this morning dismissed the charge of | failure to provide for a minor child pre- | ferred against W. W. Moore- Jr. by his mother. Moore's wife died some time ago and Moore’'s mother was appointed guar. dian of the child; but wh to contribute toward the support | child the mother caused his arrest, since { she claims to be a very poor woman. | the witnes nd to-day she admitted she owned rty in San Francisco. | “But,” she can’t eat the prop: ert Jsequently it developed she d money out at interest, and decided that it was a rmined by civil action. Effect of Reading Dime Novels. {LAND, Oct. 6.—Henry F Korb, aged, respectively, 14 ing from San Francisco, o'clock this morning The lads were sleeping Jackson Park. Being n it was found vas armed with a long mmer and a pair of pliers ) had a pistol and several mar- 8 e trend of their conversation led officer to suspect that they had been w-back aime novels of the riety, and they were looking wealth, but their ardor had been ampened by the light showers of the ght. The boys will be turned over to their parents when called fc Creditors Get but Little. KLAND, Oct. 6.—Seventeen cents and a fraction on the dollar is about all the creditors of Sam sel, the insolvent Broadwa fer, will get. The final unt of As eé E. S. Rothchild to-day with Count ric Jordan, the total claims against Rubel to aggre gate $11,936 to meet which there is vut $2016 42. Among the ifornia Bank, $4 child & Co. Lowenbe: | Bros., $771 52 OAKLAND, Oct. prop sald Officer Lynch. L bench in hed at the Ci th reading ve robber v Roth- . $822 16; ustadter 18: ; S. Ringol $2606 05; Hoffman, k | | | | | | | | | | | | | Moore failed | of the that | case | meyer | | i | hief creditors are: | O | temporarily e e T e R R R A nally injured. struck on' the head. Mr: from the lounge. he slipped. far, and down he went. dead.” gk ok kckk ok kok Rk kR R R K K ok KX X R X A BABE FALLS TWENTY FEET, BOUNCES TWO FEET AND LIVES AKLAND, Oct. 6.—Little Marx, the three-year-old son of Laurenz Jor- genson, proprietor of the Brooklyn House in East Oakland, fell from a second-story window to-day to the sidewalk, a distance of about twenty feet, but so far as Dr. A. H. Dodge could discover this after- noon, no bones were broken. It is feared, however, that the child is inter- A most pecullar feature of the fall, aside from the miraculous escape from a horrible death, was the fact that when little Marx’s form struck the bituminous sidewalk it bounced about two feet into the.air and then “I was in the front room getting ready to go out on a visit.” sald s. Jorgenson, “when I noticed Marx had climbed out on the window sill He was just in the act of grabbing for a bird cage when I reached to save him, but the distance was an inch or so too I was horrified and expected to The father is at present on a visit to Denmark. HFHRXFREREEFRRX R XXEXEFERRRERRER R RERR R pick him up ok kK ok ok ki ok ok ok ok ck Kk ok ok k ok ok - DEPUE WILL TRY AGAIN. Files Another Complaint for Di- vorce, Alleging Too Much Parents-in-Law. OAKLAND, Oct. 6.—James E. Depue has filed another divorce complaint against his wife, Grace M. Depue. The complaint alleges that the couple were married in January, 189, residing with the wife's parents, 1016 Clay street; but Depue soon wearied of this arrangement, because of ‘“‘to much father and mother in law.”” Then he agreed to provide a separate home, but the wife would not budge. Depue in .32 returned to Chicago, where he had been a teacher, and provided a home there, but all his coaxing proved of no avall. She preferred her parents. Depue tried for a divorce once before. but Judge Og- den refused to grant a decree. He stated at the previous trial and alleges in_the present complaint that he does not har- monize with his parents-in-law and feels that all of his wife’s friends are conspir- ing against him. Mrs. Depue fis his second wife and the stepmother of Clare Depue, whose mys- terious disappearance caused so much talk and who, after being absent for nine months, was located about two weeks ago. The father claims that the 13-year- old boy was spirited away and kept in hiding by the mother. To Make a Technical Fight. OAKLAND, Oct. 6—W. J. Nixon, charged with selling liquors wi hout a license appeared in the Police Court to- day, pleaded not guilty and demanded a jury trial. The officers had a lively time in arresting Nixon. To-day his attorney, Colonel Garrity, tried to have the charge dismissed as a demurrer, claiming that the words “‘on or about” had been inter- 1 d in the printed complaint, and there- fore the time on which the alleged of- fense was committed was not stated with sufficient certainty. Judge Allen, how- ever, overruled the demurrer. FEAST OF POMONA. Celebrated Last Night by the §ta.te Grange. OAKLAND, Oct. 6. — The State Grange spent this morning in dis- cussing the free market proposition for San Francisco. The following com- mittees were announced by Worthy Mas- ter W. W. Greer: Credentials—F. E. Schirmer (chairman), Charles W. Emery, Julius H. Beach, Sister S. W. Piicher, Sister F. B. Moore. Division of Labor—B. G. Hurlburt (chalr- man), Thomas Waite, B. Hayward, Sister R. 8. Twitchell, Sister Della Moran. Resolutions—L. H. Applegate, Harry C. Raap, C. D. Butler, Sister Clara Blohm, Sister George Conners. Constitution and by-laws—R. O. Baldwin, O. S. Twitchell, Nathan H. Root, Sister A. 8. Haywood, Sister S. Hurlburt. Fifth and Sixth degrees—E. C. Shoemaker, Joseph D. Connell, S. W. Pitcher, Sister Jen- nie Gould, Sister J. L. Beecher, Sister Jennie Saunders. Pomona Feast—H. F. Blohm, Walter Ren- wick, M. D. Hopkins, R. O. Baldwin, Mrs. L. Schellmeyer. Finance—George Conners, A. D. Butler, Ja- A Emery. Press—Cyrus Jones, M. D. Hopkins, G. Worthen, Sister Emory and Mattle Maholin. This evening the grange celebrated the Feast of Pomona at Eiite Hall. The tables were laden with all the products | of the orchard, and many guests partici- pated. To-morrow morning President Arper of the Merchants' Exchange will address the grange _———————— A Bedstead Manufactory. OAKLAND, Oct. 6.—The Pacific Metal | Bedstead Company, recently incorpor- ated, with a capital of $150,000, will soon | occupy the old shoe factory building near Sixteenth-street station, which has been renovated and remodeled. The incor- porators are: A. Rudyear, W. A. Schrock and Willlam Hammer, of Oakland: A. Merle of Alameda and V. Stone of San Francisco. cob Bettinger, Sister Sadle Mac, Sister THE HOUSE 0 BLAZES MUST BE REMOV Is Mortgaged. A CENTER OF THE MUNICIPALITY. Even the Old Shack HISTORY SUPREME COURT AWARDS IT TO Nothing Now but a Mortgage to! Prevent the Immediate Open- ing of Fallon Street. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %8 Broadway, Oct. 6. The House of Blazes is now the prop- erty of the city of Oakland, according to a recent decision of the Supreme Court. Ten years ago everybody who was any- body on either side of the bay heard of the House of Blazes. It was a resort that was very popular before electric roads crossed the Twelfth street dam and robbed the locality of its seclusion. Now nobody would be sorry if the ramshackle place, with its little summer houses, were to go up in flames, with all the history, pleasant and unpleasant, that it has helped to make for nearly a generation. Yet over this dilapidated wreck that is suggestive of “‘good times” there is likely to be a contest. A mortgage is held upon it by a San Francisco bank, and although the building put up at auction would not fetch $50 for firewoou, a great deal more is likely to be spent before rallon street is cut through from Eleventh to Twelfth. The old resort is located in the middie of the road, and now that the Supreme Court has decided that the title to the property is vested in the city of Oakland the old house must go. About three years ago the opposition to maintaining the place was so great that its French pro- rietor went into insolvency, and no one as yet ventured to assume its manage- ment. It has rapidly decayed, and there | is in existence a ledger containing some | of the records which many Ileuplu would | wish destroyed. When the place was last | attached by the Sheriff this little record RAFT REACHES PORT AT LAST It Was Towed In by the Tug Monarch. DELAY OF THE ALAMEDA MUCH MAIL MATTER WAS SIDE- ( TRACKED AT OGDEN. A Fire Drill in the Ferry Depot Showed the Employes of the Harbor Commission to Be Efficient. om Plgeon f the Pro- 1 its anchor- and favored and tide the oat did not acisco. The Mc Shipowners' and pany, and to it w t. T. P. H. Whitel who went out the Catalina, was engaged at so ch per day, so the salvage will be ai- A between the owners and crew of the out by Towboat 1 g all the W, ot for Honolulu, Apla, Auckland a til 10 o'clock last -night. Owing 1der made at Ogden by the rail- service twenty-five lian mall matter were sidetrack- and had to be sent on behind a special engine. All the other English mail was aboard and the steamer could easily have at 2 p. m. had it not been for ate mistake. The steamer is ed 1 twenty-four hours by al of the mall steamer at origin the New The Harbo employes promptu Chief Do met Commis; Herrold, in. The butlding, responded the hose and a stre ing clear to the er pouring out of one of the windows. This Was with water pumped from the bay, and Chief Dougherty was_more than pleased with the showing. When it came Yo using Spring Valley Water, however, the pressure was found to be totally inad: equate, and the board will see to it that the mistake is rectified at on i ant Chief Dougherty recommen that fome extra hydrants on the piers, a few Mmore reels of hose for the building and Some axes be added to the outiit, and then the depot would be in dition to fight a fire. The ¥ Commissioners gave thelir new ferry depot an im- rill yesterday. Assistant y and Captain Comstock oners Colnon, Harney and a false alarm was turned anitors and employes of the aded the superintendent, d in short order he pump at work arried from the build- d of the pier was soon and { ! epplikNoesi Sions R S Oakland News Items. OAKLAND, Oct. 6.—One hundred men ‘e put to work this morning on street ning, and twenty-flve more are to be Street Superintendent Miller says to complete the general wer c added. this is done so 2 clean-up before the rains. o On motion of Attorney Nusbaumer, Manuel Stone’s bail was to-day reduce from $2000 to $1500 by Judge Ellsworth. Stone is the Portugue: indicted by the Grand Jury for perjury. — Alameda News Items. ALAMEDA, Oct. 6.—To-night will be Y. M. 1. night at the St. Joseph’s falr and the young men have arranged to make it a grand success. Toney Choney of this city and Minnie Sanders of Ukiah were married this after- noon by Justice Morris. Some much needed improvements are being made on Raliroad avenue at Bay station, in the way of reconstructing the sewers, etc. Mrs. Viola B. Gongwer of Dunsmuir, who came to this city for medical treat- ment, died last night at a Park street jodging house, aged %9 years, The remains have been sent to Dunswmuir for burial. rrlvute George Barz&tt of Company I, Eighth ment, di of fever at the County Infirmary last night and his re- [N San | pouches | perfect con- rbor Com- misioners have already ordered the extra e editor recently | mains were sent to his home in Nevada lay. am J. Rogers, son of Captain Rog- bt & and Miss Hammond, nd Mrs. Willlam Ham- Vista avenue, were t. Joseph's par- aret E 7] | | ers, | daughter of M | mond of 208 Buena arried last evening at { onage. | an g ] m BOTKIN POISONING CASE. High State Officials Put Their Heads | Together and Think. | There was a long conference yesterday | afternoon-in the office of the Attorney | General be | ernor Budd upon the Botkin extradition | case. The two officials then repaired to | the chambers of Supreme Justice Beatty, where considerable time was consumed in the same discussion. None of the peo- ple in t had .rested would intimate wh been said or what plan, if any, had been decided upon. Attorney General Fitzger- ald later in the day the Governor had called upon the Chief Justice to see if he would listen to t tions Involved in the extradition mat- but the Justice had not given an r and the case It was int | an before, that the move nated | upon the Supreme Court would be on the | | line of a habeas corpus after considera- | tion and decision in the Superior Court. It is intimated that within the next day or s0 there will be great developments in the Botkin case, but whether these will | take the form of additio | the woman having poisoned Mrs. Dunning | ana her sister in Dover or simply some { new interpretation of the law on extr: | dition is not stated. Late in the after- noon Chief of Police Lees and the Attor- al e | ney General bad a long conversation in| | the latter's office, but nothing was de- | cidea upon that the officials would make public. < The habeas corpus proceedings in the | case were called in Judge Cook’s court vesterday, but-as neither side was ready 10 proceed the matter was continued un- tfl ‘to-morrow. 2 2 Attorney General White of Wilmington, Del., has made arrangements to start to San 'Francisco at_once if necessary. hite said that Delaware is now on the defensive and it would not be fair for this State to impose on District Attorney Hosmer of San Francisco to fight his State's battle. — e ——— Hunters’ Train Scheduled. | The summer excursion schedule of the coast division of the Southern Pacific Company has been discontinued, and un- til the opening of next season there will be no more Sunday excursions to Santa Cruz, Monterey and way points. The | regular winter “‘hunters’ train” over the narrow gauge road will go on this week. | —_———— | Civil Service Examinations. A civil service examination for Custom House employes will begin at 9 a. m. next Saturday in the Lowell High School. | Mr. | ween Mr. Fitzgerald and Gov- | | from Fruitvale stated that he and | tands just as it did | | ence of | BIG ENTRY LIST FOR THE ROAD RACE TEN-MILE EVENT ATTRACTS ALL THE CRACKERJACKS. New Riders by the Score Puzzle the Handicapper How to Properly Place Them. x largest entry list ever known in an evant of the California Associated Cy- cling Clubs is represented by the list of starters for the annual ten-mile road race to be run next Sunday morning to Haywards. The list numbers 114 men; many of whom are new to the game, although all the old-timers are also entered. On account of the many riders whose previous performances are unknown, Official Handicapper Smyth has had a difficult time in allotting them to their various marks, but his work has been carefully done and the event will re- sult in a grand race. The race will start at High street, Leandro road, Fruitvale, on the San romptly at 10 a. m. Sunday. The follow- ng are the entries and handicaps: Scratch—J. E. Wing, George P. Fuller, E. F. Russ and E. A. Bozio, Olympic; L R. Lind, Tony Delmas, Garden Ct. Kragness, George Tantau, tanley, Olympic; Ben Noonan, Bay all Hardenbrook, Garden City. 1 minute—R. G. Black, Walter J. Davidson, Bay City P. Deacon,” Rellance. 1 minute 15 seconds—Thomas H. White, Cali- fornia; George P. Thorn, Julius Smith, H. Schnitspan, Garden City; D. G. Sylvester, Bay City; A. T. Smith, Acme. 1 minute_3) seconds—H. D. Bean, George Kroetz, J. W. Kingsley, Olympic; R. A. Coul- ter, California; A. H. Agne c ftis, Encinal; A. J. Clark, Garden Cit P. H. Rosenheim, Re- Imperial; T. Schleuter, ,_ H. Robinson, Garden ess, Bay City; L. H. Smith, Acme; City; Edward Mc Olympie. 2 minutes 45 seconds—Har: v Kennedy, Acme; ‘harles Rueser, Les: E. B. Wastie, G. . Silverberg, R. R. & y A. Garfleld, Reliance; J. N. . R. Worrell, Imperial; L. Kraker, San Francisco Road Club; C. C. V. Reeve, Encinal. 3 minutes—A, Bannister, C. J. Vogel, Rell- ance; George Hanson, C. C. Williams, E. Saun- ders, Olympic; A. W. Nicholls, V. A. Curlin, Arthur McDonald, Garden City; J. C. Larsen, California; Parker Baldwin, Acme; A. O. Hoff- man, Imperial. 3 minutes 15 seconds—C. Hohnes, A. Miles, Reliance; W. F. Young, Frank Volmer, C, H. Metz! Garden City; L. Spillane, Imperial; J. Melntyre, L. J. Hammeremith, W. Rhodes, John Hobson, Olympic: F. A. Bush, California. 3 minutes 30 seconds—W. F. Martin, F. C. Evans, Rellance; B. F. Brown, Encinai; A, 8. Schimmel, Garden City; Eddie Adams, Olympic; George Freeman, Acme. The following gentlemen have been se- lected to take care of the detalls of both start and finish: Referee, Charles Albert Adams. Judges—J. Mullen, O. C. W.; F. H. Kerrigan, B. C. J. B. Lamkin, G. C. 'W.; C Trolllet, . € 3 3 Allen, “Acme; O Wetmore, B. C. W.; Joe Lewls, S. F. R. C.; W, F. Sharpe, Acme; J. S. Bailey, San Jose; J. 8 Destmone, G. C. W.: W, T. McFariane, I C. Stoddard, B. C. W.; Edward Chri F. C, Montealegre, C. C. W.; H. Dl 0. C.W. Scorers—H. W, Spalding. . C. .; Herbert D. Clark, B. C. W.; C. N. Ravlin, Un.; T. G, Spillane, O C. W.; 8. J. McKnight, Ariel; George E. Owen, G. C. W.; H. L. Whitman, R.’A. C; Stanley Scovern, Un. E. Fahrbach, B. C. W.; J. A. Hammersmith, 0. C. W. Clerk of course, J. F'. Hancock. As- sistant clerks—George E. Dixon, E. W. Schnei- der, R. J. Ellot; checkers—W. 'C. Umbach, A. M. McCasty, R. Price Miller, #L Linsley, C. H. Yearian, J. Uri, J. M. Hamiiton, Henry Wynne, B. N. Creigh; chief umpire, R. 'C. Hahn, O. C. W.: assistant umpires—L. Meyer, E. E. Berg- man, E. S. Bailey, A. McFariand, M, Bestar- dlg, 'A. Hampton: chief marshal, J. P. Thorn; starter, John Kitchen, Acme; assistant starters M. Y. Geanes, F. G. Peck ————————— WILL KNOW TO-DAY. The Seventh Regiment Anxiously Awaiting Its Fate. The applications of the men of the Sev- enth Regiment asking for discharges were forwarded to department headquarters vesterday by General Miller. General Merriam wired the adjutant general his recommendation in the matter, but re- tused to give It outfor publication. It | will be known to-day definitely what will be the fate of the regiment. There is hardly any deubt that the Seventh will be mustered out. The site for the general military hospi- tal has not yet been selected. Colonel Middleton recommended Fort Mason, but this was disapproved by ~General Mer- riam. Another location will be selected by the Medical Department this week. It was not known at department headquarters vesterday where this would be. Walter C. Lovejoy. M.D., a member of the Hospital Corps at the division hospi- tal, has recelved his appointment as an acting assistant surgeon of the regular army. Dr. Lovejoy, since his enlistment, | has had charge of the operating room | and surgical ward at the hospital, and his | appointment is but a just recognition of his faithful services. —_—————————— Stubbs Goes East. J. C. Stubbs, third vice-president of the Southern Pacific Company, left on last night's overland for Chicago, where he will attend a meeting of the transconti- nental freight traffic managers. The ob- ject of the traffic managers’ convention is the adjustment of the differences that exist between the American lines and the Canadian Pacific Railwa: —_———————— St. Andrew’s Society. This evening the St. Andrew’s Soclety will tender a reception to the San Fran- cisco Oratorfo Soclety in Scottish Hall. It wiu be an invitational affair and there will ihe presented a choice programme of | music. | DO NOT CHOOSE TO WAIT FOR | THEIR SHARE. LATEST The American clipper ship Florence has been purchased by W. E. Mighell, will be added to the list.of vessels owned on the Pacific Coast. The Florence has been in the New York-San Fran- cisco trade since she was built in 1887. She is 223.1 feet long, 41 feet broad, 26 feet deep, and re The Florence sailed for Seattle yesterday to bring down a load of coal. On her return she L | - T0 BREAK THE TRUST CLAUSE Contention Over the| Will of Sutro. | THE HEIRS ARE RESTLESS. Distribution of the Vast Estate Will Be Expedited if the Trouble- | some Provision Is De- clared Invalid. A majority of the heirs of the late | Adolph Sutro have decided to proceed as did the heirs of the Fair estate and en- | deavor to obtain a judgment of the court, | declaring the trust clause in the will of | the millionaire not only inoperative but | invalid. ‘With this end in view Clara A. Sutro, | Edgar E. Sutro, Kate Nusbaum and Rosa | V. Morbio filed suit yesterday against Empma L. Merritt and W. H. R. Adamson, as trustees under Sutro’s will, and George ‘W. Merritt and Charles W. Sutro, to quiet title to a portion of the San Miguel Rancho, which includes “The Heights" and the beach properties, containing in all about 1150 . acres. The plaintiffs allege that the defend- ants, other than George W. Merritt and | Charles W. Sutro, assert that they are | trustees under an' instrument purporting | to be a will of Adolph Sutro, and as such trustees, claim an interest in the property on which it is sought to quiet title. The other defendants, it is averred, also claim an interest in the real property adverse | to the plaintiffs, which claim plaintiffs al- lege is without right or foundation. Af- ter reciting these allegations, plaintiffs ?ra that the adverse claims of the de- endants, as trustees or otherwise, be de- | termined; that all questions concerning the validity of any gift, devise or trust, under any instrument purporting to be a will of Adolph Sutro, under or through which the trustees claim, be finally ad- judicated and determined. That 4t be adjudged and decreed that the defendants have not, as trustees or otherwise, any right, title or interest in (he“})m erty. That Emma L. Merritt and . fi. fi Adamson, as trustees under said instru- ment purporting to be a will of Adolph Sutro, be forever enjoined from asserting any claim to any of the property belong- ing to the estate of Adolph Sutro, and purporting to be devised in trust by the instrument to Emma L. Merritt and W. H. R. Adamson, named in the instrument as_trustees. Yesterday was the day set for further hearing in the matter of the contest of the will, Neither side was ready to pro- ceed and by agreement the case was con- tinued until the 14th inst. TO SURVEY THE GAP. Chief Engineer Storey of the Valley road will leave this morning for Bakersfield for the purpose of inspecting the pro- posed route of the road from that city through Tejon Pass to Los Angeles. Mr. Storey expects to return in a week or ten days and will then send a corps of surveyors and engineers down to map out the route and prepare it for actual building. This, it is expected, will soon be begun. { —————— Charged With Felony. Dr. J. B. McMahon, whose name was mentioned in connection with the death of Mrs. Rosenthal, who died from the effects charged with a felony. He was immedi- ately released on $1000 bonds furnished by ADDITION TO THE COASTING FLEET. the well-known ship-owner, and his friends. CASTORIA For Infants and Children | sentence was continued until to-morrow. | Btate .of Celiforma an amendment to the Con- | electors_of such county. { not two such papers, | sede any existing county government act, and | visors or other legislative body of such county, of s gpers and dinners that Oakland and San Francisco bon vivants had forgotten 10 pay for was taken possession of by a debtor, and 8o great was its value consid- | ered to be that it is said the debtor’s bill against the establishment was quickly liquidated. ity Attorney Dow said that as a mat- ter of fact the city has owned the place for years and could bring suit to recover the rent pafd for the same if there were any prospect of obtaining it. Alameda County’s Cash. OAKLAND, Oct. 6.—The county’s cash | has just been counted by Supervisor J. R. Talcott, Auditor Myron A. Whidden and Deputy District Attorney Greene. They report as follows: When last counted on | September 7 there was a total of $199.- 901 59 on hand. Since then $2,560 47 has been received from officers’ fees, and $1,880 40 from other sources, making a total of $204,342 46 to be accounted for. Disbursements since the last count amount to $35,088 46, leaving a balance of §169,254 that should be in the treasu: This amount was found to be on hand. _The money is distributed_as_follows: United States gold coin, §26.600; gold notes, $241; silver coin, $1053 25; on deposit in Central Bank, $60,000; in Union Na- ticnal Bank, $20,000; in First National fia"y"é( $60,000; Controller’'s warrants, 1359 5. { Hunger Led Him to Steal. i _OAKLAND, Oct. 6.—Lee Warren, the 17-year-old boy booked at the City Prison last night for’ petty larceny, admitted to- day in the Police Court that he had stolen & watch from an employe at the Tele- graph-avenue power-house. He had taken the watch to a jeweler, who, having at one time repaired it. recognized the time- piece. He told a pitiful tale, however, of the death of his parents, of hunger, etc., and pleaded for mercy. The passing of | Council COMPANY G. ALAMEDA, Oct. 6.—There appear to bs two kinds of reports with regard to the condition of the members of Company G, Eighth Regiment, now at Vancouver bar- racks. A number of letters have been re- ceived from privates complaining about the manner in which they have been treated, and particularly, the food. Much sickness is said to prevail, and it ed that there were a number of cas typhoid fever. It was alleged that durihg drill the other day three men dropped in the ranks from weakness, brought on by unnecessary hardsh ther hand, a letter from of the company says of hard- ships < well _as of sickne: has ot been serious, being mostly colds from the change of climate, and that the stories of ill treatment are, for the most part, unfounded. ————— To Consider the Tax Levy. OAKL —The Mayor_ has called a s & of the City Coun- cil for to-morrow night to consider the tax levy. He has prepared a statement shows which he will present that the - ordinance pa by the will Jeave a big deficit in the funds of every department. He was peti- tioned to-day by university students who use the free library to veto the ordi- nance. Dr.Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established in 1854 for the treatment of Private Diseases, Lost Manhood. Deb othersfail _Try him. Curesguaranteed. PROCLAMATION. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, | SACRAMENTO, July 30th, 183. WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of California, at its thirty-second session begin ning on the fourth day of January, A. D. 1867, two-thirds of all the members elected to each of the two houses of said Legislature voting in favor thereof, proposed the following de- scribed amendments to the Constitution of the State of California, to-wit: AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. (Belng Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 41.) A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to section eighteen of article eleven of the Constitu- tion, in relation to revenue and taxation, by | which it is proposed to amend said section to | read as follows: | Section 18. No county, clty, town, township board of education or school’ district shall i cur any indebtedness or liability in any man- ner or for any purpose exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for it for such year, without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors thereof, Voting at an | election to be held for that purpose, mor 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 thereof on or before maturity, which shall not. exceed forty years from the time of contracting the same: provided, however, that the City and | County of San Francisco may at any time pay | the unpaid claims with Interest thereon for materials furnished to and work done for sald city and county during the forty-third and forty-fourth fiscal years, out of the income and revenue of any succeeding year or years; pro- vided, that any and all claims for making, re- pairing, altering or for any work done upon or for any material furnished for any street, lan alley, court, place or sidewalk, or for the co: struction of any sewer or sewers in said city and county are hereby excepted from the pro- visions of this section: and in determining any clalm permitted to be pald by this section, no statute of limitations shall apply in any man- ner; and provided further, that the City of Valiejo, 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 so0 decide. Any indebted- ness or liability incurred contrary to this pro- vision, with the exception hereinbefore recited, shall be void. AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. (Belng Senate Cnnmt‘:t)lonal Amendment No. A resolution proposing to ikLe peopls of the stitution of the State, by adding a mew sec- tion, to be known and designated ms section seven and one-half, article eleven thereof, pro- viding for the framing by the inhabitants of counties of local county government acts for their own government. The said 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, by causing a board of fifteen freeholders, Who have been, for at least five years, qualified to be elected by the qualified 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 such county, which shall be signed in dupli- cate by the members of such board, or a ma- Jority of them, and returned, one copy thereof to the Board of Supervisors or other legisl tive body of such county, and the other copy %o 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 be then in one only, for at least twenty days, and within not less than thirty days after such publication it shall be submitted to the qualified electors of such county, at a general or special election, and if % ‘majority of such qualified electors voting thereon shall ratify the same, it shall there- after be submitted to the Legislature for its Tejection or approval, as a whole, without power of alteration or amendment, and if ap- Provea by a majority of the members elected 10 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- all amendments thereof, and all special 'laws Inconsistent with such county government act A_copy of such county government act, certi- fied by the President of the Board of Super- and authenticated by the seal of such county, getting forth the submission of such county Fovernment act to the electors, and its ratifica- fion by them, shall be made in duplicate and deposited, 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. The county government act o ratified may be amended, at Intervals of not less than two Jears, by proposals therefor, submitted by the jegislative authority of the’ county, to the Qqualified electors thereof, at a general or spe- 3151 election held at least forty days after the ublication of such proposals for twenty days "2 newspaper of general circulation in such county, and ratified by at least three-fifths of fhe qualified electors voting thereon, and ap- Proved by the Legislature as hereln provided Pro%he approval of the county government act. 13 submitting any such county government act any alternative article or proposition may be Presented for the cholce of the voters, and may Do “Votea on separately without prefudice to others. Tt ‘shall be competent in all county govern- ment acts framed under the authority given. by This section, to provide for the manner in Which, the times at which, and the terms for Which the several township and county officers Sther than Judges of the Superior Court, shall e elected or appointed; for thelr compensa- tion: for the number of such officers, for the consolidation or segregation of offices, for the pumber of deputles that eachofficer shall have, And for the compensation payable to each of Sueh deputies, for the manner in which, the fimes in which. and the terms for which the Tembers of all boards of election shall be Clected or appointed and for the constitution, fegulation, compensation and government of futh boards, and of their clerks and attaches; also, to prescribe the manner and method by Which all elections by the people shall be con- Tted: and may In addition determine the fests and conditions upon which electors, po- Jitieal parties and organizations may particl- pate in any primary election. Whenever any county has, in the manner and ‘method herein pointed out, adopted any aounty government act, and the same shall fave "been approved by the Legislature an Mforesald. the direction of sections four and BI0TSt this article providing for the uniformity D% system of county governments throughout The State, and likewise providing for the elec- e, and appointment of officers, and the regu- Jation of their compensation. shall not apply. Hnid county government act &hall. as to any of the matters hereinabove provided for and de- IR ed by such county government act, mot be Chbject to any law or amendment enacted by the Tegislature. except by amendment first supmitted to the electors” and ratified in the manner herefnabove set forth. AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. (Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. A resolution proposing to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Con- stitution of the State. by adding a new section, known and designated as section five and of a criminal operation, surrendered him- | ' faif_articie six thereby providing for th Self fo_the police last evening and was | ooganizstion of & court, to be known as the Court of Claims. The said proposed new sec- tion to read as follows 2 Gectlon 5%. The Court of Claims shall con- sist of any three Judges of the Superior Court, ¥ho may be requested by the Governor to hold wourt at the regular terms thereof. The Court of Claims shall have exclusive jurisdiction to fiear and determine all claims of every kind and character against the State, under such Jaws may be passed by the Legislature, and its judgment thereon shall be final. The terms of the Court of Claims shall be held as fol- lows: Tn the City of Los Angeles, commencing on the lzchtmd Monday of March; § In the City and Countv of San Francisco, commencing on the second Monday in July, d the secona The Tudges Tecefve no extra compensation the shall receive their actual cxpensen. 1s e 9ut of the general fund of the State tre The Legisiature shall enact all laws ne Lo orEanize such court, to provide. o edure thereof azd to ¢ r of this section. S R bl AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. (Being Assembly Constitutional Amendment N ) Monday of November of e holding such term of coure yee but isions A resolution to propose to the peopl State of California an amendment to the. Con stitution of the State. amending article eleven, by adding a new section thereto, to be known as section number five and one-half, relating to gonsolidated city and county governments. The #ald proposed new section to read as follows: aiStion . The provisions of secticns four and five of this article shall not. nor shall any gislation passed pursuant thereto, apply ‘o any consolidated city and county government, flow existing or hereafter formed, which shall e obCcome, or shall become, oranized under , or secu ¢ ehesyem or secure a charter under section AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE. (Being Assembly Conetitutional Amendment No. 38.) A resolution to propose to the people of the | State of California an amendment of section fifteen and section sixteen of article five of th Constitution of the State of - California. by b Al r”’g‘\ r‘oae to amend said sections to Section 15. A Lieutenant Governor sha elected at the same time and place and i!tl !Y‘:: same manner as the Governor, and his term of office and his qualifications shall be the same, He shall be president of th. Senate, but shall en’lir:‘l‘" IES casting vote therein. E lon . In case of the impeachment the Governor, or his removal fromna’flc!, dea.l;f inabllity to discharge the powers and dutles of his office, resignation or absence from the State, the powers and duties of the office shall de?'al\'e upon the Lieutenant Governor for the residue of the term, or until the disabllity sha.i cease. And should the Licutenant Governor be impeached, displaced, resign, die or become in- capable of performing the dutles of his office, or be absent from the State, the president pro tempore of the Senate shall act 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, or until such disability of the Lieutenant Gov- ernor hall cease. In 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 Gov- ernor, then the powers and duties of such of~ fice ahaii devoive upon the speaker of the As- sembly, until the office of Governor shall be filled at such general election. AMENDMENT NUMBER EIX. (Being Assembly g_om;gl)unonal Amendment o. A resolution to propose to the people of State of California an nmcndmer‘l’: :’n lecl:};n. slx,‘mlcle nine of the Constitution of the State of California, relating to grammar schools, by which it is proposed to amend said section to read as follows: Section 6. The public school system shall fn- clude primary and grammar schools, and such high schools, evening schools, normal 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 shall be applied exclusively to the support of primary and grammar schools. = Grammar schools shall include schools organized in a school district, or union achool districts, having more than one thousand Inhabitants, in which a course of study shall be taught which VIll prepare pupils to enter tne agricultural, g or scientific department of the Us Sity of California. o B U AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN. (Belng Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 3.) A resolution to propose to the people of State of Calitornia &n amendment to seetion two of article four of the Constitution, in rela- tion to sessions of the Legislature, by which It is proposed to amend sald section to read as follows: Section 2. The sessions of the Legisiature shall commence at twelve o'clock meridian on the Grst Monday after the first day of January next succeeding the election of its members, and shall be biennial unless the Governor shall in the interim convene the Legislature by proc- lamation. The Legislature shall then remain in sesslon 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. It the two houses fall to agres upon a time at which they will resume their session, the Governor shall, by proclamation, fix a date for such reconvening, which shall bs within the limits above prescribed. Upon re assembling the Legislature shall complete its session. No pay shall be allowed to membe: for & 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 provie slons of the Constitution, and an act of the Legislature of the State of California, entitled ““An act to provide for the submission of pro- posed amendments to the Constitution of the State of California, to the qualified electors for their approvai,” approved March 7, A. D. 1853, the above-described proposed amendments ars hereby published and aavertised to be voted upon, by ballot, by the qualified electors of the State, at the election to be held throughout this State on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, A. D. 13%. The said proposed amendments are to be sep= arately voted upon in manner and form as fol= 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 Constitutional Amendment No. 41 (exempting certain claims against the City and County of San Francisco, and the_existing indebtedness of the City | Yes of Vailejo for the construction of fts{ —— water works from the provisions of No the Constitution requiring such claims to be paid from the income and reve- nues of the year in which they were incurred). For the Amendment? Amendment Number Two, belng 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, being Sen- ate Constitutional Amendment No. 44 (providing for the creation of a Court of Claims to determine claims against the State, and to consist of three_Superior Judges designated by the Governor to serve without extra compensation). For the Amendment? Amendment Number Four, being As. sembly Constitutional 'Amendment No. 31 (exempting consolidated cities and counties, organized or to be or- anized, or holding a charter un- er 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, providing for_succession thereto in certain cases and removing disabilify of Lieutenant Governor from holding other office during term). TFor the Amendment? Amendment Number Six, being Assem- bly Constitutional Amendment No. 35| Yes (relaiing ® and defining Grammar{ —— Schools). Na For the Amendment? ; Amendment Number Seven, being As- sembly _Constitational Amendment No. 34 (providing for adfournment of [ Yes Legislature for not less than thirty{ —— nor more than sixty days during each | ~ No session). For the Amendment? Witness my hand and the Great Seal of the State of California, the and year hereln het ‘above Writtan. o JAMES H. BUDD. aovgm. fi(m ¢ L. H. , Bearstary of et