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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1898. v ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. FRED DAVIS, COUNTY EXPERT, HAS RESIGNED A Surprise Before thei Supervisors. | | wate | quet SURMISE AS TO THE CAUSE HAD IT ANY CONNECTION WITH THE GRAND JURY? | Davis Did Not Offer Any Explana- tion, but Gave Up His Position With Appropriate Courtesy. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %8 Broadway, Oct. 10. Fred A. Davis, who has been for a long time county exper sed everybody to-day by nation to the Board of one had any intima was to be pr d in the lobby that it h th Y here was some d ctior office of expe by Boa ng forth the ho ployes of the b at the electior ne of th primary matte epted to date < vou all for the courtesy : given me in the dischargs n was accepted and E. B of the Board ofnted h objected to taki He said Davis had the past w ded 3 Roeth ai. TRYING TO STAMP OUT A SCOURGE AT NILES SCARLET FEVER IN TEAT BURG VERY PREVALENT. A Delegation Appears Before the Su- pervisors Asking for Power to Check the Malady. isco Call, Oct. 10. er at Niles and it of an score of ts, and many Portuguese section. Some pub hool was ordered | measure, but and clos to enforc out the dise: it was discovered tha legal authority for the ap- '\ alth officers, and office we arged. there au- f s - ed in part for Tairs at Niles. and this is nt_condition The_Supervisors w an officer, or at least to take £ome s th ouid resu 1 prec c out of quarantine when addition_to it is known that many cas Portuguese tion that have known. Just how far th ad is not known, but tt consternation in 'the towns desire that some author t ak to Yr t the Some of the localities where fever exists are among the tary, and it s believed that that has a tendency to pread the disease were Te- epidemic would disappear in very short time. Dr. E. A. Chalme Supervisore, and to Supervisor W Alameda County Court Notes. OAKLAND, Oct. 10.—Lydia A. Levison, ugh her attorne J. W. Carter, to- ced suit for divorce from J. breed moved s appeared before the natter was referred | ministration have been is- Public Administrator W. H. | Knight on the estate of Cleophas Gre- goire, the young man who shot himself {n the left breast five tim recently and was found dead on Hobart street. The will of Arthur von Gieglinger, who committed suicide about two weeks ag0 by !endmig a bullet through his brain, was filed for probate to-day. The estate consists of twenty shares of capital stock of the Pacific States Savings L. &\B. Ci valued at $1000, and $100 worth of jewelry End of a Long Litigation. | OAKLAND, Oct. 10. —The litigation | over the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth L. Cook which s been in the courts for several vears has finally been settled by a de cision from the Supreme Court in the suit | of Public Administrator W. H. Knight to compel W. G. Tripp, Mrs, ok's financial agent, to give up certain property belong- Ing to the estate, and including moneys in bank aggregating about $10,000, and | valued at | oan association stock | C. J. Benjamin’s Death. | i Oct. 10.—Clayton J. Benja- old resident of this city, OAKLAND, min, another after a protracted {llness. ed I;vur! been in the employ of the n cific Company for the past | He leaves a wife and twa | t lian and Gertle, the latter her in Swett School. East Oakland. % f}!:irged With Grand Larceny. {LAND, Oct. 10.—John F. Piggott ‘]n?( :ialfln Childs, accused of hg‘gh’l!; E_(‘"é Q}‘: Pocket of Mrs. Widerman of | padlejo at the Oakland mole recently, | jave been Tormaily charged with gragdi . the complaint bef Detective Gibson of San Franeiseo. . | Mystery of a Tric y cycle. OAKLAND, Oct. 10.—A tricycle, belong- 1n§ to Mayor Thomas' little eight-year- old daughter, stolen two years ago, has ust been returned as mysteriously as it sappeared from the Mayor's back yard. ‘When discovered early this morning it occupled almost the same place it did 1 daughters, a te | denly to the sidewalk unconscious. gnor to its disappearance. The plush on he seat is badly worn, but barring the wear, the wheel has not changed mate- rially, and the Mayor and his family are now wondering why any one should re- turn it after two years have passed. Colored Veteran Drops Dead. OAKLAND, Oct. 10.—Joseph Davis, a colored veteran of the civil war, latterly working as a teamster and residing at 673 Valdez street, dropped dead early this morning_while going from his home to the old free market stalls east of Twen- ty-third avenue, where he kept his team. Deceased was a member of Lyon Post, A. R., and was a native of Florida, aged 57 vears. He had been subject to epileptic fits. Quick Capture of Robbers. OAKLAND, Oct. 10.—Thieves broke into the railroad Station at Glant a few days ago, securing some money and the agent’s Deputy Sherifts Higgins and Bo- were immediately notified of the and taking the trail of the ves, caught them within two hours \fter the burglary on the road to Oak- jand. The prisoners gave their names as Frank Johnson and Joseph Daly and are believed to be old hands at the business. They are now in the Contra Costa County jall, awaliting a hearing. Took “Rough on Rats.” OAKLAND, Oct. 10.—John Tweter, a cook residing at the corner of Fifth and robbery, hi t Clay streets, took a dose of rough on oy e termoon And died at the Re- ceiving Hospital early this evening. Tweter had been out of work and money for some time and this prompted him to end his troubles. Deceased was aged about 45 years and leaves a son and a daughter, the later residing at Santa Rosa. Plum XKilled at Tucson. OAKLAND, Oct. 10.—News has reached nk O. Plum, son at 950 Chester brakeman em- of residing as here of the death of Mrs. street n an accident at Tucson, -ulars are very scant, but arrive here to-morrow, s will be known. tull f; NO MEETING OF THE COUNCIL LAST NIGHT CITY DEPARTMENTS IN A STATE OF CONSTERNATION. when th Much Feeling Over the Tax Levy. Sentiment Regarding the Lake Merritt Appropriation. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %8 Broadway, Oct. 10. o Council meeting was called for this g and there is consternation in all the city departments. Mayor Thomas has not yet flled his veto of the ordinance which is so unpopular and which was passed by the votes of the solid six, and consequently nothing is being done in this very important matter. To-day Is the first day under the law on which taxes should be made payable, but the levy is not yet fixed and it will be fm- possible to have tax bills ready for some weeks, and unless the Council and Mayor take some action: the city will soon be in a very bad tangle financially. It is quite certaln that it will be im- possible to gbtain elght votes to pass the obnoxious tax levy ordinance over. the veto of the Mayor, for the Council is di- ev yided By six to five without any possible hope of a hreak from either side. There is a growing feeling among the public that the ordin should be so altered to inelude only $40,000 for Lake Mer- ritt and to make the matter of building the east and west side sewers, which are a district undertaking, so ition to the amounts as prc the ordinance at present, there o add to the department will make them equal to to cost $38 Lake Merritt Improve- s dons a great deal to improvement of its and which is ready to | rn over deeds to valuable lands as Soon assured that such vements will A reasonable adjustment ¥ would seem to be to put e Lake Merritt improvement nd to try to secure a party municipal conventions t to be elected in March appropriate a like amount next T, thus assuring the completion of the work. ALLEN ACCUSED OF STEALING A HOTEL GAVE A MORTGAGE FROM AN UNENOWN OWNER. Presented Memoranda That Indicated He Was Worth a Hundred Thousand. Oakland Office 8an Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Oct. 10. William H. Allen, an old man who says his age is 73, was arrested this evening on a charge of obtaining a furnished lodg- ing-house under false pretenses. The com- plaint was sworn to by John Linderman, | proprietor of the Winters Hotel, who sold his hostelry to Allen four months ago f?' $2500. As security for payment of the debt Allen transferred to Linderman a mort- gage on thirty-two and a half acres of land in Contra Costa County and a note for a similar amount drawn by one John Langlitz. Linderman now declares that Allen r owned any property and that the age and note are bogus, and acting belief, he swore to the warrant. t the City Prison some curious memo- were found on Allen. They referred to property in many States, consisting of realty, gold mines, furnished houses and , and made it appear that Allen was $156,400. The prisoner declines to s the details of his alleged owner- he says he will come out of it Holland has been working on and I ays that there is no such 1glitz on the records of John L Contra C: that Willlam H. Allen does ngi own thing in either Alameda or Confra Costa counties. A Constable Indicted. OAKLAND, Oct. 10.—The Grand Jury returned five more indictments this after- noon and the warrants were issued from Judge Ellsworth’s court. The {ndictments are for alleged overcharges for mileage | from Alameda to Oakland, and all _are | against Constable H. W. Von Kopff of Alameda Township, who has been under | examination for some da The war- rants are for perjury for swearing to ir- regular claims and the bail is fixed at $2000 on each charge. Von Kopff was ar- rested to-night. Up to a late hour Von Kopff had secured one bondsman, George Brown of Alameda, but being unable to get another to qualify he was taken to the County Jail. Lafayette Day. ALAMEDA, Oct. 10.—Communications have been received In this city from Chi- cago requesting that the city and school officials take some action in regard to joining an appropriate celebration of La- Tayetie day, October 19, with a view of a grand culminating festivity at the time of the Paris Exposition in 190. In ac- cordance with the proposition the matter has been broached, but as the time s so short it is hardly likely that any- thing formal will be done. Alameda News Items. ALAMEDA, Oct. 10.—Mrs. Augusta B. Han- | son of 1430 Pearl street died yesterday at the age of 34 years, leaving a husband and one child. Nina Hackey, the vear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hackey of 609 Central avenue, died yesterday of pneumonia. Henry S. Lubbock, the aged father of Dr. C. H. Lubbock of this city, was hastening along Park street this morning to catch a train on the narrow-gauge line when he fell sud- It was at first thought he was dead, but medical ald was summoned and it was found that he had fainted from heart failure and indigestion. Quite & sensation was created on Park street last evening by two women in a buggy ap- parently intoxicated, Who tried to horsewhip a man who took hoid of the horse to prevent him from running over the Salvation Army while it was at its devotions in the open air. MRS, LOUS WANTS THAT 51500 ESTATE Has Not Given Up the Contest. . NEW MOTIONS ARE FILED ALLEGATIONS THAT A LATER WILL EXISTS. The Opposing Widow Is Asked to Produce It Under Pain of Immediate Arrest. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Oct. 10. Mrs. Marrianna Louis has not given up the contest over the $15,000 estate left by her son, Edouard Louis, who for many years was a liquor dealer in Alameda. Her attorneys, A. Ruef and S. Bloom, to- day flled a notice of motion for a new trial. They intend to move to set aside and annul the verdict rendered on Sep- tember 29 last in the contest of Marrianna Louis, on the grounds of irregularity in the proceedings of the court and jury; allege that they had no fair trial; allege misconduct of the jury and disregard of the jury to the instructions; also on the ground of newly discovered evidence, Aside from this the contestant has filed a petition asking that an order issue re- quiring the widow, Mary Louis, to flle a certain alleged will, which she testified at the recent trial was in her possession, aside from the one filed for probate here- tofore and which petitioner alleges upon information and belfef is subsequent in date to sald first will which was admitted 0 probate. Petitioner alleges the with- eld will to be in reality the last will of deceased. In case of the widow’s refusal or fall- ure to produce the much sought will within two days after service of notice Eetll!oner asks that she may by warrant e committed to the County Jail and be kept in close confinement until she pro- duces the same. R —— Berkeley News Notes. BERKELEY, Oct. 10.—The Peralta Postoffice is goon to be removed from its present place with the grocery store of Betts & Co., on the corner of Ashby and Shattuck avenues. Mrs. W. Hall is fo be the postmistress in charge. The ladies of the Berkeley branch of the Red Cross Soclety will meet in the parlors of the First Congregational Church on Dana street Tuesday and Wednesday for the purpose of making bandages and other necessaries to be given to the soldiers on the next expedition to the Philippines. Mrs. W. B. Seabury, the presi- dent of the local bra request for all members who can conveniently do_so, to be in attendance. Gec ing and received severe injurfes to his foot. Dr. Woodsum Alien found the ligiments of the ankle badly wrenched, and his patient will be_unable to walk for several days. Professor Henry T. Ardley of the art de- partment of the University of California left for San Lufs Obispo, whers he will de- liver ‘a series of six lectures before the San | Lli_ib C po County Teachers’' Institute. The funeral of George Gibney was held this afternoon at t. Josenh's Church, the Re Father Phillips officl: in St. Mary's Cemetery, Oakland. —————— Danny Needham Returns. OAKLAND, Oct. 10.—Danny Needham, the pugilist and trainer, has returned from the Klondike, but he is not any richer for his trip. 'He tells a hard luc story and says that the country is over- rated. He is trying to find out who it was that shot at his wife through the back window of his home about six weeks ago at midnight. It is said that Kihimeyer, the man who was arrested on suspicion at the time, has left town. ASSESSMENT FIXED. Non-Partisan Nominees Must Put Up 20 Per Cent of the Amount They Are Allowed to Spend. Deacon Fitch’s annex to Boss Phelan’s Mutual Admiration Society of One Hun- | dred Job Chasers met last night in Na- tive Sons’ Hall for the purpose of fixing | the rate of assessment of {ts nominees. Several of the victims of its choice ap- peared before the meeting and after the reporters had been excluded a general discussion took place as to how much the traffic would bear. Under the purity of elections law candidates are limited in theilr campaign expenses to a percentage of thelr first year's salary where elected for more than one year. Having this in mind, and the fact that under the new charter, if it passes, the officers elected this fall will probably hold office but one year, there was a difference of opinion as to how much a candidate was entitled to spend. It was finally agreed that they would be-elected for two years under the present law, éven though thelr term of | office might be curtailed later, so the as- sessment was fixed at 20 per cent of the amount they are entitied to spend, which will be 10 per cent of thelr first year's salary. The nominees for School Direct- ors put up $20 each to the support of the Non-Partisan campalgn. —————— FROM FINITE TO INFINITE. The Bramacharin Chatterji Answers Questions Innumerable. The Bramacharin Chatterji spent two hours yesterday afternoon in the head- quarters of the Theosophical Society an- swering questions proposed to him by a Inrge: audience ot "earnest seekers aiter truth. Although the queries were many and covered almost all the ground between reation and the end of all things the student,” as he modestly styles himself, gave to each a satisfactory, or at least a helpful, answer. The thorough education, wide range of reading and excellent com- mand of language shown by Mr. Chatterji ma him_ an extremely inferesting speaker, and theosophy has In him a most successful exponent. During his week’s stay in this city he hopes to meet all Interested in his chosen work, and elucidate, as far as possible in €0 brief a time, the principles in which he so thoroughly believes. The Theosophical Society, under whose auspices he is visit- ing this city, makes all heartily welcome who wish to see and talk with their dis- tinguished guest. Her Landlady Is Still in a Critical Condition From Her Burns. Mrs. Jane Mularkey, who threw a lighted lamp at her landlady, Mrs. N. Suits, 1046 Folsom street, early yester- day morning, was arraigned in Judge Low's court yesterday on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. The case was continued, as Mrs. Sults was unable to_appear in court. Mrs. Suits is still In & critical condition at the Receiving Hospital, but the doc- tors think she will reogver. She has been approached by Mrs. Mularkey’s daugh- ter not to prosecute, but she refused, say- ing that Mrs. Mularkey should be ‘chas- tised, as she was always a disturber in the House. \ In the Divorce Courts. Buia C. Wacker has been granted a divorce from George Wacker on the ound of cruelty. Marguerite Dena 5’“ granted a d?;'orce from R. H. D?x'i‘: aray yezterda¥ on the ground of deser- tion. "James I. Pool has applied for a divorce from Kittie Pool, alleging intem- There were no arres perance as a cause of action. ————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The fao-simile signature of is on every wrapper _of CASTORIA . has issued an urgent| s Frame fell from a wagon this morn- | ing. The interment was | TRIED T0 END HER SORROWS 1N SUICIDE Story of a Variety Actress. FRIENDLESS AND HUNGRY MINNIE HALL ATTEMPTS TO JUMP INTO THE BAY. Saved by a Policeman as She Was | About to Take the Fatal Plunge— Her Life a Failure. Driven from her room by an uncharit- able landlady and being unable to buy the necessaries of life, Minnie Hall, who claims to be a variety actress, attempted to end her troubles yesterday by throwing herself in the bay. She was prevented by a policeman, who, after listening to her sad story, took her to the City Prison, where she was given something to eat and a place to sleep. According to the woman'’s story she ar- rived here from Seattle about three weeks ago, and rented a room in a lodging-house on California street near Kearny. In a ghort time the small amount of money she had was gone, and being unable to | pay the rent of her room, she appealed to the landlady not to eject her. “Instead of trying to assist me,” tear- fully remarked the despondent woman, when telling her story, “she took the key of the room away from me and ordered me out of the house. “This was last Saturday. 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San Jose Office—7 West Santa Clara St SOUNT TAMALPAIS SCENIC RAILWAY. (Via Sausalito Ferry.) Leave San Francisco, .commencing Sunday, Sept. 11, 1898: - Week Days—9:30 a. m., Sundays—8:00, 10:00, Round trip from Mill v, $1. THOS, COOK & SON, Agents, 621 Market | street, San Francisco. PROCLAMATION. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, SACRAMENTO, July 30th, 1838, WHERPAS, The Legislature of the State of California, at its thirty-second session begin- ning on the fourth day of January, A. D. 1897, 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. (Being Senate Can‘!it\;t;nua.\ 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 follo Section 18. No county, city, town, townshij board of education or school district shall i lay my head. When sleep overtook me I | would go into one of the parks, and, sit- | ting down on a bench, managed to steal a | short nap. After brooding over my piti- | able condition, I _resolved to end my | troubles in the watér of the bay. I walked down Market street, and on reaching the | ferry 1 wrote my name on a card, which | | I had picked up, and pinned it to my skirt. Seeing the gay throng leaving one of the ferry boats I grew more leter- mined to commit sulcide. | Walking along the whart contiguous to | the fei building I took off my hat and | repared to jump into the water. Just as | P'Was about to make the plunge, & police officer seized me by the arm and told me I was under arrest. 1 begged him to al- low me to commit suiclde, but he was ob- durate and made me accompany him to the police station.” The woman further said she had worked in a variety theater in Seattle, but becom- ing tired of the life she was leading, she | concluded to visit this city in the }m{;e | of procuring better employment. She | claims that her trunk is being held by the landlady of the house where she lived. | To-day ‘an effort will be made to compel the woman to surrender the trunk. |ANOTHER BLOW TO T """ . THE CALL'S COMMENTS KAVK} | BORNE GOOD FRUIT. | Collector Jackson Stops Communica- tion Between Mongolians Wish- ing to Land and Resi« dents. The revelations mada recently n The | Call concerning the success of the Chi- | nese slave importing bureau in landing Chinese slaves and coolie laborers have awakened the interest and vigilance of the Federal authorities. Collector Jack- son yesterday issued the following order, whish is a practical acknowledgment of | | the stand taken by The Call that this un- | holy traffic should stop and that the white labor of the Pacific Coast should be pro- | tected from the incursions of these yellow | barbarians. Office of the Collector of Customs, Port of | an Francisco—To all inspectors on vessels and docks having Chinese therecn: The following instructions are issued for | | information and guidance in the matter of | | Chinese perscns who may seek a landing at | this port: Every Chinese employe of a vessel may be | | searched for either contraband goods or writ- ten communications, when he passes off the ship, | “When a Chinese person is being landed from | a vessel or the sheds where other Chinese | persons are detained who are seeking to land, js buggage and person should be thoroughly | searched for written Chinese matter, and the | | same, If any be found, taken from him. | _Officers on the dock who take letters from Chinese persons secking to pass the same to friends on shore should examine the ticket of | the Chinese person from whom they take the letter, and note the number thereof. They | should write the date, circumstances of selz- ure, number of ticket, etc., so that this in- | formation may reach the Chinese Bureau | promptly, and in such ghape as to be of use | in the courts. It is not sufficlent alone to selze | the letter, it must be connected with the Chi- | | nese person in the manner stated, else the | case comes to naught in the court. When a Chinese person on shore seeks to pass @ letter or other written matter to an- other Chinese person who is in custody, the of- ficer at the plank should detain the ' Chinese person with the letter or other written matter, and at once turn him over to the custody of | the Chinese Bureau. 1f this should occur at- | ter business hours the detained person (or per- | sons) who seeks to pass or does pass the let- | ter or written matter may be taken to the | County Jail and held until the next day— | which action will quickly become known to | the Chinese, here and applylng for a landing, and, as a consequence, further efforts by | them to pass letters, etc., will cease. All communications relating to Chinese mat- ters and seizure of letters or written matter should be at once sent direct to the inspector | in charge of the Chiness Bureau; thus insur- ing that officer's earliest knowledge thereof and also avoiding all intermediate delay. In the execution of above instruction inspec- tors are expected to exercise a reasonable dis- | cretion as to the manner and extent of thelr enforcement, the end to be-Subserved being the stoppage of communication between Chi- | nese persons seeking to land here and thoseal- | | ready on shore. | In the case of Wong Ah Fung, a Chinese woman admitted by Collector Jackson on | bureau evidence as being a _merchant, | Commissigner Heacock yesterda refused to grant the motion of the defendant’s at- torney to admit the testimony submitted by the bureau in favor of thé woman, He | declared that the case must be tried up- | on the evidence and the testimony of liv- élx‘llf Wwitnesses appearing before the court, e case was set for Wednesday of next week, and will be decidd in a legal way. | Becker-Creegan Case. When the Becker-Creegan case was | called in J’udglwn.\ln.ce's court yesterday | morning the District Attorney moved for | a continuance. Affidavits were presented showing that time would be required to bring Joseph McClusker and Detective Hamm out from the East, and upon the showing Judge Wallace continued the case until October 24 The Cost of Freeing Cuba. The United States are certainly entitled to retain possession of the Philippine Islands if end is not yet. The money paid oBt reaches an astonishing total. To free the stomach, liver, bowels blood of disease, however, is not an expensive undertaking. A few dollars invested in Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will accomplish the task “‘enl:uy. The poor as well as the rich o1 Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, (e Diseanes, Lost Manhood: 1 | stitution of the Etate, | jears. by proposals therefor, the peace commissioners so decide, for the cost | of the war runs far into the miilions, and the | disease w on bodyand mindaad m-e::q‘hm"nmwfln cur any indebtedness or llability in any man- ner or for any purposs 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 siuking 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 unpald claims with interest thereon for materials furnished to and work done for eald city and county during the forty-third and forty-fourth fiscal years, out of the income and revenue of any succeedin ; pro- vided, that any and all clai; pairing, altering or for any work done upon or for any materizl furnished for any street, lane, alley, court, place or sidewalk, or for the col struction of any sewer or sewers in sald city and county are herebyyexcepted from the pro- visions of this sectionf'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 Vallejo, In Solano County, may pay its exist- ing indebtedness incurfed 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 lability incurred contrary fo this pro- vision, with the exception hereinbefore recited, shall be vold. AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. (Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 10.) A resolution proposing to the people of the Sfate of California an amendment to the Con- by adding & new sec- tion, to be known and designated as 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 followe: Section Ti4. The Inhabitants of any county may frame & county government act for their own government, relating to the matters here- inafter specified, and consistent with and sub- ect to the Constitution and laws of this State, 5t causing a board of fifteen freeholders, who have been, for at least five years, qualified electora of such county. to be clected by the ualified electors of such county, &t &ny gen- Jualifed rectal election, whose duty it shall be Within ninety days after such election, to pre- pare and propose a county government act for Puch 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 %o the Board of Supervisors or other legisla- tive body of such county, and the other copy %o be sent to the Recorder of Deeds of the county. Buch proposed county government act shall then be published {n two papers of gen- eral circulation in such county, or if there be 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 a general or special election, and if o majority of such gualified 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- foved by & majority of the members elected o each house, it ehall be the county govern- ment act of such county, and shali {n such case become the organic law thereof and super- sede any existing county government act, and 21l amendments thereof, and all special laws faconsiatent with such county government act. 'A_copy of such county government act, certi fied 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- tion by them. shall be made in dupiicate and deposited, one in the office of the Secretary of Gihte, the other, after being recorded in the Sffice of the Recorder of Deeds in the county, among the archives of the county. "All ‘courts shall take fudicial notice thereof. The county government act o ratified may be amended, at intervals of not less than two submitted by the glslative authority of the' county, to the qualified electors thereof, at a general or spe- 31 election held at least forty days after the A lication of such proposals for twenty davs P Ta 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 herein provided P the approval of the county government act. In submitting any such county government act any alternative article or proposition may be presented for the cholce of the voters, and may Preeoted on separately without prejudice to others. Tt shal g 1 be competent in all county govern- ment acts framed under the authority given by g section, to provide for the manner In Which, the times at which, and the terms for Which' the several township and county officers hr than Judges of the Superior Court, shall $e elected or appointed; for thelr compensa- tion; for the number of such officers, for the Hemolidation or Eegrezation of offices, for the SO ber of deputies that eachofficer shall have, o or the compensation payable to each of fich deputies. for the manner in which, the s in which, and the terms for which the e ers of all boards of election shall be eed or appointsd and for the constitution, fegulation, compensation and government of fuch boards, and of their clerks and attaches: SYso, to prescribe the manner and method by Which all elections by the people shall be con- et 'and may in addition determine th S ind conditions upon which electors, po {itical parties and organizations may particl- pate in an: Whenever d method oy government_act. any county has, in the manner heratn pointed out. adopted any and the same shall the Legislature as ve been approved by ';l;r‘nr’en:\d?n!hpp%lr-runn of sections four and fra ot this article providing for the uniformity of county guven‘\l;vlmm: th:gughlnut I ilkewise providing for the elec- - B ppointment of officers, and the regu- Hon aTot “thelr compensation, shall not apply. T ounty government act shall. as to any of Sald o Fereiabove provided for and de- I ed by such county government act, not be et to any law or amendment endcted by B tgislature. except by amendment first the itted 1o the electors and ratified in the oamer hereinabove set forth. AMENDMENT NUMBER THREB. te Constitutional Amendment No. (Being Sena gan lution proposing to the ple of the Siate of e foraia. on amendment to the Con- Stitution of the State. by adding a new sectlo S hown and designated as section five an b0 haif, article six. thereby providing for the Sneaniaation of a court. to be known as the rEan%t Claims. The said proposed new sec- tion to read as follows: O ifon §%. The Court of Claims shall con- slec ot any three Judges of the Superior Court. e Gmay be requested by the Governor to hold Rt at the regular terms thereof. The Court 09U iatms shall have exclusive jurisdiction to Pear and determine all claims of everg kind Ped" character against the State. under such s 5s may be passed by the Legislature, and it judgment thereon shall be final. The terms of ine Court of Claims shall be held as fol- ws o the City of Los Angeles, commencing on the second Monday of March: In the City and County of San Francisco, commencing on the second Monday in July, a *Th the City of Bacramento, commencing on of a system the second Monday of November The Judges holding such term o couet snatl Iecelve Do extra compensation therefor, | but shall recefve their actual expenses, to be paid Qut of the general fund of the State treasury. | The Legislaturo ehall enact all laws necessary L2CrEaplze such court, to provide ' thepro- - an FP T e to carry out the provisions AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. (Being Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. A resolution to propose to the pe | State of California an amendmemp ‘cuplteh;flc:!;’ | stitution of the State, amending article eleven, | by adding a new section thereto, to be known | a8 section number five and one-half, relating to | congolidated city and county governments. The | said proposed new section to read as follows: Bection §1;. The provisions of sections four and five of this article shall not, nor shall any leqll&llflfl gau!ed pu ant thereto, apply to any consolidated eity and county governmen now existing or hersatier formed, which shall | have become, or shall become, organized under seven, or secure a cl | elght of this article. s e AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE. (Being Assembly Sonl;ittl)xtlonll Amendment No. 3. A resolution to propose to the people of the | State of California an amendmenc ot section | | fitteen and section stxteen of article five of the | | Constitution of the State of Californla, by | which it is proposed to amend said sections to | read as follows: | Bection 15, A’ Lieutenant Governor shall be elected at the same time and place and In tbe | same manner as the Governor, and his term of | | 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. 1In case of the Impeachment of the Governor, or his removal from office, death, inability to discharge the powers and duties of his office, resignation or absence from the | State, the powers and dutfes of the office shall | devolve upon the Lieutenant Governor for the | residue of the term, or until the disabllity sha.l | cease. And should the Lieute; it Governor be | impeached, displaced, resign, die or become in- | capable of performing the dutles of his office, AUCTION SALES. ELEGANT PIANO, Magnificent Parlor, Chamber, Dining=' Room and Kitchen Furniture, Etc. THIS DAY (TUESDAY) AT 11 A. M. 518 EDDY ST., NEAR LARKIN. FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, arket EL. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANTY. (PACIFIO S¥NTES.) Trains lonve nud are SAN FRANCISCO. (Main Live, Foot of Market Street.) LEAVE Frou Ocr. 9, 1888, *8:004 Niles, Ban Jose and Way Stations. 04 Benicia, Suisun and Sacramento. . 04 Marysville, Oroville sod Redding Woodland . 7:004 Elmira, Vacaville and Rumsey. RAILROAD TRA 7:80A Martinez, San Ramon, Valiejo, Naps, a sud Santa Rosa. 01152 press, Ogden and Tast.. 843P Stocktou, Valley Spring, Toue, Sacramento, Marysville, Chioo, Behama and Red Bluft | 8:304 Stock:on, Oskdale and Jamestown. . 8:304 Milton....... os 9:004 Mastinez, Tracy, Lathrop, Merced aud Fresno. o A Frasno, Bakersileld, Santa Barbara, Los 'Angeles, Deming, El Paso, New Orleans snd Fast 52 Fresno, Mendots, Tracy and Mar- A Vallejo, Martinez sud Way Stations P Sacreiento River Steamens 1:00p Niles. San Jose and Way St: . Ban Joss, Niies and Way Tracy, Mendota, Stations.... P Martiner, Sa: Napa, Calistogs, Fl Verano and Santa Rosa. 9:18a 41007 Beuicla, Vaca n Knights Landing, Marysville, Or ville and Suerament: 4:80p Haywards, Niles and San Jose. 5:007 Mariinez, Tracy, Mendots, Fresno, Mojave, Santa Barbars and Los Angeles.. .. .. Fe Route, Atlautic Express for Mojave aud East.............. 3:307 Nlles, Bsn Jose, Tracy, Lathrop, Meroed and Fresno.. 5:307 Stockton . 6:00r Karopean Mail, Oz +6:00 Valielo 12:00r Vallcio, Pori Costa and Way o 8700 Orcgon Kxproms, Sacramento, Mary ville, Redding, Portland, Puy Sowid aud Kast .. SAN LEANDEO AND HATWALDS LOCAL. (Foot of Market Street.) [ Melrose, Seminary Park, wiooa | Fitchburg, Kimhurst, ~ 8434 9:004 | San Leandro, South Sam | #5:434 10.004 Leandro, ¥studillo, Eo 411:004 Lorenzd, Cherry ]l:xOOI and 1osr Haywards. 7:00F | { Buns through to Niles. t From Niles. COAST DIVINION (Narrow Gauge). (Foot of Market Street.) 81154 Newark, Centerville, San Jose, Felton, Boulder Creek, Santa Oruzand Way 157 Novars. Gontorviil, San Jous, Now *2:15» Newar! ‘enter e, oW imaden, Feiton, Boulder Creek, Banta Oruz snd Principal Way Station 4:15° Newark, San Jose and Los Gatos 111437 Hunters' Excursion, San Jose and Way Statioos CREEK ROUTE FERRY. Trom L6 PRANGISCO—Toot of Market Ecet (8l 81— *1:16 9:00 11:004.M. *3:00 *4:00 18:00 “8:00r.M. Prom OALLAND—Poet of Broad $1200 *1:00 12:00 COAST DIVISION (Broad Gauge). (Third and Townsend Sts.) 04 Ban Jore Way Stations (New 13:00 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 shall cease, In case of & 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 Semats £hall succeed to the powers and duties of Gov- ernor, then the powers and duties of such of- flee ‘shall devolve upon the speaker of the As- sembly, until the office of Governor shall be filled at such general election. | AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. | (Being Assembly Constitutional Amendment 0. 38. A resolution to propose to the peopls of the State of California an amendment to section six, article nine of the Constitution of ‘he State of ‘California, relating to grammar schools, by which it is proposed to amend said section to Tead as follo Section 6. The public school system shall in- clude primary and grammar schools, and such high schools, evening schools, normal echools 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. rammar schools shall include schools organized in a | £chool district, or unfon of school _districts, | having more than one thousand inhabitants, in which a course of study shall be taught which will prepare pupils to enter the agricultural, mining or sclentific department of the Univer sity of California. | AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN. | (Being Assembly Constitutional =Amendment 0. 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 cread as tollows: Section 2. The sessions of the Legislature shall commence at twelva o'clock meridian on the first 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 session for twentv-five days, after which it must adjourn to somne date not less than thirty | nor more than sixty days from the time of ad- | journment. If the two houses fall to agres | upon a time at which they will resume thelr session, the Governor shall, by proclamation, fix a date for such reconvening, which shall be within the limits above prescribed. Upon re- assembling the Legislature shall complete its | session. No pay hall be allowed to members for a longer period than seventy-five days, and no bill shall be introduced in aither house ex- cept at the first twenty-five days of the session, | without the consent of three-fourths of thé members_thereof. NOW, THEREFORE, Pursuant to the provi- | sfons of the Constitution, and an act of the | Lesislature of the Btate 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 approval,” approved March 7, A. D. 1383, the above-described proppsed amendments are hereby published and advertised to be voted upon, by ballot, by the qualified electors of tha State, at the election to be held throughout this State on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, A. D. 18%. The said proposed ameadments 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: i Amendment Number One, being Senats Constitutional Amendment No. 41 (exempting certain claims against the City and County of San Francisco, and the_existing indebtedness of the City | Yes of Vallejo for the construction of its{ —— water works from the provisions of No the 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, being Sen- ate Constitutional Amendment No. ¢ (providing for the creation of a Court of Claims to determine clatms 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, belng As- sembly Constitéhional 'Amendment No. 37 (exempting consolidated cities and_countles, organized or to be or- nized, or. holding a charter un- §or the Constitution, from certain leg- islation in relation to counties). For the Amendment? Amendment Number Zive, deing As- sembl. ttutional Amendment No. 84 feelating to office of Governor, providing for succession thereto in certain cases and removing disabQity of Lieutenant Governor from holding other office during term). For the Amendment? Amendment Number Six, being Assem- bly Constitutional Amendment No. 35 (relating to and defining Grammar Schools). For the Amendment? Amendment Number Seven, being As- sembly Constitutional Amendmant No. 34 (providing for adjournment of Legislature for not less than thi BoF more than sixty days during cach session). For the Amendment? Witness my hand and the Great Seal of tha State of California, the day and year herein first above written. Govern e e Attest: L. H. 3 of State, [SEALS | | Na | | beyond San Rafael at Almaden Wednesdays only)....... Ri30r 9:004 Ban Joss, Tres Pinos, Sauta Cruz, Pacific Grove, Paso Robles, San s Obispo, Guadalupe, Surt and Principal Way Station . a0 10:40, San Jose and Way Stations L 8004 11:30a Ban Jose and Way Stations ...... 8354 *2:45r San Mateo, Redwood, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister, Santa Cruz, Salinas, Monterey and Pacific - "18:304 y d Principal Way Stations £:334 6::10F San Joso aud Way Stations. 7 111:452 San Jose and Way Statious. Ti80p P for Afternoon. A for Moruiug. + Saturdays only * Sundays exoepted. § Sundays oniy. CALIFORNIA NORTHWESTERN RY. CO. LESSES AN FRARCISCO AWD NORTH PACIFIE RAILWAY COMPANY. Tiburen Ferry, Foot of Market St SAN FRANCISCO TO SAN RAFAFL. WEEK DAYS—7:30, 9:00, 11:00 a. m.; 12:35, 3:30, 5:10, €:30 p. m. Thursdays—Extra trip at 11:30 p. m. Saturdays—Extra trips at 1:30 and 11:30 p. m. SUNDAYS—$:00, 9:30, 11:00 & m.; 1:3, 2:30, 5:00, 6:20 p. m. SAN RAFAEL TO SAN FRANCISCO. WEEK DAYS—6:10, 7:50, $:20, 11:10 a. m. :40, 5:10 p. m. Saturdays—Extra and 6:35 p. m. 40, 11:10 a m.j 1:49, 33 ps at | SUNDAYS—8:10, 9 3 5:00, 6:25 p. m. Between San Francisco and Schuetzen Park same schedule as above. Leave Arrive San Franoisco. | In Effect | San Francisco. June 23, Week | Sun- 1508 Days. days. Destination. Novato Petaluma, Santa Rosa. Fuiton, :80am| ‘Windsor, o) Healdsbursg, Lytton, Geyserville, Cloverdale. | 7:35pm| 6:22pm Hopland and Ukiah. | 7:35pm| Guerneville. | 7:85pm 6:22pm Somoma (10:40am| §:40am and Glen Ellen. | 8:10pm| 6:22pm Sebastopol. [10:40am|10:25am | 7:35 pm 6:22pm Stages connect at Santa Rosa for Mark West 5 ; at Lytton for Lytton S s; at Gey- e’ for Skagxs Springs: at Cloverdale for the Geysers; at Hopland for Duncan Springs, Highland _ Springs, Kelseyville, Carlsbad Springs, Soda Bay, Lakeport and Bartlett Springs: at Ukieh for Vichy Springs, Saratoga Springs, Blue Lakes, Laurel Dell Lake, Upper Lake, Pomo, Potter Valley, John Day's, River- slde, Lieriey's, Bucknell's, Sanhedrin Heights, Hiliville, Booneville, Orr's Hot Springs, Men- docino City, Fort Bragg, Westport, Usai. Saturday to Monday round trip tickets at duced rates. T On Sundays round trip tickets to all polnts 1f rates. Ticket Offices, 650 Market st., Chronicle bldg. H. C. WHITING, ®. X. RYAN, General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent. NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD. Via Sausalito Ferry. FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO MILL VALLEY AND SAN RAFAEL. WEEK DAYS—*7:20, *3:30, 11:00 a. m.; *1:45, 3: , %6:00, 5:30 p. m. EXTRA TRIPS—For San Rafael on Monday, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11:30 p. m. | SUNDAYS—*8:00, *10:00, *11:30 & m.; *1:15, $:00, *4:80, 6:15 p. m. Trains marked * run to San Quentin. FROM SAN RAFAEL TO SAN FRANCISCO. ' WEEK DAYS—5:%, *6:35, 7:43, *:30 & m.; 12:20, 3:20, *3:45, 5:05 D. m. EXTRA TRIPS on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 6:40 p. m. YS—6:20, *8:00, *10:00, 1155 a. m.g, *1:15, #3:10, 4:40, *6:20 p. m. { Trains marked * start from San Quentin, ‘ FROM MILL VALLEY TO SAN FRANCISCO. WEEK DAYS—§:45, 6:45, 7:85, 9:40 a. m.;| 12:35, 9:45, 3:30, 5:20 p. m. EXTRA TRIPS on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 7:00 p. m. SUNDAYS—$:00, 10:05 a. m.; 12:05, 1:20, 3: 5:00, 6:20 p. m. THROUGH TRAINS. i 7:20 a. m.week days—Cazadero and way sta’ns. 1:45 p. m. Snturdays—Duncan Mills and way | stations. i 8:00 . m. Sundays—Duncan Mills and way sta’s. | THE SAN FRANCISCO AHD SAR JOAQUID VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY, From Oct. 10, 188, trains will run as follows; | South-bound. North-bound. Passen-| Mixed. Mized. Passen- | eer. ‘unday| unday o Daily. [Exe'ptd] Stations. |Exe'pta] Dally. | 9:20am| 9:%5am| Stockton 3 Merced Fresno Hanford Bakersfleld Visalia Stopping at intermediate points as required. Connections—At Stockton Wwith steambosats of Callfornia Navieation and [mprovemeat Com- | pany, leaving San Francisco at 6 p. m, dally, excepting Sunday, and Stockton at 7:15 p. m. daily. For stage connections see officlal time. | ::“ inquire at Traffic Manager's Office, 311 -mm’ i