The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 14, 1898, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1898. 9 ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. . BOND ELECTION HAS ALMOST N BURIED k Matter to Be Determined. a a P . POINT IS OFFERED ADAMS TWO WEEKS FROM THE PUBLIC VERDICT. ONLY Three Hundred and Twenty Thou- sand Is the Amount Involved in the Three Park ™ Propositions. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 408 Broadway, Oct. 13. So much interest h been directed to- fon that the fact ht of that there ward the general has almost 1s to be a two weeks from next Saturd ¥ election is for the ) e of test public opinion regard- | of $320,000 for park | tter has been before a year, and the great | when it was first | subsided, and but g t 1rpos: public st it pu aroused has almost rd of the election. | amount of $320,000 Adams chased and improved at | West Oakland park is to the extent of $20,000 and quare in East Oakland is to ¥ spent upon it. section of the Adams tract which is tted to the voters consists of s , being the southerly portion Or grove ¢ offered | :nce lots | ple > ntly | s upon it. If the | 2 park it will be | from the foot | reaching to the | 1 be easily acces- | trip around the | ke | necessary of Alice o new park WILL DID NOT SUIT HER. Marrianna Louis Loses Her Contest Over the Estate of Her Son. D, Oct. 13—R. B. Tappan, at- estate of late Edouard re Judge Hall to-day which Mrs. Marri- mother of the de- of more recent the widow for Mrs. | | i i quite a revelation, it had been drawn wdly, by its provisions, was left to the widow, eas the aged contestant is bequeath- ut $8. been clalmed b contestant that n d been kept in hiding by the . but when she learned its contents hopes to break the will of her forsook Edouard Lot Ry , the widow, though from contributing to her mother in law, has| 5 monthly,’ pro- | suit. [ Mrs 1 Tec port sup) prom vided —_— e e——— ESTATE OF A LOST MARINER. | | Henry Nissen Held a Marine Policy | on the Ship in Which He Went to His Death. | OAKLAND, Oct. 13.—Public Adminis- | trator W. H. Knight has petitioned for | letters of administration upon the es- tate of Henry Nissen, a widower, who | -d intestate on or about August 31,/ on the high seas, near Flinders heirs, so e, resid- South Pacific Ocean. The on far as known, are Mrs. A. Gie ing residing at Woodbourn other sisters whose are unknown to peti Deceased was a and the estate policy on his 1i nsurance policy upon & in the barkentin > € lost with th believed to be worth $900. Whole House Was Soaked. t Kiel, Germany; Mrs. John Hamm, and three er. of this county, s of an insurance also a marine eighth Interest Funk, which was which policy 18 ber was a OAKLAND, Oct. 13.—There was a lively | blaze at L y this morning. On the roof tory of that num- | structure used as a.i | gged gutters a large of water accumulated on the soaking through, injured carpets, g and furniture to considerable he building is occupied by Georgia Smith as a lodging house. The exact amount of loss is not known. Saved Her Father’s House. OAKLAND, Oct. 13.—Miss Nelda Fisher by her presence of mind last night saved | the residence of her father, P. M. Fisher, from what might have been a serious conflagration. Early in the morning the | explosion of an overturned lamp started e blaze that required some lively work to extinguish, and in the evening a cur- tain was discovered to be on fire. The voung lady bra the burn- ing curtain from fastenings and thrust it into a bucket, preventing further serl ous damage. Seeks County Division. OAKLAND, Oct. 13.—The question of | county division has once more been brought up and this time it is the resi- | | dents of KEden, Murray and Washington | townships who are taking the initiative. | meeting has been called at Niles at | h organization will be effected and | er a committee will be appointed to | y the matter into the State Legisla- next January. The Circus in Town. | OAKLAND, Oct. 13.—The Wallace cir- cus opened its two-days’ engagement to- day, and thousands saw the great show the canvas. The tents are pitched at Thirtieth and Grove streets, and the | various features are all that have been ed for them. The street procession was the longest and best ever seen here, being nearly a mile in length. The Mayor’s Tax Levy Veto. OAKLAND, Oct. 13.—Mayor Thomas - will file his message vetoing the tax levy ordinance to-morrow. He said to-night that hie message will include a_ recom- carr ture BACK TO THE FACULTY AND | might ensue, an WOULD BE An Oakland Girl to Seek 0 in Europe. AKLAND Oct. 18.—Miss Blanche young, but enjoys a high reputation. Rk ko kg EREEFREE R R KR H R RN ccast with her marvelous performances on the sliding trombone, is to go to Europe, that her wonderful talent may be developed. There are but few players in the country who are the equal of this Oakland miss, who has been wedded to the trombone since a little girl. friends for Paris as soon as her arrangements are completed. A VIRTUOSG. Fame With the Trombone who has astonished the She is yet quite Miss Reynolds will leave her many % K ok ok ok K ok ok ok FH K KKK KKK KR K KN RRE WILL PROVIDE ROVALLY FOR THE DELEGATES Endeavorers Now at Work for ’99. ITS BIRTHPLACE CHAIRMAN SUHR HAS THE PLANS PREPARED. Great Success Reported in the Secur- ing of Low Rates From the Various Railroad Com- panies. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Oct. 13. The Oaa.and committee which is pre- paring for the State Christian Endeavor Convention of '89 makes a very encour- aging report. This city will entertain the delegates according to its plan in a man- | ner worthy of the place where the first | Christian Endeavor Society in California was organized. Besides the work al- ready intrusted to it the printing com- mittee, consisting of Messrs. Sunr, Lyon, Breed and Webster, has been Instructed to provide suitable stationery for the '8 committee. Chalrman Suhr has prepared an order of business, which, after some modifica- catlons suggested by R. B. Gaylord and A. B. Wastell, was adopted. Willlam Naf Friend was appointed to represent the '99 committee at the exec- meeting 0F the Alameda County Unlon next Monday night. Mr. Suhr in- formed the committee of the successful | work of Robert Clelland in securing good railroad rates for the convention. The raflroad companies have given & one and & third rate from all parts of the State, Bood for return in sixty days. From all points south of Saugus a sin- gle rate will secure a return ticket, pro- Vided 200 delegates come from south of that place. STUDENTS AT PEACE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ARE THOROUGHLY ESTABLISHED. Freshmen Show a Flag of Truce, the Faculty Accepts Hostages and Harmony Reigns. BERKELEY, Oct. 13.—The concluding episode in the recent ‘“rush” trouble at the University of California has occurred to-day. The difficulty is now permanently settled and in a manner which, without in the least compromising tne authority of he faculty, leaves the student body per- fectly satisfied and well disposed toward the powers that be. The solution of the whole trouble was a master stroke of policy upon the part of the students’ affairs committee. They had it in their power to inflict upon the men that rushed the severest penalty a col- lege student can suffer. They also faced the necessity of administering some sort of discipline to prevent & future breaking of the faculty's rules. The course they Bave adopted ey Which I was feared o Tt ensue. and at the same time it puts all further mm?uu tussels on the part of the students out of the guestion. The students’ affairs committee, consist- ing of Professors Thomas R. Bacon, Wil- iiam Carey Jones and George C. Edwards, have been carrying on their investigation ever since the last rush occurred. They have summoned before them in all about fifty students, freshmen, sophomores and juniors, whom they had reason to suspect were in any way connected with the feud. ‘While they found several who had taken part in the affair, they could not fix the Tesponsibility upon any in particular. Ac- cordingly they have chosen from out of mendation that the 350,000 for dredging be v pessible to spend it in one year. venta rush, if such an occurrence seemed . These men have en taken A Xelic of the War. e ctagas with. the understanding BERKELEY, October 13.—Sergeant | that if any more outbreaks havgen they John Mitchell, now armorer for the mili- | shall suffer immediate expulsion from the tary department of the University of Cal~ {fornia, has just received from a soldier friend who fought in the Cuban campaign an interesting trophy of the war. The relic is one of the enemy’s flags left upon the field during the stay of the troeps in Porto Rico. It is made of light 5 ’02, Rey Warner ‘02, F. 08~ IO remoand yelowin molomnc e mnt) E.%. de Lancey 'ul, C. A, Pringle bugle and the name of Alphonso XIil | ‘01 and L. S. Kerfoot . ammped in aj?l?fil: azem one t'!{aeh;rul: ‘While It is “’\&fd dmlbtlhul flut. i .t?:y lag came a) rom e more rusl WO ever happen e n.afi inclosed in an or&n&ry letter, university, can be no E&M that | ersity. u"‘l“;e ngnel of the students who thus bear upon their shoulders this heavy re- sponsibility are: Tyrell L. Hamlin '02, Arthur McKeown 02, Ge L. ’00, Clinton 1. §. Gear "0, L. S, O'Toole . Miller '00, fi.n;‘ull from the position In which these men would be placed, should such a thing_oc- cur, the whole sentiment of the student body is now strongly opposed to the old custom. The traditional interclass rush at the university has therefore become distinctly a thing of the past, and its re- appearance in Berkeley will probably never be known again. Whitewashed the Soldiers. BERKELEY, Oct. 13.—The_second foot- ball match between the University of | California and the Washington Volun- teers was played this afternoon upon the university campus. From the start it was clear that the game would be one- | sided. The army men played hard, but, although superlor in weight, could not stand before the trained work of the col- lege team. Berkeley scored altogether elght touchdowns; five in the first half and three in the’second. The score at the close stood 44 to 0 in favor of the university. Blue and Gold Editors. BERKELEY, Oct. 13.—Stuart G. Mas- | ters, editor-in-chief of Blue and Gold, | the annual publication issued by the jun- | jor class of the University of Califor- nia, has appointed his_staff of assistant edifors as follows: Miss A. E. Duffy, Miss M. R. Wilson, Miss Alice Hum- phreys, Miss E. I. Lavalles, Miss B. L. rench, Miss E. Aronson, H. B. Brad- ley, P.' Dolman, W. B. Duniap, J. M. O'Brien, R. L. Moulihrop, F. W. Aitken, H. S. Robinson, A. Ware and Ray Si- monds. —_——— One Man in a Boat. ALAMEDA, Oct. 13.—Last Sunday C. W. Raddertz, who has a boathouse on San Leandro Bay, rented a boat to a well- dressed stranger, glvlng the name of John Gilbert of Oakland. Neither man nor boat has returned, and the owner is getting anxious and has instituted a search. There is some suspicion that the disap- pearance may have something to do with the unknown body‘picked up on the mole on Tuesday with a bullet hole in his head. Result of a Jury Trial ALAMEDA, Oct. 13.—Thomas Burke, a one-legged broom peddler, stole about 25 cents’ worth of meat from the shop of M. G. Strong ?'esterdny‘ while making a pre- tense of selling his wares. He was caught in the act and arrested. Tn-dfl.?' he de- manded and recelved a jury trial, with the result that he was found guilfy and sentenced to ninety days’ imprisonment in the county jail. Alameda News Items. ALAMEDA, Oct. 13.—The Board of Foremen and Engineers of the Fire Department will hold a meeting this evening for the purpose of electing two district engineers and a secre- tary. The attendance at St. Joseph's fair last even- ing was the largest since the opening of the affair. It is now positive that it will prove a decided financial success, The parents of Harry Horn, a member of Company G, Eighth Regiment, now Va couver Barracks, have recelved word that he {ll_with_typhold fever. The Young Men's Republican Club of the West End held a business meeting last even- ing. It was decided to make the organization a permanent social soclety after the close of the campalgn. . A handicap billiard game is now in progress af the Tooms of the Encinal Yacht Club,.: ang the winner will play Mudgett, the winner of the Recreation Club games. The Library Trustees have presented ex- Trustee Toelken with a letter appreciative of his services on the board. ey n- 1s SOLDIERS’ BRIDES. Two Officers Decide to Wed Before Departing for Manila. Captain Albert W. Brown, U. 8. V., from Seattle, and Miss Mary E. Robe- son of Seattle were among the appli- cants for a marriage license at the Coun- ty Clerk’s office yesterday. The captaln stated that he was about to sail on the transport Senator for Manila and wanted to be married right away. Scarcely had he left the License Clerk’s room before Lieutenant John F. Lucey, U. 8. V., of Sacramento called for a ficcnu to_mar- r{ Miss Emll‘i' P. Conklin of San Fran- cisco. He did not offer any particulars except that he, too, was about to sall on the Senator and wanted a dear little wife to leave at home. —_———— A Patriotic Gatherlx\g. The California Society of the American Revolution will commemorate the one hundred and eleventh anniversary of the surrender of Cornwallis, at the Califor- nia Hotel, on Wednesday. The commit- tee, consisting of W. H. Jordan, Arthur G. Towne, Irving F. Moulton, Paul R. Jarboe and Z. U. Dodge, have spared no pains to make the occaslon a success. Among the questions that will be dis- cussed are '“American Imperialism or Qur New Colonial Policy,” *‘Yesterday, To- Day and To-Morrow in American His- tory,” “The American Army at Yorktown and Santiago,” ‘‘An Anglo-Saxon Alli- ance,” “The Battle of Yalu River and the Battle of Santiago July 3.” Among the speakers will be President Jordan of Stanford University, Lieutenant Ruhm of the navy, Major Field, U. 8. A., Deering, Rabbl Nieto, Horace Platt and others. ——— 7 Passed a Bogus Draft. T. M. Sherman, cashier for Hooker & Co., 16 Drumm street, swore toa complaint in Judge Conlan's court yesterday for the arrest of H. Klein, an ex-commercial m;elell'. on the charge of misdemeanor embezzlement. It is alley SR ol el et on o e . that he was a lr‘:.r::xe‘\" ‘formlw = mueax;‘ “c‘l‘t Contra gsu Co pres a and got the money, 'i"w"f_n ned that he was not Xrioxa firm in Contra C £ ;7 & from a lunu.p on m nn:z | his breast. MEADORS IS CONTRADICTED BY WITNESSES Butthe Defense Gains a Point. URY’S SLAYER IS ON TRIAL TESTIMONY BEING TAKEN BY THE PROSECUTION. Liquor Was Liberally Drunk on the Night Before the Fatal Stab- bing Affray at Camp Barrett. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Oct. 13. Attorney Eugene Deuprey, on behalf of the defense in the James N. Meadors murder trial, this afternoon gained one important point as to the admissibility of certain testimony relating to the cir- cumstances on the night prior to the stab- bing of Jonas Ury, which the defense con- siders of much welght as leading up to the cutting. Eugene Dirkam of Company C, to which Meadors and the murdered Ury belonged, was on the witness stand, and Attorney Deuprey on cross-examination asked whether or not Ury was drunk on the night of August 15, and whether or not he had caused the ‘“‘muss” in the tent over which the subsequent quarrel arose and over which the lie had been passed. Deputy District Attorney Melvin stoutly objected to the questions. He said he could not see how the lie could have been assed when Meadors was not eresem. oreover, the point he considered imma- terial. Judge Ellsworth, however, al- lowed Deuprey to proceed, and the wit- ness to answer, remarking: “Before we get through with the trial the whole facts of any quarrel will probably come before the ju then responded that e E Wgtness Dirkam the men in the tent had been drinking liquor liberally on the night in question. AS to the “muss” in the tent he said: first accused Burnett, and he accused ry. Then when Meadors appeared he, too, sald it was Ury. Ury then told him he lied and_that heé was a liar.” Attorney Deuprey tried to bring out the particularly vuigar quality of a liar men- tioned, but witness remarked that such terms were usual apbout the tent and were used as ‘‘joshes.” The first witness called this morning was Constable Glaze, who merely identi- fied the knife with which the stabbing wag done. He was followed by Sergeant J. é Dickson, who had arrested Meadors immediately after the affray. He had witnessed the stabbing and described this very minutely to the jury. Corporal Silas was the next witness. He had interfered between Ury and Mcadors, but when the iatter opened his knife he bad stepped back and watched the alter- cation. He had seen Ury facing the pris- oner and holding his gun in both hands, the arms raised to his shoulders and with the stock toward Meadors. The other witnesses examined to-day were Charles vunhold and Walter Mur- phy. The testimony of none of the wit- nesses bears out the story told by Mea- dors at the County Jail about three hours f.flel‘ the affray, which briefly was as fol- ows: “Ury called me names, and picking up a gun, held it to his walst th the barrel pointed toward me. ‘Put down that knife, he said. 7 told him that when he ut down the gun I would put up my nife. “All the time I was watching his every move. I saw his eyes off me for a mo- ment and then I made a lunge for the gun, knocking it out of hs grasp. He then made at me with a viclous swing, rushing out of the tent to report to the officer. I caught him by the right shoul- der and made a strike with my knife for His swing caused me to cut him in the neck.” The courtroom to-day ~was crowded, and at least twenty soldlers, including Captain W. 8. Barnes, were spectators. TROPHIES FOR YACHTSMEN. Bilver Cups, Prize Pennants and Ale Mugs Were Presented Last Night. The prizes won at the Pacific Interclub Yacht Association’s third annual regatta held on Beptember 9 were distributed The Macdonough Cup. to the owners of the winning yachts last evening in the assembly hall of the Mills building. The following yachts took first and second places at the regatta in their respective classes: Twenty-foot special class—O. East- wood’s yaw! Kittiwake, first; J, E. Mec- Culloch’s sloop Petrel second. Yawl class—H. 8. Pratt’s Idler first, T. L. Miller’s Spray second. Twenty-five foot ciass—P. W. Hurndall's sloop Merope first, R, R. 1'Hommedleu and 8. C. Delamater’s sloop Phoenicia second. Thirty foot class—Carl Westerfeld and R. H. x(orrow'- sloop Aeolus first, J. W. Pew's sloop Truant seco: Thirty-six foot cl E. F. Sager and C. M. Culyver's sloop Edna first, E. N. ‘Walter and McLaughland Brothers’ sioop Embla second. ? Forty-four foot class—E. Donohoe’ sloop Speedwell first, A. J. Young and T. A gnn-ome'l sloop Clara second. To the yacht that took first place in ‘each class was awarded an associatiol nnant—a blue fla; Tes 'l K: ‘white in the center, surrounded by six white stars, there being six clubs in the clation—and a certificate signed the president and secretery of the ...o.','i. ation. To the yachts that took second lace in their "class were awarded cer- es of merit and ale mugs engravi with a sul ptio: Lo The following, however, were thy el h c?xp a:he. 3”23» a.na the D:xn ::{as' “up. The Macdono o sented by J. M. AT solid silver ¢ seven oen 'll;l&bfl lecoral 3 and commofore of the Pacific Yacht Club dur- Ing 1887, s o graceful cup, and was won by the yawl Kittiwake, after a close con- test with the sloop Petrel, in the twenty foot special class. 3 The Delegates’ cup, presented by the delegates from the six yacht clubs to the association, is a handsome trophy, and was won by the sloop Speedwell in tae forty-four foot class. Thése three cups, being all of solid sil- ver, and it being the first time that the assoclation has had three prizes of such value to award, it was determined to l'br{ake the presentation as public as possi- e. NO DANGER OF BLOODSHED. Letona, Ezeta’s Old Enemy, Now in the City. . General L. Letona of the Central Amer- fcan Republic arrived here Wednesday af- ternoon on the steamship City of Pan- ama and put up at the Occidental. Residing in the city for some time past is General Carlos Ezeta, erstwhile dicta- tor of Salvador, and’ thereby hangs a tale. It seems that when the Ezeta brothers ruled Salvador with an_ iron hand Letona in some way incurred the displeasure of Carlos and narrowly es- caped being put to death. Stripped of rank and fortune, he escaped across the border and there awaited one of those turns of the tide which come so fre- quently in the affairs of the Central American republics. Returning from ex- ile when the Ezetas were driven from Salvador, he was warmqly welcomed by the new President, whg restored him to rank and fortune. Since that time he has had no very kindly feelings toward his old enemy—in- deed, the impression has prevailed here that a meeting between the two generals might result in bloodshed. An interview with General Letona last ADVZRTISEMENTS. NOTICE ! Taxes Due Upon Assessments Made by the State Board of Equalization. CONTROLLER'S DEPARTMENT, STATE OF California. Sacramento, October 12, 189, In accordance with the provisions of Section 3668 of the Political Code, notice is hereby given that I have received from the State Board of Equalization the ‘‘Duplicate Record of Assessments of Railways’ and the “‘Du- plicate Record of Apportionment of Rallway Assessments,” containing the assessments upon the propertv of each of the following- named assoclations or corporations as fixed by the sald State Board of Equalization for the year 1835, to Wil California_Pacific Rallroad Company, Central Pacific Rallroad Company, Northern Califor- nia Railroad Company, Northern Rallway Company, South Pacific ‘Coast Railroad Com- any, Southern Pacific Rallroad Company, outherr. California Motor Road Company, San Francisco and North Pacific Rallway Company, Southern California Railway Com- pany, Santa Fe Pacific Rauroad Company, North Pacific Coast Rallroad Company, San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway, Company, Nevada County Narrow Gauge Rallroad Company, Carson and uolorado Raflroad Company, Nevada-California-Oregon Rallway Company, Pajaro Valley Consoli- dated Rallroad Company, Pacific Coast Rall- way Company, Alameda and San Joaquin Rallroad Compahy, Gualala River Raliroad Company, California and Nevada Rallroad Company, Sierra Railway Company of Cali- fornia, Slerra_Valleys Railway Com,any, San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway Company and Pullman's Palace Car Com- any. The Gtate and County taxes on all personal property, and ome-half of the State and County faxes on all real property, are now Que and payable and will be delinquent on the last Monday In November next. at six oclock p. m., and unless paid to the State Treasurer at the Capitol prior thereto, five per cent will be added to amount thereof and unless so paid on or before the last Mon- | day in April next, at six ociock p. m., an additional five per cent will be added to the amount thereof. The remaining one-haif of State and county taxes on all real vroperty will be due and payable after the first Monday in Janu- ary next, and will be delinquent on the last Monday in April next at six o'clock | unless pald to the State r at the Capitol prior thereto, five per cent will be added to the amount thereof. E. P. COLGAN, State Controller. m., and Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established in 1854 for the treatment of Private Disenses, Lost Manhood. Debility or disease wearingon bodyand mindand Skin Diseases. ''he doctor cureswhen . Try him. Charges low ranteed. Callorwrite Box 1957, San Fran OJOEAN TRAVEL. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Steamers _leave Broadway wharf, San Francisco: For_'Alaskan ports, 10 a. m., Oct. 3, 8, 13, 18, 28, 28, Nov. i, transfer at Seattle. For_Victoria, Vancouver (B. C.), Port Townsend, Seattls. ‘ Tacoma, _Everett, Anacortes and New Whatcom (Wash.), 10 a.m, Oct. 3. 13 18 3. 2 Noy, vy Giy thereafter, transfer ai 2 and every At O 3 steamers for Alaska Seattle 1o NS at Tacoma to N. P. Ry., at vancouver to C. P. RY. o e eka, (Humboldt Bay), 16, 21, 26, 3 3 p m., Oct 1, Nov. 5, and every fifth o 4 §, 12, 16, 20, T Gay thersafter L an iego. stopping only rt Har- ford (san Luin Sblemo) SLit%, Rageiow, 11 a: Los Anseles, and Kedgpag, 008 4 Kov. s, and sena Magdalena Bay, San Jose de: T B on: Altata, La Pa, Senta Rosalia and Guaymas (Mex.), 10 & m., 18th of every ith. m;‘:r ‘further information obt: The company reserves the without PV‘(V"!;‘::"“. ot "':'wxl‘-fl' SFFIOE — New street (Palace Hotel). oo ERKINS & CO., Gen. RATE S 10 Market st., San Fra THE 0. R. & N. EO, DISPATCH FAST STEAMERS TO PORTLAND From Spear-street Whart at 10 a.m. AR $12 First Class Including Berths F $8 Second Class and Meals. Geo. W. Elder sails Oct. 7. 16, 2, Nov. 3 R A Be s 370t Nov. rnla . 22, 31, Nov. e ine. €0 Spokané, Butte. polnts the Northwest to ‘all points Fast. & WARD, seneral Agent, 630 Market street. GOO! ERKINS & CO., sy Superintendents. Compagnie ’ggggrgla L[[gsatlanthua. DIRECT LINE TO HAVR] ARmm . Sailing every Saturday SRfiNEF)m, from Pier 42, North River, foot of Morton street. LA RRE.. ain folder. right to changs Montgomery £ts.. nc D veonsirenins Nov. 19 Havre $30 and upward, § per First class to uction on round trip. Secend class to Shrvre. $ik: 26 per_cent_raduction round trip. NADA. 3 Bowling Green, New York, . F. FUGAZI & CO.. Pacific Coast Agents, 5 Montgomery avenue, Ban Francisco. (OMBANK- at 2 p. m. JARDIE, Australia, and CAPE 8. 8. AUSTRALIA salls for Honolulu oniy ‘Wednesday, October 19, at 2 p. m. The 8. TPOSA salls via Honolulu and Auckland for Sydney Wednesday, November Line to COOLG South Africa. n-g’w D SPRECKELS BROS. & CO.. 114 Montgomery st. Freight office—327 Market st.. San_ Franelso BAY AJ4D RIVER STEAMERS. FOR U. S. NAVY-YARD AND VALLEJD, ST i i R . mln.-..!:lrp'.-.!am:u evening largely does away with that im- | pression. 5 { Though large, swarthy and blissfully ignorant of the English tongue, there is nothing in_his appearance or demeanor to denote the fire-eater. He is more sug- | gestive of the amiable, wealthy and well- dressed Spanish planter. When informed of the yumors in circulation here he ex- | DPressed! meither surprise nor anger. “I do not wish to say anything nbouti political matters for publication,” he said politely. “My only interest now Is in ag- | riculture. General Ezeta is neither an enemy nor a friend.” “But if you should see him?” “If I should see him,” he should salute him; that is all General Letona expects to return home zm the steamer leaving here on the 2Sth nst. plied, “I ALICE RIX Writes About THE GHOULS OF FASHION iIn Next Sunday’s Call. —_—— ESTATE OF GUSTAV WALTER. Appraisers Find Its Value to Be $171,804 70. The estate of Gustav Walter has been appraised at $171,804 70. Of this amount $53,259 70 is represented by money in bank and $25,000 by Walter's interest in the Walter Orpheum Company. Among the | largest items on the inventory are: Life insurance, $10,000; Central Light and Power Company stock, $8125; Alaska | Packers’ Assoclation stock, §10.225; Hutch- | inson Sugar Plantation Company stock, | $58%5; Southern Pacific Company bonds, $5040; Southern Pacific Branch Railroad Company bonds, $4076; Market-street Rail- way Company bonds, $5067 75. Many prom- issory notes held by the estate are af raised as of no value. Frederick W. ees, Moritz Friedlander amd John B. Curtis acted as appraisers, —_——— A DISGUSTED NEGRO. Complains to the Supervisors Against Chief Lees. G. C. Davis, lightning negro mathema- tician, of 246 Third street, has demanded his rights as an Ameri from the Board of Supervisors. He claims, in a communication addressed to the board yesterday, that Chief of Police Lees has prevented him from carrying on his busi- ness as a mathematical blackboard de- monstrator upon the streets of San Francisco, having driven him forcibly un= der cover, while at the same time ‘‘per- mitting - white fakers of all sorts and conditions to ply their nefarious voca tions upon the public highway.” Davis says that the Chief is manifestly unfair to colored people, and he thinks that it is about time that the Supervisors called him down. . ———— Divorce Suits Filed. Linda Costello has applied for a divores from Charles Costello, alleging desertion as a_cause of complaint. Suits for divorce on the ground of desertion have also been filed by Julla Donnel against James W Donnel, Matilda L. Orr against Charles P. Orr and Albert J. Rice against Luella M. Rice. —_——— The loftiest cliff on the coast of England is Beachy Head, the height of which is 564 feet. rese: notice steamers, sailing dates | STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, SACRAMENTO, July 30th, 1838 WHEREAS, 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 Constitational Amendment No. 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’dlstrict shall in- cur any indebtedness or liability in any man- | ner or for any purpose exceediig 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, nOor 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 unpaid claims with interest thereon for materials furnished to and work done for satd 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- airing, aitering or for any work done upon or | For any material furnished for any street, lane, | | mlley, court, place or sidewalk, or for the con- | structlon of any sewer or seweérs in said city | ! and county are hereby excepted from the pro- | visions of this section; and in determining any claim permitted to be paid by this section, no statute of limitations shall apply in any man. ner; and provided further, that the City of 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 so decide. Amy indebted- | ness or liability incurred contrary to this pro- vision, with the exception hereinbefore recited, | shall be vold. i AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. | (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 sec- tion, to be known and designated as section geven and one-half, article eleven thereof, pro- viding for the framing by the Inhabitants of countles of local county government acts for their own government. The said proposed new section to_read as follow: Section 7i4. 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, ‘causing a board of fitteen freeholders, who have been, for at least five years, qualified electors of such county, to be elected by the Qqualified electors of such county, at any gen- eral or special election, whose duty it shall be Within ninety days after such election, to pre- | pare and propose a county government act for | Buch county, which ‘shall be signed in dupli- | gate by the members of such board, or a ma- jority of ghem, and returned, one copy thereof %o the Board of Supervisors or other legisla- tive body of such county, and the otaer copy | to be sent to the Recorder of Deeds of the county. Such proposed county government act hall then be published in two papers of gen- eral circulation In such county, or if there be Rot two such papers, 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 ualified electors of such county, at a general or special election, and if a magority of such qua electors’ voting theredn shall ratify the same, it shall there- after be submitted to the Leglslature for its Tejection or approval, ‘as a whole, without power of alteration or amendment, and if ap- roved by a majority of the members elected o each house, it shall be the county govern- ment act of such county, and shall in such case become the organic law thereof and super- sede any existing county government act, and all amendments thereof, and all special laws inconsistent with such county government act. | A copy of such county government act, certi- fled by the President of the Board of Super- Visors or other legislative body of such county, and authenticated by the seal of such county, getting forth the submission of such county #overnment act to the electors, and its ratifica- fion by them, shall be made 'In duplicate and Qepostted, one in the office of the Secretary of Siate, the other, after being recorded in the 5 2 H C? H H ! % 2 g 2 g § 2, 5 ADVERTISEMENTS. PROCLAMATION. the second Monday of November of e o The Judges holding such term of court Snell r;‘celve No extra compensation therefor, but 8| :ll receive their actual expenses, to be paid it of the general fund of the State treasury. The Legislature shall enact all laws necessary 0 _organize such court, to provide the pro- cedure thereof an ot thy, thereof and to carry out the provisions AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. (Belng Assembly Constitutional Amendment . No. 31.) A resolution to propose to the peopl. it Sl‘lte of California an nmflidment’ !onvleheo C;}Y: gtitution of the State. amending article eleven, by adding a new section thereto, to be known section number five and one-half, relating to consolidated city and county governments. The Gléd Dl‘ODul(’d new section to read as follows: ection §%. The provisions of sections four £0d five of this article shall not, nor shall any egislation passed pursuant thereto, apply *o any consolidated city snd county government, fow existing or hereafter formed, which shall have become, or shall become, organized under , or secure Shehicn S5yem, or secure & charter under section AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE. (Belng Assembly Gonstitutional Amendment 0, 36.) A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment of section fteen and section sixteen of article five of the Constitution of the State of California, by which it s proposed to amend sald sections to read as follows: Section 15. A Lieutenant Governor shall be elected at the same time and place and in ths £ame 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. In 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 duties of the office shall devolve upon the Lieutenant Governor for the residue of the term, or until the disability sha.l cease. And should the Lieutenant Governor be impeached, displaced, resign, dle 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 shall 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 Senat shall succeed to the powers and duties of Gove then the powers and dutles of such ofe all devolve upon the speaker of the As- until the office of Governor shall be such general election, AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. (Being Assembly gonsgt;ltlnnl.\ Amendment No. 3. A resolution to propose to the le of the State of Callfornia an. amendment to section six, article nine of the Constitution of the State of California, relating to grammar schools, by which it is proposed to amend sald section to read as follows: Section 6. The public school system shall in- clude primary and grammar schools, and such high schools, evening schools, 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 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. (Belng Assembly Gonstitational Amendment 0. A resolution to propose to the people of State of California s amendment 10 section 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 Legislaturs shall commence at twelve o'clock meridian on the first Monday after the first day of January next succeeding the election of its members, and shall be biennlal unless the Governor sh: in the interim convene the Legislature by pre lamation. The Legislature shall then remal in sesslon for twenty-five d: atter which it must adjourn to some date not less than thirty nor more than sixty days from the time of a journment. If the two houses fail to upon a time at which they will resume n efr 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 shall be allowed to members for a longer period than seventy-five days, and no bill shall be introduced 2 elther house ex ‘ eds in the county, the archives of 5 A Eourts shall take judicial notice thereof. | whe county government act so ratified may be amended, at intervals of mot less than "two ears, by proposals therefor, submitted by the gislative authority of the' county, to the Qqualified electors thereof, at a general or spe- Slal election held at least forty days after the bifcation of such proposals for twenty days f» & newspaper of general circulation in such county, and ratified by at least three-fifths of fhe qualified electors voting thereon, and ap- ved by the Legislature as herein provided ot the approval of the county government act. In submitting any such county government act any alternative article or proposition may be Tosented for the choice of the voters, and may oted on separately without prejudice to "‘lhg":‘ 11 be competent in all county govern- ment acts framed under the authority given by ' fhis section, to provide for the manner in Thich, the times at which, and the terms for | Whichthe several township and county officers iher than Judges of the Superior Court, shall 96 ‘elected or appointed; for their compensa- Bon: for the number of such officers, for the Heolidation or segregation of offices, for the Somber of deputies that eachofficer shall have, % for the compensation pavable to each of much “deputies, ‘for the manner in which, the ch, and the terms for which the Ll of election shall be and for the constitution, Ro™ prescribe the manner and met! A Il elections by the people shall be con- e and may in addition determine the dctedind. conditions upon which electors, po- Hitical parties organizations may particl- oty nae. o th ienever A county in e manner in pointed out, adopted any A e hment Act. and the same shall also, have _bee o A orei this article providing for the uniformity . 3¢ county governments throughout O 2 ate and likewise: providing for the elec- e appointment of officers, and the regu- A omon ot 'their compensation, shall not apply. Baid county ent act shall. as to any of Bad o et hereinabove provided for and de- Hered by such county government act, not be e 1o any law or amendment endcted by D eisature. except by amendment first e mitted to the electors and ratified-in the Thanner hereinabove set forth. AMENDMENT NUMBER THREB. (Belng Senate Covstitutional Amendment No. A resolution proposing to the people of_tne sia fornta an amendment to the Cq et cra‘:“ by adding & new section. stitul f the B mown and o e Sk “half, article M—uon of a Court aims. court, 0WD a8 the The sald proposed new sec- ows: “The Court of Claims shall dges of the Superior Court, S Tl be tethented By e Govdaet v il & Biatms Shatt TR terms as fol- et B be final. shall be held cept at the first twenty-Ave duys of the session, without the consent of three-fourths of the members_thereaf. NOW, THEREFORE, Pursuant to the provi- slons of the Constitution, and an act of the Legislature of the State of California, entitled ““An act tp provide for the submission of pro~ posed amendments to the Constitution of the State of California, to the qualified electors for thelr approvai,” approved March 7. A. D. 1883, 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. 15%. The sald proposed amendments are to be sepe arately voted upon in manner and form as fole ows: Each ballot used at such election must con- tain_writter 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 certaln claims against the ity and County of San Francisco, and the_existing indebtedness of the City of Vallejo for the construction of its water works from the provisions of the Constitution requiring such claims 0 be pald from the income and reve- nues of the year in which they wers ineurred). For the Amendment? Amendment Number Two, being_Senats Constitutional Amendment No. 10| Yes (providing for framing local county{ —— government acts by inhabitants of No countles for their government). For the Amendment? 4 Amendment Number Three, being Sen- ate Constitutional Amendment No. 44 (providing for the creation of a Court of Claims to determine claims [ Yes against the State. and to conslet of{ —— three Superior Judges designated by No the Governor to serve without extra compensation). For the Amendment? Amendment Number Four, being As- sembly _Constitutional 'Amendment No. 37 (exempting consolidated citles | Yes and countles, organized or to be or-{ —— ganizen; fo hailia: x_charter un- No er the Constitution, from certain leg- islation in relation’to countles). For the Amendment? Amendment Number Five, being As- sembly Constitutional Amendment No. 38 (relating to office of Governor, | Yen providing for succession thereto in| —— certain and removing disability Na of Lieutenant Governor from holding other office during term). For the Amendment? ~ Amendment Number Six, being Assem- bly Constitutional Amendment No. 38 Yes lr!hlllzl.)l to and defining Grammar{ —— ‘the Amenament? L Amendment Number Seven, betng As- sembly Constitutional Amendment No. g a it of Yes Legislature for not less than thirty{ . nor more than sixty days during each No session). ¢ For the Amendment? - hand and the Great ot the Witness Seal State of ornia, the day and year hereln o t::?lifi'l'{,ifi -