The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 2, 1898, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISOO CALL, WEbN.ESDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1898. ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. ONCLAND ISSURED OF ) FIE PARK City Accepts Deeds to Marsh Land.. - WMONEY FOR- IMPROVEMENT | TAX LEVY PROVIDES FOR THE LAKE DREDGING. - * - - The Problem of Appropriations for the Many Departments oi'the ot Government Is Now ' Solved. z Oakland Office San Franciseo Call, 903 Broadway, Nov. L. The City Council met this evening and formally received the deeds:to the marsh land between Eighth and Twelfth streets | the west short of Lake Merritt. “This eed of gift to ‘the . city guarantees a twenty-acre park for-all time at-a cost of not one cent. _ ey The Lake Merritt Sanitary Improve- ment Club, consisting. largely of wealthy men who own property somewhere in the vicinity of the.lake, purchased the marsh land from the Water Front Company and greed to present it to the city if the city would undertake to provide for-the dredg=- | ing of Lake Merritt. The city has agreed | to do this, and the drédging. from the lake will form the new park..This improve-. ment is one of great jmportance, for all time there has been a dirty, sluggish | stream _trickling through this twenty acres of mud in the heart of the.city be- tween ke. Merritt and the estuary.” It always been more or.less offensive; and of late the lake has bécome more polluted on account of the.increase in the sewage emptying into it. The plans for E, Drovides embraces héads, the making of and the construction o: v-five foot channel sufficfently deep | to keep a. clear stream of water con- | stantly passing between the lake and.the uary. This will insure perfect drain- | age and will permanently eradicate the | marsh evil. 2 SRS | When the deeds were presented to -the | Council there was some_objection made | to their form: It was decided that the | est_proposition would be to accept quit- | um deeds, and the improvement club | sed to have the changes made and | which the dredgin the butlding of bul the park 7 to-morrow night, “for | pecial meeting has -been ¢ e tax levy | ng ¢ sed, and Mayor that he will sign it. ides for the dredging of although it will forde soma | in some departments —of | nowe will' be erip-| of the taxes. | LOVE THAT WILL - : % | NOT GROW COLD WARDS - “WERE- DIVORCED - BUT TWO MONTHS. .. - .| e | The Law Would Operate Against the Moral Purpose. for Which . It Was Intended. 7 Oakland Office San Francised %8 Broadway, No ‘Caty, [ Nov. I t of the C fornia di fvorce aw | parties’legally separated to re- sle for a year before again seek- | rvices of .a minister . was cer- o r intended to apply .to the.caseé e Wards of East Oakland, who have just been ‘remarried. £ 2 Just ‘two month ago Willidim B. Ward as divorced from his wife.. The story ding to ‘the, separation was:-a very | pathetic one. The Wards are elderly peo- Théy have lived together untll their n.up. Ward held an im ition of trust in San Fran-- rtain practic were indulgeéd | hich led to his wife: seeking | eparation. | was ‘taken in the’| stimony divorce gase Mrs. Ward was so solicitous | band from whom she felt she had | d legal right to be ssparaied as | 1se comment. She was anxious that | the -elderly man shou not be left -with- | out a home or provision and was ex- | tremely anxfous that he. should have a | just share of their property. Pending the negotiations Ward _went _to his- wite’s | home and sm in & window, for | which she very reluctantly had him ar- rested. 3 After the granting of the “divorce the Wards realized that they could not close | their lives apart. The husband expressed | a willingness to be all that his wife de- | sired, and nothing else was lacking to'| legally reunite the husband and wife, who | had ally never been separated. | ed to remarry, but found that a forbade them mak- | past unpleasantness by | a course. Undeterred by this 2 they ;ourn?ycd to Reno, and the f Nevada offéered no resistance to them being. reunited and they ried a' week ago. They have returned to. Oakland and are now -living the evening f their lives in the same old home .at fale. p HIS REASON RESTORED cos Fral AND READY FOR TRIAL| J. 'W. LYNN TO BE BROUGHT HOME FROM UKIAH. Will Have to Answer for Shooting His Wife Five Times Some Months- Ago. .~ Odkland Office San Francisco Call, | 908 Broadway, Nov. 1 John W. Lynn, who about seven months ago. attempted to -murder his wife by shooting her five times, and who was subséquently committed to the Insane Asylum at Uklah, has recovered his reason sufficiently to be discharged ‘as cured. He wili be brought back to this C!E‘)' for trial. i e circumstances of the shooting are fresh in the memory of many. The had refused to live any longer with nd was stopping with her sister nth street, near Bush. One day 1 called there and tried to persuade cturn. with him, but sne refused ped out a revolver an times. The wife recovered at her aceused husband’'s examination that he had al- perfectly ~sane until the Lynn, however, fejgned in- five ways- acted shooting. sanity to such perfection, having at one time been an attendant at the Agnews Asylum, that he was finally declared in- ne and committed to Ukiah. It is guite probable that when tried his attorney wlil makeé every effort to secure his acquittal on he ground that he was insane at the time the crime was com- mitted. Acme Boxing. OAKLAND, Nov. 1—The Acme Club gave a "g?nt‘emen's" night this evening, at which the principal boxing. events were eight-round bout between Ed Doyle f the Olympic and Ed. J. Smith of the Acme Club. Though declared u draw the latter appeared to have decidedly the bet- ter of it. The other main event, a ten- round match between Jim Riley of the San Francisco Athletics and Charles Tye of the Reliance Club was also declared a draw, but proyed one of the cleanest and closest matches ever witnessed here. | |SCORES_ THOSE a |- | certainly not vere mar- |. The men were very evenly matched and both put up an excellent fight. As pre- liminaries Lavigne and Cruz, and George ‘rTol:jrl?de; and George Collins boxed three ————— A LIFE SAVED BY A ROCK. Miraculous Escape of a Child From Being Run Over.- OAKLAND, Nov. 1.—The four-year-old child of Peter Strogan had a miraculous escape from death to-day. Strogan drives a wagon for the Renton Coal Company, and while driving down Franklin street this aftérnoon he had his child by his side- on_the seat. - In some manner one of the forward wheels. slipped off, and father and child were violently thrown apon the macadamized roadway. The elder Strogan sustained numerous Severe.bruises about the head and face, for which he was treated at the Receiving .| Hospital. . 5 The child, on the other hand, had fallen in front of the.rear wheel 'and would surély have been crushed to death, but a huge:rock Intervened between thé child and the wheel. Over this rock the wheel bounced, and the child's form was thus avoided ‘and escaped uninjured. 2 R s e GRAND JURY SUITS. Alameda County Sues for the Recov- ery of Money Paid John Gil- lan and J. B. Lanktree. OAKLAND, Nov. 1—Suits were filed late this afternoon by District Attorney Snook, ‘on behalf of Alameda County, against John Gillam and J. B. Lanktree for the récovery of moneys received by the defendants at sundry times on as- signéd claims between November 2, 189, and January 8, 189. In the case of M. Gillém' the amount is $35 50 and in that of Lanktree $637 25. . The suits are but.two of similar ones to be filed, and are the result of recent Grand Jury investigations. mand was mad payment of the amounts named but that no part thereof has been paid. - Besides the.above amounts, 20 per cent | damages for the use thereof is asked for. WHO - . “WOULD BE DIVORCED HOLLOCHER SAID TO HAVE| TURNED THINGS AROUND. qudge bgden St‘z'y,s the Husband Wore | Skirts and the Wife e Trousers. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, < s 908 Broadway, Nov. 1 It is-a good thing for posterity that these people have no children.” These were the concluding remarks of Superior Judge Ogden when he denied a decree of divorce this morning in the suit of Mrs. Susan L. Hollocher against Michael hol- locher. 5 Judge Ogden took occasion to pass some severe strictures upon the couple. Hol- locher had admitted on the witness stand that he had told his wife he would blow out his brains, but that such a thougnt | never was farther from his mind. said, too, that he was tired of listening, night ‘after night, to half a dozen women talking about Brother So-and-so,” and, therefore, had left bis home many even’ ngs.’ In summing up the case, Judge Ogden stated that the charges of willful negiect. éxtreme cruelty and faflure tc gm\'lde had cen borne out by the evi- donce at hand. According to his Honor's view, *the natural family conditions had been'reversed and Hollocher wore skirts instead of the conventional pantaloons. Hollocher’s _threats as to taking life the court considered as the ‘“‘mouthings of a man of Inferor power and scarcely of any conséquence.”” The court intimated that he had. once held an interesting conversa- tion with a leading scientist on the sub- ject of free love, in which his Honor, at that time, did not believe; but in the pres- ent case the court was' inclined to the | belief of a-tendency toward frée love as a restit’of -such family disputes. Battle Over Embezzled Coin. OAKLAND, - Nov. 1—Mrs. Lizzie A. Small, through her "attorney, Hugh 8. ‘Aldrich, has filed suit in Justice Wood's court for the recovery of $300 found on John L.. Sherman ‘when the latter was brought from Salt Lake Cni-l to the City Prison- here recently .on a charge of em- bezzling $500 of Mrs. Small's money. "The $300 is now In the possession of Captain Mitchell, the property clerk. An attach- ment has beén issued. “Colonel T. F. Gar- rity, representing Sherman, now threatens to institute counter-proceedings to obtain the money for his client, claiming that the $500 was secured legitimately. merry legal battle is in prospect. The Streitberger Will Contest. OAKLAND, Nov. 1—The contest of John, Schnelder and George Metzger over the $200,000 estate of the late Christopher Streitberger -was ended in the Superior Court to-day, when Judge Ogden ordered letters of administration issued to D. Bruns and T. F. Graber, the executors named in the will of April 14, 1538 Schnel- der and Metzger were named as executors in a will made prior to the one admitted to probate, and they contended that the latter had been made under duress and while the testator was of unsound mind ‘and weak. It is understood that the con- test,. however, will now be taken upon appeal. The Coming Exposition. OAKLAND, Nov. 1.—The concession for the publication of the Oakland Exposition rogramme has been granted to the Oak- fand Enquirer Publishing Company. A resolution was adopted at last night's meeting of the exposition directors allow- ing the setting apart of special days for various charitles. ' Unusual interest 1s be- ing taken in this year’s exposition and it is-predicted that it will be one of the most successful ever held here. .3213'2‘_38323‘4‘828{8‘2-89:'898?.8‘2898?'5flfififi&usfisflsfi&&fifififi'&fifi DISCOVERED HE - COULD HEAR 'éef;filga} Casé-of Abe Sherman, Who i - 'Was Thought to Be a Deaf Mute. Over in Berkeley, at the Institute for the Deat and Dumb and the Blind, the peculiar case of H!t!e Abraham Lincoln. S8herman is attracting unusual 8 I 8 SRRNRER = R career. hearing children, and it attempted to talk. dlately given to the little fellow. but within the past six and speaks freely with thorities the sense of sound. The complaint | alleges that on September 29 last a de- | e on defendants for the ! He | rescued the little ones from begging upon the streets in Southern Cali- fornia. Abe's father, the teachers at Berkeley agree, may-have Known that he could hear, and found in that fact a drawback to his begging It is known positively that he was not allowed to assoclate with is surmised that he may have been threatened if he Miss Moffitt, the teacher of articulation at the institute, first maae the Alscovery that little Abe could hear. Especial attention - was jmme- Speech at first developed but slowly, months the boy has developed quite & vocabu his teachers and his blind fellow-pupils. The = of the institute are at a loss just what to do with the littie fel- Jow. To turn him over to his people is ‘to deprive him of the moral tone of the school, and yet to develop his latent speech it is avso- lutely necessary that the child should assoclate with children who enjoy RS EEE RS REREA A EEIRERENSESEERRS FOUR-CENT RIDES HAVE BEEN STOPPED Bogus Tickets Said to Be the Cause. MAY NOT BE RESUMED { | THE SYNDICATE SEEKING IN- FORMATION. | A Sudden Move That Has Set Thou- sands of People Thinking of Its Probable Meaning. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Nov. 1 “Sale of tickéts temporarily postponed.” | This little notice posted in the cars of the Bast Ozkland street rallroad system this morning caused much surprise to the pa- | trons of the road. It simply means that | instead of paying four cents for.a ride they will have to pay five cents at pres- | ent. For a long time the syndicate railroads | have been selling books of tickets at the | rate of twenty-five for a dollar, good on | any of their lines in Alameda, Berkeley or Oakland. By a system of transfers by | which passengers could travel from Bay | Farm Island to the university, or from Fruitvale to West Oakland, for one fare, | or one four-cent ticket, a large travel has been built up. Hundreds of working peo- ple have purchased books of tickets, and | especially since the rearrangement of the higher grades In the public schools have puplls been forced to do much traveling. ‘Without any notice the privilege of four- cent rides has been cut off. Inquiry at the office of the syndicate to-day brought out the information that the, suspension of the sale of tickets is temporary and will depend on certain in- | formation which the company is attempt- | ing to learn by withdrawing the sale of | tickets. There is competition, the only competi- tlon across the city between the syndi- cate and the Haywards electric road. The Haywards road also sells tickets for four cents, but there has been no agree- ment to raise the fare between the roads, “Jt is a surprise to us,” said a director of the Haywards road to-day, ‘“that the | syndicate has suspended the sale of tick- | ets. At the same time we do not believe |'it to be good policy to sell cheap tickets | when roads are not paying expenses. Few | other citles in the country sell tickets for | less than a nickel. In New York the four- cent ride is unknown, and there, on ac- count of the immense population, cars | carry four passengers on each trip to | every one that we carry. In Sam Fran- cisco, ‘where the average ride is much | shorter than in Oakland, everybody pays | a nickel. Although the syndicate has not attempted to enter into an agreement with_us, I cannot say that we are op- posed to the straight flve-cent fare.” A report was current that the book tickets had been counterfeited, and that spurious tickets have recently been taken in, One of the managers of the company, when spoken to this afternoon, partialiy confirmed this story. “The discontinuarice. of the sale,” he said, “fs-omly- temporary.— Wé want to get in the tickets which are out, or most of them. There may be some out which we did not sell, and we want to discover that, if it is so. We want to find just where we stand on the ticket business. T think the sale of the books will recom- mence in about a month.” A PECULIAR LITIGATION. Hold Property for Which tha Former’s Sister Sues. OAKLAND, Nov. 1—A most pecullariy complicated litigation is on before Su- perfor' Judge Greene, wherein Mrs. Bertha M. Hall sues Willlam H. and Abbie E. Clarence, married Abble E. Hall, cated in Alameda. The plaintiff and William Clarence are brother and sister, and with the money left them by their late facher, Henry Clar- ence, who dled in San Francisco about eleven years ago, they, in May, 1886, pur- chased the Alameda 10t, which was placed in William's name. At that time Mrs. Hall was Mrs. Hamm, but she became di- vorced and married Hall on September 15, 1858, on which day her brother, William Clarence married Abbie E. Hall. In 1894, out of love and affection, Clar- ence deeded the Alameda lot to his wife Abble, who has since obtained a_divorce from him. The property now stands in Abble Clarence’s name, and Mrs. Hall is seeking to regain possession. The most peculiar part about_the litigation is that the ex-wife and ex-husband are mutually striving to have the title remain where it is—in the ex-wife's name—he testifying in her favor. The lot is worth several thou- sand dollars. Oakland Sketch Exhibition. OAKLAND, Nov. L—The exhibition of the Oakland Sketch Club opened to-night in the clubrooms at Sixteenth and Clay streets, and will continue until Baturday attention. . Little Abe is 9 years old, and it is only a few months ago that the fact that the little fellow could hear was brought to the attention of the authorities. Abe comes from a family of deaf mutes. Both of his parents @re deaf and dumb, as are also his three brothers and Httle sister. The authorities at the institute are at a loss to explain the little Sherman fellow’s case. It may be a case of latent development, they say, or else it is the direct out- come of parental neglect and cruelty. Abe's father is not the noblest of men, and when the little fellow and his two brothers, named respectively Danfel Weo- ster Sherman ‘and Willlam Te- cumseh Sherman, were placed in the institute it was at the in- stance of the authorities, who $328385828202838 080858 282808080858 08 8828080820 28 20 $8 0808 280888 080838 250828888 2028 L 85 83 53 53 4% 43 %0 40 00 % 2 868 | night. lAl;.mn tlht?n nkfitcm ethibitod are several by Keith, Neilson, Jorgensen, Latimer and Judson. Among the club members who have exhibits are: Mr. Jenkins, Mr. e, Mrs. Lee, Mr. Evans, Mr. Gremke, Mrs. Evans M&s Col:fl. Mrs. Farnum, Mrs, Gelwicks, Miss Hall, Mrs. Freeman, Miss = Mo . Miss Thompson, Miss Bakewell, ss Brown, %l“fi 5 oney, -Miss ‘Root and Miss choli. ‘Water-Front Case Closing. OAKLAND, Nov, 1L—The defense in the now famous water front case this af- ternoon announced that it would Test to- morrow, and the assurance is given out by the attorneys for the city of Oakland that rebuttal will be ready to close the latter part of this week. Judge Ogden has allowed the defense to withdraw thirty-two_exhibits heretofore submitted, but these relate wholly to upland streets. _—— CLOSING THE CAMPAIGN. Alameda Republicans Are Confident of Big Majorities Next Tues- day for Their Ticket. ALAMEDA, Nov. 1—The closing week- of the county campaign will be made live- ly by the Republicans. Although there is & feeling of confidence all along the line, the local managers will redouble their efforts to roll up the biggest Republican vote the Encinal City has ever recorded. With the possible exception ‘of T. C. Stoddard, fusion nominee for County Clerk, Alameda, will give a handsome majority to every candidate on the Re- ublican ticket, both State and County. he advisory board of the Alameda Re- publican Club met last evening to make arrangements for the final grand rally of the campaign_at Armory Hall next Monday nif t. J. B. Lanktree, W. H.. Davis, J. L. E. A. Randlett were appointed a committee to secure speakers and engage music. The gentle- men announced this afternoon that Victor H. Metcalf, candidate for Congress, and Tirey L. Ford, nominee for Attorney Gen- eral, had offered their services as the speakers of the erening. The club-will' meet Saturday night at Linderman Hall, at which time the. vice- presidents for Monday night's big rally will be selected. Will Contest Settled. ALAMEDA, Nov. 1.—The Edouard Louis will contest was finally and definitely set- tled to-day. The will of Edouard uis, which left the bulk of his estate to his widow, Mary Louis, was contested by de- cedent’s mother, Mariane. The case was tried recently in the Superior Court, re- sulting In the provisions of the will being sustained. The contestant announced that she would appeal, but the time for taking such action expired to-day. The widow, who came out victoriously in the contest, has of her own volition agreed to pay her mother-in-law an annuity. BICYCLE THIEF COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT OPIUM L. C. JONES ATTEMPTS WITH A BLANKET TO COMMIT SUICIDE. Gave His Name as Thompson at Oak- land City Prison, but Served Time 4n San Francisco. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Oct. 81. L. C. Jones, alias Frank Thompson, the bicycle thief, when informed about noon to-day that Detectives Shorey and Hodg- kins had discovered the particulars of his unsavory career and antecedents, tried to commit suicide in his cell at the City Prison by hanginfg, and almost succeeded. The detectives, ever' since the arrest last Thursday, have beéen investigating the record of the young man who claimed his name as #Frank Thompson and his residence as Alameda. They discovered that he had served time in gnn Francis- co’s prison for the very same offense— that of bicycle stealing, There he went by the name of L. C. Jones. Strange as it may appear the first of the eighteen bikes stolen in this city disappeared on tt,he day after Jones’ release across the ay. ‘When confronted with the facts of his career Temorse took possession of him and later, when Detective Hodgkins Knssefl through the corridor, he heard eavy breathing, Invesu’nlinx. the pris- oner was found hanging from the grating over the cell door. As a rope he had used his blankets torn in strips. He was unconscious but soon recovered. To_‘thedetectives he gave as a reason for his desperate attempt at suicide that he was unable to secure opium in the prison, and without which he could not.live. The detectives and police are now more confident than ever that they have in this {)fll‘li_‘!‘oner one of the boldest thieves ex- Incidentally they have learned that Thompson, or Jones, has_been intimate with a young woman in West Oakland. They have not yet discovered .in what manner he disposed of the stolen wheels. —_———— Miss Duffy’s Play Accepted. BERKELEY, Nov. 1—The committee of the junior class of the University of California_appointed tv select the farce to be acted next junior day met last night and decided upon one. rom the seven plays handed in under the competition that of Miss Alice Duffy was considered to have the most merit. " The farce i8, en: titled “His Wife's Will.” It will be pre- sented by a cast composed of members of the junior class early in December. Miss Dufty, the successful competitor, is on the editorial staff of this year's Blue and Gold, and has already made quite a repu- tation in college as a story writer. GRAND JURY ON o ELECTION CASES WILL INVESTIGATE TUNITED LABOR PETITION. Also Making Preparations to Sue the Bondsmen of the School Trustees. The Grand Jury will be called upon to investigate the persons concerned in the scheme to get the United Labor ticket upon the official ballot for the coming election through the use of fraudulent signatures to the petition presented to the Registrar. Mr. Biggy is now at work col- lecting evidence, which is sald to be di- rected toward the promoters, W. P, Grace and others. It is intimated that the of- ficers of several political clubs wiil be brought hefore the Grand Jury to explain how certain fraudulent signatures I{mp- pened to get upon the petition. The cases of the members of {he School Board charged with unlawful overexpen- diture of the school funds is now before the Grand Jury, and the attempt is to be made to reach their bondsmen, through Vil suits, as already outlined in The Call. Martin Kelly, charged by the Ex- aminer with stealing a fire ensflxe. is hot after Hearst, and will try and land him on an indictment for eriminal libel. - The committee on Supervisors is also prepar- ing to bring in an important report to the Grand Jury concerning the gas and electric light contracts recently entered imnto. and which it is alleged are fraud- ent. —— CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA. A Good List of Entries Has Been Re- ceived for the Various Events. The regatta committee of the Pacific Athjetic-Association is hard at work pre- paring for the championship races to be held at Long Bridge next Saturday. At a meeting held on Monday. night it was decided to extend the time for making en- tries for the events until last night and to defer until Thursday night the task of choosing the officlals who. will have the regatta charge. The first race Is to start at 11 a. m., and the aumemant races are to follow at intervals of thirty min- utes. It was su; ed that the starter, referee and judges should be experienced oarsmen, familfar with the rules of the ciation. Ceonsiderable discussion en- sued as to the ne: of registering contestants, but no di ite conclusion was reached.. . . Last nlght the committee held a meet- W' at which the following were present: . C. Espy of the Ploneers (in the chair), the Ariels, el . J. Pem- Alameda Boat Club, _white and red, George -No. 2; D. G Avers and Fred Ayers. Senlor four-oared blr‘l‘ rice—B. Hadcock, bow; W. G. Hansen, No. 2; Atwell Webb, No. 3, and F, W. Ayers, Junior skiff 'race—Atwell Webb and W. G. n, N > X Dolphin Boating Club, colors nayy blue and white: Senfor shell . Pape. Junior skiff race—Victor Caglieri. Intermediate barge race—Victor Caglieri, bow; F. Schwarting. No. 2; W. O. Patch, No. 3; A. W. Pape, stroke, Blndh.l:fl Bartman, - cocks us| Ploneer Rowing Club, color magenta: Junior shell race—John -Kiunder. - Intermediate barge race—W. St. John, bow; F. Orr, @. Cal- lopy, No. 3, an Gens, Junior four-cared barge race—H. Wilder, R, O'Neill, No. 2; George Lawson, No. 3, and W. Lawson, stroke. Senior SKIff race—C. L. Ochs. Senfor four-oartd barge race—H. Wilder, bow: F. O'Nefl, No. 2; George Lawson, No. 3, and W. Lawson, stroke, Junlor skiff race—F. Orr. Ariel Rowing Club, colors royal blue and white: Intermediate four-oared barge race—H. Wilson, bow; James McKenna, No. 2; G. Stef- fens, No. 3, and J. Wilson, stroke. Jynior four- onred barge race—E. McDonough, bow; A. Haughton, No. 2; F. Loth, No. 3. and E. Lynch, gtroke. Senior skiff race—F. Wilson and George Phelan. Senior shell race—H. A. Wittkopf. ckert and Junior skiff race—J. McKenna, J. Fi F. Ia Chappelle. ‘Triton Boating- Club,. colors biue and white: Junior outrigged ekiff race—C. Artigues. The Triton four-oared barge crew is made up of Dr. H. Sichel, bow; A. Hatfield, No. 3; G. W. Bium, No. 3; S. Adderley, stroke, and E. Bart. man, cockswain. -The crew is being coached by, President D. H. Everett. South Ena Rowing Club: Sentor shell race— Frank Duplissea. Senior skiff race—Dr. C. C. Dennis. .. Junior. skiff race—J, Lyons. Senlor four-oared barge race—M. Breen.. Gus Carson, J. Pallas, Ed Scully and G. MeGrill, cock- Ewain. HEALTH DEPARTMENT T0 GET MORE MONEY SUPERVISORS HAVE HOSPITAL FUNDS AVAILABLE. Will Give the Health Board About Ten Thousand Dollars and Mar- ket Street the Balance. 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It is a home | reatment and all men who suffer with any form of sexudl weakne-: resulting from youthful folly, premature loss of strength and memory, weak back, varico- | cele, or emaciation of parts can now, cure themselves Ti( hgme. remedy has a egekll:: of warmth and seems to act direct | {o the desired-location, siving strengtb | and development just where it is needed | $%ures all the ills and troubles that - come from years of misusae of the natural | fanctions and has been an absolute suc- | cess in all cases. A request to the State | Medlcal Institute. 193 First National Bank | Fuilding, Fort Wayne, Ind., stating that | you desire one of ‘their free trial cK- | ages will be complied with. The institute | is desirous of reaching that great class | of men who are unable to leave home to be treated and the free sample will en- able them to see how easy it cured of sexual weakness when the proper remedies are «m?loyed. . The in- | stitute makes no restrictions. Any:man who writes will be sent a free sample, | caretully sealed in a plain package 0 | that its reciplent need have no fear of | embarrassfent or publicity. Readers are | requested to write without delay. { | OCEAN TRAVEL. 3 i Pacific Coast Steamship Co. | Free Steamers _leave Broadway whart, San Francisco: For Alaskan ports, 10 a. m. Nov. 2, 7, 18, 11, 23, %, Dec. 2, | transter at Seattle. | For_Victorla, Vencouver (B. C.), Port Townsend, Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Anacortes and New Whatcom (Wash.), 16 a. m., Nov. 2, 7, 13, 17, 23, 21, Dec. 2, and every fifth day thereafter, trane- fer at Seattle to_ this company’s steamers for | Alaska and G. N. Ry, at Tacoma to N. P. | B e rmboldt Bav), 1 p. i, Nov For Eureka (Humbol y), 2 p. mi, 3 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, Dec. 5, and every fitth day | thereafter. { Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Simeon, e Port Harford (San Luls_Oblspo), 4 eii;\lrk Hluex)mm(:i. Pedro, East San Pedro (Los Angeles) an gl.‘nwpnfl, 9 a m., Nov. 1, 5 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, Dec. 8, and every fourth day thereafter. i For San Diego, stopping only_at Port Har- | ford (San Luis Obispo), Santa Barbara, Port TLos Angeles and Redondo (Los Aneeles) 11 » m, Nov. 3 1 1L 15 15 3, 27, Dec. 1, and very fourth day thereafter. eor Ensenada, Magdalena Hay, San Jose del Gabo, Mazatlan, Altata, La Pas, Santa Rosalia and Guaymas (Mex.), 10 a. m., 15th of every month, further information obtain folder. | T “osmpany reserves the right to change | without previous notice steamers, sailing dates and honrs of safline. 3 TIOUKET OFFIUE-4 New Montgomery | street (Pala Hotel). LL, PERKINS & CQ,, Gen. Axts.. s 10 Macket st., San . Francisco. THE 0. R. & N. GO0 DISPATCH FAST STEAMERS TO PORTLAND m Spear-street Whart at 10 am. $12 First Class - Including Bérths $8 Second Class and Meals. W. Sider eafls Oct. 7, 1;, 25, Nov. & Columbia_ealls Oct. 10, 15, 3, Nov. State of Callfornia sails Oct. 13, 22, 31, Nov. 9. Short line to Walla Walla, 8§ ine, Butte, Helena and all points in ‘Northwest, Through tickets to all points East. WARD, General Agent, GOODALL. PERKINS & (0. .Buperintendents. Compagnie Generale Transatiantique, DIRECT LINE TO HAVRE-PARIS (FRANCE). Sailing every Safud-y@ at 10 4, m., from Pler 42, North = River, faot of Morton street. 2 LA GASCOGNE. First-class to o’ 90 WaT cent reduction on round trip. Second Havre, $45. 10 per cent reduction round trip. - GENERAL AGENCY FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA, 3 Bowling Green, New York. ~ J. F. FUGAZ] & CO.. Pacific Coast Agents, § Montgomery avenue, San Francisco. The S.8, MARIPOSA m-u. via_Honoluly and Auckland - for Sydney Thursday, November 3, -5 -per Class. to &t 2 p. m. 8. 8. AUSTRALIA, salis for Honolulu only Wednesday, November 16, at 2 p. m. Line to COOLGARDIE, Australla, and CAPE TOWN, South Africa. '~ * - 3. D.'SPRECKELS BROS. & CO., Agents, - 14 Montgomery at. Frelght office—327 Market st? San Franclsco. FOR U. S. NAVY-YARD AND VALLEID, S Mon . MO ? 5 m. ufl:?‘?"-:w e ey AN BAY AND RIVER STEAMERS. waln: ~substitute, -N. |- peculiarly grateful | sta is to be ti | such county, { {:flly of them, and returned, one copy thereof | thereon s | which, | ane and it is certain that the Health Deéparte mqntf! will get what it wan , some $10,000° or $15,000. Then there will still be a snug sum_to e)xapend for the further improve- ment of Market street with bitumen. In fact, I think.we are going to have -all of the cash that is needed for various ob- Jeets. It seems Mfl\ky l)roba-ble that the proposed incineration-of garbage by the city without the_ collection of thé same, 1 operate to reduce the cost so -we will not have to’use more than one-half of the $150,000 set apart in the tax levy for that purpose.” A Big Failure. “‘August Henime of this city filed a peti- ‘tion In insolvency in the ‘United States District Court yesterday. His_liabilities are $138,851-and his assets $2090. HfS heavi- est creditors are F. S. Wesinger of San Francisco, $§74454 borrowed money, and Mrs. Arthur Rodgers of San Fran- cisco, $26,738. Hemme has been interested | in land and orchards in° this Stdte and Mexico, and’ the petition is the culmina- tion of business embarrassments that have been public_property tor along-time. Joseph Wilson of Oakland also filed a pe- tition. His liabilities are $4977 and his as- none. 5 —_————— Williams. Will Recover Damages. Judge Belcher handed down.an-opinion yesterday denying. a motion for a new trial in the case of John-H. Willlams against the Southern Pacific Company. ‘Williams was injured in a smash-up near | San Ardo station, and sued to Tecover damages for the injury he sustained. The ury awarded him a judgment of $14,000.. 8 company made a motion for a new trial on the ground that .the ‘judgment ‘was excessive and on various points of 't and law. The court, however, re- fused to entertain the motion for a.new n consequence {he case will in trial, and 1 . all probability be taken before the Su- pren:i.e Court. 11 AUCTION SALES. WEDNESDA At 10 O ;}(e‘ ElexnntF‘l;‘axlur. 5 s Catoota Fet ining-room rniture, Brussels T Jetc., i 3 Oukiand of a 12-room residence, removed from to_our store for convenience of sale. EDWARD S. SPEAR & CO., Auctioneers, 31 snd 33 SUTTER BT. Telephone Main 5181 TO-DAY, November. 2, 1398, Clock A. M., We Will Sell Bedroom, Library and rticulars see Chronicle. - ARD S. SPEAR & CO., Auctioneers, 5 31 and 33 Sutter street. For. D NERVIT " Restores VITALITY LOST VIGOR, —————=mer AND MANHOOD guarantee (0 cure or ta Medical Go., ZHnton & Jackson sts. Bervi . 'nm, WALLER BROS., 3 Grant ave., Sin P Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established” in 1854 for the treatment of Private Disenses, Lost Manhood. Debility or disease wearing on bodyand mindand | Skin Diseases. The doctor cureswhen othersfail. Try bim. Charges low. Curesguaranteed. Call orwrite, . EBBON, Box 1957, San Erancisco. "PROCLAMATION. STATE OF CALIFOR! the second Monq > ERECUMOE DREARTMENT, |- oo, Doliing i od! i Taaty BACRAMENTO, July #0thy 1808, | recelve ‘Tio” extra Compensation inesetn. - hot AS, The Legislature of the State of | shall receive their actual expenses. fo b6 California, at its thirty-second session begin--| out of the general fand of the Grate ning on the fourth day of January, A..D. 1597, | The Leglélature shall enact sil laws nocoscess twoodhinds of ail ine members eleéted to sach | to organiae e court, to provids” ie of the two houses of sai slature Vot cedure thereof 5 -in favor thereof, proposed the following de- and:to carry out the provisions scribed amendments to the Constitution of the State of California, to-wit: AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. @eing Senate Constititional Amendinent, No: A resolution ‘to propose to the peopls of the. State of California an amendment to section eighteen of article eleven of the Constitu- tion, in Telation to rovenue and -taxation, by which it is proposed to amend sald section to read as follows: Section 18. No county, city, town; township, board of education or school’ district shall in- cur any indebtedness or liability in any man- ner or for any purpose exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for it for such year, without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electars thereof, voting at election to be beld for that purpose, nor un- | less before, or at the time of incurring such indebtadness, 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 shail not exceed forty years from the time of contracting the same; ~provided, however, the City and County of San Francisco may a) time pay the unpaid claims with Interest thereon for Turnished to and work done for sald city and county during the forty-third and forty-fourth fiscal years, out of the income and revenue of any succeeding year or years; pro- vided, that any and all claims for making, re- ring, altering or for any work done upon or for any material furnished for any street, lane, alley, court, place or sidewalk, or for the con- struction of any sewer or sewers in sald city and county are hereby excepted from the pro- visions of this section; and in determining any claim permitted to be i}l by this section, no tute of limitations shail apply in any man- ner: and provided further, that the City. of Valiejo, in Solano County, may pay its exist- ing | debtedness. incurred n the construction g nd e e enever two-thirds of th o hereof voting at an election held for that purpose shall so decide. - Any. indebted- ness- or liability - incurred contrary to this pro- vision, with the exception hereinbefore recited, shall be void. 5 AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. . (Being Senate Conltltlgflun..l Amendment No. A resolution proposing to the people of the Btate of California an amendment to the Con- stitution of the State, by adding-a new sec- be known aiid designated as sestion eh and one-half, article eleven thereof, Siding for the framing by the inhabitants o Sounties of local county government acts for their own government. The said proposed new section to read as follows: Section 7% The inhabitants of any county may frame & county government act for their own government, relating fo the matters here- fnafter specified, and consistent with and sub- fect to the Constitution and laws of this State, v causing a_board of fifteen freeholders, who Baye been, for at least five years, gualified electors of such county, to be.elected by the Quajified sisctors of ‘such county, &t any gen- eral or special election, whose ‘duty it.ghall be within ninety days after such elecd:& s se a county government. Pace Sounay, ¥ o siened fh dupll- cate by the members of such board, ‘or & ma- ‘ot Supervisors or e legisl: - of such county, and the other coi fl"u" 00y to the Recorder of Deeds of the county. Such proposed county government act shall then be published in two papers of gen- eral circulation in such county, or if there be Tot two such papers, then in one only, for at least twenty and within not less than thirty days after such publieation it shall be submitted to the qualified electors of such county, at & general or special election, and it @ mafority of such gualified electors. voting hall ratify the same, it % the Board ere- submitted to ‘the Legislature for its el ion or approval, as - whole, without ‘ot alteration or amendment, and if ap- ed by 8y majority of the members. elected % House, It shall be the county govern- ment. act of such county, and shall in such case become the organic law thereof and super- fede any existing county govergment act, and 21 amendments thereof, and all special laws inconsistent with such county government '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 count Setting forth the submission of “such- county Fovernment act o the electors, and ita ratifica; on by them, shall be made 'tn duplicate and deposited, one in the office of the State, the other, after being recorded inthe office of the Recorder. of Deeds in- the. Smong. the archives of the county. ¢ ANl courts shall take judicial notice thereof: /The county government act so ratified may be amended, at intervals of not less than two ars, by proposals therefor, submitted, by the {egisiative o authority of the. county, to the Quntified eleotors thereof, at @ general or cial election held at least forty days approval of the county government act. xfi’.fi"fm&‘?... any such county government act *hy alternative article or proposition may M cented for the choice of the Yoters, and mas voted on, separately without prefudice to others. ‘It shall be competent in all coumty govern. ment acts this sectl the which the_ several - ipe! other than JudES ointed: for thelr compensa- be 0 Ser the number of such officers, g’:.bfifiiuen or Eegregation of offices, for the Sommber f deputies that eachofficer shall have, o the compensation pavable to each of such deputies, for the manner in which, the mes in which, and the terms for which the mbers of all boards of election shall be elected or appointed and for the txul\utltukh‘mi regulation, compensation and governms of ch boards, and of their clerks and atta 3 Hr e ‘the ‘manner and method by also, to D ¢ lections by the people shall be con- e and may in sddif cted: ¥ conditions upon which electors,” feets 800 {8 and organizations tay part te in any primary election. P ¥henever any county has, in the manner method. herein pointed out. .adopted any 4,3 “government act, and " the sgme shail ::va ‘been _approved ‘the Legislature - as Haresald, the direction of sections four and % this article providing for the uniformity em of county governments throughout E ent ot ibe mubect 0 An e et By 3m.:numlnt Airst Ibmitted to the electors and ra the magner herelna set_forth. _ AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. resolution e 6 sihidoe Californie tiehalt, articte-six._thereby providing Court oru&l:.lmm: Thcul? proposed new TAKE THE BOAT TO SAN JOSE | fows: mrgfi!mmn'monn..p er ALVIBO, Clay-street Whart. to EORIRE T of this- section. section severn, eight of this articla, A State of Californfa an amendment: to sectl six, artlcle nine of the Constitation of the State clude primary and 200 echaioal sehools and tec schools as ma the Legislature or b 3 authority, .but the en th shall be appifed exolusively to the support of primary _and mma: schools shall Include schools organized school district, or union of having more than one thousand inhabitants, in which a course of study shall be taught which will prepare pupils to cultural, mining or scientific’ department otf.g Univer= sity of California. A Fvb ‘ot article four of the O 'wo of article four of ¢ Constituti tion to sessions of the Fure. by which & is proposed to amend follows: nor more than sixty days from the time Journment. 1If the two houses fail to upox; a time at which they will resume session, for, a longer no bill shall be introduced in efther cept at the first twenty- ‘without t'h. co'n.lof nt of three-fourths of mem sions of the Const! Legislature of the their approvai,” ap) the above-described propos hereby published and aavertised Spon, by bafiet, by, the State, at ‘eleétion this State on - Amendment Number Two, belu;(%m}s { Amendment Number Three, belng Sen- [ . 44 (providin lor creation of a e i 45 Satioing clntis Amendment .. For the mba “Constitutional No. AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. (Belng Assembly. Constitutional " Amenidmer - No. §7.) + o BA resolution to prapose to. the ?Goph of the tate of California- an amendment to the Cone stitution of : Tt the State, ‘amending article eleven, as section pumber five and one-half, relath ::f;.oud-egq,cuy' and county governments. a new section thereto, to be known to he as follows: of sections four DProposed new section to read Section §%. 'The provislons and five of this article shall not, l:nxylnentlon" Jpassed pursuant e, oty consolidated city and count, overnment DOw’ existing or hereafter formed’. ‘whlch lhlh thereto, apply ¢o ve become, or shall become, organized under section Secure a chartersunder AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE. {(Being Asseinbly Constitutional Amendment No. 36.) A resolution to propose to’ the people of ‘the - State” of Cali: Bteaen fnsSliornia an amendment of section Constitution of the State of California, by Wwhich it is. proposed Thich 1t ls proposed to amend said secticns to section sixteen of article five of the Section 15. A" Lieutenant Governor shall be d in the elected at the same time and place ai same manner as the Go onr:c:h:fldbhu qualifications shall e shall Heyhall be president of the Senate, but vernor, and his term of be the same. B & casting Vote thereln. 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 officé, resignation or absence from State. the powers and dutles of the office shall devolve upon the Lieutenant Governor for the cease. A impeached, capable of or be absent from the State, the president pro tempore of the Senate shall act as Governor une UI'the vacancy in the office of Governor shalf members of the Legislaure until such- disability .of ernor shall cease. office of ‘Governor for any of the reasons above named, and neither the Lieutenant Governor nor the president pro tempore of the Senate . shall succeed to the powers and dutles of Goye ernor, then the powers and duties of such ofe fice shall devolve upon the sembly, until the office of the of the term, or until the disability sha.l 1d should the Licutenant Governor be displaced, resignm, die or become-in= performing the duties of his otfics, &t the next ral when shall be chosen, or the Lieutenant Gow= In case of a vacancy in th aker of -‘::n ”-b- Vernor- ed at such general election. AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. (Being ~Assembly Constitutional -Amendment 3 « No. 38.) : resolution” to propose to the peopls of the nam of California, relating to grammar schools, which it is proposed to amend said uctlon'g read as follows: ws: The public school System shall ine grargmar scl F evening Schools, normial schools established- by S yoie. derived oan = o e State' school fund and the Stats school tag Section 6, grammar schools. Grammar in a school _ distrigts, enter the AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN. (Belng' Assembly Constitutional Amendmeng - < No. #) of the resolution to propose to the people amendment to section California an i ture, by which i¢ section fo read as Section 2. The sessions of the Legislature Legls! sa. shall commence at twelve o'clock meridian-om tha first Monday after the first day of January next - succeeding and shall be biennial uriless in the {nterim convene the Legislature lamation. ng the election of its ‘membe: vernor s siature shall .then remain “than thirty of g b Lest the Governor shall, by g‘mlmu:: @ date for such reconvening, which shall by . within the limits above prescribed. Upon re- assembling the Legtslature shall complete. ita session. No pay shall be allowed to members od than seventy-five mx ~frre days of the seasion, the hereof, s NOW, THEREFORE, Pnuurl to’the p itution, an act State of ifornia, entitled ‘An _act to provide for the submissjon of pro= sea amendments o the Constitution of ‘the tate of Californis, to the qualifled electors Lo approved March 7, amendments are to be voted qualified electors of throt the %o be held TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, A.' D. 188 ed amendments are to be * The sald ‘propos lng-nt:ly Voted Bpon 1n manner and form &s fote ow g ballot used at such election must eon. - E: taln_ written or -printed thereon the following Words, whereupon the vOtsr may. express Lis cholee as provided by law: Aniendment Number One, being Senatef # Constitutional Amendment No. 41 ertain claims th ct xz [ agafnst 3 the_exi: Ly of Vallejo for the construction of its water works from .the provisions of the Constitution requiring such cla i to be paid fro m the income and reve- nues of the year in which they were. incurred). - For the Amendment? Constitutional ~ Amendment tumm, local county- by inhabitants countles for their government). For th ot Ten Ne of ate Constitutional _Amendment No. ate, and to consist of _compensation), ° < For the Ameniment? § Number - Four, As- semdly Constitutional =Amendment No. 3 (exempting consolidated _cities and counties, organized or to be or- ized, or holding a charter un- Constitution, from certain leg- the islation in'relation’to coun Amendment? ¢ Number Seven, As- l»r‘-’ than %“ days during Legislature: for not “mh than sixty