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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1898. ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. NEVER WAS MORE TRADE IN OAKLAND Merchants See a New Era at Hand. BEST CHRISTMAS IN YEARS STREETCAR EMPLOYES SOME-| WHAT ANXIOUS. Enough Poor People Could Not Be | Found to Eat Up the Sump- tuous Salvation Army Dinner. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %8 Broadway, Dec. 26. A canvass of the opinions of the lead- ing local merchants shows that so far as Oakland is concerned times are prosper- | ous—that 1s to say, the people who repre- | sent the & and sinew of the commun- | ity have spent money liberally, which i not have done had they not inity to earn it. Nearly all are has been done n during any the commercial history of the local merchants ? 1g to keep in Oakland volume f trade that has rancisco, especially at holi- more trade t month tk )w claim to have suc- that this has been the ever known. Christmas fes- Most of the and so great ay goods that aces of business were act- prominent features of the free dinner given by the at its barracks in the old was _evi- long way from a sufficient number of peo- nd to eat up the boun- read_on the hundreds wer Oakland had linner there nt and Mrs, at the ctical manner > the occasion, and if iet possible had th which nploy of the ived a present v vege- being eypressed among on the Berkeley em. F carmen re- t of the rt of the employes of that wondering whether the gift will nued. As there ot be any , the present will have to be line a be con given to the entire 700 employes of the n te or to none, and hence the curi- ————————————— ped | & Death of an Alameda Pioneer. ¢ Dec. Mrs. Jane Barlow Q late H. S. Barlow, died last | § her home in the Loyal Oak Ho- 1 was a pioneer resident of | e came here with her hus- | & when Alameda was nothing | & ss. The couple engaged in 9 t Alameda for a number | & they built the Loyal Oak | & t hostelries in this & a woman of char. | & a hungry and testified to her good- | s during the thirty odd was in the hotel business s man a meal or a pl e four ch. uren—Albert | Barlow, ma of the People’s Express Company: David Barlow of Sacramento, | Mary Wallace and Mrs. E. C. uth. Reliance Football Team Defeated. ALAMEDA, Deec. Che Alameda High School team defeated the heavy- weight Reliance aggregation this after i n a rattling good game of football, ore was 6 to 0, tremely rough work characterized the play from the | start, and before the finish three of the teliance men had been retired on ac- count of inju In point of weight the | s were not in it with the but what the home team lacked in weight it made up in agllity. | The feature of the game was the work of Goldsworthy of the Alamedas. of the Rellancé was severely injured dur- ing the first half of the game, and had | to be carried home. —_————— Oakland News Items. OAKLAND, Dec. .—Detective Denny Holland received an appropriate Christ- mas present in the way of a silver star, | presented at banquet, over which | Colonel Thom: rrity presided. Among | the jo present were Sheriff- | clect” Rog Louis Schoenan, Charles Butler, James Landregan, Robert Boyer, Detective W. B. Quigley, Robert Mitchell, Boyer, John Matcovich and Sen! Favit T Goodsell _Jacob at his _home, 52 legraph avenue last night, after a pro- od illn He was 63 years old, a , and leaves a widow | g Dorothy Goodsell, the | r, and Virginia Goodsell, the actress. There are now ecighteen stained glass | indows in the Church of the Advent, | E Oakland, the last two being put in | by J. J. Valentine and Mr. Langley of San and two daughters. si rancisco. The completion of the work | s celebrated in conjunction with the | Christmas servic Merchants on San Pablo avenue, between Fourteenth and Seventeenth have filed a vigorous protest | 15t the ordinance requiring all 1 awnings to be removed, as passed > City Council last week. (The first consignment of the custom house of this city has been received, and Thomas Gier, the é.‘)‘fif signee, is gratified over the fact that Oak- |nxdf < I\O‘}"d port of entry. A farewell testimonial concert to Alfr Wilkle, the well-known tenor, wili oo given at the First Pres terian Church on Friday evening, January liquor through | ——— Berkeley News Notes. BERKELEY, Dec Th clubs of the Universi: of ('ull‘f:rnrll'.:uscl(s:} ing of the Glee, Mandolin, Banjo and Guitar clubs, left “Berkeley to-day for their vacation tour through 1 part of the State. 53 Pigmouthern The Board.of Regents of the [ cersity | of California will hold_their nm":x:::ix:fz‘ for this vear in the Mark Hopkins In | stitute of Art, S8an Francisco, to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The list of stu. dents recommended for graduation at the close of the present term will be voted and thelr degrees ordered con- oE e West | Rt ane given this _afternoon at the res- idence of Mrs. James Bunnell on Dwight way. The little ones were brought from West Berkeley in buses, and each was made happy with some little Christ- mas gift. The affair was given by ladies of the Berkeley Town and Gown Club. The physical laboratory in the base- ment of South Hall, on the university campus, is being remodeled and eauipved for advanced work in physics. It will be used hereafter by students in the higher branches of the subject. The freshman lfibumtery has been been moved to East all. \ children A MATRON 1N THE CLUTCHES OF A MANIAC Hattie McDonald Has a Narrow Escape. ATTACKED BY MRS. A. HOLTON | DESPERATE STRUGGLE WITH AN INSANE WOMAN. A Christmas Murder Very Narrow.y Averted at the Receiving Hospital in Oak- land. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Dec. 26. Mrs. Ada Holton, the insane woman who fears that she will be polsoned, made a murderous attack upon Miss Hattie McDonald, matron of the Receiving Hos- pital, last night, and though every e fort was made to keep the affair qulet, it leaked out this morning. That Miss McDonald was not murdered is due to the quick perception of Mrs. Willlam Moran, who is attending her dy ing husband, and the prompt action of Steward J. D. Tobin. Miss McDonald had served the insane Miss McDonald wanted to kill her.” By way of spiritually_alleviatin badly beaten matron, Keeper of William Keating stated that he had fre- quently warned Miss McDonald not to enter the room of insane wards alone. It hugpened to be Mr. Keating's day off, an he was enjoving his Christmas at the CUff House, while Steward Tobin had all he could attend to, and therefore the matron, not wishing to disturb the stew- ard, went to the ward alone to her sor- row; for aside from her personal injuries a fine dress, her jewelry and a pair of | $10 gold spectacles cut a figure in the damage. Mrs. Holton will be examined by the Lunacy Commissioners to-morrow, and there s little question but that she will be committed to an insane asylum, for it is said that on one occasion she also at- tempted to murder her husband with a flatiron. —_———— Sues to Avoid a Contract. OAKLAND, Dec. 2.—F. W. Byrod has brought suit against Attorney Darwin de Golia to have set aside a contract whereby plaintiff conveyed to defendant his in- terest in the estate of Sarah B. Byrod, who died here nearly two months ago. The conveyance. was made so that De Golla could have full power to act in the probate of the estate and recover several thousand dollars bequeathed by will _to the Home of Truth and members of that institution. It appears that the bequests were illegal, since under the law Mrs. Byrod could not bequeath more than a third of her estate to the Home of Truth, leaving F. W. Byrod, the only helr, enti- tled to two-thirds without contest. Now Byrod is dissatisfied with his agreement with Attorney de Golia and sues to have the contract annulled. DONOVAN’S DEATH IS TO BE INVESTIGATED HIS CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION PROVED FATAL. Sustained Paralysis of the Brain by a Fall, Though Some Believe Otherwise. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Dec. 26. woman with her supper, and it was when she returned to remove the dishes that Mrs. Holton made the murderous attack, the particulars of which are perhaps best related by Miss McDonald herself. She says “I had no more than entered Mrs. Hol- ton’s room, in the insane ward, when she pushed shut the door, You cannot open the door from the inside. Then she grabbed a plece of crockery and struck me over the head with it. I screamed | and fell to the floor, and was_trying to reach the door to Kick it and In that way summon help; but Mrs. Holton had one hand on my throat and the other on my leg. Presently I was exhausted, but | I could see her listening to my breath. Then I made a last effort suddenly and threw her off, but I was soon in her grasp again. 1 gave up. 1 knew no more until 1 regained consclousness in my room.” Fortunately Mrs. Moran heard a groan, | ing Hospital short Patrick Donovan, who fell and str - his head against a beer barrel at Con ahoney’s saloon on lower Broadway last rday night, taining complete pa- s of the brain, died at the Receiv- after 2 o'clock this morning. The poli inclined to look upon the case with some suspicion, and regard it as mysterious, and the death is being investi over, an_autop now at the mc morrow morning Kane, and will be held. It is the opinion of the doctors death was caused by a blow upon the head. Howev Mahoney states that Donovan had been drinking considerably in his saloon Saturday night, that he went to sleep in a chair, and when he awoke and tried to ri he fell against the beer barrel. Donovan’s nose bled, and Maho- mains, ue, will be conducted to- by Drs. Buteau and to-morrow night the Inquest that and hastened to Steward Tobin, whose | ney helped him back to the chair, and attentions were occupied with Patrick | When midnight, closing time, arrived, Ma- Donovan, who was lying on the operating | honey helped the injured man through the table. Tobin, in company with William | door. After putting out the lights and Klackay acvikitor: wrors th Nirer 51t locking up the saloon-keeper found Dono- room, ~They brokKe open the door and |van lying just outside the door, where the found both women on the floor, their | policé afterward picked him up and car- clothes torn in shred dfuls of hair | ried him to the City Prison. Sunday strewn about, and Mrs. Holton amusing | morning the police became alarmed at herself beating the matron's f: finding the man still uncons; s and re- against the floor. Mrs. Holton was soon |moved him to the Recelving Hospital. overpowered, and her unconscious victim | The dead man was 65 years of age and was carried to her room. As they car-|a bachelor. He lived near the Hermitage, ried Miss McDonald out Mrs. Holton [and has a sister residing at Fruitvale, tried" to steal the Keys out of the stew ————————— ard’s pocket. The Injured matron id not regain con- | Alameda News Notes. | sciousness until fair complexion h of dark blue hue, hut, her body rly an hour later. Her throat former! was ab B3t Dec. irs. Emeline at the home Kruger, corner 1 avenue. De- ew X aged ped to the t and Rallro: a native of stre committed this rash act,” sald Steward Tobin, “and she told me that she thought h fosine More- | POINTS THAT PERPLEX THE POLITICIANS Each Faction Waiting for Its Neighbor. DOW’S ELECTION CERTAIN | MILLER MAY RUN FOR CITY EN- I GINEER. | M. J. Keller May Be the Republican Candidate to Head the Ticket. TUseless Council Am- bitions Oakland Office San Franecisco Call, 908 Broadway, Dec 2. This is & period of marked temporizing and uncertainty among those who would make the city politics in the spring cam- palgn. All seem anxious to go ahead and make an active initial effort to carry the works, but each is walting for the other, consequently no faction is making much headway. There are some new factors to be considered in the political puzale of this campaign. In addition to the water rate business, which is a stand-by, there are other things that must certain- ly figure in one way or another in the va- rious platforms. oremost in current questions is that of quiring parks for the city. This matter alone could be made the weapon to de- stroy any ticket nominated on a platform providing for pdrks should the idea go out that the desired Iimprovement is merely a real estate deal. The Municipal e has already taken a very definite stand on this subject, but in a general manner, although it is known to favor acquisition of Adams Point by the | the city. Should it be seen that this move is | unpopular some other faction would make | capital by taking an opposite view. Parks may, therefore, be considered as one of the es of the campaign. The sale of the City Hall site may also become a campaign matter. As it is freely admitted that Oakland needs a decent City Hall, and there is no necessity to submit | the matter to the people, it s but natural | that the voter should want to know how the candidates for the Council stand in regard to that $600,000 transaction. Permanent street improvements is an- other subject that will have to be squarely met by the platforms. The improvement t Twelfth street at a cost of $75,- aroused interest in the permanent | improvement of San Pablo and Tele- | graph avenues and also in the extension | of one solid concrete street to West Oak- land. No doubt all the platforms will de- clare for improvements in general terms, as in the matter of parks detalls are As soon as detalls are touched eling arises and the poli- increase. certain that City Attor- | ney Dow wil succeeed himself. “He will | be” nominated by the Municipal League and also the Republicans, and this will insure his election. M. K. Miller,whose re- cord as Superintendent of Streets has been generally commended by the Merchants’ hange, is anxious to be City Engineer. The place is now held by a’ Democrat, and although Mr. Miller will have oppo- | sition for the nomination he will proba- | bly win out. | Mayor Thomas will not succeed him- | self, and there is little probability of the [ clung to the green bangles of a Chri mas tree standing upon a table. were skulls, and the eyeless sock: 1l their grisly heads to the swaying the branches. On the table under the bone-frul (] | A \ i tree were some of the doctor's dissect- ing knives, gleaming balefully in the eye light from the skulls. There were crossed shinbones lying on the black tablecloth, white as the symbol of death on a pirate’s ensign, and more skulls—evidently windfalls from the boughs above. Between the jaws of one of these was a half-smoked cigarette, which the grinning head seemed to be thoroughly enjoying. There were skeletons of hands, feet ‘ | I ‘3. ¢t by stairs of 21 Powell street to go to o his room. It was just the time ‘vhen & graveyards yawn and give forth their & dead; but the doctor had no reason to % suppese the spirits of the air would § Taunt him in the privacy of his own & chamber, so he opened the door with- b our hesitation and stepped Inside. There was no need of striking a light. The room was illuminated by a score of grim and ghastly lamps, that They ed fire from within as they nodded A CHRISTMAS TREE _ WITH LAMPS OF SKULLS The Vision That Appeared to a Demonstrator of Anatomy at Midnight. T was 12 o’clock last Saturday night when Dr. W. O. Wilcox climbed the st- ets of ted and other parts of the human bony building, mingled with the steel im- plements of surgical craft, and to many of these objects of cub-medico humor were attached cards bearing inscriptions as appropriate as witty By means of one of these inscrip- tions one skull complalned bitterly of the unusually long time between darinks. Another, whose way in this world had probably strayed from the straight and narrow path, demanded : oneng ice and steam beer, while the head of a child declared it had been the victim of a mother's neglect. Dr. Wilcox is a demonstrator of anatomy in one of the colleges, and al- though the students of his class de- clare they never would do such a thing as desecrate a Christmas tree with the products of the grave, still the doctor is looking among them for the one who planned his pleasant Christ- mas surprise. & LGV LOLS LSS OTIO LD OGO LIS L © L SLIOLASLIS LRSI O LRO L STIOTI LIS T80 L & 1Y S LUSLIS KOS O LS LIS VLTI D KA & [ SOOI SO & LY SUSHO VOISO ST OLI LS 1 IO 0 L SLOLIOONOLI S DIOTIS TGS L1 & L SLLOTUSLIOLIOTIOROLIOTIO ST L & L SLIOTIGNOR ot NS Lot o o M Municipal League and the Republicans agreeing on the same man. The League will probably nominate John W. Towle or Auditor Snow. The Republicans are anxious to put up a man who is not a chronic office-seeker and who is not stale in the public mind. A business man who hag done something legitimate to advance the best interests of the city is preferable to a politician. Interest at present cen- ters_about M. J. Keller, ex-president of the Board of Trade. He has been promi- nently identified in all kinds of improve- ments; has hailt up the largest individ- ual establishment on this side of the bay, and has made a fortune attending to his business. Mr. Keller has already been approached on the proposition, but al- though not very positive he conveys the idea that he would like the honor, if he ;fld z‘tOt have to stultify himself in obtain- ng it. Nearly all of the Councilmen are can- didates for re-election, but it is not at all likely that there will be a “solid six’ for the next two years. e Leavitt’s Water Front Bill. OAKLAND, Dec. 26. — Senator-elect Frank Leavitt's water front bill, just completed, provides for the appointment by the Governor of three Harbor Com- missioners at a salary of $125 per month a secretary at $10 per month, a _chief wharfinger, chief engineer, collector, etc. The duties of the commission will be to build wharves, docks and warehouses, collect tolls, revenues and dockage, and the entire water front from Berkeley to Sessions’ Basin will be in their hands. The bill is to take effect immediately upon its passage; and another measure, appropriating 000 for the Oakland harbor fund, is to be introduced. Major Pico’s Claim. OAKLAND, Dec. 26.—A bill has again been prepared for presentation to the next State Legislature authorizing the pay- ment of $3111 15 to Major Jose Ramon Pico for that amount laid out and expended by him during the spring of 1863 in_or- ganizing four companies of the First Bat- talion, Callfornia Native Volunteers, for service in the Union army during the civil war. Major Pico is now 72 years old, and his claim has been passed by three suc- cessive Legislatures. Killed at Stege. OAKLAND, Dec. 26.—An unknown man was run over and killed by a train near Stege Station some time during last night, and the case was not reported here untif to-night. Deceased wore Llue overalls, a calico shirt and a dark coat and vest. In his pocket a large brass key was found. He had blue eyes, a gray mustache, and was partly bald. An inquest will be held at Martinez to-morrow afternoon. —_—————————— OLD GINGER FINGERS. By That Name Did an Artilleryman Address Meade at Gettysburg. “The artillery fire at Gettysburg,” sald a gunner of the old war, “was simply magnificent. I was in an Ohio battery, posted on Cemetery Hill. We were running short of ammunition, when General Meade, dismissing his staff below, rode with a single orderly to our exposed position. The boys were all at white heat and in a state of frenzy because the ammunition called for had not come. They heard the quiet man on horseback say repeatedly to the captain that the hill must be held at all hazards, ammunition or no ammunition. This vexed them, but they knew that the officer, whoever he was, spoke the truth, and they began to col- lect the unexploded shells that had been fired at them from the Confeder- ate batteries. “There were a great many of these scattered over our part of the hill, and when Meade comprehended what the boys were doing he was greatly pleased. He dismounted, and in a quiet sort of way proceeded to supervise the collec- tion of shells. He was in fatigue dress and wore no shoulder straps, and none of the men recognized him. They and finally, when he turned his horse over to his orderly and proceeded to carry shells himself, they did not resent his supervision. As a rule the shells | were heavier than the general expected and he did not compare in efficiency about with the recklessness and enefgy of madmen. “John Snicker was one of the best men in the battery, but was rough in speech and action. Seeing, as he sup- posed, a lieutenant or captain from the outside stooping to pick up a shell, he pushed the officer aside with the re- mark: ‘Get out of this, old Ginger Fin- gers! Your mind’s willin’, but your body’s weak, and you are in the way.’ Meade, surprised and amused, stocd | aside. A few minutes later General ‘Warren and staff rode up for a confer- ence with Meade and the cat was out of the bag. “Sniokers was so overwhelmed with confusion that he almost had a fit. The sergeant tried to comfort him with the assurance that General Meade would excuse infermality under such circum- stances, but John insisted that what scared him was that he never came so near kicking a man in his life without doing it as he did General Meade when he stooped to pick up the shell. He was grieved to think he hadn’t recognized Meade, and was in a panic whenever he thought about what might have happened had he acted on the impulse and kicked the general commanding the —_—————— A PLAGUE OF MONKEYS. Their Massacre a Serious Question in India. The monkey slaughter question has, it appears, assumed a serious aspect just now. It has caused considerable excitement among orthodox Hindus not only in Orissa and Bengal, but as far as the news has traveled. We seriously warn th> authorities against this inju- dicious proposal of the Puri city fathers lest the question should leau to some serious consequences. The religious feelings of orthodox Hindus, who form the majority in India, cannot be trifled with in this manner, and the lessons of the Benares riots should not be thrown away. We are against this slaughter more for the maintenance of peace and order than for anything else. The massacre of the quadrumana itself is a far uglier nuisance than all the mischief committed by monkeys put to- gether. It may be, however, that these so-called ancestors. of humanity are giving a good deal of trouble at Puri; but where do they not? Most of the principal seats of Hindu pugrimage are literally colonized by these restless brutes, but are they not tolerated from time immemorial and has there ever been such a crusade against them? If it is so difficult to put up with them any longer at Puri, cannot they be ban- ished from the town rather than killed? There are villages in Bengal where these wicked creatures sometimes do considerable harm to villagers, who, by the way, instead of having them swept out of existence, catch the leader of tne party, with a process known to every child of Bengal, and, painting his face hideously, hold a mirror before his eyes —the village chaps making a scaring noise with accompaniments of dhols and cymbals—with the result that, fol- lowed precipitately by the whole paruy, the heroic captain beats a hasty re- treat never to return to the village again in his life. It would be far better to have these mischief-makers deported to some distant parts than endangering public peace by shocking the religious feelings of the pilgrims by such an, in their view, inhuman action. As many as fifteen out of the twenty-one Pundits consulted at Puri are averse to slaughter, and the remaining six dwindle down to a microscopic minor- ity against the mass of Pundit opinfon supporting orthodoxy in this country. On the other hand, almost all the Eng- lish and vernacular newspapers in Ben- gal, Behar and Orissa are strongly pro- testing. As to the Puri Commissieners and their “airs of absolutism” the In- dian Mirror, in a leading article, in- vites the immediate interference of Government. “It is,” says our con- temporary, “the orthodox Hindus that have made Puri, and as they have made it so can they marit. * * * The time may have come for the intervention of Sir John Woodburn in settlement of this question of monkey slaughter at Purl.” And surely the time has come.— LLshore Tribune. thought he was some ordnance officer, | with the stalwart artillerymen rushing | army.”—Pittsburg Commercial Gazette. | WHITTIER BOARD 1S UNDER FIRE Los Angeles Grand Jury Investigating. SOME SENSATIONAL TALES| HIGH LIFE AT THE STATE'S EXPENSE. Chapel Converted Into an Opera- House and Sumptuous Living Apartments Main- tained. } Bpecal Dispatch to The Call LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26.—The Grand Jury of Los Angeles County is investi- gating the State school at Whittier. | The inquiry is not a formal affair, such as have always permitted extensive preliminary preparations. The object is to obtain practical results and to find out just what really has been ac- complished by the present management of the school. With this end in view members of the jury have recently been in the habit of dropping into the institution singly and in pairs. There- fore when the report of the jury is filed it will contain several chapters of more than ordinarily interesting read- ing. Several of the former inmates of the school have recently been before the jury and others have been summoned. The testimony that they have given under oath so far is stated to have been of a sensational character. The managers of the school are charged with incompetency. To sup- port these allegations the riots among male pupils eighteen months ago are recalled. The trouble at that time was due to a determination of the man- agement to do away with the annual outing of the inmates of the school at Catalina. Major Harry W. Patton was at that time a member of the board of trustees and advised the board to order the larger boys, who were the rimg- leaders in the rebellion against the school management, sent to one of the State penitentiaries, either at Folsom or San Quentin. Major Patton’s advice was not followed, although the laws give the trustees the power to do what had been recommended. Although it is openly charged that thousands of dollars have been spent for what are said to have been frivo- lous purposes proof has been forth- coming that the food has been both in- sufficient and of poor quality. Attention fs called to the fact that large sums of money have been spent for the conversion of the former school chapel into a regular opera-house with private boxes and a drop curtain of the most approved pattern. This drop cur- tain is said to be a work of art, which | cost the State nearly $1500. Painted on | the curtain, as its chief charm, is a picture of the handsome home of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mitchell, which is located in Cahuenga Valley. Mrs, Mitchell, who was appointed by Gover- nor Budd, is president of the Whittier board of trustees. The theater was not erected with the assistance of school labor. Outsiders did all the work under special con- tracts. A high-priced Italian artist is alleged to have done the painting and decorating. Several entertainments have been given in the theater. President Mitchell was usually the life of the festivities. “There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town To-night” on more than one oc- casion is said to have been the feature of the programme, with Mrs. Mitchell as the vocalist. Special artists, paid by the State, have been employed at these concerts. President Mitchell firm- ly believes that soothing effects of music tend to reform the degenerate youth of both sexes. ‘Pinafore,” Gil- bert and Sullivan’s opera, is at pres- ent in rehearsal at the school and will be produced some time in January. The charge has been made before the Grand Jury that the best specialists in the school have left the institution in disgust. Among those who have re- signed are Miss Florence Simpkins, li- brarian, who was a member of the school staff for years; Professor Hether- ington, the school statistician and his- torian; Miss Basyl Ford; Miss Anna Graham, a teacher: W. J. Carlisle, a nephew of Trustee William Rowland, who is stated to have been one of the best captains the school ever had, and ‘W. R. McIntosh and Thomas Donahue, who were captains of the company. Their places are said to have been filled by ‘pets” of the present man- agement. Among the newest appointees is Louis Tappiner, who was formerly the private secretary of John W. Mitch- ell, and one Arfaredson, an English- man who has never been naturalized. The Grand Jury has been told that President Mitchell of the board of trus- tees has, for weeks at a time, been living in the school at the expense of the State, frequently with friends and servants, and sometimes alone. The president of the board has her own pri- vate apartments in the school, which are sumptuously fitted for her use whenever she desires to occupy them. It is alleged that since the resigna- tion of Mrs. Edward R. Threlkeld as the head of the girls’ department of the school the female end of the insti- tution has been in chaos. Escapes, it is said, are more or less frequent, the girls at times leaving the school in the company of boys and being sometimes found a few days later hungry and footsore in the outbuildings of some of the farmers a few miles from the school. Mrs. Threlkeld was dismissed from the school without notice on the alleged ground of economy. At the trustees’ meeting which brought about the change the salaries of several other attaches of the school were raised. The charge against Superintendent Van Alstyne is that he is insincere, that he has a bad temper, and that as far as his present position is concerned he is entirely irresponsible. The inmates and officers of the school refer to Su- perintendent Van Alstyne as “‘Gumpy.” Members of the Grand Jury have been informed that the escapes from the school under its present manage- ment have exceeded in number the to- tal escapes in the history of the insti- tution from the day of its opening, and will probably equal the present total membership of the boys' department. Many of these escapes are returned, the expense to the State being from $10 to $200 for each inmate brought back. Some are caught in Arizona and New Mexico and the State is compelled to pay their railroad fares and the ex- penses of the peace officers bringing them to Los Angeles. A particular phase of the school man- agement that is being investigated is the alleged awful immorality which ex- ists in the male department. Alliance England Wants—and Has, Two banquets have been held this in America at which the race feelh:gw:g gromlnently expressed.. The first was a nmgxet 'ven in honor of General Miles, at whichhalf of the notable menof Amer- ica were present. General Miles, in re- sponding to the toast of his health, used words which in their moderation and s\er- fect “gentlemanliness” and good breeding will give pleasure to millions of English men: “The war has given us reason an opportunity to appreciate our obligation to the mother country for the dignified and powerful influence of the British Em- pire in the maintenance of our principles and rights.” Captain Paget, the gallant British sailor who accompanied the Amer- ican force in the field at Santiago and won the good opinion of all his companion in arms, later received a magnificent re- ception. The other banquet was one given Lord Herschell at New York on Wednes- day, and here the tone of the speeches and the sentiments expressed were equal. ly strong. General Woodford, who was in effect the President’s representative, made an excellent speech, and Lord Her- schell’s reply was very happy. Nothin, could be better than these expressions o good will, which are as sincereand spon- taneous as they are generous. We trust, however, that the American public will clearly understand that we are not seek- ing a hard and fast political alliance, nor are we anxious to combine with them to rosecute our and their selfish ends. That s not the sort of alliance we want. Wa have no desire to go beyond the acknowl- adgment of the fact, for fact it is, that if either we or the States ever get our backs to the wall the other Anglo-Saxon will be at his side.—London Spectator. e e — Blank Kisses While Cars Waited. It happened at Fifth and v alnut streets at an hour when the streets were crowd- ed. The flagman had signalled an ap- roaching northeast electric rallway car o stop and give the right of way to a southbound Westport car. Standing in the center of the network of tracks were two women. It was evident that they had 2 | met by chance after a long separation. They rushed into each other's arms and were smothering each other’s faces with ki ses. “Look out, ahead!” shouted the grip- man on the cable car at the top of his voice. The flagman waved his club fran- tically about his head and elevated his voice in an effort to attract the atten- tion of the two women. But they stood as if glued to the spot, and were deaf to the cries of danger. One more embrace, one more kiss, and then one of th women happened to glance over he shoulder and beheld the gripman yanking away at the brakes in an effort fo brinc his car to a standstill. The air abc was perfectly blue. ¥ “Oh, dear me, here comes a car,” Is all she sald. Taking her friend by the arm, They strolled leisurely toward the side- w alk. “I'd be willing to wager my last cent said the gripman to the conductor, as tha latter came forward to ascertain what was wrong, “that two women would s to kiss each other if they were falling of a balloon. Kansas City Journal, ————————— Land of the White Elephant. The Burmese will sacrifice any pros= pect of money making to go to a feast, These are called pives, and often tha entertainment is elaborate. I reme ber going to one in Upper Burma. There was a good deal of dancing, but neither the host nor his guests danced: that would have been undignified. The dancers were paid, ana they twirled lazily or jumped excitedly as occasion required. Most of the timé, however, was spent in chatter and smoking. Smoking is the only thing at which the Burmese are industrious. They start B smoking at the early age of 3, and they smoke themselves into the next world. Girls smoke quite as assiduously as the men, and, as the cigars are very big, many a pretty mouth is strained to ac- commodate a giant cheroot.—Pall Mall Gazette. —_———————— HOTEL ARRIVALS, GRAND HOTEL., C Champlon, Sacto |J H Batcher, Sacto L Washburn, S Jose |W Schaw, Sacto W _Savery, Cal § Foreman, Sacto J Frisz, Cal L A Irwin Irwin F A Smith, Portland |L E Doane, L Ang HN S Sacto IM V Brown, L Ang s Rosa B A Ogden,’ Sonora ? Berkeley [J D Whitney, Phila E > S Jose T B Gibson, Woodland al W Peterson & w, Sao 7S N F Harjes, Sacto . 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NW. corner of Twenty-second and Kentucky streets: cpen until 9 oclock. 1, F. and .M., will meet THIS (TUESDA\')A EVENING, December 21, 7:30 o'clock. Installation of officers. By order of the Master. FRANKLIN H. DAY, Secretary. PACIFIC Lodge No. 135, F. and A. M. ! MEETING NOTICES. CfiLlFOENIA Lodge No. an 121 _Eddy st., will meet THIS EVEN- ING, 7:20 o'clock. 2 D. GEORGE PENLINGTON, Secretary. ORIENTAL Lodge No. 144, F. and A. M.—Installation__of _ officers THIS (TUESDAY) _ EVENING, _at _ 7:30 o' clock. A. S. HUBBARD, Sec. MARINE Englneers' Assoclation No. 35—T annual election of officers will be held at the rooms TUESDAY, December JOHN E. O'BRIEN, President. J. J. SEAREY, Secretary. THE California Debris Commission having re- celved application to mine by the hydraulic process from Rocco Molinari in the Humbug Guich Mine, near Volcano, Amador Co., to deposit tailings in Humbug Gulch; from eek, in the Grizzly Hill Mine, near V cano, Amador Co., to deposit tailings in Mis ery Creek; from Lewis Emery Jr., in the Emery Placer Mine, near Mountain Ranch, “Calaveras Co., to deposit tailings in Murray Creek, and from Archie Newell, in the Newell Claim, near Oleta, Amador Co., to deposit tailings in Deadman Creek, gives notice that a meeting will be held at room 59, Flood building, San Francisco, Cal., on January 3, 1899, at 1:30 p. m. THE regular annual meeting of the stockhold- ers of the Sumdum Chief Mining Company will be held at the office of the company, room 3, Hobart bullding, 532 Market st San Francisco, Cal., on FRIDAY, the 6th day of January, 189, at the hour of 2 o'clock p, m., for the purpose of electing a board of di- rectors to serve during the ensuing year and the transaction of such other business as may come tefor: the meeting. H. G. STEVENSON, Secretary. A LOAN can be had on your pianc without re- | moval, or we will buy it. UNCLE HARRIS, 15 Grant ave., near Market st. STOCKHOLDERS' Meeting—The arnual meet- ing of the stockholders of the California Dry- dock Company will_be held at the office of the company, No. 302 Californis street, San Francisco, California, on MONDAY, January 9, 1899, at 11 o'clock &. m., for tie purpose of electing a Board of Directors to serve for the ensuing year, and for the transiction of such other business as may properly come before, the meeting. W. F. RUSSELL, Secretary. Office No. 302 California street, room 3 San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 24 1885. THE_annual meeting of the stockholders of THE NEVADA NATIONAL 3ANK OF FRANCISCO, Cal., will be held at its bagc- ing house. No. 301 Montgomery st., San Fran. cisco, Cal., on TUESDAY, Jjanuary 10, 1898, at 3:15 o'clock p. m., for tre election of di-| Tecters to serve for the ensying year and the ction of such_ other busidess as may come fore the meeting. D. B DAVITSON. Secretary. Ban Franctsco, December J, 1898.