The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 7, 1900, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1900 11 e H.ReENTo~N & ELECTRICAL WORKERS WILL GIVE A PICNIC e B et e S S ) 0 FOUR PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE ORDER. Do 000656650005t sned . to-mor- and Oak- has started with include ers ing and to_the uni The c preside E. Ross shott; corre ton; financ { urer, C ntil tttle girl 1 her by ng e into the nding steps wit ok Teutly th himself tank " BUTFEWOFTHE ALANEDA VOTERS & IRE RECISTER onsequence They May ave to Use the Old Great Register. - C H s Resulting From the Failure Citizens to Record Them- selves—The Precinct Boundaries. AKLAND, J M follow ment of M near nei interest musical She I number has max much, and Harden 1 Y bl we been f years ter of two years ago the new registra- to questions y f per register are great resources, I graduate Princ wedding has been ot 1 help for d to the Di requested tc the e ) and Tue! marriage Frank A Ju Benjamin Perk assistant secre M A., h his vacation. will enter the head, architects. Mrs. Mason W visiting he e regular into one of the bly and other at consolida- fir g gAY in this cit e o Mondey. Y g | s "G, ‘Biephens o M onday. re has | from Boston, Ms B of Xizirmore hatigve at the Mot -y & . Mrs. Samuel Frank_McDonal, in the Philippi more and Harry visiting friends in Willlam B. Sink Metropole for the Dr. A. J. Russe »u County 100 there, is vening. YOUNG LADY’S COOLNESS SAVES DAMAGE BY FIRE 6.—The coolness of a al point saved a £s at the corner and Telegraph ave- ion vy fire this after- na Kowalsky, the ¥. B. Kowalsky, roine in the face | K terests days roy have gone to Redwood Canyon, Mrs. E. L. W turned from Paci Mrs. Will Meek Stone at Ben Lom be the guest of Mi Phebe Hearst's n the next ten day: who conducts a barber walsky store, threw | mong some paper and | ious of the conflagra- ding through his care. | Kowalsk happened to be shop and saw the blaze the | ng. Without a moment's an into the shop, grabbed terial in a basket and | D street. She was highly | the heroic act. | —————————— ! | CHILD SAVED FROM { DROWNING BY A BOY _AMEDA, July 6—But for the pres-| of mind of Bradford Terry, Clyde| 7 years old, would have drowned | fired in 1588, ay afternoon in the deep-water the Green Arbor Raths at tne‘ out a mniursy D The boy had gone to the bot- | break of the third time when hauled to| Lieutenant S. V. jeav. for Nome. the was ma tion she pass hesit th prats { de Waite, The Ciark boy had gone to the .aths | missary officer. with an older sister, but aping her jumped Into the deep tank lb:.-.!du his_work vigiin joe. The bystanders thcught he could l'flm]partmenl of an 7 of is well known here, has since been scting in E. Ross, Trebell, Beere A. Tl nize 1 of the and Bel Te 'H 1 1 ¥ e b to re the last Ler came aged uly & y ds mpl returned from Manila on Sumner, where outbreak of the war. the Sants ret of ( hi m M. nore - 1 cil Astoria are visiting Mre i Eal on v at e | and later will ‘make their EERR: o8 W anh summer at the Metropole d, with Huber. th sumr °r. i the 3 for a fe T fie C is vi ond. ove. fec at the Presidio for some time. Colman, members electric home th wa nt of Oa Lewis, T. Rowl floor manager, s. H omps: % 1o this effect, saving that he will be com: rical Work- | peiled to defend the honor of the bench °d a year. Tt|and remain to try the case. At the same Tk na ry, H. . Bel; Terry, his SuSC 1 St hi ENGAGEMENT OF MISS (LAY IS ANNOUNCED da M announcement was a ady, gage- friend and , it was given it young the en n he ished. take keon recently transport he has been since the the weeks. son have re- T, R SISO -1 L @ City Attorney W. A. Dow is out of town on his_vacation and Robert Y. ¢ | Hayne, the special attorney of the city @ | ot tland, will have to go over the ground that has been studied by the cor- poration’s attorneys for months in their B. o |long preparation of their case, in the - C.| briet period of one night. oy C Hart Determined to Stick. ame nd now h meei- dded their line, Past ent, Alexander lliam Hender- Ken- treas. d wo attention to his struggles in t re hi with- coat, | swam to the 1f drowned boy. te him DEATH OF MRS. WENTWORTH AFTER A LONG ILLNESS the compar a be tied up. It is ob- vious that no water company could afford Helen | 10 have its income tied up for twelve " | months, even though it knew that at the » W00 | end of ‘that time it would geceive every Jury, | cent that was due. It woul) take a vast Four- | fortune to carry on a waler company er a-long | for a year without any income whatever. A native of | 6.—The engagement TS, member of a very 1 set in Oakland. land for a during that time she | e has traveled ble standing ber of the firm wford of New anding and a Humbold it ntil quite recently : Oakland Y. L Barbara for | rn Mr. Perkins head & Cox- | cr of Plumbago is venth street, a prominent capitalist | and Mrs. Stephens | and daughter of | Eimore’s mother home for the Who was a prisoner Lieutenant Gil- ~of Oakiand, is 2nd wife are at the . who has been in Sis- er his mining in- akland for a few Miss Clara Field and Miss Ella McEl- Iroy ranch, in siting Mrs, Egbert Miss Jane Rawlings of Linda Vista will Anne Apperson, Mrs. at Pleasanton, for Claude Sharon, eldest so; W. E. Sharon of PFM;::mhna(,} B on the steamer St — Paul next week 'LIEUTENANT DE WAITE TO BE MILITARY INSTRUCTOR BERKELEY, July 6.—Lieutenant W. H. who graduated from West { Point in 1579, has been appointed military | instructor of the cadet corps of the Uni- | versity of California. He served with the Second Infantry and Fourth Cavalry and having been stationed He was re- The university cadets have been with- instructor since the out- anish-American war, when now major, who is a youth of 18| serving in the Philippiue Isiands, was as’ | signed to the Fifth Army Corps as com- Professor Frank Soule S enginering A o e e the university. ” R R e R S e RS D444+ 4444040 nself | ( Anderson will h will | Sunday on GDOD cause being shown therefor, it is hereby ordered that plaintiff’s time for giving notice of motion for an injunction in the above entitled matter be and the same is hereby shortened to one day. E. C. HART, Judge. Dated July 5, 1900. AKLAND, July 6.—The above re- markable notice from Judge E. C. Hart, together with five extremely long affidavits, were filed in the ai- | fice of the County Clerk of Alameda sunty a few moments before that office closed for business to-night. The affi- | davits requested Judge Hart to grant the Contra Costa Water Company an injunc- | tion against the city of Oakland and all water-rate pavers therein, restraining them from paying water rates under the water-rate ordinance that was adopted by the City Council last March. But_one conclusion can be drawn from the notice sent by Judge Hart and the [ R e s s aasd ] o) R S S notice. Every advantage was taken in the filing of the papers. They were pre- nted to the County Clerk almost at the ent to-day, and Judge Hart gave he would be ready to near the morning. last mom: notice tha motion to-morrow + | motion for the injunction that is made by & | the Contra Costa Water Company. It means that the city of Oakland will have 4 [to answer this very important motion ¢ | upon one day’s notice, and that the city’s o | attorn: will be asked to prepare an an- swer upon a point that the attorneys for @ | the corporation have been studying for ¢ | months, with less than twenty-four hours’ * * Judge Hart also announces that he will stick to the Alameda County bench and will try this case in spite of fire, water and the city of Oakland. He was writ- ten a letter to Superior Judge F. B. Ogden that he will hear the sta Water Com- se by injunction announces 1 of the Contra C for a trial of thi upon one ¢ notice. It is fair to Judge Hart to say that he does not specifically announce that he will hear this particular motion on one d notice; but he says that he will consider ¢ day's notice sufficient upon which a ing for an injunction can be had. Al- at the same moment, with a re- arkable coincidence of time, the Contra Costa_Water Company files a motion for an_injunction. This motion of the Contra Costa Water | ‘ompany for an injunction against the city of Oakland is an effort to get itself out of the corner in whiMh It has been forced over the collection of water rates pending the settlement of this action. This position was fully described in The Call a few days ago. At that time | contra C. this paper showed how the Water Company, under the ed by itself, would be unable ater rates at ail, and that ion was reached by the urt all of the vast income of Supreme The company now finds itself in the pos tion of being compelled to collect under the new and low-rate ordinance, thus rec- ognizing that ordinance in law and in fact, or not being able to collect any at all under penalty of forfeiture of its fran- chise. A Corporation Trick. | This motion for an injunction prevent- [ Ing the city from putting the low rate or- | dinance in force is at once an effort to | | secure legal permission to collect water | rates of some kind without the penalty provided by the constitution of forfeiture of its franchise and plant, and an effort to try the legality of the low-water rate ordinance upon the injunction proceed- lings. It is literally a trial of the case by injunction. The specific motion made by the Contra ta Water Company in the documents day is for an injunction to pre- of Oakland from compelling collection of bills for water at the he ordinance adopted by PO POV OS v C. | th e rates fixed by the City Councii on March 24 last, and to prevent the enforcement of this ordinance, which went into effect on July 1 This injunction is askea upon the ground that the ordinance is void, by reason of | the acts of the Council, thus enforcing a ruling upon this point, which is one of the main points of their original action. As further grounds for the motion the er company’s legal representatives re- cite that if the water rate ordinance is enforced it will work irreparable damage to the corporation. | To substantiate its claims with relation {to the alleged illegal course pursued by the City Council in establishing water ates for the year, affidavits are presented by J. H. T. Watkinson, president of_the Contra Costa Water Company, and Wil- liam D. English, who is set forth as a tax | and water rate paver of the city of Oak- |land. Both affidavits allege immature tion and illegal figuring by the members of the Couneil, Each member of the City Council is quoted at length in an effort { to show that snap judgment was taken on the auestion of water rates and that the city’s legislators were unduly influencad by the popular cry of exorbitant rates, | without a proper consideration of the cost of the water company’s plant and the le- gal interest allowed on the investment. New Plant Necessary. To prove that the plant and rights ac- | quired from the Oakland Water Con:pany, | beiter known as th= Dingee company, are | necessary for the supply of sufficlent | water to the Contra Costa Company’s subscribers in this city, President Watkin- on presents a sworn statement showing | that the wells at Alvarado, a portion of the Oakland company’s plant, are now | furnishing a large proportion of the water | consumed in Oakland. It is further set forth by the head of the corporation that | & still greater dependence will be placed | upon the Alvarado weils during the com- ing year. President Watkinson then quotes alleged statements from all of the City Councilmen which, he claims, show that undue haste was used in fixing the rates. First he asserts that Counciiman | Géorge R Stetson made the following statement: Stetson’s Alleged Statement. “With a municipal wat, rates would not be much Jower than the der the ordinance passed to print by the City Council March 5, 1909, wherein we made # horizontal cut of % per cent.” Councilman Girard is quoted as follows: ““This horizontal reduction will put about $80.000 into the pockets of the peo- ple and take it out of the pockets of the rich Contra Costa stockholders. The peo- ple of Oakland cught to appreclate this big cut. The Council showed itself to be for the pecple and not for the Contra Costa. menopolists. In arriving at the vresent water rates we left the plant of the Dingee company, or the Oakland Wa- ter Company, entirely out of considera- el Charged to Meese. The following i said to be a portion of :‘slgned statement by Counciiman Edwin ecse: “In fixing the water rates the Cor threw out and did not consider the pias of the former Oakland Water Company. We simply ignored the plant, and this en- abled us to make the 2 per cent cut. The only way to get at the real facts is to ave one or more competent engineers io place an intelligent value on the plant and then fix the rates on a basis given by these figures.” Councilman Felton Taylor is quoted as saying that expert accountants and ex. pert engineers should have been heard from before the rates were fixed, as fol- lows: “T think that the ordin: will general satisfaction, = With ihe. Difsce plant or Oakland Water Company | cording to the pre thrown out we saw our way clear to cut the rates 25 per cent. Of course to fix the water rates as they should be fixed we should have heard from expert ac- countants and competent engineers.” Groping in the Dark. Councilman Anson Barstow is sald to have declared on March 16, a week before the rates were fixed, that the Council was groping in the dark with regard to the fixing of water rates, and that it was impossible for that body to determine the valuation of the water company’s plant d;mng an investigation of a month's dura- tion. The following is alleged to be an extract from a signed statement made March 15 y Councilman Frank F. Mott: This question of fixing water rates is a complicated matter. We really ought 1 have meter rates. We could then tell the number of feet used and the charge could be made accordingly. Citizens of all portions of the clt{ told me that the water rate was too high and the cut of 25 per cent in the rate was made because S0 great a sentiment demanded respect. This reduction will give the people a very low rate.” Councilman J. G. Lemmon, according to President Watkinson, made the following statement in regard to the establishment of the water rates: ‘I _consider that what was the property of the Oakland Water Company or the Dingee plant was properly excluded from the City Council’s estimate in fixing wa- ter rate: Councilman H. D. Rowe is sald to have expressed his fdeas of the water-rate question as follows: ““The only intelligent way for a_ City Council to fix the water rates is for it to employ competent engineers and have a full investigation of the water com- pany’s plant made.” ‘Wanted Expert Testimony. The efliant concludes by quoting from an alleged statement made by Councilman Louis Schaffer, which is as follows: “I wanted to see something from a civil engineer before I voted. It may be that the rates proposed to be established in the ordinance of March §, 1900, are all right, but I saw nothing presented to the City Councll that justified me in accept- Ing them.* n behalf of the Contra Costa Water Company, President Watkinson _alleges that the water rates fixed by the City Council are more than 25 per cent lower than the rates of July 1, 189. Instead of 5 per cent he says there is a reduction of 35 per cent. New Wells Essential. In defending the claim of the corpora- tion that the plant acquired from the Oakland Water Company is essential to a proper water supply for the city of Oak- land, Watkinson says that the wells at Alavarado are now supplying 4,000,000 gal- lons of water daily. In addition to the artesian water, the company supplies from its other sources 7,000,000 gallons daily. All of this water is necessary, ac- dent, and without the Alvarado wells the corporation could not properly supply its customers. Watkin- son estimates that during the year the artesian wells will be called upon for a daily supply of 3,500,000 gallons. The affiant further states that the Con- tra Costa Water Company now supplies 1200 consumers, whose average monthly bills are $150 each. He alleges that if the city should force the collection of the bills at the rat fixed by the Councl, and it should T be held that the ordi- nance is invalld, it would be impossible for the corporation to collect any sum in excess of the amounts first secured. The affidavit of William D. English sets forth that he was present at a meeting of the City Council on March 15, at which Councilman George R. Stetson stated that he had not investigated the question of water rates and knew nothing of such matters. The Councilman is said to have declared that if any wrong should be done by the passage of the ordinance author- izing the reduction of 25 Eer cent, the Fire and Water Committee should be held re- sponsible, as he had not thoroughly in- vestigoted the matter himself. Ogden Hears From Hart. The fcllowing letter was sent by Judge Hart to Judge Ogden to-day and given out for publication: SORRY HE WAS CALLED. SACRAMENTO CITY, July 4, 190, Hon. F. B. Ogden. Superior Judge, Oaklend, Cal.—Dear Judge: Some time ago, immediately upon learning of the petition to the Supreme Court for a writ_of prohibition upcn the part of the defendants in the case of the Contra Costa_Water Company vs. the City of Oakland et al., to prevent me from fur- ther participating in the trial of said case, ‘I addressed to you a letter, which was written under the influence of the earnest importunities of my family, say- e that T would. in all probablity, retirs from the trial of said cause, even if the Supreme Court sustained me. A day or fwo later, upon consultation with a number of my friends here, I sent you a telegram recaliing that letfer and saying that I would not retire from the trial of the case. In tha outset, permit me to say that, i¢ 1 felt justified in following my per- sonal wishes in the matter, I would ha no hesitation, under the cfrcumstances, in refusing to go on with the trial of the case; but last night I carefully read the decision of the Supreme Court and POPIOPPPIIOPVOPDEP SO0 PPes PODO POPPIEPOPPD after further consnltation with the most & Teputable lawyers ¢ this bar, as well & @s other promirent citizens whose judg- ment 1 respect, I was forced to the con- clusion that I could not see my way Clear, honorably, to pursue any other Course than 1o remain as the trial Judge In said cause. The Supreme Court has said that I could not retire now without embarrassment, except upon congent of coursel on both sides. This is concurred in by all my friends, be- cause by the language thus em- ploved by the Supreme Court it is ~ undoubtedly ~meant that, as a Judictal officer, I owe a duty fo the judictal arm’ of the Government 4nd should fearlessly discharge it. This 1 am determined to do. Personally, 1 wish from the bottom of my heart that T had never been called into the case, and understand_me that, in saying this, I am suggesting or insinuating no com- plaint against you for having called me in; but to permit myself to be driven from Its trial now, under circumstances such as characterized the proceedings in- Solved in the oblections against me, Would be cowardly, and a severe refiec tion upen me personally and upon the entire judicial system of the State. DECLARES HE IS SINCERE. While I deeply deprecate that the at- torneys for the defendants conceived it Yo he their duty to object to me in the manner in which they did, yet I desire to emphatically impress upon the citi- zens of Oakland that I am sincere when I say that I entertain and harbor no per- sonal feeling agalnst them that will in the slightest degree preven’/ me from trying the case with perfect Jairness and tality. e the inspection of plaintifr's hooks, concerning which and my refusal to allow the same under a motion made gome time ago much has been said, I Will say that I believed at the time the application was made that the defend- ants ought, in justice, to have the privi- lege of so doing, but I only followed what I considered to be the plain rules of 1aw, as to the sufficiency of the show- ing required, In denying the motfon. I pranted the defendants their roquest to Fenew the motion, and I intended and do intend to make an order allowing them to examine such books of plairtiff as re- Jate to the merits of their defense upon a proper showing, and I believe such a shov'ag can be made. T uever at any time Intended to force a trial until all parties were prepared and ready to go to trial. I have abso- lutely no feeling in the case, one way or the other, and propose to demonstrate fhat I have the abllity to rise above per- sonal feeling in the discharge of my ju- Qiclal duties. While I necessarily regret the unpleasant notoriety which the course taken by counsel for defendant has given me, I shall assume that they did so belleve it to.be their duty, and 1 shall, therefore, dispel the unpieasant incident and let it take its place among the things that belong to the past. CAME AS A SURPRISE. ‘When I received the dispatch from you Inviting me to sit in this case, it was indeed a great Surprise to me. As I stated from the bench, I regarded it as a compliment, and as ‘an opportunity of ‘meeting and becoming acquainted with the members of your bar. I presume there 1= no Judge in this State, particu- larly a young man on the bench, but who has lIll Ullh,l:lofl lfla}ne‘;: the glml to, Dreside at trials in which the ablest B R R R o O RO RO SORSRCICI R RCIOTOR MR SRCRCR S S B o R R ORI RSOOSR ROR I RORROR SORNCRCS 'CONTRA COSTA COMPANY SEEKS TO ENJOIN CITY Corporation Makes a Move to Prevent Enforcement of New Water Rates, and Judge Hart Gives Muni- cipality One Day to Meet Combine’s Attack. men of the profession are arraved against each other. I, of course, had no conception of the nature of the case un- til I went to Oakland to hear the de- murrer. Up to that time I did not know, nor had 1 ever seen, that I knew of, any of the parties connected with the liti- gation on elither side; and at this time, the only parties connected with the cause whom I know to call by name are the attorneys. Even if I had known, and did know, all the parties interested in this litigation, I know myself well enough to say that I could try the case with absolute fairness according to the evidence and the law as I understand it. If 1 had the slightest suspicion that I would permit anything which has thus far occurred in this case to interfere with that fair and impartial trial to which_all people are entitled under the law, I should constder it my bounden duty to not go farther with the case. 1 realize the importance of the ques- tions involved, not only to the people of Oakland but also to the plaintiff, and the issues should and shall be deter- mined upon the merits of the case, let the consequences be what they may. Deeply _deprecating any _unpleasant- ness which may have come to you by reason of this unfortunate proceeding, and with best wishes, I beg to subscribe mysel?, yours truly, POPPPPPOOVVPPIOPVIIIOPPPOPOVVVIC OO POPOPIPPPVIOOPLIVPOPOIIOPDPEOODOOOD E. C. HART. FRATERNAL BROTHERHO0D INSTALLS OFFICERS OAKLAND, July 5.—The recently elect- ed officers of Oakland Lodge No. 123 of the Fraternal Brotherhood were publicly installed last evening at Chapman’s Hall. Several hundred members of the order and | their friends were present. The Rev. Guy | W, Smith was the installing officer, ‘After music by the orchestra the follow.- ing officers were installed with elaborate | ceremonies: | President, Philip M. Walsh; vice president, | Mrs. H. H. Hornick; past president, H. A. Lut’ | trell; secretary, Robert B. S. York; chaplain, | Mrs. A. D. Dunham; mistrese-at-arms, Mre. | Alice M. Merritt; sergeant, David P. Hooe; 0. D. K, D. Woodward; L. D, K., Mrs. | Emma Woodraff The reception committee consisted of the following named: Mrs. Henry W, Adams, St. ClaiggHodgkins, Baggot, Mrs. Sadie E. (Wrr, F. N Abner ‘L. Hunt, John Ferrin, Myra 'W. Knox, Emma C. Garrison, Mr: A Merritt, Max Marcuse, Mrs, Clarissa J. Morris, Anna W. Trescott, John W. MeC monds, Dr. Richard Fricke, Ada B. Rog Mrs. Edna Patton, John W. Stetson, Dr. Carr B. Mr. and Mrs, Poulson. were: Harry W. Patton, Dr. L. STANDARD SOAP WORKS SOLD TO EASTERN PARTY OAKLAND, July 6. Schofield, Mrs. Victorla F. Anthony, Al 8. Ormsby, Mr. and Mrs. C. The members of the floor committs Merritt, Dr. J. C. Pease, J. Herrick. —The Standard Soap | Works of West Berkeley has changed | hands, an Eastern capitalist named | Bowles having purchased it from the | former owners, Mrs. Richard P. Thoma and Daniel E. Dowling. 1t is the purpos of the new proprietor to start the works | again within a week and run it to its ! full capacity, employing about fifty hands, | The soap works has not been running | with regularity of late on account of the | financial embarrassment of the former owners. The people of Berkeley are | pleased over the resumption of the manu- factory. —_——— DEATH ENDS SUFFERING i OF LILLIE CARLSEN OAKLAND, July 6.—Lillie Carlsen, the | little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred F. Carlsen of 1080 East Twenty-second street, | pho was burned while playing about a bonfire on the Fourth of July, died this morning_as the resuit of her fterrible in- juries. The child was unconscious from the time of the accident until death came. | It was thought yesterday that the girl's burns would not result fatally, but_she sank gradually until this morning. Fred | F. Carlsen, father of the child, was se- verely burned about the arms and hands | while attempting to rescue the little one. | — e | Berkeley Library Report. l BERKELEY. July 6.—The annual re- | port of the Berkeley Public Library has just been presented to the Board of Trus- | tees, It shows the library to be in a flourishing condition. There is a total of 711 books, 1114 of which have been added during the past year. A total of 139 pe- riodicals is received. Over $2000 is in the treasury. The number of readers is in- creasing very rapidly. e e R Japanese Licensed to Wed. OAKLAND, July 6.—A marriage M- | cense was Issued yesterday to two na- | tives of Japan. They are Yokichi Fiyl and L. G. Kitsutain. Both are Christians | and to the Deputy Clerk stated their de- | sire to be married by an ordained min. | ister. This is the first time the clerk’s | office has_been called upon to issue a | marriage license to Japanese —_—ee—— Realty Company Formed. OAKLAND, July 6.—Articles of incor- oration were flled to-day by the Ro- Soiph, Perkins & Lyon Company to con- duct a general real estate business. The capital stock has been placed at $20,000, of which $320 has been subscribed by the following_directors: Otto_ A. Rodolph, John R. Perkins, Charles E. Lyon, Stacy | W. Gibbs, George D. Mayle. —_————— Pays Delinquent Taxes. OAKLAND, July 6.—To prevent the for- feiture of his property to the State be- cause of the non-payment of taxes Moses I. Frank, an extensive Hast Oakland | land holder, has paid up the delinquency amounting ‘to_about $1200. ~ Frank paid no taxes for five years and his property would have reverted to the State but for his tardy payment. Student Rescues Child. BERKELEY, July 6.—Clinton R. Morse, well known in university circles, rescued | a little girl from drowning in the Rus- sian River last Wednesday. Mr. Morse is camping near Guerneville and was watch- ing some children in bathing, when one of them sank in deep water. He Imme- diately leaped in and saved the child. Towe Seeking a Clew. Fire Marshal Towe continued his in- vestigations yesterday into the incendiary fire Wednemia‘?‘ night at the residence of Mrs. Mary Weise, 138 Capp street, but he has not yet been able to get a clew to the man and woman supposed to have started the fire. A gallon demijohn filled with coal ofl and wrapped in brown paper was found at the house. It was care- fully tied. apparently the work of some grocer. The Fire Marshal thinks the coal ofl was purchased at afother part of the city®and if he could ascertain the grocer from whom it was purchased he thinks he could get a clew worth following. —_——— Charged With Mayhem. Frank Tutscher, a boy 17 vears of age, living at 503 Sixth street, surrendered himself to the police yesterday and was | booked at the City Prison on a charge of | mayhem. Wednesday he fired off a toy istol into the face of Lilly Ryan. a girl [iVing at 217 Harrict street, and she may lose the sight of her right eye. L T B e Not a Drinking Man. Morgue Surgeon Leland has reported the cause of the death of Frederick Hel- mer as heart disease. Helmer fell dead in a vacant lot on Nebraska street a few days agp, and it was reported to the Cor- oner's _deputies that he had been drink- ing. Helmer's relatives say that he was not a drinking man. —_—————— Goes to Relieve Hobson. Thomas F. Ruhm, naval constructor, with rank of lleutenant, U. 8. N,, arrived in Ban Francisco day before yesterday, He is on his way to Manila to succeed Naval Constructor Hobron, now stationed at Cavite. Mr. Ruhm expects to sail next Tuesday on the steamship Nippon Maru. | McChesney, | at a reception tendered to the ladies of | cent visit to the Soldlers’ Home at Youn MOTHER OFFICIATES AT SON'S WEDDING 1 1 ERKELEY, July 6—Mrs. Arnold, an ordained minister of the Friends' Church, Berkeley, united in marriage her son, Arnold, and Miss Ora Anna Cook at the | home of the bride's parents in Whhner.} Los Angeles County, last Friday. There | were none present except the immediate | relatives of the contracting parties. Mr. Arnold is business manager of the Berkeley Gazette, prominent in affairs of the town and interested in politics. Mrs. Arnold (nee Cook) is the daughter of Dr. C. J. Cook of Whittier. John H. Coverly, a Stanford graduate, | was best man, and Miss Della Coryeile of Berkeley mald of honor. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold returned from their honeymoon, which was -spent in_touring the cities and watering resorts of South- ern California. this afternoon and will re- side at 2000 Dwight way. Mrs. Arnold, the mother, is very promi- nent in thework of the Friends' Church on the Pacific Coast. She is editor of the church paper, and a minister of the local 3. Clement | & D R R R R e R e e R e e o o A e o o B o o R . ’ 4 . $ ? . s AARS. A, 3 PN e $ PRINCIPALS IN A UNIQUE z WEDDING. [ e e e e e o e e et e ] church, though Mrs. Naylor is in direct charge of the congregation. OBJECT LESSONS FROM DELLS OF TRESILE GLEN Children of the Vacation| School Given an | Outing. How the Institution Has Been Run During the Warm Summer Days for the Benefit of tha Scholars. R Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 118 Broadway, July 6. A number of children of the vacation | school, about twenty-seven boys and girls all told, went to Trestle Glen on a botan- ical excursion this morning. The ckil- dren gathered at the schoolhouse at 9 | o’clock and from there went on a car to Trestle Glen. The ladies of the Oakland Club had provided a basket lunch and everything was done to make the little students of nature enjoy, as well as profit by, their outing. For several days preceding Mrs. Cun- ningham had been instructing the children in botany and other nature studles, and she accompanied the children this morn- ing. The young students were delighted with their object-lessons and came home lagen with varieties of leaves and flow- ers. The boys, turning more to zoology, made collections of polliwogs, beetles and gs. [r:f%le teachers who had charge of the| excursion were Miss McClees, superin- tendent of the vacation school: Miss Alice Miss Carlton and Mr. Wil- kins, superintendent of the play ground. The vacation school will probably close next Friday, unless the Oakland Club | should decide at its next, meeting to con- | tinue the school for another week. The | exercises on that occasion will be very in- | teresting and the work done by the chil- | dren during the term will be on exhibition. On the day before the Fourth a patriotic | programme was rendered by the pupils of | the vacation school. Giles W. Gray of the | Board of Education was present and made a speech, which was very much_appre- | ciated by his youthful auditors. Mrs. G. | W. Bunnell, president of the Oakland | Club, was also present and entertained | thadchudren with a little story effectively told. Reception to Mrs. Merritt. OAKLAND, July 6.—Mrs. Cora Merritt, department president of the Ladies’ Re- lief Corps of the G. A. R.. was the guest Lyon Relfef Corps by Mrs. Augusta Ros- enberg last Tuesday evening. Mrs. ritt read an interesting report of Mer- er ville. ——————————— Wife Wants a Divorce. OAKLAND, July 6—Katie W. Peter- son ~ommenced suit to-day for a divorce from Fred W. Peterson on the ground of deser .ion. READY FOR THE MILL. Al Neill and Jack Moffatt, who will fight at Mechanics’ Pavilion on July 13, are hard at work at their respective training quarters, the Terminus and the Seal Rook House. Reports have it that both fighters | are in fine fettle and will be ready to mix matters in a most satisfacto manner when the gong sounds next Friday night. It is quite the programme nowadays for parties to visit both men and see them at work. Neill is contident of victory thi. time. He admits that he was over-con- fident during the last battle. ile will cer- tainly leave this feeling when he toes the | will find it difficult to get | They are relied upon to do much of the ! MEII scratch for the next encounter. Moffatt is not neglecting an hour of the day in his training. He is almost up to the mark. Held for trand Larceny. Herman Meyer Hastings, ex-color ser- geant in the Pennsylvania regiment, was held to answer before the Superior Court by Judge Mogan ,\-esterdl{oon the cha of grand larceny in $3000 bonds. He stole $600 worth of jewelry from the room of Mrs. Jennie Kean. 906 Market street, and was arrested with the property in his possession. e —— LADY’S MAIDS IN EUROPE. A Necessity There, Though Held to Be a Luxury He: “For one thlr:‘g Eurcpean women are to be envied,” said a young student of sing- ing who has just returned from a sojourn of three years In Europe. “That is the facility with which they are able to keep Jady's maids on little or no income. I have known women abroad to keep maids when 1 wondered how they could employ them working on the meager wardrobés they seemed to possess. “A lady's maid is lonked upon by most American women as a luxury. An Ameri- can woman never thinks of engaging a maid until she has pretty nearly every- thing else in the world that a reasonable woman would want. After she has ac- quired jewelry, clothes and an income which is likely to enable her to enjoy these things rmnnmfly. she thinks of getting a maid to take care of them. But the maid abroad is a necessity, to j from her unexpected appearance In t! service of many women. 1 have me: frowzy old women of title tn_Germany dressed in shabby black and living i small hotels of the kind I visited, who might have gone for years without a new bonnet, to judge by their appearance. But they all had their maids. I found the same thing true In France. Thin, sharp- faced, unmarried women, who had long passed the age when they needed the pro- tection of a maid and who might be en- tirely without vanity or thought for their personal appearance, to judge by their looks, had their maids. English women who ~would ask for the smallest and cheapest room In the hotel and would haggle with the proprietor over rates un- til he was almost ready to let them go | rather than take off a cent more, might arrive with a_very small allowance of luggage, but their maids were in chargs of it. “No American woman who had to live so economically as these women would ever think of dragging a maid after her. But it always seemed as if the maid were a distinctly necessary part of the exist- ence of the women to whom I refer. Most of them looked as if they had a hard time in struggling along themselves, but they were determined to get the comfort that came from having a maid to look after them. Most women appreciate the luxury that is suppllied by the services of a maid, even if they would mot consider that it afforded sufficient compensation for the economy nec ry in other directions. The foreigner has Fer maid, however, even if she has to be parsimonious in other matters.™ One re: n for the custom of employing lady’s maids in Europe, even when the mistress is not rich, eould probably be found in the greater cheapness of living for servants abroad. In New York hotels the mistress must pay nearly as much for her maid’s entertainment as for her own, and, combined with the maid's wages, the cost for keeping her can be borne only by the wealthy, or at least by those who can indulge themselves in any luxury they de- sire. Lady’s maids are so rare in the United States that no arrangements for housing_them reasonably have ever been made. The lady’s mald is probably em- ployed as frequently here as in Europe in the families of well-to-do people. Prob- ably every New York family of a certain income employs one or more lady’s maids, in accordance with the number of daugh- ters there may be in the household. 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