The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 14, 1900, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1900, 11 , MARRIED ON CLUNIE OPERA- @i " 000200000000 900000+000-000+0 0@ s : | § i . HOUSE STAGE . * | @ - @ | o “ . : MRB. AND MRS. ARGYLE TULLY. L e e e e e e B e e e e ] ERKELEY, July 13.—The marriage | The bride will be remembered as one of of Miss Olive Vall of Los Angeles | the daintiest and sweetest of all_the and Argvle Tully of this city took 3 R g o Moy o L ! place in Sacramento Thursday | gagament at the Grand Opera House she | night, the ceremony being performed on | sang at the Tivoll. She was seen in the the stage of the Clunie Opera House after of “The Queen's Lace the regular performance. The bride and ; E Aan: “Y!f'rmr]:n.l' !Zl’ufln: 4 = N r ier present engagement she is singing SURSI BEb Siumbecs o the Lyric leading DArts a high soprano of CHEpaNy a4 surprisal the big onst great power b and is looking | &ll thelr frie the bay, in Sa ward to the highest class of operatic | mento and Los 3 P 4 t nouncing the! t to wed. Rev. v i8 the tenor of the Lyric| A. C. Herrick Sacramento officlated, e ! H'g{Mv‘ iAo the opers stra. playing the 1 2or many weeks He is 4 wedding m rom ‘“‘Lohengrin. Em and Mrs. Tully of Stock- Barranga: rerly of the Tivoli, was nts y. His | best man and Miss Annabel Gordon was hard Walton Tully, author | bridesmaid. th are members of the rkeley junior farce of last | company. Waobberts | The entire cast, members of the two Tully will eventually go | nearly @ hundred friends study and are planning | Some handsome floral and zing, at which they have | iven Mr. and ] extremely successful, | | fe's work. WATER COMPANY'’S | B i Inf d xperts for the City Informed| p | That the Accounts Desired Were Burned Long Ago. L AND, Ju —The attorneys, | stock yesterday, when it fell from 72 to | y of ter compi formed that K jestroyed, but that examine such w has. s made by W. A. M. ¢ dall, two Y. Hayne, Hart as the ¢ Th were taken 2 Costa Wa t Attorney Con- President J. H. T. Watkinson made t that the books to look at the books fter the destru were sh The carried over into som: 7 the old ones w ed nothing that est use to the at- and the experts little _that permt ne book hat not exist. Destroyed Long Ago. Presider J - atkinson of t 3 any made a the first time as to count books. long ago, a street, and there of tryin g b put everything decided ed It and papers, . to the foot of . and we bullt a fire in the yard, where it would not of th tadie fnjure any buildings and where we could cremate everything. I stationed three out the fire so that the leaves < would not blow over the en- lghborhood and we burned lot Kept Valuable Documents. Of course, we kept all of the documents were of value, such as surveys, ab- f property, tities, maps and such f that kind as would be of use in re, b the old accounts all went ke e maps, titles and sur- Il in existence, and if they are the city we will allow them the ers 0 inspe dem for cert nd made this morning was books prior to the date only of the destruction, and as we did not have wem we told the gentlemen that they had been burned and under what circum- e here no intention of trving to prevent the city or any one else from ex- mining t ooks, because the water rate d not begun at that time. We trying to get rid of a lot of i am only sorry mow that h merely ation k ave not got the books so that we give them to the experts, for we ke to oblige the gentlemen, par- as the city has gone to a great trouble to secure this permission, a matter of fact, however, the books s showing anything that in its suit. The mere lot of old figures and ac- ow nothing.” Got a Gold Brick. b and accounts are gone, % order permitting the ) exami »ooks that did not exist proven us valuable as the in- nted the water company. un- which the water company is fixing rates for the city and collecting the rates fixed by themselves. The order permitting n of the hooks has proven . and what Mr. Havne will do s tter of conjecture. city finds itself in the position of having received permission to examine something that does not exist. and the fiding has worn completely off the gold rick. The drop in the price of Contra Costa 67, was due to the fact that the board of rectors met yesterday and decided to | pass the regular dividend. | Whether this was done because of the expense attached to the litigation and tk uncertainty of income from the new co dition of things, or whether it was done liberately in order to prove to the court t the new water rate ordinance would t serlously injure the vaiue the pany’s stock, is something that cann proven without the evidence of the pany’s official ‘WHY SHE WANTED .‘ A SHORT SENTENCE | r-,—ai LAMEDA, July 13.—"Look here, | JL)\\ Judge, I don’'t want you to keep J me in the jug any longer than you can help. birthday comes on M. and I've got to get out County . He did not want to be ion of a lady’s day of s, the Judge guessed, of justice, and the the estuary to Sherifft Rogers’ would se ison was take rest cure in summer resort. Although Jennie Hart will be 73 years old on the day of her liberation, she is still full of youthful fire. Last night sh destroyved all the furniture in the oman's department of the City Prison, let loose such a volume of caths that he rolice found it necessary to lock her up in the steel tank. She made kindling wood of two chairs, a bed and a table, and twisted the gaspipe out of shape. Supper | dishes were smashed into bits and hrown at the officers when they tried to subdue the woman. The compartment | lovked us if it had been struck by a c clone. The woman did not cease to swear roundly when finally reduced and forced into solitary confinement. St s | caught terday while trying to “lift"” a box of fruit from a grocery on Park street. CHANGE FROM STATE | TO NATIONAL BANK An Important Move Contemplated by | the Directors of the Central Bank of Oakland. OAKLAND, July 13.—One of the most | important banking changes in Oakiand is now being considered and will shortly be | _put into effect by the Central Bank. It | involves the change of the institution into | a national bank with a savings adjunct under State laws and a safe deposit at- tachment. The only point remaining un- cided is the exact date when the change will be made. | The Central Bank does a very large commercial business now, the bulk of its operations beiug in that form. The change from a State bank to a national bank would not be very great and would give e the benefit . of the greenback , of which it cannot take ad- | s it remains under the | ;] ing laws. The plan involves the changing of the - ¢ the bank to tne Cakland National , with the savings department to be | known as the Central Savings and Safe ( The present quarters Central Bank will then be occu- Deposit Company. of the pied by deposit will be t National Bank and the safe vaults and savings department moved into the large store in the g across the hallway from the p The < ve some consid- ergbl expense, part rly the moving of the safe deposit vaults.” A system of such vaults would involve the expendi- ture of $50,000, including the cost of the vaults and the setting of them in place with proper burglar and fire proof appli- ances. “In common with a great many other | banking institutions we have been figur- | ing to see whether it would be beneficial for us to change from a State to a na- onal bank,” sald Cashier Charles Yates, nd we have always had plans for a safe deposit system. But when the changes will be made or whether they wiil be made at all has not been determined.” But despite the uncertainty of the state- ment of the bank officials the only point that remains to be decided is the exact date for the changes and that is not like- Iy to be far distant. The point which has caused the delay | is the objection upon the part of the stock- { holders of the Central Bank to transfer- ring a large amount of deposits to a new | bank. This has been olviated by granting the stockholders of the Central Bank per- mission to subscribe to the stock of the new-national bank at par. ———— Stowell’s Examination Set. OAKLAND, July 13.—John A. Stowell, who stabbed Thomas Rohan last Wed- nesday night in & row over a dice game in a saloon at Eleventh and Franklin| strects, was arraigned in the Police Court | to-aay and his preliminary examination was set for July 20. His bail was fixed at $1000 cash or imo bonds, | mune, Mr: | plaintiff was THOMAS FREEMAN BREAKS RECORD FOR CITATIONS He Escapes Punishment for Contempt of Court a Dozen Times. S s Ineffectual Attempts of His Divorced ‘Wife to Collect the Alimony He Was Ordered to Pay. IR T December 7, 1896—Ordered to pay | alimony, costs and counsel fees. January 8, 1897—Cited for con- tempt of court for failure to comply. Dismissed. February 28, 1897—Again cited for contempt, but did not appear. At- tachment issued, but dismissed with- out action. June 15, 1898—Cited for contempt. but escaped punishment.on plea of poverty. January 18, 1899—Again cited and | discharged. May 27, 1899—Execution issued on property for a claim of $320 for alimony. Sheriff returned. July 11, 1899—Cited for contempt. Dismissed. January 24, 1900—Cited for con-' tempt. Dismissed. July 13, 1900—Cited for contempt. | Will answer Monday, July 16. Qesdei0oeiodedede® THOMAS B. FREEMAN. et O o R S e i = Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, July 13. Thomas B. Freeman, a local carriage ker whose domestic difficulties have kept him before the public for some time, s entitled to the distinction of being cited for contempt of court more times than any man whose name evér graced the civil records of Alameda County. He has been before the bar of justice a dozen times to show ca why he has not paid his wife $20 a2 month allmony as ordered four 3 ago, but has on each occasion demor ted his inability to pay and thus has escaped punishment Though she has about reached the conclusion that her recreant ex-husband is a citation im- Freeman still perseveres and her latest attempt to secure allmony will be considered by Judge Ellsworth next Monda; Wh vorce [ e e e e ] B S A = 1 Sarah Freeman was granted a di- from Thomas B. Freeman. the warded $20 a month ali- nd $50 attorney’s fees. A on Freeman, but he re- , pleading poverty. He was ntempt, but was dismissed. ery t or four months since he has been regularly commanded to appear in , $20 cos court, but the citation proceedings have not had effect of making him produce a cent About a year ago, tiring of the fnef- fectual citations, Mrs. Freeman lay in wait for her former spouse with a horse- whip a ave him a sound thrashing. Even t ad no effect and she agamn r ) the citation process. The se has three times s, for a time trying | of her own sex. Mrs ut she is vet to re- ceive the first alimony payment. EWING THE VICTIM OF ANOTHER DESERTER OAKLAND, July 13.—Manager Cal Ewing is the victim of another deserter from the ranks of his baseball aggrega- tion. Pitcher B. C. Beville, after giving repeated n that he would stay with Oa s gone back on his word and signed to play with the team of Mont. Beville is the fifth of w players to leave him on short notice. He is promised $175 a month sal- ary Ewing has suspended his erstwhile pitcher from the California League for a term of five vears. Beville is a compara- tively new player and this was his first season with a league club. He made a good record as a pitcher and batter. His lace in- the box will be filled by Mos- man. — e Longshoremen Compromise. VANCOUVER, B. C., July 13.—After five months’ duration _the shoremen by the Pacific Coast Steamship y has been ended. The company, ult of the agreement, will allow the union the privilege of listing the men and in return the union agrees to the su- perintendence of the company’s stevedore. he wages are to be 35 cents ger hour for day work and 40 cents per hour during the night. A remarkable natural curiosity is that of a woman. lockout of long- | AMERICA MUST SECURE 175 OWN CHRRYING TRADE General Spaulding Expresses Views on Present Questions. | RO e | An Honored Guest of the TUnion “Loox rour. waLT, WHIN YE &iT TEw FRUC TheT SomE PESKY RoBBER DONT, Kionap YE® v League Club at a Reception at | Its Rooms Last | Night. ! i | e | | Thke Union League Club tendered a re-| ception to General O. L. Spaulding, As- | | sistant Secretary of the Treastry, last | | night at the club rooms in the Palace Ho- | | tel. Besides prominent members of the | club, a large number of well-known clll-‘ zens attended as guests. | | "'A. G. Booth, president of the ciub, made | | {he welcoming speech and introduced Gen- | era1 Spaulding. General Spaulding thank- | ed his hosts for their flattering reception i Continuing, he | and kindly treatment. | said: U have haa the pleasure of meeting cour representatives in Congress. You have honored them by sending them there, they have reflected great honor up- | on you and the State of California. Your | interests are safe in their hand: | “The Treasury Department | etood to be a great flst';\'l msxr:u':tlnn, ‘aml %o 1t is, for an institution that receives S s n_and a half | and disburses a _millio | da b llars per day is some All ln;l‘nulicm Then there are the vari- such as the Bureau of Nav- camboat Inspection, the Ma- 1 and Quarantine Service. have heard of the quarantine has happened of late service. Whatever 1 hope we may s the language of | at the Incident is closed. We diplomacy th: shall not ch less you sa place our the world, Tge you with the plague un- vou have it. Then we shall | rgeons, the finest experts in tyour' service and shall try o give you the maximum of service with D inimum of embarrassment. [ will 84 in passing, that a few sanitary meas- Ures up in Chinatown might discourage slague. e department has accumulated a sur- | plus of $50.000,000, of which 317000000 was piled up during this last month of June. In | my experience 1 have found it much vaslvr‘ to wrestle with a surplus than a deficit, The appropriations of the last sessions of Congress, with those that may be expect- | ed of the next, will reach $1,000,000,000. We hear criticism of billion-dollar Congresses, but for my part I rather like to live in a | billion-dollar country. ““Many things are being said of expansion, | but we have ‘done expanded.’ The time has come when we are one of the nations | of the world and we cannot stand aside any longer. e would have been a bold man who two years ago would have said our flag would be planted half way around the world. He would be bolder still who now would haul it down. “Commerce is rapidly moving westward and San Fra > wiil be largely in it. Indeed, I may say I think San Francisco will be it. When the next census is| in because you have not grownsenough. “We want to do our own carrying trade, gress adjourns next time we shall have some law that will help us recover it. The coastwise trade Is yours now. The Treas- | ury Department has done what it could to | keep any one from taking it from you.” The Knickerbocker Quartet sang a se- | Port: Captain Charles Nelson, president | of the Chamber of Commerce, and Irving guest soclally ©4++4+4+44 44444444404 444444 0 AKLAND, July 13.—John Burke of Commerce street, resides. Up to yesterday he was sure he owned and lived on lot 30 to pay his taxes he was told that the lot was mortgaged the mort- borrowed money on his land and told the Tax Collector so. That of- the records. There, sure enough, was the entry of a mortgage on lot Pryde to the San Francisco Sav- ings Union. - on seeking an attorney who could determine whether he owned lot 30 magazine Jolted his fifty-vara lot over into somebody else’s territory. another person, but he objected to the accompanying mortgage. lection and addresses were made by Colonel John P. Jackson, Collector of the | M. Scott, after which those present were given a chance to meet the distinguished 9 BURKE’S LAND © Melrose, is trying to solve the question as to where he of the Melrose tract, but when he called at the Tax Collector's office gagee would pay the taxes. Burke could not remember having ficlal, however, was sure of his stand and showed the Melrose man 30 of the Melrose tract. The mort- gage was executed by Norman J. More puzzled than ever, Burke left the Tax Collector's office bent or had the terrific explosion of the Melrose Fuse Company’s powder Burke declared that he was not averse to having his taxes pald by R R R e e e e e e R e ALAMEDA, July 13.—Bradford Perry, the young man who made a gallant res- | cue of little Clyde Clarke, at the Green | warded by the father of the rescued child | with a suit of clothes and a twenty-dollar | plece. The child voung Perry saved was going down for the last time In deep wa- | fer When he jumped into the water with | his clothes on, and after a struggle | brought the little fellow safely to shore, | The child’s father did not know of the | brave act until several days after its oc- currence. —_———— Bohemians Will Go to Vallejo. OAKLAND, July 13—The members of Oakland Hospitium, Bohemians of Amer- fca, will go to Vallejo next Saturday evening to co-operate with San Francisco While | under- | of | thing of a finan- | taken vou will have no reason to complain | I have great confidence that before Con- | f"f&#i&##Ofi000046060#0006*0¢#§§099*f§4049— 4444444040444 4 444404000 Young Man’s Bravery Rewartded. | Arbor baths last Thursday, has been re- | " THETS T took five policemen one hour to dis- ‘l Walter arrived in town impressed with a | Gann's head?’ and * entangle the troubles of Walter Gann, a young farmer, who hails from the | giant tree region in Mariposa County. | He 1s enjoying his first city experience. The rural resident's suspicion for every- thing that bears a metropolitan taint, and a few drops of blood, caused unlimited excitement in the neighborhood of Pine and Kearny streets Thursday night and nearly thrust upon the ‘‘upper office” an- other mystery. One week ago Gann came to town. Asa boy in the rural districts he had listened to wondrous tales of city sharpers with big diamonds and had formed an opinion that the big town's Morgue was alwa well stocked with victims of the crook’'s craft. His first departure from home a matter of great moment, and kind neighbors breathed into his ears a warn- ing to aveid the snares and temptations | that would soon surround him. They cau. tioned him about blowing out the gas, purchasing gold bricks and green goods, playing dice games, becoming familiar with ‘‘old acquaintances” from the coun- try, and told him to place the back of a Hence chair against his door at night. and Sacramento Hospitiums in the organi- zation of a branch of the order in that city, The Oakland Bohemians will meet at the Sixteenth-strest depot at p. m. RS g o RESTING FOR THE CONTESTS. American Athletes at Paris Cease Hard Training. ! PARIS, July 13.—The American athletes who are to take part in the contests or- | ganized by the exposition authorities spent the day in relaxing their muscles ' | from the strain of their recent work and are giving themselves a thorough rest. Pennsylvania's en did not come T from Versailles, but spent the day in lounging and taking short walks at Neu- | | illy. “The Princeton men adopted the same ! | tactics, while the members of the other | teams, which are located in the city { hotels, kept indoors, avoiding the heat, which is intense. At the grounds of the racing club some of the foreign entries were at work in tho eafli; morning, but the scene was | bright and lovely when the grounds were filled with well-built specimens of man- hood, representing the highest develop- ment of all branches of athletics engaged in putting_the finishing touches on their | training. Workmen were busy arranging | the track and hurdles and softening the jumping spots, the hardness of which caused some complaint. Many of the officlals were making final arrangements trying to meet the demand for tickets, the pressure for which is enormous. The grandstand is unpleasantly contracted, and where the crowds whieh are expected will be accommodated i$ a hard propo- sition. Unless a storm should make the grounds wet and break the summer heat the weather should be ideal. The first of the preliminary trials will begin at 9 a. m. to-morrow. The day’ meeting will be completed by 1 p. m. order not to conflict with the grand mil- itary review which occurs in the after-| noon. ! s CHICAGO RIDERS IN FRONT. MILWAUKEE, July 13.—Chicago riders captured most of the honors in the sec- ond night's events of the Grand Cireuit National Cycling Association at the E position building. Exciting finishes char- acterized each event and not an accldert of any kind occurred. Earl Kiser was in- | jured during practice work this afternoon | |and will be unable to ride for a week. Newhouse of Buffalo captured the mile national championship (professional). The results One le, national championship, professional | —Al Newhouse, Buffalo, first; John T. Fischer, | Chicago, second; James B. Bowler, Chicago, third. Time, 2. 5 One mile, 2 class professional—John T. | Fischer, Chicago, first; Al Newhouse, Buffalo, second; Otto Maya, Erfe, third. Time, 2:19. N. C. Hopper of Chicago won the one-third | mile amateur race. Joseph Lake of Port Richmond captured the two-mile handicap. FISHERMEN'S STRIKE GROWING VANCOUVER, B. C., July 13.—The fish- ermen’s strike on Fraser River is grow- | ing more acute. The canners state that | | the fishermen are being held up in the | gulf and the catch destroyed. The Japa- nese and the white fishermen are now act- | ing in unison. The Japanese have asked | permission of the white union to fish for | | their own food, as supplies are getting {low. This request was granted. Members of all the local labor unions have been requested by the fishermen's union to eat fish for a month so as to| make a demand on the market. The strikers are more confldent of success now that the Japanese have joined forces with them. They say that the Albion cannery will next Monday pay the price demanded by the union of 25 cents per fish. Represéntative ‘Grosvenor of Ohio Believes That Minister Conger and All the For- eigners in Peking Have Been Put to Death by coming from the Far East. news.” This Time. ALL HEADQUARTERS, WELLINGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, July 13.—Representative Grosve- nor of Ohio arrived here to-day from home on his way to New York, whence he will sail for a brief trip to Europe. The political outlock is not causing him as much concern as the terrible condition ex- isting in China. His long personal association with Minister Conger and the dread that the latter has met an untimely end at barbarous hands is forced upon him by the conflicting and unsatisfactory reports “I apprehend,” said Grosvenor, “that Minister Conger and all foreigners in Peking have been put to death by this time. I cannot convince myself that American ingenuity combined with that of the rep- resentatives of the foreign powers would fail to invent some means of communication with the outside world during this long period of silence if any of them were alive. I cannot help believing that our rep- resentatives and their allies, if alive, would have found means of getting word to us at home. In my judgment, this Chinese question is more terrible to contemplate than any other question we have to deal with. Of course, it can cut no figure in the coming political campaign, except that it will continue to overshadow in public interest any subject that may be suggested by either of the political parties. Even now the tidings from China are being discussed throughout the land to the exclusion of all other topics, and the newspapers are relegating national politics to back pages to give the right of way to Chinese W++++WW*WM * } i HAOUSE MR.OFFICERT INCIDENTS THAT FOLLOWED WHEN GANN THOUGHT OF CROOKS. L e B e SCE SR | gations not in their district. THE grave terror and strove to follow his friends” advice. Thursday night he went to sleep in the | His 1 Carlton House, 405 Kearny street room was as secure as a life-timer's and in one of his hands he held t handles of an old carpet bag, used fft years before by his father. He went to sleep thinking of burglars; he dreamed of burglars. and when woke shortly after 10 o'clock cold shivers were plaving ta on ‘his vertebrae. His forenead smarted and a few beads of blood stood out from the flesh - “Great Scott!" he shouted, “they have tried to kill me for my gold.” Terrifi he burst the door open and dashed dow stairs, out through the door and along Kearny street in an_almost nude condi- tion. A great crowd gathered as he screamed for the poll Patrolmen Frank Engel and William Hines respond- ed and listened to th, 's o y found that the mar consisting of 38 75, remaincd in the grip, and that the room had been securely locked when he awoke. As the mystery of the wound deepened Officers Allen Frary, Frank MeGrayan and “Con” Carroll were detailed by Ser geant Duncan of the Californfa-street police station to assist in solving the problem.” Two questions could not be an- swered: “What produced the wound on TRADES AN SIGHT OF GORE SPURRED THIS FARMER TO ACTION B R R LA S "MURDER! " ROBBERS!” N GEE iR povr /| esELr vy THET ERE e kA o minE? [ { s w'; =) ¥ - L 4 . L 3 - L 4 - ® . ® b4 $ * ® B * * L 4 * L 4 - ® * & . > . L 4 - ® - sierese® How did the mur- = \pe hed for clews with the erlock Holmes. With scanned every footprints., d and pulled the McGrayan, who has veral terms on the squad in looked for secret panels. were carefully cut out f wall paper and preserved = used as evidence must have opened a hatchway in nd dropped something on him.” rroll. “It was a cowardly act.” 4 1l be something drop on us all if we don’t unravel this mysterious case,” decided Frary as h cov- ered with dust, aft av ed the transom. Few more words were s Each man was too busy with his own thoughts which were of broad sergeant’s stri and short coats. Meanwhile Gann stood in his scant attire and shivered. After an hour’s in jon the truth dawned upon . Gann_ had scratched himself, while asleep, with his ring and his fears, born in country life, did the rest. The patrol wagon drove the policemen back to the station and each called the other a fool. D DEALS NOW NOT POSSIBLE Republicans Prepare a Plan of Campaign That Will Prove N AKLAND, July 13.—The Republican county campaign was launched i Alameda County yesterday by the actlon of the Republican County Central Committee, which fixed the pla for the conventi and the primaries. The launching was not accomplished however, without considerable creaking - timbers and groaning in the spirit of con- tending factions. | The fact was that the friends of Con-; gressman Viator H. Metcalf controlled the County Committee and they fixed the plan adopted, by which every district fight was left by itself and trading and combina- tions were made impossible. It has been recognized in Alameda County for many years that trading in conventions was one of the great evils in politics. A man might secure his delesates and go into a 1 | convention applying for some honor and by a trade lose everything. In the past combinations have peen made between | wards and townships to control cony tions by trades to the exclusion of other wards and townships and much bitter | feeling has been engendered tHereby. Can- | didates for district nominations have been at the mercy of trades made between dele- Assembly men and Supervisors and Senators have been nominated by deals between sets of delegates from other parts of the county. | Under the plan adopted vesterday this has all been done away with. Every dis- trict will hold its own convention, Which | is separate and distinct from every other | convention, with a separate meeting | place and 4 separate set of delegates. Un- der this arrangement every candidate stands upon his own popularity in his own district and the results of the pri- | maries will be practically a nomination. Supervisors cannot trade off Assembly- men and Judges cannot trade off the | Supervisors and it resolves itseif to mere- ly a question of whether a man can secure | the delegates from his own district, and if he can he can be nominated without danger of being thrown out by combina- tions. There was a_strong tendency to make combinations throughout Alameda Coun- ty,.the combinations to extend from Con- | gress down to local officers. Those who | esired district nominations were‘seeklng‘ the protection of candidates for Congress | or making combinations with legislative | or supervisorial candidates. " Thinss | threatened to become complicated, for district lines cut across each other in most peculiar ways, and.the County Com- mittee made up its mind to force every local candidate to stand squarely upon | his own merits and do away, once and for all, with trading in conventions. It | was a contest between the friends of Vic- tor H. Metcalf and Henry P. Dalton, in which the Metcalf forces won. The Oakland Enquirer, which is the or- an of Henry P. Dalton and is supporting | Rim Yor & Hepublican nomination, makes this attack upon the action of the Re- | publican County Committee in the issue of this evening: Never has such a spectacle of political job- bery been exhibited In Alameda County as that presented yesterday afterncon at the meeting of the Republican County Central Committee. On former ovcasions there have been incidents | and programmes that have been repudiated by | decent voters at the polls, but the bold raw Work of yesterday afterncon stands unparalleied | in the history of politics in this county. Prom- | ises were broken, decency was cast aside, men | rermitted themselves to be moved about like | pawns on a chess-board, and the only redeem- | fng feature of the repuisive spectacle was the fidelity to decency and to manhood shown by | the minority of the committee. No sooner was the rollcall ended than it was made evident that the County Committee had Already been controlled to do partisan politics of the most offensive character. The resignation of Committeeman Hutton of Berkeley created a vacancy, and at once the gang proceeded to flll it by the election of George D. Metcalf by a vote of § to 5. Under ine leadership of Messrs. Nusbaumer and Frick, the managers of Victor H. Metealf, the programme commenced by putting in Mr. Metcalf’s law partner, the appoinfment of whose son as a cadet to Annapolis was one of Congressman Metcall's first official ts, as a member of the committee, and ended by making the Superlor Judges the sponsors for the party, and putting the judiclary hopelessly into the very vortex of poiities. The most serious aspect, however, whole nefarious business is’ the placing_of the superior bench directly in politics. ‘or the first time the delegates chosen to nominate the two Judges will also name the new County Committec. This makes the two Judges ab- solutely responsible for the party machinery, which cannot but fail to be a position es- pecially repugnant to Judge Ogden, who has always been very positively opposed to doing Politics. Nor can the situation be any more satisfactory to the many friends of Jud; | Ogden, who have become his friends latgely because of the fact that he has persistently refused to allow the ermine to be tainted with the practice of politics. As the matter Is left by the County Com- mittee the judgeships and the County Com- mitteemen are inseparable, and they must | stand or fall together. In other words, a man ho would secure a nomination for the bench must “'do politics™ or lose. The manifest unfairness of the manner in; ot the Fair to All which the Twenty-seventh Senatorial Convention is_called, will appeal w! force to the Republicans of the F sembly Distri The Fifty-first Di have twent votes in at vention and the Fiftieth br cen. two Assembly delegations will constitute the Senatorfal convention, making forty-eight votes. It is seen at a glance that the (wenty- nine votes from the Eifty-first will not oniy name its Assemblyman, but will, without any District special h As- 1 c These | reference to or regard to the Fiftieth District, o name the Senator. This arbitrary blanket- S District rests of it Mr. ROW OVER PROFITS OF IRON FOUNDRY Martin O’Connell Accuses His Part- ner of Misappropriating Funds of Phoenix Works. OAKLAND, July The Phoenix Iron and Structural Works of this city is in- volved in a partnership row which threat- ens to be bitterly fought in the courts. Martin O'Conrnell has accused his part- | ner of misappropriating the funds of the firm and refusing to render an account- ing when requested. He claims that he has been muicted in a considerable sum of money and in a complaint filed In the Superior Court to-day petitions for the dissolution of the copartnership and the appointment of a receiver to take control of the iron works until a final decision ThePhoenix T a 3 oenix ron an Works is a_thriving concern, ‘E;r\;lclt&r:: wronged partner declares. and the Trom' the business are Iarge. Since the copartnership was formed on May 1, 188, a large amount of money has passed through the hands of the firm, the ac- counts of which have been kept by Hen- neberry. According to O'Connell his time during the past year has been spent away from the works, it being necessary for him to superintend outside work and make bids for contracts. During his absence, he says, his partner, Henneberry, collected money which he kept and for which he made no accounting. The complainant also accuses his partner of threatening to make further coliections and withhold the money. —_——— BOTH WANT TO BE UNIVERSITY TRAINER BERKELEY, July 13.—Considerable in- fluence is being brought to bear upon the Berkeley graduate manager, Reno Hutch- inson, relative to the appointment of a trainer for the football season. The two aspirants, Al Lean and George Huffer- dine, have many friends among the under- graduates and alumni of the University of California, and each is being pushed forward as much as possible. Al Lean had been the athletes’ gulde in training dicipline for two successful sea- | sons, but his contract was not renewed early this year. He was succs Huflerdine, who put. the track team Tn condition and went East with it. Both are good men, though Lean has had con- siderable more experience. Hufferdine was more attentive to his dutles. Manager Hutchinson will not make his choice until college opens, when he will have the advice of all the athletes. oo s »4) s s akland Labor Day. OAKLAND, Jul 13.—The Building Trades’ Council of Oakland has decided to hold an elaborate celebration on National Labor day. Wednesday, September 3. There will be a parade of all the trades unions and a picnic. The following com- mittee is in charge of the arrangemenis for the celebration: F. H. Pratt, W. J. Baccus, J. A. Frates, A. J. Hillan and ¥. J. Newell. amiaiiss it Will Convene September 1. OAKLAND. July 13.—The Democratic County Central Commitiee at a meeting this evening decided to hold the regular county convention on September 1. Tho deiegates will be selected from Assembiy districts _and _will nominate Superior Judgee Supervisors and State Senators. The three Supervisors will be' nominaled by separate convention: 01d Berkeleyan Buried. BERKELEY, July 12.—James Barry, an old resident of Lorin, who died in Sacra- mento last Wednesday, was buried this afternoon from an Oakland undertaker s Hrlon. The interment was held in St. ary's Cemetery. Mr. Barry was 41 years old and had lived in Lorin for twenty years. He leaves two brothers, Harry and David Barry.