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

NEWS OF THE: BaY CATIES. | SEMBLYMAN MEWADE DE GO LAMEDACOUNTY GIVES M'KINLEY INCREASED MAJORITY ' & 4 PouiTics W The PATOCH a SocaLIST N ACTION GEO.E DIST.ATT 1A J.J.ALLEN es for Judges, John Ellsworth an fattos 84, 8, May Mattos 9 May 2%; Washington exceptior figures excep Kelley (R.) 1106 ‘s majority Distr complete show the Fe de (R.) 644 th District seven of eighteen give 5 Bliss 741, y-first District. twelve com- is out of thirty give Foster ci ive inley nets of A ST Me McK an y 1419, District (complete) Forty-seventh District, McW tleth District, first District 1659 N Bliss 1604, Mara 684; Fif Foster 2697, Reboll 894, st T Su- Horner (Rep.) m.) 1113 (complete); Fourth e 2674, Englich 1307, Roeth h District, Mitchell 896, Pelo B18. ges—John Ellsworth (Rep.), Jgden (Rep.), 10,395; W. H . m. partial returns from 118 pre- AY NOVEMBER SNAPSHOTS OF VICTOR H. METCALF. ELECTION SCENES‘ IN EMiL NUSBAUMER., ALAMEDA COUNTY. Wity & CARD. W.BENGLISH SREETED wis FRieNDS CIGAR AND A RAY BAXER TALKS PouTits 10 TWSS LUKENS .. WHEN CONGRESS MAN METCALF WENT powy S THe STREEY Yo woTg _ \| O’Brien (Dem.), 3266; (D: 2892 the church exemption amendment, against, 8353 e 5 HAPPENINGS IN OAKLAND E. A. Holman | places the election officers found voters | waiting at the polls when they arrived at | 6 o'clock to open the booths. THROUGHOUT THE DAY | The Election Was Very Quiet, but | There Were Several Local Fights That Attracted Attention. Nov. 6.—To-day's was probably the quietest that was ever held in | Oakland | cal conte that just broke the awful monotony of the dropping bal- lots, and that was all. Police arrange- ments were perfect and the saloon-closing | |law was rigidly time the pol | turbance an: The vote enforced, and up to the closed there was not a dis- re in the county. ame In early and in many There were a few lo- | The com- muters all voted before they left Oakland for San Francisco and that accounted, in a large measure, for the early voting. It was estimated that by 9 o’clock one-third of the entire vote of the citles of Oak. land, Alameda and Berkeley had been cast and by noontime another third more had found its way into the boxes There were several local fights, despite the fact that there were but two Superior Judges, six Assemblymen, one Senator and three Supervisors to be elected, and of these only the Judges ran at large in the county. In some districts, such as Alameda, the only officers to be voted for were two Judges, an Assemblyman and Presidential Electors. he fights occurred in two Assembly Districts and in each of the three Supers | visorial Districts, the Democrats at. tempting to control the incoming Board of Supervisors, and bending their ener- gles toward an attempt to defeat the Re- publican nominees for the Assembly in | the Forty-sixth and Forty-eighth dis- tricts, where there was Republican dis- affection. In the Forty-sixth District a fight was made against John G. Mattos Jr.. the Re- publican nominee for the Assembly. be- cause he i of Portuguese descent. There was also disaffection upon the part. of Deputy County Clerk J. C. Crooks of Haywards, who was defeated by Mattos, and the friends of Mattos claim that Crooks made an effort to defeat his suc- cessful opponent. A strong effort was | made by the party managers to elect Mat- | tos because of the great influence that he wields among his countrymen In the For ighth Assembly District a fight was made against Joseph M. Kelly, the Republican nominee, because of factional differences in the Repub- ort of Burns during the last Senatorial fight. Had it not been for Kelly’'s Burns in the district. Many Republicans re- fused to vote for him because of this and some refused to vote for an Assem- | affilliation he would have had a walkover | Pouiceman lican party and because of Kelly’s sup- | i t agains been fighting been fighting Churel has threatened tha this election he will run against Church two year Church took advantage of a Burns sentiment in the di s very bitter. All of arty managers to hea were unavailing. The Democrats made an attes in each of the three Supervi tricts. In the First District C. F e Republican nominee, had to h Thomas D. Wells of Dublin fight was made upon clean lines a candidate manfully appealed . The was in the Fourtn “ouncilman H D. Rowe was the Repyblican nom In this district the Demoecrats nomin. John M glish, the only member of t English family_who has never held office. Charles Roeth, the incumbent, who was defeated at the primaries by Rowe, ran as an Independent, and Walter Tii- fany, the master mechanic of the O: land Transit Company Iso ran in pendently. Roeth and Tiffany both d ing from the Republican nomines gave the Democrats great hope. Late last nigh the word was passed down the lin 3 a certain element in the Republican party who wished to defeat Rowe to v¢ English. The desire was to defea at any cost and it was estimates English had the best chance. This like that In the Forty-elghth A for oW Distifct, was a factional jne in the Re- pablican party In the Fifth District W. S. Pelouze. Republican ’ John Mitchell, and Thomas ( gathered some hope from that fact Otherw the election was all one way, and that way was Republica Congressman Victor H. Mectealf principal figure upon the streets of Oa land to-day. His magnificent campaign for the entire Republican ticket had tracted widespread atter ever he went he was the recipien 7 congratulatory compliments. He voted early and then made a round of the cen tral precincts on foot in company with Emil Nusbaumer, T. T. Dargie and Coun- ty Expert E. B. Buliock. Mr. Metcal modestly disclaimed any credit for his wonderful campalgn, saving that it was no more than he ought to do. but never- theless it Is generally conceded that much of the Republican success in the Third District is due to his efforts. Some slight confusion was created by the new election law_and two prominent gentlemen, John A. Britton, president of the Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Com pany, and Willlam G. Henshaw, president of the Union nk of S: votes from having rem piration of the time allowed by law. candidate suffered in _the same way Joseph Humphrey, the Prohibition candi- date for the Assembly in the Fiftieth As- sembly District, lost his vote by removing and not being able to reregister. — - BERKELEY UPHOLDS McKINLEY Town Gives President 1069 Plurality. Fight for Police Judge. BERKELEY, Nov. 7, 1:15 a. m.—There was one local fight In Berkeley tracted nearly as much attention as that for President. It was the fight for Police that at- | OoF THE BAY CITIES. SiLL IN THE QUIET STE\WARD . Judge. dropr Gentry and W Kinley : ority QUIET ELEmO;I DAY PASSED AT BERKELEY President Wheeler Discovers He Is Registered Twice and Votes in Wrong Precinct. BERKELEY, Nov. 6.—A v n was 1in t t as large in a e was unusua lots being cast McKINLEY VOTE IN OAKLAND. Nearly Complete Returns Show Re- publican Majority to Be 3267. OAKLAND, Nov. 7.—Complete and city at ex. stve Ten precinc te out of for in the city of Alameda give McKinley Bryan 383, Metcalf 1241, Freeman & % - o | Wow THE ATHEN AN CLUS BecoanTED €O BRACTON'S | | | i | # 3 s s SCHOOL BOARD | ILLS VACANCY Attorney Fred L. Button| Chosenin Placeof Robert 3 M. Price. —— | Oakland Office 8an Francisco C The Board of s elected Fred L. Button, yrney of this city, to be a Bchool Director in place of Robert who has resigned because he Alaska to attend to business s made further m)sgr—rfl"n: quiring teachers in the pub- | - in Alameda Count the in Oakland. adopted to prevent teach- in San Tancisco. DI field cortended that under schers could reside in portions ( much more remote d than San Francisco. He as t in favor of continuing the n now in force The ard hes directed that fire drills | ¢ made compulsory in every school in the The of the Bchool Department of Ga for the school children’s do- natior to the relief of the stricken ¢ . ® have been formally ac-| e ——e————— Preparing for Long Nights. LA 6 —The Oakland Gas, »mpany has leased fro nd Transit Company the power- Fortieth and Grove streets. It d through the winter months he purpose of increasing the power < ~ lighting company, Which will be pressed for light on account of the drain of an increasing business and the OAKLAND, Nov Light ie: kla se at e | bangers. ing of the towns of Emeryville and FEROCIOUS BULLDOG NEARLY KILLS A HOB.EE‘ Was Beaten Into Insensibility Before He Would Loose His Hold. ELMHURST, Nov. 8.—A ferocious bull- dog belonging to Albert Barker attacked horse that was staked out in a field and before he was beaten off killed the animal. The dog » horse’s forelegs with his uried deep in the flesh and would though the horse with his bur- nd reared all over the field, ring up the stake that held him In his rantic efforts to shake his antagonist off. The owners of the animals came to the rescue at last, b hey had to beat (he dog into Insens - before he let loose his hold. The : was badly torn. Barker's bulldog has been a menace to e neighborhood for some time. A few ago he got loose and chewed up two ble hunting dogs. DAMAGING FIRE AT ALAMEDA. valual Business Places on Park Street Suffer | From a Big Blaze. ALAMEDA, Nov. 6.—Park visited by a disastrous blaze which broke cut this morning about half-past 1 o’clock in the rear of the bullding occupied by Heritage & Gage, painters and paper Buildings from 1334 to 1342, with a frontage on Park street of about 125 feet, were destroyed. These alone, it is | estimzted, were worth $13,000. Add to this the loss on burned stores and offices and the total Joss will probably come near $35,000. Charles F. Fischer's plumbing’ shop was viped out. ere was no insurance 0o The loss Is calculated to be §1200. Fischer owned the buflding occupled by Heritage & Gage. It was well covered by insurance, Bruns & Strunz, coal and hay dealers, lost about . Five of their horses were burned to death. A. V. caster owned the buflding. It was an old affair. The loss may reach $1500. S. L. Potter's building. which cost $8560 when he beught it last spring from Mrs. Caro- line Stephenson, will have to be rebullt. street was stock and fixtures in the | | 1t was insured for $5000. Herman Unna’s restaurant in this structure was damaged | to the extent of $1400. He carried $500 in- surance. Howard & Reynolds, butchers, figure their loss to be about $1000, with $850 insurance. Dr. C. H. Lubbock’s office and library in the Potter building were de- | stroyed; loes $1000, with $500 insurance. | Dr. W, H. Robinson, in the same building, lost about $750 in instruments and dentai supplie: He had $500 insurance. M. Stumpf's shoe shop also went up In smoke. The origin of the fire is not known. The water supply was inadequate and the fire department was badly handicapped. i S 1 S i IRVING SCOTT CONTEST AWARDS ARE MADE Students of the University Who Ex- cel in Literary Ability Are Given Prizes. BERKELEY, Nov, 6.—The winners of the Trving M. Scott prize literary contests for the University of California were an- nounced to-day. They are as follows: Stories—First prize (§25), “A Matter of State,” by Richard Walton Tully; two | second prizes ($15), ““The Guile of Gibbs," Gadals, and “A Temp- arten i by Martha Nancy tation In the Wilderness,” by John M. Newkirk; third prize ($10), “Naja, Harley M. Leete; vignette (810), “My C: ress Tree' by Harriet Howe. Poems. irst_prize ($1)) “The Farallones,” Mar- tha ancy Gaddis; two second prizes (37 50), “8imon Magus,"” by Stanley Co | hill, and “What Gift {s Thine, O Earth, by Margaret Trofli. The judges were Professor Charles Mills Gayley, Professor Isanc Flagg, Professor T, F. Sanford, D. Winter ang the editor of the Occident, Alexander Gordenker. The stories and poems will be published in the Occident, the college weekly. This | is the third contest in which Mr, Scott has given the prizes. | ALMOST COMPLETE RETURNS. | McKinley’s Majority Is 6764 and | That of Metcalf 63486. | OAKLAND, Nov, 7, 2:45 a. m.—Complate returns from Alameda County, except {hirteen out of 141 precincts give McKin- ley 12815, Bryan 6151. McKinley's majo itv. 6764 Metcalf 12.478, Freeman Metcalf's majority 6346, WEDDED DESPITE ML HIS DENINLS Pitcher Moskiman Became a Benedict but Tried to Conceal It. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Nov. 6. In spite of the demals frequent and long and loud by “Dr.” Willlam Moski- man, Oakland star baseball pitcher, the truth is that the genial twirler was wedded last Friday at Stockton to Miss | Cathertne Sarsfield, daughter of Dr. J. P. Sarsfleld of this city, and a fellow student with the-amiable “doctor” at a medical college In San Francisco. The wedding was celebrated at Stockton, Jus- tice of the Peace Parker officiating. Whether the affalr was an elopement everybody interested declines to admit, but there was enough secrecy malntain to lend color to the story, and Moski- man’s busy denials have added to the sus- picion. In the face of these denfals the affalr gained much more notoriety among his friends than it would have had the voung medical student not attempted to conceal the facts. The original report was that Moskiman had married a Miss Catherine M. Cum- mings of St. Helena. In a search for the actual conditions the identity of the real bride was disclosed. The young people have been much in each other's company and now that the real bride is known there will be no sur- prise among their friends. The mystery of the affair was heightened because the bride’s name was given as “Cummings,” in an effort to conceal her identity. She used her mother's meziden name, — Charter for Medical College. "] OAKLAND, Nov. 6.~The Oakiand Col- lege of Medicine, which was recently or- ganized by a number of prominent Ala- meda County physiclans, is in receipt of its charter from the Secretary of State. The work of organizing the college can now go on without delay. It is proposed to make the new institution one of the foremost on the coast. ————— TO REOPEN THE SCHOOL OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE Children From Public Schools and Orphanages Given Free Tutel- age in Home Work. OAKLAND, Nov. 6.—The School of Do- mestic Science has removed to 1265 Frank- lin street with a free class of sixteen pu- plls, selected from the Temescal Home, the Harrison and Tompkins schools, West Oakland Home, Adyentist Home and Miss Holly's Mission. The school will open Thursday. Lessons in all the departments of domestic activity will be given during the afternoons to_the free puplls. Petersen, emulated the famous Black Bart by doinflthu highwayman act, three boys older than themselves being the victims. The boys were armed with wooden pistols which they shoved into the faces of their victims. The yleld con- sisted of pocket knives, etc. Petersen is the son of a policeman and Dean is the son of the policeman’s neighbor. The in- fluence of their fathers saved the boys from punishment. —_—e———— Picture for the Library. OAKLAND, Nov. 6.—The committee having in charge the subscription for the urchase of a_Yelland picture for the Free library, atter looking over the Yel- land collection, have decided that the scene “Where Sluggish Tides Creep In" is the one most appropriate for the pur- ose. The committee consists of Mrs, mma Shafter Howard, C. Chapell Jud- son and Librarfan Greene, —— e ‘Well Water Pure. OAKLAND, Nov. 6.—City Chemist J. S. Burd, who has made an analysis of the robber On Saturday, November 24, a special demonstration on Thanksgiving dishes wiil be given in the cooking school. ———— Emulated Black Bart. OAKLAND, Nov. 6-—Two boys less| than 12 years old, Miiton Dean and Ulric | water from the test wells at Roberts Landing, reports that the product is con- sidered organically pure. The report also says that the water from the wells bored by Captain Roberts indicates seepage from the bay. It was found that this water decreased after pumping. ———————— SAYS SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD BE CENSURED Councilman Mott Protests Against Pledging the Council to Meet High School’s De- ficit. OAKLAND, Nov. 6.—The City Councfl has adopted a resolution to the effect that it will meet a $15,000 deficit in the High Bchool fund when that deficit all occur. The Board of Education has incurred a prospective deficit larger than this amount by $61,000 because it Insisted upon estab- lishing two High Schools {n thig city. I opposing the adoption of this resolution Councilman Frank K. Mott said: “It {8 well understood how and why this deficit will occur. The Counell disap- roved of the manner in which this e ciency was created by the Bourd of Bda. cation, yet the adoption of the resolufon virtually indorses the action of the board, Its adoption practically establivkes ¢ pre- cedent by which the Board 5f Education mAay ineur any expense it pleases with th knowledge that the Council approves it. “I am in receipt of additional statistics from High Schools in other cities which rove that the cost of the Oak chools is excessive. In some & is almost double that of other cities [ can name. Cities on this coast, too, that have a population as great, if not greater. than Oakland. I believe the Counch should first ass a resoluti»n censuring the Board of ducation, ther if a deficit arises meet it as the necessity Is apparent.” Councilman Edwin Meese declared the adoption of tho resolution would be farci- cal, as the present City Council would be oul of office before the deflcit will have been created. “For this Council to pass a res~lution binding the action of a future Couacil is absurd,” declared the Councilman. The vote on_the resolution was as fol- lows: Ayes—Barstow. Lemmon, Rowe Stetson, Taylor and Upton. Noes- -Motr Meese and Schaffer. Absent—Cuvellier and Girard. B0YS AND GIRLS SHVE ORPHANAGE Young Inmates of the Fred Finch Home Fight a Dangerous Fire. U X Oakland Office San Franctseo Call 1118 Broadway, Nov. 6. There was a panic this morning at the Fred Finch Orphanage at Fruitvale mong scores of little inmates who were driven out, half-naked, b destroyed one of the buil grounds. The blaze started the gaso- line engine house about & o'clock Boys from the orphanage to the upper Fruitvale fireh an alarm. They found no bell rope to work. To reach the tall bell tower the youngsters climbed like monkeys up the sides of the building. over the slippery roof and then clanged the bell for dear life. Fruitvale storekeepers came to the res- cue. WIith fire extinguishers they has- tened to the orphanage. Neighbors turned out and with the larger boys and irls and officers of the place formed a ucket brigade. A large outbuilding adjoining the engine house was stored with gasoline. To save this structure and its inflammable con- tents was the work of the volunteer corps It was saved and a serious spread of the flames to the main buflding and dormi- tories was prevented. The loss was not serfous. There were scores of children in the main road bare- footed In fheir night clothes just as they had been hurriedly aroused from their beds. As soon as the fire had been checked the little ones were sent quickly back to warm shelter Had there been unfavorable conditions as to wind the buildings would have been destroyed In & short time,