The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1902, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1902 JURY OF JUDBES - ACQUITS DALTON Pronounce Him Guiltless of Intent to Mulet | the County. Assessor Retains Fees, but Court Holds He Cem- mitted No Wrong. PRSI Office of San Francisco Cail, 1118 Broadway, April 21 or Dalton was acquitted office this afternoon by was convened 1o accusation brought against him County Clerk Crane. cquitted Dalton of any intent to county out of money due its was read at the end of the | Melvin, and it was con- ! Judges Ogden, Ellsworth b llowing is the language of | Court finds that the defendant aid neglect to pay over to tne r portions of the several ney charged in the ac-| » have been retained by him, | t ined the same openly and | v claim of right and S made in good Court further finds and | defendant is not guilty charged in the accusa- | in the case did The prosecutio: and the defense | 1 ey de Golia for on Deputy Aud- tell about Dal- nt -for poll tax fees t he collected from the city rolls the last v Dalton had set- cted from the city Vv $4087 in ac- on of Judge not al- recent dec Whidden's 2 the 5 testi- »secutior Attor- mo k the stand 1o Mr| Dalton to question as to to corroborate all that He told about writing r in the State to regard 1o fees. that he had a He denied that to wrongfully re- Dalton to the s submitted by the w that Dalton had used by the county | ment rolls and Dal- the short arg d to show that of malfeasance smething knowing wful. Attorney Fitzge to let t to the after a | e Court ren- County Roads Improved. Board ¢ that ement of the county that many pegple ared the poor e urban distric com et S Petitions in Insolvency. s nsolvency were filed yes- ct Court Reichenberg, San Francisco, li 1 Mac- biliti Dunlap and Boyle Held. a s x Commissioner Hea- a Dunlap Thomas ore the charged with stea from the Mare ir bail was fixed Joseph Cairn Simpson Il ¢ Simpson of the one bes: known w trott eet, Dakland, by is deemed . preca & ause of his advanceq | e Licensed to Marry. OA N Ap Licenses to i ere ay to Joseph R. Pe g Pearl Rutherford, 19, Peter Belie Henrichs, Harlocker, $100,000 $100,000; ¢ Symondson, weak, nervous, exhausted, all out of sorts. Over- worked nerves are always irritable and restless. The eyelids twitch, the stomach rebels, the brain is fogged, and the heart is unsteady. Stop the waste of nerve- force. Stimulate digestion, strengthen the nerves, and replenish the vital power. “Failing strength had reduced my vital grip brought on bronchitis Pills worked 2 complete cure.” | Mes. J. I HarwreLL, East Atlanta, Ga. | Nervine| is a perfect restorative for the weak, the tired, the feeble and the run-down. “* Sold by druggists on guarggtee. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart Ind. | Ma The | lax unon W ORKLAND ELKS - 10 HOLD FAIR City Council Gives Lodge the Privilege to Use Streets. Twelve ‘Blocks in Center of City to Be Taken Up ‘ ‘With the Display. Oakland Office San. Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 21 The Elks' street fair was launched to- night, when the City Council and the yor formally granted Oakland Lodge of that order the use of twelve blocks of streets for the purpose of their fair in | June. From now on the lodge and the com- mittees that have been placed in charge of the affair will bend their energies to- ward making this the greatest success that Oakland has attempted in the way of displays. The pepple of Oakland and San Fran- a\k read about street fairs for sev- ars, but this is the first cpportu- that the residents of the bay section e had to witness such an event.q The location granted to-night is admira- ble. It includes all of the streets from [ to Castro and from Twelfth to | Ninth. This will give all of the grounds in the rear of the High School, and with the beautiful Lafayette square in the cen- ter. The streets will be inclosed with a board fence running along the outer curb, and as 1wo square blocks of land within this territory are city property, the park and the high school property, this can be done without cutting off any resident from his { home, and will give a_very large space for concessions and exhibits. It is pro posed to open the fair on June 14, as the public schools close on June 13. It wili { run for from eight to ten days, as the at- tendance warrants. Arrangements have already been made for excursions from all of the interior towns of Alameda County, San Jose, Stockton, Sacramento, Santa Rosa and other cities, so that more than one-half of the total population of the State will be given an opportunity to visit the fair. 8ix of the twelve blocks secured will be ! devoted to concessions for amusements and = refreshments, and the other six blocks will be given over to exhibits of goods. It has been three vears since Oakland has had an exhibit of any kind. — CHICAGO WINS OPENING GAME FROM ST. LOUIS PHILADELPHIA, - April 21.—Pitcher Dono- var was responsible for Brooklyn's defeat to- | day. In the first inning he gave four bases on Lalls. kit safely four times and made a wild throw. Attendance, 3016. Score: R. H. E. Brooklyn .........100000010 6 5 Philedelphia 24200002008 13 2 Batteries—Donovan, White and Dorn Philadelphia 1 . Winham and Ahearn; Earped runs—Brooklyn. 1, Three-base hit—Dayton, ses on called balls—Off Donovan 6, off White off Winham 2. Strugk out—By Donovan 1, ite 4. by Winham 3. Umpire—Brown. _NEW YORK. April 21.—New York defeated ston at the Polo Grounds. Matthewson was the box for the home téam and acquitted creditably. except In the sixth inning, The New Yorks batted Atlendance, 5500. Score: R. H. E. when he was wiid. Hale freely 0000030008 & o -10021020x—6 13 _ 2 Kittredge: Matthewson Delehanty, Jack- 3 on balle—Off ‘Mat- 3. off Hale 4. Struck out—By Mat- n 7. by Hale 1. Umpire—O Day. . LGO, April 21.—TlLe National Leagliers ned here with a close but interesting game locale won by bunching hits in the second and Yerkes' gift and two fuy eigh Afttendance, 5000. Score: e ik 34 R H. E. 03000001 x4 6 1 110000010—3 *9 3 ylor and Chance: Yerkes and hits—Farreil, Donovan, truck 5, by Yerkes 4. Bases on_called_balls off Yerkes 6, Umpire—Emslie. —— King Edward’s Third Levee. LONDON, April 21.—King Edward held his third levec to-day at St. James Pal- to which he procesded for the first ace. { time from Buckingham Palace. The lcvee w s moderatély attended. Unite s bassador Choate and the biher e bers of the United Sttes Embassy were among the diplomats present, Otherwise no Americans were presented to his Maj- | esty. American Artist Is Honored. . April 21.—The Minister of In.- struction, Dr. von Hartel, has_conferred the great gold staats medal upon Walter Macewen, the American artist, for his picture called “The Ghost Stor: it ety Baptism of Baby Castellane. PARIS, April 2L.—The third son of Count and Countess Boni_di Castellane, who was born April 14, has be 2 o D has been bap — Secretary Root at Havana. HAVANA, April 2.—Elihu Root, the | Secretary of War, and his family arrive { here to-day. By PORTLAND, April 21.—Seventy-five leather workers. struck to.dey for an increase in | wages. SAN BERNARDINO, April 21.—Rudolph Ruttledge to-day was sentenced to elght years' Folsom for rorgery. 25 by Judze Brown out of season, NO, Anril 21.—The Woodmen of the s campalgn for candidates resulted in obligating 659 recruits. of which numher the local camp sunplied 198, VER, April 21.—The Denver Times was 3 s0ld by its bondholders for £110,000, Davig H Moffatt, president of the First Na- tional Bunk, being the purchaser. SYDNEY, N. 8 W. April 21.—Bubonic plague has appeared among the Wallaby (smaller kangaroos) in the zoological gardens here, which have been ed to the public, LAKE CHARLES, La., April 21.—Tae jury in the case of Ward Batson, charged with the murder of the Earl family, has returned a ver. dict of murder in the first degree. The penalty CHICAGO, A 1.—The Vincennes apart- ment hotel, Thirty-sixth street and Vincennes avenue, was destroyed by fire this afternoon. All the occupants escaped In safety, Loss, £150,000, 5 OPEKA, Kans.. April 21.—D. W. Dunnett, an attorney of Hutchinson, Kane, dropped dead in the Federal Court here at 1:30 thus afterncon while arguing a case before Judge LOS ANC April 2 United States Deputy Marshal Christian has returned from £an Uiego with ten Chinese, who Wwere cap- tured in the south while attempting to evade the Geary act BACRAMENTO, April 21.—Minot C. Young w to-day held to answer to the Superior Court for mkllns,l r:wmemuu assault with an devine, c s Bl At S an old citizen. Bail BAKERSFIELD, April 21.—The boand directors of the Bakersield Fagles’ Tl ang { Opera-house Company has incorporated, with a capital stock of $50,000. will be constructed, TACOMA, April —Andrew Gi 2~ coma has been appointed mper(n?el:;z:to«:r —{he Yellowstone division of the Northern Pacific Railroad, to succeed Newman Kiine, recently transferred to the Pacific diviston, = OREGON CITY, Or., April 21.—Eig - ers in the employ of the Oregon ity Mo facturing Company went on strike to-day on account of e refusal of the them increased wazes, o DonY to Srant BAN JOSE., Abril 21.—The eighter men on the Hillsdale division of the Boatreon Pacific coast line, ¥ho struck for higher wages last weel, returned to work at noon to-day. They claim to have struck under 2 misappre- hension of the general situation LOS ANGELES, April 21.—Ernes was sentenced to six years in San Q.\:Qnmw‘!tg day by Judge Smith. Dowell was implicated with . Anderson Smith in the robbery of a room in the Doty block, from which they took a lot of second-hand clothes. Smith to San Quentin last Saturday. A medern theater | in the doors so they could get at Newton. | mistake of his life.” Fred Farquar of | DOUBLE QUARTET OF GIRLS A'FEATURE OF MAYDAY FETE Preparations for the Coming Carnival at Arbor Villa Are Progressing : Rapidly and the Present Indications Are That the Programme|Martin Syndicate Makes Will Surpass Even the Very Brilliant Success of Last Year 3 £ O 0 ——Wep—0O av /W5 A ' ~ -CAk. 25 0 e - 5 YOUNG SINGERS WHO WILL TAKE PART IN ARBOR VILLA MAY FETE. READING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THEY ARE: UPPER ROW—NANA SWAIN, ALICE MOULD, EDITH SWAIN, HELEN STEWART. LOWER ROW—ALICE SWAIN, JEAN FRASER AND GENEVA PIERRE, AKLAND April 21.—An interesi- ing feature of the appropaching May fete at Arbor Villa will be the singing of several numbers by a double quartet of young girls who have participated in the mu- | sical programme of these garden fetes since their inception six years ago. They are Misses Hdith, Nana and Alice Swain, Helen Stewart, Geneva Pierre, Jean Fra- ser, Alice Mould and, Florence Crancall. Preparations for the fete, which is to be given on May 3, are progressing rap- idly, and present indications are that the rrogramme of general cmusements will surpass even ihe brilliant success of last year. Excellent arrangements have been made for the comfort of guests. The seat- ‘ng capacity will be increased this year, and the musical programme will ‘take place on the porch in front of the house, @ il STRIKERS DENY - STORY OF ROW AT CARHOUSE A fracas of some sort occurred at.the carhouse at Mission and Twenty-ninth streets at 3 o'clock yesterday morning. | According to the statement of an official of the United Railroads, an attempt was | made by several of the striking carmen to attack Motorman J. W. Newton, who took out a car for Manager Vining on Sunday afternoon. The statement of the company’s representative is as follows: This morning, at about 3 o'clock, at ‘the Twenty-ninth and Mission streets carhouse, an alarm was given on the door by a police cfficer and the watchman in the inside of the car- house opened the door. When the door was | opened the policeman pushed in forcibly Motor- man J. W. Newton, as he ‘was being attacked by a mob on the outside. Immediately aftér Newton's entrance into the carhouse the mob began hurling rocks at the windows and doors, { breaking several windows in the front of the carhouse. They then devoted their attention to thé réar of the carhouse and hurled severai rocks against the windows and tried to breaic he employes in the inside of the:carhouse had to hide the man. He was then concealed, so that in case the doors were broken open they would not be able to find him. A short time atter this disturbance Motorman Newton decided that it would be better for him to leave the service of the company and he turned in his badge and buttons and left the premiees. At the present time we do not know his whereabouts. One of the carmen who witnessed the occurrence stated last night that the af- fair was greatly exaggerated. He re- ! marked that Newton was upbraided for TELEGRAPH NEWS, | Sunday in taking out a that “it was the his conduct on car and he admitted a desire to join the union, and during the afternoon he paid his fee and was admit- ted into the ranks of organized lahor. The statement -that violence was. of- fered to Newton is vehemently denied. It is_admitted that hot language was used, but the interferénce of a pollceman, it is claimed, was absolutely unnecessary. The statement that rocks were hurled through windows is denied, and this is supported by the fact that the carhouse windows were intact last night. The strikers ex- press great annoyance at the spread of reports of violence, which, they declare, are absolutely without foundation. LARGE FORCE OF FOLICE FOR CAR BUILDINGS The fact that a large number of men were stationed inside the various car- houses of the Market Street Company and provisioned for a long stay somewhat excited the strikers and po- lice Jast night and all kinds of rumors were afloat. One was to the effect that a large number of men had been brought over from Oakland and that an attempt would be made to start the cars this morning. In_ order to Dbrevent ‘tnis the strikers established a picket line around all the houses. Twenty-four men were stationed at Turk and Fillmore sircets, where the electric cars of the principal lines are housed. All the strikers wore badges and patrolled the streets on which the building is located all night. Anticipating trouble a special detail of fifty officers was sent out to this building under the command of Licutenant Bird- sall. ~‘Similar precautions were taken at the other places where cars are stored. —————— Late Shipping Intelligence. i ARRIVED. b % Monday, Aprit stinr_Grace Dollar, Fosen,. 68 hours s Harbor. Shenandoah, Watts, 32 days from Yokohama. Fre bark - Olivier de Clisson, Rernard, 300 days from Cardiff, via Cayenne 225 doys, hr_Lillebonne,” Jensen, 0. daya from Grays arbor. DOMESTIC PORTS. PORT BLAKELEY—Arrived Avril 21—Ship Kennebec, hence April 11. SBATTLE—Arrived April 21—Stmr Chico, from lAr.;arl-;lrchL kélt-tc. !!x;flm $an Pedro. Arrived April X mr Progreso, . from Trancisca. Fr Sa a1.. trom PORTLAND, Or—Sailed April 21—Schr John A, for San Francisco. FOREIGN PORT. stmr Bear, bence April 16, ‘Beattle; ship Ladakh, from Cardiff. i fled April 21—U S stmr Bear, for Seattle, R e e w a B R S T Newton cxpressed | Raflway ' =0 _that every one.may see and hear. The battle of flowers, which is always one of the prettiest features of the fete, | will take place earlier than heretofore. Gayly decorated booths will be conspic- uously placed about:the lawns and pre- sided over by prominent society maids and matron: Ample provision has been made for the children’s pleasure, and a large number of donkeys and pony carts of every de- scription “will be on hand to carry the little folks around the beautiful grounds. he musical programme will be un- usually good this yvear. In_additlon to the quartet of yourg girls there will be a double quartet from the Orpheus Club, +he Columbia Park Boys' Chorus from San Francisco will be heard, and the famous Berkeley Glee Club will assist, The following ladies will be in charze of the different booths: Merry-go-round—Mrs. J. E. Mc] i LABOR UNIONS READY TO AID THE STRIKERS Local labor organizations are rallying | to the support of the striking car em- plcyes and are signifying their willing- | are coming in datly and we have now nearly all ness to aid them in every way possibie. The Iron Trades Council last night adopt- ed the following resolution: Whereas, The streetcar men of Sun Fran- cisco have demonstrated thelr ability to uphold the principles of trades unionism to the ex- tions which were unjust and unfair to the men of their calling; and Whereas, The request of the streetcar men the right to orgatize into a trade anion ior the purpose of bettering thelr conditions and alleviate the many injustices under which they have been compelled to labor; therefore be it Resolved, by the Iron Trades Council of San Brancisco, That.we heartily Indgrse the action of the streetcar men of this city; and be it further Resolved, That we pledge them our hearty moral and financial supnort to- the extent of our ability; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the Streetcar Men's Union and copies furnished to the press. w McCABE, D. McLENNA, | HARRY GILDEA, R, 1. WISLER, Committee. Printing Pressmen’'s Union No. 24 ex- presses the sympathy of its mergbefs in the following resolutions: Whereas, The streetcar men of San Fran- c1sco have beén subjected by their employers to great hardships fn_the past, being forced to work unreasonable hours for inadequate wages, and the carmen having struck on Saturday, 902, oe it d, That San Francisco Pressmen's Unicn No, 24 denounces the acts of the corpor- aticn against which the carmen are striking, for the exactions imposed upon the carmen of Rl city In the past, and having knowledge of en pre- the jus- the unfortunate conditions of the car vious to the strike and being aware of which demands the rallway managememt re- fuses to give even a hearing, moral and financlal support to the striking car- men, and the members of this union pledge themselves to use every meins in their power to assist the Carmen’s Union in gaining for its members the demands made upon the streetcar companies, to the end that the carmen may at- tain the industrial and soclal independence which their demands call for and which are the least that could be desired from every stand- point of fairness and good citizenship to be en- joyed by free men in a free country. 7 Al SRl AGED HORSES ARE PRESSED INTO SERVICE * The business of the Society. for the Pre- vention cf Cruelty to Animals has re- ceived a sudden &nd altogether unex- pected hoom as a result of the street rafl- way strike. Sunday and yesterday all of the officers of the society were kept busy inspecting the condition of horses used in the various kinds of vehicles pro- vided for the transportation of people who live beyond walking distance of the center of the city. Secretary Holbrook says that the character of the horses used for this purpose is as nondescript as_the vehicles they draw. Every horse that can by any means get over the ground has been hitched to something on wheels in an effort to muke some profit out of the general public in- convenience, The officers of the soclety have stopped scores of conveyances drawn by worn-out or crippled horses and_taken tlie animals to stables, where i may recuperate. AL e S aui e L Thomas Now Sausalito’s Mayor. SAUSALITO, April 21,.—The new Board of Town Trustees took the oath of office to-night. Jacques Thomas was unan- imously elected Mayor. The board dis- pensed with City Attorney Meldon's ser- vices and appointed Attorney L. C, Pls- tolesi in his place. the poolroom licénse from $300 to { quarter, taken by the old becard at fits | last meetlnf. c was reconsldered, and the ense to be charged laid over. : % Fa . - Cleopatra II Runs Third. PARIS, . IArDrll 211—“/';’ K. le:\flqrbllt'l Cleonatra came in third to- th u:o for the Prix des Amazones |.¥ e Cloud meeting. amount of 1 tent of retusing to longer work under condi-Y for shorter hours and a just compensation and | tice of the demands made upon the employes, to | San Francisco | Printing Fressmen’'s Union No. 24 tenders its | The action Increasing | $1500 per e St. | X S 4 Guy Earl, Mrs. Witcher and Mrs. Boone. Tea houge—Mrs. E. C. Willlams, Mrs. War- ren Olney. Mrs. ncer Brown, . M. ‘Walsh, Mrs. J. R. Burnham, Mrs. Wil d Bar- ton, Mrs. Harry Meck, Mrs. astland. Icecream booth—Mrs. T. Coogan, Mrs. ‘William Letts Oliver. Candy booth—Mrs. Egbert Stone, Mrs. F. M. Dunwoody, Miss de Fremery, Miss Gage. Whip sale—Mrs. Albert Miller, Miss Annie Miller. Flower booth—Mrs. Charles Minor Goodall, Mrs. E. F. Cotton, Miss Young, Mrs. R. G. Brown, Miss Florinne Brown and Miss May Young: Fortune telling—Miss Campbell and Mrs. W. F. Noyes, Soda water—Mrs, Harry Gordon, Miss Miner, Mrs, Wilson and Mrs. Harry East Miller. Lemonade booth—The Misses Mona, Laura, Jane and Ethel Crellin. Donkeys and pony carts—Mrs. Thomas Crel- iln, Mrs. E. F. Taylor and Mrs. W, T. Veitch. Gates—Mrs. E. B. Beck, Mrs. Gordon M. th, Mrs. | Stolp, Mrs. R V. Gorrill and Mrs. Morrls. oot il @ | |MEN OF OTHER BRANCHES SEEK TO RENDER AID President Cornelius said last night: The situation remains unchanged. More men the carmen in the city in our union. The men of the California and Union-streets lines are Jjoining, but we have no intention of calling them out, although they are in full sympathy with us. 'We haye had applications from other branches of the raflroad work comnected with the Market-street system asking permission to join with us. The men that are applying are the electriclans, repairers and those In other branches not as yet organized or affiliated with any other union. We are enroliing these at present fn our union, but may make some other disposition of them after the controversy s set- tled. But as long as they are car employes they are entitled to admission under oug char- te T We have had no conference to-day with the managers of the United Raflroads companies. We are sending out our fen to protect their porperty and are doing all we can to maintain an honorable and péaceful attitude. In response to a letter from H. P. Thrall, superintendent of the Rallway Mail Serv- ice, which also includes the street railway mal! cars, President Cornelius has ad- dressed a letter to him, in which he says that “There is not the slightest purpose on the part of ourselves or any of our members to In any wise interfere with the trasmission of the United States mails, or to commit any offense against the laws of the United States or ary other laws, for that matter.”” The request is a.so made that no discrimination be shown be- tween the rallway company and its strik- ing employes In the matter of Federal in- terference. PR LABOR COUNCIL MAY INDORSE THE ST..JKE TO-DAY The San Francisco Labor Council has calied a speclal meeting for to-night, at which it is expected some decisive action will be taken with reference to the strike of the streetcar employes. At the meet- ing of the executlve committee of that body heid yestergay the foilowing call was issued: Labor Counell Rooms, 927 Market street, April 21, 1902.—To the Officers and Delegates of the San Francisco Labor Council: Your ex- ecutive comiMittee met in speclal session at 11 a. m., this dace, and decided to call a special meeting of the San Francisco Labor Council tor Tuesday night, April 22, You are theretore no- tified to come to this meeting, to be held at 800 Market street, Pythian Castle, commencing . m. Fraternally vours, R W, i1 GOFF. Chairman. . ROSENBERG, Secretary. g?muve Committee San Francisco Lafbor Council. The importance of an indorsement of the ulrlk: by the Labor Council 15 geu- erally recoguized by the striking carmen, and every effort will be made to secure that recognition at the meeting to-day. 1t is hoped by the carmen thdt such in- dorsement, if made, will resuit in con- certed action by the employérs of labor in the interests of the strikers and there- by bring the strike to a speedy conclu- sfon. o officers of the bor Council have already expressed themselves as be- ing in favor of a reselution indorsing the strike and calling upon the public gen- erally for its suoport. —_— e BOB FITZSIMMONS POSTS FORFEIT IN NEW YORK L.OS ANGELES, April 21.—James J. Jef- fries to-day received a telegram from Fitzsimmons advising him that a forfeit of $2500 had been posted with a New York newspaper and asking the champion as | to_his opinion on bids for tha fight. Fitzsimmons asks Jeffries what he thinks of the National Sporting Club's offer of a $15,000 purse and $1000 each for expenses. Tn speaking of said: 1 am gldd Fitzsimmons is coming down to business.” 1 shall post my forfeit immediately. As to tho National Sporting Club's offer, I don't 1ike it @ little bit. We can get more money in this country. appreciate the offer of twice this amount by a Los Angeles club. T have no idea where the flght will occur. but California seems to be the only avallable field in this country. - The Century Club of Los Angeles is not vet out of the race and may offer a large gum for a fight tul;‘zhe Fourth of July, ut as yet nothing deéfinite is known. the telegram Jeffries TAKES OPTION O 1S WORKS Offer to . Oakland Company. Shaqeholdefs Are Given Until September to Deposit Stock. Oakland Qffice San Franeisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 21 Sale of the Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company to the California Gas and Electric Company, the syndicate headed by John Martin which controls.the Bay Counties Power Company, has been rec- ommended for consummatjon to the stockholders of the Oakland Company by its board of directors. The Martin syndi- cate has offered $70 a share for the stock, has deposited a $100,000 bond on the option and is ready to complete the deal if the stock shall be deposited by September 1 in escrow with the First National Bank of San Francisco. The offer the syndicate has made is about $13 above the present quoted mar ket price for Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company’s stock, and it is about $20 above the rate which prevailed prior to the opening of negotiations of purchase. These have been in hand for several months, but not until to-day was the status of the transactions officially made pubiic. The option of the San Francisco syndi- cate on the Oakland Company’s stock runs until March 1, 1904, so two years can elapse before the completion of the sale. President John A. Britton of the Oakland corporation announced to-day that the offer of purchase: would not involve any change in the present management, of which he has been the executive head for years. President Britton’s Statement. He also said: Nothing has as yet been done toward ascer- taining the desires of the stockholders in this matter of sale. but all of the circumstances sur- rounding the tender appear so favorable that it has been decided that the best interests.of the company be served by an acceptance of the offer, O course, the action of -the directors is merely advisory, final decision resting with the helders of the shares of stock. The California Gas and Electric corporation Dbas deposited with the Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company a bond in $100,000 covering the option. Should thfs offer be accepted by the stockholders by the deposit of a sufficient num- ber of shares in escrow the San Francisco cor- poration will have until March 1, 1904, in which to take up the stock. Meanwhile no change of management is i minent. The very favorable management the companies in California now operated by tho syndicate is a sufficient indlcation that the -knewn and liberal policy of the Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company's management will be continued, if not enlarged. Must Deposit the Stock. The capital stock of the company is 50,000 shares, held by 275 different people. The di- rectors jointly do not hold more than one-twen- tleth of the stock. In order that the sale shall be effected at lcast 51 per cent of the stock shall be In deposit by September 1. The offer is for cash, The Stock of the Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company has been quoted of late at $56 to $55. Monthly dividends of 25 cents a share are paid. The bonded debt is $949.000. The present officers and di- rectors are: President, John A. Britton; | Thomas Crellin, James Moffitt, H. G. Hedges and John G. Wright. A The Martin syndicate has besides the Bay Countles Power Company control of the old San Francisco and North Pac ic | Coust Rallroad and lighting plants in San | nta Rosa, Napa. Woodland, e s Fresno, Nevada City and Grass Valley. The ©akland company furnishes gas and clectricity to Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda. e e e DECLARES WIFE-BEATER TO BE A COWARD Folice Judge Smith Expresses His Opinion of Men Who Abuse Women. OAKLAND, April 21.—“A man who beats a woman, particularly when that woman is his wife, is a coward and de- serves no lenient treatment at the hands of_this court or of any other. to-day sentenced Willlam _Sinkiwitz to pay 1 $200 fine or go to jail for 100 days. g;nklwlu had beaten his wife severely because she refused to tell him the hid- | ing ~ ace of a purse in which she had a| sma.. sum stored away against hard times. The accused husband pleaded that he was drunk and did not know that he had maltreated his spouse. On that score he pleaded for a light sentemce: but Judge Smith erate wife-beaters. Thomes Hobson. SAN JOSE, Avril 21.—Thomas Hobson, | a pioneer resident of this city, died sud- denly this morning at his residence on St. James street. He was sitting in a chair before the fire. when a pain in the heart seized him and_he fell back dead. He was a native of North Carolina and 65 years of age. e Captain Coghlan Promoted. WASHINGTON, April 21.—The Presi- dent to-day sent the following nomina- tions to the Senate: Navy—Captain Joseph Coghlan, rear _admiral: C J. H. Sand admiral; Assistant Surgeon Willia ton, passed assistant surgeen; Joseph R. Ward, chief gunner. 3 e Bakersfield’s Carnival Queen. BAKERSFIELD, April 21.—Miss Te Lacey has been elected queen of the Ba- kersfield free street carnival. rear Gar- Gunner Fall Breaks Boy's Neck. UKIAH, April 2L.—George Spottswood, a 15-vear-old boy, stumbled and fell near Centerville yesterday, breaking his neck. ol Hao e Rathbone Is Released on Bail. HAVANA, April 21.—Former Director of | Rathbone has been re- Posts Estes G. leased on bal Little Dolly—Why fs the hourglass made small in the middle? Little Elsie— To shcw the waist of time, dear.—Ex- change. ! | dent Kahn said | $50,000 on the flatly declared. he could not: tol- to be | e | GHILD UNVEIL MKINLEY BUST Margaret De Bell Raises Flag Covering the Statue. :Memoria.l to Late President Is Placed Before Berkeley School. BERKELEY, Aptil 21.—The McKinley memorial bust was unveiled this afternoon at the local public school on Dwight way which bears the name of the late Presi- dent. Several addresses were made by prominent_educators znd citizens and pa- triotic songs were rendered by the school children. The American flag which veiled the bronze bust was raised by Margaret de Bell, the little daughter of W. H. de Bell, former principal of the school, at the close of the invocation by Rev. G. B. Hatch and the singing by the school of “Nearer, My God, to Thee." The exer- cises occurred in'front of the school build- ing, where the bust rests on a concrete pedestal four feet high, situated midway between the entrance to the school and the street. A large crowd was present. C. L. Biedenbach, principal of the Me- Kinley Schooi, had charge of the exer- cises. He delivered the opening address, saying in part: This likeness is not a monument for the dead. Willlam McKinley needs no monument to preserve his memory. His deeds are so fixed In history that they will endure forever without any record of stone. The memory of nis virtues has become so much a part of the consclousness of his fellow citizens that it cannot fade. 8. D. Waterman, City Superintendent of “Schools, made a few appropriate remarks and at the close introduced H. H. Wood- ruff, first Heutenant of Company A, Vet- eran Reserves, and a member of the Ohio regiment in which McKinley fought dur- ing the Civil War. Lieutenant Woodruit spoke of the young soldier who had been a comradeé-in-arms, and told of his life at the front. He sald that the Grand Army of the Republic intended to plant a ..c- Kinley memorial tree in the army plat in d)-(oumaln View Cemetery on Memorial ay. h J. R. Little, president of the Board of Edlgcfilion. addressed the gathering. He sald: The naming of this, our model grammar school, the ‘‘McKinley School,” is not an empty honor. It is a high compliment—: highest' that we as citizens of Berkeley cam bestqw. The cornerstone of citizenship is the grammar school. F. H. E. O'Donnell, an instructor in the State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, paid an eloquent to Willlam McKinley, and th closed by all present singing . THe bronze bust of McKinley Is work of the San Francisco sculptor, R. L. Aitken. It was secured through popular subscription, and is the first bronze to be cast on this coast, PLAN FOR AN ALAMEDA COUNTY SHOW AT FAIR Board of Trade Sees the Board of Su- pervisors About Spending Big Sum of Money. OAKLAND, April 2L—The Board of Trade pased resolutions this morning ad- veeating an exhibit of Alameda County products at the St. Louis fair. These were afterward presented to the Board of Su- pervisors, where President Kahn of the Beard of Trade and Secretary Stearns ap- peared to urge that a substantial appro- priation be made to help the cause. Presi- ihat this part of the State needed all the advertising it could get just now, and that it ought not to be behind the otheér counties that had already begun to plan for the big show. Secretary Stearns told how Los Angeles had spent Pan-American Exposition and what benefits had accrued. | The Supervisors all expressed themselves | as being in favor of a large appropriation. Supervisor Rowe said it was useless to spend $300, like Alameda did on the Pan- 1 T | American Exposition, and have nothing to | show for it. Supervisor Mitchell advo- cated the plan of levying a special tax, | as is being done in San Joaquin county. WIth that comment: Police Judge Smith| Lh¢ Whole thing was finaliy left for the comnmmittee of the whole to deal with, and a report will be made at the next meeting. Rl et btz BURGLAR ENTERS HOUSE AND STEALS SILVERWARE | Home of W. E. Pettes Robbed Whils | the Members of the Family Are Absent. ALAMEDA, April 21.—Twelve siiver | spoons, a silver whisky flask and a num- ber of plated knives and forks were stolen | from the residenceé of W. E. Pettes, 1204 Lafayette street, nast night ' The robbery | occurred between 6:30 o'clock. and mid- night, and was discovered when Mr. and | Mrs. Pettes arrived home about 12 o’clock. immediately notified the police, but | as yet no trace of the missing ware or the taker has been discovered. Entrance to the house was gained | through a back window, which was pried open by the thief with a jimmy. All the rooms on the lower floor of the residence were theroughly ransacked. Thoss up- stairs were not disturbed. | Mr. and Mrs. Pettes have but recently returned_from a tour of the Eastern States. Before starting they stored most of their valuable silverware in a safe de- posit vault, where it still remains. St S5 bl s e Alamedans Marry in Secret. ALAMEDA, April 21.—It has just be- ceme generally known that Frank Kel- logg and Miss Louise “Fitzgerald wers secretly wedded at Sanp Rafael _some weeks ago. Both the principals to the marriage are residents of this city. The | groom is an employe of the Alameda Ex- press Comvany. Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg, | for the present, are making their home at | 2115 Eagle avenue. —_———— Pipeline Across the County. OAKLAND, April 21—H. G. 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