The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 31, 1903, Page 9

JUHNGON'S SON-IN-LAW oET ADRIFT rveyor-General Turns own Assemblyman’s Relative. Su D Lively Scene Is Enacted in Capitol Office Over Affair. P 2 Bruce Drsy, Who Was Slated for Newly Created Position, Is Dismissed by His Su- perior. te Surveyor General, rday fresh from a per- Grove L. Johnson the latter has he earliest e State Capitol. Woods declines t to t there 1 of the Woods to to Johnson during a bill, framed and Sacramento Assembly- position of Assistant was introduced and General he the ¥ ting Johnson and freely the latter as if the bill became a -in-law of John- or General's the new po- ned the bill and called on Victor CHALLENGES WOODS. that son-in-law was to ted that e immediate, In > bill was opera- e appointment was g days of the e privilege of the end of the sugges t Johnson t the regarding the tion In a moment his wrath and ac- g lied him. between men t yoked as Johnson chal- no longer he went out to n he cov see last night Sur- t declined to s the incident ing that it was sed, but when told that Johnson anc 1 were ngaged telling their ot he The truth but it was Iy under- the bill was mtents, 1 ot out tes. it will on in out for he did Johnson, id receive the ap- w position the Sur- e had not made a ably would not for the city vesterday with his who was still making w he intended to pay off Victor Woods. DAKLAND CITIZENS PLAN ANOTHER STREET FAIR March 30.—The Oakland ociation (incorporated) prominent men to- t fair this year on same location ear by Oakland The association capital- but is ofit-making AND. not a ¥ the sharehol g's meeting, of which F. chairman, there was sm and the splendid results om the fair or 1902 were put arguments in favor of carnival. The assoclation fair would only be heid d streets contiguous to igh School and during the pos- | [ 1 re together in the appened had Johnson | fferent termina- | ation had John- life. affair growing out r he was | latter had | if there would | - CISES FOR g000 THE SAN FFANCIECO CALL, WOMAN'S GOOD INFLUENCE GONE, BURGLAR GOES BACK TO CRIME After Five Years of Honest Existence Brought About by Marriage, Harry Eldridge, Known as *The Borer,” Steals Silverware and Gets Thirty Years AKLAND, March 3). — Pleading he had a wife and a baby de- pendent upon him, Harry Eld- ridge,. a burglar methods eration have earped for the title of “the borer,” made an eloquent plea for mercy to-day before the bar of justice, but Judge EIL worth sentenced him to serve thirty years in Folsom prison for a bold crime com- mitted on the night of December 28 last. Eldridge has had a remarkable career as a criminal. Three times he has been an inmate of San Quentin. The last time he was released from the penitentiary he married a good woman. For five years the influence of his wife and babe strong enough to keep him from drifting b: o his old life Recently, however, his wife went on a visit to the Bast. This temporary loss evidently worked a great whose of ¢ in police circles a BURGLAR WHO WAS BEN- TENCED TO THIRTY YEARS IN FOLSOM. change in Eldridge and the| old passi ¥ for burglary was revived. | He tntereq be idie for me to for_frecdom, but the house of Thomas Coghill in the Lake- ot i wiy o Misiot s e Gote wivie a::‘l;’:e Judge Eilsworth was unmoved by this $300 worth of silverware plea and sald: Owing to the peculiar manner of the ave proved yourself 1 theft the police became convinced it was community. ; While the work of “the borer,” and, working 3. your (e by entering dead of night ong that line, connected Ei ridge with at the he crim extenuating circumstences connected with yogr When asked if he had anything to say (as° a0d It Is the judgment of this court that why sentence should not be pronounced lCl,Lt “hteRced to thirty years fa Folsom “':qulrn‘r‘{, 'X’-‘.‘l‘drx:’nf:rmade the TollowliE - when' Bldridge emerges from the Stats | o= a : o penitentiary, if he ever does, his son will 1 lave le I an be a grown man and his wife an aged woman. With all credits allowed, he will spend the next eighteen years in prison, if death does not intervene. 10 gL ai protectiy and jon. 15 CLIN OF THEIR BOAT Action of Faculty Com- mittee Ends Rush Incident. Boys Out fer a Sail Upset by a Raging Storm. Berkeley Office S8an Francisco Call, 2148 Center streer, March 30. The action of the faculty committee of | student affairs in dismissing Ralph Saelt- zer, Robert Roos and W. A. E. Woods from the university for participating in the freshmen-sophomore rush is final, and there will be no reversal of the com- | mittee’'s action by President Wheeler. In an interview to-day Professor Cory | chairman of the committee, said that the three students’ connection with the uni- cersity was terminated and that their v hope for reinstatement was in the | sident’s favorable action upon their application next term. ““The incident of the dismissal of the men who disobeyed the rule against rushing is closed,” said Professor Cory. ‘*‘Their cases will not be reviewed by President Wheeler, for the reason that he is, ex- officio, 2 member of that committee, and whatever ruling is made always has his approval, because he has a vote in it. There is nothing more to be settled.” Official notification of the committee's Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, March 30, By the capsizing of their boat, Alexan- der Martinez, aged 18 years, and George Weidinger, aged 15 years, residing in West Berkeley, were thrown into the bay vesterday afternoon and barely escaped with their lives. They clung with des- peration to the bottom of their boat until it was swept upon Sheep Island, where they spent the night while anxious rela- tives searched the shore for them, ex- pecting to find their bodies. The boys started for a sail to Sheep Island, expecting to return home within a few hours, but a storm came up and soon the wind became so violent that their boat was overturned. The impend- | ing danger had caused the boys to batten down the hatches so that when the boat went over it continued to float. The wind an. waves threatened to disloage them from the keel of the poat, to which they had laid hold, but they managed to ciing on until the boat grounded. They | were greatly exhausted but crawled to a | action has not yet been sent the students, g ,-'i: n'.ar(-\rM“_ l{\ sr;:,‘:z' as there are some matters pertaining to el g 4. hooaaes | their dismissal yet to be determined. P. Taylor, J. B. Lanktree, A. George W. Austin, Dr. O. D. R. Lukens, R. Whitehead, F. McDonough, C. J. Bos- —_—————————— Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, March 30.—The following marriage licenses were issued to-day: itt “ s, A. C. Hodges, Joseph Daniels, Eugene H. Stevenson, over 21 years of Ingier, W. W. Landon, C. W. Wilk- age, Centerville, and Leola V. Halpin, over «. Dr. 11 P. Travers, C. A. Bell, J. F. |18, Irvington; Harry Filley, 31, and Mrs. 2ooney, J. L. Callahan, C. J. Heeseman, | W. W. Herman, 23, both of San Fran- B. & ford, A. B. Tarpey, M. A | cisco; Leon C. Schwartz, 21, and Helen George J. Sternsdorf, F. J.|F. James, 18, both of Oakland; Waiter Barnes, Guy C. Smith, J. M.| E. Tuft, %, and Grace B. Davis, 22, both L. B. Thomas and A. F. Baum-|of Alameda; Edward F. Fleming. 3, . . | Truckee, and Ada F. Murphy, %, Berke e Merchants' Exchange will be in-|ley. A ‘Wife Wants Alimony. Rare Volume Sells for a Fortune, [ OAKLAND, March 30.—Cecelia Keily ! to-day had ber husband, Patrick Kelly, LONDON, March 30.—Willlam Blake's sstrations of the Book of Job” was | the real estate dealer, cited for contempt <wid at auvction here to-day for $28,000. | of court for failing to pay 377 temporary The volume, which was published in 18%, | alimony pending a suit for divorce. The sontains the fol three criginal proof im- | couple were married twelve years ago in ressions of engravings and original de- | San Rafael, but their marriage was kept signs in colors. The bidding started at ,7500 and rose by leaps to the sensational sid, at which it was knocked down (o a dealer. Amother of Blake's works prought $9800. Sixteen other works were disposed of. They were all the property sf the Earl of Crewe. ity Cigar-Makers Strike s Denver. ] secret until a short time ago. IR - iU A Battery Case Promises Sensation. SALINAS, March 30.—There have been few developments in the Christol melo- darama which so nearly terminated in a tragedy in the Superior Court last Sat- urday. The case of battery which has grown out of the assault will be heard DENVER, Colo., March 30.—All the | here on Friday, and a lively time is an- sgar factories in Denver were closed to- | ticipated. Warrants of m"rut are out for tay by a strike. Three hundred cigar- | w. T. Kearney, Christol's attorney, and so for a Santa Cruz police officer for :’m part In the attempted Kidnaping. —_—— Floors of rubber, claimed to be as dura- ble as asphalt, and cheaper, are being tried in Germany. nakers quit work in sympathy with sixty wobaceo strippers (all women), who had struck for an increase in wages. The wrippers have been receiving $§ to $10 a week. They want an inerease of 25 per -®nt. farmhouse, where they spent the night. This morning the shipwrecked yauthlzre. turned home. ——— Personnel of College Nines. OAKLAND, March 30.—The line-up of the 8t. Mary's College-Stanford Univer- sity baseball game at Freeman's Park | Golden Gate, Wednesday afternoon is ag | follows: Stanford. Parker, Sales or Roosevelt. Positions. St. Mary’s. Flynn, Ferguson Plans War on the Codlin Moth. BERKELEY, March 30.—Profesor War- ren T. Clark of the Agricuitural Collego of the University of California will leave | to-morrow for the Pajaro Valley, where he will give battie to the codlin moth, the little insect that orchardists find so de- structive. Professor Clark will spend the spring and summer In the valley, and during a portion of the time will be assist- ed by Professor C. W. Woodworth and students. ——————— Invitation to President. BERKELEY, March 30.— By formal resolution to-night the Town Board of Trustees invited President Roosevelt to be the guest of the city on Commencement day and a letter to that effect was or- dered to be sent to the President. Presi. dent Marston of the board was directed to appoin‘ a citizens’ committee on ar- ‘rangements to act in conjunction with the university committee. TUESDAY, FIGHT A BATTLE FOR FRANGHISE Rival Railroad Forces Bid for the Pleasant ‘ Valley Line. Macdonald Syndicate Pays Liberally for a Grant of Privilege.. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, March 3). In a contest between the Oakland Tran- | sit Consolidated and J. H, Macdonald for an electric railway franchise througn Pleasant Valicy Macdonald, representing ! Edson F. Adams and other capitalists, won out before the Board of Supervisors to-day, but not before He had raised his | original bid of $1630 to $660. | It was not without a hot pretest from attorneys for the Oakland Transit Cen- | sulidated that the board permitted Atior | ney G. W. Reed, for Macdonald's synd cate, to bid above the older corporatior { figure. But after the Deputy District At-| | torney had advised the board that the | | proceedings were regular the raised bid | | was accepted, ana Macdonald will get his | franchise. 1 The line for which the fight was mude {is an extension outside the city limits of | | | | | | | | | | a franchise granted to Macdonald recently | | by the City Council for a corkscrew roa.d operating from First | streets up town by way of Washington | and Broadway and cross streets, out | Webster street and across Adams Point, | striking the Pleasant Valley road, thence to Mountain View Cemetery. The new road will come into direct com- petition with the Oakland Transit's sys. | tem In the district covered, | fight was expected. When | bids were opened to-day Macdonald's fig- | ure was $169, as against two bids from | the Transit people, one for $1775 and an- | and Washington | therefore a the county | other for $6000. As soon as the bids were read Attorney | Reed, for Macdonald, announced that he | proposed, if given opportunity, to increass { his bid. The lawyers argued for a while and subsided at the instance of the hoard, which requested the District Attorney's opinion. -After that was in the Macdon- | ald people filed a $6600 bid and there were | no raisers. | Edson F. Adams personally paid over | the $8600 in coin to the board, and it was turned into the county treasury. B o e e e e B TS 70 GlisE ) SHMOAN TRUST |W. B. Wellman Brings ! a Friendly Suit for | Settlement. Oakland Office San Franeisco Call, 1118 Broadway, March 30. B. Wellman of Wellman, Peck & | brought a friendly suit to-day in the | or Court against James Neylon, as ! co-trustee, to close up a suit involving | what had been a claim to 300,000 acres of land bordering on Pago Pago har- bor, Samoan Islands. Wellman and Neylon are surviving trustees and are de- | | sirous of ciosing the accounts and get- | ting a clean biil on judicial decree. Years ago Frederick Clay and his wife, Sadie L. Clay, by bartering with the na tive Samoans in beads, guns and gew: gaws, gained possession of the enormous | tract of land mentioned. (day became financially involved, and his creditor: | took charge of his affairs. After long liti- gation a settlement was effected, but meantime the treaty of Berlin was writ- ten. and among Its provisions was one | that decided that Clay had not given fair consideration fof most of the lands, and title to them reverted. Bella Wellman (deceased), who was succeeded by W. B. Wellman, the late J. K. C. Hobbs and Neylon were the origi- nal trustees. Now Wellman asks to have | his accounts settled and. also asks com- pensation for his services and judgment for $14,485, expended as trustee. Owing to the agreements ratified by Germany, Great Britain and the United States as to these land titles, secured by | trading with the natives, little remains for the trustees to close out before the trust shall be terminated. TELEGRAPH NEWS. Hay is the most profitable crop in Eng. lend. LOUISVILLE, March 30.—The J. G. Mat- tingly distillery, at Fortieth and High streets, was destroyed by fire this afterncon. PARIS, March 30.—Vice Admiral Courre- jolies, who commanded the French forces at Taku and Tientsin in the recent China ex- pedition, is dead. LONDON, March 30.—Final arrangements are being made at Glasgow to-day to amalga- mate thirteen Scotch malleable iron firms with a capital of $6,000,000. HURON, 8. D., March 30.—Luke James, aged 50, a hotel-keeper at Bonilla, threw him- self under a Chicago and Northwestern train here to-day and was killed. CHICAGO, March 30.—The funeral of Gus- tavus F. Swift, president of the firm of Swift & Co., who died yesterday, will be held at the St. James Eplscopal Church to-morrow. NEW (YORK, March 30.—Two hundred car- penters’ helpers engaged in the erection of stands on the new grounds of the American League Baseball Club went on strike to-day. JERUSALEM, March —An earthquake shock of unprecedented violence was experi- enced here to-day. The entire popdlation was panic stricken, but the d-nrse done was slight. DENVER, March 30.—Xll union cooks -and waiters in downtown restaurants went on strike to-day in consequence of a disagreement be- tween the unions and the Restaurant Keepers' Assoclation. WILMINGTON, Del, March 30.—A monu- ment was unveiled here to-day to mark the landing place of the first Swedish gettlers in w America. The Swedes came into this city April 29, 1688, | FALL RIVER, Mass., March 30.—Lieutenant W, H. Henderson, U. 8. N., who has been in | charge of dredging work in the local harbor for the past three months, committed suicide during the night by inhaling illuminating gas. NEW YORK, March 30.—Papers were signed to-day by which John Wanamaker ceases to be a magazine publisher. He has sold the righte and title of his publication “Everybody’s Magazine' to the Ridgeway-Thayer Company. SAN JUAN, P. R., March 30.—Miss Alice | their section of the city, | despite its many natural advantages and MARCH 31, 1903. WEST END RESIDENTS PURPOSE . JOINING IN MARCH OF PROGRESS C Two Hundred Streng, They Organize Improvement Club to Promote Interests of Their Section of City, Which They Believe Has Been Neglected | H LAMEDA, ( March 3).—West End residents in their civic pride have risen two Jundred strong and have organized an improvement club to promote the interests of which, they believe, has been overlooked and neglected | | nearness to San Francisco. This state of affairs, the West Enders assert, was brought about through a silurian sicep on the part of many property owners and residents, who, while enjoying life in that salubrious part of Alameda, forgot to tell others where to come to live in happiness and die in bliss. Plans for the improvement of the Web- ster-street roadway, the main and short- est thoroughfare between Alameda and Oakland, are being evolved. It is the hope of the club members that the time is not far in the future when a splendid boulevard will supplant the ever shifiing and disappearing Webster-street roadway. Another project that the club has under consideration is the forming of a stock | company for the purpose of erecting at the West End a modern building to con- tain a spaclous hall, meeting rooms, of- fices and stores. The need of such a structure has been long felt. The Enders will alzo request the C tees to provide them with increased - & TWO OFFICERS OF THE WEST €ND IMPROVEMENT CLUB OF ALAMEDA. protection. - ol Men of financial standing have become Streets and Sidewalks—E. B. Owens, L. H. affiliated with the club, and the officers Transue, John Kuhlke. expect to soon have over three hundreq _ Promction—William Horst, H. C. Ball- heimer, vejoy. names on the rolls. At present B e e - 1 i " L. ganization meets in the Webster Wigwam every Thursday night. ficers of the organization are: President, C. R. Smith; vice president, C. Hawks; Secretary, H. G. Mehriens; treasurer, John Lubben. The standing committees are as follo the or- s. 1 hools, Library and Churches—I. Moore, A s, J. Willis. Entertainments—George »E Probst, Fred Volberg Membership—H. V. Reeve, William Brandes, Ira_Sanford. | Charity—John Lutgen, T. W. Leydecker, E. Jungbluth. Hickman, s. Finance—Adolph Hecker, C. C. Volberz, A. nployment—D. Nissen, W. Betten, John By SR 5 - Viys and Means—W., Shreve, J. E. olice—R. T. Lawless, T. S. E o Ay and Means_w o wiess S. Ellls, A. AL Water—W. G. S, Meyer, Peter Jorgensen, _Public Morals—W. J. Peters, John Nelson, Henry Jantzen A M. Vivien { Light—Sam 8. Green, F. O. Hunter, J. A. Printing and Advertising—J. H. Burns, L. L. Clark Schuler, George E. Willlams. | | 1 i DANGE SIGNALS T0 BE FLAGHED Semaphore toWag Clear Track at Conduct- ors’ Ball WANY DISEPLES MEROSS THE SE | | President Daniells Tells! Adventists of Mis- sionary Work. i 2 Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1118 Broadway, March 30. Nearly $275,000 has been expended in for- eign missions and 153 missionaries dis- patched into foreign fields by the Seventh | Day Adventists within the last two years, | This was the report made by President A. ! G. Daniells at to-day’'s session of the I:l-1 ennial world’s conference. ‘With the arrival of several belated del- egates the session opened this morning with 139 delegates from this country and | foreign lands in attendance. The interest of all was attached to the report of Pres. ident Daniells for the last two years of church work. Besides the missionary | work President Daniells called attention to the fact that the school debt, which a year ago amounted to $350,000, had been completely wiped out by the special as- sessment levied for that purpose. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, March 30. ‘With a semaphore to signal all tracks clear for the next dance and telegraph instruments to tick off orders for a good time schedule, Golden Gate Division No. 364, Order of Railway Conductors, is go- ing to conduct a ball at Maple Hall to- morrow night, where no slow freights will be allowed right of way. Everybody is expected to enjoy first class accommoda- tion on the pleasure excursion which will continue its run far into the early morn- ing hours. Four years having elapsed since the last function given by the conductors, to- morrow’s event is to be signalized by unique designs, such as will well repay | the anticipation of the railroad men. Un- der the direction of the arrangement com- | Agricultural College and a post-graduat | successful | Dr. Stone of the Massachusetts Agricul- | ravages of asparagus | which attacked the asparagus plants of | representing the Cemetery mittee, consisting of Emory J. Burns, Harry W. Moore and M. E. Twiss, the ballroom will contain effects which for novelty will be unsurpassed. 2 From a minlature representation of the ferry building telegraph instruments will tick out orders for the dancers time ta- bles will regulate the waltzes and a ticket office will dispense passes entitling the gentlemen to one dance only with his fair partner. The musicians are to be installed in a palace ear with an air brake attach- ment for the use of the artist on the tuba. The electrical illumination will be a fea- ture. 2 % Special trains will legve Seventh and ‘Webster streets for East and West Oak- Jand, Alameda and Berkeley at 2:30 o’clack in the morning. Shipping Intelligence, Roosevelt, Governor Hunt and their party re- turned here to-day by their special train, having visited the towns on the north coast. Miss Roosevelt was received with great en- thusiasm everywhe PORTLAND, Or., March 50.—H. W. Corbett, president of the Lewis and Clark Exposition, this afternoon tendered his resignation to the voard of directors. President Corbett states that he Is unable to perform the duties of the office owing to ill health. ————————— James Huston. SANTA MARIA, March 30.—James Hus- ton, who served as State Hortlcultural Commissioner and was a member of the Legislature in Ohio before coming here, is dead. He was a member of the Grand Todge of Masons of Ohio. He was 84 years of age. S P. S. Richards. SANTA ANA, March 30.—P. 8. Richards, aged 72 years, one of the pioneers of the valley, died here to-day. ARRIVED. March 30. Bark ll::dwufl May, Hansen, 24 days from M wC\W. H. Dimond, Hansen, 20 days from nolulu. “H, George Curtls, Calhoun; 21 days from ‘Honolulu. Schr Forest Home, Iverson, 108 days from kada via Honolulu 22 days. H'sam- Ssavina, from codfishing eruise, Sau- salito direct. SAILED., [ March 30 Stmr Santa Cruz, Gielow, San Pedro. March 22, lat 34.11 N, lon 141.51 W, bktn Andromeda, from Honolulu, for Eureka. DOMESTIC PORTS. PORT TOWNSEND-—Arrived, Mar 30—Schr Oceania, Vance, from San Diego for Port Had- lock. Inward—Schr Annie Larsen, for Tacoma. FOREIGN PORTS. VICTORIA—Sailed March 20—Br bk In- verlyon, for Tacoma: Ger Alsternixe, for —; Br r Tartar, for Hongkong: stmr City of for San Francisco. Arrived— Br bk from Vancouver. B. C. In the afterncon Mrs. E. G. White, an aged leader in the church from St. He- lena, delivered a long address upon the personal side of the faith. Dr. E. J. Wag- soner, editor of the Present Truth of Lon- don, delivered an exhortation in the even- ing on *“The Gospel of the Kingdom." The regular order of business will be taken up to-morrow morniug, the appoint- ment of committees for the next two years’ church work being first in the or- der of imdortance. Internal Revenue District Change. SANTA ROSA, March %.—Beginning | April 1 a change will be made in the counties comprising this district of the internai revenue service. The district now comprises Sonome, Marin, Humboldt, Mendocino and Lake counties, but with the first of the month the three latter counties will be dropped and the counties of Napa. Solano and Yolo will be added to replace them. This district is in charge of Deputy Walter F. Price, and with the changes announced will be one of the pleasantest in the entire State. Price wil] be able to reach all points by rail ang thus avoid the rough experiences of last winter, when he was snowbound and held captive by high water for several weeks in Humbeldt County. —— SORROW FOLLOWS HASTY WEDDING Bride of Four Days Asks for Annulment of Marriage. Katherine Thompson Tires of Matrimony in Less Than a Week. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1113 Broadway, March 30. Bitterly lamenting the fact that she had married William F. Thompson four days ago in this city, Mrs. Katherine Thomp- son (nee Lynch) to-day called at the County Clerk’s office seeking information as to how she could annul her marriage with a husband whom she alleges nas proved utterly worthless. On the wedding day Thompson W compelled to give chase to his bride, who fled from the County Clerk’s office before the ceremony could be performed. iie captured her and brought her back in his arms. The next day she had him arrest- | ed in San Francisco for threatening her life. Where her husband is now she does not know, and asserts she does not care. Her hasty marriage, she claims, was the result of a threat.of her husband te kill her if she did not wed him. RECEIVES APPOINTMINT AS PLANT PATHOLOGIST | Professor Ralph E. Smith Will Fill Newly Created Office at the University. BERKELEY, March 30. — Professor | Ralph E. Smith, assistant professor in botany at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, has received the appaeintment of plant pathologist at the State University, for which provision was made by the last Legislature. Professor Smith was highly recommended to the agricultural depart- ment of the University by Professor E. W. Allen, assistant director of the United States Department of Agriculture at Washington. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts o of a leading German agricultural college. He has devoted a great deat of attention to plant diseases and has been uniformly in combating them. With tural College he has been engaged for six years in an effort to ocercome the rust, the disease California last year. The bill creating the office of plant path- ologist was urged by the asparagus farm- ers and preservers of the State, and Pro- fessor Smith will give special attention to the work of treating asparagus plants. R85 A et Council’s Final Meeting. OAKLAND, March 30.—The retiring City Council at its final meeting to-night passed the question of granting the Santa Fe Company a franchise to close tne streets in the proposed site of its switeh yards at Emeryville to the inecoming Council. Since it is a matter which con- cerns both Emeryville and Oakland, a | motion was carried to meet the Trustees of Emeryville next Monday night in com- mittee of the whole and discuss the ques- tion. The recommendation for an addition of twenty men to the ecity police force was referred to the Finance Committee. —_——— Protests Against Bond Election. OAKLAND, March 30.—H. Sorenson, Avenue [m- provement Club of Haywards, has filed | a protest with the Board of Supervisors against the legality of the bond election held in Laurel school district March 7, at which bonds were voted for the erection of a new school building. He claims the ballots failed to show a limit on the amount of bends that might be issued and that the election board permitted non- registered electors to vote. The protest was referred to the District Attorney. —_——————— Dania Society’s Convention. OAKLAND, March 30.—The annual con- vention of the Society Dania of Califor- nia wiill be held, beginning to-morrow, at Gier's Hall, Fourteenth street, near Washington. Twenty-one lodges will be represented. The committee of arrange- ments which has charge of details for the ertertainment of the delegates is com- posed of J. Christian Scott, chiirman; C. S. Martin, treasurer; N. P. “llelsen, secre- tary; J. H. Hansen, Anton Christensea and H. C. Hermansen New Reliunce Superintendent. OAKLAND, March 30.—The directors of the Reliance Club have selected Frank Cereni as superintendent to succeed Wal- ter B. Fawcett, who has been appointed | secretary to the Board of Public Works. ears’ Why is Pears’ Soap—the best in the world, the soap with no free alkali in it— sold for 15 cents a cake? It was made for a hos- pital soap in the first place, made by request, the doctors wanted a soap that would wash as sharp as any and do no harm to the skin. That means a soap all soap, with no free alkali in it, nothing but soap; there is nothing mysterious in it. Cost de- pends on quantity tity comes of quality. , Sold all over the world. Vaccinates All Prisoners. All the prisoners and attaches In the City Prison were vaccinated by Board -of Health physiclans last evening. It was nearly an all-night job, nearly 150 points being used. Afterward the prison was thoroughly disinfected. Yesterday morn- ing it was discovered that a_lodger who had been accommodated he, previous night had smalipox and precautions are being taken against the spread of the dis- ease. ’ FRGEE DENTISTRY FOR THE POOR. ’ R DTS 32 SR POST-GRADUATE DENTAL COLLEGS, - 3 Taylor st., cor. Gate ave, 973 Washinzton at., cor, Tenth, Oakland