The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1903, Page 4

THE SAN FR NCISCO CALL, THURSDA S [LONG BATTLE IS AT AN END TOUNG RESIC! PRINCIPALSHI Alameda Instructor Retirves| Committee of Council Recom- From Sehool Department to| mends Adoption of Pacific In- Give e to MHorticulture| cinerating Company’'s Plan —_—— - — ~ WITHDRAWAL IS SURPRISE | CITY RETAINS AN OPTION L AT SR Professor States the Aetion| Temporary Plant Will Be Under Was Made Imperative by lhc‘ Operation on New Site on Il Health of His Wife the Marsh Within Ten Days PR S AR g —— e — ALAMEDA, Dec. -Principa! John Uflkl‘and Office San Francisco Call, W. Young, who has been ccnnected | 1118 Broadway, Dec. 23. with the school depart nt for fi(\n-an;K The Pacific Incinerating Company's vears, has filed his resignation with new plan to establish its garbage cre- the Board of Education and left for | matory on the West Ogkland marsh, | Carpenteria, S Barbara west side of Wood street, between | where he will engage in hortic econd and Twenty-third, | acceptance | the Ordi- ‘ ecommended His retirement from local educational | was for work comes as a surprise to his many | at a meeting to-night of friends and the School Directors, as he | nance and Judiciary Committee of the | had not intimated that he intended 0| City Council. A proposed lease of the | leave Alameda. | plant to the city and an ordinance to | and mutinies are expected to oceur | the students 11 o’clock drill Principal Young explains that his re- moval from this v is made necessary | because of the ill health of his wife, | who has been advised to seek a climate that will be more agreeable to har‘f Principal Young is the owner of a large | walnut orchard near Carpenteria and | will henceforth devote all of his time | ving the property. | ears Principal Young was | in charge of the Porter School. When the high school was located temporarily | in the Porter School building he was transferred to the principalship of the | Haight School, frc tion he now retires. He was reg d as an ab ctor by tde Board of Educa- | tion and was popu with students : No successor to Principal Young has vet been selected. | o spon VRIS IR APPROACH OF CHRISTMAS MAKES CHILDREN HAPPY Young Folks Make Merry at Enter- | tainment Given at the Oakland Social Settlement. OAKLAND, Dec. 23.—The children | af the Oakland Social £ t, at| Third and Linden str: | tained at a Christma after- | noon by the ladies ndly Hour Club, the women -of First Congregational A big Christmas tree was from which each of the lit- received a suitable mme was rend and members of | are those » took Elma Wollitz, | Lorane Hawthorne, Fred- wman , Charles Wol- of the entertain- | noon were: M R. P. M Mre. P. M. Wollitz, Mrs. y h, Mrs. Walter Beebe and Mre. G. W. Baldwin { Friendly Hour Club was organ about > and its pr H. Brewer, Beebe, director; and Mrs. Walter sctors of the )’ Mrs. 8. T. e H. Gorrill, Mrs, C. F. Playter, Mrs. Louis Tasheira Sarah W. Horton, Miss Ethel Mrs. Miss Emma Weliman, Miss | ions, Mrs. Sarah B. Cheek, | Alexander and Mrs. R. H. | B Rt | A Christmas party was given last | r eht at the First Methodist Church | - the children of the Sunday-school. | voung folks ssed the evening | yus kinds and near e evening Santa Claus | presented each of the | a box of candy. S G — SAYS HUSBAND WILL STEAL THEIR CHILD | Mrs. Delia Trelease Asks Court to | Appoint Her to Act as Daugh- ter’s Legal Guardian. AKLAND, Dec. 23.—Delia ~re- lease asked the court to-day to ap- point her Jegal guardian of her nine- vgar-old daughter Emma. The peti- tioner alleges that the father of the child, William H. Trelease, a mine owner of Arizona, is trying to steal | her. The pair have not lived together for some time, but they are not di- vorced. Notice of an appeal from the decis- iom rendered by Judge Melvin ex- empting=Professor. Frank Soule from paying his former wife, Ella Bacon Soule, $75 a month alimony, has been lora Wallacé has been granted a e from George Wallace on the ground of desertion. She was award- ed the custody of their three children. — Funeral of Brother Venantius. OAKLAND, Dec. 23.—The funeral of Brother Venantius, who died at St. Mary's College Monday, was held in the college chapel this morning. A requiem mass was said, with Father Sullivan of San Francisco as celeb- rant, Father Morrison of St. Mary's deacon, and Father Carmwell of the college sub-deacon. There was a large attendance of priests and broth- ers who came to pay their respects to the dead. The interment was at St. Mary's Cemetery and the following brothers acted as pall bearers: Broth- ers Lewis, Timothy, Gregory, Dictu- rian and Peter. . —— Form Mining Company. OAKLAND, Dec. 23.—Articles of in- corporation of the Keynote Investment and Mining Company were filed to- day. The directors are: S. W. Mont- gomery, A. F. Connett, Charles F. Burks, J. Montgomery and E. O. Burks. The amount of _the capital stock is $50,000, which is divided into 50,000 shares of the par value of $1 each. - s ————— Christmas at the Dewey. OAKLAND, Dec. 23.—“For Mother's Sake” is doing a splendid Christmas business at the Dewey Theater. The play is full of pathos and prettiness and is a real Christmas attraction. It will run for the rest of the week, with & matinee on Christmas day. | stalled on the new site as soon as the | teenth, cover the rates to be charged and regu- lating garbage collections were also recommended. Under the lease as amended to-night the city will receive | $750 a year and an option of purchase | at the end of ten years. Attorney Eells | of San Francisco, representing the in- cinerating company, said: : ! he company has invested to date | $57,000. It is estimated that $30,000 will be expended in moving the plant from Twenty-sixth and Magnolia streets to | | the new location. Of this amount $2000 ; another hour, finally winding up on the or $3000 is for the site, $10,000 for a | foundation and the remainder for re- | construction.” r | Under the ordinance the average | householder will pay 35 cents a month for the removal of a ten-gallon can of garbage weekly. The rates generally | are the same as recommended under | the first ordinance, which was indorsed by the Merchants’ Exchange and the Board of Trade. Representatives of | | the incinerating company said to-night | that a temporary plant would be in-': Council had enacted the legislation. | Th plant would be in operation ten/ and would be used until the large | retorts of the main plant can be erect- ed. The committee’s action prm-ticallyi‘ settles the long fight that has been | waged and insures to the city a mod=| ern method of disposing of its waste | and refuse. ———— OF OAKLAND t LABOR ORGANIZATIONS Several Unions Prepare for Regular Elections—Laundry Workers Nominate Their Officers. OAKLAND, Dec. 23.—The election NEWS of officers of the Cooks’ and Waiters' | Union will be held Tuesday, Decem- | ber 29. The Australian ballot sys- | tem will be used. Following are the election: ‘Ben” in charge of the Brehn, George Dooley, Bales and John Climcovich. Teamsters’ Unon No. 70 will elect rs at a special meeting next Tues- day. The following have been nomins | ed as officers of the Laundry Workers’ | Union President, Miss Tillie Wal-| ters, A. W. Smiley, A. Giger and A. V.| O’Neil; vice president, H. C. Mathews, | J. Domeecq; treasurer, R. Spencer; | secretary, H. Gray; sergeant at| arms, H. J. Meyers; sentinel, James Jenkins and B. Lyman. The election will be held next Tuesday evening, | when delegates to the district con- ference will also be elected. The con- ference will be held at San Jose on | January 3, 1904, | The local Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union has received blank credentials for delegates to the national conven- tion, which will be held in St. Louis next year. | _————————— | East Oakland Improvements. ! OAKLAND, Dec. 23.— Charles Welch, president of the Independence Square District Improvement Club, has submitted his annual report, which out- lines atesome length the work accom- plished during 1803. Notably President | L,} | Welch dwells upon the improvement.-of | James Fourteenth avenue (Commerce strflet).‘ In this connection he says: “It is the intention to grade, on the | east side, East Seventeenth, Nine- | Twentieth and Twenty-first | streets from Commerce street to i teenth avenue, and to grade and mac- | adamize East Sixteenth street from | Thirteenth to Fiftecenth avenue, all on | the district assessment plan. Albert | Schmidt has in hand the project of im- | proving East Fifteenth street from Thirteenth to Fifteenth avenue by pri- | vate contract. These improvements ac- complished will open up this district in | a manner that a year ago seemed im- poseible of doing in less than eight or ten years ————————— Oakland Deaths. OAKLAND, Dec. 23.—Cyrus D. Kel- ley, a 1 known agent, died at his home, Thirteenth street, to-day, aged 49 years. He leaves a widow, three daughters and a son. Heart trouble was the cause of death. Mary A. S. Duncan, a widow, died | last night at her home in San Lean- dro, aged 73 years. She lived in Oak- land for thirty-four years prior to her residence in San Leandro. Miss Mary Paris died to-day at the home of her sister, Mrs. George Coon, 1571 Filbert street. The young lady was a resident of Livermore, but had been staying with her sister for some weeks. John Parlow Abbott, who has been colonel and assistant adjutant general of the California Brigade of the Uni- form Rank of the Knights of Pythias, died to-day at his home, 1367 Castro street. He leaves a wife and three children, Russell, Mary and Eleanor. —_—————————— Death Calls Aged Pioneer. ALAMEDA, Dec. 23.—George N. Gray died last evening at his home, 1817 Everett street, aged 76 years. He was a native of New York and came to Cali- fornia in 1551. He had been a resident of Alameda for the last fourteen years, Deceased leaves three sons—H. C. Gray, Henry D. Gray and George D. Gray—all living in this city. ————— Oakland’s Clean Health Record. CHANGE CADET DRILL HOUR Academic Council Decides That Students Must Mareh at 4 0’Clock in Afternoon A EXPECT MUTINY IN RANKS Faculty Finds the Morning Parade Interrupts Studies of Young College People bl TR Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Dec. 23. The Academic Council of the Univer- sity of California to-day decided to change the drill for the university cadet regiment from 11 o’clock in the morn- ing to 4 o'clock in.the afternoon. This will be unwelcome news to the stu- dents who have to drill, and desertions To most .of or any drill is looked upon as a monstrous imposition, but 4 o'clock drill will be nothing less to them than a degrading serfdom. The 4 o'clock drill will come when every student will already have done a hard day's work, in his estima- tion, and rob him of the pleasure he used to count on for the rest of the day. It will be hard on the man who gets through at 2 or 3 o'clock, but still must linger around until 4 o’clock and then strut along in soldiers’ clothes for when the new term opens. home at 5 o'clock. It will be still der on the football squad next year, because practice begins at 4 o’clock. But the student can thank his lucky stars that the drill was not increased to three times a week instead of two, as was suggested in the council meet- ing this morning. Only the voices of | some professors, who protested against such an action, prevented tite adoption of such a rule, although the sugges- tion is likely to come up again. The reason given for the change of hours is that the 11 o’clock drill inter- feres too much with the lecture pe- riods. w —_—————— EVICTS A PATRON WHO WOOED A CHAMBERMAID | | Landlord Compte of the Pullman Ho- | tel Is Convicted and Fined for | Battery on Lodger. OAKLAND, Dec. 23.—Osmin Comp- te, proprietor of the Pullman House, { Seventh and Pine streets, was fined $30 to-day by Police Judge Mortimer | Smith, after conviction on a charge of battery. C. W. Collins, a roomer at | the Pullman House, was the battered. | Collins ciaims that Compte objected | to his attentions to Miss Alice Adams, | a chambermaid in the hotel. Expos- | tulations from the landlord failed to | convince Collins that he was not en- titled to pay suit to the fair Alice, | provided she did not object. In an | argument that followed Landlord | Compte threw Collins out of the hotel and discharged the girl. The evicted roomer caused Compte’s arrest. Land- lord Compte was not satisfied with his convictign. He has appealed to the Superior Court. — e BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL TEAM OFF FOR SOUTH Prepares to Play Los Angeles Eleven for the Football Championship of the State. BERKELEY, Dec. 23.—The Berkeley High School eleven, champions of the | Academic Athletic League, left thi evening for Los Angeles, where it Wwill play a game against the Los Angeles High. School eleven for the champion- | ship of the State on Christmas day. The eleven has been training faithfully for a month and hopes to defeat the South- erners. The line-up will be as follows: John Patton Jr., captain and left half; Fred Shingle, right end; Robert Sduey, right tackle; Vincent Witcher, right guard; George R. Kerr, left guard; El- bert Solinsky, left tackle; Steele, left end; Nicholas Duggan, right half; Schaeffer, quarter; Philip Hack- ley, right half; Melnot Peck, center. ot L R R Marriage Licenses. P4 OAKLAND, Dec. 23.—The follow- ing marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Ferdinand M. Kruse, 27, and Kate H. Behrens, 23, both of Pleasanton; Gwynne H. Sharrer, 29, Milton, and Leslie A. Grinnell , Berkeley; Thomas R. Curry, 30, Martinez, and Annie Keat- ing, 26, Oakland; Thomas W. Rankin, 53, and Pauline King, 26, both of San ¥rancizco; William S. Elder, over 21, Gakland, and Jennie E. Wyman, over 18, Suisun; Harry P. Bray, 29, Oak- land, and Levena N. Nankervis, 24, Los Angeles; Sanford H. Hansen, 54, Oakland, and Mary Eshilman, 52, Col- orado Springs; Arthur G. Saunders, 38, Oakland, and Libbie Rines, 33, San Francisco; John M. Burke, 21, San Francisco, and S. Florence Doug- las, 18, Berkeley; Christian P. Peder- sen, 28, and Edith S. Strandberg, 22, both of Oakland. —_——————— ‘Woman Attempts Suicide. Mrs. P. Roberts, a woman aged 30 years, was taken to the Emergency Hospital yesterday afternoon from her room in a house at 450 Ellis street. The woman was found in her room with the gas turned on and it was ewi- dent that she had attempte@ suicide. The doctors at the hospital also say that the woman had evidently taken some kind of poison. A receipt from a Sutter-street employment office showed that she had paid $2 on De- cember 9 for a position as waitress at a place called Cortland, near Sacra- mento. Despondency over inability to secure employment is believed to have been the cause for the woman's rash act. SEE THE PICTURE THE 1904 GIRL This Is the Most Dazzling- 1y Beautiful Creature OAKLAND, Dec. 23.—The Board of Health has reported that Oakland has practically a clean bill of health, only four cases of contagious diseases be- :‘M_ recorded at the health depart- You Ever Saw. NEW YEAR'S EDITION i NEXT SUNDAY CALL ! finally adopted. and as soon as possible GREAT PUBLIC PLAYGROUND - FOR CHILDREN SUGGESTED Alohd Club Holds a Meeting t6 Discuss Plan of Turning Ten-Acre Tract of Unimproved City Land in West Oakland Into a Recreation Park PRI S SR S VT o s INTERIOR OF THE QUARTERS OF OAKLAND, Dec. 23.—The Aloha Club of West Oakland, which is a social set- tlement organization backed by a num- ber of philanthropic people of this city, has undertaken the laudable labor of turning the ten acres of unimproved land in West Oakland owned by the city into a recreation and play ground for the youth of the western end of the city. The matter was discussed this evening at a meeting of the members of the club, at which Wallace Alex- ander, its president, Councilman Ben- jamin H. Pendleton, Sidney L. Peixotto of San Francisco, William Walsh and a number of others expressed their views on the subject and suggested various plans for carrying on the work begun by the club. The suggestion of Mr. Pendleton that a mass-meeting of the property owners of West Oakland be called to consider the proposition of presenting & petition to the City Council asking that body to take some action in the matter was after the holidays a meeting will be called, at which Colonel John P. Irish and other prominent residents of the western portion of the city will be asked to speak. The question will be thoroughly discussed and such action as is approved by the majority of the taxpayers of West Oakland will be taken. . STATES PROPOSITION. Wallace Alexander, presideat of the Aloha Club, opened the meeting this evening with a brief address, stating the object of the gathering. He said: “The proposition of establishing a recreation park and children’s play- ground on this piece of marsh land owned by the city is not a rew one, but although it has been taiked about | for a number of years by the people of West Oakland up to the present time no definite action of any kind has been taken. The members of this club have | resolved to make an attempt to bring | about a realization of the project and | if we are successful we feel sure that not only will the young people of this section of the city be directly bene- fited, but that the property cwners in this vicinity will find that the improve- ment of what is at present a piece of worthless swamp land will materially increase the value of their property.” Mr. Peixotto, who is at the head of the Columbia Park Boys’ Club in San Francisco, gave an interesting account of the establishing of public play- grounds for children in many of the large cities in the Fast and in San Francisco. After explaining the system of management of some of the largest of these playgrounds he said: “If the expense of improving the en- tire property is too great for the city to assume at one time, it could be done a section at a time as the money was forthcoming. Of course, it would take longer, but if rightly managed the re- sult would be the same in the end.” LAND NOW USELESS. Councilman B, H. Pendleton expressed the hope that the matter of a public playground for the young people of ‘West Oakland would be taken up and carried forward by every resident and property owner in that portion of the city. He said: Every question has two sides and it is al- ways well to consider city owns nearly ten acres of land situated between Elghteenth and Twentieth on Peraita, THROPIC ORGANIZATION THAT HAS TAKEN UP THE WORK OF SECURING A PLAYGROUND FOR OAKLAND CHILDREN. _ | gan; streets and at present this land is useless to the city and an eyesore to the residents of section. This might be: filled in and so0ld or leased and the city derive an income from its holding, or it can be improved and turned into a recreal park and playground for children. In opinion the greatest benefit would be derived At present the boye of my from the plavground. the High School have to go out to le to practice baseball and football. We all know what the surroundings are there and it is doubtful if we would care to have our brothers assoclations. Why not provide a park for just such purposes as this, where the pupils of the public, schools may come ‘for their games sud will force THE ALOHA CLUB, A PHILAN- entirely with themselves. The Southern Pa- cific will soon improve its depot at Sixteenth street and if this improvement is carried through this ¢ West land_ wili be a spot of beau rea of waste, of & unprofitable land a course wonld add much to the value of property in this part of the city, If this proposition is carricd to a successful end T wonld recommend that the park be put in the hands of a commi: of representative ollar appropriated for the playground will be wisely expended. WEST OAKLANDER SPEAKS. At the close of Counciiman Pendle- on's address William Walsh, one of the oldest supporters of the club and a well-known resident of West Oakland, spoke briefly in favor of the proposed playground. He said in part: “The people of West Oakland are not in the habit of talking very much. We pay our taxes regularly and attend to our own business. 1 think, however, that in consideration of the fact that there is not a single park in this part of the city which is maintained at pub- lic expense we should interest ourselves in this park, and when the residents of this part of Oakland are ready to take the matter up they will find that I am ready to do all that lies in my power to bring the matter to a successful is- sue.” —————————— CHRISTMAS PARTY AT ST. JOSEPH'S INSTITUTE Pupils Take Part in Programme and Receive Presents From a Big Christmas Tree. OAKLAND, Dec. 23.—A Christmas entertainment given yesterday after- noen in the auditorium of St. Joseph's Institute marked the closing of the in- stitution for the year. The following programme was rendered by the chil- dren, after which each of the pupils of the institute received a Christmas —- gift: Opening chorus, “Come When You Wi by the scheol: opening address, Mary Reilly; “‘Lit- tle Daistes,”” chorus by minimums; acrostits, Percy Read, Jeremiah O'Brien, Hubert Bradley, Fugene Garrison, George O'Conrgell, Willie Mc- Cann, Louis Marshall; recitation, Ada Wall; song, ‘“Merry Christmas,” by the pupils of the fourth grade. Farce, ‘Using the Weed—Caste: Mrs. Bookworm (teacher), Mary Reilly; Claris- £a Smithers, Lizzie McPeake: Pauline Smithers, | Gertie Grow; Roberta Smithers, Josie McKee- Mrs, Starch, Cecella Lefevre; Mary James, Mary Treacy; Mrs. Young, Annie Lacy. Song, ‘“Three Little Women™ (in character), Wanda Griffin, Irene Hearty, Margaret Barry; recitation, in one voice, by ‘the pupils of the second grade; holly wreath drill, Belle Sicotte, Alice Kenny, Ethel Wright, Anna Farrell, Jest sie Brierty, Eugenia Ortiz, Mabel Whitney, Whitney, Evelyn McAllister, Annie , Rita Lucas, Jeanette Fulcher; “Glory to God,” puplls of seventh *“Old Fashioned Christmas,"” ‘hymn, grade; recitation, Gertié Grow. One act drama, ‘‘Day Before Christmes"— Santa Claus, Marguerite McCarthy; teacher, Marguerite Fitzgerald; Bernie McAvoy; Man' in the Moon, Theresa O'Donnell; Euclid, Della Lavigetta; Jack of All Trades, Alma Greerty; Old Father Time, Nel- lle Ward; Aurora Borealis, Ariel Gritfin; Teacher of Botany, Lily Treacy; Jack Frost, May Kenin; Diana, Katie Cute; Hygea, Della Holland; Pupils, Katle Smith, Annie Holland, Theresa' Crosby, Annie McNally, Gertrude Murphy, Monica ‘McManis, Nellle Scully, Irene Kenny, Maggie Dalton, Nora Ready, Mary O'Brien, Genevieve Driscoll, Nelson Finn, Edna McCann. e Coursing at Dixon. A thirty-two-dog stake will be de- cided at the initial meet of the Dixon Coursing Club at its park in Dixon, Solano County, on Sunday. The meet- ing is under the jurisdiction «f the Cali- fornia coursing committes. Martin Kerrigan of this city will act as judge. The draw will be held to-morrew night at “The Old Corner,” Dixon. Entries are expected from this city, Woodland, Vallejo, Vacaville and other towns. The park is a well appointed one. —_——————— Fitzgerald's Water Report. OAKLAND, Dec. 23.—Mayor Olney has been advised that the report of Expert Desmond Fitzgerald on the Bay Cities Water Company project to | furnish Oakland with a municipal water supply will be filed on Decem- ber 31. —_—— Fines License Law Violator. OAKLAND, Dec. 23.—Charles Grib- ble, a grocer at Seventh and Oak streets, was fined $100 to-day by Po- lice Judge Mortimer Smith upon con- viction of selling beer without a liquor license. | Spirit _of ~Christmas, | TELL A STORY OF MARDSHIPS Sheehan Family Declare They Were Illegally Evieted and Left I11 Without a Home —_—— JUDGE SAMUELS INQUIRES Magistrate Will Hear Testi- mony Concerning an Alleged Failure to Notify Tenants ——ee Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 23. Claiming that she was evicted un- lawfully from her home, with a three months old baby and a sick husband, Mrs. Fannie Sheehan, wife of John Sheehan, told her troubles to-day to Judge George Samuels, with whom the | husband filed an affidavit setting forth | his grievances. Sheehan was sued by Charles Schoen- ing for two months’ rent of the cottage, 1370 Fifteenth avenue. Costs added brought the judgment to $60. After the | eviction papers were issued Sheehan claims that he was never propesly served with certain notices required by | law. He declares he lost his position with the Southern Pacific Company be- cause it was represented that he was trying to avoid payment of just debts, and Mrs. Sheehan declares that the family is homeless as a result of their | eviction. Thg documents in the case show in- dorsements that the papers were regu- | larly served. Judge Samuels will take testimony concerning the claim that Sheehan did | not receive legal notice. —_—— HOLDS THAT FRANCHISE CANNOT BE TAXED Western Union Begins Suit Against | Alameda County for Sums It Has Paid. OAKLAND, Dec. 23.—The Western | Union Telegraph Company began suit against Alameda County to-day to re- cover $133 96 taxes it paid upon its i franchise, which it alleges was illegal- | ly assessed by County Assessor Dal- | ton. The company makes the contention | that its franchise is a Federal fran- | chise; that it transmits messages for | the Government at a rate fixed by the Postmaster General and that these | messages have the right of way over all other matter. It contends that it is thus exempt from taxation so far as its franchise is concerned. Dalton made a departure this year and sessed what had never been assessed | | before. as- | —_——— TRAVELS TO WASHINGTON | TO DEFEND HIS CLIENT | Attorney J. C. Campbell Speeds to i Nation’s Capital to Clear Land F Agent John A. Benson. | 3. c. Campbell, the well-known at- | torney, left for Washington, D. C., last | Tuesday for the purpose of defending ’Jnhn A. Benson, the land agent, who was recently arrested by Government officials for alleged wrongdoing. Before departing Mr. Campbell d he did not expect any difficulty in clearing his client of the charge made against him. He said he had read the | telegraphic dispatch telling of Ben- | | son’s arrest and he feels certain that | Benson is not the man that the Gov- ! | ernment agents are after. | | Attorney Campbell is prepared to make an energetic fight in behalf of | | his client. ' g < Is Taken to Folsom. | OAKLAND, Dec. 23.—Mrs. Anna | Ross, convicted of the murder of Mrs. | Elizabeth Leroy and sentenced to life | imprisonment, was taken to Folsom i to-day. A few days ago the woman | begged the Judge to be allowed to see her child before going, but her attor- | ney stated he was unable to find the ‘boy and after four days the mother | had to go without seeing him. | —_——————— | Signs Large Sewer Contract. OAKLAND, Dec. 23.—The E. B. & A. L. Stone Company to-day signed a contract with the city to construct the new main outlet sewer through Thir- ty-sixth street, from Telegraph ave- nue to the bay. Two bonds in $75,- 000 each, with a surety company, were | filed by the contractors. —_—— New York Markets. Ears—Small to medium, $5000; me- | dium to large, $6000; extra large and | 0dd shaped. $7500 to $9000. Scalps—Whole, $10,000; thin spot, $9850; good. bald spot, $6000 to $7000; | fringed, $235. | Noses—Roman, Greek or ancient | Egyptian, $12,675: pugs, in half dozen | | lots, $5000; singly, $1000; patrician, | $15,000. Eyes—Matched pairs, $20,000; run of stock, $10,000 the pair; startled fawn, sloelike, azure, dreamy, go0goo an ! other romantic varieties going well a | 38750 the pair; not sold singly: black | eyes, no demand but many taketrs, no | quotations. Lips—Coral, $5600; ruby, $7400; Mobile. Savannah and New Orleans, $3333; com- | pressed. exvressive, tempting and al- | luring varieties much sought. Cheek—No demand; market supplied. | Hearts—Marble, $3 25, noble, $1 75; | true, 50 cents: ducal, $1,000.000 to $40,- 000,000, Feet—All styles, $2680 the pair; $2 ex- tra for breaking a pair. Hands—Heiresses, great demand: shortage in supply; no figures quoted: poker, 25 cents to $10,000; theatrical, 10, 20 and 30.—Chicago Tribune. —————— Failure of the Detail System. It appears from a memorandum sub- mitted to the Secretary of War by Gen- eral Young, chief of staff, that the de- tail system is a failure so far as ap- plied to the ordnance department and the signal corps of the army. It is said to be almost impossible to obtain offi- cers for those branches under the pres- ent. method of selection. In the ord- nance department there are nineteen vacancies and but little hope of filling them. Vacancies in the signal corps have been rartly provided for by ar- bitrary detail from the line of offigers graduated this year from the general service and staff college. In his mem- orandum General Young proposes the abandonment of the detail system as applied.to those two departments and a return to the former system of perma- nent personnel.—Boston Herald. I | morning, he said. SATS REVARKS WERE JUSTIFIED Witness in Mrs. Hall's Slander Suit Swears She Frequented the Back Room of a Saloon ARt MUCH WHISKY IS IMBIBED e C John Burke Says Plaintiff and Her Sister Would Tipple Into the Morning Hours iy Oakland Office San Francisco Call 1118 Broadway, Dec. 23. The hopes of Mrs. Frances Hall, who is asking the courts for $20,000 damages her reputation is alleged to have suf- fered by reason of remarks made about her by Mrs. Catherine T. Williams, re- ceived a severe blow to-day when John Burke, a bartender employed in the sa- loon of “Tom™ Flaherty, took the stand and testified that Mrs. Hall was in the habit of frequenting the back room of the saloon at night, where she would sit and drink whisky “straight.” The defense gained a decided victory when, after a day of arguments, the at- torneys for Mrs. Williams were allowed to so amend their answer as to plead a Jjustification of the remarks one woman made about the other. In the answer first made a general denial of the alle= gations was all that was attempted. Since the progress of the suit, however, it has been deemed necessary to show that the plaintiff was deserving of criti- cism at the hands of her neighbors, and to this end attorneys for Mrs. Williams are now bending-their efforts. The saloon in question is not far from the Hall home. Burke sald Mrs. Hall and her sister, Mrs. Etta Hastings, would come over there of evenings and drink six and eight “whiskies” in the course of two hours. They stayed there sometimes as late as 1 o’clock in the Burke ‘also testified that the women, accompanied by hime | self and the proprietor, visited a restaue rant after midnight. EVENTS IN SOCIETY BERKELEY. Dec. 23.—The members of the First Presbyterian Church will revive the cus- tom of singing ¢ s on Christmas morning. Th e Christian Fn- deavor se at & sk in the forth in a taily-ho drawn They will visit many Berke- arouse the Inmates with thelr morning | songs, After ¢ the party will go to the Presbytertan Church and galed steaming hot breakfast. The Miss Minnie McAvoy. Miss M €. Smith. L. I Reed, Miss Ainsworth, Miss Nora Beatty and Ernest Page. The weddin; Herrman Hal peo; ple will reside in NEW ORLEANS, eent City summa First race, one mile, selling—Burn- ing Glass won, Begone second, Jake Weber third. "ime, 1:41 Second race, one mile and a quar- ter, selling—Ginspray won, Jack Doyle second, Malay third. Time, 2:08 Third race, one mile, selling—Cap- tain Gaines won, Barbara Frietchie second, Ivernia third. Time, 1:41 3-5. Fourth race, one mile and a six- teenth, handicap—Huzzah won, Myn- heer second, Ethics third. Time, 1:48 3-5. Fifth race, six furlongs—Palmist won, Leal Dorsey second, Invincible third. Timey 1:14 1-5. Sixth race, one mile, selling—Com- mena won, St. Wood second, Blue Blaze third. Time, 1:42. —————— Hertzberg Departs. Mrs. Joseph Hertzberg, who came to this city from New York City about two months ago, complained to the police yesterday that she had been de- serted by her husband, and Detective Anthony has been detailed to locate him. After arriving in this city Hertz- berg deposited $2000 in a bank, which money he drew out and took with him. He also went to a safe deposit where his wife had jewelry valued at $100 and took it with him. —_————————— Titled London Landlords. Four peers own the greater part of the West End of London. They are the three Dukes of Portland, Bedford and Westminster, and Lord Portman. The Duke of Bedford draws an income of £12,000 a year from the tolls of Covent Garden Market, and every orange, every potato, every bunch of flowers that passes through the market con- tributes to his income. The Duke has 118 acres of the metropolis. The Duke of Portland has 300 acres, covered with great shops and houses, and the Duke of Westminster has sold land for build- ng on at £6 10s per Square foot. Lord alisbury owns part of the Strand, in cluding the land on which the Hot Cecil and the Savoy Theater stand, and the Duke of Norfolk is among the great land owners of the capital.—New York Commercial. ————— The Death Substitute. “I had in my employ,” says one of the missionaries to China, “a very val- uable Chinese servant, upon whom I leaned with implicit confidence. One day he came to me and said: ‘T shall be obliged to ask yeu to find somebody to take my place, as in the course of a few weeks I am to be executed in place of a rich gentleman, who is to pay me very liberally for becoming his substitute.’ “I asked what possible inducement there could be to forfeit his life for any amount of money. He replied: ‘T have an aged father and mother, who are very poor and unable to work, and the money I am to receive will make them comfortable as long as they live. I think it is my duty to give up my life to accomplish this.' "—Exchange. Stemndmt el Late Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. ‘Wednesday. December 23, Stme Grace Dollar. Olsen, 4 days from Ho- quiam. SAILED ‘Wednesday. December 23. ( Ger stmr Serbia. Bradhering. -Seattle, DOMESTIC PORTS. SEATTLE—Arrived Dec 23—Stmr Dolphin, from Skagway. ABERDEEN—Arrived Dec 25—Stmr Se- hence Dec 19, T Satied Dec 23—Stmr Coronado, for Sem Fran-