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LATEST OAKLAND NEWS
The Grand Jury Is Now In
vestigating the Tax
•'.-••■ Shortage.
THE EL CAPITAN CONDEMNED.
Increasing Need of a Radical
Method of Dealing With
the Garbage.
Oakland Office San Fraxctsco Call,)
908 Broadway, August 22. )
The Grand Jury commenced work to
day on the investigation into the shortage
in the Tax Collector's office. Tax Collec
tor Barber, the first witness called, was ex
amined for more than an hour and a half.
Other witnesses subpenaed were Alex
Rosborough, Myron Whidden, Expert
Fred Davis, H. K. Snow, Leo Park, George
Fraser. C. M. C. Peters and Daniel Crosby.
Auditor Whidden was at the office for
the first time since his sickness. He was
accompanied by his mother and expressed
his intention of being within call of the
Grand Jury so lone as he was able. A
large trunk was delivered at the Court
house to-day. It contained the tax-re
ceipt stubs for Rosbo rough's administra
tion, and each one will be gone over by the
expert In his hunt for evidence.
George Fraser, who was a night watch
man at the Courthouse during the month
of June, will testify regarding the move
ments of the county officers after business
hours at the Courthouse.
SECRECY OF DIVORCE.
An- Attorney Will Mandamus the County
'■■;•■. Clerk to Produce Papers.
.Attorney A. E. Bolton gave County
Clerk Jordan notice yesterday that he will
apply for a writ of mandamus compelling
Jthat official to make a certified copy of the
complaint in the divorce case of Catherine
A. Davis against her husband, John T.
©avis.
■ Bolton laid the necessary foundation for
th* application of a writ by filing a writ
ten demand and tendering the legal fee
for a certified copy. Jordan presented the
ffiatter -to the District Attorney, and that
official stated that the law was very ex- I
pHcit and could not be disobeyed. " The
. attorney claims that while the law is plain
its Bjnnt is manifestly not to be construed
in tha tway. He contends that the act
■was passed to prevent indiscriminate
handling of divorce records by irrespon
sible persons whose only concern is idle
curiosity. He maintains that the com- I
plaint is a public record, and that if he ■
acts in good faith he has a right to ex- I
amine it. Bolton wants the com
plaint to investigate some property rights
involved in it. He has a title to land,
which he is searching, and he desires the
complaint before he proceeds further.
A MENACE TO HEALTH.
Dead Animals Breeding Disease on the
Kirkham Marsh.
The marah at the foot of Kirkham street
is receiving the attention of the Board of
Health.
. • Monday night the Council voted $100 to
purchase petroleum with which to burn
the loose refuse. The attempt made to do
this was a failure, as the smoke and flames
were as objectionable as the stench. Fire
engines were turned on to the marsh to
sluice it, but the gases are as bad as ever. |
"It is marsh land and we cannot do any- j
thing," said the Health Officer to-day. ,
Xl There are from ten to twenty acres of it, I
' and it is impossible to cover it with street j
".sweepings. People have deposited on it I
•dead animals of every description, and
■ they, with the decaying garbage which I
would not burn, are rendering the place j
. an Unhealthy and dangerous environment i
to our city. "What I would propose is that |
. the city have the dredger which is now '
. pumping mud between the railroad tracks j
, Of the harrow gauge turn its pipes on the !
marsh, and in a little while we would have
' a good piece of land and have removed j
threatening danger to the health of our
-.city..-' •
■\" :. TRILBY IN OAKLAND.
She San* "Ben Bolt," but Did Not
'. . .:' " Show Her Feet. SOS
" ; The phantasms for the benefit of the
■ Roman's Exchange was presented for the |
first time to-night to a large audience. I
• The tableaux were faultless, and the \
effects, considering that it was a first ;
night's performance with about sixty ama- ;
teurs,- were remarkably good. The posing ]
and dissolving statuary, interspersed with !
; whistly and vocal solos, sustained the in
terest for. three hours and was very en
thusiastically received.
'.. Trilby was represented by Miss Ida
JLange, who sang a verse of "Ben Bolt."
but the audience though it craned its neck
could not get a glimpse of Trilby's feet and
■ no one knows whether they were accord
ing to Dv Mauri er.
Every character was well sustained and
the. whole concluded with a patriotic tab
■' leau of "Peace and War," with the stars !
and stripes hanging in the air and the
• orchestra playing the "Star-spangled Ban
tier." The phantasma will be presented
Friday and Saturday nights with a mati
nee Saturday afternoon.
:. ; j JtANSACKED A HOFBF.
; The;Qwners Were Enjoying Themselves
..-_-; | ••.■•■ at the Seashore.
When Mrs. M. L. Howard of 911 Grove
street returned to her home from a summer
Outing she found that some one had sys
tematically gone through the house and
: taketi" everything of value that was port
ab'jeu- From the number of articles taken
it was certain that the burglars made more
than one visit to the Howard residence.
Miss Holmes, a young lady neighbor,
was the first to discover the depredations.
She reported the matter to the police and
cent for Mrs. Howard. They went over
the hause and made a complete invoice of
the thiners that were missing. The police
•at once set out and searched for the stolen
property, which they found. They have
not been successful in nnding the burglars.
A HERMIT'S GOLD.
Bis Niece Will Be Contented With Eight
Thousand.
The contest over the estate of the late
Morris Goldberg, the hermit of the Fruit
vale hills, was compromised to-day. Mi«s
Gutte Simsen, the contestant, who is a
©ieee of the deceased, accepted $8000 in lieu
of all claims upon the estate, which is esti
mated to be worth $300,000.
The settlement of the contest will enable
Hie executors to pay the amounts be
*ueathed to charity. The beneficiaries are :
be First Hebrew Congregation of Oak
land, $2000; Fabiola Hospital, $2000;
Daughters of Israel Benevolent Society,
$4000, and Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum,
$2000. The remainder of the estate is
divided among eighteen heirs.
- Postponed Five Months.
The four water-front cases which are in
the California Supreme Court have been
put over by stipulation till January, 1896.
Po far as the Attorney-General and the at
torneys" for the city were concerned the
reason for desiring the cases to go over
was that they believed the issues on the
ownership of the water front were more
squarely presented in the suit recently de
cided by Judge Ogden, and that the latter,
which is going to be appealed, should be
on the calendar when the water-front
question is taken up by the State Bupreme
Court* In other words, they desired that
the city or State or both should be able to
put the best foot forward.
Congregational Orchestra.
The Congregational Sunday-school ha 9
elected the following officers' for the en
suing year: President, Abe P. Leach; vice
president, Caesar Beretta; secretary-treas
urer, A. S. Cantin; librarian, E. E. Yarn
dle}'. The board of directors consists of
these officers and Walter Leimert and
Eugene Colby. The board met and chose
Alex T. Stewart as conductor, who is ex
officio a director, owing to the position he
holds.
Burned Rats to Death.
Mrs. 8. C. Sanford, secretary of the
Humane Society, has sworn out warrants
for the arrest of Charles Frank and Rich
ard Woods on the charge of cruelty to ani
mals. The charges are the result of a
brutal exhibition witnessed at Washington
and Seventh streets a few days ago, when
three rats were saturated with kerosene oil
and set on fire. The rats were caugrht in
Frank's shoestore, where Woods is clerk.
Is Again Competent.
Clark D. Hough, a well-known resident
of this county, was committed to Agnews
some time ago. suffering from what ap
peared to be a pressure of the brain. After
spending some time at the asylum the
pressure on the brain was relieved and he
recovered his reason. He was discharged
two months ago, and, as he is still well, he
has been officially restored to capacity.
The New Woman.
Colonel Thomas F. Garrity was to have
lectured to-night before the Catholic La
dies' Aid Society at Y. M. I. Hall on "The
New Woman," but at the last moment he
was forced to disappoint the large audi
ence that gathered on account of the seri
ous illness of hi 3 wife. The lecture will be
given later. The ladies held a debate and
resolved that the new woman and any
other woman should not rest content till
they could go to the ballot-box.
Cannot Kegistcr.
Giambothesta Mullinaro, a peddler who
was naturalized in New York in 1876, was
refused the privilege of registering as a
voter this morning. The story of the man
was in yesterday morning's Call. He
came back to-day" but the District Attor
ney told the clerk that Muilinaro, who can
neither read nor write, cannot be permitted
to register.
High School Cyclers.
The Oakland High School Cycle Club has
! elected the following officers to serve
through the coming year: President, Ar
thur Colby; vice-president, Fred Edwards;
secretary-treasurer, Robert Nichols; corre
spondent ; Al Kitchen; captain, Charles
Gooch; first lieutenant, Fred Edwards;
second lieutenant, Joe Redington; color
bearer, Arthur Goodrich.
Filed at Last.
An information was filed this afternoon
against E. Wickham for embezzling a
horse and buggy from P. \V. Baker on
June 3. Wickham was held to answer on
June 25. Wicknam's attorney has tried to
secure bis client's release, as the informa
tion was not tiled within the Btatutory
time.
£1 Capitan Condemned.
The narrow-gauge steamer El| Capitan
has been condemned and will at once be
put out of commission. Her place will be
taken by the Bay City. The El Capitan is
twenty-seven years old.
HISTORY OF A DAY.
Alameda County Happening* Told In
Brief Chapters.
Oakland Office San Franctsco Call, )
908 Broadway, August 23. i
Joseph M. Little, a son of Colonel Little, was
appointed a Deputy Sheriff to-day by Sheriff
White.
A. D. Beal of Haywards was taken into cus
tody this afternoon and will be examined
by the Commissioners of Insanity.
Chicken thieves are again going the rounds.
The other night a lot of chickens were stolen
from a house on East Fifteenth street.
James L. Tyson, charged with assault upon
the little Van Patten girl, was found guilty
upon the trial yesterday of simple assault.
Street Superintendent Miller to-day ordered
further work stopped on ttie Eighth-street
sewer between Fourth and Seventh avenues.
William Heafey, a local sewer contractor, has
just returned from Marysville, where he se
cured a large contract for'sewering in that city.
The case of George Collier, accused of an as
sault upon a young lady of Livermore, will
come up to-morrow before Judge Frick to be
set for trial.
Vessels discharging cargoes of coal at Long
Wharf to-day are as follows: English ship
Manydown, English ship Dominion, American
ship Levi G. Burgess.
The nail works situated at the foot of Market
street, which were burned down two years
ago, are soon to be rebuilt. Nothing has "been
done to the plant since the fire.
Alama E. Josselvn has sued Mr. and Mrs. H.
Maleton of 657 Twenty-second street for $20,
--444 50 damages because she alleges that they
retained her personal effects, including music
and manicure-box.
J. P. Garlick, County Superintendent of
Schools, went to Niles to-day to visit the school
there. From now on until the Ist of October
he will devote all of his time visiting the
schools throughout the county.
The Italian-Swiss Mutual Loan Association
has sued Charles E. White et al. to foreclose a
mortgage on property at East Eleventh street
and Twenty-sixth avenue for $6500, less
$1324 TO, with interest and counsel fees.
A. D. Carvill and wife have filed a second
amended complaint in a suit against the Ala*
meda and Oakland Railway Company and the
Oakland Water Company for $10,000 damages
on account of injuries received by Mrs. CarvilL
The Sheriff to-day 6old under a decree oi
foreclosure in the suit of the Oakland Bank of
Savings against Daniel T. Sullivan and others
a lot in Alameda at the corner of Broadway
and San Jose avenue, 150x220 feet, to plaintiff
for $60,000.
The old Market-street Congregational Church
has been moved to Grove and Apgar streets
and will be put into shape at once for occu
pancy. A week from Sunday it will be used
for tiie first time as the Gray Memorial Bap
tist Mission.
The West Berkeley Progressive Club has
completed the contract for the $3500 bonus
for the erection of the proposed glass factory.
The conditions are that the subscriptions shall
be void unless the total amount is paid within
ninety days after September 1.
The funeral of James Galloway, the electric
light man who was electrocuted, was held from
his late residence this morning. Among the
floral pieces was a large telegraph pole, the of
fering oi the fellow-workmen of tne deceased
inthe Gas, Light and Heat Company.
Public Administrator Knight baa applied for
letters of administration with tne will an
nexed upon the estate of George M. Frances,
who died in Alameda December 3, 1894. A
eon of the deceased, who, it is alleged, was the
sole residuary legatee under the will, and who
had qualified as executor, has since died and
the estate is unsettled.
The great raft of logs anchored off the nar
row-gauge pier in the creek will soon have to
be removed. The pile occupies half of the
creek, creating strong eddies, which are rapid
ly accumulating a Lar of mud. Unless the
raft iB removed a portion of the creek will have
to be dredged, as the mud is rapidly making
the water too shallow for navigation.
George W. Nottingham, who was convicted
of robbing the railroad station at Walnut
Creek, has been sentenced to eight years at San
Quentin. Nottingham was charged with at
tempting to dynamite one of the Seventh
street local trains during the strike last year,
but the evidence was not sufficient to hold
him. He has a wife and child, who are resid
ing with her father in Contra Costa County.
WINTHROP'S DEFENSE.
Witnesses to Show That Mrs. Mathews
Frequently Threatened She
Would Suicide.
The defense of Oliver W. Winthrop in
the Mrs. Mathews murder case was begun
yesterday. Several witnesses were oalled
to show that the woman who swallowed
the strychnine pill at Laurel Hill Cemetery
had often threatened to commit suicide,
but nothing more than was shown at the
preliminary examination was brought out.
Mrs. Mathews' letter in which the
woman expressed her threat to kill her
self was produced in court. The letter has
been published several times.
Some of the main testimony for the de
fense will be offered to-day by Detective
Hicks.
Modern maids of all work commonly ob
ject to waiting on the table. The objection
was indicated in the case of a Far Western
maid in search of a place by the inquiry:
"Do you do your own reaching?"
THE SAN ITRAJN CISCO CALL, FKIJDAY, AU<SrU»T 23, 1895.
WOES OF MRS . WAGNER
Mrs. Wilmore, a Professing
Christian, Accused of Tak-
ing Her Son.
TO MARRY MISS WILMORE.
Ostracised and Persecuted, the Un
fortunate Lady Is Arrested
Without Cause.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,)
908 Broadway, Aug. 22. \
The recent arrest of Mrs. Wagner of 1511
New Broadway on a charge of insanity,
and her release without the formality of a
trial has caused great surprise among the
numerous friends of the lady who have
known her for many years. On the prison
register there is nothing to show that Mrs.
Wagner was ever arrested, and the Chief
of Police declares that her arre6t was un
warranted and immediately ordered her
release.
Mrs. Wagner was the wife of Abe Majors,
who was convicted of a crime eight years
aeo that was expiated with his life. He
was the college chum of Wells Whitmore
and several other well-known Alameda
County men, and after his death events
transpired that caused a revulsion of feel
ing toward him, and many thought and
still think that in Major's case an innocent
man suffered.
Because of her past misfortune Mrs.
Wagner has been ostracisea by church
members, has been persecuted by neigh
bors, and finally a few days ago she was
arrested at the instance of a neighbor
named Mrs. Woods on suspicion cf in
sanity, was hurried off in the patrol wagon
and after hours of imprisonment was
ordered released by the Chief of Police.
But her greatest trouble was the attempt
of a woman whom she trusted as a friend
to encourage her 16-year-old son to desert
his mother.
Mrs. Wagner lives in three back rooms
and is supported by her oldest son.
"It seems to me that my experience of
the past few weeks has about tilled my cup
of sorrow to overflowing," said Mrs. Wag
ner last night. "The trouble that has
proved to be the heaviest dates two years
back, when I was deserted by mv second
husband. About that time I made
the acquaintance of a Mrs. Wilmore, whom
I met as a professing Christian and worker
in a gospel mission on Eighth street.
After that I did some work for Mrs. Wil
more and wa3 led to believe that she was
my truest friend.
"I confided to her that my sons, though
sharing my poverty at that time, had bril
liant prospects, and that they would some
day inherit an English legacy, to which
they had an indisputable claim. I also
told her they had an interest in a large and
Abe R. Majors. Archie Majors.
valuable estate in New York. I went so
far as to show her papers in evidence of
my assertion.
"At this time my youngest son was em
ployed by the news agent at the Alameda
mole, earning $7 a week, and was my only
support outside the efforts I was putting
forth, as far as my strength would permit.
There was not a better or more dutiful
boy to his mother and employer than this
child. He was the very soul of honor.
"My intimacy with Mrs. Wilmore
threw her 10-year-old daughter, Ina, and
Mrs. Majors
Abe, together as children in play, and I
thought nothing of it until suddenly I was
awakened to the fact that my boy was
gradually being enticed from his home by
this woman, who encouraged him to be
her daughter's sweetheart.
"She finally succeeded in weaning him
from home, and when I threatened to re-
Bort to law to have my child restored he
Disappeared, and she would give me no in
formation of his whereabouts. I was heart
broken.
"I sought. Mrs. Sanford of the Humane
Society, but she apparently took no inter
est in the affair. The next I htard of my
poor child he was lying in the County Jail,
a prisoner, where he had been placed by a
warrant, signed by. Mrs. Sanford, charging
him with vagrancy.
"The boy was working for the Lucerne
Vineyard at Hanford, where he was ar
rested.
"I consider Mrs. Sanford's conduct in
the matter extremely uncalled-for and
most heartless. When it was proven that
my boy was working he was allowed to go
free, with the disgrace of having been ar
i#sted hanging over him, and most of all,
while there for the first time in his life he
was told how his father had met his death,
a terrible revelation to him.
"Upon his return to Oakland again he
seemed to have got out from under the
Wilmore influence, when it was again
thrown about him, and he yielded despite
my tears and entreaties.
"Some ladies in the Baptist church
learned of the etate of things and invited
Mrs. Wilmore and myself to a cottage
prayer meeting, where they interceded for
me," and we all prayed together, Mr. Wil
more too, and there she promised faithfully
never again to allow my son to cross her
threshold.
"I felt relieved and believed the matter
settled, but her word amounted to noth
ing. It only made her more secretive in
keeping their doings from me.
"Things have gone on from worse to
worse with the knowledge and consent of
Mrs. Wilmore. My son is a little past 16
and the girl Ina is but 12 years old, a child
in short dresses, going to school, and
proudly exhibits an engagement ring cost
ing $500, given to her by Abe. More than
that. Last Christmas he presented her
with a safety that her mother allowed her
to accept.
"Saturday night when I returned home,
to my surprise, I found the boy gone.
"I was forcibly taken from my home and
little children. I begged hard to be al
lowed to put a wrap around me and a hat
on my head ; but this privilege was denied,
and I was carried through the public
streets in the patrol wagon, hatlesa like an
old drunken tramp.
"The woman who called up the patrol
wagon claims that she did not accuse me
of being insane, but thought I was ill and
ought to be taken to the Receiving Hos
pital. That is all the satisfaction I can
get from any one."
Archie Majors, the eldest son, is a gen
tlemanly young man about 20 years of age.
He fully corroborated all that his mother
said about the hypnotic influence of Mrs.
Wilmore over his younger brother. He
declares that the acquaintanceship be
tween his brother and Mrs. Wilmore's
young daughter is encouraged because of
the boy's prospects. He has notified Mrs.
Wilmore that if she does not produce his
brother by Saturday night he will resort
to the law.
TO THE HIGHEST COURT.
Bondholders Under the Wright Law
Will Appeal to the United States
Supreme Conrt.
It is now certain that the appeal from
the decision of Judge Ross, which invali
dated the irrigation bonds issued under
the Wright law, will be carried to the Su
preme Court of the United States, unless
the decision be overturned before that
tribunal is reached.
The committee selected to devise ways
and means for carrying on the fight against
the decision is meeting every few days in
a
the Pine-street office of its chairman, Daniel
Meyer. Letters have been written to every
bondholder whose name could be secured,
urging a subscription to a fund which shall
be used in righting the case. Answers
have been received to almost every letter,
the writers betraying the utmost anxiety
to have the case carried up, and evidencing
a readiness to bear their proper share of
the expenses. Thns far trie appeal fund
amount!) to about $5000, and the commit
teemen feel sure that they will have no
difficulty in raising any required amount.
LATE NEWS OF ALAMEDA
Programme of Patriotic Music
Given at the Unity
Circle Fete.
Delegates to the Lay Association
Meeting at Pacific Grove.
Footraces.
ALAMEDA, Cal., Aug. 22.— The Unity
Circle fete at the corner of Central avenue
and Oak streets, where the city of tents is
located, is attracting the attention of all
Alamedans. A lunch was served to-day
to as many people as the ladies of the cir
cle could accommodate, the edibles being
contributed by the ladies.
The large tent was filled to overflowing to
night. The following programme, under
the supervision of K. Frank Clark, was
presented :
Reveille, the Misses Noble; '-America,"
chorus and audience; "Red, White and Blue,"
Miss Jennie Jehu and chorus ; "Tramp, Tramp,
Tramp," R. Frank Clark and chorus; duet,
drum and fife— Drummer, Ed Clarrage, chief
musician First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery,
Hancock's corps; filer, A. F. Abbott, Sixteenth
New Hampshire Volunteers. "Marching
Through Georgia," Peter Cortel you and chorus;
"Battle Cry of Freedom," solo by Sanford Ben
nett (Mrs. F. H. McCormick representing Co
lumbia); "Soldiers' Farewell," duet for bugle
and trombone, Misses Maud and Pearl NoDle,
bugle calls and drum; "Star-spangled Ban
ner" Mrs. F. H. McCormick and chorus;
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Again," Mr. Royle and chorus; "Just Before
the Battle, Mother," Mr. Parks and chorus;
"Tenting To-night on the Old Camp Ground,"
Banford Bennett and chorus; "Glory, Glory,
Hallelujah," chorus and audience; taps.
Sprinters on the Track.
Two parties came over from San Fran
cisco yesterday to conduct footraces on the
boulevard. The first event was a 220-yard
race between Harbor Policeman Dowd and
Eugene Robinson, proprietor of a news
stand at the ferry. It is said that $50 was
wagered on the result, and Robinson won
the race in 29 seconds. The second was
also conducted at the speedtrack and was
between Michael Barnes of the Interna
tional and Fred Kolteman of the Russ
House. The distance was 100 yards, and
was won by Barnes in 14 1-5 seconds.
Quite a sum of money changed hands on
the contests.
The Francis Estate.
George M. Francisco, who died intestate
in this city last December, left an estate
consisting of promissory notes and per
sonal effects valued at about $30,000. Wal
lace Francis, who was appointed execu
tor without bonds, continued in such
capacity until May last, when he also died.
Public Administrator Knight has applied
for letters of administration, the sole re
maining heir being the widow, who con
sents to his appointment.
Delegates to Pacific Grove.
The Park-street Methodist Episcopal
Church have chosen delegates to the Lay
Association meeting at Pacific Grove which
meets September 11 in connection with
the annual conference. The list consists
of Joseph F. Forderer, Thomas Poyser,
Mesdames 8. W. Ferguson, F. W. Greeley,
G. T. Watterson and J. D. Jamieson; alter
nates. Megdames J. A. Plummer, E. J.
Fowler, A. H. Morris, H. Dodge and J. F.
Forderer.
Bid In By the Plaintiff.
Sheriff C. B. White to-day sold the lot at
the corner of Broadway and San Jose
avenue, 150x220, under a decree of fore
closure in the suit of the Oakland Bank of
Savings against Daniel T. Sullivan and
others. The property was bid in by the
plaintiff for $6000.
Ladies' Union Social.
A social will be given Friday evening by
the Ladies' Union to the membership and
friends of the Park-street Methodist
Church. An interesting programme has
been arranged by Mrs. W. H. Pollard.
This will be the closing social of the con
ference year.
A TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT
What the High School Girls
Think of a Reported
"Sensation."
Professor McChesney Asserts He
Old Only His Duty In the
Premises.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,)
908 Broadway, August 22. f
"We knew nothing about any trouble
over our gymnasium clothes until some of
the papers said we were all worked up
over it. There is no war on. I never
heard a girl make any objections about
Mr. McChesney or anybody else."
So spoke Miss Patterson, a high senior
of the Oakland High School, to-day, and
she voiced the opinion of nearly all her
schoolmates.
The communication of Mr. Mackinnon
to the Board of Education is regarded as a
personal matter between the writer and
Professor McChesney, aa the costumes
worn by the girls are much more modest
than any of the bloomer costumes seen
daily on the streets of Oakland.
"I am surprised," said Professor Mc-
Chesney to-day, "that so much has been
made of such a trifling incident. Of course,
it is in the range of my duties to visit the
gymnasium, and I shall continue to do so.
Sometimes the apparatus breaks, or the
iloor needs sweeping, or I wish to speak to
a pupil, and at tnese times I visit the gym
regardless of whether the boys or girls are
practicing. The suits worn by the girls are
more modest than many worn by the
women tyclists of Oakland."
"There is little to be said about it," said
Miss Palmer, the instructress. "I never
knew Mr. McChesney to spend two succes
sive minutes in the gymnasium since I
have been here. He comes in and out on
business and we pay no attention to him.
None of the girls object, and I am sure I
do not."
THE CIVIC FEDEEATION.
Names of the Probable Incorporators.
Desire to Have Ladies In
cluded.
It has finally been concluded to hold the
general meeting of the Civic Federation
this evening for the purpose of incorpo
rating. The assembly hall of the Mills
building is the place of meeting.
The proposition is to adopt the Dlan of
the Chicago federation and have a similar
constitution and by-lawa.
Just who will be the eleven incorpora
tors chosen has not been definitely de
cided upon by the nominating committee.
There is a strong sentiment in favor of
having one or two ladies included. The
first idea was to have a ladies' auxiliary,
but it was subsequently thought best to
invite the co-operation of the ladies on the
game plane of activity and with the iden
tical scope of work, Mrs. A. A. Sargent
and Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper have, therefore,
been talked of as good material for the
board of incorporators.
The names of the men so far proposed
have been I. J. Truman, Stewart Menzies,
M. McGlynn, George T. Gaden, C. \V.
Reed, Wallace Bradford, D. Gilbert Dex
ter, Arthur G. Towne, Eev. E. R. Dille
and Rev. J. C. Smith.
DISPLAY OF USEFUL ARTS.
Photographers Busy Prepar
ing for the Atlanta
Exposition.
SHOWING OF CULINARY ART.
Classes at Work In the Practical
Arts a Feature of the
Photography.
All who see the photographic display of
the class work of San Francisco schools
CLEMENT SCHOOL COOKING CLASS.
[From a photograph by Taber.]
will be convinced that that work is noth
ing if not practical. The visitors at the
Atlanta Exposition will be introduced by
the aid of the camera to boys at the car
penter's bench and girls at the kitchen
range.
The work of the skilled photographers,
Bushnell, Taber and Thor, is going stead
ily forward, with gratifying results. Yes
terday morning a photographer from
Bushnell's grouped the 1100 students of
the Whittier School before the building
and got a good impression of that conven
tion of coming citizens. A feature is being
made of attitudes during military and
calisthenic drills. A wand exercise, as
shown by Mr. Bushnell, is particularly
striking and graceful.
In all of the schools where there are cook
ing classes pictures will be taken of the
girls in the midst of their essentially do
mestic occupation. The Broadway Gram
mar, North Cosmopolitan Grammar, Nor
mal and Le Conte schools have cooking
classes under the direction of Miss Whita
ker. Miss Paxton has classes in the culi
nary art at the Franklin Grammar, South
Cosmopolitan Grammar and K incon Gram
mar schools, and Miss Toomly drills
classes in the indispensable art at the
Clement Grammar, South Cosmopolitan
Grammar and John Swett Grammar
schools.
The pictures show the girls in the actual
tasks of the kitcnen— mixing bread, pound
ing meat, basting roasts, rolling pie crust
and all the other arts upon the nicety of
which so large a measure of health and
consequently of happiness depend.
LATEST BERKELEY ITEMS
A Distinguished Scientist
Elected Professor of
Botany.
He Will Fill the Chair Vacated by
Dr. E. L. Greene—Philosoph
ical Lectures.
BERKELEY, Cal., Aug. 22.-Dr. Wil
liam Albert Setchell, at present assistant
professor of botany at tne Sheffield Scien
tific Bchool, has been elected by the board
of regents to fill the chair of botany in
the university recently made vacant by the
resignation o f D r . Edward Lee Greene.
Dr. Setchell was born at Powfret, Conn.,
in 1864, where he acquired his preliminary
education. He entered Yale University in
1883, and graduated in the classical course
in 1887, with the honorary appointment of
the philosophical oration and two years
special honors in natural science
After graduation he spent four years at
Harvard as a graduate student in biology
and botany, taking the degree doctor in
philosophy in 1891.
During the last two years at Harvard
Professor Setchell was the author of
numerous scientific papers of great abiiity,
and in 1894 he was secretary of the Society
of American Naturalists. In 1891 he was
called back to Yale as instructor in
botany, and was afterward made assistant
professor, which position he resigns to ac
cept the position as head of the botanical
department at Berkeley.
For several years past he has had charge
of the summer biological laboratory at
Wood's Hall, Massachusetts, and Pro
fessor C. O. Whitman, director of the work
there, regards Dr. Setchell as one of the
ablest scientists that the biological depart
ment of Harvard has produced.
The recent death of Professor D. C.
Eaton, head of the botanical department
at Yale, brought Dr. Setchell into promi
nence as the probable successor to his po
sition, and the faculty of the University of
California are congratulating themselves
upon their timely enterprise in inducing
him to come to the Pacific Coast instead of
remaining in the East. Personally, Dr.
Setchell is described as a large man, of
strong constitution and frank and straight
forward in manner. Beside being a scient
ist in the broadest sense of the word, he
HAS No EQUAL
has shown conspicuous administrative
ability in organizing important enterprises
in conneciion with his specialty.
It has not yet been announced when the
new professor will arrive, but it is under
stood that he will be given his own time
in which to prepare for his new field of
labor.
Reception to Freshmen Co*Edg.
The Young Women's Christian Associa
tion of the university tendered an informal
reception to the ladies of the class of '99
this afternoon. A short programme was
rendered, consisting of a vocal solo by Miss
Labaraque, a piano solo by Miss Watson
and a recitation by Miss Henry. Refresh
ments were served at the close of the es
ercises.
Mad Dog Killed.
A mastiff belonging to Chris Socker of
Berkeley was stricken with hydrophobia
to-day, but was shot before doing injury to
any one beyond the frightening of a num<
ber of school-children.
Philosophical Lectures.
Active preparations are being made by a
number of the faculty for the lectures and
discussions on philosophy which will take
place on the 30th inst., at Harmon Gym
nasium, in which Professor Royce of Har
vard, Professor Menzies of Texas and
Professors Howison and Le Conte will take
active parts.
I.ouls Corriveau's Property.
Edna Dean, also known as Edna Corrivean,
has been cited by Judge Coffey to appear in
court and snow cause why she should not tell
all she knows about the interest of Louis Cor
riveau in real and personal property. Cor
riveau was the Geary-street barber and bath
house-keeper, whose estate vanished upon his
death several months ago. He was supposed
to have had about $50,000. Edna Dean claims
to be the widow of Corriveau.
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