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LATEST OAKLAND NEWS
Why Should Dr. McLean's
Successor Come From
the East?
PEDDLING THE JUTE MILLS.
Hon. Judge Simonds May Expect to
Build a Competing Road to
Stockton.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call, ?
908 Broadway, Sent. i. )
The First Congregational Church of this
city is without a pastor and the trustees
are holding secret negotiations with an
Eastern minister whom they are inducing
to succeed Dr. McLean. Just why it is con
sidered necessary to import a minister to
the First Congregational Church is a ques
tion that three-fourths of the church-goers
of this city are now asking. It is argued
that there is available talent right within
the shadow of the church's steeple and
that it should be employed. It is certainly
a left-handed compliment to the Pacific
Theological Seminary ol this city to send,
only the trustees at present know where,
for a pastor. Dr. McLean said: "The trus
tees had almost closed with one man in
Boston, but the newspapers here got hold
of his name, his congregation heard of it
and demanded an explanation, and of
course the man had to break off negotia
tions and tell his people he intended to
Btay where he was.
"This certainly was a coup on the part of
the newspapers that should be commended,
and if by pursuing the same policy all
negotiations with Eastern divines can be
broken up no Californian should raise an
objection. It is this practice of sending
East for people to I*ll home pastorates and
professorships that tends to lower the
educational standard of California on the
other side of the continent. It is con
strued as an implication thaf home talent
is inferior, which is certainly not true."
Much surprise has been expressed that
Rev. William Rader, who for several years
past has been Dr. McLean's assistant, is
not offered the vacant pastorate.
Mr. Rader is an aggressive man; he is
not too young, he has made himself popu
lar and respected, and is a man of nerve.
While in the Hawaiian Islands, less than a
year ago, he was offered a pastorate at a
salary equal to that received by Dr. Mc-
Lean", but refused it on the ground that to
go to Honolulu would be to partially sever
connection with the great work of which
he justly considered himself a legitimate
part. It is not even known whether he
wants Dr. McLean's pulpit, or whether he
would accept it ix offered, but thousands of
loyal Californians are wondering why Mr.
Rader has not been already appointed.
There may possibly be reasons why the
assistant pastor is not as satisfactory to
the trustees as to the great part of the con
gregation, but if so, they nave not been
made public. But surely, among the many
able ministers of California and the many
gifted graduates of the Theological Semi
nary over which Dr. McLean now presides,
there can be found an able man who would
prove acceptable to a leading Oakland
congregation.
If Judge J. Simonds of Chicago, who ie at
present in this city trying to induce local
capitalists to build a road from Oakland to
Stockton, wishes to succeed he will have
to change his method of procedure. Ac
cording to the story published yesterday
_ he has been here two months making
efforts to lay the plans for floating the en
terprise. "ifr. tf imonds does not know Oak
land or Oakland people, and if he has
been advised to act as he has done he has
not been advised judiciously. Nothing is
secret in Oakland, and if the purpose of
proceeding secretly was intended to
prevent any other company from head
ing him off, and it could be for no other
reason, then Mr. Simonds may be sure that
as toon as he mentioned "railroad" and
"capital" his mission would be known to
those whom he wished to keep in the dark
within twelve hours t even if it had not
■preceded him, which is more likely. .
Oakland has heard so much of "secret
overtures" regarding competing roads
that it has a right to doubt the sincerity of
any movement that is not open and above
board. There is an earnest desire in Oak
land for connection with Stockton or any
other place by rail, and there is money
enough a hundred times over to build the
. road. But if Judge Simonds of Chicago,
•'who does not profess to be a railroad
man or a capitalist, but merely a pro
moter," means business, he will have to
declare his business openly, state concisely
what contracts he is authorized to make,
convince the people that his propositions
are reliable and then he can ask local in
vestors to aid the project by taking stock.
During the past week much has been
published regarding the removal of the
Oakland jute mills. For nearly a year the
■jute mills at East Oakland have been ped
dled over the State on various pretexts,
. end it is but just to this city that the facts
connected with the various reported re
movals be made known. A bout a year ago
Superintendent Rutherford appeared in
print in a long interview, in which all the
troubles at the mill were laid at the door
of the new tariff bill. His arguments were
convincing and supported shortly after
ward by the closing down of the mill. The
. next heard of the mill was that it was go
ing to remove to Sacramento, as the cost
of fuel in Oakland was too high. Then it
was peddled in Stockton, and last Wednes
day a. committee of Stockton men visited
the jute mills here and were told that ne
gotiations with, yet another town were in
progress.
It was represented to the Commercial
Association that if Stockton wanted the
mill it would have to take $100,000 worth of
k stock, which would be issued for the pur
pose, the plan being to reorganize the com
pany. The officers of the company have
Hated, time and time again, that under
the new tariff, and on account of , convict
competition at San Quentin, the manu
facture of jute bags and cloths is a losing
venture. Sow that a large amount of new
6tock is talked about, it %'ould seem that
all the motives for desiring a removal have
not been given out. The same tariff and
the same convict competition will be felt
•et Stockton, Sacramento or any other
gilace as in Oakland, and just at this time,
when Oakland is doing her utmost to ad
vertise the advantages of her water-front,
goon to be free for manufacturing pur
poses, it is not good policy to consent to be
misrepresented.
Undoubtedly the tariff and San Quentin
drove the mill out of business, and outside
cities bidding for the concern should know
the facts. It is reported that when ' the
mill closed down it employed 350 people,
but it was not stated how many of these
were Chinese and children. It is a long
time since I saw the millhands leaving
work, but the last time I did see them it
looked as though 75 per cent were Chinese,
children or women.
About twenty arrests have been made
Bince last Sunday of Chinese lottery-deal
ers, all of whom have been released on
bail. When their cases were called all de
manded jury trials, and unless a great
change comes over the average Oakland
Police Court juror all will eventually be
freed from the law by disagreements. Al-
though the evidence in nearly every case
is positive, and Judge Wood. tells the jury
that they are not to pass upon the consti
tutionality of State * laws, but upon the
Afact of their being disobeyed, there are
A always found some who ;do what they
should not do. Then the Chinaman and
the attorney divide* the bail "and walk off. '"
.he absolute contempt in' which the Chi
nese gamblers hold the law could not be
i better shown than by two Oakland dealers
during the past week.
One was arrested twice and another three
times for the same offense. On each occa
sion they furnished cash bail and went back
to their business. Under the new Chief of
Police, perhaps, juries will be secured that
can be depended upon to do their whole
duty and then there will be some hope.
In connection with this sudden outburst
of a desire to execute the lottery laws on
the part of the police, a question has been
asked that merits an answer. Why is the
crusade limited to - Chinese? There are
many places where gambling is being con
ducted by whites and so far they have not
been disturbed.
There are twenty cigar-stores on Broad
way, Washington and adjacent streets
where gambling is carried on, in addition
to several private places, and the respecta
ble portion of the community is waiting
for Chief Lloyd to suppress them. The
first month of his term of office closed last
night with a good showing. His next
month's record will be eagerly watched.
This afternoon at Mills Tabernacle Rev.
G. W. Henning lectured to a small audi
ence on "A Fallen Nation." A few weeks
aeo Mr. Henning lectured on a similar
subject in San Francisco and was quite ex
tensively reported. Several of the rev
erend gentleman's friends in Oakland are
wondering when he discovered that this
country has fallen. Mr. Henning is well
known in this city. Within the past five
years he has held two Dastorates in West
Oakland and before that* he was a Los An
geles preacher.
Before that year he was a San Francisco
newspaper man, but prior 'to that no one
remembers him. In neither of his Oak
land churches did Mr. Hennings create a
great furor, and in his new role of calam
ity lecturer he is. not making any greater
success. The number of Americans in
Oakland who think the Nation has gone to
the dogs is very small.
Stuaet W. Booth.
•
The Hanks Are Swelling.
Since the Salvation Army moved into
the old People's Theater in the center of
town there has been an increase both in
membership and attendance. To-day En
sign Reed gave several prospective soldiers
the articles of war that they are required
to sign before they are allowed to take the
vows of a soldier. When a number of re
cruits are ready to be sworn in, there will
be a special meeting held for the purpose.
Realty at Auction.
The property belonging to the Nickals
estate, consisting of eleven lots located on
San Pablo avenue and Twenty-third street,
Oakland, will be sold at auction by order
of James Stanley, administrator, next Sat
urday, September 7, at the salesrooms of
William J. Dingee, 460-462 Eighth street.
The property is located in a desirable part
of the city and is in line of immediate im
provements. Three lines of streetcars
penetrate the property, which is attracting
the attention of those seeking investments
in realty for business purposes. The sale
will be made without reserve and to the
highest bidder for cash.
SHOOTING AT MIDNIGHT.
Police Called Upon to Search
the House of a Young
Married Couple. •
A Burst Bicycle Tire Explains What
Was Thought to Be a
Tragedy.
Oakland Office Sax Francisco CallJ
908 Broadway, Sept. 1. I
A young married couple rushed into the
police station a little after midnight and
told Captain Fletcher there was shooting
going on in the rear of their home and
they feared murder. The woman was
greatly excited and said that she had been
with neighbors for the evening and re
turned about 11 o'clock. As soon as she
entered her home, which is on Webster
street, near Fourteenth, she heard some
rustling, followed by a pistol shot in the
back room of the house. She ran out and
informed her husband, who works in a
barber-shop nearby, and the pair went to
the prison and told their story.
Captain Fletcher was convinced that the
girl was telling a straight story and he ac
companied them back to their home. A
thorough search of the rooms was mad c,
but nobody was found, dead or alive, noth
ing appeare dto have been disturbed and
no evidence could be found of any shoot
ing. But Captain Fletcher was anxious to
set the young woman's fears at rest, so he
investigated in the neighborhood and
found that others had heard the shot fired
at the same time.
At the rear of the house occupied by the
young couple is another house, and as the
sound of the shot had come from that di
rection Captain Fletcher, enforced by the
officer on the beat, made inquiries of the
inmates. The mystery was soon ex
plained.
One of the family owns a bicycle and he
told the police that just at the identical
hour named as the time of the probable
murder one of the tires had exploded with
a loud report.
Captain Fletcher said to-day that he
didn t expect a tragedy, but he considered
that to have calmed the fears of a young
married couple was satisfaction enough
for his midnight hunt.
AT GRACE OHUEOH,
A Large Congregation Listens to the
First Monthly Festival Service.
Grace Church, corner of California and
Stockton streets, was crowded last evening
by a congregation that assembled to listen
to the first monthly festival service ever
given in that church. -
The service, in which was introduced the
anthem, "Lead Kindly Light," rendered
most excellently by the new male choir,
was an unusual one, but as the Rev. R. C.
Foute in a short address explained, it is
not new and is strictly within the rules
governing the church service. He said
that it is the intention to furnish the best
music in the church at all times and to
pay special attention to selections for the
monthly services. He expressed himself
as gratified at the presence of so large a
congregation, and said that he hoped that
the services would be appreciated by all.
The rendition of the several numbers by
the choir, composed of Frank Coffin, Clar
ence Wendell, Algernon Aspiand, Peter
Lamar, first tenors; Dr. Robert Smith,
Leonard £. McLellan, James G. Simonton;
second tenors; D. M. Warde, F. G. B.
Mills, first bassos; Hugh Williamson, W.
McDonald, second bassos, was perfect.
The organ recital at the close of the ser
vice, "Sacred Concert on a Lake Inter
rupted by a Thunderstorm," by William
H. Holt, organist and director of music,
was a gem executed in a faultless manner,
which brought out the almost full force of
the grand organ. At the next special ser
vice on the 6th of October Gaul's sacred
cantata, "Holy City," will be rendered. V
A SHATTEEED JAWBONE.
Frank Smith, a Colored Jockey, Struck
' : _*',",i by a Poolball.
Frank Smith, a colored jockey, while
having a convivial time with some of his
friends in the Midway Plaisance saloon on
Market street last evening, was hit in the
jaw with a poolbalL The * ball received
sufficient impetus from the hand of a man
named Kelley to cause a serious fracture of
Smith's jawbone.
Smith i was taken to « the Receiving Hos
pital. Kelley was not arrested and t the
officers were unable to learn what caused
the row, if any, and how Smith happened
to be the victim. - Smith was sober at the
time and bears a good reputation. ..His
jaw was badlj shattered.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1895.
LATEST BERKELEY ITEMS.
Some Features of the Proposed
Comic Paper Soon to Be
Published.
"JOSH" AT THE UNIVERSITY-
A Futile Effort Made by Jealous
Students to Prevent Its * ' .
Appearance.
BERKELEY, Cal., Aug. 31.— 1t now
seems that the much-talked-of "Bi-weekly
Josh" at the University of California will
prove to be a reality and possibly a revela
tion to a certain element in college who,
HELLO, SKINNY!
<*' Freshie" Jones makes a date with his friend "Skinny" Green to go bicycle-,
riding, and agrees to meet him in the library at a certain hour.
[Drawn for the "Josh" by Sherwood.]
through jealousy, are attempting to crush
it in its embryonic state. The board of
editors and illustrators held a meeting
yesterday afternoon and outlined definite
plans for the publication of this new effort
at comic journalism. A whole armful of
drawings and "joshes" on students have
already been submitted to Artists Steele
and Quinan, and still more can be had on
short notice from amateur seekers of artis
tic fame.
The report has gained ground among
some of the university people that an ef
fort will be made to lampoon the faculty
by means of sketches and doggerel setting
forth their idiosyncrasies, but the staff de
clares that no such work will be given
space in the paper. The experience. with
'96's "Blue and Gold" has been a suffi
ciently impressive lesson to prevent any
SIBPPP
[Drawn for the "Josh " by Sherwood.]
further attempt at correcting petty pecu
liarities of the professors. But the student
body may expect to get it "square in the
face," as those who need it will be
"jumped all over," says the editorial
writer. The paper then will have a seri
ous purpose as well as a comic one, and
those who have its destiny in charge pro
pose to establish it upon such a firm
foundation that it will have a longer and
healthier existence than the other funny
paper called "Smiles," which had a short
Ufa at the university several years ago. . ■
Work of Crescent Wheelmen,
In the five-mile road race .over the San
Leandro-Haywards course yesterday P.
Kroman of the Crescent Wheelmen made
the distance in 13 minutes and 43 seconds,
with a handicap of 1 minute and 45 sec
onds. !F. B. llkins covered the distance
in 14 minutes and 37 seconds, with a one
minute handicap. President of the Club
Mikkelsen officiated as one of the timers.
OUT OF TOWN PERSONALS.
Gilroy, Cal., Sept. I.— delightful surprise
party was given to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lang,
at their home south of town, Thursday night.'
Mrs. Will Cobb and daughter have been visi>
ing relatives in San Jose. Mrs. J. Reither has
returned from Oakland accompanied by
friends. Mrs. C. R. Weaver is homo from Pa
cific Grove. • Mrs. Christie of San Jose is visit
ing old friends here. Miss Larkins, who has
been summering in Gilroy and vicinity, re
turned to Oakland to-day. Al Steinmetz, after
spending several months here, has gone to De
troit. Mich. Mr. and Mrs. C. J.McClureand
Mrs. H. D. Aitken of Prescott. Ariz., have re
turned from a month's outing at the const.
Mrs. J. Bury returned Friday, to her home in
San Jose. L. L. Chamberlain and wife, of Au
burn, who have been stopping here, left for
Del Monte and Paso Robles. Miss Mina Cole
left Saturday to take charge of her position as
vice-principal of the Santa Clara High School.
Mat McCurrie has returned from Santa Cruz.
Miss Kate Salby of Hollister is in town. Miss
Lillian Rea and Miss Boyd have returned from
a visit in the Garden City. Miss Nancy Place
and Miss Florence Pinnager, of San Francisco,
arrived to-day to spend a few weeks with Mrs.
Henry Miller at Mount Madroua.
Coronado Beach, ■ Cal., Aug. 31.— Mr. and
Mrs. A. P. Johnson and daughters, Miss C. E.
Johnson and Miss Eva K. Johnson, are down
from Riverside to escape the heat and to enjoy
life at Hotel del Coronado. John D. Spreckels
arrived at Hotel del Coronado last night on a
visit to his family who have been summering
here. Godfrey Holterhoff, ; treasurer of the
Southern California ■ Railway, who, with . his
wife and sweet little daughter have been stay
ing at Coronado during August, returned to
Los Angeles yesterday. . Mr. . and Mrs: B. T.
Vandevortof Pasadena, who summered at the
big hotel on the beach, are among the depart
ing guests . to-day. Their dainty daughter
Dorothy, though shy as a wood thrush, was the I
belle of the little ones at Hotel del Coronado.
W. F. Good of San Francisco is registered at
Hotel del Coronado. - _ *
Avalon, Catalina Island, Cal., Aug. 29.— Mrs.
Alice Smith of San Francisco is at the Grand
View. 7 C. B. Jeffries, the Fresno fruit commis
sion merchant, is at the . Metropole. Judge
Maude, Attorney Mayon, County Clerk j F. W.
Craig and District Attorney W. Q. Smith of j Ba
kerstield left the island yesterday after spend
ing several * days at the Metropole. - Virna
Woods of Sacramento is a guest at the Island
Villa. ' H. A. Rosenquist of San Francisco ar
rived at the Metropole last night. ; Company B
from Passadena is encamped here this week,
and Captain F. D. L. Carrington, inspector of
the National Guard, has come up from San
Diego to inspect them. Sixteen members of
the Los Angeles Signal Corps, the • Beventh
Regiment band and a few members of the three
Los Angeles military companies are with the
Pasadena boys. Dress parade at 5 p.m. and
guard mount at 10 a. M. attract large numbers
of visitors daily. In all there are eighty men
in camp under charge ot Captain N. 8. Bang
ham of Pasadena Company B. W. T. Taylor
and wife of Bakersfield are at the Island Villa.
Alpho Hirsch and little son of San Fran
cisco are at the Metropole. Mrs. M. L. Carhart
and daughter have joined the Messrs. Carhart
at the Metropole. . ;_ ' . -
Santa Rosa, Cal., Sept. I.— Tne following
are at : Skaggs . Springs: A. B. Spreckels, J. R.
Thomas. Captain and Mrs. N. Damon, C. F.
Smith, John Fischer, F. Rein, C. A. Humbert,
G. H. Phelps, N. P. Loupy, Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Kimball, B. Nason, Mr. and I Mrs. W. B. Wet
more, A. J. Gordon, Mrs. A. G. Hildebrandt, C.
Jones, Mrs. R. C. Mauzy, Mrs. M. A. Con
nolly, Mr. and Mrs. A. Bauer, Mrs. J. Flanagan,
C. J. Reilly, Mrs. A. Carity . Captain A. Y.
Trask, H. Kenitzer, W. 3. Burke, Miss L. Har
ney, Mrs. M. Rappin, Miss E. Rappin, C. G.
Clinch, T. G. Sullivan, J. G. Moody, Mr.
and and . Mrs. George R. Wells, Miss M.
Wells, Mrs. F. de C. Miller, Miss Mary de C.
Miller, Thomas O'Reilly, J. Martens, M. F.
Freitas, A. Lawrence, A. Marshall, J. Silva,
Thomas Palmer, Mr. and James H. Presho, Mr.
and Mrs. T. H. Pre6ho, Mr. and Mrs. O.Wiedero,
Mrs. If. T. Emerson, Mrs. L. Weill, Mr. and Mrs.
J. Noonan, S. McNeil, J. Flood, Hiram B. Cook,
H. B. Cook Jr., XV. Roberts, F. C. Wagner, L.
Tillmann, Oscar Judell, Mr. and Mrs. O. Staple
ton, Mr and Mrs. A. Sehierholz, F. Kerns, Louis
Meyer, Herman Frohman, Mrs. H. Brewster,
Joseph Townsend.
GUAKDS AND LEGION.
Two Prominent French Societies Hold
a Picnic at Schuetzen Park. .
The Lafayette Guard and the Legion
Francaise gave a picnic at Schuetzen Park
yesterday. A large number of people went
over on the early boats and waited until
the last train to the City pulled up at the
station after 6 o'clock, It was a quiet pic
nic, with lunch under the trees and dane-
ing in the pavilion as its principal attrac
tions. 1^
The committees in charge of the affair
were as follows:
Arrangements — Lafayette Guard: J. Milly,
J. Denwell, L. Lame, F. Boyer; Legion Fran
caise: J. Labarthe, A. Pottet, J. Merienne, J. C.
Bailies d'Err.
Reception— Lafayette Guard: P. Bigue, E.
Remond, P. Cames, J. Salanave. E. Giraud; Le
gion Francaise: A. Lacoste, J. B. Casadebat, J.
Labarthe, P. Sahores, H. Pucheu.
Floor committee— P. Boulin, director; La
fayette Guard : A. Gross, A. Lassale, J. B. Pujet;
Legion; Francasie : B. Olympic, A. Cadenel, M.
Gailiac.
THE OLD SWETT SCHOOL
First Hall to Be Dedicated by
the American Protective
Association.
Congressman Linton Accepted an
Invitation to Come to the
Coast.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,)
SOB Broadway. Sept. 1. J
The first hall to be dedicated for the use
of the American Protective Association
will be opened shortly in East Oakland.
It will be the old Swett • schoolhouse, re
modeled so as to form a large lecture-hall
upstairs and several lodgerooms down
stairs.
The old Swett schoolhouse was located
on the site of the handsome stone and
brick ' structure ; opened for educational
purposes several months ago at Nineteenth
street and Thirteenth avenue in East Oak
land. The 7 building,7 was moved to one
corner of the block and * fixed up while the
new school was . building. Then it was
sold for a small . sum to John Hodge, and
the next day sold ;by him ■■ at an advanced
figure to Hugh M. Cameron, a real estate
man. ; From ■ Mr. Cameron it has been
leased by the Seventh Ward Council of the
A. P. A., and will be used by the order.
The Seventh Ward is the largest and most
aristocratic mi the _ city,' and, the ; order is
very strong in that district. ' ' '.'--; "- • : '".*"■'■■ : '- 4
. The schoolhouse has been moved to Six
teenth street and -Thirteenth avenue, and
will be ready for use shortly. lit is a large
two-story building, and the large hall will
seat 1000 * people. r , No ' decorations will •be
used ; on any occasion . but the ; Stars and
Stripes, and over the main entrance will be
the motto, • "One Language, ■ One Country,
One Flag." , 7 7,
7 Congressman Linton has been invited to
come to Oakland, and he has accepted the
invitation. He will probably be here and
help to dedicate the first '_ hall of the order
in Alameda County. Congressman Linton
is known for his speech in the last Con
gress opposing the appropriation of public
money for sectarian schools. '' 7^MwmßgMM
THE SINGLE-TAKERS ACT
After Tax Col lector Block for
Following County Val
uations.
COMMITTEE WILL INVESTIGATE
... i
Mr. Reynolds Figures Out a Dis
crepancy of. $2,000,000 "Back"
Taxes Due.
The Single Tax Society concluded , last
night at ■; its meeting - in ■ the Foresters'
building, No. 102 O'Farrell street, to go
after Tax Collector Block and see why the
law has not been complied with in the
matter of collecting taxes on the full value
of the property according to the State
Board of Equalization's valuation in the
past. The amount involved aggregates
upward of $2,000,000.
James S. Reynolds came forward with
a dissection 'of Chief Deputy Assessor
Herzer's argument which that official
made to the State Board of Equalization
at Sacramento in August. The argument
and its figures, said Mr. Reynolds, 1 were
"fearfully, tearfully and wonderfully
made, and proved conclusively that the
law had not been complied with in the
Assessor's and Tax Collector's offices."
The definition ■in the Political Code
(section 3617, page 532) of the terms
"value" and "full cash value," he quoted
as meaning "the amount at which > prop
erty would be taken in payment of a
just debt due from a solvent debtor," and
from the State Supreme Court decision in
the "Lucky" Baldwin case he . showed
that the court held that there could not be
two valuations recognized by the Tax
Collector— that the State Board of Equal
ization was the only one to be .recognized.
Notwithstanding this definition and the
judicial declaration, Mr. Reynolds said
that the State Board had increased San
Francisco's valuation in 1891, . 1892 and
1894, as follows:
In 1891:
State Board's valuation $399,826,077
County Board's valuation 311,566,079
Amount of raise $88,259,998
In 1892:
State Board's valuation $412,047,076
County Board's va1uati0n......... 346,224,706
Amount of raise.. $65,822,370
In 1894: -
State Board's valuation $372,765,543
County Board's valuation 325,108,818
Amount of increase, $47,656,645
Total increase for the three years
........................... $201,739,013
The tax on this amount of in
crease would be. $2,017,39013
It was Mr. Reynolds' opinion that these
$2,000,000 of "back taxes" should still be
held collectable from the landlords of this
City. Said Mr. Reynolds:
From Mr. Herzer's own figures it appears
that property in this City has been assessed at
only 50 per cent of its true value. Here we
find that ten pieces of real estate sold for an
aggregate of $135,970. and yet the assessed
valuation was only $99,380. The Blythe
estate was appraised at $2,983,575, yet \t was
assessed at only $1,292,750, which is only 43
per cent. Six pieces of Market-street property
sold for $2,196,000, but the assessment was
only $1,114,288, or 50 per cent. For 130
pieces of property in various parts of the City
$1,811,000 was realized in a very brief period
from the date of their assessment, but their
assessed valuation was only 46 per cent of that
amount. . .
The only warrants of authority the - Tax
Collector has for following the assessed valua
tion are the two orders of the Board of Super
visors, one fixing the State levy at 49 mills and
the other the City levy at $1, and both levies
being based upon calculations of the existing
assessment rolls. He has no law for it; he goes
contrary to the law in doi._g so.
The assessed valuation of San Francisco
for 1894 was divided as follows:
Land, $177,505,440; Improvements, $83,
--994,755; personal property, $64,225,759. .
Estimating Mr. Herzer's valuation of
iand at 50 per cent of its true value, Mr.
Reynolds doubled it, and .on a basis of 4
per cent interest on land mortgages a low
figure he thought, in comparison with
what interest was being demanded by
several money - loaning institutions just
now — he figured the "unearned increment"
for the three years, which he said ought to
go to the community, at $42,696,345 60.
This, he observed, the land-owners had en
joyed and, therefore, he opined that to
make them pay $2,000,000 back taxes would
not be any great hardship to them.
On his motion the following resolutions
calling for action were then adopted : *
Whereas, It is ; provided •by law that after
the City and County Board of Equalization
has fixed the valuation for property for the
purpose of taxation the State Board of Equal
ization may increase or reduce the same; and
whereas, said State Board did accordingly In
crease such valuation of the property in this
City and County for the year 1891, $88,259,
--998; for the year 1892, $65,882,370, and for
the year 1894, $47,656,645, making an aggre
gate sum of $201,739,613, on which, for some
reason, the Tax Collector has neglected to col
lect the taxes due, amounting to $2,017,
--390 13, naturally the Supreme Court has de
cided that the taxes ought to be collected for
ail purposes on such increased valuation by
the State Board of Equalization, therefore be it
Resolved, That the executive committee be
and are hereby instructed to examine fully into
the law and facts of the case and report. First,
What reasons have moved the Tax Collector to
not collect said taxes? second, If such reasons
are sufficient in law, and if not? third, that
steps should be taken to enforce the collection
of said taxes.
Resolved, That the committee proceed and re
port without unnecessary delay.
COUKSING AT THE PARKS.
A Valuable Stake to Be Bun at Casserly'a
on Sunday Next— The Dogs at
Kerrigan's.
Good running was the rule at both cours
ing parks yesterday, the hares being excep
tionally strong and in some instances
escaping after showing the J dogs the way
the entire length of the field.
At Kerrigan's park the prospect of see
ing fifty crack dogs compete in a $2 stake
to which the * proprietor, M. W. Kerrigan,
had added $25, brought out a large crowd
and some high-class coursing was wit
nessed. The size of the stakes precluded
its being run off in one day so that after
the completion of the first ties the remain
der was postponed 7 until next *, Sunday,
when the match will be run off in addition
to a consolation stake to which $25 will be
added by the management. The drawing
will take place at 909 Market street on
Thursday evening. I |H>J |l l^l||lljWllHl| a <_ WMi
Following is the result of the run down:
D. Carrol's Tom Rice ran a bye, V. W. Guer
rero's Tempest beat J. T. Hannon's Spring, V.
W. Guerrero's Electric beat C. Jennings' Red
Rose, D. Leonard's Will o' the Wisp beat P. J.
O'Reilly's • Evening Star, • Reilly & Brady's
Harkaway beat V.W.Guerrero's Maud G., P.
Ryan's Thorndale beat ' Reilly & I Brady's Wee
Nell, :G." Smart's Nellie --.- Bly beat T.
Moore's Annie Daly, P. Ryan's Stone
wall ■ Jackson beat F. J. Walter's Marvelous.
J. H. : Perigo's Longfellow beat D. Griffin's
Georgie Dixon, Burke & Lucy's Menlo Maid
beat Laurelwood Kennel's Country Girl, P. J.
O'Reilly's Ivy Leaf beat W. Murphy's Stam
boul Queen, J. T. Hannon's Nancy Till beat P.
Ryan's Magpie. W. Dalton's Napoleon Jack
beat W. Creamer's Regent, T. Trant's Little
Beauty beat D. Leonard's Moonlight, G. Smart's
Lady Fitzgerald beat XV. Norton's Blackthorn,
D. Dunlea-s Nettie D beat F. J. Walter's Raven,
J. T. Hannon's Lamplighter beat J. O'Connel's
Now or Never, J. Kerrigan's '- Dashaway beat
Reilly & Bradys Rambler, A. Merril's : Snow
bird beat V. W. Guerrero's Bonnie Lass. F. J.
Walter's . Starlight beat C. C. Griswold's
Fearless. ■'-.*_
. First Tempest beat Tom Rice, Electric
beat Will o*. the wisp,) Harkaway beat ■ Thorn
dale, Stonewall Jackson beat Nellie D, Longfel
low beat Menlo Maid, Nancy Till beat Ivy Leaf,
Little Beauty beat Napoleon . Jack, Lady Fitz
gerald beat Snow, Little | Tom beat Mayo Boy,
Nellie D . beat . Daisy Belle, :■ Dashaway ". beat
Lamplighter, Snowbird beat Starlight.
The short-enders had a treat day at
BuMißiiini iiii. i Miin_lf-*'i_i>_ IT- nil iTudi.ißnnn Bmrn
Casserly's park, where a larger crowd and
stake than usual were on hand. In the run
down the f form players had a sorry time
of it, ; for ; favorite after favorite _ went to
the wall. .
As the match drew to a close matters
were evened up a little, when a number of
favorites got the Hag.
The talent was hit hard in the defeat of
Hull's Butcher : Boy by Kelly's Fly, the
former going to the slips a 4 to 1 favorite.
Following are the results:
D.Tweedie's White Rustic beat G. Mulvey's
Lee Boy, G. Bnrfiend's Tricks a bye, C. Ander
son's Nigger beat J. King's Prince Devine, J.
O'Connor's Gallopinr beat F. O'Leary's Pearl,
F. O'Leary's Jimmy G a bye, M. Kelly's Fly beat
H. Hull's Butcher Boy. H. Hull's Trilby beat
D. D. Roche's Lily of West, W. Greeley's Rich
mond Boy beat J. O'Connor's Ambition, D.
Tweedie's Fairy D . a bye, R. Corcoran's
May Tea Co. beat J. J. Sullivan's Wild
Rose, T. Brennan's Rea Prince a bye,
D.Tweedie's Dublin Stout, a bye ; J. McCormick's
Rapid beat G.Dougherty's Georgie Dixon J.
Reidy's Buffalo beat Alameda Kennel's Kitty
Scott; M. Kelly's Spot, a bye ; H.Hull's Jenny
Lind beat G. Burflend's Catchem; J. Mcßride's
Ivy beat J. Reidy's Victory; J. O'Connor's Mary.
C beat T. Ford's Pride of the Valley ; .T. Roe's
Robert Emmet beat T. Ford's Pride of the
West; T. J. Cronin's White Chief beat J. O'Con
nor's Tee Wee.
First ties— Tricks beat White Rustic, Nigger
beat Galloping, Fly beat Jimmie G, Richmond
Boy beat Trilby, Fairy D beat May Tea Com
any, Dublin Stout beat Red Prince, Jenny
md beat Spot. Ivy beat Mary C, White Chief
beat Robert Emmet.
Second ties— Tricks beat Nigger, Richmond
Boy beat Fly, Dublin Stout beat Fairy D,
Rapid beat Jenny Lind, White Chief beat Ivy.
" Third ties— Tricks beat Richmond Boy, Dub
lin Stout beat Rapid, White Chief ran a bye.
Fourth White Chief beat Tricks, Dublin
Stout ran a bye. .
Final— White Chief beat Dublin Stout, taking
first prize, $20.
On Sunday and Monday next a match
stake will be run off at the park. Entrance
will be $3, to which Casserly Bros, will add
$100, making a prize of $180 for first, $75 for
second, $50 for third and fourth, and $17 50
for fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth. It is
expected that sixty-four crack dogs will be
entered.
CRICKET ACROSS THE BAY.
The Alamedas Score a Very
Easy Victory Over the
Pacifies.
The Match Between the Californias
and the Bohemians Was
Abandoned.
The oldtime antagonists, the Pacifies
and Alamedas, met on the Alameda cricket
field yesterday with the usual result. The
Pacifies, who lost the toss and were sent in
first, made a tolerably good showing con
sidering their opponents' strength—
scored 74 runs. To this total Mutch,
G. Theobald and Howard were the chief
contributors, the former's 14 being made
by good, careful play.
But, as was soon shown, this total was
altogether inadequate against such veteran
batsmen as the Alamedas had in the field.
Morey almost equaled it off his own bat
with a careful if somewhat lucky 65 and
Hood and Price both made good scores.
The side put together 152 in all, which beat
the Pacifies by 78.
In their second innings the Pacifies
showed much better form. "Wiseman's 44
not out was a good performance all
through and Harbour played a fine, hard
hitting game. Had time admitted the
match to be played out its result might
have been different, as there were four good
wickets yet to fall. The score:
PACIFICS — INNINGS.
E. Mutch b. b. w.b. Ward Jr.... 14
J. Myers b. Sloman •_.._... 7
C. Gardner b. Sloman 0
JO. D. Brown c. Hood b. Ward Jr '. 7
G. Wiseman c. Bird b. 510 man..... -7
J. J. Theobald c. sub. b. 510 man................. 0
G. Theobald not 0ut...'... 11
M. H. Howard c. sub. b. Sloman.. _. 12
H. C. Casldy c. sub. b. Ward Jr 7
J. H. Harbour b. Ward Jr. 0
J. B. BrooKs c. Hood b. Sloman _. 6
Extra 5........ ...<............ 3
T0ta1........ ...7. 74
Ward Jr. 84 balls, 32 runs, 5 maidens, A wickets.
Sloman 80 balls, 40 runs, 0 maidens, 6 wickets.
ALAMEDAS. -
E. Hood c. f. Theobald b. Brown 29
F. 8. Price c. G. Theobald b. Casldy 15
J. J. Morey c. Wiseman b. Casidy.*"-- 65
E. G. Sloman c. Howard b. Gardner 9
R. B. Hogue c. Mutch b. Casidy 9
H.Ward Jr. c. Casidy b. Howard 8
H. Wiggins c. G. Theobald b. Howard 6
E. T. Randall c. Harbour b. Casidy...... 9
J. J. R. Peel not 0ut...... 3
H. Bird c. Wiseman b. Casidy 1
F. Croll c. Mutch b. Casldy 4
Extras 4
Total Ity
Howard 114 balls, 61 runs, 2 maidens, 6 wickets.
Casidy 106 balls, 52 runs, 0 maidens, 2 wickets.
PACIFICS— SECOND INNINGS.
C. Gardner c. Price b. Pee 1..... ..._lO
C.H.Howard b. Wiggins 3
E. D. Brown b. Pee 1..... 10
J. B. Brooks b. Wiggins 2
E. A. Mutch b. Wiggins 6
G. Wiseman not out. 44
H. C. Casldy run0ut......... n 1
J. H. Harbour not 0ut..:... 30
J.J.Theobald did not bat............. 0
J. Myers did not bat 0
G. Theobald did not bat...... 0
Extras. 8
.' Totals .....'... ............... 114
In consequence of the death of Frederick
Anson the match betweeu his club, the
California, and the Bohemians, scheduled
to come off at Klinknerville, was aban
doned.
France's Silver Jubilee.
The twenty-fifth anniversary . or silver jubi
lee of the third and definite French Republic
will be celebrated at California Hall Wednes
day evening, September 4, when a concert and
ball will be given by"LaJeune Fanfare Re
publicaine," assisted by "L'Harmonie Car
not." '^IpaSSRiafiHEBR 7-77-z
Arrival of the Mohican.
The United States steamer Mohican, Captain
D. W. Mullin, arrived in port yesterday from
Port Townsend. The vessel has been on duty
in Puget Sound for several months testing coaL
Corpse once meant a body, whether liv
ing or dead. Many old writs are extant in
which the Sheriff or his deputy, is com
manded to bring the corpse of such a man
into court.
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