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diva, from Portland. Or; Br ship Inchcape
Rock, hence Nov 4.
COLON— Sailed Feb 24— Stmr Alllanca. for
New York.
FALMOITH— SaiIed Feb 24— Br ship Klr
cudbrlghtshire, for Ixtndon.
QT'EEXSTOWX— Arrived Feb 24— Br ship
Marechal Suchet, from Oregon.
YOKOHAMA— Arrived Feb 21— Br stm Brae
mar, from Tacoma.
Sailed Feb 23— Br stmr Argyll, for Oregon.
ROCHES POIXT-Passed Fpb 24-Br ship
Centesima, hence Sept 7. for Liverpool.
PORT LUDLOW— Sailed Feb 25— Schr Joseph
Russ, for San Francisco. „ _ .
PORT BLAKELEY-Sailed Feb 25— Schr
Vega, for San Francisco. _ • _,
CLALLAM BAY-In port Feb 2;V-Schr Me
teor, from Port Ludlow, for Pan Pedro.
TATOOSH— Passed Feb 2.".— Haw .«tmr San
Mateo, from Comox. for Port Los Angeles.
COMOX— Palled Feb 22— Ur stmr Wellington,
for San Franciso.
THE STOCK MARKET.
Changes in mining stocks yesterday were
generally in the direction of higher prices, as
will he seen.
The Overman assessment falls delinquent in
board to-day.
On the Bond Exchange prices were generally
easy, with lower figures for Contra Costa
Water.
The Ruth Minlne Company of British Co
lumbia paid a dividend amounting to $75,000
on Februai'
In the Standard Consolidated mine at Bodle
for the week February 19 the usual
prospecting work wat done on the 150. 265, 31S
and 470-foot levels in the Moyle, Black, Main,
Standard and other ledges. The ore which
was being followed at most points was of
poorer grade. The usual quantity of ore was
extracted from the stopes in the Moyle, Secur
ltv Bullion, Black, Incline. Maguire and Fof
tuna reins, on the 150, 100. 265. 31S, 336, 3SO. 455
-and 581-foot levels. The stopes look fairly
well.
Standard Mill Statement— Ore crushed for the
week, DO tons: average assay vanner tailings,
$S 32; concentrates produced, 3 tons; assay
value, $121 18; plate amalgam produced, 935 1 *
ounces; value per ounce, $2 06.
The M i-ning Star mine in Placer County
paid a dividend of $14,400 this month, and the
Pennsylvania mine of Nevada County paitl one
of 8575.
The Portland mine of Colorado paid $36^,0i-»i
in dividends in 1597, and had a cash balance
of $3(16,957 on January- 1. 1898.
New Idria Quicksilver Mining Company will
pay a regular quarterly dividend of 10 cents
and an extra of 5 cents on March 1.
Xapa Consolidated Quicksilver Mining Com
pany will pay a regular quarterly dividend of
10 cents and an extra of 10 cents on April 1.
The Etna Qulcksjlver Mining Company pays
a regular dividend of 10 cents on March 10.
The Vallejo Quicksilver Mining Company of
Napa County has levlod an assessment of 1
cent, delinquent March 4.
STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE.
■ FRIDAY, Feb. 25—2 p. m.
Bid. Ask. Bid. Ask.
. U S Bonds— Oakland Gas.. 50*4 524
4s quar c0up. .113*4 — Pac Gas Imp.. 90% 91*4
4s quar reg..112% — Pac LCo .... 544 554
4s quar new... — SF G & E.... 91*4 91%
Miscellaneous— San Fran 3*4 —
Cal-st Cab 115% — Stockton Gas.. 10 —
Cal El 6s 1264 — Insurance—
C C Wat 65. .102 103 FirenVa Fnd...195 " — r !
Dup-st ex c. — 9S*4 Bank Stocks—
E L & P 65. .128 — Anglo-Cal .... 64 —
P&Ch Ry 65. 119 — Bank of Ca1... 245 —
Geary-st R as. — 102 Cal SD & T.. — 99
HC & S 54.. 105 — First Nat ....200 —
LAL Co 65.. — 100 Lon P & A.. .132% —
Do gntd 65. .100 — Mer Exchnge.. — 15
Market-st 65.. 126*41 28*4 !Nev Nat 8... 152*4 —
Do Ist M 55.115*4U6*4 Savings Banks-
Nat Vln 6s Ist — 100 Ger S & L..1625 1665
N C Ngßy 78.101*4103*4 Hum S & L.1050 1160
N Ry Cal 65. .111*4113 Mutual Say. 35 40
>.' Ry Cal 55. .102 — S F Say U.. 470 —
NPC R R 1044 — S& L 50.... — 100
NPC Ry ss. 100*4 — Security S B 250 —
N Cal R 55.. — — Union T Co 925 1050
Oak Gas 55... 104 — Street Railroad-
Do 2d is 55.. — 112 California 107*4 —
Cm Ry 6s 129%— Geary ..40 —
P & O 6s 110 115 Market-st ..... 53% 54
P&Ch Ry 65.1054 — Oak SL& H. — —
Powell-st 65...119% — Presidio — 10
Reno WL&L..IOO — Powder-
Sac ElecßySs. — 100 California 105 —
SF& N P 55. 106 106*4 E Dynamite .. — 90
B P of Ar 65.."10S 103*; Giant Con Co. 42% 43
S P Cal 65.... 110 — Vigorit 3% Z%
RPC Is eg 55.. — 99*4 Miscellaneous— «
S P Br 65.. 112 112*4 Al Pao Assn. 97 97*4
8 V Wat 65... 120 121 Ger Ld Wks.,loo 150
8 V Wat t0.. .103 1034 Haw PI C 0... 20 —
Stock Gas 65.. 100 103% H C & S Co.. 30 304
Water Hutch S P Co. 42% 424
Contra Costa.. 62*4 65 Mer Ex Assn. SO —
Marin Co .... 50 — Nat Vln C 0... — 7*4
Spring Val ..101*4101*4 Oceanic S Co. 58 584
' Gas & Electric— Pac A F L.. 14 — "
Cent Gaslight. 93*4— Pac Bor C 0... 954100
MEL. C 0...... 14 14*4 I Par Paint Co. 7 —
MORNING SESSION.
5 Contra Costa Water 65 00
5 do do 64 50
15 Giant Powder Con 42 25
85 do do 42 60
130 Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar 29 75
. 15 ITutchlnson^S P Co ....... „" 42 12*4
60 do do 42 25
13 do do 43 37*4
13". Market-street Railway 54 00
$1000 P C R R as Bonds 100 50
$4000 Oakland Gas Bonds. 2ds 11100
30 Oceanic Steamship Co 58 50
33 Pacific Gas Imp.. 9100
40 Pacific Lighting* 55 00
, 7 S F Gas & Electric Co 91 00
A 20 do do 9125
m 15 Spring Valley "Water 10112*4
AFTERNOON SESSION.
$5000 Contra Costa Water Bonds 102 00
25 Giant Powder Con ♦ 42 50
23 Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar 30 00
25 do do s 2 30 25
50 do do 30 25
73 Hutchinson S P Co 42 374
123 Oceanic Steamship Co 58 50
in Pacific Gas Imp : 91 00
75 "S F Gas Electric Co 91 50
10 Spring Valley Water 101124
5 do do 101 25
20 Vigor-it Powder 3 874
• Street—
.20 Fireman's Fund Ins 197 50
INVESTMENT BOARD.
Morning Session— lo:3o.
.100 Hawaiian C & S Co 30 124
130 Hutchinson S P Co 42 25
25 Contra Costa Water 64 75
15 . do do- 64 874
10 do do 65 00
10 °do do 65 124
■20 S F Gas & Electric 9100
Afternoon Session— l:3o. ■
3a Market-street 54 00
$10,000 Market-street 5s 116 12*4
50 Giant Powder 43 00
10 Spring Valley Water 101124
Street—
20 Giant Powder °. 42 374
10 do do 42 50
° 30 Spring Valley Water 10137*4
50 Contra Costa Water 64 60
10 S F Gas & Electric 91 25
• 20 do do .." 91 37*4
MINING STOCKS.
Following were the sales In the San Fran
cisco Stock Board yesterday:
Morning Session— 9:3o.
200 Alta ..'.I 16 lpOOphlr ........... 47
100 Best & Belcher. 3* i 20 .....45
400 Caledonia 31 600 Overman CO
200 Challenge 25 1 100 Savage 25
lOOCMwn Point ... 12 j 100 Sierra Nevada.. 1 00
•100..; 13 ! 200 Syndicate 02
100 Gould & Curry.. 19 100 Union Con .-, 36
100 18 40 35
100 Justice .-. 32 50 Yellow Jacket.. 2.1
200 N G & C........ 141
Afternoon Session.
200 Alta 16 200 Hale & Norcrs.l 50
150 Belcher 25 1 900 Justice 32
100 Best & Belcher. 39 ; 100 Mexican :.. 33
100 Caledonia .. 33 j 300 Overman 06
100 Chollar 3S ! 500 Occidental 165
100 Gould & Curry.. 19 , 200 Sierra Nevada.. l 05
Following were the sales in the Pacific Stock
Board yesterday:
Morning Session— lo:3o.
TOO Alta. ............. 16 200Opnir 47
300 Andes ' 11300 • 49
300 Bent & Belcher. 38 400 Overman ."...... 06
400 Caledonia 32 300 P-otOßi :. 18
200 Chollar 36 100 Savage 27
300 Con Cal & Va.. 89 300 S B & M 04
200 90 3"0 Sierra Nevada.. los
250 Crown Point ... 13 1600 1074
Gould & Curry.. lit 200 ...;.. ............110
600 .-..- 20 200 Union Con ...... 37
150 Hale & Norcrs.l 55 200 ..:......... 38
300 Mexican 31 i 150 Yellow Jacket.. 23
300 \ 831
■ • Afternoon Session.
IV) Alta ...16 100....:. .37
500 ".. 17 i 500 Kentucky 03
150 Best & Belcher. 3 1 400 Mexican ........ 34
SOOChol'ar 37 ' 100 Occidental 160
2000 Con Imperial:.. 01 1 300 Potottt 19
500 Crown Point ... 13 400 Savage 26
400 U ra & Curry.. 19 400 27
150 Hale & Norcrs.l 60:500 S B & M....... 03
130.... 1 574 i 900 Sierra Nev ..1 07*4
200 Justice 35 ; 200 Union Con 27
CLOSING QUOTATIONS. ■_
FRIDAY. Feb. 25—4 p. - m.
Alpha..'. 02 03 Julia .....". 01 02
Alta 18 17 Justice ...:..... 35 36
Andes 10 12 Kentuck ....... 02 03
Belcher 25 27 Lady Wash ... — 03
Best & Belcher 39 40 ' Mexican ....... 32 34
Benton ......... ~ — 18 i Occidental — 155 —
8u11i0n'........ 06 "07 Ophir .......... 49 BO
Caledonia 32 33 Overman ......: 06 07
Chollar ....37 38 i Potos! .18 20
Con Cal & Va. 88 90 ' Savage ..:. ....•.: 26 . 27
Challenge ..... 23 30|Seg Belcher.... 02 03
Con Imp ....;.. — 02 j Scorpion ....;.. 05 ■ —
Confidence .... 68 — Sierra Nevada. 100 1 10,
•Crown Point... 13 14 1 Silver Hill .... 03 04
Con New York. 01 02 'Syndicate .. 02 —
Eureka ........ — 25 Standard .....'.160 170
Exchequer ..... 02 03 1 Union Con .... 36 37
Gould & Curry. 19 20 Utah -....:.....; 09 11
Hale & Norcrs.l 53 160 IYellow1 Yellow Jacket.. 25 26
Visiting Woodmen.
OAKLAND, Feb. 25.— A large delegation
from Golden Gate Camp No. 64 and Red
wood Camp No. 94 of San Francisco will
pay a frafernal visit to Oakland Camp,
"Woodmen of the World, of this city.
The amplified Protection degree will
De conferred upon a number of oandl
*»*t«s. a banquet and social will follow.
HOPE NOW
PLACED IN
THE MAYOR
Declares He Will
Veto the Infamous
Water Rates.
Demand That He Revoke
the Appointment of
Woodward.
Oakland Realizes That There
Are Others Equally
Guilty.
THE FIFTH IS INDIGNANT.
Its Member Does Not Like to Be
Chased, but Says He Does Not
Know Fear.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
908 Broadway, Feb. 25.
Oakland Is resting to-day on the
water question, after the excitement of
last night, and is calmly considering
what can be done to prevent the out
rageous steal contemplated by a ma
jority of the City Council in the inter
ests of the allied water companies.
It is conceded on all hands that the
key to the situation Is in the hands of
Councilman Woodward, and every
means will be taken to try to prevent
his voting when the measure comes up
for final passage against the interests
of his constituents.
Several plans are being laid to bring
about this much desired object. It is
suggested that Mayor Thomas, having
made his appointment, can legally re
voke it. This argument is strength
ened by the fact that in the matter of
Police Judges Mayor Thomas has al
ready made and revoked two appoint
ments, and It is presumed he can do
the same with a Councilman.
There is at least a legal doubt re
garding the power of the Mayor in this
matter, but it is clearly the duty of the
Mayor to revoke the pernicious ap
pointment and let its legality be tested
by any one who dares to do so. If his
letter to Woodward yesterday be sin
cere, then it would be but a fitting ef
fort on his part to file a revocation, in
which event Woodward would, unless
too far gone, be forced to resign.
It was suggested to Mr. Woodward ;
to-day that a large petition from the !
representative people of the Fifth
Ward might be presented to him, de- j
manding that, having outraged them, ;
he at once resign. He was asked what
he would do under the circumstances.
He replied:
"I have gone through a great
deal. I cannot say It is pleasant
to be chased by a mob. But I
am a soldier, and fear is the last
element In my composition. I
have been crucified, burned up,
cremated, and it is unfair. I am
not alone in this matter, and am
not the only one that should be
made to suffer. I cannot antici
pate a petition from my con
stituency. But I should be very
careful what I did at this time,
when the feelings of the people
are wrought up by the actions
of those Councilmen who last
evening egged on the lobby. It
is time enough to cross the
bridge when I come to it."
When the ordinance comes up some
time next week for final passage there
is just a possibility that the point may
be raised that not having been passed
in the month of February it is illegal.
Ex-Mayor Chapman said to-day that
he does not think this point will hold
good, for the law says that the rate
must be fixed in February and this
has und' übtedly been done in the pres
ent instance.
The rate-payers have a final hope in
Mayor Thomas. There has been more
than a suspicion that the resignation
of Fibush, the appointment, the com
piling of the Henneberry resolution,
and the defense of Woodward, of which
he knev nothing till after it was print
ed, are *A part of the same job and
emanate from the same source. If
this be not so. Mayor Thomas has a
chance to dispel any doubt by vetoing
the ordinance after its final passage.
To-day the matter was placed before
Mayor Thomas, and he says that when
the ordinance come before him. he will
wind it up in short order, saying that
his veto would kill the measure, as
there are not enough votes to pass it
over his disapproval. There is, how
ever, some little doubt as to whether
the charter provision requiring the
Mayor to take action on each ordinance
is not superseded by the Snite consti
tution making it compulsory on City
Councils to fix the water rate and
which makes no mention of the ap
proval of the Mayor. However, it is
believed that if Mayor Thomas vetoes
the measure it will be a hard Job to
overcome such action in the courts.
There is somewhat of a decrease to
day in the volume of indignation being
hurled at Councilman Woodward. It
is recalled that there are others. It is
well known that for some time past
poor Woodward has been on the verge
of starvation. Not long ago he passed
through insolvency. Since then he has
had a harder row to hoe than ever be
fore. He executed a mortgage on his
house furniture and a few months ago
it was sold to satisfy the judgment. A
year ago he placed his library and some
of his personal effects \»ith a money
lender as security for a loan. He has
done practically no business for a long
time, and from being a man compara
tively well fixed he has come down to
the lowest of financial straits. Before
this man the bait of office, with its al
lurements, whatever they may be, was
dangled. People who knew his situ
ation played upon his poverty, for it
can hardly be called cupidity with a
man who hasn't a cent, and he fell. It
is not surprising that he did so, and to
day there is a feeling that the indig
nation should be directed as much
against the tempters as the tempted.
Where Woodward made his mistake
was in talking too much. Had he pre
served the silence of Councilmen Earl
or Watkinson his vote would simply
have been one of six, without any par
ticular distinction. As It was, as soon
THE SAN FRAXCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1898.
ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS.
OAKLAND TURNS TO HER MAYOR.
as he was appointed "Woodward pro
claimed through the press that he was
"holier than thou." He was going to
do what was right, and altogether
created a very favorable impression.
No one now believes that he did not
know the purpose for which he was ap
pointed, and having placed himself on
a very high pinnacle his fall has been
tremendous.
He is not, however, any more de
serving of censure than Councilman
Brosnahan. Brosnahan is truly as
Mr. Cuvellier said last night, the
Brutus in the tragedy. It is not
reasonable to expect the public to
believe that his vote, which of itself
gives to the water companies at least
$100,000, was recorded solely from
pique because he could not pass his
liquor license ordinance. Mr. Bros
nahan is far too shrewd a politician
to have the impression go before the
people that he voted to rob them of
a huge fortune simply to gratify
personal spite on five members of
the City Council. The subterfuge is
too transparent and is regarded as
part of the same plot that put Fi
bush out and put Woodward in.
There is increasing indignation in the
Fifth Ward. It is customary when a
district loses its member from any
cause to listen to the representations
of leading party men in the ward and
to be guided at least partly by their
suggestions. In this case Mayor
Thomas showed no courtesy whatever
to the Fifth Ward, but with remark
able haste forced a man upon them
who could not now get a petition with
ten names to support him. There was
no necessity for Mayor Thomas' hasti
ness. Fibush resigned Thursday night;
there was no measure of importance
needing the vote of the full Council till
last night, when the water ordinance
came up. Yet Mr. Woodward was ap
pointed last Friday, and it is unlucky
for Mayor Thomas that it should hap
pen that Woodward was ready and on
hand to record his infamous vote for
the Henneberry resolution introduced
stealthily and without warning last
Monday night.
The Fifth Ward, if they believed it
would do any good, would to a man
sign a petition demanding that Wood
ward resign. But his actions so far
have not indicated that he has any au
thortty to speak for himself in the mat
ter, and it is certain that those who
tied him up are not going to release
him.
On Ninth street this morning there
appeared nailed to a telegraph post a
large placard. In the center of it was
fastened a foot of heavy hemp rope
about the size that Warden Hale oc
casionally uses. On top of the rope in
large letters was the following: "A
sample of one of the 'strings' that were
not on Woodward, but that ought to
be."
Underneath the rope was the follow
ing offer:
"N. B.— A full line of this sample will
be cheerfully furnished on application
by the indignant citizens of Oakland."
The sign was nailed to the post al
most in front of the office of "Benham &
Thomas, on Ninth street, and created
much diversio-n during the day. Not
the least significant feature of the
placard was that it was yellow.
This afternoon a number of the mem
< bers of the Army and Navy Republican
j League signed a call for a special meet
ing, at which they intend to voice their
| sentiments on the water rate matter,
i and, incidentally, to see whether some
I thing cannot be done or undone with
I Major Woodward.
Next Monday night the Council meets
again, but the ordinance will not have
been printed the necessary five days
until the following Thursday. In the
meantime, the citizens will take every
i possible measure to prevent that $100 -
000 steal.
Mayor Thomas was told to-night of
the opinion of many that he should re
voke the arpointment of Woodward,
and said 1' 'vas an entirely new idea to
him. "I cannot say whether I have
I that power or not," said the Mayor
"but if I have I shall certainly use it.
1 appointed a Police Judge and revoked
the appointment, but whether such an
action on my part will hold good re
garding a Councilman I cannot say. I
shall make it my business to find out
the first thing to-morrow morning.
"Regarding the ordinance passed last
night I repeat that I shall veto it. It
will come up for final passage next
week, and then it will have to come to
me for signature or disapproval, and I
shall veto it. I do not think there is
any way to pass it over my veto, for
the charter expressly covers the point.
"I cannot express my disappointment
of Woodward. He is a candidate for
Pension Agent in San Francisco, and
the petition that he sent to Washington
is the finest thing I ever saw. It is
signed by every city and county offi
cial, by every minister, by all the leg
islators from this county, by Superior
Judges and the best of citizens. Sena
tor Stratton was his friend in the mat
ter, and Senator Perkins had given him
much encouragement, but now all his
chances are gone higher than a kite "
This attitude of the Mayor's places
the water question in a peculiar posi
tion. Whether the Council, after the
veto, can start again to fix rates, Feb
ruary having passed, is doubtful. In
such an event the water companies will
undoubtedly try to collect rates un
der the resolution introduced by Hen
nebery last Monday night. Then an
other legal question will be raised
City Attorney Dow advised the Councii
that that resolution Is illegal, and
Hennfbery and the other five of the
"solid six" accepted his decision. Last
night to make their job secure they
took it section by section and had it
substituted for the committee's ordi
nance. Having done this, it has cer
tainly taken the place of the resolution
of last Monday, which was declared il
legal before passage.
Now with the ordinance killed "by the
Mayor's veto and the resolution de
clared illegal there are no rates.
It requires, under the rules of the
City Council eight votes to pass an or
dinance over the Mayor's veto, and it
is certain that no such vote can be ob
tained.
Thus it will bo seen that there are
several tangles to ne straightened out
before the extortionate desires of the
allied companies can be accomplished.
Towne in Oakland.
OAKLAND, Feb. 25.— Ex-Congressman
C A Towne was greeted at the Exposi
tion building tO-Tdght by nearly 3000 peo
ple, a large number being ladies. George
AY Baker, president of the Bimetallic
league of the Pacific Coast, opened the
meeting and introduced Dr. E. H. Wool
sey as chairman <f the evening. A band
furnished inspiring music for the occa
sion. His words were frequently inter
rupted by the.applatwa of his audience.
"The best evidence" we have at hand of
the, virtue of this issue," said the speaker,
"is the remarkaMe manner in which it
has swept this country, not only finding
adherents among the moneyed men of the
I'nion, but rather • among the mass.s.
whose labor shapes the stability of the
nation and whose honest toil demands the
honest dollars we advocate here to-night.
Silver is destined to be the predominat
ing issue and one day, when the merits of
bimetallism dawn upon the deep thinking
and the gold thinking, it will be the
standard that shall lift up and benefit,
that shall equalize anil work out good re
sults in the money murkets of the world."
After Seven Years.
OAKLAND, Feb. 25.— He*. R. F. Coyle
of the First Presbyterian Church was
tendered a rousing r.-ception last even
ing in the church parlors. Jt was in
honor of his completion of seven years'
work in thl3 cHy, and me attendance was
very large. George D. Gray presided as
master of ceremonies, while C. A. Bailey,
Rev. James Curry, Rev. J. H. Bushnell
and Judge S. G. Nye made remarks. Con
gratulations were received from a large
number of the absent city clergy. Re
freshments followed, and a good social
time was had by all present.
Coal Dealers Disband.
OAKLAND. Feb. 25.— The Alameda
County Coal Dealers' Association has dis
banded in response to the decision of
Judge Morrow of San Francisco. Steps
have been taken, however, to organize the
Retail Coal Dealers' Protective Associa
tion. A preliminary meeting has been
held and temporary officers elected. A
committee is preparing a constitution and
by-laws, and will report on Tuesday,
March 8. The officers claim that the coal
dealers must have some sort of protec
tion in the matter of fair weights and the
raising and lowering of prices.
Bonds Strongly Favored.
OAKLAND, Feb. 25.— The residents of
Bay school district voted to issue $13,n00
worth of bonds yesterday by a vote of 71
to 20. The money is to be used in the
erection of a new schoolhouse.
FREDERICK DELGER APPROACHES DEATH.
OAKLAND, Feb. 25.— After a long and successful life Frederick Delger'a
career is nearing a close and his physicians declared to-day that his recov
ery is very doubtful.
The old capitalist has seen seventy-six years of life and has been an en
ergetic business man for over half a century. His rise from the obscurity
of a cobbler to a capitalist was remarkable and was due to winning a for
tune by a lottery ticket many years ago. He invested it Judiciously and
being always careful he soon became a very rich man. He now owns more
Broadway real estate than any other one man, owns a block at Eight
eenth street and Telegraph avenue, where his residence is located, and is
a director of the Central Bank, besides having many other investments.
Mr. Delger. was taken ill last Sunday and since that time he has
steadily been grov ig worse. Dr. Burchard, who attends him, said to-day
that Mr. Delger is only rational at intervals and is suffering from compli
cated chronic ailments.
CAUGHT WHILE
MAKING LOVE
Two Society Youths Are
Arrested at Mills
College.
Taken in by a Constable and
Lectured by the Lady
President.
Now They Have to Plead fop the
Reinstatement of the
Fair Maids.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
908 Broadway, Feb. 25.
Two society youths are in a very un
pleasant predicament. They were ar
rested a few days ago while making
love to two of the prettiest girls of
Mills College. They were caught in the
grounds by the vigilant deputy con
stable that guards the interests of the
well known seminary and were
marched before Mrs. Mills.
The young gentlemen are Layton
Hooper and Will Mason, a brother-in
law of Cashier Garthwaite of the Oak
land Bank of_ Savings. The point that
is troubling these two gallants most Is
that the young ladies in the innocent
little affair are the chief sufferers, one
being sent home and another sus
pended.
Will Mason is every inch a gentleman
and on Saturday he went out to the
college, sought an interview with Mrs.
Mills and interceded loyally for the
young ladies.
"There was really nothing to com
plain about," said Mason to-day. "We
went out to that vicinity to visit a
friend. We saw two young ladies to
whom, in a manner I now forget, we
introduced ourselves and chatted mer
rily about the flowers and the weather.
Presently a constable came along and
Informed us we were under arrest and
marched us into the college, where we
Wi?re severely lectured. This was bad
enough, but we learned later that the
young ladies, who were two of the
prettiest girls in the seminary, had
been severely punished, one being sus
pended and another expelled. For this
we feel very bad, and I have pleaded
with Mrs. Mills for leniency, showing
her how unjust it is that we should
have all the fun and the girls all the
punishment, and I hope that they will
be taken back."
The incident is causing lots of talk
among the younger element of society,
which thinks it a great joke that
Hooper and Mason should have been
so neatly caught while innocently flirt
ing. _____^______ .-. ■
Mischievous Youths.
ALAMEDA, Feb. 25.— Half a dozen
youths aged from 15 to 17. were arrested
last night on complaint of Victor Mockel
of Lafayette street and Encinal avenue
for disturbing his peace. He says that
the boys have thrown mud on his side
walk while he was trying to wash it off.
and had called him names and taunted
him until life was scarcely worth living.
At first he threatened them with a shot
gun, but thought better of it and con
cluded to swear out a warrant. The boys
were all bailed out by their parents. They
belong to respectable families.
Alameda News Notes.
ALAMEDA. Feb. 25.— A reception will
be gi*-en to Bishop William Taylor next
Wednesday evening at the Park-Street
M. E. Church, which will be participated
in by all the churches in this city.
The Hebrew Ladies' Endeavor Society
will give a Purim masquerade ball on
next Saturday evening for the benefit of
the society.
The remains of a male infant were dis
covered on the beach near the oilworks
to-day and were turned over to Deputy
Coroner Fowler. There was nothing to
show that death had not resulted from
natural causes.
The class of '98 of the Alameda Uni
versity Academy had its field day to-day,
concluding with a reception this evening
at the residence of Captain J. S. Hanley
on Sherman street.
Diedrich Tiedemann of San Antonio av
enue has filed a petition in insolvency.
He has liabilities of $12,000 and assets of
$2000. He is engaged In the oil business in
Berkeley.
WILL PROTECT
SQUARE SPORT
Reliance Managers Are
Still Denouncing
Me Arthur.
May Insist in Future on Two
Judges Besides a
Referee.
President Fitzgerald Expresses Him
self Freely Over the
Job.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
908 Broadway, Feb. 25.
The unfair decision given at the Re
liance Club Wednesday by Bob McAr
thur may lead to a definite rule being
formulated by the club for the future
management of boxing events. The di
rectors are now discussing the advisa
bility of having two judges for each
contest, as well as a referee. There are,
however, some objections to such a
practice, and the club realizing the im
portant bearing, it may have on the
future of the sport will get the views
of other clubs before reaching a de
cision.
Just at this time, when San Fran
cisco is frowning on boxing events, the
Oakland clubs are being importuned
more than ever to permit contests on
this side of the bay. Very binding and
reasonable agreements have been made
between each of the two clubs and the
Chief of Police, which guarantee fair
and safe sport, but so long as the pres
ent method of appointing a referee is
followed there is danger of Just such
trouble as occurred last night.
"This is a matter which I feel I ought
to discuss and yet about which I am
rather delicate," said President Fitz
gerald of the Reliance Club to-day.
"It is a fact that the difficulty of get
ting a good referee is growing, and just
such affairs as occurred last night add
to that difficulty. Where the merits of
two men are almost alike a decision is
hard to give, and a referee in such in
stances has a thankless task, because
one camp of partisans is sure to hiss
while the other is cheering, and no man
likes to be hissed.
"I cannot, however, find any excuse
for tlie raw work of McArthur last
night. For a man that knows how to
box and understands the art such as I
know McArthur does, there can be no
defense or apology. It was a complete
steal from McCue, who had honestly
earned the winner's share of the purse.
Lawler, so far as I could judge, only
hit McCue three times during the en
tire contest, while I would not pretend
to say how much effective work was
done by McCue. Had the seventh round
lasted a few seconds longer I believe
Lawlor would have been put out com
pletely.
"We are now being asked to permit
many contests at our gymnasium, and
we feel that the sport should be en
couraged and kept clean. Our matches
so far have always been very reasona
ble and good sport. No one has ever
been hurt, and I do not see how they
can be hurt with the big gloves on
which we insist and the limiting of the
contest to eight rounds. It is just
enough to try two men out and as a
rule reach a decision. We shall not act
hastily in deciding how to- overcome the
possibility of such unjust work as was
done last night. McCue came to me
after the decision and told me that the
club should not suffer from such work,
because it was in no way responsible.
Both men gave me positive assurance
that the contest should not be delayed
because of the referee, and neither was
it. Consequently we did all that was
expected of us, but will do more in the
future if we can see our way clear.
"Such raw work must have been in
spired by something, and while I do not
intend to say what influenced McAr
thur, it is certainly a suspicious fact
that the betting in San Francisco was
all in Lawler's favor, and that his
friends had backed him heavily to get
the decision."
THREE-QUARTERS
OF A CENTURY
Professor Le Conte Celebrates
His Seventy - Fifth
Birthday.
A Loving Tribute to " Professor Joe '
From His " Boys and Girls"
at the University.
BERKELEY, Feb. 25.— Professor Joseph
Le Conte. the venerable geologist of the
University of California, was tendered a
pleasant surprise this morning in honor
of his seventy-fifth birthday, by his uni
versity "boys and girls," as he affection
ately calls his students. Every year the
members of his class make February 26,
or the nearest recitation day to that date,
an occasion for giving to their beloved
"Professor Joe" a token of the universal
esteem and veneration in which he is
hefd. When Professor Le Conte entered
hfs lecture room this morning to meet his
class in geology, he found that hi 3 desk,
over which he has addressed class after
class on the absorbing problems of geo
logical and evolutionary science, had been
transformed Into a bed of violets and
blossoms. At the same time he was affec
tionately greeted by a roomful of students
in honor of his birthday. Reno Hutchin
son, on behalf of the students, congratu
lated Professor Le Conte and expressed
the wish that as the students became old
er he might ever become younger. The
venerable professor was then asked to ac
cept as a birthday gift a handsome li
brary book case, which had been draped
with garlands of smilax by the young
lady students.
Professor Le Conte was visibly moved
as he thanked the students for their re
membrance of him. "If I have been able
'to do effective work," he said, "later in
life than falls to the lot of most people, it
is on account of the sympathy and love
of my young students. Which has, I am
sure, rejuvenated me. Your speaker has
said that while the students grow older
with each succeeding year. I myself seem
to grow younger, and I sometimes really
feel as If this were so. If it is. it is be
cause of my sympathetic relation with
young people, which feeling has never
been stronger in me than it is now. To
feel companionship with young people—
this it is that keeps the heart young.
"The. other day our Philosophical Union
discussed the Question, 'Is Life Worth
Living?' Surely, with the sympathy and
love that you young people show toward
me. I have found it so, and not only have
I found that it is worth while to live, but
The Perfume of Violets I
The purity of the lily, the glow of the rose,!
and the flush of Hebe combine in Pozzoni'm
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AUCTION SALES.
COLUMBIAN AUCTION BOUSE
Will aell by order of Jacob J. Gottlob, Esq.,
At HJB Residence,
863 BUSH ST., bet. Mason and Taylor.
MONDAY.
MONDAY Feb. 28, 189g.
At 11 o'clock a. m..
All the Elegant Drawing Room, Parlor,
Library, Chamber and Dining Room Furniture,
Upright Grand Piano, Elegant Ornaments. Pic-
tures, Lace Curtains, etc.. Royal 'Wilton Mo-
quet and Body Brussels Carpets. Special atten-
tion of the public is called to this sale. Tha
residence has been- furnished less than one
year, and all the Furniture and Carpets were
purchased from Fredericks'. Plums', Sloane's
and other first-class houses.
Don't fail to attend this sale.
Terms cash. Residence open for inspection
early morning of sale.
VINCENT & GALLICK, Auctioneers,
1057 Market st.
that it is worth still more to grow olcL,"
At the conclusion of his brief reply, Pro
fessor Le Conte received the individual
congratulations of his young friends.
The esteem in which Professor Le Conte
has' been held for the nearly three decades
in which he has labored at the University
of California has grown to a feeling al
most of reverence. Scarce a student at
Berkeley fails to bare his head when ven
erable "Professor Joe" passes by. Years
have left their mark upon the veteran
teacher; not only has time whitened his
flowing locks and bent his frame, but as
he climbs from the lower campus to his
recitation room in South Hall he stops
oftener to rest under the old oaks. But
the kindly, twinkling eyes shine just as
brightly, the voice is just as vigorous as
ever. His labors at the university are
still extending their field. While he has
been relieved recently of considerable ele
mentary work, the scope of his advanced
courses has been widened. His newly in
stituted lectures on evolution have been
better attended than almost any other
course at the university, in spite of the
fact that credit for the wurk was pur
posely withheld in order to ktvp down th*
number of those who would otherwise
overcrowd the recitation-room.
Few lives have been devoted more use
fully to the course of science than that of
Professor L.c Conte. At the age of 18 he
graduated with tne degree of A. B. from
Franklin College of the ii'niversity of
Georgia. An inherited love of science, his
father, Louis Le Conte, having been an
enthusiastic botanist, and having built
on his plantation a botanical garden, onct*
considered the best in the country, caused
Joseph Le Conte to study medicine. 11l
1545 he graduated from the College or
Physicians and Surgeons of New York.
For five years he practiced medicine in
Macon, Ga., near which the Le Cont»
home still stands.
Acquaintance and friendship with the
famous Professor Louis Agassiz turned
his attention more closely to the subject
of geology, and in 1851, with Protessor
Agassiz, ho made a careful study of the
coral reefs and keys to Florida. From
1852 to 1856 he occupied the chair of geolo
gy and natural history in the University
of Georgia. For the following six years_
he held a similar chair in the College of
South Carolina, until it was disbanded
on account of the breaking out of the
Civil War. In 1868 Profespor Le Conte
and his brother, Professor John Le Conte,
four years his senior, received a call
from the University of California, and
from 1869 to 1891, when Professor John Le
Conte died, the two brothers labored in
the field of science side by side, "Pro
fessor Joe" devoting his attention more
especially to geology and zoology and
Professor John to physics.
Professor Le Conte has written a num
ber of books of first rank in scientific
literature. Many honors have been be
stowed upon him by various colleges,
among them the degrees of A. M. and
LL.D. from his alma mater, the Univer
sity of Georgia, and the degree of B. S.
from Harvard College. At present, be
sides occupying the chair of geology and
natural history at Berkeley, Professor Le
Conte holds the title of honorary profes
sor of biology in the college of dentistry
and special lecturer in the veterinary de
partment.
Berkeley News Notes.
BERKELEY, Feb. 25.— The Students'
Congress on March 8 will debate the ques
tion, "Resolved, that the mile limit law
should be repealed." The speakers will
be: Affirmative— Newmark, Christensen,
Goodall and Creed; negative— Hohf eld,
Tully, Brickley and Downer.
Berkeley Lodge No. 270, I. O. O. F., cel
ebrated the twentieth anniversary of its
institution last night.
President Cyrus Northrupp of the Uni
versity of Minnesota visited the univer
sity at Berkeley to-day.
Next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock a
special committee of the Board of Re
gents, consisting of Regents Kellogg,
Rodgers, Reinstein, Hallidle, Chase and
John E. Budd, will meet in San Fran
cisco to take action on the request of the
faculty of the medical college that it be
placed on the same footing as the col
leges at Berkeley.
A match shoot between Company E, N.
G. C, of Visalia, and the University Ca
dets will be held at Shell Mound to
morrow. Berkeley will be represented by
McGuire, Fairchild, Julien, McGregor,
Rawlings, Beville, Vanderbilt, West,
Pierce. P. L. Jackson, Wedemeyer and
Bender.
At the quarterly conference of the Ala
meda County W. C. T. U. to-day at Stiles
Hall a petition was circulated requesting
the street car companies to prohibit tha
use of tobacco on any of their cars.
Professor G. M. Stratton will address
the Science Association next Tuesday
evening on "Some Recent Experiments
in Inverted Vision."
General Booth to Arrive.
OAKLAND, Feb. 25.— General William
Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army,
will arrive in this city Saturday even
ing at 5:45 o'clock. He will be met at the
Sixteenth-street depot by all of the divi
sion and staff officers and escorted to his
hotel. On Sunday he will address three
public meetings at the Macdonough
Theater— lfr:3o a. m. and 3 and 8 p. m.
There will be a street parade before the
afternoon and evening meetings led by
the Pacific Coast Guards band.
Robbed on the Highway.
OAKLAND, Feb. 25.— Joe Vargas of
Monterey came to Haywards on a visit
and last night was robbed of all he
owned. Vargas was intending to go to
the Knox Place, but took the wrong
road. He was met by two men with pis
tols, who robbed him of $50 and a silver
watch.
Oakland News Items.
OAKLAND, Feb. 25.— The grand Jury
was in session yesterday and to-day.
Superintendent Miller was vindicated and
the witnesses called excused without ex
amination. , , ,
The Wilcox block and the old Galvin
property on Fourteenth street has been
sold. T. L. Barker purchased the Wilcox
block which was sold for $150,000; and
Jacob Lev! Sr. the Galvin block, which
brought $120,000. This \s the largest real
estate deal made in this city in years.
Monday night the City Council will pass
the resolution providing for the calling of
a primary election on April SO, in accord
ance with the Stratton law, for the pur
pose ot choosing delegates to nominate
candidates for charter freeholders.
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