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Bp Vp ii rATiTr uinwrT lorBitu iiu4nirBiniri i JULUIIILVMUIU1 5 SATEWlWISCD CSBOmCiai a3HIim JEGEMBERlf 189X I Ufi WilliSK MANY LEASES BEING MADE BTT METHOD OP HOLD 153 CHCRCR LA5DS 4i Street ImpTTmtt Soatb of the JPark Sewi From the Ar hlteet Offlceti The number of deed recorded this week very large but the actual sales hare bees few and mo Ur unimportant outalde 3 of that of the Whlttler Fuller properties reported at the time and which areregat ei JS000 The volume of records wag i largely swelled by the transfer of forty pieces of land from Patrick William Stordan to the Roman Catholic Arch feliSop of San Fra rcisoo a corporation sole This action marks an important cbatge In the manner of holding Catholic church property in California other than tt belonging to the various orders such tbe Jesuit Dominicans and Marists Heretofore the Archbishop lor the arch VoceM and the suffragan Bishops for the fittsnalnder of State have held such i realty In their Individual names In trust la some Instances such as resignation or i death this has resulted In delays ap Broaching complications In the transfer Of diocesan property to tne successor oi ftnAD4A r1 iMlllMta aortheast Tcornerot Trout teetast Jhjnc rtiijarS Kj2hlS5IV15ret ta wnxer of trmwrtv i IITTr i 1 persona KSJji rAiamed county In thiTSi i cottage sold fSwA1 Plo street as KVh2 nd house ana lot uub fSSfiSSSWr1 ifcT IU 1W BBUiH Kf ivT 1 jcui in wuiru left SnWf the other pieces we for let tnan owners prices iS1 ottae 2n thTwuth slde7ot sr5fqTSet 165 of Hoffman for JT Lin a 4 cottage on Hoffman street betweenJ uo na iwentj secona streets for coats and a four room and bath cot tare on the east side of Pulaski street 1 Cortland avenue ror Sullivan The walls of the new Church of the Sacred Heart on the corner cf Fell and FUuaore streets are bow tip seventeen feet The tower will be 120 feet tothe top of the cross and standlnr en high ground wlllbe visible from a larg part of the city Brick terra cotta and copper Will be the material mnlnvM Mrs A Merger about to build three siory nais onae southeast corner of McH Alter and Octavta streets at a cost of STOOD The Mission High School walls are now up above the second story Stone ork almost finished and Roman brick and terra cotta are being laid A Verr active lesinr bnntiMX Mnr done by Bovee Toy Sonntag They report the following leases The trrnd basement of the building at Market rtreet from Mrs OConnor to Detjta Mengels for five years at S10530 the two upper floors of the building at 37 Market street from the same owner to the Carson Glove Company for ftTe rears at 13000 the two upper floors of ttw buthllng on the southwest corner of Sansome itnd Sacramento streets from Sidney Smith to Aitno Bams lor five years at ti Bishop holding In trust By the pas ttje of a law at the last session of the S9000 the building at S3 Stevenson etreet triiture allowine the Drelates to be from William CamDbell to Porter Sles rosae corporations sole these lnconveni nI J120a15rar ttl srsand KLn A wm nk basement at 40 and 42 Geary str et for ences hae been overcome The transfer TT a ty Archbishop Rlordan to the Archbishop a corporation sole comprises all of the sjchdtocesan realty in San Francisco the rtnrches parochial schools hospitals or phanajrs cemetery etc The same course I Tin pursueo in tne otner counties bere realty of thi character Is located Tne Thomas Mootry Jr property and a 8innbr of other pieces of real estate will bt offered at referee Public Admtntstra tfir probate executor aid ordinary auc Hon sai by Tmbsen tc Co on Tednesdav next There are sixteen par cell in all the Mootry pieces comprising the southwest corner of Hayes and Gough streets the southeast corner of Page and Octavla and the southwest corner of Bay and tmpont streets all improved Leairc of mercantile property has been and continues very active showing not snly that business is good but that the outlook for the Immediate future is gen i erally believed to be also good TRANSFERS AND LOANS There Were 164 deeds recorded during the week The mortgages numbered sixty five ana were for a total of 215007 included in irhtch were the following By the estate Of Helen Bllnn to Frederick Bllnn JSEO and to Frank Bllnn JS400 each for sixty Jays at 6 per cent on the one sixth Interest in property in 100 vara block 415 en the southeast line of Mission street 225 feet southwest of Eighth southwest 70 by southeast 80 by the Humboldt Bank to Tbeodore Dlerks 20000 to December 3 1B9 at 7 per cent on property in 100 vara block B0 on the northwest line of Mission street J73 feet northeast of Sixth northeast 50 by northwest 90 and In 100 vara block 3S1 on the southeast line of Mission ISO feet northeast of Sixth northeast 25 by southeast 80 by the Hlbemia Bank to Na thaniel Brlttan 20000 for one year at a nome percent on property In 50 vara block brought to on the southwest corner of California and Davis streets south 1J76 by west 117 fi by the same to Pauline and Del Bits 10000 for one year at 6H per cent on property In 100 vara block 380 being an undivided one sixth of the lot and improvements on the southeast line of Market street 2259 northeast of Sixth northeast 493 by southeast 170 by the same to Mary Leilah Tarde Buller 27500 for on year at Shi per cent on property In 50 vara lock 39 on the southwest corner of Pine Snd Battery streets south 4510 by west I6 by Daniel Meyer to Zecon and Malta Posadas 25400 for one year on property in Western Addition block 88 on the south line of Sacramento street 141 feet west of Van Ness avenue west 101 south 127 P4 east 88 north 25 east 181 north 1028Vi by the Hlbcrnla Bank to Abraham Aronson 15000 for one year at 6l percent on property In 50 vara block 16S on the north line of Geary street 165 feet west of Powell west 50 by north 1176 There were also recorded six deeds of trust for 21 00 a term of years from Isaac Levy to 8perry Hutchinson at 350 a month the build ing at 206 and 20 Post street from Jacob Schweitzer to Gartner Glavll for a term of years at 4a00 per annum the three story building at 33 and 35 Main street from Mrs Jennings to the Sperry lour company tor nve years bt a month the building at ZW and 215 Pine street from the estate of Charles Mayne to Max Cahen Co for five years at 300 a month the store at 20 Geary street to Ickelheimer Brothers for five years at a graded rental running frora 2W to 230 a month and the building on the north west corner of Sansome and Jackson streets from A Grogan to the Hayden Packing Company for five years at 1800 per annum WWrTPtWrW JliWstWwsWfc i PRISON JKET MUlntlE Wl Si KIM lisT iTEStlHOliY OFlERioi milt fWEIEIMEr HEVWAS TO HATE BEES CIVE3 Izposare Hls Career Estded the ff oris Mad Ta His vBefcalf RKLIAXCE CL4TB BESEFIT A Fashionable Aadlenee Greets the Charity Company OAKLAND December 10 A large and fashionable audience greeted the charity company at the Maedonough Theater tonight In Its Initial production of Love In Harness given for the benefit of the Reliance Club A number of theater parties were in attendance and the reception given the young society people who were In the cast was an enthusiastic one The play which is to be repeated tomorrow night was cleverly staged and Its bright Tines afforded those handling the cast an excellent opportunity to display their talents The story of a desperate love affair between two young and foolish husbands with their pretty pout lug wives was told in a fascinating way The opening scene ushered In the troubles of two households It being that of a room in a home where domestic grievances are a focus only to ana tnetr end ing in two spirited quarrels There Is a double runaway In the second act and the third act affords a climax In which two Releases to the number of fortv seven and to the amount of 1S268 were fired Among them were the following From the California Title Insurance and Trust Company to the Del Monte Milling Company li500 on property in 100 vara block 60 on the southeast line of Brannan street 70 feet southwest of Second southwest 90 southeast 1063 northeast 80 northwest 25 northeast 10 northwest 813 from the estate of Helen Blinn to Frederick Bllnn 3650 and to Frank Blinn 3000 on two one sixths of property In 100 vara Slock 415 on the southeast line of Mission street 225 feet southwest of Eighth southwest 70 by southeast 80 from the Hlbemia Bank to Joseph and Mary More 0sno lad to More 830 on property in Westers Addition block 378 on the south line Of Tell street 1S5 west of Steiner west 65 by south 1376 from the Humboldt Bank to Robert A Vance 19500 on property In 0 vara block 253 on the south line of Geary street 3 west of Jones west 25 south 1376 and In 60 vara block 274 on the west line of Leavenworth street So feet south of Washington south 776 by West J7 from the German Bank to Will lam Daegener 15000 on property In 50 Jra block 137 oh the southeast corner Of Powell and Clay streets south 689 by east Wfrotn Henry Sahleln to Julius and Tobe rorkensteln v000 on property In SO vara block 122 on the southeast corner of OFar Jju and Stockton streets east E7 6 by south Thirteen reconveyances amounting to 179 were alsq recorded Sfregated by days the mortgages and releases of the week were as follows Ittte of Record Mortgages Releases 30043 den and swear they will commence a flir tation with actresses if a reconciliation is not brought about The jealous wives cannot stand this last threat and peace is finally made after a series of absurd circumstances have been ehcountered and overcome Miss Ida Chase Lea as Una Urquhart was a great success Her heart was in the work and she caught the peculiar Inspiration of the character she portrayed Mlsa Olive Snyder did splendidly as Rhoda Naggitt and Miss Effle Bond was much applauded In her Interpretation of Jenny Joblots Ideas of things matrlmc Miss Louise Hennlng Miss Hilda Hen nlng Miss Emma Ferry and Mrs James Iouls Sill did some excellent work and among the male characters Jack Wilson John Housman George de Long Clarence Sloan and Walter Haxe pleased the audience greatly The advance sale of seats for to morrow nights performance has been large BCLLET THROCGH THE WHTDOW OaklaadTBranea OtScai of the Chronicle 830 Broadwsjr corner Ninth street OAKIUlfDDcinbtt Charles IL Jackson whose untrutbiui hut pathetic story of complete failure In a cold worlds txelted all manner of aympaihyvwta very Utelr bftieot to one 6 the State Prisons for round term His plea of guilty to charge of forgery Is on the records of the criminal department of the Superior Court and the temporary suspension of nit sen tence will come to ah end On Monday ho win be broughVbe fore Judge Ellsworth sitting for Judre Orden and unless some thing not at this time foreseen Intervenes sentence wm be delivered and carried out It Is doubtful that a conviction could hare been secured on the facta Is tbe case but now that It has been shown that Jackson decelved erery one as to bis past life there Is no disposition to show him any further consideration This morning District Attorney Snook received from District Attorney Rjan of Sacramento county a copy of the record of the prisoner He at once transmitted it to Judge Ogden Snook would not express an opinion as to what would be done with Jackson He said that the case was over as far as he was concerned and was entirely in the hands of the Court When told to day that his record hid been exposed Jackson did not express any surprise He denied however that he was guilty of all the things charged against Llm He admitted that he had embexsled 3500 at McGregor la but claimed that he had made the entire amount good He denied that he had etabezsled 500 in Milwaukee but confesses that he had been mixed up in a stock gambling deal but had not been prosecuted As to his misdoing in Denver he said he had gone on a drunk and missed 500 He forged his books to cover the amount and was sent to prison for doing so He denied that he had been guilty of any wrong in Sacramento or that be had defrauded the Congregational Church or the American Protective Association He admitted that he had quar elled with his mother and had not treated her right but said that he bad always sent her money when he had it to send I dont care what is said however he declared for I am tired of the world and want to be sent to prison When Jackson was first arrested be asked that he be sent to jail for the rest of his life He claimed that the heart of the world was closed to him and that he wanted to end his days among felons His case excited general sympathy and Judge Ogden postponed sentence In the hope that something might be done for the man Attorney George Golta and Rev Dr Dllle became Interested In him and but for the Sacramento expose he would have been released from prison AGAIKST CIVIL SERVICE ARGtnBKXTS OB A LtFE AYE OPE5KIX tiu VXSva 3 Flail Hears tie Trial Marked by Flffht OrerKxpert vv Testimony 4 OaHind BriDcfe Ofic of tfct ChrooIclpM TlitMtaJtM fca a i NOAKUlXD December lO Alsmes Bry ajvths slayer of Deputy Constable Denis CronlnwiU noVknow his fate hntllfcext Tuesday It was seenJo day by Judge Ogden thst tieeisecoTild not bw property closed in tha time that was left and he adjourned the trial anlil Tuesday Alt 6f the evidence has been beard howy ever and pari of the argument finished When the trlaJ was resumed this morn ing Dr Robertson an expert on tn sanltr for the State again took tbe stand Hls testimony fin cross examlnatian was productive of a lengthy argument Attorney EM Gibson framed a hypothetical question based on the facts of the case as urged by the defense and In reply Dr Robertson said that his conclusion wonld To either that the prisoner was drunk or crazy at tbe time of the com mission of the erimo His reply went down as a Tictoryfor the defense but on redirect examination Attorney A Zj Frlck attacked the Individual Tacts that went to make up the question framed by the defense There was a wranxie over the effort to break the force of the testi mony ana while the defense was sustained at points alonsr tha line Frlck suc ceeded In a measure in weakening it When Robertson left tbe stand tbe State rested and Attorney frlck made the opening address to the jury He charged the defendant with deliberate murder denied that he was insane and asserted that no excuse was to be found tor him In the fact that he had been drinking some on the day of the shooting He claimed that Crontn had arrested Bryan simply in the discbarge of his duty and if any forte was used it was necessary on account of the fierce resistance offered by the prisoner He declared that Bryan angered by bis arrest bad deliberately planned tbe murder made no secret of his unholy purpose and had attacked and shot his victim from behind Attorney Gibson only spoke generally in behalf of tbe prisoner and will finish on Tuesday morning He made a bitter attack upon Dog Soule who swore to the complaint against Bryan and was the principal witness against him He said that Soule had perjured himself In respect to certain facts of the case and held that all of his testimony should be discarded The closing address tor the State will be made by Deputy District Attorney 8 Church JTSTIMAJf CAIRE DEAD Oakland League Passes series of Resolutions OAKLAND December 10 Tbe Anti Civil Service League which has gained unhappy husnd malrSaln a bachelor membership here met last night Icomber 3 584 December 4 11S33 iJeccmber J4 W0 mor 7 82344 December 2ono December u7S4 13200 28150 11573 22S75 74723 Mrs Larsen Thinks Somebody Tried to Kill Her SAN RAFAEL December 10 Mrs Oscar Irsen wife of the professor of lan Fuages at the San Rafael High School has barely recovered her nerves so forcibly were they shaken last evening She narrowly escaped death or at least serious Injury from a pistol bullet and Is confident that some person to her unknown fired it with murderous Intent Mrs Lnrsfn was In the kitchen of her house which adjoins Brlggs gardens on Tourth street near Petaluma about 6 oclock In the enlng As she was about to lift a pot from the range she heard glass falllne and the report of a revolver at practically the same Instant and felt something strike the pot with such force as to cause her to drop it to the floor with tbe idea that she was shot She screamed as she did so and others In the house rusbd to her side A hole in the window pane from which long splinters of glass had been blown gave evidence that a bullet had passed through A bright mark on the pot showed where it had been struck by the bullet which was found all flattened out on tbe Th matter was reported to the authorities but no trace of the unknown has been found Marshal Creed Acquitted SAN RAFAEL December 10 The case of John Creed Sausalitos Town Marshal was called In Judge Gardners court to day Creed was charged by District Attorney Martlneni with neglect of duty as a public official in not making arrests for misdemeanor The case crew out of the Sausallto gambling affair wherein Morse detectives at the Instigation of the District Attorney raided the faro game Totals 215007 1S2568 BUILDING CONTRACTS tffZ buliuine contracts amounting to wH were placed on record during tbe ftk They were as follows Page street north side 1376 east of Masonic Bt nMA IT ot4 TX fltl Beibice all work for a double flat 3145 I in El Monte Hotel and arrested eighteen Second street northeast side 160 feet of the participants The case was tried by northwest of the north corner of Mission Jury and Creed was acquitted His dc Second streets Wells Fargo Co fense was that he was cognisant of the with Richardson Gale brick and terra fact that the law was being violated and tu work for six story and basement I only delayed the matter Of arrest In order nek building H6S i 7 evidence against the guilty parties Tne lng SUICIDEOE I IA FRENCHMAN jiVr JOBS THbCETTE WAS CWKJrjjrW Vf BROOD WO He CaaskfsfsVGsm atHUBedslae andBlew COat HIswf Biiimsv Miff Kltf HIT Tt SAYS HIF0RTlieigJMJL 5 HIS VriTS 3aWVl THAT HH irgitiay VK If Oli Trial BaiaBceBelBS OtcvZIb tbsV BlrircV Fovskt Oskland Brtnch Office of the ClnonlcU StO Broadway eoraer Klath street OAKLAND December John Troa ette a Frenchman living in Golden Gate placed the muzzle of asbort oarreiea snot guaiat bis throat In fltorderpondency this mornlnr and pufled the trigger Death followed aimost instantly as when John Cbtsau who employs Trouttte rushed to tha scene upon hearing the report ef the gunT ho found the Frenchman lytar in a txoJ of hlood dead7 Tbe suicide was i stogie raaiu rears of age He had worked for Chlsau several months sis gardener and his eccentricities had ben marked He was of a morose disposition and often brooded Trouctte retired last night after his work In an apparently nappy frame of mind slept In CblsauVstable which stands at roleom and plsventh streets Chisau arose this taornmg before bis gardener and was startled to ear the report oia gun proceedingproceeding from th stable He rushed to Tronettes room in the loft and found the Frenchman there upon bis bed bis head In apoot of blood And a shotgun lying near by Chtsan believes that Trouette grabbed no the srtin which stood near his bed as soon as be awoke and that he fired the fatal discharge even before ho took time to consider the act The shot entered at the throat and passed behind tbe head The dead man has a brother In Baussilto and another in San Francisco the latter being A Trouette a tailor at 2297 Mission street The latter says that his brother has been worried of late and had been avoiding aft of bis friends The remains were taken at once to th Morgue where an inquest win ba held EWTSO OWKS A SCHOOL OiklasdBVsiwh Office of the XlrodclA S60 BroaS war eoraerNlatk street OAKLAND December 10 Wililam Da Vis whose wife of over thirty yearsis seeking a divorce on the rroundof cruelty Is engaged In an effort to prove that bit Is in very ordinary circumstances whlls bis wife is seeking to show that be has long since psised lbs lint of afauenee He says is worth only a paltry aw whlls she declares that the property be owns and the business he conducts are HJSSS i sjbwMS wnsjssss sjsin smaassry aw sa ana es sa Bs jrtMprrsi saraaa sma BSMsararna inSna iniitxi vs TTifrtrtaJ tsatsnnff this not MOM worth tf aSSiwrby Sty aaBTMv1Bl novel attacwnpesi a Mb his oM hocwrt ster nous error in wsnaiwii nrsflasWd ha fcoort fSjsasif tfif sjs 1 mssi a en Ilias hTa prac ssTti usteraun rsllbaM tbav Btfl tails credit Mm TWmIj mmnAiltmA of Am firm the moner fl on fixtures and ln repairs i ttcouM aot property br assets iteawo aesertaaj Toootc acrounts bad bassi Ids of ths balance sMwttaouA om batch of old suto sTVth4tbs jrt14 rfiVr Mll aiaa aSalsnadtbatr othsrcrediu bddTbee sdMAjTsAj anc and made ptt tb S7 that did not reseatasarjaalYattssjU Wbdwasalso jlas the aadT examined as to the method that 1m 4l lowed in keepintr htt bkS aid tAfcss baUnces He said that be bad awhw lowed a systemthat bad aiwarsbaa us vm with ths flrm He s4arittetsAttbs balance was made as favorable spoMTM order to helpthe standinff and teMral credit of the flm 1 Tha difference ln the sisw ottbTTJsi fortune is still In dfaspnu and mora win 7 beard on the subject when tbf ch kl Ukenuagamatraodockto Boorrawi 1 i thatt your husband is flrtle wKH ether wttasn Ton ocght folknr sj wber Tr he goes ret heawnav My hui band is pctmanV FUetBdBMttJv and passed the following resolutions Whereas This the Republican Antl Crrf Servlct Iacue of Alameda County the banner Republican county of tbe Stat ot California rivms as it aid at the last national election 5100 majority to his excvllencr William Mc Klnley and thereby sarins this Golden State to the Republican cause and the principles of prosperity and protection and wbereas at a meeting ot this league held dn Tuesday November 30 1897 at which oar representative In Congress 8 Hllborn appeared and ex pressed sis grauaeanon ana approval oi ui action of this league In making him an honorary member thereof and whereas the said 9 Hllborn appeared sad sanctioned Us at titude and stand taken by A Orosvtnor on the civil service question therefore be tt Resolred That we the Rspubltean Antl ClTll Service Leag of Alameda County an orzanlzatlon now numbering 4000 Republican votes extend our sincere thanks to Gal ltnrer and 11 Qrosvenor and Dollivtr for thlr able advocacy of the principles of thls onranlsation and also an other members ot th natval Ieiislaiure In consonance with their vlew on thl subject and be it further ResolTed That we do hereby request Qeorfs Perkins and do most respectfully Instruct Hllborn Loud and A Barham to use all legitimate efforts for ths modification of the present civil service set and also to curtail the power of the President In extending the application of tha am and be It further Resolved That copies of these resolutions be sent to Galllnger Perkins Grosvenor 8 Hllborn Loud A Barham and Dolllrer forthwith and that an engrossed copy hereof be sent to his excellency William McKinley RET WHITAKER RESIGKS Jury rendered a verdict without leav tne ocx Marins Oldest Katlve Dead GENERAL NOTES Jfje property on the southeast corner of nenth street and Hoff avenue Is to be rPrOVd bv the rvtlnn nt fljtnr onA The Hyman estate Is the owner and i SAN RAFAEL December 10 The old fgey Hamilton are the architects I est native In Marin connty Paolo Briones sh in vnu between and I Idled yesterday of dropsy at Bollnas fhV h5 ben 8T J1 a 011 rwdy or Marin county He was bora at Bollnas ouJk seventy seven years ago His mother105 Uoe has been given of the intended years of age was at the death bed The ttrt P01011 of the Sunset dls ftrgest funeral corte erer witnessed at i Bollnas followed the hearse 8ara Sanders has borrowed 3003 tvIJ1 nt tbe Manhattan Loan Wttpany on her hotel property onihe Adapted far TrlBnalnw Barr aJ 0I Bi atret 1K north With the present modeatrImmlng an ftfifnyaii street Is to be bitumtnlxed from street to Frederick and Oak street JKa Baker to Stanyan Jjwo colonial houses are to be built by Wtflai 8 Watson on tn lot xM7S on south side of Clay street between La EL anJ Buchannan streets and adjoin Hnr Scotts residence lot The es win cost 11009 Albert Sutton Is fsrchltect be Hlbemia Bank has sold the re the south iliSS xVhUZ Ulrt 1va rtu to days Issue TyostrleVtfwif5rf nn1 in which the arrangement of the triVL nl8 rf1 lortlxWQ brmJd tj ro ci attraction ot the UnirdX1 ferment The 1Teres1whlcb turn back tpOB it Mr T7i rtn vnA vrrrirtri from a nm troni are inmmea wiin it it rilni UiTlwliaD1Wme is annlled across the sleeve and on tha Alexander Toung tbe Hawaiian aurar baxskfa theshapeof abolercy Ifjiifract 1Ut Is hniwSv aMOMJSStiTSrSi ful and suited to any flgurs iiJ3LlSZ 55 It to be taflJn an ths nsuallxei and ecr HanrtTtVin immediately at tne eaa trranctsco once WT Wolf i2r4h wi of the Chronicler or at the Oakland JSawf tiSttEFS2ffi 5SScn 150 Broadway corner of Nintb Srt tne Jiatthew PittlUt and Enter TkTBTUon of Hi payment of HT421 darda LeiiftiwfiL dtstrtbutti toi irtTJncsW ajitfTorfihlrs ReTerslon day tbvCbmidaace Have VaUrSrEt Co baa reconveyed to Lady jroo read Parts 1 and tTKonrayr and si2r2nraU Interest In thefoDowiss Athens 4jYeiUTr Taa4tt 5Ie property ThesoutbwestcornerltbToes r5v Will Give Cp His Pastorate to Be eocne District Secretary OAKLAND December 10 Rev Robert Whitaker pastor of tbe Twenty third avenue Baptist Church is to tender his resignation to the trustees of the churcn on Sunday the same to go into effect January 1st The reason for the resignation is the acceptance by the pastor of the call by the Board ot State Missions of the general Baptist convention of Northern ana Central California to the position of district secretary Rev Latourette re slrned this office five months ago to take effect at the end of October after eleven years continuous service owing to ill health Dr Whitaker came here from Salem Or In 1893 While he says It la hard to resign his charge he believes It will be for the best Interests of the church He has taken It he declares as far as he can and thinks that It should now have another leader Veterans Protective Association OAKLAND December 10 A branch or lodge of the Veterans Protective Association recently organised at VaUeJo baa been formed here The object of the society is to protect and assist veterans of the late war The local organisation has elected the following officers President Major Woodward ilrst vice nresi dent McElroy second vice president William OBrien treasurer George Maynard secretary Captain Hal let officer of the day Hitchcock officer of the guard Church committee on by laws McElroy King and Hitchcock Seeking for a Grandson OAKLAND December 10 Mrs Phillips of 213 Sixth street Milwaukee Wis has written Chief Lloyd to find for her Burnett Jr who is her grandson Burnett formerly lived In this city at S73 Center street but his present address is unknown The young man came here with his father as Mrs PhllHps explains It when Burnett vu a mere child The father deserted his wife In Milwaukee years ago Taaael Committees to Meet OAKLAND December 10 A Joint meetingmeeting of the tunnel committees of Contra Cotta county and this county will be held at toootr to morrow In the Board of Trade the tunnel project and will talk over the matter ot funds About 7000 has already been subscribed At least 30000 needed and tbe scheme now is to ret 10000 of it essential feature In fact in every gown but the tailor made the accessories are a mora important consideration than tbe material Ornamentation Is designed for every kind of fabric and In every hue and while it adds quite a bit to the cost it Is worth the difference With Judicious arrangement of braids laces or passamen teries a dress will be many times more KltfiMnrv In nrnit stvim thetrtmtnlnr gives the character to the dress Thepat Contra Costs county andmooo hers a bc nsiua st mtc au trcvu icsunu OAKLAXD KEWl KOTEs Judge Halt ruled yesterday thar CRels had loaned 123000 to the Pteasaston Stock rann Company ra good faith sad decided to psnntt the foreclosure of the mortgage held by him oaths propertyv Ist the trialofthe suit of Vanes HoOowin against the Southern Psdfle Railroad tha plaintiff rested yesterday and Attorney A A Moor at oace moved for a nonsuit He was sun arguing the motion when tbs ease went ever until TaesdayA c5 Jtephen If HeBdersoorthe letter writiBS crsnh who was sent to Stockton axylnm two months ago and escaped Aom that tastitatloa on Wednesday last wasrecaptard hr Co stahla Quinlaswvssttrdar afternoon In rrait vsi ana wui rstjirov ulsvrij Was One of the Pioneer Merchants of California OAKLAND December Justinian Calre a pioneer merchant and well known citlxen of this city died at his home at Eighth and Harrison streets this morn ing after a brief illness Mr Caire was TO years of age and although he has weakened much during the last few years he was not taken seriously ill until three days ago The deceased acme to California In 1831 and engaged In the hardware business From a small beginning he built up a large and substantial enterprise and prospered steadily He added te his place of business In San Francisco a few years ago a wire working department which has since outgrown the original business and become a valuable holding Mr Calre continued to manage his business until eighteen months ago when he suffered a partial stroke of paralysis and was incapacitated for further labor His sons Arthur and Fred Calre then formed a corporation and have since continued the business which the father built up Mr Calre seemed in a measure to re Mrir mm the stroke of Dralrsls but weakened steadily in spite of all that could be done for him He leaves a widow two sons and four daughters The funeral will be held on Sunday next from the family residence AGAIXST GOVERXMEXT nfSPECTIOJI San Francisco Health Board Officers Address an Oakland Meeting OAKLAND December 10 The Board of Health listened to sn argument to night from Meat Inspector Davis of San Francisco who said that if the law recently passed by the City Council in the shape of an ordinance making It an offense to sell any meats here which had not been inspected by a Government Inspector was enforced It would be a rank Injustice that ought to be changed He said that the private Inspections were far more satisfactory and efficient and that the meat dealers of San Francisco would not be prepared to abide by the ordinance passed He suggested that the ordinance be repealed Milk Inspector Dockery of San Francisco discussed the matter of tuberculin tests with the Health Board but offerea nothtn new It was decided to again bring up the matter of an anti expectoration ordinance before the Council and this time to secure some action from the city fathers in regard to It Rev Dllle Rnn Down OAKLAND December 10 Rev Dille pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church had a narrow escape from serious Injury at the corner of Fourteenth and Broadway at 4 oclock this afternoon He was Just mounting his bicycle when It was struck by a passing tea i The wheel was smashed and Dr Dllle narrowly escaped being struck by tbe team A Mother Goose Fair ALAMEDA December 10 The young ladles of St Ursula Guild connected with Christ Church gave a successful Mother Goose fair this evening at Get lanla HalL It will be continued to morrow with a special programme In the evening The entertainment lo nlght included the following numbers Piano solo Miss Klson vocal solo Thomas recitation Mrs Alista Shedd Langstroth vocal solo Miss Una Fatrweather mandolin and guitar Misses Ferrer Mecartney and Elliot vocal solo Crandall Offleers of the Rebettah ALAMEDA December 18 Rebekah Lodge No 107 Independent Order of Odd Fellows has elected officers ss follows Noble grand Miss Josephine Lorber vice grand Mrs Emily Kueppler recording secretary Mrs 0 8lmon financial scored ary Miss Adele Shepard treasurer Mrs Lena Lassen Farrls Fined for Expectorating ALAMEDA December 10 Farrls arrested on complaint of John Gillam for vtolailns the expectoration ordinance was tried and convicted to day before Recorder St Sure He made no defense A fine ot 5 was Imposed This is the first conrictlon here for the offense ALAMEDA SEWS BOTES Mather has written to his family In this city from Lake Bennett where be wm remain antn the traitis again opened to Dawson The trial of Aateae Oonxatves tor aetllns milk 1 he wltboat a permit win take place at J0 oclock this mo ung cexora tne cuy Recorder ana a jury Mrs The as Mitchell of Mlsrarn street near Of td waa badly trtxbtaned Thursday evening sear her home by a supposed highwayman fths aotafttd at feti aimnaeh and tha aA Jumped oa the local train Tbe Ibr iSitaation Reports received from tbe various unions last rjght ttheineetairof the Labor Council indicated a more satisfactory con dition of affairs thin has been noted for some time previous Tn matter or start ica a new labor journal waa considered and tha matter was referred the execs tlva committee Tne struts or tne Enrllsh engineers was discussed In Its various pnaies nut no action was tax i in view ox the aid exteBdc4 to them brvanona onions The Oskland branch on eeaf Da raided lslocatadattWBnadwsTonsrKlBtk Bought a White Elephant for Little Haaey OAKLAND December 10 Deputy County Clerk Cal Ewing has a school house on his hands Vista school district recently lapsed and In accordance with the law Ewing and Supervisor Wells went cut to sell the house arid fittings at auction for tbe benefit of the district to which the abandoned territory Is to be annexed There were no bidders however Ex Trustee Harvey OverackeT who baa bones of having the district rehabilitated offered to protect the district Ewing said he would give 7 SO himself and wells ten oerea iu in ma oi cu coma not oe accepted so the school was knocked down to Ewlns for 750 Ewing says there were times when be was a lad at a little district school that be would like to have owned the place but now he does not want one He will hold the school with its twenty two desks for the benefit of the old district which nopes to get on its rest Wonld Hot Be Called a Thief OAKLAND December 10 Joe Carrer a lad of 15 years has disappeared from tbe borne of his uncle Antone Vargas of San Leandro Carrer was accused of stealing pigeons and his uncle is of the opinion that this Induced him to leave Tha boVa parents live in Portugal His present whereabouts is a mystery a Work ot Aa rlealtnrists BERKELEY December 10 An Important bulletin on seed distribution has Just been Issued by the Agricffltural College of the Cnlverslty The bulletin is edited by Professor Wlckson It shows a great increase In the number of expert menu with seeds being made over the state Previous to the present year the largest number of applicants supplied was SZ but it has now Increased to 1VU A total of 17129 roots and 33 packages of seeds were furnished applicants For Mora Libraries BERKELEY December 10l The faculty Of the University at its meeting to day Passed resolutions In favor of the plan ot establishing additional copyright depositories in the United States suggested by Librarians RoweU and Nash of the two California universities Recorder James Sutton was instructed to communicate with Senators and Representatives of this State urging them to work for the adoption of the plan 3fe Berkeley Pastor BERKELEY December 18 Rev RatctlfX has been appointed by Bishop Nichols to take charge of ths Church of the Good ShepherdWest Berkeley The church is one of the oldest in Berkeley but has been without a pastor for several years Ratcliff is an English clergyman and daring his brief stay In Berkeley has become very popular His appointment was the result of a petition to Bishop Nichols liii iilS 8 a -John Stoddard gr JNUW JiKljNJLFlJlSXKIJiUiaill ATs the MoimbSSSi6iiv Longfellow Association Ofleers BERKELEY December 10 The Longfellow Memorial Association of Berkeley has elected new officers for next year Those chosen were Rainey Ylea president and Bledenbacb secretary and treasurer Professor Arbtn Putsker declined to serve as president and Mrs Rosenstirn Mrs Frank Batterfteld and Professor Joseph Le Conte were appointed a committee to select a president BERKELEY HEWS KOTES Th Graduate Clab of tb University gave a iu essful reception la SUIes Hah last olght Next Monday afternoon a meeting of the University Ectence Association win be held to South Han Miss Alice Robertson will read a paper Tbe Academic Coanctl of the Unrrers try adopted resolutions of regret at the death of Mrs Ann Stiles at Its meeting yesterday morning Taynton A Torman Clara Elliot and Kittle CD ot Berkeley are asn meed as those who succ sraBy poised tbe postal examination ror positions la the local ofacs The fatr of the Berkeley Unitarian Church opened In the Riakle bvlMlng yesterday Ths committee to charge la composed of Mrs Oage tin wnilam Home and Mrs Augustine The Berkeley 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