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6 Nfe BMSX 4 VL vtA MSJ3f BAKCISCO CHE02fTCrji5AX SEBTECBEB 1 6f5MSFBMey 0 4 1 II fEoteGtlorv jgy11 ersas fcV r1 TT 4 4 JVWr iTRS nnui rho lloeiTiritlAJsriTl ntvLn iv pi rf rj JilA Growers or Cahforivia Tr if i rin arvd i Vu iriKtzJi TL 3m4W rr A SS Eankmptcy LoIW Thirty MillibOollarsToiv JfflT Tf aif i site fr 7H PnHERE probably pforer peo lfil IWta Canforallntereitedla I frnlt growlnsthanin any other Industry IU beslnnlt dates back almost to the time when the State was admitted to theUnlon Ior tyer iofiy yean 11 oaa oeen arowuiE axeaa lly andbriotfns mllllona of doUara lAtg uetsuie Toe arower or truitsjiepeaat fw the tale of htajprodnct upon those who TlTe Is cities and In fact upon all Who do not gTow the commodity When te worklnffmenJln the cities and vlF lazes ate employed they are large con somen of irults and by reason of this demand the frnlt mjwer prospers ach yearas hlscrop ripens he has no uuucuiijr ju uuyaiuig ui it uniauaen tiTt prices Such has been the actual experience of the California fruit grower up to and lncludlns the season of 1892 That year marked the close of orer thirty years of Republican administration of the na tional Government What was the record of the next year 283 The answer Is summed up in a few wprds liberal crops as usual but ruinous prices andin many Instances Inability to sell at any price whatever There was a reason for this most remarkable change in conditions within less than twelve months time and none understand it more fully than the fruitgrower They recollect to their sorrow the cry ortariff reform which echoed through the country in the autumn of 1831 They recollect the invitation of sllppery fongued politicians like William Bryan to vote for Cleveland and git higher prices for farm products and they have since learned by a most bit terexperience what the Democratic party has done since that time They also recollect the summer of 1892 when Cleveland and his party had been In power about four months how banks were falling on all sides how the financial fabric of the country was almost torn asunder how there was no money to aid In moving the crops or to help the fruit canner and fruit dryer and how as a result tons upon tons of fine irult went to waste on the ground because it could not be sold at any price evert for Jiog feed Then following hard upon that sea sonof disaster came the winter months and many a little home In the country where the comforts and necessaries of Jifehadnever before been wanting realized to its full extent the distress and privation fpr which the Democratic party was directly responsible The hopes of the fruit growers then centered In the crop of 1884 hut when the harvest came the results were scarcely anymore satisfactory than for the preceding year rThe Democratic Congress had lust passed the Wilson Gorman tariff bill It bristled with free trade and William Bryan who now asks people to vote for his for President used his best efforts In Congress to have that bill passed He made speeches in the House of Representatives in January March and May 1894 wherein he declared him self unalterably opposed to any form of a policy of protection to American industries He stated that he was opposed to buying anything here of Americans that he could get a trifle cheaper from foreigners This same William Bryan then practically declared himself the enemy i of the American worklngman and his sentiments were loudly applauded by his fellow Democrats on the floor of Congress Now a little more than two years later he poses as the friend of the worklngman and the farmer and is begging their votes Let the fruitgrowers of California look at this man nrbo betrayed their interests then and see if they can trust him now While all descriptions of traits were affected by this Xree trade legislation was tariff tf cents per round on foreign prunes This wa a satisfactory protection to the California grower It allowed himjto lay down his product in the EasternEUUs and after paying heavy freight charges still have a mar fin fT about 4 cent per pound protection against the foreign product The Wilson measure cut this duty down to 1 cent so eyer since that Infamous law Which Mr firran no Mv M1 in linghas been In existence the California prune grower has been obliged to lay Jbis product down In the Eastern mar ket on an exact equality with the California is best shown by a tabulated of the country In fact so prosperous statement showing the trees in each county The following figures are from statistics collected by the State Board of Horticulture In 1892 The prunes are embraced in the totals and given separately also because that particular fruit Is more directly affected by Democratic tariff reform Bearing fruit trees 1892 COUNTY All varieties Prunes Alameda i30a Alpine 1600 Amador 44 500 Butte 421SO0 Calaveras 79100 UOIUCa 33000 186000 100 European product the 1 cent a pound Si Knf5 SxSt duty being consumed In freight eharees As far as thV California Drunegrower is concernedTthe present duty is no pro tection wnatever The production of prunes In California exceeds 48000000 pounds per year so Mr Bryans nice tariff which re duced the duty to 1 cent a ncmnn i I Marin about the same In effect a I wI SelUnsr the nrnne pravr nf lil st Ured 18Snrt 5 tlfJ AAA xo pay we European growers a bonus vw Buuwmjr A ue lmporu Monterey luicign prunes into me united States La0 during the past six years have been as iJS 4StiUU 1006500 115100 El Dorado 202J00 Fresno 4717400 Glenn 155200 HamboMt 104700 Inyo 22600 Kern 718600 Lake 102200 iaseen wo Los Angeles 205000 63600 41500 84S00 SW00 28000 U00 158000 157 900 100500 had been the business that thousands of acres throughout the prune growing sections had been set to that variety of fruit The young prune orchards throughout the State when Cleveland last assumed the Presidency are shown as follows Non bearing Counties Prunes 1893 Alameda 49100 Alpine 200 2000 Butte 7S100 jaeoo Calaveras tioo 800 i Colusa 43700 18700 Stm Costa a609 ovi Del Norte 200 El Dorado JTtSQO Glenn Humboldt Inyo Kern Lake Lassen Los Angeles aiann 20200 64000 5000 27500 4700 29900 16000 per year Had this money ben coming Into the possession of our fruit grow era during the past three years there would have been little complaint tof hard times but since the Democratic policy of tariff for revenue only has been in vogue prices have been so reduced and the fruit growing industry so Impoverished tbat there has been reduction of Xully one third Tblsjle presaion began early in the summer of 1893 and has continued steadily until the present time It is safe to say there fore that the growers have lost 87600 820per ton gi eennl893 and there were 000 during the past four years beginning many who sacrificed their fruit in bulk with 1892 This makes 830000000 of form at even lower prices than 815 In hlch California was deprived Is it i sharp contrast with this state of affairs XJ SOO UAJr muuuc fcuv wuuvj as ivmw iv uw tuc ucakcuiuji cr XA9A wnen tne Kepunucan administration was In power Then buyers were numerous and the orchardlsts near San Jose had 7700 as they could be bought the working people could not afford to buy them Enormous quantities of growers did not receive enough on their shipment to pay their freight charges Cherries sold in San Francisco at the lowest rates ever known In the business while peaches and Bartlett pears were given away In Urge uuantltte to variou charitable institutions of the city In the Santa Clara valley which Is the home of the prqne orchardists had difficulty in selling their crops at 115 to 2500 hard for the worklngman to get This i 5K sample of the accomplished flnan 1 rrT faM A vt iC4ix mia Bunv Acuiuuiiv fci 172406 1200 toco 12100 1S00 tooo Mariposa idodnc Mendocino Merced Modoc Mono Monterey 56600 gaPa ztioo 200 170100 1400 L500 44700 18500 Nevada 52000 81800 2000 iohows pjace 1S30 DOnnda or rnmf nmn ro Plumas 189L nonndi inI ZZTl Jf SMS Sacramento 1X92 pounds of cured prunes illtslsTiT I Bent0 isr zzxr i ts yu2 Dw vuicu prunes SCSrn 183a pounds of cured prunes ItSSiOK 4500 165700 12700 Orange 1X100 the prune lndustry was particularly a ducers rather than of Americana sufferer Under the McKlnley bill there The abdve figures teU the storv of what protection did for the California prunegrower and what It will do for him again If the Republican party Is given a chance to enforce ft In 1890 and 1891 the Imports of foreign prunes were slmpl enprmous When the McKlnley law was enacted the imports dropped from 34JS1322 pounds to 10 869797 pounds and the difference was supplied to consumers from Californias orchards Then came the disastrous Democratic year of 1893 The McKlnley law was still In force but financial crises banlcfailuresand general locking up of money deprived the growers of the means of marketing their crop In consequence of this the foreign producers had full sway tn the Eastern markets and even after paying duty they marketed 28214112 pounds In America In 1894 large Quantities of California prunes were sent East but the prices were so low that even the foreigners did not make any effort to ship large quantities to this country Besides this the enforced idleness and distress of the country largely reduced the consumption among the people Furthermore the McKlnley act was In force until the 28th of August of that year In 1895 the duty had been reduced to 1 cent a pound and the result Is seen In the Imports of 14852057 pounds of foreign prunes an increase of nearly 5009000 pounds The prospects now are that the foreign Imports for 1898 will show a still further Increase Tariff for revenue only which is merely a Democratic alias for free trade had about the same effect on the canned fruit trade as it did on prunes In 1892 the total pack was 1602370 cases of twenty four two and a half pound tins each In 1893 the total was only 1001640 cases the inability to get money to do tAislness being chargeable to the lack of confidence In Democratic methods of government The prunegrowers however have been the heaviest sufferers and in the Santa Clara valley a here more than two thirds of the prune crop of the State is grown there is almost a unanimity of sentiment against Bryan and the Democracy Four years of Cleveland has been enough for the prunegrowers and they regard Bryan as a free trade office seeker who In the event of success would continue the work of Impoverishing the country by advancing the interests of foreign pro 1 The extent of the fruit industry in 3662500 t279500 358700 826200 Sn Dieso San Joaquin San LulsOblsDO Ban Mateo 36100 Banta Barbara 624300 Santa Clara t595300 Santa Cms 417 000 Shasta 114400 Sierra 200 Siskiyou 89 600 Solano L244J0O Sonoma 797700 8tnilaus 60300 Sutter 18U00 Tehama 430 330 Trinity lgjoo Tulare 1544200 entura 229700 Yolo 948300 Tuba 98700 Placer iL500 Plumas Sacramento 40300 San Benito 27500 San Bernardino 111200 San Diego 14000 San Joaauin itsu nmn lu umipo J1BW San Mateo J200 68000 427001 35100 53600 L600 65000 500 000 9t700 Santa Barbara 16800 Santa Clara Santa Cms ShAJltA 9nnn sierra aw Siskiyou Boiano Sonoma StanUlaus Sutter utm 52 Trinity Wl0W i Tulare WIOOI 3 Af Ventura 1200 120 000 101S00 500 too 27900 73000 1 IZ71W Totals 28249500 2532800 300 000 10S500 40 000 tsoo 167 000 158100 4300 7900 72800 815000 100 44400 79200 13000 Yolo Tuba Total 2429800 The varieties of fruit and nut bearing CONVICTED OUT OF HIS OWN MOUTH How William ci Bryan While In Gonoress Proclaimed Mimself the Enemy of the American Farmer and Worklngman Ob Wedaetdar Ilarefe It ISM la tit Bovm of Representative dttlas ss a eoo Blttee of Uk wbftle sod baring under consideration the placing ef woe en tne free Hit and the redaction of dotlei en woolen roods William Bryan la the coune of a speech laid I am not at thU time compiainlEf of a reretrae tariff What I denounce Is a protective tarts levied primarily and solely for purposes of protection It false economy and the most Tleleus political principle that erer cursed this country See page SS of the Congressional Record for Ifarch UtL la that same speech Bryan showed his true colors as a free trader and hi preference for the cheap tabor ef Europe er China er any ether cheap pauperised labor as against the tree wen paid labor of America when be said The theory If Chairman on which this tariff on wool is Justified might as well be met here ss anywhere And I wast to say si emphatically as worts can state It that I consider it false In economy and vicious in policy to attempt Jp raise at a higher prlca In this country that which we can purchase abroad at a lower price in exchange for the products of our tan I therefore denounee as fallaetons as unworthy cfcenslderatlon the only reason that can be given is support of a tariff on wool as a protective tariff sad for protective purposes CApplause on the Democratic side See pegs JBS4 of the Congressional Record for March Utt Notwithstanding the rapid growth of the prune growing business the industry proved profitable and the California product was gradually supplanting the stock which for years had been so heavily Imported from Europe Prices had been good and grocers were well satisfied with the outlook When the McKlnley law oame Into operation prune ralslng war given additional stimulus but with the advent of Democracy and free trade In March 1893 prune growing along with scores of other Industries began to feel the blighting Influence of depression that same kind of business paralysis which always seems to accompany Democratic administration of the national affairs trees in California at the close of 1892 were enumerated as follows Variety Beartnr Apple U75100 Apricot 1983100 Cherry 4o300 Fig 2KS00 Olive 288300 Peach 2379108 Nectarine 55100 Prune 2532S0O Pear 1436800 Plum 374500 Quince 15006 Lemon 66120C Orange 4124300 Almond 438600 Walnut 652000 Not Bearing 5776U0 1013400 216500 2S700 511400 2103500 52J00 2429800 837 400 126900 4400 44 VOOO 1875800 484200 839400 Totals 28249500 11891800 A conservative estimate places the value of California fruits at 827000000 which offered four years ago as a great panacea that would be sure to Increase the prosperity of the farmer and work lngman tariff reform California along with other suffering States of tha Union has had a four years dose of the great panacea and no one wants any more of It No wonder is it that William Bryan never mentions tariff reform in any of his numerous speeches and no wonder is It he omits all reference to his labors In that cause during his term in Congress Bryan denounced the Republican policy of protection to American labor and every time the question came to a vote his ballot was cast against it and therefore in favor of the cheap labor of foreign lands As a result the California fruit grower has had 830000000 filched from his pockets by the work of the Bryan party The prices of 1832 the last year of President Harrisons term and 1893 the first year of Cleveland and complete Democratic rule and the present rates compare on dried fruits as follows 1898 69 9c lie i 6c 6c tc This record speaks volumes for the lack of confidence the people have for the Democratic party The prices quoted for each year were the average rates ruling about the 1st of Sep tr mber Canned fruits also show a marked decline as will be seen from the following comparative prices for 1892 and the present rates 189C 1003113 1108125 135 00 25 ISO 110 133 13S 140 Variety 1832 Apricots per lb 10315c Peaches lOrflSc Plums 70 9c Prunes 10c Apples 6610c Pears 9llc Nectarines 1012c 1333 S0 9C 5015C VS 30 9c l5 9c 3ft 7c 2d 6c 3 8c 3d 24 Ib Tins Apricots per dox41 Apples 1 Blackberries Cherries black Cherries whits Currants Gooseberries Grapes muscat nectarines Peaches Trellow Peaches cling Peaches white Pears Bartlett Plums Quinces Raspberries Strawberries 1831 somes eosiTS 165ei7S 1750188 2 2003 25 19062 00 i go fist 1250139 1 758113 1200 16502 19002 14001 1U0 1150 1100 1250 1100135 1150190 9001 CS 1150140 1350180 1850173 19002 00 1800195 1750165 1250130 1 6501 73 2 3002 40 2 2003 25 Canned fruits held up in price better proportionally than dried fruits but the pack of 1893 the first year of Democratic control of affairs was largely 1 less than for 1892 the last year of Presi dent Harrisons term In 1832 the total pack of the State was 1602000 cases and in 1893 it was 1 001000 cases a reduction of 601000 cases In one year with no preceptible difference In the crop supplies of the two years There was no difference In the ability of the fruit packers but trade was affected by Democratic paralysis and by reason of the general closing down of leading Industries In manufacturing lines and the consequent lack of employment among worklngmen and mechanics the consumption of our fruits among the people was less and prices suffered accordingly During the summer of 1893 too the prices of fresh fruits were ridiculously how but even as cheaply no difficulty whatever in selling then crop of prunes at from 32S to 230 per ton while In some Instances as high as 235 per ton was obtained Let Bryan and the other Democratic orators explain to their hearers why this remarkable change In trade conditions between two consecutive years The depression In values had its effect on all varieties Of fruits that is in a sympathetic way upon fruits not mentioned in the tariff schedule and the decline between the two years averaged a trifle over 30 per cent The question now is Howhas It been since and what is the outlook Trices since 1893 have been continuously low and the rates for 1898 have been the lowest on record Among fruit growers the outlook is generally regarded as being dependent upon Ihcresult of the election in November If McKlnley and protection win the day there will be a spirit of confidence lnauguratedat once and there will be no question tljat prosperity will thine ci the orchards of California If on the other hand Bryan and Democracy should carry the day bankruptcy is regarded as a certainty In fact Bryan and bankruptcy are regarded as synonymous terms among the fruit growers The onslaught ef the Democracy en California fruits was not unexpected Throughout the campaign of 1892 the cry of tariff reform went through the land like the approach of a destructive epidemic and when the returru in November of that year showed Democratic success the fatal result to numerous California Industries was a foregone conclusion All efforts on the part ef fruit growers and business men wars wholly unheeded and the Democratic programme was carried out bringing dismay and adversity to thousands of happy homes Within a month after tha lection growers and dealers commenced work In an endeavor to save their business The wholesale grocers and deafen recognizing the widespread distress that would follow the passage of the Wilson bill adopted the following resolutions Whereas The Committee en Ways and Means In Congress In its report of the revision of tha tariff has reduced the duties on foreign raisins and prunes 1 cent a pound and whereas such a reduction win cause Irreparable loss and widespread ruin to thousands engaged in the raisin and prune Industries of California as owing to the peculiar geographical position of our State being very distant from Eastern trade centers and due also to the lateness of our season as compared with that of foreign countries the employment of more expensive mode of transportation by rail Is absolutely necessary In order to bring our products to market In good season thus rendering the cheaper modes of ocean carriage impracticable and whereas the provisions of the new bill will render competition with the product of the underpaid labor of foreigners as well as with the cheaper modes of transportation impossible be it Resolved That this association take immediate steps toward counteracting the action of the Ways and Means Commit JL tee by exerting every possftl effort agitate the subject not only among tha producers of this Statevbut also among an classes of its citizens and be it further Resolved That this tubjeetbe brought to the attention of our Representatives to 4 Congress with a view of obtaining the hearty co operation in tha matter Growers in the leadlncpruae producing sections of the State held largely attended mass meetings and passed resolutions couched in the strongest Unas begging the Dem cratle Congress to spare theirbusiaesg from the Inroads of the foreigners but Democracy has always been a stanch friend of cheap commodities and chtao xiess generally so the party stood onai iy against all petitions and protests aadt for the foreign prune because It was produced largely by the aid of paapea labor and could therefore be laid down in America more cheaply than the Calt fornla prune raised by paying tha American scale of wages could ba grown for It was this fixed determination on the part of the Democraefr which brought prices down a year before the Wilson tarts bin became sj law This narCallloralawfflhaveallrSl crop of prunes and under anything like satisfactory trade conditions prices should be remunerative What Jm the fact In the Santa Clara valley at this time growers cannot get over V39 per ton for the finest selected prunes while the majority of sales range from 28 to 815 per ton iven arthese figures buyers are scarce To show that the Democracy is directly responsible tor this condition it Is only necessary to state the following JTor three or four weeks before the Populist Convention at St Louis San Jose buyers waraoan tractlng to buy proses at 822 CO to US per ton This was particularly no table fact for a week or two after tha nomination of McKlnley WhenBryaa was indorsed by the Populists anar chlsts and others confidence was at once Impaired and buyers made every4 effort to cancel contracts sad gave no tice of withdrawal on all unaceeptafii offers Thereafter and alnee tha prices have dropped steadily so that at pres est it is difficult to sell fruit to either causers or driers These establish ments which ordinarily gtve employment to many thousands ef peopls every season have been employing less than one half thshelp this season and since 1892 they have an run abort handed at reduced pay The present prices ruling for the choice dried fruits of California are a follows Peaches fancy Co choice icf stand lard8sSo peeled la boxes Ho Jobbing sascy so ssmctta rtanoaru 40J prime 3oI pealed tn boxes Hfll2Hc new ems sweat box 3c a Coast Hc Pigs White choice 4c black chslce SHc Whits lokblng fancy to choice 4c standard to Black Jobbing fancy 24c tholes standard Pears old stock Plums Piatad fi4c snpittad 2H2e4 Jobbing Pitted 1040 UEPitted ITlHo Apricots sw crop sweat box Iffta bv Coast SH07ctKoerparks tjlc Prunes Four sliea 83334c Jobbing to New prunes 3c for futures Nectarines Fancy 8c choice to standard 4c prima SHe Jobbing1 Choice so standard 4fcjrprla sv4e Apples Evaporated sua dried 2a jobbing Fancy choice 434c sua dried 2c Letevery grower drier and dealer study carefully these low prlceifor which the Democratic party la directly responsible No one of them remembering the fair prices of 1891 and the satisfactory condition of trade tinder the protective Influence ef the Republican party can consistently cast a ballot for William Bryan rMcKlnley and protection means prosperity while Bryan and tariff reform means low prices cheapness and bankruptcy i 1 CH MSTIAH FIELDS JIND THE HARVEST age in this country every four years to complete control the Presidential election of the United States It has also been stated that only 2 per cent of this vast army are church members We are enjoying to day the greatest religious awakening among young people ever known and yet to no marked degree are young men as a class being reached by its effects I believe that the conversion of young men to tiro Lord would beta solution of the socialistic and economic questions Is It true that we spend nlne tenthrof our efforts on the prodigal while the thousands of self respecting young men have been neglected 77 Me advised the ministers to preach to help young men and to seek to Sympathize with them Early closing and haht holidays were recommended and he went on to jay Encourage young men that there are opportunities ahead which if manfully grasped will lead to victoryIntellectual social moral and spiritual In the discussion which followed Rev Robert Mackenzie stated that statistics would show that a large per cent of treated fcv fte ffL ft 9VI me young men were onrisxiass ana ar erwt McCoy accepted Dr Mackenzies ng Cosgregatlosal Club yesterday morn ures lngv He said that the Christian should Tk a vimm wi strive afteca mental state Inspired by lsters meeting were led by Rev the BsiiySpirltwhlchwould enable Bryant A paper on Intellectual Hon hlm to look at things as God does and estyv waaread br Everett HilL It see them hTaoea This is the uniting WM Blf Jonilf of earth vrfth heivehmBTm5 tOoodwin Dllle Sovard Carroll Buch ewTiiS tfS Ju Nelson LarsenThompsonWenk ot ienicl1 JJrdyjI the spiritual aaa elosti essayist mind The apostles and prophets of oldj Therewere Introduced Xin Ming were one with God They were hlsH Chuan of Peking who leaves forDe mouthpiece It Is the prophetic spirit Faun university Greescastie and NEED F0RSP1RITUAL WORK TALK BEFORE TllK COirGttEOA TlbliAL CLTJB At Proposal for TJnioa Heetlngs of UteVf everal Klmlaterlal Bodies I fOur Spirituality andOur individual BelattonsiWtth JQod was the subject Latonville aa the sense of the body that In view of the postponement of the convention and the expected visit of Rev Dr WUklns and Rev Dr Woods in the latter part of October the meeting of the Baptist Central Association be postponed to Tuesday October 20th The ministers of the Christian Church have arranged to hold their regular weekly meetings aX Stiles Hall Berkeley every Monday at 4 The arrangement enables them to be present at the lectures of Professor Jefferson delivered in the Bible institute course Right Rev Bishop Nichols of the Episcopal Church has arranged to be In his office at the diocesan house on California street near Stockton every Monday Wednesday ana Friday rrom 240 to i 30 TROUBLE AMONG THE DJRECTORS ARE AROUSED opposrripir to the proposed COTJ3rCIL we peedr Intellectual qualities must be made subservient to inspiration Re ligion must be practical truth the truth of Jesust 1 1 The practical and business require ments of to dar were held to be similar to those of the old Hebraic times It was iiarns ana ur jruoen were not statecraft but practical spiritual 1 appointed a commiUeeto meet like Rev HKhara a Japanese missionary from Honolulu RevE Lyman Hood of the Congre gational Club was present and proposed that two or three times a year the clergymen of the city and vicinity hold a union meeting nnt atatMraft but roraetlcal BDlrltua 1 Ity that was needed The testimony of i commit tees from other denominations Jesus was tnlgpisxtlcalCnristlaaityl TtevAM PBoyntonwas to have read TheduUes ofthemlnUtryanditsspe ajpaper yesterdarbefore the Baptist cine requireasents were loncbedjipon ministers upon tht subject hall Lettts but get In touch with the powers There Be Only One Church Organlza aboveAr the speaker said get op tionr In Ms absence there was only toward the side of ChrisWlook into the fan informal discussion of the subject eyes of Chdrt and get beneath his re Ii as stated that a religious constraining Influence and under the Im ference is to be held from September pulse of spiritual inspiration we shall 13th to 16th at the Baptist Church idtance No one Is fitted to correct the East Oakland A committee on pro sins and shortcomings of his brethren gramme was appointed consisting of entil be has been brought under ihlstaRer Diets Rev a Hin Rev flueMceof ChrisLT iP Keecb McCoy read a paper before the It was announced that the First Presbyterian Union in which Jie gave Danish Norwegian Baptist Church of hisTview on the best methodsfor en East Oakland would be dedicated next 30araglng young men in Ilves ot rectl Sunday The Rev NV Tychsen had tufle He said It has been author succeeded in jralatng the necessary aiatlv Yv avtnnnnpit that anfltalsnf funds eumber of young men reach theToting It was voted on motion of RevfWH CHARGED WITH PEBJCRT Peter VldaJc Be Arrested for TIo latlag the Registrrio Law At yesterdays meeting of the Election Commissioners Attorneys Cfare tein and Alva Wait presented credentials and asked to be recognized as the official representatives of the Republi can County Committee The request was granted and hereafter tne gentlemen named will assist Attorney A Ruef who represents the State Committee in looking after the interests of Republicans The Commisetoners listened to testimony in cases where it was alleged that the persons registered were not entitled to vote John Pettit was cited on the ground that he could not write his name He admitted the charge and his same was stricken from the Register Fred Bracteller was permitted to remain on the Register he satisfying the Commissioners that he possessed proper educational qualifications William Wolff being unable to writo was dropped from the roll Deput fvReglstrar Larry Welch reported that PeterVidak of 221H Minna street had been registered tn his precinct by swearing he waaable to read andwrlteHe applied twice for registration at the Central office but wasreP Jected because of his lack of education The Registrar was directed to swear out a warrant zor viaaars arrest on a csarge 4t perjury Robbed His Etapleyer I George Gorman a boy of 17 years was seen to force an entrance into the paint shop of A Murray at 4 Melden alley on Sunday and tarry away 150 rolls of wan paper Policeman James Toot took the ladrtnto custody and his employer yesterday swore oat a war rant charging Gorman with burglary Speehr1 Sleeting of the Beard Called to Consider the Dls easlon There Is trouble among the public school teachers growing out of the effort to create an organisation to be known as the Teachers Council To such an extent has 111 feeling been Created that Dr A Clinton president pro tern of the Board Of Education has deemed It advisable to call a special meeting of the Board for the purpose of rescinding the resolution adopted several weeks ago requesting the teachers to form such an organization The special meeting will be held today The resolution requesting the teachers to form the council together with a plan for selecting delegates to the first meeting of the teachers were Introduced by Director Charles A Murdock and adopted by unanimous votct was stated at the time that tie object in view was the constituting pf a sort of advisory body to the Board oLEduca tlon the council being expectedvfrom time to time to present suggesUonrto the Board relative to the course1 of study discipline of the schools and other matters calculated to improve the department The proposed council seemed to meet with the approval of the teachers and delegates were promptly elected to attend the convention canedfor the purpose of completing the organiza tion eucn a meeting was held and temporary organization effected with A IV Mann as chairman and Miss A Clark aa secretary A committee of seven was appointed to draft a constitution and by laws and to report at a meeting to ne new on next Thursdays During the two weeks that have elapsed since that meeting opposition to the council has grown strong enough to convince some members of the Board of Education that the organization may result In more harm than good for the School Department Teachers opposed to the new society have appealed to their friends among the directors Urging them to stop the proposed organlza tion before It succeeds in creating bitter dissensions among the teachers Those who are using their influence to prevent the establishment of the council are claiming that If it is created it wlU result In Its officers securing the ear of the Board of Education upon all questions affecting the schools to the exclusion of all the teachers who are not fortunate enough to be one of those officers They allege that certain teachers are now engaged to scheming to get control of tne council for tne sole purpose of being in a position to do polities with the School Board Many of the teachers believe that the new organization will be of great benefit to the schools and win probably complete the organization even though the Board of Education withdraws its official recognition A TECHNICALITY SAVED HIM FEES OF JUSTICES The Hew Law Will Be Pat Into Operation To Day The Justices of the Peace nave decided to put the new fee bill into effect to day and have given Clerk Williams instructions to that effect There Is a case now pending In the Supreme Court to determine whether the new law applies to the Justices Court but it has been determined not to wait for a decision since it has been decided that the law applies to the other county Offices The fees collected win be made a special deposit with the City Treasurer and remain undisturbed until a decision is received Clerk Williams states that there wm be little difference in the revenue under the new schedule It is expected how ever to largely increase the compensation of the Justices Balded by Hoodlums A gang of youths Invaded the grocerr of Vatuone at the corner of Francisco and Mason streets Saturday night between i and 10 oclock The toughs threatened toxiU the Drocrlelor drove him out of his beer saloon and helped themselves to his liquors There were eight is the gang of which number Vatuoss sars ne recosrnlxeoV three and will cause the arrest of John Toan Thomas Wallace and John Powell Oakland office tf tta Ctaelcla la at 5 Broadway FACTS PROVED DID HOT MAKE EMBEZZLEMENT The proaecratton Will Row Seek to Seeure a Conviction far Larceny Le Jtoy Harvey yesterday secured an acquittal on one of the three indicr aents recently returned against him by the Grand Jury At the conclusion of the prosecution JU A Dorn the de fendanfsattornest moved that the Jury be instructed to jrtqurt on the ground of ine insumciency ox ueeviaence Judge Bahrs considered the matter during the noon recess and then granted the motion The Indictment before the Court I charged Harvey with the embezzlement of seventy five shares of the stock of the Oakland Gas Light and Heat Company belonging to fraud A Smith and her mother mny Smlth2 In giving his reasons for instructing the Jury to acquitJudge Bahrs said that from the testimony it appeared that mother and daughter passed the title to Harvev This being the fact Harvey did not receive tne asocx as a bailee and he could not therefore be convicted ot embezzlement The jury displayed some reluctance to follow the Judges Instructions After being out nearly an hour they returned to the courtroom and annnonced their inability to agree The Judge thereupon repeated his former Instructions in more positive language A question arose aa to what might be the effect of a disagreement Judge Bahrs at once set the discussion at rest by announcing thai if the Jury aUed to agree he would dismiss the case This announcement was not without effect the Jury They retired for further deliberation and within five min utes returned twerdlct of not guilty Utaccoroanca with the Courts instruc tions An Indictment lor embesslesrent i still pending against Harvey It falls under the same rule as the Indictment tried yesterday and for that reason is not likely to be pressed The prosecution win now seek to convict Harvey 1 on an Indictment for grand larceny covering the same trassatdon as the embezzlement charges It will be cos tended that Harvey is guilty of larceny in that he procured the property of Mrs Smith and her daughter through trick fraud and device A date for the trial of the grand larceny charge will be fixed by Judge Bahrs next Saturday Kellys Companion Captors On the 16th ef August a room in tha Oakland House occupied by ECashlm war broken into by two Unasked men who took IN and a gold watch Joha Kelly was arrested a few days later and charged with the crime Tester day Detective I Ryan and Policeman Ed 0Day arrested Dan Ward whs is charged with being Kellys accomplice Is the crime ttlSCKlXAlCEOtS Schmgs Mesiter cheap cnoagh the price is as lovvasyoii can get good lea for and there are 150 ta 200 cups to the pottiid It is good enoughthere Is nothing better at anything like the price It fresh roastedfand has the foil favor and clwm pf tea At grocers in packages sranBd HsIgponBi fapan 50 25 Englisn Breakfast 60 30 Oolonjr 75 40 Ceylon 80 40 Ideal Blend fc3SWsc Your nionebay dontiikeit A SchCang ft Company tea Frtacijce il vmS tS52jL jtife.