The Berkeley Gazette from Berkeley, California • 1

0 I gJIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllg 1AC Prnt ony News- YY PaPer Berkeley Has 5 the largest circulation Town Official papets- iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii You know that a good advertisement works all the time? The Berkeley sEGazettk works day and night iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii If I TOW1T OFFICIAL FAFEF VOLUME III BERKELEY CAL WEDNESDAY MARCH ii 1896 NUMBER 102 READABLE NEWS RICKARDS LIFE come into it if he pleases Everyone great interest will be the Leap Year SMALL ITEMS Club meeting was adjourned until next Tuesday evening A BRIEF SKETCH OF A REMARKABLE MAN The Oakland CHAS A BAILEY OFFERS $1000 AS A BONUS FROM THE LIVELY SECTIONS OF TOWN Including Lorln and Golden Gate Written Up for Our Readers To any Company who will Build an Electric Railroad to West Berkeley Read Before the Board of Town Trustees on Monday Night Last Reuben Rickards Life may become a public spirited citizen There is an objection to pride' in money especially if one does not earn it but merely spends it There is no objection to pride on account of disinterested public service A celebrated author has said: Censure is the tax a man pays to the pub lie for being eminent Mr Rickard did not escape this tax Death must come and enmities must cease before faults or virtues can have justice done them A beautiful fable is told of a famous King of France After death his heart was taken from the body and tlice was found deeply impressed upon it the word France and so during Mr Rickards public life there was no other subject nearer heart than the welfare of Berkeley For Kitchen Service Lorln West Berkeley Progressive Club Kidnappedrs a playof innumerable sensations fine scenic effects and clever bits of comedy was given by the Bacon company at the Oakland theatre last evening The story of "Kidnapped is cleverly told and each member of the cast did excellent work Among the scenic effects the burning house and the three different views of Brook lyn Bridge were special features In the third act a hack with horses is used and in the last the arrival of the police patrol wagon pleased the gallery gods as usual The piece is staged in splendid manner Virginia Jackson made the hit or th" evening as Maggie McMooney The heavy was done by Howard Scott in his usual smooth manner Stanley Rose gives a very acceptable performance in the leading role and is well supported by Florence Earle William Burress the comedian of the company created plenty of laughter as Michael McMoonney u-id a star A clever bit of character work was done by Joseph Muller the energetic advance man as Nosey May Maniey does well with the difficult role of Ann Blake Frank Bacon shares honots with the leading members of the cast Miss Jennie Weidman the talented wife of Mr Bacon appeared in the soubrette role of Daisy and was well suited for the part Kidnapped made a big hit last night and large houses should Ire looked for the balance of the week To the credit of the company may it be said that they dress in taste and their stage appearance is far better than some of the high-class companies The play will hold the boa ds the balance of the week party given by the Trilby Club at Klinker ball next Saturday evening The roll of honor of the Bay District schools tor this month contains 126 names an increase of 18 over the showing of last month In view of the fact that considerable illness has appeared in the schools within the month and a number of scholars necessarily absent this is thought to be an excellent showing The cricket ball and other athletic clubs here have taken a somewhat novel method for clearing the grass off their grounds preparatory to the spring campaigns They have a band of 500 sheep belonging to Slater of the Stockyards camped thereon and these are making short woik ot the grass in more ways than one Captain Gifford has recently rented several residences to incoming citizens and reports the demand for good rentable property very fair A Willey is reported to be about to dose up some important real estate transactions here with parties in the East with whom he has been negotiating A one bundled yard foot race at the Oakland Trotting Park was won by Charles Gifford ol this place Charley is only a kid yet but he is a swift one The next entertainment given by the Fpworth League will be a sonnet social at the residence of Mrs George Hunter of Klinkner avenue Several novel ideas will be introduced and an unusually entertaining eveningis to be anticipated Mrs James Brown who has been very ill for some time past is now improving The concert held at the Methodist church here last Sunday evening was a great success These entertainments have been growing in popularity and are always appreciated by the general public but this one appears to have abounded in especially pleasing FROM EVERY SECTION OF THE TOWN Gathered by Our Corps of Reporters Who are Always on the Alert for News Charles Heath the boot black who was arrested a day or two since upon the complaint of Joseph Tvose Jr went before Justice Lord this morning and swore to a complaint against Rose for disturbing the peace Messrs Snook Son the well known plumbers of San Francisco commenced work on the Peralta Hotel this morning The plumbing work is to be thoroughly over hauled prior to its occupancy as a hotel for which it has been leased by Norman Parrish the owner The coming and going of the regular freight train at East Berkeley every afternoon makes business look a little more lively in this part of the town than usual It is a great accomodation to the merchants as freight can now be obtained every twenty-four hours and not semi occasionally as heretofore The alleged prospects of I Oldenbourg a student in the California University becoming a Duke have given the young newspaper writers in town an opportunity to work up much space in the City newspapers Quantity of reading matter instead of quality seems to have a strong hold in their minds The flower show inaugurated last year by the Womens Auxiliary of the Unitarian Society of Berkeley proved to be such a success that it will be followed by one this year It will be under the direct charge of Mrs Wattles This Society and its annex are doing a great deal for the mental and taste culture of Berkley an'dtheir effects should be appreciated The Salvation army is in need of under clothing shoes and pants Yester-they fitted out four different parties The cast off clothing is made over by willing hands to suit the occasion Anybody that has anything of the kind which they have no further use for and will notify the Gazette office No 2119 Stanford place the articles will be sent for A great many things can be made over and utilized for the benefit of the needy Have you seen that fine full length portrait in Wilhelms Art Store corner of Twelfth and Clay streets in Oakland It is worth a trip on the cars to see it Besides there are a thousand other things in the store that will please every art admirer He or she is sure to see something wanted and will he glad to know of a place where such things can be purchased We are glad to note that Walter A Gompertz one of Berkeleys brightest young men has been elected into the Directory of Dtinsmuirs Coal Company of San Francisco It is the largest Coal Company on the Pacific Coast Mr Gompertz is the Secretary of the Crescent Athletic Club of Berkeley and his many friends will be pleased to hear of his promotion A meeting was held this afternoon by the Associated Women Students of the University to discuss some plan whereby the co-eds may do something toward the beautifying of the Univcr sity grounds Regent Reinstein suggested that a foot of soil be put upon a plot fifty feet wide around the north south and west sides of north and soutlr halls and be planted in flowers the same to be set out by the co-eds When Californians talk about feet it is generally surmized that feet in a mining claim is meant Ladies in speaking of feet generally refer to them as Trilby To come to a proper understanding is an everyday feat There is a young man in Oakland who has a natural laeulty for placing the right shoe on the right foot not on tiie left us many do If you cull at his place 961 Washington street he will give you more good ideas about shoes in three minutes than you have accumulated in a life time Schmitt Zehner are the Shattuck block Rosenheim of the Borkclev Rond Club who resides here wa a inner of the second prize in the rce un ices in the recent Pavilion bicycle races in San Francisco Mrs Ilotailing has just returned from a three moths visit to the east An organization known as the Little Four has been established here the object of which is to promote sociability among the young people A Brackett is president Charles McGreer secretary Horace Wilmott business manager and Archie Wilmott treasurer In connection with the Trilby Club it brought off its first social function last Saturday evening Tins was a surprise party McCarty of Potters statiom being the -recipient The affair was a complete success one hundred aid fifty people being present several of them being from San Francisco and Alameda Supper was served from 12 to 2:30 oclock and the remainder of the time was devoted to music and dancing Young Mr Miller who resides on the corner of Fairview and Calais street is now very ill with typhoid pneumonia The Sunset Telephone Company is putting up four new lines of wire through this place This is for the purpose of avoiding vexatious delay on the part of its patrons it having often been the case that people have had to wait half an hour for telephone service Superintendent Charles McClane of the Oakland Gas Light and Heat Company who is in charge of that company's affairs here is now engaged in putting in a new and improved system of electric lights for this place The 96 Leap Year Club composed entirely of ladies is the latest organization here Its purpose is to promote general sociability and it will give its first entertainment just after Lent What has been known as the Berkeley Steam Laundry of this place has failed in business Harry Greenough who has been appointed deputy sheriff has charge of affairs pending an investigation Trustee John Martin has provided for the putting in of a fire hydrant at nearly every corner here and the work is expected to be completed in about three days The Loriu fire department expects to receive its new apparatus in a few days and this in connection with the hydrants will afford excellent protection against fire Guy Dixon has been very sick lor some days with what is supposed to be la grippe Harry Barry- who was so severely cut a few days since by broken glass is now getting about again but he had a very narrow escape from permanent injury II Wilmott who has recently engaged tn manufacturing English ales and porter here is succeeding well and doing a good business The game of handball is becoming quite popular here The boys have a well ordered court and frequently play interesting games In the last game with Julius Stribe as captain and Tom Willey Mac Cole and Frank Rice composing one team and Will Stribe ns captain and Oscar Day Fred Lewis and Ben Miller the other the last named won by a score of 18 to 21 points A Brackett wlto recently established himse'f in the barber business here is increasing his business as to re quire the services of another man Golden Gate At the meeting of the Board ol Trustees held on Monday evening last the following brief sketch of the life of Reuben Rickard was read by President Richards and ordered spread in full upon the minutes of the meeting Reuben Rickard was born in England August 20 1841 and at a very early age began the practical study of his chosen profession mining engineering He served his apprenticeship in the machine shop and assay office and also spent a year or two in the study of surveying and bookkeeping His energy and ability won him the confidence of his employers and he was promoted to various positions of trust While still a very young man he was employed by John Taylor Sons of London to superintend their mining and metallurgical ventures in Pontgi-baud in the province of Puy de Dome France and here he gained great experience in mining and treating silver lead ores His success at this place and his knowledge of this particular line of work secured him the offer of the management of the celebrated Richmond Mining Company at Eureka Nevada which he accepted and he en tered upon his new duties on February 2 2d 1875 He resigned this position after a most successful period of six years during which time he acquired considerable property which proved quite profitable On resigning in October 1881 he occupied himself in examining and reporting mines in this country and Mexico for English capital He married Mary Elizabeth Humphreys on October 3d 1863 and six children were born of the union five boys and one girl wo boys died in France while very young and another passed away in ii887- The family moved to Berkeley on July 24th 1882 and after a trip to Europe in 1 883 Mr Rickard practically returned and devoted himself to looking after his investments and to town affairs in which he always displayed great interest The loss of his wife in March 1895 and his consequent grief drove him into activity again and the fatal trip to the deserts of Yest Australia resulted His success may be attributed tef his knowledge of men his adaptability to circumstances and conditions patience perseverence ent usiasm and not last of all to the influence of a loving and faithful wife for whom and his children he lived a life of perfect devotion After the presentation of the resolutions and sketch Fresident Richards said: Such is a brief sketch of a remarkable man whose untimely death is a great loss to Berkeley The great majority of men pass away unnoticed save by their immediate circle of friends but there are a few men who stamp their individuality upon the land and age in which they live We never can contemplate Socrates without thinking of Plato James Momoe still dominates the policy of the United States as effectually as though he occupied the presidential chair today So in a smaller and more contracted sphere Mr Rickard has left his im press upon Berkeley Our new Charter for which he labored most earnestly gives evidence of his guiding hand As with men of force and strong will power a space cleared itself around him leaving room for freedom and in dependence of action The distinguishing characteristics of Mr Rickard may be summed up in one short phrase public spirited citi sen This is our American pattern ol nobility- We have no objection to a certain kind ol aristocracy Aristocracy rightly means the government ol the best and the best are the public spirited citizens This is the kind of aristocracy of which no one has any need to feel a fear Everyone may The regular meeting of the Club was held last evening President Hadlen in the chair There were a goodly nttm-'rr present and all the officers answered to their names The Trustees and School Directors of West Berkeley were also present After the reading ol the minutes three new members were elected iz Clias A Bailey George Phillips and Mr Bramskd The President then introduced Mr Bailey who addressed the Club for an hour upon the advantages that Berkeley offered as a location for industrial pursuits and a place that was desirable for homes where people would become wise and enjoy the beauti-ul scenery which nature has so lavishly-bestowed upon Berkeley That Berkeley is such a place was evidenced front the fact that the State University was located on the foothills here and also the handsome and extensive buildings of the Deal' Dumb and Blind Asylum The rapid growth of East Berkeley proves that a great many people hold the same opinion He said that Berkeley is far ahead of Oakland Alameda and even San Francisco as a place to establish a large and healthy city and there is but little doubt but what Berkeley would have been the metropolis of the Pacific Coast if the railroad company had built a pier out to deep water from the Berkeley shore in the first place The lack of water had operated against Berkeley and kept it in the background Berkeley at the present time is not making the progress that it ought to It is it is true making rapid progress in East Berkeley but the other two-thirds of Berkeley was at a standstill for the lack of quick communication with San Francisco and Oakland It would help nutters a great deal if West Berkeley had a through train to the mole The train could be run as one to Sixteenth street having a Loo-motive in the middle of the train A riving at Sixteenth streU the train could be cut in two and the first section could go right ahead making its first stop at Adeline street and so on to Berryman and the latter half could stop at all the stations troin Sixteenth street to West Berkeley The Southern Pacific has done a great deal for Berkeley and will no doubt do a great deal more in the future if the matter is presented to them in a proper way The need of electric roads through the central and western parts of town has been a long felt want and be urged the necest-yof taking immediate steps to offer inducements to the Oakland Consolidated Company or the San Pablo avenue tine to extend its lines to West Berkeley In order to start the matter Mr Bailey offered $1000 toward a bonus fund for any electric railway company that would give direct communication with Oakland the road to run through the centtal portion ol town 1 le would also give a site in the Grayson tract to any firm or corporation that would locate a factory there employing 45 or 50 men The- Chairman appointed the following committee to take the matter of securing nure water in hand and push it along: Chas A Bailey Spear and Fred Wilkes As a committee to see the San Pablo avenue line and induce them to extend their lines to West Berkeley: Chas A Bailey Ed Niehaus A Shuster and Spear As a committee to interview Shattuck and get him to renew his offer ofa site for the Wilmer ding school: Messrs Bailey Hoff and Durrell The following resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved That the Club protests against any more sewers being laid in West Berkeley until the water supply is sufficient to flush them The Secretary was notified to present this resolution to the Board of Trustees The necessity of a public wharf was very manifest from the remarks of Mr Renas who said that the merchants about town had Ijgen notified that after March first the price of freight by the Steamer Hope would be increased 25 cents per ton This is because ihke is no public wharf where merchants can luitif their wares and it would compel busidrss men to haul wood end coal from Oukund a distance rf five r-iles when if there ts a public wharf it could be landed at our very doors In the ir-atter oi the estate of the late Henley of West Berkeley udge Frick yesterday ordered the reality distributed among the heirs he Berkeley High School has sent a challenge to Cheek Rosborough enks and Dawson of the Oakland High School to meet their men in field day contest at an early date There will be a dancing school opened this evening at the Kindergarten rooms corner of Eighth and University avenue Two East Berkeley youths who were hunting for a fight last evening found it on San Pablo and got soundly thrashed The Duke of Odenberg who is a student at the State University and who was reported in the San Francisco papers this morning as missing turned up all right this-morning Mr Long has opened lunch parlors on Telegraph avenue near the University Homemade bread pics and cakes Lodging by the day week or month Call once and you will always call again 85 ml Hose and garden tools at Schmitt Zehner In order to make room for our sum mer stock of goods we are offering a line of mens and boys clothing at extremely low prices Greenhood Berkeley station 99 Glazing done by Schmitt Zehner The Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company has decided to introduce a new feature in Berkeley namely a kitchen telephone service This telephone will be put in operation just as soon as ten subscribers are secured The service will be given for fifty cents per month-and will be for an unlimited use to the full capacity of the circuit with which the several telephones are connected This telephone is placed in the kitchen only not in the hall nor in the dining room nor any outside room but directly in the kitchen where it can be readily used to the physician druggist butcher baker grocer coal dealer etc This kitchen telephone service will be allotted for the principal exchanges of the State the allottment being one hundred sets each for Los Angeles San Jose Sacramento Stockton Oakland and San Diego These telephones are for outward service only On account of the saving made' by the company in that no arrangements are required lor being called up and the saving at the Central office for the samp reason a number of stations can be placed upon one pair pf wire! The fact that this telephone is first for the special uses mentioned does not prevent its general use in connection with any one of the local subscrib ers connected with an exchange These kitchen telephones will be of great use to Berkeley people as the residences here are all some distance from the business part of the town and much time and inconvenience may be saved by placing one in your kitchen Card of Thanks Editor Gazette Allow me through your paper to extend my sincere thanks to Mr ONepl Mr Windrum and son Charles and Thomas Crue of Channing way Mr Martin and Mr Nixon of Fifth street Mr lurseson and brother and Dr Polaci of Sixth street and the others for kindly repairing the damage done tJ my property resulting from the wind storm of Saturday February 29th and for the assistance given my family at that time while I was absent Respectfully Andrew Young Butte Montana March 6 1896 1 1 Overheard A conversation overheard by some students under the electric light: Hello Charley 1 Hello May! You are looking fine I notice a change in you but dont know what it is That is what all my friends say 1U tell you if you dont give it away All right I wont I got a bottle of that GOLDEN FACE WASH for at Baers the Berkeley pharmacist and it has cleared my face of those horrid pimples Get a bottle and you will hardly know yourself after using it Get a bottle of that FRENCH HAIR LUSTRAI too The Oakland Paving Company commenced this morning on macadamizing of Shattuck avenue The Company were stopped from working by the recent rain and snow storm On account of repairing the electric railroad companys bridge near the Brewery at Temescal passengers going to and from Oakland from Berkeley have to change cars at this point Tinware made and repaired at Schm Sc Zehner Bills Allowed The following bills were allowed by the Board of Trustees Monday night and warrants ordered drawn lor the same: UFNERAL FUND A Carlisle A- Co 21 25 Kelsey 4 60 John McCarthy 4 00 Sunset Tel Co 85 Berkeley Gazette 2 50 Berkeley Advocate 100 Third Ward Hose Co No 3 5 00 Lord 7 50 JR Little 750 CL Huggins 1850 Alameda Water Co 31 00 Pacific Lumber Co 1 21 McGlennon 6 75 Niehaus Bros Co 1 50 Geo Martin 10 50 Patterson Vollmer 163 John Kleins 4 25 Taylor 1 00 Geo A Brooks it 00 Durgin Iileakley 47 07 Berkeley Gazette 33 46 I ord 6 00 Coey 66 00 Columbia Hose Co 500 Berkeley Electric Light Co 71 1 40 Posen Fire Co 5 00 Maloney 10 00 IINMarquand 1000 Chas Spear 1 25 ROAD FUND Eugene Pollica 7 50 II Taylor 105 20 Pacific Lumber Co 43 eg Miller 50 Lopez 34 So Koch 5 50 (1 A Brooks 9 00 Carney 7 50 Schmidt tot 00 Geo 1) Jones 52 50 I Fee 26 75 McGlennon 47 23 MM Shaw 7 8k Jose Cardoe a 00 Contra Costa Water Co 11 33 Alameda Water Co 43 3k Geo Pape 800 A Erlandsen 1 1 15 Mrs Donovan the fashionable dressmaker who forsometime has been located on Center street has taken new parlors at No 1834 Addison street near Mary She desires to return many thanks to the public Li the liberal patronage heretofore given her and will be pleased to receive her customers at her new location 70 1112 Advertise in the Gazette Oakland Parcel Delivery 570 Ninth street Oakland All packages committed to our care will he handled with the utmost caution and delivered without delay We make daily trips to Golden Gate East and West Berkeley Packages called for and delivered for 15 cents Telephone 1092 Wilson manager 102 1111 A Good Umbrella Is needed in every family at all times and the place to get the finest is at and Courtneys at 514 Thirteenth street Oakland Call 111 and examine their styles ntf 0 Haussler 911 Broadway Oakland makes the best photographs in Alameda county 501111 Ladies waists at San Fiancisco iriees New line just received at Max Greenhood Cos Shattuck avenue opKisite Ik rkeley station 99 Max Greenhood Co ate closing out their winter stock of mens women's and children's shoes at various pric es The next social entertainment in whiih our young people generally take.