The morning call., 1893-05-31
OVER IN OAKLAND.
How Decoration Day Was
Observed.
BOOKSELLER SCHWARTZ MAD
Crushed Between Piles at the Mole.
The WaIl<erley Estate-Church-
men Who Play Ball.

DECORATION DAY IN OAKLAND.-The
city was thronged yesterday with people
from all portions of the country to wit
ness the Decoration day exercises and
parade. 1t was great success in every
particular. there being no hitch whatever
in the arrangements, and the long pro-
cession marched without break to Noun
tain View, where appropriate exercises
were held.
The procession contained delegations
representing nearly every society IN the
city, and many from San Francisco Joined
in to swell the crowd. a. feature of the
parade was a living flag represented by
some 200 girls. They called themselves
the flag brigade. The stars were repre-
scented by forty-two gir's in blue, while
the stripes were made OF alternate rows
of girls dressed in red and white.
At the cemetery, the entrance OF which
was beautifully decorated with flowers,
surmounted by large flag, the exercises
passed off smoothly and the speeches,
which were good, were listened To with
rapt attention by the large asSemolage.
The Grafton of Mayor Pardee, while
short, was very fine, ana was applauded to
the echo.
The monument to the soldier dead erected
at the cemetery was unveiled by MISS
Robinson, who, as she lifted the covering
from the monolitn. said:
Upon me devGlves the pleasure and
sacred duty of unwilling this monument,
commemorating our nations hOnOred dead.
Heroes, who gave your lives that we might
live; who preserved for us our glorious
and-to your honor and fame l dedicate
this noble shaft"
,Io ria
and Rev. L. S. Chapman followed In an
eloquent address.
The music by the Eschscholizia Quartet
was particularly fine. The quartet Is made
up of Miss Fanny Dean. Miss Mabel Hus-
>ey, NJ SIS Grace HIlborn and Mrs. Minnie
+. Spence.
After this portion of the program me had
been finished the vast crowd separated to
strew flowers on the graves of the dead.
There were commence atve services held
in several of the churches. At 8 o'clock in
the morning solemn high requiem mass was
celebrated a. ST. Patrick'S Church, by Rev.
Father McNalIy, for the deceased members
of the Young Mems Institutes, ard after
the mass an eloquent sermon, appropriate
to the day, was preached by the reverend
father.
In the evening memorial services were
held in the First NJ. I, Church. Rev. j.
X. Mclean offered prayer al the opening,
after which fine Grafton was delivered
by H. c. Dibblee. The speaking and reel
taiions were intersperSed by music.
ENDED WITH GAs.--At O'Clock yes
terday morning an employee at the city
hall, engaged in his duties about the place,
happened TO look into one of the windows
Of the public library building, and was
surprised to see a man lying inside. a
closer Inspection showed him that the man
must be dead
Officer Rand was summoned and an en-
trance effected, and opening the door Of
little room In the back. used as ladies'
parlor. the smell of gas was so overpower-
ing that it almost Knocked the investi-
gators down. 1t told the whole story. too
Three 2as-burners were turned on Iull.
On the floor was lying gaunt body
stiff in death. The man vas dressed in
laborer's clothes. his hat beside him, and
his staring eyes looking into the beyond.
He had laid down to sleep his last after
scraWiing the following on piece of
brown paper:
To the Coroner-I am out of money and sick.
l am using this room because | have no means
OF getting another one. (. C. WILD.
While some words in the note were mis-
spelled, it was written leglby. 1t is sup
posed that the man hid away in the library
last night until after the ianitor left. De-
ceased appears TO be over 80 years of age,
and was much tanned By the sun. Moth
ing to identity him was found on his per-
son. An inquest will be held this morn
ing.
SCHWARTZ Is MAD.-Henry Schwartz.
who, before the last meeting of the Board
of Supervisors, was on the high road to
fortune at the Oakland acetrack, was in
terviewed Yesterday and said some very
severe things about Oakland and Oakland
people.
Schwartz said, among other things, that
he was going TO run his nOoroOms until
the new ordinance went into effect, which
would be IN fifteen days. He said ne had
made no money thus far, but to the con-
trary had lost $1,000 in the venture. This
money Schwartz said went to the patrons,
mainly because of the universal success of
the favorltes on the Eastern tracks. A
the expiration Of the limit of the law all
poolselling is to stop short, and the pro-
posed local racing season Is to be aban-
doned, as It would be impossible to make
money without the p0olrooms. Mr..
Schwartz intmated that he was not in the
business for his health. He says he could
have KEEP, open the track poolrOoms had he
been willing to submit to matchmaking.
II was not run out OF Oakland; / went
when | got ready. and | was ready because
a gang of pirates was sapping the life-b!ood
out of the business by their Matchmaking
schemes. They took all the profits. The
money | paid them, together with the $500
per day to the telegraph company, was too
much. | couldn't stand it,"
Schwartz is swearing vengeance on some
body, and saws he will come back some
day and settle old scores. II will be
loaded for bear"
THE WALKERLEY EsTATE.-The matter
of the final accounting OF the Walkerley es-
tate was before Judge Greene yesterday,
II appears that fees amounting to S6350
have been paid Lawyer Fred Whitney Tor
representing absent heirs. and Attorney
Firebaugh has received $1,000 as attorney
for the trustees. The latter asked ard re-
ceived consent to enter the following stip-
ulation:
Then let it be understood AS represent
ing the opinions of all parties concerned
that William Walkerley, at the time of his
marriage. was an old bachelor about 70
years Of age. and that his wife was a
young lady % years of age, and very at
tractive."
And possessing all the 'youngly' quail
ities." added Firebaugh.
Judge Greene then sustained an objection
by Attorney Rodgers to testimony intro
duced Ivy Firehau1h TO the effect that de-
ceased Walkerey and his brother Martin
had decided To each other their respective
estates, TO take effect on the death of
either, and in which case some nieces
whom Firebaugh represents should be re-
memb ered by the brothers.
CRUSHED AT THE MoLE.-Fred Wilson.
who has been engaged with a piledriver
and a gang of men at the brOad-gauge pier
replacing old piles with new, was terribly
crushed Yesterday By being caught be-
tween piles by the ferry just coming into
the slip. The boat struck the nile on
which the men were working and inst as