The morning call., 1893-11-03

The present Board of Trustees promises
to go to the bottom in its investigation of
the books of the town officers. After the
Town Treasurer's defalcation last spring
the books were experted and pronounced
all correct. But when the City Trustees
came In ''the solid three" undertook an
inquiry into the methods and books of the
various officers and found enough to war
rant their demanding a full investigations
The matter was referred to the committee
of the whole and there the matter dropped
Among the discoveries made, however,
were:
An error in the Clerks books in the
school fund of $1,000, difference of $50
between the Treasurer's and the Clerks
accounts aud lastly some $50 missing
sewer permit stubs, each representing
some $50 income. The existence of the
stubs and permits of like number may
perhaps be incapable of proof. But one
book OF stubs comprising the numbers
from l to 100 exists among the MarsharS
books, but a receipt numbered 355 has
been found, and it seems reasonable to
suppose all the intervening numbered per-
mlts were issued and the regular charge
collected for them. But what became of
the stubs and money? That is the Ques-
tiOn. Ex-TowD Marshal George Schmidt
and eX-TOwn Clerk Spear, in whose days
OF office the mistakes occurred, both deny
that any wrong was done by them or their
deputies to their knowledge and both in
ylte the fullest Investigation. Spear, who
was chairman of the Republican executive
committee of Alameda County during the
last campaign, says be will demand an IN
vestigation # the Trustees do not make 1t,
as ae yet has hopes for political prefer
ment. Yet Mr.. Spear knew Of the charges
l.-f l,n, HA
manded the investigation. 1t would seem
that there had been looseness in keeping
tDe books of the two offices, though per-
haps no conscious wrongdoing.
What Fools These Mortals Be.
The running for the Skull and Keys"
secret society Of the university yesterday
was sore trial to tile dignified juniors
VINO had been admitted within the secret
portals.
The early students going to recitation
found Houston, '95, the editor of the class
Blue and Gold, sitting On the cold brick
railing Of the Dana-street bridge, while
NJ. r. Jones was patiently angling with
bent rim in the wateress brook beneath.
Frank Stringham and NJ. +. Gibbons dig
nifiedly were drawing train Of toy cars
up and down the long walk, while X. h.
Williams with a tin fShhorn called the
attention of all to their scholarly activity.
Each man on rotation exhibited the
greatest Difference to the senior members
OF the fraternity whenever they were met.
No king could have been greeted with
more Difference. In common game of
marbles the boys we're compelled to par
ticipate lust before North Hall, late in the
afternoon, and amid the gibes of their
fellow students they played for half an
hour. The new members Of the fraternity
are Will d. Jewett '94, Selfrdge '94. Gray,
Williams. Jones. George Hoffman. Glib
hons, Lang, Richard. Strinsham. Tancells.
Waterman aud Houston, all Of the Junior
class.
Sold as a Slave.
Deputy Sheriff McCarty has left for
Portland with a warrant for the arrest OF
Wang Ho, wife Of Quong Chung, the Ad-
dison-street laundryman, upon charge of
robbery. II is claimed that the charge is
hatched up in order that certain Chinese
highbinders may again secure possession
of Wang Hos person. Quong when he
sold his washhouse and business To his
cousin few weeks since Included Wang
Ho. to whom he was welded by Justice
Long last summer. Qu0ng at once left for
Oregon. but Wang HO followed him by. it
is claimed, securing $3.50 laid away in her
masters trunk. Word was sent 10 Quong.
who found Wang Ho in Portland and tried
to induce her to return. but the girl re-
| fused, claiming her masters were high
! binders and Wished to sell or kill her, She
placed herself in the hands OF the Portland
| authorities. who refused 10 let Quong have
her, The plan now is for McCarty to get
the girl on the warrant for robbery and
deliver her up to her masters before he
reaches Berkeley. That the Deputy Sheriff
| will eventually thus play into the high
binders hands would seem in nowise
plausible were it not Tor the fact that he
allowed his Chinese employers TO pay all
his expenses in going for the girl.
The Estate Divided.
The will of Asher Frank. recently de-
ceased, distributes his estate, valued at
S45,O0O as follows: To his daughters.
Meiita Frank $4,000, Rachel Greenhood,
Bella Spiero and Clotilda Simon eac h
$4,000; to Jessie Greenhood. grandchild,
and Maurtz Frank, brother. each $500
to a sister aud five nieces $500 each. The
balance of the estate is TO be divided
among the daughters but no real prop
erty to be sold within a year. Bella
Spiero, one of the daughters, has recently
dieo, and her portion will go TO her heirs.
ALAMEDA.