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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-15
OVER IN OAKLAND.
E. w. Playter's Will Filed
for Probate.
HE LEFT A LARGE ESTATE.
Colored Bellies and Beaux Hauled Up
for Dancing-News From Ala
media and Berkeley.
HE LEFT A LARGE ESTATE.

The will Of E. W. Plavter was filed for
probate yesterday by James A. Johnson.
his attorney. He bequeaths all the prop
erty 10 his two daughters, Grace and Char
lotte Playter, share and share alike. The
really in Oakland is valued at $500, COO, and
In San Francisco at $4,000 There is per-
sonal property, consisting of stocks. bonds
and mortgages of value unknown. 1t is
estimated that the entire property is worth
$500. 900. The two daughters are named as
executives.
People living in the vicinity of the electric
power house of the Telegraph-av cleo
trio road were aroused by two sharp re-
ports. sounding like explosions. at P. NJ.
yesterday. A valve in one of the boilers
had blown out, filling the house with steam
and doing considerable damage. Patrick
OHara, fireman. was severely scalded
about the head and arms.
John PisrsOn, former treasurer OF Court
S03S. Ancient Order OF Foresters, was ar
rested yesterday on a charge Of embezzling
Sl57 so belonging to the order. He was re-
leased on $1,000 bail.
The down-trodden black man. awaited him.
self OF the privileges of the constitution
yesterday 10 hold secret meetings. There
was never so much secrecy aslthat displayed
by the colored delegates to the court OF iD-
quiry concerning the expulsion of thirty
young beauX and madens from the Beth
Eden Baptist Church. This was done on
the charge that they were too fond OF dane
ing and cakewalks and of participating in
other worldly pleasures. The number in
eluded nearly half OF the little Beth Eden
flock and was so large that its demands for
an investigation were speedily needed.
TIE ex-parte council met at 2 P. NJ. and
remained in session till ''early lamp-light-
Ing" with a big, burly c0nred man at the
door who had instructions to admit no one
unless he had dark skin. At the close it
was decided to give no reporter any in
formation. IL was learned, however, that
no findings against the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Nc
Quinn, were made.
The remains Of the widow OF the late
Admiral McDougall arrived in Oakland
from Washington, ID. G.. yesterday and
were at once taken to Mountain View Gene
terry for interment by the side of her hus-
band, who died nine years ago.
The English Evangelical Lutheran Church
Congregation will at once begin the erection
of $4,000 edifce at Sixteenth and Grove
| Streets
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Alameda.

1t was reported to the police yesterday
that an attempt was made TO kidnap the
two-year-oId da4gh ter of Mr.. ard Mrs.
Siedenberg, WHO reside on Santa Clara
avenue, near Mcpherson street. The child
was playing on the street, when a heavily
yelled woman seized her just as horsecar
came. A neighbour Mrs. Swift, happened
to notice the strange woman's actions aud
rescued the child. The police have been
furnished with a description Of the sup
posed wOuld-be kidnaper.
There Is a large run of herring in the
bay, off Bay Farm Island bridge, and a
large mess can be caught in very few
minutes. Italian fishermen made large
hauls there the early part of the week.
1t is now announced that the Southern
Pacific company has abandoned its inten-
ton If providing sittng-room for the pas
sengers who have to wait for trains at the
foot of Broadway, Oakland. SuperInten-
lent Wilder few weeks ago was looking
I vacant store in the Overland House
!th view OF making depot of il, but IL
said that the company refused to pay the
IT asked
Deputy Postmaster ii. Cordes. who is un-
going treatment in the German Hospital
San Francisco for a pulmonary COM
mt. came to Alameda yesterday to attend
funeral of his mother. He will return
ay TO the hospital.
young ladies contested Friday night
the Park-siTeet NJ. +. Church for the
norest silver medal by reciting TEMPER
,e piecfs. Miss Marion was the winner
he medal, and the second prize, book,
awarded to Miss Hedwig Elhert.
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vertical precipices of 1000 feet and more,
with q low ridge leading from the north to
south. 1t is difficult to estimate the cross
section of this buttress as seen from the
camp on the east; it is probably 800 yards.
1t is almost detached from the main circle
of PERCEPTIONS faces, being connected only
by very Irregular. sharply ascending and
very narrow ridge, along which the ascent
must be made. Before the trail over it had
been formed 1t took two and half hours TO
carry an instrument that short distance.
The ridge is not ten feet across at its widest
place, and is fearfully broken and Irregular
In some places it is only eighteen inches
wide. and looks sheer down to the depths
below.
"The heliotropers Of 1879 had neither time
nor force to improve the ascent. This sea-
son the full force of the best men was put
on the work. and finally succeeded in max
ing a line Of ascent that is somewhat better
than extremely hazardous under favorable
circum stances although useosto such work
the life lines have to be in constant use.
1.-THE station was found to be marked by
a hve-eighth copper bolt, standing 3 or 4
inches out of the sharp ridge of the highes t
space about 1t. and sheer drop eastward
of about 1000 feet Ii was decided to cut
away the western part of the station rock,
and build in concrete pier over the station,
and erect an observatory hut"
When you consider the con tour CT that
kind of country, and remern Der that heavy
instruments and innumerable other pack
ages have to be conveyed, some idea of the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-15
FRANK J. KANE.

Frank J. Kane, superintendent Of the
Youths Directory. place where refractory
children are confined. stated that if the
numbers admitted 10 that institution an
nualy was criterion there was surely
cause to fear that the number of youthful
criminals was steadily on the increase.
Over 100 boys were admitted by the in
stitutiOn at the request of the Humane
Society last year. An equal number Of pri-
vate cases were also looked after.
Nearly all of the boys now in the insti-
tuition belong to families of the lower class.
They are uRcultured unrefined, and have
instincts of low order"
This. in Superintendent Kane's opinion,
was due to the inattention of parents more
than TO hereditary taints. Had these boys
been trained properly they would not now
be restrained as a menace 10 society and a
disgrace to modern civilization. ---
CHARLES ULRICH
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JDGE D. ]. MURPHY.

D. J. Murphy has occupied the
the criminal department of the
Court for many years aud in that
come - contact with every phase
I to say that 1 think So" re =
in answer to the question of the
For several years past the spec
.cuug men in the dock before me,
with all sorts of crimes. has caused
u to wonder By what means so many
q nave been raised TO commit crime,
IRE.
promoter of youthful crimes is in
ance of parents and inattention
feiing at home. Children who
CT moral training and whose home
satisfactory, are at length drive n
seek associations elsew here. The
nen naturally drift into places where
pend their time drinking beer aud
cards.
der this state Of things is it any won
at crimes among the youth are Oh the
Sc?
hat is the remedy?
confess | do not know. Boys with
lnical genius cannot be made to work
le streets and they refuse to do it.
with a fondness for dress, falling to
positions, will find means to elothe
selves 20 their satisfaction.
ut what are these means?
IS" resumed Judge Murphy, evading
Yn question, "the people should COM
together in this great work of REFORM
le young. Every Judge ana attorney
lar with criminal proceedings know
10 per cent of the criminal element in
.ty is made up of young men between
yes Of IS and 80 years. 1t is a sad
lentary upon the morality of this
ing community, and yet the moral
ma necessary TO improve the present
ton of affairs is lacking"
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you see one has to be mathematicaiiy pre-
else while passing through the difficulties,
dangers and hard work Of pioneer in the
Sierras.
The following extract from the volume of
Horizontal Directions will give some idea of
the work.
"The summit of Mount Conness, which is
between $4,000 and 1900 feet above sea
level. has never been officially described in
the survey. and it is almost impossible to
describe it in words. 1t is wonderful
buttress standing at the northwestern
angle of long, irregular three-quarter
paralelogram Of precipitous granite walls.
say five miles in circuit. 1000 feet high and
facing northeast and west. from the sharp
crest line of which it slopes in irregular
sharp valleys Of they can be so called for
about 1900 feet. The precipice and this
sharp crest line are continued around from
the peak to the south and then slightly
west two or three miles.
"Out from this northwestern projection
stands the buttress of Conness. with almost
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The City SurveyOrsi1ip.

The Office oil City Surveyor has hitherto
been a very remunerative one for the in
cumbent, but Surveyor Fitzhugh is wonder
ing where it all comes in. as he declares he
has paid out nearly 500 more than received
for the two weeks he has held Office. The
reason lies in the action of the Board of
Sewer Commissioners, consisting OF Pro-
fessor George Davidson, Colonel Mende II,
Irving Nj. Scott, Marsden Manson and e. G.
Grunsky. whose duties began on Septem-
Der l, last. This board has been doing the
work that had previously been done by the
Surveyor. They have employed the men to
lay down the lines and street grades and
have then recommended these lines and
grades TO The Board of Supervisors. Now,
if the Legislature should pass the bill Civ
ing the Sewer commissioners the powers of
a Board of Public Works the occupation of
the Surveyor will be gone. Besides many
OF the functions of the Superintendent OF
Streets will be assumed by the sewer en-
gineers, who will have exclusive charge of
fha SpWaF SVgtpm
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LICE JUDGE JOACHIMSEN

am not ready to affirm that the num-
Of youthful criminals Is on, the in
ase." said Police Judge Joachimsen,
iectiYely, I will say, however. that the
abernf boys aud girls, between II and
years, brought before me every week for
commission of petty crimes shows that
re is an alarming lack of morality in
IS city.
= think l average two such cases every
Of the year. The boys are generally
aged WITH stealing and the girls with
coTTigiblliiy, and sometimes theft.
NIX fully 600 boys and girls have ap-
red before me during the past year
Tged with some offeuSe. This does not
lude the number Of complaints against
athful offenders which have been lodged
th me and which we're nou-judlc ally dis
scd Of.
The cause of this apparent epidemic of
line among the, young people of both
xeS is improper home training principally.
arents are tD0 negligent of their children,
erhtting them harmful Liberties.
Parents should find suitable employ
aent TO- tneir children.
- hndren should not be permitted to
an the streets in search Of amusement
fer nighIfall.
The home life Of children should be
lade pleasant and profitable. Create in
beir hearts love for home, and | will
sasTantee sneh children will make useful
Il honorable citizens.
AS far as have investigated the sub
1t / have found that the home life of
utbful criminals brought before me was
pleasant. Not finding congeniality at the
arshstOne they sought it elsewhere, with
result that careers Of crime were en-
ed upon.
L once saw a boy II years Of age in my
urt, who had every qualification for con-
med criminal. His training could not
I'VE been more successful had he been ed
lated especially for the life of a criminal,
I'd l doubt If he can ever be thoroughly
formed.
IF every parent could study the criminal
atistics Of this city they would become
Harmed for the safety Of their children.
nd marked change for the better would
g the result.
This question OF youthful depravity
h0uld engage the attention of every father
md mother and srur them on in the work
# raising the young as they should be
'aised. In this only lies the future of our
Us and girls"
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POLICE JUDGE CAMPBELL.

Il have not studied this proposition in a
udicial capacity" said Police Judge Camp
II, 'but / am nevertheless prepared to say
experience shows that the youth
d element is increasing at a rate
onate to the growth of the popu-
lis city.
,ndar every day is sprinkled with
Of offenders ranging in years
20 IL. The principal charge against
81. theft
les. it would appear that some people
raising their boys to become thieves
is Is not done Intentionally l know, but
result is the same
"Depravity in children is entirely mat
ter of education, in my opinion, and not so
much question of herediGy. The parent
who negiects the moral training of his chill
dren is Indirectly lnstructing them 10 the
commission of crime.
Suitable employment for the boys and
girls is what is needed TO reform the present
state Of affairs. IL the minds of the young
are pr0fitably employed improper ideas are
rarely created within them. ldleness and
bad associations are the two great factor
that wreck the lives of the young and fill
our prisons.
'Tbe responsibility rests with the parents.
If their children go TO the bad nine times
out of ten it is the fault OF the fathers and
mothers.
ut is a question that should engage the
thoughtful attention of every father and
mother"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-15
A MILLEONAIRE'S WILL.
Disposition of the Estate of the Late
Edgar Mills.

The will of Edgar Mills, who died on the
10th inst, was filed for probate yesterday
by the executors. s. Prentiss Smith, Frank
Miller OF Sacramento and William p. Har-
rington Of COlusa.
In the petition the value of the property
is given as follows: Residence, 1850 Cali
fornia street, furniture and pictures, $780,
coo; farming and grazing lands in the coun-
ties of CoIusa, Glenn and slehs. az, $780,
600; railroad bonds and stocks. 5000. 600;
other BOMBS and stocks, 5000 600; money Oh
hand $500; notes and accounts receivable,
$4,000; wheat in store, S27, 900; also some
other items of property. the exact nature
and value of which is unknown al present
Of the estate is $1.200,000 or more.
The will is dated June 6, 1892 The de-
ceased directs the payment of $1,000 TO each
of the executors. His daughter, Adeline, is
made the guardian of the person, and his
nephew, Ogden Mills of New York. the
guardian of the estate OF the younger
daughter. Florence Adelia.
The following requests are made: To his
son Edgar, his watch, wardrobe. personal
jewelTy and ornaments. To his daughters
Adeline and Florence, all the wardrobe,
lewelTy and ornaments belonging to their
deceased mother. To each of the children,
$4,000 per annum during the administration
of the estate. To his brother, d. o. Mills,
a nephew. Ogden Mills, in trust for his
two daughters, 327 bonds of the Carson and
Colorado Railroad Company for $1,000 each !:
$500 shares Of the capital stock Of the same
company; $50 shares of the capital stock of
the Southern Development Company of
Nevada; Dds bonds of the Eureka and Pail
SADIE Railroad Company for $1,000 each !;
5000 shares of the capital stock Of the same
company. At the end of ten years from
and after his death the trustees must trans
fer the whole of the trust fund and prop
erty to his two daughters in equal shares.
To his son, Edgar. the Stone Corral
Ranch, containing 6470 acres. in Colusa
County, and all personal property and sheep
on the ranch; also 93S shares of the capital
stock OF the national bank of d. o. Mills
& Co.
To Henry Weber, his persons al attendant.
$1,000. The residence. 1850 California street,
and contents are bequeathed to the three
children share and share alike. The bal
ance of the estate is divided into three
parts. 0ne-thrd TO his son, Edgar, direct,
and the other two-thirds to ID. o. Mills and
Edgar Mills in trust for his two daughters,
and to be added to the trust fund provided
for and established for their benefit.
Deceased advises the executors 10 employ
his friend, S. &. benson. as attorney and
counselor to manage and conduct the legal
proceedings Of the estate.
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CAUTION!

Certain dealers in this city
having a large supply of the
old-process evaporated cream,
are offering the same to their
customers who ask for ST.
CHARLES Evaporated I'm
sweetened CREAM, saying
that tits just as good as St.
Charles.
But it isn't.
When the manufacturers
of ST. CHARLES Evapora-
ted CREAM claim that their
product possesses MORE
NATURAL color, SUPE-
RIOR FLAVOR and great
er digestibility over the
brands put up by the old
style process, they are will
ing to leave it with the pub
lie and with the physicians
of San Francisco who are in
terested In a PERFECTLY
sterilized milk.
The milk supply in a city
like this ought to be under
stood. When it is, and the
public knows even tenth
part about the animal and
atmospheric impurities found
in fluid milk prior to its
being sterilized, thousands
and thousands of families
will have a case of ST.
c H A R L E S Evaporated
CREAM from which they
can have PURE Milk or
CREAM, as they desire.
Insist on your dealer sup
plying you with the BEST.
GA blessing to babies
boon to good cooking"
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SECRETARY c. B. HOLBROOK.

Secretary c. B. Holbrook of the Society
replied emphatically in the affirmative yes
terday when asked if, in his opinion. crime
among the youth was Oh the increase.
"The work of the society last year proves
this conclusively," added he. I'm 1891 the
number of complaints filed at this office
was 726, involving 1920 children. In 1892
the number was &c., involving 1873
children.
"1here isn't day passes but that from
one to SIX complaints against children are
filed. Parents come to US and ask mat TINS
boy, who is addicted to theft, be sent TO the
reform school, and that this girl, who IS In
clined to go to the bad. be officially re-
strained.
"All of these cases are investigated by
US, and the results show that four-hfthS OF
the depravity of the young IS due TO the
intemperance of the parents.
"By far the greater number OF complaints
reaching us are lodged by people who are
too poor to send their children to school, or
who fail 30 find employment for them.
These children appeared TO be educated to
one thing-theit.
How, you ask.
"Wen, they are sent to the dumps in
search of useful articles that come from the
garbage barrel; to tie wharves, In search
of fuel. and to the markets on predatory
expeditions for vegetables. Children that
have this sort of training cannot be expected
to become valuable citizens.
1.-THE home training Is everything. Take
the girls who come under our care. a very
small percentage of them turn out well.
We provide them with good places. but at
the expiration Of a short time their natural
Instincts, which are largely the result of
education. get the better OF them, and they
doen no hon ~ AaH for
only the other day girl for whom we
had secured place in an excellent family
ran away with property that did not belong
TO her. This would have been impossible
had her training been what it should be.
"As have said. the complaints filed in
this office are steadily increasing. This
would not be the case ii parents were care
full to give their children the moral training
necessary as foundation for their future
welfare"
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mountain top Is selected, thus forming
triangle and the lengths of the whole are
calculated from the degrees Of the various
angles.
These three sides Of the triangle are again
used for bases OF other triangles, which, by
working back and forward continually form
every description Of geometrical figure com.
pletey covering the State.
These Imaginary lines are both straight
and horizontal, but as one station-point
may be thousands of feet from the level of
the other, other calculations have then to be
made TO determine the true aerlent dis
lance, and even after this is truly deter
mined IN the field, the geodetic computers
In the Office have to calculate out and allow
for the curvature of the earth, as otherwise
10 such long distances the lines would 90 far
beyond the boundaries OF the State, so thd
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frequently mon 0t0n0us, ana taken all In all
may truthfully be described as very hard
work.
Sweltering on the hot and arid sandy
deserts for months, longing for breath of
cool air; at other times away up 10000 feet
above sea level. knee deep among the snow,
or scTambling through the underbrush in
the primeval forests of medium altitude,
one of course becomes an all-round expert
an uDtiring walker through burning sand,
a hardy mountain climber. a ready shot,
skillful horseman, good mule-packer ana
a capital cook.
One, however. soon gets accustomed to
the life. Intent Gpnn his work he takes
little notice ot the majestic scenery; passes
without a thought over glorious noun
tain meadows, those peculiar features,
which, when suddenly come upon for the
first time. give so much food for wonder
ment and fodder for your mules; and any,
way the scenery and every other attribute
of trip through any part Of California has
been so often and so we'll written up that
in describing what the Trangulation and
Geological Survey Department is doing and
how il is done the pictorial will be left to
the Imagination OF the reader.
The object of the work is to produce upon
paper maps consisting of lines, letters and
figures Of various kinds and colors. indi-
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Depends on the Weather.

Should the weather be fine to-day the
First Regiment band will perform the fol-
lowing selections in Golden Gate Park this
afternoon:
"March des Cosaques". Sellenik
Overture. Light Cavalry ..............,.S uppe
Characteristic piece, simplicity ........ oses
Air from Titus" claTonet and oboe solos. Mozart
Clarionet, G. Caspari; oboe, j Mundwyier.
THE Doctrinen Waltz" ...............,,. Strauss
Grand selection from Offenbschs new opera,
The Grand Duchess OF Gerolstein" (hrst
tme).
"Stsbat Mater Overture" arranged by Mercadante
Duo, See the Pate Moon" for cornet and horn
(hrst timel, arranged by..............A. Spadina
Cornet, William Former: horn, L. Sehlott.
"Funeral March of a MHrionet" ............ Gounod
Finale tn I'd act OF "Rigoetto" allegro. quartet
and storm scene. .................. Verdi
"frsmway Gaiop." descriptive with solos for
seighbe. IS and whip...,,......,......,Bu rgmein
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next meeting the subject of reineOrporation
Will be given special attention.
Yesterday morning The Berkeley High
School class eleYens played on the uniyer
sity campus, the score being Is to 0 in favor
OF the seniors.
The Lakeside Tennis Club will play the
Claremont Tennis Club a match game of
football during the coming mouth.
Friday evening Fred Hanson, an employee
of the electric light works, and formerly of
Nevada. lost BIS mental Balance and sS,ziag
a knife rushed out of his room at the
Acheson Hotel, and running up and down
the corridor fourished the knife, at the
same time giving forth unearthly wells. He
was finally disarmed by Clerk Somerville
and, with the assistance OF others, was
bound with rope He was taken to the
County Jail by Constable Hughes, where
he will be examined as to his sanity.