The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-27

on the SCHOOL bonds issued in 1872 will be
paid. The last installment amounts to
$1,000 and was due Saturday last The
original issue was $4,000. and OF this
S2S.0O0 was paid last year.
AN INSANE BRIDEGRooM-P. S. Lemons
OF TwentY-second street and San Pablo
avenue was taken to Jail last night, a raving
maniac Tomorrow was to be his wedding
day. He recently became engaged 10
young woman of Portugal, who arrived here
last week to be married.
AN UNPOPULAR FEE.-One hundred and
twenty business men have signed petition
10 The Judiciary Committee OF the Board of
Trustees TO have their licenses rescinded.
Argument on the petition will be heard by
the committee tonight.
ODD FELLOWS PicNIC.-Niles Canyon
was the rendezvous of a merry crowd of
Oakland Odd Fellows, with their families.
yesterday The occasion was the celebra-
ton of the seVenty-fourth anniversary of
the order
GEORGE E. WHTNEY's FUNERAL.-The
funeral OF ex-State Senator George Z.
Whitney. who died suddenly in Washington
on Tuesday. will take place in that city and
the remains will be brought here for inter
ment.
DELINQUENT TAxEs.-The City Treas
urer reports S9743 SO of taxes as delinquent.
VI the first installment S6373 81 is delin-
qnent and of the last installment $3.50 % is
delinquent.
NEW SCHoOLHoUsEs. - The Board of
Public Works has let the contracts for
building the Seventh Ward Grammar School
and the Sixth Ward Primary.
Berkeley.
A VOICE FROM THE DEAD.-The meeting
of tile Philosophical Union tomorrow even
ing presents an incident that will be
gfrannalr my IN, ba
State Senator George E. Whitney, whose
death was chronicled yesterday. has been
preparing an important paper for the last
meeting of the union on 1.-The end of the
working of natural selection upon man, the
throwing off our brute Inheritance and the
evolutionary effect upon Christianity" The
paner was finished before his death and
Will be read for discussion tomorrow even
ing.
CHARITY BALL.-Before last summers
explosion Mrs. rombacher of West Berke-
lev was left widow with nine children.
The powder works. her husbands former
employers. gave her a cottage rent free but
the explosion destroyed her home and
shattered her health. Suce then the strug-
gle for an existence for her family has been
very severe. The Ladies Relief Society Of
West Berkeley and George Bruins have de-
clded 10 give benefit bail and supper Sat
urday evening, and donate the proceeds to
her.
ATHENEUM-The Berkeley Athenaum,
the lecture bureau of the university, has
secured the services OF Miss Grace D.
Fisher for a recital from DObsOn, Al6rch
and other authors tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. Olive Reed BatcheIder will sing sew
eral selections Last year the Athenaum
gave large number OF lectures and reel
tails, but, as the support did not pay the
great expense incurred in securing the best
talent, this year has seen nothing Of the
kind previous to Tomorrow.
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATEs.-Th senior
class of tue High School have selected as
their commencement speakers: Misses
Nye, Week, Madison aad Hardy, and
MeSsrs. Parkhurst and Finnegan On class
day the seniors will present HoweIl's farce.
The Unexpected Guest
AMATEUR ATHLETICs.-The Acme ANA
teur Athletic Association will mold its regu-
lar spring field day at the Olympic Club
Grounds on Saturday. The Berkeley High
School will furnish her quota OF contestauts.
BAsEBALL.-The University nine will
play Stanford at San Jose Saturday in the
final game of the season. Matthews of the
law college will pitch for the University
nine.
LoNGFELLOw SoCIETY.-TheL ongfellow
Memorial Association will hold its last
meeting for the year Tonight.