The morning call., 1894-02-20
..CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME"
Report of the Committee on the
Ball at the Mole.
MRS. cLEMIsHIRE REMEMBERED
Catherine Thiessen's WiII-Heavy
Damages Wanted From an
Electric Railroad.

OAKLAND.-Mrs. Drake appeared before the
Board of Supervisors yesterday ana read The
gentlemen of the board severe lecture. Mrs.
Drake is the head and front OF the Cooperative
Ladies' Aid Society, and as such she yesterday
made an appeal TO the board for help for the
unemployed of Alameda County.
In The course of her remarks Mrs. Drake
said: "Why, only a week ago you voted $500
TO the Alameda commissioners of the Mid
winter Fair on the plea that it was TO encouT-
age immigration to this county.
"You have more people here than you can
care for, more than the combined charity of the
people OF the town can relieve Let charity be-
gin at home. IL is an outrage TO talk about
encouraging immigration when we have hun
dreds of people who live and belong here and
who are slowly starving TO death"
Mrs. Drake has made somewhat of study
OF the tramp question and was loaded with sta
tistles on this Question. She said from Sep
TENDER 1 10 February l there had been 712
trampS aiken to the County JAIL at cost 10
the county OF So each. This would make
The cost 10 The county amount TO the nice plum
of $4,000. Mrs. Drake asked that the board
help her society 10 rent some OF the vacant
houses. where these homeless people who are
not criminals could be cared for ike human
beings at much less outlay of money.
She said If the Supervisors would give $500 a
month for two months; aud thereafter for three
months give $3.50 per MONTH that her society
would rent house, TT IL up aud help these
people. tlhe sooner Tie BETTER" said the lady,
'fOr / warn you tbatwe are rapidly approach
lug crsis:'''
Mr.. kram followed Mrs. Drake, and asked
that-the board give One-half the amount voted
for the Midwlnter Fair, so that the work might
be started,
The ladies were told that the District Attor-
ney would be consulted about The matter.
The citizens committee for the unemployed
appeared before the board and asked that some
precautlon be taken in granting the Dingee
water franchise TO guard against the imp0rta-
tion of any labor 60 do the work.
Father McNalIy said that an advertisement
. had appeared in an Oregon paper IN which il
was stated that 500 men were wanted in Oak
land to lay water-pipe He protested against
any more unemployed people being brought in.
Supervisor Plunkett said he agreed with
Father McNslly fully, but doubled if the board
had power 10 enforce this stipulation.
The matter was referred to The District
Attorney.
How the Money Went.
The examination into the disposition made OF
R.: P NJ. kelly's estate was resumed before
Judge Ellsworth yesterday.
James F. Gardiner, who has been under Sus-
picion OF having gotten away with some OF
helly's money, agneared IN court and HANDED
Kelly a deed executed at Seattle, October 20,
1888. This document conveyed 10 the widow
the property at Reno, where she now lives.
The deed was indOrsed:.
"Placed in the bands OF r. II. Lindsay on
April IL 1898, by r. p. NJ. Kelly, TO be deliV-
cred to his wife, Mrs. Annie L. Kelly, after the
death of said r. 2. NJ. Kelly.
AT the. request of R. P NJ Kelly delivered
this day to }. T. Gardiner.
MAY 1, 1898. r. Il. LINDSAY"
Mr. Gardiner then took the stand and was
ordered TO tell all he knew about the missing
money. He said Kelly was his brOther-In-laW
and had given him S250O. Subsequently wit
ness had paid from this amount kely's doctor
bills and other expenses. Once he had given
Kelly 5000 when asked for that amount.
Attorney Baker has received an affidavit
from an attOrn in Seattle named Lindsay in
which a mistress of Kelly's is spoken Of To
this woman Kelly is said ID The affidavit TO have
given several thousands of collars. IL was
stated that. she had been squared" all right,
and that no fear OF her troubling the estate
need be anticipated.
When Gardiner was recalled Attorney But
ton asked permission to appear amicus cur8
and at once started in on a sensational denun-
citation Of Attorney Baker. Ibis conduct"
said Button, "has been Indecent. he has tried
TO sneak in an affidavit here and has done
things that lack respectability."
AT this Baker sprang 10 his feet and retorted
holly: "You had better not say so outside of
this courtroom. You cannot come in here and
under the protection of the court abuse me-"
Judge Ellsworth came to the rescue and quieted
the irate lawyers and matters proceeded peace
fully once more.
Public Administrator Stanley was ordered to
take charge OF the estate.
Dollars Accounted For.
The aforementioned report of the general
committee that had in charor the arrangement
for the entertainment and ball at the terminal
depot on the mole on January "a, has at length
been submitted. On Sunday afternoon the
finance committee submitted at Fidelity Hall
the following:
Fraternal committee-Your finance committee
makes the following report, showing the receipts
and expenses of the charity ball:
Tickets sold. I 1852, at o cents. 1915 90
Receipts at hatroom. 80 65
Total receipts ..........................s 7O7 65
Expenses music. 55 90
Labor preparing and putting hall
IN order......s...... 80 40
Repairing broken glass............ 600
Repairing broken chairs........... $50
Help in hatroom. ....,............. 500
Distributing posters. ............... 90
Hauling piano one way..........., 80
Kirkland for ticket. ............ so
Total expense. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ia 95