The San Francisco call., 1895-11-16
GUARD AGAINST TRAMPS,
Alameda Awake to the Win.
ter Inroad Of Weary
Wraggles.
City Tax Payments Up to Date Make
Fair Showing Notes and
Personals.

ALAMEDA, Nov. 15.-With the advent
of winter knights of the road flock to the
bay cities. The Alameda police are not
going to take any chances and keep a
sharp lookout for all suspicious charac-
ters. Two young men Were arrested by
Officer Rogers this morning and they will
spend the next few days in the County
Jail. Alameda is good place for tramps
to keep away from.
Company G Affairs.
Company G, n. G. c., held a competi-
tive drill last evening, and Sergeant Whal-
ley carried off the honorS. Captain W. F.
Chipman gave the orders, while Lieuten-
ants NJ w. Simpson and Fred Dohrmann
acted as Judges. The officers held meet
ing after the drill, and J. d. Jewett was
appointed first sergeant, vice .Crandall,
who was reduced to the ranks at his own
request. Corporal W. III. Wahmuth was
promoted to sergeant. The last drill of
the year will be held on Thursday evening
next. The regular monthly shoot will
take place on the first Sunday in Decem-
ber, and a match shoot With the second gun
division, Naval Battalion n. G. c., will
come off on the second Sunday of next
month. Charles Adams was, elected a
member, and the company expects to be
REINFORCED by the first of the year by about
twenty members from the West End.
On Hunt.
City Attorney Z. K. Taylor, Attorney
Elwood Bruner and George ]. Foster left
on the Emerald last night for several
days duck and rail hunt, and this after
noon Joseph E. Leonard, Ed A. Randlett
and DR.. ]. G. Humphrey left on the Ell
Sueno for hunt up the Sacramento
River. Rail. quail and wild ducks can
now by sold in Alameda county, and sew
eral hunters who expect to sell game have
gone out to commit slaughter among the
birds.
Against Theosophy.
Trouble is brewing between the theoso-
phists and spiritualists in this city. Next
Sunday evening A. M. Stoddard will de-
liver an address in Linderman Hall on
The Doctrine of Theosophists and Their
professed spiritualist. w. J. Colville, a
famous speaker and theosophist, will
speak tomorrow morning and will proba-
bly, reply to Mr.. Stoddard.
An Excellent Concert.
The Alameda Orchestral Society held
the second concert OF the series in Armory
Hall this evening. A most excellent pro-
gramme was rendered, with Bernhard
Mollenhauer, Louis Heine, Mrs. f. II. Nc
Cormick and Miss Johnston as the solo
artists. Herr Theodore Vogt welded the
baton. There was a large attendance, and
the concert was pronounced success.
After Her Rent.
Mrs. Nellie Liese has filed suit of eject
ment against w. B. Farwell, to whom she
rented house and lot ON the corner of
Santa Clara avenue and Grand street. The
rent is due from August l to November L,
and amounts to $129. Suit is brought. for
this sum and for the restitution OF the
premises.
A Select Recital.
Hannibal A. Williams of New York
gave select recital last evening at.the
Unitarian Church of "The Tanning of the
Shrew" The church was comfortably
crowded, and Mr.. Williams kept his audi
ence interested from beginning to end.
The Salvation Army.
The Salvation Army is holding self
denial service this week. They are hold
ing a meeting this evening in the Park
street NJ. E. Church and will afterward en-
gage in half-night OF prayer The SER
vices are largely attended.
City Tax Payments.
Up to date a little over $4,000 has been
for city tax payments. This is
pretty good showing. The sum of $19,S00
has already been apportfoned to the vari-
Gus funds, and everybody is getting his
pay.