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The San Francisco call., 1895-10-09

above the bed of the valley, of which it
commands splendid view. Mount Diablo
lies TO the northeast and stands out in
bold relief, about twenty-five miles away.
Pleasanton is to the east two and half
miles and Livermore is in plain view a
few miles further to the eastward.
Where the railroad crosses the entrance
to the stock farm is a little station built
in the same stvle as the house, tile coy-
cred, plastered with stucco outside and
lathed and plastered inside. The front of
the castle is approached through the gate
way in the massive wooden wall. This
approach is from the west and the effect
is a good deal that of coming up to some
gray old fortress. This impression is
caused by putting timbers, which have
been taken for guns run out, but which
are nothing more dangerous than gar
goyles-the projecting ends of the cross
timbers left exposed after the style of
Mexican waterspouts.
The age effect has been studied every
where. Inside, wherever there is wood
work, it is generally finished in oak,
stained and polished to produce the effect
of time. So naturally is this done that
many of the rooms look as if they were
part of a castle 1000 years old. The CELL
ings are Of roughened plaster, with no col
oring at all.
Nearly the whole space-the patio in
closed as a court-will be in grass, with the
driveway around grass plat with rock
cry and fountain. After the plans were
decided upon builders from San Francisco
and Oakland were invited to bid. The
fortunate firm was w. S. Veitch & Brothers
of this city. The finishing touches are now
being put on the interior.
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HISTORY OF A DAY.
Alameda County Happenings Told in
Short Chapters.

Short Chapters.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,
908 Broadway, Oct 8.
Mrs. Mary Ann Ferrera of San Lorenzo. who
left her husband and four children about q
week ago ana refuses to return, has been ar
rested on suspicion of insanity.
At sixteen minutes after z o'clock last even
ing an earthquake was plainly felt in this city.
1t was not e violent shock and seemed to be a
swinging from northeast 10 southwest.
A dispatch from Sunol says pair of bears,
which have been kept as household guardians
on the w. r. Hearst place near Sunol, broke
loose day or two ago, and are still in the
woods.
Last night n. A. Lamb of San Francisco was
walking on the south side of Seventh street,
between Broadway and Washington, when ne
was struck on the back OF the head and
knocked senseless.
The Juanita Hotel, on San Pablo avenue, was
attached this afternoon ut the instance of
Harriet J. Graham. The attachment is the re-
suit OF the marital woes OF the proprietor of the
place-W. NJ. Hatfield.
View Cemetery Association Will be held to-
morrow evening, when IL is expected W. P.
Melvin will be elected to succeed E. P. outram,
the defauller, as secretary.
The Reliance football team will not 20 to
Chicago. The lateness of organization and the
difficulty of getting remunerative terms in the
Windy City have induced the management TO
decide not to go so far East.
Many inquiries were made at the City Tax
Collectors Office this morning for tax bills, as
this is the date when the city usually COM
mences to collect the taxes, but no bills can be
given out until the rate is finally fixed.
George H Kellogg, the ex-railroad detective
was arraigned to-day upon the indictment by
the Grand Jury and allowed one day in which
TO plead. On motion of II. S. Aldrich, his at
torney, the defendants bail was reduced from
$4,000 TO $2500.
There will be meeting of the Alameda
Cnn0fv Minars Association in the (yity Conn
Gil chambers tomorrow evening to select dele
gates to the State convention, which will meet
at Pioneer Hall. San Francisco, on the 14th,
18th and 10th of October.
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REFUSED TO INTERFERE.
The President VIII Not Stop the Hang.
ing of ST. Clair and
Hansen,

United States Marshal Baldwin received
a telegram yesterday announcing that on
the 5th inst. President Cleveland, after
looking into the matter, had refused to in
terfere with the course of the law in the
case of Thomas st. Clair and Hans Han
sen. two sailors who were convicted about
two years ago of the murder of Mate Fitz-
gerald of the bark Hesper.
The case created great deal of excite
ment at the time the men were arrested
on the arrival of the vessel at this port
and long and bitter legal fight was made
to save their necks. Every technicality
was taken advantage of to delay the trial,
and when the men had been sentenced the
efforts to save them did not cease. Attor-
ney James f. Smith, who defended the
pair in the United States District
Court, went East in person to plead
their cause and took with him a petition
signed by several thousand persons in this
City and in San Jose, asking that the sen.
tence be commuted to life imprisonment.
Eleven of the jurymen who convicted them
signed the petition, the twelfth declining
to do so on the ground that he believed
them guilty and that they should be
hanged.
The efforts of the condemned mems
friends were vain and they will be hanged
on the 18th inst. at San Quentin. whittier
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CENSURED THE COMPANY.
Findings of the Case of Luigi Giorno,
Killed by an Electric


A Coroner's jury censured the manage
ment of the Kearny-street electric line
yesterday for the death of Luigi
Giorno, the little Italian boy who
was killed on September 80 by being
run down on Broadway, between
Montgomery avenue and Kearny street
The evidence was somewhat conflicting,
but the majority of the witnesses agreed
that the car was going very fast, and that
the lad had rushed across the street ahead
Of it without seeming to realize the danger
One witness testified that Giorno had
run out from behind a wagon and right
under the car before it.
The jury evidently had ideas on the
fender question, for the following verdict
was unanimously agreed upon:
We, the jury, find that Luigi Giorno, age 9
years, native OF New York, and residing at 30
Hinckley alley, San Francisco, came to his
death on September 80, on Broadway, between
Montgomery avenue and Kearny street, from a
shock, and we further find that the said Luigi
Giorno came to his death through the careless
ness OF the motorman and the absence of
proper tenders and ife-saving appliances on
the car.
There was no recommendation regard
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OF ALAMED ACOUNTY

mountains above Los Gatos Sa turday
evening"" He was native of New York
and 68 years of age. He came to Califor-
MIA in 1874 and resided in Oakland until
1887, serving as Health Officer for several
years.
DR.. Buck enlisted in the Fifty-frst New
York Infantry in 1861 as a surgeon and
served four years. He was charter MEM
Der of Lyon Pest, G. A. R., of Oakland.
The body will arrive in Oakland for in
terment on Tuesday, and the funeral will
be under the direction of E. 0. G. Ord Post
of Los Gatos.
Wilmerding School Site.
Captain Thomas Badger, the East Oak
land capitalist has offered to sell for $10,-
600 the Wilmerding School site committee
the block of land formerly in Badger Park,
bounded by East Ninth and East tenth
streets and Eighth and Seventh avenues,
| on condition the deal is closed by the first
OF the year.
McNamee's Saloon.
The Supervisors have finally decided,
after months of delay. to take up the
charges made against a. McNamee. who
conducts a saloon just outside OF Oakland
| and Alameda, on Park avenue, at the en-
trance to the tidal canal bridge, and who
is charged with selling liquor to minors in
violation of the license ordinance OF the
county.
Perpetual Injun ction.
E. B. Buswell to-day filed the long talked
of suit to test the right of the railroad to
collect fare on the Seventh-street road in
| the Superior Court. The proceedings are
what is known as a bill of peace.
| The case is founded Oh the proposition
| that as a common carrier the railroad can
| not refuse 10 carry passengers, and that
any railroad accepting franchise from a
municipality is bound to give a consider
alton in return-in this instance transfer
| of passengers from one station to another.
| County Taxes.
| The County Tax Collector has been
served with copy of the decree of Jud ge
! Ellsworth and he will not receive any
taxes upon any figures except those of the
Assessor. The Supervisors have instructed
| the District Attorney to appeal the case TO
| the Supreme Court, and he is already per-
fecting the appeal.
Butts Sentenced.
| William Butts, better known as "Billy
| the PAGER" convicted of manslaughter for
killing w. A. Beeney on October L, 1898,
and also for killing William Green at the
same time, was to-day sentenced to ter
years at San Quentin on each charge by
Judge Ogden.
st. Mary's College.
The repairs on St. Mary's College or
| New Broadway are fast approaching com
| pletion, and in about six weeks all trace o.
last years disastrous fire will have disap
peared. The regular studies will not com
mence until after the winter holidays.
Ladies' Bazaar.
The colored ladies' bazaar, which closed
last night after a weeks run at the A. NJ
| L. Church, Tenth street, proved a granC
success. At So'clock every seat was takeI
and standing-room was scarce.
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HEBREWS DESIRE REFORM
Affairs at Beth Israel Syna-
gogue Are Approaching
a Crisis.
Rabbi Friedlander Leads the Major
ity-Woman Suffrage in
Abeyance.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, |
908 Broadway, October 8.

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,l
908 Broadway, October s.
The pronounced reforms that Rabbi
Friedlander wishes to introduce in the
First Hebrew congregation are not meet
ing With favor from the elderly mem bers.
AS result there are two distinct factions
a. the synagog ne.
The reform members, under DR.. Fried
lander, wish change. They want the
prayers to be said partly in English and
partly in Hebrew, and the priest to face
the people. The reform movement is also
in favor of instrumental music at feasts,
which is not according to the old ritual.
Although the reform members elected a
majority OF the trustees at the recent cleo
ton, the matter of allowing female mem
bers to vote was not looked u on with
favor.
An incident that has caused friction in
the congregation was the opposition raised
few days ago to performing certain rites
over the deceased son of a reform member.
The lads father had neglected or objected
to have one of the most important Jewish
rites observed, and when his son died there
was desire shown TO do honor to his
memory. This was fought by the opposition
on the ground that owing to his fathers 8
ideas he was not bona-fide Jew. Rather
than have an open rupture the matter
was allowed to lapse, but it is one of the
elements of the present dlscontent.
The conservative party has gone so far
as to attack some of the rabbits pulpit ut
terances, to say they are unbecoming. This
charge is denied by DR.. FIiedlander and
his friends, who hold that their views are
being adopted in Jewish circles the world
over. The reform members are now IN the
majority and say that their number is
continually increasing.
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From a photograph

the Trustees will impose. Before the ques-
ton was considered there was much argu-
ment over the high electric towers now in
use in the city, and Messrs. ]. n. Young,
Columbus Bartlett and T. A. Smith ad-
dressed the board on the subject. 1t was
decided to investigate the matter thor
oughiy and report at the next meeting.
Trustee Fletter then introduced the reso-
luton that the tax levy be fixed at 81 %
per 500 of assessed valuation, to be dis
tributed as follows: General fund go cents,
street fund 1856 cents, high school 7
cents, general school Is cents, library 81
cents, bonds 1910 cents. Mr.. Williams ad-
dressed the board on behalf of the tax
payers committee and was followed by
Columbus Bartlett, j. A. Leonard, T. A
Smith and Alex Mackie, the latter pre-
senting a formidable array of figures to
prove that-the high tax levy was unneces-
sary and bringing the board up with q
round turn when they laughed at his fig
ures. The several speakers were roundly
applauded.
The resolution, as introduced by Trustee
Fletter, was seconded by Trustee Clark,
and was carried unanimously.
During the meeting ]. A. Britton of the
Oakland Gaslight Company also addressed
the board, and will appear before them
next Monday, when he expects to prove
that the figures furnished by Mr.. Weise,
the city electrician, ale wrong, and that
the cost of the electric lights in Alameda
is not less than those in Oakland. 1t was
the most exciting meeting held for many a
month.
Newspaper Change.
James c. Tyrrell, proprietor of the Grass
valley Union, to-day purchased an inter-
est in the Alameda Telegram, and will
assume the business management i'm
mediately. Editor E. l.. Marshall will
control the editorial policy of the paper
The Telegram was the first daily paper to
be published in Alameda, and two years
ago was turned into morning paper. The
new firm promises to institute many i'm
provements in the near future
Baptist Church Concert.
Miss Charlotte Gruenhagen will assist
the Misses Noble at the concert at the
Baptist church on the 18th. Miss Gruen-
hagen will go to Europe to complete her
musical education in the near future, and
this will be her last public appearance be-
fore herdeparture.
A Charitable Guild.
A St. Agnes Guild was organized yester-
day by the election of Miss Ethel Brown
president, Miss Dora Benson vice-presi-
dent, Miss Darneal secretary, Miss Maud
Russell treasurer, Mrs. Wiggin directress.
The organization will be known as the
auxiliary to st. Agnes Guild.
Mrs. Taylor Goes to New York.
Mrs Isabella Taylor, wife of Bishop
Taylor and mother of E. K. and Stuart M.
Taylor, left this afternoon on the overland
for visit to her two sons residing in New
York City, Rev. Ross and Harry R. Taylor
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FOR BERKELEYS FUTURE.
The Town Deeply Interested in
the Issuance of School
Bonds.

BERKELEY. CAL, Oct. S.-The town of
Berkeley is at present involved in the con-
sideration of proposition whether bonds
to the amount of SIS, 900 or 100000, to be
expended in the erection of new high AMI
grammar school buildings, shall be called
for by the Town Trustees.
In measure the Town Board is at loss
to know which way to turn. 1t does not
raise $10O, 900 if S75, 900 will be deemed suf-
ficient by a majority of its constitu-
ents. AS means of determining
the consensus of opinion mass meetings
will be held in the near future in various
been one in South Berkeley this evening
for that purpose, but it has been post
poned until the 18th inst. The question
in West Berkeley Is to be handled by the
Improvement Club.
Baptist Convention.
The fifteenth annual session of the Cen
tral Baptist Association opened this after
noon at the First Baptist Church on
Dwight way.
Devotional exercises were opened by the
moderator, Rev. G. M. Hill, pastor of the
land. Most of the afternoon was taken up
with the transaction OF preliminary busi-
ness, such as the naming of committees
and the arranging of minor details.
Committees were announced as fol-
lows by the chair:
Arrangements-Mrs. C. w. Haight, Rev. M.
p Boynton Mrs. A w. Russell.
Nonninations-Rev. A. NJ. Russell, G. w. Dun
can, H. Garthwafte.
Enroilment-Rev. A. siolander, 2. NJ.
Goldsby.
The committee on nominations recon-
mended the following persons as officers
for the ensuing year: Moderator, Rev. c.
NJ. Hill; secretary, H. F. Morris; treas
urer. George Frazer. Their election was
unanimous.
Rev. w. H. Latourette, Rev. ]. L. Allen
and Rev. Robert Whitaker were appointed
q committee on digest on church letters
with instructions to report tomorrow
morning.
This evening praise service was the
main feature, after which Rev. B. Hudson
read report on State missions and Rev.
Robert Whitaker spoke on home missions.
Reception to the Pastor.
reception in the nature of garden
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ITS INFLUENCE Is OVER.
The Salvation Army's First Barracks to
Be Abandoned.

The Salvation Army's First Barracks to
Be Abandoned.
The old Salvation barracks on Eighth
street will soon be thing of history. 1t
is the first building erected by the army on
the Pacific Coast and still bears the sign:
First California Corps"
When it was built several years ago the
labor was nearly all contributed. Old Cap
tain Williams, the aged 0do Fellow, now
in Agnews, worked on the frame building,
which is of considerable size and is two
stories high. For several years after it
was built it was used as the headquarters
of the Pacific Coast division.
The army obtained q lease to the ground
on which the castle was built and the lease
viii soon expire. The active work was
transferred several months ago to the
Peoples Theater, within two blocks of the
City Hall. The old barracks is still used,
upstairs, as the quarters for the cadets in
training for officers, but they will leave
shortly and the building be torn down.
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THE TAX LEVY ORDINANCE.
1t Is Killed by Vote of Seven tt


1t Is Killed by Vote OF Seven to
Four.
At to-night's meeting of the City Coun-
Gil an attempt was made to pass the ordin-
ance fixing the tax levy at 81 Is over the
veto of the Mayor attached to it this morn
ing. The solid seven voted against the
veto, but it required eight votes, and so
the ordinance was killed.
Councilman Heitman introduced an ordi-
nance fixing the levy at 81 and it was re-
ferred to the Ordinance and Judiciary Com
mittee. There was considerable discussion
over the matter, and the fact that the
bankers we're supporting the Mayor was
made the most of, but it affected no votes
The proceedings were all cut-and-dried.
Everything went according TO programme
and not single vote was influenced by the
merits of the question. The deadlock
among the Mayor, the Board of Public
Works and the City Council was un-
broken.
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A TWeiVe-Year-Old Boy Seri-
ously Injured by an In
furiated Man.
PAGER" BUTTS SENTENCED
Whldden's Defense-The Wilmerdine
Schoolslte-To EnJoln Local
Fares.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, I
nn2 Rrnnduau Oct 8 I

9O8 Broadway, Oct. 8. I
Michael Amreal a 12-year-old lad living
at 1865 Third street, was badly injured this
afternoon by John Trader in tit OF anger
at the conduct of the boy. Young Amreal
and son OF Traders were playing to-
gether and became involved in a boyish
dispute, when it is supposed Amreal struck
the other boy. Anyway, he went to his
father CRYING and the latter went out to
chastise the evil-doer-
Trader carried pitchfork in his hand
and when the boy ran he threw it at him,
striking the little fellow full in the back.
The tines forced themselves in the flesh
and it is feared they penetrated the lungs.
4 brother of the injured lad ran to his as
sistance and was attacked by the now IN
furiated Trader with a hatchet. The two
struggled for while, when the boy sue
ceeded in securing the weapon before he
was injured. The wounded lad was cared
for at the Receiving Hospital.
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party will be rendered the newly elected
rector of ST. Marks Episcopal Church,
Rev George E. Swan, at the residence OF
ERefused the Scholarship.
Horatio Stebbins Jr. has refused to ac-
cept the William and Alice Hinckley
scholarship, yielding $500 annually, which
tire four years of his university course by
the trustees of the fund.
The Faculty Entertained.
President and Mrs. Martin kellogg ten
dered a plea SAINT reception to the mem bers
OF the faculty and wives at their home,
Bushnell place, this evening. This was
the first faculty reception of the season.
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Powder oon.olldated was delinquent IN the boards

Powder Consolidated was delinquent In the boards
yesterday.
The Upper Lienberger Slough Company of Kings
County has levied assessment Of 81 so per
share, delinquent November l.
The annual mseting OF the Eureka Consolidated
Mining Company has been called for October 81.
The annual meeting OF the Nevada Bank Will be
held to-day,
The delinquent assessment sale of the Bodie
takes place to-day.
The annual meeting of the Nevada Queen will
be held to-day.
The monthly statements OF the cash balances OF
the mining compAnies are as follows:
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In. Carter of 264 Santa Clara avenue San Jose
writes: Your Electric Belt and Vitaizer has cured
me Of loss of vitality and enlargement of the
PROSTATE glands much sooner than you guaranteed
they would.
From every part Of the country comes thankful
letters written by those have been lifted into
vigorous health and strength by DIR. Edison's
Electric Belt and Vitalizer a bottle of Vitalizer
sent free Send for circular For sale by
GEO. DAHLBENDER & CO., Druggists,
214 Kearny St., San Francisco, Cal.
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TAX LEVY AND LIGHTS,
Alameda City Tru stees Fix the
Former at the Rate of
ST. %.

ALAMEDA, CAL, Oct. s.-There was a
very largely attended meeting of the
Board of City Trustees this evening, the
occa sion being the fixing of the tax levy.
A committee of five prominent taxpayers
we're present to protest against the pro
posed levy of 81 20, which it is rumored
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LOSS Oh MANHOOD.

CURED IN 2ODAYS
~ by DIR. EDISON'S
E ELECTRIC BELT
and VITALIZER or
money refunded. It
cures loss of sexual
power, seminal loss at
stool or with urine; it
stops nightly dreams
and loss of vitality,
cures varicocele, rheu-
matism, kidney and
bladder trouble. DIR.
Edison's Electric Belt
and Vitalizer is ma
ture's remedy. They
give new life to weak
ened organs. The cur
rent of DR.. Edison's
Electric Belt is felt
Instantly upon appli-
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THE STOCK MARKET.

There no change worthy of note in the Com
stocks yesterday. Business was quiet all day, and
there was no tendency either up or down until
after the afternoon board when there was an i'm
provement in the leading stocks several advanc-
ing 5@l0c.
NOTES.
The Commercial Publishing Company has de-
clared dividend of 2 per cent for the quarter
ended September 80. payable Immediately.
The assessment Of S2 so per share on Giant
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they will be removed at once and placed
under death watcn.
st. Clair has been reprieved five times
and is much downcast. as he firmly be-
lieved that he would receive executive
clemency.
The hanging will take place under he
direction of the United States Ma arsh al
as the men were under Government iuris.
diction.
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Indicted by tho o. s. Grand Jurv.

The United States Grand Jury has found a
true bill against A. j. Tooney on a charge of
having counterfeit money in his possession
The information charges him with having
passed spurious $5 piece On Charles S. Camp
bell of stockton. When arrested he had four
of the counterfeit coins on his person. Tooney
is in custody in default of $1,000 bail.
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HEARST'S MEXICAN CASTLE
A Quaint and Picturesque La
Cienda Completed at
PleaSanton.
ON THE MILLIONAIRE'S RANCH.
Rising From the Peaceful Valley
1t Is Like Dream OF
the Past.
ON THE MILLIONAIREs RANCH.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,
600 Broadway, October g.

609 Broadway, October 8.
The most unique house in California is
just being completed at the Hearst stock
ranch between Sunol and Pleasanton It
is named Hearst castle after its owner, and
is built according to the Mexican style of
architecture. 1t is throughout typical
Mexican mansion, with its patio or in
closed quadrangle of grass plats, flowers,
driveway, fountain and rockery.
The castle is built upon knoll 200 feet
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TUESDAY. Oct, s-4 Pm
STOCK AND soND EXCHANGE.
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