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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-27
ALAMEDA.

A meeting of citizens was held at the
library last evening for the purpose of dis
cussing the proposition of erecting new
home for the library. The subject under
discussion was to devise means of raising
$4,000 to pay for such building. The
rooms in which the library is now located
are entirely too small, and those provided
by the City Trustees in the new City Hall
are even smaller; therefore it is necessary
that larger and better quarters be obtained.
No Gates for the Trains.
The much-mooted question of gates for
local trains has engaged the attention of
the average business man for some time
When the gates were placed on the Oak
land local little over a year ago rumors
were current that Alameda would suffer a
like visitation. However that fear died a
natural death, and not until recently was
the matter revived, mainly on account of
the petition of Mr.. Lewis to the Board of
Trustees. Your correspondent interviewed
Division Superintendent Wilder yesterday,
and was informed that the railroad COM
pany had no intention of placing gates on
the Alameda locals
In regard to the Hayward half-hour
trains he said he did not think the COM
pany had any intention of running the
proposed trains through Alameda. Mr.
Wilder further SAID he had received no
official notification from the City Trustees
in the matter of the freight depot occupy
ing a portion of the street, 'tbut [ must
say" he added, ~ think Mr.. Lewis wants
the whole street and big slice off the
earth"
Course of Lectures.
Professor George II. Powers, an oculist
and a graduate of Harvard, has been en-
gagged to give series of lectures at the
Alameda University Academy The pro-
lessor lectured to a large audience at that
institution of learning Friday evening and
created such favorable impression upon
his hearers that the faculty Immediately
made arrangements for a lecture course.
Chosen Friends.
Webster Council No. 202, Order of Chosen
Friends, will hold public installation of
officers Wednesday evening at Foresters'
Hall. A musical and literary programme
will be rendered, including an original
song by r. Frank Clark and short lecture
by Louis Morningstar, the boy globe
trotter.
Verein Germania Ball.
The annual masquerade ball given by
the Verein Germania was held at their hall
on Lincoln avenue last evening Many
original costumes were noted, and carni-
val of merrilnent reigned The commit
tees having the affair in charge earned the
l1ODrnpedantad S1IccaSs Ohtained
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WATT MAY BE SUED.
Bank Depositors Take Action as to
AttOrney's Fees.


Attorneys Fees.
A full meeting of the depositors' COM
mittee of the People Home Savings Bank
was held yesterday evening, and satisfac-
ton was expressed at the turn affairs were
taking.
Chairman T. H. Mccarthy drew the at
tention of the meeting to the fact that
there was no doubt as to the right of the
Bank Commissioners to fix salaries of the
management of the Peoples Home Bank,
| and that they had officially designed as
employees, one manager, at a salary of $3.50
a month, and a. bookkeeper, at salary Of
$l25. He further stated he had seen Attor-
ney-General Fitzgerald, who had given it as
his ,offhand decision that as no provision
had been made by the Bank Commission
ers Tor attorneys fees, or for other salaries.
Attorney Alva Watt was responsible for
the salaries he had been paying out during
the last few months.
At the conclusion of Chairman McCar-
thy statement the depositors' committee
unanimously passed a resolution ordering
It's attorneys to Investigate the salaries
paid out during the last six months and if
they, were discovered to have been paid IL
legally to sue for their restitution.
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FOR THE CITY FRONT.
Legislators Confer With the
Commissioners.
AN ACT TO TRADE LOTS.
issemblyman DizOn's Three Import
ant Measures.
TRYING TO DEFEAT FAY'S BILL.
Mr.. Cole Explains Why the SeaWall
Should Be Extended South In.
stead Of North.

A joint committee of the Legislature
met with the State Board of Harbor Com
missioners yesterday morning for the pur-
pose of comforting upon matters relative to
harbor Improvements. There were pres
ent the Senate Committee on Rivers ond
Harbors consisting of Senators James M.
Gleaves, Shasta, chairman; T. F. Whiting
ton, San Diego; F. MCGOWAN, Humboldt;
Thomas Mitchell, San Francisco; NJ. j.
Dunn, San Francisco.
The Assembly Committee on Commerce
and Navigation consisted of: George w.
Dixon, chairman, San Francisco; Alfred
Keen, San Diego, William Llewellyn, Los
Angeles; f. R. Fassett, Alameda; Walter
F. Price. Sonoma; James H. Wilkins,
Marin; F. R. Stansell Butte; ]. F. Twigg,
San Francisco; Isaac NJ. Merrill, San Fran
cisco. ]. w. Disbrow of this city was the
accompanying secretary.
President Bassett of the Harbor Com
mission called the meeting to order,
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Track Notes.


The attendance was not as large as usual
for Saturday.
The betting was tame on the Palace Ho-
tel stakes.
Five favorites were downed, and still
some of the DO okmakers lost on the day.
Barney Schneider was $1,000 ahead by
Gussies stake win.
Ed Purser played Robin Hood all around
the ring and was big winner over his vic
tory.
The Stuyvesants were laying ~ to
against Robin Hood at post time, and
their line was long one after the race.
Summerfield held Gussie out in his book
and played her on the outside.
George WheeloCks paid out until he was
tired after the Floodmore race. Evans &
Rose also had lengthy line after that
race.
Bob Isom rode two of the winners yester-
day.
Woodford looked dangerous for while,
but suddenly "blew up.
There was heavy play on Howard.
Harris marked to l against him, and was
almost knocked off the box with the rush
made at him.
Denny Lynch of the Arizona stable was
very wrathy after the Contribution race
and offered to match his horse against
Quarterstaff, or any other horse in the race
for any amount up to $4,000. He certainly
got away very badly, but for this Starter
Ferguson blames Griffin, claiming that he
pulled up. Mr.. Lynch intimated that this
was not the only start when one of his
horses got off poorly
G. L. Walter, the popular st. Louis book.
maker, was one of the few winners on the
day.
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BASED ON NEGRO THEMES.
DVOrak's Quartet at the Saturday
Popular Concert.
A Large Audience Welcomes the Begin.
ming Of the New SeaSOn-MiSS
Grifin'S Solos.

There were a number of attractions at
the forty-frst Carr-Beel Saturday popular
concert, which took place yesterday after
noon in Golden Gate Hall. The chief of
them, however, was Dvorak's string quar-
tet, OPP &C. which was performed for the
first time in San Francisco.
So much has been heard for the last year
about DIR. Dvorak's american" music
that there was great curiosity to hear one
of the works by the great Bohemian COM
poser, founded on plantation melodies.
His symphony, 'From the New World, -
has been the most talked about, but the
chamber music founded on plantation
melodies has also been much discussed,
some people affirming that there was a
genuine plantation ring to the themes,
while others remarked that DR.. Dvorak' s
negroes had singular habit of whistling
Bohemian foIk-songs.
The Dvorak string quartet played yes
terday, however, was undoubtedly founded
upon plantation themes. There were all
the characteristics of the darkey songs,
their plaintiveness and animation, and yet
so cleverly were they used as the basis for
the form of the string quartet that in pass
ing through DR.. Dvorak's hands the
darkey style melody lost its usual trivial
character, while preserving its beauty.
The lovely quartet, which was played last
instead of first on the programme, received
a rendering worthy of its merits at the
hands of the Saturday popular quartet.
A quartet by Rheinberger was also ex-
cellently played by Mrs. Carr and Messrs.
BeeI, Soloman, Jaulus and Heine. Miss
Ina Griffin, the pianoforte soloist, played
an allegro by Scarlotti and an intermezzo
by Brahms with nice legato touch and
refined phrasing. In the Chopin "Taran-
tella" her execution was liquid and easy,
but the phrasing savored more of study
for velocity than of Chopin. Algernon
Aspland sang a couple of songs ard an
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-27
BERKELEY.

The twenty days required by law for the
publication of the new charter expired
Friday, so that now there is but thirty days
from Friday to wait before it is put before
the electors for their vote upon it, that
being the minimum number that must
expire before the election can be called.
The thirty days expire on February "a,
which occurs on Sunday. The election
therefore will probably be held on Mon
day, the 25th. If it receives favorable
vote, as the indications strongly anticipate,
within three days from that time it can be
placed before the Legislature. A commit
tee from both the Board of Freeholders
and the Trustees will accompany it to urge
its claims before the Legislature.
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sheet of foolscap containing several names
with small amounts opposite them. Kane's
suspicious were aroused by noticing that
the signatures were all IN the same hand
writing. Tierney was persistent and Kane
gave him half dollar.
Next day Kane went to 416 Clementina
street and found that no widow of the
name of Brady was living there or had
ever lived there. Then he swore out a
warrant for Tierney's arrest.
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sacriIegious John Jones.

John Doe Jones, while standing in the
crowd at the josshouse on Waverly
place, failed to absorb the goodness that is
popularity supposed to pervade the interior
of an edifice devoted tovirtue and morality
and picked the pocket of Mrs. E. E. Love-
land as she was studying Chinese theology.
He was detected by Officer Peshon and
now repents his sacrilegious act in the
City Prison.
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BY FALSE PRETENSES.
T. #. Tierney Plays the Poor Widow
and Orphan Dodge.

7. F. Tierney, an undertaker's employee,
who hangs around the Police courts, was
arrested yesterday on warrant charging
him with obtaining money by false pre-
lenses. The complaining witness is Secre-
tary Frank Kane of the Pacific Coast So
ciety for the Suppression of Vice.
Tierney met Kane on Thursday and
asked him for subscription to Mrs. Brady,
a poor widow, living at 416 Clementina
street, who had been left with four young
children to support. He showed Kane a
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-27
SEVENTY YEARS AN ARTIST.

Chevalier de KontslSi.
1t is Just seventy years since the Chew
alier A. de Kontski made his successful
debut as pianist, and ever since that time
he has been prominently before the public.
In honor OF this SEVENTEEN anniversary
OF an artist who is stin in the full posses
sion of his remarkable abilities, a grand
testimonial benefit will be rendered the
aged musician on the 14th of next month.
The testimonial committee is composed OF
some of the foremost citizens of San Fran
cisco.
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St. Mary's READING CircIe-

The members of the reading circle of St.
Mary's Cathedral have resumed their read
ings in history, literature and doctrinal
subjects. Their meetings are held weekly,
and are presided over by Rev. ]. J. Prender-
CAST. Further information regarding the
circle may be obtained from any of the
clergy of the cathedral.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-27
Three Valuable Horses Burned

Fred Sinclair, the produce man, yester-
day lost his barn by fire at 594 Jones street.
Mr.. Sinclair had six horses in the barn,
and three of them were burned to death,
besides harness, hay, grain, etc, all of the
value of $1,000, which were insured. 1t is
not known how the fire started.
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Asks for an Allowance.

Mrs. Mary Moss, wife of the venerable
capitalist, Franklin Moss, who was de-
clared incompetent, has asked for family
allowance of $500 month from July 81,
1894
The estate amounts to something like
$1,000 E. NJ. Gibson and Welles White
more are attorneys for Mrs. Moss.
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Seeking Ladybug Food.

John Isaacs, an officer of the State Board
of Horticulture, paid Oakland visit to-
day in search of food for the Vedalia cardi-
nails or ladybug, which is being propa-
gated by the State Board in San Francisco
for the purpose of destroying, the cottony
cushion scale and mealy bug.
His quest was not success, as he failed
to discover any of the bugs that have been
such pest to many orchardists in Cali
fOrpia
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-27
PALACE HOTEL.

THE PALACE HOTEL OCCUPIES AN ENTIRE
1 block 10 the center or San Francisco tits the
model hotel OF the world. Fire ana earthquake
proof. Has nine elevators. Every room is large,
light and airy. The ventilation IS perfect. A bath
and closet adjoin every room. All rooms are easy
OF from broad light corr idors. The central
court. Illuminated by electric light, its immense
glass roof broad balconies carriage-way and trOP-
icSl plants are features hitherto unknown in Amer
lean hotels. Guests ent rtaiued either the Amer
lean European plan. The restaurant Is the hneSt
In the city. Secure rooms In advance by tele.
Sraphing. THE Al At HOTEL,
E1gtG San Francisco. Cal.
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PROUD OF Its RECORD.
Oakland'S Municipal League Ready for
the Fray.
1t Reviews Its Past Success and Scans
the Future-AetiOn on the
Reilly Bill.

0AKLAND.-The Municipal League in
Oakland is very active in view of the APP
preaching municipal election, and is be-
sides reaching out on national affairs. By
rising vote the league decided at meet
ing last night to send the following to
Senator Stephen M. White and the Cali
fornia delegation in Congress:
The Citizens Municipal League OF Oakland,
Cal, in convention assembled, appeal to the
Congress of the United States for relief from
the hardships and servitude of the Reilly fund
ing bill and all like measures, and for such posi-
tive legislation as viii compel the railroads to
recognize and fulfill their larger obligations to
the public California should be allowed in
common with Eastern States to enjoy untram-
meled the rights of interstate commerce.
LORENZO D. INsKEEP, President.
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2sOO yards PRINTED INDIA SILKS, EOc
CSC and S1.00 quality-Reduced wv
to -... ..-............... per Yard
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The Schee1 Programme.

The Scheel orchestra concert at the Mac
donough Theater on Friday night next bids
fair to be an event in musical and society
circles. A number of seats have already
been engaged by San Francisco people.
The programme for the occasion will be as
follows
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-27

1000 yards sO-INCH SILK CREPON, kSc
S1.OO quaIity-Reduced to-. ~
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Good start. Won handily. Time. 1;19A. Win
ner by fIly. ~ Peei-Faustine.
Betting: FIirtil to 2. Experiment geldfng
and Advance coupled 10 to 1. Major Cook to 2,
Ethel Dixon TO l.
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1000 yards RICH FANCY DRESS 81 Ok
SILKS. $500. S2.25 and $3.50 ~ 20
quality-Reduced to. ......... =. per Yard
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Good start Won handiiy. Time, L :27. Winner
| chestnut horse. by Clrcassian- Revelry.
Betting: Robin Hood No. 8 TO 2, Quirt 30
HOWARD II TO 5, ArticuS 9 to 2.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-01-05
rurk,.h e,nv~rnor .s...,n.ted

CoNsTAnTINoPLE. Jan. 3-Itis reported
that the governor OF BltlIs, Tansin asha,
who commanded the military operations
10 the R4soun district, where so many
outrages have been reported, has been
as. assinated by an Armenian, who after
wards committed suicide.
The latest letters from BitlIs. show that
the Armeuixns of that district We're exas-
persted at the conduct of the author atIes
and ready for any violence. Ia regard to
the dis urbAnces at Ezion. in the dis ric,
at Erzingh,sp, it 10 stated the governor
recently summoned the Armrnian nota-
bIes and Informed them the Kurds were
planning an attack and advised the Ar
menians &c take measures Tor their defense
as he did not have the means to proieci
them The Armenians ons.quently tried
to nhtain q supply OF arms, which WAS
difficult. owning 10 the condition OF the
cOuo,ry. Letters from Sivlas. where fresh
have broken out will not
reach Con.tanrinople for fortnight. as
the mail is being continually cnn6scsted
by the governmrnt. and dispatches have
to be sent In . roundabout way to insure
delivery,
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sweetness. At this rate it will not be
long before sugar will be one of the
most economical Of food products.
The French queens. remark about the
cry of the starving poor of Paris, "If
they can't get bread let theu, eat sweet
cake," may yet seem sensible sugees.
lion, instead of cruel joke.
There is, however, no good reason
why America should continue perma-
nently to import sugar. We have
only to live mp to our privilege as a
nation to make our own. It would
not take SO much fostering and encour-
aging on the part of our government
to develop the beet-sugar interes. in
this country as it took to do the same
in France, Germany and the continent
of Europe in general. If the Demo-
cratic party had not come into power
in 1898 the end of this century would
have seen America very nearly, if not
quite, independent of Europe in the
matter of sugar, and that without dis
turbing the natural development of
the European market for American
msats.
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The Decree Is Final.

WASHINGTON. Dsc. 8l-OwninR to
misappreheuslon caused by the publics-
ton of statement that the decree con-
cernlpR secret societies wss not fnal, and
was to he submitted to the bishops to se-
cure from them their opinions thereon,
Monsigpore Sstolll authorizes the follow
ing hrief statement of facts:
"The archbishops of the Uuited States
have taken counsel with re-pecr To three
societies. namely. OBJ Fellows, Sons of
Temperance and Knights of PstbIas. The
archblshops decided that the whole ques-
tion should be Submitted to the apostolic
see. In cummuu,ce;ion from his emf
neuce, .C.rninal Monaco, to Monsieuore
Satolii. the action of the general congre.
gation OF cardinals TO W lom his holiness
COMMITTED the Question, is made known.
The congregation, after considering tho
matter carefully, made the decree; this
decree bis holiness tully confirmed and
gave u complete effec, The decree Is,
therefore. transmitted to all archn'shops.
hi.hoDs and other ordinaries In the United
States. to he ny them carried into effect.
Mnnsiguere 81 OH has acted merely a. a
medium of tr.DsmissIOn. but IN veiw OF
the contradictory and confusing reports
emanating from various parts Of the couu-
try the facts are thu. briefly stated"
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SAN FRANoI, Gu, Jan. 2-Cuarles Kobler
head OF the fr m OF Kohier & FrobiiDg,
leading wholesale wine merchants, cOm-
mitted suicide at the Ham nam barhs last
night by means Of morphiLe. He had
been drinking grert deal. and year
ago took the Kelley cure. He began
drinking again. and drauk TO such an ex
tent thai few dass ago ha was deprived
OF the power to issue checks on behalf OF
the firm. THIS prsyed upon bis mind 80
thst he ended his life. He was very
well known In this community.
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TELECRAPHIC NEWS.


MEDoRA, N. g., Jsn. "a horrible
story was told last night to the Coroner's
jury concerning the death Of 8 D Sever
SOD, who was shot at Mark Wadswoath's
ranch, TIE boy of Fred Rohm, bright
l4-yesr old lad, who had been in custody
for several days suspected OF the murder,
mas made q partial confession to the clerk
of the court, Mr.. Foley. Before the cor
oner's jury tonight he made clean breast
of It, and said his employer, Wadsworth,
took him in the early dawn into the barn
snd promised the hoy 5000 to shout Sew
erson. He told him when 10 pull the trig
ger, and the deed was done. This story
was TOLD by the 10y quietly and clearly.
hut he burst into tears when the climax
of the story wac reached. Wadsworth
himselI followed the boy, and den ed the
whoi. story Wadswerth Is paral, zed, and
the boy rays he cou d not pull the trigger
himself. The prosecution heleves it ha-
iound u motive in the claim that Wads-
worth owed Seversnn money. Wads
worth 10 under arrest for murder
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AlbsDy III, tel Fire.

ALBANY, N Y, Dc 81 The Delevsn
house fire was the absorb bing topic OF con
versa,ion about the city today. Interest
in it was Increased when It was learned
thai Dumher OF house emp'oves. nearly
all Of them women. lad been burned TO
death. They had rooms on the fif,h story
Of the building. and their deaths could
not have been the result of anytt ing but
fright. One OF the pOriers who went up
to warn them. ssid today it was impessi-
BILE to lead them to safe exit. They
simply went wild when they learned of
the fire. The proDrietors Of the hotel es
'ims'e that ab"ut IA people we're missing.
It was thought that the night clerk,
Charles Rosekr-ns, had p-rished, bu' be
turned mp this afternoon, all right. Far y
tn morning Mrs Henry q Fook.s, who
jumped from the fourth story, died.
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Or~xOn PrlsOnerB.

Frrm advance tab es of SuDerinteud.
ent Downing's forthcoming biennial re-
port it IL sscertained that. since the re-
port made January l. 1898, there have
been at any time in the prison: For
larceny of all KIN is 419 convlc,s; murder
In the second degree So; msuslsugnter
80; burglary 80; robbery and assault to
rob 7;rspe, and assault to commit rape
81; forgery 40; Obtaining money under
false prefenses 1s; sc ling nquor to In
dians Q; sodomy 3; assault to kill and
with daugerou. aespons "a; embezzie.
ment 8; arson 4; perjury and subordina-
tion 8; aiding escape of prisoners /; re.
ceiving stolen goods 8; robbiDg United
States mails 8; bigamy 8: counterfeiting
and uassing same 8; mayhem 3; robbin0
post' flee 9; urtering ,orged checks 8;
incest 4; sending obscene matter thrnu9r
the mans and obscene writing 3; procura.
tion 2; defTauding the government Q;
iornicarlon i; seduction 2; at duction / !;
riot 2; mailc 'Ous Injury to properly q;
adutry g; other rgss SO; total 500.
OF This nun ner 79 were uoder 20 years
Of age; S7l between 30 and 80 Years; 218
bet ween 30 and 40 Tears: 81 bet ween 40
snd 80 years; II between 80 and 80 years;
oyer 80 year.; the average age being 81
yesrs.
SIX per cent could neither read nor
wri,e aDd four per ceot could read only.
The character of the offeuse IF al was
against the person; 846 against property,
aud 10 against puhiic morals.
% the first OF Jsn4ry last the total of
the inmates Was S66, and at present it is
$50.
Only 90 per cent were married
10 religions 27S were nomiuallv
Protestanss; 826 Roman Catholics; 3
Jewish; 81 heal hens; 157 no,hipgsrians.
Eighty per cent acknowledged baving
been more OF less addicted to drink. ana
sixty per cent attributed their downfall
to liquor.
Total of nativitles: American 566;
Foreign born 260.
Sixty five per cent came Of poor par.
ents; twenty per cent of comfortable par
enis; and fifteen of we'll. to do. or un-
known parentage. Egbty five per cent
were city bern and 6ty per cent 10 the
country.