The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-07
The Rev. Willard Scott of Chi
CagO May Succeed DR..
Mclean.
AN OLD RANCHERs CLAIM.
The Men Who Burned Live Rats to
Death VIII Be Fifty
Punished.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,
q0S Broadway. Sept. 6.


Congregational Church, Chicago, to sue
coed DR.. Mclean. The committee will
recommend his name to the congregation.
Rev. Willard Scott is man about 40
years OF age. He is said to be an earnest
speaker and good preacher.
Prohibition Rally.
Monday next a conference and rally of
the opponents of the liquor traffic from all
over the coast north of Tehachapi will be
held in Mills Tabernacle at 0:30 A. NJ. and
8 and 7:30 P. NJ a parade will take place
at I:S0 O'Clock, in which all temperance
societies and men, women and children
are invited to participate. Carriages VIII
be at the tabernacle at Ills o'clocs Tor the
speakers to 60 in the parade. 1t will form
at l 80 P. NJ, with J. II. Russell as grand
marshal. The First Brigade, B. B. c..
with band of twenty-five pieces, will
head the parade
The line of march will be on Tenth street
TO Broadway, TO Nineteenth, counter-march
TO Fourteenth, to Washington, TO Fourth,
to Broadway TO Tenth, where the parade
Will be reviewed by Hon. ]. NJ. Glass,
chairman of the State Central Committee
of the Prohibition party.
After the review all are invited to the
tabernacle. No banners or flags except the
stars and stripes Will be allowed in the
parade.
tabernacle is as follows:
Morning, TO 80 o'clock-Music Boys Brigade
band; prayer, Rev. DR.. Chapman; address OF
welcome, W. G. Manuel, president of City Coun-
Gil and acting Mayor OF Oakland; The Liquor
Traffic ana Municipal Government, Rev. Z. K.
Ollie, ID; Necessity of Equal Suffrage to Sup
press the Liquor Traffic." Rev. j. K. Mclean,
DID,; christianity and the Liquor Traffic"
Rev. r. F. CoYle, DID.
Afternoon, 3 o'clock-Musie, Boys Brigade
band; Young Peoples Societies and the Ii
quor Traffic." Rev. William RAIDER; music,
band; Liquor Traffic and the Home, Mrs. DR..
p. McCargar; Social Reforms and the Liquor
Traffic." Mrs. Ada Van Pelt; Boys Brigade
and the Liquor Traffic" Brigadier-General J.
Il. Russell. commanding First Brigade, B. B. c.;
wv. c. 7. I. Work, Rose NJ French; "Resolu-
tons OF Churches and Young Peoples Socie-
ties in Their Relation to the Liquor Traffic,
Rev. W. A. Goodwin, ID.
Evening, oclock-Music, Boys Brigade
band; General Outlook" Hon. j. NJ. Glass,
State chairman; THE Liquor Traffic and La
bor." Robert Summers; solo. Miss Hass; poll
tical Reform and Legal Status of Prohibition"
Judge L. W. Elliott; recitation, Fred Head.
Morning Times" Affairs.
The creditors OF the Morning Times held
a conference to-day, at which the debts,
condition and prospects Of the insolvent in
stitution were discussed, but nothing def
mite was arrived at.
The paper is still in the hands of G. L.
Maxwell, the hardware man, VIII pur-
chased it last Monday after it was attached
by two reporters who wanted their salaries.
At the meeting yesterday Mr.. Maxwell
said, Its been a case of digging down in
my jeans, but haven't got tired yet Mr..
Maxwelfs purchase was made to protect
creditors to whom $3.50 is owing.
At the meeting to-day the committee of
investigation reported that $1,000 of the
S29, 900 owed is secured. Labor claims
amounting to 1890 make the total indebt-
edness $31, 300. Among the unsec ured
claims is that of Mr.. Morehouse of San
Leandro of the State Board of Equaliza-
ton, for $4,000 loaned. TIL e committee
reported that the plant would not pay off
more than one-half the mortgages, and
that the paper is now paying running ex-
penses.
After my experience" said Mr.. Max
well, 81 think am justified in saying that
the paper could be made to pay if run on
business principles"
1t was stated that A n. Bishop owns
$4,000 worth of the stock, f. w. Leavitt
owns $4,000 and Mr.. Perine, since de-
ceased, owned some. The capital stock is
$4,000, and it was supposed that Henry
Squires owned nearly one-half. Not more
than $3.50 worth stands in his name. 1t
is possible that insolvency proceedings
will follow. Nothing further will be done
until the creditors decide what steps they
will take.
Liquor Mems Troubles.
The liquor-dealers of Berkeley are con-
slderably interested in watching the deci-
sion and outcome of the case of T. J.
O'Brien, who was convicted of selling
liquor without a license. 1t was submit
ted to Judge Ogden to-day, having been
appealed from the Justice Court of Berke-
ley.
The issue is upon questions of law touch
ing the validity of the new town charter
O'Brien secured a license under the old
charter at the rate of 500 year. The
new charter raised the license to $50 a
quarter, and the Town Trustees failed to
collect that amount from O'Brien, who re-
fused to pay it. Consequently he was ar
rested and convicted.
His fight was taken up by the LIQUOR
Dealers Association which has carried the
case into the Superior Court. 1t was SUBJ
mitted on briefs.
The question involved is upon the point
as to when the new charter went into
effect The contention is raised as to
whether the charter became an organic
law of the town when it was ratified by the
State Legislature or at the time when the
town officers were chosen, in accordance
with its provisions.
Michael Hevey's Claim.
Michael Hevey, an old man, whose home
was upon the Castro San Pablo grant from
1861 to 1895, has forwarded to Sacramento
a claim for $4,000 against the State.
There were about fifty families living on
the grant, whose titles were declared
worthless and when the distribution of the
estate was recently ordered by Judge Heb
bard they were all dispossessed. Hevey
refused to rent from the new proprietor
and consequently left his home. He now
sues for damages for being, as he states,
unjustly and illegally deprived Of his ranch
by the action of the courts.
Hevey bought his 100 acres from DR.. L.
G. Frisbee and paid SIS an acre. The titles
were in litigation for thirty years and no
partition was made, and the plat on which
Heyey and his wife had lived for a gener-
alton fell to the share of H. Z. Emeric.
Convicted of Cruelty.
In Judge Woods court to-day Charles
Frank and his clerk Richard Woods were
found guilty of cruelty to animals and will
appear for sentence next Tuesday. The
act of cruelty consisted of burning three
rats to death in trap after saturating the
animals with coal OIL
The occurrence took place on the corner
of Washington and Seventh streets. where
Frank conducts shoe-store. A number