The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-07
LATEST OAKLAND NEWS,
Auditor Whidden in Doubt as
to Which Is the Legal
Tax Roll.
CYR MELeUOIND's FEELINGS.
He Estimates Their Value at a
Thousand Dollars Per
Hour.

Auditor Whidden is anxiously waiting
Tor some legal advice regarding the county
tax rolls. He must furnish the State Board
Of Equal cation with the official rolls next
Monday according to law, and he does not
know whether to furnish the reduced rolls
or those of the Assessor.
The matter is a very important one, as
the figures furnished by Auditor Whldden
will be used by them as computing the
average assessments of each county. Inc
board will either lower or raise the hgures
as they deem necessary to equalze the
State burden upon each county. The rolls
of Alameda County, even with the redue-
tons made by the supervisors, Will exceed
the 1894 rolls by about 81 100000.
The Auditor has been served with no.
tice of appeal to the Supreme Court by AS
SCISSOR Dalton's attorney threatening him
tat his periI' to use the reduced relIs.
He now wants TO know what TO do ana
which roll to send TO Sacramento.
''I can do no more" said Mr. Dalton
yesterday, until we hear from the Su-
preme Court. l do not think the State
Board of Equalization Will touch the as
sessment Of Alameda County as whole.
The total raise is over million, and do
not see any reason why the State Board
should make any change"
Davies Broken Promises.
I The Mayor has added one more to the
list OF Populists who are dissatisfied with
their chief. There is provision in the
charter authorizing the appointment of a
clerk TO the Mayor, but no Mayor has yet
filled the Office, which would be practically
q sinecure. Prior to election Davie prom
Used the place to Murray Laidlaw, rail-
-t,.1E oh
peared during the campaign as victim of
railroad vengeance to help Davies cam
palgn. Monday night Davies right-hand
bower in the Council introduced resolu-
ton authorizing the Mayor to appoint a
clerk at S125 a month. To the Mayors
surprise the resolution was killed. Then
the secret came out. Laidlaw heard that
Davie was going to give the place to Stuart
McMullin, and so he went round and OBJ
tanned promises from the Council not to
vote to give Davie clerk. So Laidlaw was
avenged, and Davie must do his own
clerking.
New Acme Officers.
The nominations for the new board of
officers of the Acme Club have been COM
pleted and the election will be held the
last day OF the month. The nominations
are: President, George F. Niece; vice
president, James I. Wright; secretary, j..
?. Cook; treasurer, Harry Snow; leader,
j. q. Bird and Henry Tank; cycling cap
tain, Charles Harmon and George Hum
phreys; directors-E. L. tombstone, H. J.
Rotherman, NJ. L. Schlueter, G. II. Haw-
baker. A. L. Swain, Ned Thayer, Fred
Hamilton, Paul Carroll, J. L. Donovan,
II. l.. Gilbert, Paul E. Pond.
Fared Pretty Well.
Attorney W. H. Waste has compro-
Emised his suit against the Southern Pa
o., T., 1oz%
Mr.. Waste and his fiancee, Miss Coates.
were on a San Pablo-avenue cable-car that
wa struck by steam train. Miss Coates
was killed, and Waste was severely in
jured. He sued for $25 900, but he has
now accepted $500 and the payment Of all
the expenses OF his illness, together with a
free trip to Southern California for him
self ard mother.
Only FURRY.
For time there was quite a furry in the
City Treasurer's Office last Saturday when
the Finance Committee and Mayor DaVie
were counting over the city's assets. They
found S15,6l4 OF indicated as a deposit on
the Central Bank, while the bank officials
reported the sum of S75, GA OF. 1t was also
found that $21, 619 70 in the California Bank
was credited to another bank. The errors
were found to be purely clerical ones, and
the Finance Committee subsequently re-
ported everything as all right.
Miller to Have a New Trial.
F. G. Miller OF Elmhurst is to be tried
again for burglary and chicKen-stealing.
Miller was a prominent resident of the
little town and he was arrested on the in
formation of man named King, at q
time when chickens were disappearing
from their roosts at a rapid rate. Miller
was tried and convicted, partly because he
could not procure counsel.
EbelPs New Year.
The Ebell Society of Oakland commenced
a nav year yesterday by giving break
fast ia honor of the president. Mrs. G. w.
Bunnell, who has Just returned from a
long Eastern trip. The ladies showed their
appreciation of their president by present.
ing her with handsome gold watch.
a WeIl-BOrn Vagrant Dying.
Harry Bray, VINO affirms that he is a
traveller from Indiana, is dying at the Re-
ceiving. Hospital. He was arrested as a