The San Francisco call., 1895-10-12
CASHEO A BOGUS CHECK,
An Alameda Grocer Made the
Victim of a Cunning
Forger.
Extension of the California Railway
to lameda-Rumored Change
Next Spring.

ALAMEDA. Oct. I'D. L. Shead,
West End groceryman, had forged check
for $25 passed upon him few days ago.
a dark complexioned and weIl-dressed
man, who claimed to have been in the en-
ploy of Brewer Schuler, asked him to cash
a check drawn on the Bank of Alameda
in favor of John Hayes. Shead having had
considerable business transactions with
Schuler, and observing the familiarity of
the man with the latter's affairs, cashed
the check. When the check was sent to
the Bank of Alan eda, Cashier Baker I'M
mediately pronounced the signature a
forgery.
California Railway Extension.
Work on the extension of the California
Railway along the banks of the tidal canal
to connect at Fruitvale with the Laundry
Farm line, has been resumed. The road
which is standard gauge, is owned by W.
NJ Rank and his associates, and will be
changed to al electric system next spring.
About thirty men and number of teams
are employed in the construction, and
after the old fatcars have been removed
the track Will be reset to the proper grade.
1t is rumored that a depot will be con-
structed near the tidal canal.
CycIers' Extravaganza.
Linderman Opera-house was reopened
tonight by the Alameda Cyclers' Extrava-
ganza and Royal Grand Opera Company.
1t was the initial performance of the
cyclers and a creditable affair, and
embraced some of the best musical and
athletic talent about the bay. R. P. Star
key of the Acme Club, who has few equals
in the amateur ranks, with the assistance
of E. w. Cotton and II. E. Littlejohn, pre-
sented a clever number. Charles Slamberp
nd
exhibition, and there were banjo, mando-
lin, vocal selections, and an exhibition of
stereopticon views.
Fire Engineers.
The board of fremen and engineers of
the Fire Department held it's annual meet
ing last evening and elected the following
officers: f. K. Krauth Jr., chairman; J.
H. Turner, secretary; B. E. Combs. treas
urer; F. K. Millington, assistant engineer,
first district; Henry Muller, assistant engi-
neer, second district.i
Encampment Anniversary.
Sunset Enoampment No. %, l. 0. o. F.,
celebrated its first anniversary last even
ing at Odd Fellows Hall. Visiting dele
cations from San Francisco, Oakland and
Haywards, and Canton No. IL of Oakland
under command of Colonel ]. Henry APP
plegate, attended the event, which proved
10 be quite enjoyable. The entertainment
concluded with banquet.
Fractured His Skull.
A Chinese domestic fell from the second
story Of building on Paru street yester-
day afternoon while cleaning windows,
and sustained fracture of the skull. One
OF the sashes broke, and the Celestial fell
distance OF about twenty five feet
A NEW STYLE OF MARcHING.-A French
artillery captain has come to the conclu.
sion that the method of marching adopted
generally by the armies of the civilized
world is mistake and he has been devot-
ing good deal of study to the devising of
system that will enable troops to acquire
a speed and resistance to fatigue unknown
IN ordinary armies. He attributes his dis
coVery to the suggestions afforded him in
the method adopted instinctively by peas
ants IN rapid walking. He now claims to
De aole TO take the first conner between the
age OF ~ and 60 years and teach him to
run so long as his legs will upbear him
without his feeling the least inconvenience
IN the matter OF respiration. 1t is certainly
iounu tnaI men without the least prelim-
mary training are able to make bv this
system more than six miles at the first
trial. BY the ordinary system of rnnning
such man could not without main cover q
tenth OF that distance. The method is to
MAINTAIN the body straight, to hold the
head high and well free OF the shonIders
to expand the chest without special effort
and to hold the elbows a little behind
the launches. The runner begins cent.
ly, with steps of about thirteen and three
quarter inches, lifting the feet onlv inst
high enough to clear the irregularities of
the track, with the hams strongly hent
and the upper part of the BODY inclined
forward as much as possible, SO that the
man must run in order to maintain his
equilibrium. In fact, the man is kent
chasing his own center of gravity. which
tends to fall in advance of him. In the
training exercises the soldier begins hv
running the first kilometre (about 1854
yards) in 10 minutes; the second in MIN
utes 30 seconds, and so on with increasing
speed. After several weeks the soldier
makes the third kilometre in 6 minutes or
even s. minutes and As seconds In one
test soldier is said to have made little
over twelve and three-tenths miles in
something under two hours. AS the muscles
employed in the feat were not those
especially in demand in the ordinary
method of marching, the soldier was able
at once to take up the march II the usual
step as briskly as when he left the bar
racks. The feats of Indians and other
wild tribes, who think nothing of running
sixty miles on stretch at six-mile gait.
certainly show that civilized nations have
yet to learn the most efficient way of
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