The morning call., 1895-02-17

would have resulted in certain defeat to
the annexationists. The Council, how
ever, refused to join with the opponents.
The ordinance embracing the smaller Sec
ton was passed, and on this section the
fight will be made on the 9th.
The anti-annexationist are spreading
circulars proadc asst to make public senti-
ment and votes and the local papers are
taking sides. In one of the circulars APP
pears this argument:
What did they tell you? First, that annexa-
ton means double taxation. Auditor Snow
estimates that the city and county taxes COM
bined will be 81 So per hundred. Is that
double? What do you get for your taxes now?
Many promises from Supervisor and Roadmas-
ter. Are not street lights free delivery of mails,
police and fire protection, together with a re-
duction of 81 on $1,000 on insurance, worth
the difference? Can you send your children TO
the High School without paying $50 per year
for each child, making $50 for three-years'
course? What was the cost for improvement on
Thirty-second street, between Grove and Tele
graph avenues, distance of 2O73.9S feet
8-inch sewer, 1878 %, or 23la cents per front
foot, including for individual connection;
grading, matchmaking and wooden curb,
s cents per square foot, width feet 4S Genus
per front foot; at Is cents per square foot, 80
cents per front foot, total OF 81 III per front
foot. With sewer connections and patent wa ter
closet in accordance with sanitary regulations,
81 6712 per front foot.
The annexationists reply to these state
ments as follows:
We would ask the public-spirited, moral and
progressive citizens OF Oakland to vote for an
nexation on the 9th day OF February, and
beseech them not to be negligent and dilatory.
IL small vote is cast an enerpetic opposition
could carry the day. And to succeed in annex
ing this territory a majority vote must be OBJ
tanned in Oakland as well as outside. The
people of Oakland have looked upon certain
sections of our community as the worst spots
in Alameda County. Now is your time to aid
in removing the evil influences and let the
moral and peace-loving people OF Oakland ex-
tend hand of fellowship to their fellows in the
grand effort for good.
Poor families in our district must pay $50
per year to SEND children to your High School
or deny them the privilege of education, which
is the great cornerstone OF our country. The
property to be annexed is well able to nay all
taxes required of it. Do not allow the nom
progressive large landowners to retard the eff
forts for public good. Our section has been
cursed by lethargy for many years, and we ur-
gently seek breath of pure air free from the
pestilential odors of cekspools and stale beer
There are reformers in the proposed district,
and, what seems strange to the opposition, per-
sons who live for public Improvement and have
sense of honor and desire other than the mere
accumulation of wealth.
The Strange Case of DIR. WetzeIl.
Rev. David Wetzell, the pastor of the
First Christian Church of Oakland, died at
the residence of DR.. B. F. Clarke, 1909 Full
ton street, San Francisco, at IL o'clock
Friday night.
1t was supposed that death was caused
by an operation which was performed by
DR.. Clarke on last Monday, but it seems
that peritonitis was the cause.
DR.. Clarke says: "Mr. Wetzell came to
me one week ago Yesterday to prepare for
the operation which [ performed Monday
morning at 10 O'Clock. There was no
shock whatever attending the operation
an d he came out of it feeling as well as be-
fore began. However, peritonitis set in
and that is what caused his death on Fri
day night. j have performed great
many operations, but | never saw any one
come out with more promise of recovery
than Mr.. Wetzell.
"Septic trouble frequently follows an
operation, but in this case I had the de-
ceased take warm baths, had my nurses
scrub him and kept abdominal bandages
on him all night previous to Monday to
prevent germs in the air from lodging in
the parts to be operated on. l took extra
precaution, for DR.. Wetzell, aside from
being prominent man, was very warm
personal friend of mine. During the first
part of the peritonitis Mr.. Wetzell suffered
intensely, but the pain seemed to pass
away toward the last.
lit was the most peculiar case that I
have ever seen. The appendix had grown
to the tissues around it, and instead Of the
loose part hanging downward, it extended
back and upward and was attached to the
cellular tissue near the liver; consequently,
when he was standing erect there was
constant strain. Whenever he ran or
stumbled the extra strain would cause
another attack. His was a case of catarrhal
appendicitis and when l removed the ap-
pendix on Monday the tissues had so
grown around it that | had considerable
trouble in locating it.
The remains OF Rev. Mr.. Wetzell arrived
yesterday. and after a short service in the