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The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
The Supreme Court Destroys
the Last Hope Of
Relief.
DULL PROSPECT FOR WORKERS.
Many Deputies to Be Sworn in Who
Will Register Voters With
out Pay.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, |
sos Broadway. Jan. %. {

$40 DFOduWdf, jail. -. }
The new great register of Alameda
County will be prepared in great meas
ure on charity. The decree of the Supreme
Court declaring the Election Commission
act unconstitutional has removed the last
hope that the Supervisors might be able
to make an appropriation to pay deputy
clerks for conducting the re-registration.
Now, there is no possibility of help from
that quarter, and County Clerk Jordan
will have to prepare the great register out
of the regular appropriation OF his office.
AS the annual cost of getting out great
register has been about $4,000, the ex-
pertinent OF it being prepared without any
special fund will be watched with great
interest.
AT the present time Clerk Jordan is
swearing in scores of deputy clerks all
over the county, who will work without
pay. They will mostly be keepers OF
stores of known good reputation, who are
glad to attend to registration for the bene-
fit that they may derive from running q
registration office Those deputies are
now being sworn in and the county has
been carefully gone over, so that as soon
as the necessary redlstrictlng has been
done by the Supervisors the work OF regis
tratlon can commence In every town and
city in Alameda County.
"Of course it is not very dignifed for a
rich county like this to appoint lot of
deputies without pay" said Clerk Jordan
to-day, "but there is no alternative. The
whole appropriation for this office would
not get out great register without a
resort TO extraordinary means, and l have
begun this early so that all my regular
deputies can put IN as much time as posi-
bic. The position IS very uncomfortable
one, but see no help for it.
The getting out OF a great register has
always been regarded as arvest field for
the regular political workers of the sin"
party. 1t usually meant that 100 or so of
ward-workers would be employed at 81
per day for one, two or three months, and
have nothing more to do than sit in an
Office and make about half a dozen regis
trations day. When the prospect of OBJ
tanning the periodical soft snap was offered
scores of applicants appeared, and when
the situation was made known there was
a loud howl from "de push" Now the
progress of the registration will be watched
with much interest and there will be many
thousands of dollars saved that has been
usually spent on a small army of deputies.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

between the representatives. of the Uni.
versity of California and Stanford for the
Carnot gold medal, to be held on February
7, gives promise OF being hotly contested
one. a letter was received by Speaker
Dam of the Students Congress to-day
from Benjamin F. Bledsoe, a Stanford
member of the intercollegiate committee,
in which it was stated, with reference to
the coming debate: I'VE have girded un
our loins and are ready for the fray"
Stanford's trio was chosen some time
ago, while Berkeley's men, consisting of NJ !.
c. Flaherty, '96, Theodore de Laguna. 96,
and R. S. Wheeler, '96, with Charles A.
Fryer as substitute, were selected at the
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

IWelttn-street dam as soon as the weather per-
expense.
Mrs 1. w. Allen of 912 Filbert street, SO
years OF age and the mother OF seventeen chill
suicidal mania
catherine Corchoran, aged 65 years. who was
Iounu wandering about half clad and hungry
To Nv Il iieInescal, has been brought to the County
jail one Will De examined as to her sanity.
A meeting of the Mexican aud Union Vet
eLhHS ClrD mas been called by ]. A. Colquhoun,
Inc me president, for z :45 P. NJ next Saturday, the
OF Eighth and Broadway
Tho executor OF the estate of Mrs. Mary B.
ID aauTd, who had sued the Oakland Consolidated
haiiroad Company for $1,000 damages, has
Setued Tor $1,000, and the compromise has
Oeen ratified by the Santa Cruz Superior Court
=, The required changes in the arrangement OF
the study periods at the High school were
made yesterday, so that the school was run on
the iormer closing hour-3:30 o'clock. The
hour. 'O'-'--0 -
The case of E. Mayrisch Jr, who was indicted
by the Grand Jury for the embezzlement of
luDds While employed as deputy In the office
of the Tax Collector came up on the CALENDAR
OF Judge Greene's court to-day. The work of
getting jury IS now in progress
Charles Thompson made futile attempt at
reconciliation with his wife Mary, who re-
Gently brought suit for divorce on the ground
of cruelty. He went to her home in San Lean
dro, where he pleaded. but in vain. Then he
decided not to contest, for default on his
part has been entered in the action.
The new officers of the Oakland Topographic
cal Union are as follows: President. C. D.
Rodgers; vice-president, J. NJ. Stanley; treas
urer, NJ a. McInnis; secretary, w. ]. Coffey !;
sergeant-at-arms, L. E. Alvord; executive COM
mittee-F NJ. Cosgrove, T. G. Duncan, c. E.
Dutton, Ed Klintworth, w. P. Richmond; !;
delegates to Federated Trades-Peter Cook, H.
A. Kletzger, C. D. Rodgers; auditors-J. q.
Cooper, Eugene Johnson, A. J. Reed.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
sent the following circular to all passenger
agents of the Southern Pacific company:

sent the following circular to all passenger
agents of the Southern Pacific company:
The progressive citizens of Phoenix, Ariz.,
have fixed on February 10, 20, 81 and %,
1896, for their second annual midwinter car
nival.
The programme includes Indian and cowboy
sports baseball, football, cricket, tennis, fire.
mems tournament, trotting and running races,
gun club trap shooting, good music, grand
Merol GraS pageant, magnificent trades pa
rade OF costly floats, com petitive militia drill
and unrivaled wild west and Indian exhibi-
tons. For these last, in startling perfection,
PhnnlX can distance the field.
10 see he city OF Phoenix, resting in its re-
hned wealth and beauty on the ruins of an
empire so ancient that it has left written
record or tradition of its glories, surrounded
by llnitless fields of fragrant clover and by
vineyards, groves OF citrus ard orchards OF
for transcontinental trip; but with a super
added gnla-week under such programme,
and railway rates and conditions OF the most
inviting character, large attendance should
be assured.
An agreeable surprise awaits any who may
anticipate want OF reasonable metropolitan
luxurIes.
1t is true, Indians, in barba ric- -colored raj
ment, will be seen in large numbers upon the
streets, but in pleasant contrast with electric
cars, and other evidences of dominant civili-
cation.
In many aspects Phoenix is living tsbleau
OF the transition stage between the picturesque
past and the eSthetic future.
Ihe red man who is untamable by inheri-
tance and the cowboy who is so by choice,
are becoming legendary, and soon viii be
known only on the theatrical stage. Whose
attends the Phoenix midwinter carnival will
see them in native, realistic beauty.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
The Oakland Capitalist Wanted
Only Two Carriages at
His Funeral.
OPPOSED TO ANY osTENTATIoN
Two BequeStS of $1,000 Each and Their
the Estate Was Bequeathed to
the Family.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANcIsco CALL, !
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90S Broadway, Jan. %.
The will of the late Hugh Dimond was
fled for probate this afternoon. The estate
consists of real property in San Francisco.
Oakland, Alameda, Fruitvale, San Mateo.
and in Princeton, Glenn County. The per-
sonal property consists of stock in the
Spring Valley Water Company, household
furniture and cash. The will was signed
August %, 1882, Its principal provisions
are:
give and bequeath to my brother, Neil
Dimond, now residing in Marquette County,
Wis, $4,000 in gold coin.
give and bequeath to my friend Lawrence
Cunntngha $1,000.
give, devise and beaueath all the rest and
residue OF my property, real, personal and
mixed, as follows:
The rents and profits and income thereof, OF
such portions of the same as may be proper in
the Judgment OF my executors, are to be a D
piled, after payment of expenses attending my
property, to the education and maintenance oi
my children, Ellen Sullivan Dimond, Hugh
Sullivan Dimond and Dennis Sullivan DimOnd,
tanned the age OF 2l years. When the youngest
living child shall have attained the age of d
years then all OF my said property and what
ever may remain OF the income and profits OF
the same shall go to my then living child or
children, and TO the issue of any deceased child
or children, IN equal parts.
Being opposed 10 any ostentation ct funerals,
j direct that any funeral over my body shall
take place solely at the house at which my
body may be and a the grave. I further direct
that only hearse and two carriages shall be
furnished for my funeral, and that only the said
two carriages shall accompany he hearse to
the grave.
The executors are c. D. Sullivan, W. F.
Cushman and Lawrence Cunningham.
Only the last named are now living and his
petition accompanies the Will.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
NOT ORDERED TO ENGLAND
Newspaper Reports Concerning
Ballington Booth Officially
Denied.
Soldiers Are Warned Not to Believe in
Salvationist Stories That Are
Not Authentic.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANcrsco CALL, !,

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANc1sco CALI
90S Broadway, Jan. %.
Brigadier J. J. Keppel, commander of
the Pacific Coast division of the Salvation
Army, says that there is no truth in the
telegraphic reports that Commander and
Mrs. Ballington Booth, who command the
Salvation Army in the United States, have
been recalled to London by General Booth
because they were making the American
work too American.
So much publicity was given TO the
story and so many editorial comments
favorable and unfavorable, were made
upon it that an official denial has been
published. Coming at time when the
air is so rife with war news and possible
and impossible international complca-
tions, the publication of the supposed
withdrawal of the National leaders caused
great interest, and was calculated to hurt
the work of the Salvation Army at large.
Commander Ballington Booth is a natural
lied citizen of this country. The official
denial is as follows:
The appearance of telegraphic dispatches in
many OF the coast papers the morning of
January Is stating that Commander and Mrs
Booth were under farewell orders caused much
CONSERVATION to officers and soldiers all
through the division. We can forgive any pa
per which in its eager search for news scizes
upon any statement that has the slightest an
pearanee OF truth, and that sends 1t broadcast
over the country; but when statements that
we know TO be false are made therein, and
when such statements are of C character that
directly reflect upon our beloved veteran gem
erals attitude toward America and Americans
and also upon the loyalty of our faithful COM
manders, we cannot help but believe that the
news must have been gathered from an un-
friendly source.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
DAVE NOT READ OUT.
Chairman Gardner'S Compliment
to Chief Lloyd Had
a Motive.
The Friends of the Mayor Analyze the
Recent Document Which
Was Not Official.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL, !
908 Broadway. Jan. %. (

QUO bIOhuHdy. Jdu 20.
c. E. Gardner. chairman of the City
Populist Committee, says that Mayor
DAVE was not read out of the party, as a
document signed by him and published
two days ago in q San Francisco paper
made it appear. According to Mr.. Gard
ner the Mayor was not read out of the
party and the paper signed by HIM and
two others was merely personal opinion,
and was signed and written at the earnest
solicitation of some one who was anxious
to get up little political controversy on
his own account.
1.-The whole of the communication was
not printed" said Mr.. Gardner to-day,
| "or it would have had different appear
ance. We did not read Mayor Davie out
of the party, because we have no power to
| do so. There was no meeting of the city
! central committee to either authorize or
ratify that expression of opinion. 1t was
/ signed by James Hopkirk, J. f. Paulk and
myself. Although it may represent the
opinion of the party IL was not done with
its sanction and was purely q personal
matter. We should not have written it
had we not been solicited and promised
that whatever we ewrote would be printed.
Mayor Davies friends have different
ment. The compliment paid to Chief of
/ Police Lloyd is robbed somewhat of its
value when it is known that Gardner is
clerk OF the Chief OF Police. which posi-
| ton he holds solely by the grace of Mr..
| Lloyd.
James Hopkirk, another of the signers
who read the Mayor out of the party" is
the man whom Davie appointed as an ex-
pert to examine the new Grant school,
house in the Third Ward. Mr.. Hopkirk
went out and made thorough eXamina-
| ton of the school and compared every de-
tail with the specifications. He found
some startling deiinquencies, and his re-
port created great excitement about three
months ago. There was special meeting
/ of the Board OF Education called and the
| Mayor advised immediate proceedings
! against the contractors.
Superintendent McClymonds of the
| School Department then made the aston
! inspected the Grant School with the plans
of the Sixth Ward school. AS the latter
| building is three times the size of the
| Grant School the differences in the tim
| bers and supports were all explained away
"These things are not bothering me at
| all" said the Mayor to-day. II do not
| have time to pay attention 10 them. Any
| insignificant little coterie of disgruntled
politicians can write what they please, but
! it is only wasting their ink. OF course it is
great pity that these fellows cannot all
! get soft jobs where their most arduous duty
would be to draw their salary. Until such
a happy state of affairs exists there viii be
grumbling. l think if | were Hopkirk l
would not be very anxious to rush into
print, though, for the next few years.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
HENRY RODGERS Story
Professor Hayne Says the Ac.
cused Students Were Per-
fectly Sober.
Practice Work Commenced for the
University Baseball Season.
Burglars at Work.

BERKELEY, CAL, Jan. 23.-HarrY
Rodgers, the academy student who was
given shaking up the other night by a
party of university boys for an alleged in
suit offered to an unprotected young lady,
seems to have placed himself in rather a
peculiar predicament. One of the main
points in Rodgers testimony against the
accused students is that they were in an
intoxicated condition. This they fatty
deny. In support OF their denial they
have the statement of A. ?. Hayne, an in
structor at the university, that the entire
party was in a state of perfect sobriety.
Rod gers SAYS that he can produce proof
that be did not insult any lady or ladies,
and that there were no grounds what
soeyer for the assault other than personal
enmitv.
The three students on whom John Doe
warrants were sworn out appeared before
Judge James this morning to be identified
by Rodgers, but as the accuser did not ap-
pear the trial was set for Friday, jan
uary 81.
Upon the advice Of their attorney, the
arrested students refuse to make any state
ment, further than that Rodgers will be
shown up IN his true light at the trial.
First Work on the Diamond.
The first practice work of the baseball
season by the university students was done
this afternoon. Captain Johnson and
about twenty other men spent an hour on
the field batting and catching, and other
wise getting their muscles into trim. As
soon as the ground Is sufficiently dry regu-
lar training will be commenced. The
teams are not as yet fully organized, but
It is understood that the freshman class
contains number of men who will fur
nish several surprises before the season is
over.
After Carpenters Tools.
BERKELEY, CAL, Jan. 23.-About 500
worth of carpenters tools belonging to w.
G. Morser and T. 0. Sprague, two Oakland
craftsmen, were stolen last night from a
house which is being built at the foot of
Chapel street. A crowbar and pickax
were also stolen from the house which
Contractor Estee is putting up at the cor
ner of Chapel and Bancroft.
1t is supposed that but one man was
interested in the robbery on account of the
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
THE STANFORD DEBATERS.
Cathcart, Sheldon and Ross Will
Uphold the Cardinal In the
Carnot Contest.


Garnet Contest.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL, Jan.
23-The following facts may be interest
ing concerning the debaters who have
been selected to represent Stanford in
the regular annual debate against Berke-
ley.
A. NJ. Cathcart has long been connected
here with debating societies, and made
mark in his sophomore year as power
full debater. He possesses a peculiarly in
dividual knack for driving his facts
through all opposition. In taking up a
subject he goes at it without gloves-know-
ing he understands it himself be simply
forces it on the minds of listeners. His
delivery is not particularly noticeable for
elegance, but rather force. He leaves the
facts. clearly stated, to answer for them
selves.
II. D. Sheldon learned the rudiments of
the debate before coming to the university.
While here however, he has increased in
skill and in reputation as q good strong
speaker. His uUterance is rapid, for the
points seem to come on his mind faster
than he can state them; yet he is not pre-
cipitate. He leaves no bridges behind,
but covers his retreat well. He is shrewd
in selecting his defenses and skillful in
protecting himself from attack. He is
vigorous, clear and practical, thinks rap
idly and talks huently.
j. NJ Ross is no novice in the college
forum. tie has taken part In all the
society debates and differs from Stanford's
other representatives. IN the fact that he is
slower anu possibly more calculating. He
goes at his subject deliberately and deter
minedly. Every step he takes is taken
with caution. His presence is much in
his favor, his enunciation clear and dis
tinct. Mr.. Ross has never yet taken part
in an intercollegiate debate, but he is
thoroughly we'll fitted for the position of
honor and will prove source OF strength
to Stanford's trio.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

the remark, "Bnt suppose after all, Dan
th at it is not gold"
''No doubt of it. said Teeter. awe ex-
hibited it for sixteen years and It's value
has never been questioned"
''But it is possible that it may be a
fraud" said Fielder Suppose we 60 in
here into Bemis' and have it tested
Teeter was more than willing, and into
the jewelry-store went the little party.
The jeweler examined the nugget suspi.
ciousIy and placed it in pair of scales.
which required nearly every pennyweieht
in the house to bring about the required
balance. Next it was put under nitric
acid test and no sooner did the fluid touch
it than it turned pretty bluish-green. But
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

final of the preliminaries last evening.
The three first-named men are all members
of the senior class, while the substitute
Fryer is a freshman. The fact that a
freshman has even secured the place of a
substitute is considered quite remarkable
IN college debating circles, as ne is the first
one who has ever even had the place of a
second on any of the intercollegiate
speaking contests.
Fryer is the son of DR.. John Fryer, the
newly elected professor of Oriental Ian
guages at the university, who is at present
in Shanghai, China, IN the Government
employ. The young debater prepared for
college at the Oakland high school and
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
MRS. SANFORD'S INJURIES
They Are Quite Serious, Though
It Is Not Believed
Dangerous.
A Burglar Missing When His Case
Is Called in the Superior
Court.

ALAMEDA, CAL, Jan. 23.-Mrs. J. W.
Sanford, who fell from the upper window
OF her residence on Cedar street yesterday
during excitement over fire in the din
ing-room, is seriously injured. One of her
legs was broken and an ankle sprained.
She was for a time unconscious. Mrs.
Sanford was in the upper story when she
became aware of the fire in the lower story.
She ran to the window and in her excite
ment at first intended to Jump out, but
changed her mind while in the act and
clung to the windowsill until her strength
failed, when she let go and fell distance
of fifteen feet.
An Interesting Event.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Jan. %. - The Ia
dies OF the Unitarian church are to give a
concert on the 30th of January, the prin-
cIpal features of which will be the singing
of Willis Bachelor, tenor; Miss Margaret
Gaskill, soprano; Miss Helen Anderson,
pianist, and Richard E. Yarndley, 'ceIlist,
together with the Reliance Glee Club in a
repertoire. Miss Elizabeth Westgate will
be the accompanist. The programme is
pretentlous and will be most important
musical event in Alameda.
Won't Call for Their Money.
ALAMEDA, CAL, JAM 23.-The Encinal
Bank of Alameda went out of existence
six months ago, but there are two deposit
ors who have not appeared to claim their
money. They are Kate Duley and Neils
Anderson, and the most searching per-
sonal inquiry on the part of the Bank of
Alameda, which succeeded to the business
of the retiring bank, has failed to locate
them.
Foreclosure Suit.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Jan. 23.-The Encinal
Bank has entered suit in the Superior
Court to foreclose a mortgage for $1,000 on
the property Oh the north line OF San An
tonic avenue, so feet west of Walnut
street The defendant is the wife of one
of the plaintiffs in the famous stopover
suits, and If the final decision in the litiga-
Company he will recover on his MANY
suits a total sum approaching 100000.
A Burglar Missing.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Jan. 23.-Richard
Lane who month ago was arrested by
Constable Won Kapff and charged with
burglary at Mrs. Wilhelmi's dwelling
on Santa Clara avenue, did not appear
whe called Wednesday for trial IN Judge
Greene's court. HIS bail was declared for
feited.
a Mothers Complaint.
ALAMEDA, Call. Jan. 23.-Mrs. Annie
Lefko caused warrant to be issued TODAY
for the arrest of her 15-year-old daughter.
Carrie. The mother alleges that the
daughter is inclined to be wayward and to
run around too much, and she wants her
placed in the Salvation Army Home
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
DANIEL TEETER'S NUGGET,
After Sixteen Years 1t Was
Found to Be Not Worth
a Nickel.
Arthur Feidler'S Cruel Persistency
Results in an Unpleasant
Discovery.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL |


Arthur Feidler, the well-known Liver
more politician, made discovery few
days ago that resulted in his old friend
Dan Teeter now regarding him with a
CLASSY eye.
Dan Teeter is prominent man of Liver
more, and has been for over a score of
years. For the past sixteen years he has
been the possessor of a very large gold
nugget. 1t has always adorned his shirt
front and has been greatly admired. Hun
dreds of times he has been compelled to
give history of the chunk of gold. He
still owns it, but he is not so proud of it as
of yore. Arthur FeidIer has made the un-
pleasant discovery that all that glitters is
not gold.
One day last week while Teeter was tell
ing q number of eager listeners how he
gave a poor fellow s. for the nugget many
years ago, Arthur Fielder interposed with
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
CLOSE OF AN ACTIVE LIFE,
Death of F. A. Archibald, a Well
Known Insurance Man
ager.
NOTED AS A PUBLIC SPEAKER.
His Literary Abilities Gained for Him
in Early Life Many Honorary
Degrees.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL,
QUS Broadway Ian O.

F. A. Archibald, general manager of the
Pacific Coast department of the Union
Central Life Insurance Company, died at
his home, 966 Eighteenth street, this
evening. For ten months he lad been ill
from affections of the stomach and for the
past two weeks there had been 20 hope of
recovery held out by the physicians.
Mr.. Archibald has teen with the Union
Central for about nine years. the first two
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

was editor of the Egis during his senior
year. He made the address in behalf of
the scholars at the dedication of the new
high school building. Fryer is at present
in his nineteenth year.
The debate this year is at Stiles Hall, in
Berkeley. The medal went to Stanford
last year, but the new University OF Cali
fornia team say that they will give the
wearers of the cardinal hard fight for it
this season.