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New-York tribune., 1896-12-27

few years ago. know tha. saOonkeep'r- put them
I'm az considerable expense and then allowed people
10 PLAY wiihou; charge. All the profit they had was
in the beer which was sold To the players. Then
a club was organized and took the alley for
nigh- in INC week The membership grew rapidly
all the members could not be accommodated on
one evening and an overflow section engaged the
place for another night. and 50 the thing grew
,utu one alley became fotr and every of them
was engaged from early in the fall until late in
sorinc"
BOWLING UPTOWN AND DOWN
The experience Of the downtown restaurant keep
or finds a repetition I'm many places In the upper
part OF New-York and although many bowling
alleys have been fitted up there are few places va
can't at any time during the season. Men OF husi-
moss and professional men. old and Young. meet al
these bowling games matches and tournaments.
and the presence of women and the fact that they
are equally Interested and become equally expert
adds A. the popularity Of the bowling clubs.
20. course" sed enthusiastic bowler. "our
fayorIfe sport has suffered through the bicycle and
many o. our ner Of and two Years ago have
deserted on that account. bu, believe they Will
return and confess that there is more enjoyment
10 be gained from bowling in good company In
comfortable place. with good things to eat and
drink near by than by whrling In an uncertain
road alone or with some one with whom you can't
fnc time 10 talk
with the possible exception OF billiards. bowling
10 probably the most popular OF the many indoor
snorts I'M, there are others which have ardent ad-
r,irers whose enthusiasm IL contagious and brings
recruits 10 the ranks OF the sport every season
The game Of hockey IL one which has gained much
N popuariiy In the last four years and since there
have been inclosed skating Kinks where II could be
played.
we used 10 call IL Ice shinny' when | was a
hoy - said a man whose love for sport was In re.
"----.-- ------- with bis suvery beard and We
New-York tribune., 1896-12-27
BERNHaRDT WRITES A PLAY.
SIZE rs ALSO AT WORK on a BUST OF
cApDOY'

Sarah Bernhardt appears Just now TO be under
going a considerable accession OF artistic activity.
She is making bust and she has written a play.
The bust Is Of Sardou and she admits that he Is
not altogether good model IT is so hard TO get
him keep still But she succeeds I'm doing Il. she
says. and he makes up for his enforced period Of
quiet al the subsequent rehearsal
In this respect. according to the playwright
painter scuptor-actress Sardou is very different
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
.ELOPEO FROM ALAMEDA,
Annie Francis, a Girl of Fif-
teen Years, Runs
Away.
It Is Supposed That She Has Married
Edward Cowell-Search by
the Police.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANcrsco CALL, /

OAKLAND OFFICE DAN + FRANCISCO CALL,l
90S Broadway, Feb. 3.
This city and Alameda were secured to-
night by relatives and friends of Annie
Francis of Alameda, 15-year-old girl who
is supposed to have eloped with Edward
Oowell, young man about q years of age.
Mrs. Francis has watched the progress of
the love affairs of the young couple for
some weeks, and she suspected that they
were planning marriage. Miss Annie
made no secret of her attachment for
young Cowell, but it was not supposed she
would run away According to the re-
ports of the girls relatives Annie had
some valuable iewelry, and as IL has disap-
peared at intervals it is supposed that she
has sold it to help out the financial end of
what her mother says is an elopement.
Annie's father is ship-captain and is
away from home most of the time.
Annie obtained situation, but yester-
day her mother learn ed that she had gone
with young Cowell.
A systematic search was commenced
this afternoon, as the girl had been alb
sent since yesterday. Mrs. Francis applied
to the County Clerk to see whether mar
riage license had been issued. No license
had been taken out in this county. A
visit was made to the Humane Society,
and Mrs. Francis told her story of Annie's
elopement and asked for assistance in To-
eating her. The usual methods were fol-
lowed, but nothing could be learned of the
missing girl or Cowell.
A visit was made by the girls friends to
the Sheriff's Office and orders were issued
to intercept any one answering the given
description. Then the aid Of the police
was invoked, but nothing was learned of
the youthful couple in Oakland, and it was
concluded that they must have gone across
the bay.
No license was issued tn them in San
Francisco, and it is supposed that they.
have gone ia rther away. Mrs. Francis is
convinced that they are married and is
anxious 10 know where her daughter is To-
Gated. The girl looks older than she is,
but hardly as though she had reached the
legal age of eighteen.
Edward Cowell, with whom the missing
girl is supposed to have eloped, is dIessy
young man, about % years of age, and is
well-known about Alameda. Annie's
father is expected to return from a voyage
shortly and her mother says it will break
his heart to find his daughter gone.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
sHArTUCK wITHDRAws.
His wilmerding School Site Offer oper
No Longer.

His Wilmerding School Site Offer Open
No Longer.
OAKLAND, CAL, Feb. 3.-F. K. Shat
tuck has withdrawn his offer of a block of
land in Berkeley for the Wilmerding
School site. When asked for his reason
to-day he said:
Something over six months ago l ad-
dressed letter to Albert Miller, one of
the regents of the University of California
and chairman of that body's committee
to select site for the Wilmerding School.
offering to them the site referred to, and
to this day have never received any
acknowledgment of the letter or offer.
Lad concluded they did not want it; SO
last week l wrote him referring to this
fact and concluding by saying took their
silence as meaning that they preferred
some other site, so would Withdraw my
offer. That is the situation at present.
In response to a letter sent to Mr.. Hill
born week ago to-day the following tele-
gram was to-day received:
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 3.-Put me down
on your hundred-doliar list TO secure to Oak
land the Wilmerding Trades School.
S. g. HIfBoRN
OF the original $100 subscribers On ex-
Mayor w. r. Davis list fully one-haIf
bave decided to double their subscriptions
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04

turers have lost faith in the management
of the Mechanics Institute said Mr.
Keller to-day. I'VE have not been fairly
treated, and in fact / know of scores of
manufacturers who will never again pat
ronize the Mechanics fair.
ssOur company placed and maintained a
working exhibit of shirt factory at the
fair. Those are the most expensive kind
of exhibits, because we had to pay for ex-
ira help, and for meals and transportation
for our workers. It cost US hundreds of
dollars and was very attractive corner
of the fair. There were some things which
| wished to explain to the judges when
they made their inspection of exhibits.
wrote and asked for that privilege. I was
told that / would be duly informed of the
time and would be accorded the privilege
asked. | knew nothing more till l was in
formed that we had been awarded the
highest diploma for dressing We were
indignant, and informed the directors that
the diploma was farce, as there was no
such exhibit as that named in the cata-
logqe.
complaint. 1 met the committee, and
about two months after the fair closed
was told that the matter had been recon-
sdered and had been awarded the high
est diploma for our entire exhibit.
waited a few days for the diploma, and as
IL QlQ not COME dRdlu Wcut 10 the C1Ly. i
said that exhibitors made the fair, and
that they had the rightto reap all the BEN
efits from it. We wanted our diploma to
hang in the Oakland Exposition that
opened on Decemb Der 16, ana we were anx-
ious to have it. saw the secretary and
he told me that the diplomas were in the
hands of the engraver, and were to be ready
that day. We called up the photographers
and they said they were just sending a
bundle of diplomas to the Office. I waited
till they came and then took the wording
of it for use. The secretary told me that
he would have them signed right away
and would send them out, left feeling
somewhat satisfied.
"On December IA I received letter from
the secretary and he said: The diplomas
that you saw the day you were here are not
satisfactory and will have to be changed.
We are sorry to disappoint you, but will
send diploma as soon as possible
"That letter came on December H. three
months after the fair closed, and as have
heard nothing more, / conclude that they
are still sorry. / have lost ell interest in
the diploma now. and am perfectly indif-
ferent as to whether it comes or not.
81 am not alone in this matter, for I be-
lisye that hundreds of manufacturers feel
the same as do
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
SAYS THEY READ POORLY.
Rev. George Gibson Scores His
Brethren's Pulpit De-
pertinent.
Californian Ministers Listen Meekly,
While Their Oratory Is
Derided.

The mem bers of the Baptist Ministerial
Union received number of hints on pull
pit department Yesterday morning from
Rev. ]. George Gibson of Emmanuel Baptist
Church. There was a very full attendance,
and the eminent gentlemen listened with
politeness, though not with complacency.
while Mr.. Gibson criticized them fer using
manuscript instead of preaching extern
pore. He.also expressed strong dlsapproyal
of the grammar, pronunciation and gen.
eral methods of pulpit oratory which pre-
walls in America, particularly on the Pa
cific Coast.
Mr.. Gibson, with rich accent which at
once proclaimed him as hailing from the
banks of the Firth of Forth, vigorously at
tackled the English of his American breth-
rem, assuming himself the position of a
man whose lips are well of English unde-
filed, and whose gestures bristle with
eloquence and grace. He regretted in
touching terms that so many Baptist min
listers in California lessen their efficiency.
by using manuscript in the pulpit.
"a II the great preachers have been talk
ers," he said. and after intimating that he
himself shared Sturgeon and other pulpit
orators fiuency in the use of the tongue.
he went on to ridicule the hesitancy, want
VI pIcCiSiOD, NduI OI system ana want OF
thought that characterize so many Califor-
mia preachers. who, he said. are also in the
habit of adjusting style of voice that
kills effect.
II SO often see" he sale, "that preacher
does not know how TO use his hands or his
feet, or TO turn his mouth around. I urge
you to try to acquire the art of speaking
beautifully and naturally in public''
Rev. Mr.. Boynton enumerated the min
listers of the Baptist Union, stating that
almost without exception they are in the
habit OF speaking extempore. He also
quietly and firmly drew attention TO a few
of Mr.. Gibson's North Country pecuiari.
ties of speech, such as t'gud" for good,
and asked whether the pastor OF Emman-
uel Church had used the expression "on
the spot of the moment" advertantly, or
merely as flower of speech.
Rev. w. L. Jordan intimated that if Mr.
Gibson turned his attention to criticizing
the dialects of England he would find no
rest for the sole of his foot.
Rev. Robert Whitaker remarked:
brother Gibson's talk this morning has
been disorderly and desultory. He would
have spoken better if ne had used a man
uscript. Fools rush in where angels fear
TO tread and have found great many
extemporaneous preachers who rushed
in"
Rev. E. III. Hayden gracefully thanked
his brother Gibson for his rating of the
California ministers. If there was tinge
of sarcasm in the thanks it was not ap-
parent on the surface.
In closing the discussion, Rev. G. Gibson
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
A Story Of the Foothills Told
Yesterday in an Oakland
Court.
THE HOUSE LONG UNTENANTED.
Meagher Committed Suicide and His
Wife Became InSane-The
Place Now Avoided.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL,l
90S Broadway Feb g 1896

S0o broadway, Feb. g. 1896.
A curious story developed during the
hearing of the Meagher estate case to-day.
1t was the story of haunted house, of
the people who lived in it being driven in
sane and of an estate that has been eaten
up to the last penny by dozen years of
administration.
Twelve years ago old John Meagher
passed away. He had lived in his house,
on his own property, about mile this side
OF Haywards and about midway between
the electrician track and the sloping hill
SIDE. He was thrifty rancher, but trou-
Die OF different kinds pressed heavily on
ms mind and rendered him despondent,
lie lived in the house with his wife, but
there were no children, and from chance
remarks dropped by Meagher the absence
of boys and girls from the family hearth
helped to bring about the feeling of indif-
terence that he felt toward all the world.
The final straw that broke the desire to
live any longer will never be learned, but
one morning nearly fourteen years ago
Mrs. Meagher arose to discover that her
husband had taken his life.
The effect OF the tragic discovery on the
wife was To shock her reason. She became
violently hysterical and after three days,
as there was no improvement, she was
pronounced insane. She was sent to Napa
Asylum and the cloud upon her intellect
has never been lifted. She is an old
woman now and an attorney who visited
her recently says she is of docile dlspo-
sition except when her mind reverts to
the fearful event that dethroned her rea-
son and then she has to be restrained
After Mrs. Catherine Meagher was taken
away friends went into the house and
tidied up the furniture. Then the door
was locked and as there were no heirs
Louis Gottshall, who was then Public Ad-
ministrator. took possession of the estate.
Some years ago Chinaman got into The
house and next day he was discovered in
the hills insane. He told wild story of
visions and noises that he had seen and
heard in the hohse, and as his experience
had evidently ruined his reason he, too,
was sent to an asylum.
The place was rendered more mysterious
by a party of young men who, knowing
the reputation of the place, went there
one dark night and burned blue lights and
exploded firecrackers.
Attorney w. III. Waste was ordered by
the court TO sell the property some time
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
NO DIPLOMAS RECEIVED.
Exhibitors Have Grievances
Against the Mechanics
Institute.
Three Months After the Show Closed
Letter Expressing Sorrow
Was Received.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,l
903 Broadway. Feb. 3.

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALI
908 Broadway, Feb. 3.
There is a general grievance against the
directors Of the Mechanics Institute,
San Francisco, because of the fact that
the exhibitors who were awarded di-
plomas on September. IA of last year have
as yet received no certificate of award
The fortunate exhibitors who moved their
Mechanics Institute exhibits to the Oak
land Exposition were anxious to display
their diplomas at the Tabernacle, but were
unable to procure them. Neither have
they yet been forwarded. The manner OF
making the awards is also seriously ques-
toned, and Oaklands commercial bodies
have concluded that their exhibits at in.
this side of the bay.
The recent disagreement between the
Mechanics Institute and the Manufacture
ers' Association has been watched on this
side OF the bay and grievances freely aired.
The objection most forcibly made comes
lfr)m the Keller Company, whose expert
ence With the Mechanics Institute was
told to-day by the president of that con-
Germ. nj. j. Keller is vice-president
of the San Francisco Manufacturers Asso-
citation and also president of the Oakland
Board of Trade. His story was borne out
by the various notices and letters that he
ance of hundreds of exhibitors. At the
Oakland Exposition the diplomas were
given to exhibitors on the closing night of
the show. The Mechanics Institute fair
directorate has not yet awarded its
diplomas, although nearly five months
have passed since the fair was closed.
1T IS not surprising that the manufac-
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
HELD UP HIS FATHER.
Harry Meyer Arrested for Taking a
$1,000 Diamond From the Oak
land Capitalist.

OAKLAND, CAL, Feb 3.--Harry Meyer
was arrested tonight at the instance OF
his father for stealing diamond stud val
ued at $1,000.
Meyer, who is 80 years of age, met his
father on the street at o'clock tonight
and snatchcd the diamond from his shirt
front and ran off. A few hours afterward
he was arrested on Eighth and Broadway
by Policeman Morrison and locked up.
Morrison saw him come out of pawnshop
and inquiry showed that Meyer had
offered TO sell the diamond for $40.
Meyers father is the capitalist known
as '.Eureka' Meyer on account OF his own
ing the Eureka block.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
HISTORY OF A DAY.
Alameda County Happenings Told in
Short Chapters.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL
906 Broadway, Feb. 3.
The Alvarado people have had TO resort to
boats to get about town since the big storm.
The Main-street bridge at Pleasanton was
partly washed away during the recent rains.
The will of James Sinclair of Warm Springs
leaves an estate of $120,000 TO his widow for
life, and on her death it is to go to his nine
children in equal shares.
The Oakland Water Company has decided to
east of Broadway and between Booth street on
the north and Amethyst On the south.
resolution fixing the road polltax at 50
from February 3 TO July 81, 1885, and from
that date to December 81 at So, on male
citizens between 2l and So, was passed.
Tomorrow evening there is to be an ami
versary celebration at the First Presbyterian
Church to mark the rounding out of five wears
OF efficient service as pastor BY Rev. DR.. r. f.
Coyle.
Postmaster P. II. McCfoud of the Point station.
and Letter-carrier G. +. Collyer is Temporarily
filing the vacancy. McCloud is too partial to
the flowing bowl.
County Clerk Frank G; Jordan presented the
receipt OF. County Auditor M. A. Whidden
showing that he had turned over to that
official fees TO the amount of $2539 80 for the
month OF January.
The Junior Order of American Mechanics
give an entertainment tomorrow evening 81
Fraternal Hall under the auspices of the Joint
councils. Their State convention is to be held
in this city on March 3.
Blanche Bisbee, 15-year-old miss, was COM
mitted to the Whittier Reform School yester-
day by Judge Greene The girls parents sepa-
rated about seven years ago, and since then She
has been running wild.
C. +. Vangoes, a freight conductor, died at
sacramento yesterday from opium poisoning.
He was % years old and member of Liberty
Lodge, X. of p, of Oakland. His mother and
sister reside in West Oakland.
Messrs. Smith and Dunn, representing the
Pacific Creamery Company, are in town trying
to organize creamery company in Livermore
They are making good headway and expect to
begin the erection of the plant in a few days.
c, H. Haswell, general delivery clerk of the
Oakland postoffiee was chosen first yice-presi-
dent of the local branch of the National Asso-
citation OF Postofi.ce Clerks at their annual
meeting, held Thursday evening in San Fran
cisco.
Professor yoniHirsch has pleaded not guilty.
10 being cruel to his stepdaughter and en-
ployed Attorney Button to defend him. This
morning the case was called In the Police
Court and went over to February 3 to be set
for trial
The Christian Endeavor Society of the First
Church will give hard time
social In the church. corner Chester street and
Central avenue in Alameda, on the evening of
February 2S. fine progra mme will be rem
dered and refreshments will be served. For
the benefit OF the society.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04

section if suitable terms can be. reached
with the Town Board. The Trustees will
meet next Thursday evening for the pur-
pose of further discussing the matter.
Disease Germs in Vegetables.
BERKELEY, CAL, Feb. 3.-The class
In bacteriology at the university, under
the direction of Professor Woodwork, is
conducting series of experiments with
the view to determining whether the con-
lecture that certain diseases are brought
into homes through vegetables is true.
The methods being used by them are
simple, consisting merely of planting
vegetables in media favorable to the
growth of bacteria, inoculating the roots
with germs and determining the results.
The Next Blue and Gold.
BERKELEY, CAL, Feb. 3.-Plans are
well under way for the issuance of '97's
Blue and Gold, which is expected to ap-
pear on the day of the intercollegiate ath-
letlc contest, about April !. Editor Case
says that the book will be similar in gen.
efal appearance to that of last year. except
Ing that 1T will be somewhat larger. The
trontispiece is to be picture of Professor
Charles M. Gayley, who has written
collection of about thirty college songs,
which are to be issued with the Blue and
Gold, but under separate cover.
Crescent's Ladies' Night.
BERKELEY, CAL, Feb. 3.-The Cres-
cent Athletic Club will give ladies' night
entertainment next Thursday evening at.
their clubrooms. Elaborate preparations
are being made for the event.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04

In Europe the ordinary color for mourn
ing is black, which, being the privation of
light, is supposed to denote the termina-
tion of life. In China, it is white, the
emblem of purity, which color was the
mourning of the ancient Spartan and
Roman ladies. In Egypt it is yellow, which,
representing the color of leaves when they
fall, and flowers when they fade, signifies
that death is the end of all human hopes.
In Ethiopia, brown, which denotes the
earth.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04

council chamber. Each of the Trustees sat
before new desk, which was quite con-
trast to the tables in the old room, Each
table is provided with an incandescent
electric light and the desk of Chairman
Forderer is on raised platform. The
room is large one, and there is ample
space for the lobby.
The contract for additional boilers and
engine for the electric-light plant was
awarded to A. S. Fish, whose bid was
$15,502. The contract for the building was
not awarded.
all the ex-city officials and the present
officials to the dedlcatory exercises, which
will be held in the new City Hall Febru-
ary 13.
Charged With burglary.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Feb. 3.-The two men
who were arrested in Oakland last Satur-
DAY by the Alameda police and CHARGED
with having burgiarized the schooner
Prosper at the old narrow-gauge landine
will have their preliminary examination
before Justice Morris tomorrow morning
The value of the goods which they stole is
estimated at $4G0.
A Musical Comedy.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Feb. "a musical
comedy entitled "Open Session of the Infiu-
entail Order of Bon Bons" will bu pre-
sented Tuesday evening, February Is, in
Linderman Opera-house by the ladies of
Unity Circle, Unitarian Church. r. q.
Davis is the author of the comedy and
Theodor Vogt the composer of the music.
An Injured Eye.
ALAMEDA. CAL, Feb. 3.-Aupustns
Howard, an inventor of this city, is threat.
ened with the loss of his left eve. While
in his workshop q small piece of steet
became lodged in the ball, and Mr.. Howard
is unable to have it extracted. He suffers
great agony from it,
A Lecture Postponed.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Feb. 3.-Tbe lec+rre
that Captain Morse, for many years m aster
of the steamship Alameda, was to deliver
in this city for the benefit OF the Alamsda
High School Library, has been indefinitely
postponed.
An Address by Mrs. Cooper.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Feb. 3.-Mrs. Sarah
B. Cooper will address the Mothers and
Teachers Club this afternoon at 3 o,ciocL
at the Park-street M. E. Church. Her snh-
ject will be "The Moral Education of Chill
dren."
A Paris advertising agent. who recently
painted the front of his estab abiishment
brilliant red. has been sued for damages
by milliner, a jeweIer and silk mer-
chant, having stores opposite, ON the
ground that the reflection Of color makes il
impossible fer their customers to dis.
tinguish the colors of the goods they wish
to buy.