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field for several months in the interests of
the WON an-suffrage campaign. At pres
ent she is in Tulare County.
Miss Severance's quaint, pithy style is
shown by the naive way in which she told
the story of her life to some friends re-
Gently. She said:
I was born in Cazenovia, N. Y, and edu-
Gated in Oneida Conference Seminary at that
place. My life has been mostly spent as a
teacher, commencing at 16 and "boarding
round" q school that implanted the seeds Of
woman suffrage, though they did not sprout
until later and the plant was unlabeled still
longer. In 1857 graduated and Immediately
went as preceptress to Ellington Academ y
Chautauqua County, N. Y: In 1852 came to
California, teaching over five years in San Jose
Institute. In 1868 I removed to Gilroy, at
which place had private school for eighteen
years. fitting many pupils for college and for
teachers AS soon my latent suffrage senti-
ment blossomed and became recognized it i'm
mediately fruited. 1 felt that work must fol-
low conviction and endeavored to make up for
tardiness in commencing. AS soon as the
National Woman's Christian Temperance
Union Endorsed franchise l Joined. our State
not having then adopted that department. 1
am only ashamed that did not help before.
In 1886 franchise was adopted by the Cali
fornia Womans Christian Temperance Union
and l was made State superintendent. For
some time there was a division of sentiment
but have always believed that tolerance and
reason are our only weapons, and that it is bad
Christianity, as we'll as bad policy, to refuse to
opponents the fairness which we demand for
ourselves, so there has never been other than
friendly disagreement within our ranks and
even that has now ceased. We are one so far
as know, in recognizing the power of the bal
lot and the duty of woman to secure choice
in her environment, a chance to use her tai
ents to promote what she knows Is right.
have come to feel that it is the first Christian
duty of women to secure the means to do their
duty; that he who can promote right and will
not is just as good as she who cannot because
OF political bonds. and does not want the
chance.
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No building has been done, hardly any
property has changed hands and the num-
ber OF vacant houses has increased This
has been due in measure to the fre-
quently circulated reports that the South
ern Pacific intended to remove it's shops
and take revenge On the district by with
drawing the particular class of workmen
who now support it.
Many of these rumors have been with
out foundation. but they have had q
marked effect for evil, and those interested
In that territory are anxious to know just
| where they stand.
1t was for the purpose of developing this
section of town that has boen so long neg
| lected that the West Oakland Improveme ent
| ment was recently formed. One of its first
acts was to invite Manager Krutschnitt
before them TO ask about the intention of
the railroad. The invitation was accepted.
and next tuesdays meeting will be one of
great interest. The objects of the organiza-
ton are the extension OF such measures
as may be for the welfare of those portions
of the city where the club memb bers reside
and own property. Among the plans
outlined for immediate consideration is
the extension of Wood street to A street.
An effort will also be made to extend
Wood street to the Oakland Trotting PARK,
and, with the aid of the West Berkeley
Improvement Club, which is working from
the other side, to obtain a splendid drive
way from West Oakland to West Berkeley.
Steps will be taken toward securing the
filling in of the marsh, so as to make it
available for manufacturing sites. The
club will also work for park.
The officers OF the club are George J. w.
Stark, president; ]. G. Bullock, vice presi-
dent; c. L. Wines, secretary; Louis Hut
schmidt, treasurer.
The meeting next Tuesday night will be
in Hansens Hall.
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The Turn of Napoleon,s Fortune.

If there be time when the turn of Ma
poleon's fortunes is evident it is the spring
of 1903. Between the determination to
com plete his system of commercial offense
in Western Europe and the contem pt
which he entertained for the Spanish
throne, he fell into a deadly snare-that OF
despising Spanish nationality. With the
first manifestation OF national sentiment
in Spain began the process which erded
in his overthrow; Spain, Prussia and Aus
principle and organizing power resid e
after all in the people. This consciousness
once awakened the longing for unity grew
to be passion with them as it had been
with France, their dynasties became the
ministers of the popular will, the forces of
modern life were set free aud the over
throw of Napoleonie Imperialism became
only matter of time.-''Life Of Napo-
leon," in the Century.
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CAUGHT IN THE BOOM.
A. T. Hatch, Fruit Raiser, Is Sold Out
by the Sheriff


by the Sheriff.
OAKLAND, CAL, April 16.-A. T. Hatch.
the well-known fruit-raiser, of Fruityale
entered into contract with Sherman CLAW
e. Co., whereby he was to buy twenty and
one-third acres for $50, 800 so, to be paid in
three equal installments in three, five and
seven years from July %, 1888, with inter
est from that date al per cent on each
installment. He kept the interest up to
September 25, 1892, except $2371 46, and
gave a note for that sum.
The plaintiffs alleged in a complaint
filed August 3. 1895, that they stood at all
times ready to carry out their part of the
contract, but that when they demanded OF
defendant that he pay the money he posi-
lively and curtly refused to pay the said
purchase money and perform the condi-
tions and obligations on his part: that he
had forfeited part of the contract Of i"o mr., ne
chase and would have no more to do with
the matter
Hatch in his answers set UP that the
price agreed upon was in excess of the true
value. AT various times he paid S13. 452 %
and on July %. 1898, he notified plaintiff
that he elected and did terminate the
agreement, which he claims was one of
the provisions OF the deal, and asked that
the notes be cancelled for the remainder.
The court found upon the trial that
plaintiffs were entitled to Judgment for
$67, ,139 95, principal and interest from Sen
tember 25, 1892, at 7 per cent and entered
an order of sale March IA, 1896.
The property was sold by the Sheriff to-
day and was BID in by plaintiffs for 500. 600
This leaves deficiency against Hatch of
$47 139 96
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Bentley of the Trinity Methodist Church
has been granted three months vacation
by the official board, and will leave for the
East and for Europe next Monday. A
special service will be held at the church
next Sunday morning, at which the good
wishes of the congregation will be ex-
tended to their pastor before his de-
parture.
Wants Them to Play.
BERKELEY, CAL, April 16.-The man.
agement of the Columbia Theater has in
vited the student amateur actors and
actresses, who took part in Syle's adapta.
ton of Congreve's "Love for Love-" last
Monday evening in Berkeley, to repeat tn e
performance in San Francisco on Friday
evening. May l.
The players ave not yet decided whether
they will accept the invitation or not.
Will Meet the Faculty.
BERKELEY, CAL, April 16.-The senior
class of the university has begun to make
manifest preparations for graduation. To-
morrow morning the faculty committee
on graduation will meet all those who ex-
pect TO take degree this spring for the
consideration OF their standing, and OF
such other matters as concerns their COM
pletion of the college course.
Officers for Next Year.
BERKELEY, CAL, April 16-A meet
ing of the General Athletic Association
and of the Associated Students has been
called Tor tomorrow afternoon, at which
their respective officers for the coming
year will be nominated. The election Of
officers for both will occur on next Tues.
day.
DIR. Jordan Will Preside.
BERKELEY, CAL, April 16.-President
David Starr Jordan OF Stanford University
has been chosen to preside at the inter
collegiate debate which takes place in San
Francisco on the 25th inst, Governor
Budd having been unable to accept the
invitation.
Orchestral Society Concert.
BERKELEY, CAL, April 16. - The
Berkeley Orchestral Society, composed of
forty performers, rendered the third of
their spring concerts this evening at Shat
tuck Hall under the direction of AIexan-
der Stewart.
Stiles Hall Benefit.
BERKELEY, CAL, April 16.-Grenyille
Kleiser, reader and impersonator of some
note, gave a reading from Dickens "Our
American Cousins" tonight at Stiles Hall
for the benefit of the hall sustaining fund.
Varsity VS.. Acme.
BERKELEY, CAL. April 16.-The Acme
Athletic Club baseball nine will play the
University of California team at 8 o'clock k
tomorrow afternoon on the Berkeley dia.
mond.
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Church Bells and Dinner Bells,

Children are altogether unique and
original in deep philosophical questions.
The debonaire manner i'm which they ran'
der opinions is refreshing TO the adult
mind. A bright little girl of my acquain t.
ance resides out in Fourth avenue with
her parents in a large poarding-house. On
pleasant afternoons the boarders usually
sit out on the portico to await the sum
mons to supper, the signal of which is the
loud ringing of bell. She was on the
portico when the bell rang, and her mother
said:
"Come, now, Mrs. Blank is calling us ali
to supper
As the little one was about to grasp her
mothers hand she heard neighbor-
ing church bell. She paused, and ex-
claimed thoughffully:
Mamma, is God calling all his angels
to come to superb
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pills of Lincoln School district are ali ready
fora big time tomorrow friday. For some
time past they have been making extern
sive arrangements to plant Lincoln lib
erty tree on the schoolhouse grounds SINH
lar TO that planted by the Lincoln School
Of Oakland year ago. Now all is ready,
and the great event will occur tomorrow.
Much interest has been aroused, and there
will be large gathering Of interested par
ents and friends.
The address of the day will be delivered
by Major E. A. Sherman of Oakland, a
Mexican war veteran. He will bring with
him the famous little liberty bell made
from the metal donated by tie women Of
America to be used in the attempt to re-
pair the famous old Liberty bell at Phila-
delphia.
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TWO THOUSAND STUDENTS
More Than That Number Now
on the State Univer-
sity Roll.
Review of the Student Cadets by
General Graham-Y. M. C. A.
Summer Schoo'.

BERKELEY, CAL, April 16.-A review
of the new university register for 1895 96,
which appeared yesterday, shows the total
number of students in all the colleges.
both those at Berkeley and the affiliated
to be 2O47, or an increase of IA per cent
over last year at corresponding date
The colleges at Berkeley have 1886 in at
tendance, Is per cent more than were
registered last year on this side of the bay.
The greatest increase has been in the col
lege of mining, which has advanced in
numbers by 50 per cent. The college of
social sciences has increased ID Der cent
the college Of letters 10 per cent, while
the colleges of chemistry and civil
engineering have decreased somewhat.
In the graduate department there are 11S
students, representing thirty-eight differ
ent colleges and universities.
According to these figures with relation
to graduate students, the University of
Pennsylvania, one of the oldest of the
State universities, with larger number
OF attendants than at Berkeley, does not
draw her graduate students from so varied
number OF institutions as the University
of California.
The students in the various colleges are
grouped as follows: College of letters. II
men, 53 women college of social sciences.
334 men, 1856 women; college OF natural
sciences, 80 men, 40 women; college of
agriculture, IL men, women: college of
mechanics, 120 men, s women; college of
mining, 60 men; college of civil engineer
ing, 81 men, women; college of chemis-
try 49 men and Z women; graduate stu
dents, 73 men and as women
There are three students at Mount Ham
ilton.
In the Affiliated Colleges at San Fran
cisco the students are grouped thus: Mark
Hopkins Institute of Art, 80 men, II
women; law college, 161 men; college OF
medicine, SO men, 16 women; college of
dentistry, 1872 men, 13 women; college of
pharmacy, 105 men. 8 women; college
OF veterinary science, IL men.
In Honor of General Graham.
BERKELEY. CAL, April ia review
OF the military battalion OF the university.
which is under Lieutenant Winn of the
Twelfth Infantry, United States army. was
held at the regular drill hour this after
noon in honor of General Graham of the
Presidio. Six companies of infantry
turned out on the parade grounds to be
inspected.
The general appeared well-nleased with
the appearance of the cadets. and at one
point of their maneuvering he was heard
to remark, THAT was excelently done.n
The officers accompanying the general
were Adjutant Galbraith. Major McCrea
Captain Thorpe, Quartermasfer Adams,
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STEPHEN LITTLE Is ANGRY.
Ehe Banker Receives a Dressing Down
From Attorney Melvin

l. a
From Attorney Melvin.
OAKLAND, CAL, April 16.-Stephen
Little, the Dixon banker who was bunkoed
out of $500 by the gold brick swindlers
las positively refused to swear to a com
olaint and informed Judge Wood and
Prosecuting Attorney Melvin to-day that
he would not be in attendance at the trial
aext Saturday, but was warned that If he
alied to come an officer would be sent after
aim and he would have contempt TO an
Iwer for
"fou have already put this county to
he expense of $500 by your stubbornness, -
aid Mr.. Melvin.
on must think that I am - fool, u
eplied Little
We'll. have about come to that con-
auslon, was Melvin s rejoinder.
L! you do not have care l will have
fou pelore the Grand Jury to be invesit-
:ated on the charge of compounding a
elony- l believe, sir, you have received a
,art OF this money back from the gold brick
mem"
Before the Grand Jury? I'd bet YOU
j COO OO0-if l had it-that / have not re-
"elyed cent, not cent" replied Little
With slight tremor in his voice. What
10 yon think l ann l am not going to
wear to something that is not true,n
II told you what | thought of you a little
Thile ago" said Melvin
Il think the same of you," said the Dix
IN banker.
~ consider such an opinion from such
nan mpliment," repiied the prosecut-
ing attorney. "If you are not down here
N time Saturday you'll come down under
rrest.
Lincoln Liberty Tree.
cENTERVILLE, CAL. April 16-The pu-
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Did Not Surprise the .lndra

The Green Beg says that Judge Gary has
dry wit with him that Is occasionally
the cause of his grim courtroom being
pervaded by very audible tittering. The
other day one of the attorneys was airing
his ind ignation. He had been robbed :
yes, sir, robbed. 1t was shameful the way
the law.
Finally Judge Gary noticed the fuminp
and fretting one. Whats the matter
now?" he asked. Matter? It's a con-
founded outraged. Had my oyercoat
stolen right from this room.' The judge
smiled a little. "Overcoat, eh ?' he said.
"Pah that's nothing. Whole suits are
lost here every day."
The average life of a ship is about twenty
six years.
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S. NJ. SEVERANCE, EDITOR
The State w. C.. T. u. Lecturer on
Franchise Yields the Blue
Pencil.
Her Autobiography as Narrated to a
Small Circle of Friends
Recently.

Miss Sarah M. Severance, superintend-
ent of the franchise department OF the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
and prominent speaker of the past and
coming Woman's Congress, is to have
charge of the special suffrage edition OF
the Pacific Ensign, to be issued on the 30th
inst. in honor of Mrs. B. Sturtevant Peet's
birthday.
Miss Severance is the State W. G. T. O.
lecturer on franchise, and has been in the
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and Lieutenant Burgess, all OF the Fifth
Artillery.
Regent Denicke was also present at the
review, besides five hundred other specta-
tors.
Summer Schools.
BERKELEY, CAL, April 16.-The uni
versity Y. NJ. G. A. has com pleted ar
held at Elm Grove, CaZadero, from Nav %
to May 81. The school will be condu ducued
after the plan of summer schools or con-
ferences held by Eastern colleges, the OBJ.
ject being to educate leaders for Y. M. G.
A. work in the university.
Among the speakers who will be present
at Cazadero are: Hugh A. McBeaver
George Sherwood Eddy, Yale, '92, and s..
M. Saylord of Boston.
Fonzo Apprehended.
BERKELEY, CAL, April 16.-Ered
Fonzo of Center street restaurant fame
for whom the police have been looking for
the past few days, because of contem nt of
court. was apprehended yesterday bv Mar
shall Lloyd and taken before Justice James.
A motion was made to liberate him mon
the ground that the court had no iurisdic-
ton over the case. The matter was taken
bond of $500, with John E. BOYD and J.
Raspieler as sureties, was declared for
feited last week, suit to recover the amour
has not yet been brought.
High School Graduates.
BERKELEY, CAL, April 16.-The
Berkeley High School will graduate
seventy students this year. From total
of seventy thirty-five will be graduated
from the scientific course, eight from the
classical, twenty. four from the literary and
three from the limited. Last year the
graduating class numbered ffty-one.
DR.. Bentley to Go East
BERKELEY, CAL, April 16.-Rev. DR.
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UNIQUE FLOATS PREPARED
Mission San Jose Will Hold Its
Annual Celebration at
Fabiola Fete.
Work on the Grand Stands and Grounds
Commenced Yesterday-Hunt.
ing for Features.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL. J



9Oo Broadway, April 16.
Several Oaklanders are at present watch
ing the Santa Barbara and Los Angeles
fetes with an eye to business as well as
pleasure. Among them are Mr.. and Mrs.
P. E. Bowles of the executive committee
of Fabiola Mayday fete, and they are
carefully looking out for features to intro
duce at the home show, which takes place
two weeks from tomorrow. Meetings are
being held every day and the various de-
partments are hard at work but President
Fitzgerald says that everything will be
ready as promised, and that there will be
no cause Tor disappointment.
The great number of entries for the
cycling events promises a remarka BILE
showing in that line. Tom Williams has
promised that the racetrack shall be pro-
tected FOR week before the fete and shall
be rolled daily. so that there will be a fine
surface, provided that there are no heavy
rains Immediately preceding Mayday.
The opening of the National Circuit Will
cause an enormous attendance, and the
comm ittee have been assured that nothing
will prevent it opening at the trotting park
on Mayday.
Mission San Jose has decided to cele-
bra tie the founding of their mission at the
fete instead OF in July, as usual. The
town will send miniature mission church
on float.
The California Mandolin Club has sent
notice that it will have a float represent
ing garden tea-party, with the players
dressed as native Hawaiians, who will ser
enade the young ladies while tea-drinking.
A four-horse, four-seated rig, in which
will ride eight young ladies dressed in blue
and gold. will represent the University of
California.
This afternoon work was commenced on
the building Of the grand stands and
grounds.
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Interior Towns Want Primaries.

HAYWARDs, CAL, April 16-The Re-
publcans of this part of the county are in
favor OF primaries, and the leaders have
called a meeting of the local club, to be
held Friday night, for the purpose oi
selecting delegates to be voted for at pri
maries, to be held on Saturday from tc
8P.M
A delegation of Republicans from San
Leandro were here to-day in conference,
and it is announced that they will also
hold meeting Friday evening to name
delegates for Saturdays primaries te
represent that section.
1t is about settled that the delegates
from here will be Henry Bruner, G. s
Langan, J. Habernig, H. Peterman and
e. K. Strowbridge.
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TO HEAR KRUTTSCHN|TT,
West Oakland Anxious About
the Future of the Rail-
road Shops.
TUESDAY EAGERLY AWAITED.
The West Oakland Club Plans Many
Very Desirable Improve.
mentS.
TUESDAY EAGERLY AWAITED
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL
908 Broadway. April l6.

SUo brOadWay, April TO.
The immediate future of large portion
of West Oakland depends upon meeting
to be held next Tuesday night. The meet
ing is called by the West Oakland I'M
provement Club and Manager Krutschnitt
of the Southern Pacific will be present,
and it is expected that he will tell of the
company's plans for that part of town
The information that it is expected he will
give is being eagerly awaited by hundreds
of property-owners.
For the past two years, commencing
just about the time of the strike, business
in that part of West Oakland nearest the
railroad yards has been at a standstill.
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club primaries, the Oakland committee de-
cided to have open primaries. Another
committee was appointed to wait upon
Z. <. Taylor, of Alameda, chairman of the
Third Congress- District, and get him
to consent to nominate delegates elected
by the three Alameda Club primaries.
This he promised to do, if the Alameda
Republican Club would consent to prima-
ries. In the interim the county commit
tee decided for open primaries, aud as the
Alameda club committee refused to bind
themselves without referring the matter
back to its club, and also whether the
club would be called together, the "Regu-
lars" lost patience, decided they would
not be played fast and loose with. with
drew their proposition and decided to fall
in with the Oakland method and have
open primaries The result Of the ballot
this evening places these names on the
ticket for Saturday: E. A. Won Schmidt,
/. 2. Clark, e. E. Johnson, G. J. Ham
mond, William Highly, George A. Babcock,
T. W. Leydecker, Thomas White, G. II.
Walker, E. B. Dunning, N. G. Larsen, ].
r. Sloane, w. S. Risiey and ]. Lubben.
Charges Against Chapman.
Only twenty men of Company G
answered to the rolIcall tonight. the
thirty-four members who preferred charges
of incom potency against Captain Chapman
staff were in attendance. Captain Chip
man did not hand in his resignation, as
was stated would be done. If he had
known two years ago that he was not in
good standing with his men he would have
resigned, but now, after all he has done
for the company and it's interests, he con-
sidered it would be beneath his dignity to
resign. 1t was decided to send postal
cards to all members of the comp pany for
next Thursday night, when the colonel
and his staff will again attend and try and
smooth matters over. at present a good
deal of feeling exists between the two
sections OF the corps.
Divorce Granted.
Judgment in the divorce suit of Evan
Evans, 1719 Oak street, against his wife,
Rebecca Evans, has been entered in his
favor, the wife failing to answer the COM
plant. They had been married for twenty
years. He has been granted the sole Gus
tody of the five children. The eldest, aged
19, is in Sacramento, one boy, aged 10, in
the lone Preston Reform School, while the
other three are at home. The mother is
said to have received good sum of money
from her brother and is going to Salt
Lake City. But she is remaining in Ala
media to try and obtain possession of the
youngest child.
Y. NJ. I. Election.
California Council No. "a, Y NJ l., at
its meeting last night selected Frank
Hally and A. +. st. Sure, with j. NJ. Hal
ton and Z. A. Kearney as alternates, to
represent it at the Grand Council that
meets at Haywards, May 49,