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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-31
THE OAKLAND EXPOSITION,
Detailed Financial Statement Pre-.
scented by Treasurer
Roeth.
Net Proceeds of Nearly Two Thousand
Dollars Turned Over to It's
Successor.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL !
908 Broadway. Jan. so.

90S Broadway, Jan. 80.
The stockholders of the Oakland Expo
sition (incorporated) held meeting last
evening and elected as board of directors
j. w. Nelson, M. J. Keller, George Roeth,
E. G. Boswell, John 7. Bell, H. 0. Trow-
bridge, f. w. Spiars, Charles S. Booth,
Craigie Sharp, Fred Becker and Theo
Gier.
The board met Immediately and organ
lied temporarily by electing John T. Bell
chairman and George Roeth secretary.
The bylaws as engrossed were adopted
and the election of officers proceeded with
with the following result: President, j.
W. Aeis on; vice-president, M. ]. Keller !;
secretary, George Roeth; treasurer, Union
National Bank.
Treasurer George Roeth of the exposi-
ton executive committee of which the
present corporation is the successor, pre-
sented a detailed financial statement of
the recent exposition. The receipts and
disbursements are shown to be as follows:
Receipts-Sale of space in main build
ing. $757; annex, $575 H. CONCESSIONS
$207 %; general admission, adult, children
and season tickets, $3412 So. j. T. Bell
season ticket account, $436 80; other
sources, $31 05; Alameda County, $3.50;
discount and rent, $40 40; total, $500 10.
Disbursements-Buil annex, SLIPS;
music, 1899; printing, $l7o; premiums,
$57 IS; light and power, SIS; rent, $40;
salaries, 1852 So; labor, 1866 20; expenses,
$311 %; charity, 5000.
Balance on deposit in the Union Ma
tional Bank, account Oakland Exposition,
$1743 so.
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0 his aid and it was they who put up his

to his aid and it was they who put up his
bonds.
Won Hirsch said that the girl had an
ungovernable temper. He admits that
about Christmas time he was compelled to
chastise her, because she refused to wait
that occasion she struck him in the face
and he used small cane in Furnishing her
and denies chastising her severely. He
also denies that he ever struck her in the
face with his fist.
The girl is now with F. E. Titus, who re-
sides on Myrtle street. She is considera-
bly, run down mentally and physically on
accoun OF the unpleasant circumstances
under which she has lived for the past two
years. "Ths man Won Hirsch." said Mr..
Titus, 'tis one of the meanest men ] ever
met, if one-half of the stories told me by
the girl are true. Worse than all is the
story the girl tells of attempted immoral
ity. l think she has been rescued from
him in the nick of time.'
For the wilmerding School.
OAKLAND, CAL, Jan. 30.-The Mer-
chants' Exchange meets tomorrow even
ing, at which time delegates will be present
from the State Development Association
of San Francisco. The matter of assisting
in the work of securing the Wilmerding
Industrial School, now being agitated by
the Ebell Society, will also receive some
attention.
Federal Official for Oakland.
OAK LAND, CAL, Jan. 30.-Internal
Revenue Collector Welburn of San Fran
cisco has been requested by rectifers of
spirits in this city to appoint a United
States gauger for this point so as to facili-
tate business here. AS an argument in
support of the petition is that it is Gus
tomary in Eastern cities of 10000 inhabit-
ants to have special gauger. At the
present time the Oakland rectifiers have to
send to San Francisco to get q deputy
collector to gauge their product, and some
times they are required to wait several
days for one to come over. There is a
ternal revenue business, and it is likely
the petition will be referred to him.
Martin Co1grove.
OAKLAND, CAL, Jan. 3O.-Harold l..
Martin. the son of Attorney J. G. Martin,
was married at noon to-day 10 Miss Hattie
Belle Colgrove. the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George J.. Colgrove OF 230 Twelfth
street, at the First Congregational Church,
the recent death of Mrs. Martin there was
no display and there was no bridal party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin left this afternoon for
San Jose and other points of interest in
that vicinity.
A Mckinley Club.
OAKLAND, CAL, Jan. 3O.-At Milton
Hall, San Pablo avenue and Twenty
eighth street, the Republicans of the Sec
ond Ward are to organize campaign club
this evening. Four or five aspirants fol
the position of president are mentioned
1t is intended to make the organization q
Mckinley Club.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-31
FRANK O'BR|EN MISSING,
A Well.Known West Berkeley
Saloon Man Disappears
Suddenly.
Trial of Berkeley Students-Anxiety
About Football EIections-South
Berkeley Fire Hydrants.

BERKELEY, CAL, Jan. 30.-FranK
O'Brien, who keeps saloon at the corner
of Sixth street and University avenue, is
missing. He was last seen on Tuesday
night by Joseph Segui, friend, who left
him at his room, after pleasure trip to
Martinez 1t is stated that O'Brien was
under the influence of liquor, and that
Segui put him to bed in his own room at
the corner of Fourth street and University
avenue. On revisiting the room yesterday
morning O'Brien was gone. Segui then
went to the home of O'Brien on Delaware
street, but the family declared that they
had not seen him since Sunday.
OBrien is welIsknown in the West End.
and his disappearance has caused anxiety
on the part of his acquaintance.
Ready to Play Ball.
BERKELEY, Call, Jan. 30.-The Uni
versity Glee Club and the football team
have already organized for the contest to
take place between them ON Saturday,
February 8, as a result of the glee clubs
challenge. The singers will piav in white
duck trousers, with white sweaters, white
caps and white tennis shoes. The football
men will appear in football attire, with
blue-and. gold stockings, blue sweaters and
blue caps.
On the football teams nine Walthall
will play catcher; Kaarsberg, pitcher;
Douglas, first base; Bender, second base;
Ransome. third base; Hupp, shortstop;
Hilborn, left field; Plunkett, center field,
and Sherman. right field. Hilborn will
captain the nine and Kennedy, Selfridge
and Reinhardt are named rs substitutes.
The glee clubs baseball nine will be
captained by Morse and will take places
as follows: G. Elston, catcher; Morse.
pitcher S. Rawlings, first base; 7. Smith,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-31
SEVERITY OF THE STORM
Supervisors Discover Driftwood
in Branches of High
Trees.
sE1MER GIVEN TWELVE YEARS.
The Judge Declares It Surprising
That Such a Crime Could
Be Committed.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,(
o0S BROADWAY Ian 70

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,(
90S Broadway, Jan. 80.
The Supervisors of this county have re-
turned from a tour of the county roads as
committee of the whole. They went
on receiving complaints from various Sec
tions, telling of the damage done to the
public highways and bridges. The result
is causing considerable figuring to tell how
they are going to be able to repair all the
damage done with the money at hand.
The worst damage reported was out in
the Redwood Canyon, back of San Leandro.
Here the water from the hills is brought
into the one stream and after such storm
as Sunday the water rises to great height
in an incredibly short time. The canyon
is narrow, and owing to this fact the
height reached is greater than at most
other points in the county. Driftwood
was found lodged in trees along the banks
OF this stream fully fifteen feet above the
bed OF the creek.
The big bridge near the Catholic church,
which was built with view of Withstand
ing good rise in the canyon, was so badly
wrecked that it had to be ordered rebuilt
under the emergency act. A number of
the smaller bridges were swung off their
supports and will have to be replaced at
AS0''J Sooe. LII many paws sAO 1Oduo udu
great gullies cut into them by the raging
waters.
Said Supervisor w. II. Church: "The
deluge must have been something I'M
precedented, as the marks left on the
banks of the streams showed they had
all been much higher than at any previous
occasion. Of course the driftwood seen in
the trees looked much higher, owing to
the washing out of the bed of the stream
afterward. With the first great swell
things were carried high, but later the bed
OF the streams was cut away by the rag
ing torrents
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-31
DEFENDANT EXECUTORS
The old Suit Against Charles Mayne
Now Directed Against His
Estate.

Antoine Borel and Louise Barroilhet,
executors OF the will of the late Charles
Mayne, have been substituted as defend
ants in an old suit brought by Charles B.
Polhemus against Mayne to recover
100000.
The suit grew from the sale of an old
road from this City TO San Jose. Mayne
sold the road to Polhemus, who entered
into possession. but soon after he charged
Mayne with misrepresenting the value OF
the property, and he accordingly brought
was commenced in 1867 and has been
dragging along ever since. The interest
alone amounts to $1,000 900. and Mayne's
estate is valued at only 100000. Repeated
efforts have been made to compromise the
claim, but it has never been done, and the
substitution of the executors for the de-
ceased seems to have revived it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-31
a DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
Thirty Third District Voters Organize
for the Campaign.


for the Campaign.
Last night 100 members of the Demo
cratic party of the Thirty-thIrd District
met at Maennerbund Hall to reorganize.
The meeting was called by Patrick Har-
rington and the roll was opened for sigma
lures, which showed at the conclusion of
the meeting 80 names. The following Off
GERS and committees were elected and ap-
pointed: President, James B. Hughes;
first vice-president, Henry Birbe; second
vice president, Charles Duggan; third
vice-president, William j. Higgins; secre-
tary, G. II. Oulton; treasurer, Fred Co.'S
grove; ergeant-at-arms, John Foppiano.
Canvassing ommittee-George r. Code,
William Quinn, Michael Hurley, George
Burnett, John Foppiano; committee on
constitution and by-laws-A. ]. Donovan,
George r. Code, Thomas F. Mitchell.
Remarks were made by A. j. Donovan,
Michael Hurley, Garrett Burke, Patrick
Harrington and others.
The body was named the California
Democratic Club l of the Thirty-third
Assembly District. Propositions were
made to have branch clubs in South San
Francisco and the Potrero. The club will
meet Thursday night, February Is, at the
same hall.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-31
KEEN RIVALRY.
Rev. Donald Ross Has Two Compe titors
for the Pulpit Of the Second
Presbyterian Church.

Presbyterian Church.
OAKLAND, CAL, Jan. 3O.-There are
three active competitors for the pastorate
of the Second Presbyterian Church, va
Gated about month ago by Rev. H. H.
Rice, who has just accepted call to Po-
mona.
Rev. Henry c. Tomson of Cambria, San
Louis 0bispo County, Rev. James Orr of
Benicia congregational church and Rev.
Donald Ross of San Francisco are the lead
ing candidates, and a decision will be
reached by the congregation next Wednes-
day night.
The position at this time is this" said
leading officer of the church tonight"
'Mr. Ross and Mr.. Tomson are very close
In the lead at present. Both have many
friends in the congregation, and at present
it would be difficult to say which would
have the greatest number of votes on the
first ballot. Rev. Mr.. Orr is a Congrega-
tionalist and evangelist, but that is con-
sidered no bar. He has enough friends to
insure that no one will be elected on the
first ballot. The situation is very inter
estine, for should the followers of either
Mr.. Tomson or Mr.. Ross refuse to give in.
Orr may be accepted by the majority
somewhat in the nature of compromise
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-31
HISTORY OF A DAY.
Alameda County Happenings Told in
Short Chapters.


Short Chapters.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL. }
90S Broadway, Jan. 80 I
The condition of Captain Moody of the Bonita
continues to improve. His recovery is now
considered quite certain.
The sunday-school orchestra of the First
Congregational Church will give their fifteenth
annual concert on Friday evening, February
z, at the church building.
Division superintendent A. D. Wilder re-
turned yesterday from five days trip of in
spection over the 800 miles of railroad which
he has in his jurisdiction.
Council %, w. A. P. A., will give musical
and literary entertainment at Masonic Hall
West Oakland, tomorrow evening. Council
%, A. P. a, will be present.
The complaints against Turner and Foun-
tain Will be filed to-day. Th3y will be tried on
two charges, one OF carrying burglars tools;
the other of carrying concealed weapons.
County Auditor Whidden, Supervisor Hiram
Bailey and Deputy District Attorney Moore
counted the cash to-day in the county treas
ury. The balance on hand is SLY ,o3o.
Tomorrow evening w. II. Harmon of the
United States Weather Service will give an
illustrated lecture at the Chester-street NJ. E.
Church upon the subject of weather forecast
tng-tts methods, limitations and possibilities
The Christian Endeavor Society of the Con-
gregational church held their social aud bust
ness meeting Tuesday evening al the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Wright, on Hannah
opASOt' 1LSy sotSu 'PAO W Tue new CuQrCn at
Decotc.
The trial of Police officer Lamping, which
was to have been continued by the Police Com
missioners last evening, was fur ther postponed,
as some of the Commissioners were not able to
be present. The date of the further hearing
has not yet been definitely fixed.
The Oakland and East Oakland councils of
the Junior Order OF United American Mechan-
les will give musical and literary entertain
ment at Fraternity Hall, Thirteenth and
Washington street is, next Tuesday evening An
excellent programme has been arranged, to be
followed by dance.
The 'old Fashioned Deestrict Sknlen will be
given at Hanson's Hall, corner Eighth and
Wood streets, on February 8. The Odin Quar-
tet OF San francisco; Henry Foster, clarinet: f.
]. Allen, barytone; Louise A. Henning, elocu-
zionist, and the Venetian Mandolin, Guitar and
Banjo Club ere on the programme.
The will Of DR.. Wiley, the compounder of
ney Ben Woolner. The deceased died al sea
May 81, 1894, on the ship Minerva, and left an
estate valued at about $1,000. 1t consists of a
distillery OF bay leaves on the Fish-ranch road
and some lots at Delano. The entire estate is
left to his widow, who has since married Ma
ior Frank Robinson of Christ's Rescue Home
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A Midwinter Fair Suit.

II. T. B. Christian and A. c. Daniel are suing
william NJ. Clifford, Frank S. Dabs and Adolph
Bail for the balance due on the sale of Chris
tian's privilege at the Midwinter Fair. The
concession was better known as DR.. White
Clouds Indian Village. The defendants owned
the Arizona Indian Village and they bought
out White Clouds place for $500. They were
to pay from the profits, and the balance due,
over $1100, is being sued for.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-31
Won HIRscH,s TROUBLE.
Says His Ste pdaughter Had an Ungoy.
ernabIe Tenn per and He Whipped Her.

OAKLAND, CAL, Jan. 30.-Professor S.
]. Won Hirsch, who until recently was
leader of the First Methodist Sunday
school orchestra, was in the Police Court
this morning to plead to charge of cru
city toward his 15-year-old stepdaughter.
Attorney Britton represented the defend
ant and asked for continuance before
pleading, and the request was granted.
The professors lodge friends have come
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-31
California EIocutloni.ts.

The California Association OF Elocutionists
met Wednesday evening at Shiels Hall. Many
interesting papers we're read and discussed.
notable essay was that of Edna Smell Poul-
son, emitted Problems of Interest to Elocu-
tionists." The association adjourned TO meet
at The call OF the president. William I. Ross.
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INDICATION OF RICH OILS.
Efforts to Be Made to Develop
the Fields Near Oak
land.
Success Means Remarkably Cheap Fuel
for All the Surrounding
Cities.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CAIL,l

JU8 BroadWay, Jan. %.
A. L. Mcpherson, who has had much
experience in the oil fields of Pennsylva-
MIA and Ohio where he was engaged for
many years, has made repeated efforts to
interest local capital in the business in this
vicinity. Some months ago he succeeded
IN organizing local company and boring
lot on on Miners ranch, just over the line
N contra Costa County, was begun, but
was not continued. In en-. interview to-
day he said:
Ne have been trying to get the local
company on its feet, but I realize that it
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schweitx Convicted.

Phillip Sehweitz, who posed here for some
time as rabbi of an Eastern synagogue, has
been convicted of forging check for Ssb5. He
forged the name of L. Z. Berg to check and
then had William Bedeli, friend, cash it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-31

Thirty cars filed with cheese went
through Oxford County, Maine, last week,
on their way to Boston to be shipped to
England.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-31
AIameda's New City Hail.

ALAMEDA, CAL, Jan. 3O.-NearIv all
the city officials will occupy their offices
in the new City Hall next week. The work
OF laying the thing in the main entrance,
which has delayed the acceptance of the
building, was commenced to-day and will
require about ten days. The date of dedi-
cation has not been fixed, but it will proba-
bly, take place some time in February.
Growth of "rhe CALI Subscription.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Jan. 80. - George
Schneider & Co. have disposed of their
routes in Alameda of the San Francisco
evening papers and will hereafter devote all
their time and attention to THE CALL route
In this city. The circulation of THE CALL
has so largely increased in Alameda OF
late as to make this step advisable.
A Cruel Father.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Jan. 80. = C. W.
Thompson, a teamster, was arrested this
morning on charge of cruelty to his chill
dren. He recently went home while he
was drunk and drove his wife in her night
clothes out of the house. His little son
pleaded for his mother and was struck in
the face. Thompson says he will leave
Alameda ii he is not prosecuted.
Matt Brewers Funeral
ALAMEDA, CAL, Jan. 30.-The remains
of NJ. NJ. Brewer, brother-in-law of Justice
H. 7. Norris arrived in Alameda TODAY
from Jacksonville, Tuolumne County
His funeral will take place to- morrow from
Justice Morris house, 2044 Railroad
avenue, at 80 P NJ.
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Is SLOW WORK accomplishing anything with
oakland capitalists. | am only waiting
Ior better roads to take party of San
FRANCISCO men over to look at the territory,
and hope the result of the visit may
amount to something. Our company has
not done any boring, and will not begin
until 1t has enough funds assured to make
a thorough exploration.
Inc well which the newspapers have
Deen talking about was started by Mr..
cummings, who was not hunting oil so
much as for an advertisement. He owns
patented drill, which is handy in mining,
because 1T takes out the cores in good
shape, and he set up his apparatus over in
Nohtra Costa, because 1t was convenient,
10 snow them what the drill will do. He
oored 2s0 feet and stopped, because that
was the limit OF the machine. That depth
Is no test for oil; besides, it was a wet
mole they were boring, and it is exceed
lngiy difficult to get oil in wet hole, be-
cause the gravity of water is so much
greater than that of the oil that it presses
the latter out
10 lind out whether there is oil in pay
ing quantities in that territory company
should start with the expectation of going
at least 1000 feet, and there should be a
capital OF $4,000 to draw upon. 1t might
not be necessary to go more than 800 to
lUU0 feet-I don't believe it would-but the
money should be available to put the well
down 2000 feet. Many of the Southern
California wells are about that depth,
although the Los Angeles wells, lying in a
basin of their own, are shallow.
The surface prospects for oil are just as
good in Contra Costa County on Miners
ranch as they are anywhere in California.
You can burn the gas four feet high. The
Southern California product is fuel oil, but
this here is very different. We can make
lucine, naphtha and all the other products
usually made of Pennsylvania oil and still
have q residue for fuel oil.
when the shipment Of southern oil to
San Francisco began it cost so cents q bar
rel to get it there, but the railroad COM
pany finally reduced the rate to 55 cents.
tank steamer was built, and now it costs
only 80 cents q barrel to bring oil from the
wells to San Francisco; but if we should
strike good flow of oil in Contra Costa
County we could bring it here at an ex-
pense for transportation of not over cents
a barrel. 1t would be great boon for
Oakland as well and all the towns in the
county,"
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knights and Ladies of Honor.

BERKELEY, CAL, Jan. 30 Berkeley
Lodge No. 1941, K. and L. of H., installed
the following officers last night at Pythian
Hall: Past protector, William G. Water
land; protector, Joseph T. Farrar; vice
protector, Mrs. Mary Bishop; record
ing and financial secretary, E. NJ. Han
son; treasurer, r. w. Good; chaplain,
Mrs. L. Bradley; guide, Miss A. Goss;
guardian, Charles G. Wright; sentinel,
Peter Peterson.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-19

cessible to streams which will afford an
ample water supply awaiting the atten-
ton of moneyed men. Also extensive
ditch systems are in operation in the
Mimbres region of Grant County.
another page of this paper extended
notice of the Pecos irrigation project
the largest in the worlds given.
The irrigation projects noted above
are in the four corners of the territory.
In the mean time the great central por
tons are receiving attention, more than
fifty companies having been organized
for irrigation projects and several having
plants in operation, affording to the
home seeker at the present time ample
opportunity for settlement and reclama-
ton.
The valley of the Rio Grande presents
the most extensive field for operations
of this kind. as the present narrow strip
Of cultivated land can be widened very
materially by a proper disposition of the
water which flows 80 abundantly from
the north, and is now allowed to be
wasted. A very few years will find all
the water. now suffered uselessly to run
away, utilized to the highest degree, and
charging the area of the agricultural
and horticultural land to an extent
almost fabulous.
Meanwhile, individual enterprise is in
creasing the local supplies by the cree
ton of multitudes of wlndmills, pumping
from artesian wells in various parts of
the territory. These prove the existence
of great bodies of water underlying
large norton of the territory. 70 the
settler this means much. and will add,
in great measure, to the future posi-
bilities of production.