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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-24
THE WAR Tan

The demand for the repeal Of the
war tax is easily understood. but ii is
difficult TO understand how an intelli-
gent person can seek to justify the de-
mand. While hoslilitics have ceased,
the VerieSt tyro in governmental
knowledge must know that few of The
items Of expense involved in tlnashing
Alphonsn's kingdom have abatetl ii is
true that hoStilities have ceased, ana.
IN that sense. the war is over, but the
man who expects to ger rid of the logi-
cal effects Of the struggle in lass than
ten years is evidently n poor student OF
history and learns little by the exI--
yience of the past
More than $4,000 volunteers are still
under arms and a large majority of
these men will have to be retained in
the service Of the United States ind.ti-
nitely. The maintenance of This army
alone would form quite an item in tn.
annual appropriation bill. to say notl-
Ing OF the sick men who are claiming
much more in a monetary sense Of the
word from the government than are
their healthy brothers
Then, too. the war has demonstrated
that Uncle Sam needs Il larger navy
and that the great strategic points on
both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
should be 8" thoroughly fortified as to
make them invincible against the most
formidable warships af'oat.
All of these things. which the war
mas shown to be necessary. cost money
ana great deal of If. 1t will b. re-
henpered that up to the time Of the
beginning of hostiIitics The Dinghy
tarltI. IN spite of the optimistic pre-
ulctions or its friends failed l., MAKE,
ooth ends meet. Bearing this fact in
H''Ho' II would seem to be the height or
+ ioliy 10 cut down the receipts of th,.
government below normal EXPENSES at
titHe "hen there are special demands
upon the treasury
* 1t can be done without jnii1,in-
me effectiveness Of the measure some
VI the more annoying features might
pc oblterated, but there can be M loYi-
ca reason for abolishing the war tax
uti1'! me more costly effects of the
var nave passed away.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-24
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-24

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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-24

Germany is still casting wistful eyes
upon the Samoan islands. Only the
presence of formidable British and
American fleets has prevented their
seizure on two occasions. When puny
nations war among themselves. the
rigilant and powerful ones arbtrate
the domestic difference by sobblng the
prize.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-24

That Shrewd young man Aguinaldo.
of Luzon. has determined to try moral
SuaSion on the United states govern
ment in advancing his political ambi-
lions. Certainly that plan is safer THIN
facing pewey's deadly guns and it will
douhtlcss nccnmpliSh as much.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-24

Mccoy and cnrhct, are now singing
"Pu, mo off 1T buffalo," Neither gen
tl"mcn would care very much if that
tiStic mill We're put off indefinitely
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-24

If France is to have Il dictator it is
to be hoped he will be Il man so lack
ing in the elements of French honor as
to he able 10 perform an homes, deed
occasionally.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-24

1t is a duh day in Paris now unless
there are several Drryfus sensations
sprung IN the innocent public.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-02

Ayers and Fred Ayers Senior four-oared barge rece-E. Hadcock, bow; ". c. Hansen, No. q; Atwell Webb, Nd. 3, and F. w. Ayers, stroke. Junior skiff race-Atwell Webb and W. G. Hansen.
 skiff race-Victor Caglieri- Intermediate barge race-victor Cagleri, bow; F. Schwarting, No ?; w. O. Patch, No. 3: A. w. Pape. stroke, and Ed Hartman, cockswain: substitute, eN Bush.
 Pioneer Rowing Club. color magenta: Junior shell race-John -Klunder. Intermediate barge race-W. St. John. bow; F. Orr, No: ?; c. Cal for1r-oared barge raoe-H. Wilder. bow; F O'Neill. No. 2; George Lawson, No. 3, and w. Lawson. stroke. Senior skin race-C. l.. Ochs Senior four-oared barge race-H. Wilder, bow; F. O'NeilI No. 2; George Lawson No. 3, and w Lawson stroke Junior skiff race-F. Orr.
 Ariel Rowing Club. colors royal blue and white: Intermediate four-oared barge race--H Wilson. bow; James McKenna, No. g. G. Stef- fens, No 3. and J. Wilson, stroke. Junior four pared barge race-E. McDonough, bow; A. Haughton No. 2; F. Loth. No. 3, and E. Lynch stroke Senior skif race-F. Wilson and George PheIan Senior shell race-H. A. Wfttkopf. Junior skiff race--J. McKenna, J. Ffckert and
 Triton Boating Club, colors blue and white: Junior outraged skiff race-C- Artigues. The Triton four-oared barge crew is made up Of Dr. H. Sichel, bow; A. Hatfield, No. 3; G. w. Blum No 8: s. Adderley, stroke, and B. Bart man cockswain. The crew Is being coached by President D. H. Everett.
 South End Rowing Club: Senior shell race Dennis Junior slxin race-J. Lyons. Senior four-oared barge race-M Breen. Gus Carson. j. Pallas Ed Scully and G. McGrill, cock swain.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-02
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The San Francisco call., 1898-11-02
BICYCLE THIEF COULD
 NOT LIVE WITHOUT OPIUM
L. c. JONES ATTEMPTS WITH A BLANKET TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
Gave His Name as Thompson at Oak land City Prison, but Served
 Time in San Francisco.
Oakland Office San Francisco Cali
 .I

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 sos Broadway, Oct. S1. L. C.. Jones, alias Frank Thompson, the to-day that Detectives Shorey and Hodg- kins had discovered the particulars of his unsavory career and antecedents, tried to commit suicide in his cell at the City Prison by hanging, and almost succeeded.
 The detectives, ever since the arrest last Thursday, have been Investigating the record of the young man who claimed his name as Frank Thompson and his that he had served time in San Francis co.'s prison for the very same offense- that of bicycle stealing, There he went by the name of l.. c. Jones. Strange as It may appear the first of the eighteen bikes stolen in this city disappeared on bay.
 When confronted with the facts of his career .remorse took possession of him, and later, when Detective Hodgktns passed through the corridor, he heard heavy breathing. Investigating, the pris- oner was found hanging from the grating over the cell door. As rope he had used his blankets torn in strips He was unconscious but soon recovered.
 10 the detectives he gave as a reason for his desperate attempt at suicide that he was unable to secure opium in the prison, and without which he could not live
 The detectives and police are now more confident than ever that they have in this prisoner one of the boldest thieves ex- tant.
 Thompson, or Jones, has been intimate with a young woman in West Oakland They have not yet discovered in what manner he disposed of the stolen wheels.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-02
GRAND JURY ON
 ELECTION CASES WILL INVESTIGATE UNITED LABOR PETITION.
Also Making Preparations to Sue the Bondsmen of the School
 Trustees.

The Grand Jury will be called upon to investigate the persons concerned in the scheme to get the United Labor ticket upon the official ballot for the coming election through the use of fraudulent signatures to the petition presented to the Registrar. MT. Biggy is now at work col lecting evidence, which Is said to be di- rected toward the promoters, ". P. Grace and others It is intimated that the of ficers of several political clubs will be brought before the Grand Jury to explain how certain fraudulent signatures hap pened to get upon the petition.
 The cases of the members of the School Board charged with unlawful oyerexpen- allure of the school funds Is now before the Grand Jury, and the attempt is to be made to reach their bondsmen, through civil suits, as already outlined in The Call. Martin Kelly, charged by the Ex- aminer with stealing a fire engine, is hot after Hearst, and will try and land him on an indictment for criminal libel The committee on Supervisors is also prepar- ing to bring in an important report to the Grand Jury concerning tho gas and electric light contracts recently entered into, and which it is alleged are fraud ulent.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-02
.FOUR-CENT
 RIDES HAVE
 BEEN STOPPED. Bogus Tickets Said to
 Be the Cause. MAY NOT BE RESUMED 
MAY NOT BE RESUMED
THE SYNDICATE SEEKING IN
 FORMATION.
A Sudden Move That Has Set Thou sands of People Thinking of Its Probable
 Meaning.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 q09 Rroadwav Nov |

90s Broadway, Nov. 1.
 ..Sale of tickets temporarily postponed" This little notice posted in the cars of the East Oakland street railroad system this morning caused much surprise to the pa irons of the road. It simply means that instead of paying four cents for ride they will have to pay five cents at pres ent.
 For long time the syndicate railroads have been selling books of tickets at the rate of twenty-h for dollar, good on any of their lines in Alameda. Berkeley or Oakland. By a system of transfers by which passengers could travel from Bay Farm Island to the university, or from Fruitvale to West Oakland for one fare, or one four-cent ticket, a large travel has been built up. Hundreds of working peo- pie have purchased books of tickets, and especially since the encouragement of the higher grades in the public schools have pupils been forced to do much travelling. Without any notice the privilege of four cent rides has been cut off
 Inquiry at the office of the syndicate to-day brought out the information that the suspension of the sale of tickets Is temporary and will depend on certain in formation which the company is attempt ing to learn by withdrawing the sale or tickets.
 There is competition, the only competi- tion across the city between the syndl- cate and the Haywards electric road. The Haywards road also sells tickets for four cents, but there has been no agree ment to raise the fare between the roads: Tt is a surprise to us,' said director or the Haywards road to-day, that the syndicate has suspended the sale Of tick cts. At the same time we do not believe it to be good policy to sell cheap tickets when roads are not paying expenses. Few other cities in the country sell tickets for less than a nickel. In New York the four- cent ride is unknown, and there, on &C., count of the immense population, cars carry four passengers on each trip to every one that we carry. In San Fran cisco, where the average ride is much shorter than in Oakland, everybody pays a nickel Although the syndicate has not attempted to enter into an agreement with us, cannot say that we are op- posed to the straight fve-cent fare"
 A report was current that the book tickets had been counterfeited, and that spurious tickets have recently been taken in. One of the managers of the company, when spoken to this afternoon, partially confirmed this story.
 The discontinuance of the sale he said. 1fs only temporary. - We want to get in the tickets which are out, or most of them. There may be some out which we did not sell, and we want to discover that if 1t is so We want to find just where we stand on the ticket business. I think the sale of the books will recon mence in about a month"
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-02
SCORES THOSE WHO
 =. WOULD BE DIVORCED
SAID TO HAVE
 TURNED THINGS AROUND.
Judge Ogden Says the Husband Wore
 Skirts and the Wife : Trousers.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

Oakland Office San Francisco Call, l.. .. sos Broadway, Nov. L . 'It is a good thing for posterity that these people have no children" These we're the concluding remarks of Superior Judge ogden when he denied a decree of divorce this morning in the suit of Mrs. Susan L. .Hollocher against Michael hol- locher.
 Judge Ogden took occasion to pass some severe strictures upon the couple. Hol- locher had admitted on the witness stand that he had told his wife he would blow out his brains, but that such thought never was farther from his mind. He said too, that The was tired of listening, night after night, to half dozen women talking about Brother So-and-so,h and, therefore, had left his home many even ings
 In summing up the case, Judge Ogden stated that the charges of willful neglect. extreme cruelty and failure to provide had certainly not been borne out by the evil dence' at hand. According to his Honor s been reversed and Hollocher wore skirts instead of the conventional pantaIoons. Hollocher's threats as to taking life the man of inferior power and scarcely 9f any any consequence." The court intimated that he had once held an interesting converse ton with a leading scientist on the sub ject of free love, in which his Honor, at that time, did not believe; but in the pres
 
 belief of a..tendency toward free love as a result. of such family disputes
 Battle Over Embedded Coin.
 OAKLAND. Nov. Mrs. Lizzie 4. Small, through her attorney, Hugh s. Aldrieh. has filed suit In Justice Wood s court for the recovery Of S3O0 found on brought from Salt Lake City to the City Prison. here recently on charge or eIn- bezzling $500 of Mrs. SmalPs money. The $500 is now in the possession is oI a Sap.ahtn 4paah rnent has been issued. Colonel T.. F. Gar rity, representing Sherman. now threatens to institute counter-proceed1ngst to obtaln the $500 was secured legitimately. A merry legal battle is in prospect.
 The Streitberger Will Contest. OAKLAND, Nov 1.-The contest of John Schneider and George Metzger over the S20O. .000 estate of the late Christopher Court to-day, when Judge ogden ordered letters of administration issued to D. Bruns and T. F. Graber, the executors named in the will of April IA 1898 schnei- in a will made prior to the one admitted to probate, and they contended that the latter had been made under duress and while the testator was of unsound mind and weak It is understood that the con test, however, will now be taken upon appeal
 The Coming Exposition.
 OAKLAND, Nov. 1-The concession for the publication of the Oakland Exposition programme has been granted to the Oak fand Enquirer Publishing Company. A resolution was adopted at last nights meeting of the exposition directors allow ing the setting apart of spectal days for ing taken in this years exposition and fl is predicted that it will be one of the most successful ever held here.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-02
CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA. A Good List of Entries Has Been Re ceived for the Various Events.

The regatta committee of the Pacific. Athletic Association is hard at work pre- pairing for the championship races to be held at Long Bridge next Saturday. At a meeting held on Monday night 1t was decided to extend the time for making en- tries for the, events until last night and to defer until Thursday night the task of choosing the officials who will have the regatta in charge The first race is to start at Il a. m., and the subsequent races are to follow at intervals of thirty mln- utes. It was suggested that the starter, referee and judges should be experienced oarsmen, familiar with the rules Of the association Considerable discussion en- sued as to the necessity of registering contestants, but no definite conclusion was reached.
 Last night the committee held a meet ing, at which the following were present: W. c. Espy of the Pioneers Gin the chair). J. R. Bockman of the Ariels,. s. J. Penn broke of the Alamedas, A. P. Rothkopf of the DoIphins and A. H. Schimpf of the Tritons. The following entries were re- ceived for the various events of the re- gatta:
 Alameda Boat Club, colors red, white and blue: Junior four-oared barge race-C. Ayers, bow; George Lewis. No 2; D. Greenleaf, No. 8. and P. Hunter, stroke. Senior skif race-c.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-02
A PECULIAR LITIGATION.
Ex-Husband and Ex-Wife Fight to Hold Property for Which tho
 Formers Sister Sues

OAKLAND, Nov. IA most peculiarly complicated litigation is on before Su- perior Judge Greene, wherein Mrs. Bertha M Hall sues William H. and Abbie E. Clarence, married Abbie E. Hall.
 cated in Alameda.
 The plaintiff and William Clarence are brother and sister, and with the money left them by their late father, Henry Clar- ence who died in San Francisco about eleven years ago, they, in May, 1886, pur- chased the Alameda lot, which was placed in Williams name. At that time Mrs. Hall was Mrs. Hamm, but she became di- vorced and married Hall on September sI5, 1888, on which day her brother, William Clarence married Abbie E. Hall
 In 1894, out of love and affection CIar- ence decided the Alameda lot to his wife Abbie, who has since obtained 0 divorce from him. The property now stands in Abbie Clarence's name, and Mrs. Hall is seeking to regain possession. The most peculiar part about the litigation Is that the ex-wife and ex-husband are mutually striving to have the title remain where it is-in the ex-wife's name-he testifying in her favor. The lot is worth several thou sand dollars.
 Oakland Sketch Exhibition.
 OAKLAND, Nov. 1.-The exhibition of the Oakland Sketch Club opened tonight in the clubrooms at Sixteenth and Clay streets, and will continue until Saturday
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-02
LOVE THAT. WILL T:
 ;. ... NOT GROW. GOLD WARDS WERE DIVORCED BUT TWO MONTHS.
 The Law Would Operate Against the
 Moral Purpose for Which
 It Was Intended.
Oakland Office San Francisco Cafl;

sos Broadway, Nov. 1:
 The spirit of the California divorce law requiring. parties legally separated to re- main single for year before again seek ing the services of a minister was. cer- tainly never intended to apply to the. case o the Wards of East Oakland. who have just been 'remarried.
 Just two month ago William B. Ward was divorced from his wife. The story leading to the separation was a very pathetic one. The Wards are elderly peo- pie. They have lived together until their family has grown up. Ward held an inn portant position of trust in San Fran cisco, but certain practices were fndulged in by him which led to his wife seeking a permanent separation.
 When the testimony was taken in the divorce case Mrs. Ward was so solicitouS of the husband from whom she felt she had a moral and legal right to be separated as to cause comment. She was anxious that the elderly man should not be left with out a home or provision and was eK- just share of their property. Pending the negotiations Ward went to his wife s home and smashed in 6 window. for which she very reluctantly had him ar rested.
 After the granting of the divorce the Wards realized that they could not close their lives apart. The husband expressed a willingness to be all that his wife de- sired, and nothing else was lacking to legally reunite the husband and wife, who had practically never been separated. They desired to remarry, but found that the law of California forbade them mak- ing amends for past unpleasantness bY taking such course. Undeterred by this obstacle they iourneyed to Reno, and the code of Nevada offered no resistance to them being reunited and they were mar rfed a week ago. They have returned to Oakland and are now living the evening F'rilifvaia
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-02
OAKLAND IS
 ASSURED OF
 4 FINE PARK City Accepts Deeds to Marsh Land. MONEY FOR IMPROVEMENT.
MONEY. FOR IMPROVEMENT
TAX LEVY PROVIDES FOR THE :. .=.-- LAKE DREDGING.
The Problem of Appropriations for
 :. the Many Departments of the Government Is Now -" -' Solved. .
Oakland. Office San Francisco Call,
9OS Broadway, Nov. 1.

sos Broadway, Nov. l. The City Council met this evening and formally received the deeds. to the marsh land between Eighth and Twelfth streets on the west short of Lake Merritt. This deed of gift to the. city guarantees of not one cent.
 The Lake Merritt Sanitary Improve ment Club, consisting. largely of wealthy men who own property somewhere in the vicinity of the. lake, purchased the marsh land from the Water Front Company and agreed to present 1t to the city if the city would undertake to provide for. the 1redg- ing of Lake Merritt. The city has agreed to do this, and the dredging. from the lake will form the new park. This improve ment is one of great importance, for all time there has been dirty, sluggish stream trickling through this twenty acres of mud in the heart of the city be- tween Lake. Merritt and the estuary: It has always been more or. less offensive; and of late the lake has become more sewage emptying into it.. The plans for which the dredging provides embraces the park and the construction of a seventy y-five foot channel sufficiently deep to keep a. clear stream of water con- Stantly passing between the lake and the estuary. This will insure perfect drain- age and will permanently eradicate, the marsh evil.
 W 44SL t16 QS0OS were pTSSeAISQ u 'lll0 Council there was some objection made to their form:~ It was decided that the best proposition would be to accept quit claim deeds, and the improvement club promised to have the changes made and to present them tomorrow night, for which time a special meeting has been called. The ordinance fixing the tax levy at Sl 21 was finally passed, and Mayor Thomas has stated that he will sign it. The levy provides for the dredging of the lake, and although it will force some retrenchments in some departments of
 the city. goyernment ~:none will be erip- Psed by its distribution of the taxes.