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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-26
IN THE CYCLING WORLD
BOARD OF TRADE WILL NOT SANCTION
| THE l.. A. ". PLAN

MANUFACTURERS SAID TO RE UNANIMOUS IN
THE OPPOSITION TO GIVING REBATES TO
I. A. W. MEMBERs-RoADs ~ FINE
CONDITION FOR TO MORROW
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Wallace Sherwood's suggestion that plan might
be arranged by which members Of the League OF
American Wheelmen could get rebates wien pur-
chasing bicycles has caused the livcliest sort OF
discussion In tho trade. Walter Wardrop. the sec
rotary OF the National Board OF Trade OF Cycle
Manufacturers. when yesterday, said that let
tiers were beginning TO come In from different
manufacturers and that the tone OF the communica-
lions showed decided objection 10 the suggestion
Mr.. WardrOp said there doubt THAI there
was strong sentiment In the trade against H. He
said that yet the answers to the letters he had
sent TO the dealers had not begun TO come In. but
from his conversation II was apparent that he had
already made up his mind as TO what the answers
would be. Mr.. Wardrop has communicated with J.
p Potter. the president OF the League OF American
until ne hears from the l.. A. ". leader.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-26

Nine members Of tho Meadow Yacht Club. Of
Seahright. y. j.. are having ne-design fleet built
for them by WyckoN Brothers. Of clinton Conn.
Gardner & COX supplied the design. The boats are
simply rieged with Nb and mansan l6 feet the
waterline p feet 9 inches over D. with G.5 feet
watorine beam and 80 feet beam on deck They
are fiat -bottcm"d craft with flare sides and stce,
centrcroards ard ru1ders. oak frames yellow pine
keels and cedar planknc They ara restricted t.
four hundred feet Of sail and Will he delivered COM
plete IN April The Ncw-Ycrk Young men who will
own the fleet w T. Potts. Chester Summers
VI. J. Prentice Kellogg. Bdyard Dominick. r. r..
Potts. II. T y Jacqueliu. ROYAL Morse. !. 4
Haskell and J y How.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-26

The Spadng- ST. Lawrence company oi CeuenS-
.r~ X Y Is hard at work preparing for the
coming season The boats in course OF consUuo-
ton are 23-foot racing catboat for Archihad
Rogers. Of the New-York Yacht Club; -"-ioo'
ca,boat for Arson Phelps Stokes. @fGoteT f fr
charles NJ Englls a racing half -rater for feiton
Bent; bulb hn-keel 2o-foo,er for l. 5 ADAMS
I, : X. an lS-foot Catboat for Robert stuart
es-foot cathoat for Henry L. Hotchkiss q 22loot
sailing launch for the steam yacht Eugenia nov
.. Tify Js'and owned by J c. Cassatt. OF the New
York Yacht club. and a 24-foot alco-vapor launch
for @. J SeaN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-26

TIL. Hampstead Harbor Yacht Club has eiec,'u
IN. following officers for 1895: Commodore ,on"
s Appleby; 1ce-commodore. Daniel h nan
nurser. w. Buring Cocks fleet captain w L.
H,ck.. Covering Board. Ellwood valentine S Te
award p Titus and the flag officers OF ,hg CIuo'
Membership Committee. Isaac r Coles !, Lf"'
,on RirdsnU William II. Simonson. Nafu l.
Fancher and ex offcio the Commodore
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-26

G. y Nelson OF New-York. the owher .. NV
schooner Miranda has employed 'aP'"'" W. -.
,.o .ho scbo,nor Lasca being now out or
.o.,,r o,ss,on CAPTAIN Rhodes commanded Inc
a.ca when she went 10 England In 1874 anu
,red without success get race ne ,Miii,n
Is now in ManninG's care nj MS oOut, Nc iris
snrne After cruising this coast uuIl'ff, 60, 10,
summer the Miranda will be started o" q" '
pean cruise in September.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-26

W. H. Sands. captain OF the ST. Andrews Club
u TO oner cup 10 be played for in May June.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-26
Berkeley News Notes.

BERKELEY, May 25.-Hon. J. West Martin of Oakland, who Is a member 0f the Board of Regents of the State Uni versity, is seriously i'll at Paraiso Springs whither he went some time ago for his health.
 Secretary E. w. Davis of the University of California will deliver the commence ment address on June Il at the Sonoma Valley Union High School,
 Regent A. $. Hallidie of the university will leave for the East at the end of the week on business connected with the establishment of the Wilmerding School.
 barn at Seventh and Delaware streets, West Berkeley, valued at $400, and belong ing to Jerry Doran. was destroyed by fire early this morning. Tramps are SUD- posed to have caused the fire.
 The funeral of the late R. R. Swain took place to-day from his late residence. 2OOO Charming way. Rev. J. M. Thompson and Rev H. Hillard officiated. The inter- ment was in Mountain View Cemetery.
 West Berkeley Lodge No. 21, Order of Hermann's Sons, will give its annual pie nic this year on June 12 at Oak Grove.
 The Berkeley volunteers, who now num- Der fifty, will meet next Friday evening in Odd Fellows Hall. An effort will be made to recruit the company to Its full uIlota of eighty men.
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WATER RATES ARE
 FOR THE COURTS
JUDGE MORROW DECIDES A DE-
 MURRER OF IMPORTANCE.
They Must Be Reasonable and That Fact Must Be Established by
 the Evidence.

United States Circuit Judge Morrow yes terday handed down decision to the eff feet that the fixing by a board of county supervisors of rates to be charged by an irrigation company was a Federal Ques- tion. The opinion was given in the matter of the demurrer of the defendants in the case of the San Joaquin and Kings River Irrigation Company and others against the Board of Supervisors of Stanslaus County.
 The proceeding was In the form of bill in equity to enjoin the defendants from attempting to enforce an order fixing rates which complainants should charge for water. Judge Morrow said in his opin- ion:
 As Quasi-public corporation the com plainant is undoubtedly subject to reason able regulations as to rates which it should charge for the distribution of water. 1t must be held to have accepted it's franchise rights and privileges sub ject to the condition that the government creating it, or the government within whose limits 1t conducts its business may by legislation protect the people against unreasonable charges for the service rem dered it, and, on the other hand, 1t Is not subject to such unreasonable regulations as would deprive it from earning a req sonable profit on its investment, thereby meaning substantially the taking of prop erty without due process of law and deny- ing to it the equal protection of the laws.
 While the rates for the transportation of persons and property within the limits of the State are primarily for its deter imitation the question whether they are so unreasonably low as to deprive the carrier of its property without such com pensation as the constitution secures and thereby without due process or law can not be so conclusively determined by the Legislature of a State or by regulations adopted under it's authority that the mat ter may not become subject of judicial inquiry.
 ''Whether or not the complainant can justly complain of the rates fixed by the order of the Board of Supervisors of Stanislaus County are whether or not the same are unreasonably low must depend upon evidence to be adduced upon hear ing"
 The demurrer was overruled and the case will proceed to trial.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-26
LAST MEET OF
 THE FORUM CLUB Musicale and Private TheatriCaIS Close
 the Season.

The Forum Club gave a delightful mus icale and theatrical entertainment at their clubrooms on Grant avenue yesterday afternoon that proved a most charming success.
 The hall was crowded with a fashion able audience and the applause was loud and frequent. The feature of the after noon was the first appearance of Miss Grace Whitney, daughter of the presi- dent of the Forum. Mrs. Whitney was sic Riddle in the amusing one-act com edy, Three Miss Biddles,' and the young lady covered herself with glory The programme of the afternoon In full was as follows:
 Piano solo, (a) "Preludes" "............ Chopin
 (b) "Gavotte and Musette' ..... .......:.-................ Eugene d Albert
 Miss Marion Bear. "A Fair Encounter" comedietta In one act Dramatic Authors Society," Characters Lady Clara St. John. Mrs. B. Wickliffe- Harris Mrs. Celia Grenville....... Miss Edna Elsmere
 Mrs. Frederick Wilson. ''The Window Curtain by Felix Morris
 Mrs Minnie Tlttel-Brune Playing the Society Belle" "...................
 Miss Selma Cohen. Potion scene from Romeo and Juliet" :.....
 Miss Pearl Ladd. ''Three Miss Biddles.' a comedy in one act by Alice Yates Grant and Edwin Star Belknap.
 Annie Riddle. le..................M Miss May Sullivan Grace Riddle, e,..,......-.--:::M Miss Stella Henry Bessie Riddle. le................N Miss Grace Whitney Reginald Ronald Rawlston. .........................G George Austin Denison
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-26
 TRAINING FOR BUSINESS.
Organization of the College of Com merce of the University of
 California

BERKELEY, May 25.-The' College of Commerce of the University of California was duly organized to-day. A committee of the faculty, consisting of President Kellogg and Professors Davidson, Slate, Plehn, Hilgard, Bacon and Moses, had charge of the organization of the new college.
 The faculty of the College of Commerce will consist of Professor George David son and such members of the faculty as give courses which are to be included in the curriculum of the new college. For the coming year the courses given will be practically those given at present in the colleges of natural and social sciences. Groups of courses will be out lined for students in the new college. One group has already been decided upon. It includes the studies of commercial law, economic history. commercial. history, banking currency and exchange, insur- ance, transportation. industrial and com mercial organization, finance and taxa tion, statistics, diplomatic history and commercial geography. Professors David son and Hilgard were appointed special committee to arrange other groups. h. struction in the new college will begin at the opening of the next college term in August
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-26
COMMENCEMENT AT MILLS.
Patriotic Decorations Add to the
 Beauty of the Scene.

OAKLAND, May 25.-The commence mencement exercises of Mills College took place to-day at that institution amid a profuse decoration of the stars and stripes. The young ladies had charge of the decorations and nothing but patriot ism was thought Of in their efforts. Flags flew everywhere in and out of the build ing and presented a beautiful sight.
 The board of trustees met at 10 o'clock and elected Miss Janet Haight of this city to succeed Mrs. Alexander Martin, the re- firing trustee. pr. George Adams, D. D. was the other trustee selected. After a thorough inspection of the art gallery and grounds bountiful repast was served in the dining-room. The young ladies served as attendants and every one seemed to enjoy him or herself.
 A hymn and prayer opened the after noon exercises in the main hall. Miss Sydnia A. Barnard sang Since First I Met Thee" as a solo, after which Dr. Adams delivered the address of the day to the graduates. The school class rem dered Chopin's Hear, 0 Lord,' after which Mrs Mills delivered diplomas to the graduates, as follows:
 ColleRe-Mary Adele Laughlin.
 Seninary-Sydnia Alice Barnard, Eve- line May Kerr, Grace Elizabeth Reynolds, F. Lou Veneta Rome, Adelaide Margaret Samues.
 There was large attendance from this city and San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-26
WILL BE A WAR
 TIME WEDDING Miss Alice Hooper and Dr.. A. B. Mckee to
 Marry To-Day.

Miss Alice Hooper, daughter of Mir and Mrs. J. A. Hooper, will be maEried at noon to-day to Dr. Albert B. Mckee.
 The ceremony will take place at the res- idence of the brides parents, Mir and Mrs. J. A. Hooper, at the corner of Clay and Laguna streets, and Rev. Dr. Mac kenzie is to pronounce the words that will make the happy couple one
 It is to be typical wartime wedding, and the stirring spirit of the times will find expression in the decorations The dining room will glow with bright red poppies and warships, monitors, military equipments, not forgetting Uncle Sam. and the gallant sailor boys will find their counterfeit presentment in gayly colored ice cream molds
 In the drawing room, where the cere- mony will be performed, pink and white foxglove will make the room beautiful
 The bride, who will be attired in a mag nificent gown of cream white peau-de- soie, will be attended by her sister, Miss May Hooper, who will off1ciate as maid of honor. Miss Jessie Hooper, Miss Jean nette Hooper, Miss EvelyA Norwood, Miss Meda Houghton, Miss Bertha Houghton. Miss Sophie Faull and Miss Edith Connor will be the bridesmaids.
 Dr. George B. Sommers Is to be the best man.
 The attendants of the bride will be gowned alike in white organdie over green silk.
 pr. Mckee and his bride, after a bridal trip, will make their home in this city.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-26
COAL FROM NEWCASTLE. Fifty Thousand Tons Outside of the
 Ordinary Contracted For.


 Coal from Newcastle, N S. w., will pour into San Francisco for the next two or three months Outside of ordinary business 50 900 tons has been contracted for, and it has all to be delivered on schedule time There are at the present time twenty-four vessels in Newcastle. N. s. w., either loading or under charter to come to this port with coal Their carrying capacity is about 60, 900 tons, and as 1t is coming here in the ordinary course of business 1t does not count. These vessels will also get here inside of the ninety days so that in less than three months 10000 tons of coal will have en- tered the Golden Gate.
 The Zealandia went to the Sugar Re- finery yesterday. She had in her hold r 7S4 sacks of sugar, but as double gang of men was taken along it is expected that she will be discharged at noon to- go to the Hunters Point drydock, and if all goes well she will be back at Pacific street wharf Saturday morning. The work of fitting her out for troops will be done as quickly as possible. Captain Howard will have her ready to take away troops a couple of days before she is wanted by the Government.
 Among those who went away on the Picking yesterday was George Stephens Jr. He is only lad and was not a mem Der of the National Guard, but as soon sought out Captain McCreagh of Com pany D, First Regiment, and enlisted. His brother who is an inspector in the Gus toms service, and host of his friends and relatives. were out on tug to bid him last farewell.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-26
COURT NAMES
 THE EXPERTS Novel Point Decided by Judge Greene. WILL EXPEDITE TRIALS ANNIE McCANN IS SUING FOR HEAVY DAMAGES. Will Be Examined by Doctors Who Have Been Selected for the
 Purpose by the
 Bench.
ANNIE McCANN IS SUING FOR
 HEAVY DAMAGES.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 

sos Broadway, May 25. Judge Greene passed upon point never before decided in the courts of this State this morning when he granted defen- court of medical experts to examine into the alleged injuries of the plaintiff in the case of Annie c. McCann against the Piedmont and Mountain View Railway Company for $50 900 damages.
 The motion was argued on Monday last, when Attorney Bell, appearing for the de- fendant, cited extensively from the authorities and argued that in cases of this nature, where complicated injuries are alleged and heavy damages sought, it is necessary that the court appoint dfsin- terested experts to examine plaintiff, to be done to all parties. MT. Bell contended that experts brought into court by either party are too prone to be preJudiced or biased in favor of the party calling them.
 There has been ample justification for the arguments of MT. Bell in cases tried within the past few years in Alameda County, One of the most noted is un- against the railroad company, In which medical experts were found who testified to all sorts and conditions of physical wreckage and flatly contradicted each other on all points.
 Messrs. Fitzgerald and Abbot. who ap- pearfor the Piedmont and Mountain View Railway deny the defendants right to such an examination of the plaintiff. and stated that they had already agreed that she should be examined by the defen- dant's physician The matter was argued at length and submitted to Judge Greene, who rendered his decision this morning.
 The court held that under the law and the rules of the court the defendant is entitled to the appointment of experts by the court, and Judge Greene named Drs. J. s. Adams, J. M. Selfridge and II. M. Rucker of Oakland and Dr. .dartin of San Francisco, specialist in nervous dis eases, to make the examination asked for.
 The plaintiff alleges in her complaint that she is suffering from spinal mening- ius and complicated nervous troubles as a result of the defendants negligence in prematurely starting a car which she was attempting to board in June of last year.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-26
Students Eager for the War.

BERKELEY, May 25.-Amone the Berkeleyans who went to San Francisco to-day to enlist was Edward McCleaye. a junior at the State university and a son of Captain McCleave of North Berkeley, who fought in the Civil War. McCleave, whose elder brother, Lieutenant Robert McCleave. U. s. A., has recently been as- signed for duty in Cuba, had been offered a good position in Alaska before the call for volunteers was made. His ticket was already bought and he was to have sailed next Sunday, but the call to arms proved irresistible. His parents reluctantly gave their consent to his enlistment, as he lacked several months of having attained his majority, and to-day he went with a number of fellow-students to enter the Fourteenth Regiment of the regulars. went over to enlist were Football Coach Garrett Cochran and Kid" Vassar of Princeton, l. c. Boss of the University of California, Payson Riggs, Fred Berger. R. Masters and Earl Nutting of the Berke- lev High School.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-26
THE LIBRARY TRUSTEES. Will Take No Action in the Har-
 bourne Dedication Matter.

ALAMEDA, May 25.-At the meeting of the board of library trustees last even ing the Harbourpe dedication was dis cussed, and it was agreed by the mem bers that if there were any suits to be brought, it was the province of the city officials to bring them and not the library board. That board is merely the agent of the city government, and it's members oid not believe they had the right to bring such suit. Furthermore, they have re- ceived no official notice that any such ac- tion had been taken by the City Trustees as granting them permission to use the name of the city to bring suit.
 The matter of having a new catalogue printed for the library was taken up and discussed. and it was agreed to circulate a subscription list pledging patrons of the library to purchase copies of such cata- logue at actual cost. In this way it was thought the work could be done without expense to the library.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-26
SIXTEEN-YEAR-0 OLD
 VICTIM OF GAS SAD DEATH OF PRETTY GRACE
 PEARSON. She Retired as a Happy Child, but Left the Gas Burning, and She Never Awoke Again.

Pretty Grace Pearson, 16 years old. was found dead in her bed yesterday morning, a victim to the deadly fumes of illuminat- ing gas.
 The deceased was a domestic in the family of B. Getz, at 119 Broderick street. Last Tuesday night she visited her moth CT at the lodging house kept by the latter at 11e Fifth street, curious coincidence Tn numbers, by the way. The young girl seemed to be happy and in the best of spirits and chatted merrily and played the niano. Before she left for the home of her employer she made an engagement to spend next Sunday with her mother
 At a quarter of o'clock yesterday morning MT. Getz called her, but receiv- inc no reply called in neighbor and forced the door. They found the girl dead and the room full of the fumes of illuml-
 Dr. ]. c. Williamson was called in. and
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-26

after an examination of the body gave it as his opinion that life had been extinct for several hours. There was no indica- ton whatever that the girl had committed suicide, everything in the room being in dows not having been stopped up, which would have been the case if the girl had taken her own life. The gas burner in the room was turned son at full force, from which fact the inference is drawn that the deceased went to sleep with the gas burn ing and that the pressure decreased suf- ficlently during the night to extinguish the flame and then resumed it's normal pressure, filling the room with the poison ous fumes. She was the only child of Mrs. Pearson
 An inquest will be held
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-26
waiting to convey it to Cypress Lawn Cemetery, where it will be cremated.
 Baptists Will Come West.

OAKLAND, May 25.-Rev. James Sun derland, secretary of the American Bap- list Missionary Union, received a dispatch this morning announcing that the great May anniversaries, which have b0Hl in session for the past week at Rochester, N. Y, would convene in May, lS99 in san Francisco. This assures the visit of thou sands of prominent Baptists from every State in the Union to the Golden Gate next year.
 The organizations which meet at that time are the Missionary Union, the Home Mission, the Publication and the Educa- ton societies. The womens auxiliarieS will also meet with them. These societies represent the BaptiStS of America except the Southern States
 Sons of Fighters Called.
 OAKLAND, May 25-The following no- tice was issued to-day by Captain C. A. Taber, commanding the Sons of Veterans Guards:
 Headquarters Sons of Veterans Guards. All sons of soldiers. sailors. or marines are requested to meet at these headquarters to, ab6 nsh[ r HhuTS66eP T6e e R of the United has issued a call for 5,0O more men. snow by your presence that you are as i9Tat aS your
 Captain Commanding.
 Verdict Expected Friday.
 OAKLAND, May 25.-The defense in the O'Bren felony case from Livermore rest ed suddenly this afternoon. Tomorrow forenoon rebuttaI testimony will be intro duced and inc case continued until Friday for the Martin funeral. A verdict is ex- pected some time Friday.
 Oakland News Items.
 OAKLAND, May 25.-The Board of Police and Fire Commissioners adjourned to meet tomorrow without filling the va cancies existing. They are supposed to act at once
 E. R. Tut will erect a three-story brick building on the south side of Thir- teenth street between Washington and Clay streets, at a cost of $12,OO0. Albert Brown will erect similar building ad- joining it.
 The quarterly conference of the Ala meda County Womens Christian Temper ance Union will he held in the Chester street Methodist Episcopal Church tr1day afternoon and evening. A good pro- gramme has been prepared for the meet ing
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-26

Vote against the pew cbdr- ter because section 22, ar ticle II, chapter l, is in con flict Witb section 8, article Xl, of the constitution That sectioD authorizes the oDend- ment of tbe charter when ever Q petition shall be pre- sented. The constitution provides tbdt it shall be amended oDly at ipterVols of two years, at eitber general or special elections.