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The San Francisco call., 1898-02-08
OCEAN TRAVEL.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP co.

Steamers as,.on leave Broadway wharf, as For ports In Alaska, 10 a. m., Feb. 5. 10, 20. 25 and every fifth day thereafter.
 For Victoria, Vancouver (B. CD, Port Town, send, Seattle. Tacoma. Everett. Anacortes and New Whatcom Rockingham Bay. Wash.), Ia a. rl., Feb. 5, TO- 15, 20 25, and every fifth day thereafter. connecting at Seattle with com- pany's steamers for Alaska and G. N. Ky, al Tacoma with N. P. Ky, at Vancouver with C.-P. Ky.
 For Eureka Gumboldt Bay), steamer Ho- mer, 1C a. m.. Feb. 13. 1s. 25 March 3, g, 15, 21 27. and every sixth day thereafter
 For Santa Cruz. Monterey, San Simeon. Ca- yucos, Port Harford (San Luis 0bispo), Gavi- ota, Santa Barbara Ventura, Huenenle. San Pedro, East San Pedro Qos Angeles) and Newport, 9 a. nl., Feb 2. 6. 10. II, IS, 22, 26, and every fourth day thereafter.
 For San Diego stopping only at Port Har- ford (San Luis Obispo). Santa Barbara, Port Los Angeles and Redondo Clos Angeles), II a. m., Feb 4. S. 12. 16. 20, 24, 2S. and every fourth day thereafter.
 For Ensenada, Magdalena Bay, San Jose del Cabo, Mazatlan. A1tata, La Paz, Santa Ro- salia and Guaymas (Mex) 10 a. m., March S. April 8, and 2d of each month thereafter
 The company reserves the right to change without previous notice steamers. sailing dates and hours of sailing.
 TICKET OFFICE-Palace Hotel, New Montgomery st.
 GOODALL, PERKINS 6 CO.,. Gen Agts.
 10 Market st.. San Francisco.
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time before the meeting" at which the bids for the contracts were opened, for his statement was an untruth. That the market was at very low ebb was demonstrated by the fact that one of the bidders, Byxbee &. Clark, offered to furnish the Commissioners with all the lumber, No. grade, at ST 40 per thou sand.
 It is anticipated that Slade will be kept on the witness-stand the better part of the day. Chief Engineer Holmes will be recalled also. It Is understood that w. H. Healy, who was prominently connected with some of the injunction litigation which was brought against the board. and which was afterward compromised, is
 out of town. Should he return, he will
 be subpenaed and may be called on to
 testify as to his experience as an un-
 successful lowest bidder when compet-
 ing with the combine. One of the
 things to which he would be called
 upon to testify would be In regard to
 the rotten and second hand piles which
 he openly charged in the board had
 been delivered to him by Darby Lay
 don & Co.,, and which he used in some
 repair work.
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BERKELEY, Feb. 7-Lieutenant Clo- man has made the following appoint ments of student officers in the cadet battalions:
 Captain of Company B, J. w. Mllar: captain of the Bicycle Corps, l.. T. Wagner; second lieutenant of Company B, ". A. Hackley; second lieutenant of Company F, W. H. Hous- ton; additional second lieutenant, Company B, l. c. Allen; additional sec i'd lieutenant, Com pany G, w. T. Mooney; second lieutenant of Bicycle Corps, J. J. Kline; sergeant-major of First Battalion. T. ". McPherson; sergeant sergeant of Company D. J. H. Collier; first sergeant of Company H, G. Van Schaick; first sergeant of Bicycle Corps, L. T. Eaton; color sergeant, B. c. Swan; sergeant of Company G, F. M. Simpson,; corporal of Bicycle Corps, V. H. Henderson.
 The following series of lectures for the seniors taking the theoretical course in military science has been arranged for by the military department:
 February s-"Military Engineering; Field Works" Professor Cloman.
 February 15-"strategy." Captain James Petit, U. S.. A.. late professor Of military science at Yale.
 March l-"Company Administration" Cap tain C. G. Starr, U. s. A.
 March S-"Personal Hygiene" Colonel c. R. Greenleaf, honorary professor of public and military hygiene of the University of Cali fornia.
 Warfare" Lieutenant F. A. Wilcox. honor graduate United States Torpedo School.
 March 22-"Miltary Engineering; Obstacles and Demolitions." Professor Cloman; .. Lieutenant J. E. Nolan, Fourth United States Cavalry.
 April 5-H"Hygiene of Marches and Camps Professor Greenleaf.
 April 12-"Miitary and Martial Law,"' Lieu tenant R. H. Noble, A. D. C., graduate of St.. Johns College of Law.
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The City Council.

OAKLAND, Feb. "A resolution was passed by me Council tonight in- structing the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance calling a special election to de- termine the para matter. The amount of bonds is to be for 900, as follows: $30 900 for improving West Oakland Park i; S10,000 for Independence square; $50, 900 for the improvement of the estuary between Eighth-street bridge and Twelfth-street bridge; s100 900 for the condemnation of a strip around the lake containing 125 acres of the Adams Point tract; $122 800 for the improvement of Parks and the extension of the boulevard.
 An ordinance was passed to print call ing for a special election of freeholders to frame new charter. The election will be held June %.
 An ordinance was introduced preparing the way for declaring forfeited the rail- road franchise on Clay street The Bros nahan ordinance for the classification and districting of saloons went over for one week.
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Very Little Prospect of Unity in Alam eda
 County.
No Use for a Conference That Cannot End in a
 Result.
The County Campaign Is Now Allied With the Fight for State
 FaVOrS.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

sos Broadway, Feb. '.
 The recent action of the forces of Dr. George Pardee has not so far struck terror in the Davis camps. At the present time both factions are cry ing No surrender!" and the average man Is comparing the political situa- tion to the commercial travellers hack neyed story of the immovable rock and the irresistible locomotive
 While all the rest of the State. if the utterances of it's newspapers is cor rectly representing public opinion, is unanimous that Alameda County has QuarreIed so long that it has lost it's chance of securing the Republican nomination of Governor, it Is now more plain than ever that the local politicians do not believe that any such calamity has happened.
 The suggestion made Saturday that it would be desirable to bring the two camps together for a conference has not met with any favor from the Davis side of the divided house. A member of MT. Davis general committee said this morning: If they can propose any plan that will be more effective or satisfactory than the new primary law we will give it our consideration
 This remark was not a random ut terance. It Is at once a notice of de termination to keep in the field and covert expression of confidence in vic tory at the primary. It also makes matters very interesting and guaran- tees increasing warmth as the cam paign develops.
 The personnel of the various camps is interesting and shows how thor oughly the spirit of opposition has been aroused. In Mir. Davis commit tee are Senator Stratton, Theo Gier, Mark Webber, John A. Britton, Valen- tine Hush, John E. Farnum, W. V. Witcher, George R. Morrow, G. w Arper. Socrate Huff, G. L. Langan, Joe Henscher, Rube Hunter, NJ. w. Upton, w. D. Rowe, George Chase, George D. Metcalf, H. A. Powell and W. R. Thomas.
 In Dr. Pardee's camp are G. B. Dan ish, Frank Jordan, H. P. Dalton, Guy c. Earl, A. H. Breed, John Mitchell, Howard Emerson, R. J. Cavasso, A. L. Smith. ". H. Waste. pr. H. W. Row ell Howard E. Wright, F. c. Jarvis, H. D. Rowe, Dr. c. l.. TisdaIe J. L. McCarty, Oscar F. Brieling, E. A. Mas tick, Warren Cheney. W. A. Dow, Judge Stephen G. Nye. J. B. McChes- ney and Eugene Van Court.
 It is daily becoming more evident that there will be some State and county combinations, and the delicate problem is now causing grave anxiety to candidates. The campaign will be the hottest known in Alameda County because of the certainty that it will mean four years of office. There was doubt in 1894 as to whether the act was constitutional, but this has been dissipated and office holders, chronic and spasmodic, are all desperate for four years of a good thing
 The Assembly fight is also figuring largely. Hart H. North having se- cured the Immigration Commissioner ship, leaves a vacancy in his district and should Frank Leavitt enter the race for the Senate there will be an- other place to be filled.
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investments made either upon first cost or present value. The object is to compensate for services rendered"
 In view of the foregoing, I advise that you take into consideration the original cost sim- ply as a circumstance or element in deter mining present value.
 Under the head of operating expenses, the company Is entitled to charge for keeping the plant in its normal condition; and the sinking of new wells, the building of new reservoirs, the erection of additional buildings and the substitution of larger and better pipe (to the extent of the difference) do not come under the head of operating expenses, but should be charged to construction account. Ii this were not so, water plant inferior in all things Tn few years could be transformed into water plant superior in everything, al the expense of the consumer. This would be an advantage to the owner and burden to the rate payer neither contemplated nor justified } by the law.
 The Water Committee met this after noon and heard more of the costs of the plants from the two companies repre- sentative, but no steps were taken, and the committee meet again tomorrow Councilman Brosnahan introduced reso- lution tonight that is intended to prevent any mistake in the printing of the ordi- nance such as occurred last year, when the ordinance was inadvertently left out one of the ten legal days.
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PIONEERS ARE
 THINNING OUT Death of the Oldest Resident in the County of
 Alameda. Simeon Suvers Lived for Fifty Years in the Same
 Spot.
Oakland Office san Francisco Call,

Oakland Office San Francisco Call
 sos Broadway, Feb. '. Simeon Stivers, the oldest settler In Irvington, died tonight. No pioneer in Alameda County is more generally known and no one has resided as long on one homestead. For exactly half a century Simeon Stivers has lived on the place he bought in 1S4S.
 Simeon Suvers came to this coast with his uncle, Earl Marshall, who died several years ago. They came around the Horn on the ship Brooklyn. and in the family of the old vessel in the shane of 2 niece of the f1gurehead. Stivers married Miss Anna M. Jones of Ohio in 1858, and their family consisted of Letitia M, Simeon E. Charlotte J., Samuel, Champion D., Anna M., Mark and Edward.
 The old pioneer will be buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Irvington on Wednesday afternoon
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that such an event was contemplated, it having made up its mind that the wealthy San Francisco lumber dealer would not marry again.
 MT. Mclean was made widower about two years ago by an unfortunate accident that ended fatally. Mrs. Me Bean was preparing for drive, and had just entered her carriage when the horses shied and ran off. They rushed against a brick wall and Mrs. Carolina V. Mclean was so severely injured that she died shortly after
 Her daughter, Mrs. Jennie B. Culver, was a frequent visitor to the Mclean residence on Durant street and was very popular. She was a daughter Of Mrs. Mclean by a former marriage, and received a substantial share of her late mothers estate. Since the death of Mrs. Caroline Mclean her daughter has been a frequent visitor at the residence, but no one surmised that she contemplated marrying her stepfather.
 Last Tuesday MT. Mclean met Mrs. Culver at Los Angeles and they were quietly married by Rev. J. B. Cantine.
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ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS.
They will make their residence in this

They will make their residence in this city.
 Mrs. Jennie Mclean has been mar ried three times, but neither of her for mer ventures was happy. She was first the wife of MT. Hewlett, and after se- curing a divorce from him she mar ried MT. Culver This marriage was also an unhappy one and Mrs. Culver again sought the divorce court with success.
 Alexander Mclean is a well-known lumber man of San Francisco, but has made his home in Oakland for many years The family has always been very prominent in society, and it was mainly because of alleged discrimina- tion against Mrs. McBean's turnout in favor of P. E. Bowles, the banker at the Fabiola fete, that the annual horse meet was discarded.
 Mrs. Jennie Mclean is a lady ot charming personality and is well known in local social circles.
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WHAT THE COMPANY CAN Do
Opinion of the District Attorney on the Powers of Water Corporations.

OAKLAND, Feb. 7.- City Attorney Dow handed his opinion to the Water Committee of sthe City Council to-day. The opinion is based upon and quotes ex- tensively from the San Diego water case, decided by the Supreme Court last year.
 The most significant sections of the City Attorneys opinion are the following:
 MT. Justice Temple also said: "There Is no opinion. said: "The service is worth no more when rendered by ten companies than when one company furnishes all the water" and that the presence of competing companies should mot call for increased rates.''
 MT. Justice Temple said: There is no obligation to remunerate water companies for
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WEDDED HER
 STEPFATHER Mrs. Jennie Culver Now the Wife of Alex
 Mclean.
Her Mother Fatally Injured in a Runaway Two
 Years Ago.
Mir. and Mrs. Mclean Will Make Their Residence in
 Oakland.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
sos Broadway. Feb.

Alexander Mclean of the Lakeside district has surprised his friends by marrying his stepdaughter. The cere- mony was performed at Los Angeles last week and was a veryl quiet affair. Oakland society was not even apprised
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For San Jose, Los Gatos < Santa Cruz

Steamer Alviso leaves Pier 1 daily Sundays excepted) at 10 a. n-; Alviso daily Saturdays excepted) at p. m. Freight and Passengers. Fare between San Francisco and Alviso. 50os to San Jose, 75c. Clay street. Pier 1. q North First street. San Jose
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City Finances.

ALAMEDA, Feb. 7-According to the semi-annual report of the City Clerk, filed this afternoon, the various funds of the city have the following balances in them: General. S14,T1 28; municipal No ? interest, s543 S3; municipal No. re- demption, S53 0l; municipal No. inter- est, S5S9 S6 municipal No. 4 redemption $20lO 96; municipal No. interest, $340 39: municipal No. redemption, s496 99: street, $9379 57; sewer bond QSS5) interest, $1175 57; sewer bond QSS5) redemption $lS7 46; electric, $2331 52; municipal No 3 interest, S525 7S municipal No. redemp- tion, S753 02; school general, s3064 29; high school, $3090 67; school library, g 42: school bond OS7S interest, S390 6s: school bond QS7S redemption, S4102 52; municipal No. l interest, $106S 02; municipal No redemption S1506 02; municipal No. in- terest, $270 5S; municipal No. redemp- ton, $4l3 63; health S1111 06; library, s26g 15; exempt fire relief, $84 50.
 Alameda News Notes.
 ALAMEDA, Feb. T-Major Hilton is drawing good audiences at his evangelis- tic services. Meetings are held three times each day.
 William Gordon, a bartender, broke his right leg yesterday while getting up from a lounge on which he had been lying In some unexplained way the leg doubled under him as he rose and snapped the bone just above the ankle.
 Revival services are in progress at the Santa Clara Avenue Methodist Church and are meeting with success.
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FOR U. s. MAYNARD AND VALLEJO.

Steamer Monticello" Will lie up to receive new boiler and general overhauling on February l. and resume her route on March l. HATCH BROS.
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Baptism by Archbishop RiOrddn of the Heir Of tht
 House of POnidtOWSki

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STUDENT OFFICERS NAMED.

BERKELEY, Feb. 7-Lieutenant Clo- man has made the following appoint ments of student officers in the cadet battalions:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-05-07

counsel See Alb l. J. 2s1 One of the best cases
setting forth both the law this subject and the
state, s. W. Tex.) State
26 S W CTex) 1OSS in which a trial granted
ruling such questions Also Zanoae state, SO s. W.
(Ienn.) III.
Johnston T. Farmers Fire ms. Co, Mich. 90:
State T. Pratt 121 No. $50;
Territory =. De Gutaan, u Pac. q. NJ 6S;
Stokes 4. People, 50 Y. Y. 1874;
Necc0mb Z. Gr,is,coId, 81 n Y POS;
State T. Hack, rs No %;
State I. Pancoost, 81 \. W. q. ID 1852;
Il Alb. l. J. 281
% Enc Law, $50;
Enc PI. q Pr. III.
The questions however should in general refer to matters
of date and should be allowed be asked in
nsinuatng way simply for the purpose of disgacng the
witnesses The has large discretion the way the
questions should be put and the of the examinations but
the discretion should be exercised literally.
Repub. Tohji, IIaw 548, is cited The
there said: Evidence be admissible for the purpose of
affecting the credibty of witness must be such bears direct
~ upon his character for truth and veracy Otherwise it
would be irrelevant It IS not competent if it merely tends
disgrace the witness. We do how fact
lived under different place
affect his crediblity-even if would
disgrace him. In that case, in this question
croexaminaton but emphasis laid that fact by
counsel The question treated rather general
the class of questions that might be put any
credbiy moral character of particular witness The
did not intend to decide upon what questions might be asked
witness himself crOsseXaminaton distinguished from
questions that might be asked other regard
Even we regard merely the facts and the conclusion of the
court in that case distinguished from the question of
the mind of the still the decision necessarily
conflict with decision in this for the question there
the witness very different from the questions here sought
to be put and the circumstances also quite different and
the ruling of the trial that might
ed within his discretion. Probably whichever way the trial
court might have ruled in that case
been granted on the ground of preiudicial error.
In the at bar the prosecuting witness only
accomplish but the evidence given by him shows him
person. although young of such character morally that the
court ought to have allowed searching inquiry his
atty and deprav affecting his credibty
to disgrace him.
The exceptions sustained and a trial is ordered.
f. p. Dole Dep AtOrney-G General, for prosecution.
j. A. Wdg0on, r. d. SWiman and w. s. Edngs for
defendant.
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OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUDD, c. J

This exceptions trial
court to set aside the judgment being contrary law the
evidence and weight of evidence.
Following is the decision the containing findings
of fact and the rulings of law:
TN the District Court of Honolulu judgment rendered
for the defendant motion non-ut the plaintiff and the
to this on appeal
The case being tried jury waived find the following facts:
1.-The plaintiff leased the ground floor and basement of build
ing owned by defendant No 49, Fort Street. covenantng
inter ALA to make all necessary repairs the demsed premises
Part OF the upper floor of the building leased Mr.
Howard and that floor closet of which both
the tenants had the but which included in the lease
to either On the night of the 31st day of May 1897 owing
the closet being extremely of repair overlooked
water soaked through the ceiling upon the goods of the plaintiff
causing the damage for which this suit is brought The plaintiff
claims that 1t the duty of the defendant to attend said
closet and keep the good order that
happen to the goods of the plaintiff and that the damage
caused by her neglect to perform this duty.
The defendant claims that there duty upon
to repair the closet inasmuch the plaintiff had
repair The plaintiffs covenant under the lease refers merely
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JUDD, CD, FBEAR AND WHITING, j.

Plaintiff
leak from w c. story building
defective of
night of May 81 overflow of the
pipe
to plaintiff The defendant had notice
failed repair nothing plain
that the
ting off the entire building
which plaintiff knowledge, have
vented the
the closet and of other
tenants.
Held that the failure plaintiff
oontributory negligence
rdered.
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS,
MARCH TERM, 1898.

c. S. DESKY, doing Business under the Name of BRUCE
WARING d COMPANY 4. MRS. THOMAS LACK.
EXCEPTIONS CIRCUIT COURT, FIRST CIRCUIT.
SUBMITTED MARCH 30, 1898. DECIDED APRIL 81, 1898.
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In THE SUPREME COURT OF THE HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS.
EXCEPTIONS FROM Cmerr Cornr, Fmsr CLRoUr.
DECEMBER TERM, 1897.

EXCEPTIONS FROM CIRCUIT COURT FIRST CIRCUIT.
SUBMITTED DECEMBER "a 1897 DECIDED APRIL 90, 1898
JUDD C.J, FREAE WHITING, j.
privilege Of witness to refuse TO
questions which tend to crimnate him.
he may croexamined life such
credibily though they might tend
to Grim disgrace degrade the witness.
relevant to the ISSUE
be put discretionary with the trial
court and it's rulings subject
that the abused
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SUBMITTED DECEMBER a, 1897.
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DECIDED APRIL 90, 1898.
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basement and he certainly under obligation the
closet Though the tenants had by indulgence the of the
closet appurenant the demsd premises it still remained
the possession and under the control and supervision of the
defendant 1t her duty that should damage the
goods of the tenants by of being defective condition
The fact that the defendant upon being the
the closet plumbers admission that she
obliged keep in repair Though the allow
ed to the closet also the common staircase the liability
rested upon the defendant reasonable keep
repair and, failing do she would be liable for damage
resulting to the plaintiff or his property
Shear. q Red. Neg Sections 722-724 and cited in
the notes.