ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWSBRANOES EAGER

TO DECORATE HISCHILD'S GRAVE

The Accused Mur-derer Still Hopes.

JUROR MARSTON IS NOW ILL

•ARGUMENT INTHE TRIAL GOES

OVER UNTIL TUESDAY.

The Sick Juror Was Attacked WithVertigo, Resulting From the

Heavy Strain of the Pro-tracted Trial.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call.Broadway, March 23.

Argument in the Brandea murder casewent over this morning until next Tues-day, owing to the sudden and serious i11—nese of Juror Benjamin .S. Marston. Ac-cording to Dr. Juror Marston

t vertigo at his home thismorning, but the physician believes thathis patient will recover sufficiently to re-Fume his duties as a juror by next Tues-day. Hem all hopes that the fate ofBrandos might be determined by the endof this week are vain, a fact that ap-peared to h.iv-- a decidedly cheering effectupon the accused murderer.

In the courtroom Brandes sighs andheaves and rolls hie eyes about in their

\u25a0\u25a0=, and weeps and drops his headback occasionally, as though gasping forhls last breath. If In the courtroom hehas been acting, he has carried out hispart very well. Behind the bars, in thelarge corridor at the County Jail, he isnot the same man.

He sits about, his head covered with anatty blue corduroy cap, and smokes hisptpe, Bhuffl< s the cards in an '•innocentgame" of poker for beans and laughs andchats more merrily and unconcernedlythn.n do most of his prison mates, whoare serving time for minor offenses.If In the court he has the appearance

of one standing in the shadow of the gal-lows in the Jail corridor he not only ap-pears free from such horrid specters, butactually expr< sses his confidence that thetwelve men who have listened to the har-rowing and blood-curdling details of thealleged murder for the past six weekswiM give him his liberty.

"My attorneys. Messrs. Sawyer andBennett, have worked hard for me," saidthe accused murderer this afternoon at

the County Jail, "and Ido not know \u25a0

how Iam ever going to repay the com- jlilimesnt. Icannot get out of here too:

for Iwlil have plenty to attend to.

Iwant to bring some flowers to my girl'sgrave and arrange to have a tombstone

the head. This is uppermost in mymind. You have no idea how Iloved that ,girl Ithought more of her than of any

of the rest of the family.\u25a0•I ], mbt as to the outcome of

my case, and do not feel worried; onlyI"ha- very well ever since Ihave been in jail. 1 have lost twenty-rivepounds and J can't live without work.When Iget out of here I'llnever againreturn to the watchman business. Itcre-ates too many enemies for a man. Ihave

thing that Iaccumulated with-in the past eleven years on account orthis case. and, of course, Ialso provided

for my wife's defense."But the accuse.! murderer stopped

short. He recollected his attorneys' ad-monition not to speak to any one. andhe returned to the long table in the cor-ridor and resumed the card game.

HE GETS THE DIVORCE,

SHE THE PROPERTY

HOW THE PRICE FAMILYSET-TLED THEIR TROUBLES.

A Potato-Masher Wielded by HisAngry Spouse Caused the Trouble

That Led to a Sepa-ration.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call.•»s Broadway, March 23.

Mrs. Maggie E. Price snatched victory Ifrom the jaws of defeat in Judge Ells- !\u25a0worth's court to-day. Her husband. M.

N. Price, sued her for a divorce some !time ago. and this afternoon Judge Ells- jworth granted him a decree. But this Is I

all he did get. To Mrs. Price was award- jed the home, dairy and chicken ranch inNorth Oakland, besides other real estate

in this city.At the trial some very Interesting de-

tails of family history were related by \the suing husband. It was brought out

that the parties were married in April,:1887. In October, 1896, the wife desertedplaintiff -by driving him from the house!with a potato masher and without hisconsent.

This domestic assault, it appeared, wasbrought on by the fact that one day the

husband drove up to his home and askedhis wife to go out fur a drive. This jproffered kimlnes was ignored, and in- j

etead Mrs Price accused her husband of ,having taken other women out driving.

Price's protestations of his faithfulness\u25a0were as the idle winds, but alter return-ing the buggy to the stable he renewed |them and it"was then that the potato |ma-her was wielded and Price was ban-

ished. The suit for separation followed.Mrs Price made no particular defense |

bo" far as fighting the divorce was con- ]cemed, but she declared the property In-:volved belonged to her. Itdeveloped that jway back In their courting days Pricehad given Mrs. Price money with £hlchto build a house and sheds on the North .Oakland property. She having therefore !acqufred it before marrying it could not ,be regarded as community property. Mrs.Price also showed that she had man-aged the affairs of the household, twelvecows and a dairy route, besides the chick-

en ranch, and that the plaintiff had

PWence Sthe

nproperty was awarded to the

\u25a0wifo and the divorce to the husband.

Alameda News Notes.ALAMEDA, March 23.-The Enclnal

Literary Society held a regular meeting

this evening in the parlors of the Con-irrefrational church. An interesting pro-gramme was given. At the next meet-

In- Dr A. W. Scott, principal of theH!*gh School, will address the members.

William Perm Martin died last eveningat his home, 2122 San Jose avenue aftera longUlneßß. He \v;j,s a native of Franceaged 74 years, and had been a resident ofAlameda for nearly thirty years.

Mrs. Captain Phineas Pendleton diedyesterday in San Francisco as the resultof a surgical operation. She formerlylived with her husband in this city, butabout a year ago they moved to Saratoga,

Santa Clara County.^

Republican Pluralities.OAKLAND,March 23.— The official fig-

ures of the City Clerk on the late elec-tion show the following- pluralities:

R. W Snow, Mayer, 1818: A. H.Br^ed Auditor. 2375; Z. T. Gilpln,Treasurer, :>4S; W. A. Dow, City Attor-ney 31S; R. M. Ciement, City Engineer.80; Councllmen at large— Anson Barstow•17" B C Cuvelller 2164, G. R. Stetson 1033.C Kramm 173. With the exception ofKramin and Clement all are Republicans.

A character study of John Bur-roughs, the great American writerjqfnature, in his cabin home, in nextSunday's Call.

HIS OFFICEWAS WASHED

INTO THE CREEKStorm Floods Many

Highways.

A MASSACRE OF GOPHERS

MANY DRIVEN FROM THEIR

HOLES BY WATER.

Mr. Watkinson Smiles as He Thinks

of the Accommodating Natureof the Heavy

Rains.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

90S Broadway. March 23.Thirty-six hours of continuous down-

pour and still raining. Such is the recordof Oakland for the past day and a half.

When H. A. Pleitner, a real estate

dealer of Fruitvale, went to his office thismorning the office was gone. A little

search revealed the missing house in themiddle of Fruitvale Creek, and against it

a torrent of waters was beating. The con-tents had been washed out and deeds,

transcripts, maps and other parapherna-

lia had landed In the estuary long before

Mr. Pleitner came down to business.The building—a substantial little struc-

ture—was built near the edge of the creek.This creek has been dry so long that no-body anticipated any danger, but themighty torrent that started to rush down

the creek last night gradually washed the

earth from under Mr. Pleitner's office and

the laws of gravitation did the rest.^During the recent campaign City Engi-

neer Clement, who is a good engineer buta poor politician and a worse orator, read

a. little speech in which he referred to thestreets of this city as "a monument ofengineering skill." Mr. Clement intendedof course to compliment the monument,

and not the engineer or the skill, but attins time this unfortunate remark is be-ing frequently quoted, especially in theneighborhood of Twenty-seventh and SanPablo, Sixth and Broadway and Fourthavenue and East Eighteenth street, wherethe ••monuments" are several feet out ofsight and only the skill remains.

At Fourth avenue and East Eighteenthstreet the electric cars have not beenable to run for two days, as there areB( . -ral feet of water on the track. AtSixth and Broadway some wag wadedinto the lake and stuck up a sign stating

that fishing lines could be hired on thebanks. The farmers are beginning tothink that there can be too much of agood thing. .Like Macbeth they are cry-ing, "Hold, enough," but so far their cryhas been unheeded.

The luckiest man in town is J. H. T.Watkinson, the general manager of theContra Costa Water Company. Two weeksago Mr. Watkinson, with a face two feetlong, went before the Council and told ofthe drought and of the scarcity of waterinthe San Leandro Lake, and argued thatall kinds of means would have to be de-vised to guarantee a sufficiency of freshwater for Oakland for the next year. Mr.Watkinson was even dramatic. He point-ed to the clear, dry sky and said, "Gen-tlemen, is there any evidence there thatwe shall have any rain this year?" andthe Council said no and passed a waterrate which, it was hoped, would satisfythe demands of the people and corporationalike.

Now Mr. Watkinson is constantly tele-phoning to the San Leandro Lake and theprecaution has been taken to see thatthe safety gates are In working order, sothat if it rains much longer the surplussupply can be run off. Mr. Watkinson'sface to-day was about two feet broadand the old Council is out of office.

Health Officer Dunn and City Bacter-iologist Ryfkogel were at the City Hallto-day, computing how many microbes,bacilli and other things had been washedout of the sewers and off the sidewalksby the rain. Their rows of figuresreached back and forth across the pagemany times, and the experts said theyhad not yet finished.

One of the greatest benefits done to thefarmers in the vicinity of Alvarado bythe storm is the driving out of the thou-sands of gophers which infest the regionin and about Alvarado. Every farmerla Jubilant over the killing-of these pests,for they do great damage to the beetand grain fields. The gophers had en-croached more generally upon the bot-tom lands of late, owing to the recentdry years.

The killingof the gophers Is due to theflooding of the country. In some placesthe water stands eight and ten Inchesdeep and has even covered a .section ofthe narrow gauge track 400 yards fromthe station at Alvarado.

Mrs. Armstrong Demurs,

OAKLAND. March 23.—Sarah MargaretArmstrong to-day filed a demurrer to thecomplaint of her husband in the suitwhereby he seeks to recover real prop-erty valued at $50,000, which he claims hesigned deeds for, while he believed hewas about to die and which his wife im-mediately had recorded. The parties areprominent old people, residing at Hay-wards.

Congressman Metcalf Returns.OAKLAND,March 23.—Hon. Victor H.

Metcalf returned home this morning. Hewent to Washington for the purpose ofbecoming 1 acquainted with those withwhom he will sit in the next Congress."While East he also familiarized: himselfwith several federal matters relating toOakland and was introduced to PresidentMcKinley.

BYROD WANTSTHE ESTATE

OF HIS WIFEDeserted Her Many

Years Ago.

APPROVES OF A CONTRACT

SAYS HIS ATTORNEY ACTED INGOOD FAITH.

\

Was Disinherited by Mrs. Byrod,Who Left the Savings of Her

Life to VariousCharities.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,908 Broadway, March 23.

Frederick W. Byrod is not dissatisfiedwith a contract he made some monthsago with Attorney Darwin DeGolia. Thetroubles of Byrod have been the causeof bringing him much notoriety, and afew weeks ago statements were publisheddeclaring that he was ajixlous not tocarry out a certain agreement that hehad made and which he hoped would re-sult in bringing him a large share o£ adisputed estate.

Attorney Frank D.Ryan of Sacramento,In which city Mr. Byrod is detained, ap-peared before Judge Greene to-day andstated that his suit to annul the con-tract made by Byrod with Attorney Dar-win DeGulia was inadvisedly broughtunder a mistaken idea of the facts, andByrod now wished the court to dismissthe case altogether. Some days agoJudge Greene had held that Byrod's com-plaint was not good, and Byrod, havingfailed to amend his complaint, his re-queßt for dismissal of the action wasgranted.

Behind this suit there Is an interestinglittle romance. Mrs. Sarah G. Byrod wasa teacher in the Oaklana public schoolsand died last November, leaving anestate worth about $6000. By the terms

of her will the entire property was givento charity, except a few minor bequeststo personal friends of the deceased, andher husband Frederick W. Byrod, wasnot mentioned in the will. Mr. anu Mrs.Byrod have lived apart for many yearsand Mrs. Byrod received no support fromher husband. He led a wandering, ir-regular life,and has held political posi-tions in both Oakland and Sacramento.At the time of his wife's death he wasliving in Sacramento, and when he be-came acquainted with the terms of herwillhe decided to bring a contest for thewhole of the estate, affirming that he washer only heir at law.

\;t.r making some inquiry' Byrod madean agreement with Attorney Darwin DeGolia to press the suit. While this waspending Byrod was induced to attemptin repudiate the contract, and this led tomany unpleasant publications. Thismorning, by his attorney, he assuredJudge Greene that he was thoroughlysatisfied with the condition of affairs, andthe battle to recover the estate of hislate wife will now be vigorously fought

by Attorney DeGolia.

BROWN-TISDAtE AFFAIRASSUMES A NEW PHASE

ENTIRE SCHOOL DEPARTMENTIS INVOLVED.

Municipal League Reaches Out for

the Official Head of Superin-tendent Sullivan.

Alameda Office San Francisco Call,

1428 Park street, March 23.

Not satisfied with having opened waron School Directors Lanktree and Tisdale.with the idea of securing their officialscalplocks. the Municipal Lague has beenlooking about for other game and has

trained its suns on School Superintendent

Sullivan.lirainard C. Brown, George W. Scott

and James K. Lynch, the committee ap-

pointed by the league to conduct the

School Trust.-c fight, issued their procla-

mation of war this evening. They startout with the assertion that the object o.fthe routing of the old School Board and

the alleged ring existing among the mem-bers is "to bring the schools of the cityup to the standard of excellence whichthe Intelligence and character of Its in-habitants, and the amount of money

spent on their support, justly entitle ourpeople to expect."

This is a very broad hint that the Ala-meda schools are not exactly what theyhave been cracked up to be. After thisopening gun the league committee pro-

ceeds to throw hot shot into the wholeSchool Department in the following style;

•'lt is imperatively necessary to tree theschools from the small political methodswhich have dominated them; to providebetter buildings and more classrooms thateach child may receive its fair share ofattendance; to secure teachers enough to

this end whose only qualifications shallbe merit and efficiency: to adopt a courseof study In line with the best thought ofthe modern authorities on education— acause the keynote of which shall be sim-plicity, and ihoroughness its guidingprinciple; and lastly, to appoint a Super-intendent who will give his time to hiswork, and not to the repairing of his po-litical fences— a Superintendent whosetenure of office shall be made secure byexcellent service and impartial adminis-

The alleged "ring" which. It is claimed,has been using the School Department asa political machine has made no replyto the charges since Dr. Tisdale's cele-brated telephone interview with B. C.Brown. The wires have been repaired,and communication restored with theBrown fortifications. However, Dr. Tis-dale has not taken advantage of the situ-ation to do any more long-distance talk-ing with his political enemy. J. B. Lank-tree, the doctor's colleague, has profitedby the Brown-Tisdale affair and is sayingnothing. He will not discuss SchoolBoard affairs, and will walk around ablock rather than pass by a telephone.It is announced that In the event of the

Municipal League being successful in itsendeavor to reorganize the School Depart-ment Professor A. W. Scott, principal ofthe High School, or Professor CharlesHughes of the Encinal School, will beelevated to the position of Superintendent.

Sunday-School Convention.ALAMEDA,March 23.— The iirst annual

Alameda District Sunday-school conven-tion will be held to-morrow evening atthe Park-street M. E. Church. The pro-gramme of exercises follows:

Praise service; devotional exercises, con-ducted by President O. H. Lane; prayer,Rev. Dr. Griffiths; offertory and an-nouncements. Chairman William G. Agar;quartet, "Come. Ye Disconsolate," Encl-nal Literary Club; address, "The Pres-ent Ends. Means and Appliances of theModern Sunday-school Teacher," Profes-sor J. H. Firehammer, superintendentCongregational Sunday-school; solo, se-lected, Malcolm Frazer; address, Rev. Dr.John Hannon; quartet, "Softly Now theLight of Day." Encinal Literary Club; ad-dress, "Progressive Evolution of Sunday-school Work," George H. Andruss, super-intendent Episcopal Sunday-school; hymn;benediction.

Handball Champions.ALAMEDA,March 23.—Two handball

teams, composed of Goggin and Mastenand Ryder and Hamma, played a seriesof three games last evening for the cham-pionship of the Enclnal Recreation Club.

In the doubles tournament last year Gog-gin and Masten were winners and werechallenged by the team that playedagainst them last night. Hamma andRyder won the first game of the cham-pionship series, but their opponents veryneatly captured the last two.

QUEER VERDICTRENDERED IN

EPPERSON CASEKilledby an Unknown

Man.

YET GILLIGAN SAYS HE DID IT

CORONER'S JURY SEEMS TO BE

ALITTLEMIXED.

Testimony That Indicated a GeneralDesire on the Part of Witnesses

to Keep From Being Con-nected With the Matter.

"We, the jury, do find that

John Epperson's death wasdue to hemorrhage, the resultof a knife wound severing thejugular, and we do furtherfind that said wound was in-flicted by some unknown per-

son."Emil Lehnhardt, W. H.

McCrimmon, A. Q. Rhodes,W. H. Winters, C. R. Hoessli,

Thomas C. S. Knight, J. P.

Wonderlich."

Oakland Office San Francisco Call.90S Broadway, March 23.

Notwithstanding that James J. Gilli-gan, charged with the murder of JohnEpperson at the racetrack in Emeryville

last Tuesday, has retained Thomas Gar-rity as his attorney and has announcedthat his plea will be self-defense, theCoroner's Jury at the inquest to-night re-turned the verdict given above.

H. J. Duier or Dreyer, proprietor of thenotorious Office saloon at the Emeryvilleracetrack, where the alleged murder wascommitted, and who yesterday swore tothe complaint charging Gilllgan with mur-der, was the principal witness. His testi-mony was decidedly contradictory, andfrom the first it was quite apparent thathe had come with his "little piece learnedby heart." Witness Duier tcstllied thatEpperson, the df<id man, had said to himon Tuesday afternoon that he had no usefor Gilligan, and that he felt as thoughhe ought to killhim. The dead man hadsaid, "And I'm going to killhim."

"Just then." continued the witness,"Gilllgan came in through the back doorand Epperson remarked, 'There he isnow.' Then they wrestled, but Iwentout. When Istepped back into the saloonEpperson was on top of Gilligan hittinghim with a knifo, while Gilllgan was un-derneath. Ipulled thorn apart. Ineversaw the knife in Gilligan's hand. WhenIpulled Epperson up on his feet he toldme he thought his Jugular was cut and heasked me to try and save him."

Duier identified the breadknife, a

sharp-pointed -weapon, as the one withwhicn the cutting had hoen done. It hadbeen lying on his Office saloon counterjust previous to the murder.

"Who told you that this knife wasused?" inquired Coroner Mehrmann ofwitness.

"Why," replied Duier, "Gtlligan told mehimself that he had done it with thatknife."

J. D. Triplett testified that he was play-Ing the piano just previous to the allegedmurder. Epperson had asked to play atune, when he turned to and fought withCillliKan, but witness had suddenlyskipped at this juncture "because he didnot want to be mixed up."

Henry Pierce, who cle;tns up the Officesaloon," tt-.stitied next that he had juststepped out when the row began and sohe did not see anything.

J. M. Leavltt, a horseman, was nextcalled and made the surprising statementthat at the time of the murder he rushedIn and took the knife away from one ofthe men. but that be "<liil not know fromwhom he took It," because it had growndark.

Richard Morrison Identified the deadjockey's remains, and "Spike" Hennessytestified that he "saw the fight only out-Bide and afterward saw Epperson kickGilligan."

Drs. Hamlln and Milton testified to theautopsy.

The jury then brought in the verdict,and Coroner Mehrmann was loth to ap-prove the same. "This is a wrong ver-dict, gentlemen," said the Coroner, "andIshall certainly charge Gilligan withmurder."

The verdict was finally approved on theadvice of District Attorney Allen, thoughKmll Lehnhardt, foreman of the jury,suggested that the verdict be reconsid-ered It appears from what could be

gathered from jurors that they believedIt possible that Epperson had killed him-self by fallingon the knife.

And all this notwithstanding Gilliganonly to-day reiterated the statement thathe "was forced to the deed by Epperson'sassault.

JOHN L.MEETSANEVANGELIST

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O $IMr. Moody and the Pugilist %I Exchange Views About $I Hades. |© AKLAND,March Rev. Dwight L,. Moody, the well-known evangelist, Qjfc IIwas conversing with his traveling companion, Professor D. B. Towner, +T TIin the Hotel Metropole. At the same hotel was staying John L. Sullivan 90 and some members of his theatrical troupe, then giving a vaudeville X\u25a0+ show at the Oakland Opera-house. i© Mr. Sullivan in some manner or other overheard the conversation and 6X asked bluntly: "Do you gentlemen believe there is a hell?" +~J "Of course we do," said Mr. Moody. "We not onlybelieve It,but we are 9\u2666 sure of it." £**

"Well,Idon't believe Ido," said Sullivan. "Religion is all a humbug,"

anyhow, and as for heaven and hell-, they are just fairy, tales."_

~"You do believe in them, Mr. Sullivan," said Mr. Moody. "You know *£

A that your dear mother would not tell you untruths, and although you.may qV be a Catholic and Imay be a Protestant, Iguess we think about the same +X on some matters." *yV "No, Idon't," said the pugilist, but he relented just a little from his first ""J?0 position. "Ibelieve th^re is a hell, and to tell you the truth, Ibelieve Ihave q-4- lived in it half my life. Honestly, Ithink every man makes his own hell, 5£O but Idon't take any stock in that fire and brimstone affair." Q4- "Well, we won't argue. Mr. Sullivan," said the evangelist, "no matter +\u25a09 what you do or what you believe about hell, don't miss heaven. Ishould re- 9X Joice at meeting you there." . V

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'"Iwon't," said Sullivan, "I'llbe ,no,Iwon't." i

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NIGHT OF TERROROVER IN OAKLAND

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m UThe large upper reservoir has overflowed on account of the heavy rains 8

V and late to-night a leak was discovered in the embankment. A th, em 4*•bankment is largely composed of rawd and bushes it Is likely to burst asun ft

A der should the pressure Increase. . . thfl Po_ *

ct As soon as the danger was made known orders w^ Sl™"

£*A

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ewas no need of a second warning, for half a dozen families at S+!

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Toward midnight rain ceased to fall, but the creek supplying the reser- V28 voir was running as fiercely as ever. Once before a reservol -burst in tha^ 8

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There is a school not far from the reservoir, but on high, safe ground, V« The people were informed by the police that the bell would be tolled vigor- SS

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S3 greater strain than it is put to to-night. There is a little leak, but Ido not W\u2666 think it serious. The source of supply of the reservoir is very short, per- \u25bc

"a hi-ps a quarter of a mile, and as the rain is letting up a little at midnightI4*•have reason to hope that there willbe no flood to-night." ft

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AN ATTORNEY INFEAR OF A WOMAN

MRS. GOOBY BEING BADLY AD-VISED.

Mitchell Asks That She Be BoundOver to Keep the

Peace.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,908 Broadway, March 23.

Attorney Mitchell Is in fear of his lifo.The lady who horsewhipped him and whowas convicted for the offense is nowawaiting sentence, and In the meantimeshe has managed in some way or otherto create dire misgivings in the lawyer'smind:

This morning Prosecuting AttorneyAbe P. Leach received the following let-ter:

Abe P. Leach, Esq.—

Dear Sir: Tha womanGooby is being badly advised. She threatensmy life and Is very menacing. All my trans-actions willbear investigation and have beendone in the Superior Courts.Idesire no other than my rights and protec-

tion—as a citizen and officer of the courts—

and knowinc that this disappointed woman Isbeing influenced by prompters, and fearing herattitude, Irespectfully submit that she shouldbe strongly bound over to keep the peace. Re-spectfully. MITCHKLL.

Mrs. Gooby was before Judge Smiththis morning to be sentenced, but her at-torney was granted a continuance toApril 1, at which time he will make anargument In favor of a motion for a newtrial.

Narrowly Escaped Asphyxiation.OAKLAND. March 23.—Rake Brook-

Ing^, a colored man aged 24 years, wasfound unconscious in a room at the St.John House this morning overcome Bygas. At the Receiving Hospital he wasrevived. He declared afterward that hehad no intention of committing suicide,but that he did not care very much Ifdeath had relieved him. Brookings is aracetrack follower, and the right sideof his body Is paralyzed.

Oakland News Items.OAKLAND. March 23.—Street Superin-

tendent Miller, when asked to-day if heintended to contest the election of CityEngineer Clement, who has a majority of•80 votes, stated that there are still 30days left in which to contest and beforethe expiration of that time somethingmay happen which will influence him inthe matter.

Frank F. Mills, a junk man, has beentaken into custody by the police, who be-lieve him to be the man who promptedthe lads now in the City Prison to stealthe brass bearings at the yards of theSouthern Pacific Company in West Oak-land.It is quite likely that Frank H. Cheese-

man, the murderer of Henry J. Brooke,will be brought back to this city fromthe Napa asylum to be tried. Officers atthe asylum report that they believeCheeseman is shamming insanity.

Valentine Verl fell off the porch of hishome, 757 Oak street, yesterday after-noon while playing with another boy andsustained 'what the doctors believe to bea complete paralysis of the right side.

The case of Mrs. Anna Mentel. chargedwith the murder of her husband in Ala-meda some time ago, was again contin-ued by Judge Hall to-day to April 4. Theaccused did not appear in court person-ally. She is out on bail.

Mrs. Sadie Crooks to-day filed for pro-bate the will of her late husband, JohnE. Crooks, the banker, who died at Hay-wards a few weeks ago, and asks forletters. The estate is valued at about$60,000, and is bequeathed to the widowon the condition that she does not marryagain. Should she do so she is to receiveone-half and the three children. John <'\u0084Ethel Crooks and Mabel Brown, theother half. The widow and son arenamed as executors.

James Reavis' confession of howhe forged the great Reavis Peraltaland claims, innext Sunday's Call.

SHE WAS NOT ADYNAMITE FIEND

Steward Borchert Received a Scareand Oakland a Twelve-

Pound Son.OAKLAND. March 23.—Steward Bor-

chert and Matron McDonald of the Re-ceiving Hospital had a novel and excitingexperience to-night. A woman giving thename of Mrs. Wallace appeared at thehospital with a valise and calmly ad-vised the attendants to prepare for theworst.

She appeared to be rational, but, sus-pecting that there was something wrongwith her mentally, the steward tele-phoned for the patrol wagon. Before thewagon arrived the visitor retired Into thewomen's ward with Matron McDonald,and a little later Steward Borchert wasinformed that there was a new citizenin Greater Oakland.

At midnight Mrs. Wallace and hertwelve-pound eon were receiving thecongratulations of the hospital staff.

THEIR FIRST MEETING.

Stockholders of the New ItalianSank Organize.

The first stockholders' meeting of thenew Italian-American Bank convened yes-terday afternoon with all but 500 of the5000 shares represented. Temporary di-rectors have had charge of the concernsince Its incorporation on March 16, andthe meeting was for the purpose of put-ting permanent officials In charge ofaffairs. Without opposition the followingdirectors were elected: A. Sbarboro,Henry J. Crocker. P. C. Rossi, A. Merle,Dr. P. de Vecchi, S. L. Goldstein, CharlesA. Malm, Thomas J. Welsh and P. Bar-bieri.

This was the only duty of the meetingof the stockholders, and when that wasover the newly elected directors convenedand elected their officers. President,Andrea Sbarboro; vice president, HenryJ. Crocker; cashier, Alfred B. Sbarboro.Also these committees were appointed:

IExecutive, Henry J. Crocker, A. Merleand C. A. Malm; financial, P. Barbieri,

'Dr. P. de Vecchi and Thomas J. Welsh.The new bank starts with a capital

stock of $500,000, of which $250,000 is paid |up. At the meeting yesterday loans ofover $200,000 were allowed, the securitybeing approved. The office of the newbank will for a while be at 51S Montgom-ery street, /but it is the intention of thedirectors to secure a home for the insti-tution in some building that will aecum- imodate not only the bank but the Italian !Commercial and Benevolent societies ofthe city and coast. It is the object of thebank to secure the support and patronageof the Italian people of the entire coast, Ia population, it Is figured, amounting toover 60,000.

The hea-> lest stockholders In the concern areAndrea Sbarboro, P. C. Rossi and A. Merle.The other stockholders are Dr. P. de Vecchi,Daniel Meyer, C. A. Malm. H. J. Crocker, M.J. Fontana, H. S. Crocker, <V. H. Crocker,Alfred E. Sbarboro, F. W. Krogrh, A. Cuneo <feCo., Thomas J. Welsh, E. Decltn. I.Cuenin, L.f'Ufnln. D. Friedenrlch, S. L. Goldstein. Dr. J.Peseta, Pletro Paronl, G. de Luca, AS. Shep-man, G. J. Penarlo, P. Barmen. L. A. Smith,G. B. Levaggi. A. rTiiesa, Alfred Merle. H. A.Dlrkelman, Lulgi Demartinl. N. Ferrogglaro,Romolo A. Sbarboro, C. I. Tllden, LjfcWell, J.Baer. S. Roman, A. Luckerman, L. V. Merle,Albert Meyer, Dr. Carlo Barsottl. C. R. Rich-ardson, P. F. Kingston and H. Nathan.

HOTEL ARRIVALS.

PALACE HOTEL.Mrs J X Russell Jr. \u25a0 Mrs Peters, Victoria

Denver !Miss Richardson, B CJ E Kusenberg, Neb H R 'Lane. N VB D Hicks, N T Mrs H R Lane, N VF C Hicks, NY J M Denison, MdMrs J Weston, N T Mrs J M Denison, MdX J Weston, N V Miss Denison. MdMay Weston. NY J E Smith, St LouisW McCllntock, Denver J B Peakes, S CruzJ S Rosenfleld. Chgo Mrs J HBalantlne, NJG J Denis, Los Ang H Young Jr, N JJ A "Watts, Cal IMrs H Young Jr, N JF L Orcutt, Sacto Mrs T Hopper, S RosaA Parker. NX Miss M Neef. S Ko&aC B Nelletlttle, N T Miss M Thompson. CalR Taggart. N V Miss Wilhoit. StocktnC J Canda, NY H TV Earle, StocktonD Phaelze &w, Chgo IE W Thompson. CalMrs R C Hunt, Ohio J M Leavltt. BostonH Ulke. U3 S Bear Mrs Cook, BelvedereC B Whiting,. Conn R E Brown. MexicoH N McGrew, Neb D G McLachlan. McxW M O'Brien. Chgo J C Kays. Los AngD B Devore, USA Mrs J C Kays, L AngW D Mcllvane, Chgo F Bracho, MexicoS Ward N V Miss Bracho, MexicoMrs S Ward, NY B W Woodward. N VMr. & Mrs Mosely, Mrs B W Woodward,

London N VV D Kuhles, St Paul G L Chase, Conn

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J C Crofts, Vancouver Mrs G L Chase, ConnC Luckenbach, La jMS Frlede & valet,C B Vllas. Chgo : N VO Corbin. Spokane A Ford, N VMrs O Corbin. Spokne LBlumber, NVE Shea, Milwaukee J Ryttenberg, N VMrs E Shea. Milwauk R W Lomax, England j

J H Allen. St Paul C A Baldwin, CalMrs J H Allen, St P Mrs C A Baldwin, CalA L Drummond. Can M Johnston, XT S NA D Levis. Visalia ,Mrs X E Smith, Cal

J G Holzheimer, Pa ,F H Hudson, VtsaliaW F Patton, Pa jMiss M Afong, Cal

F R Hostetter, Pa [Miss Melaine Afong,Mrs FR Hostetter, Pa MillsCollegeF M Carnegie, Pa jMrs J H Morley, N VG W Wood, Pa jEB Loveland, N V

Mrs G W Wood, Pa jF MDuring Palto AltoNT Kohmnn. NY J H Kahn.. Palo AltoMrs N Rohman. N V T T Williams. CalMrs Seerey, NY iP Barr, LondonO B Cooksey. NT J E Bennett, CalMrs G B Cooksey, NY Capt Nelson. CalT J Rogers, Omaha iW E Lester, CalMiss Rogers, Omaha H M Landsberger, CalC G Ballentyne, Hono J BBarmeau, St Loui»Mrs A M Klngan, Pa B F Wetherby, BostonMiss M E Kelly, Pa iMrs B F Wetherby.W A Shaw & W, Pa BostonMrs D B Hatch, N Y|G E Goodman Jr. CalMiss Hatch, NY jS Ullman. N V8 M Meeker. NY iF R Cunningham, LAMrs S M Meeker, N YjHL Filghnan, VaS MMeeker Jr. NY L W Conover, ChgoE R Fuller, N V Mrs LW Conover, ChgMrs E R Fuller. N T Mrs C E Clark, CalMiss L Fuller. NY |J G Roberts, MaderaMiss H Fuller. NY E Chambers, L Ang

H D Treadwell. MassGRAND HOTEL.

H C Eisen, Fresno W Scott, FresnoMrsF Bartlett, Cal M P Morgan & w. CalMiss M Bartlett, Cal X Hashimoto, JapanC C Clcsson &w,Cal L W Conover, w &c,Mrs C A Closson, Cal ChicagoJ A Ferguson. Cal Mrs C E Clark. FresnoE G Ward. L Ang H C Veateh. OrovllleJ Gregor, Sarto H McManchy, N VR C Dale & d, Cal M Cafferate, XcvP Kiiburn, Cal |J G Holzheimer, PaA Flbush, Oakland (Mrs C P Noyes, CalJ Morton, L Ang A Nord, VancouverJ D McGilvry. L.Ang MrNord. VancouverN O Ferndon, Oakland C M Hartley, VacavllleJ MBarlow, Utah IAIWilliams, w & c,

G A Pennlman, S Jose I ChicagoC P Braslan, S Jose IA Robinson, Gilroy

F Dletz, Woodland IA A Van Dyke, CalG T Dunlap, Gilroy !,T Cooke, SactoA B Coleman. Cal T Bancroft, DenverH J Connor & w, Utah \ H Kavanaugh, SactoC E Horton, Reno F J Kennedy, SactoC X Cadman, Pinole C W Easton. ModestoS M Toplitz, NY G E Houck & w, CalB F Shepherd, Cal W C Reed & w, CalJ S Matthews & if,P J Stanton, Redding

Mich 'J R Edwards, NapaG LHarkness & Cal F T Kane & w. NevO F Mansfield & w,,J C Slater, Ney\ Boston B X Hedges. StocktonM Townsend, Portland D A Hare. Ft BraggF H Prior. Conn Miss M Clausen, CalH H Blood, Cal A A Spencer, SoquelA Breckman & d. N V D E Spencer, StanfordE W Gilmore, L Ang G B McCord. HanfordE E Walling & w,N V M R Blair, SactoJ O'Donnell, Pa F Wlckman, S JoseW H Dickson, Pa W LStewart, CalMrs Wandesford. Cal H S Allen. OrMrs Kersey. Haywards J Cutting, StocktonE HIngham, Eugene |D W Burchard, S JoseW Pike, Fresno iMrs R Fraser, Ind

NEW WESTERN HOTEL.(V C Dv Bois. S Cruz H P Ellis & w, Skagy

WC Dv Bols, S Crux VV S Goodman, SonoraE C Williams. S Jose J Alexander. MassMrs L Jacobson, Cal H P Cummins. PaC Elmer. Va W Reid. SeattleJ C Shaw. Washington iW H Mascher & f,R H Harmon. Pa I Los Angeles ,E Drew & w. Idaho J LHendrlcks.F BraggJ Worth. Seattle P J Murtha. TacomaJ Barnett. Milwaukee J E Hall. SactoP Conway, Idaho ,1 T Baker. Ohio. \u2666 .

LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.DOMESTIC PORTS.

TACOMA—Arrived March 23—Br ship JamesKerr. from H'.ogo; bark Lev! G Burgess henceMa'ch 14.

Balled March 22—Stmr Al-Kl. for Alaska-stmr Elihu Thomson, for Honolulu

PORT BLAKELET-Arrived March 23—BrBark Dominion, from Port Ludlow; schr En-deavor, from Tacoma; schr Wawona, fromNewport.

Sailed March 23—Ship Shenandoah, for .TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS.

QUEENSTOWN— SaiIed March 23-Stmr Ma-jestic, for New York; stmr Belgenland. forPhlladedlphla.NEW YORK-Sailed March 23—Stmr Bremen,

for Bremen, via Southampton.Arrived March 23—Stmr Noordland, fromAntwerp; stmr Spaarndarn. from Rotterdam.

SAN FRANCISCO CALL.

BUSINESS OFFICE of the San FranciscoPall, corner of Market and Third streets, open

until 12 o'clock every night In the year.

BRANCH OFFICES— Montgomery street,

corner Clay: open until 9:30 o'clock.287 Hayes street: open until 9:30 o'clock.621 McAllister street; open until 9:30 o'clock.«16 Larkln street: open until 9:30 o'clock.1941 Mission street; open until10 o'clock.2261 Market street, corner Sixteenth: opea

until 9 o'clock.106 Eleventh street: open until 9 o'clock.2526 Mission street; open until 9 o'clock.NW. corner of Twenty-second and Kentucky

streets: open until 9 o'clock.

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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALIi, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1899.

MEETING NOTICES.

CALIFORNIA Commandery No. 1, K. __ \u25a0*.T.. Masonic Temple* Post and Mont- "fife*gomery sts.

—Regular assembly THIS ITJj

(FRIDAY) EVENING, at 7:30 o'clock. HMDOrder of the Red Cross. All fraters are Vcordially invited. •--..-\u25a0

SIR JOHN P. FRASER. Em. Com.SIR HIRAM T. GRAVES. Recorder.

I'ERBA BUENA Lodge of PerfectionNo. I—Regular meeting THIS (FRI- ?£DAY) EVENING, March 24, at 8 Ao'clock. D. 4. is*

GEO. J. HOBE. Secretary. <__&

PAST MASTERS' Association of Call- *fornia

—officers and members are J\^requested to attend the funeral of our VjF

deceased brother, JOHN CHRISTIAN 'V\GERHARD BRUSE, Past Master of CrockettLodge No. 139. F. and A. M.. THIS DAY(FRIDAY). March 24, 1899, at 1:30 o'clock p.m., from Masonic Temple. By order of thePresident. L. SCHUMACHER, Secretary-

OCCIDENTAL Lodge No. 22, F. and A. aCalled meeting THIS (FRIDAY) _JV_

EVENING, at 7:30 o'clock. .<.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 /»_3cdegree. By order of the Worshipful l^f»Master. WALTER G. ANDERSON. Sec.

CROCKETT Lodge No. 139. F. and A. mM.—Officers and member 3 are re- ~f\wquested to attend the funeral of our jLjtdeceased brother, JOHN CHRIST. /V>GERH. BRUSE. P. M., from Masonic Tem-ple on FRIDAY, the 24th inst., at 1:30 p. m.By order of the W. M.

H. FORTRIEDE, Secretary.

DORIC Lodge No. 216, F. and A. M., mSt. John's Hall, Masonic Temple

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Called meeting THIS (FRIDAY) JfLjfEVENING, at 7:30 o'clock. Third /V>degree. Master Masons are cordially invited.By order of the W. M.

J. R. GOLDSMITH, Secretary.

EUREKA Grove No. 4, U. A. O. D—

The officers and the funeral commit- rtytee of the above Grove are hereby noti- •ZLH

-fled to assemble at Druids' Hall. 413 Put-ter St., on FRIDAY, March 24, at 1 o'clockp. m., to attend the funeral of .our latebrother, P. A. J. D. G. HOFFMAN. Byorder. CHAS. QUAST, Secretary.

ANNUAL meeting— The annual meeting of thestockholders of the Western Sugar RefiningCompany willbe held at the office of thecompany. 327 Market st., San Francisco, Cal.,on MONDAY, the 27th day of March. 1599. atthe hour of 12 m., for the purpose of electinga board of directors to serve for the ensuingyear and the transaction of such other busi-ness as may come before the meeting.

Transfer books will close on FRIDAY.March 17, 1599. at 12 m.

ROBERT OXNARD, Secretary.

MEET to-day at UNCLE HARRIS', 1", Grantaye., to borrow money on any old thing.

SPECIAL NOTICES.

ROOMS papered from $3; whitened, $1 up;painting done. Hartman Paint Co.. 319 3d at.

BAD tenants ejected for $4: collections made:city or country. PACIFIC COLLECTIONCO.. 415 Montgomery St.. rooms 9-10: tel. 5520.

DIVIDEND NOTICES.

DIVIDEND Notice—Dividend No. 91 of th«Oceanic Steamship Company (fifty cents pershare) will be payable lat the office of thecompany. 327 Market street, on and afterSaturday, April 1. ISM. Transfer books willclose on Saturday, March 25. 1899, at 13o'clock m. E. H. SHELDON. Secretary.

SITUATIONS WANTED—

FEMALE.

SWEDISH chambermaid and seamstress, bestof city reference, desires a situation. J. F.CROSETT & CO.. 316 Slitter st.

INTELLIGENT,educated lady, 30 years of age,

wants position as companion and helper tolady or gentleman; is a good reader andwriter, cheerful and obliging. Address box1178. Call office.

WOMAN, thorough and competent, would like

a position as housekeeper in hotel or family;

no objection to the country; best of refer-

ences. Call or address A. A., 517 Ninth St.,Oakland.

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POSITION wanted to care for invalid or sickpersona; is good seamstress, good cook orlady's maid or housekeeper; good reference;short distance In country. 622 Stockton st.

RESPECTABLE lady, good cook, kind to chil-dren, wishes position as housekeeper. Callbetween 1 and 3 at Golden West Hotel, Ellissi., room 125.

WOMAN to work by the day washing andhouse cleaning; 75c per day. Address or call550 Mission St.

WANTED— student, place to earn her

board; not more than 5 blocks from Marketand Fourth sts. Address box 1202, Call office.

MIDDLE-AGED lady would like position ashousekeeper or take care of lodging house;good seamstress. 36S Eleventh st.

WOMAN desires a situation to assist in gen-

eral housework. Apply1314*_ Harrison st.

BORROW money on diamonds, silver, sealskins,silks.. UNCLE HARRIS. 15 Grant aye.

SCANDINAVIAN girl wishes position to dogeneral housework. 17 Howard st.

PROTESTANT, trustworthy elderly ladywishes light housework In a nice, small fam-ily. Address 431 Precita aye. \u25a0.

A WEEK'S news for 5 cents— The Weekly

ladyusework in a nice, small fam-lPrecita aye.

tar 5 cents— The Weekly Call,16 pages, in wrapper, for mailing. $1 per year.

SITUATIONS WANTED—

JAPANESE emplymt office; help; farm hands,domestics. ITO. 725 Geary St.; tel. Polk 12.

CHINESE and Japanese Employment Office;best help. 414% O'Farrell St.; tel. East 42«.

JAPANESE-CHINESE Emp. Agency; all kindshelp. GEO. AOKI.30 Geary St.; tel. Grant 56.

GERMAN couple wish positions on ranch ordairy; man experienced rancher and dairy-man; wife good cook and housekeeper; ref-erences. 101 Prospect place.

POSITION as meatcutter. city or country, orother hotel work. B. MOONEY, 523 KearnySt., Tremont House.

RELIABLE, industrious gardener; understandsthe care of horses, milking, lawn, flowers,vegetables, chicken raising; around privateplace; city or country. Box 1157, Call office.

REFINED, earnest, willingyoung man. Uni-versity graduate, wishes employment office,store, private home, as valet: willing to doanything: references.

Box 1157,

Call.

office.NED, earnest, willingyoung man, Unl-ity graduate, wishes employment office,?. private home, as valet; willing to dohing; references. Box 112S. Call,

TWO first-class general tailors from Bostonwish situations; 10 years' experience in Bos-ton. 237 Minna St., room B.

MONEY to loan you on watches, guns, musicalinstruments. UNCLE HARRIS. IS Grant aye.

FIRST-CLASS cake baker and ornamenterwants situation. 480 Jessie st.

MAN and wife (colored) wish position, sep-arate or tog-ether;- man as butler, waiter,porter. Janitor or coachman; wife as cook orany housework: best references; city orcountry. Box 1142, Call. .

AN experienced vineyardist and wife wouldlike situation; understands wine making andfarming thoroughly. Address A. CAS-SAGNES, 813 Jessie st.

WANTED— situation by a middle-aged manas gardener and man about place; under-stands the raising of vegetables; good ref-erences. M. Box 1149. Call.

GOOD all-around hotel or restaurant cookwants position; no objection to country. Box1152, Call.

JAPANESE boy who has many years' experi-ence in retouching photographs wants situa-tion. S. 1., 22 Prospect place.

MAN and wife desire employment on ranct*man to do ranch work and wife to do cook-ing or to take care of a place. J. E. 8.. box1139, Call. \u25a0

MAN, thoroughly understands gardening, careof horses, cows, chickens and handy withtools, references, desires situation; privateplace. H. G. ZOOT, Redwood City, Cnl.

"WANTED—Situation as valet or attendant toinvalid by thoroughly reliable, steady Eng-lishman; well educated: good manners andappearance. Address TRAVELER, box 1091,Call office.

WINCHESTER House, 44 Third St.. near Mar-ket; 200 rooms; 25c to $1,5,0 night; $1 50 to «week; convenient and respectable; free 'bus. and baggage to and from ferry.

HELP WANTED—

FEMALE.

C. R. H:ANSEN"

& CO Phone Grant2 waitresses, Santa Cruz, $20, see party here10 a. m 8 waitresses, different country ho-tels $20 and $25; 4 chambermaids to wait,city and country. $20: 2 waitresses, city, $20;2 waitresses, $15: •chambermaid. $20. sleephome. C. R. HANSEN & CO., 104 Geary st.

FAMILY ORDERS.~

fc~Cook, $30; houseglrl and laundress. $2o; sec-ond girl and waitress, Alameda, $25; secondand nurse girl, $20, and many cooks andhousegirls, $15 to $25; nursegirl with refer-ences in hotel, $12; houseglrl, San Leandro,$20, see party here. C. R. HANSEN & CO.,. 104 Geary st. .

WOMAN with grown daughter as workinghousekeeper on ranch in Nevada; only men,to cook for; $35; see party here; fare ad-vanced. C. R. HANSEN &CO.. 104 Geary at.