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SLOAT WAS AMAN OF HONOR

Senator Perkins Defends theHero of the Mexican

War.

REPLIES TO EDWARDS.

The Soldier Who Took Posses-sion of California Has a

Clean Record.

EVIDENCE AT WASHINGTON.

It Is Now Certain That the JubileeCelebration at Monterey Will

Take Place.

Oakland Office Sax Francisco Gall,908 Broadway, April20.

Major E. A.Saerman, secretary of tbeSloat Monument Association, has re-ceived a letter from Senator Perkins inwhich he fully exonerates CommodoreSloat from all the imputations tha£ havebeen poured on his character.

'The Bloat Monument Association ofCalifornia is composed in the main ofveterans olthe Mexican war who desire tocommemorate the fiftieth anniversary ofthe taking possession of California by theraisin; of the American flag at Montereyon July 7, 1846, by Commodore John D.Sloat of the United States navy in pursu-ance of orders of the Secretary of theNavy, which were faithfully carried outboth in spirit and to the letter," saidMajor Sherman to-day.

"We anticipated no opposition to theappropriation asked from Congress tomark this historic event, which formed apart of that brilliant series of victories ofthe American arms of 1846-37 and which,by the treaty of Guada'upe Hidalgo, addedan empire in territory to our nationaldomain. But it seems that one GeorgeEdwards, whom Idonot know, nor careto know, is opposing the measure andpersists in trying to defame the name ofCommodore Sloat, whose honorable andbrilliant record is without stain or tarnishin ihe wars of 1812-14 and IH4U-47.

"Commodore Sloat made his plans, keDthis own counsel and arrived July 2 andcarried out his orders. He held no councilof war with Mr. Edwards or any one else.rie performed his duties faithfully and re-ceived due praise and merited '.hanks fromthe Secretary of the Navy and the recordis carefully preserved. Senator Perkinstells me that he has received another let-ter from Edwards and incloses a copy ofhis (Senator Perkins') reply. Itis a com-plete and official exoneration of Commo-dore Sloat's fame. Here itis":

March 30, 1896.Gco'ge F.duards Esq., 25.50 Duightuay, Berke-

hy, Gat—MT I'kar .-ir: Your letter inclosingone from Henry L.Oak. relating to Commo-dore Sloat wes received to-day.lmim confess that Iam at a loss to under-

stand the opposition, which seems to comefrom one quarter alone, to the proposed monu-men t atMonterey. The statue is to commem-orate a great event which even Bancroft's his-tory cannot question— the act of taking posses-

: a Yii>t u-rritory in the name oi theDoited s;ates. In which the critics now live. Iam glad to >ay, however, that only one or twovoices have been raised against the plan.which1 hope willbe carried through, and the statueerected without due delay.

Although tr.e previous conduct of Commo-dore 8!oat ha ? no b uring upon the fact thatthe United States took possession of Californiaon a given date, which action is to be com-memorated, it may be well to again point outthai there aie among the records of the NavyDepartment no documents reflecting uponthat officer in connection with this matter. Infact the report of the Secretary of the NavyDecembers, 184G, fays of the manner in whichSloat carried out his instructions that he "ob-\u25a0erred the line of conduct prescribed to himWith such intelligence and fidelity that nocomplaint has ever been made of any unau-thorized aggression on his part," and furtheron, alter having availed hiruseif of -'a permis-sion which had been given him, in his discre-tion, to assign the command to CommodoreStockton

• • •this gallant and meritori-

ous officer arrived at the sent of government."I'niess the report of the Secretary o; the

Navy, w whichIrefer, and of whichIhave acopy, printed in 1849, is considered to be atotal perversion of truth, it must be acknowl-edged that the action of Commodore SloatehcitdH the praise of the United States Govern-ment. The report also shows that he was notrelieved olhis command for failing health orfor "other reasons," which latter Isubmit,even ifthey existed, it is not the historian'sprovince to assume to mean "vacillationamounting practically to disobedience ot or-ders." Infact, it seems tome that there hasbeen, in the preparation of that part of theBancroft history in question, too much as-Eumption. 1 will submit that -'the Delief ofmost at that time" is not equivalent to a fact,and that ifCommodore Sloat declined to takeaction inthe face of such orders as he had re-ceived until he had authentic news of thecommencement ofhostilities, ne showed him-self eminently worthy of the praise which wasgiven him by the Secretary of the Navy andworthy of the monument which is to be erect-ed at Monterey.Itmay be of interest to the writer of the ar-

ticle in the Bancroft history to learn that themost diligent search by Lie"utenant Young intne archives of the Navy Department has failedto bring forth any document or referencewhich detracts from Commodore Sloat's repu-tation as n faithful officer.Iwould refer you to the officialreports, cor-respondence and data indorsing CommodoreSloat, to be found inHouse executive docu-

ments, second session Twenty-ninth Congress,volume 1,document 4, pages*373 and 379 andpages to 675 inclusive ;also to House executivedocuments, second session. Thirtieth Congress,volume 1, executive document No. 1. com-mencing on page 1005. Yours very truly,

George C. Perkins.Cut Offin Youth.

OAKLAND,Cal., April21.— Miss Fran-ces Burk died in San Francisco Friday,April 17, at the Waldeck Sanitarium, ofmalignant jaundice. She was a nativeand resident of

• Chico, but was visitingfriends in this city when her deathoccurred. She was 21 years 4 months oldand was a graduate of the Snell Seminaryin class of '94. She had many friendshere. The remains were taken to ChicoSaturday night for burial. The deceasedwas the daughter of Isaac and Cora Burk.

At the Hacdonoagh.,OAKLAND, Cal., April 21.—Peter F.

Dailey inhis great laughing success, "TheNight Clerk," conies to the Macdonoughnext Monday and Tuesday evenings.

The engagement ofRivarde.withagrandorchestra, next Wednesday will be anotable musical event.;"Captain Impu'.euce" and "Friends"are booked for April30 and May 1.

Green* Large Kgtate.

OAKLAND, Cal., April 21.— ap-praisers have returned the value of the late!£IiVP^ViSft John Glen's estate at*°

1 }jUi, rhe stallion Directum is valuedat $5000, but is now near Lexington. Ky.A part of the estate consists of 16 000acres in Sonora, Mexico. The rest of theestate is realty ana livestock inPleasantonHaywara s, Oakland and several otherplates inthe State.

Schoolboy Missing.OAKLAND. Cal., , April 21.— Victor !

Hugo Duky, a 15-year-old boy residing at413 Ninth street, has been reported miss-ing at the police station. He started toschool yesterday as usual butnever reachedthere, and itis believed he has started outtosee the world, but that he will soon beready toreturn home.

Globe Iron Works.OAKLAND,Cal., April 21.-The Globe

Iron Works (limited) has been incorpor-ated to manufacture machinery, build andrepair ships and do ail things necessarytherewith. The capital stoct is placed at$30,000, of which there is subscribed $2660as follows: William D. Logan, $750; JohnP. Liphtbody, $750; James W. Woods,$300; Daniel McTaggart, $300; Percy R.Stuart, $300; Daniel Stuart, $10; Gideon P.Lorey, $250.

Her Monthly Allowance.OAKLAND,Cal.. April 21.—The appli-

cation of Lady Leliah Yarde-Buller for amonthly allowance from her father'sestate has been continuea for six weeks,

t >s practically conceded that the allow-ance of $333 a month would be allowed oncondition ot' her signing a certain stipula-tion. Itis understood the conditions aresimilar to those under which the allow-ances were made before she went to Eng-land. ft

INCIDENTS OF THE DAY.A Brief Review of Current Kvents of

Alameda County.Oakland Office Pan Francisco Call,>

908 Broadway, April21. IThe trustees of the Higgina Methodist Church

have applied for permission to raise .SI2OO by amortgage on real estate on Prospect Hill,Brooklyn Township.

The pospel services under the leadership ofRev. Alexander Patterson in the BrooklynPresbyterian church are increasing ininterestdaily.

G.N.Griggs has been permitted to changehis name to William Hartman. The latter isthe name of a family with which he has re-sided since a child.

The Coroner's juryin the CRse of Frank S.Kobele, who was found dead ina cell at thecounty jail,where he was being confined toawait examination as to his sanity, returned nverdict to the effect that death was due tochronic alcoholism.

The indications are that there willbe a largedelinquent city tax list this year. The secondinstallment is being paid in slowly. Only aweek remains before the unpaid bills willbedeclared delinquent and $05,000 is unpaid.

Thomas Mem of Johannesburg, South Africa,who was recently arrested by the Boers duringthe Transvaal trouble, willleave for tne PacificCoast next month. Mr.Mem will be inOak-land the latter part of June.

The case of Hammond vs. the Trustees of theCity of San Leandro to enjoin them fromerecting an electri.'-light plant has been closedso far as argument in the matter is concernedand the plaintiff has been given five and thedefendant two days in which to file briefs.

In the suit of Walsh against the OaklandWater Company tor an injunction and dam-ages alleged to be due to the percolation ofwater from defendant's reservoir on LindaVista over plaintiff's property, the demurrerhas been overruled and the hearing upon theapplication continued until next Monday.

The suit of the Spring Valley Water Worksagainst John L.Beard to adjust water rightson Alameda Creek has been continued toTuesday, May 10, owing to the absence ofJudge Ellsworth by reason of his broken arm.The defendant claims about $80,000 for theriparian rightwhich the plaintiffs seek to ac-quire.

KRUTTSCHNITT'S OFFERThe Railway Manager Talks to

the West Oakland Improve-ment Club.

He Declares That His Company WillFillIts Own Share of the

Marsh.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,)908 Broadway, April21. j

The citizens ofOakland had the pleasurethis evening of meeting and hearing thegeneral manager of the Southern PacificRailroad Company, Julius Kruttschnitt.itis the first time in the history of the

city that an officialof that rank has evervisited here and met the people to discussmatters that are of vital interest to bothparties. The meeting of the West OaklandImprovement Club was largely attendedby residents of the territory west ofMarket street, all of whom were anxiousto meet Kruttschnitt and hear what hemight have to say regarding the proposedimprovements of the low 'and* betweenthe railroad and Pine street.

Kruttschnitt came over to Oaklandabout 5 o'clock with C. B.Covelher, withwhom he took dinner. They went to thehall early, and the time was spent by Mr.Kruttshnitt is making himself personallyacquainted with the citizens as they ar-rived, rie seemed tobe t>erfect lyat home,nover waiting to be introduced. He occu-pied a seat in the audience during theop°ningof the meeting.

When the preliminary business had beendisposed of President Stark invited theguest of tne evening to a seat beside himduring the speaking. The invitation wasaccepted, and as he took his seat he waspresented to the audience, which greetedhim with applause.

President Mott of the City Council wasrequested by President Stark to addressthe ciub. Mott said there had been nu-merous conferences of the Council, Boardof Health and Mayor regarding the condi-tion of that section.

"As io the owners-hip of land," he con-cluded, "Ihave not been able to discoverwho they are. Shouid the city win itscase against the railroad for the waterfront then the city would naturally claimthat section. Some parts of the land havenever had any taxes paid on them foryears."

Stark requested Kruttschnitt to give anopinion on the subject.

Krnttschnitt said his attention had beencalled to this subject early last week, andfrom a map in the railroad offices theSouthern Pacific owned one-third, and ifthis was so he would say that it woulddoits share toward abating the nuisance.If it owned one-third it would pay one-third of the cost of fillingit; if half thenitwouldpay half the cost, and if it ownedall of it then they would pay the wholecost, as itshould be tilled at once.

•'I find from this map." said he, "thatthe ownership of this land is rather indoubt, and Iwould suggest that the firstthing to be done would be forallinterestedto get together and find out who theowners of each tract are, and then itwillbe only a question of a short time until itcould be filled. Ifina from a reference tothis map that fully one-third of the landhas no owners marked to it. Byallmeansthe land should be filled in at once."

John P. Irish said the small plat underdiscussion should be filled inat once, butit was only a taste of what was north ofSixteenth street and west of Adeline.Even the electric-car companies had tochange their men frequently to avoidsickness, but residents who have homes inthe vicinity have to remain and endure it."The cityshould get to work at once,"said he, "and reclaim all of this WestOakland marsh and transform it into abeautiful park and make it a most fineentrance into the city. In SouthernCalifornia the cities have beautiful sta-tions on all their roads, and they are sur-rounded by parks that' attracted the atten-tion of all who passed along on the trains.Iwould like to have Mr.Kruttschnitt saywhether or not the railroad would con-struct a suitable building on condition thecitizens made the surrounding propertyinto a park."

The chair called upon Mr. Covellier forhis opinion on the marsh question."Iam of the opinion," said he, "that

Colouel Irish's question to Mr. Krutt-schnitt was out of place, as that gentle-man, no doubt, had not come prepared toanswer sucii a question. The right thingis for the city, which created the nuisance,to get to work and abate it, and then wecan go to the railroad and ask it whatit will do for us. Ibelieve that therailroad should be given credit for whatit does. Ifind it is like other people,and ifitdoes right it should be acknowl-edged, but if it does wrong, then itshould be denounced. Iam willing to goon record with such a statement."

Mount Whitney is the highest peak inCalifornia, 14,898 feet.

PURSUED BY CRUEL FATEThe Child of Majors Breaks

Stones, While WilmoreLearns a Trade.

FORTUNES OF BOY BURGLARS.

The Curse of the Gallows Still Seemsto Hang Over Young Ab3 Majors

and His Mother.

Oakland Office, San Francisco Call,)908 Broadway, April21. f

Mrs. Ella Wilrnore, the mother of BertWilmore, the boy burglar, is strangely for-tunate when compared with the circum-stances that surround Mrs. Wagner, themother of young Wilmore's partner incrime.

While in the City Prison Abe Majors saidthat when he heard of the fate of his fatherhe felt that there was no use inhis strug-glingagainst the reputation that had beenleft him. He declared that the shadowof the gallows was across his path and hecould not get from beneath it. Inhisyouthful way he was a pronounced fatalist.

After the commitment of the boys, it

was rumored that their stay in the peni-tentiary would only be a matter of twomonths before the Prison Commissionerswould transfer the lads to the Preston orWhittier Keform School.Itwas also regarded as certain that the

boys would not be placed withold crimi-nals. and it was withgratification that theOa kland people learned that they hadbeen made library messengers, whichproves to have been a mistake.

With sinking heart Mrs. Warner learnsthat her son is working in th£ quarry,though the boy writes in an affectionateletter to his mother that he is kindlytreated and the work is rot hard.

On the other hand, Mrs. Wilmore is re-joicing over the news received this weekthat Bert is working in the electric worksof the prison and is learning a profitabletrade.

Mrs. Wilmore has movea into a com-fortable cottage on Twelfth street, betweenCenter and Kirkham, and is supplied bysympathizing people with all the sewingshe can do. Mrs. Wagner is in the mostneedy circumstances, is willingto work asfar as her strength willpermit, but cannotget anything to do by which she can earnan honest livingfor herself and little ones.With two bright little boys, whose father,J. A. Wagner, fails to provide for, she isleft to get along the best way she can.

The only person who would willinglysupport her and the helpless little ones isAdc Majors, her unfortunate boy, who,two winters ago went without flannels,that his little half-brotners might be clad,showing more love and sacrifice than theirown father.

THE SUNDAY-SCHOOLS.

Programme for the Annual Conventionin East Oakland.

OAKLAND, Cal., April21.—The sixthannual convention of the Alameda CountySunday-school Union will be held in theTwenty-third Avenue Baptist Church Sat-urday, beginning at 9:45 and continuingthroughout the day.

The programme is as follows:9:4*> o'clock, prayer and praise, conductedby Rev. Robert Whitaker, pastor Twenty-

third Avenue Baptist Church; 10:15, business;10:30, address, "The Dependence of theTeacher Upon the Holy bpirit as a Teacher

"Rev. John Reid, D.D., Llverinore; 11, "WhatOur Neighbors Are Doing," Rev. VGATressler, president San Jose City 8. S. Union:Rev. M.P. Boynton, San Francisco; San Mateocounty S.s. Union; 11:45, normal class Biblereading on the lifeof Christ, Rev. D. P. Ward;12:15, basket lunch.

I:ls—Song service. I:3o—Address, "WhatShall the Harvest Be?" John L. Speares, Oak-land, State secretary of the Y.M.C. A. 2—Ad-dress. "Perplexities of the Teacher and How toMeet Them," Rev. 8. J. Carroll, D.D., pastor ofEighth-avenue M.E. Church, Oakland. 2:30—Business, reports of officers, report of nomi-nating committee, election of officers, miscel-laneous, offertory. 3— "Outlook on the Field,"Rev. L. L. Wirt, Oakland; some successfulSunday-schools, three-minute reports. 3:45—Report of .State convention, Rev. M.P. Boyn-ton, San FranciECo. 4:lo—Address, "HighestConsecration Necessary for Genuine bunday-school Work," Rev. S. M.Freeland, D.D.,pustorofFirst Congregational Church, Oakland; con-secration service, Rev. F. H.Maar, Niles.

Seriously Burned.OAKLAND, Cal., April 21.—The at-

tempt of William McClenegan to fillalighted lamp this morning about 1o'clockresulted in his being seriously burnedabout the hands and face. He was in thecellar at the time, and in rushing out toget the garden-hose to extinguish theblaze the raw skin on his hands was tornoff, making his injuries very painful. Thelire was extinguished before it had doneany damage.

Charges Undue Influence.OAKLAND,Cal., April21.—The amend-

ed complaint of Nellie Leavitt Code, who iscontesting the will of her father, WilliamB. Swain, charges her stepmother withusing fraudulent means to have herselfnamed as executor of the will,at which

time the testator was of nnsound mind.She say3, further, that she was 15 at thetime of her father's marriage to RayLioyd Swain, and he was worth $150,000.She then says:

"Shortly after the marriage Mrs. Swainconceived and concocted inher mind thecruel, willful and fraudulent scheme toestrange this contestant from her fatherand drive her away for the purpose of pre-venting her from acquiring control of anyof the property."

The Daughter's Claim.OAKLAND, Cal., April 21.—A claim

has been presented by Deborah O. Pouison,a daughter of the late Count Peter Poui-son, by her guardian ad libem, Ben P.Woolner, toone- sixth interest in the prem-ises, known as "PeterhofF Castle," withsome four acres of the Bond tract sur-rounding the same.

MORE GOLD BRICKS.The Grand Jury Investigating Banker

Little's Large Invest-ment.

OAKLAND, Cal., April 21.—DeputySheriff H. S. Smith was a visitor to Dixonyesterday, where he dug up the two prold

bricks for which Banker Little paid $7500,

which had been buried at the instructionsof the banker under six feet of earth at thebottom of an old weli.

Accompanying him were Banker Ste-phen Little, Cashier Rice and a jewelernamed Gus Schultz, whom he had sub-penacd as witnesses for the Grand Jury inconnection with the Hoot and Gordoncase. The three were before the GrandJury during the afternoon, but that bodyadjourned until to-morrow without takingany action.

OAKLAND BOARD OF TRADEMerchants Enthusiastic Over

the'

Proposed Organiza-tion.

Nominating Committee Appointed anda Lively Election Is Looked

For.

Oakland Office San Fkancisco Call,]908 Broadway, April21. j

Nearly 100 merchants of this city met atMilitary Hall to-night and reorganized theOakland Board of Trade.

M. J. Keller, president of the old board,outlined the purposes for which the reor-ganization had been determined upon. Hereferred to the boards of trade of Los An-geles and San Francisco, and stated thatthere was no reason why a similar success-ful organization should not be effectedhere. He stated that it was a disgracethat in a city the size of Oakland thereshould not be a commercial exhibit.

Craigie Sharpe, who nas been mainly in-strumental in reviving the board, saidthat even the town of Fresno had some-thing to show visitors, while Oakland hadnothing. "We are dead in this town,"said Mr. Sharpe, "and we need to be wokeup. We are on the eve of an era of prog-ress.

"The biggest surprise in commercial cir-cles in this city was the exposition of lastDecember. Whan the idea was startedeverybody doubted the feasibility of it,but the projectors went ahead. Andwhat did we see? One week did not sat-isfy the people, and when we were forcedto close the doors we had a very hand-some surplus on hand. We do not wantto lose the benefit of that example, but wewant to extend it to Alaiueda, Berkeleyand every town in this county. We haveour own matchless water front, and ourfuture is in your hands."

H. M. Van Arnian referred to the differ-ence between Los Angeles and Oakland,and said that this city suffers because ofthe preference shown by Easterners forthe Southern city. This was due to themanner in which Los Angeles boomeditself.

Colonel J. L. Lyons said that with asufficiently powerful organization theycould compel the Board of Supervisors tocarry out necessary improvements.

"For fifteen years," he said, "we havebeen trying to get a road into ContraCosta County. We have not got a roadyet, and by this time we should nave anelectric line over the hills and should beusing itand deriving great benefit from it.But we must have a powerful united or-ganization. We have lots of time nowbusiness is dull. What we want is moneyand that we can only get by enthusiasticwork. We have got to doit for self-pres-ervation and there is no alternative.

H. C. Capwell said it was very evidentthat the merchants were in earnest andsuggested that a nominating committee ofseven be appointed to canvass among themembers and pick out men of grit andability and will for directors. EdsonAdams seconded the motion and it wascarried.

The chairman appointed H. C. Capwell,Edson F. Adams, J. F. Towle, G. E. Fair-child, E. W. Martin, M. J. Laymance, H.Hogan.

A livelydiscussion ensued as to instruct-ing the nominating committee, but itfailed, and itwas very evident that therewill be a lively election next Tuesdayevening.

HAD A MOTIVE.The Unitarian Chnrch Crank Wrote a

Letter to President Jordanof Stanford.

OAKLAND.Cal., April21.— The lunatic, Icalling himself Lewis Porter, who createdthe excitement in the First Unitarian jChurch Sunday morning, seems to have \u25a0,more names than one, and his sensational jact was not due to a sudden iinpupse, but

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had been carefully planned. These facts !are brought out by a letter which Presi-dent Jordan of Stanford University hassent to Rev. C. M. Wendte. In transmit-ting the letter he writes:

Dear Mr. Wendte: Iinclose a letter which !willdoubtless be of interest Inconnection with Iwhat happened yesterday at your church. Al- ithough this letter was dated April 1,itonly |reached me on Saturday evening. Cordially jy°urs > David S. Jordan.

HOBCOT, Butte Co., Cal., April1,1896.Professor Jordan— My Dear Sib: lam at i

present situated so financially that Ican send jy^LViisum of nlone>' you lent me last spring.Ithink it was in March and Iwish to Day you 1the interest on the same up lo date, so it" you !wittbe so kind as to state what interest you ithink is justIwillsend it to you at once. Idon t want to be under obligations any longertoa man as small as you showed yourself to be.Ifyou had come to me, professor, in the man- !perIdid to you Iwoufa of helped you. bin jthen to such a narrow-minded man as you are

'you really didhelp me, infact you told me so !at the ferry in the City when you was about to ;

PaYk 5°nypleasure trjP t0 tne Yellowstone j

Iwas reading in apaper the other day, when |you lectured on the "Evolution of the Mind." !\Yell,professor. Ihope yours has evoluted fromthat narrow-mindedness you exhibited towardme \\ hen you gave me that letter to Rev. Mr.toote you said itmay be that he willdo some-

'thing lor you. Ifhe don't you can call him a !gentleman .Now, professor, men that are inthe profession that he is inare not supposed to !be gentlemen, butIcan truthfully say that he

'treated me more like one than you did. Hesent money to me by a detective for the pur- ipose of going out into the country to look for Iworlc.

The letter on incoherently Iabout the Stantford estate decision by the !Supreme Court, and continues:

You told me at the ferryIhad better trytome other line ingetting money.Iam going toprofessor. Iam going toOakland ina few days'and Iam going to get up in the Ftrst UnitarianChurch in that cut and make a speech Iunderstand ithas the wealthiest congregation !in the city,and Iam not going tostop to talk Iabout religion. When 1 fightIfighta reality,not something that nevar existed. It willbemy maiden Bpeech, professor, and ifIknew theexact dateIwould be there Iwould invite you!tobe present. You can rest assured it willbe ia good one.

The letter ends with abusive remarks

about the "sniveling curs" that "prayedfor Bob Ingersoll's conversion," and issigned "withdue respect,

"Le Roy Pickering."Silver vs. Gold.

OAKLAND, Cal., April 21.—ProfessorRoss of Stanford University will addressthe pupils of the High School on the silverquestion Thursday morning at 11:30. Ata later date a professor from the StateUniversity willpresent them with the goMstandard. In this way the pupils expectto become properly posted on the moneyquestion.

HOTEL AEEIVALS.RUSS HOUSE.

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INTERCOLLEGIATE BALLBerkeley and Stanford Will

Meet on the DiamondThis Afternoon.

ODDS IN FAVOR OF BERKELEY.

Entries f.r the Annual College FieldDay—lnterfsting Town News

Notes.

BERKELEY, Cal., April 21.-The firstof the series of three intercollegiate base-ball matches for the season of1896 willtakeplace to-morrow afternoon on the Berkeley;diamond, beginning at 2:30 o'clock. Forj five successive years Stanford has heldi supremacy over the University of Califor-Inia in the batter's sport, but the prospects!for Berkeley's scoring a victory in the!match to-morrow are extremely favorable.

Captain Johnson expresses confidence thatthe "hoodoo" will be removed and thatthe blue and gold will flutter in the breezeat the close of the nine innings rather thantrail on the ground, "itwill only be aquestion of whether we can hitMcLaine,"

isaid he this afternoon, "for then Ishould

feel very certain of a victory. McLaine'3curves and hard drives are most too mnch

j for the ordinary batter, but if we can hitj them we shall be all right. Our infieldIand outfield are much stronger than lastIyear, and the Stanford men themselves

acknowledge itto be such. Our battery isvery good also."Worden puts a good deal of science

into his pitching, he throws with hiswhole body and is very accurate. Wheelertakes the balls well and can nearly alwaysbe counted on. With all their points ofvantage we anticipate a hard fight. Stan-ford certainly has been playing fast ballthis season, but their work has not shownup as well this season as formerly and thework of our men has been much on theimprove."

The men who willrepresent Berkeley to-Imorrow have been selected from thirty-!five candidates, who have been practicinglor the various positions since the latterpart of February. They have been inIsteady training under the direction of|Captain Johnson and Coach Cohen of theUniversity Club. To the faithful work ofthe coach is accredited much of the suc-cess which seenis to await the U. C. team.

A souvenir programme ol more thanordinary artistic excellence has been pro-vided for the occasion. The new bleach-ers on the north and east sides of the dia-mond will accommodate at least 1000guests. Following willbe the players andtheir positions:

Worden, pitcher: Wheeler, catcher-Hennessey, first base; Elston, secondbase; Krug, third base; McLaren, Bhort-stop; Hoag, right field ; Proctor, centerfield; Johnson, left field.

Substitutes— Hall, Gooding, Kaarsburgand Bachelder.

Intercollegiate Field Day Entries.BERKELEY, Cal., April21.—The entry

list for the annual intercollegiate field day,which takes place next Saturday afternoonat the Olympic Club grounds, closed lastnight, with fifty-eight signatures. Berke-ley has seven more entries than Stanford,principally distributed in the runningbroad jump, the middle distances and theweights. From the way the Stanford menhave been showing up in recent field daysand try-outs it is generally concededamong the Berkeley athletes that thescore in favor of the blue and gold willnotbe as large by several points this year aslast. Victory is expected by the" U. C.men, but not so complete a one as hascharacterized every former field dayagainst Stanford. The chief weakness ofthe California men seems to be in thesprints and middle distances, though theseevents have been much stiengthened sincethe opening of the season.

Following is the complete entry list:100-yard dash, first heat— Dickie,Koch, Cali-

fornia; Brunto, Holbrook, Stanford.Second heat— Chick, Hupp, Thompson, Cali-

fornia; Bernard, Toombs, Stanford.220-yard dash, first heat— Thompson, Koch,Dickie, California; Brunton, Toombs, Stan-ford.

Second heat— Chick, Hupp, California; Col-lier, Bernard, Stanford.

1220-yard hurdle, first heat— Torrey, Califor-nia; Dole, Stanford.Second heat

—Chestnut, Mclntosh, Califor-nia; Reynolds, Stanford.

Mile bicycle, first heat— Crafts, Roos, Everett,California; Anfenger, Roper, Stanford.

Second heat— Lemmon. California; Fraser,Cushing, Seyboldt, Stanford.

440- yard dash—Morse, Jones.Magee. Stevens,Hi)born, California; Brunton, Collier, Toombs,Stanford.

880-yard run— Carroll. Brown, Reeve, Glsh,Koch, California; Brunton, Smith, Walker,Holley,Stanford.

Mile run—Jackson, Reeve. Stedman, Califor-nia; Brown, Smith, Williams, Stauford.120-yara hurdle race—Torrey, Bakewell,

California; Reynolds, Dole, Stanford.Milewalk— Captain Merwin. Holton, Califor-nia; Jack, Wilkinson, Stanford.Sixteen-pound shot put

—Kdgren, Lloyd,

Koch, Caliiornia; Wilbur, Fickert, Fisher,Stanford.

Sixteen-pound hammer throw—Edgren.Dorn,Carver, Hooper, California; Hazzard, Wilbur,Fickert. Stanford.

Pola vault—Lloyd,Mumma, California; Dole,Brunton. Stanford.

Running broad jump—Dresser, Koch. Hil-born, Thompson, Dorn, Torrey, California;Toombs, lirunton, Johnson, Stanford.

High jump—Miller,Koch, Bake well, Califor-nia; Toombs, Dole, Reynolds, Stanford.

For the past two days several of the menwho are entered in the track events havegone o?er to the Olympic grounds in SanFrancisco to train, so as to become some-what familiar with the condition of thetrack before Saturday'B games.

STANFORD'S HOPE.

Position of the Members of th« PaloAlto Team— Track Events.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal.,April21.—The Stanford baseball team wilito-morrow try its fortune with Berkeley onthe diamond of the University of Califor-nia. Two or three of the Palo Alto menare under the weather and expect a closegame, if not a defeat. Following will bethe position of the men: Pitcher, Mc-Lame (captain); catcher, Jeffs; first base,Young; second base, Harris; thirdbase, Sharp; shortstop, Taylor; leftfield,Stansbury; centerfield, Freeman; right-tield, Thompson. Wight and Stroker wiliaccompany the team as substitutes.

Track men are elated at the showingToombs and Colliver are making in the220-yard dash. The former is speciallystrong at the finishand willcertainly pushhis man hard in the coming field day.With his speed Toombs combines great en-durance, and his work at the 220 has sur-prised his friends. Colliver is anotherman whose real ability has not been fullyappreciated. His powers as a finisher inthe 220 may give him a place in the 220unless the Berkeley runners are betterthan they show from their records.

Dole, whose work had been very gooduntil this week, is now bothered with hisheel, which has been bruised in someway. His performances have beenmediocre of late, and Torrey of Berkeleywillundoubtedly have an easy time in hishurdles with Dole.

The other men are doing fairly well andshould give a good account of themselvesnext Saturday.

AnElevated Railway.BERKELEY, Cal., April21.—Captain

R. P. Thomas is again to the front withhis elevated railroad scheme, and hasasked for a franchise to construct a por-tion of the proposed road.

About six months ago Captain Thomaslaid before the Board of Trustees plans foran elevated railroad from Goat Island tothe West Berkeley water front and fromthence to the foothills at East Berkeley.The matter was then referred to a commit-tee of the board, which investigated thescheme and reported that the inventor'sproject was a practicable one, but as Cap-tain Thomas had not made a definite ap-plication for a franchise no action wastaken.

Now the captain says he has secured fullpatents on his invention and desires todemonstrate the feasibility of his plans bybuilding a portion of the road. Ifgivenpermission by the Town Trustees he willbuild from Shattuck avenue to Vine street,east along Vine street to the end thereof,a distance ofabout half a mile.

Captain Thomas has a working modelof his projected road in his officeat West Berkeley. The cars aresuspended by wheels from a cable; eachcar has two wheels, ore at each endand hanging by these, the cars are pro-pelled by electric power, orifsuch poweris inadequate for the heavy grades of thefoothills, the inventor says his plans canbe modified to allow theUse ofa cable.

The Trustees referred the application fora franchise to the Street Committee of theboard to be reported upon at the nextmeeting, a week from next Monday.

Town Trustees' Meeting.BERKELEY, Cal., April 21.—The reg-

ular bi-weekly meeting of the Town Trust-ees was held last night. The principalbusiness was the regular routine work ofthe committees.Itwas announced by Attorney Hayne

that Mr. Heywood, who has promised todeed to the town a lot for wharf purposesat West Berkeley, demanded as a condi-tion of the gift that the town guarantee tomaintain a wharf.

Street Superintendent Chick, who wasinstructed at a former meeting to prepareresolutions for the opening of Sixth streetalong its entire length, asked for informa-tion with regard to titles to land to beused for street purposes, some question asto ownership having arisen. The matterwas referred to Trustees Hoff and Durrill.

Improving the Grounds.BERKELEY, Cal., April21.—The poles

and wires for lighting the universitygrounds are being put in place, and thelights will probably be ready for use ina few days.

A force of men is at work under thedirection of Captain Kellner, head gar-dener of the agricultural department,planting grass in "Lovers' lane" andflowers along the sides of the new "Stu-dents' pathway."

Carpenters' Union.BERKELEY, Cal.. April 21.

—John

Moran has been elected president of theBerkeley branch of the Carpenters' andJoiners' Union to succeed R. F. Langlais,who resigned the position.

For a Year Only.BERKELEY, Cal., April 21.—Profegsor

Gayley says that in taking up the work ofediting the series of dramatic criticisms asannounced in to-day's Call he will notsever his connection with the State Univer-sity, but will probably take a year'sleave ofabsence if the board of regentssee fitto grant his request.

K*VQ. JOHSSON. HEyNESSEY.WHEELER. WORDEN.

n*J>*JiQ.J!.r,

McLaren. hoag. . PROCTOR. elston.UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BASEBALL NINE.

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