The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 8, 1895, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1895. LATEST OAKLAND NEWS, A Judge Tells Young Folks How to Be Happy, Though Married. 5 FUNERAL OF MRS. FISHER. School Directors Protest Against the Cut in the Appropria- tion. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO C:LL,} 908 Broadway, Sept. 7. Lulu F. Turner, a young woman who has been married three years, must still remain the wife of John Turner unless she can bring more serious charges against him than those she explained” before Judge Ogden this morning. Mrs. Turner said that her husband fre- quently slapped her, and once, when put- ting up a stove, he spoke very crossly to her. On another occasion the young wife said her husband threatened her. Inan- swer to the Judge she replied that Turner had told her the preper thing to bring her under subjection would be to raise a family. But Mr. Turner has big feet, according to his wife, and on one occasion he placed them in his wife's lap, and she said “he had his boots off Judge Ogden t fatherly lec the court to ¢ testimony divorce n gave the wife a little “You can hardly expect t you a divorce upon such 1i we were to grant you a that showing there would ouple in Oakland that would not itled to adivorce. It isimpossible 1 human nature that is ideally per- here are many little imperfections ation and association will smooth people must exercise for- be: patience. Instead of widen- ing the breach close it up. A young couple such as you are will find married life a very & existence if you will return to your home and not do_just what you have been doing heretofore.’’ Favors This Side of the Bay. University Regent Albert Miller, who resides in this city, favors this side of the bay for the site of the Wilmerding school. My personal choice,” said he this morning, ‘is somewhere south of Seventh eet and west of Market. The local com- ee have informed me what they could secure land in that vicinity for, but I do not care to give out any figures now. In San Francisco they have mentioned sev- al sites, but expect to raise the funds to irchase one with by public subscription: Now, that is impossible. The offer of Mr. Shattuck at Berkeley is very tempting in many ways. It is the first real offer of a site, It is near the university grounds and yet far enough away to keep the young men students apart; it is easy of access and, besides, it is ready for us as soon as we are ready to take it.” Mrs. Fisher’s Funeral. The funeral services of Mrs. Katherine B. Fisher, for iwenty years a teacher in the Oakland High School, was held this morn- ing in the First Congregational Church. The teachers of the High School, the pu- pils, the alumni and a host of personal iriends were there to pay their last re- spects to their dead friend. The coffin was borne by six old pupils of the deceased. They were: Charles Fryer, Daniel Murpby, Howard Bell, Philip Thayer and John Reynolds. Dr. McLean delivered an eloquent funeral oration, and then read Mrs. Fisher's favorite poem, “Crossing the Bar.” The remains of Mrs. Fisker, in accord- ance with her wish, will be cremated at the Oad Fellows’ cemetery. Schools May Close. A special meeting of the Board of Educa- tion was held this afternoon for the pur- se of discussing the cuts in the school und made by the Finance Committee of the Council. No definite action was taken except to appoint a committee to go before the Council on Mond for a large appropris ¢ that if tne Council app: the commit- tee’s cuts the schoois would have to close for a while and feachers lose their salaries. Suicide at Claremont. F. D. Blachree, an inmate of a private home for the cure of the opium habit, at Claremont, cut his throat with a broken botile yesterday, and died from the effects to-day. He had recently been employed as expert by the Berkeley Board of Trus- tees, but was discharged for cause. He leaves a widow and four young children. W. C. T. U. Work. The annual meeting of the Oakland Woman’s Christian Temperance Union will be held on Tuesday next, in the lecture-room of the First M. E. Church. There will be a report made by all the branches of the work for the past year and an election of officers will be held. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. OAXLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, | 908 Broadway, Sept. 7. | The Grand Jury has adjourned until Tues- day mext at 10 A. M. It Is supposed that some indictments will be returned at that time. The Rev. J. B. Eddie, now in charge of Trin- ity Episcopal Church, Haywards, will officiate in this church to-morrow morning in exchange with the Rev. Mardon D. Wilson. Judge Ellsworth has allowed Dr. F. Kuchein $358 on a_ judgment against the estate of Theodore F.Herring. The physician brought suit to recover $551, but the Judge cut the bill. Ata meeting of the Exempt Firemen’s As- sociation last evening the board of trustees re- ported that there was 1o relief fund available, and would not be until incorporated and the members enrolled. The Musicians’ Union and trades unionists enerally are displeased with the employment gy Oakland Parlor, N. 8. G. W., of the Presidio band to accompany it to Sacramento during Admission day exercises, F short talks by four young men will be iven Sunday &t 3:90 P. X, at the Y. M. C. A., elfth and Clay streets. Song service will be ied by Professor Meredith, assistea by Miss Noble, cornetist, and others. The Friday Morning Club has resumed its meetings after a vacation of some six weeks. Members will meet on Friday mornings in the arlors of the Unitarian church. Mrs. Kate f’oner has been chosen leader. Robert Johnson, & farmhand employed back of Mountain View Cemetery, toyed with a ma- chine mower this morning. He went to the Receiving Hospital to have two digits on his left hand dressed for bad lacerations. Manuel Coreia, aged 6 years, residing with his parents at 708 Franklin stréet, went down to the city wharf at the foot of the street last evening and did not come home again. His parents fesr he was accidentally drowned. Monday being Admission day and a legal holiday the Postoffice will only be open until 10 A. M. The general deliver{ and carriers’ windows will be open from 12 . to 1 P.M. Only one delivery will be made and thatin the morning. C. B. Cahusac, & resident of Alameda and clerk in the employ of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, has filed a petition in in- solvency. He owes $371 10, of which $212.is due L. L. Halsey tor house rent and cash ad- vanced. Assets nothing. Ella C. Hamilton has made e contract with A. Ubhoff to erect a two-story dwelling on the county road between Sanu Leandro and Hay- wards. The residence is to cost $4000. It is on the Colonial style and the plansindicate that it will be a very attractiye place. Montgomery and Samuel Howe and Mrs. Phahe EDiair have sccured judgment against the Comsolidated Piedmoni Road for $19,- 599 50. This represents the result of a deal whereby the Howes and Mrs. Blair pled; ‘bonds of the company to securea note they gave for $30,000 to Daniel Meyer and the Mu- tual Savings Bank. The Coroner’s jury in the case of Samuel Lowery, the man killed by a train near Pleasanton, were unable to determine whether it was a case of suicide or not. Coroner Bald- win has received a dispatch from the wife of the decensed, who isat Ballard, Wash., stating that she has no money and asking that the re- mains be buried here. Georgé W. Reed filed his final account to-day as special administrator of the estate of Marie emon. The fundsin his hands amount to SL. All the property will soon be dis- tributed according to the terms of the will, which was admitted to probate recently under the terms of the compromise effected between the administrator and the contestants. Mrs. Mary J. Moss has defaulted in the suit brought by Judge E. M. Gibson to recover $500 attorney’s fees for services rendered the Inte EFranklin Moss during his lifetime. Mrs. Moss should have filed an answer to his suit yester- day, but she failed to do so and Judge Gibson will take a judgment against her for the amount of his claim unless some legal inter- vention is made. At the meeting of the Fire and Water Com- mittee of the City Council last evening Messrs. Hugh Craig and Harry Gordon presented a pe- tition from the insurance men to alternate the fire hydrants of the city between the two water companies. The committee decided to file the vetition without recommendation. Now it will not come up again before the Coun- cil unless some member calls it up, —_— KLLED AT THE MOLE Mrs. Marilla Gay Crushed by Cars in an Admission Day Crowd. She Was Crossing an Unguarded Track In the Depot Beside Her Husband. OAKLAND, CaL., Sept. 7.—Mrs. Marilla Gay, wife of ex-Assemblyman Gay, was instantly killed this afternoon at the Oak- Jand mole as she was about to board a train for Sacramento, whither she was going to witness the Native Sons celebration on Monday. Mrs. Gay, accompanied by her husband and daughters, Mrs. Corey and Miss Helen Gay, went to the pier on the Seventh-street local and were erossing the track when the fatal accident occurred. There were about 2000 people in the depot waiting to board the Sacramento train, which was being lengthened by additional cars. The thira section of the train was being backed into the depot and it is said that no signal was given as the cars were backed down the track. Mrs. Gay and her husband were about (o cross the track, but before aware of any danger Mrs. Gay was run over and instantly killed in the_ presence of her family and the thousands of pleasure-seekers. Mr. Gay said 10-night that there was no warning of any kind of the approach of the train, There was any flagman or brake- man in sight, nor no one on the rear plat- form of the car that ran over Mrs. Gay. Mrs. Gay has lived in this city for more She was a native of Ohio, in which State she was born just fifty yearsago. She wasthe mother of four children, two of whom were with her when the accident happened. Her hus- vand represented one district in this county in the last Assembl LATE NEWS OF ALAMEDA Dr. Robinson \7Vins a Suit Against the Artesian Water Works. The City Declared Healthy—Another Disappearance — Arrests, Notes. Judgment for $10 and interest was to-day rendered by Justice Swasey in favor of Dr. W. H. Robinson against Captain Thomp- son of the Artesian Water Works. The suit was for the recovery of $10 claimed unlawfully charged for tapping a water main and $100 damages. Captain Thomp- son was represented by Max Will, Dorsey and Soto, while T. V. Cator appeared for the plaintiff. The defense desires the point of law to be settled by a court of competent jurisdiction and made no argu- ment and did not examine any witnesses. The defendant gave notice of appeal. A Healthy City. There was a meeting of the Board of Health last evening, and Health Officer McLean reported only nine deaths for the month of August, which represents a monthly death-rate of 0.6 deaths per 1000 0f population, or an annual death rate jof 7.2 dzaths per 1000, With regard to water on Pacific avenue, between Second and Third streets, Dr. Lubbock reported that Inspector Marllott had interviewed property-owners, and that several would take water from the artesian water works if that company would lay a main. The secretary reported only $16048 re- maining in the health fund, whereas the monthly salaries of the three officers ag- gregated $265. On_motion of Dr. Smit! each officer received half his salary. Another Disappearance. Another citizen has left for parts un- known, and his sorrowing wife and five children are wondering whither he has gone. It is George E. Blake of 1528 Wal- nut street, a planer recently employed at Wood & Chandler’s planing-mill. "When that firm became financially embarassed they owed Blake $100 and he has had a bard time to get along. Mrs. Blake thinks her husband will return when he gets ready and that he has only gone to some other city looking for work. John Gillam claims that Blake borrowed $25 from him just before he left and he threatened to have him arrested. A Railroad Clerk Insolvent. Charles B. Cohusac, a clerk in the em- ploy of the Southern Pacific Company, re- siding on St. Charles street in this city, has filed his petition in insolvency. His debts amount to $371 10 and his assets nothing. His debts are small ones with exception of $212 owing to L. L. Halsey for house rent and cash advanced. . Society of Golden Links. The Society of Golden Links of the Christian Church gave a most delightful buttertly social last evening at the resi- dence of Mrs. Hamilton, corner Central avenue and Union street. Druggists Arrested. Officer Brompton this afternoon swore to three complaints charging A. J. Mervy, Ambrose O’Neill and 8. J. Southord, local druggists, with selling liquor without licenses. They were released on giving bonds in the sum of $200 in each case. Henry Blake Estate. A decree of distribution has been made by the Superior Court in the Henry Blake estate to Walter Blake, Mary F. Shiells and J. B. Richardson of an undivided third interest each in the property on.Clinton avenue, in this city. The Doctor’s Exact Diagnosis. The outsgoken ways and caustic sayings of Dr. Jephson of Leamington, celebrated in the '40’s and ’50's, have furnished the kernel of many anecdotes. One day he was called on by one whom Brantome would have called “une grande dame de %ar la monde,” the Marchioness of —. aving listened to a description of her malady, the oracle pronounced judgment: “Aneggand a cup of tea for breakiast, then walk for two hours; a slice of cold beef and a half fll!s of madeira for luncheon, then walk again for two hours; fish (except salmon) and a cutlet or win, of fowl for dinner, with a single Elm o madeira or claret; to bed at 10 and rise at 6, etc. No carriage exercise, please.” “But, doctor,” she exclaimed at last, thinki he was mistaken in his visitor, “pray, do you know who I am? Do you know—ahem !—my position?’ ‘‘Perfectly, madam,” was the reply, “I am prescribing for an old woman with a deranged stomach,” SOCIETY 1N A GARDEN, The Neighborhood Fete at Fruitvale Serves a Good Purpose. ; YOUNG FOLKS PLAY TENNIS. Mrs. Wellman’s Spacious Grounds Thrown Open and Bedecked for Charity. OAKLAND OFFICE 8AN FrANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, Sept. 7. This afternoon Mrs. R. A. Wellman of Fruitvale opened her elegant and spacions grounds on Fruitvale avenue to the society young people of Oakland for a garden fete for the benefit of the Neighborhood Clubs. It was a decided social and financial suc- cess, proving the most fashionable affair of the season so far. The green lawns, flowers and shrubbery made a lovely California landscape. The tennis court whas another piciuresque scene, the young ladies wearing exquisite costumes of light, airy goods of white, pink and blue and other delicate colors, The young gentlemen wore the regulation tennis suits, and the playing was enjoy- able, but not professional. The music by the Angel; Island Military band added much to the general enjoyment. On the grounds were tents beautifully decorated, where fair hands dispensed cooling drinks, icecream and other deli- cacies. The guests were greeted by the young 1ady members of the Deux Temps Society, one of the aristocratic dancing clubs of Oakland. The Ebell Society was well rep- resented at the fete, as well as the San Francisco Press Club. » Among the ladies who are entitled to credit for the success of the affair may be namea Dr. Myra Knox, Miss Kate Whit- aker, Miss Margaret Knight, Misses Ethel Moore, Senta Booth, Grace de Fremery, Alice Wellman, Frances Mervry, Georgia Strong, Ruth Palmer, Alice McChesney, Alice Flint, Etta Emerson. % The tennis game was won by one point, made by Messrs. Nicholson and Proctor Spencer. The game was played by Mr. Nicholson, Proctor Spencer, Paul Selby and Mr. Thorne. The Neighborhood Club is one of many bearing the same name that are of recent growth in this City, modeled after similar | clubs that have been founded in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and other large Eastern cities for practical, social and educational work. The Oakland clubs are located at Eighth and Wood, Third and Peralta, Eighteenth and Peralta, Third and Market and Third and Franklin. The clubrooms are super- intended by A. Malron. There are also two flourishing clubs in Berkeley and the same number in Alameda. The first or- ganized club on the Pacific Coast and the largest is in this city—the one on Third and Franklin. Until recently each club worked independently, but_hereafter they will work in unison,according to arrange- ments perfected a week ago, when the various officers assembled in Oakland. The Neighborhood Clubs are organiza- tions for conducting clubs for boys and girls to help them socially and in theiredu- cational work. The members are princi- pally boys and girls and their mothers re- side in the vicinity of the clubrooms. The young folks vary in age from five years upward, and are given useful instruction in various ways. They are arranged in classes according to age. The girls are taught to sew and make fanoy work, the boys are taught carpentering, wood-cary- ing, harness-making, rug-making and work of a similar nature. The women meet once a week to do mending of the poor of the neighborhood. It 1s a work that has suddenly sprung into popularity andthe society young ladiesjare taking an active interest in it. LATEST BERKELEY ITEMS, Dr. Fryer Will Probably Ac- cept the Chair of Oriental Languages. Statement of the Increase In the University Enroliment—Future Philosophical Lectures. BERKELEY, CaL., Sept. 7.—It is now almost an assured thing that Dr. John Fryer, who is at present in the employ of the Chirese Government at Shanghai, wiil accept the chair of Oriental languages at the University of California. The funds for the maintenance of the chair having become available a short time ago, the Board of Regents voted to call Dr. Fryer to the position, and President Kellogg at once communicated with him. The first response to the annourcement of his election to the chair was received by Dr. Fryer’s family yesterday. When called upon to-day at their home in Oak- land it was learned that he will in all probability accept the position, though it 18 necessary for some further communica- tion with the authorities before he will give his final answer.! It seems that he had received some pre- vious intimation of the possibility of being called to the university, and had had no thought of accepting the position conditionally if offered him; and when he received the letter from Berkeley it was somewhut of a surprise, since men- tion was made of a provision by which he could devote either the whole or a part of his time to the work, On this point further correspondence is necessary be- fore a definite conclusion can be ar- rived at. One of his sons, in speaking of the proba- bility of Dr. Fryer’s acceptance of the position, said: “It will be very hard for father to break off his ties of friendship and business in China, at once, for_he has been there so long he has formed many personal attachments, and, besides, he is under contract to do a quantity of trans- lating for the Imperial Government, which will take him some time to complete. From the general tone of his letter, he will be very likely to accept the’chair offerea him, but I do not apprehend that it will be ossible for him to begin his work before he beginning of the next college year.” ‘Wish Other Philosopbical Lectures. In view of the great success which has attended the recent meetings of the Philosophical Union at the university through the instrumentality of Dr. Royce of Harvard and other speakers, Professor G. H. Howison has fssued the following circular letter: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN PHILOSOPHY. The executive councilof the union hope to secure your active aid for the objects of the as- sociation, and particularly for a plan which they now entertain, and the first step in which they have taken at the recentbrilliantand aus- picfous meeting in the Harmon gymnasium of the university on the occasion of Professor Royce’s notable address. ‘his plan is to bring to Berkeley every year at the season of the annual commencement in the university some man of distinction in philosophy to address the union on some one g( ltgu important questions in the philosophic eld. The council feels assured beforehand of the great public benefit of this plan, ally to the university, and of the probable large pub- lic Interest in it. No more decisive tesi ony 10 ‘tlhat“l:}mre,s.thesuld be li.ven ul’:?nh the v-:; an n, ed assemblage which greets the insu'uglnnon of this plan on Friday even- mfi, August 30. ot less than 1500 people listened with un- wearied attention to Professor Royce and to the two respectful critics who followed him through the long session of nearly three hours; and more than 300 had to be turned away from the doors of the large but still insufficient auditorium, greatly to the council’s regret. But in order to carry this attractive project out the union must increase its funds. It therefore desires to enlarge the number of its members. To this end the council now appeals to all persons who feel wiiling to do so to join the union as new members and to send their full names and exact addresses to the secretery, E. B. McGilvary, at the University of Califor- nia, Berkeley. 3 In behali of the executive council. G. H. HOWISON, president. University Enrollment. An official report was issued by the re- corder of the faculties to-day, showing the total number of students thus far admitted to courses in the university for the year 1395-96. A summary of the report readsas follows: .Total number admitted 432, of whom 345 were freshmen in regular stand- ing, 70 specials and 17 limited. Number of applications withdrawn or rejected 120, applications pending 4, total number of applications to date 556, . Up to this time last year the entiré num- ber admitted was 419. Accordingly, this vear's increase over the 1894 intrants is only thirteen at a corresponding date. No complete statement has yet been made as to the number of graduate students who bave been given standing in the univer- sity, but it is expected that the number will be much in excess of last year’s quota. Berkeley’s New Comic Paper. Much interest is being manifested in the proposed new comic paper at the Univer- sity, the Bi-Weekly Josh, which will make its’ apoearance during the coming week. All sorts of conjectures have been made as to the destiny of this new attemptat comic journalism, but it suffices to say that the first number will be a twelve-paged edi- tion, most of which will be devoted to illustrations by amateur college artists. 1t was expected that the first number would appear on the 10th inst., but owing to an unavoidable delay it will not be out until next Thursday, September 12. The edition will consist of 1000 copies. Garbage Man Arrested Again. Frank Walker, the Oakland garbage man who was arrested a_few days ago for haul- ing garbage through the streets of Berke- ley in an open wagon, contrary to the town ordinance, was again arrested this morning for a similar offense. Dr. Scudder to Preach. The pulpit of the First Congregational Church, at the corner of Dana street and Durant avenue, will be filled to-morrow morning by Rev. Dr. Scudder of Alameda. EARLIEST WILL CONTEST. It Was Drawn When Lawyers Were Scarce in Oak- land. Some Interesting History Connected With the Castro San Pablo Grant. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL.} 908 Broadway, Sept. 7. One of the documents withheld in the complaint filed this week by Michael Hevey of this city against the State, for $75,000, tells a very interesting story of the early method of will-making in this county prior to the advent of the Americans. Hevey asks for damages for being put off the San Pablo Rancho after a residence there of thirty-three years. The document referred to is the deposition of Juan B. Alvarado, which is introduced for the purpose of showing that the partition of the Castro grant is illegal. “I was born in Monterey and have lived all my life in Upper California,” says the affiant. “I was educated partly at the Governmeiit school and partly by Gover- nor Sola. The Californians formerly lived in an isolated manner and there were few strangers, It was difficult to get witnesses for wills, There were no notaries and the Alcaldes had no knowledge of the law. The | th! Iis inhabitants knew little of the civil law. only knew but one or two lawyers between 1827 and 1831, and when they died there were no lawyers at all. So wills were signed by the testator only and some with one or two witnesses. All the inhabitants had the privilege of availing themselves of the military law giving exemption in making wills. They adopted this system from necessity. It would have been diffi- cult to get five witnesses to a will, and it would, consequently, have been impossible for the generality of ranchers to make their wills. “Ido not recollect of any attempt to break a will until after the Americans came here. Francisco M. Castro, in 1820-31, lived at San Pablo. Only his family and employes lived there. His nearest neigh- bor was three “miles off and the next nearest fourteen. He died in 1831 and left ten children. I first saw the original will in 1844 at San Pablo, in possession of Dona Gabriela. 8he told me that all the family knew of the will. The executor divided the stock, cattle and horses—half to the mother and half to tne children. I mar- ried one of the grandchildren of Francisco M. Castro and moved to San Pablo in 1848. “Joaquin Y. Castro was the firstexecutor under the will, and in that capacity di- vided the stock and delivered the will to the Probate Court at Martinez. He was recognized as such executor by the other sons and daughters. Until 1850 none of the heirs qluesnoned or attempted to break the will. In 1831 the value of the stock on the ranch was greater than the land. The land began to get valuable when the Americans came. The Californians usu- ally leit half of their property to their wives and half to their children. But the will was broken after thirty years of litigation. Itis the earliest will to be broken in this county. —————— Influence of the Press. A story which illustrates how difficult it is, as a rule, to influence newspaper publi- cations is related of Isaac L. Rice, one of the founders of the Forum magazine, and now its editor since the retirement of Walter H. Page. ; Some years ago Mr. Rice was engaged in lacing “enormous blocks of stock of a ennsylvania natural gas company. Be- fore he had closed the transaction the Forum came out with an article Pro- fessor Seelye, who demonstrated that the natural gas supply would soon be ex- hausted, and that it could not possibly last longer than a few years. As a logical result the people for whom Mr. Rice was acting are said to have been amazed, frightened and utterly at a loss to understand what Mr. Rice could have been thinking of when allowing the Forum to print such a condemnation of a transac- | tion in which he was personally interested. ‘When spoken to about it Mr. Rice re- marked: “Gentlemen, if my entire fortune was involved I could not even consider suppressing from the Forum an article which wo d be of instruction to our read- ers. Those people who talk lightly about the manner in which newspaper publications can be influenced may find in the above incident food for refléction. ‘When we consider the great pressure that is brought to bear upon the news- papers to influence them in one direction or another, it is really astonishing that so few bear evidence of being influenced by unworthy considerations. That the osvners and man papers so generally resist such influences as are brought to bear upon them is a strong testimonial to the character of the men who control the newspapers of the country,and shows that the press is free and inde{eudent in fact as well as in name. It ers of news- is when a man actunally undertakes to in- fluence the press for the advancement of his personal scheme that he discovers what a difficult job he has undertaken.— Duluth (Minn.) Herald. A telephone wire is carried a mile and a haif without support over Lake Wallen, be- tween Quintin and M;‘xg, in the canton of | attacked the front St. Gallen, Switzerlan RELIANCE CLUB'S RACES,| Exciting . Bicycle Contests at the Oakland Trotting Park Track. EDWARDS BEATS FOSTER. Squires, Jones, Downing and Ed- wards the Winners—Fast RidIng the Rule. The races of the Reliance Club wheel- men at the Oakland Trotting Park yester- day afternoon attracted a large crowd and were well contested. The inside trotting track was used, which is 100 yards short of a mile, so the riders were started thaymuch back of the scratch. The meet had been well advertised and attracted the fastest racers from all the cities around the bay. An intense rivalry now exists between the various clubs and racing teams, and the different events are always fought out to the bitter end. There was no exception to this rule in the races yesterday, and the finishes were all close and exciting. The one mile scratch, class B, brought out a fine list of starters, nine in all; but because no one would set the pace the time was very slow. The crowd was bunched the entire distance until the last quarter-pole was reached, when the final spurt began. Foster looked a sure winner all the way coming down the stretch, but in the last few yards Jones came from the rear with a rush and beat him out. Burke was third, and Edwards, Hall, Slater and the rest were right bebind him. The time was 3 min, 10}4 sec. % AR Referee Plummer put a time limit of 2:35 on the final heat of the mile scratch class A. When the race was run off, the time was so slow that Announcer Knapp stated he would be ashamed to tell what it was, so the heat was ordered run over again. Bates (Reliance) and Chapman (Slympic) on a tandem, paced the second final and made the men ride fast to keep up with them. Squires, of the Acmes, proved the winner, and his_time, 2:181-5, was good, everything considered. Two aceidents marred the day’s sport. In the final of the mila scratch, class A, J. A. Delmas, the popular captain of the Garden City Cyeclers, fell and dislocated his left shoulder. In the fourth heat of the mile handicap, class A, E. C. Brown of Oakland fell, but was not seriously in- jured. 2 The two-mile handicap, class B, was the race of the day, as it brought together all the crack men of the coast. Hall, the limit man, set all the pace for a mile, by which time the riders were well bunched. On the last turn the play for position be- gan and the final sprint commenced. Fos- ter anda Edwards were fighting it out neck and neck. The others were all right along- side. Edwards, with a magnificent burst of speed, won by inches from Foster, with Russell Cushing third. The time was 5:07 4-5. Edwards’ victory was evidently a very dpcvpulm' one, for he was loudly ap- plauded as he went to his training-room. The surprise of the day turned up in H. Downing of San Jose. It was his first ap- earance on a track, but he wou his heat in the mile handicap, class A, from eighty- five yards, and won the final heat in clever style. He is a good rider and will bear watching in future. Messrs. Agnew and Brouillet of the Acme Club tried to lower the tandem mile record, flying start, but could do no better than 2:114-5. The record is a second lower than this. The following is a summary of the events: One-mile scratch, class A: First heat—0. B. Smith, Garden City, first (time, 2:43 3-5); G. H. Crllfdw, Acme, second; T. Alborelie, Bay City, rd. Second heat—H. W.Squires, Acme, first (time, :353-5); J. H. Dieckmann Jr., Relience,second ; N, Ackerman, Petaluma, third. Third heat—H. Downing, Garden City, first (time, 2:52 1-5); C.D.Gooch, Y, M.C. A., sec- ond; Jesse Ives, Reliance, third. Final heat—H, W. Squires, Acme, first (time, 2:1815); J. H. Jr,, Reliance, second; C. D, Gooch, Y. M. C. A., third. One mile scratch, class B—Allan Jones, Olympic, first (time, 3:103); W. F. Foster, Olympic, second; W. A, Burke, Acme, third. ne mile handicap, ciass A; First heat—G. W. Tantau, Olympic, 75 yards (iime, 2:16 15); Jesse Ives, Reliance, 60 yards, second; B. H. Elford, Y. M. C. A., 65 yards, tnird. Second heat—P. M. Lefevre, Acme, 85 yards, first (time, 2:20 2.5); Percy Burr, Y. M. C. A, 75 yards, second; F.Wilking, Crescent. third. Third heat—C. D. Bates Jr., Reliance, 25 yards, first (time, 2:2114); G. H. Crafts, Acme, 60 yards, second; F. H. Seaward, Garden City, 85 yards, third. ourtlf heat—H, Downing, Garden City, 85 m. . R. Mott, Reliance, yards, first (time, 2:24 1.5); k. C. Barley, ggrn.l, 60 yards, second ; > yards, third. Final heat—il. Downing, Garden Gity, 85 yards, first (time, 2:30 4-5); P. M. Lefévre, Acme, 85 yards, second; Jessé Ives, Reliance, 60 yards, third. ‘Two-mile handicap, class B—W. J. Edwards, Garden City, scratch, first; W. F. Foster, Olym- ic, scrateh, second; Russell Cushing, Garden City, 125 yards, third, Time, 5:07 4-5. Tandem trial, Agnew and Brouillet, Acmes, mile. 2:114-5. Theofficials were: Munager, L. A, Peck- bam, R. A.C.; referee, S. Plummer; judges —H. Gilbert, Y. M. C. A, E. B, Jerome, R. A. C., A.C. Thornton, 0. C. W.; timers— C. N. Ravlin, O.C. W., George F. Neece, A. C. W., George H. Strong, R. A. C.; scorers—A. J. Breiling, R. A. C, C. R. Griffith. R. A. C.; clerk, Thomas Ather- stone, R. A. C.; starter, F. H. Hersey, R. A. C.; announcer, Wilbur F. Knapp. The racers all left for San Jose imme- diately after the races, and will compete at the big meet of the Garden City Cyclers there Monday. h MDY RUIS WD Ereaks iIn Two Houses and Tries to Murder a Citizen. The Unfortunate Man Now Vio- lently Insane In the County Jall. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FrANCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, Sept. 7. A wild man broke in the doors of two residences in East Oakland at a very early hour this morning, and also attempted to murder Richard Harton before he was ar- rested by the police and taken to a place of safety. “1 was entering my house a little after midnight,” said Mr. Horton to-day, ““when I saw a man standing by the gate. He spoke, and I noticed that he was trembling in every limb. He toid me that three men had chased him from Brooklyn, and he had succeeded in eluding them. AsI noticed him _carefully I could see that his clothing was torn and that his hands were bleeding. Suddenly he picked up a large -rock and rushed at me. I grappled with him, but %uickly realized that I was strug- gling with a madman. I received several slight blows with the rock, but after sev- eral minutes’ 'txnfgle, during which he tried to bite me, I succeeded in pulling the stone out of his hand. Then he broke away and ran. I thought I was rid of him, and turned toward the house. I had bnrely done so when I heard a crash alongside the gate, and I instantly saw that the madman had thrown a rock at me with force enough to break the fence. Having done so he ran away.” The madman ran across the street from Mr. Horton'’s house, and seizing a rock door of Mr. Gillette's house. As this would not yield he went to.the back door and hammered it with the rock. By this time Mr. Gillette ap- peared, and after taking the rock away he huscla_i the man off the premises.” His next visit was to the home of the Cobble- dicks. The crazy fellow battered in the front door, and raised a commotion in the hall, greatly frightening the family. Mr. Seal. a son-in-law of Mr. Cobbledick, tackled ‘the early morning intruder, and being an athletic feliow he came out best in-the confiict. A solid blow caused the crazy man to fall, and on looking at him it was seen that he was unconscious. Efforts were made to revive him and a police whistle was blown for several minutes, but no officer responded. In the meantime the man was laid on the lawn and the garden hose was turned on him. As no_officer was found word was sent to the City Hall, and by the time the patrol wagon arrived thé man had re- covered consciousness, but had to be kept under restraint. At the Cir& Prison_the man was recognized as John Reed. Heis 40 years of age, and his violent insanity has been brought on by the use of opium. He was taken to the County Jail and will be examined by the court when the present violent spell bas subsided. Reed is well connected, and his brother is one of the most successful merchants in this City. FAITH CURE PROPAGANDA The Faith Home to Be Used for Training Mission- aries. Young Ladles Only Will Be Recelved and the Place Will Be Self- Supporting. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRrANCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, Sept. Rev. C. H. Waddell, formerly of Winters and once a well-known Christian Scientist, has changed his belief and has been ap- pointed superintendent of the Home of Peace, near Mills Seminary. On the 1st of next month the Home of Peace, which is really a home where all cures are made solely by faith, will be turned into a train- ing-school for young ladies who wish to become foreign missionaries. The institu- tion in its changed form will be under the superintendency of Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Waddell. The builder of the home was Mrs. Carrie Judd Montgomery, and in explaining the change to-day she said: I feel that more good can be accom- plished by using the Home of Peace for the training of youn% ladies only for mission- ary work, for the harvest fields are white and workers sorely needed. It will be conducted after the manner of Mr. Moody’s Lome in Northfield, Mass.,, and Mrs. Myers’, in Chicago. The young ladies when preparing for the work will pay a small sum for board. ‘When not able to do so they will be re- ceived free, and can do some work in the home as a recompense. ““In our experience we have found just as many healed by faith and prayerata distance as when they have been put to the trouble and expense of coming here when they could have been healed at home. When I was so wonderfully raised from my dying bed in answer to prayer the one who prayed for me was in Con- necticut and I in Western New York. We have also found when people come to us they are apt to degend upon us personally as though™ we had power in ourselves to help them. “Our methods are often confounded with that of Christian science, which we believe is the devil's counterfeit of divine healing. “Rey. H. C. Waddell, who will be inl charge of the Training Home, was formerly associated with them in name, but saw so much error in their teachings that he came out from among them and now preaches against their doctrine, and the report that Mr. Waddell is still a Christian Scientist is entirely false.” THE TENNIS TOURNAMENT. Byxbee and Boyden and the Hardy Brothers Winners of Semi-Finals at San Rafael. The preliminary matches in the annual tennis doubles champianship of the Pacific States were played at San Rafael yester- day and resulted in two Oakland Tennis Club teams becoming the contestants for the finals to be played to-morrow after- noon. Byxbee and Boyden of Oakland will then play the youthful Hardy brothers of Alameda, and the probabilities are that the Hardys will will. In the forenoon Byxbee and Boyden won from Belden and Chickering by default, bo th teams being from the Oakland Club. R.N. and George F. Whitney of this City defeated Archibald and Crooks of San Rafael in easy style, the score standing 6—0, 60, 6—2. The Hardy brothers won from Suydam and Parker, 6—1, 6—0, 6—0, but the de- feated team played a better game than the score would indicate, Parker’'s backhand shots being particularly good. Magee and Sanborn, Berkeley’s college champions, drew a bye and avoided a pre- liminary trial. In the semi-finals, which were played after luncheon, Byxbee and Boyden, who were recently beaten at Del Monte by the ‘Whitneys, took pains to retaliate upon toeir oid opponents and defeated them by a score of 6—0, 3—6, 8—6, 6—4, playing a careful lobbing game that was too much for the San Francisco men. The Hardy brothers won from Magee and Sanborn in the last of the semi-finals by the one-sided score of 6—1, 6—2, 7—5. Sanborn, however, did not play his game, but Magee equaled his best form. There were comparatively few spectators considering the importance of the matches, and the weather was warm. The men’s finals for the coast champion- ship doubles will begin at2 o’clock to-mor- row afternoon. In the forenoon, at 10:30, Miss Mitchell and Miss Martin, both o Reno, Nev., will contest in the women's singles for the opportunity of meeting Miss Bee Hooper, the present coast champion. The trophies are a pair of silver-back brushes, a silver-rimmed tortoise-shell comb and a silver hand-mirror for each of the winners of the men’s doubles, and a silver-back brush, & silver mirror and a tortoise-shell comb for the winner of the women’s singles. ——————— Increase of Fish in the Delaware. Two of the fish wardens of Camden County, N. J., made report a few days ago to Fish and Game Protector Shriner of tge cateh of food fish in their territory during the shad season in the Delaware River. The wardens in their report make an exhibit f figures which is both astonishing and gratifying to those who take an interest in fish culture matters. According to the two wardens 264,650 shad, 657,600 herring, 53,000 pounds of and 12,000 pounds of striped bass were tfaken in a legitimate manner from that much of the Delaware River which is embraced in the dis- trict over which they have jurisdic- tion. These figures are very large, probably double those of former years, yet they do not represent more than a tithe of these species of fish taken throughout the length of the Dela- ware River. Above and_ below Camden County, both on the New Jersey and Penn- sylvania shores, are other districts whose annual catches are nearly as great, and, in one or two instances, greater t! the one for which the figures are given. It is safe to say that the total catch of shad and herring from the Delaware River this year is at least twenty times as great as the astonishing large catch reported from a ortion of Camden County.—Philadelphia ger. e e Men attending the pans in salt works are never known to have cholera, small- Ppox. scarlet fever, or influenza. Ko D 2 W [HIS OLD RELIABLE SPECIALIST, friend and benefactor of suffering hu- manity, needs no introduction or recom- mendation to the sick and afflicted of San Francisco and the Pacific Coast. For many years his offices have been located at 737 Market street, opposite the “Examiner’” office. He is a graduate of the best medi- cal colleges in the world, and has made a life-long study and practice, in famous hospitals and elsewhere, of Nervous, Chronic and Private Diseases of men and women. His well-known name is a suf- ficient guarantee of a perfect cure of every case he undertakes. He treats, FREE OF CHARGE, the poor who call in person at his offices on Friday afternoons. If ailing consult him this day. It may save you much mental and physical suffering, and add golden years to your life. DR. SWEANY does not allow the names of his patients or their diseases to be pub- lished or exposed, but he cures them. He observes absolute confidence and thestrict- est secrecy in all his professional dealings. The Doctor has thousands of genuine tes- timonials on file in his private office and consultation rooms. They are not fictitious or solicited. They are genuine, and were voluntarily given as true, deep, sincere and heartfelt expressions of gratitude and thanks from our best merchants, manufac- turers, mechanics, miners, ministers, farm- ers, lawyers, laborers and literary people, who have been cured by him and made happy.” Examine them and learn for yourself what he has accomplished in cases just like yours. To do so would make your heart leap with joy and renewed hope. ARE YOU Subiect to fainting spells, dizziness, noises in the head, palpitation of the heart, heat flashes, numbness of the hands or_feet, or any other symptoms indicating Paralysis or Brain Disease? ARE YOU Nervous and run down, with thin blood, ale lips, dragging pains about the loins, Foss of your natural cheerfulness, and with melanc{:oly thoughts and inclinations to get up and run away ? ARE YOU Constipated and dyspeptic with headache, coated tongue, bad breath, pimples on your faceand back, and with a dull languid feeling in every partof your body? ARE YaU The victim of some loathsome disease which causes you to blush with shame stfmn;d your mother or your sister know of it ARE YOU Troubled with a bad blood disease which, every now and then breaks out on differ- ent parts of your body and makes your life' a perfect hell? ARE YOU The offspring of consumptive parents, and# is the fatal gift left to you as a legacy ? ARE YOU - Troubled with pain in the back, emissions: at night, sediment in your urine, weakness of your bladder or kidneys? ARE YOU Losing your memory and do you toss around in your bed and get up tired and despondent and unrefreshed? ARE YOU Afflicted with a premature loss of your youthful vigor, weakness of sexual organs, and are you a victim of the evil effects oft youthful follies and marital excesses? ARE YOU Happily married or is there some slight; de!g(?t zvhich tends to separate husband: and wife? If you are troubled with any of the above symptoms, then, reader, TAKE TIME BY THE FORELOCK. Never put off a duty you owe to yourself or another. Half the evils of life come from things deferred. The time to see the doctor is when you realize that you have violated the laws of Nature. Don’t wait tor the penalty to manifest itself. A little medicine now will do more than a whole drugstore by and by. So come to Dr. Sweany at once, and in sacred confidence tell him all. He will do more than help you keep your secret. He will helle:dyon to forget it. Diseases fully cured soon cease to be even matters of memory. Don’t confess to your family. It wilk only cause them shame and grief. Don’t tell your closest friend. Friend~ ships are not nlwn{s lasting, and the temptation to gossip is great. If you cannot come to San Francisco write Dr. Sweany fully and heel{ with the assurance that your letter will be kept carefully concealed from curious eyes. Office hours—9 A. M. to 12 M., 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 P. M. Sunday, 10 A. M.to12M. only. F. L. SWEANY, M. D,, * 787 Market Street, S. F., Cal, Opposite Examiner Office. { { |