The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 9, 1900, Page 35

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1900. 9, 35 WALLS OF SUTTER FORT NOW STAND AS OF OLD| T1Hr PASTOR NOT LANDMARK & N | | | | Aoy | | | | | which s s A NOTED OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION ON THE PACIFIC COAST. - T s - B = Special Dispatch to The Call. P! @ ACRAMEN t ed to write a ory or | Marshall, who found in the A oy ews v a without a r of | River the bit of gold which thr ) = - h led to the erec- | whole civilized world into a fever of ex- D o the part it | cltement cecipitated the settl a ¥y nt development and | of by vhites r A s f the of time comple he one DAKLAND SHOW A STEADY GAIN IN POPULATION Figures of the Census Bureau Show a Total of 66,960 People. LS A m 4 Office San Francisco Call 1118 Broadway, Sept. £ us Bureau at Washingt: has ed the pr jon of Oakland as 8s against 45,652 for 1590, an increase ars, or 37.55 per cent. The 10,500, in 1880 it was rcentage of increase for the Orkl was .58 per cent. The fig- w, therefore, & slight de- portionate gain of popu- wards for First Ward, Third Ward, Fifth Ward, 7866; S h rd, 11.417. a le aisappolnting , the increase In populati and mailntains a ood ratio by c with returns rom other cities expectation of a 70,000 or more :oia ed upon the estimated pop on of the recently an- nexed territor ifest from the figures herewith that the exodus of poDu- Jation shortly e he railroad strike had & meterial effect u Ten year: 1 pany w force, and that has ring the last ego the Southern employing a very 1 been materially & five years 2 There has been a large gro 2 urban population, but in districts outside of the incorporated limits of the city. Yhile the gain benefits Oakland commer- has not resuited in swelling the » of the city. The figures of 1900 blast the hopes of the ostoffice employes, who had been look- ng for such an Increase as W 1ld put Oakiand in the first class and give them en increase in pay. As the minimum first- class figure is 75,000, the Postoffice Depart- ment will continue to run on its present | scale for some time. THE STRIKE AT THE JUDSON WORKS ENDED OAKLAND, Sept. 8.—The sirike in the roliing mills of the Judkon Iron Works which began Thursday night, ‘is aiready | - e T afternoon the proprietors agreed tinue the scale of wages | b ¢ been in force for the last six of enforcing the 10 per n = instead 2y notice of which was the caus: o walkout. The men state that no be made for an increase in w t they will resume work on HORSE-TRAINER CAREY THROWN AND INJURED 5.—Edward Carey, horseman, who on Thurs- rescued Liveryman H. J. to_death, was thrown ainstay this morn- day aftern Jones from from the ing and r jured internally. arey was exercising a horse on the track, when 1. which 1s known | to be vicious d his control and | threw him red man was ro- moved t Holden street. Lic | is not tho! infured. ool s A. Dague to Address Socialists. OAKLAND, Se 8.—R. A. Dague, can- a1 e of the Bocialistic Democratic party for Congress in the Third District, will ad- dress Oakland Socialists in Becker's Hall, €15 Washington street, this evening at § o'clock. His topic will be ““Why Working- a able in vall of the to shment of a o zation the natural ave vely s cif was di ed nt for the distri- mines hout f mpulse in 1538 a citizen of Alvarado, ad- | B. whose 1 keep watch the ve i1d he h ard arned to de- fr yund the fort mes employes, J stormy night in to Sutter's Fort with llow metal and could not go t 1 he had aroused Sutter. The | a chemical test of the metal an it gold. Marshall rode bac 1 the woods in all haste throush it of rain and hurricane of wind spread the mong his fellow ork moment the excite rest ter m unt contir z of immigra hitherto s=oo: condition of things about th es of varlous kinds sprang up > 1t nd for : s to, But ships soon began to come u ver with merchandise from erl orts and the present elty of Sacrament laid out Then i »sed thei short tim: ent figu nd the: t was occupied s o the siation rt reg of preserving the ol tion on the Pacifi an intere cor even more so pio veled hundred ze on th of ‘he Golden the State has intruste endeavoring to Rav its founder his t- a | 1 the farthest n! e Y emed as if the old fort sme the center of a commercial D n o <4 into the new | o n d West t the city of Sa ‘o purchase the black | of 1and on the fort and have 1 transformed inio a beautiful park 'WEDDED BENEATH BRANCHES OF AN OAK ! | MR. AND MRS. LOUIS S. PROBST. | : & = — — D, Seot. 8—Beneath the| were Bessie Mutphy, Flossle Thayer, Allce hes of a noble, old | Murphy, Helen Hayes, Louise Youns, 3 1o | Rdsanna Murphy. The bridesmaid : ast Sunday at noon. Miss| Mjcs Mayme Thayer of San Francisco. Louise G. Murphy and Louls S.|The groom was attended by his brother, Probst were united in marriage. The scene | Ernest Probst. of the wedd s the country villa of fter the ceremony a wedding break- 18 W ide’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Mur- iwood Canyon. - ige oak was suspended a ding bell, beneath which stood. The party from the house to the strains of wedding march, played by Probst. The bride was escort- Her_six_little nieces ing garlands of roses. They | A laurel branches. s served. The residence was pret- rated with evergreens, ferns and The halls were arched with The bride’s tume was of white or- gandie, demi-train. She carried orange blossoms. The bridesmaid wore white or- gandie over lavender. Mr. and Mrs. Probst left for'a short tri to Southern California immediately afte the wedding. make their home in Alameda. P r On their return they will | | sent | detail quested to sign a_certific CHARGE AGAINST SUBSTANTIATED Evidence Against Rev. W.B. Anderson Iusufficient to Conviet. ———— Mild Censure for Imprudence Is, However, Imposed by the Com- mittee of the African M. E. Conference. - Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway. Sept. S. The charges of immorality filed ag: =t Rev. W. B. Anderson of Sacramento were investigated this morning by the judi- - committee of the African Methodist opal Conference, sting of Johi Pointer, chairman; E. ‘ottman, J. E. wards. P. R. Green and E. T. Collina The committee uitted the pastor of the charge, but mildly cens imprudence W. J. Thompson, now of La to the cof sworn to before a concerning the This statement w umittee in ry him for ed alleged improprie- read before the after hearing. He denied emp of the accusation of confid other v Siderable port was and presented a his congregation. ared i - letter No “onfer- at Brother 0 the matt PA the close of the session of the com- ttee Bishop Arnett called the pastors of the conference together, and taking the Inquiry which had just been concluded as a text warned them to act with cir- cumspection and great prudence in the aftairs of He admonished them to be care t nothi in_their doings should cast any possible reflection on the fair name of the church for whose ad vancement they should Joring. “We ourselves must respect the women of our race if we would have others re- spect them,” said the Bishop. “A race never ri v above the level its women duty of every of us to keep tr 1 cursed be the man who would lower it, however litth A petition. sizned by several members of the Bethel A. Church. asking that Rev. W. B. Anderson be transfer d Sacramento, is now in the hands <hop Arnett. The signers claim th: his return to that pi nal for the disruption of the church members of the conference believe he will be not returned. would be the that s morning’s fon of the confer- en Dille of the rst Meth dist live an T other speak wer John Th of the Methodist Society, Jones and J. E. Edw The report of the committee on the state of the church showed that there are fif. teen African Methodist churches in (' fornia the United States the church controls forty-five denominational schoc with an ave property v DOCTOR REFUSES 10 CERTIFY T0 CAUSE OF DEATH Coroner Orders Inquiry in Christian Science Treat- ment Case. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadw. . 8 Coroner Mehrmann has be investigate the circumstan ing the death to-day of Mr A. L. Rix, an old resident of Irvington, who h been in the hands of Christian Sciewt for several da under treatment, pre- sumably for pneumonia. Mrs. Rix died at 3 o'clock this morn- ing. A few hours before her demise Dr. Welles of Iryington was summoned, but a sician was the last the patient was then dying the phy- helples y render id to the After death came the dying fa | of death so the body cou > g terment without official interference. Un- der the circumstances the or po tively refused to ct, the T that a doctor to be competent to sign a death certificate must have been in at- le tendance at t twenty-four hours be- fore the death of the patient. he fact also that Mrs. Rix had been under treatment of Christian Scientists as deemed of importance by the doctor and a report was made to Deputy Coro- ner J. J. Mottel, who notified the Coroner will be an ingdest at next Wednesday evening. Mrs., Rix left a_ husband and four children. The family had resided for many vears at Irvington. Irvington Imporved Order of Red Men. On the 3ist of last month Pawnee Tribe of Alameda adopted three palefaces and | the same night Pocahontas Tribe adopted 'WEDDING BELLS TAKE “HELLO” BELLS' PLACE iR AKLA Sept. 8.—Dan Cupid has made another hit in the Oakland telephone bureau. To-night Miss Emma H. Gooch, the last of three sisters who have been won from the local switchboard, forsock the “hello” office and became the bride of Otto Schmidt. It was a case of love among the jingle- jangle of the telephone bells, groom met his fate and his bride while both were in the company’s employ. The wedding this evening was a quiet family affair at the pretty cottage, 151§ Eighth avenue, which the proud young | | | i brice’s future hom> Everything was of a simple character. The woung folks did not want much fuss and furbelow, o the, did not invite any one but the relatives of the two families. Rev. William H. Scudder, pastor.of Mar- ket-street Congregational Church, was the officiating clergyman. The bride’s home has been with her | mother and some unmarried relatives at 1424 Adeline street. During her emplo; ment with the telephone company she was accounted one of the best operators in the service A host of congratulatory mes- sages were sent to the young people as soon as the time of the approaching nup- tlals was made known. X The groom was for several vears in the for the | husband had built and furnished for his | men Should Be Soclalists.” employ of the telephone company, but is MRS. OTTO F. SCHMIDT, NEE GOOCH. @ now in the electrical department of th Southern Pacific Company. @ | | | | | corn and venis! ten. Last Monda adopted nine night Berkeley Tribe alefaces. the adoption, as degree, t well as the warrior's ferred by a team from one of the crack t tion. Among the v Henry A. Chas a Thomas Roch and F. W. Kewell. The work o ening was followed by & f i Montezuma Tribe was addressed last Tuesday night by J. H. Hutaff. D. D. G. S..ana J. A. Ellert on the subject of the pirade, and a great deal of Intercst was aroused On Wednesday night Manzanita Tribe received a number of applications and on the night of the 26th inst. a class of ten alefaces will be adopted. The same nisht ald Eagle Tribe adopted two palefac in the presence of a large number of v itors.. Under good of the order, Henry A. Chase, P. G. S.. In behalf of Sachem T.eon N, Enemark, presented the tribe & beaue tfpl American fag. Great Sachem Brandon and Great Chlef of Hecords Bliss wil ofcially. visie tor copah Tribe and Leota Council In Los An- gelos on the 14th Inst.: they will be with Conhuilla Tribe ot Sait Bernardino'on the 5 nd with Hiawatha Tribe § 4y on the 17th. g i Last Tuesday evening Pocahontas Coun- | cil ‘udopted twelve strangers and received four applications. Following the work of the evening there was a collation served to the members and visitor: R A ety Companions of the Forest. Bohemian Circie at its last held meeting received one application. This circle will glve a party on the night of the 27th inst. Mazzini Circle was visited last Monday night by the board of deputies, and the evening proved an enjoyable one. Last Thursday night Franklin Circle ‘was visited by the supreme chief compan- jon and the board of deputies. Whashington Circle initiated three candi- Garves last Tuesday night. o ’ i | CHICAGO GIRL MAKES HER FIRST APPEARANCE HERE MISS GRACE FERN. Ve NOTHER Chicago girl has come to the Gelden West—not to seek her fortune, but to make it. Miss | Grace Fern is one of the latest ar- claim marked attention as 2| ader and impersonator. At an enter- | inment Friday evening, under the a ‘es of the Native Sons of Vermont, Miss | A monologue was well handled by Miss Fern and later me a one-act comedy by Brander Matbews, entitled. ““Nothing Suc- ceeds Like Success.” Miss Fern and George Hammersmith of Berkeley were the two characters in this little play, which was well received Miss Fern is criginal and has great ver- satility. She has good stage presence and a pleasing voice, with holds attention and true ring. a vit &i ality that her words a HiGH SchooL | ~ THLETES ON ~ CIHDER PATH Robert Westdahl Makes al | Remarkable Record in Twe-Mile Run. P S Sept. 8.—A lively field day his afternoon on the university { der path betwe the cl of the | Oakiand High School. Robert Westdahl, | a member of the senior class BERKEL held ci established | a new record in amateur athletics, mak- | ing two miles in 10 minutes 55 seconds. | Westdahl made a remarkable run, beat- | ing both of his opponents by more than a lap. Less than two hours after the race - won the mile run in 5:26. He finished in fine form in both races. Westdahl i§a small boy, but well bullt and full of nerve | and grit. The. Seniors, | follows: 10. and the results The events of the d were as follows: | jumicr; third. by € Bixby, ser . senfor, first; Button, enfor, third. Time, Clough, | 880-yard run . second; Smili Nox hurdle—S cond; Junior, Valliere. funior, first; Wil- cox. miadler. second; Galt, Sunor, third. Time, 10 45 seconds e | " io-yard dash—Dg Vallere, junior, first; enior, second; Howard, senior, third 55 seconds. ‘vard dash—Wilcox, middler, first: Hughes, | tebnd. Jordan, middier, third. Time, | “hurdle—Lucas, senfor, first: Burpee, Norton, senior, third. Time, i, sanfor. firat: ay, senior, third Pole vault—Won by Burpee, junior. helght | 9 feet 1 inch: Miranda, middler, second; € lin thire Hizh b Won by Zamlock, juntor. 4 fost 10 inches: Baldwin, junior, second; | gan, middler, third. | 5 Broad jump—Won by Metcalf. senfor, dis- 9 fe inches: Schilling, senlor, sec- Miranda. middler, third. thut\Won by Connors, junior. _distance, feet 115 inches: Metealf, senfor, second; W . junior, third. | F. W.| 'he officials_of the day were: Koch. judge: Herbert Cheek and George Elliott.” timers: Hart Wilcox, starter; W. | urer. . Powell, m LANDMARK BURNED AT MISSION SAN JOSE ND, Sept. 8.—The old Colum | Hotel. situated on the main street of M | sion San Jose, was burned to the ground at midnight Sunday. The building was | form occupied by ex-Public Admini | trator James Stanley of Alameda County The cause of the fire is unknown, but is generally attributed to tramps. The piace had been unoccupied for some time. | The loss was about ${000; Insurance $2009. — e ———— Degree of Honor. st Wednesday night the members 0” Lodge of Oakland paid a fraternal | | oakr L 1v visit to Forget Me Not Lodge of this city | [ s St i ‘the Red Men's building on Post street. A great deal of fraternity was manifest- ed by the many visitors, who had much | o sdy by way of encouraging the young | loage. There were addrcsses by Mrs. Mary J. Stewart, P. 8. C. of H.: Mrs. Ev- elyn Mahon, P. G. C. of H.: Miss Loret- ta Donnelly. G. R.; Miss Maggie Ohea, G. T.; Mrs. Ella_Van Court, chief of honor ! of" Golden DAwn_Lodge: Grand Mastsr Snook, Deputy Grand Master Danforth | | and Past Grand Master Workman Barnes, | after which there was a programme of | music, recitations, a whistling solo b, Mrs. C. T. Spencef and a collation in the | banguet hall ofethe Red Men's building, | where the lodge has taken up its head: quarters. Stiver Spray Lodge held an open meet- ing last week in its hall. It was attended by a large number of people, who were | entertained with a literary and musical | rogramme, dancing and short addresses | Ey rs. Mary J. Stewart, st supreme chief of honor, and W. H. Barnes of the | advisory board Order of Americus. | At the meeting of San Francisco Coun- cil No. 14 of the Order of Americus last Tuesday night two strangers were admit- | ted by initiation and four applications were presented. The council has arranged | for a trolley ride for members and friends on the Haywards electric line on the 16th | {npt.h_ There will be music, dancing and lunc | Arza was spent. There w: marks. by M. Fann Mrs. Clark. a miniatu Sordon brothers. two ties by the Bennett Mrs. Jennle Clark a zame and dancing. ng. isters, | the Farmer brothers, a short address b; ere introductory re- vocal selectons liet b; nd then a donkey Previous to the enter- tainment four candidates were initiated— M. S. ren and L. de Roco. F. C. C. Polk. Russell, M. C. War- ST. MARY’S ATHLETES IN LINE AKLAND, Sept. St. Mary's creased numbe! COLLEGE 8.—The students of College have commenced | the fall athletic season with and much in- TS en- thusiasm. Material for the various teams is plentiful. The ba: seball players have o ® | | | H ] i JOHN P. PLOVER. i o Lo -® organized with Louis Ryan as captain and The team is| repare for contests | Porter practicing daily to b with other college tea have begun regular pradtice in anticipa- | tion of a field day to part of Octobe N have been erected on The officers of St. sociation are vice preside R, tary, John P. ter’ R Jon ck Quarles. s manager. President, John P. Plove James P. Towey: laghan: treasurer. Wal- ms, The track men b held in the latter ndball e college grounds. Mary’'s Athletic A secr captal ————— - | TRAFFIC DELAYED BY DERAILED LOCOMOTIVE OAKLAND. Sept. Webster-street broad layed five hours to-day by the derailing | 8.—Trafic on the sauge line was de- of a switch engine and box ecar at the Ala- meda mole. The engine jumped the track and bumped over the ties for some dis- tance, dragging the box car after it. locomotive was mpvin; and Engineer Edward ficulty in bringing it t Two brakemen who cowcatcher jumped jured. It required several wrecking crew to get the engine and car | back on to the rails. The g slowly at the time Hoyt had little dif- | 0 a standstill. were riding on the and escaped unin- hours’ work by a by | v Y | alleys | John T. STHTE CENTRAL COMMITTEE S - AFTER HARMONY Lanktree Forces Yield to a Request From the Party Leaders. - Meeting Abandoned and Efforts Will Be Made to Adjust Disturbances | in County Republican Politics. : BSOgSNEIS Oakland Offic n Francisco Call, | S s adway | Upon a request from the Re | State Central Committee the meet! | called by the Lanktree half of the Cou Committe was abandoned t day Com-~ mitteeman T. F. Mock of the Forty-ninth District arrived from San Frdncisco with | the message from the State Committee | and those who had assembled decided 1> | heed the request. It was lased upon the ground that the meeting would interfers with efforts which will be made to har- | monize the antagonistic interests. The Breed forces which have organized were not in evidence at Jud Quinn's courtroom this afternoon at the hour mentioned in the c They recognize no call but their own, der which th half of t committee rmed an< elec ed a chairman and secretary and adopted rules. he L ognize the Br ganized and to determine e of action. As matters stand the surface it is nine to nine, bu e rumor is persistent that a member fr r ty-sixth Distriot has n reed camp. Whether re that be true wi determine. The meeting for Tuesday JH main for the future to d men have called a evening. W. Riley said that they hold ' he said the country these meetings in “They know that will not coma down here to Oakland and stay all night for a ere ~committee meeting. 1 haven't any idea what the members who have not joined in the Breed organization will do. -day’'s meeting was called be- cause the State Central Committee i 5 who is opposed to A “If there can be a harmonizing of conflicting elements in the County Committee the State Central Committee will do all in its power in an advisory way to omplish _that But it seems to me can be accomplished is by at the only way reorganizat of the entire committee on a fair bas The repre: maintain at the & has been legally it the nine mem bers who did not join in the organizatio are welcome to take their seats at time and be adopted dec from four co: | lated n ing vacan 1secutive = San Francisco Aerie No. at held meeting initiated fourteen strangers and there were on the desk of Secretary Pohlmann twenty-three applicatic ns to be acted upon at the s : ting. v C. Reed of this aer} to Honoluli to lay the fouada aerie in that city. Golden Aerie ns to rec is_to meet in this Vallejo Aerie No, eagle in Past President W. H. Griss | Hie was the principal promoter of the | proposition for a home for that aerie | which was occupied for the fi time last | week. | _ Watsonville Aerfe will Initiate six can- didates at its next meeting. | “AMiarge delegation left this city last night for Stockton to assist at the Insti- | tution of a new aerie In that cit | "Denver Aerie of Colorado recently sa- cured 300 seats In the Taber Opera-houss | to entertain its friends and members on | Eagles night ! — | Royal Arcanum. | The Royal Arcanum Sick Benefit Asso- | clatlon was organized In this ecity last Monday night with a large list of activa members, including a number of ths prominent officials of the councils of this city and those of Oakland. This is on tha | line of similar organizations connected | with other jurisdictions of the order and | the promoters are of the opnion that it | will add to the prosperity of the order | in this jurisdiction. The membership is | litnited to members of the order. The as- | sociation is officered by J. B. Whitney, president; T. G. Hc vice president; F. Head, secretary _E. Hoeber, treas- | urer. T. Banks, A. Sohmers, A. H. Nevi | 'A. McFarlane, E. Duden, C. M. Seeburt | Gus Gunzendorfer and L. A. Spencer, di | rectors. Messrs. Hodgkins, Banks, New | man. Whitney and Sohmeérs were most prominent in effecting the organization. The local councils are all, at_this time, doing well in the matter of addi memb. ip. M de Roco is. with the assistance of other members, working hard to secura a large number of names to a petition for a new council in this city. A new council will be instituted in San g to the Jose this_week by Dr. Lelande, Grand Regent Spencer and members of San Francisco_councils, Golden West Council has lost an activa member by the removal to Minneapolis of | Past Regent Carlson C. L. MAXWELL. HARDWARE MERCHANT. PASSES AWAY | OAKLAND, Sept. 8.—~C. L. Maxwell, for fifteen vears a prominent hardware mer- chant of Oakland. died at § ock this evening at his residence, 1265 Fourth ave- nue. Two vears ago Mr. from active business and was succeeded by his son. John P. Maxwell. For sev- eral montha he had been In ill heaith. The deceased merchant was born in Pennsylvania fifty-eight years ago. He was a member of Enterprise Lodge, I O, O. F. The funeral will take place from Maxwell retired the familv residence on Tuesday after- noon at 2 o'clock. Deceased leaves a wife, Mrs. Mary A. Maxwell, and four children—John P., Edna M., Mary E. Lucy C. Maxwell. - HE OVER-ATE BUT JOHNSON'S DI TABLETS CURED HiM IMMEDIATELY. GESTIVE