The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 8, 1901, Page 9

THE SAN rxANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1901. HEADS TUMBLE UNDER SCIMITAR OF ALAMEDA’S NEW SUPERVISORS Board Organizes With John Mitchell as Chalrman and Proceeds at Once to Make Political Changes. Younic, MISTER HORNER SAT IN A CORNER, THINKING OF s NICE Ray ONES AKLAND, Jan t 8 7.—The new Board organized to-diy g John Mitchell chair- | man end making an almost clean | of the appointive officers | trol. The county bufldings Jean. Supervisor Church lost tment that he had and was of his patronage. All m was one copyist in the visors , each mem ed one copyist the day’s rk County Expert—J. M. Sabin suc-| ceeds E. B. Bullock. | Assistant Surgeon Receiving Hos- pital—Dr. R. B. Williams succeeds Dr. W. S. Porter. hysician at County Jail—Dr. C. L. ale succeeds Dr. R. 0. Baldwin. reman Webster-Street Draw- idge—C. O. Emlay, reappointed. Gardener at Hall of Records—B. Swan suceeeds James T. Carey. lowance Clerk in Auditor's Of-| fice—Myron A. Whidden succeeds EJ Johnston. Janitor Hall of Records—H. T. stead succeeds Eugene Lynch. | POLICE CAPTURE ALLEGED FIEND. i e o B e e - Tom BAkgit VIEWS Tug f CENTER APPEARS THE CHAIRMAN OF ALAMEDA COUNTY'S NEW BOARP OF SUPERVISORS. OLD MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WIND UP THEIR AFFAIRS TO AND THEIR SMOOTHLY WORKING GUILLOTINE. MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEW Machinist at Webster-Street Draw- | faction until to-day. bridge—F. L. McCready succeeds H. A Mendenhall. Assistant Bridgetender at Web- ster-Street Drawbridge—Marion Hor- ton succeeds Hugh Dolan. Game and Fish Warden—A. S. Mec- Dougall succeeds W. 8. Dunleavy. BStorekeeper and Bookkeeper at the County Infirmary (mewly created | position)—H. W. Martin. Watchman at Courthouse—J. W. Moore succeeds Dan Denahy. Copyists—Henry Dopman, William McDonald, 0. J. Mullen, Georgs Strecker and J. Mitchell succeed Wil- liam Fallon, Henry Dopman, O. J. Mullen, R. C. Beach and I Mitchell. Keeper of Records of Indigent Claims—J. H. Story succeeds R. C. Beach. The combination was Mitchell, Rowe end Horner. In some few instances Tal- cott voted with this combination, but Church, never. He voted against every motion and resolution if his was the only | vote on that side For the first time in the history of Ala- meda County the Pardee element has se- cured control of the county government. That has always been h WMT[H MARTIN ON PARK BOARD Slayer of Chinese Woman | Receives His Appointment in July, 1899, Believed to Ba in the Tanks. named atown late locked up in the tanks at | suspicion of being the | murdered a Chiness n Stockton street on 189, chopping her | manner with a| tchet The crime with which Sang is accused was one of the mos 1 in the history of the city. The woman and her sup- sed murderer had been living logellur[ hovel on the roof of a tene | Stockton street. On the might he discovery of the murder the house were kept awahe ht by the violent quar- aple. landlord, went re- | and, failing (o quiet the foise, olice al When he returned r Dinan the noise had uspecting a crime, calied Hurd and Hl‘fhland trio broke in the door and an awful" r their eyes. In the wretched ing was in confusion. The roken and in the center of body of a woman literally sar her lay a butcher’s fresh evidence of its | nacure of the cuts re- | in which “Jack the | ctims. An open sky- | way the murr]or«r: ght at the approach- | made | arch has been kept wow the poliee think arrested last night was - as the murderer DECLARES GREENBAUM IS NOT HER FRIEND Lady Yarde-Buller Does Not Want Him to Serve as Her Guardian OAKLAND, Jan. 7.—Lady Yarde-Buller bes answered the petition of W. B, Greenbsum for letters of guardianship ®ver her astate and person by flatly deny- ing his allegation contained in the peti- on that he is her ladyship's friend. (‘:A uller says he mnever was her 4. She furtBermore denies the juris- @iction of the Alameda County court, al. leging that she is and has been all through the pending litigation a bona fide resident of San Franeisco, - - W. B. Chapman of San Francisco is act- ing as Lady Yarde-Buller's attorney in Other suits affecting her lady- &;fing in the the case. Want Higher 'n‘-. SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 7—T of this city have h- R L to Succeed F. W. Zeile, Term Expired. P At an early hour this morning it was stated on the best authority that Colonel Walter Martin, the oniy socifety bud on the Governor’s staff, had been appointed | by Mayor Phelan to the Park Commission. Colonel Martin will occupy the seat on the board that has been filled by F. W, Zetle, whose term has expired. HINDMAN’S NEPHEW BREAKS THE WILL Court Holds That the Disinheriting Codicil Was Not Legally Executed. OAKLAND, Jan. 7.—Harry Monson of | Bangor, Me., has succeeded in breaking the codicil to the will of his uncle, Ed- mund Hindman, whereby he was deprived of over $20,000. Judge Greene decided against the con- testant on the insanity charge, as also on that of undue influence, tut sustained the contention of the nephew s attorneys that the codicil was not iegally executed. and | that the witnesses did not sign in the presence of each other. It also appeared that they did not know what they were signing. he contest has occupiec several months and has been fought with great determin- ation by both sides. The property, which is appraised at $118,000, will now be evenly divided between Monson and four other Eastern heirs, nephews and nieces of Ed- ward Hindman. ————— City Officials Cited. OAKLAND, Jan. 7.—In -esponse to the friendly suit flled by Contractor John Wanhlngton praying for J) nrder d|rect City Auditor Breed and City Treasurer pin to pay his claim of for city work, Judge Hall to-day issued a writ of mandate ordering the offiicials in question to appear In court and show cause why they & should not settle the claim. Worth- iny 's account was nct settled because the Bnfldlng Trades Cown«-fl protested it on the ground that he had worked his men more than eight hours per day. The suit is to test The appiicetion of the elghts hour law. A —— LATE SHIPPING TNTELLIGENCE. Moonday, January T. Stmr Santa Barbara, Johnson, §2 hours from Grays Harbor. NEW YORK- Arrived Jhe T_Stmr Pottadam, In 1801 there were 5000 Itallan- ng people United States. | patronage and — The Pardee faction as, generally, controlled the municipal the old line element the county patronage, but the Pardee ele- ment “to-day got control at the county buildings and proceeded to improve opportunity without waste of time. S”mfi old scores of long standing were patd was e in the Forty cighth Assembly District with an eye to the future. Coun- ty Assessor Dalton and Coroner Mehr- mann hung the scalp of County Expert Bullock at their belts and were avenged for the times that the old County Expert cut their bills and attacked their claims. ff to-day and some missionary work | ARIZONA COPPER KING WOULD OUST EX-WIFE| < HEROIC ERRAND BOY TAKES A WILD RIDE Allege sThat He Was Drawn Into Marriage |Little George Brahm Jumps on Seat Behind With Her Through Sheer Trickery. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 7. Pending the hearing of his former wife's action against him for battery, “Copper King” George W. Hull has come back at the lady with a complaint, asking that her claim to the homestead in Berkeley be annulled by the court.. The complaint cites the findings of an Arizona court to the effect that Margaret J. Lowell, alias Margaret J. Hull, was guilty of polygamy | in wedding the capitalist, and that the Jatter was tricked into the marriage by her representations that she was a single woman. The complaint continues that while un- der this false impression, and regardin, the defendant as his lawful wife, Hull filed a homestcad claim of his Berkeley residence, giving his supposed wife joint ownership in the property. This home- stead Hull now asks the court to annul en the ground that it was obtained by raud. [ Eoy In the story of the mrd-fe given as! gronnd for the complaint Hull says tul\ took the defendant for his wife at| Phoenix, Ariz., in November of 1867, the | latter assuring him that she was free from all matrimonial entanglements. It was in June Of last year that the couple came to Berkeley, where Hull bought the property in dispute. In September of the | same year, he says, he found that his companion was in reality the lawful wife of one Sylvester M. Lowell of Phoenix. whereupon he immediately commenced suit in Arizona to have his marriage an- nulled. A decree to that effect was issued on the 29th of last December. The homestead deed, however, was still in force, and Mrs. Lowell, as the court has decided she should be called, contin- uved In_possession of the Berkeley prem- ises. It was there that the trouble oc- curred for which she has had Hull ll‘relt- ed for battery. The capitalist will be arrai, battery charge to-morrow at Justice Quinn’s court. ed on the 0 o'clock in el @ CHARITIES’ DELEGATES | FINISH THEIR LABORS Much Satisfactlon Is Expressed by Them at the Results Obtained. Oakland Office San Francisco Call. 1118 Brcadway, Jan. 7. The California State Conference of Charities came to a successful close this evening after a session covering four days, during which there were ten subor- dinate sessions held ana twice as many subjects discussed. Much good is certain to follow the light thrown on the inner machinery of educauonal and philan- thropic works by the earnest talk of the many interested men and women who at- tended the conference. Renewed interest will be taken in the branches of these two institutions which are of such vital Im- portance to the State and the mental and ph)s!ca.l well being and happiness will romoted as a result. Great confidenca eit now that two bills advocated by lhe conference will pass “he Legisiature, as the publicity given the sesslons has shown what strength there is behind them. One of these bills is for a State board of control for charities and one is for compulsory education. The morning session to-day was given over to the subject of “California’s Cars for the Feeble-Minded.” D. Edward Col- | lins, as _the chairman, first calleu upon the | Dr. A. E. Osborne of the State Home for the Feeble-Minded at Eldridge, Sonoma County, to speak upon that institution. Dr. Osborne described the early struggls of the institution to secure a suifabl home, and how it had wandered from place to place until it had finally landed at its present location. But now the man- agers of ghe home are perfectly pleased with it and generous support permits all the modern improvements. California, Dr. first State io abolish the age ifmit with its attendant inconveniences. Nearly ail the Eastern States have ollowed the ex- A deal was carried out that is Intended | to defeat Supervisor W. H. Church for re election two years from now and seat Assemblyman Joseph M. Kelly, and at the | same time confirm to the Breed element in the Republican County Central Commit- tee the votes of the delegation from the Forty-eighth Assembly District. James Glover, a member of the County Commit- tee from this district, was made a deputy | County Clerk in the place of B. H. Swan, who was glven the position of James T. Carey as gardener of the Hall of Records. Carey was marked for removal and Glover would not take that position, so a trade was made with Swan, who decided that he could care for the county gardens just as well as the county records. There was still another member of the County, Com- mittee from the Forty-eighth Disthict to be provided for, and Eugene Lynch, jani- tor at the Hall of Records, was removed and H. T. Hempstead was given his posi- tion. This will keep a portion of the County Committee in line and prevent any by the old line | changes there. B I i e ) ) RICH CLAIMS ON BIE MANOOK iy Output for Winter Esti- mated at Half a Million. Epecial Dispatch to The Cal. SEATTLE, Jan. 7.—Many claims are be- ing worked this winter in the Rampart, Alaska, district, and conservative esti- mates place the output for the winter at $500,00Q, Big Manook Creek {8 showing up well, and the Forum says there are twenty other creeks just as good on Big Manook. In five weeks during the sum- mer Willlam Burnett took out $430 alone and set out for Nome. He returned and is now taking out $§ a day with a pan. The Weed brothers took out $440 in two weeks on No. 44. They got the Nome fever, but are now back, having better luck than ever, After removing but elght !eet of waste they found $32.50. 5 nugget was picked up on 40, tncinding 42 peany 00 ras bemr tabea out, says the Alaska Forum of Rampart. On and 35 Johns and McLane are making from $7 to $12 per da. B wirked here two fem Zn%;fi. Token ou m day alone. Hll story of the Wealth of the Big Manook was not belleved until last fall. John Duncan has four men employed on 36, all finding good pay. On 4 below, on Ruby Creek, a few hundred feet from Big Manook, John Folger took out $83 in a few days last August. Since then two men have joined him. They found $500 in one week and within a very small space fook out $57 in coarse gold, ‘includ- ing a nugget. All this work 1s being done with a pan—not a rocker on the creek. It means untold wealth when the outside world awakens. The telegraph line will come from Eagle to Rampart, leaving out Circle City and Fort Yukon. There are strong probabili. ties that the Valdes milit: road will never reach Fagle, as it has three divides to cross and there is an old Indian trail on an easy grade from the point termin into Rampart. S " PLEASANTON MANTAC SENT TO HE ASYLUM No Further Doubt of Insanity of the Would-Be I.urduw and Suicide. OAKLAND, Jan. 7.—Louis Pederson, the Pleasanton rancher, who burned his home and tried to kill the men who prevented him from eommlmn‘ suicide, will be re- strained from further a e by tion 1 the swck At the first heari wg urday Judge Ellsworth aonunuad t.:l: for agdi testimony, and “i-‘&,'%‘é"m the own 'y er ra.ncfi burned by Peds o% the other eyewitnesses of the Pleasantor Hotel -hen the iy lomt his life were }'h.:‘ r;n:Rmanony mflfimfl vltb l}?fl.: Pederson has been sent to the asy) twice before. o some it at the near- | ample set by California.” Another initia- tory improvement made in this State was to provide for the care of evileptics. In- gtead of being denied admission to the State's hospitals, which was formerly the | case, these afflicted persons are now re- i ceived. Dr. Osborne s a strong advocate of tha “home’’ system of caring for patients. This plan contemplates giving a cottage to the tient or several patients, over which they are expecicd to exercise scru- ulous care. The inmates, besides caring 'or the interior, are exvected to raise poultry and farm produce which, being s0ld, makes them self-supporting. The plan removes the oppressive character of an_institutional home. . Hatch, Super'ntendent of State Hospitals, delivered an address upon the history and development of the institu- tions under his supervision. He quoted statistics to show ttat insanity was on the increase in this State. On the whole, the homes of the State compared favora- bly with those of the world and were as economically conducted. Dr. Stocking of Agnews Asvium advo- cated a building which would have the effect of keeping the patients Isolated Osborne said, was the | from.orie another, so that their individual cases might be studied. He also pleaded for a system of parole by which dls- charged patients would be so restricted that they would be returned to the insii- | tution if thefr malady reasserted itself. | Hon. W. R. Davis presided at the first | afternoon session, when the care of or. haned children was under di i ert A. Elliott interpreted the laws erning orphans, their parents, foster ents and guardfans. He adv: d amen ing the statutes so that good people w contemplate adopting children wouid nct be compelled to make them equal heirs- at-law with their own offspring. This was the main reason why more children were not adopted. Miss Katherine Felton eaded for an organized head for orphan nstitutions. Rev. Father Crowley of the Youths' Direet. whe was to have made an addrees, was unable to be present on account of sickness, The latter half of the afternoon was taken up with a discussion of social se tlements, Mrs. F. C. Turner presiding. I Dorothea Moore, Miss Colburn and A. W Palmer told of the good accomvlished in | the social settlements they had been in- | strumental in organizing. Charles A, Murdock presided at evening session, when co-gperation be- | tween public and private charities was fiscusred. Mrs. Pauline Dohrmann, dele- gate from the Associaled Charities of Stockton, read a paper giving an exposi- tion of the charitable work that is being carried on in San Joaquin County. She gave some complete and interesting sta- tistics concerning the 510 people of her county who applied for aid during the year 1900. She emphasized the fact that ndiscriminate alms-giving was one of the principal causes of pauperism. Miss Jessica Peixotto explained the plan in vogue in Liverpool and Denver for col- lecting and distributing, through an 1 corporated body, the moneys for the suc- cor of the indigcnts of those cities. A resolution was introduced by Osgood Putnam and unanimously passed in which the State executive and the State legis- Jators'are urged to enact the bill creating a State Board of Charities and Correc- tions, with powers of supervision and re- port. | Another resolution. which was left in the hands of the executive committee, urges & bill providing for the appointment of probation officers, whose duty it shall be to care for convicted offenders upon whom sentence has been suspended. bill is designed to keep outside of prison walls first termers and offenders for whom there is Fope of reform. gov- par ] o+ the | Frighitened Horses and Shouts Warnings. ROIC EFFORT TO STOP A RI AT THE RISK OF HIS LIFE. TWELVE-YEAR-OLD GEORGE BRAHM, ERRAND BOY, MAKES A HE- INAWAY TEAM ON MARKET STREET -+ EORGE BRAHM, a daredevil er- | rand boy, 12 years of age, proved himself hero yesterday and was perhaps the means of saving the lives of some of his fellow human beings. Little George had a wild and dangerous ride behind two frightened horses through a business section of the city, and his first words upon being as- sisted to his feet, after finally landing in a heap on the sidewalk, were: “I guess ['d better go back to work or I'll be late.” During the noon nour Fred Bill, who drives a heavy delivery wagon for Clark Bros., was trying to {eed his horses at the foot of Sutter street and they became frightened. The animals had their bridles off. Bill in trying to restrain them was thrown to the ground and renderzd un- conscious. The horses then started on a wild run up Market s‘reet. George Brahm was passing just as the from Bill. He made a into the rear end of t Th dash and spr: wagon, Intending to seize the lnes. were trailing_on the ground. Unable to do anything eise to help out, George sprang on the seat and as the team plunged up the street he shouted and gesticulated warnings to pedestrians and drivers to make way, mindful of the d seemingly un- ger he ran each in- stant of being dashed to death on the pavement. The horses reached Montgomery street 1 plunged down that to Post, the heavy 4 m ncw smashing a rent now jarring an express turi foot passengers Litchfleld's store, 13 Post t, the horses ran into a heavy truek d were throw he ground, while the sudden shc littie George, the child hero, to the sidewalk. He was carried into the Grand Hotel drug store. where he soon recoversd himself and g expression to the ¢ re not to lace in returning to work. He was advised to go to the Recelving Hospital, but said if he * out there it would scare his mothe Little George is empioved at McBoyle's drugstore and lives with his mother at 7 Stockton street. He secured the positicn he now holds by replving to an objection with the words: t he was too small I lgok: and besides [ m bigger thar want to help mc For sor unknown reason the police arrested Bill on a charge of battery. His case comes up to-day and the small hero will be a witness. The election of afficers for the enwuln$ LB T o o o o o o e e o = ] year resulted in the following: Horace A. Francisco, prestdent; O. V. Angeles, vice president: A. E. Eldridge, secord vice preslden( \dl!s Katherine Feiton, seerctary and t: er. | The committee on time and lrlate se- lected San Francisco as the place for | holding the next conference, but did not | appoint the time. the unanimous choice o Davis of San Rice of Los Osborne of L e e e o o o e e e o e e o ') POTTER'S PLAN FOR REDEMPTION Personal Christian Influence the Only Means of Purg- ing Gotham. —_—— NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—Redemption of this city and of the nation from corrup- tion by means of individual Christian In- fluence was the theme of Bishop Potter's sermon in St. George's Churcn last even- ing. The Bishop said that the gifts of the three wise men to the infant Christ were symbolical. “In the myrrh brought by the threo sages,” sald Bishop Potter, “we find the type of Christ's conservative and preserv- atlve influence—the fragrant balm of his healing toucr. Not by its own potential energy can the myrrh of Jesus Christ's redeeming influence be placed where it needed. Individual contact of Christians, first with the myrrh and then with ths invalid world, is the equation which offers tle solution for the corruntion of city, nation or race. “Thousands of bales of precious myrrh might be piled upon the dock- down at the Battery, but do pose that their fragrant salve coul hnl tn.in city’s sores until the potion had been unuclud lnd appiled by willing hands to each bruise I eration? Inaividual agency 18 what we need. Never, my friends, can we make New Yorkflwhn wle! iwlilhmw‘rlt‘hoflx:zldzm-l onal juence. 8 In s Indlv Phougnt B Gavence the Tedestiption ot ine human race “If I were asked to say what had done most harm in the world I would say, next to sin itself, it was the spirit of caste. The feeling of caste exists in the neigh- Dborhood, In the community and in the na- tion. We can all see its Influence in 8o cial matters, but I wonder how many of us appreciate its influence in (ntcrnnlon- o laire. This feast of tho epiphany celebrates the breaking of t) riers about the ancient Hebrew urch and its enlargement so & to take in all mankind.” Plolld.nt Will Speak. eral O. O. Howard announced lasf ht at thn maefln; of the Pooyla 8 Cho, n!Unwn in Cooper Union that Presiden McKinle wlllbeoneot(h'r.‘ka M lhg e:l:byrl.tion of the birth o Abr‘h.nl Li & held =t Carnegie Hall cv’:grl{l: ?Rbr'nuy 11. Governor Odnll will preside. Colonel H ‘Watterson n Lincoln. One of the features of tho %olebr-tlon will bc llnllnl lx tha Choral g‘!o‘h. flh g:l‘t‘:d oo AFUIIGry, ?urnl-h the imnuuuul muss u. Californians in New York. followi: Californians are Y“ ;“vg Prunel-co—w. N, AT reaman; i Hoilaad; xlgln‘n. J. mofl‘%dcfiich:l'tl llny‘ HW;J-MM e ?l‘fo—o ‘W. Mgrston, H. T. Los AW-—.A. Marshuts, at Bel- . ‘ Nd' WILL VOTE ON HOPKINS BILL Final Test of Strength to Be Had To-Day Before the House. ———ii WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—The animated debate in the House on the reapportion- | ment of representation from the various | States {s nearing its close, it having beenl unanimously agreed to-day that the final vote would be taken before the session closes to-morrow. It was expected there would be a sequel to-day to the exciting clash of Saturday between Littlefleld of Maine and Hopkins of Iilinofs. But the latter made no effort at rejoinder and con- | tented himself with the direction of the measure to-day to a final vote. He ex-| presses confidence that the bill bearing his | name will be passed to-morrow, although there may be a slight change, giving an dditional member to Florida, Colorado d N Dakota, bringing the member- ip up . '1&. notable s hes to-day were by crummhr of Indiana, dealing with -l»l Iunemlmam m the Bot ot Towa, 3 arraigning the 8‘""“ rules as nnnlhuntlnt the consti- tional prerogatives of the House, br Grow of Pnnnlzllvnnll, comgnrln 4 system In the House With that o present. ndI the | the | SMOTHERS BLAZING - OIL IN HER DRESS Mrs. F. M. McAllister Saves Herseif From Being Burned Through Presence of Mind. BERKELEY, Jan. 7.—Through her pres- ence of mind Mrs. F. M. McAllister of 1818 Channing way saved herself from be- ing burned last night. She started to turn down the wick of & large lamp, when the ofl exploded, hurling the bow! of the lamp across the room. Blum&o{l fell on the sleeve of her rs. McAllistar | rushed to the bed and, thrusting her arm under 'thl.u covering, lnefieodbe‘d an h.mom. ering flames. Her husban Der Crics, came to her nasistance. e pg | which ware l¥renflYr‘xl: ! e damage was slight, o lchllumr is & business man of this y. ' Urges Deeper Channel. ——— OAKLAND, Jan. 7.—The Oakland Board of Trade has sent the following telegram | 3¢ to Congressman Victor H. Metcalf: Hon. V!M H. .fli’ll House of | my Cox will meet ur | son’s home. PARALYSIS ENDS AN ACTIVE LIFE Passing of Mack Webber, Former Mayor and Pio- neer of Oakland. Oakland Office 8an Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 7. Mack Webber, former Mayor of Oak- land and a ploneer miner of this State, died last evening at St. Luke's Hospital, San Francisco, from paralysis. He was stricken last Thursday while across the bay on a business errand and was imme- diately removed to the hospital. Deceased came to California from Ohio in 1850. He engaged in the drug business at Auburn and at Sacramento, varying commercial life with mining enterprises. In 1868. Mr. Webber came to Oakland and established & drug business at Eleventh street and Broadway. Becoming interested in politics, Mr. Webber was elected to the City Council in 1872, urvlni two terms as a Council- man. 'In e was elected -Mayor and gave the city such a creditable adminis- tration and his re-election was assured in the event he had accepted another pomination. But mining interests called him away for several years and then for three years he resided In Nevada Later Mr. Webber was assistant appraiser and deputy collector at the Custom-house in San Francisco. Mr. Webber was assoclated in business with George W. Grayson for some time in the mining town of Hildreth, Fresno Coun er the mines shut down there debber returned to this city. He continued to take an active Interest in olitics. P Deceased was 67 years of age. His wifs survives. The funeral will be held to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from_ the residence. 468 Twenty-fourth street. Rev. Robert Ritchie will officlate. Mr. Webber was a member of Oakland Lodge of Ma- sons. BOXING TOURNAMENT AND A LADIES' NIGHT Reliance Club Offers Double Enter- tainment This Week for Mem- bers and Their Friends. OAKLAND, Jan. 7.—The Reliance Ath- letic Club will give a “ladles’ night” Wed- | nesday evening, the programme for which includes orchestral and vocal numbers interspersed with athletic events. The monthly boxing tournament will be riday evening. Joe Sullivan and E‘ bby Hll’lln are matched at 120 pounds for a ten-round go; Bonar Wilt of the Sau Francisco Athletic Club will go against Tt At Tt pounds, and Australian Tom: rounds at po! X 2 e Jose in a fifteen-round bout. —e———— Death of Mrs. Springer. =% BERKELEY, Dec. 7.—)lrl. 1la Epflnser the wife of 8. O. Springer, died turday at the home of her mother, Mrs. l.ry Thompson, on Rose street. The de- was the mnther of Helen, nnd Mars me Sprin, Funera ee: w: t;b: h-l'a to-nmmw e F e e Francisco. Cemetery, San Rich Farmer Passes Av-y OAKLAND, Jan. 7.—FEichler, a rancher at Mount Edcu. dled at hu hmo yesterd: rnlng‘d Deceased was ¢ relm-d at Mount for Palf a cen was one of the ven.ltmeat nncher- in th.u section of u:e wife ofnd two d.whm— M i Bichlorsutvive. tha Fansral wii be held Wednesday. 10 CONSOLIDATE YACHT CLUBS Californias and Encinals Have Such a Project Under Consideration. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 7. The proposed consolidation of the Cal- ifornia Yacht Club and the Encinal Yacht Club will be considered at the meeting of the California Club to-morrow night. A plan of union, involving the erection of & new clubhouse on the south side of the narrow-gauge moie, has been sub- mitted to the club, and a committes will be appointed to-morrow night to confer with the Encinals. The consolidation of these clubs would mean an organization | of yachtsmen and lovers of aoquatics that would rank second to none on the cific Coast. The Californias have had under eon- sideration for some time a project to change thelr clubhouse location. At present the yachtsmen lose much time in reaching cruising water, of the long sail from the house down the estuary. The present headquarters Is and convenient for laying-up ground, but {in sailing season the members find much discomfort in the long trips in and out l the estuary, particularly when ‘beat- "f 0 s required. protect yachts at the proposed n location in case consolidation is afloc!ad & small breakwater will be extended at right angles to the mole. @ annual election of the Californta Yacht Club will also be held to-morrow evening. Sldney er!hnll hl.l been nom- inated for commado S En P S Foot Crushed by Train. BERKELEY, Jan. 7.—Alfred Lee, the 10- year-old son of Bert Lee, who resides at the corner of Channing way and Third street, had his left foot crushed by a Wess Borkrley freight train this afternoon. Ths boy started to cross In front of the train and was run down. The boy was taken to the Recelving Hospital, where his foot was amputated. —_———— Public Schools Open. BERKELEY, Jan. 7.—The public sehools of this city opened fo-day after the holl- day vacation. Clagses were installed in the new Hillside School and several trans- fers of teachers made. . —— Know Thyself. A teacher in one of Boston's public schools had instructed her puplls in hy- giene, and toward the end of the term. wishing to see how well they could re- member, told them to each write om . little story of the human body. The fol- lowing is copled from the “story” one small boy handed her, with the confident assurance that he knew it was all right, | for, lu had studied very hard over it. “The human body is divided into three parts—the head, the thorax and the ab- domen. “The head contains the brains, If there are any: the thorax contains the heart and the vital organs, and the abdomen | the vowels, of which ‘there are o, |1, 0 and u, and sometimes w and y. ousehold. Chinese in a Week. An English correspondent tells m story: “Two Alsatians among the man troops at Tientsin were in thelr tént, and an English soldler was Said one Alsatian to the other, ‘Sel and_the of n { X?.'\..m schynt schun lang.’ "-l the sun lnln: a long h Bor-. .1'05’&!16‘3- W —New Yotl blowed a'ready!"