The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1901, Page 25

’ L 25 USES POKER AND BILLETS OF WOOD TO PUNISH HER TEN-YEAR-OLD LODGER Mrs. Dora Schwarting, a Local Midwife, Arrested for Cruelty to Little Annie Keller, Whose Body Bears Silent Testimony to the Rigor of Her Landlady’s System of Corporal Punishment RS, DORA SCHWARTING, a ing at 519 Eddy s vesterday srrested rge of maltreating minor child. t the instance of t of 512 Eddy street. rms, legs, face and ad been w the y Prevention nie KQ'LIPP is one of the four children . G. Keller, said to be a paper car- er and his wife are separated. Keller is now in the country and, the chil- dren are distributed among relatives and others. Annle was placed with Mrs. Schwarting about four months ago, Kel- ler paying a small sum monthly for her maintenarce. According to the testimony of the child, which is corroborated by Mrs. Groat and ugly scars and bruises, Mrs. took no chances of spoiling the rod, the rod in this sometimes a poker, ihe open hand, but for pref. a billet of or wood. The poker is said to have been called into requisition a month or 50 ago for the purpose of teaching Annie the wickedness of opening the oven dosr when a roast was in course of cooking. Mrs. Schwart- ing’s son interfered, Lowever, and Annie erenc % LITTLE LODGER WHO WAS DISCIPLINED FOR OPENING A FORBIDDEN DOOR. ! =k The Druids. the United Ancient its meeting on the | the third degree on in fine form, after = given the fourth degree To-day this grzve‘ rst annual picnic in Schuet- in this it will be assisted | nbership of Olympia Circle. On he first degree will be con- | several candidates, the second | and the third on the 25th. This | 1 enter the competition for the | e prizes that have been offered by | rand Arch Julius 8. Godeau. The bers of this grove are all being photo- graphed, so that the pictures may be| placed in grove’s album. | Noble Grand Areh Godeau will pay his | first offici of the term,to Monte- verde Grove on August 14. This is the er uty Grand Arch Guglielmoni, &nd it is oul of courtesy to him that that grove was chosen for the first visit It d that there will be a large at- The cal groves are already showing se effect of the offer by the noble grand 10 give prizes to the best workers. to furnish ten tes for the monster initiation it is up and Trustee A. A pia Grove promises for his grove at that initiation. Fontana of Monteverde a gold badge to the mem- | ber who duning a stated period will bring | in the greatesi 1 ber of members. This | grove at its last heid meeting gave two | strangers the adoption degree. Alpini_Gr will be visited August 22| 5 th ast Arches’ tion, when the initiatory degree will be conferred. | rand Becretary Graves visited Modesto | in Modesto | | | rove and Mistletoe Circle last wee Deputy Grand Arch Guglielmon! visited eia Grove lJast week and under good of the order offered a gold emblematic hadge to the member who shall introduce greater number of candidates. The | £ great preparations to re- grand arch on his official part of the month. rove is perfecting plans to e a number of professional men | membership in a short time. The Druidesses. After the rezuiar business on the night of the 224 of August the members of El 1 have a soctal hour | a grab bag, music trodu: to the has arranged for an party in its hall on " dess Anna Sorensen is | new circle in Center- Neava, with prespects of ace, e gave a social in Shiels that was well attend- elightful affair. Irish Nationalists. h of the Irish Nationalists | ized at Crockett with members, in the gations of the order from Oakland and adjucent he ceremony of institution | cn of officers there wae a | ue an interchenge of views for ood of the order. The new organiza- on has chosen the name of Wolfe Tone, Several delegations of members of this 1 Emmet Branch at Sac- ramento to-day, and after that an effort £ Fraterni will be made to establish branches in every city on this coast. The latest ad- dition will through its officers and mem- Ts 244 to the membership and try to exceed In number the existing branches. | has held several very interesting reviews, | at each of which there has been a marked Native Sons. Sequoia Parlor, N. S. G. W., celebrated its eleventh anniversary at a banquet in TUnion Square Hall, at which there was a large attendance of members, who en- | joved a feast of good things, after which | President C. M. Woods, who made a few remarks appropriate to the oceasion, pre- sented L. C. Pistolesi as Grand President Frank L. Coombs re- sponded to the toast of “California,” which gave him an opporunity to contrast the people in a “pinched” condition in|ble to explain to t the northern part of the State when by Federal edict hydranlic mining was shut down and the prosperity in the southern part of the State. First Grand Vice Pres- jdent L. F. Byington responded to *““The Pioneers,” ‘Grand Secretary Lunstedt to his favorite toast, “The Native Daugh- ters,” Grand Trustee James L. lagher to “The Ninth of September,” Grand Trustee J. Knowland to ““The Pres- ent and Future of the Order” and Treas- urer Lewis M. Bannan gave a history of the parior. In addition, Richard D. Bar- ton, better known as “‘Professor Sousa,” entertained with selections on the phono- graph; W. Brown with a bass solo, and Judge Ed Sweeney with funny stories and torjes that were not funny. The com- mittee of arrangements was William Loch, Henry P. Scheper, David Gibbons and William L. Goodwin. On the night of the 22d inst. Hesperian Parlor will have a gala time in its hall at ixteenth and Valencia streets. There will be an interesting programme of en- tertainment. National Parlor of the N. 8. G. W. will celebrate Admission day at Fernbrook, where there will be literary and other exercises befitting the occasion. Native Daughters. The personal frends of Grand Vice President E. D. Keith in Alta Parlor ten- dered her a supper in the Malson Alladio on the Tth inst. It was a very exclusive affair. Darina Parlor, the parlor of beautiful girls of the Western Addition, has_de- cided to forsake Franklin Hall on Fill- more street and wilt hereafter meet in Red Men's Wigwam on Post street. New parlors are in process of orj a- tion—one at Fort Jones. Siskivou County, and the other at San Mateo, During the past week grand first vice president of the Native Sons, L. F. Bying- ton, a member of the 9th of September celebration committee, in company with other members of a special sub-commit- tee of that body pald visits to a number of the parlors of Native Daughters to in- vite them to take part in the celebration at Ban Jose. Fremont Parlor assured the committee that it would be in line in uni- form and make a good shuwlnj. Orinda Parlor will give its eleventh an- niversary ball in Native Sons’ Hall on the night of the Zith inst. It is to be an evening dress function. La Estrella Parlor gave a soclal in the banquet hall of the Native Sonsg’' build- ing on the night of the 8th inst. which was attended by nearly every member and many of their friends and acquaintances, There was & well arranged programme of dances, and between dances there was glven a vocal duet by 8. Kent and Loulsa Lohmeyer, coon specialties by Ellin Lam- bert, fancy dance by Miss Hazel Allen and other numbers, The function was under the direction of Miss Minnie Kie- versahl, chalrman of the committee of arrangements. This parlor has organized a drill corps of twenty-seven members that will take part in the 9th of Septem- ber celebration in San Jose. Q toastmaster. | | | | | escaped that time with a black eye. On Friday evening last, the little girl says, she heard the door bell ring. It was one of her duties to notify her landlady in such event, and in her search for M Schwarting the little lod, Groat y My patients do not wish to be seen,” and accordingly, when the door bell had been attended to, Annie was thrashed with what she de- scribes as a billet of wood. Mrs. Groat saw the little girl later, and after hearing her story and seeing the condition of the child’s arms she was going in to ses Mrs. Schwarting, but Annie’s pleading, “She will kill me if she knows I told,” made her change her mind. Yesterday forenoon the quiet of the Groat residence was broken by screams from next-door. Running into the yard, Mrs. Groat found Annie cowering in a corner, sobbing and evidently in great ain. 'She took the child into her own ouse, reported the matter to Secretary White and later swore to the complamt on which the warrant was issued for the midwife's arrest. The appearance of the child’s body bears silent but strong witness to the bru- tality of her punishment. Her left ear is torn and discolored, her left arm from shoulder to wrist and her left leg from hip to ankle are one mass of glaring bruises, and the whole demeanor of the child is such as might be caused by the violent treatment of which she complains and from which she seeks protection. et el @ tics » Knights of the Maccabees. During the past month San Francisco Tent of the Knights of the Maccabecs increase in membership. The tent on the 9th inst. was visited by the degree team of Argonaut Tent of Oakland, which con- ferred the degrees on four strangers in a | satisfactory manner. Past Commander | Sir Knight George V. Leroi, who but a| day before returned from Port Huron, where he attended the ninth biennial re- view‘of the Supreme Tent, to which he was a delegate from California, was pres- ent and gave an_instructive account of Wwhat was done by that body. The sir | knight will visit a8 many tents as possi- | he membership “what | was done during the supreme review. ast Commanders M. B. Schofleld and Theo Frolich were each presented a solid gold diamond set jewel nfthe order. This tent has secured a number of whist tables so that the members and their friends Wwho visit may after the work of the even. ing is over enjoy a_game of whist. The tent Las offered a first olass prize to the member who shall gain the greatest num- ber of games within a given time. There is also a first class boooby prize. American Companions. New Century Circle of the Companions of the Forest of America on the 5th inst. initiated several candidates and will have several more for the next meeting. This circle will give its second entertainment and dance in the social hall of the Alca- zar on the night of the 1Tth inst., when an Interesting programme will be pre- sented. The meeting of Inter Nos Circle on the 6th inst. was well attended by the mem- bership and there were present many members of other circles. There was the initiation of a candidate and an exempli- fication of what might be an improvement on ithe installation of the officers. After the work of the evening there were ad. dresses by Mrs. Sarah Beverson of New Century Circle, M. Licht of Martha Wash- | ington Circle, Mrs. Zeising of New Cen- tury, T. Blake of Grass Valley and oth- ers. This circle, having formed itself Into & club, will give the Inter Nos Club ple- c in’ Buena Vista m(e I “““'h ark, Sausalito, on )wing to the absence of the chief - anion of Robin Hood Circle on thefolntlh nst, Grand Chief Companion Miss T4 let presided. This circle is making ar- rangements to admit candidates at a re- duced initlation fee for a stated period the grand chief having granted a dispen. :'?‘tieor; furl(l;xa‘l purpose. .IThe circle will | ve a soclal in the i fhe night of the th inst " °Uilding on| The executive council has districted the State into four visitation districts. The grand chief companion has taken one of | the districts and assigned the three others | to Grand Sub-Chief Mrs. Worms. Grand | Treasurer Mrs. R. Kemp Van Ee and ' Grand Deputy at Large Mrs. Rilis, The grand chief companion has re- | pared a circular for her deputies, in which | she lays down thelr duties and what she SxPects they will do during her term’ of | Ancient Order of Foresters. High Chief Ranger Boehm of the An. clent Order of Foresters has started on a tour of visitations through Plumas and | Lagaen counties and in the State of Ne- vada. There has been organized in the Twentleth Century Ciub, hatieg iy | its purpose the raising of funds to enter- tain the officers of and delegates to .ho next high court of the jurisdlction, It will give its first entertainment and dance Council settled down | that in the Foresters' building on the 2ith of August. INGREISE MADE N SSESSMENT Oakland Council Raises Values on Privats Property. Sl Fapletiag Deficit From Water Company Franchise Reduction Made Up. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 10. The proverty assessments in Oakland went up with a rush this afternoon, when the City Council, sitting as a Board of Equalization, got hold of them. There was only one more rapid move that has been made by this board, and that was the reduction of the assessment upon the franchise of the Contra Costa Water Company after Councilman J. 8. Wixson got over his attack of cold feet. The people who own property in the dis- trict bounded by Eighth street on the south, Fourteenth street on the north, Clay street on the west and Broadway on the east are now asked to supply the revenue that would ctherwise have been supplied by the water corporation that was given a $7,000,000 valuation by Judge Hart. ‘The meeting at which these increases in assessments were made was an afternoon aftair, 1t was supposed to begin at 1 o'clock, but at that hour President Schaf- fer and his ever faithful Courtney were the oniy ones present. In course of time A. W. Bishop dropped in. Mr, Bishop has the record of being the only man who did not want to face the attacks of Frederick Kahn and who voted against recalling that flery merchant, who had the temerity to speak his mind. Then Wixson of the Second Ward made his appearance, lowed by Robert Bover. But it takes seven to make a quorum of the Council, Professor Wallace of the Seventh Ward arrived, but that was only six. The six waited and waited. / Costs $2 to Find Bon. Finally Boyer was delegated a commit- tee of one to try to locate Councilman Bon, and after half an hour's search Boyer rounded him up and brought him into the City Hall. ““It cost me $2 to locate Bon and I think 1 ought to be reimbursed,” was the report that Boyer made of his mission. As soon as a quorum was secured the to business, and business was the raising of the assessments in the business section of the aty. City Clerk Church appeared with a pile of prepared resolutions. These resolu- tions had all been settled upon in execu- tive session and nothing remained but to adopt them formally in open session. They covered every piece of property in the district bounded by Clay and Broad- way, Eighth and Fourteenth streets, ex- cept some very few pleces that were passed for future consideration at the request of the property owners. With a monotonous regularity Clerk Church read the increases and with a monotonous reg- ularity they were adopted. It required but six votes to adopt the resolutions, but after the first one had been passed Professor Wallace of the Seventh Ward joined with the six of the solid seven who were present, and after that there were no negative votes record- ed. Professor Wallace is a man of great honesty of purpose and he seeks earnest- ly and sincerely to acquaint himself with all of the proceedings of the City Council, but the professor instills learning into the minds of the students of a denomina- tional college in the day time and to de- scend from the heights of Highland Park | learning to the depths of the proceedings of the Oakland City Council is too great a drop, and the professor sometimes falls to grasp everything that is going on. Map Convinces Wallace. So Professor Wallace voted against the first increase that was proposed. Then he was shown a large map with the streets and blocks and assessments all lald out thereon, and he was flanked by Councilman Wixson and a city expert, who told him that this was a mere equal- izing of the assessments of the city. The map was well drawn and the figures were all marked in various colored inks and after that Professor Wallace voted to in- crease the assessments with the exception of a very The only excitement that occurred dur- ing the afternoon was when Councilman Dornin made hils appearance in the Coun- cil chamber a littie late. one of the minority in the Council and he has been the leader of that small fac- tion. Once in a great while Mr. Dornin will make a few remarks and this after- noon was one of the timee. He told the Council that he was opposed to this way of doing business and that it was not fair to take the assessment off a corporation and place it upon the people. This brought Councilman Wixson to his feet, which is not a very difficult thing to do. “You evidently did not pay much atten- tion to the decision of City Attorney Johnson,” sald Mr. Wixson. “That was a very cunningly arranged decision. He was ready to advise us that the place of business of the Contra Costa Water Com- pany was in San Francisco, but he was not ready to advise us that t should not be assessed here.’ © %1 meant no_insult to my colleagues,” replied Mr. Dornin, “but it is a well known prlncl%l: of law that taxes shall inure to the benefit of the people taxed and certainly that franchise was not as sessable In San Francisco under those cir- cumstances.” Supervisors Did Even More. This brought Councilman Bon to his feet. Bon was popularly supposed to be the mild, pacific member of the Councl, but he has suddenly developed a capacity for argument thai his friends did not suppose existed. ““There has been some criticism of the action of this Council in striking off the assessment of the franchise of the Contra. Costa Water Company,”” said Mr. Bon. “I made the motion to do that, and both Mr. Dornin and Mr. Wallace have been free with their criticism of that action. I have been watching the papers, and I saw that Supervisor Rowe. Who comes from the same ward as Mr. Wallace and who is the close friend of both of those gentle- men, took the same ground that I did. It was Mr. Rowe. I believe, who made the motion in the Board of Supervisors to re- duce the assessment there, and the friends of the gentle: who are criticlzing me were the ones Who voted for the reduc- tion by the Supervisors. I believe that Mr. Rowe was right, and T am merely following his example. Why don't they criticize Mr. Rowe? The Supervisors can take any actlon they please and not get criticized, but when we do the same thing in_the Council we get hauled over the coals.” This brought forth a burst from Coun- climan Wixson. ‘“We remitted the assessment upon three franchises and the Board of Supervisors remitted the assessment upon nine fran- chises, vet they escaped all criticism and we are attacked most bitterly. They are holdmg us up to attack, and claiming that ack of scoundrels from San Quentin angels compared with us, vet the Su- pervisors Gid more than we did. Now I understand what all my friends meant when they came to me around election and sald, ‘Wixson, you are trying to get into the Council; but after you have heen there a month you could not be hired to take a second ferm.’ The Council is at- tacked for doing just what the Surpervis- ors did without a word being said.” The Increases Made. After that the ralsing of assessments was proceeded with. 6 average raise was about one-third, but in the case of property at the lower end of the district the raise was small, while along Four- teenth street the increase was very great. In some cases assessments were more than doubled, and in some cases the addi- tion was fully one-half. } - Sudden Death of Child. 0. A. Murray, the nine-year-old son of W. J. Murray of 61 Tehama street, died very suddenly last night at his father's residence. He was taken to Golden Gate Park yesterday for an outing. and thero ate some fnen pears. On his return home he complained of feeling iil, and Dr. Keefe of 621 Folsom street was sum- moned. The physiclan went to a drug store for some medicine and on his 1e- turn found the child had dled. Mr. Dornin is | pe franchise | i | | :n Rafael, but only the familles of tha MINT EMPLOYE GIVES FRIENDS A SURPRISE Paul Chittenden, Assistant Weiéher in the Government Institution, and Miss Jessie Janis Are Married at San Rafael £k MPLOYES at the Mint were given a surprise yesterday by the announcement of one of the most popular of their number that he had taken a wife. Paul Chitten- den was the man who furnished the surprise, and he was kept busy during the remainder of the day receiving congratu- lations. The bride was Miss Jessle Janis of Oak- land. The wedding occurred July 20 at ntracting parties and a few intimate lends knew of it until yesterday. Mr. Chittenden had told his chief in the Mint, Major D. L. Noggle, the weigher, of the marriage, but until yesterday none of his fellow employes knew that he had be- come a benedict. Mr. Chittenden, who holds the respon- sible position of assistant weigher in the receiving department, is a son of C. R. Chittenden, who is well known in yacht- ing circles, having been for years a direc- tor of the San Francisco Yacht Club. The groom is a nephew of ex-Governor Joha Daggett. Mrs. Chittenden is the daughter of J. B. Baker, widely known among old min- ing men as well as among shipwrights and shipbuilders. Her brother, Joseph Baker, is a successful Alaskan miner, with rich claims at Nome. The wedding was the sequence of a romantic attach- ment that began during the school days of the happy couple. Mr. and Mrs. Chit- e PAUL CHITTENDEN MaussiEm: eweTe Sz POPULAR EMPLOYE OF THE UNITED STATES MINT AND HIS BRIDE. — tenden are restding on Park avenue East Oakland. o P L s BURNING BIARDG AROUSE SLEEPER Half Suffocated Woman Awakens Other Slumberers. BERKELEY, Aug. 10.—The family of W. D. Douglass and several young lady boarders had an exceedingly close cail from death at an early hour this morn- ing from a fire which destroyed the Douglass residence at 2239 Telegraph ave- "Miss Louise Dale, a student at the Uni- versity of California, was nearly suffo- cated with smoke when she was awakened by the crackling of fames in the floor of her room. She rushed into the hallway { and awakened the other occupants of the house. The fire was discovered shortly before 3 o'clock. Half an hour before this Mrs. Dougless thought she detected the smell of smoke and went through the house to investigate. Finding nothing she returned to her room and reiired. Miss Dale, whose room was over the kitchen, was awakened by the cracking of boards in the floor near her bed. She was so nearly overcome by smoke that it was with an effort that she aroused herself. Half staggering into the hallway she screamed and beat upon the doors until the sleepers were awakened. There was barely time to secure a few personal effects before the flames were over the upper floor. The volunteer companies responded to the al but were handicapped in their work by a low water pressure. They suc- ceeded, however, in keeping the flames within the walls of the burning building and saved a block of fine residences which surround the destroyed house. Two homes, on either side of the burned bulilding, were barely scorched. Fortunately there was not a breath of wind and the wood burped slowly. The fire is supposed to have started from a defective flue. Mr. Douglass saved a plano and a few pleces of furniture. His loss was practl- cally covered by an insurance of $500. The house, which belonged to Mrs. C. Lane of Oakland, was gutted and {s a complete loss. It was insured and was valued at There were in the house at the time of the fire, besides Mr. and Mrs. Douglass sand Miss Dale, Miss Marie Douglass, Miss Esther Dickinon and Miss Marie Dickin- son. e —— NEW TEACHERS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS Classification Committee Chooses Va- rious Instructors for Vacancies That Have Been Created. OAKLAND, Aug. 10.—Professor Wil- liam P. Milliken. of the Chico Normal School ‘has been elected instructor of chemistry at the Oakland High School to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna- tion of Fred Koch. The -Classification Committee of the Board of Education has ordered Miss Hattle Corliss to be trans- ferred from the Polytechnic High School to the Oakland High School to succeed Professor Charles Biedenbach as instruc- tor of mathematics. Miss Martha Brier was to have been transferred from the Polytechnic to the High School to teach English, but she preferred to retain her present position and was undisturbed. Miss Mary Tyrrell will teach mathematies at the Polytechnic School. Miss Grace Sutton, on the preferred list, was elected to the lg‘ngllah department of the High School. These changes are subject to con- firmadtion by the Board of Education. Porte Is Still Stubborn. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 10.—The Franco-Turkish dispute on' the quay claims remains unsettled. Turkey per- sists in the idea of purchasing the quays from the French company. but it is im- ossible to find the money at present ow- Pis"to the impoverished condition of the treasury. The Porte to-day again _in- formed M. Constans, the French Em- bassador, that the French conditions for t?tlfi transfer of the quays were unaccept- able. AFTER ESTATE OF CAPITALIST Dead Brother’s Honor In- volved by Claimant of Old Debt. — Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 10. Richard Allman will try to have the courts declare that his dead brother, the late John Aliman, well known as a ploneer stage owner on this coast, was guilty of having wrongfully withheld $11,500 from him nearly forty years ago. He flled a clalm against the estate to-day for that amount and interest aggregating nearly three times as much. Richard Allman claims that in 1864 his brother received from him, in trust, the proceeds from the sale of certain property owned by the claimant. John Allman, says, never made an accounting of the $11,500 so paid to him. The interest, cal- culated at 7 per cent from June 1, 1854, amounts to $33,637 50, making a total claim of $45,137 50. As there is only $2213 in_the Allman es- tate it is supposed that Richard Allman will try to have judgment, should he se- cure it, run against the property of his late brother which was deeded, during the latter’s lifetime, to his children, George D. Aliman and Mrs. Emma,_J. Tompkins, %vife of ex-City Clerk J. W. Tompkins. George Allman is now in the Philippines. John W. Tompkins is executor of the Allman estate. John Allman left no will. He met death by drowning some three months ago. Richard Allman has retained Alg‘omey T. C. Coogan to prosecute his claim. —_ e THEOBALD SQUEEZES SMALL BOY’S NECK Former Cruelty Soziety Secretary Gets Himself Into Trouble in Alameda. ALAMEDA, Aug. 10.—R. W. Theobald, once secretary for the Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in San Francisco, is accused by Mrs. Annie Schaarschmidt, keeper of a bathing es- tablishment at the West End, with mal- treating her 14-year-old son Paul. She secured a warrant for Theobald's arrest on a charge of battery this afternoon. According to Mrs. Schaarschmidt’s story Theobald came to her place yesterday and demanded of her son the return of a dog, which he claimed the boy had stolen. The boy claimed the dog had been given to him by _another boy, and refused to give it up. Theobald then grabbed the boy by the back of the neck, it is alleged, and dragged him about thé yard, hurting him so that he had to go to bed. Theobald also_claimed to be an officer and threat- ened to arrest the whole family: —_———— Licenss to Wed. OAKLAND, Aug. 10.—Marriage licenses were issued at the County Clerk's office to-day to the following named: Cornel'us V. Eagan of Columbus, Nebr.. aged 2. and Mary Ann Kennedy of Oakiand, aged 20; Claus C. Lauritsen of Oakland, aged 2, and Cecelia M. Nissen of Oakland, aged 17; Albert E. Field of San Francisco, aged 26, and Marie C. Dorfler of San Francisco, aged 21; Leander G. Osgood of San Francisco, aged 38, and Ada B. Thall of San Francisco, aged 22; Oliver J. Hall of San Francisco, aged 25, and Anna Brown of San Francisco, aged 23; Wash- ington J. Berriman of Oakland, aged 2 and Rose M. Dickinson of Alameda, 31; Frederick S. Roney of San Francisco, aged 30, and Mary E. Roney of San Fran- cisco, aged 31. —_——— Late Peter Thomson’s Funeral. OAKLAND. Aug. 10.—The funeral of the te Peter Thomson will be held Sundav afternoon at 3 o'clock from his late resi- dence, 1431 Webster street. The Rev. J. S. Macdonald, assistant pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate, a-- ssi;:ledtyby the officers of the St. Andrew's o he | BLAMES RELIGION FOR THEIR WOE3 Christian and Domestic Science at War in Household. gt Custom-House Employe Says He Is Cook as Well as Bread Winner. i —_— | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1118 Broadway, Aug. 10. Christian and profane science are hope- |lessly mixed in the family troubles of Frank B. Sharpe, a Custom-house em- ploye, whose differences with his wife cul- | minated to-day in a divorce suit charging him with cruelty. Sharpe says that his wife’s devotion to the doctrine of objective immaterfality has emancipated her from the grosser de- lusfons of life, such as satisfying imag- |inary hunger with food and paring, | kneading, cooking, cleaning and scrubbing |in general. Not being himself an initiate | to the esoteric circles of the faith, Sharps has perforce started a cult of his own which he calls domestic science. sSharpe | is very enthusiastic and when he dons his gingham apron night and morning and kneels at his devoirs he makes comments which are described in his wife's com- | plaint_as blasphemous beyond measure. Mrs. Sharpe does not refuse the term sclentific to her husband’s exercises, but vehemently protests that they are not | Christian and says tnat they have caused her untold anguish, for which reason she accuses Sharpe of inflicting mental cruel- ty upon her. The couple live on East | Twelfth street and have six children. John A. Borge has begun suit for di- vorce from Lena Borge on the ground of infidelity. Catherine Roeder has filled a divores sult against Mathias J. Roeder qu the ground of fallure to provide.g SHORTEST WILL YET FILED FOR PROBATE | Laconic Document Offered as Last | Testament of Wlman Who Left Money to Son. | . OAKLAND, Aug. 10.—Attorney S. B. McKee to-day filed for probate the short= est will yet recorded in Alameda County. The tiny slip is in a big envelope indorsed as the last will and testament of Hannah A. @Gray. Mrs. Gray dled in this city July 2. After her death a bank book was found showing deposits to her credit amounting to $1475 05. Pinned to one of the leaves was a scrap of paper inscribed: This money is for Leon E. Gray In case of my decease. H. A. GRAY. | _Leon E. Gray is the son of the decased. | Mrs. Gray left other property, bringing | the value of her estate up to about $000. | Letters of administration have been asked | by Henry H. Haynes, son-in-law of the | | ) | | deceased. —_————— Spirit Medium Dismissed. | ALAMEDA, Aug. 10.—Mrs. Ddlla Rog- | ers, the colored medium, whose spirits | disturbed the sleep of Angus McInerney, was tried before Justice Morris this | morning and dismissed. She and McIner- ney “had words” in the courtroom and nearly came to blows. Mrs. Rogers want- ed to pay a % flne in advance for the | privilege of “licking” McInerney. EALD LEADING BUSINESS COLLEGE OF THE WEST et., San Francisco, Cal 24 Established Nearly 40 years. Open Entire Year. ‘Write for S0-page catalogue (free) HAMLIN SCHOOL and VAN NESS SEMINARY 1849 JACKSON STRFET, San Franciseo, Cal. Boarding School for Girls. _Accredited by untversities of California and Leland Stanford Jr., also Vassar, Smith and Wellesley colleges, Reopens August 12, 1901 SARAH D. HAMLIN, Principal UNIVERSITY SCHOOL. 1615 Bush street. ..(West of Frankltn) PRINCIPAL, BATES, M. A, E L M. A. Primary Dep't., MISS MARIE McDONNELL. Is intended to furnish the best preparation | for the universities or for business to a limit- | ed number of pupils. Opens MONDAY, Aug. 3. | For clrculars, etc.. address %4 Van Ness ave. | SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS COLLEGE, 1236 Market Street. Actual business bookkeeping; only expert ae- | countants and reporters as ‘teachers; Gregs | shorthand. the easiest, fastest and most read- | able. Day and evening. FULL COURSE, $60. - ST. MARY’S COLLEGE, OAKLAND, CAL. Studles will be resumed MONDAY, August 5, 1901 BRO. ERMINGLD, President. THE LYCEUM, AN ACCREDITED PREPARATORY SCHOOL | for the university, law and medical colleges; references, President Jordan or any Stanford Phelan Bullding. THE HITCHCOCK SCHOOL, SAN RAFAEL, CAL. | (Xmas Term Will Commence A Major Geo, €. Collins, Commandant, T = 1 1 | REV. C. HITCHCOCK, Prineipal. | IRVING INSTITUTE. Boarding and day school for girls, 2128 Call~ fornfa st. Accredited to the universities. The | mext session will begin Aug. 5. 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