The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 17, 1901, Page 11

“ADAMS SUBMITS T0 EXAMINATION Doctors Make an Inquiry to Determine His Sanity. Slayer of Dr. Jessup Will Not Fight Against Going Into Asylum. nd Office 8an Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Oct. 16. for insanity, row morning in Charles G r of Dr. John to an examina- County Jail this Rowell, who Adams’ trial for physi. blic their lusions, ed as witnesses at the d did not deem it proper e matter at this time, but it t will recommend ted to some safe ers his mental which 1s now im- of long indulgence in They of the alienists several w der trial to at the in these, of course, who re- her father's n he first down to the t now. us affection. ter 1 have treat- to going to some ask for the re- which he shot Dr. HONOR THE MEMORY OF DR.J. H WYTHE Voices Are Raised in Eulogy the Distinguished Scientist and Preacher. Nany of this afternoon Church, was ce of many as- ed physician in his man of religious and The services were y voices were raised in distinguished scientist's his noble character. opened by a scripture , Tead by the Rev. John Coyle, pre- the Methodist Church. the Rev. J. W. . McLean, president ogical Seminary and the Fi Congrega- read a selected hymn. Dr. ns read a memorial letter Lane, one of the Wythe at Cooper rancisco. The Rev. ddress, which g of a hymn . The closing Rev. E. R. Methodis Churc! pastor < bearers were Edwin Gibbons, Dr. J. hnson. James liver Orrick and interment at was private. —_——————————— BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL STILL UNABLE TO AGREE All Efforts to Bring About an Ami- cable Settlement Have Thus Far Failed. —The efforts to ad- he Building Trades nty seem almost truggle between the fac- J. H. Mullen and D. A. led. An effort to council as it was ed, for the Shan- They represent men, painters and e the Mullen fol- varfous stone lathers and men say that gest number of but owing 1o on they have he men, Shannon end. M recently the council and was ent against Shannon, before had defeated the Trades. time to harmonize Reunion of the Class of ’79. OAKLAND, Oct, 16.—A reunion of the of the State University was class of D G ) _— - s 2 irl dancer; Eleanore Jenkins, in a scene of Dr. George C.| | “FErnani” is given with a strong cast, | first time that the play has b 2 & - Z ardee 7 evening to meet Rev POLICEMAN PREVENTS A | and all participating have ploased thé |ed at Dopular prices and Grand’ Omemss | o et e TN ‘x’gfxifign%ll:g%‘-{rlf Yields to Public Opinjon. | arroll 3. 1 Gean of Christ Cathe- DOMESTIC TRAGEDY |2udiences Dado and Barbareschi are ex- | house patrons have taken full advantage | quist; Valkyra, hand balancer! Maud da| SAN JOSE, Oct. 16.—The Pabst Cafe, on (;‘;né‘an - e ,(‘Yg’o’;m ‘::;\ee;n i S .gm;;gl;alslgm:;u {)lx?scegbekM:S&aFfr’ is | of kthe p}x:l\'llelg& I Ia&ugl m‘}em" Hall | Alma, singing soubrette; Bartelmes, an.|North First street, against which a cru- | t ce ois ven- | i s W once | makes a Lady e, Viv ary ? e ; . fon. During 1 ening resolutions cf | Former Army Officer Is Stopped in more in good volce. = Agostini is as|and ehter. ot soms’ othoe, dins oo [iextaordiomey cToot Juspler e SRS Dew Déens cauguctd By (e Fastord regret over tne death of Christopher . | the Act of Braining His | forceful as ever in the role of Turiddu. |parts “are ‘well taken. Next week the|ing dog “Dandy.” Hinrichs' orchestra | (i ooinen O ganizations, has howed R Fiom st ot Daneiny Wit | Russo is Canio in I Pagliaccl” and slngs | Grand Opera-house will have a double at- | discourses delightful music. et I wilEE Citiiales i e adopted. sent : : i Bovyer (Mrs. E. V., | R v @ iivivielelivisiieleiilddedidmiielde il el ety @ | Honable Teftures Varlety performances rs, Alex James| OAKLAND, Oct. 16.—The opportune ar- e % {d @ win b{: d(iiar:gnt 1‘1:;(1. g:.mhlinx games | Ella H. Wolfe | rival of Policeman William Quigley to- | PASSENG: USTAIN day. The d t is hol hi a stopped and the y orchestra’ stricken | rroll M. Davis, | day at the Windsor Hotel prevented Cul- | INJURY IN COLLISION dlns%oses ot %Gn cstate ionglgg;zp of 32000 FARLY MOBNIRG SIRU from the payroll. ’;“']F;fgénsa,{;‘;r")!‘\om Calhoun Mitchell, a former lieuten- | | cash, §1000 in stocks and $20 worth of DESTROYS A RESIDENCE Back T Not Avallabl e sogan: MaLY lant in the Fortleth Infantry, U. S. V.,| Cable and Electric Street Cars Come Jewelry. The legatees are Charlle Thall = ac! axes Nof vailable. Morrow, Dr Bcotchler and hirlow. —_———— Meads’ Resignation Held Out. OAKLAND, 16.—The actual resig- nation of . _the vice principal of the Oak a5 nev It has now become known rather tart letter ation, setting forth gning and criticizing salaries in the High tion reached School ds, who asked allow him to retain the nt and put merely a formal resig- the board. This was finally e reasons for Mr. Meads' | The ries was the main rea- e original letter contained some ences to thieé reduction as ap- ied to others besides himself. —_—————————— Costs Eat Into Laveira’s Fortune. OAXLAND, Oct. 16.—Attorney Geary, ) Mary Laveira, who is suing her Jose Lavelra, the wealthy San for divorce. petitioned for an order compelling to advance her $200 for intiff has already spent $300 a & money in costs and the £ big holes into his fortune. continue about fifteen days er made public. —————— Licensed to Marry. ND, Oct. 16.—Licenses to marry ed to-day to Jesse Newman, and Laura M. Kline, 24, and; Benjamin F. Barkalven, Irwin both of San Jose: . Hunter, over 21, and Angel S. over 18, both of Oakland; Ed- Sonoma County, and on. 33 Petaluma; Frank and Matilda L. Claasen, 30, backing of the | This or- | unable to accomplish | ce. Joseph L. | School, was never | BOY 15 KILLED BY LOGOMOTIVE |Joseph Earl McGovern Loses His Life at | THE SAN FRANCISCU CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1901 'CREATORE’S BATON GYMNASTICS CAST SOUSA’S IN THE SHADOW Italian Band Leader and His usicians Win Great Applause--At the Various Show Houses. ~ REFUSES T0 SI6N THE WATER BILLS Current Accounts Are Again Tied Up by | Shell Mound. i 1 | Accident Occurs Almost in| Sight of the Youth’s | Father. | e e Joseph Earl McGov who resided at 1009 Franklin y killed this afternoon at Shell icn by an outbound ! San Ramon lo train. The accident oc- | curred almost within sight of the boy's | | father, J. J. McGovern, a carpenter e ployed by the Southern Pacific Company, was working near the scene. Young McGovern had left his home an | hour or two before his death to ride out to where his father was working. Before he reached Shell Mound a tire of his| | bicycle was punctured. 1t was this trifling accident which led to the lad’s tragic enda. Unable to mend his wheel, that he could make the return on it, the youth de- cided to take the train home. Leéaving his father he walked over to the Berkeley train, and while dragging his bicycle ove: | to the baggage car the northbound San Ramon_train boomed along the track. Young McGovern did not observe the ap- proaching train in time to save himself. e was struck by the pilot of the loc motive, kull being crushed on the right sid his right leg being frac- red. e accident occurred ) o'clock. tly afterward the father learned of nd_going to the scene found the dead of his boy, who had left him only few minutes before | great_that ricken parent col- | lapsed. As soon scertained that the lad was dead the Coroner was notified and the body was removed to the Morgue. Young McGovern was formerly enger employed by the Associated n San Francisco. He was prepar- > to work in the roundhouse at Oakland rallroad yards within @it e @ FIRISHING WORK ON THE LIBRARY Trustees Adopt Classic Designs for Chil- | dren’s Room. FEARE i OAKLAND, Oct. 16.—Plans of ornate classic design, from the hands of Coxhead | | & Coxhead, architects, have been adopted by the beard of free library trustees for the decoration of the children’s room in - o go— the new public library building, which work 1s to be done under the direction of the Ebell Society. The scheme of dec- oration is ouite elaborate, yet ample al- lowance is made for the needs of the apartment, which is to be reserved for the exclusive use of the youth who are patrons of the library. The floor space allotted to this depart- | ment approximates 2000 square feet, the { room being reciangular. The chief feature | of the interior finish is a series of classic pillaring providing a basis for the exten- sion book stacks where 6200 volumes will | be accommodated. On,the east and west sides of the room will be niches for statu- ary, the rear wall being left blank for such mural decoration as may be desired. A frieze of conventional design will re- lieve the upper wall space and there will | also be decorative work about the six | alcoves and settles which have been ar- ranged on the east and west sides of the room. The window space has been left clear that ample natural light be had during the daytime. Architect Coxhead in submitting his | | plans of decoration explained that the general scheme would be worked out in stucco, with light tints for coloring. The | floor will be lald in polished oak, with cedar book racks. The estimated cost of | the work, exclusive of movable furniture, | is_$5000. | Formal application has been made to ! | the trustees by the library committee of the Ebell Society for permission to furnish the children’s room, without cost to the city, upon the plans which have been adopted by the board. The trustees have given their formal consent that this shall be done. The legal side of the matter has | been referred to the City Attorney for an opinion upon the point whether the trustees can lawfully delegate the priv- | flege to the ladies of the society. There is nothing more to be done toward | the completion of the library building ex- | cept to install the furnishings and light fixtures. Plans for this work have been submitted to the trustees and they have | command. ordered preliminary estimates and bids, | , 1 and his men will be a big feature of | The cost will be in the neighborhood of | th® monster benefit this afternoon at the $8500. The trustees are hopeful that they | Orand Opera-house, and the town will Will be able to surmount the financial dif. | have a free show of the best when the ficulties that confront them and have the | Pand Dflraqeflhat noon from the Alhambra new library structure complete and ready | 10 the opera-house. for service before many months ha\-eI passed. | n 1t s expected that the Ebell Society will | Haccl” have met with the usual success at very shortly take the final action neces- | the Tivoli. The week led off with Verdi | sary to raise the money required to com- | Bight, which brought out a packed house, | plete the children’s department. {and all the business has been well up to | the mark first set. HERE have been chestras and bands before the public by their idiosyncrasies, but to see a real creator of nov. | a visit to the Alhambra Theater, with a particular eye to the delsarte gymnastics of Gluseppe Creatore, the director of the Royal Italian Band. Sousa has his little ways in it with Signor Creatore. Now the music of the Royal Italian Band is_wonderful in the way of har- monies, but Creatore's conducting is the star attraction of the band. Signor Creatore, who greatly resembles Attorney Herbert Choynski, does all his leading with a very self-satisfied air, and with movements of head and arms’ that lead his audience to suppose he is about to startle it by a plunge into the depths of the sea—one of those plunges that can only be seen in a theater presenting most lurid melodrama. Signor Creatore made no fatal dives last night, though. He charmed his au- dience with his hypnotic, left-handed warnings to one of his trombone players which carried a “go way back and sit down” air with it. The trombone player obeyed as if he were a great believer in telepathy. The great band then went on and played several selections that won the applause of the people present, but Signor Creatore was not to be suppressed. The director was always part of the show. During the tremolo stage of the music he wafted his baton as if he was counting time on Joe Walcott when that dusky fighter fell from the solar plexus blow gf “Kid"” Carter, but the staccato made him stir his long locks of hair, do a few side steps and look ominously upon his players. He appeared to be a very mild man when the planissimo effect was called for, but the fortissimo—the public should see it. Creatore is a wonder as a leader, and he has an excellent lot of musicians at but he is not i “Ernani”’ and “Cavalleria’ and “I Pag- from braining his wife with a silver water 3 pitcher. The patrolman burst into the | FoUgethes Z&:‘:tnl!“tm“’ rcom just as the ex-soldier had uplifted | | the heavy vessel and was about to smash | Several persons were injured last even- { it upon Mrs. Mitchell’s head. Quigley ran | ing in a collision about 7 o'clock between | an electric and a cable car at the inter- in and knocked the pitcher out of the | enraged husband's hand, subduing that | section of Eighteenth and Castro streets. worthy’s attempt to continue the encoun- | The Castro-street car was crowded with pasengers, and three of them were pretty | ter. | Mitchell was sent to the City Prison to | badly shaken up. Two of them, Miss | Bertha Dornbach, of 707 Diamond street, j cool oft. e had been drinking heavily. AL i . £t Yesterday, his wife says, hs and a Miss Kelly were thrown from the . ye, e kept a loaded | 870 & iatform. . Miss Dornbach sustained pistol at her head for hours. Twice she 2 called upon the police, but she escaped | & Sprained ankle, and Miss Kelly was from the apartments before thes b | rendered unconsclous from the shock. An unknown passerger, who was also on the rear platform of the cable car, was bruised about the head. The Castro-street car was thrown from the track and badly damaged and most of the windows of the Highteenth-street car were wrecked. —_————— Live Oak Circle Visited. Live Oak Circle of the Companions of the Forest of America was officially vis- ited last night by Grand Chief Companion Miss_Alice Ticoulet, who was accompanied by Grand Sub Chief Mrs. H. Worms, Grand Trustee Mrs. M. Smith and mem- bers of Martha Washington, Golden Era and New Century circles. In an address following an instructive lecture to the officers on the proper method of discharg- ing their duties the grand chief compan- jon announced that during the past six months the order had done remarkably well, having made a net gain of more than five hundred members and that there are prospects of instituting several circles in adjacent countles. After the work of the evening there were addresses by ths other grand officers and other compan- ions, followed by a short musical and literary programme. | peared. To drink Mrs. Mitchell attributes her husband’'s outbreak. They were wedded here two years ago after a romantic at- | tachment formed in Mississippi, when she was the wife of another man. Being di- vorced, she followed Mitchell to Califor- nia while he was en route to the Philip- pines. After Mitchell's discharge from the army the troubles began, Although he is | | & member of a prominent family of Jack- | | son, Miss., and his wife was a belle of | | Kentucky, the ex-army officer dropped | from bis social position and became, ac- | cording to his wife, brutal and insanely violent from liquor. Mrs. Mitchell announced that she would jreturn to Kentucky, but she refused to [gwear to & complaint against her hus- and. PRSI S e, S e L To Form a Gaelic League. OAKLAND, Oct. 16.—A meeting has been called for to-morrow evening at St. Francis de Sales Hall, corner of Grove and Jones street, for the purpose of form- ing a branch of the Gaelic League for the parishes of the Sacred Heart and St. Francis. The Rev. Father Yorke, the State president of the league, will be present to explain its objects, and there A will be vocal and instrumental music by amateurs from Oakland and San Fran- Merk Thall’s Will Filed. cisco, . 4 The will of Mark Thall was filed yester- | leaders of or- that have attracted the attention of elties the music loving public should pay o SIGNOR GUISEPPE CREATORE OF THE ITALIAN BAND IN CHARACTERISTIC POSES. E3 the part well. good impression in the part of Nedda, in which she made her initlal Tivoll appear- ance last night. Next week comes a great revival of “Norma,” beginning Monday, with Signor Avedano in the role of Pollio, his first appearance since last season. On Tuesday “La Boheme.” with elaborate stage settings and costumes from the La Scala models, and a great cast, will be P given for the first time at this house and | at popular prices - “Florodora” is in its last few days at the Columbia Theater and has had z: rec- ord breaking run here. There will be an extra performance on Sunday night in or- der. to fill the large demand for scats. Next comes Stuart Robson in a two weeks' engagement with Bronson How- ard’s clever comedy. ‘‘The Henrletta.” Mr. Robson has in his company this time some notable people—Maclyn Arbuckle, Russ Whytal, Dorothy Rossmore and Es- telle Carpenter. Maclyn Arbuckle has been starring this vear in ‘“The Sprightly Romance of Marsac,” Miss Carpenter played Maxine Elliott's part in “When We Were Twentv-One.” Dorothy Ross- more has been lately starring in Sardou and Shakespearean repertoire and Russ Whytal, the author-actor, has been tour- ing "his' own plays, ‘‘For Falr Virginia" and “‘Dorothy Deane.” “The Little Minister” is crowding the Grand Opera-house this week. It is the and Ella Thall, his children. Meyer is named as executor. —_—————— A Comfortable and Delightful Trip. On Sunday, October 20, the California Northwestern Railway will run an excur- slon to Ukiah. Each ticket sold Insures a seat, for the company will not sell a single ticket above the number of seats provided. Time of departure from Tiburon Ferry will be 8:3 a. m., and from Ukiah on the return, 5 p. m. Train will not stop in_transit. Fare for the round trip only 32 kets now on sale . at Ticket Office, 650 Market street (Chronicle building) and Tiburon Ferry. e, Ex-Police Officer Byrnes Injured. Ex-Police Officer Thomas Byrnes was thrown from a milk wagon on the Mission road near the Six-mile IHouse yesterday afternoon and had his thigh bone broken, He was removed to the City and County Hospital for medical treatment, ————————— Custom-House Promotions. George H. Cooms, messenger in the office of Customs Collector Stratton, has been promoted to be sampler, vice J. D, ‘Whelan, promoted to the position of ex- aminer. Maurice E. —————— Daughters of St. George. Britannia Lodge of the Daughters of St. George has made arrangements for a gmnd entertainment and dance In the 'ythian Castle on the night of the 16th inst. A well arranged programme will be presented. ——e——— Every year increases the cost of the {vubllc schools of New York. This year he&ocost $18,512,000. Next year about '$19,- 800,000 will be demanded by the Board of Education. Of this amount $15,151,000 wiil be mandatory under the Davis law. Miss Mueller made a fairly | the Auditer. Allows No Claims of Com- pany Until Lawsuit Is | Settled. e Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1118 Broadway, Oct. 16. | Current blils of the Contra Costa Water | | servatory and the Oakland and the Cen- | tral High School bulldings have been re- jected by City Auditor Breed. The Audi tor has also refused to allow bills iul’i | water furnished the Health Department, | | his reasons in all of tnese cases being re- | ! cited in a communication which was filed | | to-day with the Board of Education and the Board of Health. | The Auditor insists that the bllls are | | ilegal claims because there exists no con- | | tract between the city and the water com- | i pany to eupply water. He aiso malntains | that the company has failed to pay the| | license tax due to the city under ordi- | nance, and he finally declares that he has | numerous other reasons which were | | brought out during the argument in the | mandamus sult which the company | &brou ht against him. Refusal to audit those bills, as well as | others which have been filed with the | Board of Public Works, has led that body | to_take actlon. Instead of continuing t> | hold the bills in their possession pending | | 1a settlement of the legal difficulties in | volved the Commissioners to-day ordered | the rejected claims returned to the v |ricus departments from which the ac | coun were sent. Whether the bills ¢ n | be taken up by the City Council and or- | dered paid is another phase of the fight | that was given light to-day. But it is | just as certain that no matter which de- | partment of the city government shall| | approve the bills the Auditor will con- | tinue to refuse to audit them until ther2 | | has been a final judicial opinion rendered’| upon the dfsputed questions. | @-imbrimimiiriiniriir iR © | SEEK SURGEASE OF RANGE WAF Stockmen Will Ask Con-| gress to Make an Investigation. | i i | ! CHICAGO, Oct. 16.—Martin D. Madden | has been selected as chairman of the com- mittee on arrangements for the fifth an- nual convention of the National Live- stock Assocfation which will meet here | the first week in December. There is unusual interest in this meeting for the | reason- that the convention will take up some- important questions, which will be referred to Congress direct from the ¢ vention. The stockmen, it is said, will ask Con- | gress to appoint a special committee to | investigate conditions on the public ranges and_report back a plan for the future government of the ranges in such a way | | that the conflicts between sheep and cat; | tle grazers may be averted. Ranges are becoming so overcrowded that the strug- | traction, the Pollard Australian Juvenile Opera Company, a company of astonish- ingly clever youngsters ranging from 6 to 16 years, who have a repertoire of all the | principal light and comic operas of the day. The children will appear in mati- nees every afternoon next week, except | Saturday. The regular bill of the week will be “The Man From Mexico,” with ‘Walter E. Perkins in the title role. . . v - gle for grass is resulting in almost dail There is every reason for the decent |, gt i . porson to. sthy away from. the: Alessar | conflict, in which bloodshed 13 becoming | Theater this week, “The Girl in the Bar- racks” being everything that it should | not be. S i The Central Theater has a strong bill in John A. Stevens’ favorite Southern melodrama, ‘“Wife for Wife,” that is well played and strongly cast by the Central | players. Next week Stretton Vane's in- | dustrial melodrama, “The Cotton King,” will be put on, with all the elahorate me- Shnnlcal mountings that the play calls or. Another important question to be cor sidered is a bill providing for Government | inspection and the tagging of all woelen | manufactures to show the percentage of | “shoddy” and cotton used in all allegeil | woolen fabrics. These and other questions | fully as important are expected to draw to this meeting the largest gathering of stockmen in_the history of the country. Madden will select a committée of prom- | nent business men to assist him in pro- | viding entertainment for the visitors. the International Livestock Expositio will be in session at the same time it | expected there will be over 100,000 stock- men here. | | MARRIES HIS STEPDAUGHTER; ! NOW SUES FOR DIVORCE | Peculiar Mix-Up in Relationship Ic Brought to Light in a Phoenix Court. PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 16.—The divorce case of Mrs. Lulu Miller vs. Pomeroy Mil- .« The California is crowded nightly with avdiences who enjoy the varled fun and | eccentricities of the Masons and their company to the last word of *“Rudolph and Adolph.” Lottie Willlams Salter is a first favorite with the house and the whole company’ takes good care of its work. Next Sunday night Johnstone Ben- | nett will begin an engagement in “The Female Drummer.” . . Monroe, Mack and Lawrence are send- | ing the Orpheum audiences Into convul- | Slons. oflapehter this week with thelr ! jer, now on trial here, is of a peculiarly of Your Mother-in-Law." Thomas Baker | Interesting nature. as the detendant is | sings amusing songs in clarion tones and | "9% unl"'l'}mt-fl"s i - fi:‘e Ste}"‘“hfir | tells old storles in & new Way. The 'De °f tbe plaintif and a witness for the Cotrey brothers, truly the Te3st masvor | Plaintiff is both her stepdaughter and her Gus arobats cver Seen here. ave the acme | halCsister. Mre. Millers mother was a of physical culture, and Maud Sorensen | 1agu heins five years old. Lalu's mother | and Tommy Dunn give specialties. Wil- | in' BOIDE fve ¥ ol - T ’}':g:h‘erl fred Clarke and company, presenting *In | 5. R fgpa s F 4 [ the Biograph™: the sisters O'Meers, wire | Sare for four stepbrothers and =sisters. | | walkers: Mitchell and Barnard, the sweet | miced M iay tho Gater | Tl Lomnn Silvins -y r - Three months later Lulu began living | Yloed singers, and Joe. Myra and Buster | with her stepfather by an agreement rec- Keaton complete a good bill. On Sunday i % | zed as a contract marriage. | next the famous *“Beaux and Belles” | qur-';‘ee family moved v&’n mg-mg succes- | octet, the reigning Fastern sensation, n sively in Kansas, Oklahoma, Indlan Ter- | ritory, New Mexico and Arizona. Father | and stepdaughter were regularly married | in Las Vegas two years ago, having pre- | viously been blessed with three children, which were, of course, the step grand- children of their father. Mrs. Miller is a striking looking woman of 25, and Miller is a pensioner of the Civil War, now living in Mexico. will begin a brief engagement. ette Kokin, a eccentrique, tles. Mignon- ‘“‘chanteuse and danseuse also promises several novel- e A splendid bill is offered at Fischer’s | Concert-house this week, among the en- tertainers being Sylvia Puerari, the oper- atic contralto; Sydney Smith, the clever Fire Marshal Towe Is Making an In- vestigation Into the Origin of the Blaze. OAKLAND, Oct. 16.—Delinquent tax payments cannot be used to keep the night schools open. That was the deci- sion arrived at to-day by City Attorney An alarm of fire on Forty-seventh ave- | Johnson, Auditor Breed, Treasurer Tay- nue, at Carville, near the beach, was |lor and 'Councllmen Schaffer and Boyer, 5 2 e u ven turned in yesterday morning at 2:30 | S500) Sitnation. The officlals are now as o'clock. When the fire engines reached | much at sea as ever concerning the ques- | the scene it was found that the three- | tion of securing money, although Super- story residence of George Spalding was | Intendent of Schools McClymonds says he fast’ disappearing In smoke and flames. | feels confident the City Council will find As nothing could be done to save the the funds somewhere. i residence the firemen confined their ef- S AR forts to preventing the spread of the| _Assessment Figures Completed. flames to the rear dwelling occuvied by BERKELEY, Oct. 16.—Town Clerk (‘, A. L. Sayles. In thls they were success- | B- Thomas has completed the footing. of | ful and very little damage wa: §or 5 : G0k o o2 nount S e e e [ of taxes this year is $104.33 4. of which the origin of the fire and Fire Marshal | oyl $10.000 1s a special tax for a fire Towe js making an investigation. alarm system. The increase In taxes Spalding stated that he carried an in- | & “5iat o7 “Hhe ot Ealieyopecial tax, surance of $5500 on the house. The prem- is §738L 21. The total valuation of the ises occupled by Syles were Insured for | Sers e BroRorinet shas pg dlzation is 39,576,040, as against $S.848710. Town As- sessor Wells raised this year's assess- ment over last year's $373,040, and this sum was increased $255,19 by the Board of Equalization. —_——— ‘Wives Ask for Divorces. OAKLAND, Oct, 16.—Complaint for di- vorce was flled to-day b&Jennle MecCli tock against Jesse P. cClintock, her ground being failure to provide. Ramona Narvaez began sult for divorce from Frank 8. Narvaez, the well-known horse- man, alleging habitual intemperance. Henry 8. Keith failed to answer Florence Keith's suit for divorce and a default was entered against him. —_—————— ‘Will File Counter Suit. BERKELEY, Oct. 16.—Clyde E. Abbott, the stationer, whose wife has brought suit against him for dlvorce on the ground of extreme cruelty, denies the allegations she has made. He declares that he will file a counter suit, but on what grounds ke declines to state at present. ——— Ancient Order of Foresters. Court Triumph of Oakland, F. of A., had a pleasant entertainment for its mem- bers and friends in Gier's Hall on the 10th inst. Court Lincoln was entertalned on the 10th inst. by the membership of Court | Twin Peaks. This meeting of the two | most prosperous courts in this city was a very pleasant gathering. } Court Bohemian, which Is striving hard to secure the prize that is offered for in- créase in membership, at its last held meeting initlated three candidates and re- celved five applications. A new court of the order will be insti- tuted in Portland, Or., this week, High Chiet Ranger Boehm is visiting in Oregon and Waehington and will return on the 18th inst. The court in Cottonwood was visited by the high chief ranger last week, and he was cordlally welcomed. There was a banquet in his honor. Company for supplying the Chabot Ob- |t | San Jose avenue, 11 HANG IN EFFIGY FELLOW-EMPLOVE Carmen Rebuke De Cas- cia for Ignoring Dead Comrade. Would Not Help Buy Floral _Piece or Lay Off for One Hour. Oakland Office San Francisco Cal 1118 Broadway, Oct. 16 ngers and pedestrians passing in ighboriiood of Forty-seventh and ve streets at an early hour this morn- were astonished at the sight of the ing stuffed figure of a man hanging in mid- air from one of the cross supports for the trolley wires that line the street. Closer inspection disclosed that the figure represented a bluecoated Oakland Tran- sit Company car cmpioye, with the num- ber 109 on the cap, and pinned to cae of the legs was a placard, which read as fol- w De_ Cascia, the grouchy motorman, who ro- fu to contribute toward buying a floral piece jor even laying off to attend the funeral of his late brother conductor. THE COMMITTEE. By prearrangement fifty men met at the power house at Forty-seventh and Grove streets after working hours last night and expressed their feeling against De Cascia by stuffing an old uniform with straw, labeling it and running it up to the wire support. After accomplishing their purpcse the men dispersed to thewr homes and nobody knew of their visit: tion until this morning, when the people saw the figure swinging in the breeze. De Cascia’s fellow employes have taken a dislike to him since his refusal to in any way express sorrow for the death of Conductor Edward Thar: who K De Casc: and Tharsing had been motorman and conductor on the same car for severa years. They were together when Thar Sing met his death and were members of the same fraternal order, yet De Cascia refused to contribute a cent toward the subseription for a floral piece, and during the funeral kept his place on his car. De Cascia saw himself in efigy when he took his car out this morning, but did not comment upon it. Later in the day the \gure was taken down and he was re- lieved of the necessity of being compelled to e it every half hour. IN OAKLAND SOCIETY. OAKLAND, Oct. 16.—The Oakland Whist Club, which meets once a month, held the first meeting of the season yesterday afternoon st the residence of Mrs. Julius Abrahamson on Jackson street. rooms were prettily decorated _and about twenty members wers present. It is not yet decided where the next embly will be held Miss Florence Lowden entertained the mem: bers of the High Scheol Sorority yesterday afterncon at her home, 971 Center street. Miss Rose Nalle, who has been the guest of Miss Crissle Tait for some weeks, s visiting Miss Ruth Dunham in San Francisco. J. Peck will give a tea next Friday Mrs. F. | afternoon in honer of three young brides-to-be, Miss Iva Herrick, Miss Freda Kaehle: Miss Luella Heeseman and ALAMEDA, Oct Miss Evelyn Grace Hitcheock and Ira Sanford were married last vening in the Santa Clara-avenue Methodis: iscopal Church. Rev. Hugn Copeland of: irs. F. W e her away. Miss Jennie Merriam, Miss Edith Rennie and Miss May Spencer attended the bride, who was attired in a dres: white organdie over silk The quartet of bridesmaids wore costumes of pink and biue eral hundred friends of ths bridal pair witnessed the marriage. Follow: ing the ceremon eption held at nth street at the church there was the Hitencock home, 1183 3 will spend their honey- moon in the Santa Cruz Mountains and after returning will reside at 23 Louisa street. The groom is a_popular voung business man of s city. His bride was a member of the ss of 182 of the University of California. Peterson, formerly of this will be married soon at Seattle to Miss jan Metha Peterson of Oakland. The’bride- elect is an accomplished pianist. She is a graduate of the Oakland High School and took an advanced course of study at the State Uni- versity. The honeymoon trip will be a voy on the captain’s vessel to Honolulu. Captain Robert city W. M. Rank and son, Lawrence, have gone to Alaska, where they will pass the winter. Mrs. Rank accompanied them, but intends to return on the same steamer. Nancy Johnson became Spencer in Northfield. Their wedding day was October 14, 1341 Now he Sixty years ago M the bride of John B. 1nd. She was_then just 13 and he was 20. is 80 and she is 7. Last evening about thirty friends of the hale and bappy couple called at their homs, 2354 Alameda, and tendered them a surprise party to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of thefr marital union. It was a joyous gathering and Mr. and Mrs. Spencer were as jolly as the jolliest. Both old people are in excellent health and they entered into the spirit of the on with enthusiasm. Mr. and Mrs. Spe had four children born to them, one of whom is dead. Those living are John A. Spencer of Phillipsburg. Mont.. Mrs. Josie Yallup of Walla Walla, Wash., and Miss Ida Spencer of this city. They have four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer settled in St. Paul, Minn., in 1840 and lived there for forty years. They came to Alameda twelve years ago. Both are members of the Historical Society and the 014 Settlers' Soclety of Minnesota. i e sy v Few women consider that they some forty or fift head: carry miles of hair om their the fair-haired may even have to seventy miles of thread of gold morning. ADVERTISEMENTS. A Miraculous Feat. “It seemed that nothing short of 2 miracle could save my little daughter from an untimely death,” says City Marshall A. H. Malcolm, of aumkee,xan. “When two years old she was taken with stomach and bowel trouble and despite the efforts of the best physicians we could procure, she grew gndnz!]y worse and was pronounced in- curable. A friend advised viry Nervine and after giving it a few days she began to improve and final- ly fully recovered. She is now past five years of age and the very picture of health.” Sold by all Drugsists. Dr. Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart, Ind.