The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 24, 1901, Page 35

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1901. NEWS OF -THE |BAY CITIES.. | GUARDSMEN TURN AN ARMORY INTO WONDERLAND PROTEST THEIR A% PAYMENTS Property Owners Carry on Attack Upon the Assessment. A Many Grounds Are Offered in Fight on Legality of Raise. Oakiand Office Sen Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Nov. 2. The city Tax Collector's office is being Tooded with protests filed by property owners who are preparinug to resist in the courts the $1,000,000 raise of assessment in | the business district w the City Council s an o ©00 cut it made in the s franchise set to the $1,000,- tnents to-day under protest was the Pa- cific Theological Seminary, which was represented by the law firm of Haven & Haven. Their protest brought out new points of ettack upon the increaged valu- tion. The reasons for protest as set forth in the communication to Tax Cole fector Taylor are as follows: The mndersigned protests against the payment $180 60 of said amount on the ground that amount 85 appearing on your bill is com- 4 upon the basis of said property having | sssessed value of $5,000 and of the tax | % of assessed valuation; that £ $45,000 is that placed on property that the County mssessed said_property at $32,000; that the ac- tion of seid City Council in placing an assess- on said property was and is horized and was and is ex- | inative; that sald tax rate of assessed valuation is il- ncluding the se of paying bonds cLean the 86 15 of sald amount, as puted on the basis ng an assessed value of the payment of that sal assessed sald said City Coun- f $20,000 upon unauthorized and are Charlotte Playter Johnson, former Mayor E. Associa- lark and he Luncheon t were: Mre. O. Mrs. Fred Fun- Willta; s Club will . at the resi- == Marg: Miss Ada Miss Dailey and Messrs. C Dafley, G. Lamb, L. H Miller Carm: Occident Editor and Manager. SRKELEY, Nov. 23.—Alexander of ural was t g elected editor Occident, the student weekly at University of California. Elviso Mini : nager. The | eir new jour- | positions beginning next term as been connected with the staff « e Occident since his sophomore year. i, the business manager, is one of th tar players on this year's varsity eleven, ing & position at half. —_——————— Couples Fail to Agree. {LAND, November 23.—Mrs. Lizzie ek began suit for divorce to-day tthew Holbek on the ground of to provide. The plaintiff asserts e hae been forced by her hus- indolence to support herseif. | w P. Thomson, an employe of the Iron Works, asks for a divorce Lida Thomson on the ground of se plaintiff alleges that the has shifted her affections to d sewing machine agent. e ——— Sleepy Employes Discharged. MEDA, Nov. 25.—Hans P. Nielson Stevens slept at their electric light works, were dis- arged to-day, after a nearing before the committee of the Board of Trustees. ! ant places were filled by the ap- nt of David Greenfield, to be as- \gineer, and Alexander La Plant be man. ————————— at line of furniture moved to H. Schell- 11l be offered at reasonable prices. sciences | | | |Mrs. H. M. Broman Be- | Officer Ely, and Franklin streets, Oakland. * AKLAND, Nov. Regiment Armory on Twelfth street has been converted into a wonderland of electrical beauty in preparation for the forty-first annual reunion and ball of Company A Fiftnh Regiment, N. G. C., which will t held Thanksgiving eve. In point of orig- inality and beauty the decorations sur- pass .anything the company has hereto- fore attempted, and the affair has al- ways been noted for the lavish display in the large ballroom. The decorators have covered the walls and celling with a dainty latticework of ribbons studded with hundreds of incan- descent globes in the national colors. In relief electrical pieces, scrolls, elds, | stars and the like are set, and this forms the background for a series of illumin- ated arches stretched at intervals across the main hall, with scores of electric lights to gleam in harmony of colors from the graceful sweep of the arches. At one end of the hall the bandstand | has been erected over a flowing water- fall illuminated by electricity. The water dashes and leaps over a miniature précipice and disappears beneath a rock- ery, from the crevices of which darts OF GLEAMING LIGH Company A, Fifth Regiment, of Oak SECOND LIEUT Faov. PETERSEN fuoros - BY DAMESA0CD * o FIRST LIEUT. Jc ELus..! ety TLATEL & — N FIRST SERGT C PouLTer VoSS D 72N the gleam of many lamps, More than 1500 electric lights have been utilized in working out the elaborate scheme. The plan has been handled by Second Lieutenant F. W. Petersen, as- sisted by Quartermaster Sergeant M. Herman and other members of the com: pany. It has been throughout a ‘labor of love.” GRIEF CAUSES 035 OF MIND comes Insane While Nearing Home. Oakland Office San Francisco Cali, | 1118 Broadway, Nov. 23. Mrs. Helen M. Broman, a passenger on | the northbound Los Angeles train, while | en route to San Francisco left the train | at the Sixteenin-street station this morn- ing, refusing to further continue her trip. Mrs. Broman had been to Los Angeles on a visit to her daughter, and was presum- ably returning to her home in San Fran- cisco to join her son, who is employed there. On the way up Mrs. Broman was act- ing queerly. She claimed that three men were following her, intending to do her great harm. When she alighted her ac- tions attracted the attention of Police | who caused her removal to the Recelving Hospital, where she will be heid pending an examination into her sanity F. A. Broman, a tailor, who was the husband of the woman, died in 1899, and since that time her mind has been fafl- ing. Miss Lena Deike Robbed on Train. | OAKLAND, Nov. 23—Miss Lena Delke, { residing at 630 East Twelfth street, wus | robbed of a chatelaine bag containing $25 while she was crossing the bay to-night. Leaving the train at Seventh street and Broadway, Miss Delke pointed out to Po- liceman Murray a man whom she su: pected of the theft. The stranger was ai rested and_ was identified at the City Prison as Thomas Howard, who was re- leased from Folsom penitentiary three weeks ago. He had occupied a seat be- hind Migs Dejke on the train. The money and bag were not found in Howard’s pos- session. The police believe he had a con- federate. e MISSING MAN FOUND.—James Price, a lodger in the Winchester Hotel, who was re- ported last Thursday as missing, turned up Yesterday. He was not much the worse for wear. PET RAT SPOILS A NATURE SuDy Gets Loosein the School- room and Is Hotly Pursued. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Nov. 23. An untoward accident broke up the class in nature study yesterday in Miss Ro- bina Ferguson’'s room in the Cole Gram- mar School. Miss Bertha Chapman, who supervises the department of nature study, instructed the pupils a day or two ago that they should each fetch a house- hold pet to school on Friday in order to make studies of their peculiarities. When Miss Chapman called the class to atten- tion in the afternoon she found her re- quest had been taken literally. There were sufficient animals on hand to stock a Barnum annex. In the midst of the studying something happened to start the girls to the high places and the boys upon a hot pursuit. By some unaccountable means a white rat that belongs to one of the boys got out of its cage. It was detected by a brindle cat, which gave It a run for its life. The proprietor of the white rat pur- sued the cat in an attempt to rescue thie rodent. Stirred to fevur neat by the cx- citement, a big Newfoundland dog joined in the race. Socon every boy in the room was doing his best (o herd the rat into a corner. Teachers and girl puplls sought safety on the chairs. Not tintil the cat caught the rat was order restored. 15 =olid oak roll top office desks, all sizes, must be sold at H. Schellhaas’ furniture sale This week. _ Corner store, 11th street, Oakland: + At the Theaters. OAKLAND, Nov. 23.—“At The members only wanted to demapd for the nece: excel anything they had “before tempted. Besides the ballroom aecorations the re- ception hall, parlors and dressing-rooms have been artistically aecorated, the na- tional colors and mil'wiry emblems pre- dominating. The affair is invitational, and a great ry card exists. at- ity k - COMMISSIONED AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF COMPANY A, FIFTH REGIMENT, N. G. C., WHO ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL REUNION AND BALL, TO BE GIVEN BY THE GUARDSMEN ON THANKSGIVING EVE. — The company keeps all of its entertain- ment within itself. TkLe orchestra will be composed of its own members, fifteen In number, under the leadership of Edward Donaldson. . Preparations have bcen made to enter- tain 1000 guests during the evening. The programme of dances vill be interspersed with other entertainment, and dainty re- freshments will be sc-ved. ‘Work upon the plane for this year's re- unfon has been under way for two months. Many Committees in Charge. The arrangements have beem in the hands of a general committee, the mem bers of which are the following named: Becond Lieutenant F. W. Peterson, chair- man; First Lieutenant J. C. Ellis, First Sergeant C. Poulter, Quartermaster Ser- geant M. Herman, Sergeants C. Cron, S. A. Willard and R. E. Yost; Corporals L. Francis, A.Gray, A. Poulter and D. Val- entine; Privates E. Lamb, C. H. Lanca=- ter, C.” Reuter, C. J. Orton and P. N. ‘Winlund. ‘The ball will be in the hands of a floor committee composed of the following of- ficers and men: Floor director, Lieutenant F. W. Peter- sen; assistant floor director, Corporal Lee Francis; chief aid, Corporal Gray; as- sistant alds—Private Klinkner, Sergeant York, Private Orton and Private Lan- caster. The duty of welcoming the guests falls upon the following reception committee: Captain Edward G. Hunt, First Lieuten- ant John C. Ellis, Sergeant Charles Ellis, Corporal C. Poulter and T. Brown. Following are the sub-committees: Decorations — Quartermaster Sergeant M. Herman (chairman), Privates Bell, Reuter, Lancaster and Lamb. Music—Corporal Francis Quartermaster Sergeant Private Orton. Printing—First Sergeant Poulter, Ser- geant Cron, Corporal Valentine and Pri- vates Winlund and Lancaster. Invitation committee—Lieutenant Peter- sen, Quartermaster Sergeant Herman, Corporal Poulter and Corporal Francis. Refreshment committee—Sergeant Cron, Corporal Boas and Private Winlund. (chairman), Herman and B e e e e e Bl FIRE SGORCHES WOMAN'S FLESH Mrs. Mary Heaney Uses Oil - With Fatal . Results. In an attempt to quicken a fire with coal ofl at noon to-day, Mrs. Mary Hcaney was so badly burned about the body that. she cannot recover. Mrs. Heaney, whese home is at 1782 Atlantic avenue, thought to hurry along the noon- day meal by throwing coal ofl, which she took from a gallon can, upon the flames in the stove. While thus engaged the flames burst out and caught upon the thin dress that she was wearing. In a mo- ment her clothing was a mass of flames. She screamed and fought to put out the fire. Neighbors, answering the cries of agony, secured a blanket with which they enveloped the woman and soon smothered the flames. At the Receiving Hospital, to which place Mrs. Heaney was removed as soon as possible, the physicians decided that she was too severely injured to survive the shock and wounds. The flesh of the back, face, chest and arms, was burned in many places to a crisp, searing such an extended area that it would be impossible to heal. Mrs. Heaney suffered greatly be- fore oplates were adminisgered to her and told in fitful intervals of consclousness how the accident occurred. ‘While some of the neighbors were min- istering to Mrs. Heaney, others were . fighting the flames that had begun to ccnsume her home. It was necessary at lest to turn in an alarm to save the house from destruction. Mrs. Heaney is the mother of two the Old'| g1own sons, one of whom, John Heaney, Cross Roads,” a Southern drama, is billed | {5 {n the employ of the ralflroad company, for Sunday night at the Theater. On Thanksgiving eve Haver- 1y's Minstrels will give their big show. A Man of Mystery” is the title of a Jekyll and Hyde drama which will be presented during the coming week at thc manufacture Teweyx Theater i Macdonough | and the other is with the Western Union Telegraph Company. She is a widow and wrell-to-do. There are 4854 British patents for the of furniture other than chairs, THANKSGIING INTHE CHURGHES Pastors Offer Special Services of Praise in Song. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Nov. 23. Special services for Thanksgiving will mark worship to-morrow in many of Oak- land’s churches. The churches of East Oakland will hold @ union service at the Eighth-avenue Methodist Church at ¥:30 o'clock Thurs- day morning. The sermon wili be preached by the Rev. H. W. Fraser, pas- tor of the Brooklyn Presbyterian Church. The exercises at the First Baptist Church will include a Thanksgiving mu- sical service at evening worship. There will be numbers by a mixed quartet, a male quartet, with Richard Ferrer, vio- linist, and Miss Beulah George, soprano. In celebration of the raising of a debt of $8500 there will be a jubilee service to- morrow morning at the First Pres- byterian Church, with an address by the pastor, the Rev. Ernest E. Baker. At the evening service the pastor will preach on “Universal Thanksgiving.” A Thanksgiving festival will be held to-morrow evening at the First Congre- gational Church. At the First Methodist Church there will be a musical service at evening wor- ship, under the direction of Choirmaster J. M. Robinson.. The second of a serlées of monthly sa- cred concerts wil be given to-morrow evening at Golden Gate Baptist Church in connection with,special Thanksgiving exercises. At the Tenth-avenue Baptist Church the pastor, the Rev. C. M. Hill, will con- duct Thanksgiving services to-morrow morning. The Rev. Willlam Kelly, pastor of the First Lutheran Church, will officiate at speclal services to-morrow. The central churches of Oakland will unite on Thursday morning in Thanks- LOSES RIS LIFE FOR FIVE GENTS August Lundgren Jumps From Fast-Moving Street Car. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Nov. 23. Laboring under the impression that he was about to be ejected from a street car for non-payment of fare, August Lund- gren jumped from one of the coaches of the Haywards electric rallway last night and fell in such a way as to land upon his head and crush his skull. Death re- sulted early this morning at the Receiv- ing Hospital. . Lundgren and his wife had been guests of the Campbell family at Elmhurst for a week, having come from their home in Towle, Placer County, where the hus- band was a blacksmitli. He volunteered last night to go to High street to pur- chase some supplies at a grocery stor Not being acquainted with the geography of the place, he rode past his destination, and while the car was running along East Fourteenth street, between High street and Fruitvale avenue, the con- ductor demanded of him another 5 cents, his first payment cogering only a portion of the journey. Lunnren refused to pay the extra fare and the conductor was about to stop the car to let him off when he, thinking he would be put off, jumped of his own accord. The car was going at such a rate of speed that the man was thrown heavily’ to the ground, landing squarely upon his head. Lundgren's death is particularly dis- tressing, as he had five children depen- dent upon him, the eldest of whom is 13. His wife arrived at the hospital shortly after his death. @ iiminirinieieii i @ glving day services, which will be held at the First Methodist Church. The Rev. Ernest E. Baker will pre the sermon. ‘The choir will gramme, * | TS FOR THEIR ANNUAL REUNION land, Completes Preparations for Gathering of DEATH ENSUES State’s Defenders at Brilliant Function on Thanksgiving Eve. * ., FROM GLANDERS A Prominent Society Woman Is Mysteri= ously Stricken. s Scientists Are Baffled by the Case of Mrs. Bertha Martens. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Nov. 3. Under circumstances which have baffled the expert Investigations of several phy= siclans, Mrs. Bertha Martens, wife of D, Richard Martens, a prominent member of the German colony of this city, dfed at midnight at her residence, %2 Linden street, from glanders. In what manner the patient became infected with the dis~ ease the doctors have been unable ta learn. The malady is one that rarely af tacks human beings. Careful examinationy of the horses owned by the Martens hag failed to disclose the slightest trace of theq disease among them. Mrs. Martens was stricken several days ago. Dr. J. P. Dunn was called to ate tend the suffering woman, only to have his suspicions immediately aroused con< cerning the nature of her affliction. That he might have absclute certainty in the diagnonsis, several other expert micros scopists and bacteriologists were sumw« moned. No hope could be given for the recovery of the patient, for there is no known reme edy nor cure for glanders, either in the horse or in the human being. The doctors were compelled to tell the sorrowing family that the case was fatal, and only alleviating means to check the suffering as much as possible until deatly should call could be used. The physicians who attended Mrs. Mar< tens refused absolutely to discuss the case. The certificate, as signed by Dr, Dunn and recorded at the health office, shows ‘‘glanders™ to have been the cause of death. Becdfise of the nature of the diseage the funeral was held privately this aftérnoon, interment taking place in Mountain Viewt Cemetery. Mrs. Martens, nee Reichling, had lved in Oakland since her babyhood. She was a native of Volcano, Cai., 40 years of age, She returned only a short time ago from a tour of Europe. In social life she was very prominent. As an officer and active member of the German Ladles’ Relief So~ clety, Mrs. Martens was well Rknown. The family are recipients of much sympas thy from a wide circle of friends. FRANCIS MURPHY TO ATTACK THE SALOONS Temperance Evangelist Will Conducy Open-Air Meeting in Front of Twelfth-Street Resorts. OAKLAND, Nov. 2.—Francis Murphy, the temperance evangelist, will conduct an open air meeting to-morrow afterncom at 3:30 o'clock in front of the Palm Gars den and Cafe Bohemia, on Twelfth strees, between Broadway and Washington street. The committee in charge of the demonstration have invited all of tha church and temperance societies in this city to take part in the meeting. It is bes ing arranged under direction of the Cof- fee Club Association, the officers of which are as follows: President, W. N. Jenkins; secretary, Ju R. Gorsuch; treasurer, F. P. Lee. —_———— Licenses to Marry. OAKLAND, Nov. 23.—Licenses to marry were jssued to-day to Herman J. Sans< berger, aged 3 years, and Martha A Cowing, 30, both of Haywards; Josiah P. Davis, 28, and Glenna L. Williams, 21, both of Fruitvale; Aylmer H. Haly, 24, Oakland, and Ella Whipple, 21, Decotog George B. Santos, 23, and Mary J. Santos, 21, both of Oakland. ————— John F. Daly’s Will Filed. OAKLAND, Nov. 2.—The will of the late John F. Daly, a pioneer resident of Alameda, who died last Sunday, was filed for probate to-day. Under its terms the three children receive an equal division of 324 shares of Union Gas Engine stock and the widow the residue, the entire es- tate being valued at about $30,000. S et————— Girl Basket-Baller Injured. ALAMEDA, Nov. 23—Miss Lena Con- neau, right guard of the girls' basket-ball team of the High School, sustained a frac< ture of the collarbone to-day, while play- iog in a game here with the team from the Santa Rosa High School. The contest was won by the visitors by a score of § td 0. « ADVERTISEMENTS. Specialists FOR Men STRICTLY RELIABLE } X THE VARIOUS FORMS OF GENERAL debility and convalescence following certain diseases, such fs the lowered standard of the vital processes that the function of no organ is perfectly performed, and with the Te- sulting depression the patient has a AL weakness. The physician’s first thought, under these conditions, is nerve and other tonics. Not Weakness— Symptoms ! By.far the greater number of patlents. how- Lever, seeking reltet for so-called ‘‘Weakness™ is furnished by healthy and robust men. On examination, we find a Prostate Gland which has been damaged by either u contracted dis- order or early dissipation. These patients have no weakness at all. Prematureness, of Vitality, etc., are the symptoms, or disordered function, of the chronically inflamed prostate gland. We find by curing this inflammation that full vigor at once returns. It should be understood that tonics, electricity, etc., might cure a real weakness, but would do harm in inflammation. The main object is to reduce the size of the tender, swoilen and prostate. This we accomplish by local treat- ment, thus avolding drugs. Men who have un- Successtully treated for a weakness should gow understand the cause of failure. We send free on application a colored chart of the organs which will be found useful in diagnosis and Interesting to all wishing to 'tw‘ the Offices and Hospital, £ive & spseal musical o> | 997 Market natomy of the male. 3 4 , _entire upper foor. St., Cor. 6th.