The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 8, 1902, Page 11

THE SAN DAYS OF TERROR FOR STUDENTS Examinations Begin at Berkeley for the Intrants, Faculty Promisqs Difficult Tests for Prospective Freshmen, il BERKELBY, —Commencing with orrow and extending over a period of days will be given the annual ma- examinations for admission in e University of California. Excep- tional rigor on the part of the college of- fic is to be taken to prevent the cus- tomary fraud on the part of many of the trants in the entrance examinations. wing proportion of the students recommended from the second- of the er of those taking the ex- maller each year. further strengthened by the pol- e faculty in making the entrance s harder each year. It is not more than 150 will have to school, e schedule of the exami- order in which they will be first day begin at 9 third and fourth days, English 30, Latin Frencn, ek 8; 10:] Gnglish 14b; drawing 16; ment of the August 11—8:30-10:! y 10; 10:30-12 hemistry 12b, Frencl 30, zoology 12d, Germa 5:30, nch, inter- for the removal of de- given to students already y on the following dates: 9 a. m.—Courses in agriculture. 3: 9 a. m.—Courses in vy, drawing. 1:30 p. m.— mechanics. 1:30 p. m.—Courses in 1 languages, chemistry. 1¢ 30 a. m.—Courses 6: 9 , designed to make all companies of this city rme Union, was ef- his evening at a_ meet- | Committees. The or- ated all fra incorporating _the hises granted by ————— Pastor Complains of Swindler. AKLAND, Aug. 7.—The Rev. J. H. € B Eden Baptist Semnsgs red man has been s by selling tickets at $1 the benefit of the Dr. Dwelle says ictims who re- Leitch, an un- n S ‘complaining v was N. W. Secure Licenses to Marry. ND, Aug. 7.—Licenses to marry ed to-day to Edward H. Dau- nd Mamie McCarthy, 24, both of an Francisc land, and Joseph: President Wheeler Returns. BERKELEY Aug. 7. — President family returned to-day loud River, where they have month with Regent or W. B. R te and Prof expected to re- M Oldest Naval Cat Shuffies Off. cat in the United died. For sixteen and mascot of the ish commission d was probabl 1 the world. He had highest naval officials and caressed by women at the many stopped. Es- and even re- pan the adm Alba ed him, cannibal chiefs had stroked and fendled him. At the time of his death Jerry was very old and quite toothle: but he would have lived some yez perhaps, but for a black “hobo’ was kept around the Albatross for the catching the rats and mice, too old and distinguished & * were sleeping be- low decks—peacefully dozing side by sids like good —when a mouse in- truded « ta. A lively scuffle en- sued, and DOOGr mousey W torn to pleces; but Jerry and the black cat came 1o blows and then to bloodshed. Although the toothless old warrior did his best, he would have been cruelly murdered by the black cat but for the timely arrival of the sailors. They took Jerry to the fire- room d left him there in the warmth of the furnace, with plenty of dainty morsel In the dark of the night the black cat strolied leisurely into the fireroom, re- newed the attack, and this time almost killed poor Jerry before the one-sided fight was interrupted. Jerry lingered till {morning, when he died of “wounds re- “celved in battle.”” The crew held a mili- tary trial, found the black cat guilty of manslaughter, and also of conduct unbe- a member of the navy, and sentenced him to “walk the plank,” like any other pirate. e — Boats Eighty Centuries Old. An English paper say “Noah’s ark is generally supposed to be the earliest ship of which we have record; but, says Engi- neering, there exist paintings of Egyptian vessels immensely older than the date 2540 B. C., usually assigned to the ark, be- ing indeed probably seventy and eighty centuries old. Moreover, there are now in existence in Egypt boats which were built about the period the ark was constructed. They are, however, small craft, about 35 feet long, 7 or B feet wide and 2% to 3 feet Geep, They were discovered six years ago by the eminent French Egyptologist, M. J. de Morgan, in brick vauits near Cairo, were probably funeral boats. They are constructed of three-inch acacia and sycamore planks, dovetailed together and fastened with trenails. They have floors, but no ribs, and, though nearly 5000 years old, they held rigidly together after their supports had been removed. These may be considered side by side with the better known but much more modern Viking ship, which is now to be seen In a shed at Christiania. This craft was discovered in 18% and in a funeral mound, so that we owe both these existing examples of ex- tremely ancient ships to funeral customs of countries so dissimilar as Egypt and rwey.” State has tended to | This ten- | de complaint that | GAIEF CAUSES WIDOW'S DEATH Mrs. Annie Carberry Is Suddenly Stricken at Home, Brcods for Months Over the Murder of Her Husband Last Fall. Oakland Office San Francisco' Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 7. After brooding for months over the as- assipation of her husband last October | at Redding, Mrs. Annie Carberry died last evening at her residence, 1064 Twen- ty-fifth avenue. It was grief that con- | tributed in large measure to the breaking | down of the widow’s health. Her men- | tal suffering had been intense and sh could not recover from the shock occd- sioned by the murder fo Rer husbaad. | Death came suddenly. Mrs. Carberry | was alone in her rooms, and it was not | until one of her children went there to { call her to dinner that the discovery was made. Mrs. Carberry had failed so rapidly of |late that she was induced to leave the | scene of her husband’s tragic death and come to Oakland. Her friends believed | that a change of atmosphere and sur- | roundings, removal from the place around which were such dreadful associations, might be of benefit to the suffering widow. Early last month the bereaved woman and her children came, but the change proved to be fruitiess. Mrs. Carberry pined away until at last life's cord sud- denly snapped. Coroner Mehrmann has charge of the se and will hold an inquest to-morrow at the residence. There are six surviv- ing children. Mrs. Carberry was a native of Australia, 48 vears of age. ———————— REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. Cipriano (or Cypriano) Pedrini to Mary Ped- rini (wife), lot on SE corner of Telegraph ave- ening to 100) and Birch street, by S 100, lots 30 and 31, plat Map Temescal Park, Oakland; gift. Cipriano and Mary Pedrini (wife) to Joseph Pedrini (son), Jot 12, block G, map No. 3, d Woitskill Tract, Oakland; sift. rson (single) to Charles E. Lloyd, lot on SW corner of Third and Oak streets, W 25 by S 100, lot 16, block 131, map redivi- | sion block 131, Kellersberger's Map, Oakland; 10. H. T. Holmes Lime Company (a corporation) | to Holmes Lime Company (incorporated), lot | on NW line of Twelfth avenue, 121.85 SW _of v 50. NW ast Twenty 48, NE pleton Trac also lot on E line of Grand street, 150 S of Dayton avenue, E to patent line of Rancho San Antonio, SW to B line of Grand street, N to beginning, lot 7, in block S, Map Oak Park, Encinal of Alameda, ; also personal property and stock in trade, etc.; $10. San Francisco Savings Union (a_corporation) ederick Philbrook, lot on NW line of hth avenue, 120 SW of East Tenth street, NW 70, lots 35 and 36, block 11, sion block 11, Clinton, East Oak- 5. Emily A. Kirby (single) to Mary E. Kirby (single), lot 7, block E, Map Broadway and Telegruph Avenue Park Tract, Oakland; gift. Andrew and Jant C. Jones {o Ella S. Reeves, lots 29 to 32, block C, Map Elmhurst Tract, Brooklyn Township; grant. Henry and Anna . Baumeister to George H, Lee. lot on W _line of Bay avenue, 50.14 N of Tenth street, N 50.14, W _142.27, § 50, E 146, 15t 13, block H, Map Hunfington Tract, Brook- { Iyn_Township; $10. | “Mrs. Carrie' E. Manter (child of Elbridge J. | de Merritt) to Charlissa A. de Merritt (widow), all interest in 27 acres after certain deductions, | ete.) aescribed in estate and guardianship | Joseph W. de Merritt (minor) in second probate | in transcript 3521, August 6, 1902, Eden Town- ship; grant. | Addie M. Cameron (child Eibridge J. de Mer- ritt) to same, all interest in same, Eden Town- | ship;_grant, J. H. Edelen (single) to Fred P. Winchester, lot ‘on S line of Thirty-second street, 520 E of . E 30 by S 140, block 2036, map Rowland Oakland; $10, Rosa M. Shattuck (widow) to the Lindgren- Hicks Company (a_corporation), lot on N line of Bancroft way, 270.17 W of Milvia street, W 40 by N 134.64, being W 30 feet of lot 23 and E 10 feet of lot 22, map Shattuck Tract No. 2, Berkeley; $10, State Savings Bank to Harry E. Dore, lot on N line of Stuart street, 120 E of Grant, E 40 by N 135 lot 48, block 2, map Grove Street Line Tract, Berkéley; $10. George K. and Bessie M. Holloway to Ru- dolph, Perkins & Lyon Co., lot beginning at point in S line of lot 4, 135 W of San Pablo avenue, W 135 by N 49:6, being W 135 feet of E 270 feet of said half of lot 4, corrected map of subdivision Snyder Homestead Tract, subject to deed of trust for $1000, Berkeley; $10. Rudolph, Perkins & Lyon Co, to William Cor- bin, same, Berkeley; $10. William and Aggie E. Corbin (wife) to Con- tinental Buflding and Loan Assoclation, same, | Berkeley; $10, Anna’Lepkofes (single) to Henry J. Drewes, lot 68, map Henry and Phillips Tract, Brook- Iyn Township; $10. John C. and Catherine E. McEwen to Thea- dore Kosch, lot on SE corner of Wheeler ave- nue and Putnam street, § 110 by E 45, lot 1 and W 15 feet of lot 2, subdivision C, map Fruitvale Terminal Tract, Brooklyn Township; $10, Lauben- | | | | | Charles Laubenhelmer to Nellie heimer (wife). lots 10 and 11, block 20, map lands adjacent to Encinal. Alameda; gift, Same to same, lot 12, block 20, same map, Alameda; gift. L. and' Caterina Serralunga (wife) to Albert C.“and Johanna S. Lauritsen (one-half each), 16t on E line of Fourth street (being W line of lot 10, Woodward's survey acre lots), 320 N of Haight avenue, E 200 by N 109:6, portion said lot 10, Alameda; $10. W. G. Tripp to heirs at law of Elizabeth L. | Cook, 1ot on NE corner of Tenth and Castro streets, E 50 by 100, being W 50 feet of lots 1 | to_4, block 147, Kellersberger's Map, Oak- | 1ana: also lots & and 9, block 3, Map MeGee Tract, Berkeley; $10, Mary Stewart (as administratrix of estate of Ellen Stewart), Sarah E. and Charles Hen- | | derson, Occldental Building and Loan Associa- | tion (corporation), William Edwards and Eliza- | beth M. Ford (by J. B. Lanktree, commissioner) Union Savings Bank, ot on SE corner of Lydia and Curtis streets, E 100 by S 50, lot 4, block (308), ap Curtis and Willlams Tract, Oak- J and; . | Wilhelm T. and Anna G | to 8. M. Stone, ¥ Sagehorn (wife) to t lot on N line of Third street, [ B E,of '\\lni‘?xrspglnr;.( E 50 by N 100, lots 27 | and 28, block 30, Kellersberger's = iand; §10. ger's Map, Oak Anna O. Grady (or O'Grady) to sam SW _corner Third and Chestaut steeste, o 95 by § 50, block 444, Map Adeline and Market Street Homestead, Oakland: $10. Eva V. and Stephen Dewing. to Mary E. Dew- | ing (widow), lot on N line of Thirty-fifth street (formerly Walton), 266:3 W of West street, W 50 by N 120:3, lot 28, block M, Map property Central Land Company (formerly Brown Tract) Oakland: also lot on N line of Thirty-ftth street (formerly Walton), 266:3 E of Market, N 120:3, lot 27, block M, same map, E 50 by N 1 Oakland; $10. Ann E. Atwater (Benner) and Willlam O, Atwater (husband) to Julia A. Benner (singie) lot on W line of Boyd avenue, 150 S of Hudson, S 25 by W 100, being N 25 feet of Lot 31, Map Lull Subdivision of Vernon Park Tract, Peralta Reserve, Temescal, Oakland; $10. Arthur P. and Lettie W. Holland to Frank H. Ayers (single), rerecord 83 D ; for descrip- tions see tramscript 3497, July 9, 1902, Oak- land; $10. J.'W. and Cora C. Rabe to William and Mary E. Patridge, lot on S line of Eighth street, 40 W of Henry, S 100 by E 40, biock B No. 1, portion of Gibbons property, $10. Jumes A. and Jane Kinghorn (Jones) to Wil- lam Corbin, 1ot on NW corner of Virginia street and Le Roy avenue, W 50 by N 125, lot 19, block 14, Map Daley’s Scenic = Park, Berkeley: $10. G. L. Willard (as trustee estate Jesse L. Wet- more, bankrupt) to H. K. Starkweather, lots 1 to 24, block B-1, map subdivision of portion of Quigley Tract, subject to 602 M, 81 for $1276, Brooklyn Township; $40. H. K. and Ida C. Starkweather to Wallace H. Locke to same, Brooklyn Township; $10. Ellen F. Kelly (widow) to Mary D. Potter, lot on SW_corner of Seventh and Jackson streets, W 75 by S 25, lot 15, block 62, Kellers- oerger's Map, Oakland; $10. Jacob Pantoskey (single) to A. F. Cornwall, ot on N line of Third street, 110 W of Web- ster, W 40 by N 100, lot 25 and portion lot 24, block #2, same, Oakland; $10. Luigl_and Maria' Damczonio to Edwin Camp, lot on NE corner of Third and Grove streets, E 70:3 by N €5:2, block 27, Kellersbergers Map, Oakland; §10. Elizabeth A. Perreau, Delia Garrett (guar- | $1 PLUCKY W WHIL LAMEDA, Aug. 7.—By the explo- slon of lucine, with which she was cleaning a dress this morn- ing, Mrs. Albert C. Toye, wife of A. C. Toye, a contracting painter of this city, was burned about the head, arms and hands. The flaming fluld scattered over Mrs. Toye's clothes and setting fire to fur- nishings in the room, threatened to de- stroy the bullding. Mrs. Toye's apartments are in tfe Cen- tral block, corner of Central avenue and Oak street. Her screams of agony at- tracted the attention of clerks in the stores on the street floor of the bullding. Several men rushed upstairs and met Mrs. Toye as she was running, frantic with pain and her garments afire, through the haliway. Quickly her rescuers smoth- ered the flames and removed the sufferer to the nearby offices of Dr. C. L. Tisdale, where she was placed under the influence of oplates to relieve the pain. Meanwhile the fire department had been called out to extinguish the fire in the rooms. This was accomplished with small damage, clothing and a dressing, case be- ldngdburned before the flames were sub- ued. In part Mrs. Toye's injuries were due to her efforts to extinguish the fire on herself and in the room before she fled. A lace curtaln, all ablaze, fell from its hangings and spread over the plucky woman before she could get away. De- spite her pain she managed to_trample the curtain down, although her hair was nearly ‘all burned off her head. Mrs. Toye's husband was absent on an excursion of the Master Painters’ Asso- clation and did not learn of the acctdent until he arrived home this evening. The physicians think the patient will recover, but they fear she will be permanently bmarke(l by the scars from the severe urns, © iirdririni el i @ dian estate Elizabeth A. Perreau and Willlam W. Garrett) (by Everett J. Brown, commis- sloner) to Oakland Bank of Savings, lot on N line of Eam ad avenue, 100 E of Unfon street, E 50, , W50, 9, block 535, Boardman's Map, Oakland; $814. A. W. and Francis C. Pulcifer to Elizabeth B. Moore, lot on S line of Seventeenth street, 100 E of Grove, E 25 by S 80, block 271, same, Oakland; $2050. Louis ‘and Adelalde Bruzzone to Rod glm;ul;& lot 0N line of West Third street, 105 of Myrtle. E 46 by N 94, block 482, same, Oakland; $10. X % Louis and Emily Cayron (wife) to Manuel Viera (married), Jot on E line of Willow street, §1 § of Lincojn. S 27 by E 90, lot 7, block B, Map Toland Tract, Oakland; $10. Friedrich (or_Frederick) Wiili to Anne Doro- thea Eleonore Willl, rerecord 836 D. 154, same as ninth deed in transcript 3446, May 7, 1902, Oakland; gift. Alexdixer Murdock (single) to Thomas Dev- itt, rerecord 8456 D. 408, as in twenty-fir: in transeript 3520, August 5, 1902, Oakland; $10. Aggie and Henry T. Carlen (husband) to A. E. Skinner, lot on E line of Howard avenue, 100 S of Bowie street, S 50 by E 105, lots 66 and 67, Map Bowie Property Piedmont District, Oakland Township; $10. Rockwood and Mary A. Flint to Henry N. Farey, lot on E line of Home street, 45 S of Berkeley way. S 44 by E 60, block B, map Villa lots adjacent to university site on W, subject to mortgage for $1600, Berkeley: $15009 Margaret C. Tobin (single) to Jonas I. Bow- ers, lot beginning at a point on S line of Clare- mont Tract, 885 W of Coilege avenue, W 50, N 106:2, E 50, S 105:3, lot 18_block E, map Claremont Tract, Berkeley; $450. Same to John H, Badgett, lot beginning at a point on § line of Claremont Tract, 835 W of College avenue, W 50, N 105:3_ E 50, S 105:4, lot 17, block E, same map, Berkeley: $450. Edward Matthews, Louisa Myers, Melisa Smith and Josephine Kenna (by W. A. Rich- ardson, attorney) to Edward M. Downer (mar- ried), lot on BE corner of Fifth and Bancroft streets, E 222 S 100, W 81, § 49:10, W 41, N parallel with Fifth street 20, W 100, N 12110, lots 1 to 4 and portion lots 5 and 28, block 126, map Tract B, Berkeley Land and Town Im- provement Association, Berkeley; also lot be- ginning at common corner lots 1, 2, 13 and 14, t]lloclé A. W parallel with Berkeley way 63, S 50, E jacent to university site on W, Berkeley; $10. [\'\ illiam E. Merritt to same, same, Berkeley; w. Bridget Sullivan (widow) to N, D. Sickels or Sickles, lgt on E line of Liese avenue, 50 N centh street, N 50, E 136.902, S 50, W 137 . block' A, map Linda Rosa’ Jract corrected, Fruitvale, Brooklyn Township; Mary E. and Luther J. Holton to Fred N. Delaney and Edwin A. Randlett, lot on SB corner of Clinton avenue and Laurel street, S 120 by E 130, Alameda; also lot on SW corner of Clinton avenue and Laurel street, S 120 by W 130, both above described pleces being lots 2, 4 and 6, block A, and lots 1, 3 and 5, block B, map Bellevue Tract, Alameda; $10. e WALTHAM TURNS OUT MONSTER TIMEPIECE Watch With Pillar Plate Which Is Seventeen Inches in Di- ameter. There has just been finished at the American Waltham watch factory a maramoth watch, the largest in the world. To build this gigantic timepiece cost several thousand dollars and several weeks’ time. Special machinery and tools were required for its construction. The watch is a model of the new model six- teen size maximum three-quarter plate watch, enlarged ten times, perfect in every detail and as highly finished as the finest watch. The diameter of the pillar plate is seventeen inches, and the movement is two and one-half inches thick. The bal- ance wheel is six and one-half inches in diameter, and the brequet spring which controls its action is eight feet long, .08 of a centimeter thick and .25 of a centi- meter wide. When running the balance makes a vibration in .7 of a second. . The pallet stones are of sapphire and exquis- itely polished. The actuating, or main- spring, is twenty-three feet long, .17 of a centimeter thick and 2.9 centimeters wide. The mammoth model is &s completely jeweled as a watch of the finest grade. The plate jewels, which are as large as the smallest movement made, or about the size of a nickel flve-cent plece, are fine rubies, about ten lines in diameter, but bushed with sapphires. The polish of the wheels, pinions and other steel work is perfect, and the damaskeening on the - plates 'is almost beautiful. The pendant and winding crown are of fine bronze, brilliantly polished. Every por- tion is made on the exact scale of the watch it represents. No dial has been made for this movement, as it is designed to show not only the action of the train, but the stem-winding and stem-setting mechanism as well. The movement stands on a bronze pédestal and from its base to the top of the winding crown is twenty-six inches.— Boston Herald. e . Curing Lemons to Make Them Sour. How often does a lemon fail to live up to its sour reputation! Until lately Amer- ican lemons were more likely to thus fail than foreign ones, the reason of which was that our growers did not know how to cure lemons. The fruit was never tart enough. There would be plenty of juice, but it contained a high percentage of su- gar and a small percentage of acld, which made it unmarketable. But a few years ago the lemon growers clubbed together and sent experts over to Italy and Spain to learn the business, and now they are producing much better results. They plck the fruit before it begins to furn yellow and put it in a curing house, where it 1% kept at an even temperature of about 5) degrees for about twenty days, which ‘“‘sweats oyt” all the sugar. It 'is then re- moved to ‘another temperature for sixty days more before It is ready for market, ————— Late Shipping Intelligence. Thursday, August 7. ARRIVED, Stmr South Bay, Johnson, 20 hours frcm Eureka. DOMESTIC PORT. PORT LUDLOW—Arrived Aug 7—Schr Ida Schnauer, from Port Gam ——— All the vacancies in the naval medical service are now filled for the first time since the Civil War. . FRANCISCO CALL, s frightfully |, 5, N 49:6, block A, map villa lots ad-1 FRIDAY, AUGUST: 8, 1902. i 11 MAN FIGHTS FLAMES THEY SEAR HER FLESH Explosion of Lucine Envelops Mrs. Albert C. Toye in Fire and She !s Frightfully Burned. MORBID VISIONS UNHINGES MIND Miss Peterson Is Victim of Another’s Tragic Death. Left Alone in House of a Suicide, Young Wcman Becomes Insane. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 7. Left alone in charge of a house which was haunted with memories of a young girl's tragic suicide, Miss Hulda Peter- son, a healthy and rosy-complexioned young woman of 25 years, allowed somber thoughts to prey upon her mind until her own reason was dethroned. This was the sad story related before'Judge Melvin to- day while the young woman was being examined as to her sanity. From the testimony it appeared that the young woman had been requested by a family to take charge of their home in San Franciseo during the summer months. It was in this house that the suicide had occurred. Miss Peterson- had no other companion and during the long hours of the night she allowed visions of the girl who had committed suicide to rise before her. The strain of continuedy loneliness was too great and Miss Peterson’s mind gave way under it. She was removed to the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Anna_ Peterson, 404 East Tenth street, where it was thought brighter surroundings would dispel her de- lusfons. The new associations were pow- erless to efface the fantastic impressions Miss Peterson’s mind had absorbed and to-day she was committed to the Napa Asylum for the Insane. —_————— Mrs. H. H. Watson Passes Away. OAKLAND, Aug. 7.—Mrs. Anna Free- man Watson, wife of Captain H. H. Wat. son and prominent in society life here, passed away last night at a local sani- tarium after an illness of five months. Luck for Him in No. 13. “T want room 13, sald a gentleman the other night at a Southern city hotel. “Sorry 1 can’t accommodate you,” said the head of the night office force, “What is the matter?” “No No. 13 in the house.” “Why is that?” “N(‘)ibody wants it.” “Well, you may want to be hoodooed, or you may want to blow out the gas. Thirteen is all out of fashion now, and I doubt if you will find a room of that num- ber in the city.” Then the would-be guest told a curious story. have always been superstitious,” said he, “and would about as lief take strychnine as sleep in No. 13, until a few weeks ago. I got into No. 13 'of a hotel in Chicago without knowing the number, and that day I won so much money on the races that I had to hire a boy to take it Home for me. “A few days later I .got into No. 13 again by accident, and that day I found a pocketbook and picked up a fine dia- mond stud and won a lot of money again, I could not find the owners of the pocket- book or the stud, so I was way ahead of the deal. “Now I am looking for a room of the same number, and I have been to almost every hotel in town and cannot find one. I am afraid my luck has left me now, and I will be afrald to move about much in this city. It Is too superstitious for me.’ Lov: Excursion Rates—11 Days’ Trip. $40 first class, Includingiberth and meals, San Francisco to Seattle, Tacoma, Van- couver, Victoria, Everett. New Whatcom and return. allowing passengers ample time to go asnore and visit the various polits of interest. For full information ap. ply Pacific Coast Steamship Company’'s consist of numbers -eisco talen! 7 + WOMAN WHO WAS NEARLY BURNED TO DEATH IN ALA- MEDA. . IN OAKLAND SOCIETY. OAKLAND, Aug. 7.—A large reception will be given to-morrow afternoon by Mrs. M. J. Laymance, at her home in Bast Oakland, in ronor of Mrs. James T. Hamilton of Pittsburg, Pa. Mrs. Hamilton has many friends in Oak- land, where she resided for a number of years betore her marriage with Mr, Hamilton. She was then Mrs. Wren and was well known in the musical world, having a very fine soprano volce. Up to the time of her leaving Oakland she was leading soprano in the Pilgrim Con- gregational Church. Mrs. Hamilton is accom- panied by her husband and daughter, and will leave for the East again on the 1Sth. About 200 invitations have been issued for the tea and Mrs. Laymance and Mrs. Hamilton will be assisted by a large recelving party, in- + cluding Mrs. Gilbert L. Curtiss, Mrs. E. J. | Boyes,” Mrs. Lawson Adams Jr., Miss Maud Edith Pope and Miss Leila Evans. A number of voung girls will also assist, being Misses Alda and Blanche Laymance, Mis: Vera Hamilton, Miss Leola Hall, Thornton, Miss Jessie Barstow, Miss Lena Nel- son, Miss Helen Weldershem, Miss Amy Corder and Miss Doris Gr:ymr} Mr. and Mrs. Charles Addison Phillips of Nuneaton, England, were the guests of honor at the Golf Club house last Friday. The pret- tily decorated tables were placed on the wide veranda. Covers were lald for the host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Watt, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. G. Miller, Mrs. H. M. A. Miller, Mrs. P. E. Bowles, Mrs. D. Y. Campbell, Mrs. J. B. Mhoon and Miss Underhill. & S £ Miss Julia Talbot of San Francisco is visit- ing Miss Mae Perkins for a few days at the latter's home on Vernon Helghts. T Mrs. Carrie Brown Dexter has returned to Oakland after a delightful sojourn {n Portland. Mrs. Dexter has been absent about”four weeks and was entertained a great deal during her stay in the morth. = Mrs. Hugh Hogan and daughters are home from Ben Lomond, where they have been spend- ing the summer. Mrs. Beatrice Priest Fine has consented to sing at the First Unitarian Church in San Francisco until her return to her home in the East about the last of September. Mrs. J. R. Burnham and Miss Lucretia Burn- ham have returned from Rowardennan. e Miss Lillian Remillard is visiting friends at Ben Lomond. e e Mrs. Melville Dozler of Los Angeles is visit- ing her parents, Mr. and Mre. G. W. Kinsey, of this city. - ot Pacific Cable Station Iron. EMERYVILLE, Aug. 7.—One hundred tons of structural iron to be used in the erection of the trans-Pacific cable station- house on the Fanning Islands in South Pacific has just been shipped by the Judson Iron Works of this place. The cable is being laid by the British Govern- ment. The Pacific Construction Company holds the contract for the station-houses at the various points where the cable will —_——— land. \ Catholic Ladies Aid Benefit. BERKELEY, Aug. 7.—An entertalnment for the benefit of the Catholic Ladies’ Ald Society will be given in Shattuck Hall to-morrow night. The programme ar- ranged is varied and first class and wil by lfioel.l and San Fran WATER COMPANI GET3 AEDUCTION Large Clerical Error in Favor of Spring Val- ley Is Found. Equalization Board Grants Few Concessions to Applicants. Oakland Office San Franelsco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 7. The application of the Centra Costa Water Company for a reductlon of the as- sessment on its nine franchises was granted by the county Board of Equali- zation this morning. The franchises were assessed in the aggregate at $1,450,000. The beard reduced the assessment to $9000, or $1000 for each franchise. Attorney Emil Nusbaumer on behalf of the water company stated that no reduc- tion was asked on the assessment of its progerty, but as the main office of the company was located in San Francisco, Nusbaumer said, the franchises, if assess- able at all, were assessable in the city and county’ of San Francisco. W. J. Dingee, president of the company, was sworn and stated that the principal place of business of the company was in Ban Francisco. On this showing the assessments were reduced to the figures of last year, Super- visors Mitchell and Talcott voting “no. It was discovered that through a cleri- cal error in County Assessor Dalton’s of- fice the assessment of $174050 on the Spring Valley Water Works in Murray Township had been omitted from_ the rolls. This item was ordered placed on the assessment lists, bringing the total assessment of the Spring Valley Company up to $374,000. The application of the Market-street Congregational Church to have the as- sessed valuation of a mortgage reduced from $7850 to $4350, the face value of the mortgage, was granted. The question of striking the mortgage entirely from the rolls on the ground that it did not bear Interest was not passed upon by the equalizers. The church will make a filendly request of the Superior Court to pass upon the matter. Mrs. Fanny Cohen was granted a re- duction of $100 on improvements on a lot corner Fourteenth and Adeline streets. Her application for a reduction on -the rcialll property from $1100 to 3800 was de- nied. W. R. Hume secured a reduction on property on the corner of Tenth street and Broadway from $%0,450 to $75,000. ‘W. H. Church was granted a reduction from $4800 to $4000 on property in Brooklyn }‘[ownsh!p belonging to the estate of Mrs. ay. - The assessment on property belonging to Mrs. S. J. Gibbs, corner of Seventeenth and West streets, was reduced from 32000 to_$1500. The application of Henry Rodgers for a reduction of the assessment on the Mer- ritt House from $23,000 to $16,000 was de- n‘ed. A decrease of $1000 was granted on the furniture. The application of J. A. and Mary Clo- ver for a reduction of the assessment on property at the corner of Twentieth street and Telegraph avenue from $1950 to $1600 was denied. The application of Sanford Bennett for a reduction on the assessment on prop- erty located near Durant and Alice streets from $7000 to $5500 was denied. Mrs. M. B. Bowers was granted a re- duction of §100 on property in the Criss tract assessed at $5025, T. T. Dargle, as trustee, was granted a reduction from $10,850 to $8650 on property ‘sfii“?d at Fourteenth and Madison ets. AFOPLETIC STROKE CAUSED HARD FALL Professor J. M. Wilson of Berkeley Victim of Severe Accident as Result of Illaess. BERKELEY, Aug. 7.—Professor J. M. Wilson of the department of irrigation a\ the University of California was tak- en h a slight stroke of apoplexy this afternoN while standing before the desk in the First National Bank and fell, sus- taining a heavy blow on the head from contact with the tiled floor. His scalp returned recently fromn the Government surveys which are being made in the seepage lands around Fresno and the heat of that district and overwork are accountable for his con- dition. A similar stroke, received a short time ago, made the postponement of his lectures before the summer school classes necessary. ORCHARDISTS' ASSISTED . BY THE ENTOMGLOGISTS Experts Clark and Volck Do Much to Destroy the Peach Worm and Red Spider. BERKELEY, Aug. 7.—Warren T. Clark and Willlam H. Volck, the entomological experts who have been studying and de- vising methods for the destroying of de- structive insect pests in Northern and Southern California, have reported that their labors were in the main successful. Ciark.worked in the Newcastle dis- trict in Placer County and invented a spray that did much to kill the peach worm that has caused great damage to the orchards in that vicinity. Growers wha used the spray have saved thousands of dollars. Volck was employed in the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles Coun- ty, combating the ravages of the red spi- der. He used a cheap sulphide of potash wash that proved highly effective. Shooter Arraigned. BERKELEY, Aug. 7.—Charles Brown, the young blacksmith who took a shot at his sweetheart, Miss Alice Turner, and her protector, Charles W. Lillard, in a fit of jealous rage last Friday night, was ar- raigned before Justice Edgar this morn- ing on a charge of attempted murder. His preliminary hearing was set for Sat- urday morning and he was released on $3000 bonds. $ Shark Eats a British Soldier. A most startling shark story arrived in England by a recent mail from CapeTown. A thirty-foot specimen of the man-eater type had been loafing around the shores of Table Bay for some days. The huge fish was captured by the na- tives, and upon cutting it open the body of an English soldier was found. The unusual silence on the part of the gar- rison at the town led to the belief that he was a spy of Lord Kiichener’'s, who, in attempting to swim into a Boer camp, had been eaten by the shark. "OOFFEY" STILL KEEPS SILENCE Pseudo Lieutenant Re- fuses to Disclo3% His Identity. Police Think He Passed as Lawton C. Coggeshall in Pensacola. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 7. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, the trail of ‘“Lieutenatn Edgar N. Coffey.” accused of forgery by Mrs. Barbara Al- len, proprietfess of the Galindo Hotel, has been uncovered by Chief of Police Hodgkins and Detective Holland. Now. appears another false character assumed by the dressy young man in the record which is being slowiy uncov- ered. It is as Lawton H. Coggeshall that the prisoner -playe® a part in Pensacola, ‘la., not mapy months ago. Checks and leiters Lezring that name and prepared in acticipation of swindiing moves have been brought to light among *“‘Lieutenant Coffey’s™ effects. Not only was this new alias used in the Everglades State, but he carried it for a while up in Washing- ton and had made ready to use it m check transactions. The military authoritles at Portland, Or., whose documents were stolen, have been in_telegraphic communication with Chief Hodgkins since they learned of “Coffey’s”” arrest. They are anxious to learn how he got hold of so much offics stationery. Not the least important part of the paraphernalia recovered is a series of -United States army transportation biatks from the quartermaster's depart- ment. “Coffey” had only to fill them out at_his own sweet will, present them at railroad stations, and be supplied with first-elass passenger tickets to any point he desired to reach. ‘The young man. was arraigned before Judge Smith to-day in the police court, his preliminary examination being set for to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. ——————— GIRL OF SIXTEEN IS MISSING FROM HOME Jessie Silva Leaves for San Franeisco and Has Not Returned, Though Week Elapses. OAKLAND, Aug. T.—Jessie Silva, aged 16 years, disappeared a week ago from her home at 611 Madison street. The missing girl kissed her mother good-by and left ostensibly to visit friends in San Francisco. She did not arrive at her des- tination, and her relatives fear that some accident has befallen the young woman. The police say it is only a matter of a runaway girl, but the mother thinks her missing daughter was not unhappy and had no reason to abandon the family home. The girl is of Portuguese type, with dark hair, eyes and complexion. She is large for her age and appears as if she were several years older than she really is. —_——————— England was the first European coun- try to have a railway (1825), Servia the last (1884). DOAN’S KIDNEY PILLS. INSANFRANCISCO Every Claim Is Backed by Loeal Testimony. If the reader wants strenger proof than the following statement and experience ‘of a citizen here at bome, what can it be? Charles E. Schwartz, paper hanger, decorator, painter and whitener, residence 1731 Eddy street, shop 310 O'Farrell street, says: “For at least twenty years I have Leen subject to kidney complaint but for the last twelve the attacks were much more pronounced and of much longer du- ration. 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