The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 9, 1902, Page 9

¥y THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1902. FALLS FAOM IR OF “WL" TRHN Vagrant Riding on the Roof Survives Thrill- ing Plunge, Eurled Frcm His Perch While Traveling at Nearly a Mile a Minute. Special Dispatch to The Call. BAKERSFIELD, Aug. 8.—In the County t is a man whose experiences in week have been marvelous. He Mott, who fell from the roof of a e Owl train at Lerdo and is now | ' ten days for vagrancy. ing a ride on the Owl from Fresno. Everything went well until the train was ing a curve at Lerdo. Mott was ng on either side of the roof as the in rushed along at the rate of fifty-five se ground. Mott, when seen to-day and asked to from 2 train traveling at that rate, said: “I really do not know anything about it, as 1 was asleep when the accident hap- pened. I should judge that I went to sleep shortly after leaving Fresno, but at what point I do not know. 1 woke up about 4:30 o'clock in the morning; the sun was st rising and I could not tell where I The last I remembered 1 was riding on the top of the Owl train; then I fell from the train. I walked to the next sta- tion, which is Lerdo, about a mile dis- tant, and was there taken on a freight to Delano.” Mott was soon afterward arrested on a charge of vagrancy and given ten days n the County Jail in this city. Apparent- he was not in the least injured by his from the train. COMMITS SUICIDE AT TOP OF A MOUNTAIN Climber Becomes Insane in the High Altitude and Cuts His Throat. Aug. 8—While attempting, to reach the summit of one mountains in the viclnity ., Robert Dunsmuir became y insane and cut his throat. a few moments later, within half a e top of the Three Sisters range. , William Liphardt and Keith arted from Fernle on their last Saturday. They reachea point that evening and arly the next morning they the sum but when within le of it Dunsmuir was taken ill nions left him and contin- When the lled him is belleved to have with two companions, was steal- | He! | aTRIKERS JEER AT SOLDIERS Troopers on an Errand of Mercy Meet Angry Miners. Mother and Child Rescued From Violence of Neighbcers. SHENANDOAH, Pa., Aug. 8.—A platoon of the Governor's troop of cavalry went to Turkey Run Hill to-day on an errand of mercy and rescued a small family from violence of the neighbors. Petty acts of violence have been reported from that territory nearly every day for a week. To-day General Gobin received a pa- thetic letter from the wife of a non-union | workman who is employed in the Gilber- ribe the sensation of being thrown | | min | the woman. ton colliery of the Philadelphia and Read- ing Coal and Iron Company in which she told of the treatment accorded her by 4 3 | strikers in that vicinity, o e g jureh near Lerdo | “Among other things she sald rocks Imd ave himself he was thrown headlong to | ier, Lo"" through = the windows at night, one of them nearly striking her sleeping child; and while she was outdoors one night a shot was fired at her. She also sald crowds gathered around the house, hooted and jeered at her and the child and hung crape on the door. Her husband, she con- cluded, was compelled to stay in_the s in order to earn money to keep them from starving, and as he could not leave his work she asked the command- ing officer of the troops here to protect er. Turkey Run Hill has no police protec- tion, and General Gobin decided to help He learned that she was not in the best of health, and it was decided that she had better be taken from the place to the Pottsville hospital. To carry | this out the general ordered a platoon of | cavalry to make a demonstration in that section and while there to escort the woman and child to the raflroad station. This was done. The troops rode all over the territory and found that the population, which is made up of many foreigners, was not in the best frame of mind. The soldiers were hooted and jeered and called un- complimentary names. Only one stone | was thrown at the horsemen and this was done by some one in a crowd on a high ridge out of reach of the soldiers. The cavalrymen stopped their horses and the | crowd scattered instantly. returned they t | B by the high altitu The | trail was difficult that he was buried where ¥ d. Californians in New York. NEW ¥ he Mathien, at the C at the Sturtevant e Park Avenue; L L. e Herald Square; & a at the Hoffman; C. D. at the Grand Union; Miss A. L. 2 ¥ and_wife, at th 5. Manning, at the Bartholdi; at the Ashland; J. H. Young, way Central. Mrs. Gherardi, at the A. E. Halsted and wife, at I E. Ingraham, at the mpbell, at the Imperiai; e Herald Square. Grievances of Ireland. LONDON, Aug. §.—On a motion provid- ing for the third reading of the appro- n bill in the House of Commons - P. O’Connor (Irish Nationalist) fighting speech, in which e grievances of Ireland, es- y denouncing Sergeant e described as a per- v while in the ¥, falsely convicted innocent O’Counor strongly denounced Government for its refusal to extra- an from his retreat at Lowell, ndham, Chief Secretary for declined to further discuss the Sheridan case, but promised that if Irish lendlords combined and resorted to such ces as boycotting and intimidation would take much pieasure in sum- g the offenders before magistrates. Grain Rates to Be Reduced. CHICAGO, Aug. 8 —Traffic officlals of the cago-St. Paul lines received verbal notice to-day that the Great Northern and Northern Pacific would reduce grain rates rthwest territory to St. Paul, and Duluth, to take effect r 1. It is announced that the maximum reduction will be 2 cents per 10 pounds, points as far south as Yank- ton, S. D., being included. The trafiic of- concerned were given to understand ater they would be invited to a con- s would be discuss — - Bull Charges the Toreadors. POINT RICHMOND, Aug. 8.—The arena was the center of attractive performances to-night. The big Mexican steer made fifteen charges at the toreadors in the twenty-minute bout and the wooden guards were used nearly every moment for a safe retreat. Three dangerous steers were used. The audience was delighted with the exhibition, but the Mexican bull- s ers were displeased. To-morrow at 4:30 there will be a benefit for Matador Enrico Robles Chicorrito, who will per- form the daring feat of standing in the arena’ without a weapon. . Two New Archbishops. NEW YORK, Aug. S.—Information has been received in this city to the effect that the authorities at Rome had con- firmed the nomination of Right Rev. John M. Farley to the archbishopric of New York, made vacant by the death of Arch- bishop Corrigan. The appointment will be formally announced on August 15. Through the same source comes the in- formation that Right Rev. J. Lancaster | Jonge Bpaiding, Bishop of Peoria, will be the | successor of the late Archbishop Feehan | of Chicago. - Survives a Long Fall. % GRASS VALLEY, Aug. 8.—After falling down & forty-foot shaft last night Robert Quick Jr. lives to tell of it, and beyond a | few bruises he is not injured. Quick was | company agrees to on his way home and took a siort through the 0ld mining region of Bosten Rayine, where there are many old shafts, I;: the darkness Quick walked into one of them. e GRAPE-NUTS. Politely Invite your hotel waiter to serve Grape-Nuts ] ‘- The Food B will come. E following | nce at which the proposed new grain | d. gcthe two Lithuanians, who wers vester- ay Joseph Beddall in the riot of last week, were to-day committed without bail to the County Jall at Pottsville on the charge of murder. Another Lithuanian charged with rioting was released on $2000 bail. understood that a large number of other arrests will be made and more charges of murder will be brought. The police offi- cials are having much difficulty in ferret- ing out the participants in the riots. The foreigners are standing together and are not volunteering any information. It was feared that an attempt would be made to rescue the two Lithuanians held for murder and the other charged | with rioting from the little lock-up early { this morning. In consequence a company of soldiers on guard duty close at hand is kept in readiness to march. Extra guards are on duty at the borough building, in which the men are confined Tennis at Santa Monica. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8.—In the cham- | plonship tennis play at Santa Monica to- v the finzls of the men’s doubles, the great match of the day was unfinished at darkness, each team having won two sets. The teams werc composed of Smith and | MaeGavin of San Francisco vs. Freeman ! | Sutton beat Florence Sutton, 6-2, 6-4. May | and Britton of Pasadena. The final will be played Saturday morning. The win- ners will meet Bell and Braly in the after- ncen for the championship cups. The doubles to-day were splendid exhibitions, the best n fact seen on the southern courte. Miss M Sutton, ladies’ cham- pion, defeated Violet Sutton in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1. May Sutton has won the cup thrice, and it now becomes her per- sonal property. In the consolation singles, Smith beat Wayne, 6-0, 6-1. Claude Wayne beat Hart, 2-6, 6-2, 14-12. MacGavin Fuller, 6-0, ‘Ladies’ singles— Sutton beat Violet Sutton, 6-1, 6-1. Mixed doubles—Way and May Sutton beat Mac- | Brit. | Gavin and Miss Shoemaker, 6-2, 7-3. ton and Mrs. Sevmour beat Smith and Mrs, Hendrick, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Ladies’ handi- ca} singles—-Miss Seymour beat Mrs. Sey- | mour; Mrs. Hendrick beat Miss Hendrick. | IS EEEEESENEENENREENEE English Tennis Players Win. NEW YORK, Aug. 8—The famous Doh- erty brothers, in doubles of all England, defeated Hol- combe Ward and Dwight Davis to-day in the double match on the courts of the | Crescent Athletic Club, Bay Ridge, be- fore 7000 spectators. It was not gener- ally expected that the Americans would win this match and the prediction was fully realized in four sets. The first went to Ward and Davis at 6-3, but the Sec- | ond, third and fourth were scored by the Dohertys at 10-8, 6-3 Fires in the Siskiyous. ASHLAND, Ore.,, Aug. 8—Forest fires are raging in the Siskivou Mountains, in the Beaver, Hungry and Grouse Creek mining sections. Reports connect thetr origin with the bitter feeling that has! grown up in that section against timber Jand locators, who have filed notices of location on thousands of acres, all of which is claimed to be mining land. Nevada Town Destroyed. RENO, Nev., Aug. 8.—A special dispatch from Ralisade says that that town has been almost wholly destroyed by fire. The entire district on the northern side of Main street was swept clean. Many families have been rendered homeless and afd is being recelved from neighboring towns. The burned buildings include the Railroad Hotel, Beasley's Hotel and Sum- merall’s Hotel. ey Cyclist Kramer Wins Again. BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 8—In the Na- tional Circuit championship cycle races at Buffalo Athletic Field Frank L. Kra- | mer defeated Major Taylor in the final heat of the five-mile championship pro- fessional. Time, 12:062-5. Owen Kimble won the final heat of the mile handicap professional in 1:58 4 Ll et Yacht Tecumseh Wins. MONTREAL, Aug. 8—The Tecumseh won the second race in the Seawanhka yacht cup series to-day by 1 minute 22 It was the Tecumseh’s weather and she defeated the Trident by outfoot- ing her. Boycott to Be fi?movod. * STOCKTON, Aug. 6.—The boycott | placed on the Sperry Flour Company by | the Longshoremen’s Association of this | terday morning, is such that her attend- city will be removed to-morrow. The employ only union men, reserving the right not to hire in- competent members of the union. —_—_———— THE DAY’S DEAD. 1] CHICAGO, Aug. 8.—Joseph Bond, presi- | dent of the American Radiator Company, | died to-day of Bright's disease. Bond was born in 1852, the descendant of one of the oldest families of Massachusetts. He was a trustee of the University of Chicago and a member of the Chicago, Union League, Quadrangle and Onwent- sia clubs. . L Rudolph von Benningsen. BERLIN, Aug. 8.—Rudolph von Ben. ningsen, the Liberal statesman and for- mer Chief Administrator of Hanover, is, dead, aged 88 years. ——— SACRAMENTO, Aug. 5.—Daniel Cummings, an aged carpenter, has been missing from bome in this city’ for several days. His body was found floating in the river at Freeport to- day. the house was damaged, | held responsible for the death of | It is | former tennis champions | PSEUDO ARMY OFFICER ADMITS THAT HE COMMITTED FORGERY L Steals‘» Offici AKLAND, Aug. 8.—By means of i a bottle of whisky pseudo ‘“Lieu- | tenant Edgar N. Coffey,” Twelfth i Cavalry, United States army, tempted a,recruiting sergeant at Portland, Or., from the path of duty and then robbed the army offices in the Ore- gon metropolis of a lot of documents { upon which he based his partly success- ful scheme to swindle hotel people | throughout California. 3 How “Coffey” secured the military par- aphernalia he used in his impersonation |of an army officer on a secret mission was a mystery to the police and to the military authorities who are close upon { the stylish swindler's heels. It was ex- | plained to-day during “Coffey’'s” prelimi- | nary examination before Police Judge | Smith on the charge of forgery sworn | to by Mrs. Barbara Allen, proprietress of the Hotel Galindo. Chief of Police Hodgkins and Detective | Denny Holland uncovered the story. | “We asked ‘Coffey’ where he procured { the official army documents, checks, transportation blanks and franked envel- opes,” sald Chief Hodgkins on the wit- ness’ stand. | ROBS RECRUITING STATION. “He replied: “‘From the United States army recruit- ing station at Portland, Or.” “*How did you obtain them?” “‘I went to the offices with a bottle | of whisky, which I gave to the recruit- | ing sergeant in charge of the headquar- ters.’ replied the prisoner, ‘and.the rest of it was easy. I got what I wanted out | of the place. ‘I stamped the blank checks with the signature of rank of the officer in charge | and also stamped Captain Mclvor's sig- | nature on the letter heads that I used, | continued Coffey to the police. ‘Oh, it | was easy enough, because the sergeant was too_busy with the bottle.’ " | Chief Hodgkins continued: “When ‘Coffey’ began his story he in- sisted that he was a second lieutenant stationed under Captain Mclvor at Port- land. We told him we believed that if we telegraphed to Portland the reply | would be that he was a fraud. He ad- mitted finally that he was wrong when ELKS PRESENT TOKENS TO DIRECTOR GENERAL Oakland Lodge Testifies Its Recogni- tion of Max L. Schlueter’s Ser- vices During Carnival. OAKLAND, Aug. 8.—Because of his ser- vices as director general of the recent | successful Eiks' street carnival Max L. Schlueter was honored last night by Oak- land Lodge No. 171, B. P. O. E., which presented to him a magnificent repeating movement gold watch and chain, an elk- horn cane and a portfolio made of the newspaper stories of the fair. The pre- | sentation speeches were made by George | W. Reed and G. Russell Lukens. Upon | the watch is the inscription: ‘‘Presented by Oakland Lodge No. 171, B. P. O. E., to Brother M. L. Schlueter, director general, in token of distinguished services.” e e T ST FEAR THAT FLAMES HAVE BEEN INHALED { Mrs. A, C. Toye May Be More Seri- | ously Burned Than Was at First Supposed. ALAMEDA, Aug. §.— The condition of Mrs. A. C. Toye, wife of A. C. Toye, the contracting painter, who was so seriously burned about the head and neck by an ex- plosion of lucine in her apartments yes- ing physician: Dr. T. Tisdale, is unwil- ling to give out a statement as to the out- come Otgher injuries. The greatest danger lies in the probabil- ity that she inhaled some of the flame. Narzotics were required during the night to relleve the sufferings of the injured woman. —_——————— Thinks Horner Was Drowned. OAKLAND, Aug. 8.—Coroner Mehr- mann has been advised by Fred G. Hor- ner, 1-Beeker place, San Francisco, that the man who fell off the ferry-boat Oak- land last Saturday night is probably John | W. Horner, 29 years of age, residing at | 862 Adeline street, with his wife and | daughter. Horner was in the employ of the Brooks-Fallow Electrical Company of San Francisco. He took the B:J P. m. i boat from the city Saturday night from which the passenger fell from one of the chain lockers. Horner had been for years in the habit of sitting on a chain box dur- ng the 'cross-bay trip. It is supposed he lost his balance and fell overboard. — e Rain Gladdens Arizonans. TUCSON, A. T., Aug. §.—Good rains fell through Pima County to-day. Advices from Cochise and Santa Cruz counties re- ! port rains yesterday and heavier down- } pours to-night. al Documents From . Recruiting Sergeant and ‘ Fills Them Out. *LIEUTENANT ™ - EpGArR N COFFE'Y f\\ ] T W [ C— - A BOGUS ARMY OFFICER WHO ADMITTED TO THE OAKLAND POLICE THAT HE ROBBED A MILITARY RECRUITING OFFICE AND PASSED FORGED CHECKS, AND ONE OF HIS VICTIMS. - = e ik e e | in secret work for the Government. He did not care to explain why he had sent letters to the Hotel Metropole under a different flame than that of ‘Lieutenant Coffey.” At last he was asked the fol- lowing question: ‘‘Is it not a fact, ‘Coffey,’ that you came ‘West and, finding yourself in financial distress, conceived the plan that you put into operation?” ANXIOUS TO GET TO PRISON. “That’s about right,” replied ‘Coffey.’ “This man who called himself Edgar Newman,” testified Mrs. Barbara Allen, “presented a check to me, explaining about the secrecy of his work. I gave him $100 on it, because I believed the let- ter I had received In advance of his ar- rival was genuine.” After Prosecuting Attorney A. P., Leach had offered the check in evidence, At- torney Fred Fry, in behalf of the accused, ALLEGED INSANE PERSON SUES FOR HIS PROPERTY James Woodall, Released From Asy- lum, Asks to Be Restored to Capacity. OAKLAND, Aug. 8.—James Woodall, who was committed to the Napa Asylum for the Insane in 1898, but was subse- quently released on a writ of habeas cor- pus, filed a petition to-day asking that letters of guardianship of his person and estate issued to his daughter, Annie ‘Woodall, be revoked. The petitioner alleges that his commit- ment to the asylum was illegal on the ground that he was not present in per- son while his sanity was being passed upon, and also that he had not been served with the necessary papers notify- ing him of the examination. The estate is worth § GRASSHOPPERS REAPPEAR IN THE FRESNO DISTRICT BERKELEY, Aug. 8.—The grasshoppers kave reappeared in the Fresno district. Last night Professor Charles W. Wood- worth received a telephone communica- tion from an orchardist near Fresno, stat- ing that the winged pest had returned and asking for his assistance. Professor ‘Woodworth left for the plague-ridden dis- trict this morning. g o ————— Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, Aug. 8.—The following mar- riage licenses were issued to-day: Ernest Bailey, aged 22 years, and Evangeline M. Chrysler, 23, both of Berkeley; John El- lis, 27, San_Francisco, and Mary Francls, 28, Oakland; Charles Nickell, 46, Jackson- ville, Or., znd Belle Potter, 30, Napa; An- ton Golobie, 41, and Maria Pitsch, 29, both of Oakland. aEfe g Student Inherits Large Estate. BERKELEY, Aug. 8.—Jose M. Castro, a Chilean student in the department of agriculture at the University of Califor- nia, will leave for his home to-morrow for his home in Conception, Chile, where he goes to settle up a vast estate left him by the recent death of his father. The young man is reputed to be worth $3,000,- 000 as the result of bis recent inheritance. ——————— Guardian of Devine. OAKLAND, Aug. 8—Mrs. Catherine De- vine, wife of the man who killed John Q’Connor last March and escaped proge- cution on a charge of murder by pleading insanity, was appointed guardian of her husband’s person and estate to-day by Judge Ellsworth. The wife was attired in black and was accompanied by her two daughters. nation. We admit that the money was obtained fraudulently and that the check was forged.” Detective Holland corroborated Chief Hodgking' narrative of the confession, and also testified about finding a loade istol on *Coffey”” when he arrested the orger in the parlors of the Galindo. * ‘Coffey’ wants to go to prison as soon as he can, and does not want any more investigation,” said Attorney Fry, “be- cause he is trying to shield his family name. That is what he tells me. As the case stands now, ‘‘Coffey” has also appeared variously as Edgar New- man, Warren Newman, William F. War- ren, Lawton H. Coggeshall and William F. Penn. The police theory of the cap- tured swindler's desire to hasten to the penitentiary is that he fears the military authorities will try to get hold of him. He would rather take chances in the State court than to be brought before he told Mrs. Allen that he was operat- sald: the Federal court. “Coffey,” etc., was | ing in conjunction with the Pinkertons ““We have no questions on cross-exami- held for trial with bail fixed at $2000. | @ttt el ool -9 | | @ i 2 oottt @ CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS’ QUARTERLY CONVENTION Big Rally of Alameda County Union to Be Held at San Leandro. OAKLAND, Aug. 8—The quarterly county convention of the Christian En- deavorers will be held to-morrow after- noon at San Leandro. There will be two sessions. The opening one will convene at 2:15 o'clock. The evening session will commence at 7:15. Special rates and cars have been secured by the young people and a large attendance is expected. Addresses will be made by the Rev. J. E. Anderson, Walter M. Bird, president of the Alameda County Christian En- deavor Union; J. E. White, Miss Maggie Smith, H. E. Kelfer, Miss Sarah M. ‘White, Ivan Frickstad, Miss Lillian Cush- ing, Miss Anna G. Fraser, Miss N. Stur. devant, Dr. H. J. Durham, Mrs. M. Best, the Rev. Dwight E. Potter and others. Miss Reubena Jess will be the toastmis- tress at the basket luncheon. —_———— SIGNS ORDINANCE TO IMPROVE DAM Mayor Barstow Makes First Step Toward Reconstruction Along Twelfth-Street Thoroughfare. OAKLAND, Aug. 8.—By signing an or- inance to-day for the establishing of new curb grades on Twelfth-street dam Mayor Barstow made effective the first prelim- inary move toward the permanent im- provement of that important thorough- are between Central Oakland and the east side of Lake Merritt. The %lnns for the work as prepared by City Engineer Turner provide for extensive construction work and the replacing of the present un- sightly roadway with a modern street construction. The estimated cost of the improvement is $38,000. e g i S Benefit for Japanese Mission. OAKLAND, Aug. 8.—A charity bazaar and entertainment for the benefit of the local Japanese Christian Mission opened this evening in American Foresters’ Hall, on Thirteenth and Clay streets. It will close to-morrow night. The mission to which the proceeds of_the bazaar will be glven is located at 533 Sixtenth strect and was established fifteen years ago. ——— ““Oh, I wish I was a royal lady,” pined the damsel fair, “‘and could wear a coro- net and see the King crowned.” “Tut! Tut! My dear,” said her mother, ‘“you should remember that kind hearts are more than coromets.” . ‘‘Yes, answered the frivolous young thing, “but people do not have to turn X-rays on you to discover that you have a coronet.”—Baltimore American. 4§ | Euller, TROUBLES GROW FOR THOMPSON Fights a Divorc_:e Action From a Dungeon Dark. Returns From Cruise and Goes to Prison Cell on Wife’s Complaint. eI RN OAKLAND, Aug. 8.—Andrew P. Thomp- son, the seafaring man who returned af- ter a two years’ cruise, to land in jail on a charge of failure to provide for his wife and family, was ordered to pay his wife, Frida Thompson, $30 costs and $50 } counsel fees to-day by Judge Greene, pending the hearing of the divorce ac- tion brought against him. The application of the wife for $30 ali- mony pending the suit was denied with some emphasis by the court, In view of , cross-complaint filed by the husband charging the wife with giving her affec- | ticns to the care of another. | In the meantime Thompson languishes in jail, awaiting trfal on the charge of fallure to provide. REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. FRIDAY, AUGUST 8. Andrew J. C. Foye to Andrew J. Morrison, lot on SE corner of Lombard and Polk streets, | S 50 by E 71:10%, quitclaim deed; $1. Andrew J. Morrison to Patrick H. Murphy, Iot on SE corner of Lombard and Polk streets, | S8 by E 3 ; $1450. “ A. S. and Emma C. Baldwin to Joseph M: Macdonough, lot on NW corner of Oak street | and Van Ness avenue, N 48 by W 82:9; §10. Emma W. Smith fo Wilheimine Stroecker, | vndivided 1-10. of lot on SW corner of, Frank- lin street and Lily avenue, W 110 by S'60; $10. Edward H. Stroecker to'same, undivided 1-10 ! of ot on — Franklin street and Lily avenue, W 110 by § 60; $10, Juda and Carrie H, Newman to Joseph Ehr- man, lot on N line of Jackson street, 98:9 E of Octavia, E $9:9 by N 127:10%; $10. City and County of San Francisco to North San Francisco Homestead and Railroad Asso- ciation (a_corporation) ,for benefit of Thomas | W. and Christopher C. Rivers, block bounded | on'N by Franciscc street, S by Chestnut, W by Laguna and E by Octavia; §—. Thomas W., Katherine A., Christopher C. and Lilly A, Rivers to Henry E. Bothin, lot on NW corner of Octavia and Chestnut streets, N 275 by W 412:6; $10. Rebecca B. Hooper (single) to Julia C. Kir- | by (single). lot on W line of Octavia street, S of Green, S 25 by W 124:7; $10. A, or Adolph Schiesinger o Helena Schlesin- ger, lot on W line of Octavia street, 68 N of Pine, N 59:6 by W 137:6; also lot on SW cor- ner of Fifth and Folsom streets, SE 90 by SW 5; 2lso lot on S line of Ellla street, 137:6 W of Hyde, W 23 by S 137:6; also lot on W lina | ot Polk street, 30 S of O'Farrell, S 30 by W | 97:6; glft, i Joseph F. Brouchoud to Anna C. Brouchoud, | lot on § line of Post street, 113:6 E of Web- ster, E 24 by S 114:6; gift. | Rose Groh (Watson) (wife of Edward) to Waiter Watson, lot on S line of Hayes street, 67:6 E of Fillmore, E 22:6 by S 70, quitclaim deed; $10, g\'sller Watson to Edward D. Swift, same; 1 3 Annie Croughwell to Louls and Elise Hauser, lot on E line of Middle street, 87:6 N of Pine, N 25 by E 89; §10, Julian Thorne to Spencer G. Buckbee, lot on W line of Steiner street, 127:8% N of Pacifle, N 27:6 by W 1 10, - Gustave L. and Emma L. Bresse to Asso- Investors’ corner by N 137:6; Baird Estate (a corp ‘ompany (a_corporation), lot ost and Broderick streets, B $10. -ation) to Leon B. Bing- ‘\ | ley, lot on S line of e street, 193:9 W of | Central avenue, W 25 by S 137 $10, John Meierdierks to Patrick and Hanora Me- Dongell, lot on N line of Fifteenth street, 105 E of Noe, E 25 by N 115; §10. 1 Henry Feige to Fred and Fronja L. Lauener, | lot on E line of San Jose avenue, 155 S of Twenty-fourth street, S 25 by E 90; $10. Lucy V.. Arthur E, and Gertrude H. Kellom, to James Flood, lot on W line of Folsom street, 120 S of Twenty-fifth, § 25 by W 115; $10. Joseph W, Reay to Charles H. Athearn, lot on SE corner of Duncan and Dolores streets, S 64 by E 100, quitclaim deed; $5. Leonard G. and Margaret R. Crossley (Rich- | ardson) to Matilda Baumgarten lot on S line | of Pine street, 6 E of Powell, E 40 by S 68:6; $10. Samuel and Rose Dusenbery to Nathan Du- senbery, lot on S line of Geary street. 13 E of Leavenworth, :6 by S 157 Caroline, Arthur M., Solomon A. an ) Sharp to Sarah Rodgers, lot on E line of Lar kin street, 36 S of Broadway, S 75 by E 87:6; $10. Bernard A. and Ernestine Ephraim, Sarah E. James (Ephraim), wife of Joseph, Jean- It(u\ Hannah, Adeline, Rachel, Moses A. and | Jacob A. Ephraim and Frances Bernard (Eph- raim), wife of S. J., to Harvey H, Dana, lot on line of Geary street, 62:6 W of Hyde, W 23 3 $10. IN | by ; §10. | E. Roberts to Baird Estate (corpo- N 87 { ration), lot on NW line of Mission street, 80 NE of Fourth, NE 25 by NW 160: $10. Charles A. and Henrietta Laton to Frank W. lot on SW line of Brannan place, 200 SE of Brannan street, SE 75 by SW €0; $10. |~ Nannie D. and James D. Wise to Charles A. | Laton, same; $10. Ellen Haley to Richard Haley, re-record 1821 D. 253, NW line of Minna street, 150 SW of | Seventh, SW 25 by NW 175; $1. Estaté of Daniel Sullivan (by executrix) to James McMenomey, lot on SE line of Natoma street, 430 SW of Seventh, SW 25 by SK 5; €900. Mary, Mamie- G., Frank, Loretta G. or Lot- tie, Agnes, Joseph, Theresa and Lena Sullivan to same, same, quitcim deed; $1. | M. H. Hecht to same, same, quitclaim deed; §1 | | Joseph and Paulite Scheerer to Adolph B. Spreckels, lot on N line of Channel street, 167 | & of Ninth, E 428:8%, NE 87:21, NW 275, { SW 527:10, quitclaim deed; $5. Adoiph B. Spreckels to California Sugar Re- finery, same, quitclaim deed; $5. | ey CGibbais (hy. Johin A Gremsan, . elincr, in place of B. P. Oliver, commissioner) to Hi- bernia Savings and Loan Society, lot on NE line of Ritter (Langton) street, 135 S of Har- rison, SE 25 by NE 80; $1175. Real Estate and Development Company to Ralph L. Hathorn, lot on SW corner of Eight- eenth (Solang) and Vermont streets, W 47, § to @ point, N 350, being 2.0 interest and any and all interest in same; $10. Ralph L. and Georgie A. Hathorn to Real Estate and Development Company, lot on E line of Vermont streer, 169:0 S of Nineteenth, S 68:2 by E 100: $10. Gertrude T. McLaughlin to Solomon Getz, lot on W _line of Sixth avenue, 215 N of B street, N 25 by W 120; $10. Dantel Mullan to Annie I Mullan (wite), un- divided 14 of lot on SW corner of Ninth a: nue and B street, W 32:6 by S 100; gift. 'Adam Schnapp to Kanigunde Schnapp. 1ot on 8 line of Army street, 175 E of Precita ave- nue, S 182:3%, E 25, N 181:0%, W 25:0%, Precita_Valley lot 59; gift. W. H. Pratt (trustee of estate of Edward Barry). bankrupt, to P. B. Nagle Jr., lots 1179, 1181 and 1185, Gift Map 2; $75. P. B. Nagle Jr. to Edward Barry, same: $75. James A. and Dona Boyer, James and Mary Anderson (by David W. Loring and C. F. Ril- lfet, trustees) to Continental Building and Loan Association, . 1932 D. 263, lot 1501, Gift Map 8, trust deed: $1162. John and Catherine A. Taylor to John J. and Kate Connolly, lot on NW line of Chapultepec street, 200 NE of Esmeralda, NE 25 by NW 70, lot 270, Gift Map 3; $10. Maria A, Gamma to John Regll. undivided 1% of lots 13 to 15 and N 3-5 of lot 12, block X of subdivision 19, West End Map 2: $500. Daniel E. Saunders to Ernst L. Wilson and Elvira M. Malmleaf, lot on SE line of London street, 75 SW of Brazil avenue, SW 25 by SE 100, Block 12, Excelsior Homestead: $10. Builders’ Contracts. Robert and Mary Wrixon (owners) with G. J. Doering (contractor), architect ———. A1l work for a two-story frame buflding on E line of Stockton street, 24 S of Chestnut, § 22 by B 65; $2540. Hans Peter Hansen (owner) with Ludwig B. G. Koenlg (contractor), architect O. J. Hansen —All work except painting, lincrusta, shades, gas fixtures, front and rear fence and gas for A one-story and basement frame bufiding on N COMMENCE WORK - ON NEW LINES Surveys Being Made fo Oakland and East Side Road. 4 San Pablo Avenue Extension to Point Richmond Now Under Way. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 8. Preliminary surveys for the reconstruc= tion of the Californla and Nevada nar- row-gauge railroad into a standard gauged, |[to afford the Santa Fe line an entrancé to the city are being made by the Oak- land and East Side Rallway. Engineer J. G. Williams and ten assistants are en- gaged In survey work at the terminus of the road near Emeryville. They have taken up their headquarters in the old de- pot on San Pablo avenue. b Another party of surveyors in the em- ploy of the Realty Syndicate has run lines for the extension of Fortleth street frcm Adeline street to San Pablo avenue to connect with the pier now being con=- structed. The extension will be over land cwned by the Realty Syndicate and will run parallel to the Santa Fe tracks. One hundred and fifty men have beerd put to work by the Oakland Transit Com-~ pany at West Berkeley on the extension of the San Pablo avenue electric line to Point _Richmond. Engineer John Q. Brown has made the surveys for the ex- tension apd is supervising the engineer- ing details in connection with the project. ANOTHER PHASE IS ADDED TO KRAMM WILL CONTEST Partial Distribution of the Estate of Sarah Wakefleld Is Or- dered. p OAKLAND, Aug. 8.—Mrs. Minnie C. Kramm, who was disinherited by the will of her late husband, Henry F. Kramm, has filed a petition for special letters of. administration to the estate. The petition will be contested by Joseph Kramm, &', brother of the deceased, and Mrs. Augus->! ta Simons, mother of the deceased, who# are the beneflciaries of the will . Jesse 8. Roberts, administrator of the estate of Laura H. Snyder, was removed from his position of trust to-day by Judge Hall at the instance of the Fidelity and Deposit Company, which alleged Roberts had been derelict in his duty as admin=" istrator. A partial distribution of the estate of Sarah Wakefleld, who came to her death on the {ll-fated City of Rio de Janeiro, was ordered to-day by Judge Eillsworth. Sam Bell Wakefleld and Frank Wakefleld, two sons of the deceased, and only heirs, re- ceive, under to-day’s decree, a sum ap~ proximating $9000. The residue of the es- tate is valued at $15000 in proverty and two claims for damages aggregating $50,~ 000, and the estate of a daughter, who ;v;wmwneq with the mother, valued at. Honora Graham has filed her final ac- count on the estate of Peter Flynn, the' beggar, who, when arrested, had $5000 on 2 him, showing a balance of $7763 19. Mrs. Graham claims to be a cousin and is to get one-half the estate. Relatives in the East will contest her claim. They claim she was not related to the eccentric old bachelgr who preferred rags to spending his money. « Millie A. Leach, one of the defendants in the suit brought by Jennie Heaton for the recovery of 336,00 worth of property formerly belonging to the estate of War- ren Heaton, has filed an answer and general denial to the charges of fraud contained in Miss Heaton's complaint. ALAMEDA CONVERTED INTO AN ISLAND Dredgers Cut Through the Last Strip of Earth That Connected With Mainland. ALAMEDA, Aug. 8—Alameda s an island. By the cutting this morning of the last strip at the castern end of the tidal canal that connected the encinal ‘with the main land, the city became insu- lar territory, and the waters of San Le- andro bay flowed through the opening, ' connected by the canal with Oakland har- ° bor. As soon as sufficlent water had filled the cut, J. C. Stamer, accompanied by Miss Louise Daul of Oakland and Miss Naomi Blake of Alameda, had the honor of being the first persons to pass through the ca- nal. They went through in a row boat, their passage being the signal for cheers * from the crowd that lined the canal banks. The cut, which is now only five feet’ wide, will be extended before the forth- * coming water carnival is held, in order that larger pleasure craft may easily pass through during the fete. TELEGRAPH NEWS. PORT AU PRINCE, Haytl, Aug. 8.—Fira. at midnight last night destroyed sixty houses, causing damage estimated at $200,000. SAN BERNARDINO, Aug. 8.—The skeleton of an unknown man who had perished of thirst ‘was found on the desert near Providence Moun- - tains yesterday. LAWRENCE, Kans., Aug. 8.—E. F. Crokey of Seattle, Wash., was to-day made superine tendent of buildings and grounds of the Uni- .. versity of Kansas. MARYSVILLE, Aug. 8.—The large steam sawmill at the Ameriéan House, on the Marys- ville road, three miles below LaPorte, was badly damaged by fire yesterday and 350,008 feet of cut lumber was destroyed. The loss ie $10,000: LEAVENWORTH, Kans, Aug. 8.—Johw Norrie, the convict who escaped from thé - United States penitentiary guards Thursdag afternoon by jumping from a culvert into & creek, was captured at Atchison, . this afternoon, MARYSVILLE, Aug. 8.—At the preliminary examination in Quincy of Walter Beil, who last week stabbed his brother, Bert, much sen- sational testimony was given. The case was dismissed, it being shown that the defendant acted In seif-defense, RED BLUFF, Aug. 8.—The bullding con- , taining the transformers of the Northern Cal ifornia Power Company burned last night, de. stroying three large transformers, valued af 1 Tehama, Vina, Corning and Orland were left in darkness, DENVER, Colo., Aug. 8.—J. M. Herbert, agent of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, officially_announced to-day the resignation of Henry Schlacks, superintendent of motive power and machinery, and the appointment of ' Fred Mertheimer is successor. S MADRID, Aug. Alarm was felt to-day. during King Alfonso’s journey from Ovideo to Leef. While the train was ia_a tunnel the door of the King's saloon suddenly o and was broken off. The King. convinced him- self personally that the occurrence.was ac- cidental. SAN JOSE, Aug. 8.—Cecilla Diaz, a pretty eighteen-year-old girl, attempted suicide in the California. ing Company’s factory yester S day by swallowing carbolie acid. She s in A precarfous condition and declares that she wiil. make another attempt at suicide should she survive this one, MARYSVILLE, Aug. 8.—A large collection of dry pine needles upon the roof of John P. Richards’ house near Quincy, the accompa- line of West Park, 250 W of Mission street, W 50 by N 100, block C, French & Gfiman Tract; 1550. N iherine Calllgan (owner) with Flood & McCaffery (contractors), architects Salfield & Kohlberg—Lathing and plastering for three- story frame buildings with attic (flats), on NW corner of Turk street and Van Ness avenue, N 80 by W 88:3; $1400, H,_ E. Law (owner) with A. Merle Company (contractors), architects Meyer & O'Brien—Ele- vator inclosures, grill work and castiron stair- ways for a nine-story office building on S eorner of Mission and New Montgomery streets south, S 160, SW 95:8, NW 80, SW 11:2, NW 80, NE 106:10; $25,900. ——————— Train Kills Aged Farmer. FRESNO, Aug. 8.—John Barry, an aged farmer residing about a mlle north of this city, was struck and killed by the nerth-bound Santa Fe limited train at 7:30 o’clock to-night. Bai attempted to cross the track ahead ofrZG &run? RICHMOND, Ind. Aus. 8—The opent; session of the Friends’ Intérnational Chistiag Endeavor Society Convention was held here to- day with a large attendance, ny‘lg pitch and the hot rays of the sun com- bined to cause a fire yesterday afternoon that destroyed the residence and its con- tents. Richards and his little children barely’ escaped. o i SO RS Late Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. Friday, August 8. Stmr Ratnler, Haneen, 79 hours from Whats Stmr Gualala, Olsen, 22 hours from Usal. SAILED. » Friday, August 8 ., Stmr Chehalis, Thompson, Grays Harbor. DOMESTIC PORTS. for San Francisco. I Arrived Aug S—Stmr Geo W Elder, froms. San Franciseo. .3, Skagw Vaidez; nrlh':“ flm._m& for Tacoma; stmr Pleiades, for Tar: Arrived Aug S—Stmr Santa Barbars, fromk San_Franeiseo. : PORT TOWNSEND-Safled A S Stmr - Bertha, from Seattle, for Kodiak; Alpenay . for Melbourne; bark Chas B Kemny, for ——