The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 3, 1903, Page 9

FRANCISCO CALL MONDAY AUGUST 3, 1903 E3 + NEWS i OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA BERKELEY -+ '0AK AND i ¥ | | TRUSTEES WILL MEET GITIZENS Officials and Residents to Discuss Railroad Franchises. CROWD RTTAGKS TELEPHONE MEN Two Men Are Beater and Struck by Fiy- ing Rocks. A, Assault Occurs Twent Alameda Agitation Is Now in Fair Way to Be Ami- cably Settled. - With the commit- d by themselves t to-morrow ose of as- nt of the people of desire of the exchange at corpora- ALAMEDA citize Aug. 2 To-m E the regular meeting me of nic »verning body ansact all of the clock and give session to ob- committee- nmitteemen 3 ustees will g t action on t franchises who will take p: ¢ committee. The gathered . row rocks S 4 r ! Shastes - o s ward . R Y. Bian 3 Baker m Baurhyte. PP A. Bis Boehmer \. Clark, Frank me a Danlells, E. J T 3 H. M. Has- Knowlan C. Volberg, F. Wever, J. i suggested nry May Pond the provided with bal- the most im- n Alame d in the committee- entere to ns which onsideration hern Pa- ns the mmittee will LOSE STATE MONEYS m Action of Board of Education in|and the —_——— LONDONS SOCIETY WOMEN IN BUSINESS VENTURES New Books Is Ladies of Title Sell Tea or Flowers, Make Dresses, Manicure to i Advantage. England has beer led a nation of - 8 | shopkeepers d not without reason, as W law an a keen s insti xists there in 1 and women, and in every class in Women of the smart world show a special aptitude for cial , and at the present of tk> best known es are immersed in successful trade clety Her hat shop iare, proved s did Mrs. " + dressmaking ® experiment 1 . Piccadiily. . - | Every year s recruits to the C | strong army of soclety traders. Some | time ago the Duchess of Abercorn started a creamery near | plies customers in Belfast with the best fr h dairy produce; and Essex is partly responsible for a . g laundry in the neighborhood | ady Rachel Byng. daughter it rd, has a millinery estab- se Wheeler Tract. | lishment not far from New Bond street 2 e sale of the | The Hon. Mrs. Tournour—the name spelt = L £ just been com- | like that of Lord Winterton's fai keeps a dressmaker’s shop in the same | neighborhood; and Mrs. “Bertie” Dormer, a cousin of Lord Dormer, has recently started as a milliner and dressmaker un- | der the pseudonym of “‘Olivette.” Mrs. Wellesley, a relative by marriage of the Duke of Wellington, once owned a flower shop in lower Grosvenor place; and now Mrs. Patrick Heron-Maxwell-an- other smart woman—runs a florist's busi- | ness in Victoria street. The servant ques- KE S Phe local schuet| 1100 2ppeals to many of us. Miss Edith - Kerr keeps a registry for servants in lower Belgrave street, Eaton square. This woman is one of the unmarried daughters e late Lord Frederick Kerr; and she of course, related to the present Lord ———— | Increase in Number of Children. is a modern necessity, and smart women have adopted this The Hon. Mrs. Gran- veral | delicate business. e e . | ville Knox has started as a manieurist in Death 6f an Aged Widow. shcp not farm from Piccadilly. She is ND. Aug. 2—Mrs. K. Goger, 52/ ughter of Harriet Lady Clifden, a 1 this morning at ler resi- | cousin of the Marquise d'Hautepoule, and - 170 Lockesley street, Alden. before | js married to Mr. Granville Knox, a rela- s v e summoned. The aged | tive of Lord Ranfurly. She is a pretty. ad beey lll. She was a widow, a | fascinating woman, and rejoices in the i€, of Germany, and was an aunt of | pet name of “Ducky,” which, by the way, » brothers of San Francisco. Cor- | ghe thares with the Grand Duchess of has charge of the case. —————— A Oolgr-Blind Child. are kept by society , notably one in Bond street, which §. #. McConnell of the George | Pelongs to Mrs. Robertson, wife of an netruction Company s | Amy officer. The house is arranged with about an acquaint- | BTeat taste, has a deep fvy-colored vergn- eited young chap, who | 48, and the neat-handed waltresses dress g n to megroes. This ae.|in violet frocks, covered with white mus- . s & north-boung | M0 aprons and long oversleeves. Lady : o1 Thirtieth street one | Warwick and Lady Duncannon have both - - ong ago. The car | Peen shopkeepers in and near Hond w 4 tter a few blocks had | StT€et: and, although their names are it ellow found him. | PO less prominently before the public, e né a fat negress | Yet, they remain equally interested in - s ihe Infant's eomfart 1t | thefr_favorite industries—English-made s lingerie and Irish hand embroideries. nother's shoulder. It £. smiling and trying Suddeanly it saw and all at once its t and its black Some society women prefer not to co- quette with commerce, and instead they | turn their attention to a serious profes- sional career. The Hon. Mre. Scarlett- Bynge, a sister of Lord Abinger, has be- come a fully qualified physiclan and prac- tices at Bloemfontain, in South Africa, where she holds the post of medical cfi- cer to the Government Normal Hospital. The South African war left us a legacy of society nurses, but years ago Lady giggles of the onlook- ws when the mother, in a reproving Hermione Blackwood and—before ber fool chile. ‘Dat's not | marriage—Lady Griselda Cheape, both worked as nurses in the London hospitals. voung fellow and Music claims many gifted women. The oticed hit befo’, | Hon. Mre. Julian Clifford, a sister of an’ now I'se sah ob hit. This| Lord Henniker, is now a professicnal s blind; he 1s, in- | concert singer, and Mme. Lillfan Eldee. a n‘t §™ pretty and successful vocalist, appears in goclety as Mrs. “Bill” Duncombe, whose husband is a nephew of Lord Feversham. ~New York Commercial. v did not wait to reply, = he know just how he got off the car~New York Times. 1 en invited to con- H. Ja- | speculation year 1587 saw the s business era. The | 3ordon acted the part Baronscourt that sup- | these in | | write | urn for the | | | turbances as one afflicted. CRIME'S EVIL SPELL RESTS ON GIRL OF TENDER YEARS Little Isabella Maguire, Burglar, Is Puzzle of the Physicians, Officers of Law and Her Mother, Who Sadly Tells of Child’s Offenses and Confesses That She Is Entirely Beyond Her Control - = YOUNG GIRL WHOSE MORAL DE- GENERACY PUZZLES OAKLAND PHYSICIANS AND POLICE. o AKLAND, Aug. 2.—At the age of 11 years little Isabella Maguire, the girl burglar, under observa- tion at the Receiving Hospital, has developed a strangely marked criminal propensity, entirely out of har- mony with her general external appear- ance. Nothing about the child's ph nomy gives evidence of degeneracy. She is bright, well-nourished and would not be selected by any student of mental dis- Yet, according to her distressed mother, the child has an abnormal and uncontrollable esire to steal, just for the sake of stealing. Manifestations of the evil cloud that ap- a ysiog- | { good home surroundings and -+ pears to have dwarfed the understanding | have been very clearly marked in the girl’s conduct for more than a year. To | lie, steal, swear and run wild neyond all parental restraint is the record produced by Mrs. R. Hughes, the mother, who has been compelled to confess that the child is beyond her most serious efforts to han- dle Little Isabella, it is claimed, has had influences | that should have worked for her improve- | ment. But time after time she has given evidence of a waywardness entirely out of | keeping with her years and a chtid’s nor- | mal bent. Possessed’ of a wandering spirit, she has repeatedly run away from %3 home, roving about, despite her youth, in strange places and under conditions that only a professional tramp would select. Again, she would steal. Anything from money to a slate pencil was unsafe near the child’s reach. One of her offenses, a vear ago, was the theft of $80 from a trunk in which her mother had hidden the money. s The child, after taking the coin, parted with it in a few minutes, giving the whole amount to a companion. Why she stole it is beyond her to make satisfactory ex- planation. “Something told me to take it is her only statement in the matter. Her conduct at school was such that it was impossible to keep her there, in spite of her mother’s many efforts. The crowning incident was a burglary at Charles Wurts' residence, near Shell Mound. The child carried off cnough jew- elry and clothing to have satisfied a pro- fessional housebreaker. There was neither rhyme nor reason in the offense, and Isa- bella cannot satisfy her questioners, med- ! ical men or laymen, as to the impelling cause for her action Superfor Judge John Elisworth, who heard a recital of the record, has decided to hold the case under investigation for a week to decide what is the best course to pursue looking toward a permanent correction of the child’'s conditicn Miss Anita Whitney, County Probation Officer for Juveniles, has temporary charge of the unfortunate girl. LR B I I i e e e e ] PASTORS RETURN FROM VACATIONS Resume Services After the Summer Outings for Rest. Oakland Office S8an Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 2. The Rev. Ernest E. Baker, pastor of the First Presbyterlan Church, renewed his pulpit work to-day after his summer va- cation. This evening the pastor began a serfes of vacation sermons, during which he will give discourses on the natural wonders of California. A miselonary meeting will be held ‘Wednesday evening at Masonic Hall, the First Baptist Church place of worship. The Rev. A. P. Brown of Fresno and the Rev. C. A. Wooddy, D. D., of Portland, Or., superintendent of the Baptist home mission work on the Pacific Coast, will dellver addresses. The choir of the Tenth-avenue Baptist Church has resumed services. The Rev. J. Whitcomb Brougher of Chattanooga, Tenn., will occupy the pul- pit of the Tenth-avenue Baptist Church next Sunday. The Rev. Benjamin Fay Mills has re- sumed services at the First Unitarian Church. The Rev. 8. Frazer Langford of Palo Alto preached.to-day at the Twenty-third- avenue Baptist Church. The Rev. J. K. Harrison, secretary of the California Home Mission Society, preached this morning at the Plymouth- avenue Congregational Church. The Rev. H. B. Mowbray, pastor of the Fruitvale Congregational Church, has re- turned from Ohio. The Rev. Alfred W. Hare preached to- day at Oak Congregational Chapel, of which he was formerly pastor. “‘Evolution and Creation in Genesis—Do These Things Agree?” was the subject of & sermon preached this evening by the Rev. Owen Hotle, pastor of the Eighth- avenue Methodist Church. The Rev. J. W. Phillips and the Rev. C. 8. Nash preached to-day at the Union- street Presbyterian Church. Origin of Term ‘“Spinster.” “Spinster,” sald the philologist, “is the term that the law applies to the woman who is unmarried. The origin of the word dates back to the days when spin- ning was not done by machinery, but by hand. At that time every girl learned to spin, as a matter of course, the same as she now learns to spell. She was obliged to spin a couple of hours every day, and what she produced belonged to her. Thus, every girl, by the time she came to get married, owned a great quan- tity of linen of her own make that she brought, as a kind of dower, to her hus- band. Every girl's leisure, up almost to her wedding day, was devoted to the spin- ning of linen for use in the household of her spouse. Therefore, every unmarried girl was called a spinster.”"—Philadelphia Record. e o, = Bound to Have the Hat. A woman went into a little millinery shop in One-hundredth street, near Am- sterdam avenue, the other day and asked to gee a hat. A chiffon creation of which the price was $2 was shown her, and she expressed a keen desire for it. “May I have it now,” she asked, “if I'll leave 50 cents on deposit, and bring in the rest later?” “That's very unusual,” replied the mlilliner. “When could you pay the balance?’ “That’s just the point,” sajd the woman. “I don’t know. My husband is a plasterer. He makes $5.25 a day while he is working. But he has been on strike for four weeks, and we have had noth- ing.”” “But.how do you live In the mean- time?” she was asked. “Hock every- thing we have, like the rest of the strik- " replied the woman. “Everything ‘we own is in pawn, but I must have that 8he got it.—~New York Sun. NEXT SUNDAY’S ART SUPPLEMENT, —_— “THE RUSSIAN WEDDING,” in Effectively framed -either Flemish brown, ebony or gilt frame, about three or four | inches; framed closely. TURKISH PATROL 15 AMBUSHED Armed Guard Waylaid by Bulgarians Near - Drama. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 2.—Isolated conflicts continue to occur in Macedonia. Last Friday a Turkish patrol which was pursuing the authors of a dynamite out- rage fell into an ambush laid by the Bul- garians near Drama, which is close to the famous plain of Philippi, where Brutus and Cassius were defeated, and seven Turks and three Bulgarians were killed. The Porte, however, announces that be- fore long the 40,000 troops now in IMace- donia will be disbanded. It is stated that as a result of inquiry by Austrian and Russian Consuls into the recent events at Salonica Austria and Russla will demand the dismissal of the Chief of Police at Balonica. Reports from Armenia tell of serious disturbances sim- {lar to those which preceded the trouble in 1894. Beveral conflicts have occurred be- tween Turks and armed Kurds on the one side and Armenians on the other, result- ing in losses on both sides. ————— Danced 114 Miles. William Kemp, an English comic actor, who flourished during the last year of Queen Elizabeth, and who belonged to the same company as Shakespeare, and ‘‘created” Dogberry, danced from London to Norwich, a distance of 114 miles. He ‘was accompanied by a servant, an um- pire and a man with a tabor and pipe. Crowds hindered his start on February 11, 1680, and many met him at every place. Several tried to dance with him, but none could rival his pace; the most successful weré women. Although delayed by a snowstorm, he did it in nine days, and on the way accepted a challenge or two, each time coming off best, except when a Chelmsford maiden of 14 danced till he ;-'1 “ready to lie down."—London Tit- ALAMEDAi e l NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA HOPPER PLAGUE UNDER CONTROL Pest Is Not Nearly So Severe This Year + DEDICATE NEW CHURCH ORGAN Gift of Mrs. JaneThomas Received by First — as Last. Unitarians. University of California | Arthur Scott-Brook Renders Prides Itself on Music on Memorial the Fact. Instrument. - —_— —_— Y Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Aug. 2 Reports that the entomological depart- ment of the University of California is now receiving from the various countles in the State where the grasshopper has done considerable damage show that the pest is not one-quarter as severe this year as it was last. Professor C. W. Woodworth attributes Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,’ 2148 Center Street, -Aug. 2. In a simple but impressive way the new pipe organ for the First Unitarian Church was dedicated at this mgrning's service. In anticipation of the event a congregation gathered which overflowed ° the auditorium of the picturesque’ little church at Dana street and Bancroft way. The programme was dontributed by Ar- ° this abating of the plague in a large | thur Scott-Brook, organist of Stanford .. measure to the campaign that was under- | Memorial Chureh, and Mrs. Jagnes M. taken last year. At that time the hop- | Plerce, the soloist. Mr. Scott-Brook’ pers were destroying many thousands of | nioces were the “Gi dol worth of orchard and vineyard | b ~qr wore (Be “Grand Solemn March | by Guiimant; “Communion,” by Batiste; produets. The unfversity men investigat- | d the plague and issued a bulletin on it, prescribing a remedy, which was a mix- | first organ sonata by Mendelssohn; “At Eventide,” by Barnby; offertoire in D . ture of bran, arsenic and molasses. The | minor, by Batiste; “Ave Maria,” by :h!l!- farmers have learned this treatment |cagnl; “Hallelujah,” by Hangel. Mrs. through the bulletin and as a direct re- | piorce sang “Show Me Thy x.,.,-- by sult they have been better able to com- bat the destructive hcpper this year. ‘The report received by Professor Wood- worth shows that Merced County is the only county where there are more hop- pers this year than last. The pest has been effectually controlled in Santa Cruz, Frezno, Madera, Modesto, Tulare and San Diego counties. In some of these counties the ravages on the vineyards was very severe. The farmers are now becoming familiar with scientific methods of handiing these prob- lems through the publication of university bulletins and less difficulty is expected from this source in coming years. Torente, and also led the hymn singing of the congregation. . The Rev. F. L. Hosmer, pastor of the church, thanked the donor of the organ, Mrs. Jane Watson Thomas, in behalf .of | the members of the church. = Mrs. Thomas' gift is in honor of ‘the memory of her late husband, Capwin Richard P. Thomas. It was built during the summer vacation of the church by the Murray M. Harris Organ Cémpany of-- Los Angeles, the same that built the Stanford Memorial Church organ. It is fitted with sixteen stops, two meanuals’ and pedals, and the action is tubular. pneumatic throughout. The case is of - | solid walnut and match fectly h NEW STORY OF ORIGIN | interior woodwork of the church. * ° OF “LAGER” BEER | —_———— Right and Left Handedness. Not Invented, but Discovered DY | ;. 'y, .qdeckens has recentiy pabljshed Accident by a Scared | a brochure on the subjeet of right and Apprentice. | left handedness. The explanation for the Two New York brewers of long prac-| Phenomenon in any persan is traced to tical experience were on a Sunday fishing | the pressure of his blood in twe halves excursion a week or two ago out to the | of his brain. He concludes that for right- . Cholera Banks along with others o: the | handed subjects there is an excess of brewing craft, and they got into a spir- | pressure in the left half of the brain, ac- ited argument over the invention of what | companied by an excess of excitabilty the whole civilized world now knows as | and of vitality in all those parts of the “lager beer.” They couldn’t agree at all, | body dependent on the left brgin. For but some interesting light was thrown on | left-handed people the reverse is true. He * the question by a Philadelphia brewer, | notes the singular fact that, in his ex- who chipped in this: | periences, left-handed folk are wapt teo “Lager beer was not invented. It was| sleep on the left side. The pressure of discovered—accidentally discovered. Here | the blood in the brain of a living person is the story as my grandfather handed it | is not so readily measured, and the auth- down to my father: A saddler of the| or is forced to base his conclusions on German town of Bamberg sent his ap-| deductions like the following: That side prentice one morning in the Middle Ages of the brain with the greater blood-pres- * for a bottle of the beer they used in | those days—a vile beer that was dr\lnki as soon as it was brewed. The appren- | sure will be the best nourished and the parts of the body dependent upop that side will show greater size—the ear, the tice bought the bottle, and on the way | home with it met a practical joker. The joker sald to him: “ “Your boss is looking for you. He says you have spo..ed three days’ work, and he is going to baste you with a cart| whip.” “At this news the apprentice was so scared that he buried the beer under a tree and ran off and enlisted in the army. He prospered in the army. In time he became an officer and got the cross of honor. Then he thought he would return to his native town. ““When, with a long furlough, he drew | near the town he recalled the bottle of | beer he had buried, and he dismounted from his charger on reaching the well-| remembered tree and dug the bottle up and carried it to his former master. “*Old man,’ he said, ‘you sent me after a bottle of beer five years ago. Here is the beer now." globe of the eye, etc.; the differences be- tween the weights of the two halves of the brain can be measured after death; we know the brain center for language to be localized in the left half; and for right-handed people the excitability of the right side of the body is the gréatest, and it corresponds to the left brain. His proofs are not complete, but the ‘theory- is promising and simple, though it stiil lacks convincing demonstration.—N. Y. . Sun. . Ll e E Marvels of Corn. . Thousands of practical instances could be given to show the value of improved varietles of corn. For instance, one Southern Illinois farmer, more progres- sive than the rest, was induced to seture enough improved seed to plant 30 acred as a result of his study of corn in the Illinots College of Agriculture. These 300 . “The master embraced him, congratu-| acres outylelded all of the other flelds on lated him on his success ia life and | his farm more than thirty busheis per opened the bottle to share with him its | acre; and, so far as could be determined. contents. Such excellent beer neither had | the flelds of that entire section ylelded ever tasted before. It was like old wine. | about thirty bushels per acre. This in- The master as soon as he learned that it | crease of yield meant a total gain ofabout - was burial that had so much benefited it | %000 bushels, which represented a cash ° bought 1000 bottles of beer, buried them | value of about $4000 that season. As this , and five years later sola them at a great | increase did not represent an increased profit, for everybody that tasted the new | cost of production, the gain was pure : drink loved it. profit. In another case, a farmer in Cen- “In time the secret leaked out. Brewer- | tral Illinols became interested in improv- ies everywhere came to know that beer | ed corn seed through the school of corn by lying improved. So they all adopted | judging in the Illinois Agricultural Col- the lying process, and they called the | lege. He secured enough seed, grown by new drink ‘lying’ or ‘lager’ beer, for |a corn breeder, to plant eighty acres. As ‘lager’ means ‘lying,’ as you know. a result he raised almost twenty-five “In the past centurles they let beer lie | bushels more per acre on this fleld than longer than we do now. This is a fast | where the ordinary seed was planted.— age, you know.” The Cosmopolitan. . ...How the Race Was Won... By Crittenden Marriott. Don’s Happy Ness Nye . By Otho B. Sengs. - A Village Pincushion By Sarah Lindsay Coleman. TOR Fables =% Foolish By Nicholas Nemo. The Oracle of Mul- berry Center By S. E. Kiser. The Etiquette of the Visitor By Madge Moore. ~1he Spenders... By Harry Leon Wilson. ‘Wherein Uncle Peter Bines sacrifices $52,000,000 to teach his nephew not to be a fashionable sosh. EXCITING FICTION