The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 13, 1903, Page 37

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1903, (o] 37 WILL SUPPORT CITY TRUSTEES ConservativeAlamedans Prepare for a Mass Meeting. v ers Arouses Quiet Ele- ment of Residents. REHL ALAMEDA, Sept. 12—As a result of the viclent talks on tar and feathers de- livered at a meeting on rafircad fran- chises of the Board of Trade last night against four members of the Board of Trustees, a number of prominent 4 a movement to-day Alameda is suf- gh ed to indicate to the hat many sed to the radical speech- the Trustees in citizgns are op es and wili whatever they s £ yet been fixed, but will t week. se who to-day were arrang- ring of citizens were Baker of the Bank of eph Knowland, one of the » ‘same institution: F. W. d Dr. G. P. Reynolds. e ——e——— CONGREGATIONAL PASTOR 1d Talk of Tar and Feath-| | | I | | | | neeting of the conservative | iness men Wwho believe | these utterances. | of Alameda's | | | TO ADDEESS UNITARIANS The Rev. J. K. McLean Will Oecupy) the Pulpit of His Friend, the Rev. F. L. Hosmer. 12.—The Congregational BERKE! pectacie unusual of minister N h g at is take place to-morrow the First Unitarian Church. Rev. J. K. McLean, for many years tor of the First Congregational urch of Oakland and president of the gical Seminary, is to take lace in the pit of the First U n x v held by the Rev. r, wi 1 officiate to-mor- Stanford Memorial Church. ve that they can perfect consistency o about the unusual rey had thought of it change and in line with ess of the times. —_———— Former Policeman Arrested. OAKLA Sept. 12.—Former Police- Jacobus was arrested to-day nt of Willlam Ward, a striking on & charge of using wvulgar Jacobus, since his resignation Theol Percy Adressing the congregation of a Unitar- | | facturing MISS ADA M. TREFETHEN SOON TO BECOME BRIDE P. Rust, a Prominent Engagement of Accomplished Musician to Clement Manufacturers’ Agent, Is Formally Announced — Zissen- Moore Nuptials < e SRR S S | | AKLAND, Sept. 12—Miss Ada M Trefethen, whose engagement to Clement P. Rust of this city has been announced, is a brilliant planist and one of the most ac- | complished members of the Wednesday Morning Musical Club. She is also prom- inent in the Unity Club. Mr. Rust, the groom-to-be, is the local representative of a large Eastern manu- firm and enjoys considerable popularity both in business and social | circles. ice force, has been a guard | ¥ of the telephone com- rowd of strikers surroundeded n&truction wagon on which Jacobus Ward, according to the eman, insulted him. With . Who has a record for never r when trouble is brewing, from the wagon and offered to ak Ward's head if the striker repeated remark. It was not repeated, but rd retalisted by causing Jacobus' ar- ———————— Will Talk on Charities. OAKLAND, Sept. 12.—The Assoclated es of Oakland wili hold its annual & Monday evening at the Board ade rooms, 522 Twelfth street. The will be dispatched rapidily that me shall be given for an address J. K. McLean on “The Work Board of Charities and Cor- Mclean is a member of which was created by an act egislature. The meeting will Bunko Men Arrested. KLAND, Sept. 12—George Collins nd Lee Roberts, expert bunko men from Fran while try- wor * swindle on Mc- at Seventh and he men were under the 1 they were ar- other than those e s0 well known to Eimo Barnett, was ber before the rk that gained him —_———— Religious Debate Leads to Blows. Sept OAKLAND 12.—Manuel Krial and at 23 Water religious ac- to grab d the dispute me time. nd planted jaw |that to the/ mat 1 appeared Court t9 an- Smith-Freitas Case Begins. OAKLAND ¥ telephone who shbt Joseph |Frei- Cou: The Fr before Judge Mc brothers told r storles and de- ed having ass Smith. The| hear was cor until next Thursday norning. n Army Man, 12—N. I. Smith, a Army, ran into Ethel Spa 1 ar-old girl, et this afternoon with his d injured her right leg. |W. R. cconist, saw the apcident ated with the Salvation 4 when the latter went off threatening to have Wright ar- T e e Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, Sept. 12—The fgllowing marriage licenses were issued by the Clerk to-day: Charles W, Reed, Mary Knpudson, 22, both bf Oak- ius R. Sweeney, over 21, and , both of San Franc Cohen, 21, and Birdi¢ Cohen, Berkeley: Manuel Souza, 23, da Silva, 20, both of San Leandro. ——— Jack London to Lecture. OAKLAND, Sept. 12.—Jack Eondon will the auspices of the Soclai- at 1060 Broadway, Sunday even- ember 13, at 8 o'clock. [His sub- il The Class Struggl¢.” The - is d. nvi —_——————— Continues Water Case. LAND, Sept. 12.—Judge E| C. Hart the city of Oakland from Sepfember 15 o September ——e——————— The total amount of nuts shipped from the Amazon valley so far this season is tons, and has been about egually di- vided between Europe and the United States. No date has been selected for the wed- ding, but it will probably take place In the near future at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs, A. S. Trefethen, Miss Elizabeth Zissen and Moore, 2 young business man of Oakland, were married on September 5, at the bride’s home on Broadway, the ceremony being witnessed by the relatives of the contracting parties only. The Rev. J. H. Theiss, pastor of the Reformed Lutheran church, officlated. There were tendants, pretty gray traveling gown. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have gone to Del Monte to spend their boneymoon and on their return will reside on Telegraph av ! nue, in the home just completed and fur- nished by the groom. EVENTS IN SOCIETY OAKLAND, Sept. 12.—The new home on Merrimac street of the David Gages was the scene of a pleasant, informal affalr yester- day, when Mrs. Gage entertained a dozen friends at luncheon in honor of Mrs. Giles H. Gray. Mr. and Mrs. Gray leave next Monday for an extended v was in the nature of a farewell. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Tierney celebrated their “The decor: a profusion of s were unigque and artis blossoms and huckl s follage being laced with strings of Uin hearts. Forty guests were present and enjoyed sev- of whist, the prizes awarded being Smite, Mrs. J. R, Case Stent, Joseph Murphy orchestra played during the evening. An ate supper was served. the souvenirs be- were assisted in re- se, Mrs. Joseph Mur- . Colgett Miss Annie Fitzgerald and Peter Gilardin were united in marriage last Thursday even- ing at the Church of the Immaculate Concep- tion, Rev. Father F. X. Morrison officiating. The bride and groom were attended by Miss Annie Gilardin and I Hurley. The h ceremony was fol by a small r ception o a few intimat: nds at the resi- dence of the bride's cousin, Mrs. T. A. Deasy, East Oakland. . . . will deliver a lec- Archaeology” before the Peabody erican arr-King y on Thursday, evening, September 17. eabody is proYessor archacology and ethnology at Harvard Uni- versity and a member of the advisory com mi for the departmént of anthropology o the University of California. The lecture will be illustrated. It is free to members of the Starr-King, but a small admission fee will be charged fo the general public. . Cornelia Stratton entertained sor & of the younger set at_lunche her guests being Miss Clarisse Lohs. el Kent, Miss Ann McElrath, Miss Craig, Miss Arline Johnson, Miss Marion Walsk, Miss Noell de Golia, Miss Lil- ued, Miss Letty Barry and Miss Ruth i . Smiths are cxpected home the Miss May Burdge S s &t M b t Miss Jesste The F. latter part of this month. M and Miss Nightingale, who have been abroad for the past year or two, will return with them. AT R . Henry Butters will take her two youngest daughters, Misses Marguerite and Marie, to New York early next month, where she will place them in a finishing school. CSe M yMre. George Doubleday has returned to New o ———————— SHAMES THE NAME OF MARTYRED PRESIDENT | Cousin of William McKinley Sen- | fendant's +the . same date last year of §I tenced to Jail for Defraud- ing an Innkeeper. KALAMAZOO, Mich., Sept. 12.—Captain . McKinley, a cousin of the late nt William McKinley, was to-day to thirty days in#he County jumping” a board bill at a ho- fel in this city two months ago. The trial was a hotly contested one. The de- attorney attempted to prove that McKinley intended to return and pay bill. The prosecuting attorney, how- , furnished abundant proof that such was not his intentions. The jury was out three hours and ten minutes, and brought in a verdict of guilty. The Judge imposed a straight jail sentence, refusing to allow the alternative of a fine, which McKinley's attorney pleaded for. When leaving the prison- ers’ dock for the jail McKinley broke down and said: “My God, why did I do it? 1 have shamed the name of the dead President.” —————— Russia’s Gold Holdings. Bank of Russia gold holdings at the time of the last report, now on hand. amounted to $378.205.000, a gain over the previous report of $4,880,000, and over the 540,000, sentenc Jail for | Charles | no at-| The bride was attired in a| East and the iuzcheon | | T | Zoorz R 53 | | Prore—1 i | | OAKLAND GIRL WHOSE EN- | GAGEMENT IS ANNOUNCED | AND A RECENT BRIDE. +* JAB3 A HATPIN - INTO HER EYE |Mrs. Jacob Scheuern | May Lose Sight of Right Optic. Tl Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, | 2148 Center Street, Sept. 12. As a result of accidentally sticking a batpin into her right eye Mrs. Jacob Scheuern of 2438 Fifth street is tem- porarily blind and the chances are that she will never regain the sight of the in- jured eye. The accldent happened in San Francisco yesterday while Mrs, Scheuern was try- ing on a hat in a millinery store. She was taking off the hat when her hand, in which she held a hatpin, slipped and jabbed the sharp point into the retina of he eye. She withdrew the pin imme- diately and a great quantity of vitreous humor spurted through the hole in the eve. Mrs. Scheuern was immediately taken to an oculist, who treated the wound. Te oculist was unable to say that his| patient would recover her sight and until | the bandages are removed the result of the injury will not be known. ———— YOUNG COUPLE FINALLY | *LAND COVETED PARCHMENT Parents Disagree as to Marriage of Daughter and Love Finds a Way. OAKLAND, Sept. 12.—A second trial with the marriage license clerk to-day and Cornelius Sweeney of San Francisco was given a permit to marry Miss Fran- ces Otis of the same place. Beveral days ago the father of the girl apveared at | the clerk’s office. and warned him not to issue a license to Sweeney as the girl | was not of age. The father had hardly ieft the building when Sweeney came in and asked for a license, but his request was refused. He sald that he could get the consent of the girl'’s mother and de- parted with the expressed intention of dojng so. o-day they returned. They were ac- companied by some friends. Sweeney at first was not recognized and had secured his license, stating that the wirl was 18 years of age, when his {dentity was dis- covered. He then produced the written consent of the mother of the girl and another license was issued to him. They were married shortly afterward by Jus- tice of the Peace Geary. Just how mother and father arranged the matter between them the young people refused to state. ————— University Events. BERKELEY, Sept. 12.—The second of the series of lectures on ‘*American Anthropology’ 10 be delivered by Professor Frederick W. Put- nam, professor of anthropology, will be deliv- ered'in rcom 22 of South Hall at 4 o'clock on Monday. The title of the lecture {s *“The Ex- ploration of an Ancient Site in the Ohlo Val- “YFhe following college men have been Initi- ated as members of the Winged Helmet Soci- ety, the junior class honor soclety: Leo E. Bishop, Pei Upgjon fraternity: C. H. Cheney. Phi Sigma_Deltd; W. C, Crittenden, Deita Up- silon; W. H. Dehm, Abracadabra; R. C. Hack- ley. Phi Sigma Deita; W. T. Hale, Phi Delta Theta; E. R. Hallett, Deita Upstlon; H, Heit- muller, W. M. Howard, Kappa Sigma; R. W. Kittrelle, Phi Sigma Kappa: F. H. McConnell, Kappa Alpha; T. E. Risley, Theta Delta Chi: J. G. White, Abracadabra, oy o ————— Mother Dies Suddenly.* OAKLAND, Sept. 12.—Mrs. Carrie John- son, wife of Thomas W. Johnson, a tile setter living at 71 Pearl street, was taken with a sudden attack of heart disease this afternoon while downtown with her young son and died on the way to the Re- celving Hospital. 3 | paper reporters, but the tunnel is far be- | CHEATS GALLOWS OF THEIR PREY Woalkirez's Neck Saved by One Dissenting Voice. Jury’s Verdict Is Guilty, but Life Imprisonmant Is Recommended. —_—— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Sept. 12. Victor Walkirez, the murderer of aged Elizabeth Leroy, escaped the extreme y of the law by the verdict brought v a jury to-night. One man saved the negro’s neck for him. When the verdict | was read it was discovered that the jury | had fixed his punishment at life {mprison- | ment. Sentence will be proncunced upon Walkirez next Tuesday at 10 a. m. The jury went out shortly before 5, re- | turning at § o’clock. The members agreed upen a verdict in a very short time, but | Judge and attorneys had gone to their | dinners and it was some time before they returned. When the jury filed in the fol- | lowing men answered before announcing the verdict: Willlam Berry, Patrick Car- roll, J. F. A. Schnoor, William H. Rouse, Reuben Wiand. John H. Troy, S. L. Pot- ter. Emil Kirchoff, Charles M. Cornel Nelson Provost, W. Thornally and Thomas E. McGuire. Troy voted not| guilty on the first ballot, but after some ; argument imprisonment for life was agreed upon instead of the death penalty | favored by most of the jurors. Attorneys on both sides of the case ex- pressed themselves satisfled with the re- | sult. District Attorney Allen and Dep- uty District Attorney Phillp M. Walsh | sald the conviction of the man satisfied | them, while Attorneys Frank Herald and Thomas Pearson both thought they had won a victory in saving their client's life. | While Walkirez was walting for the ver- | dict he was perceptibly nervous. He kept his feet going and drummed with his fin- ! gers. He lit a cigarette, but threw it away before he had smoked half of it. A | smile of relief came over him when |t was announced that he could still live. The trial of the case has lasted for two weeks. The jurors sald that three ballots w taken. The first one was to deter- | mine his guilt and eleven stood for convie- | tion and one for acquitfal. A second was | taken with the same result and then It was found out whose was the dissenting | vote. Troy expressed his beifef that Walkirez was insane at the time he com- mitted the deed. Arguments were used | to dissuade him from the stand he had taken and one or two determined ones an- | nounced their intention of staying there three weeks before they would agree to | anything less than imprisonment for life. | A third ballot was then taken and a unanimous verdict fixing the penalty was | agreed upon. ———————— A FOURTEEN-MILE TUNNEL QUIETLY DUG Nobody in Chicago Knew Anything About It Until It Was Finished. It appears that an interesting work has been going on in Chicago for several years without the knowledge of the public, in the excavation of a tunnel fourteen miles long under the busmess district of the‘: city. This timnel is a business undertak- | ing simply, and is to contain a rallway for the transportation of freight among | the great mercantile houses and between them and the freight stations of the for- ty-two rallways which enter Chicago, be-, sides furnishing accommodation for tele- | phone wires and possibly wires of other kinds. It is almost incredible that a tun- nel of this length, varying in width from | 6 to 13 feet and in height from 8 to 14 feet, could have been constructed under | the most crowded part of a great city without the knowledge even of the news- | | | Jow the surface, the depth varying from 7 to 65 feet, so that it was unnecessary to make temporary roadways over it, and the excavated material has been. taken out at night through ‘shafts opening in! private ground and taken away to the lake front. The ground under Chicago is a soft clay, which was easily excavated, | but it has been necessary to line it every- | where with concrete. A considerable portion of the tunnel is already in use, and many business houses have shafts opening into it, equipped with elevators. Although an underground freight railway of this kind seems an ex- pensive substitute for trucks and horses, it is quite possible that it may promote economy, as well as convenience, in hand- | ling and transferring merchandise. Every | one must see that the maintenance of a stable full of horses and wagons and of a multitude of grooms and drivers is an im- | portant item in the cost of carrying on| business, especially when, as is often the | case, the wagons are driven half the time | empty, or with only, one small package in | them, and a system by which goods ar-| riving by rail could be at once delivered | at their destination, with the minimum of handling, while those shipped could be billed through from the shipping clerk’s | desk, would be of immense advantage to merchants, as well as to the public— | American Architect. —————— The Summer Cottage. The summer ‘‘cottage” on the seashore is the selected place of all others for those who have nothing to do., who have ! no desire to do it, and an abundance of time in which to do it. There arc tens of thousands of them in a circle of a score or two of miles about New York. Many of them are occupied year after year by their owners and many others are bullt for lease, and see a new tenant each seuson.—New York letter. | i pee i E > e Legacies to Servants. The old world custom of leaving lega- cles to servants is beginning to develop in this country. Recently quite a number of wills set apart funds for this purpose. Mrs. Emma Matthiesson, widow of the wealthy sugar reflner, whose will was probated in New York recently, leaves $1000 to each servant who had been in her employ for over a year and not exceeding two years. To every servant having been in her employ for more than two years $2000 s given. e Late Shipping Intelligence. SAILED. Saturday, September 12. Stmr G C Lindauer, Allen, Grays Harbor. OUTSIDE, BOUND IN, 12 MIDNIGHT. Schr VIKing. DOMESTIC PORT. PORT TOWNSEND—Sailed Sept 12—Br shi King David, from Port Blakeley, for Valpa: raiso. Will close on September 1903, and all holders of Atlas Coupons are requested to pre. seni them immediately, as this great opportunity to secure one of these splendid Atlases at The T T T S e ot T Call’s premium Tates will be brought to a close on Septem- THE CALL'S ber 24. ' GREAT ATLAS OFFER R R A A i they were unanimous in the granting of | | a body or any particle of clothing could GAL AWARDED HEMY DAMAGES Gertrude Johnson Wins Suit Against the Railiroad. Delmas Gets a Verdict for $11,000 as Ccmpensation for His Client. ———— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Sept. 12. A jury this afternoon gave Gertrude Johnson a verdict for $11,00 against the Bouthern Pacific Company for damages she received in belng thrown off a train near Niles station. The girl ciaimed that the brakeman had gone through the train and called out that the next station would be Niles and when the train came to a standstill she took her basket and was about to alight, when it suddenly started again and she was thrown on to a pile of tles. Her skull was fractured and her arm broken. / Her injuries necessitated the removel of a plece of skuil inches, over which | there is now no protection but the skin and scalo. The defense trled to show | that in the case of a 13-year-old girl, as the plaintiff is, she would entirely recov from the effects of such a wound and that | it was through her own carelessness that she was hurt. The trial has been a hard fought one. Matched against each other were D. M. | Delmas for the girl and A. A. Moore for | the railroad. Both attorneys had assist- ance, but these two carried on the fight. Every point was challenged and every | piece of evidence scrutinized before It was allowed to go to the jury. I Yesterday all the testimony had been taken and this morning the arguments | ‘began. After some preliminary skirmish- | ing between the attorneys it was agreed | that the arguments should be llmited to | three hours to be divided between them. Delmas ovened the case with an hour's | argument and then gave way to Moore, who talked an hour and a half, when | Delmas closed with a speech half an hour in length. The jury was out but a short time. With ‘the exception of one man the verdict as rendered. The jury which tried the case was com- posed of ex-Senator M. W. Dixon (fore- | man), Carl Berlin, W. E. Acheson, E. K. | Waterman, C. H. Cole, E. J. Blanding, H. tum Suden, R. H. Casterson, W. D.} Thomas, M. Y. Smith, A. A. Demars and | C. B. Rice. Acheson stood out for the de- fense, and when the jury was polled | stated that he was opposed to the ver- | dict. i The arguments were masterly efforts. | Delmas made the most of the fact that his client was a young girl with her life spreading out before her and that this in- jury might develop at any time in the fu- ture. Moore took rule and map and with the evidence he introduced tried to show that the accident could not have happened as the girl stated. He endeavored to show that she was attempting to get off the| moving train while it was in motion in | order to save a walk of several blocks. A twenty days’ stay of execution was asked for the company and the time was granted. e Search for Man Overboard. | On the last trip of the ferryboat Oakland | last night, a splash was heard and the alarm was given that someone had jumped overboard. Boats were lowered and a search was made but no trace of be found. It is supposed that the splash was made by the paddle wheel or that something fell overbcard. ———— AMERICAN INVESTMENTS IN MEXICO VERY LARGE Not So Much European Capital In- terested as Generally Supposed. | When United States Consul General Barlow reported to the Washington Gov- ernment that $500,000,000 of American | money was invested here, local critics raised the objection that in reality this was in great part British capital, and that the “Americans were only figure- heads in enterprises really owned across the Atlantic.” If this were so, why do we find the Lon- don Statist, in its last issue to hand, say- ing that the measures for stabilizing the peso here “do not much concern us?’ And the London paper continues: *“Our Government naturally will co-operate with the United States Government as far as it possibly can do this as in other mat- ters; but its interest in the question, ex- cepting so far as we all desire to aid the United States where we can, is but small. The proposed change in China is different. That is a matter in which British inter- ests are largely concerned—quite as much concerned, evidently, as American inter- ests.” The Statist is a well Informed journal on British investments abroad and surely it would know if American investments here were. but another name for large placements of British capital. To Mexico | it matters little whence comes the money | required for the development of her im- mense resources, although it is to be sald that the active participation of Ameri- cans In business undertakings here tends to keep the two countries in close and friendly relations. ‘Within the past fortnight heavy invest- ments of American capital have been made in Mexican mines, investments of really great sums of money, and though in one deal London is supposed to have an interest the greater part of the funds employed have been raised in New York and other American cities.—Mexican Herald. - Cotton Bale of 1872. “The Brown cotton corner,” says a New Orleans man, s taking a great deal of queer cotton to New Orleans. The staple has become so valuable that the owners of cotton gins are scraping the floors, and have made up several bales of waste | cotton. Perhaps the most extraordinary bale, however, is one that arrived there from Georgia. It was of the crop of 1872, and is consequently 31 years old. Its owner held out for 16 cents that year, but when the market broke and cotton went down he swore he would never sell it for less than 16 cents. “When cotton went up to 14 cents iny New Orleans he shipped it there, to be ready for the 16 cents he pledged himself | to, with orders to his agent to sell when- ever that figure was reached. The cotton has been stored in one room for thirty- one years, and is thoroughly dried out. It lost fifty pounds in the process. Experts declare the staple to be as good as ever.” —New York Commercial, ——— Insurance on Women’s Lives. Until about fifteen years ago life insur- ance companies uniformly refused to in- sure the lives of women on any terms, Until five years ago such companies as did write policles on female lives dis- criminated against them to the extent of $ in the thousand. Only a very few com- panies, even iiow, and these quite recent- ly, Iusure women on the same terms as men. And yet the life tables of seventy- five years show the average death rates of all mdles to be 21.8 per thousand, and of all females 19.7 per thonusand. Female lives are, therefore, 10.6 per cent better | risks than male lives.—Exchange. i | | months ago. | medical fraternity. | ductea T DR. BLOOD ANSWERS -LAST CALL ¥ — PROMINENT OAKLAND PHY- SICIAN WHO SUCCUMBED TO ATTACK OF PNEUMONIA. O . 2 Eminent Physician Falls an Early Victim of Pneumonia. AKLAND, Sept. 12.—Dr. Warren H. Blood, formerly prominent in Republican politics of Alameda County, dled to-day at noon at his residence, 1466 Eighth street, of pneumonia. His last illness was man- PN ONG GIAL ON A TRESTLE Fallen Horse Renders Rider Helpless With Train Near. Miss Vesta Colby Has Peril= ous Experience on West Berkeley Tracks. P, Berkeley Office S8an Francisco Call, 2148 Center street, Sept. 12 Pinioned in a raliroad trestle crossing with an Overland train approaching was the perflous plight of Miss Vesta Colby, 17 years old, daughter of Professor George Colby, at West Berkeley Wednes- day afternoon, while she was out horse- back riding with her friend, Miss Mary Downey. The young women in a daredevil spirit had started their horses across the tres- tle to make a short cut through the flelds. Miss Downey's steed safely made the walk. Half way across Miss Colby's horse slipped and went through between the heavy timbers and the young rider was caught with the struggling animal. Helplessly fast, the girl felt herself be- coming weaker and weaker from the strain. Her companion, a witness to the accident, galloped off down the track for assistance from a gang of section hands half a mile away. While they were hur- rying to the rescue an Overland traim hove in sight. Miss Colby saw the loco- motive and was chilled with horror, fear- ing that it would bear down upon her be- fore warning could be given. But the trackmen signaled the appioaching train !in time and after stopping it went to | work to get the imprisoned girl and her ifested In lung trouble that developed two | Thinking that rellef would come from a trip to the seashore, Dr. Blood went to Capitola, but ten days ago his condition became so serious that he returned home. For several days the patient had been slowly sinking. He had been under the care of Dr. Frank L. Adams. _Dr. Blood was a born physiclan. At the dge of 18 years he entered the University of Californfa and three years later had graduated from Cooper Medical College in San Francisco, barely reaching his majority. He came to Oakland at once and commenced the practice of his pro- fession, attaining a high place among the In politics Dr. Blood was active during the days of the old regime in the Republican party organiza- | tion of the county. The deceased physiclan was a big- hearted, genial companion and had scores of friends in this city, who will mourn his untimely death. Dr. Blood was 3% years of age, a native of Plumas County. He leaves a wife, Mrs. Charlotte L. Blood, and two daughters, 4 and 9 years of age respectively. In Chico reside his mother and married sister, Mrs. H. Camper. Dr. Blood was a member of Alcatraz | Lodge No. 244, F. and A. M, in whose charge the funeral services will be con- | csday afternoon at 2:3 o'clock at Alcatraz Hall, Peralta street, near | Seventh. @ ielrilefein il el il @ PLAN T0 CHECK WIRE VANDALISM | chanced to be passing within hearing as Trustee Rickard Confers With a Telephone Official. horse out of the trestle. This was ac- complished, and Miss Colby, much bruised and suffering severely from the shock, was sent to her residence in Clare- mont. Since then the young woman has been confined to her bed under a physi- clan's care. —_————— A Cinch for the Grocer. “Have you ever realized, Harry, dear, the amount we pay during the year for paper bags and wooden plates?” “Paper bags and wooden plates! Why, Mollle, what do you mean? Why should you buy them? Of what use are they?"- “That is just what I want to kmow. When I was a little girl, if my mother sent me to the grocery to buy sugar, tea, coffee or any dry article, it was scooped up from the barrel or box and weighed In the scales, which were kept immaculately bright for the purpose, then carefully wrapped in suitable paper. Now, for all of these, pager bags are used, placed in the scales and weighed and sold at the rate of from 5 cents.to 31 a pound, and often more. If we bought butter in those days, a delicate plece of white paper was lald on the scales and the butter laid on it. Now, the wooden plates or boxes are used in addition, weighed andgold at the rate of from 30 to 40 cents a pound. One unexasperating paper bag or wooden but- ter plate is as nothing, even when the latter is bound with tin, but when we are forced to buy them by the dozens all the year round and consider the infinitesimal cost to the grocer and his yearly profit from them, then it becomes exasperating and makes one’s mathematical nerves quiver at the consumption. And the fun- ny side is that we cannot rail against any ‘trust’ for this. It is just a plain, every- day steal on the part of the grocer. “Why should not the dry goods mer- chant measure his wrapping paper with his silks, his muslins, flannels, ginghams, all textures? The necessary quantity of wrapping ‘paper, if measured with each | of those and sold at a like price, would give him a nice increase in profits. What is fair and just in one line of business should be equally so In another.” “Mollle, are you insane?” “Neo, Harry dear; but when we have paid the iceman dally for the weight of his tongs and the grocer for his paper bags and wooden plates, I would like to know where our ‘cinch’ comes in."—New York Times. —_——————————— No Other Bishop in His Diocese. An amusing story is told of Commodors | John 8. Chauncey, one of the “old sea- dogs” of the navy, while in command of the New York navy yard. One Sunday. at the usual religlous service of the men on the training ship. the chaplain on duty at the station read a notice before the bluejacket congregation, closing with “by order of the Bishop.” The commodore the last words were uttered, and he quickly turned about and addressed the chaplain thus: “By whose or- der did you say?' The chaplain polite- ly replied, “By order of the Bishop of this dlocese.” Without stopping to inquire as to the nature of the notice Commodore Chauncey, appreciating that it emanated from some other source than his office, Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, | which was enough for him to know, in a 2148 Center Street, Sept. 12. The continued cutting of telephone wires and the blocking of the service has stirred the town officials of Berkeley to actlon and steps designed to put a stop to the vandalism are to be taken Monday night by the Town Trustees. The Trustees have | been asked to adopt a resolution empow- | ering the linemen employed by the tele-| phone company to carry firearms and to make them deputy marshals. The suggestion to make the linemen of- ficers comes. from Louls Jacobi, general superintendent of the telephone company. Thomas Rickard, president of the Board of Trustees, called upon Jacobl yesterday with an offer by the city to aid in the sup- | pression of midnight vandalism and from Jacobi obtained a statement as to the de- aires of the company touching conditions in Berkeley. “I explained to Mr. Jacobl,” sald Pres- | “that the town has | ident Rickard to-day, but three or four peace officers, so that it would be impossible for us to patrol the streets and stop the cutting of wires. The telephone ' company and the people have been annoyed long enough, I said, and it is time we act together. Mr. Jacobi then suggested that we make all the linemen deputles, and that, T think, will be done when we meet again.” When the Trustees meet Monday night they will be addressed by E. J. Ellis, Ala- meda County superintendent of the com- pany, who will explain the difficulty of keeping lines open in Berkeley. Because of the frequent assaults made upon working linemen in Oakland, a po- lice guard is detailed wherever the com- | pany’s employes are compelled to go out alone on work. ——————— Music at the Park. The following programme will be ren- dered by the Golden Gate Park Band this | afternoon: PART “‘Star Spangled Banner. March, “Koko Bolo’ Stickney Overture, ‘““Jessonda' . Spohr Waltz, ““Mo rauss Solo for barytone (selected Colverd ch, “La Reine de Overture, ““Mignon'"... Thomas | (@) Mexican Intermezzo, “Orizaba’....Dewey (b) Song, “'Let Me Die on the Deep” (new).. sese scesessesses sse .Dewey (Words by Lowell Otus Reese.) Ballet music from “Willlam Tell”.... Descriptive, ‘A Musician Astray in meHrorA Grand Fantasia, ‘‘La Boheme" “America’" e | ! | | | | | ! war, the battlefleld of Lutzen, serious and commanding tone sald: “Well. the notice will not be obeved. I'll give youy to understand that I am the only Bishop of this dlocese.”—New York Trib- une. —————————— Cey -~ and India Teas. Ceylon and India, it is claimed, are pro- ducing by far the largest part of the tea grown in the world, China having ceased to be the factor in the tea market she once was. The teas from Ceylon and In- dia are not only regarded as more deli- cious, but they are sald to be more health- ful than the Chinese teas, and there is an utter absence of artificlal _coloring matter and other adulterations. The trade carried on by the Salada Ceylon and In- dia Tea Company In the United States, in their sealed lead packets, is increasing wonderfully. The tea is put up in such convenient shape that it can now be pur. chased in 10-cent and hnl!—g)ound sealed lead packets.—Washington Star. ——— ITEMS OF INTEREST. Senators Proctor and Dillingh=m. being both ex-Governors, Vermont has a unique distinction in her Senatorial representa- tion at Washington. In cutting a canal at Bordeaux, a bur- fed statue has been discovered of Anne of Austria, queen of Louls XIII, who died at Paris in 1666. In England the annual consumption of Southern fruit amounts to fifteen pounds a head. In Germany it averages mot quite three pounds a head. Dr. Ekenberg, a Swedish scientist, has invented a machine for converting skim milk into a powder which when dissolved in water gives the properties of ordinary milk. Steps were taken recently toward form- ing in Paris a Canadian chamber of com- merce to extend commercial relations be- tween France and Canada. In recommendation of the thirty years' here King Gustav Adolf of Sweden met'his death, {s to be turned into a public park. Emperor William has determined to have a grouse moor of his own In the royal domain about Koenigsberg. The grouse is an important bird in Great Britain, but so far as known it does not exist in a wild state elsewhere. Mr. Hdysede—I see by your advertise- erman | ments that you're going to issue some Puccini | more stock. ‘What's that for? Oil Presi- dent—What for? Why, my good we've earned so much money in past For the first time in twenty-five years | six months that we're obliged to have cane sugar is being exported from Cuba to England. I more stock to pay dividends on in ordez to get rid of it.—Puck.