The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 21, 1903, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1903. C ALAMEDA HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS Ip AN T0 OPEN FISHER CREATES e o SHLYNGE DEPOT| DISGRACEFUL AOW Members of December Class Will Present FRES BULLET THRDUGH e FURTHER HONDRS FOR J. . WOODS TWO MANY NUTS SPOIL YELLING “Rooters” Votethe Fruit Out of College Bleachers. Leader of the Noise Makers Succeeds in Clearing Throats. were begged able and the nately t ooters” decided st d the uni- to raise sound mma the ng to prevent the e committee decided eanuts or yells the bleachers. of the com- his colleagues—A. H. Mowhn Meany and A. L. Eher n—e ed the difficuities of try- ing to raise how!l when everything was othered with peanuts, and when the fina submitted peanuts were e “rooters’ s there are e p b the en ire supply. ab MUSICAL BURGLAR HAS TO STAND ANOTHER TRIAL 2 Second Charge Held Against Him. COURTS GIVE UNHAPPY WIVES THEEIR FREEDOM Josephine Allen an2 Charbonnat Released Fruity , e, on the B was given the s heir and was o p a divorce te m Ethan A the on. They Alen is living granted to by Judge at on the lity. She alimony. Alameda and Green and igco, uted to-day J gainst Louis Dag- ner he grounds of desertion. They . in Illinois in 1578 Passes Away Unattended. RKELEY. 20.—Mrs. Charlotte v wife of Joseph Voyle, died st night at her home, 2214 Ful- ad been suffering from long time, but as she attendance of 2 Oct £ yle f Petty Thefts Reported. LAND —M. L. Broadwell of and J. F. Collins of t have reported to the f tools from a new house hirty-sixth streets 5 West street reported the from his house. ————— Alameda’s Light Bill. Oct. 20—The expensds of ctric light plant for Sep- $2145 10 and the earnings ng the cost of public light- Professor C. L. y of California was the expert inspection 1 light system. Native Sons’ Committee. BERKEL Berkeley Parlor No. 2 e Sons of the Golden West, has Robert T. gements for the Native in ldora Park next ADVICRTISEMENTS. e = s o SO Skin Diseases Eczema, Salt Rheum, Pimples, Ringworm, Itch, Ivy Poison, Acne or other skin troubles, can be promptly cured by ydrozone Hydrozone is endorsed by leading hysicians. It is absolutely harm- ess, yet most powerful healing agent. Hydrozone destroys para- sites which cause these diseases. Take no substitute and see that every bottle bears my signature. Triel Size, 25 Cents. At Druggists or by mail, from QM{ e@fl.omu Few York. Dooklet on the rational treat- {iment of dinoases sont froe . been hav- | with the - of the tw s who are mak- way coliege selling | ugh co-eds on hand | James | Welch, Frank | Hoffman a commit- | Is President of ‘Popu- lar Order. | Banquet to Celebrate : His Elevation. HAYWARDS, Oct. 20.—Jesse H. Woods, one of the prominent young business men | elected su- | preme president of the U. P. E. C. at the | order held in | Hanford and on Saturday evening a large | number of his friends in this city gath- ered to give him a banquet in honor of his | of this city, was last week 1 conv of that n | elevation to this position. | Mr. Woods one years ago. ders of the U one of the P. E. C. and has hardest workers in the order. He has organized a number of councils by | | Oakland 1897 he | | inside gentinel and in 1888 he was chosen supreme master of 5l member of the supreme board of direc- | selected supreme | year he fell heir| | his personal efforts, inel No. 2% and Danville No. was elected supreme ceremonies. In 150 he was eleoted tors, and in 1902 w: president and th s vice to the supreme presidency. Mr. Woods is also a member of Pied- |mont Parlor of Native Sons, Oakland | | Lodge of Workmen, Haywards Lodge of Foresters of America, the I. D. E. 8. and | the order of which he is now the supreme He graduated from the public | schools of San Leandro in 1877 and then In 1894 | Georglana Rogers of San Leandro and then engaged in business in | | president | engaged in business in Oakland. he married Mis Haywards, where he has many friends. The order of which Mr. Woods is now | the head has a membership of 6200, with a balance of 000 in the treasury. ‘UNlVERSlTY EVENTS G. T. Gannon Again in Custody for| BERKELEY, will play the Tev Oct. 20.—The varsity el n campus Saturday received an offer shington eleven ornta, ept it next from the University play to > In but ans, ty will vars play g $3000 to be —_————— — LARGE ESTATES BEFORE THE PROBATE COURTS | GR! ] = || TH( > Orders Made in Settlement of the | i i Various Interests of the jde % Heirs. LAMEDA, Oct. 2.—Jerome K.j Those in the cast of *“When Greek OAKLAND, Oct. 20.—Partial distribu- | Jerome’s comedietta, ‘““When | Meets Greek™ are Miss Ida Pattiani, Miss | ordered to-day by Judge Ells-| Greek Meets Greek,” which has| Ethel Amann, Herbert Bruntsch and J. of the estate of the late E. B.| _been in preparation by a com-| Howard Johnston. Bruntsch is the only The property is valued at $130,. pany of students of the Decem- | member of the company who has tread 00 and is ordered distributed to the five | ber class of the Alameda High Schoolq the boards before. He revels in comedy s 1 three daughters of deceased. | ¢5r a month, will be presented in Armory | and as a mirth manutacturer does a large An order has been fnade in the matter | ) on Saturday evening, October 3L | business after the curtain ascends. kEdward R. Allen, manager, and Vers| Already hundreds of tickets have been Hunter, coach of the young Thespians, | disposed of and a crowded house is as- for the suppogt of the widow children. An accounting of the executor of the estate of Mrs. Julia Coleman has been filed, showing that 000 has been re- ceived in the last year and $6000 expended. E. W. Hogan -and Catherine Hogan have been appointed as administrator and administratrix of the estate of John M. Canty. The estate is valued at $100,000. An inventory filed of the estate of the Selected Supreme Friends of Haywards Give is & native of this State, | heving been born in S8an Leandro thirty- | He was one of the foun- been “hemawa Indians on the Berke- | Managsr Decoto | of | on Thanksgiving | but he has not yet decided He has also received an this will ty an | | f the following players | dott! or Dunbar, center: guard; Athearn, left guard : Whipple, left tackle: h Hall, left half, . quarter; d. intercol- Of this sum $350 is | and minor | ‘“When Greek Meets Greek’’ in Armory (Salvation Army Seeks Hall on Last Saturday Evening of the Month are enthusiastic over the talent they have | @isplayed in the rehearsals and assert that the performance will surpass any presented heretofore High School stu- dents. @ i THE YAQUI WOMEN i SHOW GREAT BRAVERY late Amos Mecartney shows it to_be wirlh WM The. proce onstats They May Now Pose as the Amazons mainly of realty at Bay Farm Isiand. of America. e L B 1 ST In some respects the Yaqui Indian wo- WILL GIVE A SHOW FOR CRUISER FUND Native Sons Announce Minstrels and Vaudeville at Idora Park This Evening. OAKLAND, Oct. Idora Park. the expenses of exerc purchase | of war t Golden State and alive The programme is lengt entertaining numbers. Members of the committee in charge are | as follows retar; George W. Frick: W. D. Sagehorn, J. J. McEiroy, D. W. Dood: C gagnos, C. F. Harvey, ‘Ta_\lnr_ George J. Hans, Dr. W. H. Ab- bey, Harry White, E. G. Buswell, E. F. Garrison, J. F. Hansen, W. E. Bamber, H. von Tagen, George R. Stetson, John Naegle, L. C. Hawley, ter and H. H. Hoffman. IO Sager oot ‘Water Front Land Sold. OAKLAND, Oct. 20—A deed was filed for record to-day- transfering a valuable ! Jot from the Oakland Water Front Com- pany to the Puget Sound Lumber Com- from the fgot of Clay street to the channel of is located at First and Clay streets and extends from Vessels with lumber can now come up to the wharves of the company with their The nominal sum of $10 is put pany, that gives a right of way @akland harbor. The lot | First the channel. | laden: street to | cargoes. | in th> deed as the purchase price. f — i | | Marriage Licenses. | OAKLAND, Oct. 20. | mar~age licenses were | Courty Clerk to-day: Charles Sephton, | 24, aja Marie L. Bronson, | Alarjeda; Stockton, and Ellen E. Pinkney, over 18, | Oakland: Forest H. Carlisle, 21, and Jule E. Cohen, 21, both of Oakland; George W. McCabe, 23, Alameda, and Anita Le Count, 18, Oakland; Cola E. Wright, 24, and Josephine Chambers, 24, both of San | Francisco. — Bank Increases Stock. OAKLAND, Oct. 20.—Notice of the in- crease of the capital stock of the held on October 12, from $75,000 to $1,000,- 000 and the number of shares from 730 to 10,000, at the par value of $100, was filed with the County Clerk to-day. ————— Emery Sent to Asylum. OAKLAND, Oct. 20—A. R. Emery was ton by the Lunacy Commission to-day. He lived with his son, Charles, at 513 Eigh- teenth street, who stated that his father had attempted his life. 2).—The Native Sons of the Golden West have taken charge of a minstrel and vaudeville entertainment, | which will be given to-morrow evening at The proceeds will go to the fund which is being raised to defray the s to attend the launching of the cruiser California and to silver service for the new man will bear the name of the | Chalirman, Senator J. R. Knowland; sec- P. Ma- J. D. Vestal, G. A. | Frank McAllis- — The following issued by the 20, both of Arthur M. Sheakiey, over 21, Athenian Bank of Oakland, by the share- holders of the corporation at a meeting committed to the insane asylum at Stock- men of Northern Mexico are peerless throughout the world. A generation ago General Sherman said that the Yaquis were the Spartans of America. Had he lived till now he might have added that the wives and daughters of the Yaquis are the modern Amazons, for the women | of that Indian tribe are active partici- pants in the interminable warfare that the Yaquis wage against the Mexican | soldtery. Here is a bit of a recent officlal state- { ment made by Surgeon Jose Batiste Al- | varado of Guaymas, Mexico, to General | Torres, commander of the third zone in | the republic: “Five Yaqui women soldiers captured by the Mexicans were in the public hos- pitals on the outskirts of Guaymas last month, Each had a gunshot wound. None uttered complaint at any time, no matter what her suffering might be. One woman's hand was half shot away, the result of a bullet wound two years ago. She said she had gone back to her hus- | band in the Yaoui camp as soon as the | hand healed, and that she would stick to her share in the war with Mexico until she was killed. One of the women in the hospital died with blood peisoning from a saber cut in the head. I ampu- tated one young Yaqui woman soldler’s leg at the knee.” This statement, simple and brief as it is, outlines significantly the heroic part played by the feminine members of the great Yaqui tribe in its rebelilon agalnst the authority of President Diaz in Mex- ico. Dofyn among the lonely canyons and across the vellow, sandy wastes of Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico, trage- dies told by the rurales and army officers testify to the marvelous daring and phys- ical endurance of the Yaqui women, whose one idea in life is to die with their faces to the Mexican foe. The principle that fires the blood in their veins to mur- derous heat is as precious to their sav- age breasts as that which has urged any people to fight against a dictating and encroaching power. They refuse to have their abiding places chalked out by hated hands upon the land that was their own for centuries, and for possession of which they have fought since that day that Cor- tez came. In every camp of Mexican soldiers ve- racious anecdotes are related of young, strong and graceful Yaqui women, who, leaving their rude homes, have gone among the gulches and mountain passes to risk their lives by shot and shell, to endure the awful privations of war and to shoot and slay Mexicans, just as their #athers and brothers and‘husbands are doing. Dally the Mexican army officers tell of Yaqui girls who. have been drilled in the work of a =oldier from their early youth, and who have looked upon a sol- der's life as a sacred duty in-defense of anclent tribal rights.—Brooklyn Eagle. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday denied the petition of the Montana Ore Purchasing Com- pany for a stay of proceedings in the litiga- tion between it and the Butte and ‘Boston Consolidated Mining Company. Japanese and Germans have the same average brain weight, —— PETITION DENIED.—The United States | sured. The proceeds of the entertainment are to be used by the class of December, 1803, in publishing a graduating edition of the Acorn, the Alameda High School's of- fal paper. fic WOMEN WORKERS IN MASSACHUSETTS “Sex in Industry” Issued by the State Gives Many Interesting Facts. “Sex in Industry” is the title of a re- | port just issued by the Massachusetts Bu- reau of Statistics. It shows that in fifty vears the birth rate has fallen from 28 per 1000 of the population to 25; mariages from 23 to 17, while the present ratio of divorce is 1 divorce to about every 18 marriages, as against 1 to every 34 fifty years ago. The average age of brides and bridegrooms has gone up from 28 to 29 and 24 to 25, respectively. Employed in gainful occupations in 1900 were 1,208,491 of both sexes, of whom $79,458 were males and ,083 females, or 72.77 and 27.23 per cent, respectively, The figures following, taken from a carefully prepared statistical table, show how women have invaded lines of em- ployment. 1In the service of the State there are 1178 female clerks and 1610 males; in the citles and towns, 1263 fe- males and 10,408 males. Of the 2276 cler- gymen in Massachusetts 15 are women. There are % female missionaries, 8 law- vers, 462 physicians, 27 dentists, 24 sur- 63 editors, 60 journalists, 30 repor- actresses, against 365 actors, 69 college professors, 13,222 female and 1517 male teachers, 51 women pursuing scien- tific work, 232 boarding-house keepers, 10 women saloonkeepers, 10 women coach- men, 6482 domestic cooks and 1589 em- ployed in hotels, boardifg-houses, and so forth, 4 women grooms, 42,683 domestic servants, 1332 walitresses, 22 women bar- bers, against 4922 men; 58 female private secretaries, 3021 female stecnographers, against 533 males; 3014 washerwomen, 24,- 142 women employed in various branches of trade, 18,148 women employed In the boot and shoe industry, 1992 in the manu- facture of jewelry, and so forth; 34,457 in the clothing industry, 16,443 dressmakers, % women manufacturers, 39,167 female cotton operatives, against 39,614 moles; 9895 female woolen operatives, against 16,- 272 males; 209 female worsted operatives, against 169 males, There are 2312 female children who work for a living and 3223 males} or 59 and 41 per cent. “In the State there are 1,079,000 persons who'work for a living, and of this number 37.37. per cent are native born, 21.65 per cent foreign born or of foreign descent, 14.79 foreign born. 11.96 foreign born and naturalized and 14.23 foreign born aliens. The total number of female employes is 292,636, of whom 142,91 work in the man- ufacturing line and 96,047 as domestics. The percentage of female employes is 27, against 73 males. Females show a total increase of 40.86 per cent in the profes- sional class. The number of female chil- dren at work has more than doubled, the percentage of increase being 104.06.—New York Commercial. e CHARGE I8 REDUCED.—John Russell was found guilty of petty larceny In Police Judge Mogan’s court yesterday afternoon and sen- tenced to three months in the County Jail. He stole a lot of clothes from a saloon. ————————— TURNS ON GAS.—Jens Jensen, an aged man, residing at 336 Sanchez street, turned on the gas in his room yesterday morning with suicidal intent. He was discovered by his landlord and, removed to the Emergency Hos- pital in time to save his life. ————— A woman thinks she is having a real good time when she can find something to cry over without actually feeling bad. 4 has in hand the opening of one of those to Establish [ndus- trial Home. Makes Negotiations to Re- occupy Old Barracks on Eighth Street. TS LA e Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1118 Broadway, Oct. 20 Negotiations have been opened by the Salvation Army for the reoccupancy of | its old home on Eight street, between | Webster and Alice. Major George Reld, in charge of the Industrial Homes pro- Jects of the army on the Pacific Coast, }insm.uuons in this city and has selected the big “barracks” as a suitable location for a “home” in Oakland. Whether this site will be’ chosen, or another selected, depends upon the figure that the owner, { William Ashby of Berkeley, is willing to make as to rent e “Industrfal Home" is one of the most important departments In the wide field of the army's operations among the submerged populations in the large cities. Its purpose, as explained to-day by Major Reld, is to provide a place of temporary -employment for the wanderers and float- | ing wayfarers who come under the army's observation. Through these institutions much of the waste, such as cast off gar- ments, paper, furniture and the like, is collected, sorted, distributed and sold. In the shape of paper waste alone large quantities are prepared and sold to the paper mills. Major Reid, for the army, has a countract with the Antioch Paper Company to take all the waste he can send to the mills. This and much other waste material is given a commercial value and proceeds from its sale makes the ‘“homes” self- upporting. Certain equipment is neces- ary -to put them into operation. Funds are thus obtained by the sale of shares in the incorporated Salvation Army In- dustrial Homes Company. Such a salvage |-|nstumlon has been in operation success- | fully in‘San Francisco, an average of | fifteen men being permanently employed with four or five “floaters” being daily given temporary work. | ‘““We have decided that the time is ripe for establishing a ‘home’ in Oakland,” said Major Reid to-day, “and to that end | we have in mind the old army headquar- ters on Eighth street. The only obstacle, | so far as that place is concerned, is the rental figure, which looks a bit too high. 1 have been negotiating there, but am also looking elsewhere for a desirable ! location. The work of the ‘homes! is con- | ducted under general supervision from | the Pacific Coast division headquarters in San Francisco, where information can be had.” —_———— | CONCEIT OF NATIVE OF SOMALILAND It Takes the Form of a Chant to His Horse or Camel. Pethaps the most remarkable character- istic of the natives of Somaliland is their unrbounded, preposterous conceit. English- ! men who know thelr language have been appalled by it. When watering his camel lor his horse, the Somali encourages the animal to drink by chanting (o it in a monotone. It Is at such momeénts of ex- | temporary effusion that the man shines in | all his glory. The subject matter may be | the experiences of the day’s march, the | virtues of the animal beside him, the | charms of his latest wife, or nis cwn prowess in some bloodless tribal rald By | great good fortune the following literal translation of one of these chants or | songs came into my possession and I in- | sert it without any comminent: “Will you see a man? Then behold me! I am a Somah, as perfect In size and form as Adam was, after God had breathed |into him his immortal soul. Look how peautiful my curly hair is, and how mu- jestic 1 look when wrapped from head to foot in my snow-white or jungle colored tobe, although there be sometimes only one pie (a small plece of money) tied to jt. My house is the desert, and I am born a free man. Free as the wind. I know ueither King nor master. I am as Adam was, my own master and king. In the jungle I tend my camels and sheep; my only labor is to watch them fewd. In my kerrier, my wife, my dear slave, | does all the manual work, while tending | my offspring, and woe to her if she for- gets to prepare my evening meal. Th~ jedal (whip) shall then have its turn to i make her remember for next day. In such a state Is any man happier than 17" | —Golden Penny. —_———— China’s Empress. | Mrs. Archibald Little in a recent maga- zine article says in describing the Chinese court, that the Empress Dowager is of “the type so well known in every land where society exists. Were she an Eng- lish mother she would, one feels at once, marry all her daughters to eldest sons, irrespective of whether they were luna- tics of confirmed dipsomaniacs.” The Emperor of China is of another disposi- tlon. At a party he repeatedly kissed a little American girl of 5 years. “How had the very idea of such a thing ever been suggested to him? No Chinese man | throughout the whole length and breadtn of the vast Chinese empire ever kisses wife or child unless he has been taught to do so by a foreigner. No Chinese | mother ever kisses her child. The nearest she gets to it is lifting her child’'s face up to hers, and, as it were, smelling at it. Yet here was the Emperor of China evidently versed in the practice, so that directly he saw this foreign little girl he took her up and kissed her as if it were the most natural thing in the world, while to the everyday Chinaman this would be a most unnatural and indeed repulsive proceeding.—Chicago News. —_———— The Matter of Names, g A variance between the spelling and the pronunciation of a name has almost come to be a sign of aristocracy; it indicates family antiquity. There is a tradition of a Virginia fgmily, the orthographical rep- | resentation of whose name ‘was “En- roughty,” but who insisted upon calling it “Darby.” But was there originally any satisfaction in sceing the family name mutilated 1 the popular wouth? Of course not: It i as certan that the first Darlrymples were outraged at seeing their proud designation corrupted to “Drum- ple,” as that the tenth Earl of Stair to- day would be horrified to hear it given the ancient sound. . Mr. Roosevelt may prefer a certain pronunciation. His uncle is known to prefer still another—the strict Dutch. But when the Roosevelts came over they dropped their accustomed lan- guage; they submitted to the customs of this country; part of them consented to a modification of their name, though they do not appear to have upon a settled form. The public will settle the matter for them.—Philadelphia Ledger. Rabbi Abraham Reser, formerly of Brooklyn, is in Omaha, Nebr., founding a children’s _synagogue, in which Hebrew and the English translations may be ::“b‘ym -nd.onr“adnoulon:l nm‘:o. '2° Czar a pension otmn'-.y-e-r,m Am * ——————— An atom of matter is probably a crystal of electricity. o Proprietor of “Canteen” Insults Charitable Ladies. Battles With Their Escorts and Officers Search for Him. Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Oct. 0. On the allegation that he used vile lan- guage in’ the presence of ladies of the Trinity Methodist Church and attacked two men with his fists, Samuel Fisher, keeper of a saloon known as “The Can- teen” in West Berkeley, was 'sought to- day by the police, who want him on & charge of disturbing the peace. The war- | rant was sworn out by E. E. Newton, a Center-street real estate dealer, one. of the men alleged to have been struck by Fisher. The saloon man was not arrest- ed and he probably never will be, as it | is rumored he left town this morning for Cripple Creek, Colo. The alleged assault occurred about 9:30 o'clock last night, just as its victims were closing the doors after the ‘“rum- mage sale” they are conducting for the benefit of the Ladies' Aid Soclety. The scene was the Salvation Army barracks in the Schmidt block on University ave- nue, near Sixth street, and two doors re- moved from Fisher's saloon. There were present, besides Newton, Mrs. W. W. Bradley, Mrs. Newton, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Woodruff, Mrs. D. G. Hay and Mrs. Joseph McClain. Fisher stood in the doorway just as Newton was about to put cut the lights. One of the ladles, Mrs. Bradley, seeing him there, asked him if he wanted to go in. “I'll go in if I want to,” replied Fisher, “and nobody will stop me.” FISHER FOLLOWS PARTY. The women then walked out of the place, leaving Newton behind to shut off the lights. Fisher followed the party a short distance, swearing at them and threatening Woodruff. As they paid no attention to him, Fisher returned to the barracks and rushed upon Newton, who was coming out of the door. The fren- zied man threw Newton hack into the place and began pummeling him with his fists. In the scuffle Newton was thrown against a glass case, which broke and at- | tracted the attention of Woodruff, who ran back to assist him. Woodruff grappled with Fisher and they rolled over and over on the floor. When | Newton finally turned on the lights again the two men began pummeling each other with chairs and other mov- ables. In the midst of this melee some of Fisher’'s patrons rushed in and foreibly carried him away. In his struggles with these men Fisher broke two lights of glass in the door. Constable Charles E. | Wulferdingen was present during this struggle, but did not interfere with Fisher | nor attempt to arrest him. | CONSTABLE'S QUEER ACTIONS. “It certalnly was an outrage,” said Newton to-day. “The language this man used was simply frightful. We tried to avoid trouble with him, as we knew he must be drunk, but he seemed to have an insane desire to injure us. The part I can’t understand is the Constable's, whose duty it was to arrest the man. Instead he stood by and let Fisher do as he pleased.” The ladies got over their fright of last night and went back to the “‘rummage sale” this morning, but they were not | tree from annoyance from Fisher, who | ‘sent a man to them to represent himself | as the Health Officer. The counterfeit | Health Officer tried to quarantine the place, but the ladies were not scared by his representations and kept on selling their goods. An attempt will be made by the reputable people of West Berke- ley to have Fisher's license revoked. —_———— “Mars’ Matt’s” Conversion. A prominent North Carolina visitor at ‘Washington the other day told the fol- ling at the expense of former Senator Matt W. Ransom of the Tarheel State: In 1895 President Cleveland appointed General Ransom United States Minister to Mexico. Everybody around Weldon got to discussing the appointment. One of the former slaves of the ex-Senator was told of his old master’s good luck, and was asked what he had to say about I kin hardly bleeve dat news,” he said, “fer it seem pow'ful strange ter me dat at his time er life he'd jine de ministry.” Being assured that it was a fact that | he had been appointed Minister to Mex- ico, the negro said: “Well, ef dat's de case, all I got ter | say is I hope ef Mars’ Matt is really done | give up polertics and cotton plantin’ an’ | tuk ter preachin’ he won't bring no scan’al on de church.” —_——————————— A Billion Passengers. Few people have any idea of the enor- mous number of passengers carried by the street rallways of a large city. The street railways of Greater New York car- | ry nearly 1,000,000,000 passengers a year. Two companies, the Manhattan Elevated | and the Metropolitan Street Railway, an- nually carry more passengers than are | teentn carried by the entire 200,000 miles of steam ! railroads in the United States. During | 1902 the Manhattan Elevated carried 223- | 000,000 passengers, and the Metropolitan | carried 301,000,000 passengers.—Express . Gazette. ‘ —_—e————— Charles T. Taylor, Mayor-elect of Man- | kato, Minn., is the heaviest chief execu- | tive of any city in the United States. He | weighs 403 pounds, but is as nimble as a | kitten and one of the fastest pedestrians in the city. He is a Democrat of the strictest sort. Dequndent Saloon Man Ends Life Without Warning. John H. Koster Kisses His Wifs and Then Shoots Himself Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 118 Broadway, Oct. 2. John H. Koster, a saloon-keeper at the northwest corner of Twelfth and Frank- lin streets, committed suicide at 8 o'clock this morning at his residence, 215 Thir- street, by shooting himself through the head with a pisto]. Il health and despondency resulting theréfrom were the causes given by Koster's wife for the deed. Koster went to his place of business this merning, but returned home shortly afterward. The saloon man met his wife on the lower floor, and, after kissing h went directly to his room upstairs, with- out giving a sign of his intentions. A moment after he had closed the door Mrs. Koster heard the pistol shof. With a cry of fright that attracted the house servant, Rose Haug, the wife rushed to the room, finding her husband’'s body on the bed and his pistol by his side. Koster had stuck the muzzlé in his mouth and fired the shot. Reeves Baker and Dr. J. M. Selfridge, who were passing, went into the house, but Koster died in a few minutes. Mrs. Koster was taken in charge by friends The Kosters were married eleven years ago, the wife being a sister to J. A Brunje, a merchant at 164 Broadway, and B. H. Brunje, a clerk at Seventh and Markst streets. Koster was 33 years old, a native of Germany. He was a member of the Order of Hermann Sons and the Knights of the Royal Arch. The Coroner has charge of the case EVENTSfilNfiSOClETY OAKLAND, Oct. 20.—The Bible section of the Ebell Soclety met In the club rooms day at the close of the regular business m ing and entertained a large number of guests with a programme that was at once interesting and unique Mrs. J. B. Hume, who is curator for the section, presided and also gave an address that was listened to with pleased attent! her subject being the Bible. Mrs Rowe read the story of Deborah and was foliowed by Mrs. von Helms who gave a modern version of the same biblical incident A unique feature was the reading “Processional Ode’ by the whole section haif leading and the other responding. a litany. The programme for the afterncon ¢ the songs by Alfred C. Read, baryton Eighth Avenue Baptist Church, his first selec. tion being By the Waters of Babylon,” by Charles T. Howeil. For an encore he sang Dudley Buck's “Fear Not Ye O l-rael He was accompanied most efficiently by Miss Estelle Drummond. The members of the Bible section who were hostesses to-day were Mrs. J. B. Hume (curator), Mrs. Wileox, Mrs. von Heims, Miss Babson, Miss Hill, Mrs. Willard, Mrs. Armes, Mrs. Curtis, Mrs. Woodbury, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs Rowell, Mrs. Dukes, Mrs. Shanklin, Mrs. Denison, Ralph Kinney, A. L. Smith. lair gave a pretty lunch- Miss Margaret S eon to-day at “Level Lea,” in Fruitvale, com plimentary to Miss Bertie Bruce, whose ma riage to Mr. Stephenson will take place on October 29. ss Sinclair's guests were Miss Bruce, Miss “‘Berni Drown, ) Lacy King, Miss Gertrude Van Wyck, Miss Ethel Cooper. Mrs. Clifton Macon, Mrs. obert Lee e > Steohenson. Miss Clay and the bost John Metealf will give a puplls’ recttal on November 20. Miss Margaret Davis, Mrs €aroline Burns and Miss Estelle Drummond will be among the soloists. Mrs. F. C. Watson will entertain at luncheon next Friday In honor of Mrs. J. Loran Pease, nee Gage A large card party will be given at Ebell on the 31st inst. in homor of Miss Jacquelin Moore, whose engagement to J. J. Valentine was recently announced The hostesses will be Mrs. Vernon Waldron, Mrs. Newton Koser and Miss Edith Gaskill Another card party In honor of a bride-el will be given at the Moore home in East Oak- Jand on the 27th, Miss Edna Barry. Philip Clay's flancee to be the honored guest, Mrs A. A, Moore Sr. and Miss Jacqueline Moore being the hostesses. 20.—Miss Florence M. PLEASANTON, Oct M. Lyster, Lyster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L and Lang C. Wilson, assistant agent for tHx Southern Pacific Company. were married to- day at the home of the bride's sister-in-law. Mrs. W. H. Martin. Rev. Father McNeboe performed the ceremony and the young couple Jeft immediately for a wedding tour through the south. After their return they wiil make their home in Pleasanton. —_——————— From a Foreign Shore. They are trooping back by the thou- | sands, our fellow citizens who have voy- aged abroad this season to learn the su- perior delights of home. One liner recent. ly came in with the largest number— almost a thousand—of cabin passengers ever brought across- the Atlantic in a single boat. All of these who are Ameri- cans are back with lively impressions of strange lands, with memories of Alpine glimpses, of experiences in Vienna and Paris, perhaps of attendance on that rare Roman funeral and holiday; all have tales of adventure to tell us, and in the hearts of all is the common gladness of heing home. To Emerson the chief delight of travel lay in the return from a foreign shore: a feeling akin to that with which the de- vout Teligionist “turns,” as did Tennyson. “again home.” There is no place like it That is the feeling. Burdened with alien remembrances and disburdened of cash, the American comes back across seas with a full knowledge of the reason that Dr. Edward Everett Hale's story of “The Man Without a Country” is accounted a classic.—New York Mail and Express. is —_——— The total commerce of Abyssinia about $9,500,000 a year. ADVERTISEMENTS. BUDWEISER To guard against imitation the word Budweiser is branded on the corks of all bottles of original Budweiser. Accept no imitations of the “King of ' Bottled Beers.” . oy Pacific Slope Distributers.