The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 9, 1903, Page 4

4 / ’ THE SAN' FRANCISCO- CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1903. FIRES BULLET AT THE JUDGE Makes a Into a Inshue Armenian Speetacular Entry Courtroom in City of Fresno| Wheels of a Loeal — - { - . e - v e v] > % AL Al r n FIGHT WITH THE MANIAC| ENGINEER STOPS IN TIME Poor Aim of His Assailant|Checks the Locomotive Just Saves Jurist From Being| as Pilot Reaches the Un- Wounded and Possible Death| fortunate’s Prostrate Form R —it Special Dispatch to The Call Oakland Office San Francisco Call, FREENO, Dec. 8—Agob Gazarian 1118 Broadway, Dec. 8. &n insane Armenian clergyman, to-day | BY deliberately throwing herself in dashed suddenly into Superior Judge | front of a Seventh-street local train Austin’s courtroom at the courthouse this morning at Castro and Seventh and, jerking a revolver from his | Streets. Mre. B. J. Kleigel, residing at | pocket, fired point blank at the Judge, | 1255 West street, made a desperate at- | who was on the bench at the time. tempt -to commit suicide. That the Deputy Sheriff Paine and Court|woman was not mangled to death was | Clerk McCormick sprang over the rail- | due to the prompt and skillful work ' appled with the maniac, | o0 George B. Jeffries, engineer of the raised the tevolver above | pointed it toward him- | had been in court earlier in | 5top. The engine pilot just reached the While a case was in progress | prostrate woman when the momentum st the bailiff and between | was checked. 2 = and standing before the Mrs. “Tleigel, who has been a suf- procecded to address the JUdEe | forer from mental troubles, was out SR e iy | walking with an attendant, Mrs. L. M. | vas not placed under Redmond. Near the Castro-stréet cross- ¢ 2 o'clock when | IDE Of the local train tracks the patient ed. He rushed into the court- | sudde; broke from her companion ' : ry excitedly, yelling loudly,|and ram into the strest. The east- nd before anyone could stop him he | bound 11:30 c'clock local was moving ¢ the revolver from his pocket and | rapidly from Market-street station and t toward the Judge. Fortunately | the woman threw herself on the tracks his was bad, the bullet sinking in front of the approaching train. Mrs. he floor at the ge's feet. He | Redmond followed, but could not drag s the insane of the her charge from the track until after v 1 will undoubtedly be ! the train had been stopped. ylum to-day The nurse assisted Mrs. Kleigel to | arrested for in-|the sidewaik ax s . but was never removed to her residence azy to be sent t Mrs. W. J. McKecn, mother of Mrs. man of rare lit- | Kleigel, said her daughter was a su has ferer from nervous prostration caused £l by serious illness and was under care ocal peo to the vernor and even ning himself G MAKES A LEAP. T0-END LIFE Demented ‘Woman Narrowly Escapes Death Under the locomotive, who saw the form on the | track in time to bring the train to a Kleigel, her husband working in Sacramento. GRAND JURY DRAWN sus Christ.” The letters were writ- FOR COMING ¥ = high Turkish and when trans- - i were fownd to be absolutely | Nineteen Men Impaneled to ‘Ivesti- gless. He has generally been | gate Affairs of County Government ; d perfectly hermiess, end his | 5,9 Hear Criminal Accusations: P cared for him, allowing | ,g1AKD, Dec. §.—The Grand P ,"b'“".rf h,"""“”\;'f_‘l;“: Jury which will investigate the v: T e piain to-day in his at. | ©us departments of the county go wrder Judge Austin ——————— BIG ADVANCE IN PRIC .| his remarks to the jurors the Judge OF RUSSIAN KEROSENE | took occasion to ask them to investi- gate the bBooks of the Tax Colector German Press Attributes the Fluctu- [ and Auditor and clear up any doubt ations to Recent Purchases Made thag may exist in regard to the chang- | | ing of the figures on the assessment by the Standard Oil Company. ernment for the year 1903-04 was im- paneled by Judge Ellsworth to-day. In roll. The nineteen men who compose BERLIN, Dec. & T}h"r{""’fi" h‘.'f: J2! the jury are Marcus Jomas,” B. C. e e from 161 co- | Hawes, Benjamin Smith, A. L. White, ne at Baku from 1532 €O~ | p,3,, s Tell, Thomas Poyzer, C. B. > 39 copecs since Septem- | p ;¢ g C. Jaryis, W. P. Hogk, Heni ber, attributing the same to purchases | o\ 1o ©p S &yt L e TS by the Standard Ofl Compeny: ticie | Ausust Hageman, A. L..Graham, ¥ Tageblatts financial article | pur Walker, Mailler Searles, William says the Rothschild-Nobel group Was| . 'gojjpye, Wallace Everson and An- obligated to deliver to the ympany a certain quan- The agreement ended mber the Rothschild-Nobel 1 being 36,000,000 poods behind drew F. Baumgartner. E. H. Mardwell of Fruitvale was appointed by Judge Ellsworth as fore- | man of the jury. | Train | IRAWS BLOOD Conductor Moffitt Is Made Tar- | get for Swings and Punches of a Colored Damsel on Train i DISPUTE OVER HER FARE { Mrs. Ruby Alexander, After Punching Train Official, Has Him Arrested for Battery Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 8. “Her name is Ruby, even if she is as black as the ace of spades, and Conduc- tor Joe Moffitt of the Sacramento run is wondering why she had him arrestcd for battery, when she nearly threw him off his'own train. Incidentally, Conduc- tor Mofiitt has decided that there is no luck in being punched by a negress in {an effort to collect fares. |, The first chapter of the'tale covers | events of last Friday night bn the Ore- gon Express on its trip from Davis to Oakland. - The second deals with to- day, when Conductor Moffitt suddealy found himself -arrested for battery, and | the third will_be written Thursday, | when the conductor’s trial will take | Place befors Justice Quinn. ! Moffitt is one of the most trusted con- | ductors on the road, and he has charge | of the big overland trains in their trips between Oakland and Sacramento. On the Friday ¢vening in question he met | the Oregon Express at Davis and pro- | ceeded to take charge of the train over | the western division. Conductor Moffitt | is of the opinion that it was the fateful Friday that offset the luck that should have come from having a colored per- | son on the train. Moffitt started through the second ! coach, when he met Mrs. Ruby Alex- | ! ander, who was riding from Redding to Oakland. She explained to him that | she was the wife of an employe of the Southern Pacific Company and that she was trdveling upon ‘“transportation,” but that the said transportation was ' lost, had strayed or had been stolen. | | This was not exactly the phraseology used by Mrs. Alexander, but Moffitt says that this was what she meant. | The punctuation used by ‘Mrs. Alex- | andér was the most emphatic part of These consisted of sev- | feral - right swings and a few left! punches that landed on Conductor Mo?- | fitt’s head. Mrs. Alexandér wore a big ring on one kand, which cut one of the veins in MoMtt's neck, and in a mo- ment he was deluged with his own blood, and the passengers thought a | desperate attempt at murder had been | made. . | Mofiitt was not’ only gallant but game, and he decided that the proper | fare of $2 30 should be paid, and with | the aid of the brakeman he made the | colléction in the interest of his com- i pany and gave his receipt. UNIVERSITY EVENTS | her remarks. | | | | BERKELEY, Dec. 8.—The consent of Stan- | ford University has been secured for the en- | gagement of an Eastern coach by the California teara that is to meet the eleven from the Uni- | versity of Minnesota. A letter from Professor | Angell of Stanford giving consent was read at the meeting of the executive committee of the Assoclated Students last night. Professor An- | gell conveyed also the good wishes of Stanford for success in the game. Garret Cochran, who coached the famdus 30-0 Californian team in | o A | 4 'WOMAN'S RING (TALENTED VOCALIST HOME AGAIN AFTER STUDY WITH THE MASTERS Miss Anne Louise Brilliant Operatic Daniells, for Whom Career Is Predicted, Returns From Europe to -Visit Family o 22 L TorrizE 24552, ALAMEDA, Dec. 8.—After nineteen months’ study abroad under the direc- tion of several of the voice masters of Europe, Miss Anne Louise Daniells, the talented mezzo-soprano, returned home last evening, arriving by the Santa Fe route. She reached New York the day befcre Thanksgiving and was while in the metropolis the guest of Mr. and ‘Mrs. -D. F. Verdenal. She was exten- sively entertajned there and was hon- ored with a dinner tendered her by friends who are members of the Fritzi | Scheff Opera Company. From the great Atlantic seaport Miss Daniells traveled to Chicago, where she spent a few days with a former instructor. “I have no definite plans for the fu- ture formed yet,” said Miss Daniells at her home to-night. ;I have been away so long that I am glad to be at home again for a while. I do not ex- pect to remain here long and where I will go next I have not decided upon. Miss Belle McCurrie of Alameda, who accompanied me to Europe aAd who was with me while I was studying at Cassell, is now in Berlin and her home- Trial jurors to sit on any criminal or civil case that may come up within the next three months were drawn as follows: deliveries . ndard Oil Company thereafter renew the agreement and T e ety Royal iatian bend i the | coming Is indefinite. She is taking a i the Russian market in compe- the Russian exporters. Ope- s on the Boerse amticipate a se- iict of gigantic financial in- nding from Japan to Liv- and poseibly affecting other nterests. to the Frankfurter Zei- ferences between representa- ustralian and United States terests will be held here be- December 10 and 15, with a view organization of an international The representatives of Russian ts will not at first/ petrol tween the te participate in the conferences, but it i expected they will later enter into the proposed international arrangements. ———————— FEDERAL AUTHORITIES { UNEARTH KIDNAPING CASE Investigation of the Smuggling of Chi- | nese Into This Country Leads | to Sensational Developments. BUFFALO, Dec. §—The Federal au- thorities who are investigating the smuggling of Chinese into this coun-| try from Canada and especially the case a party of eleven Chinese who were accidentally dumped into the canal last Friday have unearthed a | of kidnaping and indications of a | t to commit murder. The kidnaped person was a China-! man named Moy Took. He was in the party of eleven and has not been seen | since the accident occurred. The in- spectors believed he was among the four drowned. Moy Took was a registered China- man. He neglected to get a passport prior to a trip to Canada and decided | to come back to the United States| with a party of contraband country- | men. | Federal authorities say Moy Took | was kidnaped and held a prisoner near | Fort Erie for nearly two months, the smugglers demanding ransom from | friends in New York. His eertificate’| was stolen and he was robbed of a sum | of money. Other arrests are looked for, | and charges more serious than smug- gling may be made. i M William McCoochee, the boatman, | pleaded not guilty to ~&muggling to- day and was released on $1000 bail. —_—— Resigns From Servian Cabinet. DE, Servia, Dec. 8.—Finance M *r Radovanovitch has resigned and has been succeeded by Dr. Pasics, | This is believed to foreshadow a change in the entire Cabinet. Premier Gruics, it is understood, wishes to resign-on the | pretexi of ill-health, and is likely to be succeeded by Dr. Pasics. —_——— General Ferreras Is Recaptured. CARACAS, Dec. 8.—General Ferreras, the rebel leader avho held" Ciudad ‘Bei. var during the recent revolution and who escaped when that city was cap- tured by the Government on July 19 of | this year, was taken prisoner yester- day while in a small craft in the Ori- noco River neaf case {"tailor-made * suit L. Linekin, Jacob Mueller, A. Davis, Herman J. Mohr, John Aiton, John V. Baird, C. H. Hatch, John P. Kelle; George E. Grindle, W. P. Nutting, F. Hemple, J. C. Linderman, H: Kamp, James A. Trefry, C. H W Edw: J. Holt, D. H. Bruns, E. J. Gordon. Benjomin Maloon, George W. Arper, J. L. Hollis, W. I vie, Joseph F her 8. N. Wyckoff, He E. Brunker, A. Milwain, 2 ous, George F. Hildreth and F. Schou. ————————— MINNEAPOLIS MEN UP QUARREL Civil Suit Is Brought, But Eastern Po- lice Say Musher Cannot Be Apprehended. OAKLAND; Dec. 8.-—Joseph Elli- son and Nathan Musher, late from Minneapolis, who were principals yes terday in a badly tangled series of a. cusations, renewed hostilities to-day Eilison brought a replevin action be- fore Justice Samuels to recover a $35 he claims Musher fraudulently obtained and “which is now in Mrs. Musher’s possession. Musher found an attorney and went on a'hunt for a complaint agzinst Ej- lison for battery. Fred Jordan, pro- prietor of the Hotel Crellin, added to the gayety by swearing to a complaint charging Musher with disturbance of the peace. From Minneapolis’ Chief of Policehh ths on tial e you! € came the following reply to Chief of Police Hodgk!ns' telegraphed inquir; “Cannot get complaint for Mushe; evidence too scattered.” Both men declare they will fight out their grievances if it takes all winter, ———————— Series of Evangelistic Meetings. OAKLAND, Dec. 8.—The Rev. E. E. Baker preached the sermon last night at the Union-street ~ Presbyterian Church in the first of a two wecks’ serles of evangelistic meetings. The theme of the first week is “Jesus of Nazareth.” This evening the Rev. W. H. Fraset of East Oakland spoke on | on “The Misison of the Master.” Major George A. Hilton, leader of evangelis- tic work in California, will arrive here Friday and will econduct the sefvices at ‘the church unlil~(ho“gnd of the series. ————— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, Dec. 8.—The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Charles P. Matson, over 21, and Sarah G. O’'Neill, over 18, both of San Francisco; James Costello, 25, and Lillian Byrne, 18, both of San Francisco; Bertram D. Whiting, 33, Stockton, and Emma A, Mahn, 29, Portland; Monroe W. Ham- Alton, 27, and Ida M. Owens, 20, both of Oakland. PRI e TR SAN JOSE, Dec. 8.—The Coiinty & b visors to-day. voted to contribute .its up::u rata to ald Sacramento in defending the action Tor Sayaity allextd Lo Du- e o o et : e an oy ey e e o BB | _The concert of the Royal Italian band in the Greek theater to-morrow afternoon for the | benefit of_the dramatic fund will begin at 2:30 o'clock. The programme will include selections from Wagner, Chopin, Donizetti and selections from popuiar music, There will be no reserved seats. | The Associated Chemists have elected the fol- | lowing new officers: President, W. A. Stalder; | vice president, C. C. Conlin; treasurer, G. A. Ne J. L. Neighbor; executive cobs and R. A. Roos. 4 fon wiIT be addressed by | eler on Friday evening, his subject to be *“The Organic World.”" The discussion | will be opened by C. A. Kofold. » Californian will issue for the last time | mester on Friday morning. It will be | an elght-page cditlon. | The award for writing the musical comedy for the sophomore mijpstrels Was given to E. . Berringe 5. M. Gregory. The namo n iz withheld .for the present. | e's poster was selected as prize | | ! 25 for the juntor class. | . but this sum was re- eficit caused by the ex- | Prom.” | |LONG AND BARROW ; GAIN THEIR FREEDOM | | | i 3 Evidence Not Sufficient to Justfly‘ | Holding Young Men Charged | | With Stealing Sacks for Prial. | BERKELEY, Dec. 8.—Incomplete | evidence and insufficient identification are the reasons Justice of the Peace Edgar gave for the discharge of Louis Long and George Barrow / from charges of burglary after their pre- liminary examination in his court to- . {day. The young men were accused | of the theft of a large number of sacks |from the Tesla Coal Company, but | there was no evidence to show the ' | connection Etween the sacks stolen | and those soNl to two junk dealers, be- sides which the junk dealers refused | to be positive in their identification of ! C. E. Towson, manager for the Tesla Coal Company, testified that the sacks, worth $12, had been stolen from the company’s barn some time after Bar- | row had worked for him. I. E. Bell- | ing, and Simon Sinal, Oakland junk dealers, said they had purchased a quantity of sacks from Long and Bar- row, but could not positively identify them in the courtroom. i Long, who is an ex-convict, and | Barrow, a former inmate of the Whit- | | tier Reform School, are suspected by | the police of being the persons respon- | sible for a number of recent burglar- | fes. ————— Unbappy Couples, OAKLAND, Dec. 8.—Pearl Perry has begun action for divorce against ‘ Joseph Perry on the ground of cruel- | ty. a month alimony and be allowed to ford. Mary Tobin has asked for a di- vorce from William Tobin on the ground of desertion. They avere mar- ried in San Francisco several years ago. 3 ———— The woman who gave her name | Helen Lewis at the Mayor's office last ! Monday, where she applied for a theatrical engagement, was committed to the State Hospital for the Insane by the Superior Court yesterday. It transpires that her real nai is Grace Vaughan, an actress, well . Chicago. ! Church and was “mated to be $400. She asks that she be awarded $40 | resume her maiden. nme of Ruther- | and bark Pfl% San Francisco. (GN PORT. [. VICTORIA, B Arn‘qd‘ Dec 8—Nor stmr and wn in j. full vocal and dramatic course. While in Europe we visited Berlin, Marburg, Leipsic, Dresden and Weimar. Miss Mc- Currie is at present at the Stearns Uni- versity In Berlin.” Miss Daniells’ voice first attracted the attention of the critics about four years ago. By request she sang for Henry Barnabee of the Bostonians and Mau- rice Grau of the Grau Grand Opera Company. Both of these gentlemen were well impressed with the beautiful Alameda girl's voice and predicted for her a brilllant future if she embarked upon a stage career. Miss Dantells is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Daniells of this city, her father being the editor of the Ala- meda Argus. HOLD DISCUSSION ON NION OF THE SECTS Ministers Talk of Consolidation of the Churches at a Largely Attended Meeting Held in Alameda. APAM!'\'.DA, Dec. 8.—The December ! meeting of the ministers of the Con- gregational churches of the Bay Asso- ciation was held this afternoon and to-night in the First Congregational largely attended. Following the opening of the meeting this afternoon the question of the pro- posed union of the denominations was discussed by the Rev. Mr. Bell for the, United Brethren, the Rev. C. W. Hoag for the Congregationalists and- the “Rev. B. F. Sargent for the Presbyter- jans. All agreed that the unification of the sects would redound to the ad- | vantage of the religious world. This evening there was a music programme and addresses by the Rev. 'W. J. Spears and the Rev. G. C. Ad- ams. Selections were rendered by the Ernest McCandish quartet. —_———————— Fire Threatens Armory Hall. ALAMEDA, Dec. 8.—Fire broke out this evening shortly before 6 o'clock ‘in Armory Hall in the flies of the ‘building just above the stage. The blaze leaped to the roof and for a time the structure appeared to be doomed. |'Quick work on the part of the Fire ! Department prevented the spread of the flames and confined them within a small area. Several curtain scenes were destroyed ‘and the loss is esti- Crossed electric wires are thought to have caused the fire. e Late Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. ; Tuesday, December 8. B.lunr Empire, Macgenn, 58 hours from Coos T8 stmr Petrel, Cappan, from a cruise. SAILED. Tuesday, December 8. Stmr Scotia, Johnson, Bowens Landing. DOMESTIC PORTS, TTLE—, Dec 88t Bert| IIAV -Arrived mr ha, |. PORT fled Dec 8—Schr Queen dia, from Hongkong Y ot In- - - oI TALENTED ALAMEDA GIRL ‘WHO HAS JUST RETURNED FROM EUROPE. + PREMIBR COMBES SUBMITS REPORT TO THE MINISTERS Intends to Transmit to French Parlia- ment a Proposed Law Discontinu- ing Teaching by Orders. PARIS, Dec. 8.—Premier Combes to-day submitted to the Counecil of Ministers the results of the inquiries made - by the prefects throughout France into the number of schools of the authorized congregations which will be closed if the law is extended to include the suppression of teaching by show that a total of 3500 schools are The prefects say that 1900 of these can be closed immediately, but the re- maining 1600 cannot be closed as there are no other schools ready to re- place them. The reports will be trans- mitted to Parliament with a proposed law discontinuing teaching by the au- thorized orders. The previous sup- pression by the Government of clerical teaching related to the unauthorized orders. PLABLY Dol B L e TG ki BRASS MANUFACTURERS HOLD ANNUAL MEETING Committce Is Appointed to Confer ‘With Raiiroads in the Hope of Se- curing Better Freight Rates. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 8.—The Brass Manufacturers' Association of the United States held its annyal meet- ing here to-day with fift members pregent. In the matter of freights the great difference charged for practically the same class of goods, such as brass and nickel, was discussed, the rate for the latter between Chicago and San Francisco being double. A committee was appointed to confer with the rail- roads. The next meeting will probably be held in San Francisco. —_—————— Harvard Men Favor Football. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 8.—The athletic committee of Harvard Univer- | sity, which was asked by the faculty of arts and science to repcrt whether the big college football contests should be discontinued, revorted to-day such acticn is not advisable at present. The report says in part: “The committee ventures to express the opinion that the game of footbail is only one of many distractions in col- lege life and that there is no evidence that its abelition ~ would necessarily turn the attention of students tc more serious pursuits.” e Narrow Escape From Death. Patrick Cunningham, residing at 215% Tenth street, Who has been work- ing on the new Flood building, which is in course of comstruction at Powell and Market streets, wa€ precipitated several stories to the ground yesterday ‘on 4 falling elevator. When the elevator struck the it rebounded and |p|tclnd Cunningham on a sand heap. He was teken to the Emergency Hos- pital, where Dr. J. D. Murphy exam- ined him and found that he had sus- tained a broken rib and a sprained ankle. g A S ey . Odd Fellows Elect Officers, | ALAMEDA, Dec. 8.—Enecinal Lodge No. 164, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, has elected the foll ficers, who wil month: Wor be installed o grand, George Kiein; rank Priestly; recording the authorized orders, The reports | conducted by the authorized orders. | SATS PROMISE WAS GIVEN HIM f Langan, Retired Attorney for Publie Administrator, Claims | He Was Original Gray Man | \ G P R | OTHERS KEEP ‘ —_— Decision of Mass-Meeting Held by People of Haywards to Set- : tle Question Is Not Abided By | S S | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, ) 1118 Broadway, Deec. 3. The removal of G. W. Langan as at- torney for Public Administrator George Gray has brcught forth a quantity of caustic comment from the lawyer, but | silence is maintained by . Gray and George W. Reed. who now gety all of the business of that office. This id the | way Lahgan talks about the matter: | “I do rot blame Gray, for the deal was carried out by his employers. But |1 was the man who got Gray to run for the office ¢f Public Administrator. 1 was the man who got him the dele- gation from his own township. I put | money into his fight, and as he was elected by a narrow margin I can say | that I*was the man who elected him. | I had the promise of Mr. Gray that I shouid be attorney for his office. Mr. | Gray was elected, and then the fight began to get the patrcnage of the of- fice. I finally consented to share the | work with another firm, and now it| would seem that they have all of the | work.” < Neither George W. Reed, the new at- torney for the Public Administrator, | nor Mr. Gray himself will make any statement, which leaves Mr. Langan's to be interpreted in the light of past and present events. Mr. Langan's ref- erence to Mr. Gray's “employers” can only be made to apply to H. W. Meek of San Lorenzo, upon whose magnifi- cent ranch Mr. Gray is the foreman. | But, like all the others, Mr. Meek has | 1n0!hing to say except to disclaim any | authority over Mr. Gray as Public Ad- | ministrator. The peopte of Hayward®, where Mr. | Gray and Mr. Langan reside, are much | interested in this matter. When, just | after the election of Mr. Gray, it was proposed to give the work to Reed & Nusbaumer, the people of Haywards held a mass-meeting, at which they { called both Gray and Langan before them, while the citizens of the town | | sat as a jury of several hundred upon | | the case. Each side made its statement {to the citizens, with the result that| the work of the office was divided. Now | | Mr. Reed is given all ¢f the work. | | —_—————————— | | LIFE IN THIS WORLD | WAS MISERY FOR HIM | SILENCE| { Testimony at Inauest Into Cause of Death of Jens Schack Shows That He Was Despondent. LIVERMORE, Dec. 8.—An inquest was held here to-day by Coroner | Mehrmann into the cause of the death of Jens A. Schack, who was found hanging in his home in Doolan Can- | yon last Friday. The case was \ev&- dently one of suicide, as the deceased left a letter to his son Harry, in which | he stated at the otuset that he was going to kill himself. rendered in accordance with this view The letter is hardly intelligible, but in it Schack accused a man and his wife of having made trouble between himself and his wife and he chose the anniversary of his wedding day to| take his final farewell of the plure; | where, he says, for the past thirteen years he has known nothing but mis- ery. . Schack and his wife separated sev- | eral years ago. She died without a | reconciliation being effected between | them and it is thought that this prey- ed upon his mind. ! e | WANT TOWN AND GOWN TO ASSIST LIBRARY BERKELEY, Dec. 8.—The Town and Gown Club is going to be asked | to assist in furnishing the new Car- negie library building. The library | trustees will not have all the money they want to spend on the furnishings | | and so they wili ask the club women | jto help them. Professor Leon J. | Richardson of the University of Cali- | fornia and a member of the board has | | therefore been delegated a committee | {of one to cal! upon the clubwomen | and ascertain from them how much they ave willing to contribute toward | the decoration of the new building. The library trustees have enough money to provide chairs and book- cases and such things, but they will need the help of the ladies in getting pictures and art works to decorate the walls and a juvenile library for the | children’s room. ! — gl Judge in a Quandary. OAKLAND, Dec. 8.—The suit be- tween Robert Collins and Ignacio Mc- Courtney over the twenty-five-year-old note, now on trial before Judge Og- den, has simmered down to a matter of signatures. Judge Ogden has de- cided that all other testimony is ir- | relevant, as the distance in time and apparent contradictions in the state- | ments made by both sides in the con- | troversy make it impossible for him | to decide betwen their absolutely con- | tradictory stories. ————— m A verdict was | of the case. | ITERSARY OF BAPTISTS First Chureh of That Denomi- nation in Oakland Holds a Celebration' of Tts Birthday L NEARS ITS HALF CE Rev. M. W. Haynes of Chicago Delivers an Able Address to Those Gathered at Ceremony PR Oakland Office San Francisco Call 1118 Broadway, Dec. 8. The Rev. M. W. Haynes, pastor of the Belden-avenue Baptist Church of Chicago, preached the sermon at the special service held to-night to cele- brate the forty-ninth anniversary of the organization of the First Baptist Church of this eity. The services were held at Masonic Hall, which has been used as a place of meeting by the congregation of the church sinece the destruction of the church building at Fourteenth and Brush streets by fire on August 10, 1902. The First Baptist Church was or- ganized December 7, 1854, and was rec- ognized by the ecclesiastical councii December 17, 1834. Its first house of worship was located at Fifth and Jef- ferson streets and was the first Pro- testant church to be erected in Oak- land. In February, 1864, the building was removed to Ninth street, between Clay and Jefferson streets. In 1868 the lot ony the corner of Four- teenth and Brush/streets was secured and a new church erected, which was occupied by the congregation until its destruction by fire. When the new church at the cormer of Jomes street and Telegraph avenue is completed the congregation of the First Baptist Church will possess one of the most beautiful houses of worship on the Pa- cific Coast. The new edifice will be completed during the fiftieth year of the life of the church organization. The present pastor of the church, Rev. H. J. Vosburgh, began his pas- torate September 1, 1901, being preceded by the Rev. C. H. Hobart, who served the church for fourteen years. The services this evening were opened with a short scripture reading and a brief address by the pastor. Dr. Haynes was then introduced. He tool as his text, “I have learned in whate TURY | soever State I am to be content,” but he added “I think that a far better as well as more modern translation would be: ‘I have learned in whatsoever State I am to be master of the situation.” Take, for instance, the case of two farmers who settled in the great West side by side In the early days. To-day one has a mortgage on his farm, the fences are all down and the house is unpainted The other has a beautiful home, mon in the bank and a mortgage on neighbor's farm. “What does this prove? Simply that one man is master of the situation. | “Se it is with your church—in spite of adversity it has proven itself master of the situation.” A pleasing incident of the service was the meeting of Dr. Haynes and Mrs. Stacey, a former soloist in the choir of the Belden-avenue Church in Chi- | cago. Dr. Haynes did not know th-t Mrs. Stacey was to be present until by | request of the pastor of the church she grc!e to sing the solo of the evening. —————— | OLD ENGLISH PLAY TO BE REPRODUCED University Students Will Put on One of the Works of Early Writers in Theater on Charter Day. BERKELEY, Dec. §.—If the plans of the English Club and the recently organized French Club are realized the patrons and the students of the University of California will see the revival of plays by famous old play- wrights within the next term. Part of the activities of each of these clubs is to be devoted to the reproduection of these old .plays in exactly the same way they were beheld by audiences of the long ago and in beginning so soon it is anticipated that the greater per- fection will be attained. The English Club will decide at its next meeting between two plays—Rob- ert Greene's “Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay” and Samuel Johnson’s “Silent Women.” It is likely that Greene's play will be chosen, though there is an objection to it on account of the necessity for elaborate scenery. John= son’s play does not call for so much elaboration, but it is not as interesting as Greene's. The play, whichever it ls, will be presented at the Greek Theater on C?aner day. The French’' Club will present one of Moliere's comedies some time during the mext term, the play and date to be decided upon later. It, too, will be given in the Greek Theater, where such ' success was attained with “Phedre” at the time of the dedication of the theater. ——— Castro May Invade Colombia. WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao, Dec. 8.—The Venezuelan Government has imported 150,000 rifles and 10,000,000 cartridges and, it is reported, is pre- paring to invade Colombia in case of war between the latter country and the United States. Postoffice Clerk Removed. | ALAMEDA, Dec. 8.—G. A. Nissen, | a clerk in the local postoffice, has been | dismissed from the service on charges preferred against him by Postmaster | T. W. Leydecker. Nissen was accused | of acts prejudicial to the work of the | Charles J. Hammend Jr., a son of City | Trustee. Charles J. Hammond and a brother of Assistant Postmaster Harry sen’s position. Appeal Hahn Case) OAKLAND, Dec. 8.—Notice of an appeal from the decision of Judge Hall in ordering“the distribution of the estate' of Katherine Hahn was filed to-day. A clause in the will formed a trust, which the Judge held invalidated the docume; court set aside the will and ordered that the estate, amounting to $120,000, be di- vided according to the law of inheri- tapca. office, of insubordination and of criti- | 2 cizing his superiors. Letter Carrier | | succumbs to oniy Hammond, has been named to fill Nis- | A Story of the Ignorance of a City Girl. The city girl coming down to break- fast at the farm house and observing a plate of honey on the table said, “Oh; T see you keep a bee.” That's about the way some people talk about the blight of baldness—just as if bald head was something one got all at once instead of being the result of lor depletion by an insidious germ which thrives upon the roots of the hair and one known remedy, i bro's Herpicide. N obeo's Herpicide la not a more than electricity is a fluld. inator, pure and simple. Destroy ihe cause you remove the effect.’ Soki by Send 10c _in stamps _for sample 10 Herpicide Co.. De- | troit, Mich. | l The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the ‘Biguature of 3 tonfe any It s an CASTORIA For Infants and Children. € 1