The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 18, 1904, Page 4

THE, 55 FRANCISCO CALL MONDAY, ARY 18, 1804, = NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA o BRUTAL ROBBER | BEATS VICTIN, Thug Holds Up Chris Bader, a|W. V. Stafford Is Presvnh‘dl Cabinet Maker, of San Fran- ciseo and Badly Injures Him b ASSAULT IN FRUITVALE —e Criminal Twice Uses His Club, Lays Open Scalp of His Prey and Escapes in the Darkness 5~ Oakiand Office San Francisco Call, Bader, a San Franc! ho lives on Washington street tvale, was beaten by a footpad ht when within a few blocks of e because the footpad thought was gojng to draw a re- Then Bader was beaten a sec- ond time because the footpad found that he had little money with him. The a ult took place in a very dark portion of Fruitvale, just outside of the city Ii of Oakland on East Four-| teenth near Twenty-seventh aver was on his way home when a masked man stepped from be- hind a tree and ordered him to throw up his ha Bader had his hands his overc s at the time and did not withd: them quickly enough | to suit the highwayman. who thought that he was going to draw a revolve: He forestalled any act of that kind by hitting Bader on the head with a club and knocking him down. Then he went through Bader's pockets and when he found b ittle money he vented his anger on the unfortunate victim by beating him & more with the club. Bader is badly cut on the head. The no in the portion of Fruit- yere the crime occurred, it being f the city limits of Oakland s MONUMENTS UNVEILED BY WOODMEN OF WORLD Monbers of Golden Gate Camp Hold Impressive Ceremony at St. Mary's Cemetery. OAKLAND, Jan. 17.—The members Gate Camp No. 64, Wood- World, unveiled the monu- highwayman has escaped. There police systen of Golde: me the graves of Thomas F. | Manning and J. T. Jordan at St Mary's Cemetery this afternoon at 2 o'clock. In spite of the wet weather han a hundred mem- | bers of or atiended the cere- After the unveiling exercises Head Consul F. A. Falkenburg delivered an the course of which he said Woodmen of the World had h tokens of respect to bers of the order. witnesses that the Woodmen keep faith with their dead. —_—————— TWO-THIRDS OF A REPAIR FIRM LAND IN JAIL John D. Montzomery Charges His Former Partners With the Em- bezzlement of Set of Scales. OAKLAND, Jan. 17.—J. D. Dally | d William G. Bond have been ar- ed on complaint of John D. Mont- | mery and charged with embezzle- | ment. The men were partners in a scale repairing sho,, on Third street. According to Montgomery his partners ook advantage of his absence one day | and sold the contents of the shop to | 2 junk peddler. Among the stuff was | of scales owned by Thomas W. rder, sent to the shop to be repaired and valued at $45. Montgonery said he was responsible for the scales and has therefore caused the arrest of two-thirds of the firm, which has been dissolved. Dally and Bond say they will tell their troubles in court. —_————— TO INCREASE FACILITIES AT WEST OAKLAND YARDS Southern Pacific Company Builds New Turntable and Wi~ Soon Erect Another Roundhouse. OAKLAND, Jan. 17.—The Southern Pacific Company is steadily increasing the capacity of its plant at West Oak- land in order to meet the increased business. T company is now oper- ating about 170 engines on this divi- sion, and, as all of these are repaired . at the West Oaklad shops, more ac- commodations are absolutely neces- sary “he plans for the new equipment call for two new roundhouses, but only one will be immediately constructed. The turntable and pit for this are al- ready completed and the work on the e roundhouse wili be com- soon as the wet weather is —— e Dirigo Company’s Reunion. D, jan. 17.—Dirigo Company Uniform Rank Knights of sill give a social dance and of members at Pythian Castl fth street, on Wednesday evel i January 20. The affair is in charge of the foliowing mittee of arrange- ments: Sergeant Mortimer H. Weed, Sergeant M. Bock, Sergeant Charles H. Ajlen and F. B. Larmer ek it & SR Will Discuss Garbage Question. OAKLAND, Jan. 17.—Councilman A. H. Elliott will deliver an address on the garbage question before the Women's Civic Imprevement Club to-morrow afternoon at Chabot Observatory * Hall. The m 1! take pilace at 20 o'clock, and all those interested in the question of the disposal of the garbage of this cit invited to at- tend ) ————————————— neral From Arbor Villa. ND, Jan. 17.—The funeral of Mrs J. Thompson, mother of Mrs. F. M. Smith, was held this after- noon at 2 e'clock from Arbor Villa, the Smith residence, in East Oakland. The Rev. Charles R. Brown, pastor of the First Congregational Church, and the Rev. J. K. McLean officiated. The body was incinerated at the Oakland Crematory. ————— Escaped Prisoner Recaptured. OAKLAND, Jan. 17.—John Ryan, who escaped last May from the cus- tody of John Wilds, janitor at the City Hall, was arrested to-night by Patrol- man Sherr:._ Ryan had been serving a three days’ sentence for drunkenness and was in the “broom brigade” at the hall when he slipped away. —————— To Prevent the Grip. Lexgtive Hromo Quinine removes the ‘To get the genuine call Zox the rull name, I OAK cause. 28c. * LONDON'S POOR RDER SHOWS TS GRATITIDE With Silver Table Service by the Railway Conductors PEREY COMES AS SURPRISE UL LT g Recipient Has Been Chairman of General Grievance Commit- tec for the Last Ten Years i O Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. W. V. Stafford, who for ten years has been the chairman of the general grievance committee of division 364 of the Order of Railway Conductors, was to-night presented with a silver table service by members of the order in recognition of the years of hard work he has done for the order. The presentation was a complete sur- price to Staffore A committee from the Jocal division, headed by L. L. Stevens, called upon Mr. Stafford at his home, 914 Market street, to-night, and Mr. evens presented the ser with a very neat litt] speech, in which he thanked Mr. Stafford for his earnest and successful work for the order. There were addresses by others, in- cluding Joe Moffitt and Charles H. Schu. Mr. Stafford, in his capacity as chair- man of the general grievance commit- tee, has had to handle all of the nego- tiations between the order and the officials of the Southern Pacific Com- pany, and the long term of peace be- tween the railroad managers and the conductors has been largely due to his careful management and diplomacy. The tact and ability of Mr. Stafford has been recognized by the members GIFT | handsome | of the order, and they took this meth- | od of making known their regard for | both the man and his work. The service is very handsome, and comprises everything in the shape of | tableware that can be made out of silver. + ARE DESCRIBED Rev. Mark Guy Pearse Pictures Deplorable Condition of Des- titute in British Metropolis CAESE TR AR A story of London and its overcrowd- ing, its immense population of six and a haif millions of souls, and what is be- ing done by the London Mission to al- | leviate the suffering among the poor, was discuseed last night by the Rev. Mark Guy Pearse at Grace M. E. Church, Twenty-first and Capp streets. The Rev. Mr. Pearse said in part: | .1 wil address you to-might on “‘Christian Socialism What does London mean with its population of 6,500,000 people? My friends, London, Chicago and New York are built on voicanos, and when they burst the remote places will not esgape. In London people are living in places that were it our lot we should not think life worth living. I frankly confess that 1 would not. Oh, you happy people in California, you do not know what poverty means. Think of three famiiies huddled together in one room. Now, it is for the church to come to the aid of such people. 1t is not right at that the door of the church should be closed Follow a man down To from from unday till Sunday. Where is he to Ten, let the church make i , 80 warm, so attractive that he may y, were I the working man, if nt me in church, why not want me e public house? 1 say to you that there is no church half so sacred as the poor man woman and the poor child that walk of vur God 10 suffer as some I have seen I would myself have a sense of wrath, of indignation; I would grow bitter against the world. That volcano will burgt unless the churches change the conditions. Socialism, as it is mostly un- derstood. is hatred begotfen of wrath. Socia ism mesns what is thine ie mine. but S ism toc savé what is mine is thine. Ah, that is the socialism we want in the world—un- selfishness. But the great revivdl is coming that chall transform the social conditions in which men shall live. 1 would thct the millionaires, the rich rgen of our church, would endow their daughters with_enough money to carry on the work of ihe Bisters of the People. might well foliow the example of our friends of thc Roman Catholic church. T do not mean the practice of celibacy, but that the young dsughters of the wealthy might give up their time to the philanthropic work, the assistance and attendance on the poor and the sick. The Rev. Mr. Pearse will speak at Grace M. E. Church to-night on “Some 0Old Folks at Home.” —_—————— MAIL CLERKS ELECT NEW OFFICERS AND ENTERTAIN Annual Meeting of Local Branch of National Organization Is Fol- lowed by Smoker. The members of Branch 8, United National Association of Postoffice Clerks, held their annual meeting in the Alcazar building yesterday after- noon. Great interest w; shown in the annual election of officers, which re- sulted as follows: President, J. E. Power; vice presidents—Daniel E. Sawyer, A. Liebseher and J. J. Mc- Naughton; recording secretary, A. 8. J. Woods; financial secretarv, George P. Feely; treasurer, J. H. Donohoe; ser- geant at arms, Warren King; execu- itve committee—Joseph Rudee, Alex- ander Imbrie and R. L. Apple. The regular business of the meeting was followed by a smoker, which con- tinued until a late hour in the after- noon. Among the interesting features of the entertainment were solos by Robert Saxe, David Burson, Daniel B. Dwyer and Samuel Warren. The organization has already made arrangements for its annual ball, to be held in Native Sons’ Hall on the even- ing of january 30. —_——— Woman Badly Burned. Alice Sanger. who rooms at 309 Third street, was severely burned yesterday morning and suffered injuries that may result fatally. The woman acciden:ally overturned a lighted candle and tne flame communicated to her clothing. [n a few moments her body was wrapped in lames. After the blaze had been cx- tinguished she was taken to the Cep- tral Emergency Hogpital and later re- n:o\"led to the City and County Hos- pital. you w do- 2 In that respect we ———— Too Much Liguor. Margaret Smith entered a dwelling- house at 351 Tehama street yesterday and attempted to jump from a second- story window. She was restrained by the occupants of the hcuse and an am- bulance su: At the Receiving Hospital her case was diagnosed as de- lirium tremens. | be in the schools. LACK OF FAITH CRYING DISEASE PRIEST ASSERTS R el TATHER. M SwWeEENeY fvedas R o & PRIEST WHO SPOKE BEFORE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN | ASSOCIATION. — % livers Address Before Y. M -C.oA i b R OAKLAND. Jan. 17.—"The lack of reverence for God, the lack of faith. the absence of rel n in the hearts of crying disease of so- ciety at the present time, here in Oak- land, in this country and in the world. The cause of this disease is apostacy men—that is the from God. It is the greatest crime of the present day Thus did the Rev. Thomas Mc- Sweeney, pastor of St. Francis de Sales Church, declare during an address on “Good Citizenship,” delivered this aft- ernoon at the men's meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association. The eloquent priest was given closest attention, and his story, virile words for the uvbuilding of the moral side of mankind, were heard by an audi- ence which made much approving re- sponse. D. Edward Collins, president of the Young Men’s Christian Association, in- troduced Father McSweeney, who ex- pressed his strong approval of the asso- ciation’s work, with large meed of praise for the men who were carrying it The clergyman said: The subject of good citizenship is one of the greatest in the world. It is an encyclopedia, for it takes in so much. A gocd zen is the one who loves his country and is obedient to the Jaw. There is a two-fold obligation in this—one each on the part of the city and of the citizen. The citizen must give obedience and respect to the law and the city must give care and pro- tection to the citizen. When this two- fold obligation is observed things go along well. Then the balance is struck as between them. “A man’s life in society is not lived to himself or for himse!f. Whether he wills it or not, he must be a factor for good or for evil. You cannot be in- different. There must be an active co- operation, else you are an element of positive evil. If you are interested in unlifting all that is in your power, then you are a positive good. “In Oakland we have much to be thankful for. Our city is blessed by nature as few cities are. The adminis- tration of our laws is good. Our offi- cials who guide the city and direct-it are honest and efficient. But we, as citizens, are not an exception to the one great fault of the day, our failure to give to the religious, the spiritual side., a proper prominence. “Man is composed of three distinct ele- ments, the physical, the intellectual and the moral. We pay attention to the de- velopment of the physical, and rightly That which has been given to us should be developed. Our athletic clubs flour- ish and so they should prosper. Let us be clean muscled and strong of sinew. So in the intellectual growth. But we are not fully formed unless in our hearts there is a love and respect for our religion, no matter what it i “You must have remarked in this cit: a lack of reverence for God. It is here, it is elsewhere, and it is the erying dis- ense of society. We build buildings to last forever. We pay much attention to our temporal concerns. We are filled with pride over our prosperity and the success of our people. But morality or religion, call it what you will, must be at the foundation. “The cause of this disease is an apost- acy from God. It is impossible to build up character without God. You cannot, positively and absolutely, cannot do it. The experience of centuries tells us that. The greatest crime of the present day is the putting away of God. “Now what is the remedy” It cannot There one child is the same as another. There one relig- jon is the same as another, and one is revered the same as another. Where is the boy and the girl to be taught that love for religion that makes for character? The school? No. The State law rules there shall be no religion there. “Year by year, boys and girls are growing up, magnificent specimens of intellectual and physical development. Our girls, good, pure, trustful, truthful and beautiful. But how much better would be that development if as much were given to the spiritual side as to the physical and the intellectual. Give the spiritual side its just place. We can respect all forms of religion. Man should worship God as he pleases. It makes no difference what is that belief. “The churches as a rule cannot do as much as probably we expect they should do. The church sees you but lit- tle. You go on Sunday morning and hear the beautiful music and the words of the minister and you pass out of the doors and are little seen until the next Sunday. . “If. and it is if, religion is what we say it is, the best thing in the world, if it is that, ig it not a pity you could not give a little more time than a hur- Rev. Thomas McSweeney De- | POLICE PUZILE Recover a Packed Grip and a Hat, Both Belonging to Ed- gar Brown, a Country Justice —_— SMALL MYSTERY CREATED . ) Valise. Found in a Back Yard of a Webster Street Home and Hat on Adjoining Premises e Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 17. The police would be glad to know the whereabouts of Edgar Brown, erst- while Justice of the Peace for Salmon Falls Township, Bl Dorado County, | more recently a resident of Berkeley and still later, to all appearances, a dealer in groceries at 1731 Market | street, San Francisco. | If the former Justice be located he | might explain why a brown: leather valise packed with his belongings and |one black soft hat of stylish make ! were mysteriously left in the rear of | 1255 Webster street. The valise was found by a gardener, where it lay in a back yard, as if hast- ily thrown there. Detective Shorey re- covered the hat in an adjoining yard | several days ago, but no attention was given the find until to-day’s package was brought to light. None of the residents in the neigh- borhood know Justice Brown, nor can they throw any light upon the valise or | the hat. In the receptacle are a lot of papers, letters and the like, with sev- | eral articles of clothing. The contents were neatly packed, as if the owner were on a journey with them. Examination of the documents dis- closed Justice Brown's name on a cer-| | tificate of election dated November 6, 1804, Other papers indicated that he had resided in Folsom, had been forenJ man of a vineyard in that locality and | | Oakland ! | had been in the grocery business i San Francisco, Detective Shorey has no theories concerning the mystery, so he has carefully laid aside the hat and valise, hoping that the apparent owner will appear, im his property and make explanations. BOY ACCUSED OF ROBBERY Fred Raabe Is Positively Iden- tified by Eugene (. Cerf as One of Trio of Footpads —p Fred Raabe, 19 years of age, was positively identified at the City Prison yesterday afternoon by Eugene C. Cerf of 1155 Octavia street as one of three youths who held him up and robbed him at Post and Franklin streets on Sunday night, January 10. Cerf promptly picked Raabe out from four other boys about his own age. Raabe's mouth twitched and he nearly collapsed. He was booked on a charge of robbery. Cerf was on his way home about 9 o'clock and at Post and Franklin streets three youths surrounded him and ordered him to throw up his hands. One had a revolver. This one Cerf identified as Raabe. Cerf was told to hand out his money and he gave up 60 cents. One of the young footpads OVER ANDBAG] < Rev. Edgar W. Work to Lea PASTOR HANDS RESIGNATION TO - PASTOR OF FIRST PRESBY- TERIAN CHURCH, BERKE- LEY, WHO HAS RESIGNED. 2% Ve the First Presbyterian Church. AT SIS L BERKELEY, Jan. 17.—The Rev. Ed- gar W. Work, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, has presented to the trustees of the church his resigna- tion. It is not to take immediate ef- fect, as the minister has consented to remain in the pulpit until the trustees settle upon a successor to hinm The action of the Rev. Mr. Work was not unexpected, as the iliness of his young son was known to be a bar w0 continue residence in California. He took his son to Southern California three weeks ago and at that time it was rumored that he would resign. Since then the condition of the child has become so alarming that the fam- ily physician ordered him taken to Col- orado Springs and this hastened the father’s resignation. Fortunately for the Rev. Mr. Work he has received and accepted a call to the First Presbyte- rian Church of Colorado Springs, 3o that the family may take up its resi- dence there and be equipped for caring for the child invalid. The Rev. Mr. Work has been the pas- tor of the First Presbyterian Church for little more than a year. He had occupied previously the pulpit of the Presbyterian Church of Dayton, Ohio. - RUMOR TELLS X3 threw back Cerf's coat and relieved him of his watch and chain and a $ gold piece. Just then a man came along and Cerf was told not to make an outery or his head would be blown off. After the man had passed them Cerf was allowed to go. About an hour after the Cerf hold- up Frank Heissner, who w: on his way to call upon his mother-in-law at 375 Fell street, was held up by three youths at Octavia and Fell streets. They at first asked him for a match, and then told him they were not after match, but money. They took $3 in silver from him, and one, who held a revolver, threatened to blow his head off if he did not keep quiet. As they were leaving him the one with the re- volver struck him on the head with the butt end of the weapon, knocking him down. He had a look at Raabe in the prison yesterday, but although he said Raabe answered the description of the one with the revolver he would not positively identify him. Raabe was arrested last Wednesday night in a saloon at Sixteenth and Capp streets by Detectives Fitzgerald and Graham and Policeman M. Cooney. He is a son of Fred Raabe, the well-known politician. who at the present time holds a political position in Sacramento. The police say that the boy has never heen in serious trouble before. His two companions are known and their arrest is only a question of time. e e.—— Little Bear Dies. The baby bear that was a marvel at birth for its tiny size, died at the Golden Gate Park Saturday night. The little animal came into the world a mite that a man could hold in his hand, and tales of its advent were fold bread- cast, ————————— Nozaleda Suing for Libel. LONDON, Jan. 17.—The Madrid cor- respondent of the Standard says that ‘Monsignor Nozaleda, who was recently appointed Archbishop of Valencia, is suing several Madrid newspapers for libel. The correspondent adds that it is an open secret that the Vatican ad- vised Monsignor Nozaleda to decline the Archbishovric. He is expected to do so after the Government has de- fended him in the Cortes. * ried hour a week to it. What time du you give to your earthly affairs? Can | religion impede a man in his progress? It is acknowledged that the greatest and the best successes in this world never came without the influence of re- ligion. The best thing a man has is his trust in God. ““He is the best citizen who loves his religion tenderly and honestly. If the proof be needed of a man’s patriotism, of a man’s willingness to sacrifice for the land he loves, his country, the man you will find most willingly to take up the work is he who loves his God. “One of the greatest schools, one of the grandest churches is the home. The best vriest is the mother. If the hand of God rests there, the boy and the girl have the blessing which will start them aright.” OF BRIBE COI Sensational Stories Circulated in Sacramento Regarding the Appointment of Police Chief Pl PN S Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 17.—The fight for the position of Chief of Police has reached an acute stage and stories of attempted bribery are rife on the streets to-night. Mayor Hassett has named Matt Coffev for Chief to suc- ceed the incumbent, John E. Sullivan, and the Trustees to-morrow night will determine by their votes whether they shall confirm or reject Coffey’s ap- pointment. There are nine Trustees, and Coffey's friends count on the votes of Trus- tees Black, Popert, McEwen and Cal- lahan and also Carrigher, although the latter has not yet expressed his choice. Sullivan’s friends expect the votes of Trustees Ing, Tebbets, Farley and Elkus to reject the Mayor's ap- pointment and keep Sullivan in. But in order to accomplish this result, the friends of Sullivan require another vote, and a story is afloat (o-night that $3000 was offered for the vote of Popert or Black. Popert could not be seen to-night. Black said he had heard the story of attempted bribery, but denied its truth. Matt Coffey, Mayor Hassett’'s ap- pointeee for Chief of Police, declared to-night in an interview that he had the authority of City Trustee James Popert for the statement that Popert. through a brother of the latter, had been offered $3000 for Trustee Popert’s vote to retain Sullivan in the office of Chief of Police. Coffey said Popert did not tell him who the party was who offered him the bribe in this manner. ————— DISPUTE ABOUT MEALS LEADS TO FREE FIGHT N. Tsouvas, Proprietor of Chop House, ‘Wields a Club and His Brother Uses a Revolver. George Hanson, a cook living at 508 Twentieth street, and some friends, among them W. Pearson, went intc the chop house of N. Tsouvas at 1193 Mar- ket street early yesterday morning and had a dispute with the proprietor about paying for the meals and drinks. A general fight followed and Tsouvas beat Hanson on the head with a club. ‘His brother. G. Tsouvas, grabbed hold of a revolver and fired a shot at Pear- son, the bullet striking him over the heart, but only inflicting a flesh wound. Policeman Nightingale heard the shot and ran to the chop house. He arrested N. Tsouvas on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon and booked him at the City Prison. G. Tsouvas had disap- peared. Hanson was sent to the Cen- tral Emergency Hcspital. where four wounds on his scalp and forehead were stitched and dressed. Pearson’s wound was also attended to. 1 Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 17. In order to promote harmony and to protect their business interests, the real estate dealers of this city have ganized the Oakland Real Estate 2 ciation and have established a uniform scale of commissions for the sale and renting of property, which will go into effect at once. The foliowing are the commissions agreed upon for the sale of property: For all property of the value of $3000 or less, 5 per cent, and for all of more than $3000, 21; per cent. Fr example, if a piece of property is sold for $5000 5! or- | SS0- v — : 4 RE ALTY ME\I BRANCH OFFICES | OF THE CALL IN THE TRUSTEES FORM CO“BINE« ALAMEDA COUNTY : e 3 ! OAKLAND. Twenty Prominent Firms ()r»’ :-'r::pnmm:.’.'. 1063. g.ran.lze Into Real Estate Asso- P o108 ciation and Eleet Officers 2148 Center Street. b | Telephone North 77. MERRILL TRACT 1S SOLD ALAMEDA. ——— 1435 Park ?lm'- A. J. Snyder Pays $35,000 for Tebeploty: JUgW. o0 Block of Fine Residence Prop- |+ i e erty on Telegraph Avenue f —e 1 FROM EXODUS | Rev. Charles R. Brown Begins Course in Biblical History Applied to Modern Affairs @ sscimaing Oakland Office San Franeisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 17. Charles R. Brown, pastor The Rev. per cent commission will be collected | of the First Congregational Chureh, on the first $3000 and 24 per cent on| has commenced a series of Sunday the remaining $2000. The minimum | evening sermon on the theme, “The commission for any sale is $25. r renting a piece of property, the| owner collecting all rents after the first month, the commission will be 20 per cent. If the agent collects the charge | for renting will be 10 per cent and the commission for collecting rents will be 5 per cent for residence property ana 214 per cent for business property. | OFFICERS SELECTED. The officers of the association, which | will meet on the first Thursday of each | month, are: F. J. Woodward, president: | John T. Bell, vice president; George W. Austin, secretary; A. J. Snyder, treas- | urer; A. H. Breed, William Laymance | and E. P. Cook, executive committee. The associatien is composed of the | following firms: Woodward, Watson & ; A. J. Snyder, Meads & Bell, George | in, H. B. Belden, E. P. Cook; | Holcomb, Breed & Baneroft; Wiseman, | Holcomb & Young; Laymance Real Es- | tate Company, E. J. Stewart & Co.. Taylor Bros. & Co., M. L. , J. S ith, Dodge & Son, Maecdonald & Story of an Ancient Labor Movement,” and covering a modern exposition of the Book of Exodus. The first topic is “The Oppression of a‘ People.” Fol- lowing will be sermons on “The Call of a Deliverer,” “The Insolent Refusal of Justice,” “The Moral Effect of a Series of Public Calamities,” “Crossing the Boundary Intc New Conditions,” “The ead of the Desert.” “The Com- manding Presence of a Moral Or- der,” “The Degrading Worship of a jolden Calf,” “The Demand of a Sac- rificial Life,” “The Entrance Into the Life of Promise.” The discourses invite the attention of those who are inter- ested in modern social conditions. The Rev. Mark Guy Pearse, the em- inent English Methodist clergyman and author, occupied the pulpit of the First Methodist Church this morning. Dr. Pearse will lecture Friday evening at the Young Men's Christian Association. The Rev. H. J. Vosburgh. pastor of the First Baptist Church, the Rev. J. P. Currin of Goiden Gate, and the Rev. George B. M. Gray, F. P. Lee & | R- J. Whitaker, pastor of the Twen- Co.. E. P. Vandercook & Co. W. E.|tv-third Avenue Baptist Church, have Barnard and J. Tyrrel. : .~ | begun a simultaneous series of Sunday The Merrill home tract, located on | €Vening discourses on Youth, or l:&' the west sid E b o .. | Springtime of Life; Messages to the est, side of Telegraph avenue, be- | v ye y"or the Twentieth Century.” tween Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets, has recently been sold by Mrs. béth Merrill of 534 Twenty-fifth street, to A. J. Snyder. Th- tract has a frontage of 200 feet on Telegraph ave- nue and 500 feet on each of the cross stieets, and it is understood that the purchase price was more th. 35,000, 117, The subjects and dates follow: January ‘The Achievements of Youth™ uary 31, “The Dangers of Youth” ruary 7. “The Questionings of Youth"; February 14, “The Limitations of Youth”: Febr ¥ 21, “The Opportuni- ties of Youth.” The purchaser intends to divide the The Rev. Ernest E. Baker, pastor of tract and erect a number of modern | *he First Presbyterian _Church. houses. The Merrill home, which was | Préached this morning at Centennial built by Ralston, the mining man, is | Presbyterian Church. S vl e Soosate EE Bt ik e Tevival FRUITVALE GROWING. Services at the Twenty-fourth Avenue Another important transac_on in the | Methodist Church. same section of the city was the sale of the Judson Davis property on the corner of Twenty-second st-eet and Broadway. The price paid was $9000. William H. Crocker recently pur- chased six acres of tide land between Willow and Mulberry streets, Alameda, from the Central California Land Com- pany. The land fronts on the tidal canal. Although more than 200 houses were built in Fruitvale during the year 1903, the demand is still far in excess of the supply and many people who wish to locate in that section are compelled to go elsewhere because it is impossible to secure homes. The Syndicate In- vestment Company has bulit a large number of houses and cottages and has disposed of them as fast as they were finished. The Sather tract, which was placed on the market Ly the company, is practically sold out, and as soon as the rainy season is over more than thirty cottages and hou-es will be erected by the owners of the lots. Real estate dealers throughout the entire county report a larger number of inquiries for all kinds of property than ever before at this time of the year, and they are confident that fully as much if not more bu:'ness will be done in 1904 than was done during 1903. i bt REV. DR. BRIGGS SETS ECCLESIASTICS AGOG Recent Utterances on Issue of Apos- tolic Succession Starts a New Controversy. NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—Rev. Charles A. Briggs of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and Professor in the Union Theological Seminary, has started an- other controversy. The president of the Church Club of New York, George McCollough Miller, has called the at- tention of Bishop Potter to a paper which Dr. Briggs read recently before the club and Bishop Potter has asked Dr. Briggs for a copy of the paper for examination. In his paper before the club and in the comments with which he followed it Dr. Briggs was understood by mem- bers of the club to say, among other things, that apostolic succession hung on a single historic thread:; that in point of universality the church of Rome had almost the only claim worth considering; that the Pope of Rome was right in the main when he asserted that Anglican orders were invalid from the Roman point of view. e —— FRANCIS JOSEPH HOPEFUL. VIENNA, Jan. 17.—During the pre- sentation of the general circle at the court ball last g¢vening Emperor Fran- cis Joseph said to Embassador Storer: “I think that affairs are going to be better in the Far East. Everything will be arranged.” The Emperor spoke in a similarly hopeful strain to other members of the diplomatic corps. —_——— Portuguese Benevolents. The following named have been in- stalled as the officers of the Portuguese | Benevolent and Protective Association of this city for the current term by Dr. J. P. Martius in the absence of Manuel F. M. Trigueiro, the retiring presiden A. T. Bettencourt, presi- dent; J. C. Moraes, vice president; J. J. de Frietas, corresponding secretary; F. C. Saraiva, financial secretary; Jose Baptista. treasurer: A. S. Martinho, deacon: A. M. Carvalho, master of cer- emonies; J. J. de Silva, conductor; Manuel R. Mendes, inside guardian; Frank Sousa, outside guardian. After the installation a first-class supper was served in the banquet hall. There were many enthusiastic speeches by the retiring and the new officers and by Mr. Bettencourt da Camara, a well- known Portuguese author and journal- ist. and Messrs. Rafael and Trigueiro. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church vestry has elected the following officers: Sen- ior warden, Robert Graham: junior warden, Robert Nicholls; _secretary, William Hindell; treasurer, R. G. Gra- ham. A receotion in honor of the new rector will be held Wednesday evening at the guild hall. Special evening services will be held, beginning Wednesday evening, at_the Tenth Avenue Baptist Church, the Rev. N. E. Storey of Sacramento officiating. The Rev. Frank Greeley of Berkeley conducted services to-day at the Fourth Congregational Church. Mrs. M. N. Graves, national organizer of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, lectured this evening at the Eighth Avenue Methodist Church. “The Inspiration of the Bible” was the subject of a discourse this evening at the First Unitarian Church by the Rev. George W. Stone. Special services were held this even- in at Lorin Hall by the Park Congre- gational Church of South Berkeley. A. T. Sutherland directed the musio. Charles Hilesley, tenor of St. Francis de Sales Church, sang “The Holy City." A missionary rally of the Episcopal Sunday _schools of Alameda County was held this afternoon at St. John's Episcopal Church. The Rev. Charles T. Walkley, rector of St. Paul's Church, delivered an address. ——— MINNESOTANS ARE PUZZLED Primary Law is Annoying Obstacle to Selection of Republican Delegates. ST. PAUL, Miss,, Jan. 17.—~The Pio- neer Press to-morrow will print an interview with ex-Congressman Joel Heathwole, in which he points out that the Minaesota Republicans are in something of a quandary regarding the method to be pursued in the selection of delegates from Congressional dis- tricts to the National Republican Con- vention. The call for the convention issued yesterday by Chairman Hanna provides that delegates from Con- gressional districts shall be chosen in district conventions, in the same man- ner that nominations for Congressmen are made. Minnesota Congressmen are nominated at primary elections and there is no provision under this law for the holding of party conventions. - o S st Late Shipping Intelligenee. ARRIVED, Sunday, January 17T Elletsen, 14 hours from Stmr_ Brunswick, Fort Brags. DOMESTIC PORTS. ABERDEEN—Sailed Jan 17—Stmr Centrala, for San Pedro; schr A. J. West, for Santa Rosalia. SEATTLE—Arrived Jan 17—Stmr Bertha, from Juneau —_————————— REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. Benoit (wife of T.) to Colima John ot on NW corner of Curtls and W 100 by N 30, lot 11, Oakland; Marie C Kriemler. 2 Twenty-first streets. , block I, Curtis & Williams' Tra ‘"rf'.m.-k J. and Mary E. Keller to W. H. Lee, lot on W corncr of Rose avenue and Pearl o7 | Fairmount avenue, thence NW 101.12, S 100 to | rear line of lot 17. SE along rear line of lots 17, 18 and 19 to intersection witu NW line of Pearl street or Fairmount avenue. thence 100.04 to beginning, being all of lots 18 and 19 and SE 20 feet of iot 17, map Keller's Rose Park, Onkiand: $10. John Jennings_(single) to Cathrine Jem: i N line of West Twelfth street 186 E of Center. E 26 by N 110, portion of lot 32, mar of Center-street Home Lots at Oakiand Point, Oa! : $10. Same_to lot on $ line of West Tenth street, 117 E of_ Center, E 36 by $ 120. portion of ot 22, bicek 332 map of Eigh h-street Tract, cland; $10. m—?:'.:::mf and Lena Willlams to Harry Ed- wards Schweitk and Fred Bornhauser. lot on N'Tline of Honton avenue. 250 W _of Temth Street, W 30 by N 140, lot 6. block E, Klinker- Ville Tract, Oukland Township: §10. 1 8 and Josephine Burpee to Virginia P. MacCabe, re-record 937 D. 214 of lot on SE line of Howe strect, 247:5 NE of Moss avenue, NE 40 by SE 125, lot 27 and part of lot 26, block A_maps of Thermal Hill. formerly Hows Tract, Oakland; $10. nings | Judson M. and Louise S. Davis to Sarah Quayle (wife of Thomas). lot on & line of Broadway, 162 S of Twenty-second street, S 50. £ 160, N 51:8%3, W 146:107;, Oakland: §lo.