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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDA JANUARY 22, 1904. « NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA o ATTORNEY’S COMPLAINT CAUSES THE DISMISSAL OF TALESMEN Chief Deputy District Attorney Walsh Objects to Panel in Fisher Case on Ground That Deputy Marshal Pickett IsToo Friendly With Defendant \'KOWEN'S PLEA WILL BE GUILTY Information Is Filed Against the Embezzler and He Will Make Answer in the Morning WANTS NO POSTPONEMENT | T T 3 Distriet Attorney Bases Case on One Peculation of $3515. Maximum Penalty Ten Years —_— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadwag, Jan. 2L The.information charging W. A. Mc- Kowen with the embezziement of uni- versity funds was filed by District At- torney Allen to-day, and it is probable McKowen will plead guilty in the morning, waive all technicalities and ask that he be sentenced immediately. He has never expressed other desire than that he might be allowed to plead guilty to the charge against * n, and refused to-day fo agree to a postpone- ment of the case in the event his at- torney was not able to be present. The information charges him with the embezzlement of $3515 from the Regents of the University of Califo: nia. The maximum penalty for this one offense is ten years, which, with eredits, would result in a six and a half year sentence. Other charges, how- ever, can be filed To-morrow is arraignment day in the criminal department, and McKowen will be brought before Judge Hall in the morning. —————————— HAYWARDS HOTEL MAN DISAPPEARS AFTER QUARREL Because His Wife Objected to His Hunting Ducks, W. D. Franz Takes Sudden Leave. Jan. 21.—After a quar- s wife, W. D. Frans, pro- prietor of the Haywards Villa Hotel, disappeared on January 8 and has not been located. Franz and his spouse quarreled be- cause she objected to his frequent duck hunting expeditions, and after the altercation Franz walked out of the hotel He returned about 3 o'clock on the morning of the Sth of J i gathered up his personal effects uding about $2000 in coin, and, hiring a horse and buggy from v stable, started in the direction of Oakls Later the rig was re- the rned to stable by a stranger, d up to date nothing h been d from the missing ma —_——————— BARTENDERS AND LIQUOR ‘i DEALERS SETTLE DISPUTE | Men Will Receive Day Off Whenever Possible—Lathers’ Unions Will Orgasize District Council. OAKLAND, Jan. 21.—The local | Bartenders’ Union has accepted the proposition of the Liquor Dealers’ As- to give the a day off | ver it possible to do so | The liquer | »t obliged to give their sociation w without injur; dealers are hene was to business. 1S men any specified day during the athers’ unions of Oakland and Sz ncisco have agreed to organ- | ze 2 trict council. which will have | jurisdiction o Al the territory | within fifty n of San Franc N The following committee has been ap- | pointed the Oakland union to per- | fect arr G. Devillers, M. | P Memorial Services at St. Paul's. | OAKLAND, Jan. 21.—A special i1 vice in honor of the fiftieth annive sary of the landing of the Jate Right | Rev. William Ingraham Kip, Bishop | of California, on this coast will be held in St. Paul's Episcopal Church to-morrow evening, at which the Right Rev. William Ford Nichols will deliver an address reviewing the growth of CaMfornia and the progress | of Episcopalianism since the time that | Bishop Kip was shipwrecked on the beach at San Diego. Choir Director Edwin Crandall has prepared a spe- al programme of music and will | imself sing “Send Out Thy Light,” by Gounod. A large number of cler- gymen of the diocese will attend the service. —_———— To Advertise Alameda. ALAMEDA, Jan. 21.—Twenty-eight repre ative property owners and residents, most of whom live in the central and eastern sections of the city, have issyed a call for a meeting to be held in the Council chamber of the City Trustees next Wednesday night to take action toward giving the outside world a knowledge of the many advantages possessed by Ala- meda as a choice locality. —_——— Says Reputation Was Injured. OAKLAND, Jan. 2L-—An action asking $20,000 damages for an in- jured reputation was begun to-day by Lizzie Triest against Annie McKech- nie for defamation of character. Mrs, Briest has had Mrs. McKechnie ar- rested twice for assault and battery 2pd has now followed this up with a suit for damages alleged to have been sustained on account of stories de- fendant has circulated about her. —_——— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, Jan. 21.—The follow- ing marriage licenses’ were issued by the County Clerk to-day: John Reil- ly, 29, San Francisco, and Marie Uhl, 28, Fruitvale; Emil J. Weber, 21, and Marie F. Nolle, 19, both of West Berkeley; Louie Peterson, 24, and Fannie Callistra, 16, both of San Le- andro; Benjamin F. Gavica, 23, and Frances Zabel, 18, both of Oakland: Frederick H. Tietjen, over 21, and An- na D. Willi, over 18, both of Oakland. | founa the | proportion of the expenses | the south side of the strait. —— Injuries Are Fatal. OAKLAND, Jan. 21.—John D. Gar- field died last night at his residence, 1805 Thirteenth avenue, from fracture of the skull. Garfield was injured last week by collidi. + with a duiry wag- on while he was riding a Nqu. near ais bome. i H FIERCE FIGHT WITH BURGLAR piIn Captain Gibbons of the Gene- ral Gordon Encounters Man in Cabin and Is Terribly Beaten eshee SIABAU DER GETS BOOTY o ge s gl Crew Aroused by the Struggle and Mate Tries to Stop Rob- ber as He Flees From Vessel e Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 21 Captain Gibbons of the ship General Gordon, lying at anchor at Long ‘Wharf, had a fierce midnight encoun- ter with a burglar in the cabin of his ship last night. His entire head is bandaged to-day as a result of the in- juries. Unarmed, Captain Gibbons grappled with the man in the dark and received a terrible beating from a sandbag or club. The burglar escaped. Captain Gibbons had spent the eve- ning in San Francisco with a friend and returned on the last boat. He got off at the depot at the end of the mole, walked down the wharf to his ship and had been asleep a short time when he was awakened by some one moving about his room. After inquiring who it was, he got up and encountered a man, and a fierce struggle took place be- tween them. The burglar beat the cap- tain to the floor and made his escape. He took with him $46 he had found In the captain’s pockets and his gold watch and chain. The crew was aroused by the noise of the struggle and the first mate threw a pair of shackles at the fleeing man that made a @ent in tMe wood- work of the ship. The steward ran on deck with a carving knife and almost stabbed the mate. Meanwhile the cap- tain lay wallowing in his gore in the cabin. His skull was laid bare and his face cut by the weapon, but he is not dangerously hurt. UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, Jan. 21.—Mrs William H. Crocker has given to the university $2500 to be devoted to archaeological research in Old Mexi- The money will be used to carry on in- tigations under the direction of Mrs. Zelia Nuttall of the anthropological department, who is now at Casa Alvarado, Cuyocan, Old Mexico. Mrs, Nuttall is excavating among the ruins left by ancient peoples for the university mu- seum, President Wheeler has just received an ex- tensive report on the climatology of California, Alexander McAdie, recently elected honor- ecturer in meteorology. >resident and Mrs. Wheeler will receive the junior class next Wednesday evening In Hearst Hall. co. e Freshmen Debating Society held the first ng of the term last night in Stiles H.fll n the following question was debated: Ived, that the annexation of Manchuria o Russia would be ultimately to the best inter- ests of Manchuria’s civilization.” The affirm- ative was presented by D. L. rke and E. J. Huges and the negative by C. R. Watkins and G. Aokl The Le Conte memorial tablet, which was removed from the Le Conte oak while the oak trees were being treated last summer, fs about to be replaced With a stone monument It is to be erecied in front of the tree under the direction of Joan Galen Howard, the su- pervising architect. A block of stone has been presented to the university by the Raymond ite Company and upon this the tablet will ———— UNCLE SAM HELPS TO LIGHT AFRICAN Test. COAST Pays His Proportion, This year $350, to Maintain Cape Spartel Beacon Near Gibraltar Straits. Among the estimates of the Department for the current sum of $350 as our State vear is “annual of Cape Spartel light, on the coast of Morocco, incleding loss hy exch:@ge.” All travelcrs passing through the Strait of Gibraltar see Cape Spartel light, fronting the Atlantic Ocean on It is eight miles west of Tangier, and stands on a cliff rising 500 feet above the sea. The Government of Moroceo thought it was very hardly treated when it was compelled to build this lighthouse. The other Governments had requested Mo- rocco to build it as an aid to naviga- tion, but Morocco bluntly refused. Diplomatic pressure was then brought to bear, and the leading com- | mercial nations at length induced the Sultan te build a lighthouse at Cape Spartel. The contract was given to a French firm, and the result is a fine and solid piece of stone work. The lighthouse is nateworthy for the remarkable manner.in which it is sup- ported. The agreement with Morocco was that if the Sultan would build a lighthouse the other nations would at- tend to its maintenance. Ten governments, therefore, contrib- ute annually about $300 apiece, and this money pays for the services of the lighthouse-keeper and his assistants and the oil and other materials needed. The Consuls at Tangier form the board of lighthouse supervisors and the Moroccan Government has nothing to do with the management. s Few lighthousese have 5o beautiful a location. It is the favorite picnic ground of the European residents of Tangier. From this elevation visitors may look far out upon the ocean and see the en- tire length of the Str.it of Gibraltar, and Cape Trafalgar, where Nelson de- feated the French-Spanish fleet in 1805, is plainly in sight to the north.—Chi- cago Inter Oce-m. / —_—— Reductio ad Absurdum. The Australian Government finds it- self the defendant in a suit for $5000 on account of the most absurd of de- cisions. The néw immigration law de- clares that an immigrant must submit to an educational test in his native language before he is allowed to land. Not long ago a mate on a ship was ar- rested for smuggling. When he was released he was ordered to submit to the test or be exnelled from the coun- try. It was found that his father was a German and his mother a native of Egypt. He was born in. Alexandria. It was decided, therefore, that his na- tive language was Greek, since Greece is the European country nearest to Egypt. He failed to pass an exam- jnation and was condemned to a fur- ther imprisonment of six months. Now he is suin~ for damages, with a fair chance of getting them.—New Xork Mail and Express. ¥ i KLEPTOMANIA CALSES CRINE Plea Is Made for Young Man Who Confesses to Two Bur- glaries at Neighbor’s Home S S Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 21. Kleptomania is the excuse offered for | Albert McGibbons, 24 years old, who confessed to-day to the police that he had twice committed burglary at the residence of P. L. Sternberg, 673 Twen- ty-fifth street, the young man's next door neighbor. McGibbons entered the Sternberg house Tuesday afternoon during the family's absence and ransacked the rooms, stealing two diamond earrings, a gold watch, a necklace and a child's bank. The jewelry he pawned in San Francisco for $5 at a Chinese shop. The young man was suspected and was arrested by Detective Shorey this morning. Questioning by the police forced a confession which included an admission from McGibbons that he had also stolen two gold watches from the Sternberg residence a week before Tuesday’s crime was committed. “I shall not prosecute McGibbong,” said Sternberg, “because I believe he is mentally irresponsible and is a klep- tomaniac.” The police coincide with Sternberg’s idea that their prisoner is not morally responsible for his actions, and they will not proceed against McGibbons provided the loser of the jewelry does not take steps in that direction. Mc- Gibbons' home is with his mother at 677 Twenty-fifth street. —_———————— STOLEN JEWELRY FOUND IN POSSESSION OF BURGLARS David Williams and Paul James Ar- rested in Pleasanton for Robbing Jackson & Easterby’s Store. PLEASANTON, Jan. 21.—David Will- jams and Paul James were arrested here to-day and charged with robbing Jackson & Basterby’s store at Niles. The store was entered about 2 o’clock this morning. A small amount of money and some jewelry were stolen and when Constable Locke, who arrested the two men as suspicious characters, searched them at the jail, the jewelry was dis- covered in their pockets. ¢ ———— e ¥alls From a Bicycle. BERKELEY, Jan. 21.—E. L. Matig- non, son of Mrs. Emily V. Matignon of 2232 Blake street, fell with a bicycle that broke while he was riding on Durant avenue this afternoon and re- ceived injuries that may result fatally. The parting of the forks was the cause of the accident. The boy was taken to the East Bay Sanatorium to be treated for a fracture of the skull. ———— . King Menelik has t a mint to be set up at Addis Abal The ma- chines will have & caravan journey of more than a mon It is said that 110,230 pounds of - bullion have been gathered Abyssinian treasury. DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND TWO PRINCIPALS IN AL- LEGED ATTEMPTED BRIBERY. = { BERKELEY, Jan. 21.—The farcical “‘Sam” Fisher case, the one that has involved half the population of Berke- ley and manufactured all sorts. of. trou- ble for all sorts of people, furnished another scandal to-day. It ‘came in the form of an open charge from Philip M. Walsh, Chief Deputy District At- torney, that Fisher offered William B. Pickett, a deputy town marshal, $5 or some other sum.to influence the offi- cer in the selection of talesmen to serve on juries trying Fisher for battery-and | disturbing the peace. Not only does Attorney Walsh charge Fisher with offering money to Pickett, but he al!so declares that there is a friendly relation between them that has manifested itself in a number of ways, particularly in regard to the an- nouncement of the jury's verdict in'the recent battery case against Fisher be- fore Justice Edgar knew of it, and the passing of notes from the juryroom that were said to convey messages as to the proceedings to the defendant. The whole thing is-summed up in an affidavit Attorney Walsh presented in challenging the panel when Fisher's trial for disturbhing the peace of E. E. Newton at a rummage sale came up in the Justice’s court this morning. WALSH TAKES STAND. Attorney Walsh backed up his affida- vit with a statement on the witness stand which went further to implicate Fisher and Pickett. He said he noticed that they were unduly friendly and on January 14, the last day of Fisher's trial for battery upon M. C. Woodruff, he saw the defendant pass $5 to Pick- ett. He was unwilling to swear, how- ever, that Pickett took the money. A spectator at the trial also told him, he said, that a card had been passed out of the room in which the jury was de- liberating and it was his opinion that it gave information to Fisher as to how the jury stood. Pickett was then given a chance to explain himself on the witness stand and made some admissions that show that juries in Berkeley are treated with a good deal of freedom. He admitted that a card had been passed out of the Jury room by C. A. Orr, but declared it to be merely a message to Orr's wife concerning the time when he would be home for dinner. “The card from Mr. Orr was passed out while a glass of water was being given to one of the jurymen,” said Pickett. “It had nothing whatever to do with the case. As to being unduly friendly with Fisher, that is untrue, because our relation are just the re- verse. Fisher got hot at me last night when I met him in West Berkeley be- cause 1 would not summons some men that he wanted on the jury. I had summoned three men and when they objected to serving on the jury I let them go, but Fisher wanted them any- way. SAYS CHARGE IS FALSE. “The charge that 1 accepted a bribe from Fisher is utterly false. No money ever passed between us.” Fisher in his own behalf denied that he had offered Pickett any money. He denied -being on particularly friendly terms with him and swore that their relations were really rather strained. As to receiving news of the jury’s de- liberations, he had not been favored any more than other people. On the Deputy District Attorney’s showing Justice Edgar decided to dis- miss the venire of forty talesmen that had been summoned by Pickett and called for another of thirty men, re- turnable at 10 o'clock to-morr@w. This|, “The patient jumps.’—Judge. A BARNES AGAIN BEHIND BARS Released From Alameda County Jail on Christmas Day He Is Now in Line for Penitentiary RSN S DR. PORTER HIS ACCUSER S0 CLAIREE Charge of Grand Larceny Pre- ferred Against Salesman for Theft of Horse and Buggy e Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 21 After being saved from the peniten- tiary by marrying the woman whom he robbed, William E. Barnes, a sales- man, landed to-day, for the fourth time since last May, in the city prison. This time the charge of grand larceny is again registered against Barnes, the specific act being the alleged theft of a horse and buggy, owned by Dr. Will- iam S. Porter. Barnes, the charge runs, took the team from in front of the physician’s residence, 970 Grove street, this morn- ing. Dr. Porter missed his vehicle, no- tified the police, and this afternoon it was recovered in Hagar's Stables, at Alden. Hagar’s description of the man who left it there fitted Barnes to a dot. Detective Quigley found his man across the street from the stable in a saloon, where the much-arrested salesman had pawned Dr. Porter's medicine Wag for liquor. Barnes was arrested last May on complaint of Mrs. Annie Hughes, his landlady., and charged with disturbing her peace. A month later he was again arrested and accused of stealing a lot of jewelry and money from Mrs. Hughes. He was held for trial, but while waiting in the County Jail, Barnes so played on Mrs. Hughes' sympathies that she married him. That blocked prosecution. Barnes was dis- charged, but kept out of jail only a month, the next arrest following in September, when he cashed a worthless check for a small amount and went to the city prison for ninety days. Mrs. Barnes sued her husband for a divorce, but during his last stay in jail she relented. On Christmas day Barnes | was again discharged, and celebrated his release by inducing his wife to dis- miss her complaint. Less than a month of freedom is to Barnes' credit this trip. Dr. Porter has sworn to a complaint charging Barnes with grand larceny. ALTOPSY SHOWS SIOT 1N BODY Physicians Find That Charge of Leaden Pellets Was Fired Into Back of Edward Sexton el oo R POINT RICHMOND, Jan. .—The autopsy upon the body of Edward J. Sexton, which was found in the marsh near here yesterday, showed that the back was full of shot, and W. J. Davis and James Clancey are in the local jall upon suspicion of having knowledge of how Sexton met his death, if they, were not the direct causes. Sexton, Clancey and Davis all started hunting on Tuesday and yesterday Davis and Clancey returned to this city, while the body of Sexton was found in the marsh. It was at first supposed thaf Sexton had met his death by drowning, but to-night an autopsy was performed upon the body by Dr. ‘William Lucas of this city under the direction of Coroner Curry of Contra Costa County. Though the autopsy re- vealed the fact that the back of the dead man was full of shot Dr. Lucas was not willing to say that the shot wag the cause of death. However, Davis and Clancey were arrested upon suspicion by Deputy Sheriff Matoiza. Clancey refused to o+ CHILE YIELDS |CHTHEOSATRS French Secientists Discover af Perfeet Specimen of l"ossil‘ Remains of Extinet Animal| KELETON IN A CLIFF Effort Is Being Made to Get Prized Relie for the Museum at University of California T L Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Jan. 21 In a letter to President Wheeler of the University of California from W. H. Wright, head of the Lick Observa- tory expedition now in Chile, particu- lars arg given of the recent discovery of a perfect specimen of the ichthyo- saurus in a cliff near Coquimbo, Chile. It is now in the possession of the French Scientific Commission, which is examining the fossil beds of Chile, but efforts will be made to secure the spec- imen for the university. The specimen was first seen protrud- ing from the cliff from which it was afterward extracted. The workmen ex- cavating for it came in contact with the remains of numerous other fossil animals in a fairly good state of pres- ervation, but no scientific man of suf- ficient knowledge has yet beem found to classify them. An important feature of the discov- ery is that South America has never been known previously to furnish any specimens of these prehistoric silurians, and a new fleld of scientific investiga- tion and discovery seems to have thus been opened. Professor John C. Mer- riam, professor of palaeontology at the university, believes that the new fossil beds may yield specimens of immense value to science, EVENTS IN SOCIETY OAKLAND, Jan. 21.—Miss Laura Sanborn was the hostess this evening at a charming little dinner at her home in Fruitvale. The af- fair was complimentary to Herbert Land who expects to leave for the East in a short time. Louis Philippe roses and asparagus fern were attractively arra on the table, red being the general col e. The candle light was softened with ored shade: A BRANCH OFFICES THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY | OAKLAND. 1118 Broadway. Telephone Main 1063. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Eagle 502. 1 REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. Louis and Emilia Siegriest to Michael Mulvi- hill, lot beginning at SE corner of residen property (formerly of Manuel ‘M. Avala) in W line of Telegraph avenu#, thence SW NW 170 to W line of plat 49, V and D. Per ranchos, NW 60, SE 215.80 to beginning. por tion of estate of Vicente Peralta, Oakland; $10 John Ryan (by H. Dument, attorney) to James S. Naismith, lot on N line of Twenty- fifth (Laurel) street, 500 W of Grove, W 50 by N 100, lot 28, block M, map of W. F. Tract, Oakland: $10. Julia H. Bradley to George W. Haight, lot on SW corner of Sixty-fifth and Dana streets, W 80 by S 115 portion of University Park Tract, Oakland; Charles H. and Wilhelmina Taylor to Emma Baker (wife of J. W.), land fronting on Athol avenue and Avon place, being subdiviston A. map of . H. Taylor's subdivision of lots 1 and 2, block D, Peralta Heights, East Oak- land, except strip off E Side of sald lot as follows: Beginning at SE eorner of said lot A, thence W 10 feet along N line of Athol avenue, N to NE corner of said lot A, S 154.82 to be- ginning, Bast Oakland: $10. Julia H. Bradley (single) Haight, lot on §W corner of E: and Third avenue, NW 300, S 9 dinary high tide, being boundary line San Antonjo Rancho, S to W line ot Third svende, N 300 to begtnuing. being &lf of frac- tional block 8, Ciinton, East Oakland; $5. Charles Harrison (single) to Reuben McCory, lots 29 and 30, Bromley Tract, Brooklyn Town- ship: $10. Lea F. Mott (single) to Mrs. - Kelsey s to George W Mary Chiuco- vich. 1ot on S line of San Antonio avenue, 400 W of Willow street, W 50 by S 125, port of l(vl 18, in i of bloek M, lapds adjacent to_Encinal, Alameda; $10. Hotat g Company (Heron-Holcomb company. cerporation) to Mamie B.. Fletcher (single) ‘lot 12 map of Santa Clara avenus property, Oukland: $10. John G. and Agnes Agar (Agnes L. Mac- doncugh), and as trustees under will of. Jo h Macdonough Joseph M. and Tessis T. d Willlam O'B. Macdonough to Neary, lot on S line of Phirty- W of Grove, W 50 by S 140, 34, Oakland: $10. ity Syndicate (corporation) to Neah C. Kendall, lot on N line of Forty-fourth street ¥ of West, W 100 by N 100, lots 25 and 03 Alden Tract at Temeseal, Oak and Hna F. Kendall (wife) Syndicate (corporation), lot on N lin of Forty-fifth street, 240 W of Grove, W 50 by N 100, lot 22, block 2109, same map, Oak land; $16. Armour ark, lot e, T3 152:8, being map of Villa Home- on. Oakland; gift. and Luther J. Holton to Frank E. The place cards were dainty little figures- of n N line of Berkeley wa men and women done in water color, and, in | as5 ttuck avenue, ete., B 47:3 by cpliment to the equestrians in the party, | ) £ lot 11, block A, map of some of the sketches were of riders. villa lots a ent to o overs were laid for Miss Florence White, | i, "5, Jiateng, o university sita on Woest Mics Lillian Isaacs, #ire Chabot, horn, Miss Miss Marie English, Miss lone Fore, Miss Grace | Laura Sanborn; Arthur Good- 1 Fred Dieckmann, Denis Diamond, John Sanbern, Herbert Landers, Edward Afken, Llioyd Lacey, Ray Baker and Will San- born. Mrs. J. H. P. Dunn and Mrs. John Henry DisckMann gave their second big luncheon to- tle table showing ement of violet orchids and ferns that excited so much. admiration at last Thurs- the same graceful ar- dayy delighttal aflair, The invited guests included Mrs. Henry Rosenfeld of San ‘Fran- ecleco, Mrs orge Hammer, the Misses Car- rie and Befle Nicholson, Mrs. Wickham Hav- ens, M Edward rs. Walter Starr, M Mrs. Harry Farr, Mi erl(- Miss Grace Boldwin, Miss Louise Mahoney, Miss Marian Everson, Mrs. George E. Gross. ‘Mrs, - Joseph Loran Pease, Miss Edith Gaskill, Mrs. Beth aright, Miss Maude Edith Pope, Mrs. Oscar wing, Miss Marietta Havens, Mrs. George Chevalfer. Miss Jennie Dicckmann and Miss Maria Pereira. Mrs. Melvin C. Chapman entertained a few friends quite infor- mally at a musicale Tuesday evening, the “honored guests being John W. Met- calf, the composer and musician, and Rob- ert .§the well-known barytone, who has recently {ocated in Oakland. Mr. Lioyd “has frequently sung ‘‘Absent.”’ by Mr. Meteal?, it being ome of the favorites in his repertoire, but on Tu-sday evening the singer and maker of ngs met for the first time. A pleasant fea- Mr. and re of the evening was the singing of ‘‘Ab- sent”” by M Lloyd, with the composer as his acéompanist. Mr. Lioyd has a rich, sym- pathetic vo and his selections (he several during the evening) were keenly en joyed by the other guests. Mr. Metcaif also gave gave ssveral delightful piano numbers. Miss Edith Kelly and Miss Elsie Farnum, who are both aecomplished _pianists, played. and Messre. Marriner and Will Jordan sang. Flowers were tastefully arranged throughout the apartments. The dining-room, where twenty-four were seated at the large table, was in pink A vpleasant “‘at home” was givn by Mrs. Kennerly Bryan this_afterncon. She was as sisted In receiving by Miss Ruddock, Mrs. Wal- ter Thompson Kellogg, Miss Geraldine Seup- Gilbert Belcher, Mrs. Richard Ly- George H. Ismon. Mrs Frederick lnd Mrs. B. T. Hubbard. Among the guests were: Mrs. John n Eby, Mrs. David Ewald Brown, Mrs. Edward M. Waish, E. A. Heron, Mrs. Charles B. Wingate, Mrs. Samuel J. Taylor, Miss Margaret Wyman Taylor. Mrs. Dunean W. Eberts, Mrs. John A. Britton, Mrs. James F. Wigsins, Mrs. Edward M. Pra- ther. Mrs. J. R. Scupham. Miss Scupham, Mrs. E. T. Henshaw, Mrs. Felton Taylor, Mrs. Charles Lovell, Mrs. George C. Borneman, make any statement, but Davis says that Clancey and Sexton quarreled dur- ing the hunting trip and that as both were drunk he left the party and re- turned to Point Richmond. It is the opinion of the officials that Clancey and Sexton quarreled, and that while the shot was not the direct cause of death it disabled the man and ae fell into the marsh and was drowned. Clancey and Davis have been around Point Richmond for a short time doing general work and Sexton has been working in the stone yard for about two months. His wife is believed to be in San Francisco. i — i s———— Says He Beats Her. OAKLAND, Jan. 21.—Suit for di- vorce was begun to-day by Mary J. Johnson against Willian: F. Johnson on thé ground of cruelty. She al- leges that there has not been a week passed since their marriage that he has not struck and beaten her. Laura A. Curieux has begun suit against Frank Curieux on the ground of de- sertion. @ . vent will be furnished by Deputy Sheriff Scanlan, Justice Edgar having received declarations from the other deputy marshals that they did not wish to officiate. —_——— A Simple Rule. “The structure of the teeth,” says the lecturer on dentistry, * is arranged in sections. The outer wall has feel- ing, but is not so highly sensitive that it will convey the sensation of pain. It is not until we attack the interior layers that we reach the truly sensi- tive portion of the tooth, and even then it is sometimes difficult to tell when our instruments have pierced | the nerve center. However, there is | one infallible rule.” “And what is that professor?” asks a close listener. ““How may we tell when we are inflicting pain?” Frederick Page Cutting, Mrs. E. J. Boyer Mrs. C. Frank Weber, Mrs. Jullen Mathieu. Mrs. Edward N. Englehardt, Mrs. Frank M. Butler, Miss Helen Chase, Mrs. E. G. Ryker, Mrs. J. Brown. Mrs. John Liv- ingstone, ‘Miss Grace Livingstone. Mrs. C. H. Wilson of San Francisco and Miss Gertrude Livinzstone. Mrs. Joseph Chanelor has sent out cards for a large card party for Jaruary 28 at the Pal- ace Hotel. Mrs, Chanslor, who is a sister of Mrs. Charlie Parcell of this city, residing at the Palace for the winter. W e Miss Henrietta Rathjen. a pretty East Onk- land girl. and Fred A. Jordan., manager of the Creflin Hotel, were married last evening at the bride’s home,” Rev, P. C. Yorke beinzx the officiating clergyman. The wedding was a very quiet affair owing to_the fliness of the bride’s sister. Mrs. Jordan is the daughter of Herman Rathjen, a successful wood and coal merchant of Eest Oakland. . The engagement of Miss Emma Meese, dlll‘h(.l’ of Councilman Edwin Meese, to Rev. H. Liebe of San Francisco has been an- nounud & % % Mrs. Oscar F. Long has me to Washington, D. C., to rejoin General Long, who is stationed there. e The soloists at the Wednesday Morning Musical Club yesterday were Mrs. Hayward G. Thomas, Miss Spink, Miss Leona Shaw, Miss Florence Wyman Gardiner, Miss Cordelia Bishop, Miss May Coogan and Miss Jessie Barstow. 5 3 % Mre. Frank Leach entertained the Sterling Ttist Cloh restevday. The prize Vinners were Mrs. B. S. Hubbard, Mrs, D. Bates. Mrs. John Livingston and Mrs. Willlam House, e e . Miss Claire Chabot is planning a large even- Ing affair for February 11, R A B ‘Haeton has been ill for some tame but 1s slowly convalescine. . aine. $kSe1 Thayer Gray, president o Ebell, who was taken Il in Chicago several weeks ago, is reported out of danger, ait it will u a month or more before she entirely regains strength. R Mrs. Felton 'rular will give a large card party on the 30th. el Mrs. Charles E. Parcells has returned from Los Angeles, home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wharff of 2000 Delaware street. The first prize was won by Brewer. ’nnboun'llhlm decorated and refreshments hcrwl-mr the tournament. The Hiliside Mothers' Club has arranged for a Mother Guose entertainment, the object be- to pay for the planc recently purchased Paris and n, lot 19, m (wite) to J. T P Loma Park, Berkeley: me to same, lots 14, 16, 18, 20, block 19, mdp Daly's Scenic Park; aiso subdivisions lots 1 and 2, lot 21, and subdiyision 3 in 22, block 15. map of subdivision of block ana resubdicision of lots 21 to 24, block 1 = and, Lottie Rudell (wife) to Avelin . N 12:6 feet of lot 26 in k. Fruitvale traét, Brookfjiv ‘P'wn!mp ation Avelin and, Otila A. Tejeda wife) to Ma- thilde ‘Braun, same, Brooklyn whship: §10. Continental Building and Loan Assoctation t) same, N 35 of lot 27 and § 3 of lot 36, block same. (A Brookiyn Township: £10. noie Mould (wife) to Francis e P. Buroham (wife). lot 20, ract, Brooklyn Township; $1t Mathtas and Augusta W. Jorgensen to Ed ward Archer, lot on N line of Clement 202.9 W of Stanford street, W 3 » portion of lots 4 and 5, block 1, map of division of blocks 2 and '3, lands a cent to Encinal, Alameda: $10. John and Mary Nation to_ Albert Nelson (single), lot 9, map Sutter Tract, Brooklyn Township: $10. Du_Ray Smith Jr. and Evabells Smith to Guy W. Monroe, lot on S line of Twent fourth street, 50 E of Linden, E 50 by § 1075 portion of lots ® and 10, bic H. Map of Sur- vey of Northern Extension, Oakiand: $5 Marie D. and George H. Jeffress to John S. Dumser, jot on N line of Hanover avenue, 450 W of Newton avenue, W 30 by N 145, East Oakland; $10, R. A ‘and Florence E. Berry to A.Joseph- son, lot on N line of Parker street, 170 B Grant, E 40 by N 120.40, portion of lots 17 gnd 18, block F. Cavstal Springs Tract. Berie- Rosa M. Shattuck (widow) and John W.% Havens to Oakland Paving Company, lot on $ line of Blake street, 406.80 W of Shattuck ave- nue, sald point being 40 W from N'W corner of property formerly deeded to C. D. Vincent, W 43 by S 120.65, portion of lots 5 and 4 of block 10, ._Rerkeley: $10. Mary Pelletier Kent_street, 109.3 {190 W of W 50 by N 106, 16t 1%, oc ap E. portion of Newbury- Tract Berketey: $10. > Anna and A. J. Giibert.to Henrietta I Me Laran, lot 31. bleck P, map of blocks M, N, O and P. Harmon Tract. Berkeley. also lot 20 block 10, map of Smith's Subdivision of part of Mathews Tract, Berkeley: $if Curtis Hillyer to_Theodore and Ida Wagner, same, Berkeioy: —_— e Late Shipping Intelligence. OUTSIDE. BOUND IN. 12 MIDNIGHT, Bark Vidette and schr Lizzie Vance. DOMESTIC PORTS. SEATTLE—Arrived Jan 21—Stmr Faralion, from Skagway Sailed Jan Franeisco. PORT ANGELES—Arrived Jan 21—Schr An- nie M Campbell from Santa Rosalia (1989) W of Wheeler, 21—Stmr Centennial, for San POINT LOBOS—Passed north Jan 21—Stme Alcatraz, from Sam Pedro, for Greenwood PORT BLAKELEY Arrived Jan 21—Ger stmr Rva. -hence Jan 15. Sailed Jan 21—Bark Diamond Head, for San Francisco. ISLAND PORT. Arrived Jan 21 8. HONOLULU tie, hemce Jan kong. » g for the Hillside School. The entertainmignt will be given on the 12th and 13th of Feb- Br stmr Cop- for Yokohama and. Hong- ruary In_an_auditorfum _yet to be sblected. Ninety children, all the offspring of Mother e, and dressed in pretty costumes, Wiil participate. Mrs. George Smythe is president of the club and Mrs. J M. Plerce secretary. The singing section of West Berkeley Lodgw of Hermann's Sons held the annual banquet and installation of officers last Thursday in Taylor Hall. Christian Hoff, the City Trustee, acted as toastmaster and responses were made by Professor Albrecht. P. A. Schneor, P. E. Nickelman, George Waiter, I. Wolff and others . A. Wentworth and Carl Schnutt sang sev- eral vocal numbers. The following named were inducted into office: President, Geogge w.n.eu secretary. G. A. Weinberg: treasurer, Wolff:- Iibrarian, Fritz Meyer: directors, (l‘nrlu Kimbel 4 Professor Alhrer)’ Artificial Camphor. E. Callenberg of Land-on-Rhine has succeeded in preparing, on a commer- cial basis, pure chlorhydrate of tere- binth, commonly known as “artificial camphor,” and has found that this pure body has many valuable propers ties. It is soluble in nitrogiycerine, diminishing greatly the maximum temperature reached during explo- sions, hence it may prove useful in the manufacture of safety explpsives. It further lowers the freezing peint of nitroglycerine to a very marked de- gree, a solution centiining from 3 to 5 per cent of the -chlorhydrate solidifying at 15 degrees C.. the prod- uct being a gelatine dynamite of im- proved ' quality, while the pure sol- vent in nitroglycerine dissolves in the cold every kind of gun cotton, includ- ing the so-called insoluble varleties. According to La Nature, the chlorhy- drate has also proved useful im the manufacture of explosives containing nitrate of ammonia.—New York Commercial, - - poowe