The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 25, 1904, Page 4

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, REALTY MARKET 1S VERT ACTIVE i Statistics Show That More Building Was Done in 1903 Than in Any Previous Year B TLS DEALERS WELL SATISFIED President of Oakland Associa- tion Prediets Greater Aetiv- ity for Present Twelvemonth g= > s a ex € K ¥ on be . iness his yvear th st Mr Wood- UNUSUALLY ACTIVE WEERK - al MANUFPACTURING SITH grea NOTIC IS SENT OUT. proper owne: TDDEN PISTOL CATSES ARREST ( Author Herman Whitaker Is | Sent to Jail After Search | Discloses Loaded Revolver rod )t WRITER FURNISHES BAIL Member of Oakland’s Literary Cirele on Belated Walk Home | i | Falls ¥oul of a Policeman { —_— { | Oakland Office San Francisco Ca | 1118 Broadway. Jan. 24. Herman Whitaker, one of Oak- | 1and’s litterati, enjoys the distinction of hav his name recorded on the blot- ter at the City Prison as the alleged v r of a municipal ordinance that prohibits the carrying of a concealed | weap: without the required permit. But the uthor and writer was not subjected to the further indignity of spending a night behind jail bars, as the deposit of a $10 gold piece s as a guarantee for Whitaker's to-morrow morning volver and the ¢ overy that Wh “heeled” ig to the credit | of vigilant Patro an George Brown of the Piedmont district. Whitaker was headed homeward along Piedmont ave- nue late last night when the police- man, on his rounds, observed the be- destrian. Brown hailed the far s the order requir | demanded to know his ntity he made a search of Whitaker's pock- ets and brought forth the contraband weapon. Thereupon was the pistol- wearin ithor haled into custody. ————— ASKS POLICE TO SEARCH FOR MISSING BOY Distressed Father Arpeals for Help in His Hunt for Whereabouts of Thomas McFarland. OAKLAND, Jan. 24.—Thomas Mec- Farland, 16 years old, has disappeared from his home. 5644 Vallejo street, Golden Gate His father, William Mec- Farland, has applied for help. from | the police to find the missing boy. Young McFarland t home after drawing - $30 from his employer, a plumber in Golden Gz and started | out with two older bovs named Hoff- man of West Berkeley. One of the 1z vouths returned to-day. but | claims not to know what has become | of his companions. McFarl his son headed for San Jose, loes not know why the boy mped. —_——— Raid a Poker Game. OAKLAND, Jan. 24.—Sergeant of Police Frank Lynch and Patrolman Mulgrew raided a card game 467 Tenth str 6 o'clock this morning 1 G. PREACH GOSPEL OF THE CHRIST | Evangelists Conduct Special Services Among Churches in the West End of the City >— Oakland Office San Francisco Call. 1118 Broadw Jan. 24. Union evangelistic services are in progress at Chester street Methodist Church, under the direction of the Rev. Madison Slaughter. Other West Oak- |land pastors are co-operating in the work. The meetings will continue for | several months and will be distributed through the churches at the West End In connection with the revival move- ment in Oakland, noonday services cach Tuesday are being conducted for the men at the Southern Pacific rail- | road yards at West Oakland. The Rev. | Dwight E. Potter, pastor of Union street Presbyterian Church, inaugurat- - | ed th meetings, | Special meetings will be held this week at the Centennial Presbyterian EVENTS IN SOCIETY | BERKELEY, Jar news comes to in New ckenridge her mother nths ago pondence was ult of it all enridge homestead near New Orleans, where the ceremony was performed. Mr. and eake will reside in Berkeley { the Park Congregational ndered a surprise Friday even- Mrs. Harry Bdwards at their Street. @ames and -other pass away the time. The and Mrs. A. T. Sutherland, Odgers, Miss ce Irwin, Migs Stevenson, Miss :, Thomas Stevenson Sr., Thomas Doremus Scudder, A. Hallamon, nd George Johnsou, Miss Fern ¢ Odgers Odgers The w dding Smith and H. P. Green took place Friday evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Smith of 260° Grove street. The Rev. Ei W. Work, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiated. The groom is engaged in commissjon business in San Francisco. —_————— Forger Is Captnred. POINT RICHMOND, Jan. 24.—Chas. 5. Bell, who is known by many differ- ent aliases and who is wanted for for- gery in different places, was arrested here by Deputy Sheriff Moitoza to-day. Bell was driving with a horse and buggy, when Moitoza arrested him. He claimed to be a Mr. Smith of Berkeley, but it was soon discovered that he was the Bell who is wanted in Stockton, Modesto and other places for forging checks. It is believed that the horse and buggy were stolen. Church, beginning Monday evening. The Rev. George W. Stone, minister of the First Unitarian Church, gave a | discourse this evening on “The Use of the Bible.” The Right Rev. William Ford Nich- ols, Bishop of the diocese of California, will officiate at the rite of confirmation February 14 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. The Rev. Edson D. Hale preached to-day at Plymouth Avenue Congrega- tional Church. Dr. John Coyle, presiding elder of San Francisco district, occupied the pulpit to-day at the Eighth Avenue Methodist Church. “Religion in the Home" was the sub- ject of a sermon by the Rev. W. E. orey this evening at Tenth Avenue Baptist Church. A missionary rally of the Episcopal Sunday schools of Alameda: County was held this afternoon at St. John's | Episcopal Church. Miks Eleanor Willlams delivered an address this evening in Welsh at the Welsh Presbyterian Church on mission- ary work in London. The Sunday school wprkers of Ala- meda County will hold a reunion Tues- day afternoon at the First Methodist Church. During the first session there will be addresses by Professor Nash of Berkeley, the Rev. Charles R. Brown, the Rev. Madison Slaughter, Professor L. D. Inskeep, the Rev. H. H. Bell and C. R. Fisher. Supper will be served at 6:15 o'clock. During the evening meeting the Rev. George W. White will' deliver an ad- dress on “The Child and the King- dom.” The First Christian Church choir, led by Dr. O. S. Dean, will sing at the evening session. ——————————— Woman Will Decorate a Hotel. VANCOUVER, Jan. 24.—It is an- nounced that Mrs. Sayter Reid, a so- ciety leader of Quebec and well known throughout Canada, will decorate the new Hotel Vancouver in Viectoria. It is stated that her renumeration for the commission will be $10,000. ! in the | | concealed weapon consisted of a | AY W. Starkey, George Petersen, F. G. Brazier, Frank Smith and Robert Brow; all carpenters, | who, it is charged, had been playing stud poker. The men furnished bail for their appearance in the Police Court. S L SR ST 1 | I fgaai i ek 2 o OAKLAND, Jan. 24.—Children from the Sunday schools of the Episcopal churches of Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley attended the joint missionary rally of the Episcopal Sunday schools of Alameda County, held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at St. John’s Episcopal Church, on Eighth and Grove streets. The service was one espetially adapted to the understanding of the little ones |ana the following clergymen partici- | pated | The Rev. Edgar F. Gee, rector of St. | John’s Church; the Rev. O. St. John | Scott, rector of St. Andrew’s Church; |m» Rev. C. T. Walkley, rector of St. Paul's Church; the Rev. Clifton Macon, rector of Trinity Church, and the Rev, ! William Carson Shaw, rector of the| Church of the Advent in East Oak- | land. Special music wi rendered by the | combined choirs of St. John's Church, | St. Mark's hurch of Berkeley, and | Christ Church of Alameda. The opening lesson was read by the Rev. O. St. John Scott, after which a short sermon was delivered by the Rev, Clifton Macon DELIVERS AN ADDRESS. At the close of the sermon the Rev. C. T. Walkley gave an address from the following text “From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same My Name | shall be great among the Gentiles; and | —— —— VIEWS TAKEN DURING RAL- Y OF ALAMEDA COUNTY SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. sl BN Bk e in every place incense shall be offered unto My Name, and a pure offering; for My Name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of Hosts. Mal. 1:11.” He said “‘Many of ycu have read the story ‘Around the World in Eighty Days,’ and we will now start on a journey around the world, starting in the far East in the old city of Jerusalem, where the first Christian church was organized and whence it has extended cver all the world.” p Mr. Walkley then told of the travels of St. Paul, the conversion of Galatians, and the bringing of the Gospel into England, Treland and Scotland and thence to the United States and the Western world. He told of the travels of John Eliott and his work among the Indians, and of Bishop Berkeley, after whom the city of Berkeley is named, who gave up a salary of $4500 a year to become a missionary at a salary of $500 a yvear. Mr. Walkley related the history of the missionary work of the churches of this diocese, speaking of the great work done by Bishop Rowe, who' is now in Alaska, and of the son cf Bishop Nichols, who is now a mis- sionary in China, where he was sent by the churches of this diocese. CLOSING SERVIC The closing service was conducted by |the Rev. Edgar F. Gee, rector of St. John's Church. The object of the joint missionary | rally was not only to instryct the chil- | dren of the various Sunday schools in the pregress of mi work, but to bring the schools in closer relation- ship with one another, that they might work together for the common good The rally held to-day was the begin- ning of a concerted effort on the part | ¢f the rectors of the Episcopal churches | of this county to increase the member- ship of the Sunday schools and to bring them into a closer bond of unity. The following Sunday schools represented at the rally fo were y: Andrew's, Oakland; St. John's, Oakland; £ P Oakland: St. Mark's Christ urch, Alameda: Church vent, and; Trinity Church, Oakiand, and 'the Chapel of the Good Samaritan, Oak- lana ORDER SLARMS THE STOCKME Federal Authorities Insist On Removal of Every Feunece on Government Land in Oregon RS e Special Dispatch to The Call PORTLAND, Or, Jan. 24.—Every fence that stands on Government land in Oregon must eome down. - The peo- ple who erected the fences will have an opportunity to remove them. If they do not comply with the order the Fed- eral authorities propuse to cut the wire and burn the posts. The carrying out of the Government's ediet in this regard will ruin many stockmen. John H. Hall, United States District Attorney for Oregon, returned from Washington last night with ex- plicit instructions on the subject. “All fences inclosing areas of the public domain,” said Mr. Hall, “must be removed. 1 explained to the author- ities at Washington that stockmen in this and other States had been accus- tomed to enclose public land with fences from very early days, that in many cases they have become dependent on.| such enclosures and that in the past the Government has winked at such ractices. My orders, received from the epartment of the. Interior, in reply; leave me no alternative. I am instruct- ed to rémove every fence without ex- ception, ‘and to enforce rigorously and impartially the laws against fires and trespass on public domain. T am to have a!l the assistance I need and my work, I understand, is to be checked up by inspectors of the department.” e SANTA ROSA, Jan. 24.—Antonio Fran- chetti was thrown from a surrey this afternoon in front of the Unita Hotel, on West Sixth street. and received injuries from which death may result. The horses were frightened by a locomotive, B SUE FOR RICH MINE AT NOME Chicago Man and His Wife and Niece Lay Claim to the White Star Property AR DO Y CHICAGO, Jan. 24.—Three suits for a total of $330,000 have been filed in the Circuit Court against P. N. Anderson of this city. Nels O. Hultberg, a plain- tiff in one of the suits, seeks to recover $500,000, while Dora Adams and Hanna | Back of | Hultberg ask for $15,000 each. the suits, according to the defendant, is a story which had its beginning in the Alaskan gold fields in 1898. _When the rush for Alaska and the Yukon was at its height Anderson was one of the first to arrive at Nome. and after prospecting for some time he lo- cated and filed the claim known as the ‘White Star property. He incorporated the White Star Mining Company with a capital of $80,000. In 1900 he is said to have sold his holdings in the com- pany for more than $1,000,000 and re- turned to the United States. Nels O. Hultberg, his wife and his niece, Miss Dora Adams, claim to have been the original prospectors at the White Star mine, and Hultberg asserts that he struck gold in sufficient auan- tities to warrant working it and re- turned to Nome to file papers with the land agent. He was delayed in reach- ing Nome and when he did apply at the Government office he learned that Andérson had already filed his claim. ——— SENATE T0 TALK ABOLT PANAMY ew Resolutions Are Adopted and the Greater Part of the Week to Be Given to Debate —_— WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 —The Senate has no programme for the week beyond a continuation of the debate on the | Panama question. The fact that the iGnrman resolution of inquiry was dis- posed of last week does not change the situation except that it makes neces- sary a new basis for speeches. This will be supplied in the resolu- tions of inquiry to be introduced to- morrow as the. result of yesterday's conference of Democratic Senators. A number of addresses are still to be made on both sides of the controversy, and it is quite certain that the debate will continue many’ days. It is understood that the amendments to the treaty reported by the Commit- tee on Foreign Relations will be with- drawn before final action is taken. ‘The House will devote practically the entire week. to consideration of the army and urgent deficiency appropria- tion bills. e . Suit Against Plumbers’ Association. EUREKA, Jan. 24.—George Hawkes, | proprietor of a plumbing establishment in this city, has brought suit against the several firms and corporation com- prising the Masters Plumbers’ Associa- i tion of Eureka, in which he asks $21.- 000 damages. He charges that the de- ROME, Jan. 24.—Monsignor Serafino. the;fendants have entered into a con- new Apostolic Delegate in Mexico, has been recelved in farewell audience by the | spiracy o enhance the cost ot Pope, and was entrusted to express to President Diaz and the Mexican Government the Pope’s satisfac- tion with the measures of liberty granted under President Diaz to Catholicism in hac_resulted in the there, exico, which prosperity of the church plumbing material from 20 to 200 per cent and control all contracts for plumbing in Bureka. He claims the as- tion was secretly formed to drive * opposition plumbers out of business. PEER OF [RISH POETS COMING. William B. Yeats Will Tell Students About Intellee- tual Revival in ll't‘land‘ AT STUDENTS PLAN DEBATE President and Mrs. Wheeler Ask Junior Class to Meet Them at Annual Reception —_——— Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Jan. 24. William B. Yeats, the Irish poet. will address the students of the University of California at 4 o'clock on Wednes- day afternoon of this week in the stu- dents’ observatory. “The Intellectual Revival of Ireland’ or some allied subject. The lecture will be open to the general public. The Philological Club will meet at the | faculty clubhouse at 7:30 o'clock to- morrow evening. Professor W. S. Fer- guson will read a paper on “Chapter XII of Plutarch's Life of Pericles,” and | C. J. O'Conner ofie on “Phrases of the Type ‘Ostium Concrepuit’ in. Plautus and Terence.” The student senate will discuss the following question Tuesday evening in Stiles Hall: “Resolved, That the system of criminal procedure in France men- | aces the liberty of the individual.” The affirmative will be sustained by R. O. Reiner '04 and W. A. Andrews '05, and the negative by E. D. White '05 and J L. Harris "06. Miss May E. Stevenson, teacher of the | Hindoo breathing school, has presented the library with a copy of her work, He will speak upon « NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA EPISCOPAL SUNDAY SCHOOL CHILDREN OF ALAMEDA COUNTY -JOIN IN RALLY St. John’s Church Is the Scene of Missionary Meeting and Little Ones Enjoy Service Designed to Impress Them With Work of Spreading the Gospel of Christianity BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY I OAKLAND. | 1118 Broadway. i Telephone Main 1063. } BERK oY 2148 Center Strec Telephone North 7 ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Sireet. Telephone Eagle 502. | | o WILL EXPLAIN - WATER REPORT | ¥ Councilman John L. Howard | to Deliver a Public Ad- | dress as to Proposed Lease el B | TALK FOR MEN'S LEAGUE BHa T o ' | Reasons for the Adoption of the Project by the Special Committee to Be Presented R acks L Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. City Councilman John L. Howard has accepted an invitation to deliver an address before the Men's League of the First Congregational Chureh on Thursday evening, January 28, on the report of the special committee on municipal water supply which has been submitted to the City Council. “Thought Communication by Mag- : n'::;sm‘.:" | Occasion fc the address is the The Women’s Tennis Club will hold a | monthly dinner which is given by the tournament on the university courts, | league. It has been customary for beginning with February 1 and ending | tne organization at its periodical gath- on February 20, weather permitting.|o incg (o hear addresses or papers reaq The following named have entered Up | ,n timely topics. The commit in to date for the singles and douhles: | Op UMICLY AOPICS. o M ner decided s—Miss Ethel KE"P“T; 94, “;,‘:f to r»‘:‘;ue‘sr Mr. Howard to give an ad- Misg Marian Cralg '07. Doubles—The | (5 1% fofemost in TN F Misses . Edwards and Wickson, the | V900N 0 PHS P00 s paper will Misses Rateliffe and Moskowitz and the | , C“PUAEMES FOVEIES PEPY es Craig and Connie Stratton. Council committee to u m The reception to the junior class bY | oommend the leasing by the city un- President and Mrs. Wheeler will begin | fecommend The eas e By o © ontr at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening in|c .0 \water Company's plan It is Hearst Hall. yected that the address will throw The second university meeting for the year will be held at 11 o’clock Friday The much light up: be a valuable ¢ the question and wil ribution morning in Harmon gymnasium cussion of the subject which speakers for the day have not yet been | SORHQR 00 b oIt this city selected. The Bond C ttee will I Professor G. M. Stratton will address able to ¢ rle t on the the Philosophical Union at 8 o’clock ;}{. i et ¥ s | Friday evening in the philosophy build- | €T3! TMBFOVEIREnt PrOSCet o el to- ing on the subject, “The Relation of | SUBINSEOE "0 L8 o s b Mind and Body.” The lecture will be | JOTEOW BaTE 0y ol open to the public. he | On the estimat ost of the s H. O. Pixley '99 is a patient at the . care is required to fo Hankow, China, being a sufferer fr..m_”"__ Q.m;_“' ”‘[. Dandine: T s acute inflammation of the eyes follow - » % The Colimitas ROTe ing-an attack of malarial fever. He | The members of the commi . contracted the illness while assisting to | '# = 3 i) I sly, sacr run the survey for a railroad between | dustriously, sacr Sl 2 } | | | | several persons have reported the loss | ance by | miles. the task, but it sible to finish t ~* | HENRY L. SCHNIER KILLED | IN ROOM BY ESCAPING GAS Hankow and Canton, a distance of 700 | DIAMOND THIER Saloon-Keeper at Haight and Stanyan | Streets is Asphyxiated, Sup- “\\ X | posedly by Accident. " I\ | Henry L. Sehnier, proprietor of a i AWM | saloon at the northeast cormer of —————— Haight and Stanyan streets, was as- 7 ~ phyxiated yesterday under somewhat Pulls a Valuable Jewel From | . .jar circumstances, but the police Shir 3 and Morgue officials incline to the Ale: biinG, Houom: aF Awmada theory that death was the result of an )entist While Leaving Boat accident, and not of suicide. Denti 5 £ Shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday RN morning M Behaver, who was em- 2. — Di ; | ployed as cook by the deceased, called D o s have hosamond |him through o speaking tube leading s e gt o from the dining-room to his sleeping Schnier replied to the sum- he would be down shortly. Owing to his non-appear- 2 o'clock a Mrs. McKenzie of sparkling gems from their cravats|went to his room to awaken him. Upon and shirt bosoms. opening the door she was startled te Dr. Edward W. Christensen, a local | find Schnier’s dead body on the bed. dentist, related to-day how he had| A gas tube leads from a jet in the been jammed between two men while room to a small gas stove used for walking off of a ferry-boat on the San | heating purposes. The jet was turned Francisco side last night shortly before | fully on, permitting the gas to fill the 8 o’clock and how a diamond stud val- | chamber. ued at $200 had been pulled from his| It is believed the unfortunate man, shirt front. The long wire clasp on|upon be called in the morning, the jewel prevented the thief from ac- | lighted the stove to heat the room, that complishing his purpose. he then returned to bed a.d fell asleep, ing their illegal calling on the “thea- | ruit no, ter” ferry-boats from this city to San|mons and stated that Francisco during the last few days and Dr. Christensen’s shirt bosom was|and that in some manner the stove ripped by the wire, but his gem was | blaze was extinguished saved. The dentist grabbed the man.| Detective Bailey made an investiga- after freeing himself from the fellow’s tion and believes that the death was confederate, who shouldered into|accidental. Deceased was 53 years of Christensen and prevented him from |age, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and moving freely. In the tussle that en- | a widower. The body was not removed sued the diamond snatcher broke away | to the Morgue. and made his escape in the crowd. s o i e AR e — | HEAD OF BRAKEMAN PORCH CLIMBER ROBS | S ERED FROM BODY HOME OF THEO. GIER | J. J. Letter, a brakeman on the Santa Fe, was killed near the little station of Canejro, sixteen miles below Fresno, yesterday. When the overiand train reached Fresno Letter was found to Secures Silverware and Jewelry That | Has Been in Family for Four | Generations. QAKLAND, Jan. 24.—A daring porch- climber effected an entrance into the |be missing and a special engine was home of Theo. Gier, president of the svn}}b: xrzn ,\‘l.ve ¥han>' trace of him s’ Exchange, at 913 M ia | cOUId be found. e dead body was Sirect. between 7 and 12 o'clock last | {0Und beside the track with the head night, while the family was out, and ;‘;?‘jr‘}“._t‘::'rm r:?f' rtxwr;; ”1‘1 '1:‘.‘:'”}:: secured more than $100 worth of silver. rolled under the whe He leaves & ware and jewelry. The thief climbed a pillar suppnr!ingl the porch and went through a window | in the second story. . In regard to the robbery, Gier said: | wite and family in Stockton, to which city the body was taken When near Merced, ing wheels on. the engir > over- land broke off and rollec o & fel “The silverware which was stolen has | mre R g & Gata. been in my family for more than four | lef; the track. FEnsineer E. Hobart generations. For that reason I prized | and _‘ireman T. Cramer had a narrow it very highly.” | escape from death. The train was de- | layed two hours and a e When a girl blushes the other girls say: “Well, I like her cheel local business. 3 ORDER FOR THE GREAT TWENTIETH CENTURY COOK BOOK | Mall This Order to The San Francisco Call Wit* 75e. > o) The San Franacisco Call, me one | San Francisco, Cal.: Inclosed herewith please find 73¢c. for which send copy of The Call's Great Twentieth Century Cook Book. (Fifcy Cents is The Call's Premium rate tc all its six-month subscrib- ers to the daily an® Sunday paper, and the additional 25¢ is to prepay shipping charges.) SIGNET o CITY .. STATE