The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 4, 1904, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1904. S s« NEWS OF MAYOR SICNS WOMEN PROMISE CARBICE LA/ COMPLETE SO { liis Honor Declares That to'}’l‘hirt_\’ Thousand Dollars Is Veto Crematory Bill Would Necessary for the New Build- —_—— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, Involve City in Litigation| ing of the Y. M. C. A. IOLERATES NO Nl‘l.\'\!\'1‘l~'f1l’R(),\HNHNT LADIES HELP — el e e Piant Must Be Condueted nux,\‘u-p Is Taken at Reception Sanitary Lines Is the Ex-| Given .to Mrs. L. Wilbur ecntive’s Firm :u-snluiiun‘l Messer by Her Many Friends | | Oak ue Once mdre ha come to the r His Hon- | to-day r signing the 1t followed L. Wilbur Mes; to vote and ca voige tha ing which Mps. | put dissentir with win » May- city new ordi- the best t made -v"Vll assu ing the sum of essary to complete tk zin It was a | that. greeted Mrs. Me r raoms of the H Mrs. Messer is appearance and who has a pl nily g ev rt. day in ality ApY her Y. M what us She A, interes women Then the Y. M. C estly with pecially in the much 3 sult stated abov AT G 0QY 3 WINS. E LITIGATION WOULD RESULT. Mrs. J. B. Hume acted as chairman J v re- | of the meeting, and *to her eloquent | . x ir Su- | appeals were added those of Mrs. J. ¥ | L. Lyond, Mrs. J. H. A {'Scupham and Mrs to further sired sum. plans ywing leadi: 1118 Broadway, 11| byirden of+another debt. gave utive committee for raising the de- The committee is composed Feb. 3. land's womankind and, assumed the At the meet- the reception to ser to-day it was fed without one t the ladies pres- . the responsibility of rais- 000, the deficit nec- e new Y. M. C. A. building, on which wopk “will soon be- representative gathering esser in the recep- otel Metropole to- a woman of strik- magnetic person- ant fashion of ery one right into a little talk on s in the East and had done there for the the question was taken » of forming a woman’s auxiliary to A., which should co-ope- the parent organ- its efforts to raise eded $30,000, with the re- Breuer, Mrs. J. R. da H. Van Pelt. was named ng women of Oak- J. R. Scupham, Mrs. G. ff, Mrs. J. B. Hume, Mrs. 3 . < berlain, Mrs. C. S. Cham- berlain, Mrs. F. M. Smith, Mrs. George H , Mrs 3 < E. H. Vance, J. H. Breuer, Willtam Let . Gray, Mrs. Warr Alexander, Wallace , Mr Mrs. J Olive: 4 en *Olney, M A. Folger, Mrs. E. C. Farnham, M . Mrs. Q. A. Chase, - Mo . Mrs. B. Wes g T Coogan, Mrs. W. H. Chick- bage is suming .1 » is the | ering, Mrs. Oscar Euning, Mrs. D. T. wh Curtiss, Mrs. J. F. Kennison, Mrs. Irv- | In8 C. Lewis and Mrs. Mary Carmany. X INTRODUCE GUESTS. | Mrs. Hume was a | ing ana a |of honer Mrs. Giles Robert Hill. servpd du sant duty b ta Oliver, y | Sara k T, < | Apphia Vancé, Pau Titesworth, s:(hf»l J Mrs. Carrell Nichol ¢ | rie Brown Dexter bo! | musical numbers, Mr ssigted in receiv- troducing ealiers to the guest o-day by Mrs. Scupham, Mrs. H I Gray, Mrs. R. Brinckerhoff, F. F. Barbour and A delicious fruit ring the afternoon, eing performed by ‘ordelia Bishop, Elizabeth Benton. line Collins, Nora ohnson and Miss son and Mrs. Car- th gave delightful Nicholson sing- {ing “Cuttin’ Rushe by Willoughby, e ni|and Mrs. Dexter's song being “Who'i ) I = = 3 e{ Buy My Lavende by ward Ger- n n. M Waterman and Miss Mabel | Hill were the | TRIES TO BURN Annie acéompanists. ——————— HERSELF TO DEATH IN PRISON Larsen, Arrested for Intoxis cation, Sets Bedding in Her and thereby | Koot 4| Cell Afire. a t subject, | -QAKLAND, Feb. 3.—Annie Larsen, ARREN OLNEY. arrested for drunkenmess, set fire to s - maly thé blankets in her cell at the City BARTENDER DIES FROM Prison to-night with intent to commit suicide. She was saved from ' being SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS burned to death by Harry Jackson. Who Shot Himself The After Fa -3 Kill Barkeeper Macy, Lives Oudy Few Hou liquor-crazed to t the prompt action of Jailer Bert Henderson. woman was con- ‘finm} in one of the steel tanks with.a small grated opening. She started the fire from a wisp of paper lighted from | 2 gas jet. Odor of smoke attracted the he cell and found half-stupefied prisoner near the The woman harm’s way and Because of her threats to OAKLAND, ¥ 3.—Harry Jack- son, the bartender who shot himself | Jailer, who ran to t last night 10 o’clock after trying to | the ~ L. Macy, another barkeeper, | bedding that was ablaze. a t 4 o'clock this morning at the | Was dragged out ‘of R ng Hosp He not re- | the burning blapkets were drenched o ONSCIOUSNESS. | with water. Coroner -Mehrmann held repeat the attempt to burn herself to n. Jackson’ R | Brown Turns Tables. | OAKLAND, Feb. 3—There will be a e action begun the report of Healt: twe | | | ALAMEDA, ¥Feb. | ty-nine deaths Llewellyn | city last month. In » Rico, | ulation of 20,000 t intemper- | monthly average of wer and a habityal an an wplaint, _in_ which wife ¢ame to al a is guilty of + inhabitants. Sons of Benjami District Deputy G Springer, 1at she grand officers, has lowing officers of ti SCOTT’'S EMULSION. death-the woman was closely watched. —— s Alameda’s Vital Statistics. 3.—According to h Officer Stidham gccurred in this an estimated pop- his represents a 1.45 and an an- | nual average of 17,4 deaths per 1000 — - s New Officers. ranyl Master H. L. assisted by several of the installed the fol- he local lodges of s~~~ | the Sons of Benjamin: { - -president, I C. Levey: e 3 vice ‘president, M. B ein: tecording and financlal secretary, H. L. Springer; trcasurer, B. Wacholder; con- | ductor, M. “Green; inside guard, H. Bloom: | uard, A. Mendelsohn; trustces—R, . 1. Cohn and dstone. cx-president, EMULSION s the great flesh producer. Thirty years have proved its cffeciency in throat and lung troubles and all wasting diseases. Do not try substitutes, es- . pecially now, when cod liver oil is so scarce and high. ~ They are mostly all adulterated with seal or other cheap oils. Scott’s Emulsion is always the same. The cod liver oil used is absolutely pure; all the other ingredients are also carefully selected and of the finest quality. Lederer: outside guar Levy. M. Bloom and A. Golden Gate Lodge— H. Merzbach: president, vice president, A. 8. Fas H. L. Arnheim: | Meyer; treasurer. L. Zier { head J. Jacobs; trustees—J and W. Samuel Chinese Women Chew Kim Fong, his uncle's estate. should be removed, first having obtained be the widow of the to her. 1aid off in ihe ste on, Mare Ieland to- financial upon the funds of the estate, the alleged carelessness of Cunning- ham another woman claiming to be the widow of the Chinese has appear- ed and has entered the courts with the purpose of having the estate assigned y funds to carry on the work, surer, : inside Eimo Monascs M. 'Marks; guard, M. trustees—J. -president, Hon, F. Rev. Dr. 1. Meyers; = recording secretary, secretary, M. 8. conductor, M. White- inside guerd J. Willner; outside guard, Goldsteln, W. Barron —_————— Claim Estate. a nephew of the late Chew Bing Quoia, petitioned the Superior Court yesterday to remove J. J. Cunningham as administrator of He claims that he because without an order of court, he allowed Lem Quoia, who claims to deceased, to draw Since ————— VALLEJO, ¥eb. 3.—Eightyydx men were ngineey.ng department because of lack of id Gage, Mrs. | THE' COUN TY OF AL AMEDA ROUTE OF WESTERN PACIFIC IS NOW K NOWN TO PUBLIC Line of Old Coal Road From Stockton to Tesla Will Be Used and Depot Site in Livermore Is Selected. People of Haywards Uneasy INOICHTET ROUTE oF THE MEW WESTEEN | 2ycrize ZA7LRCAD THLOLGE ALANTEDA cour S o & ~ ~ s oLl SR - Over Reported Changes 5 MAP SHOWING THE ROUTE OF THE NEW WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD THROUGH ALAMEDA COUNTY TO TIDEWATER. THE ROAD WILL FIND ITS WAY THROUGH THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY THE ROAD EXTENDING FROM STOCKTON TO TESLA. OVER EVENTS IN SOCIETY OAKLAND, Feb, ~Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Pomeroy and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gannon will e a leap year party next Saturday £ four prospective benedicts The men to be so com- ed are George Lackey, Dr. Morey, Dunsmoor and Arnold The ladies whom they will eventually lead to the aMar are respectively Miss Idine Scupham, s Wilhelmine Koenig, Miss Net- tie Stevens and Miss Edith Larkey. About thirty-five guests have been invited and cards will be the order of the evening. R Mrs. Harry Klugel (nee Jennings) is being considerably entertained. She was the guest of r at a tea given by Mrs. Charles Allardt yesterday, and will be one of a trio of compiimented ones at an affair soon to be given' by Miss Eva Powell. it vigar Mrs. Dudley Kinsell is planning another of her very charming little card -parties in San Leandro for the latter part of this momth in honor of Miss Geraldine Scuphem. She | will keep her guests to dinner and the party will_be joined Wy several gentlemen in the eveninz. Two events of considerable interest in the soctal and musical world are being planned for the near future. The first will be a plano and song recital by Miss Margaret Davis (who is to be an April bride) and Miss Julla John- son, which will take place on the 19th-inet. The second will be the concert which will be given on the 25th at the Pyesbyterian Church by Miss Virginia de Fremery, organist, and Mrs. Carrie Brown Dexter, soprano. It s to be an invitational affair. PR The Utopien Club wiil give itz third grand ball on Wadnesday, February 24, at Maple Hall. The patronesses are Mrs, G. Samuels, Mre. George Mosbacher, Mrs, Henry Abra- hamsqn, Mrs. Harrlet Marks, Mrs. A. Jonas, Mrs. Julius Abrahamson, Mrs. M. Camp, Mrs. Fred_ Bauer, Mrs. Gus Cohn, Mrs. M. Klein, Dr. Macrice L. Green will be floor manager and the committee in charge Includes Dr. Green, Sid Camp and Gene Welll. . . Miss Frances Tappan, daughter of Judge Tappan of Alaméda, has just returned from an extended visit with relatives in Shasta County. She is now staying with Mrs. J. I Henderson at’ the Hotel Crellin. . @i _The musicale for the’ benefit of the Sick and Needy Chapter of St. John's Church at Reed Hall last Tuesday evening was a brilliant gocial and financial success. A large and fashionable audience, in which were many well-known society people, enjoyed ‘the excel- Jent programme. The ladies of the chapter are greatly pleased Wwith the resuit of their work, the proceeds exceeding their etpectations, Those two popular fun-makers, Kendall Fel- lows and George Walker, gave some of their impersonation: which were much eénjoyed. The vocal solos by Mrs. Clara Stacy and the cornet selections by Elsie Cahlll were very good, and an A ctive feature of the programme ‘was the playing of the Mandolin Club, which is composed of four soclety girle— Misses Florence White, Evelyn Ellis, Cora MeéCartney and Marion Goodfellow—and their leader, Professor Ferrer. At the close of the programme dancing was indulged in and refreshments were served at the lemonade booth, which was presided over by Mrs. Beer and Mrs. Oliver. Much credit is due the members of the chap- ter, which is composed of the following ladies: Mrs. Gonzales_ Mrs. Beer, Mrs. Oliver, ' Mias Sterett. Miss Jones, Miss Williams and Mrs. Arrowsmith, The patronesses of the affair were: Mrs, Frederic Eldredge Mason, Mrs. George H, Wheaton, Mrs. .A L. White, Mrs. Frank L, Kendall, Mrs. Edvard Barry, Mr P. L. Wheeler Mrs, C. F. Farnham, Mrs, C. Tucker, S BERKELEY, ‘Feb. 3.—The Theta Chi Fra- ternity of the Berkeley High School is ar- ing to give a dance on the evening of February 12 at the Town and Gown Club, The engugement Js announced of Percy Me- Donald, a member of the class of ‘07 at the University of ‘California, and Miss Ide, a daughter of the former president of the Philip- pine Commission. - Mr. McDonald is now en- gaged in newspaper work in Manila, being also one of the officials of the city. He is a member of. the Chi Psi fraternity. West Berkeley Lodge No, 21, Order of Her- mann Sons, Wil give the eighth annual masquerade ball on the evening of February 13 at Fraternity Hall. Paul Nichelmann will be the floor manager and Charles Penning his assistant. The committee of arrangements consists of W. A. Lauterbach. Herman Peters, Henry Penning, ¥. E. Meyer, F. W. Burk’ C. Kimpel, Joseph Lundt, C. A. Harbart, F. L. Koch, F. N, Mal. and Charles Lieberman. ] Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, Feb. 8.—The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk' to-day: Manuel J. Ma- dronga, 30, Haywards, and Marie Lu- cas, 18, San Ramon; John W. Keenan, 37, Napa, and Mary Schumacher, 23, San Francisco. s —————————— New Law Firm Organized. OAKLAND, Feb. 3.—Attorney W. A. Dow, ex-City Attorney of Oakland, has entered into partnership with H. A. Powell of San Francisco, and the firm will have its offices at 328 Mont- gomery street in that city. —— e Dog Polsoner at Work. OAKLAND, Feb. 3.—A valuable dog owned by Mrs. George S. Wheaton, re- siding at 146 Lake street, is the latest victim of an unknown miscreant, who has been poisoning dogs in the Lake- side district. Name IReading-Room Curators. OAKLAND, Feb. 3.—The Free Li- brary Trustees have appointed Miss E. A. Hibbard and Kendall Fellows to be curators of the Central reading- room. 3 1 OAKLAND, Feb. 3.—The route of the Western Pacific Railroad through Alameda County has been settled. More deeds have been filed and they show the route and show by what line the Western Pacific will find its way from the San Joaquin Valley to tide- water on the Oakland side of the bay. The Western Pacific will absorb the coal road that extends from Stockton to Tesla. The line of the franchises secured by the company in Oakland shows the route from the foot of Union street along Third, into East Oakland and along Twelfth street, from Thir- teenth to Twenty-third avenues. Re- cently deeds were filed that show the route of the road from Dublin up the Redwood Canyon, but the connect- ing links were not known until now. ROUTE IS KNOWN. The route can now be definitely an- nounced. The line of the coal road from Stockton to Tesla will be used and a tunnel through Corral Hollow Pass will be built. It will ;:be aboui 7000 feet long. The line to Livermore is almost straight from the western portal of the tunnel and the depot site has already been secured in Livermore, a little east of the depot of the South- ern Pacific Company. From Liver- more the line to Dublin will be almost straight, following the line of the old overland road from Stockton. It was thought that the road would reach the western side of the hills, through the Haywards Pass into Hay- wards, but the town of Haywards will be left upon the sidetrack. Before the summit is reached in the Haywards Pass the road will swing northward through the old Redwood road and along the banks of S8an Leandro Creek. It will cross Crow Creekand Cull Creek and wili follow the line of one of the oldest sections of Alameda County un- til the old Redwood Schoolhouse is reached. From there the road will swing westward and will cross the di- vide with a tunnel about 300 feet long and drop down the western slope of the Contra Costa hills, back of Laun- dry Farm. TWO OPTIONS OUT. This is the only point where the rights of way have not been completed and it is said that there are two op- tions out, one for the line now oper- ated by the Leona Heights branch of the Oakland Transit Company and one for an independent right of way. The tunnel through the hills will be on the Hewston place and the line swings down the hillside through the Hews- ton place and several big tracts now controlled by the Realty Syndicate and into Fruitvale at the junction of East Twelfth street and Fruitvale ave- nue, where the franchise from the city of Oakland ends. The people of Haywards and San Leandro are disturbed over this sud- den change of the overland route, but the statement is made by those who are intercsted in securing the rights of way for the road that the people of Haywards wanted $80,000 for the right of way through that city and San Leandro wanted as much more, and that the road was compelled to abandon its plans in that direction and 80 up the eastern side of the hills and cross nearer Fruitvale. The Oakland City Council has ob- jected to the slowness with which the new road completed its work. Valu- able franchises wege granted through the city of Oakland and just enough work was done upon these franchises to hold them for a year. The City Council has notified the new road that it will have to begin its work in earn- est or steps will be taken toerevoke the franchises. As yet no answer has been received from the railroad. It is generally believed that the amount spent for rights of way in this county is a guarantee that the road is going to be built. « —_———————— Lectures on the Human Eye. OAKLAND, Feb. 3.—Dr. McMurda of San Francisco lectured last night at St. Mary's College on the “Human Eye,” illustrating the workings of that organ with a model. The lec- ture was the second of the series to be given'in the winter course and the faculty has arranged for several more to follow. FREE! TFREE! TO WANT ADVERTISERS A BEAUTIFUL SOUVENIR OF SAN FRANCISCO, ME- TROPOLIS OF THE WINTERLESS - LAND. Free to Want Advertisers N NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL. JIn an emul»,lo~ ready for mail- — UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, Feb. 3.—Professor Elwood Mead, head of the. bureau of agricultural sta- tions of the United States Department of Agriculture, will leave Washington on Feb- ruary 7 and arrive in Berkeley in time to give a serles of lectures, beginning with March 9 and continuing tMrough to the end of the term. The course will include lectures on the irri tion systems of foreign countries. Profe: Mead anticipates that students in economics will find these courses of interest and will endeavor to arrange his lecture hours to suit the schedule of the College of Commerce. The tenth annual Carnot debate between ll_ll-‘ University of California and Stanford University teams will be held Friday night in Harmon Gymnasium, Stanford will be repre- sented by H. A. Lewis, T. E. Roehr and F. L. Sheriffs; California_by Hart Greensfelder, F. A Mandel and J. P. Lucy, R. L. McWil- llams being the substitute. Stanford will go into the contest with some advantage, as Lewis and Roehr were members of last year's | team, and California’s men are all new. The general subject for debate is ““The French Ju- diclal System,” but the specific question will not be announced until two hours before the’ debate begins. President Wheeler will preside The judges’ names have not yet been an- nounced, The State Board of Bducation has given | diplomas to the following named graduates of the university: G, L. Allen, A.. F. ! Brown, Adrienne Cerf. G. E._ Dibble. G. B. Edson, E. E. Ledget{ E. D. McMiilan, A. E. Montieth, M, H. Powell, M. L, Sellender and E. L. Shaw. The freshman class has nominated the fol- for the present Peixotto, Frank W. C Davis; secretary, Miss Eva treasurer, H. W. Darling, L; sergeant af .arms, H. F. Gra Stewart V. Reeves, Canvin Haffey and R. K. Estes. The newly elected officers of the sophomore class are the following.named: President, W. H. Hopkins; vice president, Miss M. H. calf; second vice president, Miss Phoebe Bin- ney; secretary, Miss Kate O'Neill; treasurer, G. M. Lander; auditing committee—W. A. Newman, Arthur Coogan and Walter Hawley. Professor William D. Armes of the English department has corrected the misapprehensions that prevailed in regard to an old sign on an old bullding in Oakiand by writing a letter having its history as the theme. The sign reads. “College Hall,” and it has been sup- posed all along that it was a rellc of a building where the university was born in Oakiand. This turns out to be a myth, for the sign was only one that the owner of a dance hall had painted, with an eve to busi- n The sign Wil not be brought to Berke- ley and planted in the university with a great deal of ceremony, as was recently proposed. e REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2. Otto Best to Maria L. de Romo (wife of mualdo Romo, lot on E line of Grove 65 N of Fortleth, N €0 by E 118, lots 4 Ro- eet, d 5, map resudbdivisicn Montgomery Tract, Oak- lan (recorded February 1, 1904); $10. Elizabeth Merrill (wife of J. M.) to A. J. Snyder, Tot on N line of Laurel or Twenty-fifth street, '220 W of Telegraph avenue, W 30 by N 100; also lot on N line of Laurel or Twenty- firth street, of Telegraph avenue, W 30 by N 100, Oakland (recorded February 1, 1904); $10, Same to same, ot on NW _corner of Laurel or Twenty-fifth street and Telegraph avenue, ‘W 220, N 100, W 30, N 100 to S line of Syca- more street, E 250, S 220, Oakland; also lot on N line of Laurel or Twenty-fifth street, 450 W of Telegraph avenue, W 32 by N 100, Oak- land; lof on S lipe of Sycamore street, 533:8 W of Telerr;ph avenue, W 33 by S 100, Oakland (recorded February 1, 1904); $10. H. Moskowitz to Elle B. Atzeroth, lot on S line of Carlton street, 175 W of Calais, W 50 by § 132:6, lots 16 and 17, block 33, map of resibdivisiop of Smith’s subdivision of Math- ews Tract,| Berkeley (recorded February 1, 1904); $10. Ferdinand Mier (widower) to Margaret Wel- don (femme sole), lot on N line of Encinal avenue (since widened to 80), 200 E of Willow street, K 25 by N 140, W 35 of lot 5 in W 1§ of block E, Ploneer Homestead Association, ex- cept S 10 for widening Encinal avenue, Ala- meda (recorded February 1, 1904); $10. Gideon F. and Kate T. Nightingill to Laura B. Kelly, lot on N line of Albion street, 28:111 E from B line of Grove, E 30 by N 100, lands formerly of Paul Schoen, etc., part lots 4, § and 6, Alden Tract, Oakland; $10. W, W. and R. E. Davis (wife) to J. 4 by § 129, being 3, block A, Paradise Park, Berkeley; $10. Theresa Hansmann (formerly Theresa Pe- trowsky) and Frederick Hansmann to Louls D. Reeb (single), lot on SW corner of Twen- ty-seventh (or Park) and West strests, § S5x W 27:6, portion of lots 12 to 15, block 2020, map of Whitcher Tract 2, Oakland; §10. ‘Alameda County Land Company (corpora- tion) to Joseph C. Eaton, lot on E line of Bou- levard, 100 N of Twelfth street, E 131 N to intersection with E line of lot 25 and line par- allel with and 25 N of § line of lot 35, W § 75, lot 24 and portion lot 25, map of property o’!mAhmeda Land Company, East and; $10. O tath B, Nickel (formerly Sunderland) and Karl H, Nickel to Fred B. Taylor, lot on E line of Bella Vista avenue, 131.60 N of East Twenty-eighth street, NE on curve road 155, along B line of Bella Vista, 816, E 130, 8.3, W 165, jon of lots 7 and 'S, R. W. Engs, “Townshi] 3 I.ll"dhlllxa G. and Julia B. Galpin (wife) to W. Woodworth (widow), SW corner 5, University Terrace, said portion be- ing intersection of !Nl‘l:ul’ofblctsfll'.l‘ih E I:no Pros, street, y portion oF NUI lot 6 map of University Terrace, Berkeley; £1 s 7 and_Sarah M. Jomes to Ralph W. Glenn, lot on SE line of Peralta street, 50 W of Jones, SW 50 by SE portion of lots ?ln‘ 8, of Galindo t, Brooklyn James and Jennie Clooney (wife) to Amos A R g lan 5t Block. ‘628, iman’s map, Oak- Elizabeth H. Taylor to Shelby lot on N line of Fourteenth street, E 42:8% by N 103, Oak- any o Arthur A. of Deakin street, CHILDREN WILL f HELP THE FIND Library Trustees Depend on School Boys and Girls to Furnish Money for Books FINANCES RUNNING LOW PR Sl President Wheeler Consents to Use of Open Air Theater for Chorus of 3000 Voices ———— . Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center street, Feb. 3. Berkeley is in such sore need of funds just now that it . cannot spare the money .to buy books for the juvenile department in the new Carnegie library, but the children of the schools, 3000 of them, are going to raise the amount needed with their voices. They will literally sing for the money, and like the sirens of old, no doubt, charm a good pile of it into the consuming maw of the city’s treasure box. Best of all, each child will have a sort of proprie- tary interest in the juveniie department he helped to found, for 1t will be his voice that will have helped to buy the books. This concert of little voices is to be given in the new Greek Theater at the University of California on Friday afternoon, February 25. President Wheeler gave his consent to it to-day to the board of library trustees and wished them success. Practice for the novel undertaking will begin at once in all the schools. Assistance is prom- ised from two or three people interested in music and a good deal of the work wlll be taken off the teachers’ hands. The idea of giving the concert sprang from the mind of School Superintendant S. D. Waterman, who is also president of the library board. His suggestion that the Greek Theater would be a good plece for it met with instant favor and application was made at once to Presi- dent Wheeler with the happy result stated. “We need 5000 additional books for the juvenile room,” said Mr. Waterman to-day, “and there isn’t a cent to buy them h. We ought to give a very successful concert with the children, not only financially but artistically.” ——————————— THREATENS SUIT ON ALVARADO WATER RIGHTS Mayor Olney Notified Effort Will Be Made to Cut Off Portion of Oakland’s Supply. OAKLAND, Feb. 3.—E. H. Dyer of Alvarado has notified Mayor Olney that he purposes to bring suit against the Contra Costa Water Company to prevent further appropriation of wa- ter from the Alvarado artesian wells, from which a portion of Oakland’s supply is derived. Dyer’s letter fol- lows: ALVARADO, February 1, 1004. Hon. Warren Olney, Mayor of the city of Oakland—Dear Sir: I see by the report of the City Council's committee on water supply that they have reported in favor of leasing or buying the Contfa Costa’s water plant. In view of the recent decision of the Su- preme Court in the Katz-Walkinshaw case there seems to be no other available supply for your city. As the pumping plant at Al- varado, which furnishes a large portion of the water sold to your ity by the Contra Costa Water.Company, * governed by this same_decision, and as many of the wells ir the vicinity have been rendered almost use- less by the operation of the pumping plant, T thought it proper to inform you that it is the intention of the owners of these wella to take legal steps to stop the further appropriation of this water by said company. 1 am, yours truly, H. DYER. ————————— Butchers - Hold Annual Ball. OAKLAND, Feb. 3.—Union No. 12 of the Butchers’ Protective Association held its first annual ball this evening at Germania Hall, which was artistic- ally decora‘;d for the event. Sixty door and costume prizes were awarded. Following are the officers of the union and the committees in charge of the ball: Henry Behrmann, president; U. P. Scanian, vice president; T. E. McGovern, recording and corresponding secretary: C. F. Scheithe, finan- cial secretary; W. Short, delegate Packers' Trade Councll; J. Thacker, guide; G. Feit, sergeant at arms; J. Vincent, guide; W. L Blethen, C. J. Vogel, J. Richardson, trustees. Committees: _Arrangements—Thomas Ford, R McQuaide, W. Greenfleld, R. McArthur and J. Hofsas. Reception—W. Rettig, T. Rouch, B. Bar- tells, H. Bell, Paul Wuthe, A. Thomas, W. Westphal, Joseph Mesphlou, R. Miller, George Westphal, James Brown and H. Quand. Floor manager—Dan Coakley. Assistant floor _ managers—Otto George Lamman and Charles Korner. ————————————— Fair Surplus Goes to Charity. OAKLAND, Feb. 3.-—The Oakland Street Fair and Carnival Association has been formaliy disbanded and the board of directors im> agreed that the surplus funds new in the hands of Treasurer W. W. Landonr. amounting to about $900, shall b distributed among the following charitable or- ganizations: The Ladies’ Relief So- ciety, the Fred Finch Orphanage, the Colored People’s Home, St. Joseph's Home, the Social Settlement and the German Ladies’ Relief Society. —————— Leases School Property. BERKELEY, Feb. 3.—The Board of Education last night voted to lease the property on Center street, between Ox- Dehil, ford street and Shattuck avenue, now occupied by the Commercial School, to Mrs. Flora M. Thomas for a period of ten years at $1200 a year. The con- tract requires the lessee to pay $400 toward the expense of removing the school, to pay for the street improve- ments and any other assessments. The lessee purposes to erect stores on the site and rent them. - Martinez Paper Changes Hands. OAKLAND, Feb. 8.—A. C. Uns- worth has assumed the proprietorship .of the Martinez Daily Press, having purchased the paper from W. A. Rugg, who conducted it since its first publication, two years ago. P ——————p 51.06 8 of Russell, § 50 by B , C. Suburban Tract, Berkeloy; RSt S M to lepent Iot beginning 141 ity W Iine of nue, N 150'by W Tract, Bmllyfi-'rwump: . J. and Lulu J. Stanton to W. H. bye, lot on E line of West street, Thirty-sixth, E 100.38 by 8 block A, Major Given Tract, Oakla: Bertha C. and Bellamy K. Larsen, lot on N line of 202.18 < of Weil- from streets. N 95 by 74, jon lots 19 to 22, block 16, Oakland; $2211 Home ity Loan Soclety (formerly Home Security Building and Loan Association) to Marcus Licht, same, Oakland; $10. mnl:im angford to Witliam 3 Mountain ~ View Cemetery. ‘Township; $1 A. W. and R._'S. Naylor (wife) to H. I Hamilton, S 45.25 of lot 68, block 2, Regent- street Homestead, Berkeley; $10. BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1118 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. I ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Eagle 502. o ——ee e} SON CRUELLY BEATS MOTHER Refused. Money With Which to Get More Liquor Drunken Offspring Assaults His Parent BRUTAL MAN IS ARRESTED Full Penalty Under the Law Imposed by Police Judge Smith Upon the Offender Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway. Feb. 3. Fred Wright, 27 years old, a cook, Pbecame intoxicated last night and beat and kicked his mother, Mrs. S. Wright, because she refused to give him money with which to continue his debauch. The brutal son, lost to all semse of manhood or of filial regard, was be- fore Police Judge Mortimer Smith this morning, where the mother told the story of her offspring’s cowardly con- duct. Wright went to his mother’s rooms at the Juanita Hotel and was there arrested, after he had finished his at- tack. “It is useless to comment on such a case as thi: declared- Judge Smith, Wright having pleaded guilty. “The court sentences yoa to six months’ im- prisonment in the City Prison on the battery charge and will fine you $100. with the alternative of fifty days’ im- prisonment on the charge of drunken- ness.” His Honor had imposed the maximum punishment for the offenses and madée the City Prison the place of detention in order that Wright shall not be able to take advantage of the “credits” law, that applies only to prisoners in coun- ty jails or in State penitentiaries. —_————— Pid Not Gain Release. OAKLAND, Feb. 3.—Christopher Cole, a saloon-keeper of Berkeley, failed to get his release from the County Jail this morning on the tech- nicality that there had been a mis- administration of justice in sentenc- ing him to the County Jail for the violation of a town- ordinance. Judge Hall denied his writ of habeas corpus ou the ground .that.the charter of the town &f Berkeley specifically pro- vides that the Justice of the Peace may send prisoners to the County Jail. The Legislature has passed the law granting Berkeley a charter sub- sequent to the opinion rendered by the Supreme Court. P e — Witness Did Not Appear. OAKLAND, Feb. 3.—Notwithstand- ing the court order served upon her in the bathroom of her home at Berkeley by a deputy sheriff, Mrs. Mary Ann Lindblom, wife of the Alaska mil- lionaire, was not present in the office of Notary Hiram Luttrell to-day to give her deposition in a suit brought against her by Mrs. Dr. Caro B. Scho- field to recover $5000 for professional services. Instead a certificate signed by Mrs. Lindblom's physician, Dr. A. Liliencrantz, was presented, which said that she was {ll at the Fabiola Hospital. By consent the examination was put over for one week. — it . Work Train Smashes Wagon. BERKELEY, Feb. 3.—A team driven by Dan C. Woolley, a fruit and vege- table dealer, was- struck this afternoon by a Santa Fe work train at Prince and Lowell streets, Lorin. Wowlley's wagon was smashed into splinters, but the driver and. his horse escaped un- injured. Woolley was driving across the street and did not see the train in time to clear the tracks and prevent the collision. —_———————— Coroner Investigates. OAKLAND, Feb. 3.—Charles Gor- ham, a cleérk, residing at 868 Sixty- first street, died last night at his home. Gorham had been in the hands of Christian Science healers.. There was no death certificate, therefore Coroner Meh@mann took charge. An inquest will be held. For some time it has been known that dandruff is caused by a germ that digs up the scalp into little white flakes, and by sapping the vitality of the hair at the root, causes falling hair, and, of course, finally baldness. 'or years there have been all kinds of hair stimulants and scalp tonies on the market. but there has been no permanent cure for dandruff un- til the dr:covery of a preparation called Newbro's Herpicide, which destroys the dandruff germ. Destroy the cause, the effect will cease to exist. Kill the dan- druff germ and you'll have no dandruff, no llt‘{lnt scalp. no falling hair. Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c In stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co., Detroit, Mich. PIVOT TEETH Inserted on broken-down 'roots, restoring the natural expression to the face. Gold and porcelain crowns made for cost of material. Weekdays, 9 to 9; -Sundays, 9 to I ; ’ Post-Graduate Dental College, San Francisco—3 Taylor Street. Oakland—973 Wi Street. San Jose—45 Hast Clara Street.