The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 15, 1904, Page 6

THE S FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1904 3 e ——— « NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA » WED IN STUFFY | CLOK CHAMBER (harles Johnson and Mary Yates Joined in a Room Hung| With Ladies’ Hats and Wraps LH RN KNOT IS QUICKLY TIED Justice R. B. Tappan Marries a Couple and Manages a Whist Tourney at the Same Time ALAMEDA, Feb. 14.—Standing in a stuffy cloakroom in the City Hall last night Charles E. Johnson and Mary E. Yates took each other for better or for worse, the marriage ceremony being performed by Judge R. B. Tappan in one minute and thirty seconds by the watch. The pair came from San Fran- cisco, bent upon entering into a matri- ®nonial alliance as fast as the law and other essentials would permit. With the assistance of J. A. Munro they found i Tappan in the City Hall, where \gistrate was managing a great | tourney then being given by the mpson Hose Company of the volunteer firemen. Honor could not leave the tourney apartment for more than a few minutes at a time, he requested | that the groom and bride be escorted the ladies’ cloakroom, near by, re- rking.” *“Tell them to make ready nd I will be there right after I blow the next whistle for these players and make their happiness complete.” Immediately upon sounding his whistie Judge Tappan hastened to the | cloakroom and in a very short time another husband and wife had been * @dded to the list of the married. Hearts have been trumps here all and I am glad to see that| neithef of you have reneged,” said the -breaking mnuptial knot-tier as he bade the couple good-by and wish- | ed them a prosperous future. Those who witnessed the speedy rriage were George T. Morris, T. R. Hanson and Miss Rosenberg. EVENTS IN b_iOClETY OAKLAND, Feb. 14.—An announcement of particular terest in the art world is that of the engagement of Miss Bessie Yard and C. Chapel Judson. Miss Yard is the only daugh- ter of Sidney Yard, one of the foremost paint- ers of California, whose exquisite water-color work places him in the front ranks of Western artiste The young lady is herself a very talented . her cleverness as & reader, especially, ing charmed the public at many social and charitable events Chapel Judson is one of the best known s in this vicinity, his long association with the Mark Hopkins Institute of A where be is now an assistant professor—as well as his skill with the brush, making him a promi- ment figure i rt circles. He is also Instructor of frechand drewing at the University of Cal- tfornia and a member of the Bohemian Club in Francisco, The wedding of these two very interesting young people will be an April event and will take viace at the residence of the bride’s parents The Wawona Club, & recently formed social &nd literary organization of Young men from both sides of the bay. will give its first recep- tion and dance in Maple Hail next Thursday evening, February 18. The club, which wae only organized about four months ago, al- ready has & large membership of young men prominent i this city is to promote discussion on social d business methods of the pres- Arrangements for the dence to begiven next Thursday evening are in charge of Lyle M. Brown, assisted by Carlin G. Smith, Barl Bur- pee, Cester Wilson, William W. White, Emil Fritech, Clarence Hite and Charles Eggleston. nont Parlor No. S§7, arrange dto give a prize on Febryary | ittee in charge | Jennie Jordan, | The members D. G W. Mrs ibber, Mrs. A. Messmer, Mre. J. E, Mrs. A. McDonald, Mrs. B. Parker, Chicon, Miss C. Engichardt, Miss F. Scott, Miss A. Hammerly, Miss M. Kenny BERKELEY, Feb. 14.—Friends and neigh- bore of lsaac W. Wells, the Town Assessor, tendered him a reception last evening at his new home, 905 Berkeley way. It was 2 houseqwarming affair and was thoroughly en- Joyed Ly those present. The guests were M. and Mrs. R G. Cramer, Master Robert Cra- mer, Miss Pearl Cramer. Miss Ella Cramer, Mr.'and Mrs George Sietter. Mr. John Bachelder. Mrs. Louise Gowen, Mr. and Mrs. Phillp Teague, Miss Cora Teague, G Gelder, Henry Penning, Frank Harder, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wells and Andrew Alburtis. The wedding of Miss Rhoda Howell, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrx. John Giison Howell of Dwight way, and Fieicher Ames, son of the te Ames, Miss Charlotte Hall, Mi Miss therine Sartori and Mouger. " The "ceremony will be weddine of Miss Mae F. Gordon of Philadelphia and Harold Cummings of Berke- ley will take place as 500n as the bride-clect arrives from the East. She is en route and will be here in a few days. Miss Gordon is a young society favorite in Philadelphia and met Mr. Cummings while he was atending the Drexel Institute in Philadeiphta. He is a graduste of the University of California. be- ing & member of the class of 1W02. and alko of the Drexel Institute and the Baltimore Schogl of Forestry e 38 now in the empioy of tHe Southurn Pacific Company. e 5 -8 ALAMEDA, ¥eb. 14 —Probably the largest whist tourney in the history of the popular curd gume in Alameda County was held in the City Hall last night pur bundred and twen- ty-four players participated. One 224 thirtecn prizes were awarded. Mrs. Louls Durein won the fizst prize for ladies and C. F. Hall cavtured the first prize for gentiemen, The tovrney was held under the management of Thompson Hos: Company, Vplunteer Fire- men. —_—— SEAMAN REPORTS DISASTER AND LOSS OF FIVE MEN Eugenia nerformed by L. Hosmer of the Firm Unitarian Schooner Is Rammed in Darkness by Steamer and Is Thought to LONDO! Conn., Feb. 14.— George Wright, a seaman, who was picked up by a schooner that arrived @t this port to-day, reports that the schooner Dorchester, from Pigeon Cove, Mass., bound for Philadelphia, was rammed Saturday night by an un- known steamer off Montauk Point. Wright believes that he is the only survivor. The others on board were Captain Evans, Mate Lewis, a cook and two seamen. It was snowing hard when the accident occurred and ac- cording to Wright it was impossible to see objects 200 feet away. Wright grasped a twelve-foot sharpie and floated in a boat all night. ol s et n i TWO KILLED AND MANY HURT IN TROLLEY WRECK Runaway Car Crashes Into a Tele- graph Pole With Tragic Results. CUMBERLAND, M Feb. 14— Two persons were killed and about seventy-five injured, twenty-five of whom were seriously hurtain a trolley car accident at Frostburg to-day. The CAr ran away on a steep grade, jump- ed the track and crashed into a tele- graph pole. The car was mashed to splinters and scarcely one. of the eighty passengers of some sort. s FIRE ORDINANCE FOR THEATERS New Measure Which Embodies Many Stringent Provisions Is Ready for the Council e HOSEMEN TO BE ON HAND Two Trained Flame Fighters Will .Attend Every Per- formance of All Playhouses A SRR e Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 14. The new theater ordinance, which has been under course of preparation for some time by Fire Chief Ball and City Engineer McElroy, is complete and will be presented to the City Council to-morrow night. The proposed measure makes it in- cumbent on owners, managers and lessees of theaters, opera-houses or places where public entertainments are given, to abide by a number of new and stringent provisions. In the first place a fire wall, to be composed of either brick or steel, must be con- structed so as to separate the proscen- um from the auditorium. This wall, n conjunction with the fireproof cur- tain, will cut the stage off completely from the auditorium in case of fire. On the stige the paint shops and the repair shops where combustile ma- terial is kept must be separated from the rest of the theater by fire walls. At each performance in the theater two firemen belonging to the city de- partment must be on hand to use the fire apparatus in event of fire. In the matter of broad exits, electri wiring and the maintenance of adequate fire appartaus the new ordinance is very stringent. Before the City Treasurer is allowed to issue a permit to any theater to run the applicant for a li- | cense must show a certificate of ap- proval to be made out by the Fire Warden, whose duty it will be to make inspections at stated intervals of not less than every two weeks. Another ordinance will be intro- duced also, making it a misdemeanor for any person or firm to maintain a smokestack in the residence districts which shall be less than ten feet | higher than the tallest house in a radius of 100 feet.. 100000 CLINGS 10 MACADANS Young Sailor Is Picked Up Unconscious for a Second Time in Twenty-Four Hours ©Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 14. Douglas MacAdams, the 18-year-old sailor, who tells a remarkable tale of adventures in the Far East—of being shipwrecked and of being taken for a Russian spy and all but shot in a Jap- anese prison, was picked up in an un- conscious state for the second time in twenty-four hours in Alameda this morning. When he left the Receiving Hospital in Oakland last night he said that he was going in search of Captain Richards, who commands a sailing ves- sel, He evidently did not reach his des- tination, but fell on the streets. He was taken to the Alameda Sanitorium, where he regained consciousness. The reason assigned for his unusual malady is that when he was taken for a spy by the Japanese he was stoned and had the top of his head ‘virtually caved in. A bungling operation left him with two holes in his head, considerably larger than hen's eggs. A thin cover- ing of scalp is all that protects his brain from harm. When he lies down his brain protrudes through these aper- tures. Medical men believe that in time the skull may grow together again, as he is very young. Young MacAdams, whose home is in Ballard, Washington, has vouchers for the story he tells in the way of pass- ports and credentials from the United States authorities who assisted him to return to America. This is the story the young man told on recovering con- sciousness in the sanitorium: Two years ago I shipped on the Nova Scotia sealer Wyneric. We crulsed about in northern waters for a few months and finally drifted near the coast of Siberia. We were wrecked near @ place known as Osohoff. Every one on board, except Mrs. Thomas, the captain's wife, & sallor and myself, were drowned. From Osohoff 1 work: my way to Viadivostok. om there 1 went to Japan and entered the revenue service. I had the rank of a second lieutenant and drew about $20 a month. I worked in the revenue service for seven months. I then wanted to start for America #nd attempted to walk overland throurh Ja- pan. When I arrived at Hakata, where a fort was in the process of erection, I was taken for a Russian pr. 1 had the Russiah passports on me that I had gotten at Viadivostok. There was no one there who could talk English and I had to depend on the small amount of Ja- panese that 1 had picked up to defend myself. 1 attempted to communicate with the American Consul at Kobe and the American Embassador at Tokio. They would not let me do either. 1 was sentenced to be shot. The judge of the court-martial sat on a stool like a tailor when he pronounced the sentence. He said that he was not Zoing to take any chances of Russia getting any information. The day before I was 10 be shot a Japanese who had been in America called to see me. I explained to him my troubles. He got me in communication with Embassador Griscom, who secured my rejease and passage on the Logan for America, which arrived yesterda When 1 was arrested as a spy the populace stoned me, breaking my skull open. Since then I have been subject to these epfleptic at- tacks The youthful adventurer says he was robbed of $90 last night. He was then on his way home to his parents in Washington. He went to see Captain Richards, in Alameda, to get funds. In- quiries show that the captain is now at sea. —_————— ACCUSED OF MURDERING HER ADOPTED DAUGHTER Delaware Woman Attends Funeral of the Victim and Is Then Arrested. DOVER, Del., Feb, 14.—Mrs. Mary | Anna Powell, wife of Alfred L. Powell, was arrested, charged with the mur- der of Estella Allaband, her 21-year- old adopted daughter, whose terribly mutilated body was found last Tues- day in the attic of the Powell farm- :ouu, near Magnolia, ten miles from ere. Mrs. Powell was tak®n into custody after the funeral of the girl, which she attended this afternoon. She did not seem surprised. The detectives say they have se- cured a statement from Edgar Cooper, the 5-year-old adopted san of the Powells, that Estella had been struck by Mrs. Powell with a piece of wood while she was washing. DISTINGUISHED BOTANIST PLANS FOR EXPERIMENTS Professor Hugo de Vries of Amsterdam, Holland, Forwards Flowers to University With Which He Will Demon- strate Theory That All Life Is Undergoing Evolution : -+ BERKELEY, Feb. 14.—In anticipa- tion of his coming to demonstrate his theories concerning the origin of the species at the next summer session of the University of California, Professor Hugo de Vries of the University of Amsterdam, Holland, has sent to Pro- feskor W. J. V. Osterhout of the botany department of the university varieties of the evening primrose with which he will carry on his experiments. seeds will be planted immediately so that they will be in bloom by the time the great botanist arrives in California in June. By means of the evening primrose Professor de Vries has provided sup- plementary proofs of Darwin’s theory of evolution. The opponents of that theory have repeatedly declared their dissatisfaction with it on the ground that it does not reveal that all life is undergoing a process of evolution—that is, so that it can be seen. So in order to establish the fact that evolution is going on and may be recognized Pro- fessor de Vries experimented with the primrose and obtained such results as e PROFESSOR HUGO DE VRIES WILL DEMONSTRATE EVO- LUTION THEORY. *> but Professor de Vries reproduced his even to convince the skeptics of his suc- | Primroses without these means. It is cess. Professor de Vries hit upon the prim- rose as the subject for his demonstra- tions purely by accident. He tried a great number of plants before finally | discovering that the primrose was in a | well known in botany that the seeds of plants influenced artificially do not grow true to that seed, though they do in any new species. A new species will reproduce a new species. When Professor de Vries comes here condition of mutation—that is, in that | Rext summer he will meet a Californian state of its life where it is evolving new species. This condition in plant life is one of the inexplicable things in nature, something too puzzling for the scien- tists even to guess at. In the primrose the mutation is shown in a number of | ways—in the increasing number of the seeds, the changes in the leaves and| flowers. Of course, these changes might have been attained by artificial means, as learned as himself in the secrets of plant life—Luther Burbank of Santa Rosa. Professor de Vries represents the theoretical aspect of that which Mr. Burbank has accomplished prac- tically in his experimental gardens. These men have been carrying on a correspondence for several years and each is looking forward with great pleasure to this meeting. WATER COMPANY [BOND REPORT WANTS A RAISE CGontra Costa Corporation Is to Ask Trustees of Alameda to Increase Hydrant Rates B g ALAMEDA, Feb. 14.—Notice has been given the City Trustees by the manage- ment of the Contra Costa Water Com- pany that the corporation will ask for® an increase this year from the municipality in the rentals of fire hydrants. At present the com- pany is receiving from the city $1 a month for each hydrant in use. David Morris, the local manager for the water corporation, has notified the City Trustees that when the ordinance determining the rates for the ensuing twelve months is introduced at the meeting of the municipal legislators to- morrow night, arguments will be pre- gented by a representative of the Con- tra Costa Company why Alameda should pay more for its fire hydrants. Of the three cities on the east side of the bay, Oakland, Berkeley and Ala- meda, this municipality pays the lowest rental for fire hydrants. In Oakland the rental is $5 a month and in Berkeley $1 50 a month. Last year the Contra Costa Company demanded a raise in the local water rates, but the City Trustees refused to aliow it. At present the rate to pri- vate consumers is 30 cents a thousand gallons, with a minimum monthly bill of $1. It is incumbent upon the City Trustees to fix the rate before the ex- piration of this month, and as the or- dinance will’ only be introduced to- morrow night, an adjourned meeting will have to be held to permit of com- pliance with the law. P e ‘Will Celebrate Twentieth Anniversary. OAKLAND, Feb. 14.—The twentieth anniversary of the organization of Liberty Company No. 4, Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias, wfll bé celebrated Monday evening, February 22. The committee in charge of the celebra- tion has arranged to give a grand fuil dress ball at Maple Hall, and as a large number of tickets have already been sold it is certain that the affair will be well attended. —_—— Old Resident of Niles Dead. NILES, Feb. 14.—Edward Clark, who has resided at Niles for more than twenty years. died suddenly at his home last Thursday from a stroke of apoplexy. Deceased was a native of England and 79 years of age. He leaves a wife and several sons, two of whom are attorneys in Oakl: 1S COMPLETED Committee Will Submit Tts Recommendations to City Counecil To-Morrow Night' O Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 14. The report of the special bond com- mittee will be submitted to the City Council to-morrow night. As nearly as can be estimated the amount of bonds asked for will be approximately $2,500.000. Of this amount approxi- mately $1,000,000 will be devoted to the purchase of school sites and the: erec- tion of school buildings. The re- mainder of the proposed bond issue is apportioned with a view to erecting a new City Hall, improving the boule- vard around Lake Merritt and pur- chasing various parks to be used as children’s playgrounds, The sum of $225,000 is designed for the purchase of the property on which the Hotel Touraine is located, to be used in conjunction with the site of the present City Hall for the erection of a new municipal building. The new City Hall itself will cost, according to the report, $375,000. This makes a total of $600,000 which will be devoted to erecting the hall. Among the other recommendations of the report are those for the pur- chase of the “willows” on Lake Mer- ritt at a cost of $120,000 for a park; for a boulevard between Twentieth and Twenty-fourth streets, $50,000; dredg- ing Lake Merritt, §75,000; improvement of the park property between Eighth and Twelfth streets, $100,000; extending boulevard from Lake Merritt up to Perry street. $75,000; park in Piedmont vicinity, $300,000; improving Independ- ence square, $20,000, Before the report is incorporated in a call for a bond issue a few changes will no doubt be made, but it is the unanimous opinion of the members of the Council that the numerous sugges- tions that are bound to = me from the public cannot be entertained, but that the report of the bond committee must be adopted substantially as it is made, if anything is to be accomplished. ————— Boy Accidentally Shot. Charles Sheridan, a 12-year-eld boy residing on Twenty-second street, had the thumb of his left finger blown off yesterday afternoon while hunting near Millbrae. The lad was trying to clean the barrel of the gun and the weapon accidentally went off. He was treated at the Emergency Hospital. 5 et e— Russia suffers from forest fires. It is not unusual for fire to destroy 250,000 acres of forest a year. A AGRICTLTYRAL - MEN DISAGREE Secretary James Wilson and Professor E. W. Hilgard Dis- pute Over Vital Question Sl gdato MAKE COUNTER CHARGES Soil Afialyses and the Work of Colleges Precipitate Con- troversy in the Newspapers —— Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Feb. 14. James Wilson, Secretary of the De- partment of Agriculture at Washing- ton, says the agricultural colleges of the United States do not turn out men useful to agricultural science, and that nothing had been known about the chemical analysis of the soils until he went to Washington. Professor E. ‘W. Hilgard, dean of the Agricultural College at the University of California and director of the agricultural experi- ment station, asks, How does Secretary Wilson know all these things when he does not pretend to be a scientific ex- pert or know anything about the his- tory of agriculture? This controversy between two men to whom the farmers of the country look for a good deal was precipitated by some broad statements that Secre- tary Wilson made before a Gongres- sional investigating committee. last month in Washington. But the fire of ispute had been smoldering long be- re that, and it needed only one thing to bring matters to the point where the discontented began to wrangle. It seems that Secretary Wilson had in- vited criticism by commenting adverse- 1y on the work of the agricultural sta- tions whenever he made a public ad- dress—comments that were not likely to please the men in charge of them. HILGARD MAKES REPLY. In one of these addresses at Rochester Secretary Wilson is credited with say- ing: “When I went to Washington I found that we had no knowledge of sofls, and I went to work and organized a bureau of soils, and I have over 200 scientists engaged in this work.” To this manifest dig at the agricul- tural colleges Professor Hilgard replied through the medium of Science that Secretary Wilson ‘‘does not pretend to by a scientific expert, and we must pre- sume that his ideas on scientific work are malinly the result of his environ- ment. It therefore becomes an interest- ing question whence has come to him the information that the agricultural colleges have done nothing in the direc- tion of collecting soil data. He has ex- pressed similar sentiments elsewhere, and has been especlally critical of the colleges because, as alleged, they fail to train students in such a way as to make them useful to agriculture.” Professor Hilgard then goes on to show that there is considerabié data on soils at Washington that Secretary Wilson evidently knew nothing about. For instance, the reports of more than 200 soll analyses from Kentucky and Ohio were flled in Washingtor. fifty vears ago. Professor Hilgard himsel? furnished data on the soils of Missis- sippi nearly that long ago. In 1892 the department published a paper by him, describing 779 varieties of soils. He ventures to say that there are 1500 analyses in Washington at this mo- ment. Now, after all these years of scien- tific investigation and volumes of proof, Secretary Wilson insists that there is no such thin~ as an agricul- tural chemist in existence. This ground he took before the recent Congres- siorfal committee, where he is reported as saying: CALLS IT NEW SCIENCE. “We've hardly an agricuitural chem- ist in the world. It is a new science. The scientists of the past have never proved anything at all.” Even Professor Hilgard is ignored and the dialogue in th. committee, when Sefretary Wilson was testifying, indicates the estimation in which he is held by thé non-scientific Secretary. They even got his name “Hilder” in- stead of Hilgard. *““There was an article in the papers by a man named Hilder of California, who attacks vour methods of investi- sald Congressman Graff. replied Secretary Wilson. “he’s a fine old-fashioned chemist.” The recent controversy over soils that was precipitated by the.sweeping statements of Milton Whitney, chief of the Bureau of Soils of the Depart- ment of Agriculture, figured somewhat in the investigation. Whitney was bold enough to say in a bulletin that soils contain an unlimited supply of plant foods and that fertilization is of no lasting benefit. Agriculturists all over the country disagreed with Whitney and among them was Professor Hilgard, to whose article Congressman Graff referred. Secretary Wilson admitted that Whit- ney might be wrong, but defended him on the ground that he is a valuable man to the department. “Whitney is going 0o many ways that are valuable,” said the Secretary, “that we can afford to have them go wrong once in a while.” Altogether the controvers- is at- tracting wide attention and no man may tell how it wiil end. Agricultur- ists everywhere are taking a hand in it and the editors of periodicals dip in, too. UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, Feb. 14.—Owing to the threatening weather the concert by the uni- versity orchestra scheduled for this afterncon in the Greek theater was postponed. The Young Women's Christian Association will hold a missionary rally and banquet Tuesday afternoon from 4:15 to 8 o'clock in Stiles Hall. “The Worldwide Missionary Movement'" will be discussed. at 4:15 o'clock, the banquet will be held at 5:16 o'clock and an assembly at 7 o'clock. The assembly will be addressed by the Rev. Dwight L.-Potter. The Rev. E. R. Dille of the First Methodist Church of Oakland will address the Young Men's Christian Association Tuesday evening at 7:18 o'clock in Stiles Hall on *“The Manli- ness of Christ.'” The Senate will discuss the question, solved, That the United Etates should recognized the independence of Panama,” at its meeting Tuesday evening in Stiles Mal The affirmative will be presented by Walke: ‘g5, and Stout, ‘05, and the negative by Riel ardson, 03, and Encel, '0T. “‘Resolved, That Russian control of Man- charia s for the bemefit of civilization,” is the question for discussion before the Students’ Congress Tuesday evening in North Hall. Gillison, ‘05, Stanley, '08, and Griffiths, '06, will present the affirmative, and Maroney, ‘06, Andrews, ‘06, and Wythe, '07, the negative. —_—— Miss Anita Whitney Will Speak. OAKLAND, Feb. 14.—Miss C. Anita ‘Whitney, superintendent of the As- sociated Charities, will address the members of the Women's Civic Im- provement Club at the next meeting of the organization, which will be held to-morrow afternoon at 3:30. Ad- dresses will also be delivered by Ezra W. Decoto, probation officer, and C. E. Mirwin, truant officer, “Re. have NEW MINISTER 1S INSTALLED Rev. Osecar H. Gruver Assumes | Charge of First English Luth- i eran Church of Oakland RECiTAL BY H. J. STEWART P Compositions of Eminent Or- ganist Are Rendered at the First Congregational Chureh Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 14. The Rev. Oscar H. Gruver, who suc- ceeds the Rev. William Kelly as pastor of the First English Lutheran Churen, was installed this evening, the charge being delivered by the Rev. E. Ne lander, pastor of the First English Lutheran Church of San Francisco. The installation services were conduct- ed by the Rev. H. Gehrcke, pastor of St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church of San Francisco and president of the Lutheran Synod of California. The new pastor was formerly pastor of the First Lutheran Church of San Francisco. Special music was rendered by the church choir at the installa- tien. Dr. H. J. Stewart, the well-known organist and composer of San Fran- cisco, gave an. organ recital at the First Congregational Church this even- ing after the regular services and among his selection was a transcription of some of the music from Wagner’'s “Parsifal.” A solo quartet and a choir ot sixty voices, under the direction of Alexander Stewart, sang several of Dr. Stewart's _compositions. Among them were: “I Behold, and Lo!"” (chorus and quartet); “Ave Maria” (female chorus), and “My Soul Thirsteth for God” (so- | prano solo.) Dr. Stewart rendered the | following seleciions on the organ: “Consolation” (Lisat); ‘“Legend—St. Francis Preaches to the Birds” (hiszt); fantasia, “Rhinegold” (Wagner.) “Trials and Triumphs of Missionary Life” was the theme of a lecture de- livered this evening at-the First Metho- dist Church by the Rev. Egerton R. Young of Canada. “The Apostie of the North,” “as Mr. Young is sometimes called, has had charge of the mission- ary work among the Indians of Canada for the last twenty-five years and is well known as an author and lecturer. Op next Friday evening he will lecture on “By Canoce and Dog Train,” which will be a narrative of adventures among the natives of the Far North. During the season of Lent the Epis- ccpal parishes of Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda will join in a united ser- vice each Wednesday evening. The following appointments have been made by the different rectors: St. Paul's— February 17, Rev. Edgar F. Gee; Ad- vent—February 24, Rev. O. St. Joha Scott; Christ Church—March 2, Rev. Clifton Macon; Trinity—March 9, Rev. William Carson Shaw; St. Mark' March 16, Rev. C. T. Walkley; St. A drew's—March 23, Rev. W. N. Guthrie; St. John's—March 30, Rev. Edward L. Parsons. The Right Rev. William Ford Nichols, Bishop of the diocese, preached the morning sermon at the celebration of the holy eucharist, held to-day at St. Andrew’s Church. The evening ser- vice was conducted by the Rev. C. T. Walkley, rector of St. Paul's Church. The Rev. E. E. Baker conducted both the morning and evening services at the First Presbyterian Church. The subject of the morning sermon was “Why Men Do Not Go to Church™ and in the evening Mr. Baker preached on “Abraham Lincoln.” e e S e Juie o WKOWEN GOES 10 SAN QUENTIN Defaulting Secretary of the! Board of Regents Not Com- pelled to Wear Handeuffs' Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 14. The doors of the penitentiary at San Quentin closed this morning on W. A. McKowen, the late secretary of the Board of Regents of the Uni- versity of Cglifornia, who confessed to having embezzied more than $50,000 of that insfitution’s funds. Under Sheriff Hanifin escorted him to the prison. At the reguest of the default- ing secretary, he was not handcuffed. Contrary to what McKowen | friends had hoped for, the genteel con- viet will not be given a clerical posi- tion_to while away the four years and nine months he will have to stay there in actual time. Warden Tompkins re- cently made an order that no new convict would be allowed to fill a cler- ical position until he had first shown himself deserving of that favor by | working in the jute mills. No doubt in time McKowen will be given a more | coig'enxal employment. ter the sentence had been passed on the former secretary, onn Friday last by Judge Hall, the prisoner ex- pressed some surprise at its mildness. He said to one of the jailers that he had expected receiving not less than eight years. His sentence was only six years and eleven months. —_———— Disabled Car Stops Traffic. The Post and Leavenworth sfreet electric car line was tied up for more than three hours last night. A small bolt got stuck in the front axle of car number 715, and before the necessary repairs were made three hours had elapsed. , ¢ BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTE OAKLAND. 1118 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083 BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Eagle 502 -_b +* 'FINE PROPERTY ON THE MARKET Three Thousand Aeres of the Dougherty Ranch Near Pleas- anton Are Offered for Sale —— REALTY SALES ARE BRISK Heirs of Late John W. Mackay Transfer Bloek on Eighth Street to James L. Flood —— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 14. Three thousand acres of the big | Dougherty ranch, which is located | about three miles from Pleasanton on the proposed line of the Western Pa- ! cific Railroad, have just been placed lon the market by a San Francisco real estate firm, and the tract will be cut up in lots to suit the purchaser. { This ranch is the largest tract in Ala- meda County and has never been di- vided before. Conditions in the local realty market show little advance so far over the first of the year, but this is partly ac- | counted for by the unusually heavy | business done in real estate during the | holidays. There was almost no holi- | day depression and the market has been given little chance to show any | change. All the larger firms report | business good for this season and all | are confident that the present year will | | be better than last. H. B. Belden of the Belden Company | has recently returned to this city after | a long absence and he expresses him- self as very well satisfied with the | present condition of the market. Mr. Belden said: As I bave just returned to Oukiand I am not prepared to speak authoritatively upon the conditions of the market just yet: in fact I | have hardly got into the swing of business, | but so far as I know everything points to a firet-class year. Business is good for so early |in the spring and I see no reasom why it | should mot continue so. | One of the mest important trans- | actions in local real estate during the | present month was the transfer. by the heirs of the late John W. Mackay, of half of the fine residence block on Eighth street, between Grove and Castro, to James L. Flood. The con- sideration named in the deed is merely nominal; but, as nearly the entire block is taken up with handsome resi- dences, the property is valued at sev- eral hundred thousand dollars. The | conveyance was signed by Mary Louise | Mackay, Clarence H. Mackay and Catherine Mackay. The deed states | that the signers have transferred to James L. Flood all the property owned by them in Alameda County. Conditions in the Berkeley real estate market are about the same a3 in this city. Mr. Swain of the firm of | Moran & Swain, said: We have never before had so great demands for property of all descriptions in Berkeley. ! Our greatest difficulty lies in getting property | for sale. Modern homes, large and small, are in great demand. Vacant property has risen {in value about 25 per cent during the past | year and the upward tendency is very stron. | T'Efforts to_exchange outside proerty for | Berkeley property are numerous, but unavail- ing to the outsider. It certainly seems that Berkeley's superiority as a dwelling piace has | been established beyond question and people from the interior as well as from the metrop- | olis and the East are endeavoring to locat here. Some of our clients in Berkeley W are forced by circumstances to sell are get- | ting top prices for their property. but the s for the future indicate that the buy- ers are making profitable investments. iU —— Labor Union Notes. OAKLAND, Feb. 14—The Federated { Trades Couneil has passed out of ex- istence with the organization of the Miscellaneous - Trades Council of the the unions formerly affiliated with the old central body are now represented in the new council. The officers of the | Federated Trades Council have been | installed as temporary officers of the | new organization. They are: Presi- dent, J. P. Reboli, and secretary, C. W. | Petry. | The differences between the Master | Painters’ Association and the District | Council of Painters relating to the | Saturday half-holiday have been | amicably arranged, being . agreed | that the expense shall be borne by the journeymen, who will lose half a day's work by the new schedule. If it Is | tound necessary to have the men work | after the noon hour on Saturday it is | agreed that they shall be paid at the rate of time and a half for the after- | noon. The Retail Clerks’ Union | cleared nearly 3300 from theix benefit ! at the Novelty Theater. —_—— SENATOR CLARK'S MINES ARE NOW INCORPORATED ! Valuable Propertics in Montana Are | Consolidated to Simplify Work l of Operation. | BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 14.—The Origi- nal Consolidated Mining Company has been incorporated under the laws of i the State of Washington by Senator | W: A. Clark, C. W. Clark, W. A. Clark (Jr., A. H. Wethey, A. J. Johnston and ! W, M. Bickford with a capital of $10,« ! 000,000. The company is to work the ! 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