The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 23, 1904, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, UESDAY, FE BRUARY 23, 1904 2« NEWS OF THE : COUNTY OF ALAMEDA b3 LAT FIRST RAIL FOR NEW ROAD Promoters of the Electric Line at Point Richmond Begin Work of Construeting Track —— TURNS FARMERS | INTO STUDENTS Sehool About | Established Agri- culturists of the University Lorrespondence i to Be by ' [ 'O 8END oUT TI»ZXTI‘.MDK.\”(,,\P]TAI. STOCK IS LARGE tsading Centers Will Brmu' New System Will Be Equipped Men Into Classes and l,\dmm—‘ ations Will Be A R s With Cars of Same Pattern as Those Used in Oakland —— ICHMOND, Feb. 22.—The Shore And Suburban which was incorporatgd. in Point Richmond last week, has begun . nged For ‘ Jast directors will « town and anta Fe ¢ in operz The exy nnect t 1€ that the road, which two portions of the Southern Pacific and | will be completed and ition by the first of July. 1 lay only about two but later the extended to San Pablo | it is believed that the build- | em is the initial step | ban railway between lege o iminary steps mproved I mw ond and Oakland. The { ing tu seeds or t equipped with 35-foot | - colic. It double € cars of the same pattern ng centers as the those n the lines of Consolidated and ! in use si the rolling stock and other equipment | will be thoroughly up-to-date. | e The new corporation is capitalized at b 50,000, divided 0 2500 shares, and € st the same. Textbooks | of amount $2500 has already been | : 1 by the coliege Will | subscribed by the members of the w sept ¢ e expense of the farm- | board of directors. They are: H. C. € with the vol- | Breedon, H. D. P"'l: Lury, H. A. Byrnes, D. G. Scofield and W. §. Rheem. hise for an electric road 2 )me time ago by W. S. Rheem . turned over to the new cor- . EVENTS IN SOCIETY WELL DISCUSS WORK | ©OAKLAND, Fe A merry party of OF JUVENILE COURT Dle_en B et M 4. her friends 3 c Horton’ scheol School Teachc Public Officials : liday at the Invited to Ben B. Pratt, June Dimmock, Flor- Irma Hornberger and entertained a Vernon Heights | rior of the b iends who have Mrs, Wig- cek at are going to a few days, Fred O, h of this uty n and hosts | L atatr, iclans have » of the sea . — yacht Club Arean home . Mrs. ht « ar Ciitton mi r the coming sea- A. S. Austin 1 event will be a ity are Lillan , Kate Ethel reve, Jeannette ze]l Skinner, abeth Daisy Mansfield. Anna Reba Galvin and Ber- | cours extend new Long | G will be | M 2 w | e SRS N, ! Elect Dirvectors for the Year, { OAKLAND, Feb. 22.-—The Oakland Poultry Association has elected the following hoard of directors for the The Miniature present year: J. C. Williams, W. H. BOOK Wharff, James Hague, Dr. C. M. Sel- | fridge, J. W. Noble, L. N, Cobbledick | and John Russell. The officers of the association will be chosen from these Lto-morrow, Lt LI AT Fielder Bob Ganley Arrives. OAKLAND, Feb. 2 Bob Ganley, the midget fielder of last year's Mil- waukee team, who has signed with “The Road to Wellville” Most powerful, energizing book of the century. Found free in every pky. of { u = Pete Lohman for this season’s Oak- H Grape-Nuts =!|;md club, arrived in this city this 11 3| morning. Ganley is a splendia fielder = and Postu = and is also a good man with the stick. ‘ .BISHOP TELLS | the laity from the ¢ | church of this diocese. | organization in Alameda County, which .1 | tion of the president of | county, | the Diocesan Club. | with Dr { two plans suggested. the committee ch | | SUSPECTED "NURSE'S | his ward. { Sixth street. IN COSTUME OF REVOLUTIONARY DAYS, CO-EDS REVEL AT A COLONIAL BALL Woman’s Day at University of California, Though Outdoor Games Are Prevented by Rains, Is Greatly Enjoyed---The Occident Appears in Blue and Gold Covers and Filled With Clever Matter e P s OF CLUB WORK Presents Views on the Forma- tion of Auxiliaries Among Episcopal Laity in Oakland | RS N S Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 22 The clergymen and representatives of Episcopal churches | of Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley met | at St. Paul's Church in this city this| evening to formulate plans for the or- ganization of an Alameda County branch of the Diocesan Church Club, the men’s organization of the Episcopal | | The objects of the church club and | the method of organizing branches of | the general body were explained by | Bishop William Ford Nichols. The op told of the good work done by the Diocesan Church Club in extending the fleld,of the church, and advocated the formation of a single branch of the | should elect a president and other of- | , the president to act as a vice | dent of and be under the jurisdic- | the Diocesan pres Club. The Rev. C. T. Walkley, rector of St. Paul's, expressed the belief that the | work of organization could be more quickly accomplished if a club was or- ganized in each of the parishes of the the federation of th clubs | to form the Alameda County branch of The Rev. Edgar F. | Gee, rector of St. John's Church, agreed Walkley as to manner of | did the Rev. O. St. organi as John Sco stor of St :\Xhh'm\'s\ | Church. The Rev. W. M. Guthrie, rec tor of Christ Church, Alameda, and the Rev. Clifton Macon, rector of Trinity | Church, opposed the pian of forming a te club in each parish, agreeing! with the suggestion of the Bishop that single Alameda County branch be | irst organized. The laymen present at the meeting were almost equally di-| vided as to the most feasible of the| A committee was appointed to confer with a committee from the San Fran-| isco branch of the Diocesan Club. The members of the committee are B. Hay- den, F. M. French and L. J. Leconte. The meeting adjourned to the call of ‘man. ———————— EMPLOYER IS DEAD S. Northcut, \\hnxl‘ Check Was Found in James Clark’s Posses- sion, Reaches His End. OAKLAND, Feb. 22. — John 8. | Northcut, whose nurse, James Clark, lis in custody of the police under sus- picion of stealing a $100 check from is dead at his residence, 507 Clark was arrested Friday for drunkenness, the check being found in his possession. Before Northcut died he said two checks had been stolen from him. Detective Kyte has charge of the case. ————— P —— Diamond Rings Stolen. | | ALAMEDA, Feb, 22.—Burglars still contipue to keep busy here. Lewis E. Spear of 1306 Sherman street has re- ported to the police that his residence was entered last night and two dia- mond rings stolen. The thief evident- ly used a skeleton key in effecting an entrance, as no traces of a jimmy were found on the door frames or window sills. This makes the fifth house rob- bery that has been revorted to the po- lice within the last three days. | medallion on its breast. | Engelhardt, - | SOME OF THOSE WHO CON- TRIBUTED TO THE SUC- CESS OF THE BALL. %3 BERKELEY, Feb. 22.—Woman's day the University of . California was | spoiled for the outdoor games that had been designed to mark it by the per- sistency of the clouds in shedding their at | coats, but there were other things that the raindrops couldn’t dampen. For instance, the co-eds outwitted the storm god when they got their number of | The Occldent from the press this morn- ing and again this evening when they put the walls and roof of Hearst Hall between themselves and the wrathfal | elements and danced their ('olnnix\- dances for hours. So that after all, while there are some regrets for basket i ball and tennis there are none for the rest of the day's pleasantries, The Occident dress-paraded in a new blue coat with gold trimmings and a The medallion bore the bust of a pretty girl by Miss lle Johnstone. The other illustra- tions were ‘At Sunset,” by Miss John- stone, showing the university library at evening, and “Under the Oaks,” by ! Miss Marion Morrow, POWDERED WIG AND MINUET. Miss Virginia Whitehead edited this Occident and she was helped by the Misses Abby Waterman, Belle Cooper, Sybil Jones, Greta Augustine, Sophie Marion Burness, Kather- ine Hershey, Essie Tobriner, Martha lice, Katherine Smith, Alice Phillips and Bduarda Howard, all of whom had more or less to say in the pages of the paper. The contributions were made | under the foHowing titles: “Rise, Dust,” Anna Kalfus Spero, “The Lost Lead,” Abby L. Waterman; “July in the San Joaquin,” Irma Weill: “The Stunt of the Chaperone,” Sybil Jones; “Destiny,” Belle Cooper; “Her Portrait,” Pearl Pitcher; “Earth Voices,” Jessie M. Wybro; “Hobgob- blins” and a sketch, Greta Augustine; “An Incident,” Pearl Pitcher; “Collegi- ate Alumnae,” Mabel Craft Deering; “The Violet,” Katherine Hershey; “Concerning 0020, Teddy Howard, Hearst Hall to-night might hawe been Fanueil Hall or the old State House oc any other revolutionary hall of patriot- ism for all of its colonial gowns and colonial decorations. It was the scene of a colonial ball and it bore all the accessories in the way of powdered wigs, minuets, spinning wheels and booths. PRETTY BOOTHS. There were five pretty booths in which things were sold. From the Puritan booth, decorated with white paper and fruit blossoms, candies were vended by pretty girls in Puritan dress. The Occident booth, with its pink and green bunting, held the editors of the Woman's day edition of the periodical, who sold the numbers at a brisk rate, The colonial booth was 'a mass of American flags and green foliage, be- hind which a crowd of Daughters of the Revolution served icecream. The Indian booth was a canvas tent, set off with Navajo blankets that looked | capture! will be made. { veniently BOLD BURGLAR BUSY AS A BEE Halt a Dozen Golden Gate in Less Than a = Ll Ty Residences in Are Plundered Fortnight Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broad\\'ayk Feb. 22. A burglar operating in Golden Gate added one more raid last night to the roil that has reached a total of six for | that section ‘within less than two | weeks. The half-dczen crimes were confined to two streets and four of the burglaries were committed in resi- dences almost adjoining each other on Marshall avenue. The other two were in close by houses on Fremont avenue. The list to date follows: February 9—Residence of V. H. Terry, 5726 Marshall avenue, goldswatch and locket stolen. February 0—Residence of E. L. Ely, 5671 Marshall avenue. $5 75 and a_watch taken. February 20—Residence of W. P. Fine, 3871 Marshall avenue, $0 stolen. February 20—Residence Vinell, ¢ Thomas Picton, | ss71 Fremont ave stolen February 21—Residénce B. A Stone, 5588 Fremont avenue, entered, but néthing missed. Though the total \'alue of property and money taken is not large, the neighborhood is in a state of alarm over the frequency of the nightly vis- its. The police detail in-the district has been increased in the hope that a In some cases the houses were ran- sacked during the family’s absence. In others the intruder worked so carefully that sleeping Inmates were not dis- turbed. Comparisons show that the methods of entrance were similar in each burglary, the thief finding a con- unlocked window. He has left no trace of himself. o+ soft and inviting and where cooling drinks of lemonade were drunk by thirsty dancers. The Dutch booth was a creation in blue, white and red, the Dutch colors. The majestic march of the revelers began at 9 o’clock, with john W. Geary and Miss Alima Barnet. The booths emptied their sons and daughters of the revolution into this long stream of hu- manity and helped to swell the num- bers. Then the line disintegrated into pairs, who danced away to the strains of music for long hours. COMMITTEES IN CHARGE. The committees in charge were made up as follows: General committee—-Misses Faith Shoup, Grace Arnefll, Belle Coolidge, Lucretia Gross, Louise Ehrman, Zoe Zartman, Virginia Whitehead, Florence Fortspn, Sophia Treadwell, Nina Wol- lenberg, Mamie Durand, Alice Tucker, Miss Bonestel, Celeste La Coste, Alma Barnett, Puritan booth—Belle Coolidge, Mary Gris- wold, Frances Buffard, Grace Mosher, Hazel Hobson, Helen Staples, Loulse Reld,” Louise Bauer, Hagel Skinner, Alva Earle, Ann' Thatch- by, Hilma Jones. ““Duteh booth-—Lucretia Gregs, Allee O'Con- nell, Charlotte Case, Carmel u») Alice Sen- ger, Eva Martz, Add Shre Loraine Cerf, Bieanor Gassoway, Alice Berry, Beatrico Need- ham, Effie Croll, Colonial_ booth—Blizabeth Arneill, Louise Ehrman, Eve Gray, Beatrice Snow, Edna Wiid, Clara. Waiton, Phoebe Binney, Myrtle Sims, Sara McLean, Rubina Jess, Zartman, Mabei Scofield, Marion Leale, Henrietta Wade, Ce- Jeste La Coste, Edna Keyes, Helen Weeks, Zos Riley, Lena Stansberg, Ada Johnson, Nellis Willls, Johanna Pruitt. Recept! ary Martenstein, Gladys ‘Wickson, Gladys Meyer, Grace Foulds Pitcher, Hazel McGraw, Jessie Parks, Blan Cameron, Eita McLaren: Frankiin .mm Edith Wileox. Adelaide Bartleit, Har- L Tugy oAgea iRl ¥ LY Josephine Campbell, * HOWARD'S FATE | RGES INOUIRY Brother of the Late Captain Seeks Information of Offi- cials Regarding the Deceased FHSSR PR alal WRITES THROUGH LAWYER PR S ek Letters Revive Interest in the Death of Man Whose Body Was Found Near an Old Barn e G— Berlkeley Oftice San Francisco Call, ‘ 2148 Center Street, Feb. 22. Interest in the fate of the late Thomas Howard, about which there was so much speculation last summer when his body was found near a barn in West Berkeley, wasrevived to- day when letters of inquiry were re- ceived by the Morgue and police offi- cials of Berkeley from the attorneys of relatives in the East. At the time of Captain Howard's death it was supposed that his only relatives were his wife and children and E. W. Turner, a nephew, all of Victoria. Now it turns out that there is another relative in Chicago—a brother, named Arthur Howard. Through his attorney, F. B. Crossly, secretary of the Northwestern Univer- sity Law School, this brother is seek- ing information of Captain Howard. Crossly’s letter to Town Marshal Kerns follows: “City Marshal, Berkeley—Dear Sir: I am making an effort to discover one Captain John. Howard, who was found dead in your jurisdiction on or about Saturday, July 18, 1903, and who was a brother of a client of mine. I beg to request of you any information you may be able to furnish as to Mr. How- ard’s family or relatives or his home. “F. B. CROSSLY.” In a letter to Deputy Coroner Streightif, Attorney Crossly says that he had asked for information of Tur- ner, Captain Howard's nephew, but haa been refused. He proposed then, said, to appeal to the Victoria police for the information. It is understood that the Eastern relative does not intend to go into the details as to Captain Howard's death, as the Coroner’s jury settled all contro- versy over that question when it brought in a verdict of suicide. UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, Feb, —The debating committee submitted day the question that will be discussed at the next intercollegiate debate. It is, ‘‘Resolved, that in cities of the United States of more than 40,000 inhabitants a system of municipal government concentrating the executive and administrative powers in the Mayor should be adopted.” Stanford will have until to decide which side of the question it wiil intercollegiate to Stanford to- defend. The contestants will then have until April 23 to prepare, as the contest is sched- uled for that date in the Alhambra Theater, San Francisco, It Is practically certain that Max Thelen and J. P. Lucey will be two members of the team, while the third will be chosen after a series of preliminary debates. Thelen has already defended the college In two intercollegiate debates and won a Carnot medal and ‘Lucey was awarded the palm at the last Carnot contest The expedition of astronomers sent out under the patromage of D O. Mills to establish a number of instruments for observation in Chile has begun the installation of the plant near Santiago. Every attention is being shown the scientists by the Chileans. and the object of the expedition will be accomplished without delay. The scientists hope to ascertain through -these new instruments the velocity .of the brighter stars in the southern hemisphere. The Women's Boat Club has purchased a Japanese boat, the Ellida, from Dr. E G Shuey for the sum of $100 and practice will begin as soon as the weather clears. The boat is now at Peterson's hoathouse on the Oak- land estuary and it will be done. ——————e———— Porch Climbers Still in Jail. ALAMEDA, Feb. 22.—Harry Knox and Ernest Schultz, the boy porch climbers, who were arrested here Fri- day morning, are still detained in the City Prison, pending action on the part of the Juvenile Court, which is to take the lads in hand. Knox was visited vesterday by his father, W. C. Knox, who is employed at a sugar refinery in San Francisco. He made no effort to obtain the release of his son and ap- peared content to allow the law to take its course. ————— Death of Mrs. A. G. Gurnett. . OAKLAND, Feb. 22.—Mrs. A. G. Gurnett, wife of the late A. G. Gurnett, & prominent early Californian, died to- night at the family residence, 1278 Fourth avenue. Mrs. Gurnett survived her husband a i Her death was caused by typhoid fever. —_——— The Local Rainfall. OAKLAND, Feb. 22.—The local rainfall for the last forty-eight hours was .67 of an inch, making a total for the season of 17.67 inches, as com- pared with 16.08 to the same date last year. ————— CELEBRATE OPENING OF ST. PETER'S BOYS' SCHOOL Father Yorke Delivers Address on the Subject of Christian Education for Boys. In celebration of the completion of the St. Peter's boys’ schoolhouse an en- tertainment and a lectufe by Father Yorke were given last evening. The new building is situated on Ala- bama street, a few doors helow St. Peter's Church, and in addition to the classrooms is equipped with a large auditorfum, to be used for parish en- tertainments. Father Yorke congratulated Fathes Casey and his parish on the great progress that has been made, not alone in the erection of the new building, but in the many other improvements of the church. In the course of his remarks last evening he e¢xplained the advantages of a school such as will be conducted in the new edifice over the public school system, tvhere children of different creeds are assembled. “Praciical education,” said Father Yorke, “can be obtained in any of our city schools, but what we want our children to have is a Christian educa- tion, and it is with this idea that our new school is'about to be opened.” ND, Ohio, Feb. 22.—The of CLEV] anna was not placed in the vault to- Senator as had been expected. Mrs. Hanpa is stin l“tm'un'ell to %0 from her son’s home and fur- ther burlal arrangements have not been he | Monday | ¢au | visit of the mysterious unknown, there that the rowing | | English he knew : mere cost of m +* BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1118 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083, BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Eagle 502 AFTER MURDER e i Portugunese Dairyman Says That the Slayer of Policeman James Smith Called at His Home DESCRIPTION FITS ACCUSED i — Mysterious Visitor Awakens J. Alameda Late on the Night the Crime Was Committed AN Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 33. ‘When David Kiniry, the murderer of Police Officer James H. Smith, left this city after the shooting of the brave patrolman at Fourteenth and Jackson streets, it is belleved that he struck across the Contra Costa hills in the direction of Walnut Creek, stopping at the home of J. Alameda, about midnight, to inquire the way to that place. Alameda owns a small @airy and vegetable garden on the Redwood Canyon road near the Bridges ranch, and he says that near midnight on the night that Officer Smith was murdered a man answering the desecription of Kiniry stopped at his house and awoke him to ask the way to Walnut Creek. Alameda told the man that there was no direct road to Walnut Creek from his place, but said that he could di- rect him so that he could reach that place. The mysterious visitor then asked if he would strike the railroad at Walnut Creek, and when told that he would he said something about wanting to keep away from railroads and left. The description that Alameda gives of his midnight visitor tallies with the description of the murderer, even to the striped sweater Kiniry wore on the night of the shooting. The man was carrying a small grip and was evidently a stranger in that neighbor- hood. The lateness of the hour and the fact that after dark there is very little travel on the Redwood road caused Alameda to remember the but is unable to read nothing about the shooting of Patrolman Smith until the news was told him by one of his countrymen from this city. The de- scription of the murderer as recited by Alameda’s friend éxactly fitted the mysterious caller at the Alameda res- idence on the night of the murder. It is supposed that when Kiniry went back to the Steadman residence after the shooting he secured the grip and then went through Piedmont and Jack Hays Canyon to the Redwood Canyon road and, becoming confused, stopped to ask his way. —_———— Property Owners to ()unnlzr OAKLAND, Feb. 22.—Property owners and residents of Piedmont will meet to-morrow evening at Oak Cha- pel, Linda avenue, near Piedmont, to organize an improvement club. as the dairyman Light Earthquake OAKLAND, Feb. 22.-—An earth- quake shock which lasted two sec- onds occurred at 3 o’clock this morn- ing. The disturbance was light. hock. Little Elmer—Papa, what is a trust? Professor Broadhead—A trust, my son, is a large amount of wealth surrounded by envy.—Harper's Bazar. ADVERTISEMENTS. For Long Journeys To invigorate and fortify the system for exertion use LIEBIG COMPANY’S Extract of Beef Far better as a refresher and stimulant than alcohol. A Bracer without reaction. 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