The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 28, 1904, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 2§ 190i. W CONTESTS ARE EXPECTED County Are Harmonious and Peace Is Watchword L MATTOS _7F4 )R SENATOR e i t:overnor Pardee Will Have Control of Nominations on Legislative the dications v contests for blican nomina- lination to- and‘the in unty, local nom- minor party w ns for State w Thirteenth rural portion other in the . ed by Senator Lukens will un- again, and him. Assem- has announced » the new Thir- opposition has Knowland and there are In the trict Mr. Mattos, Grove andro will be a can- s of Alameda would elf and has no op- Walsh would like to ap: a K m the Forty-eighth Dis- 1 Walsh kicked over the traces e during the last session of the I there is talk of a fis ough it has not yet r W. Mott wants to £ k from the Forty-ninth District, s ntest in the Fiftieth bet the nt Repre- - " 3 eed himself. F. Horner Mitchell the s be electe tion with the Rowe the City take the nomina- €HARGES SALOON MAN WITH ROBBING HER Mps. A. McElroy Causes Arrest of D. F. McCartl of West Oakland, on Felony Charge. )AKLAND, ) h 27.—Daniel F. Mc- | as r the Six street stat was arres s morning on a charge o « iant being M h s that McCarthy from her while t night under »hn_Herbert, who has been in this given the rrested several days shing a pistol and up” West Oak- se Herbert contin- g bout. He told his olice this morning, apd i over to his wife and - who took him back to Vacaville McCarthy gave bonds for his appear- | ance in court. He denies the charge of | rgbbery | ———— Funeral of Leslie Birch. OAKLAND, March 27.—The funeral| of Leslie Birch, the special delivery messenger, who was fatally hurt 1 falling under a train last Wednesda 3 morrow at 12:30 p. m. or's undertaking parlors, un- | der the auspic f the s of the emplo DOost The special deliv- Oakland will act as pallbearers ment will be in Evergreen Fruitvaie ————— Burgla the Cigars. BERKEL: March 27.—A burglar entered W. R. Wright's cigar store on Center street and bore away $80 worth of cigars. The intruder w particular about the brand of cigars he wished to smoke and picked out only the best. He effected his entrance through three rear doors, into which he bored holes s0 that he could reach the keys in the locks and turn them. —————— On Catamount Hill, at Colrain, Mass . & monument has been raised to mark the site of the first flag raised over a public schoolhouse in the United States, The flag in question was displayed in May, 1812, from a big schoolhouse which stood on the hill. ADVERTISEMENTS. In keeping social or business engage- ments caused by nervous or sick head- ache, or other pains or aches by those who have learned the merits of Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills. They simply take a tablet when the symptoms appear, they are quickly dispelled. In fact’ “°0 Dr. Miles’ Anti-Pain Pills Will prevent, and also cure, all pains of every nature, and are absolutely hfirm! :’—clv Thed !oothllng in;!uence upon the erves and muscles quiet and re: irritated condition: e “Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills alwa; my headache, and the beauty of It is. It costs sueh a trifle. 1 am glad there is such a remedy for people who must work. sick or well. Headaches never pre. vent me .vom keeping my engagement; E)I‘Rs' G. N. GRIFFITH, al. If first ot — b‘&l'ch‘e does not benefit, your 25 doses, 25 cents. Never sold in bulk. Ticket ‘ s opened | be returned | ghtest oppo- | WILL PROTECT * THE COMMONITY Charities Indorsement Com- mittee of Oakland Adopts General Plan for Work . TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES BV R T | Worthy and Efficient Or- | ganizations Will Be Fur-| nished an Official Card i LSl / Oakland Office San Francisco Call, ! 1118 Broadway, March 27. The Charities Indorsement Commiit- tee of Oakland has effected permanent organization and is now ready to in- | vestigate all organizations of a charit- able nature applying for indorsement and to » to all that are found to be doing an henest and legitimate work | the official card of the committee. All the organizations indorsed by the com- mittee certain standard in their work and no inefficient organization will be toler- ated by the committee. The main object of the Charities In- nt Committee is to protect the m fraudulent enterprises so- the name of charity and an will be made to establish co- tion with the Indorsement Com- mittee of San Franeisco in order that the o0 organizations may work in harmony All investigations will be made through the officers of the Associated Charities, acting under the direction of the committees, and all reports of in- vestigations must be presented in writ- ing. The committee has adopted the following standard, the plan of opera- tion to be the same as that of the San Francisco committee 1. That ro indorsed charity shall lend its name to any charity promoter or bemefit by entertainment got up by such promoter That no such charity shall pay its so- r a_commission greater than 15 per cent. t the indersement card of every au- shall state the purpose for llecting and the sum needed, shall enter in a subscription ontributed under their own The members of the Charities In- dorsement Committee and the organi- zations represented by them are: Board of Trade—H. C. Capw hardson. e president Exchange—D. C. , president; A Brown, ated Charities—Katherine Felton, John C. R. Brown, secretary; Miss C. NIS MATCHES ARE BEFOR THE HELD RAIN FALLS MacGavin and Variel Win the Ala- meda County Championship From Murdock Brothers. With the completion of the doubles tennis tournament yesterday the an- nual Alameda County finally brought to a close. The tournaments were started more than a month ago, but were postponed many times on account of rain. | The final match attracted a fair- sized crowd to the East Oakland courts in the morning. A good match was ex- pected, but the spectators had to con- tent themselves with a poor exhibitjon. Robert Variel and Drummond Mac- Gavin, the crack team representing the University of California and California Tennis Club, won from the Murdock | brothers, Hamilton and Percy, with the greatest eas: i Variel won the first set a week ago, and the score was 2-2 in the second set. Play was resumed from this point, and the Alameda County experts were able to win but one game. Two of the three sets played w love sets. The score in favor of MacGavin and Variel was 6-0, 6-3, 6-0. MacGavin a The park players had barely started when the rain commenced to fall and play had to again be postponed. one match was completed. bert Only In it Her- Long, the rapidly improving er from the California Club, y from E. P. Finnegan of the second class. The score was 6-2, 6-1. Norman Ambrose, the holder of the cup in the second class, lost the first set to Marius Hotchkiss, and the score | was about even in the second, Lewis | beat Skaggs. The latter, after losing the first, was taken ill in the second and forced to retire. Finch and Brabant started an interesting match which had | to be called off when the score stood No matches were played in the first class. The players from Lowell High School will hold their annual tryout for the academic contest on the California Club courts this morning. The drawing re- sulted as follows: Preliminary round—Cowden vs. Sea, Baker | vs. Cowgill, Wilcutt vs. Luce | First round (upper balf)—Heliman vs. Ses 1ig, Goold ve. M. Long, vs. Cuttar, First round (lo Dryden vs. ve. Geta —_———— Not the Limit. Signor Zanetti, the magician, had been displaying his dexterity to an in- a bye, mith, Robizon terested crowd of spectators in a Kentucky town. Stepping forward, he said: “For my next trick I will require a small flask of whisky. Will some gentleman accommodate me with the loan of a pint flask?” No one stirred. The magician was plainly nonplussed. With an appeal- ing gesture he said: “1 had received a different impres- sion than this as to Kentucky cus- toms. Perhaps you did not under- stand me? Will some gentleman kindly loan me a pint flask of whisky 7" Again there was no response, and, briefly apologizing, the magician said he would be compelled to omit this from his repertory for that night. He was turning again to his table when a tall, larikk man in the rear of the hall rose. “Mistah,” said he, “would a quart flask do as well?” producing a bottle of that capacity. - “Just as well, sir,” replied Zanetti. And every gentleman in the house rose with that size flask extended— Lippincott’s. —_—————— Enforced Change of Name. A Creek brave in Indian Territory applied for an allotment under the name of John Buck. No such name could be found on the citizenship roll, but it was eventually discovered that the Creek had been entered ®y his In- dian name, which follows: Co-e-cath- tahny-yah-lah-pon-co-conthany. It was beyond the power of the white man's tongue to master this staggering cog- nomen, 80 the brave had been called “John Buck” for short.—Exchange. will be required to maintain a | championships | IDEATH UNEXPECTEDLY ENDS A MOST PROMISING CAREER Albert L. Black, One of Oakland’s Prominent Attorneys, Succumbs to Pneumonia After It Was Thought Disease Had Been Conquered + il { | | | & | o - — g KNOWN CITIZEN OF OAKLAND WHO DIED Y DAY, HE WAS 11 OMINENT IN LEGAL CIRCLES, AS WELL AS IN SONIC ORDER, HE BEL A PAST MASTER OF OAKLAND LODGE. 27.—Albert L. most promising the . Alameda OAKLAND, Black, one of the young attorneys of County bar, died at 2 o'clock this morning at his residence, 400 Thirty- fourth street. Mr. Black had been ill for several weeks from typhoid pneu- monia, but his condition as late as | yesterday afternoon was so encourag- | ing that the attending physicians were quite confident. Last evening the pa- tient was seized with a pulmonary hemorrhage, from which he did not rally. Cut off in the beginning of a pro- fessional career that gave evidence of rapid rise to a place of more than or- | dinary standing, the death of theyoung lawyer is peculiarly hard upon_ those he has left behind. Mr. Black was an earnest student and had acquired a strong command of the principles and practice of the-law. Particularly was he well-grounded in banking and cor- poration work. His special field seem- ed to be in that important branch of the profession. The young man was born ih Sonoma [County nearly thirty-two years ago. His parents are pioneers of Califormia. Henry C. Black, his father, was one of the first flour millers in this State and operated a large plant at Benicia for years. He is a mechanical en- gineer of much ability. Young Black came to Oakland with his family eighteen years ago. He was graduated from the Oakland High School and went into the law offices of John R. Glascock. Before he was of age Black had so thoroughly mastered the rudi- ments of his profession that Chief Jus- tice Beatty after examination honored the young applicant with a certificate of admission to the bar of the State. Mr. Black also practiced in the law offices of John Yule in this city. He had a constantly growing clientage, among which he numbered the Oak- land Bank of Savings' private work. Five years ago Black married Miss Mary Ludlow, daughter of the late William B. Ludlow, for many years master car repairer of the Southern Pacific Company. He is survived by his wife and one child; a brother, Percy C. Black, of this city; a younger brother and a sister and his father and mother. Black was a past master of Oak- land Lodge No. 188, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, having completed his service through the chairs of that jodge last year. The funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Masonic Temple under di- rection of Oakland Lodge. Interment will be in Mountain View Cemetery. b (S iid March Taps Sound for a General. WASHINGTON, March 27.—Brevet Major General Thomas J. Osborne of Chicago, for many years United States Minister to the Argentine republic, who came to Washington a few days ago for a visit, died here to-day of apoplexy. The funeral will take place on Wednes- day next, and it is expected-that in view of General Osborne’s distinguished services in the United States volunteers during the Civil War full military hon- ors will be accorded. The interment will be made in the Arlington National Cemetery. Expert Telegrapher Dies. WASHINGTON, March 27.—Henry L. ‘Wilson, one of the most expert telegra- phers in the country and for some years day chief operator for the Associated Press in this city, died of neuralgia of the heart, aged 44 years. He leaves a widow and eight children. —— ‘Widow of Author Willis Dead. WASHINGTON, March 27.—Mrs. Cor- delia ‘Grinnell Willis, widow of the au- thor, N. P, Willis, is dead, in her eightieth year. ‘When a price is put on love it never proves to be worth the price. | nia. ASPARAGLS MEN LOSE BY FLOOD High Waters in Valley Overflow the Land and Ruin Growing Crops HURT GREAT INDUSTRY Professor Smith Tells of Poor Prospe for the Vegetable This Year Berkeley Office San Francisca Call, 2148 Center Street, March 27. Half the asparagus crop of the State was destroyed by the recent floods in the Sacramento Vallev. The growers of that delectable vegetable have seen their asparagus beds utterly destroyed by the rush of waters and now they face ruin. The price of asparagus will be high this year and it will be well | indeed if ordinary people will be able to place the vegetable on their tables. What is more, the canneries of ‘the State will have no crop with which to work and as a consequence many peo- ple will be denied employment by the closing of the industry. This gloomy picture of the future of asparagus is painted by Professor Ralph E. Smith, professor of plant pathology at the University of Califor- Professor Smith has . just re- turned from the asparagus country. He says he saw nothing but ruin on the entire trip. On thousands of acres of land on Bouldin Island this vege- table has been killed. Andrus Island, Tyler Island and all the other low- land islands that have provided a prosperous living to thousands in other years are bare of crops. “The asparagus beds are ail under water,” said Professor Smith to-day at the university. “Mr. Hickmott, one of the largest growers on Bouldin Isiand, informs me that his entire crop is lost, which means an immense loss to him. His company packed 120,000 cases of asparagus last year out of 300,000 packed in California, so you can see what the loss to him amounts to. Other men have the same story to tell. “‘About the only places that have not suffered are the farms in Alameda County, but the acreage is insignificant compared to the iglands under cultiva- tion in the Sacramento district, and ;he yield will not anywhere cover the 08s.” Professor Smith was in the midst of a campaign against the asparagus rust that ravages the plants when over- taken by the high waters. In conse- quence he had to abandon his inves- tigation. —_—— Remunerative. £ “Well, Bobby, how do you like church?" asked his father as they walked homeward from the sanctuary, to which Bobby had just paid his first visit. “It’s fine!” ejaculated the young man. “How much did you get, father?” acramento | «NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF AL AMEDA»© COVEY AGAIN ELUDES WIFE She Trails Him for Many Months and Locates Him Here, but He Escape BLAMES THE CONSTABLE Officer Says Warrant Was Defective — Ouster Pro- ceedings Are Threatened Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, March 27. Pursued by a determined spouse, Guy E. Covey is now laughing at the au- thorities from across the Oregon line, while there is an interesting = tangle here between lawyers and the authori- ties as to who is to blame for his es- cape. Mrs. Covey has been on her hus- | band’s trail for many months trying to recover ‘her two young sons, whom he | ‘When she | has taken away from her. finally succeeded in locating him in Alameda County she swore to a crim- inal charge of not supporting his re- cently born infant. It was from the process in this case that he has made his escape. The wife states that Covey took an unfair advantage of her. He ran away with her two boys and at different places has begun divorce proceedings, but she so far has managed to locate‘ him in time to spoll his efforts in that line. He had begun an action in the courts here and was on the road to suc- cess when she arrived. She says that she was detained in Portland on ac- count of an interesting family event, but as soon as she was sufficiently re- covered took her infant and ecame on. Covey was located near San Leandro, and Constable Olympia of that town was given a warrant for his arrest, sworn to by the wife. This fact was called to the attention of Olympia, and he released Covey until a new warrant could be drawn up, as a wife cannot swear to a charge against her husband. Covey did not wait for a second war- rant, but dismissed his divorce proceed- ings and left. It is now claimed that Oylmpia exceeded his authority in al- lowing Covey to go, and Mrs. Covey's attorneys threaten him with ouster pro- ceedings if he does not get Covey back again. On the other hand, District Attorney Allen says that Olympia was in the| right, that the warrant was palpably defective, and places the case in the same category as if a wrong man had been pointed out to Olympia to arrest. He also states that Olympia is an ap- pointive officer and could resign at any moment and be reappointed, and the ouster threat is a bluff. UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, March 27.—Librarian J. C. Rowell is collecting the final volume of the writings, biographical sketches and portraits of ‘the late Professor Joseph Le Conte, and they will sogn be ready for publication in book form. Three volumes of the miscellaneous writings of Professor Le Conte are already in the possession of the unfversity The art exhibitjon by California artists in the Mark Hopkins Insfitute of Art will begin to-morrow and continue dafly until April 21. In order to obtain tickets faculty members must apply to the assistant secretary of the art_association. The Philological Club will meet to-morrow evening at 7:30 o'clock in the faculty club- house. Professor Hugo Schilling will read a paper_on “The Metrics of Germanic Allitera- tive Poetry,”” and Marlus J. Spinello will pre- sent another on ‘‘The Contemporary Italian Novel." ©On account of the pressure of college work J. Edwin Roadhouse has resigned from the presidency of. the Boating Association. Stuart Hawley, the former vice president, has been elected to succeed him. Edward Grindley was chosen to fill the vacant vice presidenc The Senate following subject Tuesday night in Stiles Hall: “'Resolved, That a constitutional amendment should be passed giving the Federal Govern- ment exclusive control over divorces.”” The af- firmative will be sustained by '04 and J. S. Koford '06; the negative by W. A, Andrews '05 and E. E. Nicol "07 The Students’ Congress will hear the fol- lowing question debated on the same night: ‘“‘Resolved, That the Princeton honor system should be established at California.” W. C. 3 . M. C. Lynch "06, R. O. Moyer '06 i1l present the affirmative and A. C. Keane 04’ the nexativ, e 5, L. B. Stantop '06 and F. T. Blanchard Gorgeous Sunshades for Brides. In consequence of the fact that at a smart wedding the Queen carried a colored sunshade many . smart society leaders have adopted the use of small dark blue and green umbrellas. The newest designs in parasols and sun- shades have already appeared in the West End shops, and these are par- ticularly beautiful this season. Much atfention is to be paid this year to handles, and it is an increasing fash- ‘jon to give exquisite jeweled “tops” to fashionable brides, many of whom re- ceive as many as thirty-five of these expensive trifles, some of them worth from £20 to £25 apiece. In the col- lection of Lady Kerry, who was mar- ried the other day, one umbrella was topped with a huge rhinestone, on which was a design of wreaths traced out in fine rubies, with studs of em- eralds set at intervals. Agate, pink crystals and the lucky stone jade are favorite stones for-the making of these dainty handles, while fine wrought gold shaped as an animal's head and after- ward enameled in colors is much in demand. Diamond markings on Rus- sian enamels and the designs of the empire period are alse in high favor.— London Express. ————— She Awoke. It was night now. Ah, well, night was as good as the day. What did it matter? Nothing mattered now, neither time nor tide nor circumstance, for was she not dead—the woman of his heart? Of course, they had had their little differences—what married couple does not?—and the tears filled his eyes at memory of some of their spats. He had so often been in the wrong. She— she was an angel, and they hag loved each other. Now she lay dead before him. How had this thing happened? How had this great grief come to him? Why had the Master given her to him but to take her away? He should not. He should not. He would hold her back out of the very arms of death. Half-frenzied with his “How much did I get? Why, what do you mean? How much what ask- ed the astonished parent at this evi- dent irreverence. A “Why, don’t you remember when the funny old man passed the money around? I only got 10 cents.”—Lippin- cott's. Convictions create character, grief he seized her. He held her. He drew her to him. She yielded. Death was being vanquished by the power of a great love. M And then a voice—her voice—through the night: 3 “John, for gracious’ sake, what are you pulling me out of bed for?" And then he awoke.—Lippincott’s. will listen to a debate on the | J. B. White | PALM SNDAY Appropriate Services Are Held in Celebration of Ap- | proach of Holy - Week | PREACH | MISSIONARIES Society of First Baptist| Chureh Ends Worshiping | at the Masonic Temple ! Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1118 Broadway, March 27. | Palm Sunday was observed with ap- | propriate services to-day at all of the Catholic churches. High mass was | solemnized at 10:30 o'clock this morn- | ing, with the blessing of the palms. Ritualistic services were held in the | Episcopal churches. Pastors of the! | evangelical churches generally preach- ed on subjects drawn from the inspir- ation of Holy fveek. | David Starr Jordan, president Stanford University, delivered an a dress this afternoon at the Young | Men's Christian Association, his sub- ject being “The Full Heart." The Rev. Charles B. Smythe, a mis- sionary to China, delivered an address | this evening at the Eighth-avenue Methodist Church. \ The First Baptist Church held its last service to-day at Masonic Hail, where it has worshiped since the old edifice at Fourteenth and Brush streets was burned. On Easter Sunday the congregation will hold worship in the chapel of the mew church structure | which is nearing completion at Tele- graph avenue and Jones street. During Holy week unijon services will be held for the West Oakland evangeti- | cal churches at Union-street Presby- | terian Church. | Horace W. Houlding, a missionary | from China, will conduct an all-day meeting Friday at Union-street Pres- | byterian Church. | The Rev. Charles R. Brown, pastor | of the First Congregational Church, de- | voted his morning discourse to a Palm | Sunday subject. | “The Story of the Cross,” a cantata by Dudley Buck, was sung this evening at the First Presbyterian Church. The Rev. E. R. Dille, pastor of the First Methodist Church, gave an illus- | trated sermon this evening, depicting | the principal events in the Holy week | | narrative. | I ot | - Full choral services were held this evening at St. John's Episcopal Church. ————————— | Physicians as Patients’ Confidants. That physicians should be accorded the confidence of their clients—perhaps | in a larger measure even than clergy- men—has always been pretty generally | recognized. This confidence is, indeed, freely bestowed in a good many direc- tions, sometimes, in fact, to an entirely unnecessary extent. The physician is | frequently made acquainted with in- ternal family matters which have ab- solutely no bearing upon the case for | | the treatment of which he had been | called in, and which are therefore not of a nature to exercise the slightest in- fluence upon such treatment. In this way the physician is sometimes drawn into the position of general family | father confessor. He will be made the confidant of the husband in regard to | things which should be kept a secret | | from the wife; the wife reveals to him | things of which the husband is to know or suspect nothing; the daughter pours | the little secrets of her heart into his more or less unwilling ear on the un- derstanding that he must not under any circumstances divulge them to her | parents, and the young man appeals in the strictest confidence to the doctor | with regard to his sexual experience, or, rather, lack of experience. The pic- | ! ture is complete enough without the | special mention of the cook and the butler. And as the medical father con- fessor no more than the clerical one can betray the confldence reposed in him, he is In the unenviable position of hav- ing something to conceal practically from every member of the household with regard to every other member. | ‘While this general confidence, and | consequent familiarity, lies to a certain extent in the very nature of things, it cannot by any means be likened to | a bed of roses, except perhaps for the | stings of the thorns. There can be no | question that the doctor who has at- tained to the position of the family | confidant “via medical practice™ is des- | tined to experience a gradual but un- mistakable decline in the power he wields and in the reverence and recog- | nition which his counsel once inspired. He is not spared the truth of the prov- IS OBSERVED OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. | e 1118 Broadway. | Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. Park Street. Telephone Alameda 4592. | RAIN AFFECTS REALTY MARKET Dealers Report Business Light in Consequence of Continued Bad Weather | 14 TWO IMPORTANT SALES Coleman Property on Tele- graph Avenue Sold—New Owners forSuburban Tract A AR Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, March 27 The unpleasant weather of the last week has caused a slight depression in the local real estate market, nearly ail of the dealers reporting few actual transfers of property, but many in- quiries, and they are confident that as soon as the weather clears up there will be a record breaking sale of property of all descriptions. Values remain firm and rents in many parts of the city show a slight upward tendency. In the business district few stores of any kind are to be had at any price, and loca- tions in business blocks now in course of construction are all taken up. The most important transaction of the week, and one of the most im- portant of the present year, was the purchase of the vacant block of land between Telegraph avenue and Grove street and Thirtieth and Thirty-first streets, 1680 feet front in all, by A. J. Snyder from the heirs of the Coleman estate. This is one of the - choicest pieces of residence property in the city and 1t will be at once subgdivided int suitable building lots. Mr. Snyder in tends to commence the erection of sev- eral handsome houses at once. The pur- chage price is in the neighborhood of $50,000. Anothér important transaction the sale by Wisemar Holecomb & Ydng to D. P. Durst of Wheatland of sixty acres of fine suburban property located on . the Redwood road. near School street, in Fruitvale. The sale was made on behalf of Messrs. Pr Belcher and Smith, and the considera- tion is understood to be abomt $50,000. The tract will be subdivided for su urban residence lots. HOMES BEING BUILT. Many homes are being built in the vicinity of Fruitvale and Elmhurst and it is expected that as soon as the rainy weather is over many more will be started. Twenty-five contracts have been let for homes to be erected on the Sather tract and work will be begun as soon as weather conditions permit The Elmhurst Improvement Club is en- deavoring to induce the Board of Su- pervisors to improve the condition of Jones avenue, but no action has yet been taken by the board. The club will hold a meeting next Thursday to ar- range for a Fourth of July celebration to take place at Elmhurst. The Alameda Advancement Associa- tion is working with the ladies of th civic section of the Adelphian Club for an observance of Arbor day on Apri 15 and the directors have agreed contribute to the fund whick is being raised to secure palms and shrubs f the new high school grounds. The 500 mark in the membership « the ‘Oakland Board of Trade we passed yesterday, when, at a spec meeting of the board of directors, applicants were elected to membersh: in the organization, the 500th name t be added to the list being that of Depu- ty City Treasurer George Gross. Since the recent Board of Trade excursion to Los Angeles 148 new members have been enrolléd in the organization. The board will soon move to its new quar- ters in the Masonic Temple, the change being made necessary by the sale of the Y. M. C. A. building, where the present headquarters are located. Frank J. Woodward, president of the Oakland Real Estate Assoclation, re- cently returned from a trip to Los An- geles and in comparing that city witk Qakland Mr. Woodward said: CITY TAKES STRIDES. “Oakland is now going ahead with great strides, and while Los Angeles shows evidence of the great enterprise ot itg citizens, Oakland, owing to its ‘ erb that “familiarity breeds contempt.,” | - w at and he may be sure that in the event | niolo IVOrane iocation and its grea of a serious sickness the family will | hehind the southern city. With the insist upon calling in a second, con- | concerted movement now being mad sulting physician, and sic transit gloria | for public improvements, this city wi mundi! It is, however, not only the |Soon overtake and will eventually b ethical part of the question that re- |ahead of Log Angeles, both as & €om solves itself to the disadvantage of the | “qrcior and as a residence clty.. o v medical confidant, but also its conse- | gre fully alive to the great advantages quences from a monetary point of view. | of Oakland as‘a commercial center, and The more familiar the relations become [lre thoroughly in accord with the citi- between family and physician the less will the latter be compensated for the time and knowledge he extends, and zens of Alameda County regarding the improvement of the eastarn shore of | the bay. The Martinez Daily Press, in | & recent issue, prints the following edi- many an overfamiliar physician has | toria): experienced, to his detriment and dis- | o jon Not long ago a party of Oukland n may, that the familiarity he enjoyed 1 visited the southland, and the :‘-m:e?;:»a:‘ was the only compensation for his ser- | } are now evident in e Bay city in the forma t of ““Bos o > o N e de. vices that he ever received.—American | velopment of Oakiand tn rery wirther the d Medicine. relopment of Oakiand in every way. .to hold up e — nds of the Mavor and Council In the or to improve the city and, last, but r. do away with ‘knockers." Anglicizing Japan. o d has a great future. That is insured £ y its position on the bay and its productive ‘ A Japanese Minister, now in his oWn | yinceriand. The ‘Boosters' © Club will how. country, has taken decisive measures to root the national customs, the na- tional social ceremonies out of his own household. He has engaged an Eng- lish lady, not as governess, but entirely to set the example of English manners One b¥ one all our old beliefs a ¢ to his children. English manners are being wrenched from us. “We all ar in truth so exceedingly vague and neg- | 4ust.” we used to be told. Sir Henry ative that.no written code could pos- | Thompson would put a stop to this sibly give an idea of them. Nothingl“e is advocating the abolition of th but the very genius of mimiery could | ©/d fashioned carts which cover u: possibly grasp them. Therefore the | With the minute particles of refuse. sons and daughters sit around and watch the Englishwoman. Her em- ployer has built her an English house— so English that it reproduces the house representing our domestic architecture at the last Paris international. The young students walk in duly with their dusty boots and sit on chairs. Who- ever wishes to hear the courtesies of Japanese speech—*Your honorable dinner is served.” “Your honorable hot water is ready”—should make haste.—London Daily Chronicle. ever, hurry that develooment. Oakla all the gifts of nature that Los Ang sesses, and mare, and its advance will be + phenomenal. not The growth of Oakland T but good to Contra Costa County. ———— SEE THE PICTURES. “THE QUEEN OF QUE?- NEXT SUNDAY CALL.