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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, IILTED WOMAN TIRNS 0N CAS. Miss Marie Engle Attempts to End Life Because Lover| Left Her for .'\lmlhq-l'l IS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS RS SR ! Friend Says Man in llwl Case Is a Student at the University of California| Despondent be- 4‘ young man | ALAMEDA cause PARTY LINES ARE ALL DOWN Interior Towns Are Prepar- ing for Regular Municipal Elections Held in Spring CONTESTS ARE SCARCE In Some of the Places but One List of Names Is Placed Before the Voters Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 3. ghe loved and wh eved loved her, Miss Mar years and emy y-of F. N I ) C avenue, as a suicide by gas last n is precarious. morning at nconscious state by who detected the on monoxide and eading into Miss En- condit ed this on the gas and lying planned, the young in German, which, living. Do not be address on the n a closet door gle permitted some | tion prevented the gas ts deadly work as quickly as she Dr. T. P. Tisdale, who was to attend the patient, found & very weak condition, and to- night expressed nion that she was in great ¢ passing away. A ng McDonald, e in em Mrs. A. A ¥ H 2624 Bancroft way, Berke- Hutch ey is a close friend of Miss Engle ar was the sweetheart of Lewis Bulkle a student at the State University, ¥ had lodgings at the| Hutchins res Miss Engle's gentieman friend, to whom she said she was engaged, is Mr. Bulkley asserted Mrs. McDonald in relating to Mrs. Delanoy what she knew of Miss s heart affairs. She visited me day in Berkeley and also had k with her admirer 1 think. Before leaving for Alameda she told me that he had informed her that he cou , @as he was engaged 1 made her \ @espo bably the s evening that employ for four ays appeared Her young Bt Miss Engle was ir monthe and that Delanoy st em Miss s a Mrs. Fred live eight miles ut from n. A telegram was sent t ng them of the plight of the i Bulkley or at the university ™ University of Cal- He des at 2520 Bancroft way —_——————— NEILL COMPANY WILL PRODUCE “THE HOLY CITY AKLAND, April —The great lay, “The Hol the 1= his- to the fixior next k at Ye Playhouse by the eill Company. eme of “The Holy City” is the of Mary of Magdala, and t s no doubt that its production will be the event of the We; Pason : v “The Holy City” has indors nt of clergy- men of many denominations, for in its nner of dealing with sacred char- | acters and its reverential tone | it is a play that accom- | ¥ ch good el =S Check Passer Arrested. | OAKLAND, April 3.—Al Steele, 24 | years old claim & to be a commercial | was arrested this afternoon | eman Mulgrew, as a worthless | sheck swindler George E. Fairchild, | & Washington-street shoe merchant, | identified Stecle as the man that passed a spurious check for $10 at the store last night in payment for a pair of shoes. Steele received $6 in change and disay ared with coin and | choes | ——————e Pleasure Party Capsized. ALAMEDA, April 3.—Mrs. J. A. McLaughlin of San Francisco, with Mi ?'JH.-‘ Young and Willlam Young | of 3268 Central avenue, were capsized while sailing in San Leandro Bay, off the foot of Central avenue, this after- | noon. Albion Doe rescued the party with a row boat while they were en- | d = :voring to wade ashore through the allow water | ————itee Picnic of the Bartenders. Local No. 41 of the Bartenders’ Inter- national League gave its second an- nual picnic at Shell Mound Park yes- terday. Jdeal picnic weather prevailed and the grounds were thronged until a | late hour last night with a large crowd of merrymakers. Nothing occurred to | mar the day’s pleasure and excellent urder was maintained. . Dancing in the pavilion was the main attraction, but | other amusements had been provided. | The following committee was in charge | of the dance: Floor manager, Al Con- | | the hospital fund | interest The annual spring elections in the interior towns of Alameda and Con- tra Costa counties will occur a week from to-morrow, April 11. The tick- ets have all been filed in accordance with the law and the voters are now able to see for whom they will have 1 opportunity to vote. In no cases have party lines been drawn, the nom- inations all being made by petition and not by convention, and in cases are there any contests. In the town of is more fight than in any other towr in the two counties. There are three trustees 1o be elected and there are five candidates for the three places— C. L. Best, John J. Gill. Edward Hoerst, J. F. Hopper and William G. Muntz. For clerk there are three candidates—J. W. Harbert, Anton J. King“and L. J. Martin. Ferdinand Meyer has no opposition for treas- urer, but there are four candidates for marsha Manuel J. Bettincourt, M. Borge, William M. Dowd and M. Geisenhofer. In the neighboring town of Hay- wards there are but few contests. There are three trustees to be elected for the full term and one for an un- expired term. For the full term there are but three nominees for the three places—Charles W. Heyer, M. C. Petersen and W. J. Ramage. For the unexpired term there are two can- didates—C. M. Buck and George W. Kavanaugh E. B. Haas has no op- esition for treasurer, but there are two candidates for clerk—J. A. Ober- muller and Clyde M. Reese, and three | marshal — Arthur G: and Charles J. andidates for Allen, Frank Caten Schilling. Livermore has a very quiet election n contest. Nearly all of the present offi- ers will be returned without opposi- tion as a reward for the hard work they have done for the municipalit Town Marshal D. A. Smith at first d clined to stand for re-election, his fellow was so urged b to stand for election .once more that he finally consented and as a reward for his work he will be elected with- »osition. The only ticket in d in Livermore is as follows: Trustees, C. E. Bec F. Mathiesen J. D. Ryan: marshal, D. A. Smith; k, W. H. Wright; treasurer, W. H. aylor. There are two fights in Pleasanton. John Coffany is opposing E. E. Head, | the present marshal, for that position. Geo rge W. Meyers ig fighting J. H 1, the present clerk, for that offic sryville has a few fights. J. Presbyterian Church, Alameda); hyn;:l. a:- and Fred J. Stoer are candi- |nounced by Rev. F. L. Nash (pastor when the , . ey " | former structure was dedicated, March 8, for trustees te succeed them- | ggu ooy, Rev. E. E. Baker; praver, while P. G. Lynch and C. E.|Rev B b Dénneti Father, Be Thou Among Farnam are opposed. John C. Co-|Us in This Place (responsé, text by E. W. burn, present clerk, has an opponent ‘lh—(vnl'l. ru:rnkxh: ‘l):e:l :ol:mX:)'.x?fl;df . . )ne solo; remarks by the pastor; 5 in the person of Arthur Koele. Mar-| 4 .\ (Resinald Barrett), organ; “Onward, shal Lane and Treasurer C. G. May- | Christian Soldiers” (Schnecker), quartet; ser- | [ have no oppesition. vice of dedication—(a) responsive reading, (b) There are no fights in Pinole, the | hymn _ete. | ( nominees being: Trustees, T. J. Stats, [ one Lord ie in his holy temple (oh J. A. Fraser, J. P. Barrett, J. L. Wal- | (Jean Baptiste Calkin), organ ton and John Silv s“ Dlreuaurer. Al TESTIMONIAL TO ZEAL. ( eld: ¢ . B M. owner; mar- > » - el - ‘\ ‘é‘;":s[i}a“ Rev. E. E. Baker o° the First Pres- pupc B S Siiie i byterian Church of Oakland, who Hercules has no contests, with the | PYIERIRR COURCR B o0 mon. said following nominees: Trustees, J. Bir- mingham Jr., M. Murray, W. A. Ra A. McDonald and B. W. clerk, L. Hart; treasurer, S. Birming- ham; marshal, H. McCullough. UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, April 3.—The entertainment to be given by the Prytanean Soclety" this year will take the form of a Kirmess. It will be held on the evening of April 14 in Co-ed and the proceeds will be devoted to Electric lights will be used in great number among the trees, and there Canyon, will be booths representing all the great na- | tions, decorated in their national colors. The visitors will be regaled with a programme of music and song. The committee of arrange- ments consists of the Misses Beatrice Alice Graham, Louise Ehrmann, Edna Wilde. Marion Leale. Ethel Richarason, Mrs Morgan and Mrs, Marlam. The booths will zabeth Arnold Edith Saidee Sturtevant, be in charge of the Misses El Myrtle Sims, Hazel McGra Sara Wedd, Mollic Day. Rubens Jess and Tuallah Le Conte. The debaters of the freshman class will have a “Jolly up’’ at some date near the end ot the month to signalize the close of the erm's work, It will consist of a little ban- quet and informal programme. The commit- tee in charge consists of W, W. Lyman, E. N. Bryan and W. A Benner. The debating society will elect officers at the next meet ing. and at the same time the following ques- tion will be discussed: “‘Resolved, That the of the Russlan people at the present time would be best served by a limited monarchy The affirmative will be pre- sented by C. H. Curran and H. E. Dwelle and the negative by E. L. Nelson and B. H. Boeh- mer £ King, "9 has been honored with a r ch assistantship by the officers Carnegie_Institute, Mr. King was . Germany. His special line of study SpeCtToRcopY. The desigh of Miss Florence Fisk of the freshman class for the cover of the Blue and has been accepted by the ‘editors. Glee Club is contemplating a_four of stern States and & visit to the St. Louls A committee from the club will meet executive committeee of the Assoclated drotte; assistant, flopr manager, J. H. | rojent Wednesday to- falk ‘over the O'Brien: floor committee—E. J. Kelly, | = President Wheeler has announced the ap- H. Caro, J. J. Travers, W. K | Fulham, T. ¥ Gavin and E. ¢ Sicsacs | —— Battles With a Manijac. ! Charles N. Dabney was taken to the | Central Emergency Hospital . last night suffering from delirium tremens | and locked up in the insane ward Dabney occupied a room at the Ven- @ome House, 1204 Market stréet, and the night clerk, alarmed by his con- dition, called Patrolman Roediger, Gpon entering the room occupled by | the insane man, Roediger found him @rouching behind the door, armed with a Filipino machete. He imgme- diately made for the policeman with the murderous blade and a hand to hand struggie ensued. Roediger final- Iy overpowered the maniac and placed the handcuffs on him. Organist Shown Appreciation. William H. Holt, the organist and choirmaster of Grace Church, was pre- sented with a purse last night by.the unx:' choir and one of the vestrymen at close of the service as a mark of esteem and recognition of his services. The amount in the purse reached al- most $206 | fied for holding & secomd lieutenantcy. pointment of the committees to take charge of the arrangements for the Bryce Historics essay competition. and to provide for t future Weinstock lectures. Upon the Wein- stock lectureship committée will be Professor Adolph C. Miller, Carl C. Plehn and_Charles M. Bakewell Professor H. Morse Stephens and Bernard Moses have been appointed the Bryce essay committee. These two will select a third member, according to the conditions under which the offer was made by Regent Rudolph J. Taussig. President Wheeler and Captain de H. Waits, commandant of the cadet regiment, are about ta select from among the officers of the com- mand two officers whom they will recommend for & second lieutenantey in the United States army. From these two a board nted by the War Department will select one as quali- The mstructions accompanying the order for these nd the selection by appointéd by the War Department, of #ix educational institutions in which military training ix given, from which such recommendations will be made. The ap- pointment of second lieutenants in the manner mentioned is beld conditional upon the occur- rence of vacancles in the list of second leu- tenants in the army” after the gradu- ates from the West Point Academy have been provided for. - tments examining board, also ——————— Board Indorses the Bill. : OAKLAND, .April 2.—The bill now pending before Congress relative to increasing the pay of mail carriers, has been indorsed by the directors of the Oakland Board of Trade. few | | an Leandro there prospect, for there is not a single | but he | townsmen | Nichols, | is i N ONDAY, APRIL EASTER DAY — | ALAMEDA, April 3—With the dedi- cation this afternoon of the new First | Presbyterian Church, on the northeast corner of Santa Clara avenue and Chestnut street, a religious edifice that in architectural design is a marked de- | parture from the conventional style of | such buildings, was opened for service. | It pure Grecian in design and its - | fourteen beautiful stained glass win- dows is another feature that adds to the attractiveness of the structure. When the dedicatory exercises began at o'clock, the seating capacity of the church, $00, was overtaxed and | many were provided with chairs in the aisles, while others were forced to stand. Following was the order of the dedicatory ceremonies: cession du St. ent (Chauvet), or- doxology; _invocation, Rey. Dwight E. ; Lord's Prayer (chanted by the choir): Psalm 8. Rev. J. M. Alexander. Mr. Alex- | ander read this psalm March &, 1868, at the fon of the old church; ““Great Is the 7 (Lohr), quartet; scripture, Rev. L. FPotter Hitchcock; prayer, Rev. Hugh Fraser: My Faith Looks Up to Thee (response), R. W. Vincent (dedicated to the choir of the First in part: This is a religious home that is an inspira- tion to me, & testimonlal to the zeal and faith | of the pastor, officers and members of this con- gregation, a monument to Christianity and a credit to Alameda. There is a similarity be- tween the family and the church. Both are the main essentials of society, but one can zet in a church what he cannot in a home. Tt is in the church where we come into touch with God, re we reach out and touch the hem of the Savior's garment through the faith in us. This home of religion is one that will | inepire all who will come within its walls, and {1 trust that its work in the cause of Christi | ity and humanity will increase as the years this Baster day with the blessings of God and the prayers of its mem- bers and others who believe that advancement of the church means the advancement of so- clety. Rev. Frank 8. Brush, pastor of the by. It starts on First Presbyterian Church, and who has been untiring in his labors to house big congregation in a home adequate for its wants, thanked those who had worked with him and urged them ail to follow up the good beginning and never to relax their energids in pro- moting the interest of the church and of religion. The new edifice is 110 feet Jong and 65 feet wide. It is constructed entirely of wood. The fourteen large stained glass windows in the sides cover more of the area than does the lumber iu the sides. The larger windows are installed to the memory of Rev. Rodney L. Tahor and Rev. E. Y. Garrette, deceased pastors of the church; Mrs. Haslett, David G. Alexander, Mrs. Hastings, Josiah Hand, Mrs. Caroline Webster, the Missionary Society, the Christian Endeavor, the Junior Endeavor, the | Bovs’ Brigade and the Ladies’ Spcial League. NOVEL ARCHITECTURE. In speaking of the novel style of architecture selected for the new church, Rev. Dr. Brush said: The edifice could mot have been properly erected in Gothic style without an increased expenditure of $8000 or $10,000. Now, ng one has & right to build beyond his means. Then, too, Gothic_style requires stone more t does the Greclan style. The cheaper on material, th etructure. Of all abominations cheap adorn- ments are the worst, and worst of all in church architecture. Simplicity in religion is even more vital than reverence. A building covered with wooden towers, in imitation of the great stone cathedrals, is a mockery and t y. Our new church {s simple, honest and exactly suited to the congregation. The officers of the First Presbyterian Church are: Frank Spencer Brush, D. D., pastor; elders—S. A. Sabin, J. E. Baker, E. F. Burrell, J. W. Brown, ‘A. J. Burgner, W. M. Murray, Geqrge A. Gielow; deacons—J. H. de Nise, R. H. Baird, A. C. Shoup, Mrs. C. Fox, Mrs. A. A. Beardsley; trustees—J. E. Baker, P. W. Barton, J. W. Brown, E. F. Burrell, R. L. Simpson, C. H. Brad- ley, W. C. Culbert, A, J. Burgner, H. K. Jackson. DR. ABBOTT IN BERKELEY. Celebrated Divine Preaches Sermon on the Resurrection, ¢ BERKELEY, April 3.—Dr. Lyman Abbott, editor of The Outlook, suc- cessot to the late Henry Ward Beecher, and who has come to Berke- Jey to give the annual course of the E. T. Earle lectureship, preached the & simpler should be the lines of | | it ! day, April 12. FioTo BY £1UDIO canova sEre. SACRED EDIFICE DEDICATED Y TERDAY AND MINISTER THAT WILL PRESIDE THEREIN. L = Easter sermon this morning in the First Congregational Church. was ‘a large concourse of people pres- ent eager to hear the eminent preacher. In honor of the occasion, the church was handsomely decor- ated with palms and fruit blossoms and an augmented choir rendered an excellent programme of sacred SONgs. Dr. J. K. McLean, president of the Pacific Theological Seminary, pre- sented Dr. Abbott to the congrega- tion. Dr. Abbott led in the prayer and for the sermon took his text from Corinthians 15:20: “Now is Christ risen from the dead and become the first fruit of them that slept.” In part, he said: The resurrection was not an extraordinary event. It was simply an ordinary event that was magnified in the eves of the peopie who did not know. The first orange that appeared in the groves of Southern California is an ex- traordinary event, but when others follow in myriads it is quite an ordinary thing. The first impression of a man is of his physical being. Everything centers about his physical organism. When thix decays he thinks life has decayed, too. All through the pagan ages that was the impression that men had. 1t was » common conception among the He- Death to them was substantially the end of all. Even in the book of Job we find that this opinion prevails. ew, after the teaching ame 1o see that there was more hope. "It became the custom to Keep the bodies of their dead in sepulchers and cellars so that upon the day of promised resurrection the spirit would know where to find the body. They thought the soul. when it separated from the body, went to some underground world and remained untfl God came to raise it. Christ taught the immortal nature of the soul. He taught that the body was merely transitory, the mere instrument for the tran- sition of the spirit. He gave a striking illus- tration of this when he raised un Lazarus. Martha thoneht the resurrection was to come in the far ‘uture, but he eaid, I am the res- urrection and the life."” Death is simply the separation of the soul from the body, Death and resurrection are synonymous terms. In one way we look at the body, in another after the spirit. This is not the onlv world for us. Christ told his disciples that he was going to prepare the way for his people in another world. ““Where I am there may ve be.” He goes to prepare a place for you, He savs, ‘To-day thou shalt be with me,” not to-morrow or on the day of judgment or some far off time. but to-day. . they Death and resurrection, as 1 have said, are synonymous, simultdneous. The spirit is al- ways there, even as it Is in sleep. No one oul goes in sleen, yet it is wakening. Sleep is the par- le of death. Christ demonstrated this when he eame back to his diseiples. It was an il- lustration that his body might be killed, but not his spirit. He demonstrated that he lived and_triumphed over death. 3 ‘What we call death i¢ the simple passing of the soul. The body in the ground is tha end of it. but the soul goes upward. When We plant a seed of wheat the seed does not come up, but the stalk and the rest of ft. A child develops into youth, then manhood. then declines with age and then dréps off, but God gives this new body and takes it to him. The relations of the spirit to the body are manifest in three ways. First. the body min- isters to the epirit: that is. the inner life of the spirit develops the bodily organs. Second, the bodily organs are the means of communi- cation between different spirits, between men and men. Third, after the body decays and is cast off by the spirit God receives it in an- other world, Christ Is here to-day just as well as eight- een centuries ago. It is for us not so impor- tant that he was raised up from the dead eizhteen centuries as it is that he lives to-d He is the living Christ of this day and age, - Dr. Abbott's first Earle lecture will be given Tuesday evening in the First Presbyterian Church. There will be four other lectures on the following dates: Thursday, April 7; Friday, April 9; Monday, April 11, and Tues- The general subject of the course will be “Christianity and the Church.” The HEaster music at fhe First Presbyterian Church to-day was sung by an augmented choir. The following numbers were rendered: knows where th ways there at Anthem, ~double quartet, “They Haye Taken. Away y Lord”; violin solo, alter Manchester; con- tralto solo, “Every Flower That Blos- "', soprano . ¢ Dawn of anthem, with bass solo, “As Flight.” The sermon was | There | — preached -by the Rey. Guy W. Wads- worth, president of Occidental College. The Rey. William Rogatasky preached this morning at the German Methodist Church on “The Resurrec- tion.” The Easter services at the First Bap- tist Church were conducted by the Rev. A. 8. Coats. In the morning he spoke upon “The Future Life in the Light of Christ’'s Resurrection” and in the evening upon “The Resurrection and Modern ' Thought.” The special music was under the direction of Mrs. Couch. The Bible school c¢lasses of the Friends’ Church joined in Easter ser- viees ‘this morning at the church, The following programme was carried out: Song, Miss Munro's class; recitati Mildred Jessuo: recitation, Naylor; duet, Albert Watkins and Rus- sell Cross; exercise, kins' class; recitation, Ruth Munro; recitation, Halman Rose; solo, Mr. Warren; exercise, Miss Jessie Munro's class; recitation, Dorothy Munro; reci- tation, Annie and Carrie Cramer; duet, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Cole; exercise, Mrs. Watkins' class; symposium, leader, Mrs. Breckenridge; song, classes of Mrs. Olive Naylor and J. J. Jessup; recitation, Pearl Laird: chorus, primary dcpartment. This evening the pastor, | the Rev. J. H. Peel, spoke upon “A Legend of the Risen Christ.” =2 TRUSTGETS 011 LAND IN SOUTH Heaviest Producing Gusher Fields in Texas Fall Into Standard Company’s Hands o o Special Dispatch to The Call. GALVESTON, Texas, April 3. — The Standard’ Oil Company has at last se- cured a foothold in the Louisiana oil field, and it has been discovered that over 600 acres in the proven oil fields in and about Jennings have been leased to the corporation. The trust has been trying to get into this field for two years, but the Louisi- ana oil producers having suffered by the Standard’'s operations in the early history, a Texas gusher field fought its attempt to secure foothold in that State. The leases were secured by the Houssierrie - Latreille Company of Franklin, one of the latest oil com- panies in Louisiana leasing its holdings, which include thirty-two producing wells, to James Hartley, who is an at- torney for the Texas Oil Company, of which John W. Gates is president. The Texas Oil Company is recognized as a branch of the Standard, operating in Texas, and suit is now pending against it in the courts. Hartley transferred the leases to the Texas Company, which openly acknowledges the transaction. The Houssierrie - Latreille Company says it was deceived and belleved it was dealing with a representative of the independent producers of Texas who are fighting the Standard. Tt is reported the deal involves fabulous prices. —_————— SOLDIERS ARE ORDERED TO LEAVE TELLURIDE All but & Hundred Militiamen Return Home, Taking Five Military Prisoners. DENVER, April 3.—According to special ‘dispatches from Telluride all of the troops sent there when martial law was re-established ten days ago, with the exception of the Meeker cav- alry and the home troop, left the camp to-day under orders to proceed to their home stations. This leaves less one hundred militiamen at Camp luride. The returning soldiers traveled in two special trains and with them five military prisoners and seven others, deported by orders of the military. They. were taken as far as Ridgeway and instructed to remain away from Telluride. Several of the deported men had previously been evicted and had returned to Telluride under protection of the injunction issued by Judge Theron Stevens of Ouray. It is said that the five prisoners referred to had requested Adjutant General Bell to or- E T o it they m secure r lom i ement. Gen Bell still v at lluride and in active command of the troops. : el- ¢ Miss Pearl Wat- | han ! A PRESIDENT George Dornin to Succeed Himself as the Chairman of the City Legislature COMMITTEES THE SAME Report on Bond Ordinance and Water Rate Arbitra- tion Board Near at Hand Oakland Office San Francjsco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 3. The annual election of a presiding| ! officer of the Citys Council will be held |at the Council meeting to-morrow | night. There are no candidates in the | field in opposition to George W. Dor- | nin, the president, whose term exmrea' | to-marrow night. Unofficially it is, undérstoad that Fresident Dornin will be re-elected and | | that the committees will remain un- | changed. This will leave John L. How- |ard at the head of the Auditing and | | Finance Committee, A. W. Elliott as | chairman of the Ordinance and Ju- | diciary Committee, Councilman Edwin | Meese as chairman of the Street Com- jmittee and Alexander McAdam as | chairman of the Municipal License Committee. The other committee chair- | men are as follows: Park and boule- vard, W. J. Baccus; street lighting, | George Fitzgerald; wharves and water | front, J. T. Wallace; fire and water, B. C. Cuvellier; streets railroads, George Aitken; public improvements, B. H. Pendleton. Rapid progress has been made with | the general improvements bond pro- ject, and a report on the election call | ordinance will be made to the Council to-morrow night. A report is also ex- pected from the special committee as te the choice of an engineer to repre- sent the city in the wgter rates arbi- tration. ks A WILL ADD WING 10 NEW HOTEL anagement of St. Frane Already Planning Annex| for the Uptown Hostelr AT Manager Allan Pollok and the direct- ors of the St. Francis' Hotel are al- ready planning an annex to that new hostelry. Although it has not yet been determined whether the Crocker estate, which owns the hotel and the frontage on Powell street adjoining the St. Fran- cis, will build the annex or lease the ground to the hotel company for pur- poses of improvement, it was an-| nounced yesterday that another wing | will be added to the new structure, with the idea of giving the hotel an ad- | ditional capacity of about 250 rooms. The former site of the Cosmos Club | was purchased by the Crocker estate shortly after its plans for the St. Fran- cis Hotel had been ordered, the idea being to add to the hotel at some fu- ture date. In .fact, the hotel was de- signed so that an annex could be read- ily construeted, but it was not thought | at the time that it would be needed for many years to come. The success of the new hotel, however, has impressed upon the management the Immediatef need of more facilities, and no time has | been wasted in giving the matter con- sideration. Manager Pollok admitted last even- ing that plans were under considera- tion, and he also confirmed a report to the effect that James Mahoney, the well known builder, will leave for the East in a few days for the purpose of inspecting some of the modern hotels now in course of construction and get- ting the latest suggestions in structural art, with the idea of applying them to the addition of the St. Francis. One of the problems now under con- sideration by the directors of the hotel company concerns the most advantage- ous manner in which the space be- tween the present north wing and the proposed new one may be used for a driveway to facilitate the reception of guests. The architects have suggested that the space be converted into a glass covered court, through which en- trance to the present hotel and the new portion can be gained by doorways sit- uated in line with the present corridor that extends across the building. The space adjoining, now occupied Manager Pollok’s private office, will be reconstructed into a shaft for the ac- commodation of two additional eleva- tors. “Of course many details have to be considered before this annex is under- taken,” said Mr. Pollok last evening, “and for that reason I would have pre- ferred that the matter would not be given any publicity, but you may say that the annex will be built under some arrangement.” 2 The construction work will not in any way interfere with the business of the hotel, for the wing will be built and made ready for occupation before it is connected by corridors with the present %« NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH |WILL RE-FLECT DEDICATED ON Extensive'_Services Are Held at Formal Opening of Fine Edifice of the Lord, in Which Prominent Pastors Take Part and Talented Vocalists Render Hymns---Filled to Its Capacity BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1118 Broadway. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 7. ALAMEDA. Park Street. | Teléphone Alameda 4593. | 00D WEATHER ' HELPS MARKEI Dealers in Oakland Real istate Report Numerous Important Transaetions 14 4 Oakland Office San Francisco Cally 1118 Broadway, April 3 Yith the return of pleasant weather, the local real estate market has re- sumed its activity, and the dealers re- port large sales of residence prnp!r" during the last week. The all-absorh ing topic among real « ‘ite men at present is the proposed bond issue and its probable effect upon Oakland realty. The dealers agree that, although the pro-bond sentiment nas not yet exerted noticeable influence ¢n the sale of local real estate, that as summer advances, and more homeseekers begin to coma into this city, the bond Issue will be ths principal factor in the sale of Oakiand real estate. Frank J. Woodward, president of tha Oakland Real Estate Association, ex- presses the opinion that upon the result of the coming bond election depends the future of the Oakland realty mar~ ket. Mr. Woodward said: The result of the bond election will make break the Oakiand real estate market. If bonds are carried the future of the market assured, while, on the other hand, if bonds meet defeat at the polls values will gradually depreciate During the last week the volume of business in Oakland real es has steadily increased. The pleasant w has had a most beneficial effect on the enabling prospective investors to get a and examine property, the result being a: - mediate increase in business. Among t ra impartant sales recently made by us a followiag The Morehouse residence on the cormer Oakland nd Bayo Vista avenues, to Dr J. Boy price $15,000; 400 feet fromtage Twenty-fourth street and Bay piace; lot Sixteenth street, near Brush, to J. H. E $2100; cottage on West street, nea- Fourteen 10 Charles - Garwood, $2000; lot om V. street, mnear Twenty-sixth, to Walt Mackey. $1 residence om Seventh avenue, East Oakland. to H. H. Thurmann, $10,000. One of the most important trans- actions of the last month was the sale of 200 feet front on Clay street, betweer First and Second, opposite Westphal & Son’s mill, to the Sperry Flour Com- pany. The purchasers will at enc a large warehouse on the prop- This sale was made through the ice of J. H. Macdonaid & Co. William J. Laymance of the Lay- mance Real Estate Company said: The opening of the spring market has been very satistactory and inguiries from strancers through advertising more evident tham ever before The announcement made yesterday that the Santa Fe Railroad Company om aad after April will 1c all Oakiand freight and passenger traffic ct IS a great step for- ward for Oakland and is destined to have ma- terial effect upon real e The awakeninz of the Oakland bersk: the < ing at least 1000, and the activity with which this body is taking up the bond issue an other important improvements, has created most favorable impression throughout t State regarding the future possibilities Oukland. We look forward to one of the megy active vears in Oakland’s history along su stantial 10 in Oakland real estate. Notwithstanding the fact that the month of March was greativ broken Into by t rainy weather, our sales for that month havs registered over $100,000. A. E. Magill has recently awarded contract to W. T. Vietch & Co. for the erection of a three-story building the corner of Thirteenth and Cas streets, which will cost $30,000. Ti plans for the structure were prepa by Architect Willlam Knowh st~ . ~ s setubu e TWO ITALIANS FIGHT AND ONE IS STABBED SAN JOSE, April 3.—In an affray be- tween two. Italians to-night Chauncy Pizanni, one of the combatants, was stabbed several times with a large knife. He is in a precarious condition. His assailant, said to be Peter Caboda, is still at large. Both men reside on Dupont street, where the affray oc- curred. Pizanni_states that he and Caboda were walking home together when a quarrel started, resulting in the a sault with a knife. It is believed thaf| bad blood has existed between them however, for some time. Pizanni w: taken to the receiving hospital, ¢ Physician Harris and Assistant Phy clan Geddis attending him. 4 —_———— ‘Woman's Club Meeting. OAKLAND, April 3.—Dr. R. Archibald. milk inspector, will t to the Women's Civic Improvement Club on Monday afternoon, April 4, 3:30 o'clock, in Chabot Observator Hall, on the inspection of dairi Dr. C. H. Rowe, city chemist, will also ad- dress the same meeting on milk an- alysis. The public is invited. —_—e————— Destroys Husband's Eye. OAKLAND, April 3.—J. H. O'Neill, who lives at 999 Grace street, Golden Gate, had a row with his wife to- night and she hit him in the face with a tin coffee pot. The spout struck his left eye and the doctors at the R Ao building. e BOYS PLAY WITH POWDER AND THREE WILL DIE Flash of a Match Causes of Cartridges in Their Pockets. SALT LAKE, Avril 3 —As a result of playing with powder and matches ‘(hree boys will die and one will be crippled for life. The fatally injured are Walter Bushnell, Jonnhyulli‘“m Archie McBride, all aged from 14 to 1% three bo e three boys, together with Loveridge, left their home in :rm: this morning for a day’s outing in the canyon, They carried a quantity of black powder and 22 caliber cartridges in their pockets. They also secured a quantity of giant 'y climbed on a laced powder and caps. wagon, and one of the boys pl some of the black powder on the seat and touched a match to it. The flash ignited the powder in the pockets of the boys and in an instant were um:lley“' Their clof was comj y their The sli in 's ots exploded and nine of in s the - his legs. der did not explode. The injured were taken te the hospital in Prove, ceiving Hospital say that the sight h: been permanently destroyed. ADVERTISEMENTS. Eczema promptlyrelievedand cured by -