The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 24, 1904, Page 40

40 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1904 - OAKLAND HOLDS BOND ELECTION People of Bay City Decide| to Spend $960.000 for the| Improvement of Schools PR, LIGHT VOTE REGISTERED Pupils Take Active Inter- est and Spend the Day in Effective Electioneering B o e | Office San Francisco Call, Oaklané 1118 Broadway, April 23. The school bond election held here | to-day resulted in a victory for (holle} in favor of the bonds and the prn;!o-*‘ sition to spend $960,000 for the im-| provement of the schools of the city was carried by a vote of 3329 for to €25 against, or a little more than five to one. While the vote w ht, the *question was one that general imer-} ested the city and much sausrnvxmn! is expressed to-night at the result of the election nets in the city failed But twe cl to carry the proposition. In the Per- | alta.anr t eight votes were cast| x & e » were against the | World’s Champion Pugilist Is United in Marriage to Frieda Mayer at Oakland e RELATIVES AT WEDDING Charming and Winsome Girl Comes All the Way From New York to Claim Boxer OAKLAND, April 28.—James J. Jef- | fries, champion fighter of the world, has fallen a victim to Cupid's darts and was married here this evening to a New York girl by the name of Frieda Mayer, who, by arrangement, came to California two weeks ago. Yesterday Jeffries telephoned FEugene Van Court to make necessary arrangements for the marriage license and the perform- ance of the ceremony, and at 8 o'clock this evening Van Court and Deputy County Clerk Glover repaired to the County Clerk’s office, wherée the license was issued. The bridal party, consist- ing of Jeffries, Miss Mayer, Billy De- laney and a Mrs. Ackerman, repaired to the office of Justice of the Peace Mortimer Smith, on Broadway, where the two were quickly made one. and bonds and five for them. As it needed a two-t vote to carry the elec- tion this district as a unit failed to | carry the qv r d'sh‘l‘\‘,t | is the rriso trict, in | H o { for the of bonding the city for | X school- | mproving the is one that Sducation has object dur erintendent M The quest the purpose ng on the subject, | “We are 2ll very much | tified. It has been | the board has been | in and worked hard scheme of school im- s for the expenditure of £1.21 Of this amount $250,000 is to be spent on the building of a new polytechnic high school This sum, however, could not be submitted un- der the district plan adopted by the board will be submitted separate- ly a little later at a bond election called by the City Council for the gen- eral improvement of the city. A unique feature of the election to- day was the interest taken by the school children. At every schoolhouse where the voting was taking place they gathered in numbers and, wear- ing red badges, formed themselves into general electioneering commit- tees to urge the approaching voter to cast his ballot for the bonds. The children of the city have realized probably more than any one else the need for new buildings. The subject of room is one that has constantly confronted Superintendent McCly- monds and the Board of Education. Makeshift buildings have been erect- =d and basements finished off in order to sccommodate the pupils. Every school is crowded and overrun and the gquestion of new buildings is a ne- cessity. The polling places were at the twen- ty-one schoolhouses of the city. ————— “A PARISIAN ROMA » AT YE LIBERTY THEATER The James Neill Company Will Pro- duce This Well Known Play During the Week. OAKLAND, April 23.—The attrac- Uon at Ye Liberty Theater next week is to be “A Parisian Romance,” pre- sented by the Neill company for the first time to an Oakland audience. The play is produced by a special ar- rangement with Richard Mansfield. There ig hardly another play so well known. Special efforts have been made in the point of scenic and decorative ap- pointments and James Neill is show- ing his usual courage in staging this production —_———————— Berkeley's Boat Crew. BERKELEY, April 23 —The varsity crew that will represent the University of California in the first intercollegiate rowing races to be heid upon Califor- nia waters on the 30th inst., has been chosen by the Boating Association at the university. The men will sit in their boat in the following order: A. 8. Bunnell, stroke; G. J. Anloff, after- waist; E. A. Bannister, forwardwaist; Edward Grindley, bow. Bunnell is captain of the crew and J. B. White the first substitute. Joseph Loeb will steer the craft for the oarsmen. This crew will meet the varsity crews of Stanford and Washington universi- ties. It is intended that only Califor- nla and Washington should compete in this first trial of strength and skill on the water, but Stanford has a var- sity crew and as three struggling cfews look prettier than two it was desired to make it a three-cornered aftair. ———— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, April 23.—The follow- ing marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Ncthan Mor- i 32, and Blanche Goldstein, 25, 1oth of San Francisco; William Olney, 26, Oakland, and Minnie R. Wilson, 24, Berkeley; Walter R. Earl, 21, and | Carrie Saville, 18, both of Oakland; Joseph M. Dameral, 21, Oakland, and Mary Gonsells, 18, Melrose; Walter Blackfor 22, and Ethel Robinson, 20, both of San Jose; William D. Ryder, over 21, and Marie L. White, over 18, both of Cakland. — GREAT MAY DAY NUMBER. A Story That Will Bring Both Laughter and Tears Is Deborah’s Garden Toads, By Eliza Orne White. NEXT SUNDAY CALL. 1 | standing The big fighter seemed in the best of spirits and was a striking contrast to his petite bride, who is but five feet two inches tall and weighs but 182 pounds. Jeffries Is over six feet tall and weighs 230 pounds. They will pass their honeymoon at Harbin Springs. Mrs. Jeffries is a striking brunette with dark eyes and hair and acknowl- edges to 29 summers, and is just three weeks younger than her big husband. Jeffries met his bride in New York City four years ago and saw more or less of her each time he visited the metropolis. The last time he went there he was constantly in her soclety, and | when he left her it was with the under- that she would follow him out to California, which she did. Jeffries always had a warm spot in his beart for Oakland, which was the scene of his training for his first cham- pionship fight, and from which time his star steadily arose until he reached the zenith of his fame. Eugene Van Court was one of the friends he made when training at the Reliance Ciub, and to whom he appealed to see to the necessary arrangements for his marriage. Little is known here of the antece- dents of Miss Mayer, who, it is said, has lived all her life in New York City. UNIVERSIIY EVENTS BERKELEY, April 23.—The music at the half-hour of music in the Greek Theater to-morrow afternoon, begin- ning at 5 o'clock, will be furnished by the university orchestra of thirty pieces. A delightful programme has been arranged for the occasion, as fol- lows: Overture to “Monsieur Choufleyri” (Offenbach); quartet from “Rigoletto™ (Verdi); Pizzicato Polka (Strauss); Funeral March (Chopin); Serenade (Tittl); flute solo by J. B. White "04; Pilgrims’ Chorus from *“I Lombardi” (Veradi). In order to prevent the annoyance that accompanies the moving about of spectators changing their seats and leaving the theater, the management of the concert has decided to close the gates during the performance. The United States Minister at The Hague has forwarded to the university a copy of the royal order of the Queen of the Netherlands whereby the degree of bachelor of arts of the following universities in the United States is rec- ognized as admitting the holder there- of to pursue his studies at any of the universities of the Netherlands: Uni- versity of California, Harvard, Yale, Cathollc University of America, Chi- cago, Clark, Columbia, Cornell, Johns Hopkine, Stanford, Michigan, Pennsyl- vania, Princeton and Wisconsin. The Right Rev. Charles Henry Fowl- er, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal diocese. of Buffalo, New” York, will preach the baccalaureate sermon to the class of '0¢ on Sunday afternoon, May 15, probably in the Greek Theater. Bishop Fowler is coming as a delegate to the missionary convention of the Methodist church, which is to be held in San Francisco from April 28 to May 1. While in California he will also at- tend the General Convention of the Methodist church, which will meet in Los Angeles throughout the month of May. Augustus C. Keane has been elected editor of the Occident to succeed Hart Greensfelder, whose term will expire with this semester. W. H. Murray was elected manager for the publication; Harry Dehm, president of the Occident Publishing Company; Miss Katherine Hershey, vice president; Miss Virginia ‘Whitehead, secretary, and Joseph Ko- ford, treasurer. The Choral Society elected the fol- lowing new officers at its meeting Wednesday evening: President, Miss Amelia Sellander '05; treasurer, Miss Margaret Wythe "07; secretary, Miss Edith Barrows "07. —_——— STEAMER EXCURSION OUTSIDE THE HEADS OAKLAND, April 23.—The churches of Alameda County will give a Jjoint ‘excursion outside the Golden Gate next Saturday and the committee in charge has chartered the steamer Santa Rosa for the trip. The steamer will leave Broadway wharf in San Francisco at 1:30 p. m. Arrangements for the excursion are in charge of the executive committee of 1904, which is composed of the Men's Sunday Club and the County ‘| Christian Endeavor Society. ————e————— Accused of Grind Larceny. Timothy Killeen, 2 porter, was ar- rested yesterday morning by Police- men Brown and Nolan on a charge of | grand larceny. He is accused of hay. ing stolen $27 from Neils Anderson, a sailor, in a saloon on Second street. Archie Jefferey, Would-Be Suicide, Quits Cot During Night and Disappears FEAR THAT HE IS DEAD Attendants Believe That He Jumped Into the Bay at the Foot of Broadway Oakland Office S8an Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 23, Hatless and coatless, Archie Jef- ferey, a patient in the Receiving Hos- pital, left that institution some time during the night unknown to the at- tendants, and it is feared that he has committed suicide by jumping into the bay. He attempted suicide some time yesterday by cutting his throat. Along toward evening he went to the hos- pital for treatment. He had inflicted & wound In the left side of the neck, but missed the jugular vein, and a lit- tle court plaster and a bandage served for a dressing. When the attendants made their rounds this morning after an unusually quiet night they found Jefferey’s cot empty. He had partially dressed him- self, but had neglected to take either hat or coat, and Steward Borchert fears the man got up in the night ana carried out his idea of self-destruction. There were no serious cases in the hespital last night that required the attention of nurses, and nothing dis- turbed the slumbers of the attendants through the night. There had been nu attempt to restrain the patient, who went of his own accord to the hospitai, and had been given some supper and a bed. Why he should have left in the way he did is puzzling those in charge of the place. He would say nothing about himselt, but in one of his pockets was found & union card showing that he was a member of the Cooks’ and Waiters' Union. It is not known at what time he left, and no one has been found that seen him go. It is feared he went to the foot of Broadway, a few blocks away, and jumped into the bay. —_———— OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Northern Commercial Company Is Awarded Two Mail Contracts. Army and Navy Officers. WASHINGTON, April 23. — The Northern Commercial Company of San Francisco has been awarded the con- tract for carrying the mail by steamer from Nulato, on the Yukon River, Alaska, to Bettles, on the Koyukuk River, a distance of 543 milc . for $300 a round trip. The company is to make annually not less than two nor more than four trips while navigation is open. The same company has also been awarded the contract to carry the mails from Tanana to Fairbanks, a distance of 275 miles, for $100 a round trip. Army orders—First Class Privates Joseph K. Moore, Frank Gathers and Horace E. Hull, Signal Corps, Benicia Barracks, will be sent to Fort Liscum, Alaska; Private Charles Connors, who deserted July 18, 1901, from Company H, Twenty-eighth Infantry, and was apprehended March 13, 1904, while serving in Company D, Tenth Infantry, at the Presidio, under the name of Charles Kelly, and who has been held to service in that company without trial for fraudulent enlistment, will be discharged without honor from Com- pany H, Twenty-eighth Infantry, by reason of his desertion, by the com- manding officer of the Presidio; First Lieutenant James E. Abbott, recently promoted from second lieutenant, Twelfth Cavalry, Is assigned to the Sixth Cavalry and will proceed to San Francisco and report by telegraph from that city to the commanding of- ficer of the Sixth Cavalry for assign- ment to a troop; Captain Charles S. ‘Wallace, Signal Corps, upon arrival at Beattle, in compliance with his orders, will report to Lieutenant Colonel James Allan, Signal Corps, officer in charge, for duty in connection with the installation of the Alaskan cable. Navy orders — Lieutenant Com- mander F. W. Bartlett is detached from duty in connection with the Ohio at the Union Iron Works and ordered home on three months' sick leave; Lieutenant S. 8. Willlams is detached from treatment at the naval hospital, Mare Island, and given three months’ sick leave at home; Lieutenant B. F. Hutchinson is detached from treat- ment at th naval hospital Mare Island, and ordered home on three months’ sick leave; Lieutenant L. H. Chandler is detached from the command of the first tor- pedo-boat flotilla and ordered to duty as assistant to the naval attache at Toklo, Japan. James K. Wilson of San Franeisco is at the Ebbitt House. A —_——— Sues Bi OAKLAND, April 23.—Suit to col- lect a life insurance policy, for $2000 was begun to-day against the Fra- ternal Brotherhood by Harry M. Shack of Livermore. He alleges that his father, Jans A. Shack, became a member of the order in 1900 and paid $4 76 monthly into the order until his death. Last December he died and it i3 alleged that the order has refused to pay the policy. ——— In the Divorce Court. OAKLAND, April 23.—For the third time Bertha Clausen to-day dismissed a divorce action begun against Charles E. Clausen for cruelty. A suit for di- v ‘ce was begun to-day by May S. Ward against Willlam T. Ward, whom she charges with crueity. Elizabeth Meek has instituted divorce proceed- ings against Daniel T. Meek on the ground of cruelty. WITH POLICE SAN JOSE, April 24—A masked rob- ber entered the Del Monte Club on First street near Santa Clara this morning shortly after 1 o'clock and held up half a dozen men who were in the lounging room. The bandit lined up his vietims against the wall, and after taking a $900 ring from Willlam George, robbed the till of $500. - The robber was armed with two re- volvers. The mask was a red bandana handkerchief. As he left the building, backing out with pistols leveled, the proprietor hurred after him and fired several shots. The robber ran across the street and was pursued by a police- man. Other policemen were soon at the scene and nearly twenty shots were fired by the robber and his pursuers. The bandit made his escape into a lum- ber yard and had not been captured at 38 o'clock this morning. — WOMEN T0 HELP TIE JUVENILES Undertake the Task of Fur- nishing Room for Children in New Carnegie Library Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, April 23. The women of Berkeley are going to undertake the furnishing of the ju- venile room of the Carnegie Library. They are not only going to undertake the enterprise, but they stand commit- ted to the task of really accomplish- ing it, and there will be no backing out. It will cost $2500 to do the work, but that big sum does not frighten the ladies a bit, and they will not let up until they get it all. The first step toward securing this sum was taken this afternoon, when a number of women met at the Town and Gown Club. Mrs. Frank M. Wil- son, president of the club, called the meeting to crder, and after Mrs. Julia Sanborn had been elected chairman the ladies got down to work. First, they found out the approximate cost of the work, and then they talked about the various ways of gathering the money. It was finally decided that the best way was to appoint a ways and means committee to plan a campaign, and the chairman appointed the following named committee: Mrs. Frank M. Wilson, Mrs. Joseph Le Conte, School Superintendent S. D. Waterman, Mrs. Woodson Allen, Mrs. A. L. Breck, Mrs. Leon Richardson, Mrs. Waterman, Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. Noyes, Charles Keeler, Victor Robertson, J. W. Richards, Miss Lombard, Allen G. Frecman, Mrs. Ran- dall Mrs. J. A. Robinson, C. L. Bieden- bach, Thomas Rickard and Mrs. San- born. Another meeting will be held next Tuesday evening at the Town and Gown-Club, when the question of ways and means will be considered further. ——————— FRAUD CASE MUST BE TRIED ON MERITS United States Court Overrules Demur- rer in Cunningham Con- spiracy Charge. PORTLAND, Or., April 23.—Judge Bellinger - of the United States court has overruled the demurrer to the in- dictment of Charles B. Cunningham and others of Pendleton, Or., charged: with conspiracy to defraud the Gov- ernment of lands in Eastern Oregon. The case, with others of its nature, will be tried before the trial jury of the United States court, after May 4, according to the present plan of Uni- ted States District Attorney John Hall. ————— SCARCITY OF CHINESE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Head Tax of $500 Causes Laborers to Go to Other Lo- calities. VANCOUVER, B. C., April 23.— There is a shortage of Chinese labor in British Columbia. Owing to the head tax of $500 none are coming into the country and many Chinese labor- ers have gone into the Canadian North- west Territory, the large number of new settlers enabling them to secure high wages. The canneries are finding great difficulty in obtaining Chinese to perform the customary work during the approaching salmon season. ——— Fire Destroys Nome Hall. SEATTLE, Wash., April 23.—A tele- gram from Nome received to-day says that the Arctic Brotherhood Hall, which cost $25,000, has been partially destroyed by fire and that the local lodge of the order had.subscribed $5000 to rebuild. Lodges of the order are asked to subscribe. ————— Charged With Burglary. Policeman John Edwards met Frank ‘Williams yesterday afternoon on the stairs leading to Edwards’ room at 116 Leidesdorff street. Willlams was car- rying a shotgun which Edwards iden- tified as his property. Willlams, Ed- wards claims, entered his room and stole the shotgun. Edwards arrested ‘Williams on a charge of burglary. - ST. LOUIS, Mo.. 23.—Rather than ey "tor Crinsinal axsault Byivester Beek: s Imuiatio, to-day. Killed Rimmett in the ity Jall by leaping from the third cell tier to the stone floor, thirty feet helow. —————— SACRAMENTO, April 23, — Word was re- ived at the State Board of b that - S51.000 wordh ot " Mereed won County bonds, which will net the State about 4 per cent, have been purchasod. CLAY b ol . ‘Y’lh‘-'.l‘ fl'!:n..‘m April 23.. lllbe ¥ ‘—m‘ fo-duy. Tweaty bad- il | FOR SENTENCE| VISIT HANFORD Nicola Crudo, Murdever, to Spend Remaining Years of His Life in San Quentin FELD GAINS MORE TIME Five Other Prisoners Con- vieted of Grand - Larceny and Burglary Punished A number of prisoners appeared for sentence in the courts of Judges Law- lor and Dunne yesterday. With them and those to be arraigned and to plead there were thirty-six altogether. Judge Cook’s court was closed and If his quota had been brought from the County Jail there would have been more than fifty prisoners. Nicola Crudo, who was convicted by 2 jury of murder in the first degree with the penalty of imprisonment for life, was formally sentenced by Judge Lawlor after motions for a new trial and arrest of judgment had been de- nied. The place of confinement Is San Quentin. Crudo shot and killed Prospero Migalo, a bootblack, at Green and Dupont streets on the night of November 8 during a quarrel about a bootblack stand. Joseph Feld, ex-policeman, was to have been sentenced by Judge Dunne yesterday for murder in the first de- gree for shooting and killing his father-in-law, Fritz Dirking, but his attorney, W. H. Alford, offered a mo- tion for a new trial on statutory grounds and asked for a continuance for a month to examine authorities and prepare for the argument. The Judge sald he would continue the case for two weeks, when the motion could be submitted, argued and the .matter finally disposed of. lienry Hamilton and Thomas Mur- phy, convicted of an attempt to com- mit burglary at the rooms of Mrs. Annie Gray, 112 Taylor street, on Feb- ruary 12, were each sentenced by Judge Lawlor to serve two and a half years the former in San Quentin and t:e latter in Folsom penitentiary. George Arristide was sentenced to serve five years in Folsom penitentiary by Judge Lawlor on a charge of bur- glary. He broke into the warehouse of W. B. Sanborn, 103 Vallejo street, and pleaded guilty on May 5, 1902. Owing to his youth the Judge sus- rended sentence on his promise that he would behave himself. He has not done so. Patrick J. Reardon was sentenced to serve three years in San Quentin by Judge Dunne on a charge of grand larceny. He stole a diamond ring, valued at $600, from his sister-in-law, Mrs. Myrtle Julien, 209 Turk street, on February 3. Ah Lim was sentenced to serve one year in San Quentin by Judge Dunne on a charge of burglary. He entered the residence of George McGillvray, 1300 Leavenworth street, on Decem- ber 22. —_—————— CENTENARY CHURCH TO GIVE SACRED MUSICAL PROGKAMME Many Beautiful Numbers Seleéted. Bishop Funston of Boise, Idaho, ‘Will Preach This Morning. The following musical programme will be given this evening at Cente- nary Church, 1717 Bush street: Doxology, No. 919; anthem, “He Shall Lead His Flock (E. 0. Excell), choir; prayer, Dr. W. C. Montgomery; solo (contralto), “My God and Father ‘While I Stray” (G. W. Masten), Miss Anna McLea; octet, selected, male voices; hymn, No. 665, congregation; solo (tenor), selected, A. C. Brown; solo (soprano), selected, Miss Elvira Shuck; solo (barytone), “Oro Pro Nobis,” selected, Professor D. Gomer Richards; address, “Sacred Music,” Rev. Rufus E. Nunn, Ph. B.; anthem, “Incline Thine Ear, O Lord” (Him- mel), David Lewis and choir; solo (contralto) “Evening Prayer,” select- ed, Mrs. George Stump; hymn, No. 917, congregation; solo (tenor), “The Lord Is My Shepherd” (Liddle), Pro- fessor David Manlloyd; quartet, se- lected, male voices; solo, selected, Miss Bessie Price; anthem, “Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates” (W. A. Og- den), choir; solo (contralto), “O Rest in the Lord,” from “Elijah” (Mendels- sohn), Miss Anna McLea; hymn, “God Be With You Till We Meet Again,” No. 918, congregation; accompanists, Miss Wildredge Adams and Professor ‘William Baer. Bishop Funston.of Boise, Idaho, will preach in St. Paul's Church this morn- ing. The regular monthly festival ser- vices will be held in St. Luke’s Church this evening at 7:45 o'clock. The choir ‘will be assisted by St. Luke's auxiliary choir under the direction of ! W. A. Sabin. The Gentlemen's Sodality of Holy Cross parish will go to holy commun- fon in a body this morning at the 7 o'clock mass. At the 11 o'clock mass this morning at the Paulist Church Rev. Henry L Stark will preach. After vespers in the evening Rev. Henry H. Wymann will deliver the sermon. At the 10:30 o'clock mass this morning in St. Ignatius Church Rev. John Sardi will deliver the discourse. In the evening there will be solemn vespers and solemn benediction. The sermon will be by the Rev. Joseph Sasia. The closing illustrated address of the series that have been given by General Secretary H. J. McCoy at the Young Men's Christian Association will take place this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the association auditorium. It will be an illustrated talk on “The Young Man and the Growth of the Kingdom.” The talk will be illustrat- ed by over 100 views thrown upon the screen by means of the stereopticon. There will be a speclal musical pro- gramme in connection with the ser- vices. v St. Alban’s Sunday school will hold 1 memorial service this after- 2 o'clock at Golden Gate Hall, a special moon at Grand Court Delegates of American Order of Forest- ers to Meet in That City PREPARE TO ENTERTAIN Local Court and Citizens Ar- range Programme of Fes- tivities for the Strangers The California Grand Court of the Foresters of America will hold its an- nual session this year in Hanford, be- ginning Wednesday, May 3, when there will be in attendance 298 delegates, fif- teen grand officers and about ten past grands. These will represent a little more than 23,000 members of the order in the State. More than 6000 of these are in San Francisco, distributed in forty-four courts. Extensive arrangements have been made by the citizens of the place for the entertainment of the Foresters dur- ing their stay. This in addition to what Court Mussel Slough, located there, has arranged. The members of that court number 115, and have or- ganized themselves into a general re- ception and entertainment committee. ‘With the citizens, they propose to have the visiting members gain a good im- pression of the Hanfordites and of the city. The programme for the week in- cludes the following: Monday, May 2, the main body of delegates and grand officers will reach Hanford from north of that place, and will be met at the depot by the recep- tion committee of 150, led by a regi- mental band, and will be escorted from the special train to the hotels and other places in which accommodations have been secured for them. The following morning specials will arrive bringing members of the order from Tulare, Visalia, Porterville, Fresno, Selma, Raymond and Merced. On Tuesday the Grand Court will be opened with the usual ceremonies at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, and in the aft- ernoon there will be a grand street - rade, the members of. the visiting courts wearing uniforms. Those from Fresno have decided to wear plug hats and long linen dusters in order to dis- tinguish them from the other Foresters. The procession will halt at Agricultural Park. In the pavilion there will be an address of welcome by Mayor Widmer and a response by Grand Chief H. A. Gabriel of San Jose, and literary ex- ercises. In the evening there will be an open-air concert. Wednesday the entertainment com- mittee will have an athletic day at the park, and in the evening there will be music in the public city park and a ball. Thursday the ladies of the city not members of the Companions of the Forest of America, the auxiliary branch of the order, will hold open house for the visitors and serve refreshments, and in the evening there will be a ball in Armory Hall Friday night there will be a banquet for about 500 people. There will be present all of the city officials, many of those of the county and a number of other prominent citizens and ladies. By Friday night the Grand Court will have concluded its business, and on the following day those who decide to stay over will be the guests of the citizens. BEverything on wheels in the city and for miles around will be pressed into service for the purpose of driving the visitors over the country and showing them all that there is of interest. On the executive committee having charge of the arrangements are: Wil- liam Abbott, C. F. Flemming and A. M. Fredericks, with J. F. Johnston as secretary. i Theta Delta Chi Banquet. Sixty members of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity gathered last night at a downtown restaurant to celebrate the establishment of their fraternity upon this coast. After discussing a delight- ful menu, flavored with college and fraternity songs and yells, the toast- master, Shirley C. Walker, introduced the following speakers: Walter A. Crossman, Howard T. Wayne, Emory C. Brace, Robert H. Gaither, C. Claude Kern, Henry T. Beckwith, T. Burt Crane, Dr. John P. Clark, St. John E. McCormick and George W. Haight. Special features of the evening were renditions by the University of Cali- fornia Quartet and several Stanford University soloists. In addition to the delegations from the two local chap- ters there were representatives from Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Roches- ter, Dartmouth, Brown, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan. The Theta Delta Chi fraternity, which was found- ed in 1847, is distinctly national in scope and conservative in policy. Its twenty-three charges or chapters are in representative universities and col- leges from Bowdoin in Maine to the University of California, from MeGill in Montreal to William and Mary in Virginia. The University of Califor- nia charge was established April 28, 11900, and the Stanford charge April 25, 1903. ————— Election and Presentation. Bay City Lodge, Knights of Pythias, has elected Charles C. Morris, W. Mensor and Joseph D. Abrams as del- egates and R. Rosenberg, Max Seiler and L. R. Levy as alternates to the Grand Lodge that is to meet in Ba- kersfield next month. This lodge has presented to Harry Kasper, its retir- ing master of the exchequer, a valu- able diamond pin in appreciation of his services to the lodge during the time he held office. » ——————— Run Down by Automobile. T. H. B. Varney, the prominent ad- vertising man, ran down M. Newhouse with his automobile last night on Market street and injured Newhouse so badly that he was taken to the Emergency Hospital Yor treatment. A badly lacerated scalp wound and a number of bruises were dressed and the injured man sent to his home. Varney was arrested on a charge of battery, but released at once on cash bail of $30. «NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA »© JAMES JEFERIES [PATIENT FLEES (WASKED MAN |FELONS APPEAR [OFFICERS WILL [GETS PLEASIRE TAKES A BRIDE| FROM HOSPITAL| FIGHTS JUEL EROM POLITICS Henry Alexander of Illinois Enjoys National ~Issues and Is Stanch Partisan CONTROLS GERMAN VOTE Says His State Will Have Democratic Candidate for Presidential Nomination Henry Alexander, one of the most prominent stockmen of Ilinols and the man who practically controls the Ger- man vote of the upper portion of the State, is in this city, accompanied by Mrs. Alexander and his daughter. Mr. Alexander is a stanch Republi- can. He came to the coast several months ago for his health, but during his absence from home has been elected a delegate to the Republican State Con- vention, which meets in Springfield May 12, to nominate a State ticket, delegates to the national convention and Presidential Electors. That has been the custom for years and the Ger- mans for miles around Joliet would not consider themselves properly rep- resented if Mr. Alexander were not a delegate. At present Mr. Alexander is stop- ping at the Palace, having arrived from Ocean Park yesterday. He will leave for Los Angeles on Wednesday, as he is anxious to be home by May 1. When asked for his opinion on the political situation as he knows it and has heard he said: CAN'T BEAT ROOSEVELT. “No man can beat Roosevelt. 1 can say that with considerable knowledge of conditions rot only in my own State, but from facts gathered during my trip. In Southern California I met peo- ple from zll over the United States. I talked polities with hundreds of them and there is but one conclusion to be drawn. Roosevelt will be elected with the largest vcte ever given any Presi- dent. “Illinois will roll up a Republican majority of at least 100,000, no matter who the Democrats nominate. Our State is solidly Republican and many Democrats are going to vote for Roose- velt.” “How do the Democrats of view Hearst as a candidate?” asked. “There are good men in the Demo- cratic party. They are good Ameri- cans and they can't stand Hearst. Illi- nois expects to have a Democratic can- didate of her own in the person of Congressman J. R. Willlams, who has been repeatedly elected from a Repub- lican district. He is a different class of Democrat from Hearst and is looked upon with favor by Carter Harrison and other leading men of his party. No, Hearst will not have any of the delegates from Illinols. PARKER THE DEMOCRAT. “I believe Parker will be the Demo- cratic nominee, but there is really no use of his being put up, for Rocseveit will sweep the country. If Parker re- ceives the nomination there will be a certain element of Wall street that will back him because they know he could be handled if by a slip he should be elécted. The same element will op- pose Roosevelt because he cannot be handled.” “Whom do you think will be the Re- publican nominee for Vice Presidemt?” was asked. “Fairbanks of Indiana. I know of no more popular man for the place and I think he will be elected. He has been spoken of by men I have met from all over the country and with such favor that there is little doubt of his being the choice for Rooseveit's running mate. “I have been in politics for twenty- eight years and know how the Ger- man vote stands. It will be solidly Republican, for they all remember the hard times of Cleveland's administra- tions and will have no more of it. “When a man- begins to feel weil after being sick and likes to take an interest in politics, as I do, he is anx- jous to get home, and that is my fix. This is my first trip to California and I have enjoyed it very much. I have learned from your people that they are going to roll up a good majority for the Republican ticket in Novem- Illinois was —_—————— When the case of David de Costa, charged with robbery, was called in Judge Dunne’s court yesterday for ar- raignment his attorney asked for a continuance, as an application for a writ of habeas corpus for the pris- oner’s release was before Judge Cook for decision to-morrow. The Judgs grantad a continuance till Tuesday. but uttered a strong protest against applications for writs being made in other courts for the release of pris- oners assigned to his court. 'A simi- lar request had been made to him on Friday in the case of Alphonse Peter- son, the application for the writ being also before Judge Cook. He thought all applications should be made to the presiding Judge and by him assigned to the proper court. —_——————— Charged With Burglary. John Williams was arrested night on a charge of burglary. About 6 o'clock he broke into the boller shops of the Southern Pacific Com- pany at Mission Bay and stole a quan- tity of brass fittings. Willlams con- fessed. —_——————————— Literary Recital. Next Saturday evening Miss Try- phena Lilac Pritchard, a young elo- cutionist, will give a literary recital in Steinway Hall. The young lady has arranged a mo interesting pro- gramme. followed by a dance. You Will Find Our CLASSIFIED COLUMNS A Rgady Reference When You Need an ATTORNEY OR DENTIST. and Reasonable Rates.