The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 5, 1904, Page 6

'« NEWS 'OF THE COUNTY OF WANT WEIDLER™S OFFICE VACATED Sy surety Company Charges Him With Malfeasance and Would Shift Responsibility —_— DEMANDS A RELEASE ‘onstable Hempstead Before Grand Jury and Also Comes in for Censure Oekland Office San Francisco Call 1118 Broadway, May 4 The disclosures in regard to noney matters of Constable Edwerd Weidler bave caueed the United States Tidelity Gueranty Compamy to setition the courts to be released from 1is bond of $2000. The company charges um with malfeasance and asks that recent an be office be declared vacant. In the neantime the Sheriff's deputies huve »een unable to locate Weidler, in order | o serve him with the necessary nons appear in_court and :ause why the request of the company should not be granted The petition sets forth: First, that Weidler hae failed to pay the annual sremium of $10 to the company f roing on his bond; second, that he has weglected to perform his duties; third, hat he has coliected different sums of noney ir the conduct of his office which e has falled and refused to pay to he persons justly entitied to the sgme. prays the of Wherefore srder of court Bdward Weidler the company declaring the office as Constable of Oal and, vacant, and releasing it af surety apon his official bond from all lability which may thereafter arise or such sond nent that he was about to resign his »ffibe. Whether he intends to do =0 has ot been made apparent. Such action an his part, it s believed, will precipi- ate a general descent of his creditors spon the surety company. Those who simply Joaned him money are ithout recourse, but it is sthted that 1ave here are large sums of money which ne has coliected through attachments given him serve that he has not paid to the persons to whom the money belongs and that it is thie money he of double assignments of his warrants s believed that it is e that a eit will be found in his accounts > yrneys have made complai- it was as difficult to collect mone, om him as it was to get it from their debtors, and much work has been taken sway from the Justice's court and done through the Sheriff’s office. Constable Bert Hempstead muet meet &n the Grand Jury for the alleged reten- tion of $150 bond money which, rged, he has failed to return, and e is now pending a suit to recover the money from him. The complaint is made by Attofney James H. Boyer. he was a witness before the Grand y to-Gay and gave a history,of the case to that body. In hie complaint he states that last ember he the ousting of Hempstead from of- fice for the illegal retention of a $150 cash bond that had been deposited in the suit of Victor Ligda against H V. Brown. Ligda recovered judgment for his claim, amcunting to $190. He wished 1o attach some cows, and in order to protect ieelf from a claim made by Brown's wife that some of the cows belonged to her, Hemp- stead insisted that Ligda put up a bond of $150. Hempstead still has the money and says 1= entitled to keep it until the ‘time € expired in which Mrs. | Brown can legally make a claim. Con- stable Hempstead s well as Justice of the Peace Quinn, before whom the case was tried, insist that there is nothing wrong in Hempstead's actions. —_——————— INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT ADDRESSES LOCAL CARMEN 1 nion Picket Acquitted—Butchers to Hold Big Barbecue and Picnic at Idora Park. OAKLAND, May 4.—W. R. Mahon, | the international president of the Car- men's Union, addressed the memb«rs: of the local union this afternoon and evening at Giers’ Hall the ciseo. . William Reynolds, a member of the . Butchers’ Union, which is locked out, was acquitted this morning by Police Judge Samuels of disturbing the peace ©f Robert Vincent, who runs a market 21 Seventh and Washington streets. Reynolds was acting as a picket in carmen’s troubles in San Fran- front of the market and Vincent had | him arrested. O. McHenery, 2 wholesale butcher of | Stanislaus County, has made an offer to the local Butchers’ Union to sup- ply the meat necessary for the pro- posed co-operative union market. Me- ‘Henery attended the meeting of the Butchers' Union last night and stated that he would ship the meat to this + city in refrigerator ¢ - The butchers’ picnic and barbecue will be held at Idora Park Friday and Saturday. The barbecue will be man- 2ged by Don Lorenzo Caballero and the members of the committees in charge are: Picnic committee—Presi- dent, Harry Behrman; chairman, Charles W. Petry; treasurer, C. F. Scheithe; secretary, John F. Erhara. Committee of arrangements—Henry Behrman, C. A. Bcheithe, Charles Petry, T. A. McGovern, John F. Erhard, George Lohman, W. Nelson, Joe Thatcher, W. Brethern. —_—— Ask to Enjoin Scavengers. OAKLAND, May 4.—The Pacific Incinerating company has lodged a request with the City Attorney that injunction progeedings be taken to prevent scavengers from. depositing their garbage collections within the city Mmits. A conference of city of- ficials will be heid soon to handle sev- eral subjects in controversy that have - arisen since the company commenced eperations. Py ‘ to cover up and settle the is- | accusation filed against him with | it is | began an zction looking | President | Mahon did not make any reference to | THE SAN. FRANCISCO. CALL, THURSDAY, MAY FELLOWS -~ HONOR JURIST | Fraternal Respect Is Shown b | {at the Funeral of the Late | Charles N. Fox SESTREPEORREL S EVLOGIUN ARE Justice SAID - (Grand Lodge of the State Attends the Services and | Gives Token to Sentiment et Oakland Office San Francisco Call, : 1118 Broadway, May 4. | Men prominent in all walks of life and notably distinguished among the | Independent Grder of 0dd Fellows took part to-day in the funeral services over | the late Charles N. Fox, former Justice | of the Supreme Tourt and a past grand | master of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fel- lows of this State. The services were heid at the Fox residence, 1157 Market street. Rev. Henry Jewett, pastor of the Congregaticral church at Berkeley, | conducted ‘.e religious exercises, | Hymns were sung by the Masonic Quartet, composed of D. M. Lawrence, Alfred Wilkie, H. W, Patrick and W. Nielsen. The susic included Judge Fox's favorite < eciions, “The Day Cleses,” and Stebbins’ Grace.” | Porter Lodge No. 212, I. 0. O. F., of which Judge Fox had been the first past grand, officiated at the ritual- istic rites. Dr. Jewett, who paid high tribute to the sympathetic chord in the eminent jurist's character that responded so strongly to all of the demands from those distressed or in need. Particular attention was paid to the distinguished “Saving | fraternal’ world. | Grand Scribe W. H. Barnes gave elo- quent expression to the sentiment of urvivors of the departed Odd Fellow. Among the grand officers present were Grand Master C. W. Baker of Sacramento; Grand Secretary George T. Shaw of San Francisco, Grand Mar- shal Henry Jacks of San Francisco, | Acting Grand Treasurer H. O. Brower of S8an Francisco, Grand Representative William Nicholls Jr. of San Francisco, Grand Scribe W. H. Barnes of San Francisco, and Past Grand Patriarch B. Smith of Sacramento. The honorary pall bearers were: Past Grand Masters L. L. Alexander, Charles O. Burton, Reuben H. Lloyd, Davis Louderback, W. W. Watson and Wil- liam Nicholls Jr., Lodge, B. F. Edwards and John Pink- ham. Active pall bearers were the fol- | lowing members from Porter Lodge: |C. H. Homan, John Turner, T. E. Stevenson, P. F. Bradhoff, Charles Millisich and George Smith. The body was placed in a vauit at the Oakland Cemetery to be held for in- | cineration. ————— POLICEMAN SCANLAN | FINED FOR BATTERY | Patrolman Who Kicked Crippled Newsboy Pays Twenty-five Dol- lars Into the Police Court. OAKLAND, May John P. Scanlan, convicted of kicking J. J. Mulvey, a crippled newsboy, dur- ing a guarrel over a bet they made on the Britt-Young Corbett fight, was fined § to-day by Police Judge Mor- timer Smith. Scanlan paid the fine. Board of Police and Fire nissioners will take up charges on Friday that have been filed against Scanlan by Mulvey. — Cost of Piedmont Sewer. OAKLAND, May 4.—The Piedmont | Improvement Club met last night at Oak Chapel, Piedmont, and consid- ered the proposition of the Cemetery Creek sewer. There is a little over | 3000 feet of sewer to be constructed, which, it was stated, would cost the city $25,000, but which can be com- pleted by outside contract for $8200. It has been proposed to levy a tax of 10 cents on each of the 60,000 feet | frontage on the district. This would | realize $6000. The balance of $2800 would be subscribed by residents out- | side the district. The Oakland Bank of Savings jas agreed to act as treas- 1 urer of the fund should it be raised. Marriage Licenses. | OAKLAND, May 4.—The following | marriage licenses were issued by the | County Clerk -day: James W. Thompson, ' 25, nd Leona Lee, 18, both of Oakland; Louis T. Hunting- | ton, 26, and Tillie J. Jamieson, 17, both of Alameda; Eilis Randall, 27, and Nita L. Zilz, 21, both of San Fran- | cisco; Albert H. Bach, over 21, and | Ee K. Kellbar, over 18, both of Murphys Landing; Frederick Cuttle, | over 21, Chicago, and Ora E. Tracy, | over 18, Berkeley; K. C. Reed, over | 21, and Wanda Mesaw, over 18, both of ‘Berkeley. —_—e————————— May Withdraw Practice &Jxool. BERKELEY, May 4.—The Board of | BEducation discussed last night a prop- osition to withdraw the privilege ex- | tended to the University of California | of permitting its students to practice as teachers in the Lincoln School. A their children being practiced upon by | students on the ground that the fre- | quent changes confuse them. No ac- | tion was taken, however, and the mat- |ter will come up again at the next meeting. | ————————— . Gets Away With Winnings. OAKLAND, May 4—C. H. Douglas {of 713 Eleventh street reported to the | police this morning that E. S. Halsey, with whom he had bought a lottery | ticket in partnership, had cashed the ticket and skipped with the winnings, amoutning to $3750. The police said they could give Douglas no helr. —_————— OAKLAND, May 4.—Fred Russéil, 50 years old, a » was found déad in t:_t,u l-c:un House this morning. roner took . charge of the body. Long | Eulogies were offered by | Weidler hirizelf has made the state- | SeTVice Judge Fox had rendered in the | and from Porter | 4.—Policeman | |number of parents protested against OUTWITS MAN - - WITH SUBPENA Mrs. Jacques Loeb, Wife of i Distinguished Scientist, | Avoids a Process Server CLOSES WAYS OF ACCESS Constable Killion Tries All Sorts of Schemes, but Finds | Woman Too Much for Him { Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, i 2148 Center Street, May 4. | A constable armed with a subpena, backed up by the majesty of the law, and assisted with all the strategies | that he could think of, failed to serve | the process on Mrs. Jacques Loeb, wife | of Dr. Loeb, the distinguished physiol- ogist of the University of California. s. Loeb outwitted this limb of the {law at every turn in the game of hide 'and seek and to-day he was forced to | confess in Justice Quinn’s court in { Oakland that the woman was {much for him. | Mrs. Loeb was sought as a witness in | the case of John Maley, whose sobri- | quet is “Jack the Hugger.” It needed | her testimony and the testimony of her maid to help convict the fellow. The two women had seen the so-called hug- ger display his bearish propensities on the campus and as he was getting more viclous with every hug the police were anxious to convict him. | But Mrs. Loeb refused to be served | with a subpena. Constable C. W. Kil- | lion found this out after he had called | at the Loeb residence, corner Oxford |and Addison streets, three or four | times, only to be informed that the | 1ady of the house was out. Then Killion planned a regular cam- | paign and laid himself out for a long wait. It had become a matter of pride | with him. He sent other people to the | sorrow and of mourning felt by the | Loeb residence, but they came back | with a lot of abstruse problems in rail- | with the same disappointing result. | Scaling ladders were thought of at one | time, but it was seen that entering a }man's house, that way was a violation | of the right of domicile. : | strategy was the last resort and Kil- | lion went to the Loeb kitchen door dis- | guised as a butcher's boy. But the | disguise didn’t carry the man any far- | ther than the kitchen door. There he | met the lady's maid. He served the | pepers on her, but she tbarred the rest of the way. Then Killion gave it ail up as a bad investment. | As it turned out, however, neither | the testimony of Mrs. Loeb nor her maid was necessary. “Jack the Hug- | ger” was convicted upon the testfmony |of others and now there will be no more of this hugging in Berkeley. 'UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, May 4.—The senlor class will not be Mrs. HearsU's guests at her country home, Hacienda del Pozo del Verona, near Pleasanton, as have other senior classes. Mrs. Hedrst 1s still in the East and It is now too | late for her to return and reopen her home. | There is some talk among the senlors of golng on a picnic to Mill Valley or any other nearby | place for an outing. but no formal action has been taken and the idea may be abandoned altogetber. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered on Sunday, May 16, and class day will be celebrated the foilowing day, when the usual pilgrimage will be held. The procession will start from beneath the senior oak after that | historic tree has been turned over to the junior class. The Le Conte oak, South Hall, the ag- ricultural college, Hearst Hall, the chemistry bullding, the mining building, the mechanics’ | building and North Hall will be vieited and addresses delivered at each by prominent seniors. The senior extravaganza will be given | in the afterncon in the Greek Theater. On | Tuesday the senior ball will be held and on | Wednesday President Wheeler will give his | customary reception to the class. The special committee on permanent organ- | ization for the senior class has about com- pleted its labors. According to the delibera- tions of the committee the class of ‘04 will hold reunions every five years, the firt to be held in 1010. Scott HendricKs. president of the will be elected to the post of permangnt ary to care for the correspondence - tendant upon these meetings. The following named constitute the committee on permanent organization: E. S. Kilgore, Miss Martha Rice, | Miss Zoe Hartman, A. A! Rosenshine, 1. S. | Metzler, Philip M. Carey. President Wheeler has completed the list wof speakers who will represent the graduating class on commencement day, May 18, by m ing Fred Laws Drener of Pomona, a student at Hastings Law Colicge, and George Asa Harker of Eastland, a student in the college of medi- cine, for the distinguished honor. The speakers already chosen are Miss Elizabeth Arneill of Ventura, college of letters; Max Thelen of Na- tional City, college of soclal sclences, and Her- bert McLean Evane of Modesto, collége of nat- ural sefences, The executive committes of the Associated Students opened bids last night for the grad- ing for the proposed new football fleld on the . Bids for the removal of 42,000 ds of earth was received from W. J. Schmidt, H. A. Whitely and E. B, & A. L. Stone, but the committee refused to_name the amounts of their bids. It was left to a com- mittee consisting of John Galen Howard, Colonel George C. Edwards and James K. Mof- fitt to award the contract and they will report in_about a week. The executive committee decided also to award big Cs to the varsity crew that won the intercollegiate rowing matches against Washington and Stanford. This is the first time the emblem bas been given for rowing. The freshmen crew that defeated Stanford was awarded freshmen sweaters adorned with the class number. —— et Mail Carriers Elect Officers. BERKELEY, May 4.—The mail car- riers of the Berkeley postoffice, as members of University Branch No. 863, National Association of Letter Carriers, have elected the following new officers: President, Fred Boynton; vice president, Dewey Collignon; sec- retary, Robert Welch; treasurer, Au- gust Vollmer; sergeant at arms, Henry Wilson; trustees, Frank Begley and Benjamin; collector for benefit-asso- ciation, Frank B. Heywood. i Alliance Elects Officers. OAKLAND, May 4.—The Common Good Alliance of Oakland, an organ- ization of delegates from various churches of this city, has elected the following officers: President, J. C, Hill; vice présidents, Dr. T. D. Holmes, Professor H. C. Ingram and 1. C. Ayres; secretary, M. Bee; treas- urer, C. M. Gardner. The object of the alliance is to work for the general improvement and bet- terment o the city. Police Officer Seriously _11. OAKLAND, May 4.—Policeman James Drew is seriously ill at his home at Sixtenth and Cypress streets and the physicians who are attending him fear that an owaflq\n may be necessary to save his life. * While on duty a week ago Drew fainted on the street and was iaken home, where he has been in bed ever since. too | TAKES UNUSUAL PRECAUTIONS TO STOP CHEATING PROFESSOR FRANK SOULE, WHO H HAS TAXEN A STAND AGAINST | STUDENT CHEATS. i SRR R 5 A e b Professor Frank Soule Would Prevent Cribbing at Examinations, BERKELEY, May 4—In order to prevent cheating in the examinations among the students in the engineering college at the University of California | Protessor Frank Soule, dean of the de- | partment, has taken unusual precau- tions this year to guard against the | smuggling in of data that would be valuable to the student struggling road curves and bridge construction. Professor Soule found that the most :tensive “cribbing” was done through the medium of the examination blank books, so he took steps to prevent stu- dents getting them until they had been attested with his stamp and signature. Now he requires that the blank books be purchased from his desk just before | the examinations begin and each book is scrutinized to make sure that there arewmo data within its leaves. In this way cheating is prevented so far as the books are concerned. In the old days students smuggled in considerable data they anticipated would be useful to them in the exam- inations. This was usually in the back of the book. But there were and still dre easy ways to make examinations easier. The mdst popular way is to | write the data on the cuffs. S | bosoms are popular, too, and some shirt bosoms have at times looked like a blackboard in a primary school. The soles of the shoes are used now and then, but this method has not quite the vogue of the others. “It is an unpleasant thing to say about university students, but it is a | fact that they cheat,” said Professor | Soule to-day. “They adopt all sorts of | methods, some * of them absolutely | shameless. You see, it is unfair to those students who do not cheat. It | raises the standard, because the cheat passes a better examination as a rule and makes it hard for the honest stu- dent to keep up. I find these precau- tions necessary in order to stop the practice.” ———————— Students Honor Norman Dole. BERKELEY, May 4.—The Asso- clated Students of the University of | California have decided, through the executive committee of their body, to present a silver loving cup to Norman | Dole of Stanford in recognition of his service to Western athletics by break- ing the world's record in the pole- vault two weeks ago on Berkeley oval. The presentation will be made at a day to be appointed later. —_——— Merchants’ Exchange Banquet. OAKLAND, May 4.-—The banquet committee of the Merchants’ Ex- change has perfected all arrangements for the annual banquet, which will take place at the Hotel Metropole Wednesday evening, May 11. The committee has issued about 150 invi- tations. The list of speakers and their subjects will be published early next week. —— e Divorce Granted Wife. OAKLAND, May 4.—A decree of di- vorce was granted Mary O. Sperry from Samuel Sperry this morning by Judge Melvin on the ground of willful desertion. —_——— Banquet to Grand Officers. OAKLAND, May 4.—Pacific Lodge No. 7 and Oak Leaf Lodge No. 35 wilt give a banquet to-morrow evening at Fraternal Hall in honor of the Grand Lodge officers, Ancient Order United ‘Workmen of California. —————— Makes a Study of Bulb Growing. SANTA CRUZ, May 4.—George W. Olfver of the Department of Agricul- ture is here making a study of bulb growing. He says the daffodil bulbs grown in Santa Cruz are finer than those grown in any other section of the country. He thinks the soil and climate of the Pacific Coast are well suited to the growing of all kinds of ‘bulbs. —_———————— Does Not Fear Imprisonment. SANTA CRUZ, May 4. — Maud Thane, who is accused of swindling cycle dealers, will be turned over to the probation officers. She claims she is an orphan and says she does not care what becomes of her. S ———— - G — Miner Is Killed. AUBURN, May 4.—Alexander Tay- lor was caught in a cogwheel at the mill of the Baltimore mine, near For- est Hill, Tuesday morning and killed. The deceased had mined on the Forest Hill di~ide for many years. e i BERLIN, May 4.—Miss Geraldine Farrar, T ] L rge H. Mrs. George Port Tetiia Nichoison il o, o Club. Coclroft, Mrs. The Piedmon! a pleasant I MAKES CHARGE OF A FORGERY . STRANGE STORY | Judge Greene Calls a Halt in the Litigation Over Estate of Jockey Woods FATHER IS IMPEACHED Court Questions Testimony and a Mutilated Bill of | Sale for Racer Greenockr rimonial . | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, ‘ 1118 Broadway, May 4. Judge Greene this morning declared | that a forged document had been pre- | sented to him among the papers ln; the matter of the estate of Jockey | Woods, and wédrned the parties now | making a contest over the settlement of the estate. He read the section o!j the Penal Code in relation to the pun- | ishment of one who presents a forged document to the court, and then«con- | tinued the case until Friday in order to further investigate the matter. The trouble has arisen over the own- ership of the racehorse Greenock, which & sister of the deceased jockey says belonged to him and is rightful- 1y a.part of his estate, though James Woods, the father, claims that the horse belonged to him. In’support of this he produced a bill of sale from | the Schorrs to a half interest in the | horse for $265; but the figures had been | erased and $265 substituted. Judge Grecne, in_his decision, de- clared that undoubtedly the horse Creenock was a part of Jockey Woods’ estate, and that forgery and perjury had been committed during the pro- ceedings. | Mary A. Mitchell, the sister, who | has been appointed administratrix, | stated to Judge Greene that she had | omitted naming the horse in her in- | ventory of her brother’s property upon | instruction -from her father. She aft- | erward reconsidered her action, and | told the court the horse was a legal | asset of the estate. Woods says that | the whole trouble has been brought on | by a quarrel between his daughter and | his daughter-in-law, both of whom are | endeavoring to gain possession of | Greenock. In the meantime, it was an- | nounced in the court, the horse has broken down and cannot run. The es- tate left by the jockey is appraised at about $2500. EVENTS IN SOCIETY| OAKLAND, May 4 —As the time approaches for the annual summer hegira social events follow each other with bewildering rapidity. | Card parties crowd upon the heels of numer- | ous teas and ‘st homes,’’ and the popular | | maid and matron are exceedingly busy these ays. | 'Ay'he social set was exceptionally active to- | day, several i and important affairs divid- | ing the general interest—Miss Barker's “‘at| home,” Mrs, Lewls Seton Lindsay's tea and | the Britton farewell reception being the prin- | cipal events of the afterncon, while the Burn- ham card party this evening furnished a fitting climax for the most brilliant day of the week. Nearly two hundred members of the younger set were guests of Mrs. J. R. Burnham and her daughter, Miss Lucretia Burnham, in their beautiful lake-side home this evening. The wide halls and spacious rooms exquisite pink roses in the small drawing. rocm, snowballs and red roses against the dark green and ro inge of the library and in the ing-room yellow roses and Spanish broom g ing a vivid touch of color. In this artistic setting Miss Burnham and ker guest of honor, Miss Edith Downing, stood like two falr flowers themselves, each gowned in white. Misg Burnham wore a I gown, beneath which sparkled a ‘‘dew-drop’ chiffon under siip. Five lace ruffles, edged with satin bands, formed the skirt and a wide spangled girdle encircled the full ‘‘baby | waist."” ; Miss Downing's Paris gown was describable combination of white liberty Brussels net and an exquisite gold and trimming. Among the guests were some of the recent brides, including Mrs. Bernard Miller (nee Burdge), radiantly charming in her wedding gown, Miss Bonnle Downing, sister of the guest of honor, was also in white, a dainty Louis XV gown of satin and chiffon. ‘The six prizes were unusually handsome— for instance, the little pearl and gold brooch and the beautiful carved pewter stein. As a pretty compliment to Miss Downing, who has just returned from Europe, the score cards were foreign postcards, many of them | belng beautiful coples of famous works of art. Sy A very large recelving party assisted Miss Mary Barker in making her reception one of the notable affairs of the week. Mrs. Bernard Miller was the honored guest. The recelving party included Mrs. Edmund Baker, Mrs. Henry Drew Nichols, Miss Viva Nicholson, Miss - Marion Smith, Miss Evelyn Ellis, Miss Florence Nightingale, Mrs. Eliza- beth Miller, Mrs, F. Marfon Smith, Mrs T. L. Barker, Miss Emma Wellman, Miss Georgia Strong, Miss Eva Powell, Mrs. J. P. H. Dunn, Mrs. John Henry Dieckmann, Mrs. Frederick Page Citting and Mrs. Walter Hughes Henry, Miss Jane Rawlings, Miss Winifred Burdge, Miss Emma Mahony, Miss Mary Wilson, Mrs. Harry East Miller, Mrs. Warren Oilney Jr., Mise May Coogan. the Misses legl and Ani- ta Oliver, Miss Florinne Brown, iss Lillian Moller, Miss Ethel Parker, Mrs. Grace Water- house, Miss Florence Starr, Miss Mona Crellin, Mrs. Robert M. Fitugerald, the Misses Jane and Etbel Crellin, Mrs, Walter Starr, Mrs. William Hamilton Morrison, Miss Ethel Moore, Miss Grace Holt, Mrs. Thomas Baily Pheby, Miss Eilsie Marwedel and Miss Florence Hush. S . ‘To-morrow the Johm A. Brittons will begin the packing and moving that means a loss to Oakland soclety, for they have decided to make San Francisco their future home, and their Jast day In the pretty residence on Walsworth avenua will long be remembered by those who were guests at the reception this afternoon, given by Mrs. Britton and her daughters, Mrs. Walter pson Kellogg and Miss Britton. Two hundred or more invitations had been sent out for the affair. Assisting Mfs. Brifton and her daughters were Mrs, Charles Conlisk and Miss Louise Earl of San Francisco, Mre. Henry Adams of Stockton, Mrs. George H. Ismon of San Jose, John R 3 . “David_Ew, Gilbert_ L. Beicher, g Mrs, W. Ine . Mrs. Ken- . Ruddock, Miss Laura NI . Mrs. S. Macdonaid anda Miss Lillian Wall of ‘Berk. eley, | . . Mrs. David A. Spencer and Mrs. Edward D, Flint, ident and secretary, respectively, of the were the complimented guests of Mrs. W. D. Huntington this aftsrnoon. the hostess were Mrs. Samuel J. rs. Eugene Englehardt, Mrs Louts Frank Leach and Mrs. David Miss y an A. 9unw e B t Whist Club was entertained last Monday by Mrs. W. fl;.!lh{m and It was wedding ann o 1) Allen (nee Sharom) ol s e itt—who {s Mrs. Shar. is wonderfully young for her was the life of the merry Monday coincidence ourth on's gra years and |“%mnmm.wmm it whist and was awarded the The fncludes among its members Mrs. H. G Con e s b (Deval T n, Mrs. Ha | dict, but “who has not seen his wife | rimonial paper. were falrly | abloom with the garden's richest treasures— | ALAMEDA HUSBAND TELLS Says Spouse Deserted Him After Wedding Ceremony and Returned to Her Home MARRIAGE IS ANNULLED Farmer Mitchell of Fowler Repents Answering Mat- Advertisement Special Dispatch to The Call FRESNO, May 4.—Lincoln J. Mitch- ell, a well to do farmer of Fowler, who for the last two years has been a bene- since a few minutes after they were | married, to-day secured an anulment of the marriage. The shattering of Mitchell's faith in the falr sex is a strange story. Two years ago he de- cided to take a wife to himself andl answered an advertisement in @ mat- | After arrangements had been made for the wedding, he | went to San Francisco and met his wife, Ida M. Mitchell, who lives at 2110 Sixth street, West Berkeley. To the Justice of the Peace’s was a short distance and the knot was soon tied. When they reached the corner of the | street the wife turned to Mitchell and said: “I am going home now. You | can go where you like. 1 am done | with you.” From that day to this | Mitchell has not seen his wife. Mrs. Mitchell, when interviewed at | her home in West Berkeley last night, | admitted that she left her husband | | immediately after their marriage be- | cause he had played her “a dirty triew. She denied that she met Mitchell through an advertisement in a matrimonial paper and said she was | introduced to him by mutual friends. She formerly lived in this city with | her parents on Freelon street. —_— OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE | OF THE PACIFIC COAST | } Washington Departments Commission | One Postmaster and Issue | Army Orders. | WASHINGTON, May 4. — Postmaster | commissioned: California — Mabel L. | Miiler, Longville. ‘War Department orders—First-Lieu- | tenant Joseph W.”Bacham Jr., Signal Corps, will relieve First Lieutenant George E. Kumpe; Lieutenant Kumpe will proceed to Benicta Barracks, Cal., for duty. First Lieytenant William A. | Kent, Signal Corps, will proceed to| Benicia Barracks, Cal, for duty. Pri- vate Louis Ives, Company B, Second Infantry, now at Fort Logan, Colo., | has been transferred to the Signal | Corps; he will be sent to Benicia Bar- racks, Cal., for duty. Corporal John A. Bulen, Company K, Second Infantry, | now at Fort Logan, Colo.,, has been | transferred to the Signal Corps as pri- vate; he will be sent to Benicia Bar- | racks, Cal Navy orders — Captain J. F. Moser! will be detached from command at| | Pensacola naval - training station, | San Francisco, on May 29, and granted | four months’ leave. R. L. Ginn has been appointed sub- stitute letter carrier at Los Angeles. John P. Hundrup of San Francisco has | been appointed to a position in the Treasury Department. Long Beach has | been granted one temporary carrier to | serve from July 1 to September 30. —— SISTER OF MRS. BOTKIN IS MENTALLY DERANGED Relatives With Whom She Had Been Living at Healdsburg Place Her in an Asylum. SANTA ROSA, May 4.—Miss Cyn- thia Brown of Healdsburg, a sister of. Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, has become mentally deranged, presumably from brooding /over - the crime com- mitted by her sister. She re- cently escaped unnoticed from the residence of her brother-in- law, A. McClung, at Healdsburg. She placed a valuable diamond ring in her handkerchief in Koberg's jewelry store, purchased a pair of shoes with-/| out paying for them, slapped John McDonough, proprietor of the Soto- yome Hotel, in_the face with a beef- steak and then, meeting Frank Petray on the street, slapped his face. About two years ago Miss Brown climbed | into the cab of a locomotive at| Healdsburg and took a seat alongside Engineer Morris. She declared with vehemence that riding on the engine was the road to hades. She has been placed in an asylum. —_———— PORTER BROS. COMPANY IS SUED BY FRUIT GROWERS Plaintiffs Allege Frand and Failure to Make Proper Returns in the Matter of Sales.’ SACRAMENTO, May 4—W. 8. Kendall and Merritt C. Pike, fruit growers, to-day brought suit against Porter Bros.” Company and the Anglo- Californian Bank of San Francisco for an accounting, alleging fraud in the sale of. fruits and failure to make proper returns of sales. The bank is made defendant because it is alleged it has in its keeping certain notes and mortgages which plaintiffs and defendants. —————— | and Teresa Paves!, | both real | torney) to | 37.50, SW 122.81. passed Dbetween ! | BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1118 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY. - 2148 Center Street. Telephoue North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Alameda 4592. . H SOUTHERN PACIFIC BONDS FARMING LAND NEAR ACAMFPO Railroad Company Proposes to Bring Homeseekers to State After Har- vest Season in the East. LODI, May 4.—The Southern Pa- cific Railroad Company, through its colonization agent, has bonded 140 acres of land belonging to John S. Thompson and situated near Acampo, four miles north of Lodi. It is under- stood that the land will be cut up into small tracts and sold this fall to the homeseekers which the railroad com- pany proposes to bring to this State. It is also said that a large amount of land near Lodi has been bonded by the railroad. In all about 400 acres have been given over to the company on a two years’ ‘bond. All this acre- age is located within a few miles of Lodi, the intention of the bonders be- ing to have the colonists located as | near the railroad line as possible. The Southern Pacific Company has been instrumental in securing a num- ber of settlers for Northern Sam Joa- quin, and this latest move on the com- pany’s part will bring in a large num- ber of homeseekers after the harvest season in the Eastern Statés. J. P. Massie, who is prominently connected with these colonization schemes, showed Henry F. Gillig, who represents a large number of Germans, who desire to leave their native heath and devote their time to wine growing in this State, through San Joaquin County this week, and the gentleman was quite well pleased with the soil of the county, particularly that in North- ern San Joaquin. Gillig may decide to bring the Germans here. ———e— WASHINGTON, May 4. — Minister Conger has cabled the State Lepartment from Peking that some fine portraits of the Dewager Em- prese of China, which were dispatched to the St. Louis Exposition on the steamer Siberia yesterd; will be donated by the Dowager Empress to the United States Government atter they have been exhibited at the fair. S e REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 Albert 8. and Elmanor E. Day to Edith A Sternberg (wite of P. L.), lot 10, block 784 Peraita Lands, Peraita Homestead Association, Oakland; $10. Jobn and ma Christina_Lind to Serafino lot on W line of Henry street, 163 N of Fifth, N 25 by W 125, lot 13, block 496, map redivision City blocks 494 to 496, Oakland: $1600. The Realty Sy 23, block D, n and ‘agreement Fred and Marion d dicate 10 B A. Summers, iot Centrhl Piédmont Tract, deed tang Township: $10 Deutsch o' :Samuel Liv- ingeton, undivic 3% of lot on 8 curneré Second avenue (Alameda) and_ ¥ Elewa street (Jackson), SE-360 by-SW 130, being > 1 of block 24, Clintom, reservinig any persoriad property on above ‘described property, East Oakland; §10. e R. A.‘and Rosfe C. Sumimers to.Otis W. Engs fot on N .line of Magon street, 140 . W 40 by N 13510t 3, block N, map blocks M. N. O and P, Harmen Tract, Berkeley; $10. - F. W. French to Ada L. French, all intereat, and personal, of. Mary Frances French, deed; $10. Sarah M. Thomson to Lucy F. Thomson (daughter) Jot on NE corner of Breadway and Birnie stre N 190 by E 100, pertion lot 1, block G, Fountain place, Ogkland: also lot on W lirie of Webster street, 225 N ofDufant, N 30 by W 150, Oakland; gift. 4 Henry H. Skilling (single) to Minmle & Letfler (wife of W. H. E.), all interest, being an umdivided half interest. in_following lots: 26 and 27 block A. and lot 2, block ¥, Broad- . Oakiand: also lot on N line of Nineteenth street. E of Union, B 8 by N 110. lot 45 and E 25 feeg-of lot 44 map of sub- division of Surryhne t,_Oakland:- $10. A w and Isame D. Wood (and as at- F. Neal, iot on S line of Thir- 246:3 B of Market, E 38 Fannie ty-fourth street, o 38 by § 100, portion Gt lots 7 and 8. block K. prop; erty of Central Land Company, Oakland: $10. Della Kreyenhagen (widow) to Thomas White_(married). lot on NE cormer of Stxth and Jckson streets, E 50 by N 50, of lots 1 and 2. block 61, Kellersberger's map, Oakiand; $10. J_ B. Campbell (femme sole) to Walter B. Rode_(single). lot on SE line of Lewis street, 150 SW of Prospect, SW 100 by SE 125 lots 8§ and 9 Dblock 4. map of East Oakland Heights, East Oakland: also lot on NE line of Hopkins street, 75 SE of Lewis, SE 50 by NE 128, | portion lots 4 and 3. block 4, same map, East Oakland: $10. Holcomb Land Company (Hi Holeomb Company) to Charles Husband, lot ng at corner common to lots 3, 4 12 end 13. RS ks N 380, NE N halt of lot 4 block F, map Heights, East Oakiand: $10. Levi J. Moran (single) to Mmnnie H. Letcher, lot on 8 line of Ashby avenue, o B of Deakin street, E 40 by 8 140, lot 8, biock ¥ map resubdivision of lots 1 to 6 of block ¥, Woolsey Tract, Berkeley: $10. Alas Mary E. Purcell meda Savings Bank to (widow), lot on SW corner of Encinal avenue and Union street, S 46:8 by W 131_ portion lots 1 %o 3, block 7, amended map of Bartlett Tract, Alameda; $10. Pacific Improvement Company _(corporation) to J. T. Hardin, lot 15. block 5, Bartiett 50- acre tract. Alameda; $10. Emily Witrich (single) to J. H. Wittich, lot on NW corner of Rallroad avenue and Walnut street. N 60 by W 133, Alameda; $10. Elizabeth B. Wittich to same_lot on NW cor- ner of Rallroad avenue and Walnut street, N 60 by W 123, Alameda, $10. R. E. and Lulu M. Bauske (wife) to James and William Rennle, block bounded NE by Cle- ment avenue, SE by Lafayette street, SW by Eagle avenué. NW by Schiller street, block v, map of propérty near Encinal Station of Co- lumbus Bartlett, Alameda; $10: 3. thence SE along line dividing lots 4 2, 2050 B ta CHICAGO, May 4.—President Ban Johnson of the American Ledgue is ill with ndici- tis. His condition is not alarming. 7 oich several days, played “‘mine- host erty Theater ta-night. -The two up a party of ‘wenty-four in the audience, made things lively, . . Mrs Henry Resenfeid hds for a luncheon and card party Francis in San Framelsco for Downing is the motif, and as never does anything by balves, are anticipatiog a _delighttul vite crews made and. scattered about ! hundred varsity boys At the Hotel St. May 16. 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