The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 9, 1904, Page 4

E PHOENIX MINE ~ROAD 1S OPEN Supervisors Inspect and Will Accept the First Sec- tion Into the Mountains SHOWS RICH - DISTRICT “Traction Engine Line to Be| Established Between Liv- . ermore and the Hills . LIVERMORE, May 8.—The first sec- - ‘tion of the Phoenix Mine road up the 5 Mocho has been completed and the Board of Supervisors has inspected 2 The inspec- h d accepted the work. i was made on Thursday last w "*John Beck, the contractor, County Ei * gineer Prather and Dave McDonald, the road foreman for the district, and the Supervisors pronounced the Work iece of construction. has been the dream of the Livermore. It opens a has been so rough and » be impassable for heavy n the Livermore Mou many mines of quicksilver. gme and other valua has been impossibie to de- hese properties. Hayward invested fiver properties in the ict. Property lars was pur- was made 1o Board of Super- k 1 b val- ropositi nty a road i« e uld be brought out by the enghnes. It was taken up by e r of the Liver! Callaghan, T. E. K Livermore, and mauy izens and business and they interes nty Board of Supe men appreciated the more of this road and ome months inspected, be accep rrow. The supervision eer Prather and Road s of mountain road ia At no point is it less than feet wide and there is no place two heavily laden teams couid - The upon the big quicksilves mine stopped owing to the . Geath of Alvinza Hayward, but with'a a few ement of-William J. Dingee. des the adoption of a system of communica- he mines and Livermore, ne to bring the ore into posit it at the rail- road has been built » and between the there is no grade an 2 per cent Returning, does rot exceed 6 per cent, Ljvermore road s or g empty. for the second section e meeting of the Su- the time the mine development of a very tion of Alameda County in minerals of great communication Wwith ds value, if proper that section can be established. : i "L ANGELISTS ARE HOLDING %3 TENT REVIVAL MEETINGS i thusiastic Ministers and Others Try + Stir Renewed Interest Religion. May $.—A committee chosen from five churches of ik city, has entered into work aiong evangeligtic lines in West Oak- -..land. The committee has decided to . . hold a tent meeting campaign and the first meeting took place this after- nvon. A Fifth and Peralta streets and seats have been provided for a large con- n in charge in AND, Ereg: The churches are ¢ Baptist, Market-gtreet Congregati Union-street Presby- | terian, Chester-street Methodist and the Second Congregational. The of- ficers. of the associati are Rev. Madison Slaughter, prefident; Rev. Richard Hardin, vice president; Rev. Dwight E. Potter, secretary, and Daniel Robertson, treasurer. . The idea embodied in the work is 30 reach a class of people in the west- .ern section of the city who never at- “tend churches and who have aban- doned interest in religious “work. Meetings will be held six nights a veek and four of the churches have agreed to close doors on Wednesday and Sunday nights that their congre- - gations may assist in furthering the movement . W. J. 8peers is advertised to speak . = every night this week and a set of stereopticon views ig promised. Meet- ings for men only will be held every day afternoon. Police Captain W. J. Petersen has been secured for one ©f the speakers and an effort is being made to secure President Wheeler of the ereity. —_———— VICTORY FOR CINCINNATL Scceures Greater Number of Long Hits and Profits by Them. . NATIONAL LEAGUE. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. - (National ) (American w. L w. ) L. Pet. 14 4778 11 6647 9 7502 11 10 524 9 9.500 7 .+ 116.058 CINCINNATI y %.-Despite the fact that ¥rooklyn hed more men on bases than Cincin- - victory west to the hom secured the xreater number of jong hits and Benefited by them. Attendance, 14,600. Score: H E Cineinnati adon B ) Brooklyn el $ '3 Battories—Eiliott _and Schiel; Jones and Bergen, Umsire—O'Day. ~ CHICAGO, May 8 —Chicago was dofeated on & feld made soggy by & hard rain at the start. Attendance, 12,000. Score: . t. H E $ 3 - B and o3~ AMERICAN LEAGUE. . CHICAGO, May & The visitors could do pothing with Owen. Both teams ast qxw and cach made _playe. Shitendance, 12,500, Beore: isolated, for the road | ted Mountaln | Donald, and is one | trains can easily surmount | and the road will | This road will open | large tent has been raised at| FIGHT A DUEL AT FISTICUFFS | Midnight Battle Between a| Pair of Young Mechanies in the Lakeside District |QUARREL OVER A GIRL | Start to Settle Grievance | on Prize Ring Plan, but Police Stop Lively Mill Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, May 8. Undér the branching limbs of big shade trees in aristocratic Harrison last night. The weapons. were the bared fists of a pair of brawny young craftsmen who had a grudge to settle. In fact, it was quietly rumored that a | { i charming young belle of their mutual zcquaintance was the real cause of the strenuous issue. The principals were James Ellls, a roofer, 26 years old, and ! George C. Richard, a painter, and eight years younger than his rival Much mystery was made of the con- test until the small crowd of sympa- thizing friends gathered in a circle at Fifteenth and Harrison streets just be- fore the stroke of 12, forming a ring | about the gladiators, At a signal from one of the onlookers | Eillie- and Richard opened the battle, and a battle that would have sent the | blood surging through the most impas- sive observer's veins it was. Drive and smash the fists hammered and bat- | ! tered. As the fight progressed the | neighborhood was aroused. Bome of | the awakened ones took In the situa- | tion and quickly became a part of the | le group of spectators. But one woy | disgusted with the exhibition, telephoned to police headquarters. aptain of Police Petersen sent a | sse composed of Detective Kyte and | Patrolmen Andrews. Cockerton and Schumar, who aiiickly interrupted the fistic duel and sent the duelists to the City Prison. Under the light it was whether Eilis or Richard . was the | worse for the encounter. Ellis' jaw was hammered out of joint; his face | was a mass of contusions; his chin was ripped open and he generally appeared | as if a busy bandsaw had engaged him. | Richard’s mouth was in a bad state and bumps and cuts on his counte- nance were evidence of the other man’s handiwork. The pair will appear to- morrow in the Police Court. UNIVERSIIY EVENTS May 8.—Olie F. Snedigar has been awarded the N edal for the most conscientious work among the athletes of the | university for t year. The award was made | by President Wheeler, Colonel George C. Bd- and Fred W. Koch, who chose Snedigar | ed honor because of ng, his ggod spirit and. su last quaiffication was not the rmining the judges. Sned- a question | | { BERKE b ay Be called an all-round man. He runs the 100-yard dash in ten seconds, the the | 220-yara broad jump and the hammer throw senjor in the college of social science. | medal tha: will be given Snedigar is t of Arthur W. North of the class of | Wil be presented to him on class day. Owing to the fact that the bids for the grad- ing of the Hillegass tract for the new football firld are much higher than it was thought they would be the special committee In charge {of the bids is trying to modify the plans so that the cost wil dash, and besides s good in The Jowest bid for the grading was $16,400, | which is altogether beyond the amount figured |upon by the executive committee of the As- | sociated Stud. The bleachers are to cost { from $7000 to amount to $25.000. In order to_come within | bounds it is now proposed to confine the grad | ing simply to the proposed football fieid, iea: | g the space reserved for the basebail fiel | until some other time. The work of readjust | ment is in the hands of a committee conist- ing of John Galen Howard, Colonel George C. Edwards and James K. Moffitt, The annual review and inspection of the university cadet regiment will take place on | the campus to-morrow morning at 9 o ciagk. lT!.o student 1diers will United States army officer, who will report | the Government hig observations. There will | also be a_ competitive drill by the companie for a trophy. B — STRAINS OF MUSIC ECHO THROUGH GREEK THEATER One Thousand Music Lovers Attend a Sunday Afternoon Concert at the University. BERKELEY, May 8.—A thousand people attended the concert given in the Greek theater at the University of California this afternoon for the bene- fit of the students’ clubhouse loan fund. Last Sunday there were five thousand people at the oratorio, but then there was no charge for admis- sion. However, a thousand 25c pleces means $250, and the loan fund will start with at least a significant nucleus. It was an excellent programme the eommittee in charge arranged for this concert. Dr. H. J. Stewart of San Francisco directed the orchestra and there were a number of well-known soloists—Miss Caroline Halsted Lit- tle, soprano; Mrs. L. Snider-John- son, contralto; S. Homer Henley, barytone: John Marquardt, violinist; and Mme. Marquardt, harpist. One number was given by the University The programme was as Glee Club. follows: line Halsted Littie; (Zabel), Mme. Marquardt; (Storch), University Glee Cluj: ' (Bemberg), Mrs. L. Snider-johnson: Violin solo largo (Handel), John song, Lords of Song” (Stewart). S. Homer Henley; songs, “Bible Songs” (Dvorak), Miss Caroline Halsted Little: orchestra, *'Procession 1o the Minister” (Lohengrin), Wagner. prossaliecasomimnt by iLEAVES HIS PULPIT 3 TO GET NEEDED REST Dr. Frederick L. Hosmer Announces Resignation From the First Uni- tarian Church of Berkeley. BERKELEY, May 8.—To the regret of the entire congregation the Rev. Frederick L. Hosmer has resigned the pulpit of the First Unitarian Church, from which he has preached for the last four years. Dr. Hosmer himself announced his resignation at the close of his sermon at the church this morning. % The notice of his contemplated withdrawal was placed in the hands of the trustees of the church more than a month ago, but no public announce- ment was made at that time, as the trustees hopx to prevail upon Dr. Hosmer to main. The pastor was determined, however, and so at last the trustees were obliged reluctantly to accept his resignation. Dr. Hosmer gives as his reason for street a duel was fought at midnight | { what she desire; | come within the estimate. | $5000, so the entire cost will | be inepected by a | HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 9, 1904 WIFE TO DEATH Liquor-Crazed Man Satu- HACKS WOMAN ON HEAD Fiend, Captured After Fight, Says He Should Have Been Given Tar and Feathers Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, May 8. In a bit of drunken rage, Edward J. Riley, a burly laborer employed at the Eagle Box Factory, tried to burn his wife to death this evening by saturat- ing her garments with coal oil and | touching a match to the inflammably soaked clothing. The woman, a frail creature, fought in desperation to save herself and succeeded, but not until after Riley had cut open her forehead with a glass, and had butned many matches in hi§ dastardly attack. Riley's fiendish assault was made at | the Riley home in the rear of 1007 Sev- enth street, where the head of the house arrived about 5:30 o'clock in an | ugly humor. Some words passed be- tween Mrs. Riley and her husbend and then the trouble began. As the womanyg told the story to the police, Riley grab- | bed her in the presence-of their two | littlie children, threw her on a bed and | poured kercsene on her dress. Then | the whisky-crazed man lighted mal(‘hi after match and tried to touch the flame to the pil-soaked garments. Mrs. Riley struggled and struggled with her brawny husband, twisting and squirm- ing beyond reach of the burning sticks. almost miraculously preventing her | husband from accomplishing his mur-‘ derous purpose to incinerate her. | During the struggle Riley, his wife | said, struck her on the head with ap} glass and then left the house. Mrs. | Riley called for assistance and Dr. W. W. Kergan was summoned. He found the woman’s clothing drenched in coal oil and blood from her wound. Follow- | ing that the police were notified. Po- liceman Fahey found Riley at Seventh and Market streets and had a battle with the man, who got away but was arrested at Ninth and Market street.s a few minutes afterward by Fahey and Detective Shorey, who had been sent from police headquarters and happened along at an opportune moment. “I know what I've done,” declared Riley on the way to the city prison. “It's enough to warrant you in tarring and feathering me.” Riley will be held at the city prison until Mrs. Riley makes up her mind to do with her hus- band. Riley is years old and was formerly a member of *the San Fran- cisco Police Department. He tips the scales at 197 pounds. < d TAFT TAKES (P PITCHER'S CASE | Secretary of War Probing | Jilted Woman'’s Accusa- tion Against the Colonel Specigl Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, WASHINGTON, May 8.—Uncle Sam has never made a practice of mending hearts broken by brass buttons, but there have been enough aggravated { jiltings lately to cause Secretary Taft : to take up the subject. Judge Advo- cate General Davis is now considering the affair of the heart in which Lieu- | tenant Colonel William F. Pitcher did not lead to the altar Miss Caroline Harold, .a clerk in the War Depart- ment. On numerous previous occasions, when irate fathers or brothers or friends have come to the War Depart- ment with a tale about some young woman being robbed of her hopes of a military marriage, Secretary Taft and his sfbordinates merely shrugged their shoulders and said it would be impossi- bie to interfere with the love affaifs of the officers. But Miss Harold has many influential friends, who allege that she had been badly treated. Among them ] are Senator Simmons of North Caro- lina and Rear Admiral Colby M. Ches- ter. Colonel Pitcher is now with his regiment, the Twenty-eighth Infantry, at the Presidio of San Francisco. Handsome, debonair and fond of, so- ciety, Colonel Pitcher is well known in ‘Washington and is said to be popular in the army. He became engaged to Miss Harold, say her friends, about six months ago, and March 1 was set as the date for the wedding. Rear Admi- ral Chester gave them a dinner, but on February 29 Colonel Pitcher left Wash- ington with no excuse for his. depart- ure bevond a note that he had “been called away.” Meanwhile Miss Harold had given up her position in the War Department, but when she was left at the matri- monial port she obtained reinstatement and received much sympathy from friends, including several officers in the War Department, one of whom is sponsor for the charges which have been filed against Colonel Pitcher. Senator Simmons called upon Secre- tary Taft before the latter went to St. Louis ten days ago. The Secretary suspended action until his return last week. He was then informed that to at least four or five other women Colo- nel Pitcher had proved himself a man who “loved and rode away.” % “He seems to have the habit,” saia Secretary Taft to Judge Advocate General Davis, whom he asked to sup- ply him with advice on what grounds, if any, the War Department could in- terfere in the case. All this action, it is said at the War Department, was taken because of Colonel Pitcher's unsatisfactory reply to the War Department’s notification that charges were filed against him. The burden of it is said to have been that he had “‘changed his mind” about marrying. , ———— Falls to His Death. RICHMOND, May 8.—Joseph Mc- Laughlin fell from the second story window of the Santa Fe Hotel at mid- night last night and was killed. His head struck on the corner of the watering trough and fractured his skull. McLaughlin was a middle-aged man and was employed on the con- wishing to withdraw his need of a |struction force of the Suburban trol- rest. ley live .ot Fruitvale Congregational AT LIVERMORE Rural Delegates From Ala- rates Spouse’s Garments, meda County Refuse to With Oil and Uses Match| Vote for Aspiring Editor DISREGARD UNIT RULE Township Is Divided on an Equal Basis Which Pre- cludes Solid County Vote Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, May 8. ‘William R. Hearst is not going to have the solid delegation from Alameda County that has been claimed for him. It is true that he will have the major- ity of the delegation, but the rural sec- tion has gone against him and will vote | against him in the Santa Cruz conven- tion. The people of the Livermore Valley |are opposed to Mr. Hearst, and they have demanded recognition of their opinions. When the township ticket was put up the anti-Hearst element de- manded that they should be given at| least one-half of the township delega- tion, and the Hearst managers finally consented to divide that section on an equal basis and not to enforce the unit rule in the county delegation. The Forty-sixth Assembly District delegation, which will vote half for Fearst and half against the editor, con- sists of A. J. McLeod, M. G. Callaghan, Henry Reimers, C. W. Heyger, E. J. Holland, 1. A. Gallett, Louis Ruschin and Thomas J. Power. The Livermore Herald, which is the only Democratic paper in Alameda County, has this to say regarding the political situation in this county: There is pot that charming unanimity of sen- timent among the Alameda County delegates to | the Democratic State convention that the Ex- aminer would have its readers believe. While the Oaklan1 Demcerats cimnged to the lagh and elacted Hearst delegates, there is a fair sprink- ling of anti-Hearst\delegates in the country dis- tricts of the county where there is more inde- pendence suwng members of the party. There will be no upit rule in the Alameda County del- egation at Santa Cruz and the Livermore Val- ley at least will bs per.nitted to record its anti- Hearst sentiment. TELLS STORY FROM CENESIS Rev. H. J. Vosburgh Opens Series of Sermons on the Ancient Biblical People + Oakland Office San Francisco Cail, 1118 Broadway, May 8. ‘““Adam’s Household” forms the theme of a series of sermons just commenced by the Rev. H. J. Vosburgh, pastor of the First Baptist Church. The first discourse delivered this evening was on “Adam.” Succeeding this will be the following: May 15, Eve; May 22, Cain; May 29, Abel. “The Church and the Young Man™ was the subject of the Rev. Charles K. Brown's sermon to-night at the First Congregational Church. The Rev. Burton M. Palmer, pastor Church, preached this morning on “How Christ Builds Up His Church.” The Rev. J. K. Harrison, secretary of the California Home Mission So- ciety, delivered an address this morning at Plymouth Avenue Congregational Church. At Market Street Congregational Church to-day the Rev. Griffith Grif- fiths of Berkeley occupied the pulpit. The Rev. Robert Whitaker, pastor of the Twenty-third Avenue Baptist Church, gave a sermon this evening on “The Better Side of Congregational- ism.” The Christian Endeavorers at the Tenth Avenue Baptist Church were addressed this evening by the Rev. A. ‘W. Rider. “Capital Punishment” was the sub- ject of discourse this morning at St. Paul's Episcopal Church by the Rev. Charles Thomas Walkley, the rector. The Rev. B. Crook of Berkeley oc- cupied the pulpit this morning at the Thirty-fourth Street Methodist Church. The Rev. Marion J. Kline, D. D., of Baltimore, Md., secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Lutheran Church, delivered an address this even- ing at the First English Lutheran Church, his subject being “Foreign Missions.” —e—————— THREE FLYCASTERS PERFORM WELL IN DISTANCE EVENT Messrs. Brotherton, Kenniff and Gol- cher Make High Scores on Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park. T. W. Brotherton, J. B. Kenniff and H. C. Golcher engaged in a sharp struggle at Stow Lake yesterday in the long distance contest of the San Fran- cisco Flycasting Club. Brotherton was victorious with a cast of 121% feet. Kenniff scored 120 feet and Golcher 119. The official results for the day follow: M B P > z L 217 3 195 |32| 53 S18% 148 o8 ? CONTESTANTE| = |=° |85/ 22 [ SR L B Brooks) 92 Charged With Burglary. ‘William Uhl and James Wells were arrested m{llt night by Detectives an and Tracy and booked at %thern station on nhl.r(lk: of be: glary. It is alleged that they entered :‘t“l prerbnlu-uu :151 bn"l ard m‘a n:d ole a box valuable papers and old coins from the room occupied by Dahl. When taken into custody box was found in their possession. MISSING GIRL Detectives Lose the Trail After Keeping It as Far as Twenty-Third Avenue CASE PUZZLES POLICE Carmen Remember Stranger That Answers Description of Miss Mabel Armstrong Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Mav 8. Police inquiry has falled to uncover a trace of missing Mabel Armstrong. ! who is supposed to have disappeared in Oakland after leaving an overland train at Sixteenth-street station on the | way to her grandfather's home at Leona Heights. Detectives Shorey and Holland, who have undertaken to trace the girl, have decided that a young woman who generally answers Miss Armstrong’s | description was seen to leave an Ala- meda electrie car at Twenty-third avenue last Wednesday afternoon, the day of her arrival. According to car- men and policemen this same girl boarded car 117 of the Sixteenth- street line at the depot and rode to Thirteenth and Washington streets, where she transferred to the east- bound Alameda car. She impressed the carmen as a stranger, for the girl made inquiry concerning Leona Heights, and that is her grandfather's place of residence. But at Twenty- third avenue the trail is lost apparent- ly. The detectives say they can find nothing of the girl after she left the car at that point. The girl was then alone. Both T. G. Armstrong, the grand- father, and the police have only a gen- eral descrintion upon which to base their belief that the girl they seek is identical with the one Policeman | Murphy remembers as having asked him the way to Twenty-third avenue on Wednesday, which was the day she | was booked to arrive, according to | Armstrong’s advices from his son and her father, D. W. Armstrong of Wau- kesha, Wis. The grandfather has no deflnite in- formation other than the letter his son wrote him that Miss Afmstrong would arrive in Oakland Wednesday on overland train No. 3. It was from this very train that the young woman alighted who is remembered by Po- liceman Murphy and by the carmen. Armstrong has not given up hope that his granddaughter might have stopped off on her westward journey, as she has relatives at Omaha; but the de- scription of the girl the police have trailed and that of Miss Armstrong tally fairly well. —_— ICE 1N YTKON CRUSHES VESSEL Early Breaking of Ice at Dawson Causes Wreck of the Steamer Emma Nott —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, May 8.—The Yukon River has opened for navigation excepting for ice jams at Five Fingers, Ogilvie, Daw- son and Fortv Mile. The ice broke in front of Dawson yesterday. The steam- er Emma Nott was crushed there, and other steamers caught last fall between Lebarge and the Stewart River are be- lieved to.have been crushed as the ice Jjams moved down the river. The river has opened fifteen days earlier than last year, making the open- ing the earliest known. Thousands of dollars changed hands as a result of betting on the date of the break-up. An ice jam thirty feet high formed be- low Dawson and still holds. Steamships tied along the Dawson water front are in danger of being crushed when this jam breaks. Thirty horses belonging to traders and the White Pass mail service have been drowned by the breaking of the ice on Lake Lebarge. This lake usually remains frozen a month later tharn the river itself. Freighting across Lebarge has been impossible. Sluicing in Klondike Creek is in full swing. The clean-up will reach $10,000,- 000, to be brought out by steamers dur- ing June and July. EVENTS IN SOCIETY BERKELEY, May 8.—"The Mascot,” a three-act comedy, was presented at the Shat- tuck Opera House last evening by & troupe of San_Francisco amateur actors for the benefit of St. Joseph's Academy. There was a large gathering of people and It is understood that a considerable sum was cleared for the purpose for which the affair was given, & 7 o Mr. and Mrs. Howard Perreau entertained a number_of friends Friday evening home, 805 Channing way. Prog served to make time fly and Drizes awarded to Miss Martin, Miss Josephine James and Dr. J. J. Benton. The guests were Mrs. Dollle Mitchell, Miss Anna Morris, Miss Lulu Jungck_Miss Martin, Miss Irene Mitchell, Dr. Benton, B. A. Schrader and Herbert James. g ALAMEDA, May 7.—Rev. Frank S. Brush of the First Presbyterian Church will leave with Mrs. Brush on next Monday for an ex- tended tour of the Fastern States. Mr. Brush will attend the General Assembly of the Pres- byterians, to be held in Buffalo on the 19th inst. Before returning the clergyman and his wifz will visit the St. Louis Exposition. Dur- l.n‘ the Rev. Mr. Brush's absence his pit will be filled by Rev. Charles Elliott Smith of Palo Alto and Rev. C. R. Callender, a re- turned mi: ry. RS ‘William Everts entertained the e the Friday evening Assembly at his Home on Santa_ Clara avenue Friday night. Cards wers otuasie. Mive Eeher Millor, Raivh sare ak h 'y el ler, Niran Swett. e v 648 Miss Caro McFarland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin 8. McFarland of this city, was married . Ore,, last Wednesday to John W. E. Van of that place. Th» bride was well known In musical circles here and was for several years the organist of Carita "No. 115, Order of the Eastern “E "’ will be presented in Convent Hall of Notre Dame Academy on Friday even- ing, the 20th fmst. All of the participants in moral play will be students at the 9 SRE T Mr. and Mrs. Herbert D. Clark departed thie Placer County, where they wili evenl| Sbend & week ——— St. Joseph’s Fair to Close. ALAMEDA, May 8.—St. Joseph's Church fair in Lafayette Hall will close to-morrow night. At that time S scatniag stomk 1o the bovthe sue | peseengers e ey A TRIES T0 BURN [HEARST LOSES ~ [CANNOT TRACE |SUMMER MARKET OPENS STRONG Dealers in Alameda County Real Estate Report Steady Inerease in Their Business OUTSIDERS BUY HOMES Business Men of Haywards Organize “Booster Club.” “Progress” the Watchword | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, May 8. Local real estate dealers report little change In the contiition of the Alameda | County market, which during the last four months has shown a steady, healthy activity, which indicates that the sales during the summer will be unusually large. The principal business done during the spring months has been in residence property, and it Is probable that more homes will be erect- ed during the present year than ever before in the same length of time. All parts of Oakland, Alameda and Berke- ley have been favored by purchasers of home sites, and where a year ago there were long stretches of vacant property, there are now hundreds of handsome residences, built by people that intend to make their homes on this side of the bay. Frank J. Woodward of the Realty, Bond and Finance Company in review- ing the condition of the market said: The sprifg market has been good notwith- standing the fact that bad weather interfered to some extent with the opening. We have had many inouiries for all kinds of property during the last week and present Indieations point 1o a first-class summer market. Severai #0od sales wore made through our office last week, the most important of which was the sale of ten Mats on the corner of Eleventh and Oak streets for F. T. McHenry to Charies L McGregor. The flats bring a meonthly rental of $270 and the purchase price was $2¢, George W. Austin of Austin & Co. sald: Prospective purchasers of Oakland property are namerous, and the only difficulty I8 to find satistactory broperty. The demand for prop- erty on Telegraph avenue is increasing. and during the last week we have sold three lots fronting on that thoroughfare. Since the work of repairing the avenue has been commenced peopie are waking up to the fact that prop erty fronting on that street is desirable, both for ness and residence. As the summer advances the demand for homes on this side of the bay is steadily increasing. W. J. Laymance of the Real Estate Company said: We have made a large number of sales dur- Ing the past week and most of these sales have been made to outside people, Which shows that strangers are beginning to realize that Oak- land property I8 a good investment and one that will pay & good interest om the capital | invested. The fact that this city will soon be the western terminus of the Santa Fe Rail has stimulated the market to some extent there is a marked demand for property in the vicinity of the Santa Fe's new depot. Workmen will commence this week to re- move the old bufldings at the northwest corner | of Twelfth and Harrison streets, adjoining the | Dewey Theater, to make way for a new four- story presmed brick front bullding 100x100 in | size, which we have just mmated a lease for C. H. King, the owner. to the Business College for the three upper floors for a term of ten years at an te rental of $33,000. The entire investment will approximate upward Laymance | of $100,000 and will accommodate over 1000 students. Negotiations are now in progress for the lease of the entire lower portion for business purposes. It is the intention to the building forward with ail possible rapidity Three floors of the new Majestic Apartment- House at Fifteenth and Franklin streets, re- cently completed by a client of ours, have just been leased for five years by San Francisco parties at an average rental of $5 a room. e . Tacoma'’s Timely Hits. SEATTLE, May 8.—The héme team outhit Tacoma in the afternoon game, but could not convert its hits into runs, as did the visitors. The score: Seattle—9 | Tacoma— ABR. H. P.A. | ABR. H.P.A. VnHnef5 0 1 1 0Casey25.2 1 1 3 2 Mhler2b 4 0 0 5 4 Hanvnrf3 0 1 0 0 Dihny,35 5 0 0 0 2Nrdykib4 0 010 1 Frisk. It 4 0 2 1 O/Eaganss ¢ 1 2 2 8§ Smithrf 5 0 3 3 OLynchdb 4 1 3 0 2| Brshr,db 5 0 2 7 3/McLinlf 4 0 1 2 o/ Hall,ss. 4 1 1 6 0Grahmec 2 0 0 6 1 Wilson,c 3 1 2 3 3/Hoganct 4 0 0 2 0 Willnep 4 0 2 1 :'nnm-n X 2N 3 718 0—2 2-13 -4 2—-9 Errors—Williams, Casey. Earned runs—Ta- coma 2. _Two-base hits—Lynch, Van Haltren, Frisk. Home run—Eagan. Stolen bases—Lynch, Wilson. Double play—Brashear to Mohier. Sacrifice hits—Casey, Hannivan. Bases on balls—Off Thomas 3, off Willlams 2. Hit by pitched baii—Wiiliams 1. Struck out— By Willlams 3, by Thomas 2. Wild pitch—Wil- lams. 'assed ball—Graham. Left on bases— ‘acoma 5, Seattle 11. Time of game—2 hours. Umpire—O'Connell. Attendance . —————— Overall’s Fielders Err. TACOMA, May $8.—In a drizaling rain Seattle took the morning game from Tacoma. Errors, aided by timely batting, won the game for the visitors. The game was called at the end of the eighth inning to give the players time to reach Seattle for the after- noon game. Attendance, 3500. Score: MORNING GAME. coma— | Seattle— AB. R H.P. Al AB. R H.P. A Casey,2b. 3 2 1 1 2VHInet4 1 0 1 0 Hvanrf 4 0 1 1 1Mohi'r2bd4 2 1 2 2 N'd'ke,dbd4 0 211 1Del'ty3b3 0 0 1 3 Eganass. & 0 0 1 1220 chdb 4 0 0 1 ¢ 5311 cL'nif 4 0 0 1 1070 Grahm.c 2 0 0 6 40031 001 40172 011 30100 2 .33 5 724 9 NINGS. 000 02 200 0-3 002 0-35 118 0-7 b, Hm:’ Struck out—By Passed balls—Graham, 3. Casey, Smith. Twe-base Overail, Mohler, Frick. tle, 2. Sacrifice —————————— Missing Child Is Found. OAKLAND, May 8.—Birdie Mec- Ginnis, 14 years old, who disappeared Friday from the home of Mrs. Mattie McGinnis, her mother, at 508 Tele- graph avenue, was located to-day with her father, J. B. McGinnis, at Fresno. The Oakland police were advised that the girl had gone to her father, pre- ferring to be With him rather than with her mother. The father and mother are divorced f —————i Trolley Cars Turn Over. ‘While trying to round a curve near Glen Park a Guerrero-stret car ran into one of the same line which was preceding it yesterday morning and threw it from the track with such force that both cars were turned on their sides and the windows broken. No one was injured, as there were no WS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA o > Pt BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1118 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Alameda 4592. HOWARD IS OFF OF THE BOARD Mayor Olney Is Compelled to Present Official’s Resig- nation to the City Couneil COLLINS HIS SUCCESSOR Pressure From Members So rong That New Ap- pointment Is Necessary Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, May 8. The resignation of John L. Howard as a member of the City Council will be presented to that body to-morrow night by Mayor Olney. Under the law the resignation is self-operative, and with- out further action Mr. Howard will cease to be a member of the municipal legislature. George H. Collins, ship- ping and commission man of San Fran- cisco, will be named in his place by Mayor Olney. It was originally intended by the Mayor fo hold the resignation of Mr. Howard and not present it to the Coun- cil, so that upon the return of Mr. Howard from Europe he could again resume his work in the Council. This would leave the Council with one mem- ber missing for about four months. The Mayor was compelled to abandon this plan because of pressure brought to bear upon him by different members of the Council, and he finally decided to present Mr. Howard's resignation, which has been in his possession for several months, to the Council to-mor- row night. Mr. Collins was suggested to the Mayor by Mr. Howard as his successor before hig departure for Europe. —_—————————— REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. SATURDAY, MAY 7 Edawrd dhd Mary Nelson to 3. A. Shields, lot on E line of Maple street (Maiden lane). 213:4 § of Ninth (Taylor) 26 by B T lot 7. map survey 1049 for John Ziegenbein, Omi- : $10. J. A. and Margaret Schreiner to Joe Mary Arena, lot on S line of Twentieth streei, of Delger, 357:3 B of San Pablo avenus B 32 by 8 §6 being portion of lots 25 and 26, block 2002 Hosan Tract. Oakland; $10, W. Andrews and Lindah M. A. Knowles (Adams) to John W. Nuby, lot on E corne Twenty-first avenus and East Twenty-fi street. NE 92:6 by SE 100, bic 67, may 4 northern addition to Brookiyn, East Oakland: 10. Alice_G. White (widow) to B. HL Welch, Iot on N corner of East Eighteenth street and Eleventh avenue, NE 175, NW 130, SW i SE 30, SW 125 SE 100, block 108, East Oakland; $10. H. H. and Mary A_ or Mary Amanda Coiby, to Eugene Colby (son), undivided haif Interest in lot on NE line of Bast Twelfth street, 100 SE of Eleventh avenue, NE 50, NE 150, NW 50, SW 130, lots 5 and 6, block . Clinton, East Oakland; $10. louts T. and_Florence Gertrude Haneen (wife) to Mary Edith Joneg (wife of Charles), undivided one-third; Benjamin F. Harrison, undivided one third; Florence Gertrude | (wite of Louis T.) undivided one-third, lot om NE line of Bast Tenth street, 70 NW of Ninth , NW 70, NE 150. SE 40, SW 30 SE 36 SW 120, bioek 18, Clinton, East A ife e Anna S. and Hugh Hogan to Tillle R, (wife of Charles H.) lot on N line of street, 100 E of San Pabio avenue, N 25 to be- Einn! thence N 50 by E 25, being B 25 feet of lots 2 and 3. map resubdivision blocks D and E, Carrison Tract, Berkeley; $10. Puget Sound Lumber Company (corporation) to same, lot on N line of Haskell strest, 100 E of San Pablo avenue E 25 by N 25, being E 25 feet of iot 1, same, Berkeley: $10. Dwight Way Realty Company to B Rulofson, lot on_ NE corner of and Russell streets, N 60, E 148, S to N line of ussell, W 148.53 to of portion of beginning Bangs Tract, map No. 2, X tion_of unex‘:.:‘n& yeg of block B, ison Tract, rkeley . r-lg\ll.t Sound Lumber Company (corporatiom) to same_lot on NE corner of Haskell and San Pablo svenue, E 100 by N 35, betng 1 of lot_1, salne map, T e e Jacobs > T. A White, R & lot 12, bl‘ekn;li Berry- Berkeley; Hugh and Anna S. Hogan to G. T. lot on E line of San Pablo avenue, Adam A L Imogene Stine, lot on SE corner Weston ave- nue and Gold street, E 30 by S 120; portion of Jot 5. bloek €, Breadway and Telegraph ave- nue Homestead, Oakland; $10. George W. Dodge (single) to A. L. lot on N line of Edwards street, 200 graph avenue, E 30 by N 125; lot 5, Pacific | Seminary Tract, Onkland: $10. Edith True Yates (single) to Martin B. and Julla A. Brady_lots 5 to 8. block B, map Ade- line street property, eté., deed made to perfect title to above described property as deeded to second parties September 32, 1903, Oakland, quitclaim deed: $1. Michael Callaghan (executor estate of Susan Lopes) to Bessie McDermott. lot on NE line of East Sixteenth street, 7 NW of Tweifth ave- nue, NW 37, NE 100, SE 10, SW 21_SE 27 SW 70, block 38, Clinton East Oakland: ‘m Puget Sound Lumber Company (corporation) to G. Vandenpeerebocrn, lot 11, block E, Peraita Heights, East Oakland; §10. Jeanette and Matthew Harris to Frida Honer (wife of Joseph), lot on W line of Henry street, 120 N of Vine, N 60 by W 135, lot M. block 2, Graves and Taylor Tract, Ber : $10. Mary E. Moore (single) to mer l';!: of : -le \u;"l\L rk, Berkeiey: $10. !(le_:"cls C. Harmon (single) to Peter Madsen, olsey (Kent) street, 100 W N 100 by W 40, being por- pck Q. Amended map New- Berkeloy: $10. to Ayres P of Woelsey (Kent) said point being S0.2 as now_located_and 40.2, N S8.20, W 0 e Morti- block 18, Daley's o S T e ‘ract, in_piat 51, o b“lr’:m and Dorthea Madsen Gonsales, lot on S line street, 90 W of Tremont, W from W"K.T;m-ml . thence S 92.25. T8 e wning, being portion of lot 2. block T. amended map Newbury Tract. in plat 51, Rancho V. and D. Peralta, Berkeley: $10. Mary Louise and C. R. Jordan to R._W. Roble, lot on E line of Henry st-eet. 2% N of Rose,' N 40 by E 135, being_portion of lot 6, block 20. property Berkeley Villa Association, Berkeley: $10. SJudson and Catherine C. Wheeler to Freeman . Bieness. lot 6 block 1. Wheeler Tract, Berkeley, deed and agreementi: $10. n Sunday-School Convention. BERKELEY, May §. — Sunday- school workerss of Alameda County will hold their semi-annual conference Thursday morning at 10 o’clock at the Friends’ Church, Haste street. near Shattuck avenue. At the morning ses- sion addresses will be delivered by George P. To!son and Professor George M. Stratton. Mrs. L. M. Worth of Oakland, thé Rev. Madison Slaugh- ter and the Rev. R. C. Brooks will speak at the afternoon session. In the evening the Rev. T. _Boyer of Oakland will deliver an/ address on_ “The Ultimate Purpose of the Sunday- School.” -« P -«