The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 13, 1904, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, .MONDAY, JUNE 1. o NEWS. OF PARTY STRIFE |STRIKERS PREY NOW SETTLED' UPONHER MIND Threatened Contest for; Young Woman From Cripple Assembly Nomination in| Creek Becomes Deranged Contra Costa ~ Avoided| apd Is Taken From Train MILNES WILL NOT RUN|DETAINED IN HOSPITAL Passengers Take Pity on Plight of Patient and Present Her With Purse Editor Publishes a State- ment of His Position and! Leaves the Field Clear ol Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, June 12. The political troubles that have | threatened to rend the Republical |, . p . 4ng trying to blow her up party in Contra Costa County have all | Uy " 070 der Miss Fannie Con- Bosn eritisd, and peace and h‘"’““h"l’A | ners, bound from Cripple Creek to Los reign. It all grew out of a possible| oo . oy taken from a Southern rivalry for the Republican nomination ' = o : & Sor the Amiieably’ betnen Baivy Hils,| Lacific Sraih mpon ilis:Ricesl s S fhe present Asssmblymen from: that| ool tolday ant conveyed to the Re- county, and G. Milnes. Mr. Milnes | © iving Hospital, there to await an ex- Bas come out in = signed statement in | Aminatioh as €5 her salty, it hee oon- his own papers and announces, in a [dition does not improve. straightforward way, that he will not | Miss Conners, who is a -beautiful be a candidate for the place, but will blonde, gave her age as twenty-two and suppert Mr. Ells | said that she was a native of San Contra Costa County has the | Franch but that she had no rela- Twenty-second Assembly District all | tives living there now. The young to itseif. It does not have to share the | Wwoman did not exhibit any indications Assembly District with any other coun- | f a disordered mind until the train 1y as it does the Senatorial District, | pulled into' the mole. Before leaving and consequently the contests for the | her car she attracted the attention of various par nominations are more | the other passengers by declaring that often tinctu with local affairs than |she was being pursued by Colorado strikers, An officer was summoned with affairs from the outside. So it was in this cas | and ordered that Miss Conners be taken Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, June 12, Imagining that strikers were follow- Mr. Ells c s from Stege, which is | te the Receiving Hospital, which was the first town over the Alameda Coun- | done by Brakeman W. J. O'Neill of ty line, and therefore is the very last | the Southern Pacific Company. Prior extreme southwestern part He defeated William F. the Democratic ago by a majorit to being removed from the train the young woman was presented with a purse that had been raised among her fellow passengers, who took pity on her town in th , two yea Mr. Milnes the editor | plight. of the Contra Costa Miss Conners probably will be ex- Gazette, published at M ez, the | zmined to-morrow morning and if she county seat, and one of the influential | js not held the Southern Pacific man- interior pape: ate. He also | agement here has guaranteed that she owns the Point Richmond Leader, a| il be taken to her destination, al- morning daily in the thriving terminus | yhough her ticket for Los Angeles ex- town. .H- has always been a stanc pir ght. When questioned at the Republican, and has done much to keep | p,, & Hospital as to how long she Contra Costa County in the Republi- | ripple Creek and what she can line when it threatened to break | ,.),-gAm.» young woman away over Union Laborism . * She like And so it happened that many Re- | (o 'v"'f.“;em,','-’::s?d publicens thought that Mr. Milnes | Y- % riends in Angeles should be rewarded wi for the Assembly. He r he wanted to be a c i h a nomination ver said that . but while a boom —_— came out flatly and announced his can- |Oakland Students to Present Comedy didacy for a second term, and for a at the Macdonough and Hold while it looked as if there might be a | Pinal Harrclond fight in the Republican party of that | 1 = < section that would rend the organiza- | OAKLA June —All of the th Mr. Milnes has settied the whole | Public schools will close for the sum- | mer vacation next Thursday and will reopen on the second Monday in Au- thing with a statement as follows: me few mo t ;‘." by friend: gust. On Thursday evening the grad- 1 uating cl of the Oakland High School will present the comedy *‘She 1 informed I would ccnsider the | Stoops to Conguer in the Macdon- matter, but an_active Since thes @id 1 agree to become | ough Theater. The cast of characters in the play follows: le of the western end of the county the towns of Richmond | Mrs. Hardcastle, Miss Mamje Stroud: Miss u | Hardcastie, Miss Marjon Seybolt; Miss Neville, n Miss Dunbar; matd, Mise Stephani iat he wil f Hardcastle, Frank Kelley: Mr. people of the county . Edwin Umphred: Tony Lumpkin, rge ‘Easchus; Mr. Hastings, Verine Shee- servants—Diggory, Earnest Smith; Allen Howard; Roger, Jenneth McKim. Music will be rendered by the Oak- |1and High School orchestra and the following young men will act as ush- ¥, tied to recognition, a he western end want Mr. be granted by the Quayle, Warren Harold, John Zrit- Kichard Belcher, Russell Countryma te that under no cir- | Sam ylor, Sy Livingston, Hubert for the As- | Walker, Curtiss en, Louis Ghirardelll, unty | Andrew Bennison, Philfp Langan. The commencement exercises of the Oakland High School will take place Friday evening at the common school assembly hall and the following pro- gramme will be given: and as the as their of the Republican party are any personal interests or de- 1l support Mr. Ells for the posi- | March, Oakland High School orchestra, un- tion he seeks. G. E. MILN | @er the ‘leadership of Miss Mina Clark: invo- | cation, Rev. Owen E. Hotle of Elghth-avenue c O PANY M. E. Church: instrumental solo, ~*‘Polish IDORA PARK COMPANY | Dance’” ~ (Zech), ‘“The Nightingale” (Lisat), ELECTS NEW MANAGER | Miss Mabel 1. Sherburne; introductory. re- e et | marks, J. H. Pond. principal of the Oakland Z Hirh School; selections, Girls' Glee Club of R Directors Choose B. Whitehead to Se- | Gaiiang iigh Sehool. address, Rev, H. J cure and Put on A ements at Popular Resort. OAKLAND, June 12—Idora Park is Vosburgh of the First Saptist Church; presen- tation of diplomas, W. J. Wiicox, presi- dent of the Board of Education. The Polytechnic High School will to have a new manager in the person | hold its closin, - 4 s g gxercises on Thursda. of R. Whitehead, who was elected to | evening. @ T the important position at a meeting | —_———————— of the stockholders of the Idora Park|pyks BIG BURLESQU Amusement Company last week. th\s m('“l,“ et N T Whitehead is an experienced man in Y T RO securing and presenting amusements ¥ ® o aeemen!® | Wonderful Array of Comical Rational and the patrons of the park may count on many attractions at the popular | Animals Will Be Seen at Great resort { Indoor Circus. Directors have been chosen by the| OAKLAND, June 12.—Fun, frolic B8era Park Com t ® M. H. (254 fine fellows wiil hold the boards Diepenbrock, pr J. L. Callag- 2 s at the Macdonough Theater Tuesday night, when the Oakland Lodge of Elks will present its mammoth bur- lesque performance, the proceeds of which are to be appliied to the widows’ han, viee-president; R. Whitehead, sec- retary, treasurer and manager dgar Strakosch and Charles O. Tanquary. Extensive improvements are to be made at the park and for this p: the directors have levied an z and orphans’ fund of the organization. of a share, pay Some of the rarest and most comical the office. of rational animals to be found at —_——— large will be exhibited at the indoor | circus and have been trained to the minute in the art of iaugh manufac- | turing. Pete Sloan and Dave McLaughlin | wiil head the clown division and Judge A. F. SBt. Sure of Alameda is billed to , lead a number of Elks from the Island City that have made themselves fam- ous by reason of the ability they have displayed in past entertainments given here and in their own town. Tickets for the hig show are selling rapidly and a great house is assured when the curtain rolls up Tuesday night. —_— MOTHER AND LITTLE ONES IN A RUNAWAY Artist €. J. Wilson 1o Go East OAKLAND, June 12—Chester J. W son, the talented young newspaper artist whose portrait and cartoon work has merited high commendation from the critica will depart during the coming week for New York, where he goes 10 further perfect himself in his chosen profession and to illustrate several stories now awaiting publica- tion Wilson's drawing Is distinguish- | ed by a marked originality. He plans | to devote most of his study and work | to caricatures. pomrnd O S Only a dead honor needs pride to pre- erve it Mrs. J. A. Johnson and Three Chil: dren Have Narrow Escape From Serious Injury, OAKLAND, June 12.—Mrs. J. A. Johnson of 524 East Twenty-third street and " her three children were thrown out of a surrey at Tenth ave- nue and East Fourteenth street this afternoon at 2 o'clock and all were badly shaken up, but luckily escaped with minor bruises. The one to sus- tain the most serious injury was Mrs. Johnson's 8 months old infant, which received a serfous abrasion of the fore- head. The accident was caused through the breaking of the harness,. which caused the horse attached to the vehicle to bolt and upset the surrey. After the surrey turned over Mrs. Johnson and her little ones were as- sisted by witnesses of the accident and atterided by Dr. W. J. Wilcox. —_—— Veteran Reserves Will Camp. OAKLAND, June 12.—Company “A” Veteran Reserves, N. G. C., will go into- camp at Petaluma on June 15 for one week. Whiie in camp the company will be inspected by Governor Pardee ADVERTISEWENTS. Can’t Do F Heart affections will not get well of themselves: neither do they remain in- ! active. If the cause is mot removed they eontinue to grow in number and severity. They are the outgrowth of exhausted | nerve force, and the heart cannot stop to | rest, as do the other organs, but must continue to struggle until combletel,' disabled, and—that's the end. On the very first indication of heart trouble you can stop all progress and effect a cure by the use of Dr. Niles” Heart Cure The most effective heart remedy known. It builds up, feeds and strengthens the nerves and muscles of the heart, and re- stores it Lo perfect health. “] had serious heart trouble; for two months my life seemed te hang by a thread. when my attention was called to Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. I commenced taking the Heart Cure and Nervine, and in two months they restored me to com- rative good health.”—REV. W. A. NS. Port Elgin, Ont. o iest bottie will bemefit; if not, the |and_Adjutant General Lauck and his druggist will return your money. stafl, ROBERT PAYNE IS STRUCK DOWN 'AND KILLED BY AN ELECTRIC CAR Unfortunate Victim Dies at Receivirig Hospital After! . . . San Pablo Vehicle Runs Over Him and Breaks Many Bones---Not Known How Accident Occurred st JIORREES, * OAKLAND, June 12.—Robert Payne was struck by an electric car on San Pablo avenue near Sycamore street this morning at 1 o'clock and died six hours later at the Receiving Hos- pital from the injuries sustained. His right arm and leg were broken, several ribs fractured and his lungs punctured. 1 - < % OAKLAND DEATH Y WHEELS O WHO TERDAY UNI AN ELECTRIC MET TRAC ZR c E S1! H. | 1t is thought that Payne attempted fo | cross in front of the car and that he | was hot observed by the motorman until it was too late to prevent him | from being knocked down and run over., Paype lived with his wife and son, | Robert Payne Jr., at 1577 Broadway, |and was employed by Hillehouse & Reardon, street contractors. He went to work as usual yesterday and when he did not return home last night his wife and son became somewhat alarm- ed, but made no search for him until this morning. ~They have not learned where he spent the time after his day's work was done until he met with the injuries that caused his death. Payne was a native of Palmer, IIL, | where his father still resides. He had been in California but a year. Be- sides his widow and son the deceased leaves a daughter, Mrs. James L. Ro- han of 361 Thirteenth street, this city. Coroner H. B. Mehrmann will hoid an inquest in the case. WOODMEN HONOR DEAD NEIGHBORS Members of Oakland and Athens Camps Hold Me- morial Day Ceremonies Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, June 12. The members of Oakland Camp No. 94 and Athens Camp No. 457, Wuodmen of the World, held memorial services to-day in honor of their neighbors who have pagsed away during the past year. The morning services were held at the First Presbyterian Church, v ien were addressed by the Rev. E. E. Baker. Dr. Baker spoke of the duty that the surviving neighbors owe to those who have passed away, and said that the yearly memorial day was one of the most beautiful of the institutions of frater- nal organizatiuns. The principal services were held this afternoon at Mountain View Cemetery, where the ofiicers of Oakland and Athens camps held ritualistic cere- monles and unveiled the monuments been erected during the ive members of Oak- land Camp 2ttended the services at the cemetery, where the mohuments over the graves of W. L. Temple, William Halloran and William S. Bosman were aunveiled. The officers of the camp who con- ducted the ceremonies were Consul Commander Dr. Le Roy Patery, Ad- vigsory Lieutenant Dr. H. J. Lackey and Clerk Thomas M. Robinson. W. L. Bolt acted as banker. The mem- orial_address at the graves was de- livered by County Superintendent of Schools T. Thomas read the famous poem O, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud.” Mr. Thomas also delivered a brief address at the grave of W. 8. Bosman. Several ‘selections were rendered by a quartet under the direc- tion of R. C. Kerns. Miss 8. moore was accompanist. The committee of Oakland Camp in “charge of the memorial day service and the decora- tion of the graves was composed of Dr. J. Perves, J. T. Willlams and W. Leiter. Fifty members of Athens Camp at- tended the services at the cemetery, which were held at the grave of W. P. Hawkett, where a monument was unveiled with the usual ritualistic cere- mony. The service was conducted by the officers of Athens Camp, who are: ‘W. H. Ramsay, consul commander; F. A. Loring, ndv&sor lieutenant, A. G. Taft banker. . H. von Werge acted as master of ceremonies. L — e Notice—Our name is not in the tele- o mpany, or 285, 1016 Broadway. P yn ————— A soft snap has a hard catch in it somewhere, which had year. Seventy L. Crawford and Mark | ALAMEDA WANTS. ANOTHER PARK Improvement = Associations Will Urge City Trustees to Buy a Suitable Tract RS I ALAMEDA, June 12.—Concerted ef- forts are being made by the West End Improvement Association and the Ala- | meda Advancement Association to in- jaugurate a movement having for its | purpose the purchase of a tract of land | to be ccnverted by the municipality {into a public park. The matter has | been introduced and discussed at re- | cent meetings of both organizations {and it is planned to soon bring the pro- | Ject to the attention of the City Trus- | tees. | At present Alameda has but one park | and that is hardly entitled to the name | because of its small area. There are | but ‘few tracts of land now undivided {in the city from which a park could be made and this is being urged as a rea- | son by the promoters of the project | why there should be no delay. in buy- ing a site for a common outing-ground. | Of the tracts that have received at- | tenticn the Cohen property at the | northeastern end of the municipality {is the largest, containing nearly one hundred acres, It borders on the tidal canal and is ornamented with many stately oaks and other trees. The Thompson property at the East End, the Waymire tract at the corner of Clement avenue and Walnut street, the 1904 HOPE T0 KEEP UP NOBLE WORK reensfelder Begins Movement to Get Money for Social Settlement FRIENDS PROMISE HELP Mrs. Hearst Gives Over All of Property and Offers to Aid the Enterprise NS T Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, June 12. A movement has been started to se- cure funds with which to continue the work of the West Berkeley Social Set- tlement, from which Mrs. Phoebe A. iflearst withdrew a large part of her support a week ago. Hart Greensfelder, | one of the resident workers at the set- tlement, is at the head of the effort, and he has been promised the support of a number of well-to-do people. It is estimated that it will cost $2500 a vear to keep the work of the settle- ment going. This will pay the salaries of two or three people and purchase the material used by the children. There will be nothing to pay on account of the buildings, as Mrs. Hearst has gen- erously turned these over to the people in charge of them. Mrs. Hearst has alsp said that she would contribute the. salary of the head resident worker, Miss Margaret Sherwood, for a year, besides paying all the necessary ex- penses incidental to the transfer of the property, so that the people interested in the settlement will be relieved of a large nart of the financial burden for a while at least. In orger to secure the necessary money it is proposed to make a systematic canvass. Promises of money have al- ready been secured by Mr. Greens- felder from friends of the settlement, and many people are expected to con- tribute regular monthly sums to the cause. If necessary the services of well-known lecturers will be secured and the proceeds from their efforts turned over to the fund. Some bart of the money needed will come from the members of the settie- ment themselves. A fee of 10 cents a month has heretofore been charged the children, but this may be raised to 25 cents, so that the settiement will be in a measure self-supporting. In the past the money recelved from fees was used for monthly entertainments. There were 200 children connected with the settlement, and during the college year forty students from the University of California gave them in- struction without cost. The influence of the settlement for good eannot be esti- mated, and it has had a special value in prenaring and disciplining the chil- dren for the public schools in the dis- trict. Instruction was given the chil- dren in all the arts and crafts. The in- struction helped to bring out the artistic side of their natures, as well as to give them a preliminary training in the practice of useful employments. A gathering place was provided for the children, and mothers overburdened with household duties kpew of a place of safe-keeping for them. In a word, the settlement was a blessing to West Berkeley families, and its ennobling in- fluence will be greatly missed unless the movement to endow it with new life is successful. UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, June 12.—A bureau intended to ald &cholars and students from abroad and to facilitate thelr researches in whatever field has just been created at the Sarbonne, France. It is under the patronage of the University of Paris, which has informed this university of its advantages. It will be a source of infor- mation concerning courses, lectures, libraries, schools, museums and the like, about which a stranger vigiting Parls and wishing to come in touch with its sclentific or literary re- sources might desire practical and prompt in- formation. A feature of the bureau Is that it is equipped with information in regard to the universities in other lands in order that stran- gers visiting Paris may learn of the facilities in_their special flelds in other countries. The University of California will be visited in the fall by three eminent German scholars, who will each deliver a_course of lectures. These men are Professor F. Kluge of the Uni- versity of Freiberg, Professor H. Paul of the University of Munich and Professor Erick Schmidt of Berlin, The two first named ar: among the world’s authorities in philology and the last one of Germany’'s most noted literary men, James Hopper, the California magazine writer, who has been with McClure's for a year, has returned to the coast. He propose for awhile to devote himself exclusively to his literary we i —_———————— PROVES LARVAE COME FROM SHUGMENTED EGGS R i Professor Georges Bullot of Univer- sity of California Settles Ques- tion That Vexed Scientists. BERKELEY, June 12.—In a bul- Jetin just issued under the title of “Artificial Parthenogenesis and Reg- ular Segmentation in an Annelid,” Professor Georges Bullot, one of Dr. Jacques Loeb's assistants in the physi- ological laboratory at the University of California, has demonstrated that in the annelid, a, marine worm of the genus «Ophelia, the parthenogenetic larvae, that is, the larvae produced by artificial treatment of the element in which the animal lives, originates from regularly segmenting eggs. Heretofore there was doubt upon this guestion and some scientists be- lieved that in annelids the partheno- Webster street cricket. grounds and the old Enciral Park property have also been inspected and considered by those favoring the buying of a park site. B Burglars Visit Oakland. OAKLAND, June 12.—A gang of burglars started to clean out West Oakland to-night. The men first visited the Chicago market, at the corner of Sixteenth and Peralta streets. The cash register was broken open and about $50 taken. .The next visit was made to the residence of George Algro at 1301 Peralta street, about a block away from the first place place entered. Mr. Algro was away and no one was at home but his 12-year-old daughter. She saw the men at work and called a policeman. The men escaped after ransacking the house! and taking a small sim of money. —_————— Lunings Write Home. OAKLAND, June 12. — Attorney Fred L. Button received a letter to- day from his stepdaughter, Mrs. | Nicholas Luning, and her husband an- nouncing their recent secret marriage in Sacramento and stating that the young couple intended to leave Sacra- mento for the southern part of the State at once. The communication gave no further hint of where the new- ly married pair intended to spend their honeymoon nor did it state When they would return, . < g genetic larvae was produced from un- segmented eggs, that is, eggs that re- tained their original shape instead of dividing into cells. BENEVOLENT SOCIETY HOLDS ANNUAL PICNIC German Ladies’ Aid Outing at Satro Park Draws Large Crowd of Merrymakers. . OAKLAND, June 12.—Satro Park. near Fruitvale, was the scene to-day of the annual picnic of the German Ladies’ Benevolent Society of the Red Cross of San Francisgo. There was a large attendance and the merrymakers enjoyed themselves until late in the evening. Colonel Frank Lynch, pro- prietor of Satro Park, assisted the sev- eral committees in arranging and con- ducting 'the the programme of ath- letic games during the afternoon. The officers:of the society are: Pres- ident, Mrs. Bartell; vice president, Mrs, Wreden; secretary, Mrs. Dorn- busch; treasurer, Mrs. Donloug. —_———————— PROMINENT LUMBER MAN ENDS LIFE AT DETROIT DETROIT, June 12.—William A. C. Miller, a prominent lumber man of this city, committed suicide by shoot- ing to-day. Ill-hgalth is supposed to have been the cause. He was a native of Scotland and was 57 years of age. I | | b have HOTEL PROJECT TAKING SHAPE Committee Is Shortly to An- nounce Definite Plan of Operations to Raise Funds SUBSCRIPTIONS COME IN Berkeley and Alameda Real Estate Men Make Reports on a Number of Brisk Sales Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, June 12. The proposition that is now attract- ing the greatest attention and creating the most interest in Oakland: is the suggested new hotel. The committee of citizens that was appeointed to col- lect the funds for the new structure has hardly got its plans in operanon,[ and it is confronted with the summer season when many people are away and business is generally dull, so that no organized work has been done. The committee feels that it has about $250,- 000 in sight, though not actually sub- scribed. The plan was given new life and im- portance during the last week by the voluntary subscription of $10,000 by Julius Abrahamson of the firm of Abrahamson Bros.,, dry goods mer- chants. This subscription was sent by Mr. Abrahamson without solicitation. It is believed that as soon as the com- mittee begins its work of soliciting there will be no trouble in completing the $750,000 reauired. The people of Oakland see in this ho- tel project something that will not only attract visitors to the city, but will keep them here when they arrive. This is the big argument advanced by real estate men. One and all say that it would mean t opening of a larger market for Oakland real estate if there was a place to which wealthy visitors cculd be brought and Kkept. All of the cities and settiements upon the eastern bay shore are enjoying the same degree of prosperity as Oakland, despite the regular summer exodus to mountains and seashore. ALAMEDA, June 11.—Realty dealers here all express themselves as being well satisfied with the preyailing con- ditions and uniteé in the statement that not for twelve years has Alameda property been appreciated as it now is. Here is what some of the dealers say concerning the local realty fi : Frank Hally of Haily & Co.—1I have rented the last cottage that I had on my list and could ren§ more if they were to be had. Busi- | ness with! us has picked up and we could hardly expect it to be better at this season of the year, which is usually dgll. We bave sev- eral” modern cottages for sale and expect to aispose of them soon, as the demand for such homes is always in exeess of the supply A. R. Denke—Peaple are just beginning to realize the advantages.of the West End as a utiful and convenient place tor a _home, particularly for those doing business in San Francisco. Myself and others have con- structed nine cottages on Haight avenue and all of them are sold, although several have not yet been entirely finished. I buiit six of the homes and disposed of them to perpons outside of Alameda. 1 couldl sell or rent two dozen more such cottages i€ I had them. There is a demand now for a five-room houss that will rent for from $£156 to $20 a monta. Modern six-rosm cottages bring from §22 50 to $25 and they are extremely scarce. Captain J. S. Hanley—Not for five years has the real estate business been better with me than it is at the present. Five years ago it was hardly worth while for one to Invest in property expecting to make a profit by specu- latinz. Now it Is differsnt and all Alamed: property is on the inerease. A few days 1 purchased a lot near Encinal Park with a frontage of 102 feet and two days later sold one-ha¥f of it for nearly what I had paid for the whole. William Dufour of Willlam Dufour & Co.— Building Is brisk and getting better. We have recently finis! a cottage on Fifth street, near Railroad avenue, for Mrs. Henry Eaton, and have erected another on Encinal avenue, between Willow and Walnut streets, to sell. We have aiso disposed of a S50-foot lot om Buepa Vista avenue, between Stanford and Willow streets, on which Mrs. Catherine Mun- > is completing a six-room bungalow that will cost when finished about $2500. We are ne- gotlating a_deal with San Francisco partles for the building of two combined flats and stores near Mastic station, to cost when com- pleted 6500, Plans for the buildings have been propared and work will be commenced as soon as the necessary detalls are perfecte E. A. Randlett of Delanoy & Randlett. are doing more building and more expensive buflding in Alameda than we have done for a lons time. The residences wc have under way rapga in cost from %3300 to $7500 and are the latest stvle af architecture. Another fea- ture of the local realty market recemtly has been the unprecedented demand for property frontinz on the south side beach. This has risen in value and it is almost impossible to purchase any land facing the beach at this time. e have in course of comstruction a residence of Swiss architecture for Mr. Mere- Qith at the cormer of San Jose avenue and Tnion street to cost 23000, We are also huilding a $7000 home for George Curtis at the corner of St Charles street and San An- »nio avenue, and a $3500 Gothic style resi- dence for Mr. Schoonmaker on our Laurel- streef tract. We have completed a house for sale in the same tract and are hafd at work on the new First Congrezational Church, which s to cost nearly $40.000. We expect to the Sunday-school and the assembly- rom of the edifics readv for occupancy by August 1. We are now paving out to our Al- ameda workmen more than $500 a week and have a large force employed on bu'ldings in San Francisco. Fimer E. Johnson—While T have made no large sales within the last week. I have had many inquiries people who are casting ahout for suitable sites upon which to build. Thers s very little speculating in Alameda property and when a_sale i mada it generally means that the purchaser is to 13 and be- come @ permanment resident. There has not baen the demand for furnished houses this year that we had In former vesrs, and onme reason for thie is that most peonle goine mut of town own thelr awn homes and are nof in- elined to turn them over tn stranwers. Those persons who own property here are holding it for stiff prices and this indieates that thev apprortate that Alameda realty is to be worth more in the future. Woman Dies .lone. OAKLAND, June 12.—Mrs. Jennie C. Mitchell, a widow, 52 years of age. and until recently a resident of San Francisco, died ‘alone to-day in the little house in the rear of 819 Market street from causes that, while prob- ably natural, required that the case be referred to the Coroner. Last night she came home, cheerful and in ap- patently good health. This morning her neighbor, Mrs. Laura Tyler, was attracted by a rapping upon the wall of the house. She replied and found Mrs. Mitchell in great pain. Dr. Strat- ton was called, but she was already dead and the case was turned over to Coroner Mehrmann. She leaves a son, Joseph Mitchell, of Suisun, and a brother, Mr. Schreiber, of Berkeley. e Retired Captain Dies. OAKLAND, June 12.—Captain Ru- fus White Gifford, a retired sea cap- tain, died at his home, 1062 Sixtieth street, in Golden Gate, +this morning from the effects of a stroke of paraly- sis that occurred about a year ago. Captain Gifford was well known In Golden Gate, where he had taken a prominent part in politics and the af- fairs of the district. He was born in New Bedford, Mass., and sailed out :l xt:az l?em't f‘M‘ ;nlnv years. He was ember of the Masonic lodge of that city and will be buried by the Masons o” nd. He leaves a wife and two sons. F THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA® BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1014 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone 4592. —_— OLD TIME CELEBRATION OF INDEPENDENCE DAY Alamedans Plan an Attractive Pro. gramme of Literary, Athletic and Other Events. ALAMEDA, June 12.—Detalls have been completed for an old time cele- bration of the Fourth of July to be held under the management of the | West End Improvement Association. i Colonel George C. Babcock has been chosen to deliver the oration and Sen- ator Joseph R. Knowland has béen in- vited to read the Declaration of lnde- pendence. The literary exercises will be held on the Neptune Garden grounds and will begin at 1:30 o’clock in the af- ternoon. There will be songs by the children of the public schools, led by Miss Ida Fisher. There will be a pro- gramme of athletic games. In the evening there will be a display of fire- works, the celebration to conclude with a grand ball in the West End Wigwam. —_——————— REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. SATURDAY, JUNE 1L Martha Eugenta Cohen (widow) to Hardy C. Hutchinsen, lot on E line of Shattuck avenue, 160.3 N of Alcatraz avenue, N 40.08, 116.07, S 40, W 118.52, portion of Vicents Peralta Re- serve, Oukiand; $10. H. J. and susie R. Anderson to Lissle G port, lot on SW corner of Brush and urth streets, 8 50 by W 75, lots 15 and 18, block 100, Keilersberger's map, Oakliand: $1v. Reaity Syndicate tcorporation) to Luther G Norris, E 49 feet of lot 21, map Boulevard Terrace, East Oakland; $10. J. A. and Emily V. Marshall to Charles E. McLaughtin, lot on NW corner of Ward street and Telegraph avenue, W 96:7, N 50, E 109:1, S 51:11, lot 1, block N. Leonard Tract, war- ranty deed, Herkeley; $100. Mary C. and James L. Barker (husband and as attorney) to Frank H. Mason, lot on E line of College avenue, distant southerly 64 feet, S 50 by E 120, lot 7, block A, University Villa Tract as recorded, Berkeley; $100. Cosmos Land and Water Company to Wal- lace M. Hussey, lots 23, 28, 21 and 30, block map showing property and location of Spaulding Tract, Berkeley; $10. Kate A. and S. D. Wood to Emma M. Wi- llams, lot on E line of Hillegass avenue, 50 S f Derby street, S 50 by E 148, lot 23, block B, Berry-Bangs Tract, Berkeley: $10. W. S. and Marion P. Watson to Mary R. Clark (wife of J. R.), lot on N line of Haight avenue, 211 E its intersection with line dividing Chipman west 1ll-acre tract and Aughinbaugh 223-acre tract, E 3 by N 120, being portion of said last named tract, Ala- meda; §10. Laura Y. lot on W line of Railroad_aveiue, Encinal Park Charles G. nd Powell, undivided to Charles Spohn, 215 8 lot Spohn_(Young) St._Charles street, by W 173 , Alameda; gift Laura Powell to Roy V. one-half interest in on W lin of Oak strect, 800 S of Clinton avenue, § 72 to Patent Line Peralta rancho, on Bay of San Francisco, NW_to E line of Laurel if ex- tended N 50, etc., E 130, S 120. E 130 to be- ginning, lot and portion of 39, block A. Bellevue Tract, Alameda; $10. Anna_ H. B. Kinney (Brustgruen, Mark H.) to George W. Austin, lot on of Prospect avenue, 1152 E of Telegraph rue (as on May 23), 68 N, 275 E. 143 b 284 W to beginning. lot 34 and fraction of lot 36, property Oakland Homestead Assoctation. Oakland: $10. Robert and Katherine S. Irvine to Kathryn Kergan (wife of W. W.). lot on line beginning at point on boulevard 225 NE from NE line of East Twelfth strest, thence SE 148.60, SW 7, NW 146.80 to beginning. being portion of lot 26, block 152, m: Land Company. John Henry and Luella Lange to Frederi W. Lange, lot on SE line of Nineteenth ave nue, 35_SW of East Twenty-sixth street, SW | 35 by SE 117:6, portion lots i to 5, block S4. map Northern Addition to Brooklyn, East Oak- land; $10. John and Jessie Geddes to W. G. Mortimer, lot 10 block 11, Daley’s Scenic Park, Berke- ley: $10. C. R. and Lucia A. Lord to Frank B. Keisey, lot on N line of Addison street, 230 W of its intersection with center line of Sherman (now called Grove) street. W 50 by N 138, portion . Hardy Tract, Berkeley: $10. . A. and Lilllan d"Ancona to John and Lydia Davis, Robert and Ella Davis, lot on W line of Hillegass avenue, 200 S of Webster street, § 80 by W 120, lots 26 and 27, block C, map No. 2, Bateman Tract, Berkeley; $10. Evelyn E. Lesser (single) to same. 'lot on E line of Bateman street, 200 S of Webster, S 80 by E 100, lots 6 and 7, block C. same, Berkeley; $10. Mary Crooke McCleave (widow) to Helen A Chase ¢widow}, Iot on E line of Walnut street, 120 S of Vine, S 40 by E 134:7, lot 5 and pox tion of lot 6, block 6, resubdivision pertion plat T. M. Antisell's map Villa Lots, Berke- ley: $10. Della J. F. Wood (executrix estate William E. Brown) to James Fowler, all interest in lot on § line of Santa Clara avenue, 300 W of Oak street, W 50 by 8 217:8. lot 16, block 36, lands adjacent to Encinal, Alamed 3 wife of s ‘Whist Tourney and Ball. OAKLAND, June 12.—Unity Chap- ter No. 65, Order of the Eastern Star, will hold a whist tournament and ball in Alcatraz Hall on Peralta street Tuesday evening. The double event will begin at 8:30 o’clock and will be managed by Mrs. Marie Barnum, con- ductress of Unity Chapter, and the fol- lowing: Reception_committee—Minnie: Hartman, May Hawkett, Lulu_ Anderson, Maud Thompson, Lulu Neal and Mrs. Blanchard. Scorers—Minnie Crossman. Tillie Hartman, Helen Edwards, Alice Douglass, Mary Me- Gutre, Ida McGuire Alma Porter. Sadie Reed, Maggie Schwartz, Olive Hoyt, Tda Watson. Tillle Payne_Louise Thomas and Clara Chase. Floor managers—Harry Adame. James Tay- lor. Frank Douglass and James Van Hovenburs. Door committee—Henry Schwarts. Mr. Por- ter, -Norman Hall. Cyrus Blanchard Refreshment booth—Mesdames Bishop, Holt, Gimes and Ha: —————————— Passing of Dr. A. J. Howe. ALAMEDA, June 12.—Dr. Alvin J. Howe died to-day at his home, 2020 Clinton avenue, after an illness of sev- eral years, from Bright's disease. He was a native of Vermont, aged 55 years, the father of Mrs. Roscoe Earl ‘Whittel of Santa Ana, Mrs. Charles D. Huff of Los Angeles and brother of Dr. Fred Howe of Chicago. ADVERTISEMENTS. Skin Diseases cases will cure you. By killing the germs that cause skin diseases, it allows Nature to restore a health’ is:‘in. Used and endorsed bL - physicians everywhere for last 12 years. Booz:ton request. 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