The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 18, 1904, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JU < NEWS COUNCIL HOLDS FAST T0 MONEY Railroad Promoter Chapin' Fails in Efforts to Re-| cover on Franchise Fund MUST GO INTO COURT RS Committee Postpones Indefi-: nitely Action on Peti- tion From San Jose Man| — Oaklend Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, June 17. Chapin, the street railway pro-| moter of San Jose, cannot recover ;&_,0" that the City Council holds as the price paid for the franchises granted to J. H.| Macdonald for the stretches of road on Oakland avenue and in East The Coilege avenue franchise has been turned over to Chapin, who holds as be in the well any rights there may $5500 that was bid for the franchise. After Macdonald won the contest he| a dicker with the Oakland Transit that « mad which mpa con The kland was assigned to Char Macdonald had rstood )n not explained Chapin h of his bargain, and e ago put In an application | y Council for the return of his | 1 has persisted in ignoring for the fourth or the request in com on Chapin’s pe- night action ly stponed, which moter vas r practica that the 7§ pelied to sue the city H —_———————— | BOARD NAMES | NEW PRISON MATRON Mrs. C. F. Baxter Succeeds Her Mother—Former Patrolman Mer- rick Asks for Rehearing. inde POLICE OAKLAND, June 17.—Mrs. C. F. Bax- ter was appointed tron of the City Prison by the Police and Fire Com- missioners to-day to fill the vaca caused by the death of Mrs. S her moth Testimony wase taken in support of er Policeman Thomas Merrick’s on for & rehearing on the charges nkenness, which the boarg sus- Jast week when it disfissed the department. Dr druggist, testified to- tained Merrick from Weitman, a that he had given Merrick a large dose of paregcric shc v before the former patrolman was reported as intoxi- cated. The drug, coupled with two drinks of brandy which Merrick ad- mitted having taken, might have caus his condition, according to the petition presented to the commiss ers. The petition was taken under ad- visement ——————————— CONTEST IN STONYBROOK DISTRICT ELECTIO J. T. Pereira Says D. W. King, School Director-Elect, Obtained Ofice Through Fraud. OAK ND, June 17 Action has been begun by J. T. Pereira to contest the e on of D. W. King as 8chool Direc of the Stonybrook District. He claims that he received more votes than King. but that ere was a con- certed vlan to defeat him and that King was declared elected by an elec- tion board of which he himself was a Jud reira says that there are but fifteen legal voters in the district and that of this number he received the votes of nine. Back of this trouble is a quarrel of | Jong standing over the location of the schoolhouse. The district is several miles long and the residents of one end seek » remove the buillding to their the residents end, wh f the other end are equaily determined to retain it where it is —e- HAKRRY BALDWIN S TO EIGHT YEARS Childs He Where He Not Molest. OAKLAND, June 17.—For complicity in various burglaries Harry Baldwin was sentenced to eight years at Fol- som to-day by Judge 8. P. Hall. ~ He was tried before =z jury and found guilty of burglary in the second de- | gree. The limit is ten years. Baldwin, Harry Childs and Ed. Mor- ton were arrested for the same of- fenses Jewelry NCED AT FOLSOM With Harry Away Is will Put Morten was caught selling the s vlen by the other two and turned State's evidence. Through his testimony Baldwin and Childs were found guilty. Last week Childs was sent to Folsom for eight years, | —_——— Finds Rest in Jail. J OAKLAND, June 17.—Having un-] | | duly celebrated the arrest of William J. Lawless, his brother-in-law, on a charge of stealing his valuable papers, Robert Cook found himself in the Po- lice Court dock this morning, badly | marred by his hard night and facing | a charge of drunkenness. Acting Po- | lice Judge Quinn thought twenty-five | dave' surcease from the cocktail route | would bring Cook to hls senses and | that was the order. The grand lar- | ceny charge against Lawless will be dismissed. ——— Marriage Licenses, OAKLAND, June 17.—The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Hugh D. Walker, 25, Oakland, and Alice Chapman, 20, Alameda; J. W. Buchan, 32, Wainut Creek, and Mary Goebbels, 24, Oakland; Frank Valergas, 41, and Amanda Cuff, 30, both of Oak- land. —_—— Makes Demurrer to Complaint. OAKLAND, June 17. — Argument ‘was made before Police Judge Samuels to-day on a demurrer to a complaint against the Rev. Father Heslin, who is accused of misconduct. A decision will be rendered June 20, | low 1 | of California and the University of ton. OF SAIS BICHCLE LAV IS VoD Opinion That a Wheelman Must Not Use Sidewalks e —— IS IN ERROR it COUNCIL His Honor Decides Legis- lative Body Cannot Give | Privilege to the Riders Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, June 17. When the City Couucn passed an or- | dinance which permitted bicyclists to use the sidewalks under certain re- strictions the legislative body went its powers, according to a decision that was rendered to-day by Police Judge George Samuels. outside of city for the exclusive use of pe- destrians, that cyclicts are not pedes- triuns and, therefore, the bicycle can- not be ridden on a sidewalk. For that reason the case of William | Clarke, a wheelman, who failed to turn out aud dismount when meeting a pe- | destrian on a sidewalk, was dismissed, the decision being that any ment administered under the ordinance would be invalid. The Judge used the following lan- guage regarding the question: Any law that attempts to give a bicyclist privilege to ride on a sidewalk is invalid The Council has right to permit the wheelman under any restrictions to use the | sidewalk t under the mus pal charter is for the exclusive use of pedestrians. When a City Council a grant permission to yelists to 1 3 n the sidewalk it goss outside of its powe ie a wheel myself, but I to the stree:. The city must have a new nance, or no more ai e bicyele law will b of avail SUMMER SOCIETY By Zoe Green Radcliffe. n ~Mrs. C. W. Kinsey at a unique and enjoyable and daughters’ luncheon,’ Larkey, goon to be a bride, Lackie, matron of a few Qividcd the honers. Around the taste- 1 were gathered . Miss Edith Larkey d Mrs. John Treglos daughters, Mrs. Miss Elizabeth Scupham, Morse and Miss Ruth the chief performer at Wednesday evening, dition of a long and s awarded by a great wered upon her by ap- Elater is a talented ent and plays én- , which is where oy's Grieg sonata_for 3 Morgan and Miss rendered In good style. The was as follows d fugue, C sharp minor (Bach): E flat major, 31, No. 2 (Beethoven) legro vivece, Moderato e grazioso ter. Two songs— Was I When Love Passed 7° Miss Walsey. Prewde 34, No. 2 s Slater. nata, G minor (Gries), Miss n and Miss Hannibal, ughter, Miss Bes- rom a few weeks' resque resort in untains that is becoming since Charlle Fowler and > D. Fowler, have taken ral Oaklanders have been among ré to Summit, Including Misses Blodgett and Ed Alameda and Byron Bent of Press Club were also section, of which Mrs. curator, gave an original ark recently. The basket on the grass and the of the section enjoyed, on, the viands which were designated by the names of cele- The name cards, on which the written, were of cactus bark— rs of a havpy dey. e ] Mr. and Mrs. Victor H. Metcalf will enter- ening In homor of Pay- icholson, who returned re- and Mrs. Charles Lovell will spend a eeks in Cloverdale and will make the Yosemite trip later in the season Misses Cora and Luella Brown and Mrs Bluett of West Berkeley are spending'a few days in Pinole BERKELEY. ~Mr. and Mrs. John ained a number of friends Wed- irs were passed In playing games and refreshments were served. The re Miss Jennie Johnson, Miss Mazie Miss Lelia Miss Alice Lingard, Mis Laura Colburn, Miss Miex Johnson, Mies Lena Cora and Bestle Patton ) orge Furlong, John Chase, Frank Lincoln, gher Alfred Thompson, A. L. Hale Hale, The engagement is announced of Miss Rdith mpeon, kett | Faulde Crawford and Theodore Johngon Lud- Tov A Miss Crawford ir a daughter of Mrs. J Crawford of Piedmont avenue. Mr. Lud- a ron of James P. Ludlow of Seattle, and a gradvate of both the Univereity Washing- Wash ——— G CARPENTER 18 IMPALED ON A SPIKE ancisco Lies at Oakland Sanitarium in a Crit- ical Condition. ALAMEDA, June 1i.—By the break- ing of a scaffold attached 1o a resi- dence in course of construction at the corner of San Antonio avenue and Bay street F. 'A. Smith, a carpenter, fell twenty-five feet and was impaled upon a large spike protruding from a saw- horse that stood beneath the scaffold. The large iron nail entered Smith" back, ripping it frightfully and frac- turing three of his ribs. Both of his shoulders were broken and he sustain- ed serions internal injuries, which. the physicians say, are very likely to prove fatal. Smith is 53 years of age, and resides at 320 Turk street, San Francisco. He is now at the Oakland Sanitarium. ———— To Help Firemen. BERKELEY, June 17.—In recogni- tion of the valuable services of the volunteer firemen the North Berke- ley Improvement Club will father a petition seeking to raise $100 to pur- chase rubber coats and helmets for the men. The club decided to circulate the petition and appointed E. J. Mar- tin, Victor Robertson, Henry Lamp, A. L. Ott, W. H. Marston, W. J. Mur- phy, E. J. Doyle, E. E. Newton, F. M. Todd and Harry J. Squires to collect the money. His | | Honor ruled that the sidewalks of the punish- | sts of violators of | Mrs. | nds mud daughter, Mrs, | Edward C, Finch and Mrs. Archibald and Miss raor (Liz) | Renshaw, | D. | at their home on Louisa street, | THE COUNTY BERKELEY SUBSTITUTES PAID FOR UNPAID FIRE DEPARTMENT #- Reorg.nization of Protection Service Proceeding Slowly but With Promise of Effective Results. Twenty-Nine Men Now Employed on Sale ries — | | { " | | |+ JAMES KENNY. « v« N | DEPARTMENT ON A PAID BASI — - TR CHIEF OF THE _BERKELEY WHO IS PUTTING THAT FIRE FIGHTERS, A FIREHOUSE, WHICH HAS BEEN ABANDONED. ND PHOTOGRAPH OF THE LORIN * f BERKELEY, June 17.—The reorgani- | zatlon of the Berkeley Fire Depart- ! ment has begun, and the efforts of Mayor Thomas Rickard and Fire Chief James Kenny, seconded by the Trus- Els—es. to give the town a better fire ser- vice are bearing fruit. Berkeley has been practically without fire or police | protection for years, and the present | Board of Trustees, at the initiative of Rickard, has been attempting to reme- | dy this delinquency. The old volunteer | department is being largely replaced | by pald firemen. In a few years more the department will be entirely paid. Several important changes are being | made in the department, to take effect | on or before July 1. Two old fire- houses will be abandoned and four new men added to the list of paid firemen | by that date. The money saved "“mi the abandonment of the houses is used to pay the salaries of the firemen, which now amount to $145 a month. These men have only antiquated ap- paratus with which to work but hope to be better equipped if the proposed bond issue is approved by the voters. With the $145 a month expended on + salaries the city gets the services of twenty-nine men, who receive $5 each. The changing of these men from volun- teers to salaried fire-fighters has been going on for two years and twenty- five of them have been carried on the city pay-roll for a year. As fast as the fire cor fes are disbanded cer- tain of the members are retained for the pay department. In those com- panles that remain intact, however, there are still 150 volunteers who assist at fires. The paid men are scattered among the following companies: North Berkele: Creed, Jack 1 J. A. Westcott. Marston—George Parker, Archie thur Hicks, J. J. Carney, Alert—Dick Rowe, Dick Davies, arl Martin Pera Seorke Dan Adams. Teddy Dan Wooley, Dan Sioan, -Jack Hampton, George B Edgar. Ar- Ben Cal- Hsgerty, Wiillams. J. A Bowers. John Mariscano, Jack * Hagerty, Harry 1el Fisher, Hadlen Jr. d—Tom Wooley, Miller, Buell Bush. As the lease of the ground on which stands the Lorin firehouse will expire on July 1, the Trustees ordered the building removed to the home of the fire chief who will use it as a barn. Asa Sisterna, Al Dick Al Tobin, Pt | PLAN ROUND-UP OF ALL BERKELEY REPUBLICANS | District and Central Organization will | Be Used to Get All the Voters in Line. BERXELEY, June 17.—The Re- publican Club of Berkeley has taken the first step toward rounding up all the Republicans of Berkeley before the next compaign by engaging rooms lin the new Thomas block on Center street, where headquarters will be es- tablished. Here it is proposed to plant the central organization of the town and to receive reports and data! from all outside districts. The head- quarters will be permanently retained and remain open until the issue is de- cided in November next. By securing quarters the Republi- can leaders hope to stimulate an in- | terest in political affairs and to unify the efforts of the men of the Repub- lican faith. The chief aim will be to roll up big majorities in every pre- cinct in the town. There will be a central organizatién and executive committee and in each of the wards a club and secretaries to collect data. In this way évery voter will be reach- ed. The Republicans have already agreed that Thomas Rickard, presi- dent of the Board of Trustees, shall lead them and he will be named for chairman of the central organization. —_————————— Music Slugs Serve for Gambling. OAKLAND, June 17. — Wherever there is a chance for one man to win and another to lose, Judge Hall holds, it is gambling. To-day he upheld a decision rendered by Police Judge Mortimer Smith against George Ed- wards, prosecuted for paying off “music slugs” put into a nickel-in-the- slot machine. ? ———— ' OLD MARINER {in 1858, — ND SOLDIER CROSSES LIFE'S FINAL BAR Captain Henry C. Pitman Passes Away After Long Life of Sterling Deeds. BERKELEY, June 17.—Captain Henry C. Pitman, pioneer of the seas and veteran of the late war, died at his home, 1799 Walnut street, last night. His was a long and honorable career, spent in the service of his country and her people. He fought in the Civil War and became a hero, then settled down to the pursuits of peace, which now after long years have ended in death. | Captain Pitman began following the sea at 11 years of age. His rise as a mariner was rapid and he was 80 suc- cessful that he owned his own ship This ship he sailed around Cdpe Horn the same year he got her and he had been in California ever since, with the exception of the in- terval of the war, During the war Captain Pitman commanded the gunboat William G. Anderson. He saileq hgr everywhere and aided the Union cause materially. In a fight at the mouth of the Mis- sissippi River he was severely wound- ed. The war over, Captain Pitman returned to California and engaged in shipping enterprises, from which he retired when olq age crept upon him. Cgptain Pitman was 83 years of age and a native of Massachusetts. Sur- viving him are a widow and a Bon, Henry C. Pitman of San Francisco, —— m]eJuty is the law of which love is the Wl L e e SEASONABLE GIFTS Our Sunday Want Ad. Patrons Paroled Patient Missing. OAKLAND, June 17.—James Cleary, 27 years old, a paroled patient from the State Hospital at Stockton, has dis- appeared from his residence at Emery- ville. The police have been requested to search for the missing man. Receive a EUREKA FLY PAPER GUARD And One-Half Dozen Sheets STICKY FLY NET PAPER FREE TO-DAY Read Ad. on Classifiea Page. el e, GIVE DIPLOMAS T0 GRADUATES Students of Oakland High for Application to Work OFFICIALS TAKE PART Closing of the June Term Marked by Appropriate Exercises by the Class Oakland office, San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, June 17. The graduating exercises of the Oak- land High School were held to-night at the Common School Assembly Hall, Lafayette Park. The auditorium and | platform were embellished with flowers land greenery. Large draped American flags served as a background, before j which the white-gowned girl graduates and trim youths received their coveted diplomas. James H. Pond, principal of the High School, was the president of the even- ing. An gverture by the school or- chestra and prayer by the Rev. Owen Hotle were followed by instrumental and vocal music by Miss Mabel Sher- bourne and the Girls' Glee Club. Short addresses .to the graduating class were delivered by the Rev. H. J. Vosburgh, and Principal Pond. Dr. W. J. Wilcox, president of the Board of Education, presented diplomas to the following graduates: Maude Hazel Armstrong, Grace Bardshar, Adele Esther Barmes, Alvina Binns, Amelia Gertrude Brayell, Cecilia Reasoner Burroughs. Elsie Isabel Cam aomi Crouch, Esto Phoebe Dunbar, Sara Evelyn Dunn, Anna Ed- wards, Alesia Pauline Gil, Alta Gillette, Stephanie Franklin Guard, Maude Myrtle Joves, Grace Lillan Knickren, Georgia Mar- guerite Majden, Marie Pauline Mathews, lyn Clara Mayon, Florence Murtel MeC! Itena Geraldine McGraw, Dorothy Mead, Amelia Moody, Dora Iva Belle Raliph, Catberine Sh: Eve- skey, Marian Lelgh Seyboldt, Irene_Sherbourne, Hernah South: . Mattle Warren Zan- der, Ralph Hatherly Butler, George Willlam Eachus, Nan Quong Fong, Sydney Baldwin Gray, Neal Harris, Ernest Smith, James B Harrold, Theodore Harold Hook. Allen R mond Howard, Henry Mackie Isaacs, Robe: Vrooman Jordan, Frank Lewis Kelly, Vernon Clarles Sheehan, Raymond Fort Snowden, Ed- win_ Franklin Umphred, Taro Utasaki, Kopiro Yoshisawa, Wilbur Lesiie Allen The following graduates from the Polytechnic High School received their diplomas last evening: Bert Harold Ballard, Kenneth Henshaw Keefer, Clarence P. Baudin, Claude Renwick Krefer, Arthur Dickie Bord Elizabeth Elsie Laird, Jesse Chaunccy Bowden, Thomas Hugh |10ld,” Zena Pearl Brgwn, Ida Estelle Mac- donald, Joseph Cooper, Rudolph Willlam Mau, Everett P. Cornell, Perry Lawrence Merritt, Jeauette Cuveliler, Mabel A. Musladin, Gertrude Donahus, Milina Hazel Perry. Alex- ander M. Everstt| Ernest C. Plerre, Fletcher Thomas Fish, Harrfet Emma Reed, Friedrich Frchn, Ina Ophelia Robinson, Jeanette Mar- garet ' Gacclar.no, Ruby Mildred Rosenberg, tle Belle Hamerton. Paul Swan- n, Martha Evans Hoiles, Ha: 1s, Ida Krowles Holles, Winficld Scott W dith phine Jcnes, Margarst Winif: Winn, Jose| Edward Franklin Witherly e et MEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION CELEBRATES YOUN Berkeley Organization Marks End of Its First Year of Orzanization by Giving Banguet. BERKELEY, June 17.—The Berke- was a year old last night and the in- teresting event was marked by a birth- day celebration in the hall of Shat- tuck avenue. A banquet was served, and, in spite of the fact that it was all informal, turned out to be quite successful. Assemblyman William H. Waste was the toastmaster. In his opening remarks he spoke of the pros- perous condition of the association, | which had struggled through its first year without any great financial trials. Responses to proposals were then { made by W. H. kinson, secretary of the association; F. E. Sadler, Earl ‘H. Russell, Loring Barker, Louis Pape, F. Ford, E. L. Davenport and the | Rev. E. W. Darst of the First Chris- tian Church. The banquet was fol- lowed by the playving of games and singing in the library. MOUNTAIN COPPER COMPANY WOULD BUY CHEMICAL PLANT Desires to Purchase Complete Works of a Large San Francisco Concern. BERKELEY, June 17.—Negotiations are now going on for the purchase by the Mountain Copper Company of Shasta County of the plant of the San Francisco Chemical Works at Flemings Point. The diplomats of both corpora- tions have been in communication over this matter for some time, but they have not yet been able to agree on terms. What the terms are nobody knows, but it is possible that the ne- gotiations may be wrecked on this point. The copper company seeks to ac- quire the chemical plant so that it can use the output in connection with its own plant at Keswick. By doing this it will avoid bringing raw ma- terfals nsed for its purposes from tide water to Keswick and then returning the finished product back to tide water. A large amount of money will be saved this way in freight charges. If the deal goes through the plant at Flemings Point will be enlarged and employment given to several hundred men. It is rumored that the copper company is also negotiating for a chemical plant up the bay, near Mar- tinez, which will be consolidated with the one here. e One Franc for Duelist's Life. It will be remembered that in No- vember last a duel with swords, in I which the principals were MM. Charles Ebelot and Henri Lautier, ended in the death of the latter. His antagonist, an advocate from Tou- louse, was the other day charged b fore the Seiné Assizes with “having by blows and wournds caused death unin- tentionally.” Judging from the word- ing of the indictment, the law does not take duelists seriously, or it would not admit the supposition that they do not enter into the encounter with any deadly intention. In this case proof was forthcoming that the affair had been carried out fairly, according to the recognized rules of the code, and the prisoner was acquitted. The family of the deceased took no part in the criminal prosecution, but obtained in the civil action 1 frane damages and School Receive Rewards| i Vera | rgietta Morehouse, | | ley Young Men’s Christian Association | | shells, DEDICATE NEW BURIAL FLACE Lyon Post Veterans Hold ixercises at Their Plat in Evergreen Cemetery MR ADDRESS BY PERKINS United States Senator Is the Orator of the Day and Talks of Patriotism RE PO Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, June 17. Lyon Post No. 8, Grand Army of lh~:1 Republic, dedicated its burial plat in| the new Evergreen Cemetery, near Mills College, this afternoon, United States Senator George C. Perkins deliv- | ering the address of the occasion. Five| hundred persons, including many vet- [ erans of the Civil War, were present at the impressive exercises. Superior Judge Frank B. Ogden was| president of the day and director of ceremonies. After the assembly call by Comrade C. G. R. Montoux of Lyon | Post, the Rev. Robert Whitaker, pastor | of the Twenty-third-avenue Baptist: Church, delivered the invocation, which | was followed ‘by “The Star-Spangled | Banner,” played by the Maccabee band, | and the unfurling of a large flag do- nated by Senatoy Perkins, from a staff donated by Colonel Hastings of Lyon | Post. Judge Ogden made a brief talk, | John W. Gwilt rendered a vocal selec-| tion, Hon. Willlam Lair Hill spoke on | behalf of the Evergreen Cemetery As sociation, Miss Susie Gladding sang “Tenting To-night” and then came the | oration by Senator Perkins, who sald in part: It seems entirely fit and appropriate to me that we should gather here to-da the an- niversary of the battle of Hill, to consecrate this burial plat Lyon Post Ne. 8, named after General Nathaniel Lyon, | who fell at the battle of Wilsons ‘re-'k.‘ in Missour, during the early part of the Civil War. Dust we are and to dust we must return, and the chief reason why we are met here to-day ig to turn back the pages of our memory and _ meditate upon patriotism of the noble makers and defenders | | | 1 of the pation, Who are no more on earth. | Bunker Hill and what transpired there has | been a beacon light of ory. Every nation | has bowed In homage and recognized tha | valor there displayed by our forefathers When I visited the monument of Bunker Hill as a boy 1 felt itke Scripture tells us Mo felt’ when he approached the bur An unplaced voice to whisper to me. Thou are treading on holy gm herces of Bunker Hill helped to | republic, the veterans of the Civil War pre- served it and the younger heroes of the n the yoke of op- were grand and redit and rev- war removed Cuba. These achievements and all is due tc those who participated in ay as we consecrate this sacred son to congratulate ourselves of our country and to revere isk-Americ paession Kloriou erence them. the memory those who bequeéathed to us such a splendid heritage, not forgetting the father of our country, George Washington and its sa Abraham Lincoln. Let us be | guided by fotism which [nspired the makers of this nation and our future will be blessed. When Senator Perkins concluded his | address he was thanked Dby Colonel| Hastings for the flag he had presented | | Lyon Post. Comrade C. G. R. Montoux read an original poem, “The Faithful Comrad and the exercises were concluded with benediction, pronounced by Rev. Rob- ert Whitaker, the singing of “America” by those in attendance and the sound- ing of tans by Comrade Montoux. Four brass fleld pieces and many donated by the United States Government, have been utilized in or- namenting the burial plat. Thus far but one interment has been made in the plat. e e-———— — GEORGE L. NUSBAUMER DIES AT COUNTRY HOME Former Surveyor and a Pioneer of Alameda County Passes Away After Long Iliness. OAKLAND, June 17.—George L. Nusbaumer, formerly County Surveyor of Alameda County and one of the first settlers in-Sunol district, died to- day at Los Alisos, Sunol, after a long {less. Three years ago he was stricken with paralysis. Later he par- tially regained the use of “his limbs and faculties, but was left with a seri- ous impediment of the vocal chords that prevented clear speech. The dis- ease, however, slowly sapped the suf- ferer's vitality The Nusbaumer family settled in Alameda County more than fifty years ago and has always been prominent in the affairs of this section. For twenty years or more George Nusbaumer was County Surveyor until illness com- pelled him to retire. In his earlier days he surveyed many of the large tracts of land in the county. The de- ceased was 52 years old. His wife, Mrs. Florence Nusbaumer, survives, as do two brothers, Albert and Emil Nus- baumer, and a sister, Mrs. W. Whit- more. Funeral arrangements have not been made. the lives and | 3 OF ALAMEDA® BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1014 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. s BERKELEY. iJ 2148 Center Street. b Telephone North 77. - ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Alameda 4592. REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIOX Alameda County. FRIDAY, JUNE 17. Puget Sound Lumber Company (corpor: t ¢ of Sherman lot 9 and portion of lots § and 10, block F, map 144, lofs in Page Trs Alameda; $10. Bert M. and Capitola A. Riedsman to Mary K. Wood, lot on NE corner of Pacific avenus :mx Wood street, E 33:4 by N 100, Alameda 10. Annle R. Wood (wife of Charles L.) to sa (single), lot on N line of Pacific avenue, 50 E of Wood street, E 16:5, N 100, E 33:4, N 30, W 50, S 150 to beginning, Alameda; $10. Frederick G. and Lydia A. Otto to Lulu A. Anderson, lot on N line of Seventh street or Raliroad avenue, 130 E of Union, N 121:5, B 21, S 127:3, W 21, block 535, Boardman's map, Oakland; $100. Christ Soreen (widower) to James R. Little, lot on E line of Henry street, 100 § of Third. S 50 by E 125. lots 21 and 22, block K. map Bay View Homestead, Oakland: $100. James R. and Margaret A. Little to South- ern Pacific Company, same; $10. Mariano G Bale to Meta K Bale (wife), ot on SW corner of Seventeenth avenu. beginning, block 56 land; $10. Plummer Improvement Company to Neison Koford. lot on W line of Etna street, 255 of Kearney, § 45 by W property of John Kearney, Frank and Elizabeth A, and George and Stella Hewlett to Ernest F. Barry, lot on § line of Howe street, 152:10 W of Tel- egraph avenue, W 85 by § 130.80, lot 10 ana lot 9, block D, Suburban Tract. 140, W 35, N_140, San Antonio, East $10. M!les Silverthorn to Louise Silverthorn, lot on S line of Buena Vista avenue, 68:1 W of Oak (Twenty-third) 31:11 by S 86, portion of lot 11 , lands adjacent to_Encinal. Alameda: gift, James Timilty et al. to Louis E. Brown, lot on I line of Castro street. 62:6 N of Fourth, N 37:6 by E 100 lot 4 and portion of 3 and block 47, Kellersberger's map, Oakland: $10. George Brown to Jennie McCall Bliss (wife | o Percy L.), lot on N line of Mariposa street, 40 E of Brown, E 80 by N 116:6, lots 20 and 21, map resubdivision of block A, Brumagim Tract, Oakland; $10. Agostino Canepa to Angela Canepa (wife), lot beginning at point on — of Seventh street, 5 W of Chester. W 25 by S 96_ lot 21, block map redivision of city blocks 404 to 496, Oakland; gift Same to saine, lot an N line of West Fifth strect, 143:9 W of Center, W 25 by N 94, lot 5. block 404, same map. Oakland; gift Char VHare (widower) to Ellen Casey rd 921 D. 210, lot on W line of 101 8 of Twenty-fourth. S 25 18 block €36, map Market- d: gife rdian estate of John npetent) to Francisca Roder ne-third of lot on NW corner reets, N 23:7 by W property, Oak- Annie E. Bullock to interest contained in of estate of Catherine 10, street, 200 lots 9 to L >t Linn (widow) to Bay Counties corporation). right of way S feet for the pu mpany (a not to exceed in width of maintaining two pole lines for cond and transmitting electri the center lin: sald right of way being described as follows Beginning at point on E line plat 84 Kellers- berger's man Rancho V. and D. Peralta, which roint is 670, more or less, from ner said 84, thence In a SW _direc- tion to the E line of tract in said plat =4, owned and occupied by the Contra Costa Water Company as and for a reservoir site, ated distance of 1000 feet meore or Berkeley d’tract in plat 84 owned a tra Costa Water Company. W In N 1§ of sald plat $4. crossing Bay View avenue of Hopkins Terrace and running W across lots 4, 3 and 1 of sald last map to E line of Arch street, a & tance of 800 feet. more or less, quit claim: also lot beginning at point on right of way. ete., across portion Sobrs ranch, fn Contra Costa County Berkeley: $10. Jacob F. and Etta T. Zellerbach to Georze L. Fitz. lot on N _line of Clinton avenue 130 W of Oak street, W 30 by N 130, lot 6. 1 % of binck P, lands adjacent to Enein meda Katle L. and George L. Fitz to Anna W Nylander and Johanna M. Hanson eame, Ala- meda; $5. D — Joseph's Well. At Dothan, if Upper Palestine, is a pool which has refreshed the traveler for centuries. It is the well of Joseph Its environs form a dreary enough prospect. Above it is a low, insignifi- cant hill upon whose summit cluster a few miserable mud huts, and at the base is the sordid anachronism of a puffing steam mill, while away from it stretches in all directions the faint- toned, almost hueless expanse of the Syrian landscape, long reaches of palest blue and gray and yellow, with only an occasional blotch of brilliant color in the foreground. Dreary and waste and sad indeed is the scene to the eyes of the flesh, but to the eyes of the spirit that squat, bald hill be- comes a veritable Mount of Visions— visions a thousand times more real and vivid than the spectacle of mud huts and steam mill and rocky wastes. —Metropolitan Magazine. ——————— Early Telegraphs. Very few people, says Railway Loco- motive and Engineering, would doubt the electric telegraph being exclusively a modern invention, yet experiments were made centuries before the electric telegraph came into use, which indi- cated that a system of electric teleg- raphy could have been worked out had the need of it existed. In 1746 Le Monnier exhibited a series of experiments in the Royal Gardens at Paris showing how electricity could be transmitted through iron wires 950 fathoms in length. In 1763 Charles Mar- shall published a remarkable descrip- tion of the electric telegraph in the Scots’ Magazine under the title of “An Expeditious Method of Conveying In- telligence.” In 1846 George Lewis Le- sage, professor of mathematics at Geneva, promulgated an invention of | an electric telegraph, which he eventu- ally completed and set to work in 1774. This system was composed of twenty- four metallic wires, insulated and in- closed in a non-conducting substance. 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