The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 13, 1904, Page 6

THE FRANCISCO CALL, SDAY, JULY 13, 1904 O«NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA NIGRO'S WILL N PROBATED (unlmlnmc &grw to Com- promite for $3000 dlldE Threatened Suit Is .\'ettledl ESTATE WORTH $500,000 Property Goes to the Widow | and Adopted Daughter Madeleine in | RSN | Oakland Office San Francisco (‘lll,g 1016 Broad | The will of the ! of property valued at $500,- admitted to probate to-day. | The threatened contest has been avert- | éd by the widow paying $3000 to \he" contestants. According the testi- mony given this morning by the widow daughter, Attorney Charles F. San Francisco and Domenico | ancieco Alberti, who had been ) named as executors and trustees under the will, had held Nigro’s will for near- two years and that only after Nigro had made another revoking it did they consént to have the first testament de- stroyed. After Nigro's death they filed | & copy of the will they had retained so | long nnd threatened a contest but a, compromise was arranged Nigro was owner of the Poodle Dng’ restaurant property in San Francisco, &nd other valuable reaity, all of which is divided equally between the widow, Ellen Nigro, and an adopted daughter Madeleine. Both widow and daughter | stated on the stand to-day that Nigro | had often tried to get the will he had made from Hanlon but never could. When it was finally destroyed Hanlon took it to the Nigro residence at Ninth { and Center streets in this city and burned it. He refused to let Nigro have | it but insisted upon destroying it him- self According to the statement of Reuben H. Lioyd, who, with Judge Sullivan | and Attorneys Allen & Walsh, is repre- senting the widow and daughter, the | two Albertis were virtually made the owners of the property and would have been entitled to endless fees. Hanlon was their attorney. A boast credited to the Albertis, that Mrs. Nigro would get little of the money after Nigro's death, what first caused Mrs. Nigro to | me uneasy, she testified, and she then began to urge her husband to get | the will which he her see it. The compromise having been effected out of court the contestants made no appearance to-day and only the widow and her daughter were present with her attorneys. Testimony in regard 1o the wills, however, was necessary to show that the first will had not been destroyed by fraud and that the one presented for probate was made to re- place it. , July 12 te rizio 2 aisposing 000, was to EAYS AL A COUNTY EXHIBIT IS A SUCCESS | | Commission Weilbye Returns From | St. Louis Enthusiastic Over Way Things Are Working. OAKLAND, July 12.—At a meeting | of the Merchants’ Exchange to- night | World's Fair Commissioner Weilbye, who has just returned from installing the Alameda County exhibit at St. Louis, made a report to the exchange of the work done by the commissieners. He stated that Alameda’s exhibit at the fair is one of the most attractive there. While it is not the most ex- pensive, it is unique in many respects. PP S A To Appear Against Cochran. OAKLAND, July 12.—W. H. Kahler of 243 Eddy street, San Francisco, ap- peared as a witness against William R. Cochran to-day and the latter was re- booked on r charge of grand larceny. Cochran wsas formally charged with the same offense, but yesterday the charge was reduced to battery, the evi- dence being deemed insufficient. The pr:soner is accused of having taken a fob and charm from Albion Chollet in a phonograph parlor last Bunday night. Kahler claims to have witnessed the act. —_————— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, July 12.—The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: August Stein- kamp, 42, and Sarah Cooper, 38, both | of San Francisco; Isaac Smith, over 21, apd Eva Nichols, over 18, both of San Francisco; Eugene Meehan, 23, Honolulu, and Wilhelmina Nielsen, 18, San Francisco; Willlam B. Barber, over 21, Los Angeles, and Nellle E. Doh ins, over 18, Berkeley; Benjamin . Newmarker, 24, and Anna K. Kirch- , 16, both of Oakiand. —— Chases Wife With Knife. OAKLAND, July 12.—Fred E. Greuning, a tailor, residing at 830 Webster street, was arrested this af- ternoon and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Gruening's wife alleges that he came home in an intoxicated condition and chased her about the house with a knife in his hand. As soon as Mrs. Gruening could make her escape she telephoned the police and the arrest followed. ———— Prepare Their Estimates. OAKLAND, July 12.—The heads of departments of the city ;o\ernmenH are figuring on estimates as to the cost of conducting their affairs for the ensuing year. Chief of Police Hodgkins will ask for pay for twélve additional patrolmen, and Fire Chief 2all will ask the city to provide ex- penses for the new fire engine com- panies at Golden Gate and at Santa Clara avenue. —_————— File Nevin Will. OAKLAND, July 12.—The will of the jate Martin Nevin of Livermore wae filed for probate to-day by At- torpey T. W. Harris. Deceased left an estate valued at about $10,000, con- sisting .of a ranch near the town of Livermore. The property was divided between the widow and two sons. who rhare the estate equally between them, while six children are left to the care ©of the mother, had signed and let | % l { MOSES FAYORS OLD METHODS Historian Upholds System of Electing ‘Senators by Delegating Voting Power ——— i OPPOSES ANY Declares of Instructing sentatives in SR Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, July 12. Professor Bernard Moses of the his- tory California believes that the system of electing United States Senators is as good as any that could be devised and | he is not in sympathy with the agita- tion in favor of electing Senators by direct vote of the people. Professor Moses also disapproves of the plan of instructing representatives to Congress or conventions, on the ground that the system is a departure from the policy followed by the found- ers of the republic. These views Professor Moses ex- pressed to-day before his class in “Government” at the summer session | of the university. He said: The question of electing.United States Sen- ators by direct vote of the people has been Taised often lately and some attcmpts have been made to eecure an amendment of the Constitution. I do not approve of the pro- posed change, because I think in the end that it all amounts to the same thing. We have ways been able to trust the men we elect to represent us with the power delegated to them to elect good and efficient Senators. The Senate is always an admirable body, aithough it often occurs that many of its members are merely rich men. It seems to me that the spirit’ of the whole constitution would be changed if this one change is made. I wish aleo to speak of the habit that has sprung up of instructing our delegates to Congress or to conventions. 1 don't believe the founders of this Government ever intended that it should be done. The representatives are chosen by the people for a specific purpose, with full power to act, and it is ot for us to trammel their free agency. Professor Moses in concluding called attention to the system of electing rep- resentatives in vogue in the East, where the people have learned the value of returning tried men to repre- sent them year after year. The West, he declared, has not learned that it is making a grave mistake by continually shifting the personnel of its representa- tives, so that now much power is wasted. — AUTHORITIES ORDER INQUEST Mystery of Human Skele- tons Unearthed at Mount Eden to Be Investigated SR i Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, July 12. The mystery surrounding the discov- ery of two human skeletons, which were unearthed during the excavating of a store, at Mount Eden, is to be officially probed by the authorities of Alameda County. To this end a Coroner’s in- quest will be held at Haywards next Friday afternoon at 3 o’'clock. District Attorney Allen has requested that the inquest be held for the pur- pose of determining, If possible, whether the bones are those of white men or Indians. In the absence of Cor- oner Mehrmann, the inquest will conductéd by Justice of Crandall. It is the purpose of the county au- thorities to have the bones examined by Dr. A. L. Kroeber of the anthropo- logical department of the University of California. —————— NATIVE SONS PREPARE FOR ADMISSION the Peace DAY Sub-Committees Are Named for Ala- meda County's Part in the Pa- triotic Celebration. OAKLAND, July 12.—The Alameda County Admission day celebration committee of the Native Sons of the Golden West was divided to-night into the following sub-committees: Ways and Means—11. Williams, W. B ley Jr. W. J. Baccus, J, R. Knowland, "H. Henken, R, J. el Flnlnte H. Sagehorn, R. W. Church. E. Wn‘on E. Planer, R. M. Hamby, L, 8. Sh: " Executive—H, Williams, H, Sagehorn, Gard, J. J. McEilroy, Beach Dean, D. - ol Al'Kihm, George Haus, J. R, and _Parade—R. W. Church, J. J. Nagle, A. Sousa, R. S. Failmer, C. Crawford, Paul Qult. H. W Know- Wuthe, Charles W. Hammond. Hotel und sccommodations—J. J. McElroy, W. L_Paul Rock, W. T. Brady, D. Goldsmith. R, Stetson, Drussel, A. L. T. Bauer, Literary F. Hansen_ G, W. Frick, L. T. Bauer, A., E. Cotby, C, Perry Athietic—Al Kihm, on, C. K. Townsend, F. Garrison, W. P. Geary, H. G. The 'committee has opened head- quarters at the Merchants' Exchange and will meet on Fniday evenings. —_——— Alameda Parlor Officers. ALAMEDA, July 12.—Alameda Par- lor No. 47, Native Sons of the Golden ‘West, installed the following officers last night: Past president, E. J. Probst; vice president, A. T. Sousa; second vice president, W. M. Walkup Jr.; third vice president, Samuel Hyams; mar- shal, Herman Bolte; recording secre- tary, A. V. Fisher; financial secretary, C. T. Rose; treasurer, Louis Fischer; trustee, Dr. H. M. Pond. Injured in a Runaway. OAKLAND, July 12.—S8. V. Stevens of 10063 Webster street was struck this afternoon by the wheels of a buggy Grayn by a runaway horse and slightly injured. The animal later col- lided. with. a locomotive at . Twelfth street, but was not badly injured. *CHANGE Against Fashion Repre- Congress department of the University of erform certain things for us when they go | cellar beneath Henry Crocker's | be | president, Charles Rock; first 'HOFFMAN'S SACRIFICE e SAVES Oakiand Boy Who Allowed Surgeons to Strip From. His Limbs Skin to Cov:r Burned Arm of Six-Year-O'd" Girl Still Walks on Crutches and Fhe Child Will Recover SISTER'’S LIFE | | | | OAKLAND, July 12.—George Hoff- life of his six-year-old sister, allowed the surgeons to strip from his thighs burns on her arm and shoulder, to-day has the satisfaction of knowing that he has not suffered in vain. Dr. R. T. Stratton, who performed the delicate operation of skin grafting, announced this afternoon that the girl was practically out of danger, and would undoubtedly recover. The wounds on the boy’'s limbs are yet very painful, and he still walks on crutches. He gives little heed to the pain, however, for he now knows that | through his suffering his sister will be restored to health. This morning he said: 1 don't see why I should be called a hero for letting the doctor take the skin from my legs, when it was 10 save my sister's life. Anybody would do that much for his sister. Of course, the places where the skin is off are pretty sore, but I'll be all right before long, and as long as Alice is going to get well I don’t care about myself. Dr. Stratton said this afternoon: The operation of skin grafting which was performed on the little Hoffman girl has been entirely successful, and there is no doubt that the child will recover. Had the operation not been performed the burns on the child’s neck would have developed Into running ulcers, which would have probably caused death. Even if the burns had healed the arm would have been left rigid, through the tightening of the ekin during the process of healing, whereas now the grafted cuticle will form a natural flexible skin, and in the course of a few months the arm will be as good as before the accident. —_— UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, July 12.—Professor Eilmer B. Brown, head of the educational department, has been signally honored by election to the presidency of the National Council of Educa- tion, Hitherto the BEducational Courcll bhas selected a president for one year only, but Professor Brown's feture will be for three years. This body, which includes In its mem- bership some of the most distinguished edu- cators in the United States, the membership being Mmited to fitty, controls the appropria- tion of moneys by the National Educational Association_in_ aid_of special investigations. Protessor Brown represented the University of California at the recent meeting at St. Louis of the Association of State Universities. Jerome B. Landfield, nstructor in the de- patasnt. ot Maktoes, wan lately elected a for- eign member of the Imperial phical So- cinty of Rusma. This election carries with it many privile a5 few fo ers . are per- mitted 10 wander over the realms of the Czar at their pleasure. ‘essor Landfield has spent considorable Mime In Russia and Si- berls and knows the language thoroughly. Farrington of Columbia to take up partment of education, to which position he was appointed by the Board of Regents at the May meeting. B Says Wife Left Him. OAKLAND, July 12.—Suit for di- vorce was begun to-day by T. B, Crab- tree against Martha M. Crabtree, also known as Mattie M. Crawford and Martha M. Taylor, on the ground of desertion. Crabtree wants half of some community property he says has been acquired since their marriage and which is in his wife's name., ————— Barnett’s Case Postponed. OAKLAND, July 12.—The case of E. Barnett, the money lender, who chopped down trees planted by the city on Telegraph avenue, was post- poned until July 15, Barnett objected to the presence of the trees .because | they destroved -the sidewalk. ———— Mayor Schmitz WVill Speak, OAKLAND, July 12.—Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco will members of the unlons which are af- filiated ‘with the Cooks’ and Waiters’" Union at the reunion to be h¢ld in this city July 22. unions of the surrounding ¢ities have been invited to attend. e CINCINNATL, July 12.—The es n of Henry Hule & Co., dealers /wrain. was burned tqudav. Loss. $8.000. man the young hero who, to save the | nearly one hundred square inches of | skin, with which to cover the terrible | address the The members of all the | | < | | o ! OAKLAND BOY WHO SUBMITTED l TO SURGEOR'S KNIFE TO SAVE | SISTER'S LIFR. GOES FOR GOLD BUT FINDS MAN Burglar Robbing Thomas Evans’ House Encounters Victim in His Hallway Berkeley Office S8an Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, July 12. Bent on finding gold, a burglar ran- sacked the house of Thomas Evans of San Pablo avenue and Sixty-third street at an early hour this morning, but instead of booty he found a man looking for him. The man was Evans himself, who bumped into the burglar while seeking to discover the cause of a mysterious noise. Evans tried to catch the burglar and almost succeed- ed, but the fellow managed to get away under cover of the darkness. The burglar Had the best of the start, hav- ing seen his intended victim coming down the hallway of the house. Evans gave him a lively run down the back stairway and over the rear fence. The police responded to Evans' vigorous blowing of a police whistle, but the burglar could not be found, A search of the house revealed that the thief had entered by means of a basement door and ransacked the house, although he did not obtain any- thing of value. e SWALLOWS .POISON WHEN FIANCE PROVES FALSE New York Woman Dying From the Effects of a Drug Self- Administered. NEW YORK, July 12—Minnile Bar- doff, 27 years old, a hair-dresser resid- ing here with her mother, is dying from the effects of poison. Miss Bar- doff was brought home yesterday by another woman and left in a state of collapse. The strange woman called gome children who were playing near- by, and, leaving Miss Bardoff with them, hurried away. Late to-day the police found the woman who had been with Miss Bar- doff. She said Miss Bardoff had taken some drug because she was despondent on account of the marriage of a man to whom she was engaged. ————— HAWAIIAN-GROWN TOBACCO MAY BE ON MARKET SOON Government Expert Finds That Fine Grade of Weed Can Be Raised in the Islands. HONOLULU, July 6.—Frank E. ‘Center, the Government expert in charge of the tobacco experiments on the Loulsson Bros.' plantation at Paauilo, has finished his investigations. 'He is satisfled that a fine grade of Sumatra wrapper tobacco can be suc- cesstully raised in the islands, success or failure depending upon conditions of soll, location, protection from winds and moisture, One acre of land was donated for study of the possibilities of this valuable product and the re- sults shown are highly gratifying. | | } *| ginning { REMOVE ENTIRE PLANT PURCHASE SITE | FOR SMELTERS Keswick Copper People Buy Large Tract With Water Frontage Near Martinez —— Acquire_ Fifty-Five Ac at Bullshead Point, at | Which. to Locate Works Oakland Office San Franciseo Call, 1016 Broadway, July 1Z. The Jron Mountain Copper Company, operating an extensive smelting plnmi at Keswick, to-day completed the pur-| chase of fifty-five acres of water front land, near Martinez, as a site for its works, which will be located on lhc! newly acquired property as soon as the | removal from Shasta County can be ef- fected. The new site is on Bullshead Point, a mile and a half east of Martinez. It/ comprises a portion of the 140 acre| tract owned by Charles Extz of the| Bullshead Oil Refinery, which Is oper- ated on the land. ' The price paid for the fifty-five acres is understood to be ahout $60,000. This purchase includes about one-half of the water frontage in the tract. Be- cause of the deep water at the point the site was selected. Vessels can easi- ly be handled there, as there is fully thirty feet of depth available at high tide. According to the information availa- ble at Martinez, work on the removal of the Jron Mountain Copper Com- pany plant will be commenced at once. The company was represented in the negotiations by its attorneys, Goodfellow & Eels of San Francisco. SUMMERTIME TEAS By Zoe Green Radcliffe. OAKLAND, July 12.—At last people are be- to realize that summer—or a pale semblance of {t—is here and a languld spirit of dolce far niente is creeping into the veins of even the most energetic of us. A little luncheon for two of three, in the gardem, a little ride under the Pale stars or a short spin Into the country in a smart ‘“‘chou-chou car’—in this happy, desultory fashion are some of .our home-staying soclety folk resting. Many are planning to visit the World's Fair later on, some have just returned from a strenuous ‘‘vacation’’ at some summer resort and bave not yet raised the front blinds, so the residence part of Oakland Is a veritable “sleepy hollow.”” A few hospitable homes seem to keep open house from year's end to year's end, and there ome always find a “‘comfy” chair in a pleasant nook and a re- freshing cup of tea. Every Tuesday at the old ““Adams place’” finds & few congenial spirits gathered and Mrs. John Charles Adams is never so bappy as when entertaining in her own graclous little fashion. ““Highland' is another hospitable domicile that fairly gathers one in in a warm, hearty embrace. - On_sunny days ‘‘Chevy Chase,”” a deligbtful corner of the garden Wwhere rugs, ioviting hammocks and great easy chairs are luxuriously abundant, is Mrs. Requa's favorl plece and her friends enjoy many a happy hour there with her. Her daughter, Mrs. Orcar Long, by the way, has just returned from a short trip with Mrs. Wickham Havens to Santa Barbara, where they were guests of Mrs. Henry Rosenfeld. In Fruitvale the Wetherbees and the San- i | \ | borns are always entertaining somebody. T night Mrs. Sanborn chaperoned a tally-ho party given by Stanley Moore and Arthur | Goodfellow. A late dinner was enjoyed at San Leandro and the drive back was de- lightful. In the party were Miss Laura San- | born, Miss Isabelle Kendall, Miss Gertrude Gould, Miss Viva Nicholson, Fred Dieckmann, Will ‘Stubbs, Charles Robson and the two | hosts. Miss Grace Sanborn left to-day for Denver, Cclo., where she will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chase for two mionths. BE TR The most comfortable kind of a yachting party was given by Mrs. George M. Shaw to- day on_the Idler, Commodore Shaw’s trim boat. The yacht was anchored in the bay and the ladies of the party enjoyed all the nov- elty without any of the discomforts of a sea trip. The luncheon that was served was de- liciously unique, every dish being suggestive of some inhabitant of the deep. The dishes were all delft and flowers of the pretty Dutch blue were used in the decorations. After lunchon a pleasant game of 500 was enjoyed on_deck. Participants_in this affair were: Mrs. J. R. Scupham, Mrs. Elizabeth Dow Yorker, Mrs. Florence Wells, Mrs. Therise Gaytes, Mrs. Winchester, Mrs. George Winchester, Mrs. Porter, Mre. James A. Johngom, Mrs. F. T. McHenry. o & Mrs, F. M. Dunwoody is home again after a six months' absence in Seattle. Captain Dunwoody, now commander of the Perry, is in the far North. Mses. Dunwoody is at Mre. Arthur Crellin’s, who leaves In a few days for New York to meet Mr. Creilin on his re. tarn from Burope. Mrs. Dunwoody will chaperon the little family during Mrs. Crellin's absenca. wot8 Mrs. Byron Rutley, with the two little Rut- leys, Harold and Gertrude, and her sister, Mrs. Harry Barnes, left last Saturday on the steamer Queen for Seattle, where they will all be the guests of Mrs. Rutley's father for a month or two. . E. R. Armstrong, the popular young man- ager of the music department of Sherman, Clry & Co’s local store, is critically ill at the Waldeck in San Francisco. He is suffering from typhoid fever and the physiciahs have almost given up the fight for his life. Dr. F. F. chkwn is vm:mr with the Alex- ander McPhersons at their summer home at Lake Tahoe. I ALAMEDA, July 12.—Dr. W. H. Robinson has returned from a vacation of two weeks epent in_the Yosemite Valley. Percy Bordwell of New York is here on a visit fo nis mother, Mrs, G. A. Bordwell, of 2445 Buena Vista avenue. He graduated re- Cently from the law department of Columbia College. ‘William Hammond Jr. and Joseph Morizlo are spending a_few days at the latter's sum- mer lodze, near Newark. Edaward Mevsel, who departed for St. Louis three weeks Ago, s returning to Alameda and cts to arrive home this week. ugh C. Gallagher is touring the summer resorts in Lake County and t present is stop- ping al Laurel Dell lfm Gertie O'Connor of San Luis Obispo is | the guest of Miss Grace Buckley of 752 Rail- road avenue. Miss Augusta Kuhls, who has taught in the local school department for several years, will have charge of & Echool at San Ramon, Contra Costa County, next term. Do . oo e ] SOUTHERN PACIFIC MAKES A BIG PURCHASE OF OIL bt ~ Buys Eight Hundred Thousand Bar- rels for Use as Fuel on Its Lines. SOUR LAKE, Tex., July 12.—The Southern Pacific Company has just purchased 800,000 barrels of oil from a local company. The price is said to ‘have been 650 cents a barwel. The Southern Pacific will place the oil in the sforage tanks along its railway { Francisco, {and coin. “ih_same, Oakland; gift, | .correr lines in Texas and Louisiana and use it for fuel as needed. ———— Satolli Visits Ireland. ST. PAUL, July 12.—Cardinal Sa- tolli arrived in St. Paul to-day to visit Archbishop Ireland until Friday, when he will leave for Duluth to take a steamer trip to Buffalo. - THUG SANDBAGY | AND ROBS MA Lures a Vietim Into Room | and Knocks Him Sense-| less With Blow on Hmd‘ SEAMAN LTS et Makes a Chance Aecquaint- ance at Railroad Depot and Is Roughly Handled Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, July 12 To be sandbagged and robbed of was the experience of Emil Johnson, a | sailor residing at 27 Main street, San | while he was visiting this afternoon in Oakland. The seaman was decoyed into a room at the Overland House, First street and | Broadway. As he stepped in front of his guide Johnson was felled by a ter- rific blow on the head. He dropped senseless to the floor. When the mari- ner revived he was minus his purse| The money represented his| earnings for a short time at a coai dealer’s place in Sausalito. As soon as he had sufficiently recov- ered, Johnson left the house and no- tified the police. Detectives Kyte and Shorey are looking for the man who took the sailor in tow. Johnson said he had been calling on | relatives and had gone to First street, and Broadway to wait for a train to San Francisco. While seated on a bench he got into conversation with a stranger, a man of twenty years or so. Johnson wanted to find a retiring place and the affable young man invited him to go to the house upstairs. The police think a sandbag was used, as the sea- man’s head was badly contused where the weapon had struck him. A good description of the thug was given to the detectives. e ———— REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. TUESDAY, JULY Eleanor J. and Franik M. Dav za K. s to Noah F. S Iine of Brown 35 by S 100, por- operty of Central 11, 1904, Barnum, Iot 9 E of Market, 9, block K, map p Land Company, etc., recorded " July Oakland; $10. Joseph T. and Paulena Hinch to Alice Mary Faneuf (wife of R. J.), lot on E line of West street, 32:6 N of Thirty-third, E 100 by N 82:6, portion lots 1 and 2, block E, property of Central Land Company (formerly Brown Tract), Oakland; $10. Alice Mary and Ralph J. Faneuf to Joseph T. Hinch, lot on SW line of Ham NW of Oakland avenue, NW . Hamilton Tract, Oakland; $10. Engs (single) to Wickham ine of San Pablo avenue, lot on W Athens avenue, N 60 by W 100, lots 1 and 2, Cordes Tract, Oakland; $10. Alice Smith (single) and Margaret A. Fors- land (wife of L.) to Mary J. Foster (widow) all interest in lot on N line of Railroad avenue or‘fi‘wmh street (Oakland avenue), 65:7% W of portlon ot ne street, N 100:4% by W 40, lot § and in subdivision block 37, Tract 406, Whitcher's officlal map, Oakland; also lots 21 and 22, block R, map resubdivision of portion of Roberts & Woltskill Tract, Oak- land; gift. Julia B. Smith (single) to same, all interest in_same, Oakland; gift Robert A. Smith (single) to same, all'interest Wickham and Florerice W. Havens to Ar- thur W Moore, lot on E line of Carmel av nue, 270 N of Oakland avenue, N 60 by E 152..12, portions of lots and 18, block I, Central Piedmont Tract: $10. Sigmund S. Beel (single) to J. L. Ht(th(‘fl”k. lot on E line of Third avenue, 6.3 8 of Sec- ond street, being S stead Ass David Jacks to John Thomas Jones, lots 1| to 3. block 4, Tract B. Berkeley Land and | Town Improvement Assocfation: $10. John B. and Edith A. Wallace to Walter G. Tibbetts, lot beginning at a_point 200 feet S from line of San Antonio or Kings avenue and | 100 feet E of South Charles street, E 50 by S 57.6, Alameda; $1. John Christian Hansen to Chatlotte B. Han- sen (wite), lot on W line of Willow street, 104 | N of L by W 98, portion of lots | 14 and block B, Oakland Point Homestead | Tract; gift. Peter F. and Katherine M. Bradhoff to Frank Graham (single), lot on W line of Market street, 40 N of Fourteenth (since widened to | SO feét), N 25 by W 100, block 592, Board- | man's map, Oakland; $10. Harvy P. and Orace B. Travers to George Sieble (single), lot on W line of Jefferson street, 50 8 of Ninth, S 50, W ) 75. N 20, B 100, lots 17, 18 and s of H. ortly lots 11 to_14, block ellersberger's Map, e S eion 1o Ben 7, Woolner. iot o Harris Garcelon to Ben X E line of Poplar street. 104:6 § of Twenty- sixth, § 25 by E 115, block T, map of survey of Northern Extension. Oakland: $10. Robert and Nannie Hughes (by California Title Insurance and Trust Company, trustees) to Phoenix S. B, and L. Association, S47 D. 254, W line of Pearl street, 226.08 S of Ruby. . 1ot 49 and portion oe nvestment Unfon Tract Oakland; -$2000. Brand_ (by _same) 1 (trustees’ and A No. Harry same, 863 D. 332 SW iine of Fast Ffiur:rrnlt'h to street 107:6 NW of Fifth avenue, NW ¥ S 100, block 48, Clinton (trustees’ deed), Oakland; $2500. Same to same, 889 D. 65, NE line of Fast street. 112:6 SE of Fourth avenue by NE 100. bm-k 18, same (trustees’ ast n 1« NE line of East Twelfth street. SE of Fourth avenue, SE ¥ by NE |00 hV'z;‘k 48, same (trustees’ cast Oakland; deCiine to same, 881 SW line of East Fourteenth street, 182:6 NW of Fifth avenue, NW 37:6 by SW 100, onk 45, same (trustees’ deed), East Oakland Same b same, 500 Eadt Tweltth stredt nue. SE 37:6 by NE 100, Oskland, trustees’ — to same, SS7 () §1, lot on NE line of 6 SE of Fourth ave- block 48, same, East $2500. 134, lot on NE lne SE of Fourth 100, deed: $2500. ¢4 D. 190, Tot_on SW _line 145 NW of Fifth 100, block 48, same, rastees deed: Bt G orion to Joanta Horton, iot on & Twenty-seventh atreet ~and o e, SE . 16152, SW 45. NW lot & and portien lots trustees’ Same 'to_same, 864 D of East Fourteenth street. avenue, NW 57:6 by SW Oakland, Highland Park, East Oakland: gift. ‘B ana Elizabeth F. Spitler to W. F. ‘Adeline Hohenschild, lot on E lin n(d“l.'—::" strest, 40 8 of Vine, § i by B 95, portion lots 2 and 3. block 8, Graves and Tay- lor Tract. eley; $100. —_—e—————— RIVERS SLOWLY FALLING i IN FLOODED DISTRICT block Fason B. an Kansas Railroads Resume Operations and Farmers in the Uplands \ Are Harvesting. TOPEKA, Kans, July 12.—Reports received to-night from Salina and Junetion City say that the Smoky Hill River is slowly falling. It will ‘take several days yet for the rivers to reach their normal state. All the rail- roads are getting back into running order. Harvesting is being pushed on the uplands. It will commence in the lowlands within a few days. The wheat on the lowlands is very badly damaged by the flood, while that on the uplands is in fair shape. Unfavor- able reports are received as to the con- dition of the corn fl‘.’" MOUNT HOLLY, N. J. Berkeley Arms Hotel at Berkeley, near Sea- side Park, N. J.,, was destroyed by Loss. $75,000, 1S SUFFERER|. | unpaid salary of Assessor Dalton. | and Pendleton, Ore., — BRANCH ()['F[( l‘“ OF THE CALL 1 ALAMEDA COU \'TY OAKLAND. 1016 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083, BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telcphone Alameda 559! r | | | GENERAL FUND REPLENISHED Thrpa!emd Deficit in the County’s Cash Averted by Transferring Money Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, July 12. By transferring funds from the mines and foothills road fund to the general fund, the Board of Supervisors has averted the threatened shortage in the county’s cash. The work upon these roads will be allowed to go for an- other year and about $80,000 is thus made available for gemeral purposes. By this means many claims will be paid which would otherwise have waited long. The shifting of this money will ne- cessitate the temporary abandoning of the work on the scenic boulevard which was to have been pushed along as fast as possible. This driveway is to connect Oakland and Haywards with a splendid road which will equal any of the famous drives in the State for beauty of scenery. There is also in the hands of the County Treasurer the sum of $13,000 as He has been unable to draw any salary for the past three years, pending liti- gation over commissions on tax collec- tions. It is likely that this money will also be transferred from the salary fund into the general fund for current expenses and in this way all deficits will be overcome. —_——— OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Inventors of California Design and Secure Patents for Many New Devices. WASHINGTON, July 12.—The fol- lowing California patents were sued to-day: Henry W. Ayres, Los Angeles, tachable book leaf; Walter G. Bell, Los Angeles, electric fluld pressure switching mechanism; Irving Carl, Los Angeles, hydro-carbon burner for boilers or other purposes; Charles E. Chapin and A. A. Sherman, Berkeley, Qe- respiratory apparatus for firemen and others; Mary A. Davis, Los An- geles, safety holder; John Eichler and J. Becker, San Francisco, acety- lene gas generator; Willlam H. Greg- ory, Vallejo, lemon squeezer; Sam- uel E. Knowles, San Francisco, den- tal matrix;: William H. Loomis, Ala- meda, carpet renovating apparatus; Timothy Mahoney, San Fran o, electric railway; John 8. Maspn, Santa Ana, saw-setting machin Rohert Matheson, San Diego, hydro- carbon burner; Thamas J. Murphy, Needles, garment holder; Lovell B. Pemberton, Redondo, electrical heat- er; Walter G. Read, Davisville, fold- ing extension trestle; Joseph Smith, San Francisco, rotary agitator; Harry W. Thurlow, San Francisco, ecan opener; Charles W. Van Winkle, Farmington, automobile; eter J. Wilson, Ben Lomond, non-refillable bottle; Augustine W. Wright, Po- mona, folding receptacle. Civil service examinations for the po- sitions of clerk and carrier in the Post- office service will be held at Pasadena, Cal., July 20, and Long Beach, Cal, July 23. Rural free delivery will be estabe lished at Placerville, El Dorado Coun- ty, Cal., August 15, with one réute. Margaret Troland has been appoint- ed rural carrfer and Daniel Troland substitute at Deer Park, Wash. The following fourth-class postmast- ers have been appointed: Oregon— Marmot, Clackamas County, Dera Aschoff, vice Adolph Aschoff resigned: Pleasant Hill, Lane County, George W. Kelsey, vice Eva A. Sather, resigned: ‘Woodstock, Multnomah County, W. J. Gilstrap, vice Alfred Hafferden, re- moved. The postoffice at Cedar Mill, Wash- ington County, Oregon, will be super- seded by rural free delivery July 30, the mail to go to Poraland, Multnomah County. e~ MANAGER OF BUILDING SOCIETY IS A BANKRUPT Honolulu Speculator Gives Up Strug- gle Against His Creditors in the Islands. HONOLULU, July 2—P. E. R. Strauch, manager of the Co-operative Home Purchasing Society of Honolulu, ‘which is said to have San Francisco backers, has filed a petition in volun- tary bankruptcy in the Federal Court. He sets forth his debts as $6852 and his assets at $19, which he claims is exempt. D COOK BOOK OFFER TO CLOSE / AUGUST 30, 1904. The Call's. Cook Book fum offéer will close on 30, 1904, and all readers paper who desire a copy fail to place their order mediately. prem- August of this of this id aot im- eents per copy. Out of town orders 23 cents additional o cover prepayment of transporta.