The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 18, 1904, Page 4

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1904 o N WOUNDS HUNTER Beast in Guleh and Sus- tains Severe Imjurie BRUTE CLAWS HIS FACE Ranchers Organize Posse and Scour Hills in Hope of Killing Destroyer Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, July 17. Raging mad from a shotgun wound | in his body the mountain lion that three days ago began terrorizing the farmers | living in Schmidtvile, a hamiet just north of Berkeley, attacked Frank Bercher, 2 ranchman, this morning and | wounded him so severely that he had 1o seek the services of a physician to mend his hurts. Besides clawing a long strip of flesh out of Bercher’s left clieek the animal scratched both his arms and one of them he will wear in a sling for some time to come. Bercher went gunning for the animal early in the morning armed with a! shotgun loaded with small shot. Much 1o his surprise he came upon the brute while it was drinking from a pool in one of the small canyons back of | Schmidtville. The encounter was as much a surprise to the lion as to Ber- | cher, and the animal started to run| away. Not counting the consequences of n.l-| tempting to bag a mountain lion with | small shot Bercher fired, with the result | that it was only wounded in the shoul- | der. Angered by the pain the animal | turned in its tracks and made one great leap toward its pursuer. It fell short & bit but Bercher was taken so un- awares that he fell over from fright. In this position the animal could ha_\'e‘ killed Bercher but it seemed more in- | tent on getting away, for it merely | gave him two or three slaps with its | paws and then slunk away. | Although the slaps were few they were not dainty. The claws tore big furrows into the flesh, so big that the Point Richmond doctor who treated him says he will wear scars for the rest of his life, The story of Bercher's encounter spread over the country and in a little while hunting parties were scouring the | hills for the beast. The brush in all| the canyons was beat up for miles around. Only one hunter got a glimpse of the lion, however, and that was while it was creeping among some still | brugh, apparently wounded but able to make good time. This mountain lion has been making | ife miserable for the ranchers of Schmidtville by stealing their sheep and calves. ——e————— ROCKET WIELDERS ABSENT AND MATCH IS POSTPONED | Many Close and Exciting Games Are | Played on Golden Gate Park Courts. Two tennis tournaments were set for yesterday, but the absence of many of | the cracks from town necessitated a | postpenement of the handicap doubles | tourney at the California Club court: Six pairs of players were present, but | the tournament committee decided to call the event off until the cracks re- | turn to town. | On the park courts the first and sec- ond class players met in a class singles tournament. The players met for the | first time under the new classification | and the matches in both classes were much closer and more satisfactory than | heretofore. Play was completed down to the scmi-finals in the first class and to the | finals in the second. In the latter | ¥red Adams and Horace Mann won | the coveted places. In the first class | the four remaining players are George | Baker, Clarence Grifin, Car! Gardner | and Robert Whitney. The two first named and the two last named will | play against each other. ! There were several surprises, chief | of which was the defeat of Will Allen | at the hands of Norman Ambrose. It was the latter’s first appearance in the first class and he was not considered to have a chance against Allen. Allen has not played for about six weeks, but at that was expected to beat his opponent easily. Ambrose won the first set ‘with little difficulty. When Allen had annexed the second set by} @ 6-2 score and lead at 4-1 in the third | it looked to be all over. At this stage | of the game Ambrose made an umex- | pected stand and took the next four gumes casily. Allen regained the lead at 6-5, but Ambrose took three straight games and match. The scores follow: First class—Clarence Foley beat A. Brabant, :vt 8-C; George Baker beat Harry Routh, g-;i, B un - ronind—Clasiids “Oritha. Giat Herbert Long, €3, 6-3: Baker beat Foley, 6-0, 6-3; Carl Gardner beat Charies Dunlap, 6-0, 6-3: B. N. Whitney beat Ambrose, 6-2, 7 4; Norman Ambrose beat Will Allen, 6. B-€ Adame beat H. Biddle, 6-2, First round — Gaynees beat C. Teller, 3-6, @2 6-4. Mann beat M. Hotchkies, 64, ¢-3: Adams beat Drolia. Second round—Mann beat Adams beat H. Gubriel 6.2, Gayness, 7-5, 6-0; 6-4. ~Finels—Adems Mann. —————————— PERSONAL. Newell Dwight Hillis, a prominent divine of Brooklyn, N. Y., and wife, ‘who have been touring Southern Cali- fornia, are registered at the St. Fran- cis. C. R. Wisdom, a lumberman of Mec- Cioud, is at the Palace. James McFarland of Denver, one of | during the present summer have been | which i{s now nearing completion. | of Streets Ott. | winter months. Following are state- | brokets, and the general movement of home | buyers to this side of the bay is causing some- | at 174 Locksley avenue for Holcomb, Breed & the most noted of the Pinkerton thief- takers, who has charge of the Pinker- ton bureaus in the West, arrived from Los Angeles yesterday and is at the Ocidental. He is making a tour of in- ‘spection. —_——— Seeks Death by Arsenic. < A woman who said she was “W. Scott,” but later gave the name of Stella Packard and said she lived at 118 Ninth street, was treated yester- day at the Emergency Hospital by Dr. -Carl Wilson for arsenic poisoning. She is .about 25 years of age. She declared she had taken the polson _with the inte m of killing herself wished to be free from usband, who, she declared. had ili-treated her. 8he told Dr. Wilson not to trouble himself about her re- covery, as she would try the arsenic again with better results. IS REPORTED Dealers in Oakland Real Estate Make Many Sales: During Vacation Season PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS New Thirty-Sixth Street Sewer Will Be Finished ! by the End of August Ozkland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, July 17. Real estate dealers have been agree- ably surprised during the past two weeks. Where they expected a lull in business on account of the vacation | season, many have been rushed with orders. This change from the condi- tion of the summer market of past years can only be explained in one way, and that is that tourists who are visit- ing California are purchasing property on this side of the bay. A large percentage of the sales made to people from the Eastern States who first came to Oakland as tourists, but who, on seeing this city’s ideal resi- dence tracts, decided to locate here permanently. Another thing that at- tracts the homeseekers to Oakland is the fact that on every hand are evi- | dences of public improvements. Among the most important of these is the Thirty-sixth street main outlet sewer, ‘W. H. McKinnon, of the Realty Syn- dicate, who has the contract for put- ting in the sewer, expects to have the work finished by the end of August, and the new outlet will then drain the entire district north of Thirty-sixth street. The work on the new sewer is under the direction of Superintendent A. V. Feight, formerly vice presi- dent of the Polytechnic Business Col- lege, and J. P. Beckett, a well-known contractor of this city, have leased a piece of property on San Pablo ave. nue upon which they will erect a large apartment house. The lot has a front- age of fifty feet on the east side of the avenue and is situated between the | Santa Fe and the “Key Route” tracks. The building, which the lesees purpose to erect, will be a three-story frame structure and will contain forty rooms. The property has been leased for a term of twenty years from E. Atwood. SALES REPORTED. Local dealers are well satisfied with the summer market, and expect an in- crease in business during the fall and | ments from several estate firms: George W. Austin reports an exceptional de- | mand for residence property. The local situ- | ation 1s said to be very encouraging to Oakland well-known real what of a sur among San Francisco people. The improved ferry service, fine electric car system throughout the city and the public spirit manifested by our merchants is un- doubtcdly the cause. Other reasons might be assigned, such as the dollar a day excursion around Oaklaud and the attitude of the Oak- land Board of Trade. Building is active, there i no trouble whatever 1o sell new cot- tages at the right price. Districts that have lain dormant for many years are being brought ints demand by the electric line extensions. Mr. Austin reports the following sales recently closed: House and lot on Market street, near Thirty-second, for R. N. Fitzgerald to Charles | Crow for $2400; ot on Thirty-fitth street, near | Market, for Smith Bros. to J. H. Hinch, $500; store and flat on Sixth and Castro streets, for L. Keyes to L. Mattioll; house and lot on ove street, near Twenty-seventh, for W. D. | West to Mr.'Chllds, price withheld; lot in | Glenecho tract for Du Ray Smith to William | Allrett; lot on Telegraph avenue and Merri- mac strect for George W. Austin to A. Zeis, $3100: 1ot on Linda avenue for J. 8. Myers to | Mr. Muaplesden, $1000 (on each of these lots the | purchaser will' build & home); house and lot | Bancroft to J. French: house and lot on Thirty- eighth street, near Telegraph avenue, to E. J. Smith for $3000; house and lot on Willlams street, San Leandro, for A. Franks to G. E. Parish; house and 10t on Andover street, near Thirty-fourth, for Frank Emery to John Smith; lot in Fruitvale for William G. Hen- shaw to R. Kelly for $850; house and lot in West Oakland for T. Vaughan to Mrs. Fenton; house and ot on Thirty-second street, near Adeline, for J. § Myers to William Craig. This same firm also sold a house and lot in Marysville, & lot in San Jose and a ranch in Shasta County and) several other pieces of country property. ALAMEDA DEALERS BUSY. Taylor Bros. ‘& Co. report a very active business, especially In vacant lots and resi- dences. ' Among their sales this month are residence ‘to_James Foley, Pledmont; cottage in Peralta Heights to E. C. Pendieton: two cottages on Eighth street to James Prideaux; residence, Peralta Heights, to Dr. A. Gal thrath, direct from Chicago; cottage on Thir- ty-second street to G. W. Nunes; cottage on Thirty-second street to J. W. Eber; eight lots near Tuxedo Park to John Klind: two lots in Tuxedo Park to William H. ¥leids; two lots in Tuxedo Park to Monroe Clark; three lots in Tuxedo Park to G. H. Shearer; residence on Monte Vista avenue to T. Cambra; two lots on the corner of Fourth avenue and East Fif- teenth street to Myron Whitaker; ence on Magnolia strect to A. F. Arid. This firm has also just given contract to ve 25,000 rds’ of carth in grading and filling Lake View Terrace, and have also just opened up the Moorse Tract, facing Watson avenue. The new Key Route ferry system, which is now operating on Fourth avenue, is causing a great demand for residence property in that section. Henry Barkmeyer of Fruftvale reports that things look better in Fruitvale than ever be- fore. The assurance of the conversion of the Southern Pacific Company’s lines from steam to electrie, and the remodeling of the Ha wards electric lines to broad gauge and mod- ern_Toadbed will insure rapid transportation to San Francisco, to say nothing of the prom- ised Western Pacific Raflroad ferry service. These expectations have caused homeseekers and Investors to purchase much property in Fruitvale. During the past week Barkmeyer has made the following sales: Cottage to F. O. Schul- lerts on Brandon street near Washington, ; cottage to Andrew Nelson, $2100; cot- tage to Carl G. Larson, $1000: residence on Fruitvale avenus, $3800. ———— Alameda Dealers Busy. ALAMEDA, July 17.—~While trans- actions with local realty dealers were not as numerous during the last week as they were during the preceding one, the agents who buy and sell houses and lots are optimistic and look for a quickening in the market after the close of the summer vacation and the . return of people to their homes and business. Considerable building is being done and many of the homes in course of construction are pretentious dwellings. According to the report of Sanitary Inspector E. C. Mailott, one hundred and forty houses were put up in Ala- meda within the last fiscal year. This breaks all previous records for any corresponding period in the history of the city, With reference to local real estate conditions here is what some of the dealers have to say: moyiiam Hammond Jr. of Hammond & Ham. says that Alameda is now from seeki more ng an lde; for & home than it has ever done before, s inquiry is in a great measure due to the systematic advertising that the city is being given through the efforts-of the Alameda Ad- PART OF ROUTE New Street Railroad Com- pany Arranges a Transfer Deal With Transit Lines ADOPTS DEFINITE PLAN City Council to Be Asked to Allow the Surrender of Corkserew Franchise Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, July 17. Plans comprehending the immediate construction and operation on a new basis of the projected Webster street and Park Railway Company's road in this city have matured rapidly since the filing of articles of incorporation last week in San Francisco. The new company has entered into negotiations with the Oakland Transit Consolidated, Wwhereby a transfer arrangement will be effected. On this plan the new cor- poration will be able to abandon the “corkscrew’” franchise it holds over Broadway and Washington street south of Fourteenth street to the water front. This deal also includes the abandon- ment of the Pleasant Valley franchise which the company holds. It means, in short, that the new line will operate from Fourteenth and Webster streets, out Webster street to the “fill” south of Twenty-fourth street and thence across Adams Point, opening up the broad acres generally known as the Adams property bordering along the northern shores of Lake Merritt. By the arrangement for transfer privileges with the Oakland Transit Consolidated both the new road and the old system make a gain. The re- linquishing of the ‘‘corkscrew” fran- chise leaves the Transit tracks unob- structed by the cars of the Webster street corporation. The franchise as originally planned takes advantage of the five-block law, by which one street railway company may use the tracks of another system for not more than | five consecutive blocks. The “corkscrew” franchise route was g0 carefully mapped that it gave the new company a chance to work up the two main thoroughfares over the Tran- sit tracks from First street and Broad- way to Fourteenth street and Broad- w This route is as follows: Beginning at the foot of Broadway, near First street, and running up Broadway from First to Fifth street, along Fifth to Washington, up Washington to Tenth, along Tenth to Broadway, up Broad- way to Fourteenth. The road continues along Fourteenth street to Webster to the boulevard, across Adams Point to | Pleasant Valley and thence to the cem- eteries. The franchises are nominally held by J. H. McDonald, one of the directors in the new company. It is conceded that the Adams people have a large interest in the project It is understood that the holder of the downtown fran- chise will go before the City Couneil to- morrow night with a petition for leave to abandon the ‘“‘corkscrew’ route. At that time the representatives of the company will make an explanation of its purposes. Several Councilmen have been interviewed concerning the aban- donment of this franchise. If the company, as is understood, shall also cut the Pleasant Valley franchise, for which $6000 was paid to the county in 1 contest before the Board of Super- visors, it will be obliged to go before that body, as the route is mainly out- gide of the municipal limits. If this franchise be dispensed with the ter- mini of the new road will be at Four- teenth and Broadway and at a point near the head of the northeastern arm of Lake Merritt. — e Expires Suddenly in Chair. OAKLAND, July 17. — Mrs. Zelka Pereira, 70 years old, died suddenly this afternoon while seated in a chair | at Frank Noyes’ residence, 371 Third street. Mrs. Pereira had been ill at the County Infirmary, but was dis- charged several days ago. She was a widow, a native of Portugal. The Coroner took charge of the case. ——————— Alameda City Trustees. ALAMEDA, July 17.—The City Trustees will hold their regular semi- monthly session to-morrow night. The proposed chicken ordinance will be submitted by the City Attorney and the matter of an increase in the sal- aries of municipal employes is also to be discussed. —_——— Woman Pays a Fine. BERKELEY, July 17.—Mrs. Mar- garet Malcom pleaded guilty ves- terday morning in Justice Edgar's court to a charge of selling lquors without a license. She was fined $75, which she paid. vancement Association and other organizations with the promotion of the welfare of the mu- nicipality as thelr prime purpose, rty values are steadily increasing, sales are being made daily and there is a noticeable stiffening in rents. Modern homes are never vacant, and the demand for cottages is far greater than the supply. It is surprising how many San Francisco residents are casting about for a Lome gite in Alameda. PEasterners have also heard of the beautles of the climate, the !glem“d sanitary conditions existing here and the unexcelled ‘educational facilities, the re- sult being that some of those who formerly lived east of the Rocky Mountains will here- after call Alameda their home. Frank N. Dodd of the Alameda Land Com- pany says that vacant lots are getting rarer in Alameda daily and home sites are increas- in value, The style of the homes now being bullt is more elaborate and expensive than thoss constructed two years ago. This city is becoming known as the resident place of many of the familles of United States army officers, partfcularly those serving in the Phil- ippines, and several military families have located here during the past few months. A. R. Denke sald he could not find fault with the conditions of Alameda realty now if he tried. It has never been healthier, and the man who would kick about the local market at_present ia not right. Frank Hally of Hally & Co. said that the realty market Is growing stronger steadily and that the firm has made several good transfers lately and had many inquiries from parties do- eiring to live here. Within the last week t firm disposed of a house and lot on Broadwa: a lot on Pacific avenue. another on Santa Clara avenue and stll another on Briggs avenus. Captain J. S, Hanley said that business has been excellent, Selling has been good and on some of the lots which he had d&l?olcd of the new owners are planning to build beautiful homes, He stated that the class of home- seekers at present coming to Alameda are people(?; means, who mean to locate here per- manently. Charles Adams & Co. said that the vacation season has somewhat affected the firm's busi- ness. but still the trade could not be called dull. - As a rule June and July are quiet months, and real estate men took for a slump, but this year has been bétter others in this respect. I[FLOATING SHOPS IN THE NAVY OF GREAT BRITAIN The British Admiralty has fitted out three "obsolete ironclads as floating workshops in which young men will be trained for the rating of engine-room artificers and other mechanics. The old ships thus utilized are the Defence of 6270 tons, built in 1862—lately re- named Indus—the Bellerophon, 7550 tons, built in 1866, and the Temeraire, 8540 tons, buiit in 1877. These ships are henceforth to be designated as In- dus I, IT and III, and will be stationed at Devonport dockyard. Two hundred boys have been entered on the Bel- lerophon, who, after passing through the training ship, will be drafted on to the various ships in commission, | forming nucleus crews of highly train- ed men. In this way many repairs wil} be effected afloat which at present necessitate a period at a dockyard. The Bellerophon’s upper deck has been fitted out as a machinery hall with machine tools of all descriptions, and a galvanized iron and glass roof over it gives the requisite protection and light. The Temeraire will serve as an electric power generating station, and also as a school for carpenters, elec- tricians and ordnance, while the De- fence will be used as a shop for the engineer artificers employed in keep- ing the fleet reserves in repairs. The ships will be connected by means of bridges, thus affording easy cdmmuni- cation. The expense of fitting out these ships with shops, tools, class- rooms, gymnasiums, drawing office, messroom, berthing accommodations, baths, etc., has been large, but will un- doubtedly prove an economical invest- ment, for it is not alone that special classes of mechanics will be thus ob- tained for the navy, but the shops ashore will be relieved of much repair work of minor character which hitherto clogged the operations of the new work and heavy repairs on machinery and ordnance outfits. The greatest saving and convenience, however, will be real- ized on cruising ships on which train- ed mechanics may be able to make such repairs which otherwise would have to be done at a shore station, involving loss of time in steaming and great ex- pense in consumption of coal. AN AMERICAN IDEA. The idea 0f having a vessel specially fitted as a floating machine shop orig- inated in our navy, and was put to practical test during' the Spanish- American war. A small steamer, the Chathanr of 3530 tons displacement, built in 1885, was purchased May 2, 1898, for $350,000, renamed the Vulcan, and fitted out with machine tools. The ves- sel rendered good service for a few months, but with the termination of the war her usefulness ceased. The hull | was found to be in bad condition and after expending $68,000 in vain efforts | to prolong her service, the vessel was | vold at auction July 19, 1899, for $175,- 700. There is not, as far as known, any vessel of that special usefulness in our navy, but Russia has adopted and improved the idea in the steamer Okean; Germany has also converted scme of her obsolete ironclads for this important purpose, and perfection has British navy in its recent adoption of the American suggestion, as in addition to the statjonary floating workshops a cruising repair ship is being built. This vessel, named the Assistance, is of 9600 tens displacement, 4000 horsepower and twelve knots speed and its estimated cost is $1,200,000. Further changes in the regulations have been promulgated by the Minis- ter of Marine. The tests are in three stages as follows: First—A coal consumption trial of six hours, under one-half boiler power. Second—One machinery trial of ten hours under full power and another of three hours with three-quarters power. Third—A run of twenty-four hours, at cruising speed. The time between the trials is not to exceed three days, except under special circumstances, which must be reported to the Minister of Marine. The first vessel thus tried under the new regulations: was the armored cruiser Conde, built at the L’'Orient dockyard, laid down March 20, 1801, launched March 12, 1902 and tried in May last. The trials were completed in seven days, whereas under the old regulations they might have lasted weeks and even months. The Conde is of 9856 tons, 20,500 horsepower and calculated speed of 21 knots. She is fitted with twenty-eight Niclausse boilers. The coal consumption trial showed a consumption of 35.23 pounds per square foot of grate surface. The full power test gave 22,800 horse- power and 21.35 knots, and the twenty-four hours’ run at ordinary cruising speed developed 11,000 horse- power and 18.5 knots speed. There are five vessels of the Conde class. the others being the Aube, Gloire. Mar- seillaise and Sully. The Aube and Sully were built by contract, the others in the dockyard, and there has been no material difference in time of com- pletion between the contract and dock- yard built ships. NEW WARSHIPS FOR FRANCE Thirty-three new vessels have been authorized to be built for the French navy during 1904-5. Of this number, however, twenty-eight are submarine boats, four torpedo boats and only one armored cruiser. This latter ship, four torpedo boats and eight subma- rines are to be built in dockyards and twenty submarines by contract. The total sum for new construction and completing vessels in, hand is about $13,000,000. The German cruiser Hamburg was delivered by the builders within six- contract. The vessel is wood- sheathed and coppered and cost about $1,250,000. She is of 2952 tons dis- placement, 341 feet length, 43.25 feet gines are of 10,000 horsepower, calcu- ’h\ted to give a speed of 22 knots. The j vessel's ten water-tube boilers are of i the Schulz type. At the six hours’ speed trial under forced draught on April 26 the average results were 10,746 horsepower, 141 revolutions and 22.3 knots speed. On May 3, the twenty-four hours’ trial under natural draught gave 7244 horsepower with 124.15 revolutions and 20.41 knots speed. The consumption was 1.82 pounds per unit of horsepower. The maximum results of the several trials were: 11,582 horsepower, 147.5 revo- lutions and 23.15 knots speed, the mean draught of the vessel being 16 feet 5 inches. The armament con- sists of ten 4-inch, twelve 1.4-inch, four machine guns and two submerged torpedo tubes. The Navy Department has purchased over 270 acres of land adjoining the for steam trials in the French navy | been’ reached to a wider extent in the | teen months after the signing of the ! beam, 16.5 feet draught and her en- | SABBATI DAY 1S OBSERVED Many Oakland Chm"ches Draw Large Congregations at Day and Night Services STRANGERS IN PULPITS Vital and TInteresting Sub- jects for Sermons Are Chosen by the Preachers R g i Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, July 17. Large congregations attended ser- vices in the Oakland: churches both morning and evening to-day. Most of the sermons were interesting and the music was good. Several pulpits were occupied by strangers, the season of vacations causing many vacancies. The Rev. F. E. Knorp of Cheyenne, Wyoming, preached at the First Con- gregational church. The Rev. F. Gree- ley filled the pulpit at Oak Chapel, Con- gregational. The Rev. Burton F. Jones of Rocklin #ddressed the congregation at the Fourth Congregational Church, and the Rev. Griffith Griffiths spoke on “Our Communion” at the Market Street Congregational Church. The Rev. F. J. Mynard occupied the pulpit at St. Paul's Episcopal. The Rev. I N. Halliday and the Rev. John Coyle delivered addresses at the First Metho- dist and Rev. L. M. Hartley, super- intendent of the Anti-Saloon League, officiated at the evening services in the Chester Street Methodist Church. “Why Men Believe in God as a Father” was the subject of the sermon by the Rev. Owen Hotle of the Eighth Avenue Methodist Church. The Rev. W. W. Halloway of Dover, N. J., preached at the First Presby- terian Church. At the First Christian Church an il- lustrated sermon on Power of the Dark Ages in the His- tory of Christianity” was given by the Rev. Thomas A. Boyer. The Rev. Dr. Leon Magnes addressed the helpers of the Zion Carmel So- ciety at Foresters' Hall. Two Christian Endeavorer rallies were held in this city to-night as ‘“‘echoes’” of the recent convention at Santa Rosa. One was at the First Presbyterian Church, the other at the Second Congregational. UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, July 17.—The summer school | students will be entertained by a dramatic festival and dance on the evening of Friday, July 22, in Hearst Hall. The affair will be given under the direction of the Mask and Dagger Soclety, which will also receive the income. A comedietta in one act, with the title of “By Telegraph,” will be presented by Miss FEduarda Howard and Milton H. Schwartz, this to be followed by the presen- tation of ‘‘That Rascal Pat,”" a two-act farce, The cast of characters in “‘That Ras- cal Pat’ will consist of Walter de Leon, A. C. Keane, A. R. McCleish, Miss Isabel Mc- Revnolds and Mise| Beatrice Snow. The com- mitteemen in_charge of the entertainment are Miss Edith Wilcox, Miss Grace Cumberson, Miss Alma Barnett, Philip Carey, Fred Hol- man, Herbert Thomson, Paul Boehncke and Mervyn J. Samuels. Professor Morris Hicky Morgan of Harvard University, who is glving a course of lectures on the history of classical studles at the summer session, will deliver an address on “The Ancient Roman Religion'’ on Tuesday evening in Hearst Hall Professor _Jacques Loeb will lecture before the summer school students in the Students' Laboratory on Wednesday evening on ‘“Artifi- cal Parthenogenesis,” this being the second of a series of lectures he will deliver on bio- logical subjects during the summer session. The summer school students will have the choice of two outing trips on Saturday next. Professor A. O. Leuschner will organize a party of students in_astronomy to visit the Lick Observatorv on Mount Hamilton, and J. W. Rhodes, instructor in physical culture, will lead another party to Mount Diablo. -+ 5 o navy yard at Norfolk for $400,000, or at the rate of $150 an acre. The plan is to make Norfolk the largest naval station in the world, and if the money that has been invested at Port Royal, Algiers and Charleston during the past fifteen years had been spent at Nor- folk that yard would have ranked with the best navy yards of any country. Twenty-two warrant officers of the gunner and warrant machinist branches have applied for permission to undergo examination for promotion to the grade of ensign. Under the law the President may commission ten warrant officers yearly who have passed the requisite examination for ensign. Thus far only four have been promoted in five years. At the Naval Academy five young enlisted men have passed the physiclal and educational test for admission. One of these can- didates, however, is an alternate and will have to wait for his turn, that may be made possible by the dqropping out of the principal candidates. CAUSTIC CRITICISM. The London Engineer of June 24 has some caustic remarks about the action of the Board of Construction on the torpedo-tube question, saying: “A year or so ago torpedo-tubes were discarded in the American fleet as useless. This decision of a few faddists is now re- versed, it having been proved conclu- sively that the' condemnation was ar- rived at by discarding the views of the bulk of the American naval officers and upon the flimsiest of evidence. Not only are submerged tubes restored, but the new ships will carry four instead of two.” Six rear admirals will be retired be- fore 1906, either on acount of ill health or because they will have reached the age of compulsory retirement from the active list, that of sixty-two years. The retiring officers are Watson, Mil- ler, Rodgers, Cooper, Wise and Terry. The six captains who will be promoted to rear admirals are Wilde, Davis, Train, Pigman, Converse and Brad. ford, of which the first three named have been five years and the other three only four years in their présent grade. They all entered the navy in 1861, but their service at sea varies from, thirteen years nine months of Captain Converse to seventeen years nine months of Captain Train. Two creanferies in Iowa have been awarded the contract for supplying the navy with butter. The total quantity is 350,000 pounds, besides which 250,000 pounds are furnished by Pennsylvania. The butter must be made within a month, packed in three-pound tins, sealed and placed in sawdust, and Kept in cold storage until ordered delivered at Brooklyn or San Francisco. Cali- fornia creameries ought to compete for this supply to the Pacific and Asiatic stations. “The Place and | TRAIN HURLS MAN T0 DEATH Antone Anderson Is Instant- Iy Killed While Crossing Track at Shell Mound Park |SAD ENDING TO PICNIC Unfortunate Is Thrown Fully Twenty Feet by the Speeding Locomotive ——— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, July 17. Antone Anderson, a lumberman re- siding at 710% Brannan street, San Francisco, was struck and Instantly killed by the 6:30 Berkeley local train this evening at Shell Mound Park, where he was attending the annual picnlc of the Lumbermen’s Union of San Francisco. Anderson had left the park to take the train to San Francisco and he at- tempted to cross the track in front of the incoming Berkeley train, but he misjudged the speed of the flyer, which runs at a high rate past the park. He was struck before he could get out of the way. The pilot of the locomotive hit his legs, throw- ing him head first against the front of the boiler. The speed of the train was so great that Anderson did not fall under the wheels, but was hurled clear of the tracks, his body falling fully twenty feet from the place where he was struck. When those who had witnessed the accident reached the spot where he fell, Anderson was dead, his skull hav- ing been crushed and one of his arms broken. The Coroner was notified and the body was removed to the morgue in Oakland. Anderson was forty-five years old. He leaves a wife and several children. ———— MARKSMEN ROLL UP HIGH SCORES AT SHELL MOUND Shooting, but Few Experts Take Part in Contests. Yesterday belng one of the “off Sundays” very few teams competed at Shell Mound Park. Conditions were almost perfect, however, as the light was good and there was no wind to deflect the bullets. The veterans of the National Guard are practicing weekly and since their first shoot their marksmanship has shown won- derful improvement. Among them John Donovan, who had not handled a rifle In sixteen years, made a score of 46 out of a possible 50. The teams and scores were as follows: Troop A, cavairy. N. G C, monthly medal shoot—Lieutenant B. H. Carr 42, First Ser- geant R. C. Greeninger 43 Sergeant C. A | Becker 47, Sergeant F. T. Engle 44, Sergeant | T. P Lelimann ‘42, Sergeant C. J. Orton 27, Corporal W, Huber 41, Corporal C. Nicolai 40, W, | Trumpeter G. Ruge §1, H. Myer 20, G, | Hoadley 48, R. L. Plamondon 22, G. W. 18, M. Goldberg 15, R. W. Brown 14, J H 7. F. S, Bernhara 43 J Peters 42, merding 26, N.'J. Frates 34 A, M T. L. Connolly 38, J. Werner 38 Re-entry flags—Sergeant C, A. Becker 2, Trumpeter G. Ruge 1, G. W. Hoadley 3, J. Peters 1, J. Werner ' 1. Re-entry match—Sergeant R. C. Greeninger 42, Sergeant C. A. Becker 47, 45 Sergeant F. D. Engle 42, Sergeant T. P. Lehmann 43, 42, Corporal C.' Nicolal 40, Trumpeter G. 48, 38, G. W J. Werner 4 J Peters 42, 37. Company A, Veteran Reserve, N. G. C, weekly practice shoot—John Donovan 46, F. E. Covey 38, D. L. Shearer 31 Willlam Dues- | ler 81, J. T. Walling 29, J. C. Darnall 29, J. | A. Taylor 27, E. G. Carr 22. A. H. McKewan 21, A. T. Warren 20, P. D. Sherwood 17. Swiss Rifle Club of Oakland, quarterly prize shooting—C, V. Camozzi 16, G. Morest 16 L. Gilardi 16, F. Filippinl 14, C. Lurati 13, E. C. Rist 13 Shell Mound Pistol and Rifle Club, monthly practice shoot—H, Wobber 269, J. A. Loge 809, P. A. Paulson 319, L. V. Frates 3i2. preatie s o thdeand CHAUTAUQUANS HOLD ANNIVERSARY SERVICE Interesting Lectures by Distinguished Persons Are Programmed for Coming Week. PACIFIC GROVE, July 17—To-day was assembly Sunday with the Chau- tauquans. Dr. McClish of San Jose preached the anniversary sermon in the auditorium to a large gathering. He described the origin of the Chau- | tauquan institution and outlined the wonderful progress it had made. At 5 o'clock there was an anniversary vesper service on the beach led by President McClish and attended by a large concourse. This was a repro- duction of the vesper service held in the same spot twenty-five years ago, conducted by Bishop Vincent and Joseph Cook. The ritual to-day was a special one, appropriate to a service by the sea. There was orchestral mu- sic and singing by the Clafiin Jubilee Company. The service was arranged by W. F. Sherwin and adapted by Mrs. M. H. Wagner. This evening there was a largely attended praise service in Assembly Hall in which the Claflins and local talent participated. ‘The various classes and schools will resume work to-morrow morning, the Spanish and German being conducted by Professor Lange and the cookery by Miss Kate E. Whitaker. At 11 a. m. the forum hour will be occupied by J. A. Emery on the Citizens’ Alllance movement. Captain Hobson will lecture on Wea- nesday evening and Thursday after- noon and on Friday evening General Gideon Joubert will lecture on the Boer war. — ee————— MEN'S LIVES IMPERILED IN A BURNING MINE Fire Destroys Mills and Machinery and Four Miners Are Impris- prisoned in a Tunnel OROVILLE, July 17.—A fire broke out this afternoon at about four o'clock at the Bella View Mine near Laporte. The mill, engine room and other build- ings close to the mouth of the big tun- nel were destroyed. Four men were working in the tunnel when the fire broke out and fears are entertained for thir safety, as the tunnel is strongly timbered and it is thought these tim- bers will catch fire from the huge fire now blazing. The men in the tunnel are L. Byrnes, Morgan Bean, D. Mc- Donald and Bert Cumiey. There is a strong force of water at the mine for fire protection, but the fire broke out Just just where the hose w: placed and it was impossible to make use of i the water supply. Word was sent to | Laporte and to Gibsonville and a force of men and teams from each town 38, T. L. Connolly 35 382, Conditions Are Favorable for Good | Ruge | Hoadley 48, 45, A. M. Kant %0, | EVVS OF THI _COUNTY OF ALAMEDA o MOUNTAIN LION |BRISK MARKET IWILL ABANDO { BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1016 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Siveet. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Alameda 559. | e NN ¥ REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. SATURDAY, JULY 146 Adelalde A. und John F. H. Stahle to M. B de Loug (widow), lot cn NE corner of Derby N street and Benvenue avenue, E 150.44 by | 60. lot 30 and portion of lot 29, block H, H 8ass propefty (recorded July 15, 1904), Be : $10. Joseph Folcta ( on N line of Seve: 5 by N 100, lots 25 to 25, block 74, K | berger's mag, Oakiand; $10. | The Realty Syndicate to George B. Pratt, | Iot on — corner of Second and Chestnut streets, | 8,45 by E 92 biock 619, Boardman's map. | ete.. Oaklana; §10. M. L. Pay |ana M| €. Lo lots on' NE coruer of e | ton. avenue, E 40 by lots 1 and S, | block K, Golden Gate Tract, Oakiand ) James 8. and Mary F. Stewart (wif attorney, to Sarah J. F. King, lot on Thirty-seventh street, 225 W of Gro by § 200, lot 9, biock ‘A, Apgar Tract, Oakiand: | s10. | pldzale M. HUI (@istributee in estats of | Francts H, Page), to A. W. Jonnson, undivided One-teuth interest in the following: Let on E | lin ot Magnolia street, 106:6 N of West Thir | N 8 by E 123, lots 11 to 13, block 447, No. 2, Briggs Tract, Oakland; lot on S of Short street, 87:714 E of Cedar, £ 25 by | 100:445, lot block 36, Harris’ map, lan | at Oakiand Foint (raiiroad” fer | 408, Oukland; property cut property and all interest in Francis H. Page (deceased); $10. Carne §. and Henry k. Alden (husband) and | @ attorney to E. R. Tait, 25 by 100, being Il.,l 46. block F, Christiania Tract, etc., Omk- | land Township; $10. Therese E. Nelson to George B. S line of Woolsey street, 300 50 by § 135, lot 17, block E, m | of vortion Harmon Tract, Berkeley; $10. |, Stuart A. and Josephine M. Hassey to Her- | bert D. Clark, lot on $ line of Clinton avenue, | 275 W of Willow street, W 25, S to shore of San Francisco Bay, B to point which would be intersected by line drawn S from beginning at r‘llhl angles to Clinton avenue, N to be- £ county personal the estate of Taylor, lot on E of Calals, B bl 75, map lands adjacent to , Alameda; $10. Joseph T. and Paulina Hinch (wife) and | E. M. Hineh (single) cy Jame Fay, lot | on ine of West st 112 N of Twent: ninth, being S one-half Brock- 28 by W 140, Jot 12, block B, map Whitcher and | burst Tracts, Odkiand: $10 Doity and Mary and Anna K. Twy 1 nard to George A. A, lot on S line of t W W 25 by enty-eighth 0 | 3 | seph C. and M. | B. Morris, 1ot on | S of Summer street, S 50 by Y | Iot 2, block A, map block A, B, Park, Oakland; gift. | _Realty Syndicate (corporation) | Transit Consolidated, lot on Yerba Buena and 7, to Oakland ralta Ranc land; $1o. | . Cora ana P. E. O'Hair to August property of lot on SE Iine of Thirtee | of East m nth street - block 112, Fast Oakland John J. da o lot 19, block 38, San Anto sift Eugene A. and Julia H._ Merrill, lot on N 187:6 W of West, or S | 135, portion of N quarter | Tract, Berkeley: $10. Charles A nd Alice C. Bailey (by Raymond Balley, attorney) to_ Charles Ficks, lot on E line of of Channing way, N 38 by E Tot 21, block 122, corrected map of Raym | Tract,” Berkeley: $10. | _Laura and George Allen_to Mary Staats (single) lot on S line of Virgina stre E s | 137 W of Shattuck avenue, W 100 by S 13 lot 7 and 8 and portion of lot 9. block | Janes Tract, Berkeiey: $10. | * Mary E. Staats (single) to Laura H. Allym, | same, Berkeley; $10. T. A._Jenkins to Jobn C. Rouse, lot on B | ine of Ninth street, 100 S of Addison, § 122 | by B 130, lots 24 to 26, block 102, Allston | Tract, Berkeley; $10. | “'The Realty Syndicate (corporation) to T. F. Holtz (married) lots 9 to 12 block 13, map McGee Tract, portion of piat 67, ete., Berkeley; $10. Henry A. J. Pohlmann (by George Kam- merer, attorney) to Mary I Comnell (single), lot 7 and 8, block A, plat of part of Fitch tract, Alameda; $10, Auguste M. Perks (widow) to C. W. Gordon, lot on SW cormer of Blanding avenus Park street, W 113:0%_S 08, E to W line of Park street, N 08:2, lot 11 and portion of lot | 12, Block 43, map part of Minturn Tract, war- ranty deed, Alameda; $10. Leah F. Mott (single) to Blanche N. Tripp (wife of Dales D). lot on W line of Union street, 37:6 S of Alameda avenue, 8 38 by W 101, block 4, map Bartlett Fifty-acre Traet, Encinal etation, Alameda; $10, —_—————————— To Test License Ordinance. BERKELEY, July 17.—E. P. Carl- son was convicted by a jury in Jus- tice Edgar’s court yesterday morning of selling to grocers without a license and immediately after the verdict was rendered he gave notice through his | attorney that he would appeal to the Superior Court, where the validity of the license ordinance will be tested. —_——————— Seek Ald for Destitute Family. BERKELEY, July 17.—A number of people have interested themselves in the case of Mrs. Katherine Gilligan, who, with her family of five children, was rendered homeless and destitute by the burning of her home yester- day morning. Mrs. E. F. Rathbun and A. B. Quackenbush collected $20 this afternoon. ADVERTISEMENTS. IVY OR OA POISONING immediately relieved and quickly cured by ydrozone Harmless, although a most powerful healing agent. s 1 will send on receipt of 10 centsto pay postage, A TRIAL BOTTLE FREE. Send for it now. It will immediately relieve and promptly cure Insect Bives, Prickly Heat, Une @ for unnaturad PRIl iy LITTLE CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY AT PLAY FREE WITH NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL