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L THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL' TUESDAY, JULY 1904 2« NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA PIEDYONTS SECRET 18 PARTLY 001 Body Found in Lonely Is Identified as That pot of Dr. Charles F. Hill, a Los Angeles Osteopath PICTURE RECOGNIZED BY MRS. M. L. BURRALL Conflicting Theories of Mur- der and Suicide Prevail, With Many Facts That Suggest Case of Foul Play —— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, July 18. The body recovered from the Pled- | mont hills Saturday night was to-day identified as that of Dr. Charles F. Hill of Los Angeles. The identification was made by Mrs. M. L. Burrall of 614 Sixteenth street, but the mystery of the death is un- solved. Theorles of murder and of suicide prevail. The investigation has been under- taken by the Sheriff of Alameda Coun- ty, and Under Sheriff J. J. Hanifin Jr. | has been placed in charge. To-day he made a complete search of the desolate| location where the body was found. Marks on the hill side as if a body might have been dragged down were discovered. Mrs. Burrall says she recognized the picture of the deceased in the morn-| ing papers and that she immediately | visited the Morgue, where she identified the body. She says there is no doubt that the man who was found in the creek at the base of the Piedmont hills is her late lodger, Dr. (,‘har]vsj F. Hill, who came here six weeks ago| secking a location, but whose was unsuccessful Hill went to Mrs. Burrall's house and rented a room for one month and at the expiration of that time expr his desire to depart from Oakland. He | was a man of quiet disposition, de-| his room about 7 o’'clock | morning and returning home about 6 in the evening. He seldom sf any one, and had few visitor His occupation as given as that of an osteopath | an little atten- | tion was paid to his affairs. PAID RENT AHEAD. | One week ago yesterday Dr. | informed Mrs. Burra that | he ld not depart on the date he had stated and paid his rent until t He was seen to return home last [ sesday evening and to take his de- parture on Wednesday morning. After | that time, and until his body was iden- g was seen of him ch conjecture as to the | s death. The physicians who | formed autopsy are positive | man could not have shot himself, { 1 in at the base| lodged in the center | The theory r“ ned by the fact | from the spot whe ¥ »ody was o d been but in the vicinity. six feet h re- ce ntly On an ahove mbankment the remai investigati started to prove whether the physician was | dragged over this embankment after being the victim of murder, or whether | his body toppled into the guily in the | ent that he committed suicide. NO PISTOL FOUND. | point strongly in favor of { murder theory is the fact that the pis- | tol has not been found. Under Sheriff | Henifin and Dr. O. D. Hamlin caused | the creek in which the body was found | to be 4 to-day, but found no trace of a weapon. If the case is one | of suicide the y pon may res=t in the deep undergrowth nearby, but this is | improbable. Death must have been in- | stantaneous There a slight singeing of the but there were no powder burns, ving it probable that the pistol was One hair, le held some distance from the boc when fired. The circumstance also that the boc was »d with freshly | cut twigs excites the authorities to su picion, but what will resuit from it can only be told by the action of the Sheriff’s office. The body was discov- ered outside the city limits and the Chief of Police of this city cannot as- sume charge of the matter. NO HINTS OF SUICIDE. The property of the deceased physi- lan remains at his lodgings on Six- teenth et and nothing was found ADVERTISEMENTS. IN THE SU During | some member of the family is sure to suffer from Cramps, Bowel| MMER. the summer months Complaint or Diarrhoea. - Always ! keep a bottle of Hostetter’s Stom- | ach Bitters in the house for such cases. A dose at the first symp- tom will afford prompt relief.' Then it also cures Headache,| Belching, Poor Appetite, Nausea, Indigestion, Dyspepsia and Ma- laria. Try one bottle. The gen- uine has our Private Stamp over the neck. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS | | quest | 3 | the matter | the collection of this amount. | whi | Melrose '$832 95, Midway § the | & (ONTRA COSTA A BIG WINNER Franchise and Water, Which Were Assessed at Millions, Now Get Nominal Values R R ROLLS ARE TURNED OVER Total Valuation Cannot Yet Be Determined, as the Footings Are Not Complete AT e L Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, July 18. The Contra Costa Water Company is a big winner by the assessment placed upon its water and franchises this vear by Henry P. Dalton. According to the rolls turned over to the Board of Supervisors to-day, water, which last year was assessed at $945,000 is assessed at $300. The assessment rolls were surrendered by Assessor Dalton at noon to-day to the Board of Super- visors, sitting as a Board of Equali- zation. They are in a very incomplete condition, but from an examination of different volumes the assessment of franchises was found to be merely nominal. Last year the water in Lake Chabot was assessed in two equal parts to Brooklyn and Eden townships at $450,000 to each township. This year the assessment is but $100 for each half. The water in Lake Temescal, assessed last year for $45,000, is now assessed at $100, The assessment of franchises of the water company has also been put at a nominal figure. Last year the franchise in Alameda County was assessed at $75,000; in Oakland, $300,000; in Brooklyn Town- ship, $100,000; in Berkeley, $75,000; in Oakland Township, $250,000; in Eden Township, $75,000; in Washington Township, $75,000. This year these assessmengs have all been reduced to small sums. The change means an abandonment of the position taken last year by Assessor Dalton when he raised the assessment of the water company sev- eral millions of dollars. The total essment of the county cannot be obtained. The work is incomplete and while the pages of the books are footed, the totals have not been added, and there is no index to the work. All the taxes of the Contra Costa Water Company were protested under the increased assessment last year and now in the courts. It was upon these increases that C. MacMullan claimed [ has a suit pending in the courts for He al- leges that al w him half the taxes upon undis- covered property in the county. Upon the increase of these millions MacMul- lan la claim to half of the taxes, et the taxes have never been paid ————— STATE SCHOOL FUNDS ARE APPORTIONED TO DISTRICTS County Superintendent T. O. Crawford Makes a Semi-Annual Division of Moneys. OAKLAND, July 18.—The semi-an- nual apportionment of State school moneys amounting to $109,511 33 was made to-day by County Superintend- ent of Schools O. Crawford to the arious districts in the county, as fol- lows Alameda $14,135 Alvarado $598 44 Arroyo e $43 19, Bray $15 5 . Castro Valley $35 Decoto $808 2 den Val 1110 €0, Emeryville $1085 ¢ Fruitvale $4288 15, 23, Highland §: n $74 04, La. Lincoin $61 70, M 85, Livermore Lockwood $1221 66, ¥ $104 89, . Mission San $37 02, Mount House & '$08 72, Murray 34, Niles $777 42, Oak- $55 53, Palomares Redwood $123 40, 97, San Lorenzo esla 9 14, ] 1. liecitos $215 85, Vista $37 02, V. Vista £10¢ Warm Springs $370 20, Washington 5686 17 ————— Marriage Licenses, KLAND, July 18.—The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Frank L. Lathrop, over 21, and Lucile E. Pierce, over 18, both of Berkele; Richard Armstrong, 24, Emeryville, and Mary Daluthon, 2 Beverly C. Daly, 26, Alcatraz Island, and Frances A. Graw, 21, Berkeley; Ray B. Felton, 25, and Carrie M. Slaughter, 17, both 25, of Oakland: George E. Porter, 21, and Matil tickmeyer, 22, both of Oak- land: James G. Brady, over 21, San and Clara Wittman, over 18, Alameda; Tilden Matchette, 23, and Pearly Atteberg, 19, both of Ala- meda. among Hill's effects to indicate that he had contemplated suicide. Mrs. Burrall made the following statement last night: When Dr. Hill came 1o my house ha asked for a room and paid one month in advance. We saw but little of him. as he left the place at 7 o'clock in the morning and returned at 6 in the evening. He was a quiet, well-man- nered men and an acceptable lodger. Outside of the fact that he told us he was a physician we knew little of him, One week ago Monday he said that he expected to leave Oakiand, but was not in a position to do so. Me had all his trunks strapped, and paid for one week more. Last Tuesday night he came home, re- mained during the night until Wednesday morning, Since then he has not returned. LOS ANGELES, July 18.—Little of a definite nature was known here of Charles F. Hill. He came to Los Angeles ten months ago and took a room at 1008 South Los Angeles street. There he remained, practically idle, for seven months. He seemed to have some money and woré conspiduously a large diamond. He described himself as a druggist desirous of finding an opening for the investment of a mod- erate capital. Hill was 48 years old. Whether he was married or single 1s not known. b On April 18 he left Los Angeles for San Diego. Two weeks later the house at 1008 South Los Angeles street re- ceived from him a letter asking that his mail be forwarded to San Diego. He was not heard from again. commissions | from the county for $20,000 and now | the Supervisors agreed to | | 8irl who 15 visiting Miss Thomson, SCHOOL OPENS NEXT MONTH Unitarians Establish - New Institution for Training of Theological Students REV.EM.WILBUR IS DEAN Well Known Clergyman of Oakland Will® Assist in the Work of Instruetion g Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, July 18. Through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Cutting of Oakland and Mr. and Mrs. Horace Davis of San Francisco, all of whom are well- known members of the Unitarian church, a school for the training of students for the Unitarian ministry will be opened in the parish house of the First Unitarian Church of this city on August 12. The Rev. Earl Morse Wilbur of the Unitarian Theological College of Meadville, Pa.,, has been appointed dean of the new school, and he will be assisted in the work of in- struction by several well-known min- isters of this city. While the new institution will be under the patronage of the Unitarian church and is intended vrimarily for the instruction of students desiring to enter the Unitarian ministry, its founders do not intend that it shall be a sectarian school, and its direct end will be to prepare deserving stu- dents of every dencmination for effi- cient work in the ministry. No tuition fee will be charged. The first exercises of the new in- stitution will take place on August 16, and the school will continue in opera- tion until December 22, when it will close for the regular Christmas vaca- tion, which lasts until January 9. The first school vear will end May 10, 1905. The full course of instruction will be three years for university grad- uates and four years for others. For the present the institution will be under the direct control of the American Unitarian Association. The work will be so arranged that students so desiring will be enabled to do a considerable part of their work at the University of California. NILE . CEUB: LOSES By Zoe Green Radcliffe. CAKLAND, July 18.—George Edgar Jack- son, the attorney, is very busy rehearsing a guod fish story these days—a true one at that At least the fish was a ‘‘really, truly” fish, ;huv members of the Nile Club are sniffing suspiciously at Mr. J son's version of the | story. Dr. F. ¥. Jackson, George's brother, 1s trolling Lake Tahoe and was fortunate encugh to land a twelve-pound speckled beauty a-day or two ago. As nothing is too good for the Nile Club Dr, Jackson forwarded the which, by the way, is sald to be the | trout ever caught in the lake, to the with & Jetter conveying his compliments. trout and the letter did not arrive at the same time, however, the fish, addressed to George Jackson, being first on the scene. Now George 'is devoting considerable time | and energy explaining how he thought that | twelve-pounder was intended for his epicurean | palate alone and if you want to see a Nile Club man b come positively “scaly’” ask him Fow he enjoyed the Jackson tropt. Miss Loretta Hanley, the young Savannah is enjoy- ing a real Californfa reception and is being feted enough to sult the heart of- any pleas- | ure-loving mald, She has been the motif for innumerable informal affairs, Including the Carlton Cranes and the Downey Harveys, and to-morrow Mre. Melvin C. Chapman is giving & luncheon for her. Wednesday Mrs. George E. Perkins will entertain Miss Hanley and a small party, . . That was a Jolly studio affair given by Fugene Blanchard Saturday evening for three young ladies, Misses Hazel and Myrtle Wood of Piedmont and Miss Dutton of Berkeley. The party was chaperoned by Mrs. Charles ‘arter of Berkeley. A delightful little dinner served and later an impromptu musicale dded to the pleasure of an altogether en- jovable evening. Mr. Blanchard's guests were Misr Hazel Wood, Miss Myrtle Wood, Miss Pluma Dutton, Dr. Fréd #. vas.e, Smith and Charles Dutton : Pl 3 Mre. William High and her little family are still in Brookdale, where Mr. High has pur- chased summer home. Mies Josephine Johnson is the Mrs. Orestes Pierce at Lake Tahoe. o ol e Herbert Gaskill will visit the Harry ritons at Ben Lomond for & week or so. BERKELEY, July 18.—Friends of H, F. Bowers tendered him a party last Saturday evening at his home on Addison street. A programme of music and sonx served to de- light the guests, and afterward there was dancing and refreshments. The Misses Camp- bell sang a duet, Mies Edith Bowers gave a character recitation. W. A. Bowers enter- tained with character songs and the Misses Brown recited. The guests were Mr_and Mrs. w. Barry, Mrs. Mary Tupper, Thad Tup- George K. Campbell Mre, Campbell, the Carrie, Ruth, BErnest and Francis Campbell, Fred P. Bowers, Mrs. Susan A Libbey, Mrs. Lucy Brown, Mr. and Mrs. James Clark, Mre. Addie Bowers, Miss Blanche Bow- ers, Mr. and Mrs. Leverite Bowers, Mrs, Edith Bowers, Miss Fannie Bowers, Mr. and guest of Mrs. P, per Misses Mrs, Morton A. G. Smith. Mrs. E. F. Barry, Mrs. C. E. Hoar. Miss Ethel Clark, Mr. and Mrs. J 1. Bowers, Howard Bowers, M Harry Badger, Mr. and Mrs, Fred ning. the Misses Grace and Mabei Brown, ——————— BERKELEY’'S TRUSTEES IN RETRENCHING MOOD BERKELEY, July 18.—After a long discussion to-night the Town Trustees referred the matter of adjusting Town Engineér C. L. Huggins' salary to a ! committee composed of the Street Committee of the board, Superintend- ent of Streets E. Q. Turner and Town Attorney B. A. Hayne. Huggins has been working under a fee schedule and his gross income.runs from $10,000 to $18,000 a year. The Trustees esti- mated that $305 a month would be a fair salary, but Huggins contends that his office expense is $285 a month, \ which would leave him net only $20 | a month if the Trustees' figures were adopted. N ———— . Boy Thief Arrested. Joseph Lefwich, 15 years old, was ar- rested yesterday by Detective Silvey and Officer Hutton of the Juvenile Court. He is wanted for a number of petty thefts committed on merchants in the section of the city south of Mar- ket street. His name was entered on the detinue book and he ‘was trans- ferred to the juvenile ward at the Emergency Hospital. Lefwich is one of a gang of small boys who have been responsible for many larcenies com- mitted of late in stores south of Mar- A. ket street. ————— A cloudy religion brings no rain. WEE ACTRESS WILL MAKE HER DEBUT . l MISS MARIE BARRELL OF OAK- LAND, WHO IS GOING ON THE STAGE. S et Little Marie Barrall Goes East as a Lilliput. e OAKLAND, July 18.—The smallest California woman on the stage, is the distinction that must hereafter be ac- corded Mliss Marie Barrall of East Oak- land. Barely four feet high, this tal- ented little lady will make her debut shortly in St. Louis, for which place she will leavé in a few days. She has a trim, graceful little figure and is pretty as well as petite, her violet blue eyes, shaded peculiarly with very long, black lashes, lighting up her face ex- pressively whenever she talks. Miss | Barrall reads unusually well, and alto- gether the tiny Californian has much in her favor and her friends and rela~ tives here are sanguine of her instant Barrall, over whose small head twenty-seven years have passed, is not only interesting in her own diminutive personality, but is a member of a weii- known East Oakland family, being a niece of Dr. C. G. R. Moutoux and also of Mrs. Alexander Anderson, who claims the uniqgue honor of being the only woman ever married on a war- ship in San Francisco Bay. Her mar- riage to Mr. Anderson on board the Pensacola five years ago was an elab- orate affair, and conducted with all the pomp and glory which guns, flags, uniforms and a military band can give to such an event. Miss Barrall's father served as a German officer during the Franco- Prussian war. She has inherited the vitality of her German ancestors and has always enjoyed excellent health, although it was some time before she outgrew the pint cup, into which she could be placed at her birth. She was educated in San Francisco and speaks and reads German as well as English. Her debut will be made with the Ger- man Lilliputian Company, now in St. Louis, which those clever midgets, Franz Ebert and Otto Zink, made fa- mous years ago. OAKLAND BREVITIES ALAMEDA COUNTY PRIMARIES. —OAK- LAND, July 18 —The date for the primaries preceding the general clection to be he<ld next November were fixed at August 9 by the Board of Supervisors to-day. TRAIN INJURES BICYCLIST. — BERKE- LEY, July 18.—Joseph Bowle was struck by the engine of a West Berkeley train while ng the track on his bicycle wals morning. hvrled ten or fifteen feet, but he did not get so much as a broken bone. MAY NOT FORECLOSE.—OAKLAND, July 18.—Henry C. Gregory has been estopped from foreclosing a mortgage upon the Gregory House at Centerville until a suit now pending egainst him is decided. Henjamin K. DBadger bought the hbotel some time ago, —but has brought sult to annul the sale. Gregory had begun foreclosure proceedings to recover $3000. ——e—————— GOLDEN GATE CAMP INSTALLS OFFICERS More than 1700 persons assembled in Native Sons’ Hall last night to wit- ness the installation of the officers of Golden Gate Camp, Woodmen of the World, and to be entertained with a vaudeville programme and a ball. The following was the programme of the evening: Overture, Hyman's orches- tra; welcome, Neighbor J. Wisnom; recitation, Mrs. W. B. Herndon; instal- lation of officers by Past Consul Com- mander William Carr, assisted by Past Consul Commander E. S. Isaacs as head escort; quartet; German comedi- ans, Carroll and Davis/ address, Neighbor W. €. Krum, general organ- izer, Woodmen of the World; quartet. The officers installed are; Past con- sul commander, Willlam Carr; con- sul commander, W. D. Ferguson; ad- visor lieutenant, Dr. J. J. Keefe; bank- er, T. F. Quinlan; clerk, J. T. O’'Don- nell; assistant clerk, J. Wisnom; es- cort, J. J. Donahue; watchman, B. P. Jennings; sentry, D. Brown; board of managers, Willlam Spier (chairman), N. F. Smith, R. P. Hooe. The reports showed that the pres- ent membership of the camp is 1853. J. Wisnom, J. W. Staneart, P. C. C.; F. Phreaner and B. F. Wise were the committee that arranged this af- fair. B. P, Jennings was the floor man- ager and J. J, Donahue his assistant. WILL GRAPPLE WITH CLANDERS Board of Supervisors Takes Action Aiming to Stay Spread of the Disease HORSES TO BE KILLED Resolution Gives Authority to F. W. Horner, a Member, | to Employ Three Experts Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, July 18. In order to stop thé’spresd of glan- ' ders in the Niles and Centerville dis- tricts the Board of Supervisors to-day | adopted a resolution giving Supervisor Horner the power to employ three ex- perts and destroy all horses found af- fected with the disease. From inves- | tigation already made it has been dis- covereq that a number of "horses in the district are in an advanced stage of the disease and it is believed that with others the malady is in a state of incubation. A telegram received from State Vet- erinary Blemmer by the District At- torney ordering all horses found in- fected with the disease to be destroy- | | ed was referred to the Board of Su-| pervisors and it was upon this tele- gram that action was taken. Under the law the Supervisors have this power. Seven horses are now in guar- antine and it is expected that in the investigation to be made many others will be found. —_—— WOMAN CAUGHT AFTER MONTHS OF FREEDOM Mrs. Eva Turnbull, Who Eluded Po- lice by Sliding Down Water Pipe From Room, Arrested. OAKLAND, July 18.—Mrs. Eva Turnbull, who escaped from the police in March by sliding down a water pipe from her room at the Windsor Hotel, has been arrested by Policeman Mc- Sorley on a charge of larceny. The complainant is E. Derosa, 845 Harri- son street, who says the woman stole jewelry from him. When policems=n Murray and Sill tried to serve the warrant flve months ago they were bidden to wait in a hallway until Mrs. Turnbull had completed her toilet. The patrolmen wearied after a long delay and entered the room. Thay found no occupant. Mrs. Turnbull had climbed out of a window, let her- self down the water pipe and had dis- appeared. Policeman McSorley saw the woman on the street to-day and sent her to the City Prison UNIVERSIIY EVENTS BERKELEY, July 18.—President David Starr Jordan of Stanford University, accom- panied by several Stanford faculty members, among whom were Professor Gilbert of the zoological department and Professor Franklin of the chemistry department. visited the uni- versity to-day and inspected the various de- partments. They met Professors Arrhenius of Sweden d De Vries of Amsterdam in the morning d were entertained this afternoon at the Faculty b, leaving for the return to | Stanford this evening. The California and Stanford varsity foot- ball elevens are likely to secure some preliml. nary games with the eleven of the University of Oregon this year. Professor Svante Arrhenius was the guest of honor at a banquet given Saturday evening in Scandia Hall, San Francisco. Dr. Freder- ick Westerberg acted as toastmaster, and aniong those who responded to toasts were Alexander Olson, the Rev. S. A. Nelander and Professor P. E. Olsson-Seffer of Stanford Uni- versity e ALAMEDA COUNTY EXHIBIT A FEATURE AT WORLD'S FAIR Theodore Gier, President of the Com- mission, Returns Home With Flattering Report. OAKLAND, July 18. — President Theodore Gier of the Alameda County World's ,Fair Commission has re- turned from St. Louis. He reports that the Alameda County exhibit in the Agricultural building is arousing much interest among Eastern visitors to the exposition. Mr. Gier says the display of fruit in the Alameda County exhibit attracts much attention. Mr. Gier says that- every one acknowledges that the California ex- hibit is one of the finest on the grounds and that the combined dis- | plays of Alameda and Contra Costa counties are the most attractive of any in the California building. Police Arrest Horsethief. OAKLAND, July 18 — James Stry- ker of San Francisco was in the Police Court to-day charged with the theft of a horse and buggy from James Cor- ley, saloon-keeper, Twenty-eighth and San Pablo avenue. An hour after Corley reported the loss of the outfit Sergeant of Police Lynch located it and arrested Stryker, who had sold the rig to Fred Fitch, 2429 Filbert street, for $100. Police interference stopped the trade. Fitch did not know the rig had been stolen. —_———— Berkeley Sues Landowners. BERKELEY, July 18.—The town of Berkeley has begun suit against Homer E. Osborn, as trustees for the Langstroth heirs; the Maria Kip Or- | phanage and the Children's Hospital to condemn a piece of land belonging | to them in the Twitchell tract, 60x134 feet, which is needed for the opening | of Hearst avenue, from Louisa to! Grove streets. O S —— Automobile Injures Physician. OAKLAND, July 18.—Dr. William Cope of Pleasanton was run down by an automobile while he was driving in a buggy yesterday afternoon near Sunol. The physician was bruised and cut. He saved himself from serious injury by retaining control of his horse. e I ———————— Master Plumbers Install Officers. OAKLAND, July 18.—The Master Plumbers’ Association installed - the following officers this evening: Presi- dent, George Stoddard; vice president, Albert M. Poulson; secretary, Robert Annis; treasurer, Edward H. Hall; sergeant at arms, August Schnoor. FIND SHOOTING WAS ACCIDENTAL William Elbel lice That He Cousin Without Natisfies Po- hot His Intent CORONER TO HEAR STOR}' While Waiting for Squir- rel to Come Out of Hole Shotgun. Is l)isclmrgedf PSSP Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, | 2148 Center Street, July 18. There will be no prosecution of Wil- liam Elbel for the shooting of his cousin, John Howard Whitaker, in the Berkeley hills last night because the police authorities are satisfied that it was purely an accident. Coroner Mehr- mann will hold an inquest to-morrow in Oakland, when Elbel will again give his account of the tragedy. Elbel's story reveals that his own| carelessness Is responsible for the boy's | death. Against the wishes of the boy’s mother Elbel took him into the hills back of Berkeley to shoot squirrels and [ while both were looking down a squir- rel hole waiting for the animal to come out the shotgun Elbel carried was dis- | charged. Young Whitaker received the | full charge in the abdomen and was | literally torn to pieces. H In spite of his wounds, however, the boy retained consciousness and walked across a ravine until he reached a road. There he lay until Elbel secured a stretcher, upon which he was first carried home and then to Fabiola Hos- pital, where he died at midnight while being operated on. ) ———— MUNICIPAL ATTACHES MAY GET LARGER PAY Alameda Trustees Considering Ordi- nance for Increasing Salarvies of Police and Fire Employes. ALAMEDA, July 18.—City Trustee Charles J Hammond to-night intro- duced an ordinance increasing the pay of policemen, firemen and employes of the municipal electric light and street departments. If the ordinance is passed it will increase the next tax levy, to be | fixed in October, by 4 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation. President J. F. Forderer of the City Trustees was appointed to represent Alameda in the conference to be held | by representatives of San Franc and Oakland to further the project of | bringing water from the Sierra Ne- vadas to the bay cities. City Attorney M. W. Simpson reported that the local business license was valid and the Chief of Police was instructed to en- foree it. Alameda Fire Chief’'s Report. ALAMEDA, July 18.—According to the annual report of Fire Chief F. K. | Krauth, filed to-night with the City Trustees, the expenses of his depart- ment for the twelve months ending | June 30 were $21,758 81. The tota loss from fire during the same period | was $5992. Chief Krauth asserts in his | report that the day water pressure in the local mains is not strong enough to enable his department to properly cope with an extensive blaze. ( —_——————— REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. MONDAY, JULY L Vincent to Wempe, Central Land Company's da:’ $10 ' John Agar et als. to William H Annie McDonald, 1ot on E line of street. 40 N of Thirty-first, N 40 by lot 24, block . Offictal Map, Oakland J. L. and Clara F. da Rosa to Hearie Marshall, all interest in lot on W line den_street, 120:2 S of Twenty-eighth, by W 182 block 652 map of survey of ern Extension, quitciaim deed Oakland; Same to Mary L. Marshali lot on W of Linden street, 100 S of Twenty-eighth, 29:2 by W L same map, 18 and | Market | E 115, $10. s West Grove, 5. biing E half « lot 8 Dblock N y Tract, Oakland Sophie and Adelph Kobelt to_Izabel calves, lot_on SW line of East | street, 75 SE of Sixteenth avemie, 5 SW 45, lot 21, block 20, Sam Antonio, East Oakland; $10. Carolina or Caroline and Jerome Quinters to Hattie M. Albrecht (wife of Paul lot | on N line of Cameron street, E 95 by N S0. portion of " lot Tract, Brooklyn. East Oaniand: $10. Annia Ennis to George M. Eonis (husband), | Jots 1 to & and 11 to 34, block 40, tract B. Berkeley Land and Imp: Asse clation, Derkeley: one-half of lot 14, | block 75, same, Berkeley: also lots 1 to 4, block 33, same, Berkeley, quitclaim deed; $1 ame to same, all interest in lot on E of Allston way, S Allston Tra: and C. Augusta Schullerts. lot on Brandon street, 32:6 N of Wa: by E block Levy Township; §10. Horace ~Scott to ©*Connor, lot on orner of Sh 50, E 150, N Trad and Clinfen avenue, S portion of Fitch and Sharon s 0. Johanna Shanahan (single) to Ad"lvl{é:‘f'n‘«‘\;} acre from W 150 by N 150, map of vgrtion Meetz property, Ala- ) lot on N line of Railroad avenue, from line dividing Aughinbaugh Chipman west 111-acre tract, 1 lot ik M. and Eleanor J. Davis to A. C. Scott, lot on S-1ine of Grant avenue or Thirty- seventh street, 166.58 W of Gold, W 38.56 by § 115, portion lots 50 and 59'4, amended map subdivision Mogswood Tract. Oakland; $10. A. C. Scott (single) to E. M. Mekinson, same, Oakland: $10. Adolph and Mary gna to Louis Giaca- SE_corner of lot 30, om ) etti, beginning at S ;‘-lqr-png avenue, block ., Vincent Peraita Reservation Tract, thence N 15, NE 100, SE 15, SW 100 to beginning, portion aforesaid lot 30, Oakland; $700. B0 OF'and Nettie MacArthur to John Edward Keyer, lot on N line of Thirty-eighth street, 24350' E of West, E 26.50 by N 145, lot 24, block €, Major Given Tract, Oakland: $10. Alex Murdock (single) to Alex Murdock & Co. (a corporation), lot beginning at point distant E 256.13 from NE corner of Thirty- eighth and Market streets thence N at right angles to Thirty-eighth, 139.6 to point of be- ginning, thence from beginning N 139.6 by W 50, portion plat 37, Kellersberger’ Ranchos V. and D. Peralta, Oakland; $10. Horatio and Susan M. McFarlin to Knud lots 11 and 11 amended map of Constance A. Meeks (single) and Blanche T. Heath (widow) to Lillian McManus (wife of Harry), lot on NE line of East Eleventh street, 150 SE of First avenue, SE 30 by NE 113, block 27. Clinton, East Oakland: §16. Alexander and Rosalia Mackie to M. R. O'Brien, lot on S line of Encinal avenue as same now exists, 200 E of Chestnut street, E 30 by S 140, portion lots 13 and 12, iIn W half tlock G, lands adjacent to Encinal, Alameda; $10. Mary E. Wilder (widow) (by F. A. Wilder, attorney) to Elizabeth L. O'Connor, lot on § line of Alameéda avenue. 183 E of Grand street, E 45 by S 150, lot 2, biock F, Oak Park, Ala Teda; $10. ————— Mayor on Vacation. OAKLAND, July 18.—Mayor War- ren Olney left to-night for a ten days’ trip in the country. | the | tion | Suffering | BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1016 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. WILL TRANSFER 10 ALL LINES “Corkserew” Franchise Is Abandoned by Webster Street and Park Railway CITY COUNCIL CONCURS Sl A Corporations Reach Agree- ment in Order to Relieve the Congestion of Traffic SN Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, July 18. By the permission of the City Coun- cil the “corkserew” franchise running through the of the city was abandoned this evening by the Web- ster Street and Park Railway Com- pany. In consider of the aban- donment of this franchise, the Oak- land Transit Consolidated has agreed to transfer passengers from the Park Railway to all of its lines. This agree- ment was reached between the two heart tion | lines in order to relieve the congestion the cars would cause on Broadway, if both lines operated upon this street. Attorney George W. Reed, represent- ing the Webster Street and Park Rail- way, said this evening: “By the five-block provision of the statutes my people could use the Oak- land Transit Consolidated lines from Fourteenth street to the water front. There are, however, more cars on Broadway now than.it can well ac- commodate and the extra cars of our line would crowd the street. In order to avoid this the Oakland Transit Con- solidated made the proposition that if we would abandon our franchise over the blocks from Fourteenth street to water front they would transfer our passengers over all their lines. This we have agred to."” The new railway is intended to play an important part in the proposed de- velopment of a new part of the city If the proposed bond election carries the Sather tract will be purchased for a park site and this new road extended out will tap that entire section. The Adams people have agreed to build a boulevard 110 feet in width across Adams Point and a large section of the city will thus be brought into touch for ‘ew minutes’ ride. Owing to the absence of a number of the members of the City Council, the necessary eight members were not present and nothing could be done to- ward taking steps to call a bond elec- A quorum of the Council was present LN il FELD SAYS HE HAS NEED OF EXPERT DENTAL SERVICES From Intense Nervous Strain, He Imagines His Grind- ers Are Bad. Joseph Feld, ex-policeman, sen- tenced to be hanged for the murd of his' father-in-law, Fritz Dirking. which occurred on November 2, 1903 has developed a strange mania. He longs to hear the buzz and feel the file of the dentist. He imagines he is uffering agony with his teeth and in- sists on having them put in cenditio Feld generated this idea on Satur- day morning, whereupon Dr. L. D. Blondin of 111 Eddy street received | hurry up call to go to the County Jail and see Feld. “I found that there was some work to be done on Feld's teeth,” said the doctor, “but nothing urgent. Never- theless he insisted that he was great pain. I found him in a nervous condition.” During his trial Feld was noticeable for his talmness. He was the keenest and most interested pn in the courtroom, promnting his attorneys and always alert to note material points in his favor. The tension caused by nerve control in such cases has a strange way of breaking out and would prove an in- teresting study for the ps; It’s a Mother’s Duty To see that the children's testh receive the DENTIST’'S Attention at an early age. It will pre- vent premature decay, irregular growth, loosening. ete. Our methods are thorough and sue- cessful. Filling. extracting, etc., is done in a highly skillful manner. Teeth u‘%mm = Fstrate Dol Calog 973 St. Oakland. San Jowe. Sacramento,