The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 12, 1904, Page 4

EinS ., FRIDAY. AUGUST 12, 1904. «NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA w BITTER FICHT ~ AGAINST LAY Vaccination Statute Fierce-!| ly Denounced at a Meet- ing of Berkeley Citizens FOR REPEAL ORGANIZE Society Formed to Conduct Crusade Throughout State for Legislative Aection —_— Berkeley Office San Francisco Cali, 2148 Center street, August 11. That there s & strong sentl- ment among the people of Berkeley egaigst vaccination was manifest to- night, when 300 of them met in Odd Fellows' Hal d after listening to! stirring speeches pledged themselves to } protest with their might before the next Legislature against the compul- gory vaccination law. The opponents of the measure banded themselves in | en anti-vaccination soclety and plan to make this the nucleus for a great composed of socleties all State, organized specifically for the rep®al of the law. Dr. BOY HOBO FINDS TRAMP LIFE NOT SO GAY AS IT IS PAINTED After Three Days of Brakebeams and Hay- stacks, Ernest Collinge, Eleven Years 0Old, Comes Home---Naive Tale of Travels s MISSING BoY NOT ABDUCTED Willie Massie Is Found by the Police in a Vacant Lot Not Far From Home SAYS MEN SCARED HIM Explains His Absence Over| Night by Tales That Fail | to Convince His Hearers| Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Aug. 11. In a vacant lot at Twelfth and Chestnut streets, two blocks from his home, Willie Massie, 10 years old, who | disappeared strangely last night from | the residence of his cousin and guar- | dian, John A. Massie, at 1015 Linden | street, was found this afternoon by | Policeman Thomas Pardee. The boy | was not abducted and his reappearance | absolves Mrs. Nellie Massie, his moth- er, from suspicion that she knew any- thing about the youngster's absence. John A. Massie deciared last night that his ward had been kidnaped. He W. W. Allen is president of the society, -+ x Mrs. Fugenia C. Campbell the secretary linked his aunt’s name with the disap- and the Rev. J. Stitt Wilson treasurer. | pearance because there had recently 0a¢ s Hall was crowded to | jts capacity with men and women when | Ch an Thomas Hann called the | meeting to order. A series of speeches, | directed aga vac n, met with | the approval of the protestants, the | feeling against the practice being in- tense | C van Luven of Oakland and | Wilbur Walker of Oakland related | their experiences with vaccination and the struggle that followed their efforts to evade what they considered an un- d that he had his children account of the v desire to quarrel with those who advocate vac- cination, but did not deem it justice | that children should be excluded from the schools because they were nc cinated. “It doesn’t seem consi he said to exclude children public schools allow the or to Sunday scl oF to mingle on the streets re law is in fi thing to do 10 seek its repe in my judgment there is a legal remedy, even if the €ourts have upheld the law.” Dr. W. W. Allen of the Board of Education; Oberg, - J. G. Wright and t v. J. Stitt \\'Hsun] attacked vacc on the that it is not ive preven: emallpox, t it is fatal to many pa- tients and that it has affected human | health in many , particularly in! increasing the tenden culosis. toward tuber- PR SAYS PARENTS HAVE NO CHANCE TO WIN Superintendent Comments on Threats | to Compel Enrollment of TUn- vaccinated Children. OVAKLAND, Aug. Parents who abject to compuisory vaccination their children have appeared at the offices of the Board of Education and threatened to institute mandamus pro- 1 of | | been a contest in the courts over the guardianship of the boy. Massie, who has cared for his little cousin for sev- eral years, won the battle. He believed that his aunt, the boy’s mother, had taken her son Little Willie nations when taken to the City Prison to await the coming of his foster par- ent. He stoutly denied at the outset| that he had been away from home. ! Later he amended that tale by an- | nouncing that two men had driven him out of the house about 9:30 o’clock last evening while Massle and his wife were |absent. The boy insisted that | was the reason why he had disappear- | ed. He likewise said he had remalned | ight in the lot where he was found ! y. At all events, Massie was glad | enough to have the missing boy re- | stored to him. i ————— | MEN’S INSTITUTE TO MEET AT CROCKETT | YOUNG Committee Is Arranging Grand Re- ception for Delegates to the | Grand Council. | OAKLAND, Aug. 11.—The grand council’ of the Young Men’s Institute will convene at Crockett on Monday, and the committee which has been ap- | pointed to arrange for the reception of the delegates is now working dili- | gently to make the convention a suc- | vas prolific with expla- | this| | | { { [ ‘ R. P. Rithet, president of the| | ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD ALAMEDA BOY WHO RAN AWAY FROM HOME TO | aifan Sugar Company, has agreed | | VISIT TH JRLD'S FAIR AT ST. LOUIS AND WHO SLEPT IN HAY- to open the Hotel Crockett for the| | STACKS AND RODE BRAKEBE FOR THREE DAYS. | accommodation of the delegates, and |+ 3 & | the Board of S risors C upervisors of Contra| A7 AMEDA, Aug. 1l.—Home, Sweét|my mother and had never heard of the St. | Costa County have instructed Harry Rapp, who !s jn charge of the county | exhibit at St.” Louis, to make a dis- play of Contra Costa County products | at Crockett during the convention. The most important business which | 11 come before the convention will be | the adoption of a new ritual and the | appointment of a permanent organizer. | —_———— weedings to force the board to admit | NATIVE ” the children, unvaccinated, to the pub- | 11V ’i :355 0 _GIvE Yc schools. Concerning this aspect of ‘ARGE THEATER PARTY the situation, City Superintendent of Schools MeClymonds said “Although we have been threatened with mandamus suits, there is abso- lutely no legal ground for them. Three times the State Supreme Court has affirmed the validity of the vac law. I realize that enforcement of the law has caused friction, but in view of the decided stand taken the State *ination by Board of Health no other course could | be taken “Parents had ample warning that they must heed the law before the present school term began. I_think that within a few days things wifl have settled down and we will be run- ning In our accustomed harmonious way.” Referred to Health grd. OAKLAND, Aug. 11.—After a con- ference to-night the Ordinance and Judiciary Committee of the City Coun- ¢il referred back to the Board of Health the proposed new plumbing regulations ordinance. The board wa: requested to plumbers touching points that are in dispute as to nitary inspection repair work buildings. delegation of the Mast Association and many A large Plumbers’ ourneymen at- fended the conrmittee meeting and took part in the discussion. It was upon Councilman John L. Howard's motion that the ordinance was re- ferred back. There has been a con- test over the measure for months. —_——— Would Revoke Contract. OAKLAND, Aug. Mrs. Jennie de Souza against Attor- ney Frederick Russell to set aside a contract whereby she agreed to give him half of her share in the estate of her grandfather, the late James Sco- ville, has been transferred from San Francisco to this city. Mrs. De Souza claims that she was not of age when she ‘made the contract and that the attorney’s fee would be out of ‘all proportion to the work he would have to perform. Mrs. De Souza was formet Jennie Bamber and at one time lived in Guerneville, in Sonoma County. Her share of the estate is estimated at $15,000. e e $500————$500 Worth of the FRESHEST AND BEST COFFEE DISTRIBUTED FREE BY THE CALL TO ITS WANT AD PATRONS. A pound can of J. A. FOIGER'S GOLDEN GATE COFFEE WILL BE GIVEN FREE TO EVERY WANT ADVERTISER IN NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL. EE Saturday for insertion in THE WANT COLUMNS - OF NEXT SUNDAY’S CALL “Will be entitled to receive this confer further with the] of | 11.—The suit of | Admission Day Celebration Committee Will Attend Oakland Playhouse | on Monday, August 29. OAKLAND, Aug. 11.—The Admission | day celebration committee of the Na- | tive Sons will give a theater party at | the Liberty Theater on Monday even- ing, August' 29, to raise additional funds for the celebration. The play ¢ which 1s to be presented on that date is “The Private Secretary.” The mem- bers of the committee In charge of the arrangements for the affair are: S. Hy. ams, Dan W. Doody, W. L. Poulsen, C. K. Townsend Fred S. Cone, B. H. Dean and V. Wehe. The members of the Piedmont Par- { lor have ordered a new banner, which | will be used for the first time in the parade on Admission day. The let- tering and designs on the “banner will be wrought in gold. ———— AGED WOMAN MEETS WITH STRANGE MISHAP | Mrs. Harriot Seeber Sustains Fracture | of Hip While Trying to Turn Around. BERKELEY, Aug. 11.—In attempt- ing to turn her body while standing and without moving her feet, Mrs. Har- riot Seeber of 2035 Haste street lost her balance and fell in such a way as to cause a fracture of the right hip. As Mrs, Seeber is 93 years of age, the physician in attendance considers her case critical. —_————— Fugitive Found in Jail. OAKLAND, Aug. 11.—Charles Knud- €on, a painter, under arrest at Peta- luma on a charge of burglary, is want- ed by the police in this city on a charge of stealing a2 wagon load of painter's | supplies from the W. P. Fuller Com- | pany in April. Knudson, it is charged, | had the goods sent to a vacant house in Emeryville and later he sold the stuff to W. H. Hatfleld of the Juanita Hotel, from whom it was recovered. Knudson lived at 952 Fifty-fifth street, but left home at the time of the paint transaction. He was arrested while breaking into Steitz Bros.’ grocery at Petaluma. ————— Will Meet at Haywards. HAYWARDS, Aug. 11.—The grand council of the I. D. E. 8. will meet in Haywards on Monday, September 12, and the session will continue until Fri- { day, September 16. The following com- mittees have been appointed by Presi- dent. Brandon of the local branch of the order: Public subsecriptions, R. Foster; decorations, Grand Secretary P. G. Leonardo; ball, J. F. Rose and J. H. Woods. - ’ ——————— Deny Rumor of Sale. OAKLAND, Aug. 11.—The story has been revived that the Southern Pacific Company is to purchase the holdings of the Oakland Transit Con- solidated and Key Route ferry sys- tem. None of the officials residing here, however, place credence in the rumor. F. M. Smith and F. C. Ha- vens, the two men who would know what truth there is in the rumor, are both at watering places in the Bast and it is argued if there were any such important .move on hand they premium. would be here. See announcement, classified ot 2. G, Cromby's remtdance 817 Taton | thinks 11-year-old Ernest Collinge, sofi | | home, with good board and lodging, family style, Ueats riding on a brake- beam when one’s stomach is empty. So ! of Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Collinge of Ninth | street and San Antonio avenue, and the little fellow knows from experience, for he has just returned from a three days’ trial of “hitting the road.” With Victor Suennan, who lives in the same neighborhood and who is 17 years of age, Ernest went to Oakland and acting under the orders of his com- panion secreted himself beneath a box car attached to a freight train bound East. At Port Costa they were detect- ed and driven away by brakemen. What happened to young Collinge from the time he left his happy hearthstone until he returned unhappy is here given as told by himself: Victor and I first went to Oakiand, where I gave him all money 1 had, $1 50. Then we found a fraight triin and Victor and I climbed under a cor anl waid ourselves i the brakebeams “\hen the irain f:aried \ | tor sald, aboard for the St Louls Fair and Chicago.” When the train was going fast the pt fiying In my face, so that my eyes and mouth. he =ald, t I told it and “Spit out the ., Ernie and turn your head the other * Then I wished I was at home with | Louis Fair. When the train #toppel at Port Costa were chased. {1:m under the car. I dldn't c as I'd rather be ctased a mile than ride other foot on chat Liakebeam. = The first nig) after wa 'eft some Victor 2nd 1.crawle? a haystack and went to slecp It was pret cold " and feit different from sleeping blankets. in About the middle of the night three hoboes came to the same haystack and kicked us out of bed. Then we walked around in the dark, and I tell you I was lonesome. The second and third nights Victor and T stopped in a lodging-house, where he rented a bed. I was caught by a detective near Port “osta &r nt back home on a passenger train. Victor skipped and I don’t know where he went. 1 don’t think I will go to the St. Louls Fair thia year as Victor wanted me to do. Young Collinge’s mother says her boy had never been away from home be- fore and that be was induced to leave by young Suennan. The latter has given his mother considerable trouble by reason of his wild actlons, and she says that when she reprimanded him and threatened to have him placed in a reform institution he decided to run away. He is supposed to be\beating his way to St. Louis, and his parents are in fear that he will meet with ac- cident on the road. The police of the larger cities along the railway lines have been asked to keep a lookout for young Suennan. RICH ESTATES LEFT TO SURVIVING SPOUSES Peter N. Remillard and Charles Neu- deck Leave All They Had to Their Widows. OAKLAND, Aug. 11.—The will of the late Peter N. Remillard, filed to-day, shows that he left property valued at more than $100,000. The entire estate is left to his widow, Cordule Remillard. No provision is made for the three children, Philip H., Emma and Lillian Remillard, as deceased states he has entire confldence in his wife’s judg- ment in the matter. By the will of her late husband, Charles Neudeck of Haywards, which was filed to-day, Mrs. Mary Neudeck is left an estate valued at from $50,000 to $75,000. The property is left to hér for her lifetime and at her death goes to the three children, Carl N., Mary and Elizabeth Neudeck, share and share alike. ————————————— ACQUIT VIOLATOR OF THE GARBAGE O.RDINANCE Joseph Peratta, a Scavenger, Wins a Victory in Justice Court Over Crematory Company. OAKLAND, Aug. 11.—A Vvictory was won to-day by the scavengers as against the ordinance recently passed to protect the garbage crematory peo- ple from competition in the destruc- tion of the waste of the city. Joseph Peratta was acquitted this evening before a jury in the Justice Court of. violating the ordinance against dump- ing garbage on exposed ground. For the purpose of a test case, Per- atta’ violated the ordinance. At former trial the jury failed to agree, but this evening a unanimous verdict was rendered acquitting him. The case will be appealed to the Superior Court. ———— CITY WILL REMOVE HORSES KILLED IN FIRE Loss on Buildings and Stables Burned Wednesday Night in Alameda Is Heavy. ALAMEDA, Aug. 11.— Work was commenced this afternoon removing the remaing of the horses incinerated in the fire that destroyed the Graham stables last night. The work is be- ing prosecuted by the city. It has been learned that the insurance on the stables is very little and the loss %’m owner will therefore be great. 0 firemen ‘of the Sherman Hose Company, the Dillon brothers, were slightly burned. SORROW DRIVES WOMEN INSANE Mrs. Nels Tyllesen’s Grief Over Loss of Her Children Unbalances Her Reason S Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Aug. 11. The loss of two children by diphtheria has unhinged .the mind of Mrs. Amelia Tyllesen of 1101 Buena Vista avenue, Alameda, and to-day she was com- mitted to the insane hospital at Agnew. It was feared that in her grief she would take her life. The testimony of neighbors and her husband, Nels Tyl- lesen, was that she would have hanged herself several days ago had she not been discovered in time. Four of her children became sick, and although three doctors were in attendance two of them died. The mother believes she did not do enough for them and refuses to_be comforted. Mrs. Elizabeth Cooney, the widow of Policeman Thomas V. Cooney, was placed under restraint this afternoon on a charge of insanity sworn to by Lillian Stahl. Cooney committed sui- cide a short time ago by taking car- bolic acid. His act has so preyed upon the mind of the widow that she has lost her reason. She imagines people think she killed her husband and constantly protests her innocence. 4 Mrs. Cornelia Nannings, 756 years of age, successfully defended herself in court to-day on a charge of Incompe- tence. A petition for letters of guard- ianship had been filed by Mrs. Emma Nannings, her daughter-in-law. The old lady declared it was to get control of $1000 she had in bank. After an ex- tended examination Judge W. E. Greene held that Mrs. Nannings was compe- tent to. take care of her own affairs and denied the petition. —_——— Quarterly Convention. ALAMEDA, Aug. 11.—The quarter- ly convention of the Alameda County Endeavor Union meets at the First Presbyterian Church in this city to- morrow. There will be an opening raise service at 3:30 o'clock, followed y a basket lunch at 5:45. In the evening the meeting will be opened by a vesper service beginning at 7:15 o'clock. WORKMEN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD Breaking Plank Hurls Down Employes Engaged on the Hearst Mining Building MISHAP AT UNIVERSITY John Connolly and Thomas Fay Sustain Serious In- jury—Former May Die Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Aug. 11 The breaking of a scaffolding plank this afternoon at the new Hearst min- ing building on the university campus precipitated two workmen to the ground and perhaps fatally hurt one of them. John Connolly was frightfully bruised and was injured internally. Thomas Fay escaped with a severe shaking up. The doctors say that Con- nolly may not live. The men were at work painting the steel structural work of the mining building and were forty-eight feet above the ground when the accident oc- curred. Their fall was caused by both stepping on the scaffolding plank at the same time. Under ordinary circum- stances the plank would not have broken with their weight, but this one happened to have a flaw In it. In falling Fay went clear to the ground and landed on a heap of cin- ders, which lessened the force of the concussion. His comrade was less for- tunate, howaver, for in his downward flight he struck a crossbeam and thus received his injuries. The men were picked up a few min- utes after their fall by the other work- men, who at once sought medical aid. Drs.” A. M. Carpenter and T. C. Mc- Cleave treated Connolly temporarily and then had him removed to the East Bay Sanatorium, where he lies in a crit- ical condition. Fay was able to go home with assistance. Both victims of the accident are members of Local Union No. 31, Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. They live in San Francisco. TAHITIAN TEA. e By Zoe Green Radcliffe. OAKLAND, Aug. 11.—Even the sun smiled kindly on Mrs. J. Walter Scott's hospitable efforts to-day. Sol was shining out warmly for the first time in weeks and assisted very ma- terfally in making her Tahitlan afternoon one of the delightful events of the season. The affalr was complimentary to Miss Florence Brown. In a short but intereeting and witty little talk Mrs. Scott gave a description of her recent visit to Tahitl. She brought back a fine collection of curios, which were inspected with eager interest by her guests. The decorations were also suggestive of the fslands, great stalks of green bamboo forming an effective background for, the clusters of growing cocoanuts, whbich were brought from Tahiti by the Scotts and which formed a very unique and artistic part of the decoration. At the conclusion of Mrs. Scott's recital a deliclous repast was served, which proved to be quite as original as the rest of the after- noon's programme. Dainty concoctions of fruite, native to Tahiti, and cocoanut milk were part of the menu served, a delicious brew of native coffee concluding the unique collation Mrs. Scott was assisted in receiving her ests by Mre. Elliott Barrington Davis, Mrs . J. Laymance, Mrs. R. C. Craft, Mrs. Charles F. Rohrer of Santa Rosa and her mother, Mrs. Rynder. The guests included Miss Florence Brown, Mrs. B. B. Davis, Mrs. Bert 8. Hubbard, Mrs. George W. Fisher, Mrs. Ernest Boyes, Edwin Boyes, Mrs. 'C. E. Downey, Mrs. W. W. Crane, Mre. F. L. Bu ton, Mrs, M. J. Laymance, Miss Blanch Lay- E mance, Miss Ada Laymance, Mrs. R. C. Craft, Mrs. W. L, Mrs. W. A. Schrock, Mrs. Church, ¥ Mehrmann, Mrs. W . W. F. Burbank, Mrs. George Mrs 'C. W. Armes, Mrs. George A tt, iss Nellie Hughes, Mrs. W. S Simpson ‘of Woodland, Mrs. R. W. Church, Mrs. Charles F. Rohrer of Santa Rosa, Mrs. Robert S. Browne, Mrs. C. N. Lonlisk, Mrs. John A. Britton, Miss Alice Britton, Miss Clara Scott of San Francisco. An approaching marriage of more than local interest is that of Miss Ethel Thompeon of San Francisco and Ray W. Taylor, an Oak- land newspaper writer. Miss Thompson is the daughter of the late T. L. Thompson, for many years editor of the Sonoma Demcerat and at different times Congressman, Secretary of State and during Cleveland's administration Minister to Brazil. He was always a con- spicuous figure in Democratic politics and highly esteemed by both parties. The family is now residing in San Francisco. The wedding wiil take place next month and will be the culmination of a romance begun when Mr. Taylor and his flancee were scarcely more than children. They will make their home In this city. Mr and Mrs. St. Elmo Powell couple secretly wed some weeks house warming at their new home As the young people are both musical, as were also several of their guests, a Drogramme of Vocal and Instrumental selections helped to pass a very pleasant evening. Mr. and Mre. Powell have bullt a cozy, artistic little home at 1416 Linden street, Mrs. John P. Maxwell entertained a small coterfe of friends last evening at cards, Mrs. Fred Morse being one o.l lhe.prl -winners. Between bridge whist and fancy needle work, =& dogen or more Yyoung maids and matrons put in an unusually enjoyable afte: noon at the Harrison-street home of rs. Frederick Page Cutting to-day. The part! cluded Mrs. 1. Emmet Nicholson, Mrs Willlam ‘Hamilton Morrieon, Miss Hartiet Rmma Knight, Mrs. Irving Lundborg, Mrs. Mailler Bearles, Mrs. George Hammer, Miss Ada Bates, Mrs. George Martin, Mrs. Clarence Gray, Miss Georgle Strong, Mrs. Thomas Bai- ley Pheby, Miss Guernsey, Miss Jane Raw- lings, Mrs. Charles Rodolph, Mrs. George Rodoiph, Mrs. Lee Cole Burnham, Mrs Newton Koser,. Mrs. Walter Hughes Henry, Mrs. Ver- non_Wal Miss Violet dron, Mrs. Crelghton Carmine and Whitney. A Mrs, Requa, accompanied by General and Mrs, Oscar Long and her two little grand- daughters, Amy and Sallle Long, left this evening for an indefinite stay in Santa Bar- bara, where they will be guests at the Potter. —_———————— POLICEMAN KENTZ RESIGNS FROM THE OAKLAND FORCE Takes a Hint Given Him by Commis- sloners and Concludes Not to Go to Trial. OAKLAND, Aug. 11.—Policeman Carl E. Kentz filed his resignation this afternoon with the Chief of Po- lice. This was in accord with the in- timation given by the Board of Po- lice Commissioners after hearing the charges lodged against Kentz for mis- conduct at a picnic at Shell Mound | Park. Candidates to succeed Kentz iare Substitute Patrolmen T. Brown, Charles Ford and Gunther. —_—————————— Fortune Favors Berkeleyans. BERKELEY, Aug. 11.—Mrs. Mor- gan L. Ryder, wife of the Town Trus- tee, and Mrs. Henry Baker missed be- ing victims of the recent Colorado train disaster by a few seconds and {he generosity of a conductor. In re- turning from the East they got off at a way station in Utah and nearly their train. They would have lost it but for the conductor, who saw them, running and signaled for a stop. The next train, which they might have been compelled to take, was the ill- fated Colorado possenger that went \through the Eridse. DISTRICTS WILL NOTBE CHANGED Contra Costa Supervisors Decide That It Would Tend to Confuse the Voters| WATER FRONT GROWS Section Along the Bay Shore Now Outstrips Interior in Point of Population Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1016 Broadway, Ausg. 11 The Board of Supervisors of Contra | | Costa County has finally decided not to | | redistrict the county before the coming | | election. ground the fact that to make any | change now would cause confusion at the coming election. They assert that The Supervisors take as their | ¢ the present supervisorial district lines are well known by the voters and that | to make a change upon the eve of an election when three Supervisors are to | be elected would put both voters and | candidates to needless trouble and | confusion. \ The redistricting of the county came | before the board upon the petition of C. A. Odell, who asked the board a week ago to take such action. At this week’s meeting the board decided to | drop the entire matter until after elec- ticn. Odell is believed to represent a section of Richmond to have the su- pervisorial lines so drawn that a Su- pervisor would come from that eity. The present supervisorial districts of Contra Costa were arranged when the agricultural portion of the county con- tained the bulk of the population. But the extensive water front along the western shore, particularly from Point | Richmond to Port Costa, has grown so | rapidly that now it contains fully one- | half the population of the county. All this coast, including the towns of Richmond, .Stege, San Pablo, Pinole, Hercules, Crockett, Port Costa and the county seat, Martinez, are in Super- visorial District No. 1, which contains | more voters than the other four dis- tricts together. This district is now represented by Patrick Tormey, still hag two years to serve. In district a total of 2177 votes were cast two years ago, while the second dis- trict only cast 565 votes, the third dis trict 454, the fourth district 308 and the fifth distriet 759. The second district has for its cen- ters of population Walnut Creek and Danville and the San Ramon Valley. It is now represented by J. M. Stow of Walnut Creek. He is the only Repub- | lican on the board, though the county | is Republican as a whole. The third | district has E. J. Randall of Concord | for its representative and includes a small section at the western base of Mount Diablo. The fourth district is represented by Paul de Martini of Clayton and comprises that town and | Black Diamond. The fifth district com- | prises the eastern part of the county and Antioch. It is represented by J. D. Wightman. The present members, | except Stow, are all candidates for re- | nomination by the parties to which | they belong. Stow will not again be a candidate. Torney and Randall are | holdovers. | The growth of the agricultural or in- | terfor portion of the county has not kept pace with the manufacturing sec- | tion along the bay shore and the coun- | ty will have to be redistricted at some | time. Richmond wants a Supervisor and is going to get one if it can. | it et FASES HER JEALOUSY | BY STABBING RIVAL | { this | | Knife of Belle Vega Spills the Blood of Eva Sperry in a Quarrel. LIVERMORE, Aug. 11.— A flerce fight between two women took place here last night and as a result Eva Sperry is lying seriously wounded, with five knife slashes in her scalp, and Belle Vega, a handsome Mexican woman, is in jail, charged with as- sault with intent to commit murder. The Vega woman seized her adversary by the hair and used a knife with telling effect. . Attention paid by Eva Sperry to a man with whom Belle Vega was in- fatuated is given as the cause for the attack. ——————— Thief Makes Confession. OAKLAND, Aug. 11.—Adrian Heller, arrested for bicycle theft by Sergeant of Police Lynch, has admitted that he | stole a wheel belonging to C. Leggett, | as well as the one owned by Louis Bas. tian, for the theft of which he was ar- rested. The police believe the youth stole others. Barns Go With Tenants. BERKELEY, Aug. 11.—M. T. Ashby bought a house at Berryman and Jo- sephine streets a month ago, but when his agent, E. F. Barry, visited the place to-day he found that somebody had walked off with the barns on the place, the sidewalk and the vegetable garden. —_————————— Returns Are Canvassed. OAKLAND, Aug. 11.—The Board of Supervisors to-day completed the canvass of the returns of the recent primary election. No changes were | found in the general result announced. —_—————————— JES FOR DIVORCE.—OAKLAND, Aug. u.sjggt for divorce on the ground of cruelty was begun to-day by Mary V. Siiva against Ambrose G. Silva. Moses Levy Acquitted. A jury in Judge Lawlor’s court yester- day brought in a verdict of not guilty in the ‘case of Moses Levy, charged with burglary. Louis Novinsky, who was tried for the same crime on July 28, was convicted. He turned State's ev! dence and implicated Levy, but the jury disregarded his testimony. ————— American Rice in Germany. The statement has recently been made by an English firm that they were no longer able to ship Indian rice to Cuba because they could not compete with the rice growers of Texas and other Southern States. The first five months of 1904 have seen large quantities of rice imported into Germany, all of which was received from Indla or Ja- pan. If American rice growers can com= pete with Indian in the island of Cuba they should make an effort to do the same thing in other countries. Germany re-exports large quantities of the rice which she imports after it has been shelled and prepared. She is making very large shipments to South Ameri- can countries—to the Argentine repub- lic in particular.—~New York Commer- kbt e ol i N SNGESIIe DaSa R desire upon the part of the grrwvlmrt|b who | 7 BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1016 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77, ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Alameda 5509. REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. THURSDAY. AUGUST 11 Mrs. B. O. or Mrs. O_ B. or Caroline S Dahly (widow) to Cee M. Shuttleworth (now Cecelia M. Greer), lot on W line of Linde street, 130 N of Eighteenth, N 44 by W.1 lot 6, block 612, subdivision map Alfred Bar- stow Tract, Oakland (deed made to correct de- scription and names in 256 D. 117); $10. Cecelia M. Greer (Shuttleworth) and John Greer (husband) to Charles H. Kegley, same; $10. Eugenie Schenk (wife of Carl A.) to Eugenis Schenk (daughter), lot on NW corner of Cen- | avenue and Willow street, N 125 by W Iot 15, block A, Oakiand Point Homestead . Oakland; gift. e F. and Margaret Sexton (trustees un- der deed of trust made by V. R. Raymond al, January 26, 1904) to Patrick Sexton, lot on N line of Ninth street, 100 W of Alice, W 50 by N 100, lots 24 and 26, bloek 122, Kel lersberger's map; also lot on N line of Ninth , 150 W of Alice, W § by N 100. portion quitolaim deed: $10. roft to Anna A. Kyle, lot on reet, 176 N of Fifty-fourth, portion lots 18 and 14, block - N 40 by W 113.84, , Alping Tract, Oakland; $10. 2 Vesta M. Colby (widow) to Harley W. Kit- tinger, lot on § line of Joy (or Sixty-third) street, 374.15 W of Colby, W 100 by S 100, lots 11 and 12, block 1, Roberts and Wolfskill Tract, $100. Oakland Kittinger to Rob- e of Joy (or Sixty- 440, W 34 by), . same, Oukland; $10. Haines (widow) to Oscar B. Wulbern, block 5, Daley's Scenic Park Tract, 15—, portion Tot 11, ot 9, Berkeley; $10. Frederick H and Virginia F. Dakin to F. H. Pitman, lot on NE_corner of Rose and Spruce streets, E 59:5, N 135, W 50, § 135:4, lot 2, Block E, Berryman Tract, Berkeley; $10. Annie M. Haker (single) to J. and Carolina Souffraine (wife). lot on E line of Sacramento | atreet, 108 S of Virginia, 8 30 by B 130, portion of lots 4 and 5, block 3, map Teachers’ Stats University Homestead, Berkeley; $10. Honore and Mary E_ Blais (wife) to M. Marsh, L. Fremant and A_ Shenson. lot on NW comner of Eighth and Madison strests N 37:8 by W 115, block 83, Kellersberger's Map, Oakland; $10. Marletta and Charles H. Douglas to Helen F; jLarimer, lot 43, Locksley Square, Oskland: 1 Hibernia Savings and Loan Soclety to N line of Knox aven: W 35, N 94.84 B %50, s B s 3 173. 57, 7. Oakland; S. and Josephine Hurpes to Jennie M. Saunders, same, Oakland: $10. Emelia C. or Emily ¢ and O. Gustason to J. Couralet (single) lot on NW cormer of Fairview and Harper streets. N 100 by W 30, | portion of lot 8, block 4, map of property of A. B. Dixon, Berkeley; $10. Jane Watson Thomas (widow) to Sarsh H. Gregory. lot 8, map of La Loma Park, Berke- ley: $10. Anna B. and George E. Wellington to The Holmes Investment Company (corporation), lot on SW corner of Russell street and Telegraph avenue, S 135.52, W 118.22, N 130.80, B 155.28, lots 8 and 9. block B. Suburban Tract, Berke- ley: $10. George N. Williams (single) to William Bos- cow, lot on SW cormer of Pacific avenus and Chapin street, W 150 by S 150, biock 1, Chapin Tract, Alameda: $10 —_——— Accidents to “Expert Horsewomen.” It is surprising how constantly these “expert horsewomen" are damaged by runaways and carriage accid®nts, for scarcely a day passes that we do not hear of some young woman who Is counted a skiliful whip being tossed out of her trap, with the steed going on to where the woodbine twineth. But it is no joking matter, for the fair driver's friends and family, to have her picked up for dead, with some Injury to her good looks past repair. Can it be that simple recklessness is the cause of these many catastrophes, or is It ignorance of the science of managing a horse? It is as much the fashion nowadays for girls to ride and drive as It is for them to play the plano and belong to a thou- | sand and one classes and clubs of so- cial standing, but it does not fall to | every girl's lot to be a good and safe driver. Granted there is not a prettier tableau vivant than the well-mounted equestrienne, and after that the well turned out handler of ribbons over the backs of prize winners; but she should know her business and have a cool as well as an ornamental head on her shoulders unless she wants to come to grief—some time.—Boston Herald. praiicu it W Maher Still a British Subject. Pugilist Peter Maher and United States Commissioner Craig were in the ring together the other day for a while. Peter wanted to become an American citizen. He still is Irish. Peter never winced when the commissioner asked him where he was born and who his parents were. He knew who the Pres- ident is. “How is the President elected? was asked. “By a large majority,” said Peter, confidently. “And the Governor?” “The same way,” said Peter. “What was the Declaration of Inde- pendence?” “It had something to do with the British,” said Peter. “It was a kind of international challenge.” By this time Peter was slightly groggy, but the commissioner was fresh. “What's the constitution?" asked. The charitahle supposition is that Peter didn’t understand this fully. “It's all to the good,” he declared en- thusiastically. “I'm trained up to the minute.” Then Peter went down and out. He is still the Irish champlon.—Boston Post. he was ADVERTISEMENTS. A Free Trial Bottle of willpositively prevent blood poi- soning from cuts or abrasions. Noae temutne withost 59 Sigaatire.