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

6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY AGED COUPLE CAMP IN LOT Surrounded by Their Few Belongings, Old People Are Homeless in the Open | EJECTED FROM HOUSE| Crippled Husband and His Wife Are Turned Out to Find Relief as They Can it | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1016 Broadway, Aug. 12. | ss, penniless, homeless and | aged James Kirkland, a crip- his feeble wife, have been| in a vacant lot at Adeline and streets, their few mea- | piled about them for| decre ple pit and e Kirklands had been living in a| t 1424 San Pablo avenue, from they were ejected a few days! wner of the property paid for 1 of the couple’s belongings. months the place had| Ly the Kirklands, when serly the residence of Mr.| H. Mooney, the latter being siste; Mooney died and y, leaving the old They were unable | - rent and the owner had | new tenant, not knowing his ad been occupied after Mooney sion of the authorities has been | o the Kirklands' condition. Ssashaeis - ol s BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ORDERS WATER BILLS PAID | Directs Settlement of Contra Costa Company’s Accounts Under a Protecting Protest. AKLAND, Aug. 12.—The Board of | ic Works to-day decided upon its | for the handling of water bills | “ontra Costa Water Company ent fiscal year, calculated on old rate of 1903-04. The bills for the month of July were ordered | jaid under protest. P 3 oli Mayor Olney and City Attorney Me- | Eiroy he members of the board), t t afternoon’s meeting, | as counsel for the city in rates litigation before the | ed States Circuit Court. They de- | the injunction issued enforcement of the new would preclude the city refusing to order the payment water from of this year’s bills. But the decision was reached that the bilis should be paid “under pro- ' that the city might be left in a to collect any overcharges in shall win the suit in the courts. Attorney McElroy said: “In of the injunction we feel that the city must order the bills paid, but by paying under protest we protect the city’s finances in event of a favorable decision for Oakland in the litigation.” view Oakiand News Items —— 18 CHARGED WITH THEFT.—ALAMEDA, ve George Brown last evening Miller on & complaint sworn to Lenora Gould of Santa Clare avenue and Everett street. It is alleged that the Miller stole & mandolin from Mrs. Gould. se will be tried Monday before Justice o) EPT KENTZ RESIGNATION.—OAK- LAND, Aug. 12—Policeman Carl E. Kentz ignation was accepted to-day by the Police Commissioners. No appointment was . 1o _the absence of Commissioner F. C. Turner. For the same reason appoint- ment of members of the new Linda Vista fire engine company was postponed a week. MRS. COONEY WINS LIBERTY.—OAK- LAND, Aug. 12.—Upon the representations of friends of Mrs Elizabeth Cooney, Who told Judge Hall they would send her to St. He- jens Sanitarium she was set at liberty this morning and the charge of insanity against her was set aside. She wae in a highly nerv- ous state, but it ix said ehe is not insane. BURNHAMS SUED.—OAKLAND, Aug Charles F. Mau, architect, and J. H Ding- well, contractor, have beégun. sult against Elizabeth Clift Burnham and Lee Cole Burn- ham, her husband, to get their pay for work Gome in the erection of & house on Alice street. Mau saye there is $412 due him and Dingwell clatms that 1861 is still coming to him. The house is said to bave cost $5240. PIONEER RESIDENT DEAD.—OAKLAND, Aug. 12— Mrs. Susan Fletcher, a widower, 93 years old, died yesterday at the home of her duughter,’ Mrs. Joseph Simon, 522 Seventeenth sireet. Mrs. Fietcher had resided in Oakland for thirty years and es. ieaves two granddaughters, Mrs. L. E. . ding of Oakiand and Mre. E. H. Bayley of London, England. She also leaves six great- grandchildren. =— NBED GUARDIANS.—OAK- X 12.—Andrew Frank, 70 years of age. has asked the court to int” M. C. Peterson as his guardian, in T to protect bhis estete worth $20,000. Frank says that he no ionger has any confidence in his own juds- ment. Mrs. Albert H. of 1926 West sireet wants a guardian appointed for her busband. She claims that he is dangerous to be at liberty. ENDEAVORERS IN ALAMEDA. — ALA- MEDA. Aug. 12.—The querterly convention of the Alameda County Christian Endeavor Tnjon was held to-day at the First Presby- terian Church, afternoon session opened at 8:20 o'clock and was followed by a basket 5:45. session com- convent! . the Rev. Newell. Patcheil Apna C. HIGH RECOGNITION FOR Dr. Baward Dr. A. S Kelly, the Rev. Willlam T. er Smith Mise R. Esth and Miss A STANFORD PROFESSOR Member of Faculty Is Asked Government to Make Report on Pacific Railroads. PALO ALTO, Aug. 12.—Simon J. McLean, associate professor of econ- omics at Stanford, has received an appointment by the United States Gov- ernment as special commissioner to investigate and re?m’t upon the indus- trial conditions of the Pacific Coast rallroads. The results of his re- searches will be issued in book form by the Census Buresu. cLean came to Stanford two years ago from the University of Ar where he had been from 1857 to 1902, He is recognized as the leading Amer- ican authority on railroad studies. He has done much work for the United States Government and his reports have been He was called into consultation the Canadian . when the rate question was coun! Ptomaine Poisoning Fatal. SAN PEDRO, Aug. 12.—Mrs. Na- than Copeland and her daughter, Mrs. ?eom:hlm :v‘ just died here ing, making a total of three deaths in one family from the same cause in the last three days. COLLEGE GIRL WEDS 0N OCEAN Miss Laura Mosher Becomes the Bride of a Missionary Off the African Coast TO AVOID GERMAN LAWS S % Groom Goes Out in Steamer and Intercepts the Ve sel Bearing H Derkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Aug. 12. To avoid coming in conflict with the marriage laws of a German colony on the west coast of Africa, Miss Laura G. Mosher of Berkeley and Dr. Silas F. Johnson of Los Angeles were married on the Atlantic Ocean some day within the present week, somewhere beyond the three-mile limit. Just what day the nuptials were celebrated, who per- formed the marriage remony and where the young people got their mar- riage license are questions the parents of the bride are not yet prepared to an- swer, for they haven’t heard the news themselves. Ali the anxious father and mother do know is that the inter- esting ceremony was due to take place within these last seven days, when the steamer, with its uncertain travel, would éarry their daughter to the wait- ing bridegroom. The bride is the daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Mosher of 2304 Harper street, late of Los Angeles. She was graduated from the University of Call- fornia last year and has since been en- gaged in missionary training work in Los Angeles. In the course of her duties there Miss Mosher met Dr. Johnson, a missionary, home on a furlough from Africa. Their | work drew them together often and the result was an engagement and a determination on the part of Miss Mosher to devote her life to the heathen. But Dr. Johuson was not prepared to take a bride with him, nor did he have time to wait for a wedding cere- mony. So the young people agreed that she should follow when the proper ar- rangements were made. And in ac- cordance with this plan Miss Mosher departed a month ago for Batangas, a coast town in the German colony of Kamarum, where German laws are | even more stringent than in any other part ofthe German empire. The great- est hardship, however, lies in that they require a residence of six months before a marriage will be legal. This, of course, was too loAg a time for the young missionaries to wait, so they hit upon a way to avoid the laws. The plan was simple. The groom met the bride on the high seas, where the wedding ceremony was performed. —_— e ——— WOMAN AND INFANT HAVE NARROW ESCAPE Horse Becomes Frightened at Flut- tering ‘Paper and Runs Away ‘With Buggy and Occupants, ALAMEDA, Aug. 12.—Miss Kate Cronin and the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franz Collischen had a nar- row escape from serious injury and possible death this morning when the | horse which Miss Cronin was driving along Central avenue became fright- ened at some paper fluttering in the street and ran away. The horse ran for two blocks before it was stopped. The young woman was much handi- capped, as she only had one free hand to drive, the little girl being held in the buggy with the other. Both escaped without injury, but the ve- hicle was badly damaged —_— e PRISONER ESCAPES FROM MARTINEZ'S COSTLY JAIL Sheriff Veale Is Looking for John Kelly, Who Got Away Last Night, OAKLAND, Aug. 12.—A prisoner named John Kelly escaped at 10 o’clock to-night from the County Jall at Martinez. Sheriff Veale has gone in pursuit. The ‘police at Oakland were notified to be on the lookout. Kelly is 6 feet 4 inches tall, 20 years old. . ——————————— WHISKY AND WATER PROVE UNDOING OF THE FISHES Liguor From Burning Distillery Runs Into Stream and Finny Tribe Gets Drunk. DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 12.—Several hundred barrels of whisky ran into the Little Miami River Tuesday when the distillery at Trebein was destroyed by fire and since then the fish have been on a prolonged spree. The intoxicating fluid was too much for the fish and they became sportive and gay. Men and boys waded into the stream and threw them ashore with pitchforks and shovels by hun- dreds and the farmers in the vicinity are eating nothing but fish. So many were taken out of the river that the fish markets in Cincinnati have be- come overstocked and ‘the dealers are almost giving them away. —_———— RACINE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR ARE NOT COMING WEST RACINE, Wis,, Aug. 12.—The Ra- cine Knights Templar, who arranged to go in a special train to the conclave at San Francisco, have decided not to attend, being unable to have their train properly switched near the con- clave grounds. All the contracts made with the railroad companies have been canceled. The Racine men had raised about $800 to be used to pay expenses on the trip and it was expected that the Racine commandery would enter into competition for the several prizes to be offered. ————— RAPID TRANSIT SUBWAY IS NEARLY NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—That the Rapid Transit subway will be opened to public traffic next month is the as- sertion made by Frank Hedley, an of- ficial of the Interborough Railway Company. * “Trains for passengers will be run- His volume | ning in the subwi some ti - be entitled, | tember,” he uld.“ ok ‘At 5 o'clock morning to be announced the "J‘r-? train will start. An hour and thirty minutes later the full passenger ser- vice will be in operation.” e s ' DESERTED HIM.—OAK- LAND. Aug. 12— 101" s ‘complutat Dr. ¥, B Ledyara suit dtvorce A 10-day, claiming that she left him s & and has now taken up Fiancee | Prospect of a New ILAVE NO WATER FOR BAT CITIES Application for Conference With Modesto Irrigation Board Not Entertained TURLOCK IS WILLING PR S Sup- ply From the Mountains Is Not Very Flattering ALAMEDA, Aug. 12—Joseph F. For- derer, president of. the Board of Trus- tees of this city and chairman of thej joint committee of San Francisco, Oak- land, Alameda and Berkeley is in re- ceipt of a letter from P. J. Hazen, at- torney for the Turlock irrigation dis- triet, advising him of the fact that the Modesto irrigation district has refused to appoint a committee to confer with the joint committee with a view of ob- taining a better water supply for the bay cities. This decision on the part of the Modesto board practically kills the proposition so far as that source of supply is concerned. The Turlock board, on the other hand, seemed inclined to hear more of the proposition and at the same time keep in harmony with the Modesto board. Chairman P. J. Hazen of the Turlock, in a communication to President For- derer conveying the Turlock district’s formally expressed views, says: This resolution was in line with a policy adopted and pursued by the representatives of the two districts and others working In their interesis, er mature consideration, as being the wisest position for us to assume and occupy for the protection of the rights and privileges of the districts in the water of our common source of supply. That policy involves the sertion on our part of a desire to be falr, asonable and broad minded In this matter, 1 nvolves a desire for harmonious n the two districts. That resolu- tion would probably not have been proposed or adopted bad it not been understood that it was in harmony with your views. Our position regarding these water rights and privileges is a very strong one, and we believe that it will be materially weakened by abandonment of that position. There is not, never has been or 1 be, in my oplnion, any serious danger ights being materially injured by San Franc , Or any, all of the bay citles, unless we are negligent or act unwisely. While not wishing to dictate or even sug- gest your action, or urge or insist upon a con- ference, and befng very solicitous for harmony between the two districts in this as in other matters of common interest, our board has Dot as yet seen sufficient reason for receeding from the position which it has taken, although your board has taken a different 'one, and when milar appiication for a conference was made to us by the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley, our board, on Aueust 3, passed a resolution substantially the same, except the necessary changes to that above recited, This communication is made solely to advise you of the facts and to have them appear of cord, and not with any wish to influence your lon, or to in any way appear as advocating particular course of action in the prem- Yours respectfully, P. J. HAZEN. —_————————— DISFIGURES HER FACE BECAUSE OF A BLEMISH iscx Young Woman's Mind Deranged by Worry Over Slight Marring of Her Beauty. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 12.—Miss Lillian Prettyman, a girl recluse, is a prisoner in her parents’ home here. The mystery of Miss Prettyman’s case has been somewhat cleared by a med- ical examination. Soon after she had begun her stu- dies as an artist, following her grad- uation with honors from the normal school, Miss Prettyman, who was a beautiful girl, found a blemish on her face. prostration as a result of overstudy and the slight facial disfigurement preved so much upon her sensibilities that she became mentally affected and further disfigured her face in efforts to remove the first blemish. For five years she has been a recluse, hiding her face with towels. ——————— SLAYERS OF TWO AMERICANS SENTENCED TO BE SHOT Death Is Penalty for Crime Com- mitted by Mexican Police Com- mandant and Officers. +EL PASO, Tex., Aug. 12.—Police Comandante Torres of Aguas Cali- entes, a village of Sinaloa, and the two policemen who killed Clarence Way and Edward Latimer, Americans, have been sentenced to be shot. The sentence was to have been exe- cuted this week, but influen- tial relatives of Torres secured a stay of execution. A pardon for Torres is not looked for, however, as the sentl- ment is high against him. Torres is sald to have ordered the arrest of Way and Latimer because they refused to speak to him while he was intoxicated. They resisted arrest and both were shot down. —_———— TWO AGED CALIFORNIANS MAKE A NOVEL JOURNEY Travel From the Pacific Coast to Chi- cago With a Horse and Buggy- CHICAGO, Aug. 12.—Mr. and Mrs. John Skinner have arrived at South Chicago on a trip from California with a horse and buggy. They left Los Angeles on December 2 and will go to Akron, Mich., where Skinner, who is 78 years old, will visit Frank Lewis, a comrade in the Seventeenth Michigan Infantry. Four sets of wheels have been worn out on the Journey. Mr. and Mrs. Skinner will return to California in the same way. e PROVED CLAIM HOLDERS TO RECEIVE JUDGMENT Court Allows Creditors of Porter Bros. 24 Per Cent of the Amounts Due. CHICAGO, Aug. 12.—Judge Kohl- saat in the United States District Court has entered the final order in the bankruptey proceedings brought COMPLETED | by the creditors against Porter Bros., one of the largest wholesale fruit deal- ers in the country, directing that the creditors whose claims had been proved be paid 24 per .cent. The claims amount to $1,500,000. ———— ARKANSAS RIVER GIVES UP WRECK VICTIM'S BODY PUEBLO, Colo., Aug. 12.—One more body was recovered to-day by the searching parties seeking the miss- ing victims of the Eden bridge dis- aster. It was found about six miles She was suffering from nervous | BUSINESS MAN'S DISAPPEARANCE | WELL-KNOWN YOUNG MAN OF OAKLAND WHO HAS _DISAP- PEARED MYSTERIOUSLY. [ | and Popular, Leaves Home Mysteriously. s young man well known in the mercan- tile circles of this city, has disappeared his friends to enlist the aid of the po- the missing man. the Pacific House was searched to-day it was discovered that nearly all his ef- fects had been removed. The only ar- ticles found were a pair of trousers, some underclothing and a colored shirt, the sleeves and bosom of which are badly stained with blood. There was rothing in the room that would throw any light on the mystery. Waley was formerly a partner in the firm of Whipple & Waley, conducting an upholstering business at 1036 Sev- enth street. At the time of his disap- pearance he was employed at the Cur- tain Store at Fourteenth and Franklin streets. His employers say his work was entirely satisfactory, and that he had had no business troubles, so far as they know. The proprietor of the Pa- cific House says that Waley’s rent is pald up until to-morrow night. The missing man is 28 years of age and unmarried. —_— BRIDES ELECT. By Zoe Green Radcliffe. OAKLAND, Aug. 12.—The engaged girl is having her inning now, and affairs galore are being planned for the several brides elect of Oakiand. The faint music of wedding bells is already in the air and will ring out on the 16th for the season’s first bride, Miss Mary Barker. Contrary to the hopes of the Barkers' and Alexanders’ many friends, the ceremony is to be a very simple, quiet affair at the bri home. Miss Barker has asked Miss Jane Rawlings to be her only attendant. 20, Edith Findley and . George both of whom have & host of Oakland friends, will celebrate their nuptials in Sausa- lito. It is to be a church wedding and an elaborate affair. September will bring in _its train several charming brides. Miss May Young has chosen the 224 as the all-important day, and her wedding with . McNab promises to be one of the season's brilllant events. More than 200 guests have received cards. Stately “Rose Crast” is an ideal setting for a nuptial scone, and the dress the bridal party are satd to be exquisl . Miss Elva Shay will be another September bride, snd between now and the Sth—the date of the wedding—she promises to be a much feted young woman. To-day her mother, Mrs. Frank Shay, started the soclal ball folling with a card party, at which formal announce- ment of the approaching marriage of Miss Shay and Mr. Tripp was le. Next Friday Mrs. Will Westpha! will entertain Miss Shay, and on the 3lst Mrs. George Humphrey will be_hostess at u linen ghower. ' Miss Estelle Kleeman is planning a hand- kerchief shower for the first week in Septem- ber, also for Miss Shay. The card party at Mrs. Shay's to-day was a very enjoyable affair, whist engaging the attention of the guests during the afternoon. Mrs. Sawyer and Miss Snook carried off the tty trophles, and the guest list included . Georse W. Humphrey, Mrs. H. R. Roach, Mrs. Villliam Westphal, Mrs. Ass Mendenhall Mrs. W. W. Kergan, Shankland, Mre, A Sawyer, Mrs, Faulkner, Mrs. Ella Condit, Mrs. H. P. tthewson, Mrs. Harry Williams, Miss Tripp, Miss Wadsworth, Miss Carolyn Snook, Miss Lottie Hopkins, Miss Carolyn Miller, Miss Eda Curdts, Miss Le Boulanger, Miss Estelle Kleeman, Miss Lang: ley, Mrs. A. A. Pattee and Miss Nancy Collum. | Mr. and Mrs. George Lackle (nee Scupham) entertained at dinner for the first time in last evening, the complimented guests being Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Gaskill. The table pre- sented a really charming pleture, of pink sweet Dpeas being effectually used. Covers were placed for Mr. and Mrs. Gaskill, Dr. and , M. Mrs. Kinsell, Scupham, Miss Olcese, Middlemas, Chilton Veitch and and hostess. i J. The Arnold Needhams will be in town for a | Oehler, CAUSES ANXIETY e—_— — —_—% W. L. Waley, Well-Known OAKLAND, Aug. 12.—W. L. Waley, a under circumstances that have caused lice. Waley was last seen on Sunday afternoon, since which time none of his friends have recelved any tidings of ‘When his room at Dudley | came the bride 5t Charles A. Colmore, Stuart | tary of the host | University AUGUST 13, 1904 [WOULD DECLARE WILLS INVALID Testament of Late Adeline M. Sayle Said to Come Under Rule in Fair Case WANTS FOURTH SHARE Lillian' D. Kellogg Claims Her Grandmother Forgot to Bequeath Her a Legacy Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Aug. 12. Two contests over the estates of de- ceased women were filed in the Probate Court to-day. Owing to a trust clause in the will of the late Adeline M. Sayle, containing provisions Wwhich it 1s claimed fall directly within the ruling of the Supreme Court in the famous Falr will contest, in which the trust was declared invalid, the attorney for Guthrie Sayle Courvoisier, a minor heir and grandson of deceased, expects to gain the entire estate for his client, amounting to $6091 80. By a trust provision the estate was to bs managed by Thomas H. West and the income to go to Mrs. Helen E. Pierce and Mrs. Luelen T. Gardner for their support during their life time, and in case of need the estate could be sold and the money given them. By the contention of attorney for the contest- ant, his client has a prior claim by the right of descent and he asks that the will be set aside and the property dis- tributed to the grandson of deceased. Lillian D. Kellogg has asked the court to set aside the will of her grand- mother, Eliza D. Atwill, on the ground that she was not mentioned in the will nor left a part of the estate. She claims that she is entitled to a one-fourth share of $15,300, which she says is the amount her mother would have re- cefved had she been alive. Mary J. Pinkerton, Sarah A. Keith and iume- line A. Bloomer, the three sisters of the deceased woman, who were left the estate, claim that their niece already has recefved an amount equivalent to one-fourth of the estate. Deceased was .88 years of age at the time of her death, and, it is claimed by the grand- daughter, was forgetful. — Complains Against Police. OAKLAND, Aug. 11.—W. C. Wal- lace of the Realty Syndicate has com- plained to the police that hoodlums run riot over his grounds at Forty- fifth street and Telegraph avenue, re- fusing to heed him and threatening to burn the place if he molests them. ‘Wallace declares that his annoyers in- sult ladies of the household and have carried off the fences around his prop- erty. The complainant says he has been unable to get police protection and he has lodged his grievances with the Board of Police and Fire Com- missioners, Chief of Police Hodg- kins was to-day directed to make an investigation of Wallace’s charges. —_— e Elks’ Resort Incorporates. OAKLAND, Aug. 12.—Articles of incorporation of the Elks’ Paddock Summer and Winter Resort Associa- tion were flled to-day at the County Clerk’'s office. The association will handle a camping project on the Rus- sian River near Guerneyville for Elks exclusively. The capital stock is $50,- 000, divided into 2500 shares. The directors are John S. Partridge, Thomas W. Hickey, F. S. Osgood, D. H. McLaughlin, George A. Russell, Charles Roeth, J. B. Lanktree, W. F. Price, F. L. Wright, W. F. O'Donnell, E. Z. Hennessy and J. C. Camm. —_———————— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, Aug. 12.—The follow- ing marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Christopher Schmidt, 29, and Elizabeth Ellmer, 88, both of Oakland; Charles Tinker, over 75, and Ada C. Bootes, over 50; Oscar J. Algeo, 25, San Francisco, and Katherine L. Smith, 19, Esparto; ¥red J. Garwood, 25, and Elizabeth V. Truax, 18. both of Napa; Frederick M. Barry, 23, and Helen M. Durkee, 21, both of Alameda. —— e — ‘Will Talk About Bonds. OAKLAND, Aug. 12.—The Oakland Board of Trade will hold a meeting Tuesday evening at the Masonic Hall rooms to hear addresses on the bond jssue by Mayor Olney. Councilman John L. Howard, D. Edward Collins, president of the California Bank, and other prominent men. —_———————— Room Thieves Busy. OAKLAND, Aug. 12.—Thieveg stole clothing and other personal effects to- day from rooms occupied by C. F. Rose in the Portland House, J. L. Fra- ter and A. Schutz in the Oakland House. p—r Callfornia, Oregon, Washington and %‘rfilsh‘ Columbia. They will travel leisurely, going overland and coming back by water. They expect to be dway at least a month. Mrs. John Charles Adams and her_interest- ing little family are at the Sea Beach In Santa Cruz for a short sojourn. BERKELEY, Aug. 12.—The wedding of Miss Eisie Tade, daughter of Rev. E. O. Tade of 2438 Dwight way, Henry Hawson of Fresno, Wydnesday night, was one of the pret- tiest affaits of the season. The Tade home was cly draped in pink and white flowers. The bride wore a gown of white chiffon and carried a bouquet of white sweet peas. their artistic hittle home on Telegraph avenue | There were no attendants and the ceremony was performed by the bride's father. Mr. and Mre. Hawson will make their home in Fresn: 2 a profusion | where Mr. Hawson is engaged in an editorial city_on the Republican. iss Margarite Meyer of Sacramento be- secre. the agricultural of Calif the home of the Stubeurauch of few days, the ts of Mrs. Larkey, Mrs. | Church of Sacramento, Derformed the cere- ey ot oy ate expected to- | mony, Mrs Stubenrauch attended the bride x 7 and I, Fouse was the best man, whils o it Arnoli V' Studenrauch Jr.. the 9-year-old son Mrs. Kleeman an Kleeman | of Professor and Mrs, Stul acted as man s in Seattle now, and on his return will Wisit Dr. Berger in Stockton, for a few days. Miss May Morrison is preparii the East next Monday, to be year, visif friends and relatives in several of the large cities, including St. Louis and the exposition. > Mrs Hammer, Mrs. W. will also leave on Mq an extended visit Dubernet. d Miss Stel Ilun to-morrow for Del Monte. . Schrock’s mother, ‘for New York, for to her other daughter, Mrs. N The H. B. Mehrman rdtses .nmxmnmm;‘-l"‘w%fi’”’ vod spent 5 month n the tal ity mountains of have three la George Klee- | ringbearer. ———— PARAGUAYAN INSURGENTS SAID TO BE VICTORIOUS Rebels Reported to Han Captured mmm-ao'v:rm Steamship. v BUENOS AYRES, Argentina, Aug. 12.—1It is rumored that the Paraguay- an insurgents have captured the ports of Humalita, Villa Pillar and Concep- cion. They also are said to have tak- they nd Abe Leach | en the steamship Villa Rica, which i had on boar d the Minister of the In- coutlen, deer hunting, ‘and | terfor. The Minister escaped. down the Arkansas River and was | spite of the many un-"?n" 0 Or Mene: | - . identified by the father as that of T. £ ton, is still tresh Yiewe: et C.'Ip'hm of Denvuz‘.“ LB TET i o _There remains one unidentified, | recent adv 'l‘hl. u;ntol,r:oml.n. mhbu‘a‘m story teller as well 1l paper o e /TN T R NPORL o i Mo h wite NT QUARTERS FOR VISITOR Native Sons’ Committee on Admission Day Celebra- tion in Need of More Halls 'WA |DAUGHTERS ARE BUSY Members of Piedmont Par- lor Will Participate in Parade on September 9 Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Aug. 12 In order to accommodate the large i number of Native Sons and Daughters who will visit Oakland September 9, to participate in the Sfate celebration of Admission day, the local committee on hotels and accommodations has been compelled to secure every avail- | able hall in the city for use as head- quarters of the various visiting par- lors and this evening the members of the committee visited a number of fra- ternal organizations with a request that those not meeting on the even- ings of September 8 and 9 donate their halls for the use of the visitors. The general committee on the Admis- sion day celebration met this evening in the rooms of the Merchants’ Ex- change and the reports of the various | sub-committees showed that the work of preparing for the big celebration is nearing completion. The members of Pledmont Parlor, Native Daughters, are making elabor- ate preparations for the celebration. The headquarters of the parlor will be at Ben Hur Temple, 1060 Broadway. The Native Daughters have adopted as a uniform for the parade, white dress, white shoes and cap and white parasol decorated with a large bow of red ribbon. The management of the Novelty Theater has agreed to donate the proceeds of three perforthances on the afternoon of August 19 to Piedmont Parlor, the funds to be used for the entertainment of visiting members. Pledmont Parlor has appointed the following committees to perfect the ar- rangements, for the celebration: Reception—Alma Bock, Leha Hammerly, Jennle Jordan, Fanny Scott, Carrie Engelbart, ‘Annle Mesmer, Mabel Fassier, Winnle Mulvey, Amanda Hammerly, Nellle Noblett, Bessie Wood, Edith Bruns, Maggie Dennis. Decoraticns—Mamie Janes, Annie Knabbe, May Ferm, Winnie Mulvey, Emily Chicou. Refreshments—Alice Arrouge, Annle Siegler, Emma_Nagel, Mamie Janes, Jennie Jordan, Jana Hammerly, Jennie Brown, Rose Slegler. Music—Beda Pacheco, Aimee Cottle. Printing—Mollie Suell, Jennie Brown. Parade—Gertrude Bibber, Carrie Engelhart. —_—e—— CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR PREACHES Rev. John D. Maguire Delivers Elo- quent Sermon at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Rev. John D. Maguire, professor of Latin philology in the Catholic Uni- versity, Washington, D. C., preached last night at St. Mary’s Cathedral in the novena now being conducted in the church, which will close Monday night. Dr. Maguire said that each age has its own particular sins and tempta- tions and as civilization progresses from the less to the more complex the relations that exist between man and man and between man and God are in danger of more and greater con- fusion. Dr. Maguire dwelt on the importance of scanning closely the wants of the age to the end that these relations may be readjusted and prop- er remedies applied. The great needs of the age, he ad- vised, are first, faith, or an apprecia- tion of the relations between Creator and creature, and secondly, honesty, or an appreciation of the relations of man to his fellow man. ~ The doctor said that the second need of the age is that of honesty. He asked his hearers to look around and see the weak crushed; see the fearful struggle for existence; hear the cry of the million for bread, and see the few entrenched in power. —_———————— Irrigation Engineer Wanted. The United States Civil Service Commission announces examinations at San Francisco, Fresno, Los Angeles and Marysville and Reno, Nev.,, Sep- tember 14 for the position of irriga- tion engineer, Age limit, 20 years or over. Apply to the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C., or to the secretary of the board of examiners at any of the places men- tioned for application form 1312, which should be filed with the com- mission at Washington, D. C. s« NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA WANTS CHANCE T0 FIGHT LAY East Oakland Parent Com- pels Unvaceinated Chil- dren to Remain at School ASKS BOARD TO EXPEL Mass-Meeting Will Be Held to Demand Repeal of Com- pulsory Feature of Act —_—— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Aug. 12. J. S. holas, residing at 1216 Last Twenty-first street, has taken the first step toward again testing the law in regard to the compulsory vaccination of children. Nicholas has demanded that two of his offspring, who have not been subjected to the operation, be per- mitted to attend the public school. In fact he sent his boys to the Swett school and ordered them to stay there, unless they were forcibly ejected. The school teachers were unwilling to use violence and the children remained. Though they sit In a classroom they are not enrolled as pupils and their status on the school records is that of visitors. Nicholas' children are not receiving the benefits of instruction and the fa- ther insists that they are entitled to be taught. On the other hand, thg school department authorities a compelled to call the parents’ attention to the fact that an act of the Legislature incorpor- ated In the statutes of Caiifornia and thrice affirmed by the Supreme Court as constitutional obliges the depart- ment to enforce the vaccination law Nicholas invites the school depart- ment to eject his children, so he may be given a chance to test the much- tested law. In furtherance of a movement inaug- urated in Berkeley by Dr. W. Allen, president of the Berkeley Board of Ed- ucation, to procure the repeal of the compulsory vaccination law, a mass meeting of Oakland citizens will be held Monday night at Hamilton hall, Thirteenth and Jefferson streets. Dr. Allen, the Rev. J. Stitt Wilson and others interested in the subject will speak. The purpose of the meeting is tr state objections to the compulsory feature of the law, which requires pupils of the public schools to be vaccinated. Petitions are in circulation asking the repeal of the act by the next Legis- lature. —_———— PERSONAL. E. C. Farnsworth, a Visalia attorney, ———————— Stablemen Will Appeal. _Acting under the advice of its at- torney, Judge James G. Maguire, the Stablemen’s Union will take an appeal from the decision of Superior Judge John Hunt in which he permanently enjoined the union from boycotting the Nevada Stables on Market street. The principle involved in the decision affects every organized trades union in the State of California. —————————— Charged With Insanity. John McAleer, a sailor living at 457 Fifth street, was locked up last night in the detention ward at the Central Emergency Hospital on a charge of insanity. McAleer entered a grocery store on Fifth street and insisted to the proprietor that he was related to him. He was ejected from the store and went to the police station to see the Chief of Police, where he was taken into custody. R Beggar Draws Knife. Fred Belamate was arrested last night by Patrolman Blick and charged lat the Southern station with an as- sault with a deadly weapon. Belamate approached Charles Eldracher, a real estate man, and asked him for a quar- ter. Eldracher refused and Belamate pulled a knife. He saw a policeman approaching and took to his heels, but was later captured. —_—— Deaf Mute’s Close Call. While six-year-old Adolph Camisa, a deaf mute, was crossing Kearny street, near Jackson, yesterday he was run down by a Kentucky-street car. The motorman saw the little fellow on the track just in time. He jammed down his brakes and started the ap- paratus that works the fender. The boy was caught in this appliance and escaped with slight lacerations. is at the Lick. H. D. Chandler, a Vacaville lumber- man, is at the Lick. E. B. Gage, a capitalist of Tomb- stone, Ariz., is at the St. Francis. J. D. Castro, a banker of Hermosillo, Mexico, is registered at the Occidental George Rutledge Gibson, a New York banker, and his family are at the Palace. F. J. Shepard, general superintendent of the Santa Fe coast lines, is up from Los Angeles. He is registered at the St. Francis. Dr Richard H. Follis, assistant sur- geon of John Hopkins University, Bal- timore, arrived here yesterday on a visit to his brothers and sisters. Chester Allen Arthur, son of the late President Arthur, who has been visit- ing Southern California, arrived here yesterday and is staying at the Palace. Thomas Mellersh, controller of the California Northwestern Railroad, was yesterday appointed to a simiuar posi- tion in the North Shore road, which re- cently passed to the management of A. W. Foster. PRSI S Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—The follow- l;u Saluornn.n- are registered in New ork: From San Francisco—C. W. Eber- lein, at the Grenoble; H. Quinish, at the Grand Union; H. P. Taylor, at the Hoffman House; Z. Gabrielle, at the York, and A. W. Parker, at the Metro- politan. From Los Angeles—Miss Angier, at the Netherland; R. E. Barry, the Hotel Spalding; J. B. Berner, at the Cumberland; J. Hansen, L. Hansen and C. Hansen, at the Hotel Cadillac, and Miss H. Hathaway, at the Albert, —_— Firemen Are Heavily Fined. The Fire Commissioners at thelr regular meeting yesterday afternoon fned Thomas Campbell of Truck 7 $50. Campbell was found gullty of insubordination and of striking his su- perior officer. Thomas Titus of Chem- ical Engine 7 was found guilty of shaking his fist at Acting Chief Dougherty and fined $150. The fol- lowing transfers were ordered: John Burke, from Truck 10 to Truck 7: Charles J. Brannan, from Truck 7 to Engine 2; Joseph Kenny, from Engine 2 to Engine 10. A. Brenston was ap- pointed to active duty. ———— BOND SALE ORDERED.—In the estate of Alexander H. Rutherford Judge Hunt yester- day ardered the sale of eleven 5 per cent bonds & e Setveion, ermsburs and San Antonto 2 each, to m obligations. The estate fi:(;ll l‘ou&'.ln“m:na of the same bonds and twenty $1000 bonds of the Market-street Rallway. ADVERTISEMENTS. - Are You interested in the Condition of Your TEETH? Do you want them to look well and work well? To be free from pain? To be out of your mouth if they have mhwm‘ usefulness? 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