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- CITPS WATER THE SAN FRANCISCO 1904, CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 15, « NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA WILL PROTECT [KNOWLAND HAS [WOULD KEEP A CLEAR FIELD! WHAT HE FINDS Board of Health to Take|Young Alamedan Will Re- Action Against Camps on " Banks of Redwood Creek B0 = Schy MAY CLOSE THE GROUN B SEa S Owners of the Property to|George Fitzgerald Says He Be Asked to Use Their Land for Other Purposes Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Aug. 14. - Campers who have heretofore spent their summer outings on the banks of Redwood Creek will be forced to seek another location next season if the at- tempt that is to be made to induce the | ceive thé Republican Nom- ination for Congress WOULD BE SUPERVISOR PR Is Wooing the Favor of the Union Labor Party s Oakland Office 8an Francisco Call, 1018 Broadway, Aug. 14. J. R. Knowland of Alameda City will be nominated on Tuesday at Vallejo by the Republican Congressional conven- tion for Congressman from the Third District. There is no opposition tq Mr. owners of property situated in Redwood ;, Knowland, and the action of the con- ¢anyop to close the grounds to camp- vention at the navy yard city will ere is successful. The matter was taken | merely be a ratification of the will of i the Republican party as expressed at up at the last meeting of the Oakland Board of Health, and Health Officer von Adelung reported that during the | present season nearly 500 people had camped in Redwood Canyon, close to 1he banks of the creek, which flows into Lake C ot. The Health Officer said that large portion of the city vater supply came into the lake rough Redwood Canyon it would be ¢ from 2 sanitary point of view if campers were kept away from the Banks of the creek An analysis of the water in the lake did not reveal any bacteria such as would be developed by the contamina- tion of the creek by campers. The board therefore decided to take no ac- tion during the present season, which is mow almost closed. The board will the primaries that were held last Tuesday. Mr. Knowland is a young man who | has made himself. An attorney by pro- | fession, he entered- the field of politics | some years ago as the Republican nom- inee for the Assembly from Alameda City. Two terms in the lower house ‘nt Sacramento brought a term in the i { i | | | | recommend, however, that as a meas- | ure of public safety some ulion_be taken next season to prevent camping on the banks of any of the creeks from | which water flows into the reservoirs Costa Water Company. ng in discussing the mat- ter sald The danger of contamination of the city wa- by campers in Redwood Canyon and banks of other creeks which empty ake Chabot has been discussed by the Heaith, but no action will be taken meeting of the*board, and It ally agreed that, as the pres- ng season is so nearly ended, no ac- be taken against the people at pres- amp The board intends, however, to endeavor to devise wome means whereby the danger may be removed. ter sup; por g bee camy 2 sha Personally, 1 am in favor of keeping camp- ers away banks of these creeks en- irely anaiysis of the water in the i creek in Redwood Canyon showed some bac- teria. but no bacteria were revesled by water taken from the lake and enalysis of Nevertheless there is ontamination &s long as on the banks of these re creeke MANY OUTSIDE PARLORS TO JOIN IN CELEBRATION Native Sons and Daughters From All Parts of State Will Visit Oak- land September 9. OAKLAND, Aug. 14.—Native Sons and Daughters from every part of the <State will gather in this city on Sep- tember 9 to participate in the cele- bration of Admission day. Already the local committee has received notice from many parlors located in interior towns that the members will attend in"a body. These parjors will all have headquarters in Oakland on Admission day and nearly every hall in the city will be occupied by the local and visiting Natives. Among the pariors of Native Sons &nd Daughters that will participate in the State celebration in this city are: Bacramento Parlor No. 31, Santa Clara Parlor No. 100, Eden Parlor No. 113 of Haywards, Marshall Par- Jor No. 202 of San Francisco, Estudilo Parlor of San Leandro, and Sans Souci Parlor No. 96, N. D. G. W., of San Francisco. Stockton Lodge of Elks is to visit ©Oakland on Thursday evening, Sep- tember 8, and as many of its members are Native Sons, nearly every Native Son and Daughter of Stockton will accompany the Elks to participate in the celebration here. BANITARIUM PATIENT ESCAPES FROM GUARDIAN Leaves Her Attendant on a Country Road 10 Gape at Team as It Dashes Away. OAKLAND, Aug. ruse Mrs. E. L. Piepenburg, a patient &t the Livermore Sanitarium, escaped this afternoon, near Livermore, from her guardian, A. B. Wilcox, and drove & double team forty miles into Oak- - land before she was overhauled and taken in charge again by the man she had outwitted. Wilcox was given permission to-day to take his ward out driving. The pair started down the county road to- ward Pleasanton. During the drive, the patient dropped a fur boa out of | the vehicle. Shortly afterward she disclosed her loss to Wilcox, request- ing him to walk back and find the missing article. Unsuspicious, the guardian heeded the requesit. When be was a few hundred feet away Mrs. Piepenburg whipped the horses into a run and headed down the road away from Wilcox as rapidly as the team could go. The guardian, seeing pursuit hope- less, hurried back to Livermore and gave the alarm. At Twenty-third ave- nue Policeman W. H. Smith, who had been given a description of the run- away, caught the woman, who was re- turned to her guardian safely. e MESSENGER BOY HURT 4 IN STREET COLLISION OAKLAND, Aug. 14.—The careless bandling of a spirited horse by an un- known driver on the Haywards road this afternoon resulted in a collision between an automobile and tweo bi- cycle riders, which nearly cost Arthur a Western Union Telegraph cycles and mmm 't’: o) l" avoid t horse, which was restive, mhe Both the boys were struck by the automoblle and thrown from | faucets in this city was | 14.—By & clever | | | established basis. | to-night at that institution. upper house, where he served with credit to his district, his party and him- self. When Victor H. Metcalf was ele- vated to the Cabinet by President Roosevelt, Knowland was at once sug- gested for the position of Representa- tive in the lower house of the national legislature, and as a result of the primaries he will be nominated on Tuesday next without opposition for a place on the Republican ticket in a dis- | trict where the Republican nomination is equivalent to an election by about 10,000 majority. City Councilman George Fitzgerald to-day made the formal announcement of his candidacy for the Union Labor nomination for Supervisor in the Fifth District against John Mitchell, who will be the Republican nominee. Said Mr. Fitzgerald: “I have not approached a single dele- gate to the Union Labor convention, but 1 feel reasonably sure that I can make a showing in that convention. If the nomination is offered me I shall accept.” The Union League Club of Alameda County will effect a permanent organ- ization to-morrow evening at Maple Hall. Permanent officers will be elected and the league will be put upon an The league is in a fiourishing condition. United States Senator George C. Perkins is the tem- porary president of the club. The Union Labor Club of the Forty- | sixth Assembly District has decided upon John Geary, a well-known na- tive son of Haywards, as its nominee for the Assembly. He will probably be indorsed by the Democrats, e - . CHURCH RALLY DAY 1S FITLY OBSERVED Methodists Hold Special Services. Pew Renting System Abandoned by Strong Organization. OAKLAND, Aug. 14—Rally day at the First Methodist Church was ob- served to-day with special exercises. The morning Bible class held a re- union. At the regular services the full | choral communion celebration was held. Dr. E. R. Dille, the pastor, gave an appropriate address. After a reception of members the ordinance of Christian baptism was administered. Sunday-school exercises, in which 600 members took part, were held at 12:30 o’clock at the same church. Special music and a soclal reunion marked the evening exercises. The First Methodist Church has abandoned the pew renting system. By direction of the board of trustees no pew rentals will be charged after Sep- tember 1. Sittings will be assigned to regular attendants who are members of the church, but the revenue will de- pend upon the weekly pledges and the voluntary collections at services, The pew-renting method has been discon- tinued after a thorough trial, the trus- tees being unanimous in their decision. The Rev. E. E. Baker, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, has re- sumed his work. Clement P. Rowlands, the choir director, occupied his place this evening for the last time before his departure for Eurape. The Rev. 8. E. Lynd of the Society of the Friendless delivered an address this evening at a union meeting of Presbyterians and Methodists at Dia- mond. Communion services and a reception of new members took place to-day at Pilgrim Congregational Church, the Rev. R. C. Brooks, the pastor, offi- ciating. The Rev. Willlam Crowhurst preached to-day at the Thirty-fourth street Methodist Church. The Rev. H. W. Davis of San Fran- cisco preached to-day at the First Baptist Church. Dr. E. R. Willis, president of the Na- tional Training-school, occupied the pulpit this morning at the Eighth- avenie Methodist Church. iyt v— AT LAST SUCCEEDS IN KILLING HIMSELF Arthur McGregor's Second Attempt at Suicide Proves Successful—In- mate of Home for Blind. OAKLAND, Aug. 14.—Sightless from an attempt to commit suicide three years ago, Arthur McGregor, an inmate of the State home for the adult blind, took a fatal dose of poison He left two letters, requesting Superintendent Sanders to notify Lieutenant Governor Alden Anderson and the Woodmen ot the World regarding his death. McGregor whs found in his room to-night by the superintendent, who noticed him breathing heavily. Dr. George Derrick, the home’s physician, was called and saw that McGregor was dying from the effects of some slow poison, supposedly morphine, al- though no vial or paper that might have contained the .drug was found. There was no chance to revive the man, the poison having taken too strong hold. McGregor, three years ago, was jilted in a love affair at Suisun, ‘where he was in the employ of Lieutenant Railway Gateman Presents a Knotty Problem to Court Upon the Subject ARRESTED FOR THEFT Claims He Has Right to Hold Against the World +Anything He May Get Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Aug. 14. Does keeping an article found on a traln and refusing to surrender it to the company constitute theft? The question is one passed up to Justice of the Peace Quinn in the trial of L. E. Cole, a railway gateman, who, find- ing two telescope baskets on the Seventh-street local, refused to sur- render them to the company. Cole was arrested and charged with larceny. While the evidence in the case is all in, Judge Quinn is reserving his de- cision, as attorneys on both sides have authorities they wish to present. In expressing himself upon this sub- Jject, however, Judge Quinn said: The law is that a person finding an article may hold it against the world save and ex- cept from its rightful owner. This being the case, the company has no more right to the article than the finder. The requirement that employes turn over to the lost and found de- partment anything picked up on the train is & company regulation that does not affect the case at bar further than to show intent upon the finder's part of concealing the fact of his having found the article, On the other hand, a person has no right to conceal anything he has found. He must let it be known. In the present case it will prob- ably simmer down to a question of the differ- ence between larceny and embezziement. In the first & man takes with intent; in the sec- ond, he finds and afterward appropriates. e TRIES TO LEAVE JAIL BY A SUBSTITUTION Joseph Jones Responds to Name Like His Own, but Jailers Block. Move in Time. OAKLAND, Aug. 14.—By a trick of substitution, Joseph Jones, a colored laborer, awaiting trial on a charge of petty larceny, came within an ace of escaping from jail yesterday on a charge ot simple drunkenness. Joseph answered to the name of “Ham Jones,” a colored cook, who had been arrested for drunkenness. After Joseph had been duly sen- tenced to the customary $6 or 3 days, the trick was discovered by the jail- ers at the City Prison. ‘“Ham Jones” innocently avowed he had no part in the shift. He explained that his true name was Andrew Bell, and he did not recognize the name of Jones when it was called by the jailer in the morn- ing. The other Jones—Joseph — on Thursday pleaded not guilty to the charge of theft and demanded trial by jury, which had been set for August 26. If the substitution had not been discovered Joseph Jones would have served his three days and walked out of jail Tuesday. —_—ee———— COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON SALOON CLOSING Resolution That Got a Tie Ballot Last Meeting to Be Taken Up Again. OAKLAND, Aug. 14.—The City Council to-morrow night will take up the matter of revoking the saloon license of Zunino & Ghighone, Third and Market streets, whose bartender, C. Babeno, was convicted and fined $250 for selling liquor to girls. The proprietors paid the fine and dis- charged the offending barkeeper. Last Monday night the vote was a tie, five to five, President Dornin being absent on a vacation. Another vote on the resolution to revoke will be taken to- morrow night. ‘At the same meeting the ordinance calling the bond election, fixing the precinct polling places and naming the election officers will be presented. The plan is to suspend the rules and pass the ordinance to print in order to expedite matters. —_———— THIEF STEALS OLD WHEEL AND TRADES FOR NEW ONE Ancient Bicycle Taken in Alameda Is Exchanged for a Better Machine in Oakland. ALAMEDA, Aug. 14.—Special Po- liceman F. V. Smith of East Oakland is mourning the loss of a new bicycle, and has not even the satisfaction of owning the one that was left in trade for his at the corner of Twenty-third avenue and East Fourteenth street yesterday evening. The trade was ne- gotiated without Smith’s consent or knowledge, the wheel that was left in place of his being one ridden to this city from Warm Springs by Niels Johnson, a delegate to0 the Christian Endeavor Convention. Johnson left the wheel at the Presbyteriau Church entrance, but found, on his return, that it had been stolen. The matter was reported to the police, who suc- ceeded in locating the missing wheel in Oakland. ————— WEST END ASSOCIATION WILL GIVE A SMOKER Affair Is the Outcome of Friendly Contest to Secure New Members. ALAMEDA, Aug. 14.— Arrange- ments are about completed for a ban- quet and smoker to be given by the ‘West End Alameda Improvement As- sociatior in the Wigman on Thursday night. All the members of the asso- ciation, as well as their male frien have been invited to attend. The idea of giving the smoker originated in a contest between two teams captained by Martin Owens and W. J. Shreve. The contest was in the nature of a canvass for new members, the losing side to pay the expenses of the ban- quet. The team captained by Shreve was winner, but it has since been de- cided that the whole assoclation will share in the expenses. A musical programme will be arranged, and the lgnuesu are assured an enjoyable even- g. Late Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. Sunday, August Stmr Maggle, Corning, 4 hours troms ‘moon Bay, 14. Half- from DOMESTIC APOR‘!‘_ x —Arrived 14—S8chr ————— ‘The sense of smell is keener in fresh alr than in stale or polluted air. DEALERS FAVOR [ALASKA’S GOLD |TELLS STORY THE BOND ISSUE Real Estate Men of Ala- meda County Want the Oakland Tmprovements MEETINGS ARE PLANNED Many Small Homes Being Built Upon Installment Plan — Auction Sales T A Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Aug. 14. The organized effort being made to ““boost” the proposed issue of improve- ment bonds is causing a boom in Oak- land real estate and every dealer in this city is trying to make a success of the bonds. The first gun of the cam- paign for bonds will be fired next Tues- day evening at the quarterly meeting of the Oakland Board of Trade, at which the issue will be publicly dis- cussqd. Among the speakers who will address the meeting are: Councilman John L. Howard, Mayor Warren Olney, D. Edward Collins, Councilman George W. Dornin and others. Colonel John P. Irish has also been invited to deliver an address. The meeting is to be held in the as- sembly hall of the Masonic Temple and an invitation has been extended to the officers of all the local improvement or- ganizations to attend the meeting and take part in the discussion. Other meetings of the same character will be arranged later. There is no doubt that if the bonds carry the effect on the local real estate market will be felt immediately; in fact the proposal of the issue has already increased the value of property in some portions of the city, for the victory of the school bonds leads property owners to believe that the improvement bonds will also earry. ‘With the approach of winter the real estate market, which has been com- paratively quiet during the vacation season, has begun to resume activity. Dealers in Alameda County are receiv- ing many Inquiries regarding business and residence property, a large num- ber of which come from people in the Eastern States. Willlam J. Laymance says that he has lately handled busi- ness for clients in Russia, England, France, New York, Massachusetts and Ohio. A. F. Cornwall, secretary of the E. P. Vandercook Company, says: Business has been rather quiet during the past two months, but indications now point to a revival, and I believe that during the coming fall and winter real estate men will have all the business they can attend to. One of the reasons that the present summer has been dull is that during the past two years many people have purchased lots on install- ments and are just completing the payments on their property. Those wWho have paid for their lots are now preparing to erect homes, while others are beginning to buy more prop- erty. Altogether the outlook for the next three months, both for tha sale of property and for bullding operations, is of the best The Realty, Bonds and Finance Com- pany has just opened another tract in North Oskland, and Saturday, August 20, sixty residence lots will be sold at auction. The sale will take place on the ground at Fifty-first street and Telegraph avenue. F. J. Woodward of the Realty, Bonds and Finance Com- pany yesterday said: The opportunity to-day to make money In real estate ls In the district now called Cen- tral Oakland, lying between Broadway on the east, the bay on the west, Thirty-sixth street on the south and the Berkeley line on the north. This district, owing to its Inaccessibility In the past, has not been built up, but now with the increased and excellent car service furpished by the Oakland Transit Company's lines and the new Key route ferry to San Francisco it Is experiencing & boom such as never before in its history. New homes are constantly being tuilt and the value of the land by reason thereof {s constantly advancing. UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, Aug. 14.—The executive com- mittee of the Associated Students has award- ed the contract for building the bleachers on the new football fleld to Kidder & McCullough, their bid being $12,000. One million feet of lumber will be used in the construction of these bleachers, and there will be room for 25, people. According to the agreement with 'the bidders the entire work must be finished by November 1, and one side of the fleld must be constructéd by October 1. A penaity of $100 a day will be imposed In the contract for delay. Protessor George W. Shaw, tant pro- fessor of agricuitural technology, has been offered the post of chief chemist at the new agricultural “station just organized in Cuba by the Government. He will probably accept, though he Is reserving his decision. Professor Ehaw recently received an offer from an Irish unfversity at Dublin, but declined it. W. Clyde Smith, the newly elected secreta of the Young Men's Christian Association, has returned to the university after & trip East nd will begin work at once in anticipation { the reception of the incoming freshmen clas ® de Kern has set at rest all rumors re- garding bis plans by announcing to his friends that he will return to callege and play this year with the football teams. Kern wi the captain and star halfback of last year's freshmen, &nd as fhe varsity eleven 18 in need of men of his abllity there was some anxiety over the rumor that he would not return this year. e S— DUSTLESS HIGHWAYS ARE MUCH DESIRED Increasing Use of Automobiles Forces Attention and Experiment Toward That End. How to obtain dustless highways has long been a problem to which mu- nicipul supervisors in all parts of the world have been devoting a great deal of attention. An officlal report of the department of bridges and roads in France shows the continuance of good results obtained in rendering roads free from dust by coating the surface with tar. The engineer of the Seine and Marne departments reports that after an unsuccessful trial of a mixture of oil and petroleum a coating of tar was in the summer of 1902 laid down on several different lengths of road. After carefully observing these roads during a period of twelve months, he finds the dust and mud have wholly disappeared, and the cost of mainten- ance of the roads has been considerably reduced. Further comparing the pre- vious outlay on the roads with that of those with tarred surface, he says: “It appears that the tarring method requires no greater outlay and at the same time very considerably improves the condition of the roadway. In La Cher two lengths of the Chausee Na- tionale were coated with tar in June and August of 1902. Both these experi- ments have been entirely successtul, the road now being covered with an elastic skin, while the sound of foot passenger’s tread is muffled and the horse and oxen require only one-half the effort they put forth before. The noise ard vibration caused by ve- hicular traffic is much reduced, and neither dust nor mud is formed on the tarred surface.”—Chicago Chronicle. : ———— A woman’s maiden aim is to change her maiden name. [N ABUNDANCE Bishop Hamilton Tells of Wealth of the Country and Its Spiritual Progress SEES BIG OPPORTUNITY B e Lays Cornerstone of Church to Be District’s Second Finest Sacred Edifice Bishop Hamilton of the Methodist Episcopal Church has returned from Alaska, where he went six weeks ago. He brings back a large fund of infor- mation regarding its resources, with buoyant spirits in the anticipation of the country being a great field for spiritual and industrial labor, and praise for those statesmen who were farseeing enough to judge of the fu- ture value of the country to the Uni- ted States. This was Bishop Hamilton’s first of- ficial visit—indeed, the first official visit of any Methodist Bishop to that territory. The purpose of the trip to Alaska was to organize the district as a mission and to attend the first annual meeting of all the Methodist churches in the district. Bishop Hamilton met the ministers and lay representatives of the Alaskan churches at Juneau from June 14 to 18. The churches that were represented at the Juneau conference are estab- lished at Ketchikan, Dolomi, Juneau, Douglas, Skagway and in several min- ing camps. During the conference the Bishop laid the cornerstone of the first Methodist church in Juneau, which is the capital of the district. The church, which will be named the Metro- politan Methodist Church, will be the largest and most imposing edifice of any denomination in the district ex- cept the Russian church. at Sitka. More than one-half of the money for the buflding was given by the people in Alaska. The church will be dedi- cated by November and will be abso- lutely free from debt. Many hundreds were present at the laying of the cor- nerstone, and much interest as well as local pride was shown by people of all denominations, and of no denomi- nation, in the new building. The new church occupies a prom- inent corner on one of the main streets, directly opposite the site selected for the capitol. The cost of the building will be about $15,000. It is said that such a building, as eligibly located, in San Francisco would cost more money. Bishop Hamilton visited all the prom- inent settlements in Southeastern Alagka and from Skagway went over the summit by the Yukon and White Pass Railway toward the Klondike country. He visited Governor Brady, the Federal district officers, met Bishop Rowe of the Episcopal Church and prominent clergymen of the Russian and Roman Catholic churches, as well as of the other churches represented in the district. At the close of the conference Bishop Hamilton reappointed the pastors to their geveral churches and arranged for new missions in Seward City, Nome and Fairbanks, in the Tanana country, which is the newest gold mining center, and where there are now reported to be about 10,000 persons. In speaking of the prospects of the country, Bishop Hamilton said last evening: I was greatly surprised and encouraged with the possibilities of Alaska, and I am satisfled that the purchase was one of the greatest investments the National Government has ever made. Instead Of & mapless waste of tree- less islands and frozen mountains I found a country where great populations can be more comfortably accommodated than where many people now reside, both in this country and in Europe. The climate In Southern Alaska is better than that of the Dakotas or even lowa. Ten millions of people are found on the eastern continent above the same parallel of latitude which forms the soufhern boundary of Alaska. The people of Norway and Sweden and even Scotland could find more comfortable homes in Alaska and a far more resourceful country. Already large investments are being made in many paying industries. In addition to the great discoveries of gold, silver and copper, tin, platinum, coal and oil are found in great abundance. One vein of coal thirty feet in thickness has _been discovered in Southern Alaska, near Kayak. There is one gold plant on Douglas Island which has a model in the form of a pyramid at the World's Fair in St. Louls representing $22,000,000 taken from that mine, and dur- ing my visit a_far more wonderful mine was discovered at Seward City. The Alaskan pa- pers represented that this would prove one of the most wonderful mines in the world. The fisheries of the district yielded last year more than $10,000,000, and the seal in- dustry and fur trade alone have repaid many times over the money the United States paid Russin for the country. The timber is simply inexhaustible. 1 predict great possibilities for the land. —_—————— Weather Report. (120th Meridian—Pacific Time.) SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14—5 p. m. COAST RECORD. Salt Lake San Francisco.30. San L. Obispo.30. San Di 80, % tle Tatoosh Walla Walla..29.96 Winnemucca .29.96 ‘Yuma 29.86 P EEg ] g gigisdg 8 Bg33 2= 8 -3 .8 8833 ¥4 2s £ sTATIONs. " § B8535 33 £ 8 8987 ¢ g s P R H H ks o Uh : H .04 02 64 N 95 SS 64 08 58 52 8 104 62 l30.09 ot 52 .29.96 T 52 Pocatello .....20.98 92 62 Independence. 20,98 88 64 Angeles ..20.98 00 €S Mt.Tamalpais 30.05 86 T4 North Head ..50.16 56 \54 Phoenix 100 ‘52 Pt Reyes 55 80 Portland S0 60 Rea Bluf 104 70 Roseburg .....30.00 90 G6 Sacraments 112073 04 €4 5 50 86 52 80 68 50 5t 96 58 € 50 88 o8 9 60 98 76 WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL FORECAST. Cloudy weather prevails along the coast and partly cl ‘weather over the Tion ot ‘the Paciic siape: - cisewhens 1 D Lo Thunderstorms, with light sh are re- ported from portions of Nevada and Idal with ran, from Nwmh:i 'he pressure has fallen over the Interi: the Pacific siope and risen over Northweaters ter has fall - vada® ana Sowtheastern Tdans. In ‘tver o It e T R ariinis in the Sterras to-night and Monday. F Say for thirty OF HIS CRIME Nevada Postmaster Admits That He Attempted to Assassinate an Employe PLEADS SELF-DEFENSE Man Heretofore Protests In- nocence, but Now Is Said to Be Feigning Insanity ; S R Epecial Dllp:fi—to The Call. RENO, Aug. 14.—H. C. Lawrence, ac- cused of attempting to assassinate J. D. Garrison, an employe, nearly three months ago, to-day confessed his crime. Heretofore he has stoutly main- tained his innocence to the officials of Churchill County. In defens: of his act Lawrence claims that he shot Garrison only after a most desperate struggle in which the latter attempted his life. Lawrence is also’ feigning insanity, claiming that visions of departed rela- tives appear before him. His confes- sion is believed, although his defense is not accepted. Lawrence is suspected of numerous murders in Churchil County and his admissions to-day only tend to strengthen the belief that he is connected with them. Lawrence came to Nevada from Salt Lake City. He is even now postmaster at Hazen and owns some property there. ———— MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY EARNED FORTY YEARS AGO Former Cockswain of the Old Kear- sarge Only Recently Read of Reward of Medal. For nearly forty years a United States Congressional medal of honor awarded to one John Hayes for distinguished services on the old frigate Kearsarge in her historic battle with the Confed- erate ship Alabama has been lying in a safe in the bureau of navigation wait- ing to be claimed by the man to whom it was awarded by Congress. Rusty, with its ribbon frayed and moth-eaten, this medal has at last been sent to its owner, who after all these years of silence recently wrote to the Navy Department claiming the medal. Its existence had been forgotten until the arrival a few days ago of a letter from Muscoda, Grant County, Wiscon- son, from a man 70 years old, who wrote that he had just learned through the accidental reading of an old navy general order, dated 1864, that John Hayes, cockswain of the frigate Kear- sarge, had been awarded a medal of honor for distinguished conduct in bat- tle. He said in his letter to the depart- ment that he was the only John Hayes who served on the Kearsarge in the famous battle with the Alabama, and that it must be he who is entitled to| the medal. He forwarded his enlist-| ment and discharge papers, which showed conclusively that his claim was ust. JAn investigation was made by the bureau of navigation and the old medal was found in the archives of the de- partment. It has been forwarded to Mr. Hayes, with a letter from the Sec- retary of the Navy saying that he is entitled to $100 bounty, which he can have as soon as he forwards the proper affidavits. It is believed that this money will be quite acceptable, as the old sail- or wrote in his letter that he was physically unable to work and depend- ed for his living solely on his pension of $12 a month. One of the most remarkable featu: of this case is the fact that Mr. Hayes enlistment papers were signed by the late Rear Admiral Belknap, whose son is now on duty in the bureau of naviga- tion, and his discharge papers and recommendation for the medal were signed by the late Captain John A. Winslow, whose nephew is also on duty in the bureau of navigation and who signed the letter forwarding the medal to the naval veteran. ————————— Drummers by Diploma. In connection with schools of com- merce and other institutions, whose design is to give the “higher educa- tion” in business as well as to im- part Instruction in the technique of the various branches of trade, it is in- teresting to note a peculiar institution out in Chicago. Its purpose is to turn out, after a course of twenty weeks’ study, full fledged salesmen whose comprehen- sive knowledge is calculated to adapt them to any line of trade. Object lessons in salesmanship are given by successful business men, in- cluding John V. Farwell, a leading merchant. The moral welfare of stu- dents is supervised by Bishop Samuel Fellows. Experiences in the commer- clal world are related by a depart- ment chief of Marshall Field & Co. Young men taking instruction are intellectually equipped by a triple se- ries of examples, sidelights and lec- tures, all in booklet form. Written examinations must be passed to qual- ify.—New York Commercial. — e A Long Deer Chase. Several weeks ago some strange hounds chased a deer through this county and succeeded In killing it in Farrington Township. James W. Laur of Ina, Iil, who was In this city to- day, gives out the information that these hounds belonged to his brother, Dr. Charles T. Laur of Oleans, Ark., and that they followed the deer from that place. Mr. Laur recently received word from I his brother that his two hounds were following a deer, and at last accounts had crossed the Ohio River between Metropolis and Joppa, and were ltlu! headed north. He was ready to bet, he said, that Old Drive would follow that deer to its death or else drive it into Lake Michigan and then return home. ©01d Drive and his companion return- ed some time after the killing of the deer in Farrington, and the description of the hounds given by Farrington peo- |‘>‘l: m-n:m them as belonging to Dr. ur.—Mount Vernos . oan m (IIL.) dispatch to ———— Representative Wiley of sey, saild to be the only dvfl“m in Congress, is proud of a lineage ex- tending back to the first General of the United Osgood, who was a chusetts. Postmaster States—Samuel citizen of Massa- Don't forget that smell fried onions your neighbors can turkey. Tton than roast *| rero streets § 61 by W 117:6; _—_ | BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALI*IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1016 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. [ ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Alameda 559. REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. SATURDAY. AUG. 18. Levi and Augusta Shilling to «harles R Bishop, lot on SE corner of Geary and Frank. lin streets, E 30 by S 120; $10. Charles R. Bishop to Annis G. Lyle, same 10. 3 H. M. Levy to Willlam H. Nolan, lot on N line of Washington street, 137:6 E of Steiner, £ 46 by N 127:8%; $10. Philip and Simon Anspacher to Christian J Clemens, lot on W line of Plerce street, 110 N of McAllister, N 27:6 by W 82:6; §10. Otis G. and Glenna L. Gould to W. H. Kent, lot on N line of Page mee;.wun.a E of De- 25 by N 137:6; $10. ""s‘.,:'..';".‘ gv "i(ggncka to Winifred Moran, lot on E line of Laurel street, §3:T% S of Sacra- mento,_ E 60, SE 27:6, i\O.E 12:8, 28, E 12:5, S et fime Butihing Company to Geo 8. Beadle, lot on W line of Schrader str 175 S of Cagl, S 25 by W 100; $10. Edward Batcheil to Robert J. Peoples, lot on W line of Shotwell street, 125 N of Twen- tieth, N 30 by W 122:6; $10 s Albert and Emma L. Knowles and James £ nnon to Julta L. Clow (wife of G. B. N.Ii, fiz on E line of Walter street, 168 N of Fourteenth, N 25 by E 125; $10 Dietrich and Katharine Wesemann to Ge: trude Drausfeld, lot on N line of Twentieth street, 50 W of Hartford, W 35 by N & 10. Minnie Killeen ta Willlam E. and Alic A. Perry, lot commenciog 173:8 S of Twen sixth street, and 100 E of Bartlett, E 25 by N 6. $10. Patrisie J. Tomaity to Annie E. lot on SW corner of Twenty-second Burbridge, 10t Cas- Tomal and Gue: Robert L. Jobnston to R. C. on N line of Alvarado strest. 105 W W 75 by N 114: $10. g Louls and Katharine R. Cranz to Joha Shir- ley, lot on NE C;l;n;\‘ E‘ng, and cTa- mento streets, N 20 by a John H. and Ceiina D. Spring to Caroline K. Gwin, lot on N line of Lewis place, 177:6 of Taylor, W 40 by N 57:6; Estate of Samuel Davis (by Julius C. Rels. executor) to Andrew Hendrickson, lot em X line of Twenty-third strest. 75 E of Kansas, B 25 by N_100; $675. George D, and Lillle B. Toy to J. B. Cazes, lot ou NW corner of Twentieth avenue and Lake street, W 57:6 by N 100; $10. Ferdinand Markmann to Dorathea Lippkow- sky, lot on N line of Clement street, 60 W of Twenty-first avenue, W 25 by N 100; $10. ‘Angio-Californian Bank to Willlam Dom- rowe, lot on W line of Tenth avenue, 125 N of Point Lobos, N 25 by W 120: $10. Jane T. Egan to Matilda M, Egan, lot on E line of Eighth avenue, 250 N of B street, N 25 by E 120 $10. ‘1lyy and County of San Francisco to f;:)“? beth Mueller, lot on N line of B stree of Twenty-sixth avenue, E 43 by N - Dantel L. Beedie to Estelle F. Beedie, lot on E line of Ninth avenue, 175 N of I street, N 25 by E 120; gift Jullus C. Rels to C. A. Louls, lot 20, block 3, Reis Tract; gra Same to Julius C. eis Tract; grant. R haries L. ahd Rosalie V. Gummel (Bonn) Goodhue, lot 27, block 14, to John F. and Estelle Barfleld, lot 8, block 2, Park Lane Tract 6; $10. Frederick and Louise M. Bonn to same, same, quitclaim deed; $10. Lawrence McMahon or Macmahon to Ellen Fifteenth ave- 25 by SW 100, lot 14, block 308, C Tract; $10. Jacob Christoffel to Charles C. amd. Mary A. Howland, lot on W line of Prague street, 150 S of Brasil, § 150 by W 100, lot 7, block 90, Ex- celsior Homestead: $10. Morris and Emma Siminoff to Andrew and Clars Lyon, lot on N line of Randall street, 2_5 W of Dame, W 25 by N 125, lot 22, block 27, Fatrmount Homestead; $10. Builders’ Contracts. J. W. Hamilton (owner) with John A. Hoots (contractor), architect—All work for a two-story and unfinished basement frame building (flats) on W line of Clayton etreet, 50 N of Carl, N 25 by W 100; $4850. Frank I. Turner (owner) with Cook & Youn; (contractors), architect Frederick D. Boese Carpenter work, grading, concrete, brick, plas- tering. tinning and plumbing work for a frame residence on N line of Green street, 33:1% E of Devisadero, E 40 by N 105, Western Addi- tion 469; $11,500. A. B. Hammond (owner) with W. T. Veiteh & Bro. (contractors), architect J. E. Kraff Interior finish, doors, mantels, book cases, boards, stair work. sash, glass, top floors, hardware, floors, lathing, plastering. iron grill work for a three-story brick residence on N line of Broadway, 137:6 E ot Fillmore, E 57:6 by N 137:6: $26,320. A. B. Hammond (owner) with W_ T. Veitch & Bro. (contractors) and with John Fay (sub- contractor), architeet J. E. Krafft—Lathing and plastering for a three-story brick building on N line of Broadway. 137:6 E of Fillmore, e by N 137:6; $287 J. D. Spreckels (owner) with Duffey Bros. (contractors). architects Reid Bros.—Plumbing and gas fitting for two residences on SE corner of Pacific avenue and Laguna street, E 87:6 by § 115, Western Addition 194; $4778. Augustine Joubert or Vigne (owner) Frank and Arthur Elvin (contractor), - architect—All work for a two-story frame buflding on W line of Alabama street, 140 S of Twenty-fifth, S 25 by W 100, M. B. 18 $3620, —_——— JAPANESE BUSINESS MEN FOLLOW PROPER COURSE with Leave Cares of Store and Shop Behind When They Go Home at Night. Before the restoration the better class of Japanese esteemed it a degradation to work. A tradesman was despised. To-day there is hardly a man of Japan who does not follow some callipg. The older men, the grendfathers. may stay at home, but the sons—the restless, modern, progressive soms of the new Japan—are not happy unless employed. The spirit of modern Japan is in them. They are as devoted to their business as to their homes. But they keep them well separated and apart. The Japan- ese who can afford it has his office in the big city, but his home in the sub- urbs. During the day he is in the midst of the busy stir and whirl of the city, but about 4 in the afternoon he is hurrying toward the grateful peace and beauty of his country home. The first thing he does on reachinz home is to bathe and remove all the clothes he has worn at his office or store. With the changing of his’ busi- ness clothes he lays aside all thought of business. In his home he finds de- sired rest and recreation. He is by na- ture a lover of leisure. Few business men in America would leave their of- fices so early or would take so many holidays. The Japanese business man takes all the holidays he can afford. ge is at home most of the fete davs. e goes with his family to see the carnivals. the temple and flower fes- tivals.—Harper's Weekly. ————— ‘Witness Agreed With Lawyer. “Several weeks ago,” said Judge Monroe, “I saw a witness take down a lawyer in great fashion. The witness was a farmer and he was In court complaifing that a certain fellow had stolen some of his ducks. “ ‘Do you know that these are your ducks?” asked the lawyer. “ ‘Oh, yes, I should know them any- ‘where,” and then the farmer went into detail in describing the ducks and tell- ing just why he would knew them. “ ‘But these ducks are no different from ;n:.othr ducks,’ said the law- yer. Ve a good many in 4t home just like them.’ ol “‘That’s not unlikely,” sald the farmer. are not the only ducks I have had stolen in the last weeks.' "—Louisville Herald. ————————— At 50 a man has forgetten about haif the things he knew at 20.