The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 27, 1904, Page 6

T HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1904. >« NEWS OF - = SAT LAWYERS WERE DERELICT Rose and Louise Matthai Ac- cuse Attorneys of Willful Negleet of Their Interests CASE GOES BY DEFAULT For lack of Prosecution| Oakland Women Lose a Suit for $25,000 Damages e Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Atg. 26. Rose and Louise Matthai accused their attorneys, Webber and Ruther- ford of Napa, before Judge Ogden this ' morning with having neglected their interests, allowing a $25,000 damage suft against the estate of the late George C. Stanley to go by default. They are left, they say, without relief in the matter other than such satisfac- | tion as they can get out of their attor-} neys through civil process. Frank Matthai shot and killed George C. Stapley in a quarrel over a mag- nesite claim located in Napa (‘num,\:‘ The property was owned by Louise; Matthai and she began a suit for $25.- | 000 against the estate of Stanley for magnesite used by Stanley from her! claim. This suit has been in court for | the last three years, and this morning Judge Ogden struck the case from the doeket on the ground of lack of prose- | cution N of a motion to be made to this effect was sent to Louise Matthai and with her sister she appeared in| court and made the statement that it had always been her intention to pros- ecute the case, but that for one reason or another the suit had been continued from time to time and her lawyers had put off the trial. In this connection, the witness said Only a few d compromise our | v days ago we refused a| of $2000. I had no idea| as out and I consider that intentionally al- time w my attorn have [ lowed this matter to go against us. We | have been defrauded of a considerable sum of money and, while we must acquiesce in the order of the court,| 1 shall see if there not some way | in which the attorneys can be punished | or . I tried to get rid of them S0 ime ago on account of their in- action in the matter, but I could not get them to sign the substitytion pa- pers In answer to her query, Judge Ogden advised her that if she wished to bring the matter before the Grand Jury she would have to apply to the District At- torney, ‘or if she wanted damages, which would be her best plan, she UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY Mortarty were = Aug. 26.—Friends of Jobn A »ckéd to-day to learn of his Morlarty was gradu 03 and was ote of the sing of the recent graduates. He editor of The Celifornian for ome term part in the extravigiiza was and took a prom presented by zation of the freshman class morning without any undue actics. The baby class locked rely in Harmon Gymnasium and ite deliberations in spite of the efforts of the sophomores 1o push in the door The proceedings were somewhat marrcd the persistent velling of the ‘‘sophs.” eseor C. L. chairman of the s affairs comm addressed the th> excitement was highest and this effect of preventing any destruction e af prop- . For their successes in tournaments on the tennis courts gold pins have been awarded by the Associated Women Students to Miss Ethel Ratciiffe, Miss Gladys Wickson and Miss Miriam Edwards The Associated Women Students will give their annual reception to the Freshman Guild on the afternoon of Thursday, September 1, from 3 to 5 o'clock, in Hearst Hall. The first football rally of the term was held this evening in the Greek Theater. The rally was primarily in honor of the freshmen and was designed to furnish them with inspiration for the football season. in the middie which was furnished by freshmen were delivered by Professor C. L. Cory, Anlofl, Coach James Hopper, Claude “aptain Ben Stroud and others. Professor James Ward of the University of Cambridge delivered the annual public address before the Philosophical Union this evening in Hearst Hall and was greeted by a large sugience. His subject was “‘Philosophical Orlentation and Scientific Standpoints.” Galen M. Fisher, '86, who has returned from Tokio, where he 13 the international secretary of the Young Men's Christian -Association, is seeking to interest students of Callfornia col- leges in a plan to found a Calffornia Memorial Hal in Tokio, to serve as a dormitory for Japanese students. Experience has shown Mr. Fisher that the Japanese environment while at college is far from the best and out of 2000 boarding-houses in Tokio only four could be recommended by the associations. The cost of & dormitory in Japan is not much as com- pared with what one would cost in America, $2000 being considered sufficient to purchase the necessary land and erect a bullding suit- able for twentv-five men. —_———————— RUN AGAINST THE LAWS OF THE CHURCH Kern, Tenor Russo and His Prospective Bride Compelled to Forego Mar- riage by a Catholic Priest. ALAMEDA, Aug. 26.—Dominico Russo’s plans for his marriage to Mrs. Frances Mandler of Alameda have gone askew. The announcement that the wedding would be solemnized on Monday by the Rev. Father Fo- ley, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, was made without consulta- tion with that clergyman. The fam- ous little tenor has been compelled to make other arrangements. It is in this wise: The bride-expec- tant is divorced and her former hus- { DEATH CALLS OTED JURIST Formerly of Nevada, Dies at His Home in Berkeley A STANCH REPUBLICAN TS Well Known in Silver State, Where He Sat on District Bench for Twenty Years BEE T Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, | 2148 Center Street, Aug. 26. Judge Samuel H. Wright, whose twenty years.of service on |he_Dis(ricl bench of Nevada made his name known to almost every inhabitant in the Silver State, a jurist whose opinions are ] quoted often in the courts and a man whese allegiance to Republicanism was vfiswerving, died this morning at the family home, 01 Elilsworth street, after a lingering illness. Heart dis- from which he had suffered for was the cause of death. st of Judge Wright's life career was spent in the West. It was re- markable in many respects and there were many thrilling episodes in the | twenty years spent on the Nevada bench. Crossing the plains in a wagon train from Kentucky in 1849, Judge Wright settled in Marysville, in business there for a number of Later he went to Santa Clara, serv: there as Justice and postmaster. The mining excitement attracted the jurist to Carson City and a few menths after his arrival there he was elected to the bench upon which he served so | long. Ten years ago Judge Wright re- tired and came to Berkeley, where he | had since lived in well earned ease. Judge Wright leaves a wife, Mrs. Sarah M. Wright, and seven sons, Ed- ward H. Wright of Pittsburg, Willard R. Wright of Berkeley, Stanley H. Wright of Virginia City, G. D. Wright of Oakland, Howard E. and Leslie A. Wright of New York, and Curtis Wright of Berkeley. The funeral will be held Sunday af- terncon at 2 o’clock from the son’s resi- dence at 2215 Fulton street. —_—e———— SAYS HIGH TAX LEVY. President Forderer of Alameda Trus- tees Explains to Improvement Club. ALAMEDA, Aug. 26. — Joseph F. Forderer, president of the Alameda Board of Trustees, explained last night at a meeting of the West End Im- provement Association that if the de- mands of the various municipal de- partments for an increase of salarles and of the Board of Education for maintenance of the schools of the city were to be met, the tax rate would have to be fixed at a rate not less than $1 49 on each $100 of property valuation. Fred T. Moore, superintendent of schools, said the school department had long been conducted on lines second to none in the United States. “If the school department is to be conducted according to its present high stendard,” said Mr. Moore, “we must have the amount of money from th~ city that our estimate calls for. It is poor economy to allow our school buildings to deteriorate for want of a little paint or varnish, and the under- standing when the present Board of Trustees was elected was that the de- partment was to be conducted accord- ing to the present high standard.” Frank Otis, one of the members of the Board of Education, and George Renner also made short addresses. The matter of entertaining the visit- ing Knights Templar was also touched upon. —_——— CALIFORNIA COMPOSER PRAISED IN NEW YORK Theodor Vogt's Ability Wins High Opinion of Musicians and Press of Great Metropolis. Theodor Vogt, the composer, has re- tumned te San Francisco from the East after winning not only the highest en- comiums of musicians of Néw York, but also the praise of writers and a prominent critic who have heard his works. A profcund musician, student and graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Stuttgart, Germany, Vogt has com- posed several works of high merit, no- tably a number of masses. While in New York opportunity was afforded some of the best musicians to hear and pass judgment upon the Californian's compositions of a lighter order, and one and all pronounced them masterpieces. His comic operas, “Prince Amodeus™ and “The Lily of Chefoo,” were among the compositions which had a hearing, and made such a distinct and strong impression that it is probable that Henry W. Savage, one of the keenest judges of comic opera in America, will present the former work. In a eulogis- tic editorial complimenting California upon the talent she has given the world the Dramatic News of New York re- cently devoted much space in praise of Vogt. e SENTENCED FOR CONTEMPT.—OAK- LAND, Aug. 26.—J. T. Cole, a house painter, was sent to the County Jail for three days this morning by Judge Melvin for contempt of court for mot having peid his wife $20 a month alimony as ordered. band, Bert Wyber, is still living. Under | % —_— the laws of the Catholic church it is forbidden that a Catholic priest shall| | FREE. FREE. officiate in such a case. This explan- atory note has been sent from the pa- rochial residence: It has been stated that Mrs. Frances Man- dler and Dominico Russo would be the bonds of mats y of St. Joseph's Church. Mre. ‘Mandler is a1y woman and her husband, Bert Wyber, Foihe laws of the Catholic nor an; priest of the Catholic church ean omcymnem::‘ rriage J. O'Connell, assistant rector False Friend Gets Coin. OAKLAND, Aug. 26.—George Davis, who arrived in San Francisco last night from Los complained to the Oakland police to-day named Cook, representing himself as an Oregon cattle raiser, had robbed him of $33. Cook borrowed the money from his victim and then disappeared. that a man | It Gives Strength to the Weak— Maintains the Strength of the Strong. D. GHIRARDELLI'S GROUND CHOCQLATE 3 AND BREAKFAST COCOA. FREE TO WANT AD PATRONS OF THE CALL. Those who bring to our office a want ad for Sunday will re. ceive free a ONE-POUND CAN. See announcement on classi- fied advertising page. ————— - | age of 85 years i bor party county convention, called to :nent organization, and the large ma- | journed until next Friday night. THE "COUNTY OF "ALLAMEDA INION LABOR FACTIONS WAR Alameda County Convention Breaks Up With Cries of . Fraud and Heated Debates HALL IS DESERTED LA Delegates March Out and Hold a Meeting at Cooks’ and Waiters’ Headquarters | OAKLAND, Aug. 26.—The Union La- i meet at Germania Hall to-night, went to pieces before it had effected perma- Jjority “of the delegates marched over to the cooks and waiters’ headquarters and attended a meeting there, which is to be followed by another to lay out a programme for the conduct of union labor politics durtng the coming campaign. Wild disorder followed the announce- ment made by J. Ehard, who got up in the convention and said that he saw sitting in this delegation a man who had *“scabbed” during the butchers’ strike, and that he refused to sit with him and he called upon all union men to follow him. With him went nearly the entire convention, leaving but about thirty delegates of the 192 who answered to roll call. Every new de- serter was greeted with cheers, and finally Chairman Paul Wuthe stated that he resigned his position as chair- man and declared the meeting ad- The meeting was called to order by J. B. Crandall, with R. J. Silva acting as secretary. The remark that they had been sold was shouted from different parts of the room. T. L. Holden and L. R. James were placed in nomination for secre- tary, and to avold a contest hoth men were called upon to serve. Chairman Wuthe then announced the following committees: Platform and resolutions — J. Jo- seph, R. M. Smith, M. D. Cook, J. D. Kay, H. B. Wayne, E. L. Balr and L. R. James. Permanent organization— Al Ormsby, F. Arno, B. F. Calhoun, E. W. Knox, Al Stripple and Frank Day. Credentials—J. B. Crandall, G. M. Britt, J. D. Owens, E. F. O'Brien, H. Alkus, W. C. Allen and F. O’Connor. After the reports of the committees had been read by the secretary the floor was obtained by A. J. Sunderer, who denounced the meeting as a fraud. He was followed by J. Ehard, who called upon the union men to follow him out of the hall. J. B. Reboli presided at the meeting at Cooks’ and Waiters' Hall. Many speeches were made, including one by Wuthe, who said he had been deceived and that he should have nothing more to do with the convention. Leaders of the delegates who walked out said they were undecided whether to return to the convention next Friday night and reorganize it, or name an in- dependent lot of condidates. e e SAYS DAUGHTER WRITES T0 MEN Oakland Woman Arrested on Complaint of Her Mother on a Charge of Insanity Oakland Office S8an Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Aug. 26. Because Mrs. Carrie K. Hinsman told her mother that she was going to let a friend in San Francisco know when she arrived in town, so that he might call on her, savs her mqther has ac- cused her of insanity and she is now locked in the detention ward of the Receiving Hospital.. Accused is pre- possessing in appearance and says that she has a baby a month old in Los Angeles she is almost crazy to see, and while she hates to blame her mother declares she cannot understand her ac- tion. Mrs. Hinsman has been twice a widow, made so once by order of coldrt and the last time by a visit of the reaper. She talked in seeming sanity about her misfortune in her cell this after- noon. She says that her mother ob- Jected to her receiving any visitors. She is dependent upon her parents for support, and says that she accompanied her mother to Berkeley for a change of climate, as it was deemed advisable for her to get away from Los 9“"‘”‘ Mrs. Kelley, the mother, in% com- plaint sworn to before Justice of the Peace Edgar at Berkeley this morning charging her daughter with insanity, states that the daughter writes and telephones to men she does not know, and that she also threatened to kill her mother the other day with a pair of scissors. Mother and daughter are in California for their health, their home being at St. Louis. Mrs Hinsman denies her mother’s charges. She says she wants to go to her baby and that she is very miserable. —_———— Masons lncorporate. OAKLAND, Aug. 26.—Articles of in- corporation of the Masonic Temple As- sociation of San Leandro were filed with the County Clerk to-day. The purpose of the incorporation is to build a two-story building at San Leandro. The capital stock is $25,000 and the di- rectors are Kirby B. Smith, Albert L. Hansen, Oscar J. Lvnch, William Ful- ton, Charles W. McLaughlin, Herman F. Schleter, Lucian D. McArdle, John A. Holmgren, Albert H. Merritt. — Dies at Ripe Age. OAKLAND, Aug. 26.—Mrs. Elizabeth Kinslea, grandmother of County Clerk John P. Cook, died last night at her residence, 1222 Fourteenth street, at the fard they are particularly | SON OF NOTED FILIPINO IS ARRESTE o — <> o ) F. Buencamino Runs Afoul of University SON OF FILIPINO WHO WAS ARR DAY AT BERK TATESMAN D YESTER- LE Police. ooy L BERKELEY, Aug. 26.—Felipe Buen- camino is as much an insurrecto against constituted authority in the University of California as his illus- trious father of the same name used to be against the United States when he was Secretary of State in Aguinaldo's Cabinet. With three other students he was arrested at an unseemly hour on the university campus for participat- ing in a sophomore trick, designed to confuse the freshies. As Buencamino has been in trouble before, Professor C. L. Cory having arrested him on last Charter day night, he is likely now to suffer the penalty of dismissal. Buencamino's companions in this night-time prank were D. W. Taylor, H. W. Schreiber and Clair Gordon. They are accused of decorating the wuniversity grounds. The youths de- clare that they are not guilty. Their arrest they characterize as an outrage, incensed against Grounds Superintendent Bolton and his minions, whom they charge with overofficiousness. The students intend to appeal to President Wheeler for redress. As the story comes from the lips of the quartet, they were observing a sign that had been put up on the grounds by other students two hours before they appeared on the scene. This sign was of cloth and bore the legend, “Welcome '08, Baby Class.” It was forty feet long and stretched on an electric light wire between North and South halls. The promptings of curiosity led the youths to sally forth to inspect the sign about 3 o'clock this morning, the word having been passed around that it was going to be put up. While en- gaged in admiring the legend, in the company of some other students they met, the police appeared. The quar- tet, having nothing to fear, walked leisurely along, but the others fled. A moment later the four were surrounded by as many university guardians, who ordered them to throw up their hands and, by way of emphasis, rubbed big pistols against their noses. To be arrested for nothing and threatened with pistols besides the youths thought was bad enough, but their feelings were further outraged when they were escorted té the super- intendent’s office. They were not only placed under guard and lock, but hand- cuffed, too. They pleaded against this unnecessary humiliation, but without avail. The policemen forced them to remain sitting in chairs for the rest of the night and this morning took them to the County Jail, where they remalned until friends bailed them out. “It was an outrageous proceeding,” said Schreiber, one of the victims, after his release. “In the first place, we did nothing more than look at the sign. It had been strung before we ar- rived. offense did not call for such unneces- sary measures to humiliate us. Su- perintendent’s Bolton’s policemen are altogether too officious. The entire stu- dent body is incensed against the su- perintendent and I have received sym- pathy from all sides. I do not think the matter will be ended with thejcured. She was 50 years of age and:'due from Mrs. Robinson. court proceedings, which I am confi- dent will be quashed.” G All the young mea arrested are well connected. Besides having been Agui- naldo’s secretary, Buencamino's father has held high office under the new government in the Philippines and he was one of the Filipino commissioners to the World’s Fair. Taylor's uncle is the Sheriff of Marin County and the others are sons of well' known San Francisco business men. A university professor visited Justice | Edgar’s court this afternoon and asked some questions that would indicate that the university authorities will pre- fer the graver charge of tampering with electric light wires against the accused youths. There is a State law Even if we had put it up, the' pO SUSTAINS WORK Congregation of Brooklyn Presbyterian Church Dis- pels Disquieting Rumors VOTE ON RESIGNATION Dr. Fraser Withflmws Let- I Oakland Office San Francisco Call 1016 Broadway, Aug. 26. The Rev. Hugh W. Fraser, pastor of Brooklyn Présbyterian Church, has been requested, with practical unanim- ity, by his large congregation, to with- draw his letter of resignation and he I has accepted the invitation. This ac- tion disposes of a bit of a strained sit- uation which had developed apparently out of thin air in one of Oakland’s larg- est church organizations. Several weeks ago Dr. Fraser was approached by one of the church offi- cers, who suggested that the pastor's resignation might be acceptable. It was hinted that members had become the church, that the standard did not seem to have been maintained. This and some vague criticisms were made, much to the amazement of Dr. Fraser and some of his stanch friends, with whom he conferred as soon as the dis- | turbing rumors reached his ears. Investigation was set on foot and it was decided to test, as soon as church law gave opportunity, the real senti- ment of the parishioners. To this end, in accordance with Presbyterian rule, the pastor wrote a letter to his con- gregation requésting them to join with him in a letter to the Presbytery of Oakland, urging that ruling body to withdraw the pastor from his charge. That letter was the basis of a called meeting of the congregation, which was held Wednesday night during the pas- tor's absence at Haywards. The,situ- ation was threshed out from all points of view. The rumors were sifted and out of it all not a thing tangible was found. There had been a little indi- vidual discussion of church affairs which had enlarged beyond the scope it had been intended to take. Hence the disquieting aspect the “tempest in a teapot” assumed. The course of Dr. Fraser.during his five years of pastorate was approved cordially. e —— COLLECTION AGENCY SUES ED WEIDLER'S BONDSMEN Presses Claim Against Guaranty Com- pany for Amounts Collected by Former Oakland Constable. OAKLAND, Aug. 26. — Suit was| brought against the United States | Guarantee and Fidelity Company ag| bondsman for former Constable Ed | Weidler, by the Dean Law and Collec- tion Agency to-day, to recover $542 50, which it claims Weidler collected in his capacity as constable and which he appropriated to his own use. When it was no ‘longer possible for Weidler to conceal his operations he left town and | is now in Canada. The amount sued for is made up of claims as follows: Max D. Muller, $300; John Doe Ramos, $30; C. L. Philbrick, $20; Morris Eppinger, $57 50; S. H. Sluus, $9 05; Paul Droese, $18. To this is added a penalty of $108 51. —_———— AGED CAPITALIST WEDS TO PROVE HIS SANITY Marriage of Seventy-Year-Old Andrew Frank May Defeat Attempt to Have Him Declared Incompetent. OAKLAND, Aug. 26.—In order to es- cape being declared incompetent, aged Andrew Frank, capitalist, married his | cousin’s widow last Saturdgy in San Francisco and it is stated the matter will put a new light on the proceed- ings now before the court, as she will | demonstrate that she is fully able to | care for her own. Frank is about seventy years of age and subscribed to a petition to the court to have himself declared incom- petent and his nephew, M. C. Peterson, appointed his guardian. After the pro-s ceedings had been begun he suddenly | developed a desire to retain his free- l dom and while the matter was pend- | ing miarried Mrs. Katherine Saxen- meler, who gave her age to the license | clerk as forty-five. e SURGEONS BELIEVE POISON, CAUSED WOMAN'S DEATH Mrs. Anne Snyder Is Picked Up on the Strect and Dies Without Re- gaining Consciousness. OAKLAND, Aug. 26. —Mrs. Anne Snyder, the wife of S. P. Snyder, a towerman in the employ of the South- ern Pacific Company, was found un- conscious at the corner of Fifth and Alice streets at 4 o'clock this afternoon and was taken to the Receiving Hos- | pital, where she died an hour later without regaining consciousness. It was at first thought that woman was suffering from an leptic fit, but the surgeons at the hos- pital later decided that she had taken poison, whether with suicidal intent or not has not been determined. Mrs. Snyder was twice committed to the State Hospital at Stockton about two ycars ago, but was discharged as the lived at 306 Second street. She leaves three sons by a former marriage, having been divorced from her first husband. ——————— FORESTIC MEMORIAL SERV Century Circle of the Companions of the For- est in America, in accordance with a request recently made to the subordinates of that or- canization, will hold a memorial service to- morrow night in its meeting place in the Al- ercises will be o it o prohibiting tampering with wires, which inflicts $500 fine upon convicted persons, and it is possible an attempt will be made to secure greater pun ishment for the accused. The name of the professor who applied to the Justice for information is unknown. ter After Hearty Motionl of Confidence Is Adopted dissatisfied with the spiritual life 0t| | sen, ICES.—New | BABY SUCCUMBS b OF THE PASTOR| T0 STARVATION Father Taken to Hospital in Serious Condition From .a Lack of Nourishment | Sanlig Rl MOTHER IS VERY ILL g s ! Inquiry as to Suspicious ! Report Uncovers Piteous State of Wayfaring Trio R Rt ©Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Aug. 26. Father and mother near death from | starvation and their three-month-old child in the hands of the Coroner from { the same cause is the piteous plight | of Frank Galindo and his wife, re- | vealed to-day through an investigation which was made by Coroner H.-B. | Mehrmann. Barely alive, the father was sent to the County Infirmary by the Coroner’s i order this afternoon. The mother was | taken in charge by people at Liver- more, where the family agrived | Wednesday, the baby having™ died while they were nearing the town after a hard trip from Red Bluff. baby had died from unnatural causes which led Coroner Mehrmann to begin an inquiry of the circumstances. He found that the family had left Red Bluff Sunday in a wagon. The hard journey of 250 miles under stress- of great poverty, with lack of proper nourishment for either the parents or the child, caused the infant's death. It was not until this afternoon that the Coroner discovered that the hus- band and wife were in such a critical condition. Galindo, it had been re- ported, was shamming illness to avoid questioning about the death of his child. The fact was that he was actual- ly starving and could barely be moved to the hospital. Mrs. Galindo’s phys- ical condition was accentuated by a manifest weakening of her mental fac- ulties. Galindo has relatives residing near Livermore. It was through them, ac- cording to the report that was filed with the Coroner, that the suspiclons were aroused concerning the baby's death, Coroner Mehrmann ordered sn au- topsy to be held in the case of the child and he will' conduct an inquest to-morrow. The father, the Coroner said, had been confined for a term im a State Prison, and this fact also had a bearing upon the rumors that had been spread concerning the baby’s end. Touching the case, Coroner Mehr- mann. said: It was reported to me that the baby's death was not from a natural cause; that there were €0 many suspicious circumstances surrounding the case that I should be remiss unless I made a very careful inquiry. The child®died from hunger, and the father is 8o ill from starvation that the doctors at the County Hospital say he is in a serious condition. The mother is in like state and is also deficient mentally. As soon as 1 have received a detailed report from the autopsy surgeom, Dr. J. K. Warner of Livermore, 1 shall hold an Inquest. —_——— SAILOR ACCUSES HIS CAPTAIN OF ROBBERY Eric Gustafsen of the Steamship Co- quille River Says Money Was Taken From Him. OAKLAND, Aug. 26.—Eric Gustaf- a sailor on the steam schooner Coquille River, was arrested\this after- noon on a charge of robbery. At the police station he declared that he was the victim of the robbery, not the rob- ber. Gustafsen says that after he was paid off yesterday he was robbed of $10 by Captain Alder, commander of the Coquille River. The sailor says that after he had been paid off the captain said that Gus- tafsen owed him $10, and that when he refused to pay over the money the first mate grasped him from behind and held him while the captain relieved him of the money. The Coquille River has gone north for a cargo of lum- ber. ————— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, Aug. 26.—The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Thomas C. Sel- ier, over 21, Forest Hill, and Josephine Harrison, over 18, San Francisco: Wil- liam H. Godwin, over 21, and Mary S. Ching, ever 18, both of San Francisco; Harry Reed, 22, and Eva Connolly, 18, both of Oakland; Edward C. Walter, over 21, San Francisco, and Mary J. Hanratty, over 18, Oakland. —_———— IT WAS THE CAT AND NOT A HUMAN TARGET Dunning Creditor Fails to Sustain a Charge That She Was Shot At by Woma OAKLAND, Aug. 26.—“It was the cat,” quoth Mrs. Mabel Robinson when she was arrested on a charge of shoot- ing a pistol at Mrs. Emma Verweibe, a shopkeeper in Allendale. That a shot was fired was proved at the examina- tion of Mrs. Robinson to-day before Justice of the Feace W. R. Geary, but the weapon was discharged when, ac- | cording to the testimony, Mrs. Ver- epi- | weibe was in her Kkitchen, next door to | the Robinson residence. On that show- | ing and the fact that the accused pis- tol user was on her own premises, out | of sight of the complaining neighbor, . Mrs. Robinson was discharged. i The women quarreled about a dun for i $6 40, which Mrs. Verweibe claimed was i There was i not any doubt about the display of a ! pistol, but the evidence was not suffi- clent to show that the weapon had been im-ed while the storekeeper was within : range or sight. It was intimated that Mrs. Robinson bad shot at a cat after | Mrs. Verweibe had*departed. —_——— Is Manager of Gas Works. { OAKLAND, Aug. 2.—Frank A. Leach Jr. has been appointed manager ;ot the Oakland Gas Light and Heat ,Company. For six years Mr. Leach . had been assistant to John A. Britton, { who has been given the general man- luement of the California Gas and Electric Corporation. —_——— ‘" Words are mot wings. It was because of a rumor that the | +* 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 359. -+ +* h ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. REAL Alameda County. FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, Harlow P. Barcroft to of Thomas), lot on 18267 W of Gold str iing E 10 feet of lot 100 {2 ‘teet of lot 101 map of | division Mosswood fract, Oukiand. $10 | sarah E. Bancroft (wife of H. P) t ey Cook, same, Oakland, quitclaim | $10. Jzmes and Anne Rohan or Royan | A Sarment, lot on W line of Camy 150:7 8 of Railroad avenue, S 25 lot 23, block 300, Gibbons propert land Point, Oakland: $10. B. C. and Elizabéth B. Fabrique to Frank Leberer, lot on E line of Sunny Slope a 452 N of Pleasant Valley avenie, N 40 b N . lot 16, block C,-map Sunny Slope 5. lan Jehanna O'Neill (widow) to Carl Je lot 7, biock C, map resubdivision Tract. Oakland, ‘deed made to correct ti William N. Milier to Charlotte Miller lot on N line of Thirteenth street, 2% | West Street, N 100, W 80, S 106, E ¢ beginning, Oakland: $10. B. H. and Lillle J.#Welch delaide Givens on NW (wife) t line dtion to lot on SW t Loan Assoc Ange Brown (wife of S. G.), Hamilton and Lincoin streets, W S 134,67, 11991, N 135, lots 29 i portion ot block B, map portion plat 6 surveyed March, 1879, Berkeley: $10. P Br Sanford Brown own, ift Silas F. Gilmore to E: S line of College w. W of Milvia block 3. map S ate., Berkeley W. Brown to J. to Angeline venue), ¢ 136.69, lot portion plat Fdward and_Iren kele, lct on SE line of Schiller strest, 137:4 NE of Santa Clara avenue, NE 50 by SE 105, Alameda; gift Harvey H. and Lillie P. Dana to W. H Donahue, Jot on N line of videned to S0), 343 W wide), W 75 by N 147 and lands adjacent Louisa H. Dowdle (widow) to Louisa H Dowile et al., lot on W lir: of Chestnut stree 191 N of West Twelfth (s« .n 1868), N W 132, block 573, Boardman's map, Oaklan girt H P. and Sarah E. Bancroft (by Harlow P. Bancroft, attorney) to Augusta Simons s 20 and 21, block K, map Santa 2, Oakland, deed and agreement Continental Building and Loan Association to Cecil A. E. Hitcheock, lot on E corner of Rose (now Monte Vista) and Pledmont av nues, SE 100 by NE 50, portion plat 19, Kel- lersberger's map Ranchos V. and D. Peralta, 10 i (w30ow) te Jobn Prenely Ly Mne of Park or Thirty-fifth stree E of San Pablo avenue, E 23 by N 1 ,.map No. 2, Mitchell Tract. Oakland: . Franck' (single (sister), lot on N line of Telegraph avenue Tract, from’ ¥ nue, N 1 Inch, themce at tlel with N line of J para! ight angle parallel with W line of Telegraph 108, to beginning, corrected map Jomes venue, Berry-Bang: A Company to Jakie E. Barber, @ of Regent street. 308 of Ashby avenue, N 50 by I 160, iot 18, block M. Berry-Bangs Tract, map No. Berkeley, deed and am nt: 16, e p— SOCIETY BELLE FALLS WHILE RIDING HORSE Miss Helen Landers Is Thrown and Has Her Collarbone Fractured. at San Leandro. OAKLAND, Aug. 26.—Miss Helen Landers, sister of Miss Pearl Lan- ders, and a belle in San Francisco so- ciety, fell from a horse and broke her collarhone while riding near San Le- andro this morning. Miss Landers was taken to San Francisco for treatment. She had been staying at the Landers country home at San Leandro. —————————— PROMINENT JAPANESE TO TAKE A FAIR BRIDE Thuge Okubo, a Little Brown Dentist Practicing Here, Will Marry Waka Iseri This Evening. Thuge Okubo, a Japanese dentist, will take a fair maid from the Mikado's land for his wife. At the Japanese Presbyterian Church, 121 Haight street, this evening Rev. K. Inazawa will tie the knot that will make Miss Waka Iseri Mrs. ‘Okubo. The groom is a prosperous dentist, being one of the only two licensed Jap- anese dentists in California. Miss Iseri arrived here on the steamship Siberia on its last trip, coming directly from her native land, where she re- cently graduated from ecollege. She reads English well but does not speak it . Thuge Okubo met his bride when he was a boy, attending the college of which her uncle was president. He was a favorite of the uncle, who promised that he would give his niece to &im some day. Okubo came te this coun- try more than ten years ago. In his spare time he studied dentistry at the College of Physicians and Surgeoms. He took the last examination of the State Board of Dental Examiners and i passed. He prospered at his profession and sent home for his bride. AD W ) 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 e outbg your mouth If they have passed bdyond usefulness? To be Blled l-uh a permanent composition 1if de- cayed? Do you want to have the neces- sary DENTAL WORK Done at moderate cost? If you do, come to Post-Graduate Dantal College, 3 TAYLOR ST., SAN FRANCISCO. 973 Washington St., Oakland. San Jose. = = = Sacramenfo.