The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 2, 1904, Page 6

TH E SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1904. C s NEWS OF TELLS OF DEATH INHIS DREAMS Warning to Sleeping Man Is Given Only Few Days Before Sudden End Came PR, N REVEALS CALL TO WIFE Woman Returns After Short Absence to Find Her Hus- band’s Vision Is Verified el Oakland Office San Franclsco Call, 1016 Broadway, Sept. 1. In & @ream there came to John M. Morris a few nights ago a vision of his approaching sudden death. To- day Morris' wife returned to their home at 30 Telegraph avéhue to find her husband's lifeless body. Thel warning had been verified. Morris was in the of the employ Southern Pacific Company. For some time he had been ailing and depressed. Several days ago he startled his wife with the story of the dream. Morris said his impending death had been re- | vealed to him while he slept. So re- alistic did the message seem to the man that he could not shake off the feeling that his end was near. Mrs. Morris left the house this morning to go. to San Francisco on an errand. When she departed her husband seemed a bit gloomy, but as that had been his condition for several days the wife was not unusually anx- jous. She returned at 2 o'clock th afternoon and found Morris Iving on a bed. He did not respond to her call and the woman's quick investigation disclosed that the call of death had been made. Coroner Mehrmann took charge of the case. Dr. Henry Fine held an autopsy this afternoon, which showed that heart disease was the cause of death. Morris was 60 years old, a native of | New York. He leaves no children. An inquest will be held to-morrow. i i GREEK SECTION HAND HIT BY LOCOMOTIVE Steve Kajis Surprises Morgue and Hos- pital Offcials by Surviving Fearfal Injuries. ALAMEDA, Sept. 1.—Steve Kalis, employed by the Southern Pacific Company as a section hand, was struck by the tender of a locomotive s morning en Railréad avenue, near nton street. Although the Morgue was notified to send a wagon for the body, Kajis surprised ‘those who | thought him dead by reviving. He was then taken to the Emergency Hcespital, where his injuries were " scalp was stripped from the side of his skull and his left arm s fearfully mangled between: the shoulder and the elbow. He was re- moved to the Railroad Hospital in San Frantisco at noon and the physicians believe that the patient has a good chance of surviving his injuries. Kajis is a Greek, thirty-six years of age and unmarried. He has been living with # section gang near the Fruitvale-ave- nue bridge across the tidal canal. i g L Al WANTS A DIVORCE FROM CHURCH CHOIR - SINGER Harry C. Dexter Begins Action Against Wife, Who He Says Left Him Five Years Ago. OAKLAND, Sept. 1.—As a resuit of incompatibility and subsequent de- eertion, Harry C. Dexter, Deputy | County Assessor, has brought a suit for divorce against Carrie Brown Dex- ter, a soprano soloist in the First Presbyterian Church and well known in musical circles on both sides of the bay The couple were married city in this in 1889 and in 1899 Dexter al- leges his wife left him and has #ince refused to live with him. They have three children, Alice B., Dudley C. and Ella H., of whom he a&ks the custody. —_—————— Sargent Faces Burglary Charge. BERKELEY, Sept. 1.—Earl A, Sar- gent, the university student whose heuse after a search revealed boxes full of stolen goods, now faces a burg- lary charge. A complaint charging him with burglary was issued this afternoon by Justice Edgar and his bail was fixed at $2000, in lieu of which he will be compelled to stay in the County Jail. Sargent is charged | the house of | with the burglary Benjamin Dallerup, for worked as a carpenter. quitted of petty larceny last week in Justice Quinn’s court. —— Rock Frac s Girl's Skull. BERKELEY, Sept. 1.—Marjorie Etruhm, aged seven years, was struck on the head by a rock while playing with some of her friends yesterday in front of her home at 2108 Fifth street. The blow was so hard that it caused a shight fracture of the skul frcm which the child is now recover- ing under the treatment of Dr. J. J. Benton.- The rock was thrown by some boy, whose name is unknown. —— Schools Close for a Week. OAKLAND, Sept. 1.—The public schools will be closed next week. The Board of Education decided to take this action because of the numerous attractions on both sides of the bay iurln‘ the week. of whom he — FREE. FREE. A Wagon Load of GRIFFIN EXTRA CATSUP and TOMATO SOUP FREE TO WANT AD. PA. TRONS OF THE CALL. - early | He was ac-, 1 READY F Railroad Collisions by THE COUNT BLOCK SYSTEM IS NOW OR OPERATION Southern Pacific Company Installs Only Main Line Safety Device Plan on Pacific Coast, With View of Preventing Modern Scientific Methods — | {and only main line block system on | the Pacific Coast went Into operation i'!o-dxy on the lines of the Southern | Pacific Company between Oakland | and Port Costa, and beginning to-day all trains passing between points run under an “automatic block system that is the nearest preventive of collisions known to railroading. The new system consists of four steel bridges and fiftv semaphore poles. The bridges are built through Oakland and Berkelev, where there are four tracks to be controlled. is located at Sixteenth-street station, one at Emeryville, one near the Key | route crossing, and one in Berkeley. On each bridge is a small semaphore, .one for each track that passes. be- neath. Where there is only a double those | One | e e - 2 2D IN THE BLOCK SYSTEM THAT TERDAY BETWE OAKLAND ANy PORT PACIFIC RAILROAD. =S = AR L OAKLAND, Sept. 1.—The longesttrack signal poles are substituted. These signals indicate to the engineer | the condition of the track upon which | he is running. | It has taken eight months to con- | struct this plant, which was made necessary by the growth of traffic over | the line between Oakland and Port | Costa. This, however, is only the be- | ginning of a block system for the | Southern Pacific Company thag will in | time extend to Sacramento, on the north, Tracy, on the east, and to San Jose, on both sides of the bay. This first division was installed by E. M. Cutting, superintendent of the block and signal system of the South- | ern Pacific Company.: Mr. Cutting has been testing the system for sev- eral weeks, and actual operation be- gan to-day. WANTS T0 BUY ALL THE BONDS | ders Heavy Premium for | Improvement Seeurities SRR e Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Sept. 1. Mayor Warren -Olney announced to- day that an offer of 21 per cent pre- mium had been made to him by a pros- pective purchaser of the projected pub- ‘;m improvement bonds. This tender is made on the basis of the sale of the | entire issue, amounting to $2,492,000, of | forty-year bonds, with 4 per cent in- | terest. The offer s significant of the | standing that the city of Oakland main- | taine in the large financial circles. The Mayor expressed great satisfac- | tion concerning the tender. He said it indicated that there would be a lively voted. His Honor pointed to the large premium, but added that he was even hopeful that a better bid might be r)k‘y- | tained. Of the general effect of this informal tender, Mayvor Olney said: ng to know that there is such r mupicipal securities. While not at liberty at present to disclose the identity of the bidder, 1 am thoroughly reliability of the offer. That should be offersd on s & splendid c investers have a and than that 1t shows that the bond a whoie is received with favor. bond buyers will not invest in | bonds that are issued on doubtful projects. | | They must be assured of the value of the | works contemplated. They must be confident |of the intrinsic merits | speaks well for our | T With this offer 2 | our bonds wili be | as they can be nu en sale ————— ! Large Real Estate Dea). BERKELEY, Sept. 1.—A real es- tate deal involving the exchange of a large amount of money for a large amount of land has just been com- pleted by Joseph J. Mason for the Berkeley Develooment Company and Jacob Marks, the capitalist. By the transaction Marks parts with forty- one acres of land in the Fairview itract in South Berkeley to the devel- opment company for a consideration of $102,000. The property lies near the line between Oakland and Berke- jey and its boundaries are Prince street on the north, Alcatraz avenue on the south, College avenue on the least and Dana street on the west. Its . new owners propose to open up the tract at once for settiement. Grad- ing and macadamizing wil Dbegin soon and when this is completed 199 Jots, with a frontage of fifty feet each, will put on sale. —_——— MARRIAGE LICENSEE.—OAKLAND, Sept. 1.—The following marriage licenses were fssued by the County Clerk to-day: Thomas F. Cul- hane, 28, and Eylvia M. Baker, 20, both of Oakland; George £ Dove, over 21, and Anna h.ncllx::; Her- bert A. Smith, 24, Berkeley, and Ha H. Dely, 19, jana 3. , 24, St Leuts, and Teresa Heebert, 21, Alameda; Pred. eric G. Dorety, 26, Oakiand, and Mary F. French, 23, Berkeler. SENT TO ASYLUM.—OAKLAND, Sept. 1. arder was committea to the Uki ago and, combined with . ihe excessi: of eigarcttes, his mind has falled him. demand for the bonds should they be ;g | CASH IS PAID OVER 0N BONDS Central and Oakland Bank of Savings Turn $960,000 . Into the County Treasury Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Sept. 1. Nine hundred and sixty thousand dollars was paid into the county treas- ury this morning by the Oakland Bank of Savings and the Central Bank as the price of school bonds which were voted at a recent election held for the purpose of raising money for {the improvement of the schools of the | city. The money is now available to | be expended by the City Board of Ed- ucation, and $25,000 was paid out this afternoon to A. Poirier for a tract of nine and a half acres for a school | site near Adeline. 1 To save Chairman of the Board of Supervisors John Mitchell, County ! Auditor Gil Bacon and County ‘Clrrk John P. Cook the almost end- jless task of signing their names to {each inlividual coupon, which would require 38,400 signatures, the Board of Supervisors met. this morning and { passed a resolution that these three {names could be lithographed on the | bonds. 'UNIVERSI1Y EVENTS BERKELEY, Sept. 1.—Lewis Bulkeley was | elected vell leaasr for the year this afternoon by en overwhelming vote, He received 160 votes and Nat Eddy 36 votes, he junior claes met this afternoon and nom- inated the following for_officers. A | dent, for Sue Bitting; for sec- ward Berringer; for sec- Miss Hazel iHobscn; for treasurer, | Harry' Squires; for sergeant at arms, Collier | and Harris, Rallying will be put on an organized basis for th= flrst time (his year, the rally commit- tee, of wi Kugene R. Hallett {s chairman, having as | visions of charge of orgamization of the freshmen division; Oliver Orrick of the speakers and programmes, Bert Campbell of the advertising, Frank Schuman of the werkly bleacher rallles, Ernest Voilmer of the “‘searchlight brigade.’ The students will be addressed by Secre- tary Shaw of the Treasury on next Tuesday. While here he will be the guest of President Wheeler, The entertainment for the Boating Associa- tion will be ziven at Idora Park on the even- ing of October 1. The following named com- mittees have been appointed o take charge of the affair: Programme, A. C. Keane, J. P. Loeh: finance, Stuart Hawley; advertising, G. . Anioff President Kendrick C. Babeock of the Uni- versity of Arizona was the principal speaket at a rally last evening in Stiles Hall, under the auspices of the Young Men's. Christian Assoclation. His subject was “Bible Study.”" Dr. H. . Myers, chief chemist for the sugar factories in 'Colorado and Utah and honorary fellowyin agriculture at the univer- sity, has gonme south to begin work for the coming sugar-beet paign. WOULD FIX SAME RATE.—OAKLAND, Sept. 1.—At an informal discussion among the members of the of Supervisors to-day general sentiment was expressed that the X rate this year should be the same as that of year, $261 on the $100. It is believed that this will raise sufficlent funds to defray the expenses, notwithstanding that the valua- tion is much lower this year, to leavinz off of the raise l)ua- ‘mt.'n lz:.x: iast year. Board _of the meeting of Equalization HEADS TO FALL.—At a board of electricity last night Boyne and Parry were *d & committes to look over the list of tem es and recommend changes. It is there are too many men on the roli at present and a little judiclous pruning is deemed ad- visable. The coi will meet this after- nocn, 1 | { who died yesterday from lockjaw, al- FINDS INQUEST IS UNNECESSARY Coroner Accepts Diagnosis That the Conklin Child Died From Blood Poison WILL TEST STATE LAW | Berkeley Office San Francisco Calli | 2148 Center street, Sept. 1. Following the signing of the death certificate by Dr. W. W. Allen in the, case of little Myrtle Conklin, the child C. E. Kinard Brings Man- | damus Suit Against Oak- ! land Board of Education leged to have been caused by vaccina- ; tion, Coroner Mehrmann gave his con- sent to-day to the burial of the body. This action is taken as being the close of the incident, for ‘now there will be no Coroner’s inquest and no more prob- . ing into the cause of the child's death. [ The certificate signed by Dr. Allen| describes death as having been caused i by lockjaw, following vaccination. In this description Dr. F. R. Woolsey, the vaccination officer, who vaccinated the child, agreed during a consuitation with Dr. Allen. Both doctors having 1 agreed as to the cause of death, Coro- ner Mehrmann acecepted Dr. Allen’s signature to the certificate and declared that there would be no inguest. ‘While the doctors interested in the case have agreed upon a cause of death, they still hold to their original opinions regarding the vaccination op- eration. Dr. Allen said to-night that Coroner Mehrmann’s action was a com- pliment to himself, as he had accepted his diagnosis that death had resulted from bleod poison following vaccina- tion. Dr. Woolsey, on the other hand, maintains that the blood poisoning was not due to the vaccination operation, but to improper sanitation. The funeral of the dead child was held at 2 o’clock this afternoon from a local undertaking parlor. As a result of the feeling against vaccination C. E. Kinard has taken stepg to test the legality of the require- ment of the State Board of Health that all school children must be vaccinated before they are allowed to attend any public school and has petitioned the courts for a writ of mandate to com- pel the City Board of Education, City Superintendent of Schools McCly- monds and J. H. Pond, as principal of the High School, to allow his three children admission without having ob- served this requirement. In his petition, filed to-day, he sets forth that he took his children to the school at the beginning of the present term and asked that they be admitted, which. was refused on the ground that they had not been vaccinated. He states that there Is no immediate remedy at hand and therefore asks that the courts take the matter up and order those having charge of the school system to give his children admission to the school. An anti-vaccination rgeeting will be held in California Hall to-morrow even- ing to protest against the compulsory law. —_———————— STATE LAW BRINGS JOY TO THE HEARTS OF MEN Statute Says Alimony Shall Cease ‘When Former Wife Takes a Second Spouse. NEW YORK, Sept 1.—Men who have been paying alimony to a for- mer wife married after getting her de- cree are celebrating over the new State law which goes into effect to- day and cuts off the incomes of thou- sands of dlvorcees now living with their second husbands. According to the new statute, alimony payments as- sessed against an ex-husband are to continue only so long as the woman shall remain unmarried. A good many persons, not a few of them In the theatrical profession, will be able to Visit New York for the first time in years, except on Sunday, they having remained out of the State rather than make the required pay- ment, in default of which they could have been sent to jail. ——— AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS DEFEAT ALL COMPETITO! Secure Contract for Construction of the Equipment of the Argentine Republic Railroads. NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Probably the largest single order for railroad equipment for export ever placed with American manufacturers has just been closed. It comprises 640 freight cars and 38 passenger, sleeping and baggage cars for the Argentine Gov- i ernment railroads. The American manufacturers se- cured the orders in the face of strong competition on the part of British, German and Belgian manufacturers. S ———— THREE THOUSAND SMITHS HOLD A FAMILY REUNION Many States and Every County in New Jersey Represented at Strange Gathering. NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Three thou- sand or more Smiths have gathered at Peapack, N. J., to celebrate the annual reunion of that {amous family in New Jersey. Every county in the State was represented and there were vmt-l ing Smiths present from many other | States. The custom of holding the! family reunions was inaugurated in 1800. e Pythian Dies at Healdsburg. HEALDSBURG, Sept. 1.—A. H. Poe, a prominent member of the local branch of the Knights of Pythias, died at Burke's Sanitarium to-day. Poe was 65 years old and was ‘well known throughout this part of the State. ———————————— Fast Half Mile Under Saddle. WINFIELD, Kans., Sept. 1.—Symbo- leer, owned by J. Johnson, paced a half mile to-day under the saddle in one minute and six seconds, thereby breaking the world’s record for a half mile, ad 5 [l’rnmed the bond issue. BOND CAMPAIGN OPENS WITH BRIGHT PROMISE Councilman Howard Delivers Able Address on an lmpc_m— ant Issue, and Is Followed by Colonel John P. Irish, Who Urges Necessity of Fublic Parks and Improvements MR OAKLAND, Sept. 1.—The opening meeting of the campaign for bonds was held at the Masonic Temple this even- ing under the auspices of the Progress Federation. The principal speakers were Councilman John L. Howard and Colonel John F. Irish. Success was pre- dicted for the carrying of the proposed measure, but it was also constdered necessary to do a certain amount of missfonary work to insure its passage. The meeting was called to order by | Edwin Stearns, president of the fed- eration. Principal P. M. Fisher of the ! Polytechnic High School was elected chairman. After briefly expressing his views upon this subject, he introduced Councilman John L. Howard, chair- man of the special committee that Mr. Howard gave the first official statement of the bond proposition as follows: It could hardly be expected that the bond- | prepared by the City ing. scheme recently fit the ideas of ail Councll would perfectly ! classes of our citizens; indeed, it is fairly sus- ceptible of improvement in some respects, but, taking all the circumstances and limitations that surrounded its authors, it is probably as &0od & project as could have been devised, with this feeling on the part of the gov ment it Is submitted to your favorabie con- sideration. It must be remembered that on the subject of a municipal water supply the condition of public sentiment was such that, in its recom- mendation to the Council, the committee felt the need of putting a iimit upon its pro- pesals. That limit was fixed at $2,000,000, which would leave a possible $5.000,000 of bonds avallable in future to provide for such water supply and system as might commend itself to the favorable judgment of the city govera- ment and the people. But let us pass to an analysis and discus- sion of the projects submitted: Children's playgrounds—Fifth and Chestnut streets, $35,000; North Oakland, $37,216; West Oakland, $31,230; total, $103,446. Parks—De Fremery property, $94.075; Ind pendence, $18,089; Bushrod, $26,140; Central $450,000:" west side Lake Merritt, $183.200; Lake Merritt water park, $45,400; south of Twelfth-street dam, $145,000; total $965,804. Boulevards—Cemetery Creek, $80,000: east side Merritt, $116,350; park panhandle, #‘\’.m; Harrison street, $63,420; total $30%,- Miscellaneous—Whart foundations, $15,000; sewers, $121,440; concrete culverts, $49.640; cross walks, $127,000; polytechnic school, $143,- 000; public library, $16,000; city hail and ad- ditional lands, $650,000; total, $1,121,080. Grani total, $2,492,000. It we classity the projects iuto natural groups it will be found that $1,069.250, of the total, will be devoted to beautifying the city or for recreative uses, and $1,422,750, or 57 per cent, Is for the purposes that may be regarded as more practical and more utili- tarian. CONCERNING PARKS. The proposals now before you are such can be encompassed, and in our examination of their necessity or advisability dress ourselves to the projected park systems, which appear to need both advocacy and de- fense against marrow and clem. Cities do not part with public park prop- erties. and people everywhere would resent at- tempts to deprive them of these facilities for pleasure. 1 speak not in disparagement of the smaller and scattered breathing places, but more. particularly in favor of the larger areas for the masses and which are a crowning mlory to every city that possesses them. What is there In San Francisco that equals Golden Gate Park, that affords so much pleasure to its inhabitants and so much attraction to its visitors? Does that municipality regret its investment, that produced such a beautiful re- sult out of the most unpromising materials and conditions? In other cities artificial lakes are created with infinite labor and cost. Here midst is a salt water lake provided by natur and it needs but the proper acquisition and improvement of adjacent land to produce a result that does not anywhere else exist and one that will prove a source of pride and pleasure to the citizens of Oakland forever. It is this water park with its ample area of about 160 acres that the committee used as the basis for developing the comprehensive park scheme that is now presented. LAKE MERRITT PLANS. 1. It is proposed to deepen the shallow water of Lake Merritt and make it available entire area. To use the material thus for ralsing the present grade of the park south of the Twelfth street da: This will be the most easily accessible place ot déposit and thus most eamty accessible place accomplished at a minimum of expense. 2. To convert the unsightly area south of the Twelfth street dam into one of ornament and use. 3. To finish the East Lakeside boulevard to the lake head and to continue It at greater width to form a “panhandle,” and thus reach the southern entrance of the proposed Central Park. This would ferring the park entrance to the head of Lake Merritt. E 4. To purchase land between Twelfth and | Lake streets and east of Oak on the western shore of Lake Merritt and to sultably improve | it for park purposes. 5. To complete on the boulevard plan that portion of Harrlson stréet lylng between Twen- tieth and Twenty-fourth streets. The Councll felt that at this time it w: not justified In going further in its recom mendatione, nevertheless it is firmly con- vinced that if these projects are adopted and | completed some one of Its near successors will put before the people the scheme for its com- pletion by acquiring the remaining two sec- tions_of lake shore frontage, viz: Between the lake and Twentieth street on the west and around that portion on the north known as'Adams Point, Passing next to the smaller areas In the De Fremery property we portunity of purchasing a tract that alone in the preservation of the original and wildly natural conditions that prevailed in Oakland_before the march of improvement re- moved them. - At slight éxpense this area can be made a most delightful resort for that sec- tion in West Oakland that stands so much in need of beautifying, and there Is ths certainty that it will be best appreciated when it opened to public use. Bushrod Park, a gift to the city, stands In its unimproved condition and needs to front on what will always be the main thoroughfars between this city and Berkeley. To that en vening between its east graph avenue and to spend at present a mod- egate amount in its devélopment for the grati- fication of the residents fn that district. . _ Independence Park, likewise a étood for years @ monument of official neglec: Qccupying an elevated and beautiful position, it has remained for vears unimpro ornamental and useless for the purposés for which it was given and intended. /! PLAYGROUNDS AND HALL. The proposals for playgrounds are made in respanse to the urgent requests of many public | apirited citizens and to the silent, but no less strong appeal of the children themselves. These playgrounds are in line with the prac- tice of the older municipalities, and are found 10 be both valuable and necessary; at the s time their creation and maintenance dis- charges in part the cbligation due from the munietpality toward the childhood within its borders. The necessty for expenditures on sewers, ' culve; and crosswalks is fo self evident as t» need neither explanation nor defense. As to the Polytechnic School, the committee first made an Investigation to satisfy itself as to the value and character of the work. As compared with results obtained under lim- ited conditions, If no other consideration pre- valled, as & pure business proposition the additional gocd to be eobtained fuily justifies the proj d investment. Finally, there is left the proposal to pur- | chase property on the present City Hall block and to erect’ a new public building in size sufficient for present needs. but of such de- sign as will admit of additions, while pre- serving the same architectural features. Sometimes we hear the statement that it were better to sell the valuable small area of City Hall Park and purchase a larger and ve location, thereby avolding the for an increased investment in land at the present site. New York did not move its City Hall from its downtown location, not- withstanding the very great value of Its City Hall Pa k. relation to our main thoroughfares no better site may be found, and in view of the agitation for consolidating Alameda, Oakland and Berkeley, surely its geographical position ed. The acditional area will The deferment of pur- payment of a. price ultl- not spolled n ons the committes kept (n view the fact that all over the city weuid or 43 per cent | let us ad- | thoughtless criti- | in our | . |and West Oakland are about evenly have the effect of trans- | is | e | appointed Chief Judge of the Court cent bonds to run fund provision to retire o asmuing that, il the D :;:::ied.":flnx‘m( the entire cxpenditure may be made during the year 1905, the .moua: i be raised annuaily for bond redemption will be 500, and the average of the yearly Interest | yments will be §31,260, or a yearly total of } $113,750, equal to $2 27 per thousand on a to- tal assessed valuation of $50.000,000. o 1t must not be hastily concluded that th's rate of taxation will be permanent during entire period of forty years. On the contrazy, e reason to expect & rapid yearly per cent of them ”&\kmx the extreme roposals may be Because the table of assessable values of £ the city shows a gradual increase. . Because, with the compietion of thess public improvements, history cannot faf repeat itself in respect of accelerating the increase in taxable values, mot merely ub‘:‘: properties immediately adjacent to th s | also values throughout tne city will app! clate in sympathy with the general upward movement. 3. It is expected that our citizens will feel the necessity for an early change in our char- ter provisions regard to the making of as- el sessments. It is pparent that with the adoption of a scem and its busi- nesslike prosecution there will result a more equable distribution ‘of the municipal burden and a very appreciable increase in the total | assessed vatuation. | Given & low tax rate and a wise municipal administration and your city will commend itself to the favorable consideration of cap- ital From the three reasons agvanced one is ju tified in the belief that the total value as- | sersed in the city of Oakiand should reach between $65,000,000 and $70,000,000 by the year 1910, and of course with each increass of $1,000,000 in the value of taxable property be- yond the $50,000,000 assumed thers will be a ratable diminution in the $2 271 per thousand before referred to. To those uf us who must tonsider the fact that the needs of our city and the demands of its departmental heads grow in a faster ratio than our income, a perplexing problem is presented. For the present we must con- tent onrselves by compelling the expenditures to be kept within the resources. This process cannot he continued indefinitely or suffering will ensue and the remedy we see before us 1s the abolition of the expensive incubus of ths present county government. During last year the valuation of Oakland property was increased 20 per cent and upon this augmented assessment tne contribution by its tax-paying citizens for county pur- | poses was .809 cents, or more than $400,000. What proportion of it was spent for the benefit of Oakland? What advantage was derived by Alameda or Berkeley for their contributions to the county? I do not contend that under a consolidation the total of these contributfons would be saved | to the united cities, but it may with safety be sald that under a wise and ciean adminis- tration an astonishingly large percentage could be saved and devoted to purposes in | which the three municipalities have an mme- diate and direct Interest, | " Regarding the projects submitted for bonds, no claim for originality is made on the part of the council. | Al of them and mare are self-evident propo- | sitions. In some form or other all of them have been discussed, &nd tnose that fered are the limited and official | that should commend themselves on the ground | of neceseity or expediency. They will not appeal to the unprogressive or to the sectionalist. They will appeal strongly te that public spirit which believes in focusing the maximum amount of intellizent work and the minimum amount of talk upon all measures that promise good to the eity. They solicit the support of those who be- lieve that no good can come to the whole city unless that good is shared by all its parts. Let us not-decelvs ourseives that we have had the full measure needed of this public =pirit, otherwise the beauties and the advan- tages of our situation would have been more avalled of than they have been. Following Howard, Colonel John P. | Irish was called upon and began his remarks by complimenting the city |upon having a man of Councilman | Howard'’s ability who was willing to devote so much of his time to its wel- fare, and he made a motion that a resolution of thanks be passed for the paper Mr. Howard had prepared. En- | tering upon a discussion of his subject, | Colonel Irish designated a few points which seemed of importance to him. | By reference to a map he pointed out | that leaving out the foothill park, East | balanced in regard to benefits to be re- | ceived by the establishment of parks. | This was in answer to a feeling which | he said existed in his part of the town, | ’VVest Oakland, where it was stated | most of the property was being bought | for East Oakland. Another point he made was that eventually the big foothill tract would | eall for the establishment of a like park in West Oakland, and that in a | few years he would not be surprised to see a park in West Oakland which would connect by boulevards with the foothill tract. In speaking of the bene- | fit to be derived from a bond issue he | fllustrated his remarks by stating that a few years ago, when a similar propo- sition was before the people, he had bonded a tract of 160 acres of marsh land in West Oakland, to be purchased |in case the bonds measure passed for | 60,000 for the establishment.of a park. “To-day you cannot buy that land for | twice $60,000,” he said. “‘This will show | you -how the value of property is en- haneing and why we should buy this| 1 {land when it is cheap. The improve- in raising the | | ments - themselves aid | value of the property.” | Other speakers were G. W. Langan and P. J. Keller. Notice was given that meetings are to be held from now | on until the election. | A vote of thanks was also passed to | City Engineer Turner for the prepara- i tion of a large map upon which are | marked the nieces of land proposed t. | be purchased for park sites. ———— ‘ER.\II&’E DOFFED BY PARKER | IS DONNED BY CULLEN | | NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Judge Ed- | gar M. Cullen of Brookiyn was to-day of Appeals by Governor Odell, ceeding Judge Alton B. Parker, | signed. Judge Cullen is a Democrat and is' sue- | re- | now. serving as an additional Judge ! { of the Court of Appeals, a position to which he was designated by Theodore icosevelt when he was Governor of ! New York. It has been settled by the Repub-, | ican managers that Judge Cullen will | | be nominated by the Republican party for the position to which he was ap- pointed to-day. { GRANTS ALTanx'rlvc WRIT—The Su- preme Court has granted an sitermative writ | | of habeas corpus in_favor of Elizabeth Gal- {lehere, wha is living with her aunt in San | Jose. ‘Fred Gallehere, father of the child, gave her to the aunt when-his wife died. He has since married and wants the little girl again, | but the aunt refuses to comply with his wishes. Supreme Court will hear argu- ments in the cace September 12. ————————— REFUSES TO GRANT WRIT—The Supreme | Court yesterday refused -to grant a writ mandamus to .Wiillam O'Connor, vm.-n':: the Superior Court compelled to consider a petition that his lawyer be allowed fees from the estal ; us O'Connor. Tt i held ot D by ap- t resort to ISt Y OF ALAMEDA « + BRANCH OFFICES } OF THE CALL IN | 1016 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083, BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Alameda 559. e r— FDITOR OF NEW YORK DISAPPEARS LIKE LOOMIS Found to Be Missing Upon Arrival of Vessel Upon Which he Had Embarked. LONDON, Sept 1—C. R. Spabr of Kingsbridge, N. Y, editor of twe magazines of New York City, either fell or jumped overboard from the steamer Prince Albert midway be- tween Ostend and Dover on the even- ing of August 30. His mysterious dis- appearance recalls that of Frederick Kent Loomis and was reported on the arrival of the steamer at Dover to American Consul Prescott hy E. W, Ordway of Brooklyn, in whose com- pany Spahr was making a tour of Furope for the benefit of his health. Spahr seemed to have been much improved in health and his companion said he never for a momant suspected that he would attempt to commit suicide. ——— e ——— ——— OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Red Bluff Physician Appointed Pen- sion Examining Surgeon—Changes Made in Postal Service. WASHINGTON, Sept. lL—Santine Martinelll has been commissioned postmaster of Olema, Cal. Additional rural service routs No. 3 will be established at Everson, Wh: com County, on October 1. The following Oregon rural car- riers have been appointed: Gaston, Willlam A. Spence regular, Earl P. W. Hadding ‘substitute; Harrisburg, Glenn E. Holt regulan, D. C. Holt substitute. Dr. H. H. Zermerman was to-day appointed a pension examining sur- geon for Red Bluff. —_— e ——— FRIGHTENED TO DEATH BY SWIFT AUTOMOBILE Machine Whizzes by Woman and the Shock Causes Her to Drop Dead. NEWPORT, R. L, Sept. 1.—A rap- idly moving automobile caused the death here by fright of Mrs. Green of Paterson, N. J., to-day. The woman was awaiting a car bound toward her boarding-house, six miles distant. As she stepped from . the sidewalk to board the car a large automobile went past with a réar. She screamed with fright and fell Doctors - were quickly summoned, but the woman was dead ‘when they arrived. Heart disease superinduced by the shock was found to have been the cause. The motorist escaped un- identified. ———————— PRINCE GEORGE TRAVELS TO ROME INCOGNITO Desires to Learn the Ground for the Cretian Petition: Asking for . His Removal. ROME, Sept. 1.—Prince George of Greece arrived here to-day ih strictest incognito, desiring to test the ground for the petition of the inhabitants of the island of Crete, asking for his re- moval because of alleged misrule. This petition will be heard before the Italian Foreign Minister, assisted by the Russian, French and British Em- bassadors, who have charge of the su- pervision of affairs in the island, —_———— OLD GLORY FLIES OVER . DENVER'S NEW MINT DENVER, Sept. 1.—The new Unit- - ed States Mint in this city was opened to-day with a President’s salute of twenty-one guns and the raising of the American flag over the building by George E. Roberts, director of the Mint of Washington, D. C. The Mint will not begin coinage un- til July 1, 1905, as no appropriation has been made by Congress as yet to cover the cost of coinage. —_——— DO NOT WANT A NEGRO TO ATTEND THEIR SCHOOL ADA, Ohio., Sept..1,—TPhree hun- dred students at the Ohio Normal University have signed a petition to the trustees to refuse a negro student the privilege of studyinhg at the school. The students refused to attend class this morning as a protest against the presence of the colored man. Some of the students have gone elsewhere for tuition. ; —_—————— Overall Drafted by Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, Sept. 1.—The Na- tional Baseball Commission met here to-day in its annual session, Sec- retary Bruce reported the list of play- ers purchased by the National and American leagues from minor leagues, which the commission passed on. The Louis Nationals purchased Swin- dell of - Butte. The Cincinnatis get Blankenshtp from Seattle and Eagan and Overall from Tacoma. The following players were drafted by the American League: New York, Hogg from Spokane; Datroit, Graham from Colorado Springs; Philadelphia, Frisk from Seattle, Rockenfield from Spokm\e,_ Buchanan from Oakland. The commission adjourns® to-night. —_———— - . Seattle Knights Sail. - SEATTLE, Sept. 1—Seattle Knj, Templar to the number of 146 sailed to-day for San Francisco on the steamship Spokane. They will ar- tive at their _ destination Sunday meorning. HUMAN BO) NEARTHED. —Workmien engaged In excavating fof u new BONG 1816 Howard street yesterday affermoam o earthed a portion of ' human skeletom o explanation fs given as to how the bones The neighbors know little or- ere. former occupants of the o the P probably later be interred in the er's fles