The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 14, 1904, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1904 DISCUSS TAXED ND SALARIES| 15 1§ City Trustees of Alameda Confront Problems That Cause Them Much Worry SCHOOLS DEMAND MONEY Municipal - Legislators Do Not Hesitate to Express Views on the Situation ALAMEDA, Sept. 18.—Under the di- pection of the Board of Education a campaign s being waged to induce the City Trustees to allow the public schools the apportionment asked for out of the coming tax levy, $43,000, while the employes of the police, fire, street and electric light departments of the municipality are bringing every nfiuence to bear to persuade the City Trustees to increase their salaries. The tax rate is to be fixed on the first Mon- day of October. Considerable opposition has devel- oped against raising the pay of mu- nicipal employes and there are also many property owners who believe that the Board of Education is asking for an exorbitant apportionment out of the funds to be raised by taxation. The persons who believe that the School Department can be conducted more economically are City Trustees Dr. Henry M. Pond and Willlam M. Bowers and they have not hesitated in putting themsel on record. Dr. Pond re- cently stated that he believed that more teachers were employed than were required and that the classes were too small. He also expressed himself ng opposed to the teaching of g and cooking in the g his position City Trus- 8 jd to-night: “I yield to no one in my loyalty to our public schools, but I believe that economy can be practiced in the School as well as in any other is easy to dness and leave it but it is frequently due before posterity SURVEYOR'S STAKE! AROUSE SUSPICION Engineer City Turner Investigates OAKI Sept. 13.—Surveyor's ross a portion of the of Lake Merritt on u red by re- waters have been E neer F. C. possibili- “jump” six or se lake. Investigation commenced to learn by for what purpose th been set. There is a con- ween the city and prop- erty owners abutting on the northeast of the # the correct ry lines. Ci gineer Tur- pects that the stakes repre- nove to claim some of the n in dispute. Some was submerged until debris working back rs filled above the waters, OAKLAND, ing marria ere issued by to-day: Gustave Leonora Stiles, 35, isco; William W. and Julia V. Leon de Blai- Dausua, 20, Owens, 27, llie Angus, over 18, both ‘rancisco; Robert de Lancy, 27, ancisco, and Daisy P. Smith, Alameda; Frederick C. Rhoades, 21, Seattle, and Pauline M. El- over 18, Los Angeles. —_——— Says Husband Beat Her. OAKLAND, Sept. 13.—Charged with brutally beating -and kicking his wife, Hattie M. Pritchard, Owen R. guchard, a blacksmith, living at eventh and Clay streets, was ar- rested to-day by Detectives Quigley end Holland after Mrs. Pritchard had fled terror-stricken to the police for help. With a baby three months old to care for, the frail woman de- clares she was so severely treated that she was compelled to go to bed. Police Judge Smith fixed bail at $1000 because of the aggravated na- ture of the case as presented to him. Pritchard’s trial was set for Septem- ber 27. ————— BAPTIST RECEPTION. —OAKLA! 18—Tre Baptist Ministerial Obton oy o0 church, who is now ptist Church of Pasads —_——— JUDGE DENTES WRIT.—OAK 18.—THhe temporary writ of m;u’.:tl?fi'.;'i‘:% for by Leonard Vince against the garbage crematory was denied by Judge Elisworth this morning, and he has gel the hearing oOf the petition for & permaneat injunction for Septem.: obart, former in charge of lena. —_——— S VERY VIOLENT.—OAKLAND, Sept. 13, lliam Mayer, Who was taken info custody on board the ferry-boat Piedmont last ever. ing, after attempting to gain the wheel from the pilot, has become o violent that his ex- amination, which was set for to-morrow, wil] take place at the hospital. He is strong and hard to manage, and it is feared would make too much Jistsrbance it taken into the court. goom. ge Meivin will hold his exam: in the man’s cell - ADVERTISEMENTS. Sufferers from DYSPEPSIA cannot only find relief, but an absol curelmtz-dmusinguoubl-byus::; Glycozoné In order to prove that this absolutely | barmiess remedy cures catarrhal in. | Sammation of the stomach, I will send | TRIAL SIZE FREE umndamw-yuflg. Grycozone not only relieves, but In this itdifiers from what have used. —— | more BOND CAMPAIGN AUGURATED First Rally Will Be Held This Evening at Cameron Hall in East Oakland GREAT PARADEPLANNED Committee Will End Its Work With Big Demon- stration on Monday Night Oakland Office Ban Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Sept. 13. The active work in the campaign for bonds is now under way and the cam- palgn committee of the Progress Fed- eration is making energetic efforts to insure the success of the issue at thel coming election. The committee has already arranged for & number of bond ! rallies, to be held in different parts of the city, at which able speakers will deliver addresses. The first of these meetings will be held - to-morrow evening in Cameron Hall, at which the Rev. P. C. Yorke will be the principal speaker. On Fri- day - evening, September 16, three rallies will be held in different parts of the city. Mayor Warren Olney and Edwin Stearns will address a meeting at Becker’s Hall; at Alcatraz Hall in West Oakland Colonel John P. Irish, the Rev. Father McNally and Aaron Burntrager will tell of the benefits that the city will derive from the bonds; the third rally will be held at Milton Hall on San Pablo avenue and Twenty- eighth street, at which - Bernard P. Miller and others will speak. A grand mass meeting will be held at Idora Park on Tuesday evening, September 20, at which several prom- inent citizens will deliver addresses. On the same evening a bond rally will be held at the Union-street Presbyte- rian Church. The Civic Educational League of Oakland will hold a bond rally on Wednesday evening, September 21, at department 2 of the Police Court. The speakers for this meeting have not yet been assigned. On the same evening a eeting to discuss the proposed bond ue will be held at Klinkner Hall in Golden Gate. The last grand mass meeting of the campaign will be held at City Hall Park on Friday evening, September 23, at which citizens will be addressed by city officials, members of the campaign committee and others. The campaign for the bonds will close with a big parade on the evening of September 26, the night before the bond election. UNIVERSITY EVENTS EERKELEY, Sept. 13.—The students in the Greek department are becoming more and interested in the presentation of the “Ajax” of Sophocles as the time approaches for its final staging. Assignments of the speaking parts bave already been made and the lines are being rehearsed daily under the |’ direction of Miss Mabel Barrows of New York. While the burden of committing the lines rests with the nine principals the most char- acteristic feature of a Greek tragedy is the chorus. In the “Ajax’ the chorus is made up of fifteen sallors and warriors, companions of Ajax, who had followed him from Troy to Salamis. They are Intimately concerned with the action of the play and reflect the emotion of the actor. Withcut a well trained and sympathetic chorus a Greek tragedy is im- possible, Lowever good the other characters may be. It is for this reason that Miss Bar- rows has been cautious in her selection of the pecple to take these singing parts. Professor Samuel Fortier of the irrigation department of the College of Agriculture has received the appointment of overseer for the permanent improvement of the Turlock canal. The board of directors for the canal has re- tained Professor Fortier to prepare plans for improvements, which will consist of the ction of inverted syphons, iines of steel construction of the concrete wall for § ravine and other improvements that will cost $200,000. The Winged Helmet Honor Society has in- itiated the following members of the class of ‘06: T. N. Baker, H. W. Bingham, J. J. A. L. D. Bohnett,. W. H. Boynton, B. R. in A.'J. Coogan W. R. de Leon, L. A ei, P. N. Gray, Jackson Gregor: Stoddard. e The university meeting Friday morning in Harmon Gymnasium will be addressed by William _Kent of Chicago and Professor Thomes R. Bacon, who has lately returned to the university after a year's trip abroad. —_—— OVERBAY CHARITIES DO THOROUGH WORK Annual Report of Alameda County Society Indicates That Results Are Valuable. OAXKLAND, Sept. 13.—The annual reports of the officers of the Asso- ciated Charities of Alameda County, which were submitted to the directors of the association at the annual meet- ing last night, show that a large amount of business has been transact- ed by the organization during the last twelve months, all of which has been satisfactorily disposed of. More than 1500 cases of various kinds have been brought to the attention of the As- sociated Charities for investigation, and relief has been afforded in every instance where the applicant has been found worthy. The report of Presi- dent B. H. Pendleton deals fully with the general work of the association. Many cases of the worthy have been helped and the reports of all officers show that matters are highly satis- factory. —_——— FRANK A. LEACH HURT WHILE ON FISHING TRIP OAKLAND, Sept. 13.—Frank A. Leath, superintendent of the United States Mint in San Francisco, met with a painful injury a few days ago while on a fishing trip to Lake -Ta- hoe. He was trolling in a row-boat and he slipped and fell to the .bot- tom of the boat, striking his back against the seat. —_—— ‘Woman Wants to Carry Pistol. ; OAKLAND, Sept. 13.—Mrs. ‘F.' B, Porter, a wo! barber, applied to the police - to- for . permission to carry a pistol.. She said her husband, Charles Porter, -had reviled her on the street and had beaten one F. Beal, who had tried to protect herfrom her spouse’s wrath. The Porters’] domestic disagreements have occupiéd much attention in the Police Court.. . s, plin, A. J. Coogan, W. PAYS WALRATH UESTS, — * LAND, Sept. 18.—Ap order for the o the legacies left e late l:uint E. Wal. rath was made fierce WOMAN, IN MOMENT OF INSANITY, FIRES HOME Divorced Wife of Eric Thompson Tries to Wreak Vengeance on Him by Burning the Cottage in Which He Had Lived L i ERIC “THOM . Peow - CITIZEN OF GOLDEN GATE AND HIS OF HAVING SET FIRE TO HIS HOME AND THE COTTAGE THAT WAS SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION BY FIREMEN. A e e D DIVORCED WIFE WHOM HE ACCUSES OAKLAND, Sept. 12.—In an evident- ly insane attempt to wreak vengeance n Eric Thompson, her divorced husband, Mrs. Christina Thompson broke into the little cottage at 1213 Haspell street, Golden Gate, at 10 o’clock this morning and set fire to the house in three places. The residence until her separation from her huband, two and a half years ago, had been her home. ¥ Thompson, a carpenter, was away at work in Berkeley. The only child, ¥mil, aged 10 years, was at school. Mrs. Thompson had full swing in her apparently crazy attempt at incen- diarism. Had it not been for the dis- covery of the fires by neighbors the home would have been destroyed. Mrs. E. Stone, who resides next door, saw smoke pouring from the cottage. She ran to George Blomberg's grocery at 3012 San Pablo avenue, a block dis- tant, and gave the alarm. Blomberg rushed to the dwelling and was astounded to see Mrs. Thompson standing in the dining-room near a pile of blazing furniture, holding in one hand a bottle of kerosene oil and in the other what Blomberg thought was a pistol. An engine drove by the house to a fire hydrant a hundred feet distant. Mrs. Thompson ran out of the house screaming in a maniacal way: “Don’t put out the fire. Let it burn!" The woman then started toward Lorin. That was the last seen of her. Three fires had been started in dif- ferent places in the dwelling. In the basement a pile of inflammable rub- bish had been saturated with oil. It was burning briskly when the firemen broke into the house. In the dining- room half a dozen chairs, a table and some smaller pieces of furniture, heap- to Tun | —% had been sprinkled with kerosene and set afire. The third fire was found in a back bedroom under a sofa. It was the work'of a few minutes to pitch the ‘burning furniture into the street and to check the spread of the fire. Afterward Fire Warden George { McDonald took charge of the premises and reported the case to the Berkeley police, the house being just within the college town limits. McDonald made an investigation and procured state- ments from Blomberg and a number of the Thompson neighbors who had seen the woman at the house. Blom- berg told the authorities that he had no doubt Mrs. Thompson was insane. She acted like a maniac. Thompson and his son have been in dread of the woman for a long time. Two of her children died three years ago. It was said they had been pois- oned by eating canned fruit that had spoiled. Because of her actions Thompson procured a divorce from his wife shortly afterward. Mrs. Thomp- son went to San Francisco and had been living on Bernal Heights. The | husband believes that she was respon- sible for an atterapt that was made to burn the house about a year ago. Shortly before this morning's fire Mrs. Thompson tried to buy coal oil at | D. K. Truelson’s grocery at Golden Gate, but she was not successful, as | her queer actions aroused suspicion The authorities have not learned where the bottle of kerosene was pro- | cured. Mrs. Thompson had a key to one of the doors. There was no force used in entering the dwelling except by the firemen. Satisfied that the woman is dement- ed, Thompson has decided to institute a search for her, fearing that she might attempt to harm him or the boy who has lived with him since his sep- ed in the center of the apartment, ' aration from his wife. o — STORY OF SHOOTING CROOKED OFFICIAL MUST CAUSES A SENSATION Rumor That San Jose Physician Is Killed Starts a Flurry In Police Department. SAN JOSE, Sept. 13.—Mrs. Belle Dugan caused a sensation on Santa Clara street, near Second, this after- noon by telling Policeman O'Malley that Dr. J. A. McMahon, one of the most prominent physicians and sur- geons in the city, had been shot and killed. She said that a Miss Annie Fox had committed the deed. While the officer was telephoning the report ‘to headquarters the woman hurried away and could not bé found. The entire police force then joined in a search fo Dr. McMahon, who was found in his office. He had not' been shot and denied all knowledge of any shooting. Miss Fox has been friendly with Dr. McMahon for a humber of years and recently they quarreled over some property matters. In investigating the matter to-day it developed that last Sunday morning there was a row at the McMahon Hospital and in the altercation Miss Fox fired a shot either Dr. McMahon or his son. ‘bullet went wide of its mark and one was injured. Immediately after the shooting at the hospital Dr. Mec- Mahon went to San Francisco and only |- returned to-day. There.is a rumor around town that Miss Fox has threatened the life of Dr. McMahon. ——————— KENTUCKY NOW BOASTS OF A COLORED PORTIA Negress Is Admitted as a Member of Bar of the Blue Grass - LEXINGTON, Ky. Sept 13.—For the first time in m/umfyup,, FOR HIS TRIAL Mexican Court Order Extraditing Former Appraiser Is Approved by the Government. EL PASO, Tex, Sept. 13.—The Mexican State Department certified to the United States District Attorney here that the court order extraditing Vance Fulkerson had been approved. Fulkerson, while inspector and ap- : praiser in the United States customs service here, embezzied funds and a Grand Jury returned indictments in forty ;:ounlt; against him. He left at once for Mexico, where he was ar- rested. He will now b El Paso for trial. e —_————— Santa Rosa Votes New Charter. SANTA ROSA, Sept. 13.—At a spe- cial election here to-day to pass on the ncew charter a light vote was cast. The charter was adopts to 121, pted by a vote of 327 The Board of Equalizers fixed city tax rate at $1 25, the same as 12: | ods ?fli T0 SEPARATION| A WOMAN'S LIFE Bessie L. Edmester Claims That She Was Deserted Upon Her Wedding Day HUSBAND TAUNTS HER Sarah J. Brown Says She Seeks Divorce From an Intemperate - Companion A Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Sept. 13. Deserted on her wedding day, Bessie L. Edmester, a wife of a few months, has begun suit for divorce against Wil- | liam L. Edmester, a laundry worker, on the ground of extreme cruelty, and asks for a sufficient allowance from his income to keep her from want. The pair were married by Dr. E. R. Dille on the st of May last, and a few hours after! the ceremony was performed Edmester told his bride that he had married her “Just for fun,” and he then left her. The plaintiff alleges that his behavior has been cruel in the extreme; that he| has paraded by her with other women on his arm, laughed at her, and on the Fourth of July he tried to make her feel more keenly her humiliation by acting affectionately in her presence with a Mrs. Carr. For abuse, failure to provide and in- temperance Sarah J. Brown has begun an action of divorce against Samuel C. E. Brown, a railroad painter. She al- leges that he has sworn at her and drinks to such an extent that he is dis- qualified for work a great portion of the time, and is unable by reason of his drinking to furnish her with the neces- saries of life. They have one child, a boy of 8 years, of whom she also asks the custody. SECRETS ARE OUT —_— By Zoe Green Radcliffe. OAKLAND, Sept. 13.—Now that the knights end the Native Sons have had their innings and society has fallen back on its old resource of tea and gossip, the newest engaged girl furnishes an always interesting topic of con- versation. Then there are rumors, which will not down, of other announcements soon to be made. Several important ‘“‘secrets” have been told and retold until the little gloss of secrecy has been worn off and the ill-concealed facts | shine through. It has leaked out that beauti- tul Ione Fore will become & bride next month. She is expected home this week from the south, where she has been visiting. The lucky man is sald to be Bugene E. Hewlitt, a prominent attorney of San Francisco, and Miss Fore's girt friends. who have noted his untiring de- votion, have been almost tempted to envy. Miss Fore Is the youngest and most beauti- ful of the three charming daughters of Mr. and Mre. Charles W, Fore. She is a tall slender girl, of dashing appearance, with as exquisite profile. She belongs to Oakland smart set and her marriage will equal in in- terest any that has ever occurred here. Dame Rumor is also exceedingly busy: with two other well known names, and the social set has been waiting impatiently for the F. M. Smiths to return from New York, when their daughter's engagement to a young attorney of this city is expected to be announced. Inter- est has centered about these young people for some time. The young lady In question, al- though the heiress to great welath, is a very charming, unassuming girl. Arthur Goodfel- low, the other half of the secret which friends can’ no longer keep, is a son of W. S. Good- fellow, the well known lawyer, and, it is said, has inherited his father's ability. At any rate, he is much liked in both social and business circles and in the contemplated union with the family of the “Borax King' he has the con- gratulations and good wishes of hosts of friends. . . Frequently Oakland’s fair maids ond bloom- ing young matrons turn their attention from the glistening froth of mere social pieasures, and, shoulder to shoulder, work heroically in some excellent cause. The 24th of September will ind many of the falrest buds of the smart set following where duty leads and lending their aid to the success of a church benefit. Mrs. Emma Shafter Howard has given her beautiful gardens for the occasion and the ladies of Chancel Chapter of St. Paul's Episco- pal Church will conduct an al fresco bazaar for the benefit of the church funds. Numerous artistic booths will be erected in the garden, which will be wired in and nominal admission fees of 25 and 10 cents will be charged. There will be music, also a paimist and & vaudeville performance, which last is being planned under the direction of Mrs. Newton Koser dnd Miss Sevilla Hayden. Mrs. James G. Allen is general manager and the various sub-committees are in charge as follows: Fancy articles—Miss Florinne Brown and Mrs. Andrew Mosely, assisted by Misses Ruth Kales Rose Kales, Carolyn Oliver, Anita Oliver, Bessie Coghill and Elsie Schilling; tea booth—Mrs. Arthur Crellin and Mrs. N. A. Acker, assisted by Mrs. William A. Barbour, Mrs, 'Frederick Page Cutting, Mrs. Horry Meek, Mrs. Frederick Hathaway, Mrs. Charles Walkerly, Mrs. Vernon Waldron, Miss Edith Beck and Miss Bessie Fillmore; lemonade—Mrs. James McClure, assisted by Miss Noelle de Golia, Mrs, George Bornemann, Miss Lucretia Burnham, Misses Alma and Adah Brown, Miss rnhal Viva Nicholson, Miss Jane Barry, Miss Irene Bangs, Miss Ruth Houghton, Miss Anne Mc- Eirath and Miss Elsle Marwedel; candy—Mrs. Harrison Clay, assisted by Mrs. George H. Wheat, Mrs. Bdson Adams, Mrs. Thomas Pra- ther, Miss Ruth Knowles, Miss Alice Knowles, Misé Bessie Palmer, Miss Evelyn Hussey, Miss Jessie Fox, Miss Letty Barry, Miss May Coo- gan, Miss Edith Gaskill, Mrs. C. Minor Good- all, Mrs. Samuel B. Prather and Miss Marie and Margaret Butters; handkerchiefs—Miss Mona Crellin, assisted by Miss Jean Clift, Miss Ethel Crellin, Miss Emma Mahoney, Miss Al- berta Jones, Miss Gertrude Allen, Miss Ritchle, Miss Crissie Taft and Miss Vandergaw. Mrs. Robert M. Fitzgerald, Miss Jane Cul- len, Mrs. Artbur Harris, Mrs. Fred Allardt, Miss Lottie Allardt and Miss Gertrude Allen will preside at the gates. A grab-bag will be conducted by Mrs. G. W. Manuel, assisted by Miss Hazel Palmanteer, Miss Hilda McEiratn, Mrs. Phoebe McEirath and Miss Evelyn Adam: Mrs. Walter Mackay has loaned a curlous Parisian novelty—a swimming lady—and it will be in charge of Misses Lilllan Isaacs and Gllfl’lm ish. Mrs. Halstead will have wer i . . It was well for Ebell's clubroom capacity, to-day, that SO many members are away, visiting in St. Louls and other places, for the cozy auditorium was crowded as it was. The ocoasion was the first luncheon of the season and reunion after the long vacation was y.'nu one, it 3 ® Mre. 7. B. Hume presided for the first time her re-election and in her greeting to the club paid a pretty tribute to Mrs. C. W. Kinsey, who as supervised Kinsed: muring. the. uncettled perio Sy i Hume's R eleation: " She . lection. that Mrs. Kinsey had taken up the reins | a crucial moment and too %H i said in praise of the splen- performed the 1 which she had i EE j E i 5§ £ fi Mrs. Ellen Page Falls Into Bay Whtile She Is Trying to Board the 8. N. Castle —_— HAS A NARROW ESCAPE Wife of the Mate of the Vessel Dragged From the Water Just in Time Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Sept. 13. In the act of giving the last few strug- gles before she sank into the current of the estuary, Mrs. Ellen Page, wife of the first mate of the barkentine S.N.Castle, Iying off Adams wharf, was rescued just in time to save her life. In clam- bering up the side of the ship she slipped and fell. A boatman, who was attracted by the woman struggling in the water, hurried to her assistance. A call was sent to the Receiving Hospital, which was answered by Dr. A. S. Kelly, who found the- patient suffering from submersion and almost dead. . Vigorous treatment had the effect of bringing her back to con- sciousness. ———————— BROKERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HARRIMAN'S FLL HEALTH Depress Southern and Union Pacific Stocks on Learning Magnate Was Not Feeling Well. NEW YORK, Sept. 13,—Since the return of E. H. Harriman from his European trip reports have been cur- rent in Wall street that his health had not been greatly bemefited by his holiday abroad. These reports crys- tallized to-day into the definite state- ment that he was ill and they were used by bearish traders as a factor in depressing Union Pacific and South- ern Pacific stocks, properties in which Harriman has dominant interests. The fact that Harriman has left the city for the Adirondacks gave some color to the reports. Friends of Harriman state, how- ever, that he has not been in robust health since the operation for appen- dieiti. which he .underwent nearly eighteen months ago. —_———————— Eagles’ Convention Is Opened. BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 13.—The opening business session of the fifth national convention of the Fraternal Order of Eagles convened to-day at 2:15 o'clock. Aside from the meet- ings of the Grand Aerie throfighout the week and the grand parade to- morrow the week will be spent in fes- tivity by the ng members of the order. —_——————— LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCI. OCEAN STEAMERS. NEW YOR! Sept 13—Stmr Kron- prinz Wilhelm, from Bremen; stmr Grosser Kurfurst, from Bremen; stmr Finland, from Antwerp; stmr Mesaba, from London. Seiled Sept 13—Stmr Ryndam, for Rotter- dam, via Boulogne; stmr Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, for Bremen, via Plymouth and Cher- bourg: stmr Slavenia, for Naples and Trieste and_Fiume; stmr Victorian, for Liverpool. SENOA—Arrived Sept 13—Stmr Lbmbardia, from York. LONDON—Arrived Sept 13—Stmr Ontarian, from Montreal NEWPORT—Arrived Sept 11—Stmr Minne- sota, from London, for Philadelphia. ANTWERP—Arrived Sept 11—Stmr Mon- trose, from Montreal and Quebec, via Lon- don. Sept 12—Stmr Montreal, from Montreal, via London. GLASGOW- from Mont: PALERMO Sept 13—Stmr Syraian Prince, from k, via St. Michaels. CHRISTIAY ed Sept 10—Stmr Arri Hekla, w York, for Copenhagen and Stettin. BREMEN—Arrived Sept Wilhelm II, from New York, and_Cherbour; CHRISTIAN: United States, tiania, for New 3 LIVERPOOL—Sailed Sept 13—Stmr Ivernia, for Boston, vio Queenstown DOVER-—-Arrived Sept 13—Stmr Graf Wal- dersee, from New York, for Hamburg, and procesded. MOVILLE—Arrived Sept 13—Stmr Anchoria, trom New York, for Glasgow, and proceeded. + o T a delegation from Ohio being present. Among the visitors were: Mrs. Frances Horton; Phil- gdelphia; Miss Helen Wright, Mrs. George Toy, San Francisco: Mrs. Bostwick, Ebell, Los Angeles: Mrs. Langley, California Club; Mrs.. Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. J. Russell Johnston, Mrs. Mrs. William Bates; Mrs. O'Dono- Dayton, Ohlo; Miss Mabel Gunn, San Miss Caskle, Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. Stackton; Miss Loring, Ohlo; Miss from 13—Stmr Kaiser via Plymouth ed 9—Stmr and Chris- Sept H. Millmann, Mrs. Sinclair, Stockton; Johnston, chie, Francisco; D. Torrey, Mrs. Chase Brown, Mrs. William Barbour, Mrs. Porter, Salinas: Mrs. G. Fred Bush, Honolulu; Mrs. Wallace Briggs, -San Francisco; Mrs. D. B. Lyon, Red Bluff; Mrs. John Scott, Homolulu; Mrs. F. F. Barbour, Mrs. Frank Roller, Mrs. Easterbrook, Mi: Belle Nicholson: Mrs. John Barrison, San Mateo; Mrs. Proctor, Mrs. A. A. Long; Mrs. McFarland, Eureka: Miss Williams; Mrs. Murcell, Sacramento: Mrs. Berlin, Mrs. F. M. Heath, Mrs, L. A. Harrold; Miss Walker, Salt Lake: Miss Myrtle Saxe, Mrs. Hunt, Mrs. Dol- lar, Miss Marsh. Mrs. W. E. Besk, Mrs. W. M. Hearst; Mrs. Rogers, San Francisco; Mrs. M. Brown, Alaska: Miss Levison, Visalia: Mrs. A. G Davis, Mrs. Lawson, Mrs. Robert Wal- loce: Mrs. Mary Daniels, Ojal Valley; Mrs. B. H. Langley, B:rkel:w > BERKELEY, Sept. 13.—Miss | Florence Hatch was tendered a Hnen shower by her friends last Saturday afternoon at the home of Miss Edyth Busser on Monoa avenue, the affair being in anticipation of Miss Hatch's approaching marriage to Ralph B. Clapp of Anzeles. The linen presents were all valuable and the manner of their presentation unique. All of the articles, together with lines of original poetry from each guest, were piaced in old shoes and these were thrown through a hoop held by Miss Hatch, who was blindfolded. ~The guests were Miss Marie Mot calf, Miss Minta Cox, Miss Busser, Miss Ruth Seeley, Miss Rose Hizar, Miss Edythe Schultz, Miss ida Reminzton, Miss Zeta Bailey, Miss Bessie Conklin, Miss Daisy Greenfleld, Miss Memie Rittenhouse, Miss Luverne Marshall, Miss Alma Busser and Mrs. Ralph Haskins. « NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA ® FOMEN DRIVEN [BOATMAN SAVES |7 BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY F OAKLAND. i ~ 1016 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083 BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Alameda 338, p—_——— MIRAGE FOREOCASTS THE COMING OF A VESSEL Victorla Pilots Make Interesting Dis- covery That May Be Useful to Shipping. . VICTORIA, B. C., Sept. 18.—Vie- toria pilots have made an interesting discovery in connection with the mirage that flutters almost daily over the horizon off Cape Flattery, Captain Cutler of the pilot tug Lorne declar- ing it reliable as a herald of incoming shipping. The Lorne was at the cape a day or so ago on the lookout for new ar- rivals, when the faithful mirage de- picted a full-rigged ship reversed, seemingly deep laden. The Leorne made for the shimmering vision, which appeared to be but about twenty miles distant. She steamed for several hours at full speed. By that time the picture had faded away. Captain Cutler was not satisfled to confess himself beaten, and held his course, with the result that the British ship Falklandbank was picked up, exactly realizing in. every minute de- tail the picture that had sent the tow- boat on her quest. —_—e————— DEATH AND DISASTER IN WAKE OF STORM Hurricane Sweeps Coast of Mexico, Causing Loss of Life and Dam-~ age to Property. . TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 13.—Accord- ing ‘to detailed advices from Guay- mas, Captain Soberan and five of the crew of the Navolato were swept into the sea and drowned by the storm which that boat encountered off the west coast of Mexico last Saturday. The General Mena and the Luella, two steamships which left Topolo- bampo before the storm, have not reached their destinations and are supposed to have. been lost. Three business houses at Topolobampo were wrecked by the storm and nearly every concern in that city suffered some damage. The plants of the Aguila Sugar Company and the Sinaloa Sugar Com- pany were flooded and ,partially wrecked. Other cities in the State of Sinaloa are coming to the rescue of the unfortunate residents of Topolo- bampo, many of whom lost all in the hurricane. —e————— ATTORNEY AND HEIRESS WOULD NOT BROOK DELAY Grow Tired of Waiting for Wedding Day and Elope From Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15.—Miss Eda Goff, just 16 years old, whe in five yeacs will come into an {nheritante Of $40:600 left her b¥ her grandmother, andW. L. Bowers, a promising young .attorney, are missing, and their relatives and friends doubt not that ere this they have been married. The elopement oc- curred this afternoon almost under the eyes of the young woman's mother. The couple had been lovers for more than a year and it was known that they intended to marry. The only ob- jection Miss Goff's parents had was her youth. They promised her if she would go to college she could marry as soon as she graduated. MINISTER AND LAYMAN FIGHT DUEL WITH GUNS Divine Receives Charge of Shot in Side and Opponent Is Seriously ‘Wounded. COLUMBUS, Miss, Sept. 18—In a duel with shotguns about eight miles from here to-day Rev. E. M. Young- hanse, aged 40 years, shot John Harris, 38 years of age, In the stomach, and the life of the latter is despaired of. Rev. Mr. Younghanse received a charge of shot in his side, but is not seriously injured. 9 The cause of the shooting is un- known. Both men are widely knowm. Rev. Mr. Younghanse is detained- in jail in this city. BRIEF CITY NEWS, OFFICERS ELECTED.—The American Fed- eration of Labor elected officers last night as follows: President, Michael Glynn; vice presi- dent, Jokn Siattery; secretary, J. T. Leary: traesurer, Thomas McGrath; delegate to Labor Council, John Magee: trustees—James Gill Robert Kelly, Frank Murphy and J. Natelsky, STOLE WATCH FROM A JAP.—Thomas O'Connor._is accused of having stolen a watch from & Japanese named Tony Wanaker. The Japanése says that while he was cleaning a sa- loon at Front and Market streets he lald his watch in a heap of towels, and that O/Connor- saw oim put it thers. Detectivec MeGowan and Conlan arrested O'Connor and found the watch on him. WOMAN TAKES OWN LIFE.—Despondent because she was about to be dismissed by her employer, Mary Burke, an elderly woman, took her life last night by swallowing carbolic acid. The dead woman was employed as a house- keeper by Charles McCarthy, Who lives at 22 Chesley street. McCarthy notified her that he was going to dispose of her services to-day. Frank Hall entered the McCarthy house found the woman on a lounge, with an empty bottle beside her. Life was extinet. The body was removed to the Morzue. ACCUSED EMBEZZLER CAPTURED.~De- tective Ross Whitaker arrived from Columbus, Ohio, last ngnm. with W. Ruisinger, who is ac- embezzlement. ADVER! BECOMING A MOTHER of the suffering and danger in store for her, robs the : : of the coming event, and casts over hera of all pleasant anticipations Is an ordeal which al} ‘women . with indescribable fear, for pain child-bisth, The shadow of gloom which cannot be shaken off. 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