The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 15, 1904, Page 4

THE -SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1904 « NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF 0LD REGISTER WILL SUFFICE Voters Who Have Not Re- moved Place of Residence! May Vote at Bond Election S0 R SARE SUBMITTED Campaign Committee Tells of Indebtedness of Many FIGURE of the Large Eastern Cities | s Oskland Office 8an Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Sept. 14. Voters whose names appear in the | last issue of the great register need not re-register in order to vote at the bond election on Tuesday, September 27, except in cases where the voter has changed his place of residence since registering. Deputy District Attorney T. W. Harris has answered the ques- tion @s to the necessary qualifications of voters in the bond election in the fol- Jjowing manner: aw in the section referring to | any munici- | last reg- | egistration is not >r the bonds except for o0ld_register. apply to the elec- for which all voters re r. CONFRONT HIGH MUNICIPAL TAX { Heads of City Departmerits of Alameda Ask Trustees| for Large - Allowances Bl W ESTIMATES ARE FILED Demands to Be‘Considered at ‘a ‘Special - Meeting of the Local Legislators N iy ALAMEDA, Sept. 14.—Should the City Trustees comply with the demands of the heads of the various municipal | departments and allow them what they estimate they will need for another | year, it will be necesary for the local legislators to fix a tax levy of $1 60 on’ each $100 of assessed valuation. This would be an increase of 35 cents over the present tax rate of $1 35. The latter is the highest since the city ‘was incor- porated twenty years ago. The assessed valuation of Alameda property this year is §$12,226,407, as against $12,214,318 last year, when the amount raised by taxation was $147,- 632 58. This year the total asked by the heads of the various departments, as now on file with the City Clerk, is more than $200,000, and is divided as follows: City Attorney, $12i City Hall ex- penses, including janitor, $1550; City ADOPTS NOVEL METHOD. h s and literary committee of | thie, P: Federation Bond Cam- paign Committee has adopted a novel method of proving to the satisfaction s | of the average voter that the proposed | bbénds for the improvement of the ruy} f Oakl should be carried. The mittee con with the | rs of 100 cities, inclosing a printed form containing a number of question: bonded indebtedness of | s and other matters per-| taining to the issuance of improvement The first five questions asked ty now bonded ebtedness divided, | | or less | 1 bonds se of bonds affected | the normal f bonds? | Answers to these nunications been received the ex- s of about seventy-five cit- | h number only three were | uance of bonds York on January 1, was $461, 743, The fact that this great indebted- | ness has not in any way affected the | pr ty of Ameri metropolis is | f the best possible proofs that ad will not be injured by the is- | suance of improvement bonds. H A short time ago the bonded indebt- | edness of Boston was $88,149,106, and the citizens of that city have recently e bdnds for $6,617,200. debtednes of I’hlladel-; 245, until last July, when by pop vote it was decided to | increase this amount by $16,000,000. The Mayor of Cincinnati says that the bonded indebtedness of that city is | now $2 000, and He states that the | people of Cincinnati would not be any | ready to vote for an additional | of bonds as a result of past ex- | facts regarding improvement bonds, the press committee says: the experfence of the cities mentioned scores of others, Oakland may | d. There is certainly no instance | were @ public park or & boulevard has been abandoned or the purchase of the | land mecessary regretted. On the contrary, the ore and more of these re- | he growth of communities. 4 full use of its bonding capacity fairly be taken as an index of a city's may progressive and enterprising character. The Jive merchant uses his credit to expand his business; the live city, likewise, uses its credit to make itself more attractive<-that is, 0 increase its growth and 5o add to its wealth | and_prosperity. PRESS COMMITTEE PROGRESS FEDER- ATION | A general meeting of the s Federation will be held at the Board of Trade room to-morrow evening for the purpose of receiving the reports of its | committees on the progress of the bond campaign. e Asks Heavy Damages. OAKLAND, Sept. 14.—Suit for $20,- damages against the Oakland Transit Company was begun to-day by Thom- a8 Gerrie for injuries alleged to have been sustained by being knocked down by a car at Tenth street and Broad- way last March. He states that he has been permanently injured by rea- son of his injuries, which, he says, are due to the carelessness of the railway employes. ——— To Name Irrigation Delegates. OAKLAND, Sept. 14.—Mayor War- ren Olney has been invited to name four delegates from this city to the Twelfth National Irrigation Congress, which will be held at B! Paso, Tex., beginning November 15, | City | partment, 331, health department, $3846 37; bon 0 be redeemed and in- terest, $33,798 87; deficit carried over, $5000. | scheduled for Friday night. tertainment was the reading by Charles Keeler receiving these figures and; & | large crowd. Treasurer ahd collecting of deficien- es, $2529 25; City Assessor, $2156 60; Clerk, $1600; expenses extraordi- na including advertising, $3250; city pound, $900; City Justice Court, $1650; fire alarm system, $2710; fire depart- ment, $22,63¢; improvements to fire de- partment, $11,350; free library, .$10,000; police department, $19,106; electric light department, $15,230; grammar schools, 6,155; high school, $17,024; street de- Included in the demands of the po- lice, fire, street and electric light de- partments are the sums that will be required if the employes of these de- partments are given the increase in pay that they have been endeavoring | to secure. The heads of the municipal departments have been notified to meet | with the City Trustees next Monday nightdin committee and discuss the es- timates submitted. This meeting was but was postponed because some of the officials | found that it would be impossible for them to be present at that time. The tax levy will be fixed Monday evening, October 3. CLUB MATTERS. By Zoe Green Radcliffe. OAKLAND, Sept. 14.—Since the Oakland Club has moved into its present commodious | &nd comfortable quarters at Maple Hall it | METCALE WILL [CITIZENS URGE {GOLDEN DREAM SEE THOUSANDS Grand Demonstration at Oak- | land Theater to, Be Given in His Honor Next Week THURSDAY IS THE TIME People Will Come From All Over the Country to Wel- coime New Cabinet Officer The details of the reception to the Honorable Victor H. Metcalf, the newly appointed Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor, were arranged this evening, and it was definitely de- cided that the demonstration should take the form of a public meeting at the Macdonough theater, which will be held on Thysday evening, Septem- ber 22. An invitation will be extended not only to the citizens of Oakland but of the entire county of Alameda tp at- tend the meeting and greet the new Cabinet officer. Victor H. Metcalf is the second man in the history of California to receive the high honoréof an appointment to the Cabinet from the President of the United States, and it is intended that the reception shall be not only a testi- monial to the sterling qualities of Mr. Metcalf but shall also be a token of appreciation of the honor conferred upon -California by President Theodore Roosevelt, The programme of the reception will consist of & number of brief ad- dresses by prominent citizens of Ala- meda County, interspersed with vocal and instrumental music by the Masonic Quartet of Live Oak Lodge, and Mc- Bain's Fifth Regiment Band. Senator George C. Perkins will preside. The arrangements for the demonstra- tion are in the hands of an executive committee the members of which are representatives of the organizations under whose auspices the reception will be given. The members of this committee are: H. C. Capwell, chair- man; Fred M. Campbell, secretary; A. Jonas, M. C. Chapman, Edwin Stearns, Theodore Gier, C. J. Heeseman, James A. Johnson, George W. Arper and George D. flitcalf BURSTING TUBE INJURES EXPERIMENTING STUDENT Glass Cuts Artery in Arm of Miss Mary E. Jones, and She Be- comes Faint. BERKELEY, Sept. 14.—Through the explosion of what {is known as a bomb tube filled with super- heated air, - Miss' Mary E. Jones, a junior in ‘the College of Chemistry at the University of California, suf- fered a severe injury of the left arm to-day. Flying glass struck Miss scems 1o be growing in popular favor, the meetings being much *better attended. The current literature section held forth at the | club to-day and the usual array of silken | gowns was varied by the presence of several frock coats. The gentlemen were well repaid for thus bravely invading a woman's club, for the programme was unusually interesting and | enjoyable. The chief feature of the day's en- of selections from his own recently published book, “Elfin Songs of Sunland.” Mr. Keeler, though lacking the long hair usually associated with poets, is a typical dreamer in appearance, | tall and slender, with dreamy eves that light | pleasantly when he smiles. His ‘‘songs” are sung in a language that old and young may understand and enjoy, though & serious thought | frequently underlies’ the mirthful rhyming. Mrs E. J. Bartholomew sang a brilliant Staccato Poika” by Mulder, responding to an enthusiastic encore with “Forbidden Music,” by Gasteldon. She was accompanied by Mrs. Bachrach of Berkeley. Carl Cutting also sang two songs, ‘“‘The Dreammaker,” by Nevin, and “The Boston Cat,” by Hoicomb. Mrs. Florence Hardiman Miller is curator of the current literature section and Mrs. F. A. Dorsaz was presiding hostess to-day, assisted by Mrs. George Humphreys, Mrs. McMath and Miss H. Whitton, The musicale which was to have taken place at the Home Club next Friday for the benefit of the Social Settlement has been postponed for | two weeks, in deference to the family of 8. T. Alexander, whose death has been a sad blow to his many friends here. Mr. Alexander was one of the Settlement's most Interested and generous benefactors, the present school build- ing owing its existence to his munificence. The musicale will take place at the Home Club on Friday afternoon, September 30, and the splendid programme will probably attract a Mrs. Annis Montague Turner, Sebastian Lot of Homolulu, Fred Hotaling, Dr. Rodolph and Alfred McKinnon will pasticipate and the list is surely a promising one. Then the usual inconvenience of transferring will be done away with, as speclal cars will run di- rect from Tweifth street and Broadway to the clubhouse. The directors of the Oakland Soclal Settle- ment Include Mrs. S, T, Alexander, Mrs. C. H. Gorrill, Mrs. Lewis Tashiera, Mrs. R. H. Chamberlain, Mrs. E. D, Page, Mrs. 8. B, Cheek, Miss Horton, Miss Playter, Miss Alex- ander, Miss Wolln:.n l.lld Miss Moore. | By the marriage of Miss Julia Johnson and Williggs W. Giddings to-day, Oakland has lost ome er sweetest singers, for the happy couple - will* make - their home in Newman, where Mr. Giddings is cashier of the bank. The J home In Claremont was the scene of the wedding, which was @ very quiet affeir, attended by a few intimate friends and relatives, 2 In the subdued light of hundreds of Jap- anese lanterns the Unity Club enjoyed a few delightful hours last evening In the gardens of Lakeside Terrace, the artistic home of the Francis Cuttings, The carriage-house was bril- lisntly lighted and canvased for dancing, and, with vocal and instrumental music, the hours fled all too swiftly. The Unity Club is noted for its unique and happy affairs, much of its soclal success being due to the officers, are: t, Miss Addie Gorrfll; vice president, Miss Alice Tripp; > - ¥ GOT A TOOTHACHE? e oA Dot eren Bottey 105 i DENTISTS Examine the tooth, locate the trouble &nd remove the cause. EXAMINATIONS MADE PREE. All our work is high grade. The teeth are perfect in POST-GRADUATE DENTAL COLLEGE 8 TAYLOR ST., SAN FRANCISCO. 973 Washington St. Oakland. . Baz Jose. - - - r secretary, Miss ra. ; treasurer, How. ard J. Plersol, and the directors: Miss Cynthia Leet, Bert Quayle M‘Emll Fritsch. Miss Estelle Kleeman is entertaining Misses Maud and Irene Campbell of San Jose, and several pleasant informal affairs have been given for them. Last Friday Mrs. Kileeman gave a lu‘:‘cheon to fifteen or more and Mon- day evening she chaperoned a party of young people at ye Liberty. 4 > G A small native son_was left gt the residence -ptember of t‘.‘yr' and Mrs. A. G, Sherman on Se Miss Ptta Biben will take a leadi rt in s GormuAMm . lwhi;l:‘ the bul'.pltl“A-G"m of s planning to give shortly in San Francisco. ben > in ALAMEDA. Sept. 14.—Isle City Council 51 of the Young Ladies' Institute will hold first whist party of the season in Lafayette Hall Friday evening. The following will man- age the affair: Mrs. J. A. Brommage, Mrs. G. A. Dieckman Miss Julla Haltion, Miss Leclerc, Mies Ele No. its Alice Jones’ arm just below the elbow, making so deep an incision that an artery was severed. A great loss of blood followed the accident before Dr. George C. Reinhardt arrived to dress the wound, and Miss Jones be- came very weak. After she had been sufficiently revived Miss Jones was | taken to her home at 2305 Telegraph avenue. ———————— WIFE OF WELL KNOWN MINING MAN EXPIRES Mrs. Julia P. Stephen Dies at Her Home in Oakland From Effects of a Cancer. OAKLAND, Sept. 14.—Mrs. Julia A. Stephen, aged 44 years, the wife of Charles Stephen, a well-known mining man of Alaska, died Sunday at the family home, 815 Thirty-sixth street, from the effects of a cancer. The deceased was a sister of Mrs. T. D. Dungan, and leaves, besides her husband, one son, Harvey A. Morse. The funeral was held yesterday from the late residence of the deceased. Charles Stephen i{s the owner of the famous Claim No. 7 on Minook creek, near Rampart City, Alaska, and his wife had several times accompanied her husband on his trips to the northern gold flelds. e One Thousand Children to Sing. BERKELEY, Sept. 14.—Mrs. L. V. BSweesy, superintendent of musie in the Berkeley schools, is preparing to have repeated at the end of the year the concert of 1000 children’s voices that was so - successful last April, when a large sum was raised for the juvenile department of the library. The songs will be those that are daily taught the children, and the concert will be given in the Greek Theater at the University of California. e ——— Opium Is Found in Clothing. OAKLAND, Sept. 14.—A consider- able amount of opium was found se- creted in the shoes and clothing of four Chinese brought to the County Jail to-day to await deportation. One’| had the stuff in the toes of a large pair of boots. A second had a band- age over an imaginary sore on his Jeg, in which it was found. The others had padded the belts of their trousers with it. Nearly a pound of it was confiscated. —— e Child Clings to Runaway. ALAMEDA, Sept. 14—Eleven-year- old Ruth Huff clung to a runaway sad- dle horse in a’ wild ride of a mile this afternoon, the animal finally being brought to a stop on Park street by J. A. Brown, when the little girl was nearly exhausted and ready to fall. The young rider lost control of steed owing to the breaking of one of the reins. e r—— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, Sept. 14.—The follow- ing marriage licenses were issned by the County Clerk to-day: Edward S. Schaefer, 20, Sacramento, and Della Connolly, 20, San Frangfsco; Alec Cleland, 45, and Anna Stuart, over 40, both of San Francisco; Manuel Ma- chado, 80, and Rosa L. Golia, 21, of Oakland; John T. Kennedy, 36, and Mary Wilson, 31, both of Oakland; Henry H. Whiting, 28, Pensacola, and Ethel C. Robertson, 22, Berkeley; Al- fred J. Heidt, 40, and Cellea Dillman, 30, both of Sacramento; Wil Jolift, over 21, 5 INPROVEMENTS East Oaklanders Explain the Good That Will Come From | Proposed Issue of Bonds BEAUTIFYING THE LAKE Merritt Park Will Do Away With Eyesore That Exists Near Twelfth-Street Dam Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Sept. 14. The importance of the passage of the bond Issue was presented to East Oak- landers this evening at Cameron Hall and men whose names carry much weight with the residents of that sec- tion of the city addressed the meeting. Professor L. D. Inskeep was elected chalrman and introduced the various phases of the bond proposition, with the men who devoted their attention to elucidating the different questions con- tained in the call. Hugh Hogan was called upon and unqualifiedly gave his indorsement to the scheme, and In speaking upon the general subject, said: The pecple of East Oakland should one and all vote for every proposition contained in the call for this election. It means the wiping out of an eyesore below the Twelfth-street dam. It means the purchase of the Sather Tract for & beautiful park. We in East Oak- land are peculiarly interested in these thi and in the Polytechnic High School and completion of a sewer system. Besides these things, every park site improves the gemeral appearance of the city and to that extent adds to its attractiveness. This induces home- scekers and settlers to come and live here and will make this city a desirable one In which to reside, Dr. E. R. Sil spoke of the benefit generally to the health of the city de- rived from public squares and from such a lake as Lake Merritt. He urged the improvement of that body of water. He said that in a recent trip through the East he had noticed that all of the most prosperous cities were spending large sums for general improvements and urged the passage of every one of the bropositions to be submitted. Councilman Meese addressed the meeting and outlined the general scheme proposed in the bond issue and was followed by Councilman Wallace, who explained the benefits of an im- provement needed in the Polytechnic High School. F. A. Stearns directed the attention of the audience to the fact that, mathematically figured out, the cost of the tax would be 31 cents on $100, and that the cost of trips to Golden Gate Park spent yearly by the people of Oakland would pay the entire tax on the bond issue. Captain C. A. Welch was in favor of improvements generally, as were J. W. Evans, Henry Dodge and Bdwin Stearns of the Board of Trade. The meeting was well attended and the people by their generous applause showed their sympathy with the speak- ers in what they said. SRR LR T MUST SELECT OTHER WEAPONS Woman’s Skill - With Razor Does Not Qualify Her to Wield Deadly Revolvers Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Sept. 14. Although a woman may be fully capable of wielding a razor, her abil- ity in this direction does not by any means qualify her to use a pistol. This is evidently the opinion of Mayor Olney, who refused to-day to grant to Mrs. Florence Belle Porter, Oakland’s “only lady tonsorial artist,”” permis- slon to carry a concealed weapon for her own protection. Mrs. Porter al- leged that her husband, Charles Por- ter, also a barber, has made sundry threats to do her bodily harm and, while she belleves that the tools of her trade are all right in their way, she has little faith in the razor as a weapon of defense, much preferring the typical weapon of the Western wilds, the revolver. at Oakland’s chief executive does not belleve in women carrying weapons more deadly than hat pins, therefore he declined to issue the permit, al- though the application was accom- panied by the regular fee of $2. As a consequence of Mayor Olney’'s decision Mrs. Porter will be forced to depend upon her skill with the razor in case of an attack, or else to secure the services of a body guard. B — REGISTRATION IS LIGHT. Falls Below the Estimate in Nearly All the Precincts. Precinct registration began yesterday and will be continued to-day and to- morrow. The day's registration was rather disappqinting. The number of veters registered in nearly all the pre- cincts is much lighter than at the reg- istration prior to the last election. In some of the largest precincts the registration was extremely light. On the whole it fell far below the estimate. To-day is the last of the precinct registration. The booths are open from 10 o’clock a. m. to 9 o'clock p. m. Un- less the voters are roused to a sense of their duty the precinct registration will be hardly half of what it should be, —e—— It usually pays much better to put ri in trusts than to put trust in ricl ~ 'y IS DISSIPATED Chicago Widow Learns She Has Wedded a Bogiis and Bigamous Mining Magnate b O AR COMES WEST FOR PROOF Finds a Record of Another Marriage an®l Worthless Papers Instead of Coin Oakland Office San Francisco Call, - 1016 Broadway, Sept. 14. Duped into marrying a man who posed as a mining millionaire, and who under the laws of California com- mitted bigamy when he wedded hLli second victim within a year, Mrs. Car- rie F. Cox, who bears the name of Richard Gage, departed to-night for Chicago, after satisfying herself that she had been deceived by a wily old scoundrel. Gage abandoned his Chicago spouse, as he did a pretty girl of Oakland, Alma Natalle Schmldt, whom he wed- ded last January. In Oakland he posed as Frederick Page, and he won the young woman by plausible stories of fortune, which dissolved like fog be- fore the morning sun when a bunch of hard-hearted creditors swooped down The stories of the deluded women are almost identical. Mrs. Cox met Gage (or Page) at Los Angeles, after he had fled from Oakland to escape prosecution on a charge of threatening to kill his young bride, whom he mar- ried in this city on January 6. As Richard Gage, a mining magnate of Colorado, he won favor in the sight of Mrs. Cox, a widow of eleven years’ standing and about 50 years old. Gage is at least ten years older, but is a finely preserved specimen of physical manhood. To Denver Gage accom- panied Mrs. Cox, where they were mar- ried on July 12. The Oakland wife ob- tained an interlocutory decree of di-- vorce March 18. The Denver marriage is therefore bigamous, for the year has not elapsed before a final decree of di- vorce can be entered. After the marriage Gage and his new wife went to Chicago on a visit to Mrs. Cox-Gage’s relatives. Subsequently they spent a short time at Geneva Lake, Wis., where Gage drank so heav- ily that there was complaint from his wife. Thereupon, runs the deceived widow’s story, Gage threatened to kill her and struck his spouse, afterward disappearing. This was identical with his ‘conduct toward his Oakland wife. Later Gage and his wife met in Chi- cago, but the husband suddenly left for Denver. Gage had telegraphed for her to join him there, but could not be found by his pursuing wife. She continued her journey to Oakland to examine the contents of a safe deposit box at the Central Bank, said by Gage to contain $140,000 in gold coin. Armed with the box key and a will Gage had made in her favor, Mrs. Cox-Gage was allowed to oven the box. There wasn't a dollar in the vault. Nothing but thousands of mining com- pany blank stock books, worthless but for the value of the paper. Blocks of stock certificates covering issues of 20,000 and 30,000 shares each were piled into the box. Satisfled now that she had been victimized, Mrs. Cox-Gage appealed to the Chief of Police for further light on her spouse’s record. The court’s dockets showed it to a certainty and her description fitted the Frederick Page of the record to a certainty. Gage or Page appeared in Oakland late in 1908 and figured along the street as a well-to-do mining man. Of impos- ing presence and engaging manners, he made such an impression that the exposure of his financial misdealings was a surprise to many people. He con- quered pretty Miss Schmidt, who was a clerk in a dglicatessen shop at Seven- teenth street and Telegraph avenue. But her wakening came soon. Page drank to excess. Creditors began pro- ceedings against him. Deputy Sheriff Jeff Scanlan attempted to serve sum- mons on him and found his man in a dangerous mood at his rooms. The police were compelled to break in and arrest Page, after his wife had fled in_alarm. Page deposited $55 bail and fled be- fore the examination was set. Mrs. Page was induced to dismiss the charge against him In order that the creditors might attach the ball money, which they did, getting a pro rata division. UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, Sept. 14.—The graduate council of the faculty has awarded graduate scholar- ship appointments to the following named : R. L. Williams, Pixiey scholarship in law; A. Knopf, Goewey scholarship in natural sclences; A. N. Cleshorn, Hilgard scholarshipi Warner Brown, Adrienne Cerf scholarship. The executive committee of the Associated Students last night decided that the intercol- legiate freshmen game would be played In California field, as by October 15, the day of the game, 1t witl be in condition to use. The commiitee will offer a prize of $10 for the best football show manuscript and $5 for the best poster. Nat Bddy will be the stage man- ager for the show. The song and yell contest Was declared open until September 30. A shell for the boating crew is about to be purchased from Cornell University, at a cost of §400. It will be similar to those now used by Stanford and the University of Washington crews in the last eprink rowing contests. The university had two distinguished visitors to-day, one a Javanese and the other a Rus- sian. The Japanese was K. Nitsukuri, pro- fessor of zooloky and director of the science college at the Imperial University at Toklo, who is en route to St. Louls to attend the in- ternational convention of arts and sciences, The Russian was Lieutenant Mariocoff of the Russian auxiliary cruiser Lena, now in San usco harbor. Lieutenant Marfocoff was guest of B. H. Moulphrof '00, who con- ducted him about the and all the points of interest, particularly the mili- tary department, in which the lleutenant was much interested. President Wheeler has written a letter of thanks and congratulation to Lewls Bulkeley, the yell leader, for the high services rendered by Mr. Bulkeley and his reception of the Knights The s of last vear' erads has success year's masqu the Asssociated Women Students to give another entertainment of the kind this rr the affalr to take place on September 23 Hearst Hall. As manager of the sports and committee Miss Edith Nichols has appointed the following named a committee of arrangements: Miss Bertine Wollenbers, Miss Ande Lee, Miss Bthel | Miss Frances | ughes, Miss Helen Parker, Miss Alma Bar- nett and Miss Sue Ross. o —_———— following during the Templar in the Gresk . Morgan, who alleges dementia. Judge Melvin luuwtflth.o]d.:l.’; o et e B which he lves and the father of children. His examination will be seventeen held in the ALAMEDA » FILCH DOLLARS IN A THRONC Pickpockets Rob Many at| Barbecue of Portugues Society of the I. D. E. 8./ CREATE WILD DISORDER Thieves Operated Where the Thirsty Crowded to a Bar for Free Beer Oakland Office San Francisco Call. 1016 Broadway, Sept. 14 Pickpockets who managed to dip Into the pockets of a large number of per- sons in attendance at the annual ses- sion of the Grand Lodge of the Por- tugese society of the I D. E. S. at Haywards to-day created great excite- ment, and a man giving the name of A. J. Morton is now under arrest in the County Jail here, charged with be- ing one oY the men who operated in the crowd. A number of strangers were stopped and searched, but as money was all that had been taken, to identi- fy that which had been stolen was an impossibility. The occasion was an ideal one for the light fingered gentry. A barbecue at which nearly 3000 were gathered was the order of the midday hour. A bar at which free beer was dispensed was much frequented and crowding and Jjostling resulted. In this throng It is thought three men worked together, and, from the complaints made, must have clganed up several hundred dol- lars. Andrew Johnson says he lost a buckskin bag with $120 in it. Manuel Foster lost $35. When it became noised abroad that | thieves were at work in the throng there was a general scattering, then a | searching of pockets to see if their money was safe. Every now and then | one would find that he had been rob- bed and the indignation grew apace. The scene of the barbecue was at the end of the electric line and in the town proper Morton was identifled by Attor- ney F. J. Lemos as a man he had seen pushing his way through the people at the barbecue, and Marshal Shelling took him into custody. This afternoon he was brought to the County Jail to alwait examination. Morton had $300 in his pocket, but mnothing further to connect him with the pickpockets. The meeting of the order was a suc- cessful one. In the morning there was a parade, following which came the| barbecue. In the afternoon speeches were made by Mayor Charles Heyer, P. J. Crosby, Grand President F. J. Rose, A. M. Martin of Watsonville, and F. J. Lemos. The chefs at the barbe-'| cue were Peter Morrillo, N. Frye and Joseph Godell. —_— BATILE LINE IN THE FIRST Caminetti of Amador Con- sents to Run for Congress Against J. N. Gillette e ! A. Caminetti of Amador County has consented to lead the Democratic for- lorn hope in the First Congressional District in opposition to J. N. Gillett, the able and popular nominee of the Republican party, The announcement of Caminetti's candidacy last evening created much comment in political circles. The Re- publicans recognize that he is the strongest man in the Democratic col- umn. The nomination was tendered to him at Santa Cruwz last month by the First District Democratic convention, but he declined to accept it then, on the ground that he could not afford the time or expense that would be involved in making a campaign in a district so large as the First. Since that time he has been importuned by his Democratic friends to enter the race. The fact was represented to him that no other candidate could be found to lead the party. Hence the Amador statesman reluctantly consented to go on the ticket. CAMINETTT'S VIEWS. At Democratic headquarters in this city last night Mr. Caminetti, in speak- ing of the pressure’ brought to bear upon him, said: Yes, my decision is final. 1am in and T will not change my mind -n".‘r'xn‘::i home. The Democratic party and my friends in the old Second District supported me with loyalty when, as & young man, I sought po- litical recognition. They elected me to the Assembly three times, to the State Senate for one full term and to Congress for two terma. 1 have received very many letters importuning me to accept the nomination for Congress in the First. A sense of duty to my party impeis me to accept this leadership. In the campaign throughout the district I shall support the principles of the Democratic party, but will avoid personalities. I have no thought of at- tacking the President's personality. I shall devote my arguments mainly to the mining and agricultural interests of the district. No, 1 was mot urged by M. F. Tarpey, nationai the nomination for Congress. I have not eeen Mr. Tarpey since his return from the East. Thomas J. Geary of Sonoma and E. J. Livernash of San Francisco con- ferred with Mr. Caminetti at Demo- cratic headquarters last evening. UNKNOWN TO MANY. Caminetti is acquainted with many of the voters in the mining counties of the district, but he is not very well known in the northwestern region of the First. The counties composing the district’ are: Del Norte, Humboldt, Siskiyou, Trinity, Tehama, Shasta, Modoc, Lassen, Plumas, Sierra, Ne- vada, Placer, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, Alpine, Mono, Mariposa and Tuolumne. The area of the district is greater than that of the entire State of Pennsylvania. At the general election in 1902, Gillett (Rep.) received 21,268 votes, Thomas S. Ford (Dem) 19,69, M. E. Shore (So.) 810 and W. O. Clark (Pro.) 362. Mr. Gillett has served the people of his district with so much ability and | fidelity that his re-election by an In- | is generally pre- | creased majority dicted. It is clearly understood, how- ever, that Caminetti’'s candidacy will' impart life and vigor to the contest. | Doubtless the Republican State Cen- tral Committee will put forward lpe-i cial effort to secure the full re; of Republican voters in the 'fi:glllon —_—— TO STOCKTON.—OAKLAND, Sept. | man who at. ' Pllot-house of the ferryboat Piedmont Mondry Judge | SENT 14.—Willlam Mayer, the tempted to get control of the evening, was committed ockt Melvin to-day. 1 o by ————— CHARGES DESERTION.—O, U—Sult for divorcs ) e he states, 2k ’ committeeman of the Democratic party, to take ' | I - A7 BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1016 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083 BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 7. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Alameda 339. — REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Kate Jacobsen or Jacobson (wife of Hans) to C. W. Wind, lot at intersection of N line of Sixty-third street with E line of right of way of California and Nevada Rail thence E 48, N 132, W 41_S 132, biock D, Amendcd Map of J. Crawford Tract, Oakiand; quit- claim deed; $1. Cicilly Boarman et al. to Nellle Peters (sin- gle), lot on SW cormer of Tenth and Grove streets, S 50 by W 100 lots 15, 16 and porfion of lot 14, block 114 Kellersberger's Mop., Oak- land: $10. Peter Tierney to Margaret Tierney (vife), lot o . 1 on N line of Twenty-second street, 25 E Linden, E 25 by N 100, block 634, Oakland also lot on NE corner of Twenty-sesond snd Linden streets, B 25 by N 100, block 634, Oakland; also lot on E iine of Linden street, 100 N of West Twenty-second N 54 by B 125, block 634, Boardman’'s Map, Oakland® gfft. Joseph M. Silva to Lenora Siiva (wife) lot on N line of Thirty-second street, uuozr of West, B 4332 N 100. W 46.67, S 4027, B 6.02. S 49.14 Oakland; gift Abbie B. and George W. Fisher to W. B. Standeford. lot on W line of Webster street, 146 N of Fourteenth, N 35 by W 130, portion of lot 22, Lander and Casserly Tract, Oakland: $10. Equity Building and Loan Association to Fred Gibson Jones (sing! lot on SW line of Fast_Sixteenth street, SE of Thirteenth avenue, SE 30 by 8W 150, block 65, Clinton, Fast Oakland: quitclatm deed; $10. Mary A. Miller (widow) to Frank W. Miller (single), lot on W corner of Fast Sevemteenth street and Twenty-first avenue NW 100 by £ 40, block 36, Saa Antoalo, Oakland; Edward Hiram or Hiram Bdward and Alics Warren to Mary E. Solomon (wife of Charles E.), undivided half of lot on NW Hne of Eighth avenue, 100 NE of East Seventeenth street, NE 50 by NW 100, portion lots 9 to 12, Clinton, East Oakland; $10. and Alma F. Martin (wife) to WV lam A Kennedy, lot on E line of Spring street, 241 S of Vine, E 179.65 by S 50, portion lot 16, block 3, property Berkeley View Home- stead Association,_ Berkeley; $10. Mary J. and John C. Little to John H. Hopps, lot_on N line of Tompkins (Oregon) street, 40 B of Lowell (Sacramento), E 40 by N 135, lot 29, block 30. map Smith's subdi- vision part of Mathews Tract, Berkeley: $10. Charles A. and Alice C. Bafley to Jasper N. Toler, re-record 464 D. 111 of lot on NE -cor- ner of Virginia and Edith streets, E 100 by N 100 lots 10, 11 and W half of lot 9, bloek D, Edith Tract, Berkeley: $10. Calvin S. and Mary L. Winchell to Catherine McCarty (wife of John), lot on W line of Har- per stgeet, 45 S of Ashby avenue, S 40 by W 122:4, "block 8, amended map and resubdiviston of Central Park, Berkeley: $10. Elizabeth E. and Willlam W. Eehols to Mary E. Baldwin (widow), undivided fourth fnterest in following: Lot on W line of Morton street, 225 N of Kings avenue, N 50 by W 150, por- tion lots 7, 4, 5 and 6, block 2, Fitch Tract, ete., Alameda; also lot on NW lne of Foh- tainebleau avenue, 140 NB of East Fourteenth or Adams street, NE 60 by NW 109:9, bloek 1, map Fontainebleau Tract, Bast Oakland; also lot on SE line of Ninth avenue, 125 NE of East Twelfth street, N 25 by 125, block 43, Clinton, Fast Oakland; $—. C. B. Riddick to Lizzie C. Riddick (wite), lot on S line of Channing way, 170.25 W of - tuck avenue, W 80 by S 135, lot 8 and portion of lots 6 and 10, block 3, Barker Tract, portion of plat 68, Berkeley: $10. Grace L. Lane (single) to Alfred Wood, Jot on N line of Thirtieth street, 315 W of Growe, W 50 by N 140, lot 28, block 2084, map Row- land d Jultus, Carl, to A. Dingle, and Market streets, W 110 by S block, 2089, same, Oakland: $10. A. Dingle to Emma Jane Dingle, lot om SW corner Thirty-second and Market streets, W 110 by 8 27.50, lot 12, block 2089, same, Oak- land; gift. H. P. Bancroft to C. B. Trocksell, E block D, map Santa Fs Tract 8, agreement, Oakland; $10, Blanche I. Ferry (by O. E. Hotchkiss, at- torney) to Serema A. Downing, lots 16 and 17, block 4, East Oakland Heights, East Ouk- land; $10. James H. Wallace to Eva F. Richardson, lot on S line of Montzomery street, 125. W of Summit, W 75, S 200, E 50 N 100, E 25, N 100 to beginning, lots 25 to 27, 39 and 40, block D. map of new town of Lynn, East Oakland; B Emma and Herman B. Breuer lot on SW corner Thirty-second 27.50, lot 12, lot Agnes E. Cutting to P. P. and . 1ot on SW line of Eamst 3 of Twenty-first 12 end 13 to town of : $10 to Jultus D. Nruschke Moo Tract, por Twenty-third _street, 275 SE 50 by SW block 74, map Northern Brooklyn, Bast Realty Syndicate D, lot 4, block 10, SE 140, lots unruly horses arcund tha. street eor- ner they bolted, throwing his seat. The veyed to the ~Emergency: where Dr. Stevens bandaged al vertebra and placed a suspended sling in a will have to remain for The passenger engines formerly cost more on account of the embellishment. Now the freight engines are more em- pensive because they are heavier. d04 0 e = @ = T > = ()