The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 23, 1904, Page 4

THE FRANCISCO CALL, «NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA MAKE A SEARCH FOR MILLIONS Police Try to Locate Sup- posed Estate of Immense Wealth Left in Oakland INQUIRY FROM TEXAS Story Runs About an Aged Frenchman Who Died and Prospective Heirs Query — Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Sept. 22. The Chief of Police would like to find trace of an aged Frenchman said to have d in Oakland and to have Jeft an estate of $10,000,000. Detec- tives were busy to-day overhauling the b without success. The de- posed to be the uncle of Rousseau, & machinist, of The nephew is expect- the records, cedent ing declared heir to fortune. e town of Beaumont, Tex., re- a Rousseau Brechin. To ice she writes that she has f the great fortune and that ely be entitled old woman and a Rous- e Beaumont ny years ago I had a went to California. He , who is dead and has ails to tell the help them to 1 e. Accord- | jon that is in her claimant is to whom by will But there so the tale runs, by | s, were dis- | lame Brechin fz thing wil devised ¢ cond w to that Nephew 00 to the la- a claims to a third of the ————e———— — ILLNESS COMPELS HIM TO GIVE UP COMMAND Colonel Henry de H. Waite Is Forced by Poor Health to Retire From University Post. o ept. —Overwork have forced into | g ilines the University of California. | Waite has been ailing since last comme ment, but he man- | to keep at his work in the face | iculties until just before | g of the unive: y, when | entirely. As his iliness is | nd over a long time, his | condition ton and subsequently orders were pro- mu gated announcing his relief from command. A copy of these or- s was received at the university to- vision for carrying | of the of regen President 1g announced that Col- unable to discharge Frank Soule mandant of the and Colonel John , colonel of the ca- assistant commandant in military science. will continue in com- a successor to Colenel for personal over by an driving at DESERT.—United spector D. J. Griffiths has r ten deserting nburn, four NAPED. etrect is missing the girl has been kidnaped at the Central Station last night orted that & baker living in the Mis- who Te- The father believes 's whereabouts. ICTED OF ASSAULT - TO. ROB.— Jerret and John Duzske wers tried 2 jury in Judge Agnes Her on a charge of robbery, and a verdict of mssault to rob was renderéd. They wijl be sentenced to-morrow. On June § they broke into & room occupied by Joseph Breezinsky, 402 Pacific street, and tole $360 in coin, half & box of cigars and a watch and chain. Ray- nee Langford, & girl Who was in the room with Brezezinsky and has ince been detained @s & witness, will be released to-day. PIECE CHIPPED FROM SKULL.—Robert Traynor, while working In the basement of the new bullding at Turk and Jones streets yesterday, had an almost miraculous escape from instant death. A raep weighing twelve pounds fell from the seventh story, striking him on the side of the head, chipping off & plece of skull and leaving his brains exposed $o view. The injured man was removed to the Emergency Hospital, where Drs. Herzog and Glover trephined the injured part Tray mor's chances of outliving his experience are slight. ADVERTISEMENTS. Sufierers from DYSPEPSIA cannot oaly find relief, but an absobat Cure from this distressing trouble by asing In order to prove that this absolutel bharmless cures mlin! to con- | corre- | | appol reported to Washing- | Dunne's court yester- | I Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Sept. 22. | Victor H. Metcalf, Secretary of Com- {merce and Labor, was the guest of Oakland to-night at a splendid public demonstration held in the Macdonough Theater. The affair was a reception to | the distinguished Oaklander on the eve of his return fo the national capital. Oakland, the home city of Sacretary Metcalf, gave expression to the appre- | ciation its citizens felt over Mr. Met- calf’s appointment as a member of | President Roosevelt’s Cabinet, and tes- ;mied to the high esteem in which the new Secretary is held by those among | whom he has spent many years of an | | active career. The assemblage was one | | to be given high place in the record of | representative gatherings. 1'rom all the | walks of life men were there. Most ap- | | propriately, United States Senator| | George C. Perkins and Governor George | | C. Pardee, both Oaklanders, had special | | places on the elaborate reception pmA’ gramme. Absolutely non-partisan was the af- fair. Politics had no part. It was a‘ genuine and sincere mark of civic pride | and personal congratulation, d{ves!ed' | of every element of partisanship. | The theater was crowded to its ca- | pacity. There had been no restrictions | | upon the attendance, it being-limited ( only by the seating ability of the audi- | torium and stage. Simple but appro- | priate decorations, the national flag| ‘pr':dumlnalin‘, embellished the inte- rior. | The leading citizens of Oaklard to| | the number of several hundred were| | seated on the stage. The details of the | reception were carried out with perfect | precision. | Among the speakers were Senator | Perkins, Governor Pardee, M. C. Chap- | man, H. C. Capwe]l, C. W. Petry, War- | ren Olney, Mayor of Oakland; Robert | M. Fitzgerald, Judge John Ellsworth, | A A. Moore and John P. Irish, United | Naval Officer at the Port of San | Francisco. OAKLA D’'S TRIBUTE. A. Jonas, president of the Merchants’ Exchange, opened the programme by | ¥ United States Senator | C. Perkins as chairman of the | President Jonas sald the re-| ception had been callfed by the Union | League of Oakland, the Merchants’ Ex- | ey s change and the Oakland Board of Colosiat (”f)“‘ . d”f r"*f_' | Trade, to enable the people of Oakland | nandant of the cadet reg=| . fy to their regard for Secretary Mete: and their appreciation of his ment to one of the most impor- tant bureaus in thg national Govern- ment. In his address President Jonas said it was part of his duty as tempo- rary chairman to eulogize Secretary Metcalf, but he could not leave with- out saying that the distinguished Oak- | lander had won a splendid name for | himself in the years that he had lived in Oakland. is quite unnecessary for me to | say that we, his neighbors, feel a joy | over the selection of our friend Secre- tary Metcalf as a member of the Pres- | ident’s Cabinet. It is more than fitting | that we should to-night assemble here to give voice to our feelings. Victor H. Metcalf has attained a high place in the nation and there is none more worthy of it.” Continuing, Senator Perkins reviewed the wide scope of the duties involved | in the direction of the Department of Commerce and Labor. He spoke of this | work as such that could be splendidly | handled by Secretary Metcalf, and | added: “I know Vietor Metcalf will be an ideal Secretary. The President of the United States in his excellent judg- | ment has won the congratulations of | the people of California and of the Pa cific Coast States. I know that Se retary Metcalf will, in the administra- tion of his important office, reflect credit upon himself and honor upon | the nation, the State and this, his| home.” After a selection by a male quartet, Senator Perkins read a telegram of congratulation from United States Sen- ator Thomas R. Bard: “I share in the | gratification and pride felt by all Cal- | \1fnrnlans over this appointment,” was | Senator Bard’s message. | GOVERNOR PARDEE'S PRAISES. Senator Perkins introduced Governor | Pardee, who spoke for the State, say- ing among other things: In common with the people of the Pacific Coast and California, the people of the city of Oakland have a great personal and peculiar pride In the selection of Victor H. Metcalf. The honor is shared by all the people of the State, especlally by the people of his home city. For his valuable services to hie State and “ity we are grateful. We are here to con- vey to him our congratulations, to congratu- late nim for ourselves, for the nation. To the Presilent we offer our congratulations. is on the verge of her greatness. t fades Into insignificance over -the possibilities of the future. In order that Cali- | fornia may have proper representation before the people of the nation, it is necessary to send forth the best of our men to represent the State before the world. We are glad that our foremost man has been sent fosth and that now we have at the court of the nation our triend and neighbor. In the name of the people of the State of California, whom I this night am here to represent, I congratulate the people of the mation. California and her fu- { ture will be heralded abroad by him who has | her reputation close at heart. The Union League of Oakland was represented by M. C. Chapman, who was sure of the pleasure it gave him to meet and greet his fellow townsman. He said this vas the second time the State had a representative in one of the very nighest posfs in the executive branch of the national Government. It was gratifymmg to krow that at this time the representative was from Oak- land. Tke speaker added: “Oakland is the home of a United Staf Senator, the home of the Governor of California, the home of a Cabinet officer. What other city of California can boast of such a distinction?” For the Oakland Board of Trade, H. C. Capwell, president of the organiza- tion, -was introduced. President Cap- well sald the reception to-night and the great banquet in San Francisco last nfght proved that a prophet was. hon- ored in his own country. Capwell de- clared that the Board of Trade took special pride in this appointment and in lifting up its voice in token of re- gard he announced that the Board of Trade had given to California a Gov- ernor, to the nation a United States Senator and had sent its member, Vic- tor H. Metcalf, to Congress and now saw him elevated to the President's | kept $35 Cabinet. w. president ot a METCALF IS ROYALLY HONORED BY-HIS NEIGHBORS OF OAKLAND —_—— Citizens Join With Commercial Organizations in a Memorable Demonstration of Respect and Es- teem for New Secretary of Commerce and Labor declared the eyes of the civilized world were upon Manchuria and that sooner or later the Government would be com- pelled to take up the question of the “yellow peril.” “It seems proper,” declared Petry, “to call attention to this subject. It seems proper to call attention to the fact that the greater part of our commerce be- tween this coast and the Orient is in the hands of the Chinese. But we be- lieve that the great work of the De- partment of Commerce and Labor is safe in the hands of Oakland’s first citizen, Victor H. Metcalt.” Mayor Warren Olney, speaking for the city of Oakland, said: “I know I voice your sentiments when I say Oakland rejoices that one of her favorite sons has been called to the national capital. A great honor has been conferred upon California and upon us in the selection of our fellow- citizen. Oakland is on the map of the United States and has been there for many years.” The Rev. Charles R. Brown, pastor of the First Congregational Church, added his congratulations and, too, joined in the family rejoicing. Robert M. Fitzgerald, impliedly se- lected to represent the minority party of Alameda County as well as to speak as a personal friend of Secretary Met- calf, gave one of the wittiest addresses of the evening. His humor whas not without a vein of seriousness and he gave heartfelt expression to his con- gratulation. Superior Judge John Elizworth said the gathering was. not a partisan one, but was simply that of citizens, friends and neighbors of Secretary Metcalf, as. sembled to show respect for the man and to express approval of President Roosevelt’s act in making the appoint- ment. A. A. Moore spoke feelingly as the representative of the bar of Oakland and of Alameda County. Colonel John P. Irish was introduced as a friend of Oakland. During his speech Colonel Irish traced the compo- sition of the three co-ordinate branches of the Federal Government, and added: When a State can enjoy the distinction of having representation in each of the three branches of the Government it {5 a mighty distinction. Cal such a distinction, having had Justice F' in the Supreme Court of the United States, Joseph McKenna as Attorney General and our Tepresentatives in Congress. METCALF REPLIES. As Secretary Metcalf was introduced the audience gave him a rising welcome with cheers. In replying to the speeches of the evening, Secretary Metcalf said: Never in my life as in the last few days ave I so fully aporeciated the truth that re is mo place like home. So in coming Lere to-night and recelving this more than greeting 1 feel the debt of gratitude I my home town, to the citizens of So- lano, of Contra Costs and of the counties of the old Third Congressional District. 1 ap- preciate it all. It has been an embarrassment for me to sit here and listen to the high praise that has been given me. But I want to sdy a few words about Oak- land and the magnifient county in which we live. To you men of the Board of Trade.and the Merchants’ for the work you have done. A new era Is dawning in Onkland, an era of great promise for the future. Keep on with the .good work. Put your shoulders to the wheel. Above all, beautify and adorn. Improve your streets. Let the improvement of e Merritt be no longer a dream, but a reality. You can’ leave the development of your water front safely in the hands of your . distinguished chairman, Senator Perkins. T expect to leave ja a few days to take up my new work, but ! ehall take with me the pleasantest recollections of this reception. And whén I shall Have finished my work 1 will return, God willing, te my home, my friends and all those who have helped me in the past. And let me say that here is my home, and here it shall always be. For no office and no place, however exalted, shall ever make me give up my home in California. I believe once a Californian, always a Cali- fornian. And now a heartfelt thanks and good-by, and may God be with you until we meet again. The joint committee of the Mer- chants’ Exchange, the Board of Trade and the Union Ueague, which had charge of the reczption, was composed as follows: H. (. Capwell, chairman; Fred M. Campb-ll, secretary; Mer- chants’ Exchang , A. Jonas, Theodore Giler, George W. Arper; Board of Trade, H. C. Car-vell, C. J. Heeseman, Edwin Stearns; :Jnion League, M. C. Chapman, J. A.:Johnson, George D. Metcalf. H —_—t———— LANDLADY SA ROOMER TRIED TO WOO HER OAKLAND, Sept. 22.—Mrs. BE. Gruggel, residing at 157 Eighth street, was discharged in the Police Court after examination on the accusation that she had embezzled $35 from Thomas Hayne, formerly a roomer at the Gruggel residence. Mrs. Gruggei explained that Hayne had deposited $60 with her, out of which she had as money due her for his board and on a lean. There was not any trouble, explained Mrs. Gruggel, until one day Hayne tried. to make love to his buxom landlady. Mr. Grug- gel appeared in evidence about that time and there were ructions. “Did not your husband give Hayne a thrashing?” queried Attorney W. J. Donovan. There was no reply. “Did your husband hit Hayne?” de- manded Justice W. R. Geary. “Well, he did not kiss him, your Honor,” replied Mrs. Gruggel. Hayne, it appeared, had hurrledly left the Gruggel home after his en- counter with the angry husband. “‘Case dismissed,” ordered - Justice Geary. “Let Hayne fue for his $35 if he wants to. There is no criminal action in this case.” —_———— LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED, Thursday, Sept 22. Br stmr Gaelic, Finch, from Yokohama, Hongkong and Honolulu. = SAILED, Th Stmr Oregonian, Carty, New York. Schr Mayflower, Gudmansen, Siuslaw River. DOMESTIC PORTS, ABERDEEN—Arrived Sept 22.—Schr Se- quola, hence Sept 3. OCEAN STEAMERS. NEW YORK—Arrived Sept 22—Stmr Sar- degna_ from Genoa and Naples; stmr Deutsch- land, from Hamburg. Sailed Sept 22—Stmr Grosser Kurfurst, for Bremen, via Plymouth and Cherbours: stmr Bluecher, for Hambure, via Plymouth and Cherbourg: stmr La Lorraine, for Havre; stmr Anubia_for Seattle. BRPOOL—Arrived Sept 21—Stmr Ma- ; stmr LIV Jestic, from New 'Y;::k. via Queenstown i, S S G- ian, from Philadelphia, “Hohen- zollern, from New Y and proceeded for GENOA—Salled Bept 20—Stmr Lombardi, for New York. s P85 Moltxs, from Hamburg and , for New ¥e GL%:OOW——WDm m"g'nm b e e Bulda team o York, Exchange much praise Is due | CITIZENS VISIT CENTRAL PARK Site of Oakland’s Proposed Pleasure Ground Appeals to Representative Men McLAREN GIVES VIEWS Noted Authority on Land- scape Thinks Location Is an Ideal One for Project Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Sept. 22. Several hundred representative citi- zens of Oakland visited the site of the proposed Central Park this morning to make an inspection of the tract of land which the city proposes buying and transforming into a public park. Among the most notable figures in the gathering was John McLaren, super- intendent of Golden Gate Park. The three committees, real estate, press and citizens, made favorable reports and urged that the city purchase the land at the price named. The ground of the site was thoroughly explored by the various committees and other citizens interésted in the pro- posed deal. To every one, the site semed an ideal spot for a city park. The real estate committee compared the value of the land to that of other dis- tricts, and quoted figures to sho where the valuation would increas abnormally within-a short time. The' citizens’ committee; in its long report, had nothing but praise for the tract of land and suggested that the city lose mo-time in acquiring it as a site for an ideal park. As to the price asked, the committee expressed its opinion that $1000 per acre was a fair figure to set upon such land. The committee told of the beautiful location and the natural advantages enjoyed by the proposed site and sug- gested that all citizens and voters make a personal inspection of the place. The committee was made up as follows: John Yule, J. Tyrrel, Hugh Hogan, J. C. McMullen, E. R. Tait, E. P. Vandercook, John T. Bell, William J. Laymance, W. E. Gibson, W. H. Weil- bye, E. C. Sessions, D. C. Brown, Emfl Lehnhardt, Edwin Stearns, R. A. Jack- son, C. F. Carl, Charles H. Taylor, L. G. Burpee, A. H. Schlueter, James Maclise, F. C. Turner. John* McLaren, superintendent of Golden Gate Park, was the special guest of the citizens, and his opinion of the park is a favorable one. Mr. Mc- Laren was much impressed with the location of the site and its natural beauties. He could find no fault with any particular spot and suggested that Oakland was fortunate in having such a site to choose from. According to McLaren, the chaparral growth which covers a portion of the ground adds mueh to the beauty of the place. He stated that this brush would make an ideal decoration and a novel effect in hognculturc. He commented favorably “the location of the pro- posed park and paid special attention to its charming views, The real estaté committee made a lengthy and elaborate report, praising the location and urging the city to make the purchase without further delay. Special stress was laid on the running stream which cqurses through the land, the quality of its soil and its roadways. This committee also re- ported that the car service was good at the present time, and when a pro- posed newline is compléte it would be within easy access to the'center of the city. The real estate committee also made out a table showing the comparative value of the land and quoting instances where other lots in the vicinity had in- creased .in value with great rapid- ity. According to the report of the committce, the land will be steadily in- creasing in value, and if the city does not acquire it soon it will be selling at a much advanced figure in a short time, DAINTY NUPTIALS. By Zoe Green Radcliffe. OAKLAND, Sept. 22.—The exquisite dainti- ness which has ever been characteristic of Miss May Young furnished a keynote for the wed- ding pleture at Rose Crest to-night, and never did bride plight her trofh in more fairy-like environments than when she gave herself to Dr. Thomas Reid McNab. Feathery ferns, palely blushing buds and ribbons of ‘tender blue mingled their exquisite pastel tones with the life and movement of a brilliant ang fash- fonable throng. Then when the bridal party in stately procession descended the wide stairs it seemed as if the figures in some exquisite old painting had suddenly come to life, such maglc may a golden cupid work. First the ribbon-bearers, Dr. Bakewell and Dr. Weeks, prepared the way and with broad satin bands formed an afsle through which the blue-gowned attendants passed, preceding the bride, a petite vision of lovelingss in a picture gown' of soft, cream-colored messaline. The rich, satiny folds swept back in a very long train, draped with rose-point lace and clusters of lilles of the valley. The veil, which almost enveloped the bride, was edged ‘with rare lace and caught up, coronet-like, with a half wreath of lilies of the valley. 'In one arm the bride carried a great shower of the same deli- cate flowers, After Miss McNab, who led the way, came Miss Anita Oliver and Miss Marietta Havens walking abreast. Miss Bertha Young, maid of honor, walked alone. The bridesmaids were all gowned alike, in picture robes of pale blue chiffon. A unique and gracetul feature of the bridesmaids’ attire wae the lels of pink or white carcations carried loosely around the shoulders and over each arm. Each wore the bride’s gift, a necklace with pearl and tur- quoise pendants, The simple ceremony, at which Dr. E. E. Baker, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiated, took place in the drawing-room, an apartment richly furnished in mauve satin and gold. Great flmy bows of white tulle held the feathery fronds of asparagus fern in place over the front window, in which the bridal party stood. Knots and ends of pale biue ribbon, each knot holding a Bridesmaid rose, depended from the wreathing ferns, the whole effect being exquisitely dellcate. The same arrangement of ferns, ribbons and buds was followed in ornamenting the doorways and mantels, in the rear drawing-room pink ribbon being substituted for the blue. An orchestra softly proclaimed the slad, ti Dr. McNab, who, by the way, handsome man, was accompanied e Cemiiemen in the bridal party being e, “other gentlemen in the T, Alanson Weeks, Dr. Benjamin Bakewell and Russell Taylor. The wedding of Miss Young and Dr. McNab bas béen l::nzd by the exclusive “set with much _interest. The bride is the youngest Honolulu ker, L. Cartwright, A. Tillman : | Sherman. BELIEVER IN CARDS AND-SIGNS -KILLS HIMSELF OVER WOMAN —_—— Frederic W. Jackson, an Eccentric Salesman, Com- mits Suicide by Taking Strychnine Because Mrs. Annie Knuth Does Not Reciprocate His Love —_— BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY | OAKLAND. 1016 Broadway. Telephone M BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Alameda 539. HIGH DEGREE CONFERRED IN THE SCOTTISH RITE Impressive Ceremony in the Masonic Temple Followed by Banquet at the Occidental. San Francisco Consistory No. 1, An- 1083, | | OAKLAND, Sept. 22.—Under the spell of a morbid infatuation for a woman | | who was the wife of another man, and | believing that fate had doomed him never to win the object of his love, Frederick W.*Jackson, a perfumery salesman, committed suicide at 10:30 o'clock this morning by taking strych- nine at the corner of Alice and Sec- | | ond streets. Jackson walked a block after he took the poison before he suc- cumbed. He was hurried to the Re- ceiving Hospital, but died while in the physician’s hands. Last night the despondent man was attendant upon Girard Havens at his wedding to Julia Smith, sister to Mrs. Anie Knuth, the woman with whom | Jackson was in leve. The marriage | was celebrated at the Smith home, 654/ Jackson street. During the festivities Jackson tried to kiss Mrs. Knuth. | { h — — She repelled him. This morning he | SRS R S AT g | returned to the house and again at-| ICIDE, WOMAN WHO REFUSED | | tempted to embrace the woman. Again ! HIS LOVE AND HER SISTER. | she repulsed the strangely persistent admirer. P | Jackson departed and within a half hour had taken the fatal drug at a| place hardly a block distant from the Smith hou: P Linked th Jackson's ment of the heart is the story of his| appeal to the mysteries of the cards| for a solution of his troubles. Jackson | was a devotee of the mystic art. He i B convased thens o hre Ittante believed in fortune telle revelutions.l el v e Lt o R e ”",’,’ef’:‘e‘r;"‘“}I“e”d“'m"(‘jdmgf;"mfii‘ | Jackson wrote, and the note was found v o e e D] o —_— frgs 4 to these uncanny oracles| @MOns his effects, as follows: hue had conceived, in a seething tur- Girard—Whatever you do, don’t fall to see me t ight. It Is to decide whether you are moil of mental stress the melancholy | ¢, pe happy or not for life. I can fix it for lover hearkened. you. All this was disclosed to-day by | That summons Havens did not re- Frank Ryan, a deputy constable, with | ceive. It is supposed Jackson had a whom Jackson had of late lived at| message to deliver which he thought | 564 Washington street, after he left the PREACHER'S SO TIRES OF MO Erric Scudder Gets Weary of Sunday School Life and Runs Away to Fair -—— Smith home, where he had formerly re- | sided. Jackson had connded the story his heart burden and the black hope- | lessness of the future that the cards had unfolded. Jackson had often reag | disappoint- | .} 0 ards for his friends. They thousht | it was merely pastime. To him it was all too serious. He "Believed so firmly the warnings | Evidence was found, also, of Jack- son’s state of mind In another note he | had written, evidently not long before | he took poison. It reads as foliows: From F. W. Jackson: This life is but a life of trouble, of sorrow, joy and disappointing. So to this world I say Zoodby, and in the world above we all may | meet again. May God forgive me for this awful crime and may he bless the little girl. I love: That Jackson should have Leen so ardently in love with Mrs. Knuth is! considered almost un friends. The “little Birl,” as he affec- tionately proclaims her, is possessed of no physical charms. She is a hunch- back and dwarfed. Despite this the | man, by every word and ,action, evi- denced his wild desire to win the woman. In failure he sought surcease in death. Two months ago Knuth and his wife quarreled and the husband left. Atout that time Jackson tried to com- mit suicide by drinking carbolic acid. | Despondency ovér the woman was given as the cause. Jackson was 27 years old, a native of | Canada. He had served in the Phil- ippines in the United States army. An autopsy confirmed the supposi- tion that Jackson had taken strych- nine, and the Coroner’s jury to-night rendered a verdict of suicide by strychnine poisoning. Berkeley Office, San Francisco Call. 2148 Center street, Sept. 23. Tired of too much Sunday school and inspired by a longing to see more of | the world than there is in Berkeley, Erric Scudder, son of the Rev. William H. Scudder, pastor of the Park Congre- gational Church, skipped away from home by the light of the moon last Sat- urday night and hasn’t been seen since —at least not by any member of his family. Accompanying‘the youth in his adventure is Eugene Kraft, a son of well-to-do parents, who has been | ninth tent, friend. | | plainable by his | G, cient and Accepted Scottish Rite of the Valley of San Francisco, Orient of California, held a special session in the Masonic Temple last evening for the purpose of conferring the thirty- second degree of Masonry on a class of ‘members of the fraternity who were eligible to be advanced. The cere- mony, in full form and dramatic ef- fects, was by the following named: Dramatis personae—Venerable master of the id Abrams, K. C. thirty-third K Kadosb, Joseph Da Henry Ascroft, Willlam Parker Fiimer, (% degres. pr C H. assistant expe second; Beausenifer, George | thirty-second. Commanders of the tents—Malachi. first tent, Louis F. n nd degree; Zorobabel, secc ch, thirty- second; N. Sigmund Wil- liam Ottenhei nd; Johaben, fourth h cond; Joshua. eighth -second; Ezra, thirty-second. tent, Frederick H. Bu £ Adolph Eberhart, Betselal, Standard bearers—. John Ahol thirty-s Hosmer fourth Hayes -third. Maha-Rishi, 2 second degree; Officiators—Jo- od, thirty-second; James Oscar Brugswig, thirty-second; . Eugene Elkus, nd; John Cassoretto erick Otto Raabe, thirt Paul Rupp, thirty-second. tef magus, John Rudolpn Frank W seph Eas Ludwig Samuel z Ruckstell, second degree; magi—Jo- hannes Paul Becker, thirty-second; William Henry Do -second; Christian Fre erick Ecklon, cond; Jacob Louls Good- day, thirty-sec Antonfo Beniao Scaimanini thirty-second; Emile Serveau, thirty-secon Frank Ellsworth Shafer, thirty-second; Henr Walker Thorp, thirty-second The work of the evening was fol- lowed by a dinner at the Occidental in honor of those who were advanced. —— ey GRANT ABSENCE LEAVES TO SEVERAL TEACHERS Session of Board of FEducation Is Taken Up With Many Minor Matters. The Board of Education granted leaves of absence on account of illness and for other reasons {o the follow- ing teachers yesterday: Mrs. F._P. Brown, Douslase Primary Sch October 10 to Decembeg ¥y Mids Josephine Prank Jamed Tick, Septekbos Bk T Ceton 10; Miss Martha S. Galloway, Cooper Primar: October 10 to November 1; Miss Clasa A. A anis; ‘October 10 to October 21; Louis Bart lett, principal Hamilton Evening School, tober 10 to be term. in 1907 Miss Annie 10 to January 31, 1905; Daniel C. Humboldt Evenin [ Deasy, High ol (recently appointed Deputy Si perintendent), October, 1904, to January 1907; D. W. Kratzer, princy Evening School, September 26 to October 17 Louis Ferrari and Paul Demartini were appointed scavengers for the de- partment, to take the places of A. Figone and A. Galice, dismissed for neglect of duty Miss Rose Cohen, teacher 4Adams Grammar School, and Miss Emilie L’“r!‘f of the Hamilton Evening hool were given permission to ex- change places. Kernan Robson was appointed head of the department of classics and for- in the eign languages in the Polytechnic High School. Percival Dolman was appeointed principal of the Hamilton Evening | School duriug the leave of Louis Bari- ett. An ungraded class was ordered established in the Franklin Grammar School and Miss' Helen Grace was transferred from the Fremont Gram- mar School to take charge of it. Leslie Jordan was assigned fo the Humboldt Evening Schoel to take the place of Daniel C. Deasy, absent on leave. Daniel Lambert was appointed act- ng principal of the Horace Mann Evening School during the leave of D. W 2¢ »n_was otdered trans- ferred from Fremont Gramms the School to the Bernal Primary Schoc The féllowing assignments from the day substitute list were made, subject to the usual two years’ prebationary period: Miss Mabel' Keller to the Irving Pr : Miss Florence Neppe the South End Pri Emilie Ceérf, 10 the Bernal Pri- arr, to the Adams Mabel Blum. o the Fremont Miss Pauline Ryder, to the Fair- MARRIAGE LICE: —OAKLAND, Sept. 22 —The following marriage licenses were fs- sued- by - the. County Clerk to-day: Arthre Green, 28, and_Jennie Crowley, 19, bath of San Francisco; Walter P. Groth, 24, and Hat- tie B. Wall, 24, both of San Franciseo; Manue! F. Stiva, 24, and Maggie Ventura, 23, both Simhurst; Fredrich J. Matthesen, over Fruitvale, and Alexandra E. Willing, gver 1 Alameda; William Ferris, aver 21, and Anna McCla¥, over 18, both 'of Ouakland; Rudalph Lockwood, over 21, and Hattle Prescott, over | 18, Both of Oakland S R BURGLARS ROB 1-fVERMORE SALOON._. Livermore, Sept. 22.- Burgiars broke into the saloon of J. B. Thmas at Livermofe last night, and failing to.nd any cash in the ™ carried away the n'-kel-in-the-slot mimchine. > TOPEKA, Kin., Skt 22 _The Rock Istand laid off nearly 2000 in Kadsas to-day | reduce operating exp-nses. 'v,- Scudder’s companion since they first began attending the high school to- gether. As they had $150 between them when they started their parents be- lieve they are speeding toward the World’s Fair, because they have long ! entertained romantic notions of what it coptains: ¢ the Rev. Mr. Scudder knew that his boy was going away was when he recelved a telephone mess: at 9 o'clock Saturday night from some one in Oakland, saying that his son was going for a trip and would not return for several days. Before the preacher could ask for his son’s destination the | informant quit the telephonme. Mr. Scudder thinks it was Kraft who did the telephoning. As the overland train leaves Oakland at 9 o'clock Mr. Scud- der thinks also that the Euuu were about to take it for the —————— Deaf Mute Players Win. BERKELEY, Sept. 22.—The Foot- hills, the football team of the Deaf, Dumb_and Blind Asylum, defeated Woman’s Nalupe 80 o stll:: system for the t little suffering, as numbers the Oakland Polytechnic guh Scll:ool worth its wught m gou.. ’1 day o e asylum m& lmol;“tno. The w*m touchdowns were scored by G. :V.-‘Bu ADVERTISEMENTS. pectant mother must so full of suffering, that she looks forward to the crif hour with ’s Friend, by its penetrating allays nausea, nervousness, and . s to love children, and' no. home can be completely happy without them, yet tha m'glthmghwhichtheu. usually is apprehension and and soothing. unpleasant fi