The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 18, 1904, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO ‘CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 19va. « NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA SALT WATER FOR STREETS Oakland Council Directs the Preparation of Plans for $10,000 Pumping Plant WILL ERECT HOSPITAL Councilman Aitken Com- plains That Prejudice Kept Him Off Special Committees Osakland Office San Francisco Clll,] 1016 Broadway, Oct. 17. The City Council to-night adopted Councliman Howard's resolution di- recting the Board of Public Works to | prepare plans and specifications for a | salt water pumping plant to cost! $10,000. This is the first step toward the installation of a salt water street sprinkling service for the city. The proposed plant will supply the district scuth of Twentieth street from Lake Merritt west to the bay. Councilman Howard's ordinance to appropriate | $5000 for the erection of a city hospi- | tal was passed to print. The site com- prising twenty lots near the tidal canal has been deeded as a gift to the city by the Realty Syndicate Company. The Oakland Traction Consolidated applied for a franchise for an elec- tric road from Piedmont avenue north on Broadway and also over private rights of way to College avenue and! Clifton street. This extension is to provide access to the Country, Club’s new home at Rock Ridge Park. Councilman G. E. Altken to-night complained in a prepared speech to the City Council that he had not been pleced on any of the special municipal committees because President Dornin, backed by a majority of the Council, was opposed to him. Aitken denied declarations made by President Dornin concerning Aitken’s alleged charges. Councilman John L. Howard was also criticized by Aitken. Councilman | Cuvellier made a speech urging har- | mony and Councilman Wallace offered | to withdraw from the special water committee in favor of Aitken, but the latter declined the tender. R S et VIEW SITE FOR WELLS. Councilmen Report Abundance of Ar- tesian Water on Dornin’s Tract. OAKLAND, Oct. 17.—City Council- | men Edw Meese and J. T. Wallace | end City gineer F. C. Turner re- | ported to-day to the advisory commit- tee on city water supply that they had made an examination of the property bonded for the city by Councilman | George W. Dornin and had found an epparently abundant supply of water from artesian wells on the 1000-acre | tract. | The land is three miles west of ‘Warm Springs in the Dumbarton Point district. It is in a strip six mil long near the bay shore as it narrows toward San Jose. The committee said there were many flowing artesian wells on the property, all of them showing a great abundance of water. Representatives of the Sierra Ne- vada Power and Water Company pre- sented to the committee a general statement of their project, which in- cludes water rights at the headwaters of the Mokelumne River. Consldera- tion of this proposition will be given at 2 meeting to-morrow night. —_——— POSTING OF OPEN SHOP CARDS IS POSTPONED Restaurant Owners’ Association De- @ldes 1o Delay Action Until After the Next Meeting. OAKLAND, Oct. 17.—No action was teken to-day by the Oakland Restau- rant Owners’ Aseociation relative to the declaration of the “open shop” war, although it was generally ex- pected that C. F. Carl, the secretary of the Citizens' Alliance, would begin the posting of the open shop cards this afternoon. Secretary Carl, in ex- planation of the delay, said: 1 cannot say for certain when the “open #hop™ will be declared, as no meeting of the as- soclation bas been held since September 27, The cards are printed and are dated to-day, but all ‘the checks of the various restaurant men have not vet been collected and we thought it advissble to wait until they were all in. Every member of the association has agreed to deposit a certified check as a guarantee of gopd faith, and until these are all deposited it §s likely that matters will remain as they are. A meeting will be held in & few days, how- ever, at which all the checks will be deposited, &nd ‘as soon as this is done the ‘‘open shop" will be declared. The Cooks’ and Waiters’ Union de- cided at a meéting held last night to strike if the “open shop” was de- clared, and to open co-operative res- taurants to compete with those be- lcnging to the Restaurant Owners’ Association. JLLET IN HIS ARM.—Oskland, >. Oliver, a colored saloon-keeper living at 1701 Pacific street in West Oakland, was painfully injured early this morning by the accidental discharge of his own revolver, which fell from his pocket to the floor. The bullet entered the right forearm and came out between the elbow and shoulder. Oliver was treated\at the Receiving Hospital by Dr. O. D. Hamlin, MELVIN (USTS SPIRIT MEDIUM Wife, Who “Talked Back” to Judge, Is Ejected From an Oakland Courtroom DIVINATION HER RUIN Mabel C. Sheahan Deserts Husband and Children for Raps and Seances S il Oakland Office San Francisco Call. 1016 Broadway, Oct. 17. Spirit rappings, card readings, and | the nerve wracking strain of trying to peep into the next world have ruined the household of J. J. Sheahan. Such 1 is his testimony. The wife and mother of that house- hold, Mrs. Mabel Sheahan, is an ex- ample of a nervous, talkative woman, who left ger domestic ties for the table tippings wnd trumpet whisperings . of dark seamces. Judge Melvin showed that be believes spiritualistic mediums make bad wives and bad witnesses. Because she in- sisted upon talking back to the court to-day the bailiff was ordered to take Mrs. Mabel C. Sheahan from the room by Superior Judge H. A. Melvin. She did not wait for Deputy Sheriff Swee- rey to take hold of her, but hurried from the room. The scene was the climax to many warnings given the woman, who has tired the patience of Judge and lawyers with her persistence in answering more than she is asked. She was recalled to the stand for a few minutes to tell why she had put an advertisement of a spiritualistic se- ance in a San Francisco paper and stated that it was none of the court's business, as she had done it after she had made up her mind to leave her husband. Judge Melvin warned her that they would get along better if she simply answered the question, when she re- sponded. “Well, I don’t care; it’s nobody's business what I did about the adver- tisement, as it was after I left my husband.” The court ordered all of the answer to be stricken from the notes, except her admission of having put the ad- vertisement in the papers and then said: “Mr. Bailiff, the courtroom herself.” J. J. Sheahan, the husband, finished giving his testimony in the now cele- brated divorce case this afternoon. He said that he and his wife had lived ppily together until about a year ago, when she became interested in spiritualism- He was away from home a good deal of the time on his busi- ness of insurance adjuster and said he was told nothing about what his wife was doing until she nad become a full fledged medium. One night he went home and found the house a blaze of light and a seance had been advertised to be held there that night. The first comer was ordered away by him and the affair broken up. He said his wife had neglected her home, her children and himself and squandered the money he had given her to pay the family bills. take the woman from until she can behave e e— ALAMEDANS M ASK FOR NEW ORGANIC LAW Charles S. Neal Addresses Trustees and Urges Submission to Freeholders. ALAMEDA, Oct. 17.—Charles S. Neal, representing the joint committee from the Alameda Advancement Association and the West End Improvement Asso- ciation, addressed the City Trustees to- night and urged the municipal legisla- tors to provide for an election of free- holders to frame a new charter for Ala- meda, so that the same could be sub- mitted, if carried, to the coming State Legislature. The City Trustees selected next Monday night as the time when they will meet and discuss in detail the plans for the proposed new organic law for the city. President J. F. Forderer introduced a resolution which was car- ried and which empowers the Chief of the Fire Department to draft a plan for the disbandment of the volunteer companies and the reorganization of the department. Attorney A. F. St. Sure, on behalf of four hundred residents of the East End, appeared before the board in sup- port of a protest against the hauling of Oakland garbage through the city and the dumping of it on Bay Farm road. The protestants claim that the stench arising from the filth and de- caying matter is a menace to their health and homes. The protest was re- ferred to the Board of Heal - Schoolteacher Resigns. OAKLAND, Oct. 17.—After twenty- five years’ service in the school depart- ment, Miss L. E. White, a teacher at the Franklin School, resigned to-night, the reason being that she felt the need of a prolonged rest. The Board of Edu- cation accepted the resignation after expressing high appreciation of Miss ‘White’s long and valuable work in the department. Architect Schwatka of San Francisco was employed at a monthly salary of $156 to examine and report upon the NEW MINISTER Bishop Morrison Assigns the Rev. A. M. Shaw of Arkan- sas to Asbury Church CONFERENCE IS ENDED| Next Convention:of North- ern California . Distriet Will Be Held at Fresno Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Uct. 17. Bishop H. C. Morrison of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church South announced to-day the assignments of ministers for the ensuing year at the closing session of the Fifty-fourth Annual Conference of Northern California. The con- ference ended at noon to-day at As- bury Church. Among the important changes made was the transfer of the Rev. A. M. Shaw of Little Rock, Ark., to the local pulpit. Mr. Shaw will suc- ceed the Rev. W. P. Baird, the present pastor of Asbury Church, who has been ! assigned to Colusa. Fresno was chosen s the meeting place of the next conference. The list of assignments for the com- ing year is as follows: San Francisco district, presiding elder, J. A. Bachelder; San Francisco, R. E. Nunn; Oak- land, A. M. Shaw; Alameda, J. C. Robertson; Berkeley, to be supplied; Petaluma, Willlam Acton; Santa Rosa, J. A.' Walles; Healdsburg, C. E. A. Smith; Cloverdale, O. L. Russell; Boonesville and Yorkville, O. P. Noble; Ukiah, C. C. Umpson; Potter Valley, H. Neate; Wil , to be supplied; Laytonville and Round to be supplied; Upper Lake, D. Harri- ; Takeport, Joseph Emeus: San Joss L. S Jones; M. McKnight; Mountain T Clark; Hollister, 3. C, Wooten; J.'C. Simmens; San Benito, C. W. Stockton, J. E. Squires; Linden Cireuit, Pope; San Lucas and Bradley, supplied . Pashau; Milton, James Healy; editor Pa- cific Methodist Advocate, W. E. Vaughan; agent of publiching house, A. . Wilson. Colusa District, M. Hodgson, presiding elder; Sacramento, E. L. Fitch; Walnut Grove, Darby; Galt, W. A. Lemdsey; Elmira, R. L. Webb; Winters, L. C. Renfro; Rockville, to be supplied; Wheatland and Lincoln, W. F. Cof- fin; Gridley and Remington, J. Cook; Yuba C B. Needham; Sutter City and Grace, ¥. Page; Princeton, R. B. Davidson; Red Bluff, F. A Lark; Chico, W. A. Orr; Colusa, W. P. Baird; Anderson, W. W. Nunn; Maxweli and Sites, J. A. Johnson; Arbuckle ‘and Wil- liams, G. H. Frazer; Woodland, L. P. Shearer; Sulphur Creek, to be supplied; Ono Circuit, J. M. Brown; Millville Circuit, O. C. (opmo. Henleyviile and Orland, to be supplied; Valley, to be suppied; Knights Landing, F, Thompson. aistrict—Fresno, J. J. Fresno Fresno circuit, to be supplied: P. N. Kenney; Clovis, ~A. Adams; Big Dry Creek. J. Hedgepsth;. Selma. W. E. Phillips; Sanger, supplied by ' J. M. Parker; Kingsburg and Fowler, H. W. Cur- ord, to be supplied; Lemoore, J. E. Bakersfield, J. W. Horn; Visalia, W, Exeter, C. C. Block; Woodville and Cecil; Dinuba, W. A. Booher. ude Thompson; Madera, ran; Ha Bailey; A. Iden; Poplar, A C) Mariposa _circuit, 3. Fenton; Snelling and Lo Waterford, A. Adkesson: Carters circult, T. G. Patterson; Los Banos, W. M. Armstrong; Dos Palos, L« C. Smith, Transfers to other conferences—E,-A. Ware, B. H. Greene, North Georgla Conference; J. A. Foster, West Texas Conference; J. O. Cop- page, St. Louis Conference; J. F. Houck, Missouri Conference; L. J. Jones, Alabama Conference; W. O. Wagoner, North Alabama Conference; P..T. Ramsey, Denver Conference. e REGRETS HIS INABILITY TO PUNISH ENGINEER Police Judge Samuels Scores Man Who Has Sister-in-Law Dragged of to Jail. OAKLAND, Oct. 17.—Though he could not be found guilty of battery in placing his hand upon Mrs. Bertha Conness to cause her arrest, C. G. Cano, an engineer, was given a verbal flaying to-day in the Police Court by Judge George Samuels, who said he regretted extremely that he could not punish a man who would drag his sister-in-law out of bed at midnight and send her to the City Prison. The Judge said: “In the first place, you had no right to arrest Mrs. Conness: In the second place, you should have known better and should have exhibited the instincts of a gentleman. You com- pelled Mrs. Conness to remain in jail all night, an act for which I wish some way could be found to punish you.” Cano had his sister-in-law arrested because his wife had locked him out of the house. Mrs. Conness swore to a complaint charging Cano with bat~ tery, but it was shown Cano had placed his hand upon his relative in order to cause her arrest. —_———— BANDAGES COVER EYES OF COMMISSIONER SPEAR State Official Is Confined to House as Result of an Unusual Accident on Train. BERKELEY, Oct. 17.—With his eyes swathed in thick bandages that effectually exclude the light Charles H. Spear, president of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners, lies in bed at his home, 2212 Fifth street, a vic- tim of a unique accident that ocourred on a railroad train last night. Spear’s face received a shower of glass as he rode through the Oakland stock yards on the Overland Flyer No. 1, from Ogden. A pole project- ing from a passing mail car struck the window where Spear sat and the Har- bor Commissioner’s face and eyes in- stantly took on a resemblance to a {raw Hamburger steak. To-night the physician in attend- l..nce assured Mr. Spear that he would 1at first. All the glass has been re- not lose his eyesight, as was feared | Charles Lund, 43, and Margaret Mc- DECLARE WITCH [SATS MACHINE FOR OAKLAND| HYPNOTIZED HER| Attorneys Say Book Agent;President George W. Reed|Former Associates of Pro- Trapped Mrs. Dunsmuir Into a $30,000 Purchase ESTATE REJECTS BILL LR Entire Invoice of Costly ‘Volumes to Be Brought Into Court as an Exhibit LR Oekland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Oct. 17. Claiming that a witch inveigled the late Mrs. Josephine Dunsmuir, mother of Edna Wallace Hopper, the actress, into purchasing $30,000 worth of books from E. Holdway & Co. of New York, the attorneys for Mrs. Dunsmuir's es- tate are vigorously fighting the suit for the payment of the bill. Judge Ells- worth to-day made an order to have all the books brought into court this morning as an exhibt. E. Holdway, head of the New York firm, was himself on the stand to-day, and said that his solicitor, Mrs. Réka Oesterman, would do no wrong, but was one of the greatest solicitors in the world. He said she had her own home, her carriage and her maid, and sold $175,000 worth of books for him every year. The suit has been pending for nearly a year and the trial was begun this morning, There is an array of legal tal- ent upon each side,” Attorneys A. A. Moore, Stanley Moore, Page, McCutch- on & Knight, representing the plaintiff, while W. S. Barnett, T. H. Preeze and Campbell, Metson & Camp- bell are for the defense. Charles H. Lovell, as executor of the estate, has refused to pay the bill for the books or to turn them back to Holdway until the court has passed judgment upon the bargain, which he claims was an outrage. Attorney Moore for his client wants the books where he can show the court what was bought, and to-morrow drays will bring the costly works as an exhibit into the courtroom. WANT SUNSHINE. —— e OAKLAND, Oct. 17.—Society in general, and a pretty little bride in particular, are praying for continued indulgence from the weather clerk, for rain this week means the marring of several promising events. Tempers and gowns are both llable to damage If the pres- ent supply of sunshine gives out, for a little bird has whispered that any number of new dresges are to'receive an airing 4t one or more ibe’ wmast functipos that take place this 1 starts the b‘.ll mlllnl to-morrow and “tousiet section’ bas promised a trest. ’Mrl W. A, Childs is curator of that section ‘and [s gbing to tell how edsily two wmm can make a'tour of the world slone. Mrs. A. H. Glascock will give a description of her recent “trip up the Nile,” and other travelers in the section will give little anecaotes of their own adventures in foreign lands. To give coloring to these journeys in spirit Mrs, Farnham, Mrs. Weatherbes. and Mrs. Wellman have kindly consented to lend their fine collections of curios for to-morrow. The Oakland Club is busily engaged with plans for the big club event of the year, the annual breakfast, which takes place Wednes- day. This will be the first affair of impor- tance since the club moved into its new head- quarters at Maple Hall and the ladies in charge say it will surpass all previous efforts. The decorations are to be very elaborate and the menu will be quite up to the standard set by the Oakland Club - On Thursday. rmmy Ione Fore's wedding with Eugene Hewlett takes place and those lucky enough to be invited say they ‘‘wouldn’t miss it for the world—they just know Ione will be too lovely for anything.” So here's to the little Thursday bride, and may she sur- pass fondest cxm:cl.‘uon!, “As You Like It" at Mills College Saturday, by the Ben Greet Company, will entice a crowd into the classic shades of the well- known school—if 1t doesn’t rain—for not only is the promised performance under the trees unique, but Oakland is interested in increas- ing that endowment fund. 3 Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Curtiss are staying at the Irving in San Francisco, where they will probably remain for the remainder of the winter. X Robert Armstrong, who was at death’s door this summer with typhoid fever, s convales- cent. During his sojourn in Oakland as man- ager of the music department of Sherman, Clay & Co.’s local store, Mr. Armstrong has made many friends, who will be glad to lear of his return to health and to-his old-position. ————————— OAKLAND, Oct. 17.—The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Walter H. Dodge, 28, Alameda, and Johanna C. Goertz, 26, Oakland; Rask N. Kerr, over 21, and Maria Thompson, over 18, both of Oakland; Charles Duquid, over 21, and Mamie L. Quast, over 18, Alameda; Richard M. Clark, 22, and Aurelig’ O. Coster, 19, both of San Francisco; Otho G. Cook, 33, and Ag- nes O’Brjen, 25, both of San Francis- co; TIsaac A. Stevens, 29, and Anna Hill, " 24, both of San Francisco; Intyre, 43, both of San Francisco; Ralph R. Henriot, 24, San Francisco, and Wanda Brastow, 23, San Jose; Andrew J. Bennet, 30, and Madeline Martulich, 20, both of San Francisco; Joseph Brown, over 21, and Luiza da Gloria Amaral, 18, both of Warm Springs; Francisco Trucco, 32, Oak- land, and Rose Devincenzi, 22, Golden Gate, —————————— Inspect Land for Water Supply. OAKLAND, Oct. 17.—Councilmen Edwin Meese and- J. T. Wallace and City Engineer F. C. Turner have in- spected the property that has been of- fered to the city as a source for a municipal water supply by George W. Dornin, president of the City Council, IS UNLAWFLL Explains Concerning Co- lumbia Voting Device bl ASKS A POSTPONEMENT Supervisors Are Told That Supply Company Is Soon to Exhibit a Substitute i P Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Oct. 17. The Board of Supervisors was re- quested to-day to postpone all action in the matter of purchasing voting ma- | chines until a new device, known as the Dean machine, can be exhibited ta the board about January 1. This de- lay was urged by the Central Supply¥ Company, represented by State Sena- tor Frank W. Leavitt and Attorney George W. Reed. They submitted a written explanation to-day concerning the failure of the company to deliver the Columbia voting machines for which a contract of sale had been made with the Supervisors. The reason given was that the com- pany had discovered that the machines would not meet the requirements of the law, which permits a voter to change his ballot before it is finally de- posited. It was pointed out that after a voter had operated the machine he could not make a correction if he should so desire. After reciting that the contract had been awarded to the Central Supply Company to furnish 100 Columbia vot- ing machines, Attorney Reed, as presi- dent of the company, said: Information came to our company that a new voting machine had been invented, which ‘Was very far superior to any other voting ma- chine in the market. Our company immedtately sent out Senator Leavitt to New York and Chicago to Investigate this new machine. A thorough and complete investigation wa made and it was found that this machine, called the Dean machine, could do all that was claimed for it and more, and that it was the only machine in existence which fully complied with the California laws. This in- vestigation convinced us that neither the Unit- ed States Standard nor the Columbia Voting Machine Company complied with the California laws in this, that the voting machine law of California provides that “they must also pre- -| vent his voting more than once for the same person for the same office, and allow of his reversinz his vote in case of mistake or de- sire to change.” Reed declared his belief that the new machine would meet the requirements and that his company's action in not supplying the Columbia could only be construed as fair and honest dealing with the county in view of the finding of the new machine. All of this was in response to resolu- tions offered by Supervisor Rowe call- ing upon the company to explain why it had not delivered the Columbia ma- chines according to contract. The sub- ject was referred to the committee of the whole. —_——— Mrs. Engs’ Funeral to Be Private, OAKLAND, Oct. 17.—The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary Webb Engs, wife of the late John S. Engs, will be entirely private. Mrs. Engs died late last night after three weeks’ illness at her residence, 1003 Twelfth street. She was a member of one of the most prominent families in Oak- land. Her surviving children are Dr. Jchn S. Engs, professor of pathology and bacteriology at the University of California; Edward W. Engs of the law department of the Oakland Trac- tion Consolidated; Otis W. Engs of the Realty Syndicate, and S. M. Engs of Chicago, Eastern manager of the Bcowers Rubber Company. Mrs. Engs was a sister to Edward O. Webb and Mrs. Horry W. Meek of Haywards. Mrs. Engs was a native of Newport, R. I, 64 years old. She came to Oak- land twenty-five years ago. —_—— Armed Farmer Goes to Jail. OAKLAND, Oct. 17.—S8. C. Skinner, a rancher from Sacramento, was ar- rested at 2:30 o’clock this morning ‘while strdlling in the neighborhood of Twelfth avenue and East Fourteenth street. Skinner was armed with a loaded pistol. To be on the safe side, Sergeant of Police Frank Lynch sent the stranger to the City Prison, where he was detained until this afternoon until the police satisfled themselves concerning Skinner’s identity. Skin- ner deposited $50 bail for his appear- ance in the Police Court to-morrow to answer a charge of carrying a con- cealed weapon. He said he had been on a visit to the bay, but had been restless and was walking about the streets to wear off his nervousness when he was arrested. —_——— Broken Neck Result of Fall. | BERKELEY, Oct. 17.—An’ autopsy held to-day on L. H. Buddemer, who died at the football game on California Field last Saturday, disclosed the fact that Buddemer’'s death was due to a broken neck. He fell from the bleach- ers just as he arose to join in the cheering. It was supposed by those about him that heart failure caused the fall and death which so soon en- sued. The autopsy has revealed that while Buddemer’s heart may have been weak, his death was caused by the breaking of his neck. —_——— FORM BOWLING SYNDICATE.—Oakland, Oc( 17.—Articles of incorporation of the Bowi- Syndicate 'lfl filed with the County Cl'l'k 10 rpose of the inco: MEMORIAL FOR | DEAD SCHOLAR fessor Spinello Plan to Perpetuate His Memory WILL BUY HIS LIBRARY University Men Deliver Addresses at Meeting of Friends of the Deceased Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Oct. 17. BERKELEY, Oct. 17.—Tribute was | and ; paid by university professors others to the memory of Marius J. Spinello at a meeting in Smith Hall this afternoon. President Wheeler presided. Addresses were made by Professors Stephens, Wells, Soule and Chambers and by F. T. Blanchard. The latter had been a pupil of the professor. Marius Spinello, an Romanic languages, died in June, 1904, following injuries received in an attempt to board an electric car. His friends in the university now propose to purchase his library and install it in the University Library as a me- morial. The meeting was to give pub- lic expression to this proposal. Professor Chambers announced that about $200 has been subscribed for this purpose and that $540 will be re- quired. Subscriptions are to be re- ceived by any of the following com- mittee, which was appointed by Pres- ident Wheeler: Professor C. W. Wells, Professor S. A. Chambers, Clinton Day, Dean Wright of Yale, Theodore Koch of the Congressional Library at ‘Washington. There are about 1200 volumes in the Spinello library. They will cost $260. The remainder of, the $500 to be raised will be spent. for books which will make the collection com- plete. They will each be distinguished in the University Library as a Spinello book. Those who spoke at the memorial exercises to-day eulogized the profes- sor as a noble, chivalrous and loyal soul. His great gifts, his enthusiasm and his kindliness were described. 1 1 PERSONAL. A. W. Maltby, a rancher of Concord, is at the Grand. Hemmel Henri, a tourist from Paris, is at the Palace. L. J. Rose Jr., a fruit man of Ox- nard, is at the Palace. J. V. Shepard, a railroad man of Los Angeles, is at the Grand. John Bendef, 2 mining man of Ne- vada City, is at the Palace. State Senator Thomas Flint is up from San Juan and registered at the Palace. Edward E. Berwick of Pacific Grove, head of the Parcel Post Association, is at the Grand." C. C. Royce of Chico is at the Lick. Dr. R. Hartmann Kempt of St. Louis is at the Lick. H. N. Yerrington, the well known railroad man of Carson City, and wife are at the Palace. John Finnell, one of Tehama Coun- ty's wealthiest and oldest ranchers, is registered at the Palace. W. B. Simones of St. Paul, who is interested in mining in Californi-, is staying at the Octidental. George Lewis, secretary of the firm of Shreve & Co., has returned from a four months’ trip abroad. W. E. Keller, president of the Loeb Milling Company of Los Angeles, regis- tered yesterday at the St. Francis. W. E. Hampton, president of several large manufacturing concerns of Los Angeles, is among the latest arrivals at the St. Francis. R. C. Wyvell, a prominent real estate man of Minneapolis, and his wife are guests at the St. Francis. They are enjoying their honeymoon in the West. Clinton G. Smith of the Bureau of Forestry at Washington has just re- turned from a trip through Humboldt County and is staying at the Occi- dental. O. P. Cook, who is attached to the Horticultural Department at Washing- ton, is at the Occidental. He has been visiting Luther Burbank, the famous California horticulturist in Sonoma County. James Wardner, who has participated in all the great mining rushes in the ‘West and is widely known all over the coast, is at the Palace, having just come down from Goldfields, where he intends to build a hotel. Passenger Traffic Manager Fee of the Southern Pacific Company and his sec- retary, George Gardner, left last night for St. Louis, where they will attend the quarterly meeting of the Transcon- tinental Passenger Association. Irving B. Dudley, United States Mi. ister to Peru, an appoidtment which was conferred on him by the late Pres- ident McKinley, arrived at the Palace yesterday. He came north by way of San Diego and is going to Washington on a leave of absence. Among yesterday’s arrivals here was District Fire Chief John Healy of the Denver department. In a recent con- flagration in Denver he was nearly suf- focated from acid fumes and has since instructor in BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1016 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. MONDAY, OCTOBER 17. Frances V. Perrine (single) to Susan B. Per- rine, lot on S line of Thirtieth street, 312.08 W of Telegraph avenue, W 30.53, S 60 to 3 line of Rowland Tract, E to interseétion with line at right angles to Thirtieth street, § from point of beginning, N 60 to beginning, block 2029, Rowland Tract, Qukland; gift. Joseph T. and Paulena Hinch to Belle Boit- ingliouse (wife of Frank L.), lot on NE corner of West and Thirty-third strest, N 32:¢ by B 100, portion of lot 1, block E, property Central Land Company, formerly known as the Brown Traet, Oakland; $10. H. B. Carpenter (single) to George B. Pratt, lot on § corner of May street and Vernal ave- nue, SE 100 by SW 182, lot 10, block 4, re- vised map Pledmont Park, Oakland Heights, Oakland Township; $10. Willlam H. and Beverly B. Hathaway to Emma L. B. Gillihan (wife of Willlam F.), lot on W line of Fulton street, 220 S of Channing way, W 150, N 40. E 50, 8 40, portion lot §, block 8, property College Homestead Association, Berkeley: $10. The Realty Syndicate (a corporation) to Eleanor L. Knapp (wife of W. B.), E 85 feet of lots 11 and 12, block 9, map McGee Tract. portion plat 67, etc., Berkeley; $10. Same to Meda Segelhorst, & 40 feet of lots 13 and 14 and W 45 feet of lots 11 and 13, block 9, same, Berkeley; $10. Hugh McEvoy to John J. Donahue, lot en SR corner of Ninth and Bristol streets, E 53 by 3 100, Berhalay; $10. Grace irwin _(single) to Peter Madsen, ot ‘o6 "W Hine. o¢ King (Paradise) street, 903 of Folton, S 45 by W 112:6, portion lots 10, 11 and 12, block G, Paradise Park, Berkeley; $10. E. M. and C. M. Lancaster to Christian K. and Christena Marfe Klein, 2.083 acres begin- ning at point on SE line of subdivision. 7, at intersection with dividing line between subdi- vision 4 and 5, thence SE 43580 by SW 208:414, portion subdivision 4, map Patterson . etc., Brooklyn Township; $10. Dore Jacobsen (widew) and Annie Madsen (widow) to Henry Madsen, lot on E line of Prospect avenue, 15 N of East Sixteenth street, N 70 by E 110, lots 3 and 4, block C, mup Daly Tract, Brooklyn Township; $10. Cornelius and Lizzie Lynch to Nels C. Hawks and Hermann G. Mehrtens, lot on 3 line of Halght avenue, 109.30 W of Sixth (Third avenue) street, W 74:2 by 8 70, Ala- meda: §10. . Edward and Ansiette Johnson to Ira Vaughan, lot on § line of Lincoin strest, 73 W of Campbell, W 40 by S 110, lot 4 and por- tion lot 5, biock 711, map part Plats 3886 and 386, Oakland; $10. Olive Biron (widow) to Charfes Norman Wood and F. G. Brown, street, 121:6 W of Shafter (Second avenue), 50 by S 130, lot 28, block B, map blocks A, and C, Vernion Park, Oakland: $10. Charl and Annie L. Hart (wife) to Harold J. Taggart, lot on S line of Edwards street, 170 E of Andover, E 33:4 by S 125, being W 38:4 of lot 67, map Pacific Theological Seminary Tract No. 2, Oakland; $10. Joseph T. and Paulens Hinch Charles Hanmer, beginning at poh ter line of Walsworth aven lot on S Itne of Avon w B l-ifn to NE boundary line of lot 1 on iine at right an- gles thereto, NW Iine of 30 to 204 to point 138 SE from S& airmount avenue SW 30, SB 208, NB nning, portion of lot 1, map 100-Acre Onkland; $10. roft to Agnes L. Ryan, lot on S thind street, 120 W of Dover, W . block G, map Santa Fe 0. d Rose A. Sullivan. (wife) to 1ot on W libe of Telegraph of Cornwall, N' 51.87, 'W 106.40, ot 13, McEirath Tract, Oakiand; 0. Agnes Borland (widow) te George 'Palmer, lot on W line of Webster street, 197:6 N of Twenty-cighth or Merrimac, N 37:6 by W . being N ¢ lot 7, Borland property, Kkland, deed and agreement; $10. Luey and Math Klaas (husband) to Germaine Icard (wife of Baptiste), lot on E line of Lewis street, 150 S of Raliroad avenue, S 50:2 by i 125, 30 and 31, biock 406, map redivision* of_city blocks 494, 495 and 496, Oakland; $10. Ida B. Winters to Martha M. Elder, lot on N lne of Athol avenue, 384:8 W of Newton avenue, W 50, N 130, E +4:6, S 128, portion of lot 7, block D, Peralta Helghts, East Oak- land: $10. Richard and Clara B. F. Fenner (De Gomez) to Holland S. Scott, Twenty-third street. nue, of Seventh ave- NW 50 by SW 130, block 136, Clinton, East Cakland: §10. C. Weston Clark (single) to Elzabeth FE Jackson, on W line of Piedmont avenue, N of Parker street (Kearney avenue), N 30 W 92:6, being portion of lot 9, block 2, map property of Jobn Kearney, and agreement; $10. Berry-Bangs Land_Company (corporation) to F. S. Page, on W line of Collegs avenus, 300 § of Stuart street, S 50 by W 148, lot 7, block J, Berry-Bangs Tract, map No. 2, Berke- ley. deéd and agreement: $10. —_——————— NEW IMPROVEMENT. CLUB BUILDING IS DEDICATED etc., Berkeley, deed The Market Street and Eureka Vail- ley Improvement Club held a sort of “at home” reception in their new hall, 2569 Market street, last evening. Re- freshments of sandwiches, cake, beer and cigars were served and good cheer was the general sentiment of the oc- casion. Major J. Higgins presided and stirring remarks on the work of the Mission Improvement clubs and the future of their own club were made by President R. C. Clark, - A. 8. Lillie, president of the Federation of Mis- sion Clubs, Messrs. Healy, Lover and others: The club hall, which has been com- pleted at a cost of $6000, is the work of the association, formed into a stock company. The shares are held by the ‘members of the club and have been almost all disposed of at $5 a share. The lower floor is rented as a store and the upper story is used by - the club. The construction of its own hall by an improvement club is & new departure and an improvement in- deed. The club meets every Monday evening. been suffering from lung troubles. He | has come to San Francisco on. the ad- | !vice of his physiciah with the hope | | that the lower altitude will lmm-ove‘ his condition. Herr Domschke, a director of the im- perial railways of Germany, and Eruin Kurlzi, inspector of structures in the ; same department, are expected here in a few days. They are traveling through this country studying the problems of railroading from an American stand- point and paying particular attention to rallroad struetures. moved from the patient’s face and he will be obliged to remain in bed for a few days with his eyes bandaged. ——— MILITARY BOARD OF SURVEY.—Ala- meda, Oct. 17.—Adjutant General J. B. Lauck of the California National Guard has Captain M. W. Sllnplon tain T. V. Kess- ling and Captais m 2 who bonded the land that the city might have an opportunity to inves- tigate it. The committee of inspec- tion has, submitted a report to the ad- Asory committee on municipal water ~upply. eighty or ninety plans of school build- ings that have been submitted to the board. This is to determine whether the plans can be followed within the appropriations, —_—— Changes Situation. OAKLAND, Oct. 17.—Councilman George Fitzgerald to-day filed his cer- tificate of nomination as an indepen- dent candidate for Supervisor in the The pi Soa s %o Sonducy Milined halis, bowiing al- | ] levs and other places of MODERN METHODS :l:‘l'l thom.h theoretical and practica} B .DBNTIS'I’RY... Place our work on a the average. Each . : High School Debate. BERKELEY, Oct. 17.—The annual debate by members of the Forum took place at the High School this morn- ing. The question was: “Resolved, Tha.t Woman Suffrage Is Desirable.” s pin e e o i l.flrmnln-w: argued b}-flhl-l“m BUSINGSS_BLOCK. —Barkeley, . Henderson and Maurice Johnson | 17 —Ground was broken to-day ::;mnmunbyumm Bunerot way, 10'be ereoted by 3. A San 3««» Five stores will face muflmnmm Made by us will last for many years, g:mu- $1.00 Bone