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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1904. « NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA o Elever Women of Clubdom ] | Enjoy Brilliant Function Oakfand_[aaies Are Entertained at Br eakl’asf OAKLAND, Oct. 19.—The Club certainly outdid itself to-day and the annual breakfast will be recorded in the club minutes as the most bril- liant episode in its existence.® Never has Maple Hall presented a more at- tractive appearance and few pro- grammes have been akin, in general interest and cleverness, to that partici- pated in by the distinguished guests of the Oakland Club Some of the cleverest women in clubdom were ¢ the speakers, the music was ex- while enjoying this i flow of soul” Oakland ¢ | the eye was | | | | I 1 vith a vista of elegant gowns, woman Was senu well worth discussing. id one desire? rranged in the form und table at whick the g center and from it six long tabies radi- Asparagus fern wound its grace- down ed ful length the center of each roses and h of nestling in billows of rose k and maid adorned th able. The tiny stage was 2 t and potted plants, while yellow songsters chirped and in their swaying, gilded ght was excluded and the ned with electricity. The while elaborate, was 218 delicate, and too much cann be said in praise of the ladies adwell was chairman and was assisted in fied | of honor being in the | ot with its garniture of trail- | Mrs. C. 8. Cham- < N i M-l man of the breakfast committee and rselin {m—r& the day’s success reflects much credit e },) iiah;‘s on that lady’'s executive ability. R iy ‘| The guests at the breakfast to-da: C. N. Akins, e ¥ 4 Mps. Loman B4 Tl Lol ates Snume, Mo ooy 20oa 2 . | Mre. Bunnell, Mrs. Hume, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. and Mrs. Frances | cushing, Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. Borland, Mrs. bert Duncan, though Mrs. G. L. Smith, Mrs. Sanborn, Mrs. £ t Jub, e | Mrs. Grant, Mrs. de Leon, Dr. f the club, aided very | ponfo ™ sy Heamer, Mrs. 3. B. Wheeler, the arrangements, and | . D. Smith, Mrs. McMath, Mrs, Mikel, s who sent the exquisite roses | i i D e rned the tables. Mrs. Kisick | oo : ‘Mre, Broad was man of the t rittee. | well, Mrs. Kisick, Mrs. Mise Seal, Miss ¢ e o Drummond, Mrs, Abrahamson, Mrs. Lehter, & the luncheon Miss Isabel Seal, | ™ [inlan, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Lovell icianly young violinist, contrib- | Mrs. Judson, Mrs. Grady, Mre. Hyde Mrs. ted several delight | w Mrs. Matthews, Mrs. Buckley, Mrs. uted several delightful numbers, hef| o, "L "D “Mia Brown, Mrs. ‘Chad- &ccompanist being Miss Bstelle Drum- | wick, Mrs. Bartholomew, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. mond, one of Oakland’s most promising " Mrs. Beckwith, Mrs. Price, Mrs. Cole, yolng shuntsts R. S. Cole, Mrs, East, Mrs. Swale, Fopng: = s A. W. Palmer, Mrs. Samuels, Mrs. Hen- The post-luncheon music was given | derson, Mrs. Watkins, ~Mrs. Peters, Mrs. e 2 mertagh i Crane, Mrs. Elliott, Mre. Afkins, Mrs. Wood, ehtirely by Mrs. Mabel Gray Lach- |y’ 'S Palmer, Mrs. Tennant, Miss Jane mund, who to a happy degree is doubly | Paimer, Mrs. Voss, ‘:m McCormack, Mrs. & o N ah 3 cs, | Gibson, Mre. Crowell, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. talbnted, singing as well as she plays, | 20700, M50, 500" sire: Dabney, Mrs. which is saying much for her perform- ence. She is a graduate of the con- servatories at Leipsic and Berlin and has studied elsewhere with famous teachers, and her work betrays a schol- &rly interpretation. The speeches were all so good I wish I might give you a bit from each one. One always sits up and takes notice when Mrs. Hume begins to talk, and one keeps right on noticing, too. Her subject to-day was, “Is Club Life Inim- fcal to Church Work?"” and though her speech was short when she was through one was quite convinced that the club was a sort of front door to the church. She said that the “clubs that stand for high ideals are actu- ated by the same principles that un- derlie church work.” She said, too, and With truth,‘that “the woman who gets most out of club life and church life 4s the woman who puts most into it.” Mrs. George Law Smith and Mrs. Mary Wood Swift, than whom there are no more popular club women in California, were, of course, among those who made bright, witty speeches. Mrs. Smith has traveled many thou- sands of miles since she was last in ©Oakland and in her own delightful fashion touched briefly on various things she deemed of interest to her suditors. . Mrs. nnell, land Ciul, established an innovation to-day in the way of toastmistresses. Each speaker was introduced by a dif- ferent member of the club and the little. two-minute introductions added to the brightness of the programme, which, in its entirety, was as follows: Introductory remarks Mrs. G. W. Bunnell; wocal solo, (s) ‘“Moonfight” (Schumann), (b) *Spring Night” (Echuman), (¢) I Wil Not Grieye” (Schumann). Mrs. Mabel Gray Laca- smund; Dr. Susan J. Fenton, Introducing Mrs. I N. Chapman, president of the Adelphian Ciub,’ *“The Recent Political Equality Conven- Los Mra W. . Peters, in- . Hume, president of Ebell *Is Club Life Intmical to Church Work?' tnololo “Spring Bong” (Wagner-Lisst), Mrs, chmund; Mrs. John Bakewell, introducing Miss 7. E. Brown, president of the Mutual Berefit Ciub, “The Noon Rest”: Mrs. Sara Rismer, introducing Mrs. George Law Smith, rtd‘ent of the California Federation of Wom- an’s Clubs: wolo, Mrs. Lachmund; Mrs. Chamberiain, introducing Mre. J. M. 3 Thoughts at & Happy Mo- : Mrs. Cora E. Jones introducing Mrs. ent of the Woman's Civie mprovement Club, “What the Civic Club Can Do for Women and What Women Can Do for ; Mrs. S. F. . introducing Mrs. Mary Wood Swift president of ux national wnd local councils, “Incidents at the Council at Berlin.” Mrs. C. 8. Chamberlain was chair- S —————————— ADVERTISEMENTS. Positively cured by CARTERS| = s o' tress trom Dyspepsia, In- Eating. A perfect rem- - edy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste 'TORPID LIVER. East Hall, on the following dates: October October 27, November 1, November 3. Each | reading will begin at 4 o'clock. Mr. Dupouey president of the Oak- M | | e ACCOMPLISHED _ WOM WHO SANG AND PLAYED YESTERDAY FOR THE OAKLAND CLUB. b T Swaner, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Woolley, Mrs. Baltz, Mre. Nelson, Mrs. Rhunel, Mrs. Keller, Mrs. Bassford, Mrs. Ellison, Mrs. Ryle. Mrs. Mo- Donald, Mrs. Meguire, Mrs. McCiunle, Mrs. Whitebead, Mrs. Holland, Mrs. Watkins, Mrs. Chamberlain, Mrs. Luning, Miss Worley, Mrs Perkine, Mrs. Connors, Miss Elsey, Mrs. Remillard, Mrs. Standeford, Mrs. Hogan, Mrs Lachmund, Mrs. Radcliffe, Mrs. Koenig, Mrs. Schuneman, Mrs. Marslly, 'Mrs. Van der Nafl- len, Mrs. Keranke, Mrs' Dodge, Mre. Chase. UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, Oct, 10.—Robert Dupouey 1s to give four French readings, in prose and verse, from the works of Victor Hugo, In room is a graduate of the Ecole Normale Superieure of Paris and holds the rank of & professor in the Uniyersity of France, He was sent to Har- vard by the French Government, and made last spring an extended tour throughout the United States as a lecturer for the Alllance Francaise. At the half hour of music in the Greek Thea. ter next Sunday afternoon the programme w be rendered by Dr. Bruce V. Hill, a singer; Fred A. Harney, flute, and Paul Thelen, ac- companist. Oscar Schober, who for thirteen years has been a mechanician in the electrical depart- ment of the university, is to start on & two years' grip around the world on November 1. He will go by way of Honolulu. The humorists on the staff of the Pelican have threatened to strike unless each receives a Pelican pin and ie supplied with materials used In his w The pins cost $1 50 eacn. Manager Samuels says the men who now com- lain should have received these pins last year. e refuses to accede to their demands, declar- ing that he can easily procure a lot of humor- ists to take the places of all who may leave the staff of the Pelican. Jobn Galen Howard, architect for the univer- | sity, announced to-day that plans are being drawn in his office for the new library building, the gift of Charles F. Doe. He also states that the granite and steel work of California Hall is_nearly comples The Mining Association held its banquet to- night at Barnum's in Oakl —_—— DEMANDS MORE ROOM FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN School Superintendent of Berkeley Declares That the Present Build- ings Are Inadequate. BERKELEY, Oct. 19.—Superin- tendent of Schools 8. D. Waterman de- clared last night at a meeting of the Board of Education that fifty new pupils had been admitted to the schools of Berkeley during the last two days and that he will soon have to turn children away unless more room is provided. ““The need for school bonds with which to enlarge our buildings and | erect new ones is Imperative,” said Su- perintendent Waterman. “Many of the schools are very crowded now, and the congestion ap- parently is to be worse soon. The pu- digestion and Too Hearty | Tongue, Pain in the Side, | ™| pils keep coming. There will be no |'place for them if something 1s not done to provide accommodations.” —_——— Boys Play at Burglary. OAKLAND, Oct. 19.—According to { Harry Brewls, 14 years old, he and a | companion named Newall, 12 years old, hid In Gribben & Hill's second- hand furniture store, 447 San Pablo avenue, last night, wdited until the shop closed and stole a mandolin, a rifie.and some drills, escaping in_ true burglar fashion. Brewis was arrested at his home. corner Twenty-second ,street and San Pablo avenue. boy's father says his son is weak- minded. The boy will be given WO FATHERS WANT CHILDREN KEEPS HER HAT |Case Needs a Solomon||srixcrorrices ON IN PR]SON Two Women The Mother Married Two|Mrs. Mabel Sheahan Spends Men of the Same Name and Both "Press Claims Was an Uncomfortable Night in Jail for Contempt STEP-PARENT HAS THEM|SHE REFUSES ALL FOOD Appointed Guardian | Woman Free, After Neither and Now Resists Every| Eating Nor Sleeping Dur- Effort to Get Control Oakland Office Ban Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Oct. 19. A father and a stepfather, both of the name of Sorenson, have begun a struggle for the possession of the two children of John Sorenson, whose wife afterwarg married a man by the name of Richard Sorenson. For more than six years Richard Sorenson treated the two children of his wife as his own. They are a boy and a girl, aged 14 and 1. A few weeks ago the mother died and now the real father wants his chil- dren back again. As soon as the wife died, Richard Sorenson, the stepfather, went before Judge Coffey, in San Francisco, and secured an order appointing him legal guardian of the children. This morn- ing John Sorenson sued cut a writ of habeas corpus here, claiming that -the children were being illegally withheld from him. Judge Hall denied the writ, as at the time of the appointment .of the stepfather as guardian the real father had his day in court. The mat- ter, however, will now be taken back to Judge Coffey, with a petition to reconsider and give the real father an opportunity to interpose his claim. —_——— PROFESSOR STEPHENS OPENS LECTURE OCOURSE Vniversity ExtensionrSeries Begins Un- der the General Charge of the Teachers of Oakland. OAKLAND, Oct. 19. — Professor Henry Morse Stephens began a series of lectures on the French Revolution this afternoon at the Common School Assembly Hall in a university exten- sion course which has been organized by an Oakland center, composed large- ly of the Teachers’ Club. The lectures will be given at intervals of two weeks, running into next April. The open- ing lecture was on Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. The second lecture will cover the work of the States Gen- eral and the influence of Mirabeau. The center has elected the follow- ing officers: President, Miss Eliza- beth Sherman; secretary, Miss M. E. Norton; treasurer, Miss M. A. Sulli- van. There is an advisory committee, composed %of J. 'W. McClymonds, the Rev. E. E. Baker, J. P. Garlick, Mrs. Shafter Howard, Miss Helen Glenn and Miss Mabel Thayer Gray. ————————— DIES FROM GRIEF OVER SON'S DEATH Shock Contributes to Cause Last Ti- ness of Mother of Late George S. Evans. OAKLAND, Oct. 19.—Grief over the recent death of her son, former Library Trustee George S. Evans, con- tributed largely to the demise last night of Mrs. Mary N. Evans at her residence,- 536 Twenty-second street. Mrs. Evans has been an invalid for some time. Her son had returned from a hunting trip, when he con- tracted typhoid fever, which ended fataily. Mrs. Evans was a member of the Ebell Club and was active in that or- ganization and in the Women’s +Al- liance of the First Unitarian Church. Bhe was 67 years old, a native of Iowa. Her husband, James Evans, and a son, Fred, survive. The funeral will be held at 2:30 o’clock to-morrow afternoon from the Evans residence. The Rev. W. N. Jones, minister of the First Unitarian Church, will offi- clate. —_——— PROMINENT BERKELEY CITIZENS FAVOR BONDS Speeches Made in Support of Pro- posed Improvements at Meeting of Ashby Improvement Club. BERKELEY, Oct. 19.—Enthusias- sic speeches favoring the issuing of bonds .for municipal improvements were made last night at a meeting of the Ashby Improvement Club in the Peralta fire engine house by the fol- lowing citizens: Dr. Biehl, Profes- sor Albin Putzker, C. C. Emslie, Trus- tee R. C. Staats, 8. W. Gibbs, A. F. Hess, A. 8. J. Woods, W. R. Batten, J. T. Short, W. A. Gates, 8. N. Wyck- off and President Robertson of the WNorth Berkeley Club. The necessity for improving the Fire Department was emphasized, as was also the need of a manual train- ing school and street improvements, all of which are covered in the bond issue which the Town Trustees are preparing to submit to the people at a speclal election soon to be held. —_———— Sousa in Greek Theater. BERKELEY, Oct. 19.—The per- formance to be given by Sousa in the Greek Theater on Friday afternoon will be the first appearance of the band in Berkeley and is expected to afford a better opportunity of hearing it than in a closed theater. That no one may be forced to remain away on account of the expense the price of tickets has been made exceptionally low. The whole of the upper part of | the auditorium is unresérved, and’ price of admission Is 50 cents, —_—————— Must Try Again. OAKLAND, Oct. 19.—Mrs. May ‘Weed is trying to obtain a divorce| from Frank Weed, whom she married | under the belief he was wealthy. He talked of buying a mine, but the day after the wedding she found he had no money. She has had to support her husband, and Judge Ogden held| ing Her Incarceration Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Oct. 19. ‘Without so much as taking off her hat, Mrs. Mabel C. Sheahan spent last night and to-day in the County Jail, where she was committed by Judge Melvin for contempt of court for in- terrupting the proceedings during the trial of her divorce suit yesterday. This afternoon she was examined by Dr. C. L. Tisdale, the County Physician, at the suggestion of the authoritles, for insanity, but his only report was that he found “a very strong-minded woman.” During the long hours of the night Mrs. Sheahan sat at a table or paced up and down the corridor of the wum- an’s department and in conversation to-day said: “Do you suppose I would sleep In one of those bunks or eat the stuff they have here? Not much. sat right here all night and I will wait until I get out of here before I eat or sleep.” She was liberated at § o’clock this evening, as her second day began at 8 o’clock in the afternoon. Attorney Johns, her lawyer, endeavored to have her apologize to Judge Melvin, but she refused to do it. —_———— GETS MONEY FROM BANK AND HAS DISAPPEARED - Delos Brace, Seventy-Two Years 0Old, Drops Out of Sight and Police Are Puzzled. OAXLAND, Oct. 19.—After drawing $100 from a bank, Delos Brace, 72 years old, disappeared October 10 and not a trace of his whereabouts has been found by the police. Brace lived at the Arlington Hotel, Ninth and Washing- ton streets, his sister, Mrs. Henry Meyers, being the proprietor'’s wife. Mrs. Meyers departed a month ago to attend the St. Louis Exposition. Brace was anxious to go with his sister, but she felt that his age was against him; that the trip might overtax him. The old man decided to leave, so it is thought, and drew the money. But in- quiry has failed to disclose any clew to him among the : railroad offices. Brace .was quiet in his habits. His friends fear some accident dr worse has befallen him. - ) ————————— DISCARD ONE MORE WATER SUPPLY SCHEME Oakland’s Advisory Committee Says That Mokelumne River Plan Is Not Sufficient. OAKLAND, Oct. 19.—The Sierra Nevada Water and Power Company’s proposal to supply 16,000,000 gallons of water a day from the Mokelumne River, delivered at the northern boun- dary line of Berkeley, has been re- jected by the special advigory com- mittee on water supply. Mayor Ol- ney sald the committee did not favor the project because it did not include a complete water plant for the city. The estimated cost of the company’s plan as presented is $5,500,000. —_——————— CAST CHOSEN FOR JUNIOR DAY FAROCE “Just: About Now” Selected as the Title of Walter de Leon’s Composition. BERKELEY, Oct. 19.—“Just About Now"” has been selected as an appro- priate title for the junior farce writ- ten by Walter R. de Leon. It is to be produced at the Grand Opera-house on November 25. The complete cast of characters was announced to-day. It is as follows: Jack Howard, Walter de Leon; Charles Burkhaldt (Jack’'s friend), Will Henry; Regi- nald von Bl.rklly Konlrlvera Percy Wicks; a_traveler, “Pat” Bryant; Howard Higgins (aci's vaiet). Edwin Rust. William Courtiey, Dickie; Iva Notlon, H.lll Sophie Tread- well; Grace Wiseland, Miés Isabelle McRey- Dolds; Alice Burkhardy, Miss Ann Thacher; Mrs. Burkhardt, Miss Phoebe Binney, iR dramis Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, Oct. 19.—The follow- ing marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Eugene H. Hewell, over 21, San Francisco, and Ione H. C. Fore, over 18, Oakland; Charles A. Anderson, over 21, and Ophelia Westermann, over 18, both of Oakland. . —_———— OAKLAND, Oct. 19.—Charles Em- son, a Scandinavian seaman on. the American ship King Cyrus, was taken to the Receiving Hospital this even- ing after being hit in the stomach by the Seventh-street local traln at Brooklyn* station, i Literally the dazed mariner, who had been picked up for dead, did not know what had struck him. Emson had been drinking. His injuries are not serious. ———— oNOULD DISTRIBUTE BSTATE.—Oakland, ] nnu m".'"?. dluflwszm of the late Leontine C. L. Janssen was filed b; E A Jsnesen With the Gounty. Clerk (0-gay. The estate to be «m-nm.a amounts to $18,- 178 44. The praperty to the widow and emm«mm resE R A E FREE — FREE — FREE WITH e — — SUNDAY CALL —— WANT ADS. 'lm Choice of M Pnnh-, —-LIGHTN!NG B READ nd— p—— NIFE —— 9 NUT 8“-—— —— Fight For One Man JUDGE DEMANDS THE ELDER CLAIMANT'S PROOF Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Oct. 19. “Bither you are a . deeply ‘wronged | woman or you are insane,” declared | Police Judge Mortimer Smith to-day | after he had heard the story of Mrs.| Kjerstine Jacobson, who insists that| she is the wife of John B. Ampuero, an | engineer residing at 1216 Clay street. | Mrs. Jacobson was on trial, charged by Mrs. Bessie Ampuero, who also as- gerts her wifehood with the same man, with disturbing her peace by visiting the house dnd insisting upon establish- Ing herself as Ampuero’s rightful spouse. “If what you assert is true” sald Judge Smith, “you have made out this man a bigamist. It is a very serious situation and I shall demand proof be- fore I disposeof the case.” Mrs. Jacobson testified in defense of her action in going to the Ampuero res- idence that she wedded Ampuero by contract October 6, 1894, at Pleasanton. That was one year before the Legis- e § POLICE CAPTURE T0UNG BURGLAR W. F. Kennedy Is Taken Into Custody in Alameda for] Robbing Several Houses ALAMEDA, Oct. 19.—W. F. Kennedy confessed to Chief of Police John Con- rad to-day that he entered and robbed the residence of J. C. Henkenius, 1210 Paru street, on the 11th of this month, and that he is also the person who burglarized the home of George Mur- dock, 1809 San Antonio avenue, and the house of Louis Newbell, 1837 San An- tonio avenue. Kennedy was arrested last evening by Policeman E. A. Willing in the vi- cinity of the Henkenius place. Under pressure he confessed that he was the | house-working thief who has been busy here for six weeks. Kennedy gives his age as 22 years, and says that he is from Kansas City. He affirms that he has not been en- gaged long in the {llegal calling of rob- bing houses. Kennedy was taken to San Francisco this afternoon by Chief Conrad, and. copsiderable of the prop- erty stolen by him was recovered from shops where he had placed it in pawn. His plan of robbing houses was to ring' the front doorbell, and if no one responded to try other doors. If he thought there was no one within he used a skeleton key. When persons responded to me. doorbell Kennedy passed himself off as an upholsterer seeking repair work. It is suspected that he is the same Kennedy who shot a woman named Shoemaker In Kan- sas City, where he was a footpad, en- gaged with Jesse James Jr. and others, who escaped. REAPER CALLS HENRY FOWLER, NAPA -PIONEER Henry Fowler of Napa, the well- known capitalist and one of the old- est ploneers of the State, died Tues- day afternoon at his residence in Napa after a brief {liness. Mr. Fow- ler was 82 years of age. He came to California fifty years ago and settled in Napa, where he accumulated a for- tune. 4 Probably no man in Northern Cali- fornia was better known or more universally beloved than Henry'Fow- ler. He was strongly identified with the early history of Napa County and was interested in many of her enter- prises. He was a man ¢f pure char- acter and strong Intellect and . was widely known for his many kindly acts. Mr. Fowler is survived by a widow and four daughters—Mrs. John H. Mallett, wife of the vice president of the Renters’ Loan and Trust Com- pany; Mrs. B. E. Kindlespire, wife of the capitalist of this city; Mrs, Sherwood Bird and Mrs. Dinwoody. The funeral, which will take place this afternoon, will be one of the largest ever held in Napa. The in- terment will take place in Toulocay Cemetery. e T S Agmn DIES IN POVERTY. Maurice O. Plke Passes Away While Serving Sentence for Vagrancy. NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—Maurice C. Pike, 67 years old, once widely known as an actor, is dead on Hart's Island, where he was serving a sentence of six months for vagrancy. His first role wag played in a Bowery theater fifty years ago. Three months ago the old man was found sleeping in a hall- way and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. His last appearance jon the stage occurred one year ago. Friends missed him along Broad- way, ‘and afew days ago began a search which ended at the morgue, ST e— Admiral Van Sittart Is Dead. LONDON, Oct. 19.—Admiral Van Sittart is dead. He ‘was born July 21,:1818, ana retired in 1873, —_———— McCabe’s Shortage Increases, A further examination of the ac- counts of James McCabe, the clerk of the Southern Pacific Com- | puw.’:u ra-um: in the disco | that his shortage nearer $40 OM nm&g&'fiu reperted by the offi cials company. !mm l"tfll..wiohuhp lature annulled the contract marriage law. The woman declared she had lived | with Ampuero for eight years as his| Tres | wife in Pleasanton, San Jose, Pinos and San Francisco. She insisted that Ampnero had deserted her to marry the woman who now bears his name. The second Mrs. Ampuero is young and not devoid of beauty. In support of her story, Mrs. Jacobson of- fered a long list containing names of persons in the places at which she had resided with the man she claims as/| husband. Judge Smith directed sub- penas to issue. The second Mrs. Ampuero was vocif- erously indignant at the narrative. She was positive that her rival had no le- gal hold upon the man in the case. “This woman has followed us for| years,” said the younger wife. “She| has asserted herself everywhere. I had | an attorney investigate her story and | I know there is nothing in it."” Ampuero was not in a communicative frame of mind. He and the complainant depart- ed together after Judge Smith con-| tinued the case until October 22. CARDNER'S BIG FORTONE GONE Financial Ruin Overtakes Former San Franciscan in the British Metropolis Frank Gardner, formerly of San Francisco, who, for a number of years, was a power in the Stock Exchange of the British metropolis, has gone to the wall and is a bankrupt in Paris. Within a few months his wealth has been dissi- pated, his valuable country and city residences sold and his name dis- credited on the Stock Exchange. Suits have been entered against him in the British courts, where he has been charged with bigamy, misappro- priation of various persons’ funds and where proceedings have been brought to have him declared a bankrupt. With the arrest of Whitaker Wright and the latter’s tragic end, began the adver- sities of Gardner, although none of them are chargeable to any financial relations he may have had with Wright. At one time Gardner was rated on the London Stock Exchange as a million- aire forty or fifty times over. Frank Gardner's financial ecareer began in this city, where, while a ticket collector In the old Standard Theater, he met Carrie Swain, the actress, and eloped with her to Aus- tralia, leaving behind him in this coun- try a wife and child, who arrived here just as the steamer bearing Gardner and Carrie Swain to the Antipodes was steaming out of the harbor. In Aus- tralia Gardner obtained options on properties which he floated in London. He was soon recognized as one of the greatest promoters in the world. His financial ventures proved dis- astrous investments for the Britishers. Strangely, however, he contfriued to ‘command their confidence until a short time ago. Millions of - the people’s money had been sunk in such enter- prises as the Boulder, Perseverance and the Avena mines and then came the collapse of his mining project in Fresno County, in this State, where he bought the Copper King mine for $15,000 and floated it in London for over $3,000,000. He was represented here by William Dalily, whose disastrous management of the mine and a smelter plant at Bay Point is recorded in the Federal courts, where the properties were recently forced through bankruptcy. Dally left the city and later turned against Gardner, who had repudiated him to save his own reputation in London. Following closely on this affair, Lon- don was startled by the anrouncement that he had abandoned Carrie Swain, whom he had openly acknowledged as his wife, and had married . Spanish actress, with whom he went to Paris, when the financial crash came. Carrie Swain has since charged him with big- amy in the British courts and has in- stituted divorce proceedings against him in this country. Meanwhile an aged Spanish woman of Paris has sued Gardner in London for an accounting, alleging that he had induced her to part with nearly $3,000,000 in American and British securities, and hardly had these accusations been made against him before he was sold out of the don Stock Exchange and a suit brought to have him declared bankrupt. At present the London financiers are mar- veling at the manner in which Gard- ner accumulated wealth and at the reckless way in which he got rid of it. —_——— TRAFFIC MEN ARRANGE ’ FOR COMING QONVENTION Citizens of San Jose Are Preparing to Give Their Guests a Royal Welcome. The members of the Association of Traffic Agents are completing arrange- ments for their annual convention to be held in San Jose in February next. The citizens of the Garden City, rep- resented by the local Chamber of Com- merce, are preparing an elaborate pro- gramme for the entertainment of the traffic men. On Tuesday evening the association held a smoker in the rooms of the Transportation Club in the Pal- ace Hotel, and took advantage of the presence of D. L. Bliss, president of the Lake Taboe railroad, to present him with a.handsome set of resolu- tlons, thanking him for the courteous treatment accorded the members of the association on the occasion of their recent outing at Tahoe. 'AGON" WHEEL “OVER BOY'S m—c-fim.-»m” while m-fi--. Ml.m-llh-hl ‘-l—-fl- hind i anitie, “of the OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1016 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Alameda 559. — . 4 REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. Mary H. Peters (single) and Arthur S. Peters, and, as her attormey, and Neille S. Peters (widow) (single) to Anna L. White, wife of T. A, lot on SW corner of Tenth and Grove streets, S 50 by W 100, lots 15, 16 and portion of lot 14, block 114, Kellersberger's map, Oak- land; also lot on W line of Grove street, 50 8 of Tenth, S 25 by W 100, lot 17 and peortion lot 14, block 114, same, Oakland; $10. William and Margaret Austin to Jennie Ed- wards (wife of Albert 1), lot on S line of Walton (or Thirty-fifth) street, 626:11 B of San Pablo avenue, E 30 by S 140:4, portion lots 17 and 18, Cotter Tract, Oakland; $10. Mary A and Rosé T. Mulholland and Ellen E. Saunders to John R. Mulhoiland, lot be- ginning at SW corner of lot 15, thence SE to SE corner of said lot, NE 34, NW 65.06, § 36, to beginning, being S portion of lot 13, block A, land¢’ of Oakland View Homestead Asecclation, deed made to partition above de- scribed and other lands, Oakland: $1. John R. Mulholland to Annie May (stugle), same, Oakland. $10. Jobn R. and Rose T. Mulholland and Eillen E. Saunders to Mary A. Mulbolland, lot_on E line of Walsworth avenue, S _from NW corner of lot 14, thence SE 79.08, SW 35, NW 74.77, N 37:6, portion B part of lot 14, block A, same map, deed made to partition above and other property, Oakiand $1. Jobn R. and Mary A. Mulbolland to Rose T. Muiholland, lot beginning at NW corner of lot 14, SE 82, SW 24, NW 79.08, N 25, to be- ginning, being N portion of lot 14, block A, same map, same, Oakland; $1. Mary A., Rose T. and John R. Mulholland to Ellen E. Saunders, lot on E line of Wals- worth avenue, 36 N from SW corner of lot 15, k A, thence SI 65.06, NE 35, N'W _T4.77, 3 to beginning, being N portion of lot 13 extreme S portion of lot 14, block A, same map, same, Oakland; $1. Hugh and Anna S. Hogan to Thomas -D. Sulliyan, lot on E corner of Past Twenty-sixth stréet and Thirteenth avenue, NH 40.12, SE 146.36, SW 40, NW 143, lot 1 and portion of lots 2 and 42, Hogan's subdivision map block &7, Highland Park, East Oukland: $10. Kristen L. Spanggard to J. A. Spanggard, lot on SW corner of Carlton and Grove streets, W 137.00, S 51.88, E 134.08, N 52 to beginning, lot 8, biock H, map Crystal Springs Tract, Berkeley; gift Leah F. Mott (single) to Margaret A. Smith (widow), lot o ¢ Latayette street, 93 S of Buena V' W 100, por- tion lots 17 to sk 45, near Encinal station of Co b ‘Bartiott, Esq., Alameda; Wellington Gregg Jr. (by Willlam R. Berry, his attorney) and Leonie Gregg (wife) to A. W. Kelly, lot on S line of Seventh street, 100 E of Chestaut, E 50 by S 90, block 486, Oak- land; $10. Nellis T. and Herbert A. Swift to J. W. Hoag, lot on N line of Thirty-fourth or Brown street, 241 E of West, E 75 by N 120:3, lot 23 and E 1 of lot 24, block D, property of Central Land Cocmpany, Oakland; § St Joseph's Home for T Mutes (corpora- tion) to city of Oakland n), for uses and purposes of public and begin- ning at NE corner of Fortieth street and Toie- graph avenue, N 20 by E 289.80, being S 20 feet of block O, map of Central Oakland Tract, excepting E 30 feet thereof, now owned by thé Realty Syndicate. Oaklanc Leg L. and Estelle Berg (wife of L Vista avenue, avénue, SE 37.64, 115.50, lot Pledmont Vilia Tract, Oakland; $10. Hiram Tubbs Estate Company to Alice L. Tubbs, lot on SW line of East Seventeenth street, 100 SE of Fifth avesue, SE 25 by SV 150. Tt 20, block’ 82, Clintdn,” Fast Gaitiand; xmnn- Colby to H. half of lot on NE 1 H. N lot on o SW 116,44, NW 4170, NE and portion of lot 33, map < Colby, undivided elfth street, th avenue, of Twelfth street 50, NE at NW at right angle 50, SW lots 5 and 6, block 41, Clin- East Oakland: $10. H, £ B Edna and Ro) D. Cammolly to Lowell J. Hardy, lot on NW line of Fifteenth avenus, SW of East Fifteenth street, SW 35 by lock 16, San NW 75, portion of lots 13 to 15, Antonio, East Oakland; 0. Edwin P. and Hellen M. Littlefleld to Lewis Newhard and Emily Maude Snyder (wife), lot on SW line of East Seventeenth street, 120 NW of Twenty-second avenus, NW 30 by SW 140, lot 18, and portion of lot 17. block 37, San Antonio, East Oakland; $10. Annie and Frederick J. Férnhof ta_Charlotte Brauer, lot_on NE lne of East Righteenth street, 175 NW of Twenty-fourth avenus, NW 4 by NB 160, portion Kot 8 block 1, map of fubdivision” 50 Associates Bak- and; H. E._ Brittain to John 8, de lall!m lot om SE line of Third avenue (formerly _Chase), 265 NE of East Sixteenth (formerly Munroe) street, SE 1700 by SW 37.92, Bast Oakiand: 0. Continental Building and Loan Association to Rosa M. Henkle, lot on E line of Ellie street, 100 8 of Prince, S 50:6 by B 120, por- tion of Iot 114, block 4, lands of treet Homestead Association, 1870, Berkeley; John C, melita Alice Martines, lot on S line of Hearst :;;nuo, 150 V:‘ of szv.e street, VHV‘:"I':C by 8§ portion of range 3, map of Berkeley; $10. A and Mary L. Lynch (wife) to Car- of Shattuck l\mm. 87. S 48.71, E_125.54 block B‘ 8 Blake Trut.. ete., Berkeley; $10. Frank H. and Fannie M. Lawton to Samuel 8. and Addie McCurdy, lot on SW corngr of Channing way and Grove strset, W 100 by 8 47, portion of lot 1, block 24, MeGee Tract, etc.,. Berkeley; $10. Emma L. E. and W. T, Gillinaa (husband) to Roy T. Kimball (single), NW corner n gf Haste'and Fulton streets, N T, 10 O W 8 2, B 15, portion of lat 8, block 3% property of College Berkeley; $10. Joseph Westall (widower) to Rogers, lots 31 and 32, block D, Park, Brooklyn: $10. WOULD END TROUBLES.—Oakland, 10.—Suit for divorce was begun this afterncon by Mamie Hornberger on a charge of intem- gerance and crusity resulting therefrom mer E. Hornberger. They were married & little more than a year ago, but she states that bis conduct has become so abusive that she is no longer able to live with him. Final de- crees of divorce were granted this afternoon to Mark Kevan from Rachel Kevan for adultery and Ida J Breen from John M. Breen for cruelty.. They were granted interlocutory de- Oct. crees & year ago, which have now been final. Of our work will be given by any one of : successfully the many we have ell

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