The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 23, 1904, Page 36

NCISCO .CALL, SUN + —_——— BERKELEY CITY HALL IS SWEPT BY FIRE Quick Work Is Done by Fierce Flames ot il Building of Wood Ancient Municipal Burns to Ground in an Hour. IRKE discovered » City Hall on Grov street at 1:40 o'clock this afternoon and an hour later the structure had burned to the ground. Only the brick vault in the City Clerk’s office re- mained standing In the vault were records of the clerk’s office. r city officials were warning to permit the office furniture and s to the city will be The amount of insur- be determined at this time. Defective light ghting wires in the attic are believed to have caused the fire. City k M dis red smoke is- roof and telephoned to tment. The firemen's ed futile by an in- was rende ency of water. Four streams were turned on the fire, each compara- tively feeble and ineffective. The a frame structure and ike tinder. Ten minutes after mes W erzjdxscovered the firemen hope of saving any part of it. off all but one stream, con- s on the City > certain the saving of records there. eet Superintendent Turner locked he records and papers in his office large safe. The safe stood in a of the room on the top floor ned there until all surround- ing of the floor had fallen. Whe supports were burned away # great crash announced to the throng of spectators that the safe, weighing 4000 pounds, had dropped to the base- wed intact, despite the srner with all his court papers ing on him while he was o ords. A crowd of high schoc s worked valiantly to rescue furniture and papers from the burning building. With their efforts Clerk’s | 's court dockets were | and those of the firemen and officials nearly every book and paper of value is believed to have been rescued from the flames. “I am not ehble to tell what insur- ance, if any, there was on the build- ing,” said Clerk Merrill. ‘“‘The Trus- tees had voted not to reinsure “the | building, but whether the policies have all lapsed remains to be seen by con- sulting the records, which are in the vault of my office. Besides the loss of the building and its furniture, the city will lose the money recently spent for an elaborate electric switchboard and | corresponding system, costing $150).” \ A report that the Gamewell fire I alarm in the hall had started the blaze | was refuted by Superintendent Ryder | of the fire alarm system, who said volts charging current was | | | | that 500 ! turned off at 9 o'clock this morning as | usual. All the wire connections of the | fire alarm system ran into the hall |in fireproof cables. If the Gamewell system had started the blaze, said | Superintendent Ryder, it could not "ha\'e turned in an alarm, as it did, | fifteen minutes after the fire started. | | Fire Chief Kenney complained bitter- | |1y of the lack of water with which to| fight the flames. He reported that Arthur Higgs of Hose Company No. 2, and Archie Edgar, of Engine No. 2, had | been overcome by the smoke and were | obliged to be taken to their homes. | C. D. Maloney, superintendent of the Contra Costa Water Company in | Berkeley, said that the use of four streams by the firemen ‘“nullified the h of the pressure,”” and that if | | strengt | one stream only had been used the | pressure would have been ample to | force it to any part of the building. | The City Hall was moved from Sacra- mento and University avenues abou four years ago. It was valued at $15, | 000. The Town Trustees had consider- ed including $75,000 for a new city hall in the bond project recently abandoned, but their final decision was against | erecting a new hall. The matter will be given consideration again at the| Trustees’ regular meeting next Mon-| day night. Temporary quarters for the | city officials have been engaged in the | Shattuck block. 5 LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. October hours Saturday Johnson, 62 rt, 20 hours 10 davs from bom i Etta, Wetzel, 24 hours H Kruger, Norberg. Portland es § Higgins. Higgins, Fort Brage rena, Miiler, Mendocino. River, Adler, Eureka. on, Portland , 10 p m—Weather a 6 miles per hour. DOMESTIC PORTS. Sailed Oct 22—Schr Winslow, ed Oct 22—Stmry Pomona. F tic and schrs ida r San Francisco. mr Redondo, r Chico and cisco; stmr ed Oct 22—Stmrs Bruns. . for San Franeisco. ed Oct 22—Stmr 22 3 p m—U S stmr Burnside, 5:10 p m—Stmr Dolphin, from EAN PEDRO—Arrived Oct 22—Stmr Rival, from Bowens Landing rs Chas Nelson and Cen- sco. a ownsend Oct bktn J L Eviston, POR #nd Burgess_from Port Townsend. GRAYS HARBOR—Arrived Oct hence Oct 19, d Oct 22—Stmr Bee, TOOEH —Passed 22—Stmr for San Pedro. in Oct 22—Schr Wilils A Holden from Shanghai for Port Townsend. PORT GAMBL led Oct '22—Schr Mary E Foster, for Honolulu. ISLAND PORT. HONOLULU—Arrived Oct 22—Br stmr Aorangi. from Victoria Sailed Oct 22—Br simr Aorangl, for Bris- bane FOREIGN PORTS. VICTORIA, B C—Passed out Oct 22—Nor stmr Tellus, from Port Townsend for Taku. Passed in Oct 22—Br stmr Wyefield, bence Oct 18 for Comox. OCEAN STEAMERS, YORK—Arrived Oct 22—Stmr Celtic, from Liverpcol; stmr St Paul. from South- ampton: stmr Umbria, from Liverpool. Salled Oct 22—Stmr New York, for South- ampton via Plymouth and Cherbourg; stmr Vaderiand, for Antwerp; stmr Lucania, for Liverpoo!. stmr Furnessia, for Glasgow; stmr Koenig Albert for Genos and Naples. stmr Jekls. for Christiania and Copenhagen; stmr 1 K8 'or London. e ed Oct 22—Stmr Freiderich der Grosse, for New York via Cherbourg YOKOHAMA—Arrived prior to Oct 22—Stmr Gaelic, from San Francisco, via Honolulu, for Yiongkong. stmr Hyader, from Seattle = for ‘Hongkong. CH rom Southampton .for New York. safied Oct 18—Stmr Germanicus, for —Arrived Oct 22—Stmr Pretoria, delphia. MOJ. L from New York via r. '?\'APLL'EA Arrived Oct 22—Stmr Nord Amer. tka from New York. GLASGOW—Arrived Oct 22—Stmy Siberian, from Philadelpbia via St Johns N F. LIVERPOOL_Salied Oct 22—Stmr Campa- nia, for New York. Arriveg Qct 22—Stmr Cestrian, from Boston: it < ric, 1 Boston, AN “{".;{P—rgled Oct 22—Stmr Zeeland, A for New York. HAVRE—Sailed Oct 22—Stmr La Savoie, for New York. QUEENSTOWX—Arrived Oct 22—Stmr Etruria, from New York. o re— San Jose Switchman Killed. SAN JOSE, Oct. 22.—Harry L Ev- ans, a local switchman, this morning fell under a moving engine at the broad gauge depot and had both legs cut off. He died after two hours of agony. Evans was 25 years old, a na- tive of Johustown, Pa., and was un- married. . ~ 2 p m—Stmr Cen. | I 22—8chr C 6 | LUDLOW—Arrived Oct 22—Schr Snow | RBOURG—Sailed Oct 22—Stmr Phila- | Weather Report. (120th Meridian—Pacific Time.) SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22—5 p. m. The following maximum and minimum tem- | peratures are reported for the previous da Cincinnat! . 62-40 New Orleans. €0-46 Philadelphia Louis. Chicago -o..30 SAN FRANCISCO. . ..76-60 The following are the seasonal rainfalls to date, as compared with those of same date last | season, and rainfall in last twenty-four hours: Last This Last Stations— 24 hours. Season Season. Eureka. 0.00 4 7 | Red Blu -00 6 cramento 0.00 2 n Francieco . 0.00 Fresno ..... 0.00 Independence 0.00 0.00 | San Luis Obispo 1 COAST RECORD. Y. woEg @ £ ar afex | o9 3 sE =3 25 8 | 8 23 5822 25 % | sramions. 3 BE 8553 5~ § $35 0988 §E { 388 Lo : s | e e : : 86 NW Clear .00 30 NW Clear .00 50 NW Foggy .00 8 100 | 00 | Flagstarr . 20 200 Pocatello 36 .00 Independen: 48 Los Angeles BS Mt Tamalpa 64 North Head 52 Cloudy { Phoenix s Clear | Polnt Reyes 58 NW Fogzy Portl: - 50 NW Red Biuft 56 SE | burg . | Bacramento | Clear WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL FORECAST. The pressure is rising rapidly on the north- ;;r; rr»ulsl lFf;“ is reported at the Farallones at Poin eyes. Conditions are vor- ble for settled falr weather. P N6 rain bas fallen west of the Rocky Moun- tains, except at Tatoosh. \\.rm‘ ‘weather continues along the coast from Point Conception southward, with after- noon temperatures of 90 degrees or high At Yuma u maximum wind velocity of twenty-six miles an hour from- the south is | reported. Forecast made 2t San Francisco for thirty hours ending midnight, October 23: Nortbern California’'— Falr Sunday, except fogey ulong the coast; light northerly wind. Southern Californ Sunday, cooler; light northerly winds, changing to_fresh west. possibly fog on the coast. -Fair Sunday. rancisco and vieinity—Cloudy, cooler jprobably fog; fresh westerly winds. s Angeles and _ vicinity — Faf) cogler. possibly fof, frech west g cramento — Falr, ool | southerly wind. e Puidar, Fresno—Fair Sunday, fresh north wind. A. G. McADIE, District Forecas —_——————— fresh | [ |IRISH BALL WILL HAVE | MANY CLEVER FEATURES | the Gaelic Dancing Club at Mechanics’ Pavilion Saturday, October 29, prom- ’| mission for the transaction | Brick beat Good as Gold; 3-1; Reck- 111-6; The grand Irish ball to be given by [ Haughty Helen beat Croix D, 16-4; FORGER'S DEED MAKES TROUBLE Berkeley Land Taken From Owner in San Francisco Without His Knowledge Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Oct. 22. Coming to Berkeley to pay his taxes on Dwight way property, transferred to him by his father many years ago, James Irvine, a San Francisco capi- talist, made the astonishing discovery that he had no property in this city, and that valuable land which he sup- posed he owned had been sold, through the medium of a forged deed, to Milton Shepardson of San Francis- co. The swindle was perpetrated a vear ago, and on the land which Ir- vine thought he owned Shepardson has erected three fine houses. Irvine was informed by the town authorities that, despite his desire to pay taxes in Berkeley, no land in the university town stood in his name. Then Irvine, amazed and indignant, walked to Dwight way, near Tele- graph avenue, and there rubbed his eyes as he beheld the three new houses that stood on land he had Gwned for many years. Inquiries made by him developed tkat E. J. Stewart, a real estate dealer of Oakland, sold the lots to Shepard- son a year ago for a stranger, rep- resenting himself to be James Irvine of San Francisco. Stewart telis of meeting the false Irvine, whom he supposed to be the real owner of the Berkeley land, and of selling the lots to Shepardson for $4500, a price be- low their value, the land being now estimated as worth $10,000. The stranger gave his address as Stoneville, Phillips County, Miss.. He received $4500 of Shepardson’s money, through Stewart, and left the country. The Weed to Shepardson was recorded on November 2, 1903. Mr. Stewart said: “In October, 1903, a man claiming to be James Irvine came to me, rep- resenting that he owned property in Eerkeley. He said he had purchased it twenty-five years ago, was tired of paying taxes, and wished to dispose of it before he returned East. He de- scribed the property as a lot on Dwight way, 150 feet front by 300 feet in depth, 150 feet east of Telegraph avenue, He said that he would ac- cept $4500 cash for the property. I secured a purchaser and paid a de- posit on the property. ‘Irvine’ at once made out a deed, which was placed in the First National Bank of this city to be delivered upon payment of the balance due. “I ordered a search of the property made and found that it was owned by James Irvine and that the conditions were all as he had stated regarding the time of the previous transfer. “I gold the property to Milton Shep- ardson, a San Francisco attorney, and on account of my receiving no com- it was agreed that I should have an interest in the profits of the property. Mr. Shepardson has since built three houses on the land, mortgaging the three lots on which they stand to raise the money for their construction. “The real James Irvine has told me that he does not wish the holders of these mortgages to lose anything; hence he will pay a reasonable amount for the improvements in order to clear the title to the property. Mr. Irvine says that he does not hold either Mr. Shepardson or myself re- sponsible for the swindle, as we were both victims of a clever bunko man. “The bogus Irvine was a man about 65 years old, rather short and heavy set, with a heavy dark mustache. He was well dressed and had the appear- ance of a man of wealth and refine- ment.” e HEAVILY BACKED FAVORITES FAIL TO RAISE THE FLAG S s Three rounds of a beaten-dog stake were run at Ingleside Park yesterday, leaving nine dogs to compete to-day for the final. The coursing afforded some excellent trials. Large scores were the rule, as the hares were strong. The talent fared badly, 28 many heavily backed favorites failed to raise the flag. Following are the day’s results, with Judge John Grace’s official scores: Beaten-dog stake, first round— Brewery Maid beat Ante Tralee, 8-5; Red Hot beat Free From Flaw, 7-5; Lucy Glitters beat Courtly Guest, 11- Dear Gaston beat Cavelette, 16-0; Irma Hotfoot beat Blue Beard, 6-3; Flannigan beat Lily Wright, 9-5; Ida- ho Boy beat Fairy Belle, 14-0; Young Kerry Pippin beat Belle Lloyd, 2-1; Water Maid beat Lady Menlo, b-: Jerry Wright beat Thetis, 8-5; War- co beat Pepper Jack, 4- Rolling Boer beat Brilliancy, 13- Aurelia * beat Little Klamath, 14-3; Maid of Mercy beat Cascade, 12-5; Agitator beat Medley, 10-4; Maid o' the Glen beat Maid o' Gowrie, 5-0; Bright Co- lumbia beat Concord Boy, 4-3; Fire less Rose, a bye; Her Boy beat Labor- ing Boy, 4-1; Concord Tralee beat Pure Pearl, 6-0; Baby Byron beat Little Freda, 12-6; Silept Water beat Pete, 10-1; Craig Lad beat Gold Lily, Siroc beat Red Brick, 7-2; Black Bart beat Haddington, 12-. Hunter Raine beat Dartaway, 21-11. ises to eclipse any former event given by the club. Every preparation is be- Second round—Red Hot beat Brew- ery Maid, 8-1; Dear Gaston beat Lucy ing made to render the event a notable | Glitters, 7-1; Irma Hotfoot beat Flan- | one. It will open with stereopticon | nigan, 3-0; Young Kerry Pippin beat views and moving pictures of Ireland, | Idaho Boy, 3-0; Jerry Wright beat followed by an exhibition of Irish step dancing. jigs, reels and hornpipes. i Mayor E. E. Schmitz and Mrs, Schmitz will lead the grand march, followed by members of the ciub iy, uniform and by thé audience. A band of twenty pieces will furnish mu- sic and special music will be played for the Irish dances. Valuable prizes will be given to the ladies sejling the greatest number of tickets. This has resulted in a large sale already. The last rehearsal of 250 children who are to take part in the dances will take place at Scottish Hall next Sunday afternoon. The re- hearsal will be open tq visitors, Water Maid, 4-0; Warco beat Rolling Boer, 15-7; Aurelia beat Maid of Mer- cy, 10-7; Maid o’ Glen beat Agitator, 12-6; Bright Columbia beat Firebrick, 11-3; Reckless Rose beat Her Boy, 18-5; Concord Tralee beat Baby By- ron, 15-6; Craig Lad beat Silent Wa- ter, 4-2; Haughty Helen beat Siroc, 6-1; Hunter Raine, a bye. Third round—Dear Gaston beat Red Hot, 14-9; Irma Hotfoot beat Young Kerry Pippin, 8-5; Jerry Wright beat ‘Warco, 10-6; Maid o’ Glen beat Au- relia, 8-7; Bright Columbia beat Reckless Rose, 8-7; Concord Tralee beat Craig Lad, 8-3; Haughty Helen beat Hunter Raine, 19-7, A PRINCE TRIES 10 END LIFE Hangs Himself to Bars of His Prison Cell, but Is Cut Down by the Jailer Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Oct. 22. Pining for freedom, Ranima Ara- mancha Sengh, the alleged Hindoo Prince incarcerated in the County Jall, attempted suicide last night by hanging himself to the bars of his cell. But for an accident by which a cellmate was awakened Sengh would have been a corpse this morning. In order to see how to tie the rope he set fire to a piece of paper; then he swung off, as he supposed, into the great beyond. The paper fell upon the sleeper below, who awakened with a shriek thinking the jail was on five. Jaller Pete White was attracted by the noise and going to the cell no- ticed the form of Sengh hanging to a rope made of strips of blanket. A noose was around Sengh’s neck and the other end of the rope was tied to a crossbar near the ceiling. He was cut down and resuscitated. He said when revived that he was tired of prison life. Sengh claims to be the son of the Maharajah of Lahore. He was sen- tenced to serve six months in the County Jail for stealing $60 from a serving man of “Chris” Buckley at Ravenswood, near Livermore. Albert Miller, a prisoner in the City Prison, attempted suicide this after- noon by cutting the arterles in his wrists with a razor. Before any one saw what he was doing Miller secured the razor allowed prisoners on Sat- trdays to shave with and cut both his wrists and was bleeding profusely when discovered 2 few minutes later. —— Latonia Fall Meeting Opens. CINCINNATI, Oct. 22.—The fall meeting of the Latonia Jockey Club opened to-day. Results: First race, six furlongs—Coruscate won, Phil Finch second, Red Thistle third. Time not taken. Second race, mile and an eighth, selling—D. L. Moore won, Curate sec- ond, Baird third. Time, 2:01. Third race, five and a half furlongs —Mum won, Monaco Maid second, Fourth race, Tobacco stakes, value $1480—Copperfield won, Early Boy second, Fonsoluca third. Time, 1:443%. Susanne third. Time, 1:11. Fifth race, five furlongs—Colonel White won, Exalted second, S. P. Lan- « NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA FATHER SHOOTS [POLICEMAN ENDS [SETTLES LONG HIS YOUNG SON| NEGRO'S FICHT Vineent A. Dodd Causes the Death of His Offspring ‘While Out Duck Hunting —_—— ALAMEDA, Oct. 22.—Arthur Dodd, 13 years of age, was accidentally shot and killed by his father, Vincent A. Dodd, shortly before noon to-day while the two were hunting ducks in a boat off the south end of Caroline street. With a heart rending cry, “‘Oh, papa, K you have hurt me, you have hurt me,” the unfortunate child clung to his distracted parent’s neck a3 his life blood gushed from a gaping wound in his right side. He lived but a few minutes after receiving the ter- rible injury and when the agonized parent beached the hunting craft his boy, rigid in death, still hugged him closely. After tenderly carrying his son’'s body from the boat and laying it upon the sand the father gave way to his great grief. His cries attracted the attention of several persons, who went to his assistance and induced him to go to his home at 1031 Tay- lor avenue. Dr. W. Tappan Lum was summoned to attend the lad, but a glance revealed to the physician that the little fellow was beyond human aid. Deputy Coroner James Fowler was notified and the remains were taken to the local branch morgue and later removed to the undertaking par- lors of Smiley & Gallagher, from where the funeral will be held Mon- day morning at 10 o’clock. Between his paroxysms of grief Mr. Dodd explained that he was in the bow of the boat when the accident occurred. He was in the act of turn- ing toward the stern of the craft to shoot at a duck when his shotgun, a 12-bore automatic weapon, exploded and the charge took effect in his son's right side, tearing away the liver and causing a hemorrhage that quickly brought death. Arthur Dodd was a native of this city and an exceptionally bright lad for his years. perintendent of the Yosemite laundry in Oakland and is prominent in fra- ternal and athletic circles. The fate of her youngest son has prostrated Mrs. Dodd and her condition is seri- ous. S s R R T A R R caster third. Time, 1:06. Sixth race, seven furlongs, selling— Ben Mora won, J. J. T. second, Goo Goo third. Time, 1:33%. e No man can be happy all to himself. A great intent makes for noble con- tent. His father is the su-:3°" Was granted a divorce from Wil- George Patrick Runs Amuck in O’Levia’s Resort and Makes of Place a Fort —_— Oakland Office San Francisco Call. 1016 Broadway, Oct. 22. Armed with a big revolver and bar- ricaded in a saloon at 1701 Willow | street, from which he had driven the bartender and proprietor, George Pat-| rick, a negro residing at West Oak- land, maintained a reign of terror for more than an hour early this morning and was not subdued until he had been disabled by a bullet in the arm from the revolver of Policeman Con Keefe. The policeman dfd not shoot the negro until after he had fired two shots into the wall over the infuri- ated man’'s head in an ineffectual at- tempt to frighten him into submission. Keefe went to the saloon in answer to a call from C. O’Levia, the propri- etor, who said that Patrick had driven every one out of the place and was wrecking the fixtures. The policeman found the doors barricaded and was forced to break a panel out of the rear door in order to see where the negro was. As soon as Keefe's face appeared at the opening Patrick cov- ered him with his revolver and said, “If you try to get in here I'll kill you. Keefe reached for his own pistol and as he did so Patrick snapped his gun in the policeman’s face, but the cart- ridge failed to explode. Keefe fired two shots into the wall to frighten the negro, and as the fellow continued to try to fire his own weapon Keefe shot him through the left arm above the elbow. The door was then broken down and after a hard struggle Keefe succeeded in handcuffing the negro, who was sent to the Receiving Hos- pital, where his wound was dressed, and thence to the City Prison. —_————— Mismated Couples. OAKLAND, Oct. 22.—Elfreida Nel- liam Nelson this afternoon by Judge Melvin on the ground of failure to provide and neglect. Charles Tepper | and wife, the plaintiff's parents, testi- | fied that they had had to support their | daughter. Alice V. Foster was grant-‘ ed a divorce from Charles H. Foster, an engineer, for desertion. Suits for divorce were begun to-day by Frances E. Johnson against Amos Johnson for failure ‘to provide; Julia Platt against | Samuel Platt for desertion; Hattied Miller against Frank Miller for cruelty, ————— Prayer can be long without being tall. \ 1 STANDING SUIT University of California Given Judgment Against W. A. Knowles for $14,000 Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Oet. 22. A judgment in favor of the Regents of the State University and against W. A. Knowles for $14,000 was handed down to-day b}' Judge S. P. Hall. The matter has been long in litigation and is all the university can get out of a claim of nearly $30,000. Littlea or nothing could have been recovered had not most of the 160 other defendants allowed the suits against them to go by default and failed to plead the statute of limitation. The suit was the outcome of the purchase by Knowles of the Tompkins tract from the Regents in 1890. There were forty acres for which he was to pay $50,000. He paid $10,000 down and gave a mortgage for the balance. Then he began to divide and sell the land. He was given releases of the lots as they were paid for, but it was afterward found that lots that had not been paid for had been interpolat- ed in the releases. He was tried for forgery and acquitted. So much time was wasted in bringing suit that many were exempted from the judgment. Knowles thus saved some $10,000 and enough others to make up a total of about $14,000, or half the amount sued for, —_——————— LABOR AND CAPITAL IN ONE ORGANIZATION P. H. Scullin, after spending three months in the East on behalf of the National Industrial Peace Association, has returned to San Francisco and has laid his report before the board of directors of the association. Secullin has established a State branch of the association in Indianapolis, having among its members prominent union men, non-union men, employers and business and profesional men. He re- ports having met with success wher- ever he went, receiving the indorse- ment of various unions, as well as the co-operation of employers, press and the church. He concludes his report by saying that a reaction has set in and never has the social soil been in such recep- tive condition for the scattering of economgic seed. Scullin says that the extreme men on both sides will cease to be a power for either evil or dis- cord. 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