The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 14, 1904, Page 4

FRANCISCO CALL, MO OVEMBER 14, 1904. « NEWS OF MURDEROUS Lem Campbell Resists Arrest Wife Whom He Shot Is Near Death HUSBAND IS IN OAKLAND JAIL & 3.—With his head overing a mass n Campbell, the OAKLAND, swathed in of cuts and Neov butcher wh shot his di- vorced wife, Mrs e Cutler Camp beli, at her j residence. 1362 Eleventh street, last night, because she refused to live with him again, present- ed & miserabie spectacie to-day at the City Prisor No formai charge has been registered against Campbell, pending the result of the builet wound. Though Mrs. Campbeli is very ser-| jously injured, Dr. R. T. Stratton. the| recelving hospital sumgeon, said there was & fair chance of recovery. Com- plications from the wound are the only obstacles that are feared. Either blood poisoning or peritonitis might ensue, said the surgeon. Otherwise the young woman's case is hopeful. The buliet| that wounded Mrs. Campbell struck a | corset steel and carried the metal nib | doubled up into her body. Almost mir- aculously, neither the bullet nor the! steel touched any part of the vital| orgens in its passage. Both the mis- sile and the steel were r®moved. HUSBAND FIGHTS POLICEMAN. | After the shooting Campbell's” flight | was followed by an alarm which set! every policeman in town on the track. | The detectives have not traced his| movements up to the time he was seen | by Policeman Ahern this morning at| Eeventeenth and Peralta streets. Ahern was standing there tulking with two men when he saw Campbell. whom | be knew, walking toward the group.| Ahern thought the butcher would run if he saw the policeman, who hid be- kind the men with whom he was talk- | ing. But instead of runming, Camp-| bell made & movement of one hand s | if to reach for & pistol. They were 50| close that Abern pulled his pistol. at the same time grabbing Campbell's hand, but finding it empty. | The butcher opened fight at once and | gave Ahern a hard tugsle. The patroi- | man got his handcuffs into play and battered the man into submission. As| soon a8 Campbell was subdued he wu’ manacled and sent to the Recejving Hogpital and patched up, while his| wife was groaning in pain there from the wound he had inflicted. | ] have mothing to say,” deglared | Campbell to the police and all | others that tried to gain his version | of the shooting. | The pistol which Campbell used was | found to-day at O'Meara’s saloon. Thirty-seventh street and San Pablo | avenue, where it had been left by a| stranger. The weapon was empty and | the hammer was thrown back and jammed so badly that it could not be sprung. MOTHER TELLS OF SHOOTING. Mre. Campbell has feared her former husband. She knew the time was near when her divorce from him would be- | come final, nearly a syear having' elapsed since the Jnterloeutory decree | was entered. Her troubles that led to | the diverce were due, her parents de- | clare, to Campbell's cruelty and in- temperance. When he went to the| Cutler residence last evening he was | somewhat under the influence of liquor. | Both Edwin Cutler, the father of Mrs. Campbell, and the young woman's mother, who were present during the first stages of the trouble that caused the shooting, agreed that Camvbell was In an ugly state of mind. Mrs. CH was a witness to’the shooting, She said to-day: ughter, Campbell, Mr. Cutier and my- welf were sitting in the parior when Cempbell ~ seying. “T've come here to | CED WIFE WHOM HE SHOT AND SE ¥ NIGHT BECAUSE SHE WOULD NOT A .meke @ final settlement with all of you peo- gctions frightensd me terribly, and | er tried to quiet her busband. She | bim. “Lem, act like a good fellow. e frightened mother and you had better Y leave. With that Campbel self went out int a my daughter and my- the haliway. Camphell took | svercoat, put it over his left arm and I | d 1o cven the front door. As 1 aid I the flash and heard the report, Lauras grasped her side, crying, **‘Oh, mother," turmed and ran into the dining-room. She kept on through the kitchen, out into the back yard and bid under the windmlill there. Campbell followed her to the kitchen and fired @ second shot ‘as she ran out of the back door. The bullet struck the door casing and lodged in the beck porch. Then he ran back through the house, grahbed Mr. Cutler's hat, leaped down the front-stepe and disappeared. CAMPBELL'S VERSION. Campbell asserts that he shot his wife because he feared she would shoot him. After sullenly refusing all day to talk about the case he made the fol- lowing statement to-night to Police Captain W. J. Petersen: My wite had been trying to get me # return and live %ith her. But I would not do 5o be- cause of her gonduct toward me. She had been telephoning for me to §0 to the house, and that was why 1 went there last nigit. After she hed asked me te return I told her 1 sheuld not. You've ruined me,” T said, “and I shall not have anything more to do with you.'" ““Well, y mine anyway until the 17th of this month,” replied my wife, meaning until the interlocutory decree had expired. She con- Unued: “T'Il keep you anyway.’ We quarrcled and 1 showed my pistol. As I did so she said: “I've ae good & pistol s you bave.” ¢ know whether she bad or not, and er. 1 didn then I shot : Campbell complained that his wlfeJ had accused him of associating with other women. He, in return, had charged her with keeping company with other men. Campbell said he went as far as Pinole after he fled from tbe scene of the shooting, but returned to Oeklamd. While coming through Emeryville Campbell was stopped by a deputy constable, who took away his pistol. The officer, apparently, had not learned of the shooting, and did not krnow the man's identity, for no at- tempt had been made to detain the fugitive. Later Ahern arrested him, Campbell lives at 869 Filbert street. —e—————— KILLS HIMSELF WITH CHARGE FROM SHOTGUN Traveling Salesman Meets With Fatak Accident While Getting Weapon to Fire at Game. OAKLAND, Nov. 13.—Word was re- ceived to-night at the Coroner's of- fice of the accidental shooting of J. D. Banovich, a traveling salesman, near Livermore this afternoon. Banovich was driving toward the town with a little girl, supposed to be his daughter. He bad started to get a loaded shot- gun from beneath the seat to shoot at | game pear the roadside. As Banovich drew the weapon toward him it ex- pleded, the charge tearing through the right side of his chest. He died soon afterward. The team took fright at the explo- sion, but passers-by, attracted by the report, went to the assistance of the wounded man and drove him to town. Medical attention was unavailing. Banovich was about 33 years old. Other details concerning him or his death were not obtainable to-night at the Coroner’s office. PRt e o S I Breaks Leg at Football. OAKLAND, Nov. 13. — Alexander Todd, 20 years old, fell while playing football this afternon at Golden Gate and (bm‘::‘m: thn:m le{. The i;inry Todd lives in Alameda. g | DEMA] 0F PUBLICITY BY PET PIGEON Police Commissioner McEI-:Bird Arouses Sleeping Occu- roy Presses Inquiry as to Burglarious Patrolmen DETAILS SLOWLY SIFT Nearly a Score of Suffer From Depredations of Pilferers in Uniform ——— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadwawy, Nov. 13. Whether or not Prosecuting Attor- ney Leach decides that there shall be a criminal prosecution of former Sergeant of Police Charles E. Clark and Patrolmen Lee E. Andrews, J. F. Stahl and Charles W. Hamerton on charges of burglary makes no dif- ference to Fire Commissioners so far as their plans for the future handling of the shop-piifering scandal are concerned. President John E. McElroy has de- cided that every detail connected with the exposures shall be ventilated to the fullest extent. So determined is he upeon this course that he insists that everything shall go before the public, provided the knowledge can- not interfere with any prosecution which might ensue. This course will be continued so far as the investigation of all other sus- pected patrolmen is concerned. Evi- dence is being collected daily against several men whose names have not yet been publicly connected with the cases that have been brought to light. ! The Commissioners individually have been given information which is be- ing verified. Chief Hodgkins has ex- plicit instructions to keep busy at this work. He will not be permitted to stop until the board has been satisfied thoroughly that the Police Depart- ment has been purged. Along this ling of campaign much thought is be- ing spent by President McElroy and his associates. They are planning as to the future. It is current that there will be developments at the next meet- ing of the Commissioners. In that regard President McElroy said to-day: 1 am surprised at the information that is coming to me as a result of the exposure of this thievery. By Friday next 1 shall be ready, | hope, to thsow some further light on Police Department affairs, It is my purpose to pursue thi relentiessly. No man ehall go deserved disgrace if it shall be prov at he s guilty of this mis- thievery. erable Prosecuting Attorney Leach will not be ready until to-morrow to give a de- cision touching the sufficiency of the evidence with which the four men were confronted and that led to their resignations. Slowly there is coming to light some of the inside details of ithe means that | were adopted to bring to book the pa- trolmen and their delinquent sergeant. it appears that the pilfering by police- men had been a snatter of common gossip among some of the men at least for months. In a way it got around to one of the newest appointees, Po- liceman Michael Shannon, a big, stal- wart Irishman, who Jlooked askance at some of the peculiar occurrences that come under his. keen eyes. One night he stood in a doorway and watched Clark and Stahl fumbling about the coorway of James Cahill’s wall-paper store on Thirteenth street, near Broad- way. They saw him after a while and moved away. Shannon, suspecting something was wrong, got under cover and was rewarded by observing one of the men later carry off a bundle of wall paper that had been taken from the store and hidden in the doorway of the Merritt Hotel, a few doors away. Special Policeman Newell Goodwin, with Shannon, saw Clark and Hamer- ton enter the Buswell Paint Company’s store, 904 Broadway, take out a can of paint and hide it in the entrance of the Blake & Moffitt building. Sergeant of Police Frank Lynch was notifled, and the can of paint was seized as evidence., It is in the possession of Chief Hodgkins. According to the data in hand no less than seventeen business houses in the heart of the retail district have been visited at various times by one or more of the men who have been dis- missed. Some of the information con- cerning the pilferings has been given to the police officials by the men them- selves in their confessions. Other facts have been furnished by Shannon, Goodwin and Sergeant Lynch, who for weeks had beenswatching the suspected men.- The complete list of stores so far as uncovered to date follows: Horace D. Eliason, stationer, 1157 Broad- way. P. Flynn, dry goods. Bacon block, Twelfth street, near hington. Moss Glove Company, 455 Thirteenth street. Harry B. Cushing, grocer, 528 Thirteenth street. Eastern Outfitting Company, Thirteenth and Clay streets. Smuci [ Steward, leatber fndings, 408 ity Corset Company, 64 San Pablo ahill & Co., wall papér, ete.,’ 408 Twelfth street, Buswell Paint Company. 904 Broadway. Sbarboro & Co., hardware, Broadway, near Seventh street. Clothing store, formerly on Broadway, be- tween Seventh and Eighth. P. N. Kuss, painter and decorator, 58 San Pablo avenue. Theodore Gler Company, wine and lquor merchants, 511 Fourteenth ‘and 915 Washing- ton streets. Smith Bros., stationers, 562 Thirteenth treet. Charles H p vats. e, 1185 Brosdway: oniE: €900, Charles H, Wood, optician, etc., 1153 Wash- on_street, teffanoni & Co., jewelers, 1151 Broadway. In the new list of stolen articles ap- pears a pair of field glasses taken from Steffanoni's and photographic supplies faom Wood's. Patrolman Shannon will be called be- fore the Police Commissioners to-mor- row morning, when that officer will sghed some light upon the misdoings of his less scrupulous fellow policemen. He has explained in brief to some of his superiors that he had refused to stand in and did not propose to permit such actions on the part of any man on his beat, policemen not excepted. ————— HEART SUDDENLY FAILS AS MAN CLIMBS LADDER Mine Secretary Falls to His Death ‘While Ascending Shaft in Utah. SALT LAKE, Nov. 18.—Judge Mor- ris - Sommer, secretary of the Steele Coneolidated ~ Mining Company, fell fifteen feet down a shaft at the com- pany’s mine at Park City to-day and was instantly killed. It is supposed an attack of heart failure caused him :; Jose hl‘l.m l;fl: on m;. ln.daer" which was ¢ after having inspect- ed the ore body. “Judge Sommer hcn" been prominent in business and po- litical affars in Utah for several years. « Twelfth str Crescent | f pants of House When It Is in Flames and Smoke NARROW ESCAPES OCCUR Careless Roomer Kicks Over a Lighted Lamp and Keeps on in His Slumbers Oakland Office S8an Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Nov. 13. Flutterings of a pet pigeon frightened by smoke and flames ardused sleeping persons this morning in a lodging- house at 2223 Peralta street, the alarm being given in time to save the lives of not a few of the twenty people that oc- | cupied the burning dwelling. It was at 1 | the Board of Police lndlbest nip and tuck for them, and that none perished was almost a miracle. George Alexander, a Realty Syndi- cate employe, lived at the house. Alex- ander went to his room on the lower floor about 3 o'clock this morning. He| fell asleep without stopping to extin- guish the lamp. Not long afterward Alexander kicked over the lighted lamp and set the place afire. He was so soundly in dreamland that the action did not awaken him. In another room little Tommy John- son, a child, was aroused by the lively clutter of his pigeon. Tommy smelled smoke and heard the crackling flames. In a minute his yells had started the sleepers, who climbed out through the burning place by the nearest exit, and they did not wait to robe themselves, efther., The fire was well under way when neighbors took a hand and got a police- man, who sounded an alarm. The house was damaged considerably. J. Rodgers is proprietor of the place. The prop- erty is owned by the Realty Syndicate. It was conducted as a hotel for colored people. WOMAN FALLS 10 HER DEATH Mrs. Christensen Expires While Walking in the Dark Down a Steep Stairway ALAMEDA, Nov. 13.—While making her way down a steep stairway at her home on Post and Madison streets early this morning Mrs. Annfe Serena Christensen stumbled and fell to the bottom. She was on her way to call her daughter, Mrs, Lapham. When as- sistance reachéd her she was found dead. Fatty degeneration’ of the heart is given as the cause of the woman's demise by Dr. J. A. Riley, who was summoned to attend her'and who per- formed an autopsy. Mrs. Christensen was a pioneer of this city and had lived with her daugh- ter, Mrs. Carrie Lapham, in the house where she met death. It was her cus- tom to awaken her daughter every morning so that the latter, who is em- ployed as a ticket agent by the South- ern Pacific Company, could catch the first train for West Alameda station. Mrs. Christensen was performing her usual duty this morning when she fell. Mrs. Lapham was arcused by the nolse made by her mother in rolling down the stairway and immediately sought help. When the physician arrived at the residence he found Mrs. Christen- sen beyond his skill. Mrs. Christensen was the mother of Dr. Edmund C. Christensen, Dr. G. A. Christensen, Henry, C. Christensen and Mrs, Carrie Lapham. She was 84 years of age and a native of Norway. An inquest will be held at the local branch morgue Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. ————————— VISITING PASTORS IN PULPITS OF OAKLAND Congregations Hear Discourses From Clergymen Who Are Sojourning in the City of Oaks. OAKLAND, Nov. 13.—The Tenth- avenue Baptist Church choir gave a praise service to-night, singing ex- clusively productions of Dudley Buck. The soloists were Miss Mary Chester ‘Williams, soprano; Miss Florine Juil- lerat, contralto; Alfred C. Read, bass; G. C. Mariner, tenor. Miss Ida M. Fording was organist. The service was under direction of O. M. Vesper, choirmaster. Archdeacon Emery gave an account to-day at Trinity Episcopal Church of the work accomplished at the general convention recently held at Boston. The Rev. Guy W. Wadsworth of Los Angeles preacheq to-day at Brooklyn Presbyterian Church. The Rev. William B. Noble, D. D., synodical missionary, preached to-day at the First Presbyterian Church. This evening the pulpit was occupied by the Rev. E. H. Hadlock, field secretary of the State Christian Endeavor So- clety. The Rev. Thomas F. Day, D. D., of the San Francisco Theological Semi- nary conducted services to-day at Centennial Presbyterian Church. At the First Congregational Church this morning the sermon was preached by the Rev. William H. Hopkins, pas- tor of the First Congregational Church of Berkeley. The Rev. W. M. McCart, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Chico, oc- cupied the puipit this morning at Cal- vary Baptist Church. Miss Estella Fassett and the Rev. E. R. Dille, pastor of the First Metho- dist Church, delivered addresses to- day to the young people of the church. — ‘©Organize on the Ohio. A Christian Endeavor Society was organized on the battleship Ohio Sat- urday by the Golden Gate Christian Endeavor Union. The new organiza- tion, which contains forty members, is the largest floating branch of the order. The officers are: R. W. Moui- ton, president; J. W. Skinner, vice resident; W. R. Tiddens, treasurer; . A. Phibbrick, recording secretary, and E. A. Nornman, corresponding sec- retary. INDORSEMENT COMMITTEE MA: REPORT.—Oakiand, Nov. 13.—The Charities Indorsement Committee has made a report in- dorsirz the West . the new Century Club, the ted Charities and the Seamen's ngn umh?- of the com- -lfi;_l&%” Capwell and J. D. Ry - :n' s & of M'n' A. Jonas- D. DS LIGHT [LODGERS SAVED |MIRACLE PLAY IN OPEN AIR “Star of Bethlehem” Is to Be Produced in Greeian Theater by Ben Greet EVENTS AT UNIVERSITY Lectures and Meetings Are to Be Held During the Week--Handicap Field Day Berkeley Office of S8an Francisco Call. * 2148 Center Street. Nov. 14, Most interesting of the events scheduled to occur at the university during the coming week is the produc- tion by Ben Greet's company of Pro- fessor C. M. Gayley’s miracle play, “The Star of Bethlehem.” Rehearsals are now being held, and on Wednesday evening the finished production will be made. The Greek theater will be the | scene of the performance if the weather {is such as to permit of an outdoor per- formance, In event of rain or heavy fog, Harmon gymnasium will be used by the actors. Seats have been on sale at the Co-operative store for a week, and a great deal of interest in the affair has been displayed. Among the other events of note dur- ing the week is the first interclass handicap field day, on the university campus, next Saturday afternoon. The semi-annual open meeting of the | associated graduate students is to be addressed by Dr. Elmer E. Brown. It will be held in Hearst Hall on Saturday evening. Quarter hour prayer meetings will be held at Stiles Hall each day at 9 o'clock in the morning, under the direction of Rev. Herman Hopkins. Robert Dupouey is to deliver a French lecture on ‘““The Paris of the Parisians” in East Hall at 4 o'clock on Tuesday, to which the public has been invited. Le Cercle Francais is to give a dra- matic production in the Alpha Phi house Tuesday evening. The Associate Graduate students will hold a graduate hour in the assay laboratory of the mining building on Friday. The annual sophomore-freshman de- bate will be held at Stiles Hall on Fri- day night, while at the same time the seniors will have their assembly in Hearst Hall. Dr. F. S. Wrinch of the philosophy department will give a public talk Fri- day night at the meeting of the Philo- sophical Union in the Philosophy build- ing. ! —_——————e—e— - PATRIARCH MILITANT TO GIVE BENEFIT AT LIBERTY THEATER Unique Bazaar to Be Held at Market- Street Congregational Church. Other Social Eventd® «OAKLAND, Nov. 13.—Canten No. 11, Patriarchs Militant, will give a benefit at the Liberty Theater on Wednesday evening, November 23, and already a large number of tickets have been disposed of for that performance. During that week Bishop’s company of players will present “The Merchant of Venice.” As the play is one which always proves popular, and all the members of the company are striving to outdo each other in the sale of tickets for the benefit, the result should be a crowded house on that evening. On Wednesday evening, Nov. 30, the Alameda Boat Club, one of the most popular organizations of its kind on the coast, will give a theater party at the Liberty Theater and the members of the club are determined to make the affair one of the successes of the season. The Christian Endeavor Society of the Market - street Congregational Church is arranging a bazaar to be held on Thursday and Friday even- ings, November 17 and 18. Seven booths have been erected, each of which will represent a typical street of some nation. The following nationali- ties have already been selected: Candy booth, Grecian; fancy articles, Japan- ese; coffee, Spanish; icecream, Amer- ican; lemonade, German; fishpond, Chinese. Those in charge of each booth will be garbed in the dress of the nation which the booth represents. A musical and literary programme has been arranged for each evening. The 1904 Whist Club willl give a prize tournament at Alecatraz Hall, in West Oakland, on Friday evening, No- vember 20. Play will commence at 8:30 o'clock. The prize committee has provided twelve handsome prizes. —_—————— LEAVES YOUNG FRIEND A HANDSOME LEGACY By the Will of the Late Julla T. Moss, Filed Saturday, Alice Morgan Barber Receives $75,000. OAKLAND, Nov. 13.—With no near relatives with a claim upon her, the late Julia T. Moss leaves a large part of her estate, valued at $165,000, to Miss Alice Morgan Barber of Ham- burg, Germany. The deceased was the owner of the property known as the Mosswood on Broadway and also owns cash and stocks amounting to many thousands of dollars. Miss Barber, the decedent states, had been her friend for many year: To reward her for her unselfishness she bequeaths to her a nplace at Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, worth about $40,000, and cash and stocks, which bring her legacy up to $75,000. The rest of the estate is divided among twenty nephews and nieces of the late husband of the deceased. THINKS INCENDIARY BURNED HIS HOUSE Owner of Fruitvale Cottage Says Neighbors Saw Suspicions Actions About the Time of Fire, OAKLAND, Nov. 13.—A cottage én Fruitvale avenue. near Hopkins street, was burned last night under circum- stances that have enlisted official in- quiry. According to the story told by neighbors to John Pactus, owner of the burned dwelling, the place was set afire. . Pactus told the Sheriff’s office to- day he had been informed that per- sons residing near the destroyed resi- dence saw a man run away from the place shortly before the flames broke out. The identity of the person is a mystery. Pactus declared he could not give a clew that might help the officers. The dwelling was vacant. Pactus is employed by the Southern Pacific Company. Mrs. Chabot’s Funeral. OAKLAND, Nov. 13.—The funeral o Mrs.: Mary A. Chabot, wife of the late Anthony Chabot, will take place _afternon at 2 o'clock from the Chabot residence, 104 Bast Fif- B o4k ey i g e o Sy e e THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA »© BUSY WINTER 5 EIPECTED Market Ends With Close of Presidential Campaign o TS PLAN FOR BIG AUCTION Several Large Business Properties in Oakland to Be Sold Under Hammer e S PR Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Nov. The influence of the Republican vic- tery in the recent election has already had a marked effect on the local real- estate market, and in the short interval | since the result of the election was known there has been an increase in the demand for property in this city. This increase has been principally for business property in the mercantile districts, and several dealers report that almost as soon as it was definitely krown that the Republican party had been victorious at the polls the mar- ket, which had been quiet during the two weeks preceding the election, re- sumed its wonted activity. One firm has begun arrangements for the auction sale of several large, cen- trally located business properties. It is expected that the sale will take place in about three weeks. The sales hepetofore held in Oakland have been so successful that in the same manner. The sale will be held by the Realty Bonds and Finance Company, but the exact location of the property to be sold has not yet been made public- A recent canvass of the hotels shows that the influx of people from Eastern States, which has been expected for this winter, has already begun. Many newcomers have expressed the liveliest satisfaction in the climate and natural advantages of Oakland. There is but) little doubt that a number of these locate perma- several visitors will decide to nently in this city. In fact, haveglready been making inquiri to the location and price of residence property, and one or two have inquired | as to the possibility of securing good business or manufacturing sites. FRUITVALE GROWS. The eastern part of Oakland and Fruitvale are now coming to the front with rapid strides. Property in the former locality, which has been lying idle for years, has been placed on the market within the last three months, and In some cases has been sold almost as soon as offered. The population of Fruitvale has doubled within the last three years, and 76 per cent of the in- crease has been within the last twelve months. There are now twenty-three hundred school childrexf in the district. Building operations continue with unabated activity in spite of the near approach of the rainy weather, and it looks as if contractors intended to make use of every pleasant day during the winter. The Oakland Real Estate Association held its reguldr meeting yesterday aft- ernoon at the Metropole Hotel. Owing to the fact that the election was just over there was but little business to be | transacted, and after a brief discussion of minor business details the members adjourned to the dining-room for the monthly luncheon. About thirty mem- bers of the association attended the meeting. Frank J. Woodward of the Realty Bonds and Finance Company, in dis- cussing the influence of the election on the realty market, said: There is no doubt that the vietory of the Republican party has had a stimulating effect on the market, and, personally, I belleve that the assurance that the present administration will .continue in power will greatly increase our winter business. We have within the last two days secured contracts for the sale of several large business propertles, which would not have been placed on the market had the elecflon gone the other way. ‘We will sell this property at auction and I expect that the sale will be held within a month, The Realty Bonds and Finance Com- pany has held several auctions during the last year, and we have met with so much success in chese sales that we are encouraged to sell business property in the same way. The prop- erty heretofore sold at auction has been lo- cated in outlying districts and was suited only for residence sites. EASTERNERS INQUIRE. George W. Austin of the Austin Real Estate Company said: Residents of Oakland have no idea how many Eastern peopls have already arrived bere to spend the winter, but it is a fact that there is hardly a hotel In the city that has Dot from two to a dozen families from Bastern Btates. Many of these people have come here for the first time, and some of them are even now considering the purchase of property, in- tending to locate permanently in this city. The market was rather quiet during the re- cent political campalgn, but now that the elec- tion 1s over business will soon pick up again; in fact, the influence of the Repubiican vie- tgry has already been felt in real estate cir- s "People Who were inclined to hold off until after the election now seem ready to go ahead with business. We have several trans- actions pending, which I think will be closed Dby the end of November. BERKELEY, Nov. 13.—Another new business block is being erected in Berkeley, at the corner of Telegraph avenue and Bancroft way, which will be a marked addition to the improve- ment$ of the town. The new structure is being built by Louls Titus, president of the Berkeley Development Company, and is owned by that company. It will be three stories in height and occupies a ground space 130 by 130 feet. Eight stores will be located on the ground floor, five fronting on Telegraph avenue and three on Bancroft way. The second floor will be occupied by of- fices and apartments and the third floor will be devoted to apartments only. POt S FUNERAL OF M. M. DUNN TO BE HELD TO-MORROW Pioneer Capitalist of Oakland Passes Away at His Home at an Ad- vanced Age. OAKLAND, Nov. 13.—The funeral of Martin M. Dunn, a well-known re- tired capitalist of this city, who died last night at his residence, 536 Twen- ty-fourth street, aged 86 years, will be held Tuesday at 10 a. m. from St. Francis de Sales Church, where re- quiem high mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul. The deceased was a native of Ireland and came to California in the early pioneer days. Later he made a large fortune in real estate. He leaves a wife, Matilda Dunn, and seven chil- dren, Dr. Martin J. Dunn, Dr. James P. H. Dunn, Dr. John M. Dunn, Dr. ‘William L. Dunn, Miss Margaret, Miss Mary and Miss Alice Dunn. - The remains will be interred in St. Mary’s Cemetery. BERT REYNOLDS GOES TO SANTA ROSA- Nov. 13.—W. B. Reynoids, formerly bus! manager of a local evening paper, has to to take edito- gone to Santa rial controf of the Santa Rosa blican, in which _publication he has bought a half inter- est. _partner in the “uw. H. auction | it has been’ decided to dispose of business property, S e A Ee NEER PEA BMEGWE -> e BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY | 1016 Broadway. ] Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Alameda 559. 10 STOP MAILS Frightens Indiana Capital- ists, but Comes to Grief at Hands of the Carrier e Spectal Dispatch to The Call. GRANTS PASS, Ore., Nov. 13—On his last trip out over the pack-trail from West Fork across the Coast Range Mountains to Marial, Mail Car- rier McKenzie and a party of mining men ° that he was guiding over the mountains, were confronted by a huse black bear. The big bear squared him- gelf on the trail and showed fight. re- fusing to let the party pass. The min- | ing men, who were Indiana capitalists and unaccustomed to encounters with ferocious bears, suffered an experience | they had never before known. and signified their willingness to give the bear the right of way. McKenzie was different. He Is a mail carrier in the employ of Uncle Sam and gives the road to nobody. bears included. He drew his rifle. and when bruin raised himself on his haunches and opened wide his jaws. a well directed shot from the carrier's rifle plerced his heart. After some lit- tle time order was restored among the Hoosier capitalists and the journey was resumed. McKenzie, who has been on this mail route for several years, says he ha seen more bears this year than ev before. He has killed a half dozen without dismounting. —————— ST. AGNES PARISH WILL HAVE A BIG BENEFIT Musical Entertalnment at the Alham- bra to Liquidate the Indebtedness of the Church. An enjoyable evening all those who attend the musical entertainment to be £ the Alhambra Theater on the evening of November 24 by the St. Agnes Society. An attractive and interesting gramme has been prepared mittee in charge ha fortunate in their se who will participate. Among th ter will be Miss Mary Carrick, whom a most brilliant musical future is predicted by compet critic membeys of reason of her rare tech and ex- traordinary expressfon. Judge Frawk J. Murasky will act as chairman of the evening. The com- mittees in charge are as follows: General committee—William Cro- nan, Edward H. Coleman, James | Flanagan, John W. McDonald Jr., J. F. Sullivan, Rev. Father Collins, P. A. McDonald, James T. Fennpell, Dr. Joseph A. Carew, William T. Martin, Jobn J. McCarthy, Thomas Lundy, E 8. Lowry, James J. Daly, D. D. Low- ney, John H. Sheehan, P. J. Lynch, L. F. Walsh, William Carnrick, John White, Arthur Reilly. Entertainment committee—E. N. Fritz, Frank J. Murasky, Rev. Father Collins. Programme committee—John H. Sheehan. —_———— REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Sarah A. Austin (single) to J. C. Baker, on NW corner of Cypress and Third st 85:13% by N 125, Iots 22 to 24, block & double block 472, Oakiand; $10. Wellington Jr. and Leonie Gregg to Erl Huitbers, lot on E line of Chestnut street, 203 S of Rallroad avenue (Seventh), thence S 85.2v, E 133, etc,, N 86.43, W 132 to beginning, Oak- land; also lot on W line of Linden street, 197 S of Seventh, S 64.85 by W 1 pleces of portion of block 488, ¢ Fred G. Baird (as administrator Ellen M. Bafrd) to James H. Pedgrift (mar- ried), lot on SE line of Eleventh avenue, 30 ‘'om SW line of East Twenty-third street, 50 by SE 120, portion double bock 139, Clinton, East Oskland: $1330. Nellie Greenwood to Monroe Greenwood Es- Company, lot 18, block D, map Peralts Heights, quitclaim deed, East Oakland; $10. James H. Campbell (widower) to Isasc L. Saxton, lot on S line of Twenty-eighth avenue. 75 SW of East Eleventh street, SW 25 by SH 5, .block N, Knowles & Potter subdiviston. Keninedy Tract, East Oukland; $10. . R. Hume (widow) to David and Olevia Craig, lot on SW corner of Haste and Milvia (or Tremoni) streets, W 60, S 135, E 50, N 135.48, lot L. block 6, map biocks 5 and 6, Barker Tract, Berkeley; $10. Pauline Exkorn (widow) to George Wesiar (son), lot on E line of Fulton street. 0 S of Blake, S 45 by E 125, lot 40, block 1454, Berke. ley property, maps 1 and 3, Blake Tract, Berkeley; gift Mary E. Risley (widow) to Willlam Somers Risley, lot on_N Ilfne of Encinal avenue, 450 B High street E 25 by N 110, being W 25 feet of lot 10, Hirshfeid Tract, Alameda; $10, Frank Clarke to Emma H. Durward (single), lot 12, block J. ‘Broadway Terrace, from on Bryant street feet and 26 inches WV to @ post, thence S 25 feet to a post E 96 feet 21 inches to a post, N 25 to a post, the place of beginning (as recorded). Oakland; $10. W. C. B. and Ellen O. de Fremery to Rosa- lie Church (wife of Lincoin $.). lot on NE I of Fairmount avenue, 1 NW of its int section with W line of Walsworth avenue, 3 50 by NE 115, lot 7. map subdivision iot Walsworth 100-acre Tract, ete., Oakland: $10. Bettie E. Wyatt (widow) to' J. W. Kadell, lot on N line of Twenty-fifth or Laurel street, 150 W of Telegraph avenue, W 40 by N 100, Oakland; $10. Thomas Moran (widower) and Charles A and Mary G. Rossier to James and Peter Brown, lot at intersection of W line of San Prblo avenue with N line plat 38, map R. V and D. Peralta, SE 208.60) W 430, N £ 480, ryville, Oakland Town- The Realty Syndicate to J. T. Smith (mar- rled), N 30 foet of lot_30 and 'S 12:8 of lot 31, map of Pledmont Springs Tract, D. and -3 $10. Scenic Park Realty Co, [corporation) to The- Iine odere Robertson, lot om of Le Cont avenue, 125 E of Euclid avenue, S 140 'J‘,“; bl s Scenio , Berke- lot 8, block 12, Daley' Taz; $10. g Sarzh A. McKee (widow) by 8. B. MeKee (attorney) to Adolph and Anna K. Widell, lot 25, block 5, map Santa Fe Tract No. 5, deed and agreement. Berkeley: $10. * Jobn Sheridan to Thomas Christie, lot on W Rose, linc of Third street, 100 § , S 105 by W 133, lots 11 to 14. block 32, Tract B, Berke- ey Leand and Town Improvement Association, Borkeley; $10. W lerick Brock to James Hamilton, all intzre: lot on $ line of Haste street, 150 E of Ellsworth, W 130 by S aquitclaim deed, Berkeley: $10. De Winter and Nellie M. Winter to J. F. Seaman, Iot at intersection of E line of Spring street with € boundary line of N % of plat . may of Spring street, opening thence NB 140.06. SE 100, NW 130, N to begianing, be ing portion of plat $i, Kellersbirger's map, V. and D. Peralta, Berkeley: £10. S s come L CHARGED WITH KILLING LARKS — Oskland, Nov.' 18— Harry Rubino. 5 shoe- Market maker residing at Seventh and streets, -.-P-:;-ud ‘;d:'gb’ D-:r-o Game Warden . Herring ‘harge of unlawfully shoot- ing meadow larks at "fll!tv.h-l‘