The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 19, 1904, Page 6

FRANCISCO CALL. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1904 «NEWS OF_ ACCUSED POLIC EMEN CONFESS OF TWINKLERS, . THE COUNIY OF NOVEL PHOTOS |REALTY SYNDICATE SENDS A REQUEST TO GOVERNOR WHEELER NOT 0 INTERFERE ALAMEDA BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN | ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. Make Statements to Chief|g. re sehieved vy ve-| State Executive ‘Asked to Afford pusident of University|| GRS e - partment of Astronomy Protection Through Bank Says Se.niorsv “f“ ’Be R e nesiry That PrOVC GUllt. at the State University Commissione}'s. Dropped if at Nance’s Word mepz.mxmn:. B oar d [,V,l'[ [ IVOt P7’0 Secute| ASTEROIDS ARELOCATED EDITOR ON THE CARPET 1435 Park Street. Telephone Alameda 559. STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES : | N - |, 1 “hic ‘alen- W. T. Hale Is Called Before 5 s A R A e 5o i At woie e |Apparatus Whieh Calen The followin letter, accompanied: by a statement of the assets and liabili 2 ; I Told That ‘ j former Scrgeant of Police Charles .| A0S i eoers wasningon steeet | Jtes the Perturbances |ties of tie Oaklan Reaity Syndicate, has been sent to Governor Pardee by Vice | Faculty and Told a j Clark, Policemen Lee E. Andrews, John | market. Hamerton found the door open. We & E President Frank C., Havens of the Syndicate: R ] . PES 1 o . DO - > . Samert ho | weat in and each took a ham. I and sanl| of PBodies in the SKky “Dear Sir: The Realty Syndicate hereby requests you as Governor of the Editorials Won't i = F. C Hamerton, Who | wen: 1o Flyni's store. when Te was at Thir- | « | State of California to recommend to the coming session of the Legislature the were. dismistoh (Naw Stie Srtment e S R . Tarcae | e enactment of a law that will place the Realty Syndicate and kindred corpora- TR for pilfering in stores on their beats.| ;o™ ["have been in Cushing's grocery store | Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, | tions under the jurisdiction of the Bank Commissioners of the Btate of Cali- Berkeley Office San Franci day by the Bo quently with Stahl; also have been in with r: fornia. E 2148 Center Street, Nov. 18. ton 2148 Center Street, Nov. 18. Hobe, under the direction of Professor statement, bearing date of September 30, 1904, and report as follows: | the seniors will be dropped. 1 oners. T n the Crescent corset store | “We consider that the development and . prosperity of this State would be : 3 g e 21 Sk & couple of 0| Interesting results are beirg secured | promoted by placing all financlal instifutions under the jurisdiction “of the | President Benjamin Ide Wheeler to- e it 3 iyl e T 8 3 ate Commissioners. day declared that he will not interfer: m of verbal-statements. Those ' h streets. | by the astronomical department of the CEeratofors e have redlisited sail Ak Contiaesioners v, taks hiviadio- | yth e e Tenders His esignation a and Stahl are written and nis, nor in Smith's | University of California in the use of| tion over the Realty Syndicate, but we were informed that they had no author- |in the argument sixty g s r S and Stahl are writien a I was with Stabl in Eliason’s, on y Syn 3 = th P: War Minister ach. Each got a fountain pen. 1 was | the photographic telescope, mounted in {t!); los:lo' s0. Thereupon, we ée?uest:d"l“eveml of ttll;e ex-g..nk ?:r{nm,e“::gl?:-oi of the senior class are habhng &1‘ ; anaman ). to detail concerning the in the Bastern Outfitting Com- | the south dome of the new annex to the | this State to examine the affairs of s corporation. erew! w their military instructor about eir o 3 ing that Clark was his " Mty i T nere i Wenks | e 20U GO o e e rawiord | COPY Of theif feport of Oct. 7, 1904 Respectuliy, o Tl T g conduct three weeks ago in connection to Prevent Any Bloodshed nearly every < . as with Stahl in Kuss' store; took | 3 ih: are operating it success- *(Signed F. C. H ENS, Vice President. - . with the riot on the campus over de on An- nd Lurventine. "Cabii's "G00 1:::),“‘:,1“,0‘::"", o Sl 2 0y “To Tiia Tetelle e arxs C. Parder, Guvertos ¥ the State of Callfornta” | marching enger: and that*if cCapbatn | ot L oo u,,\h:.."\x\” A;d,‘|:~.~!m:§‘f’r o e ‘Dehing doorway in Merritt | The perturbations of the asteroids are mat:rhe statement s.n.d report of the Syndicate is introduced with the remarks riar‘;cetrecomm?nds:ht}tt;‘hetsr:fi:ry‘;)tel;rgz! oy {he War Minister, resigned to-day city stealings. Clark | on Broadway, M. Spe | being calculated at the Students’ Ob- “We have this day completed an examination of the books, accounts, secu. ;:)p;’;; Ay DAt o R s, he|and President Amador, by a decree, a1t with his story, im- Sixth and Seventh servatory by Dr. Newkirk and Miss | rities and properties of the Realty Syndicate, 2s set forth in its ninth annu T vaa. (he recomr’npndaurm, "4 | sccepted his resignation, jenving Suers tas the rank of genmeral, unattached, N D i | were In the same a touch of the dramatic e A e Leuschner. 5 ASSETS. sot ! s S - e statem miet. Tule and some tools. | “During the current month plates have | RPAL ESTATE .. S . -y oseos20 22 | The president said that he hed Bot | but with a salary which is equivalent ,v Chief Hodgkins. The a clothing store on Broadway, be- | b °d on every clear might to 5 s item consists o v at 3 h . y ¥ ® {to a pension. The army will not be by Chief Hodgkir Jn a clothing s 3 | been exposed ¥ situated in Oakland or M its immediate vicinity, We believe the value of War Department and had not sent any 7 3 p e four men had been examined separate- | tween Sevgnth and Fighth streets two asteroids which are now in opposi- this item to be considerably in excess of said amount, as indicated by many report of the affair to Washington. This disbanded just now. Genéral Guardia, ly by the < and Captains Petersen| In the e scene with Ham- | tjon, and the asteroids have been found | profitable sales, which the books of the company show amounted to $763,024 ) i 3 de by him in reply | Sécretary of the War Office and an old ol - 2 edaction d Hamerton, | erton Ch: offered the fol o o) during the past year, and by the considerable increase in the value of Oak- declaration was made by him in reply | ” = oy, » a4 ‘Wilson on election da ey b o i on every plate. land and adjacent reaity. to an inquiry about the correétness of | Veteran, has been appointed to the su who wes called after Clark had told | lowing: | The photographic telescope fulfills the | s7ocks AND BONDS R S s 8,088,172 48 | the editorial statement of the Army and | Preme command of the troops. Every- his story, « d with strenuous de- HAMERTON CONFESSES. | expectations of the members of the de- | The main_items of this account consist of 37.185 shares of the Oak- Navy Journal of New York, which re | thing is quiet now. The censorship om SEAE Chick o summelss St o Officer Humerton emphatically denieq | Partment. Tlte exposures thus far made | 73 JTranes Consolidated, ard AL 00 sasges of fhe San Dranclece, Dorsnd ported, apparently upon authority and | telegraphic messages has been sus- 1 presence charged that offi- d ever done any wrong at any time | are from one to two hours and stars b e o PR ot el o 2 el B L L without reservation, that news of the 5 free from pledge, #wd representing in each case a controlling in- pended. had been a police officer, stating that was being put up on him and that there | was no reason why he should be so falsely aken part in some of g down to the twelfth magnitude have Then Hamerton broke been readily photographed. It is ex- vi The value of =ald stock is constantly terest in these valuable properties. Oakland increasing, keeping pace with the rapld growth of 3 The income of the Oakland Transit Consolidated for the eix months end- students’ riot had come to the depart- General Huertas, in the letter ten- ment at Washington and that the uni- | dering his resignation, protests against down ; d bis wrongdoing = | sccused and that he would not sdmit thet | Pected that on elear nights, with s ing_September 30, 1004, shows a considerable increase over the séme period versity authorities had then been ad-|the charges brought against him, say- Supplementing the confessions wa he had done wrong-and would face anybody. | longer exposures, stars fainter by sev- of 1903, . vised to drop the offending students. ing that he and the troops have been statement Chief Hodgkins point- ant Clark was brought into the office!eral magnitudes will' appear’ on the The San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose Railway operates the new and President Wheeler had not seen the . loyal, but that under the circumstances ing out t cases where Policeman e S0 Eatnscien wint o Dusweil's patnt | HIDLON. 3 i popular ferry line between San Francisco. Oakland and Berkeley, known military journal's statement, he said, | (referring to American intervention) Thasnon and Specis b 2. 214 v Broadway and each got a pot of | The photographic positions which are B e e e e T e | but nfade the statement that he neither | and though they would dearly like to s 5 g P under u§-| paint. that he took his pet of paint down to| now being secured by Drs. Crawford| . Caiitornia Improvement Company. which owns about 400 acres of valu- had written to Washington nor had |fight, in order to prevent bloodshed and RSSO Chre s S the catsance ta. the Biske & Mottty bund: | S90.GIUIDAD are ofithie utmokt YRin in able property, hotel and cottages, quarry and piaat, etc. Its:income now heard from Washington concerning the | to prove his love for Panama he re- It was upon the motion of President | {/% SEEERCH (4 B0 BIERt e to Hamerton | testing accuracy of the computed per- exceeds $2500 a month. This property has mo Indebtednees. d b afiats with Cakinth Mubte ool ot gy 45 - of the Police Commis- | o7 " 00 ® \what's the use of denying it. | turbations Other items consist of the entire issued capital stock of the Piedmont students’ affair w ‘aptain ce. s his . . e ol o T fook it aod T Race) 2 Development Company, which has an income of over $1200 a month, and all Captain Nance said to-day that he| The isthmians deplore the event be- T nae et R S P SRR YL T T the issued capital stock of the Mutual Investment Union, costing $204,620 had made no report of the affair to | cause General Huertas' modesty has 2 B it ly you sald it was gone. You and 1| CHURCH WORKERS HOLD and representing real estate of that value. the department at Washington. His | made him very popular. s T Mniatmans o s e g 42 MANY ENTERTAINMENTS report to President Wheeler has not yet | WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—No alarm . i ot~ 3 ot A e W ORI e been completed, being mow in course |is felt at the offices of the Panama t ) the board adopt- and took rules and tools. You | Bazaars Are Well Patronized—Socie- of preparation. | Canal Commission on account of the hing the prosecu- I went int clothi tore on Broad- des and Lodges Plan Events W. T. Hale, editor of the Daily Cali- | recent disturbances on the isthmus foi- r resolu- N s ot Yor Holiday Season. INVESTMENT CERTIFICATES ...... $4,323,639 60 fornian, was called before the students’ | lowed by the landing of marines. The a fruit store—we took some | 3 o i These certificates are issued at par, affairs committee of the faculty to-day | members of the commission have been wton was asked if what Clark| - OAKLAND, liov. .18 —The Christian e ol N e O | and told that the tone of his editorials | advised fr concerning the trouble truc and correct. He answered, | Endeavor Society of the Market-street Protected by the assets of the corporation 3 i . would not be tolerated. Hale's edito- and to-day received a cablegram from . &% hat he naq | COMETegational Church opened their | BILLS AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE rial about the order of Captain Nance, | General D Governor of the canal been in Beckers market with Clark ana got | unique bazaar, called the “Street of | MORTGAGES ON REAL ESTATE . 5,580,903 37 | requiring the seniors to march in or- | Zone, saying that everything is now a ham. He answered °* If in Bus-| Nations,” last night and the affair [CAPITAL STOCK PAID IN 5 derly style'into his classroom, was par- | Quiet. el x store 01 D er's on | v vy " >4 » et r— weil's paint stor Droadway, Sparber's on | promises to be a great success. An en- | SURPLUS ticularly objected to by the gommittee, | and in & clothing store on Broad- WALKER MAY RESIG o Mayor Olney and C: joner Tur- ner < ted to the filing of the con- | f as public documents until they X d Leen assured by President Mc Chief Hodgkins that the de- roy and partment had no further evidence to present to the Prosecuting Attorney. | Chief Hodgkins said he had been ir formed by Prosecuting Attorney that r woutd be issued on | the ev The to the that of Stahl, which reads corner Thirteenth Sergeant Clark and 1 pera-glasses, once only Steflanoni’s jewelry store, street_and Broadway 100k some spoons and Wood's kodak piace, on. Washington street and Fourteenth, by & He took some fllms; between Thirteenth - geant Clark and 1 1 nothing. Paint store of N. P. Kuss, on Clay street, | hetween Twelfth and Thirteenth, Sergeant | Ciark and 1. He took some paint; 1 a putty | knife and brusb. A clothing-store on Broadway, between Seventh and Eightli_streets, sweater, gloves lark and L. once n Broadway, between Eixtn Sergeant Clark and 1 ng place. on Twelfth 1 and Hamerton nafls and knives | cach time, once each Cehill's paint stcre, street, be- | tween Broadway and Sergeant | Clark ook some cu s; 1 nothing. Flynn's dry goods store, eorner Thirtee and Franklin @irects. Took some towels, s Plece of dress goods and some stockings, Ser- Seant Clark and 1, once ‘Outfitting tore, Thirt vs, once Thairteenth street. Went | Theodore flasks of whi went_in jons Sergeant Clark went I guard, he opéhing the st of the occasions F. STAHL. November §, 1904, 6 0. m ANDREWS' STATEMENT. Following is Andrews' .statemen tatement in regard to 1 have becn in the E: Company's _place twice—ance | : got some walsts and golf skirts, | year ugo—and also once with Clark | meveral times with Lutter and eggs some stockings and Was in Cabill's b paint , and got & pot of e in Smith Brothers’ bookstore with rk; got ome boitle ink. some pencils, one fountain per . L. E. ANDREWS. Chief Hodgkins gave the following as a report on Sergeant Clark's verbal statements: 1 and Haumerton weni tnto Buswell's paint e e 3 | FREE FREE FREE WITH SUNDAY CALL SMALL ADS. A Ten-Pound of SUMMIT SNOW UR, J~ 'UNIVERSITY EVENTS | by the Glee joyable programme was arranged for | the evening and the various booths did a thriving business. The bazaar was continued this ev: ng. The booths and the sergeant Hamerton an- correc ated that Hamerton had been teward's leather finding place said. on Twelfth O e Ateee W toak acuis lenther. Tl | fhose I charge:were: he pe S " c. | Fancy work booth—Misses Marion West- _ The report concludes with the follow- | ;4" %" Chalmers and Mae Baudin, ing from Chief Hodgkins: Teicream booth—Misses Edna Beach and Mabel Nickerson, George Caig James McLeod, George Westland and John Ghi. Candy booth—Misses Grace Brown and Grace Griffiths. Coffee booth—Misses Susie Pascoe and Sadie E Lemonade booth—Misses Elsie Campbell and Sue Caig. Gypsy booth—Miss Marguerite Lemmer. Clark and Ham- Buswell's. _Special N. N. Goodwin saw the pot of paint behind the wire door mat in a_doorway of | the Blake & Moffitt building. Shannon and Goodwin saw Clark and Hamerton in Becker's Washington street market, Clark inside, Ham- e, standing guard. Clark handed | a bundle out' to Hamerton. Both went away man Shannon saw, the paint from Caig, Grace with bundles. Shannon saw Clark inside of | Fish pond—Misses Louise Caig and Gertie Cahill's, 408 Twegfth street, Stahl outside | Campbell, David Caig Jr. and Mansel Grif- standing guard, s&w Clark come out with a | fiths. . hide it in the doorway of the | pecial Officer Goodwin caught | , TI¢ annual bazaar of the Fruitvale e o hirceestn | Congregational church opened last et " shannon saw Clark amd Sil inside | night at Armory Hall in Fruitvale and Becker's \\-.-m{nxh‘é\ smh« m?rll;:il- i&;;clm;' will continue until Saturday night. B e MmOl OGdicen Twther - Citels' iof “the Jrivet a doo ! H s \.nd‘(:;s.wr:h)):‘slrmhu‘ the Pleasanton Hotel | yiethodist Church gave an entertain- % - . | ment this evening in the parlors of the ohe board did mot Al e e mey | church. The principal number on the I A programme was a play, entitled otaanl. ; “Queen and a Kingdom,” which was The Commissioners will take up the | QUEeh and & KIDELom.” WhICh » case of Patrolman J. F. Sill at a special The ladies of the Evangel Baptist meeting to be called by President Mc-| . k., RS b Church of Berkeley gave a colonial Elroy. oS .| bazaar this afternoon and evening at Applicants for examination on No-| giie " poy vember 28 to fill the eligible list of po-| “'1b8 PR30 o A\ viliary of the Broth- licemen are as follows: erhood of Railway Trainmen will give L g i @ bazaar at Sunset Hall, 1634 Sevent o J street, to-morrow afternoon and even- e e M. Neadormen, | Ing. Admission to the hall is free. John Hayes, cloth cutter; Walter A. Hodge, The members of Temple No. 11, A. O. : Milo Midin; Robert C. Powell, | W., will give an anniversary ball o | at Workmen's Hall, Fifty-first street and Telegraph avenue, on Saturday evening, December 3. The New Era Club of “the First Methodist Church will give an elabor- ate banauet next Tuesday evening in the parlors of the church. —_——————— NEIGHBORS GO TO COURT TO SETTLE A DISPUTE bundie and Merritt Hotel policeman: Alfred W. Brock, clerk;- . F. Jorgensen, lerk; John H. Carroll, motorman; tens, engineer. BERKELEY, Nov. 18.—The short course stu- dents in dalrying have followed the custom her classes and have adopted a class pin. e the customary pin, the bar bearing the | class numerals has been omitted and a gold | milk can, bearing the numerals * '04" has been substituted. Dark blue is to be Anciént Sewer Cause of Falling Out Among People of Lakeside District. OAKLAND, Nov. 18.—W. M. Kales, prominent in social circles, replies to his neighbor, George H. Wheaton, in an answer filed to-day to the action begun by Wheaton because of a pri- vate sewer, which drains the palatial homes of both in the Lakeside district. The trouble over the drain has caused a coldness between the two men. ‘Wheaton wishes to maintain what Kales designates a nuisance and the discord has assumed the dignity of an action in a court of law. In a suit begun some time ago Whea- the class he old football field is to be used hereafter for a drill ground. The fence has been re- moved and in other ways the fleld will be made sultable for drilling purposes. The third eeries of Jectures in French given by Robert Dupouey on Tuesday and Thurs- day afternoons are proving €0 popular that the classroom is not adequate to the size of the audiences. His lecture yesterday on *The Cabarets of Montmartre” was heard by a class that overfiowed into the hall. A larger lec- ture room probably will be secured for the re. mainder of the course. The balf hour of music in the Greek The- ater next Sunday afternoon is to be provided C The programme is to be as foliows Glee Club: “The Chamber of Sleep” (Stewart), Glee Club; violin solo (se- lected), W. C. Davis, accompanied by Dr. o < H 3. Stewart: “The Two Grenadlers’ (Schu. | toR asks for an injunction to stop Kales mann), Glee (lub; *'Send Out Thy Light” | from digging up the drain which runs n), Glee Club. under his back yard. Twenty years ago the sewer was a necessity and new university dramatic association, or- D-| several of the residents of that part of ganized at the suggestion of Professor W. Armes, adopted a constilution at a meeting held in North Hall to-day. The association is | the city contributed money for its com- to produce a classical play in the Greek The- | pletion. Kales says that it is no longer ater Guring the noxt term, co-operating with | needed. He says that his neighbors other dramatie organizations of the university to_that end. . The senlor class held its second annual as- iy to-night in Hearst Hall J. M. Wolf- was chairman of the general committee narge, and D, P. Boothe acted as floor have no right to maintain it and says that he has been forced to Kkeep it in repair himself in order to save his land from being flooded. ¢ —_———— Ask Increase for Fire House. OAKLAND, Nov. 18.—The Board of Public Works is not satisfled with the appropriation of $6000 made by the City Council for the erection of a new fire engine house at Golden Gate. Fire Chief N. A. Ball reported to the board tc-day that this allowance was not within $1500 of enough to erect a suitable wooden structure to take the place of the ramshackle building in use. Ball and the commissioners were of the opinién that it would be poor economy to replace the wooden kouse with one of wood. They con- cluded that if a new structure should be erected it should be of brick. - To the end that the Council may consider the advisability of appropriat- ing $12,000, the estimated cost of a brick house, the board referred the proposed allowance back. nager. $roof of the extraordinary interest in Ger- man studies shown by students at the univer. #ity ix found in the circumstance that in the lust three years four German societies have been organized, independently of each other. The German department began this line of ac- tvity by founding the Deutscher Verein in 1902 and almost immediately aiter two other German clubs, the Sprechverband and zation Verein, were organized. And during the present semeste:, the De Zirkel was formed. These zations have the same principal purposc—to obtain conver- eational practice. German folk songs are sung and only German is spoken. —————— VICTIM OF HUSBAND'S BULLET LAID TO REST Re.mnns of Mrs. Laura C. Campbell : Are Interred at Mountain View Cemetery. OAKLAND, Nov. 18.—The remains of Mrs. Laura C. Campbell, who died at the Receiving Hospital fror- the effects of a bullet wound received at the hands of her husband, Lem Campbell, were laid to rest to-day in Mountain View Cemetery. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Burgess, pastor of thd Second Congregational Ohurch. The inquest will be hecld at 7 o'clock to-morrow evening at the office of Cor- oner Mehrmann. DEATH OF TWO CHILDREN.—Oakland, Nov 18.—Chester Johnson, aged 7 years, died this morning at the home of his aunt.’ Mrs. H. Hammond, in Fruitvale, where he has made his home for the last year. of the boy lives in San Rafaei. caused by diphtheria. The S-year-old san of Mr. end Mrs. W. V. Holloway died to-day at the family residence, 1307 Shattuck avenue, Berkeley. The funeral will be held to-morrow. “The mother Death was . IR S UNHAPEY WIVES—Oakland, Nov. 18- # or divorce were begun i vestienes of Mre W O i B i B L B un'nl'w ol s ot e Yeith in i Mar- B ‘Thirty-Bith striet, was en Uils atter: 'A. Cardosey. {3 % 2 tered a burglar, who stole twy gold watches ard ‘.'Mddl. & % against Anthony groand of neglect. of ch she I*l the custody. b Total $11,130,595 23 . H. KNIGHT. E. FARNUM, ESSE B. FULLER, Ex-Bank Commissioners of the State of California. 8an Francigco, Cal. October 7, 1904, NEW WITNESS I TOING €ASE Writes to Nan Patterson’s| Attorneys That He Saw Bookmaker Shoot Himself ——— NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—Aithough two full court days have been taken up in securing eight of the twelve jurors who will decide the fate of Nan Patterson, Caesar Young, the incidents in the courtroom have tended to keep up in- terest in the case. The receipt of a letter telling of an important new wit- ness was the principal incident. The letter received was written in German and signed “L. Black.” The writer claims to have witnessed the struggle in the cab and says .that he saw Young turn the revolver against his own breast and fire. “I saw with my own eyes on the morning of June 4 a man in the cab with a pistol in his hand. A woman was seated alongside him,” says the ‘writer. tol, which was in his hand; I heard the shot and ran as fast as I could. I kept quiet until now because I thought you had other witnesses, but for the sake of the truth I must write you this. I am willing, should the occasion demand it, and if you think it worth while, to appear before Mr, Jerome and your-- self and say that I saw the man hold the pistol in his hand. I am ready to take an oath on this, for the sake of Jjustice.” OAKLAND NEWS. DRY WORKERS TO GIVE BAL Nov. 18.—The local Laundry Works al d, rs'’ Unfon will give a ball at Forester's on Saturday evening, December 10. REMAINS ARRIVE FOR INTERME! Oakland, Nov. 1S.—The vemains of John W ham Leigh, a prominent Democratic politician, arrived in’ this city to-day and will be in- terred in Mountzin View Cemetery. EXHIBITION OF POULTRY.—Alameda, Nov. 18.—Commencing on the first of next month the Alameda County Poultry Associa- tion will hold a three days’ exhibition of fancy fowls at 1517 Park street. Two hundred special prizes will be awarded to the best birds in the various ciasses. FIX SUPERVISORS' BONDS.—Oakland, Nov.” 18.—The five Supetior Judges sitting in bank fo-day met and fixed the bonds of the Supervisors for the coming year at X15,000 cach. This §s the same figure ai which they have beén placed in past years, and théaction was purely a formal one. : TO CONTEST WILL.—Oakland, Nov. 18— Some of the heirs of the late Charies B. Slicer have given notice that there is to be a_contest made over the settiement of the estate of the deccased. He died without leaving any issue and left properts valued at about:$10,000 to Hugh S. Carpenter, a nephew, and his mother. Other nephews and nieces belfeve they are en- titled to a nart of the estate and have given notice to this effect. - OPPOSE CONSOLIDATION.—Alameda, Nov. 18.—The West Ehd Improvement Association hac put itself on record as beink to any ‘measure that legislators may aitempt to put throush at Szcramento with the purpose of annexing this city to . The presi- dent of the associatio has been authorized to appoint a commitiee to watch the movement that has been inaugurated by the Oakland Board of Trade for the consolidation of that city, Alameda and Berkeley. ———————— Divorce Suit Too Much for Her. INCINNATI, Nov. 18.—Mrs. Grace Marand Fennessy, 28 years old, wife of James E. Fenuessy, proprietor of Heuck’s Opera-house, committed sui- cide to-night by swallowing carbolic acid. Recently her husband institut- ed divorce proceedings and she has been despondent ever since. b na i e coveen o e WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—VPost Quartermaster Sergeant Samuel Cohn, at Fort Logan Fort McDowell, Cal., reporting on his arrival for duty. LT *1 saw the man raise the pis- | , Colo., is to be sent 10! he had been beaten and robbed by _— % CITIZENS POLL MANT BALLOTS Thousands Reply in Postal Card Canvass on Municipal Projects for Water Works Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Nov. 18. ‘With two days gone since the returns 1 began to be received, there have been who is charged with the murder of | 6000 voters of Oakland express an opin- ifon in the postal card canvass by the special committee on municipal water supply. At the rate the cards were sent to t'ie committee to-day it is es- tlmatgd by Secretary ~Edwin Meese hat at least 8500 to 9500 returns will be made before the close of the canvass Monday afternoon. It is intended to incorporate the re- sult of the canvass in the report which will be submitted Monday night to the City Council. That report will be prac- tically along the same lines as the | statement to the public. The members of the committee are ; much gratified at the large number of replies they have received during the canvass. To them it incicates a lively interest among the citizens touching the question of a municipal supply of water. { No data concerning the result of the vote will be made public until the en- tire count has been completed. Close secrecy Will be observed in this regard that the committee cannot be charged with trying to influence the returns. Concerning the canvass, Mayor Ol- ney said to-day: “The figures are very gratifying. They are higher than I had believed would be reached so early in the day. That a great public interest is being taken in the canvass there can be no doubt. I should like to impress upon voters the’fact that their signed bal- lots will be kept guardéd from any pub. licity. As soon as the count has been made the cards will beheld a month or so and then burned. No citizen need fear that his confidence will be vio- laged.” ———— SEEK APPROPRIATION FOR DEEPENING OAKLAND HARBOR Board of Trade Committee to Confer With Senator Perkins and Con- gressman Knowland. OAKLAND, Mov. 18.—The Oakland Board of Trade is taking steps to get | an aporopriation for the deepening of Oakland harbor and during the early part of next week the harbor and wa- ter front committee of the board will hold a conference with Senator Per- kins and Congressman Joseph R. Knowland regarding the requirements of Oakland harbor. It is the purpose to have a uniform depth of twenty- five feet at low tide. Chairman Burton of the Congres- sional Committee on Rivers and Har- bors has called the committee to ‘Washington to draft a bill to be pre- sented at the next session of Congress. Senator Perkins and Congressman James McLachlan are members of the committee. —_———— Japanese Beaten and Robbed. OAKLAND, Nov. 18.—Senseless and biceding from a blow on the head, a Jupanese, unidentified, was found last night at Fruitvale by Constable Thomas Carroll who took the injured man to the residence of Frederick Gay, a postal’'clerk. When he recov- ered consciousness the -young man ! men. Physicians attended the injured which ‘seemed to think that the edito- | rial was undignified and improper, as the military class was referred to as a “military kindergarten” and Captain Nance as a “schoolmaster.” Hale is on| the list of seniors whose cases are now in Captain Nance's hands. —_——— WIDOW OF LATE CAPTAIN KNOWLES LEAVES LITTLE While Bequests Were Large, Estate | Cannot Satisfy Them, but Much | Has Already Been Given. OAKLAND, Nov. 18.—By the will of | the late Mary E. Knowles, widow of | Captain J. N. Knowles, she makes be- | quests of more than she has to give | away, and while her estate was sup- | posed to be worth many thousands of | dollars the petition sets forth that all | of the property of which she dies pos- | sessed is less than $5000. The explana- | tion made is that subsequent to the | making of the will deceased geve away her means instead of waiting to allow | it to be distributed accor™ng to the provisions she had made. In the will she makes a bequest of $10,000 to Ellen S. Gordon and provides that the remainder f her property is to be distributed among her six chil- dren. As the property is less than $5000 the heirs will probably make some other settlement. ————— MAN TRIES TO CHOKE TWO YOUNG GIRLS —_— OAKLAND, Nov. 18.—FEugene Christensen is in the "City Prison charged with attacking and choking Florence Miller and Lillie Fratis this evening at the corner of Nineteenth avenue and East Fourteenth streets. The two young ladies were on thewr | way home shortly after 9 o'clock from the Twenty-third avenue station, where they had been making some purchases. At the corner of Nineteenth avenue Christensen suddenly stepped out from behind a fence and tried to choke both girls. He then ran away. He was arrested in a saloon by Police- man Arnest and identified by the girls. On the way to the prison in the patrol wagon he tried to get Po- | Hceman Henderson's revolver, saying that he wanted to blow his brains out. —_——— New Town Tall Site. BERKELEY, Nov. 18.—A new site for the Town Hall of Berkeley has been proposed by the North Berkeley Improvement Club, which, at its meet- ing last night, adopted the following resolution: Resolved, That it is th 2 Berkeley ]mpmvemenlsclueb ’5.“::::: :llhqe ;flg& Town Hall should be changeq from its old location to some place nearer the business center. of tewn._whare' e Wil be more con- | venie vente o the people of the | | “The resolution was adopted after a| lengthy discussion, participated in by a score of the most prominent citizens of Berkeley. A site on Shattuck ave- nue was favored by most of the speak- ers. —— Banquet in Honor of Patron Saint, OAKLAND, Nov. 18.—The annual honor of St. Andrew’s day, wil at the Hotel liletrmu:-ley onl bl:flh:.:g evening, December 2. At last meeting of the society the following officers were elected for the ensuing term: Dr. A. K. Crawford, president: A. J. Smilte, vice president: D. Edward Collins, tr : Jchn C. Veitch, recording secretary: John o Millap, financial ;. board of direct- ors—G. S. Robert Howden, A. J Smilie. Robert Dalziel, James B. Low: board of relief—Hugh Hamilton, James P. Tayior James Hutchison; librarian, Frank . Roilg: physician. Dr. A. K. Crawford; chaplain, J. K. MeLean. —_——— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, . 18.—The following marriage H were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Walter Kem- mersom, over 21, and Kittie S! gver 18, both of San !‘rnndnl::u.lho‘lz Rev, over 21, San Francisco, nm‘n Manuel, ?;er‘l:, ";"',‘::,,h & Okland: Tsador Mendeito, s 0Lk of : William Kinca P of and Julia A. banquet of the St. Andrews Socie'ty, in | Rear Admiral Is Likely to Follow Colonel Heek®r's Lead. WASHINGTOD Nov. 18.—The fric- tion in the Isthmian Canal Commission, made apparent by the resignation of Colonel Frank J. Hecker, almost un- doubtedly will lead to the transfer of the boara to a place of subordination in the War Department. Secretary Taft will ask that his department be given control. If this Is done Rear Admiral Walker, it is said, will follow Calonel Hecker's lead and resign, for he does not relish the thought of being chief of a body controlled by the army. Developments to-day. go to show that Chief Engineer Wallace is safe in his position and that any eriticism of him by members of the board was due to his wish to work faster than they thought Was neces: in an enervating climate. ——— MINERS FREED [N COLORADO Men Who Had Been Held for Independence Outrage and Vietor Riots Dismissed CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., Nov. 18.— District Attorney Trowbridge to-day dismissed the cases of forty-three men, mostly miners who had been charged with complicity in the Independence depot explosion and the Victor riot of June 6 last. Twa of the men had been in jail five months. The others were out en bonds. There remain similar charges against seventeen men, including Charles H. Moyer, president, and Willlam D. Hay- wood, secretary-treasurer, of the West. ern Federation of Miners, but it is doubtful whether these cases will ever be tried. Since the election about fifty men, who had been deported, have returned to the district and have not beem molested. —_——— Seek to End Santa Fe Strike, TOPEKA, Kans, Nov. 18.—~The grievance committee of the Santa Fe engineers in session here is trying to secure a settlement of the machin- ists’ strike. It alleges that the equin- ment of the road as kept up by the non-union machinists is not satisfac- tory. The officials of the road Ja=ny this and say they will not resume ne- gotiations with the strikers. will recommend The only thing fo and 10 koep the boy & CANDY CATHARTIC