The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 13, 1904, Page 6

FRANCISCO LL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1 «NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDAw LICK ASTRONOMER FINDSIBOARD SELECTS [ILLUSTRIOUS RILL ON THE MOON. THOUGH NARROW IT IS EIGHTY MILES LONG] Professor J. B. Perrine Writes Interestingly of Nebulae BERKELEY, Der of & great crack or r —The discovery | on the face of covered but a small portion of the sky, ! tograpks made with the Crossley re- } and he estimated that If it were extend- | flector, for this purpose, in the winter | 5 termined, % " ed over the whole sky at least 120,00 | of 1900- it has been determined, s T et | T 1T Al iy fhe | Nsh, b M. EdrPik Rl b itrons ‘ wiis Shrongh i Tl WML okl relichits rotaibor. Iceskers | st Ricoed. SUNGL N i photo- Alps for a distance of eighty | o0ramme of photographing 104 of the | graphs are capable of determining this | miles is one of the facts announced in est bulletin fssued from the Lick The bulietin contains five Assistant Astronomer J. B. principel nebulae and star clusters, un- fortunately incomplete at the time of . was completed last vear by Upon these plates he has distance with great Wecuracy. Delay, in measuring and reducing these pho~: tographs been due to a lack of oy zssistants for the pur- ; furds to e Perrine. all deemed of unusual interest fot new nebulae. llrdu».e san;: law l':l:;l: cientific men, and by omers | of distribution should hold over the en- | vit :,, ,;?- - ,2, T the number of nebulae discoy- ber secured at all other observato- | The r moon was discovered . €rable with the Crossley reflector un-|ries, and a roted foreign ast nnom;:‘r.' inch tele. der the same conditions wouid be ap- | who is ally interested in this | ure of a Proximately half a million. It is prob-| problemn, has been led to say that, x;. ust, or of a dry &ble, further, as photographic plates | the Lick nlates could be measured an hundred feet in ¥ miles in length, of become more sensitive the long expos- u wou'd matter very littie those taken elsewhere reduced, wheth were s s with this instrument wouid show | tmber of nebulae within its reach e - oo to be of the order of & million. In the fast of his article Mr. Perrine etmospher Astronomers hold the view that the records five observations of the ninth ! s il e masses known as nebulae | sateilite of Saturn, discovered by Pro- le at any ke he material which will eventu- | fessor Witliam e to form additional stars, | brother of the d The number of the nebu- | lege Obgervat H Pickering, the ector of Harvard Col- in the vear 18¢%. The’ etc. ¥ is not now lae is therefore an item of unusual in- | discovery wag made from nhnrograp}?s oon, but this dis- | terest in the problems of celestial evo- | obtained at the Harvard station in | a Saturday night | Peru. Tn as no observed | ng some vi is called by Astronomer |for saveral >wing the an- | r vatory e of his articles, to the | nouncement of its discovery, and not | The Perrine's papers 4 4 perhapg gign fact | until the past summer have confirma- | with .t r of nebulae v t in the principal star clusters vis- | tory observations been secured by | to Professor y'e work W e to observers in northern hemi- | other ob e Crossiey réfiector of the Lick Observa- | sphere the stars are divided roughly | The M Hamilton photographs tory, commenced in 1595, mbout 10,000 into two classes of magnitude, « were with the Crossiéy reflector. | pebulae had been discovered by various from the eleventh to the thir- | This s . as announced by Pick observatories a rs, and their magnitude and the other of revolves once around the planet desori jons were pub- the sixteenth magnitude. It is | in eighteen months, nr.w].‘ lished in & standard catalogue. Pro- wn why the magnitudes from the nge to sar, in a direction opposite | fessor Keeler's photographs, taken f sixteenth are Dot |to that of the other satcllites. The new | the purpose of reco the larg urth pa relates | sate = is of the sevent enth photo | incidental - astronomical unit of | graphic magnitude, and lies very near | Sed t . the distance of the |the limit for visual! cbservations with | nebulee previc th fre the sun, ‘based upon pho- | the most powerful existing (el!-smpf-suy SMALL BOY WOULD VLD BEAR BY : i of the Oakland Distriet| AmuCK ln Ber’KeleY' ALAMEDA, Dec. 12.—1:hi'r13'»fix-e Imagines He Is a Kit Carson, but FIND [PRESBITERIANS IVERSITY | HOLD ASSEMBLY [Clerical and Lay Delegates | clerical and lay delegates representing Presbyterian churches in Oakland, | Alameda, Berkeley, Fruitvale, San ndro, Haywards and Pleasanton | A 7 icipated in deliberations of Weeps When Arrested. e i s e PEASIEREE Y ST b¥tery, held here to-day in the Presbyterian Church. Rev. Ar- BERRSLEY, Dec. 1f—-Auxiens 10 e fn the grei Sorest Bed nomoomer: \y. sicn " oF Gakiend actid 4% tio0 taste life &5 he had read of it in dime | been communicated to the housewife | 4 movels of the Wild West pattern, Roy | than she telephoned to Marshal Kerns'| After some discussion it was de- Treverton, a nine-year-old lad living e ):1‘"{::(:;1 ;;;’;’:”\ to: | cided to delay until the spring meet- | fn San Francisco at 2 . it sy iy ,"j' "“ " ,nm uty Marsha! | ('8 ©f the presbyiery the vote on the | e is att n. uty 1 ' | question of recejving back into the came to Berk t i. 8. Howard was sent out and soon | red to give the folk in the " | ent fold the Cumberiand Presby- teeth, pr o Uh boy, sevolyer; &x. MW | toriay church, which originated as the | university town a run for their jard hammer. l,ar‘ter TeVerton's | .. uit of a schism in the church just | money,” as he informed a woman in am of life 2 la Robin Hood, '-’a"‘:’ prior to the Civil War. At the meet- North Berkel hom he desired one ;’-n .:n-.‘r ‘g..m)om‘-x.”"l the | ing of the general assembly of Pres- = n as 1o “where game could | E7%€D sward and the long trafl was at erians held in Buffalo last May the information as t s an end. He wept copiously, but sub- f i f read | - an ! ¥ p . sentimeni was in favor of readmitting most likely be found. ftted ey s is employed | ¥ 5 The tny youth carried a 3S-caliber mm,“,l,-,']{ a I{“m@"“., “‘T‘ “q”"r‘ff"“d | the Cumberland Presbyterians, but it 3 in the Unioen Ir orks In San Fran- | y.e then decided to give the district | revolver as he faced the housewife at | informed of the capture | ,rogvieries throughout the United | sy A ggRaep his hand was | b, came $o Berkeley"and took | 8eates an opportinity o vote. ad the | & sack that b ed with tools and im offspring to the paternal roof | question. If two-thirds of the presby- ar. The unman’mkwd across the bay. teries are for admiszion it is expected at the sight of the min- MG T I standing with and to 7 ao Wh | it ap- you at home with your mother this| ciated Charities, Occasions Trou- | pears that the present sentiment gt very minute Teil me \hm. =1 bie for Miss Anita Whitney. the Oakland presbytery is against l“l”k"»" - iR ta:| OAKLAND, Dec. 12—Charges of gl pot was looking for audience. 4 B 4 he following were e i bousewife served his purpose. {criminal neglect were filed with the gates to rev-.—»l;:m u‘:- 4;;;c[:e:d g:;:. 1" said the wee youngster, hran- | Board of Supervisors to-day by Mrs.|p 2% 19 Toboe Seneral’ seoembdly - nest @ s big rev r, “live in San | Agnes Burk Sheppard against Miss | ajay- Rev. J. E. Anderson, San Le- Francisco, bui 1 am going to stay in | Anita Whitne; v of the Asso-| 4p ur. Hick!.v(mkland; Berkeley and be 2z hunter and live in | clated Charitl Mrs. Sheppard seys| J. ¢ . Bee. The spring my own cabin. My fether has not been ! Whitney refused aid to 2| gession of the Oakiand Presbytery will kind to me. He beats me, and I am | named Wiley living at 724 | pe held at the Centennial Présbs'ierlan Ured of it. T am g to be a guide | le street. The matter is t0 be | Church, Oakland, on the third Mon- an hunter ard kill game and eat |investigated by the board n2xt Mon- | rest in Berkeley. T n ax and a hamm: in this sack—" ®ome and sell the £0L & saw & some COLL A N And here Master Treverton produced |is an old one and that the family has ATED IN A BOOK those implements whereof he spoke. | been aided from time to time. TWO | Uity Club PRI, 4 4 res They were, a2 he phrazed it, the “real | dcctors whom she asked to act on the P':h”mfion % (':le 'thesPn:‘thumous thing,” as was also his revolver, which | case refused to do so, as Wiley has im- . ver Stories by later was to bring down the ferocious bear and ninble deer and other game that haunts the Berkeley hills. Treverton's ambitions in the line of BE———— IT WAS NO DREAM, i AP\'BI{T!SE!F!T& 4 Even Though Nearly Incredible. “For twenty years I suffered with piles, sometimes being confined to my bed for days at a time. The relief received from doctors, both in the United States and Mexico, was tem- porary, end more frequently I received po relief. other medicines had no ef- fect; it was a continual drag; I was #it for nothing. I finally tried Pyramid Pile Qure; first application was magi- cal: 1 coudld not believe I was awake pext morning. I experienced a relief I had not known for twenty years. “One box cured me, but not believ- ing myself cured I bought two more and they are still in my trunk. I first used this remedy in July, 1902; HAVE Z3AD NO OCCASION TO USE IT SBINCE. The world should know of 1 Huertas No. 5, City of Mexico. Pyramid Pile Cure is in the form o direct tact with dermuth declares that he will leave | quarters to-morrow, there to await :dntul u::wn -udm?ha its wx FPiedmont if he is convicted. Mrs.|trial on a charge of having murdered guickly and painiessly. It is sold by | Whitlock avers she would not shed ! Policeman James H. Smith. druggists generally, for fifty cents a|tears if he did go. package and t.l'sen.uuinm g & o Nartha, Mich. for thelr Ttle |20 B Sicai b reporisd 1o the i cause and cure of | ;o7 ‘his room at the Atlantic les, as it is sent free for the asking. 956 Franklin street. | “Toward American Music,” “A Na- that the next general assembly, which is-to convene at Winiona Lake, Ind., next Mz will receive the Cumber- land Presbyterfans into the fold. From the trend of remarks to-day CHARGES SECRETARY WITH HAVING BE! N NEGLIGENT | Wiley Family, Long Aided by Asso- day of next April —_—————— | GEORGE ¥ NS’ TALES day. In connection with the matter Miss Whitney stated to-day that the ca e a Talented Young Oaklander. OAKLAND, Dec. 12.—The commit- tee of the Unity Club which has charge of the publication of the vel- ume of short gtories of the late George 8. Evans announces that the book will be distributed to subscribers this week. | A few copies will also be placed on sale in Oakland. The book is called “Wylackie Jake of Covelo,” from the name of the Covelo cattle rustler, who plays the chief role in the majority of the tales, | The atmosphere of the mountain cat- | tle country of Northern California is truthfully presefved. There is much i of humorous philosophy in “Wylackie Juke's” musings. The book is attrac- tive in a picturesque cover designed ! by Henry J. Rogers, an Oakland artist. —_——— Not Through With Kiniry. OAKLAND, Dec. 12.—Chief of Po- lice Hodgkins did not transfer David Kiniry to the County Jail to-day, as the work of completing the “rogue’s gallery” record of the prisoner was not finished. Hodgkins went through a trunkful of Kiniry's effects to-day, but found nothing that would connect him with any of the many burglaries in which Kiniry has implicated him- self. Kiniry will be taken to his new pesed on people before, although he now appears to be very ill. There is no confidence placed in the | charges made against Miss Whitney. | ——————— Lecture on Indian Music. BERKELEY, De¢. 12.—American Irdian music was the theme dis- coursed upon to-night in Hearst Hall by Arthur Farwell, the composer, who illustrated his lecture by playing on the piano several of his own compo- sitions on Indian themes. Mr. Far- well announced that his subject was tional Musical Art” and “The Develop- ment of Indian Melodies.” He referred with special emphasis to the signifi- cénce of this aboriginal music and its | value for ‘the development of music in America. ——— Neighbors Go to Court. OAKLAND, Dec. 12.—Robert Wi dermuth and Mrs. Lizzie neighbors at Piedmont, quarreled over the repair of a sewer pipe in front of ermuth’s premises. A wordy bat- | tle led to blows, in which a spade and a hoe figured. Wildermuth landed in the Police Court on a charge of dis- turbing Mrs. Whitlock’s peace. He will have a trial on January 4. Wil- |of Town Trustees [ the estate by the Oaklana Rank of Sa NEW BUILDINGS Directors Choose First Three Structures to Be Erected for Use as Public Schools EXPEDITION THE ORDER {Architects to Be Paid One Per Cent Premium on Es- timated Cost of Edifices S SR Ozkiand Office San Franci 101§ Broadway. Dec. 12 The Poard of Edacation to-night, on ; recommendation of the Comimittee on | Echool Houses and Sites, decided to expediie the construction of the first three new school buildings, for which plans were accepted two weeks ago. The structures selected for erection are, first, 2 building for th= Franklin School ir Eest Oakland: seeond, a building at Thirty-ninth and Marke. eireets; third, a building .at Sixtieth street and Shattuck avenue. These were cnosen as being the most necessary, although no time will be lost in pressing the construction of the j other new bulldings and the additions for which provizion has been made by the 2Goption of preliminary plans. Director John D. Isaacs, chairman of the committes, reported to-night that all the estimates had been made on the Getailed cost of the buildings and that 4 meeting had been arranged with the architects preparatory to final in- sfructiors for the making of plans, specifications snd working drawings. The committee has ordered the archi- tects to prepare plans and specifica- tions for grading and excavating ground for the new buildings and for ronstruction of foundations. The board auihorized the necessary expenditures for surveys of grounds and for the testing of the land, prepar- 4tory to setting the foundatio It was voted to pay the successful architects & premium of 1 per cent on the estimated cost of the buildings as a reward to those whose plans were accepted after the competitive test. On recommendation of the - School Houses and Sites Committee the board voted to purchase a lot 5)x102:91; feet, with improvenients, on Eighteanth street, adjoining the Lafayette S-hool, for $6000. A parcel #6x125 feet on Tay- ; lor street, east of the Prescott School, | was also ordered purchased for $3500. The following teachers obtained ex- tension of leaves of absence until the erd of the schoc! yvear: Miss Cather- ine Englehardt, fiss Ruth Wilder, Charles H. Greenleaf and Miss Lena M. Redingt. —————— CUVELLIER ‘WILL NOT REN FOR RE-ELECTION Councilman Announces That Business Affairs Compel Retirement After Eight Years of Service, OAKLAND, Deec. 12.—Councilman E. C. Cuvellier has announced that he will not be a candidate for re-election, | business interests interfering with his political activities. On completion of his present term he will have served the city in the Council for eight con- secutive years, having been re-elected three times as a Councilman-at-Large. During that long term he has won a high place as a steadfast supporter of those interests he believed to be best for the city. D. J. Mullin, formerly a well-known newspaper man of this city, has an- nounced himself as a candidate for the piace held by Mr. Cuvelljer. —_—— Unions Elect Officers, OAKLAND, Dec. 12.—The Inter- national Order of Lumber Tally Clerks elected officers for the ensuing year last Saturday evening at a meting held in California Hall. The new officers are: J. F. Sale of Portland, president; J. C. Curran of San Franclsco, vice president; George Fuller of the Hum- boldt Lumber Company, recording secretary; M. F. Calvin of the Sunset Lumber Company, financial secretary, and James A. Terry of San Francisco, treasurer. I SRS e B More Berkeley Marshals. BERKELEY, Dec. 12.—The Board to-night directed Town Marshal Kerns to appoint four additional deputy marshals at a sal- 2ry of $70 a month. This action was taken because of the increase in crime in the college town, incidental to the winter season. —_————— BOYS CHARGED WITH BURGLARY. Oakland, Dec. 12.—Carl Boehle, Tony Scares and Manuel Luze, boys, were cha at th City Prison to-day with having entered L. M Stanley's store, 527 Ninth street, and stealing from the till. The trio are rated by the po- lice as incorrigibles, CLARK WILL FILED.—Oakland, Dec. 12.— The will of the late Ange Clark of Conte avenue. Berkeley was filed to-day. It bequeaths a $0000 estate to her three children, Mrs. Photbe Rockweil, Fred and Edward Clark. The home on Le Conte avenue is the princival asset and is valued at $8000. MOFFITT'S WILL PROBATED.—Oakland, . 12.—The will of the la fitt was admitted to probate to-day his widow, Augusta L. Moffitt, was appointed ex- ecutrix without bond. She was authorized to pay £11,000 on a claim of $30,000 held agsinat vinge. ORPHAN LAD IN DISTRESS.—Oakland, Dec. 12 —Harry Edward, an orphan 1ad who for some years has been picking up a scanty living by doing odd bits of werk, was taken fo the Receiving Hospitat to-night suffering from Cold and rheumatism comtracted by exposure. The boy been living' at 864 Clay street. He 1s but 16 years of age, and will be sent 1o _tbe County Infirmary for care. DIES FROM LACK OF CARE.—Oakland, Dec. 12.—Fred G S professional 1 a an liouse at the West End Yo- pneumonta. He was was brought to the Hospital, where he died in half an hour lfia his arrival. s MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Oakland, 12.—The foll sued by Cols City, Clara L. Stan- ma: Emiiel ¥, Gouid. 1. and Abel of 21, PRIEST HEARS LAST SUMMONS Z;Z:/ CTeI:\g;—:al: F:s ?l:cctlri of Pneumon ' ia + | | | I c i 1 i i | | 1 I | 11 i i | | Oakland Office 8an Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Dép. 12. The Rev. Father Michael King, pas- tor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, died of pneumonia at his residence, 616 Seventh street, at 10:40 o'¢lock to-night. The aged clergy- man had been close to death for some hours, and the physicians gave his friends no assurance of recovery. | Father King's lllness was caused by | | a cold contracted last Thursday while | l celebrating mass at the church. Un! Thursday evening he was attacked by | “=— a severe chill and Dr. Hamlin was at| | once summoned, but owing to the en-| “ feebled condition of the patient the |y cold rapidly developed into pneumonia. | Sunday night Father King began to;;:-:t}f.sebur streteh idly and for a time it was F ose. - - p :‘e:):edr::.? o G iind Cocae Vil after| In 1868 Father Kinglald the corner- a time he fallied and to-day was ap- | Stbne of the presemt ‘Church of the Im- parently much better. | maculate Concention, and in 1872 he VENERABLE CATHOLIC_ PRIEST WHO PASSED AWAY L. NIGHT IN OAKLAND. ed from Martinez t. ) I win | Smith (singie), iot on S | 234:4 E of Teiegraph a L | ! i | | BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 10168 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083 i BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Alaneda 539. REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. MONDAY, DECEMBER 12 3. C. or Jacob lot on NW streets, | | 5 | | ! key (wife) and W. A lot ., Omkland: $10. Same . lot 25, block S, Alpine Tract Oakland; attie ckie. £ d 3 | | Green | Additicn to Brook | _ Antoma L Joao N. and Albert and Edna L. Lucas to Lewis and ies R. Harmom. lot on 3 line of Wonlsey Kent) street, 30 W of Tremont, being 40.2 from W lne of Tremong as same is now | | cated and graded, S S§.2§, NE 49.35, N 8422 | W 49.2 to beginn [tey: 8 Gant e v | dedicated the building. It was through oward evening, however, he grew | - gh | w;raker and graduaily faded away. As | the efforts of Father King that the Sis- | a last resort oxygen was given to stim- | ters of the Holy Name first came to | vitality, but it was California, and it was he who founded poric o ot g i [ the Convent of the Sacred Heart. Father King had been pastor of St.| The Rev. Michael King was born in Mary's parish for more than fifty |Ireland on July 9. 1529, and was or- years, having come to Oakland dained at All Hallows College, in Dub- from San Francisco on February 20,|lin, n 1553. He immediately came to 1855, az the successor of the Rev. John | the United Stat, being assigned to Quinn, the first pastor of the parish. | the mission of squally, in Oregon. On July 3, 1903, Father King celebrated | In 1855 he ha(.'an\n pastor of Fort Steil- the golden anniversary of his admis- | acoom, but his health broke d‘u\\‘n, and sion to the priesthood. When the ven- | in the same year he came to San Fran- erable priest first came to Alamedacisco, where he remained until he as- County St. Mary's parish was not con- | sumed charge of St. Mary’s parish, in fined to a portion of Oakland, as it is | this city. DIVORCES MAN IRECIPROCITY NOW IN PRISON 1S THEIR A1) Hulda C. Howard Separated | Australian Colonies Send a From Husband She Married | Representative to Wash- in the Shadow of a Crime; ington to Discuss Matter —_— + | Oakland Office San Francisco Call,| Among yesterday’s arrivals on the 1016 Broadway, Dec, 12. | steamship Ventura from the Antipodes Hulda C. Howard, who some yqarsi was Auckland’'s senior member of the ago married John A. Howard, who, New Zealand Parliament, Hon. J. H. with her, was charged with the murder | Witheford, who is registered at the of hqr sister, Anrie Johnson, secured a | Occidental Hotel. He is on his way to final divorce from Howard to-day on | Washington, where he hopes to interest the ground that he had been convicted | the officials of state in a plan for a of a felony. After leaving here How- | reciprocal tariff between this country ard went to Tulare County, where he | and the Australian colonies, with a ‘became , notorious 4n connection with ( view of strengthening the relations be- the squirrel bounty frauds there, and | tween the two and stimulating trans- was sentenced to four years at San | Pacific trade. Quentin. . Witheford has for many years been Annie Johnson died as the result of | prominently identified . with various an operation believed to have been per- | measures in the colonies for promoting formed by Dr. C. J. Sharpe. He was| ffiendly relations between this country indicted by the Grand Jury and left|and Australasia. Ten years ago he the State. Howard and the sister | visited Washington on a mission with Hulda were both arrested for complic- | that, end in view. At that time he ity in the affair, but she was after- | sought to have the United States in- ward lfberated and Howard was ac- | crease its subsidy for the mail-carrying {quitted by a jury under instructions steamers, and although not claiming | from the Judge. Howard later married | the credit/the Government finally in- lthe surviving sister at Stockton. creased its subsidy to $52,000. His A final decree of divorce was granted | plans, however, eventually failed of Willis P. Van Schotento-dayfromClara | their full purpose, for just as the col- F. Van Schoten on the ground of un- | gnjes were considering the advisability. faithfulness. She was infatuated with | of ncreasing their subsidy the United i Frank Case, one of the bandits Who | gigtes declared the ports of Hawaii made thelr escape from Folsom, and is| cjosed against colonial vessels plying now a fugitive from justice. between the colonies and this country, | Jessie Kitto obtained an interlocu- | gnq the move created considerable ‘ tory decree of divorce from Edward Kitto to-day on the ground of deser- tion. They were married in Aprfl of last year and he deserted her in the July following. | 208 BT, LEAR o, O in San Francisco. 80 vears. He a widow and several . —— e 'hAl‘E SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. e G B Parker street, 16 | 139, portion I regard 1o a basis for a reciprocal tariff between If your authorities take kindly ur paopie take the mat- meeting of their legis- Iy before many mom sed the great aim may have been ed, thereby establishing mariti - the Pacific. We are working | th. people, empe: ¥ . would v weleome our wool free of o 1t would mean much to ward in ur industrial interests in the Pacific S and we would admit a num- s, such as petroleum, min- matter to § but it will m ir people as a good move, y when these proposed 1 be in force between r country. From Washington Witheford will go to London, where he hopes to Interest the British mail authorities in a propo- sition to improve the service to the colonies. Witheford is of the opimion that more of the colonial mail should be sent by way of San Francisco in- | stead of Suez, claiming that the service is quicker and more satisfactory to the colonists. ———————— STRUCK BY STREET CAR.—Oakland; Dec 12—Lewis Smith, a lumber tallyman, was by @ street car at First street and Broadway t | laceration of th, Receiving Hospital, attended to by Dr afternoon and sustained a bas alp. He was taken to the where his injuries wers Curd: i