The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1904, Page 6

THE “SAN FRANCISCO CALL. SATURDAY., DECEMBER 17, 1904. « NEWS OF. THE. COUNTY OF ELECTROCUTED AT IS POSTISAYS EVIDENCE |BELOVED PRIEST Thirty Thousand Volts Instantly Kill Ambrose B. TlcCaw, Dredger Engineer. CURRENT LEAPS T el OAKLAND, Dec. 16.—Standing at his post at the hoisting winch of a pile- driver, Ambrose B. McCaw, an engi- oeer in the employ of the Hyde & Harjes Dredging Company, met sud- den death this morning, being electro- cuted by a charge of 30,000 volts o r_ HROUGH HAWSER electricity fr: om the Company wir Standard pile-driver were set ting piles near the shore of the Oa l‘And estuar under the main | line of the S Clectric Company which at this point passes close to the shore, the work being done under direction of Foreman James Mc( the hammer ng used to hoist = pil ter, pre; i tory to piacing it between the guides | of the pi driver As the pile was drawn from the water it swung out from the derrick, whereupon the hoist | rope, a heavy manila hawser, w brought in contact with the heavily charged wires Instantly there was a flash. and the heavy rope, being soaked with salt water, which made an excellent con- ducter, transmitted the deadly current to the drum of the winch, and through that to the other machinery. MeCaw was standing with his hand on the starting lever of the hoisting winch and he received the full strength of the current through his body. With- out a struggle he pitched headiong to the deck, dead Isaac Wilson, the foreman of the dredger crew, was standing near the hoisting engine when the rope struck the wire and received a shock heavy enough to knock him senseiess to the deck. Half an hour's hard work was required to resuscitate him and he was later removed o hi= home in San Fran- cisco. James Eubanks, the fireman of the pile-driver, was in the engine- room. He received enough of the cur- rent to threw him from his feet. McCaw must have received the full force of the current through the handie of the starting lever, for had any portion of his body come in c with the heavily charged machinery the fiesh would have been burned. Having a tight hold on the lever the e e Sour $ fomac 1 uoed and feel like & new man. 1 have and sour stomach e et EaREay | fessor C. s COLLEGE MEN AT INSTITUTES Gatherings of Farmers to Be Addressed by Presi- dents of State Schools Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 148 Center Street, Dec. 16. A. J. Cook of the universi- whose charge the farmers' in- are held throughout the State, ust made the announcement that of these institutes will be held in car future. The most important be the Farmers’ Club Institute at Santa Barbara, beginning on January and continuing to Friday night, Jan- uary 6. An exhibit of Ayreshire cattle of the Santa Barbara region is to be made on Wednesday afternoon, January 4, which will be reviewed by President Anderson of the State Polytechnic £chool, and others. Ventura will be the scene of an institute on Saturday, Jan- nary 7, and a two days’ institute will follow at Nordhoff January 9 and 10. Rialto is to have one of the institutes on Decemiber 30 and 31, and an insti- tute is scheduled for Santa Paula on January 2. An unusual feature of the fanta Paula affair will be the inspec- tion by visitors of the famous Limo- neira lemon orchard, where lunch will be served to guests. Among the subjects and speakers on the programme for the annual State institute at Santa Barbara are the fol- lowing: *“Our Agricultural College,” President Benjamin Ide Wheeler; ‘Theory of Planut Breeding,” Dr. David Starr Jordon; “Farmers’ Clubs,” Pro- B. Summer; “The Water Problem,” Professor W. C. Menden- hall of the United States Government Geological Suryey; “The Walnut Indus- “Olive Culture,” R, “Lemon Industry,” C. C. Strawberry Culture,” Dwight Griswold: “Dairy as an Adjunct of the Orchard,” Mrs. Minnie E. Sherman: ‘Needed Road Legislation,” Dr. B, W. Reid; “Needed Reforms,” Frank Kel- iogg: “The Southern California Fruit Exchange,” B. A. Woodford; “Scale Pests,” Horticultural Commissioners Jeffrey, Curtis and Pease; “Value of Goats” Milk,” Dr.'J. H. Hester; “Hard Pan,” J. H. Reed; “Cover Crops,” James Mills; “Fungoid and Bacterial Diseases,” the Rev. K. Bishop. —_——-r-rm o me- current did not arc to his hand, but killed him without leaving a mark. The dead engineer was 49 years of age and leaves a widow, Mrs. Ione Mc- Caw, and one child, Walter McCaw. aged 5 years. McCaw was a native of Canada. He . leaves five brothers, James, Archibald B., Alexander, Wil- liam and John McCaw, and two sisters, Mise Mary and Miss Jane MecCaw. . The deceased was a member of the Pile-Drivers’ Union. The funeral will be held under the auspices of that or- ganization. L ——————— Curtiss Wins Degree. BERKELEY, Dec. 16.—Ralph H. Curtiss was :l?rn formal ina- tion in the flosophy building this morning for his degree of doctor of philesophy. He gained the title af- ter an exhaustive examination by Pro- :mltmm M”Z“‘pm'fcm of Lick Ob- , and Professors Leusci Stringham, Slate, Haskell and !:?:1.:: gumrdu 'hnllmd:‘vme:I himself to as- omy while working for his high academic title. His invl,dumla'm and theses, published at Mount Ham- ilton, have attracted the scientific men the cou brilliancy of his work: general recognition. The regents formally vote hi; next meeting, essor in the m his degree at their | INSUFFICIENT Judge Mortimer Smith De- nies Application for Arrest of Burglarious Policemen g BARS THE CONFESSION Special Patrolman Jacobson Under Charges of Falsely Accusing a Brother Officer Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Dec. 16. Upon the ground that the evidence was insufficient Police Judge Mortimer Smith to-day denied the application of Prosecuting Attorney A. P. Leach for complaints charging burglary in the cases of former Sergeant of Police C. { E. Gdark, Lee E. Andrews, J. F. Stahl and C. W. Hamerton. His Honor was compelled to rule out the confessions of the men on the testi- mony of Chief of Police Hodgkins. The Chlef said the statements were ob- | tained by threatening the quartet that they would be sent to jail unless they told all they knew. The four were also promised that whatever they said should not be used against them in criminal proceedings. Neither Patrolman Shannon nor Special Policeman Goodwin could testi- fy to sufficient knowledge of the cases to warrant issuance of complaints. H. D. Cushing, E. J. Buswell Jr. and James Cahill, merchants from whose shops articles were taken, all testified they had missed nothing and knew nothing about the affair. The inquiry only developed the cer- tain fact that Chief Hodgkins made no attempt to get evidence that might be used in a criminal proceeding. He con- fined himself entirely to jamming enough out of the men themselves to warrant him in getting them out of the department. Hamerton and Andrews appeared in court. Stahl and Clark were absent. Attorney A. V. Mendenhall appeared for Clark and Andrews. The next step in the interminable scandal will be taken by the Grand Jury, which has been instructed to make an investigation. ¢ Charges were filed with the Police Commissioners to-day by Chief Hodg- kins against Special Policeman A. T. Jacobson, alleging that Jacobson had made false statements against Patrol- man H. B. Henderson that were detri- mental to Henderson's character and prejudicial to the Police Department. The charges are based on public accu- sations said to have been made by Ja- cobson in averring he had.seen Hen- derson take property from East Oak- land residences. The Police Commissioners directed Chief Hodgkins to submit a report in wfiting upon the charges said to have been made by Jacobson. He was also notified -to order Jacobson to file writ- ten charges against- Henderson or to appear next Friday before the ‘board. Police officials do not credit Jacob- son’s charges. Chief Hodgkins an- nounced that Jacobson must either sus- tain his accusations or face the Police Board. Attorneys A. V. Mendenhall and Thomas J. Thompson, on behalf of Clark, Andrews, Hamerton and Stahl, | made demand to-day for the issuance of the salary warrants that the board has held up. The demand was not ac- ceded to, and the attorneys said they would mandamus the board. The charges against Patrolman J. F. Sill made by Policeman M. Shannon were dismissed, the evidence falling to connect Sill with the taking of hams from Becker's market, as alleged. The trial of Policeman P. McKeegan on a charge of unlawful arrest was set | for December ————— FORETELLS THE FATE OF A WIFE MURDERER Hindoo Prince Sees Vision of Lém Campbell’s Body Carried to the Grave, OAKLAND, Dec. 16.—Panima Sengh, who claims to be a Hindoo Prince, now in the County Jail, but profession- ally an astrologer and fortune teTler, has had a dream and foretells the death of Lemuel Campbell, chafged with the crime of killlng his wife. Sengh wrote the dream to Jailer Harry Clark and said: “In the middle of the night I awoxe and before me appeared the form of Lemuel Campbell. He had the death look in his eyes, and, although I tried to speak to him, I could not. Then the bars of the cell seemed to fade away and I saw two surgéons bending over him, each holding a wrist and counting his fluttering pulse beats. They left and I saw him taken away for burial. Is,this only a dream or the vision of a psychological moment?” —_———— WIFE PREFERS ALIMONY TO HUSBAND'S PROMISES | | William Dunn, Unable to Effect Re- conciliation, Nearly Finds Himself in Jail for Contempt. OAKLAND, Dec. 16.—Willlam Dunn of Newark was in court this morning on a charge of contempt for failing to pay his wife $26 a month. While loth to part with the coln, he said he was willing to take his wife back and asked her if she did not love him. She replied that she did and said that he loved her and then askéd her | if she would not live with him again. { To this she objected. There were np distress signs out that Dunn was not able to pay the alimony and after he failed in. his attempted reconciliation the Judge reminded him that he had disobeyed a court order since last October and was in danger of. going to jail. = Finally, however, Dunn got one week in which to make the payment. g B R L | MURDER 1y FIRST DEGREE 18 VERDICT OF JURY Colored Soldier Who Shot Sergeant in Monterey to Get a Life |Sentence. SALINAS, Dec. 16.—Private Wil- liam Allen, Second Squadron of the Ninth Cavalry, colored,” who killed sergeant Tooley of Coi L, Fif- teenth Infantry, in Monterey last Oc- teber, was found guilty of murder in the first by a jury to-day. His punishment was fixed at Jife imprison- ment. The murder was the outcome or a in ble house for the defense. _palpably w;m-mu-eaummwu arrested for perjury. = tes- ALAMEDA o IYUKON COUNTRY IS LAID AT REST, LSES PIONEER Last Rites for Archbishops and Take Part in OAKLAND, Dec. of the late Rev. Michael King, the venerable and reverend pastor of the Church of the immaculate Con- ception, was held this morning from the sacred edifice where he had minis- tered for half a century. Eminent dig- nitaries of the Catholic Church, priests, nuns and hundreds of persons, many not of the beloved clergyman’s faith, took part in services that were im- pressively demonstrative of the affec- 'Uonnte hold the departed priest had upon this community. Delegations from many Catholic societies attended. Children of the parish schools, robed in gowps of white, had a prominent place iff the great throng of mourners that crowded the church to its fullest capacity. 16.—The funeral celabrated by Archbishop Montgomery, while Archbishop Riordan occupled the Sanctuary throne. The Rev. Lawrence Serda, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, was deacon; the Rev. Thomas Mc- Sweeney, pastor of St. Fyancis de Sales, subdeacon; the Rev. J. B. Mc- Nally, pastor of St. Patrick's, master of ceremonies; the Rev. P. E. Mulli- gan and the Rev. H. Frieden, assi ants to Archbishop Riordan. In the sanctuary were the Rev. J. J. Prender- gast, vicar general of the archdiocese; fathers of the Dominican, Jesuit, ders and the Rey. Fathers O'Kane of Georgetown, Quinn of Sac- ramento, A. P. Doyle, C. 8. P., Demp- sey, O'Ryan, Kennelley, Slattery, Rogers, Long, Caraher, McGinty, Gleagon, Cranwell, . Kearns, = Lynch, Brady, Mulligan, Stokes, Mallon, O'Ma honey, . Phillips, Leahey, "Connell, Cullen, Byrne, Keily, McHugh, Melvin, Cantwell, Buschob, Grogan, Morgan, McNally, Foley, Vihalis, Lally, Power, Butler, McKinnon, Dollard, Scanlar, Gannon, Gallagher, Lane, Cummings, The solemn requiem high mass was | Franciscan, Sulpician and Salesian or-: P. Father King Other Clergy Solemn Services , Kennedy, Nugent, Fleming, Sesnon, | O’Connell and Crowley. | A choir. composed of twenty Sis- | ters of the Convent of the Sacred | Heart sang the Gregorian chants dur- | ing the funéral. This unusual occur- | rence was due to a request made by | Father King. It was acceded to by the Mother Superior because the dead | priest had been instrumental in induc- | ing the Sisters to establish the convent +in Oakland many years ago. Vicar General Prendergast delivered | a beautiful eulogy upon the life and | works of Father | The funeral cortegd was escorted to | | St. Mary's Cemetery by the parish | school . children. The pallbearers, ! priests who had served with Father King, were the Rev. M. P. Scanlon, the Rev. E. J. Nolan, the Rev. J. J. Cranwell, the Rev. J. E. Gleason, the Rev. W. G. O'Mahoney and the Rev. M. J. Clifford. Ushers at the church were G. L. Courtney, G. J. Wallard, D. J. Hallahan, G. J. Reynolds, J. J. McKinnon, J. J. Kennedy, James Rig- ney and J. J. Harringtons Among the organizations and_ insti- tutions represented at the funeral were the Catholic Ladies’ Aid Society, Branch No. 1; Catholic Knights of America, St. Joseph's Sodality, Order of the Blessed Virgin, Children of Mary, Dominican Sisters, St. Joseph's Academy, and St. Mary's College. As a tribute of respect and in token | jof the warm friendship that existed between the dead priest and the late Rev. Benjamin Akerly, first rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, a re- quiem celebration was conducted this morning by the Rev. Edward F. Gee, rector of St. John’s Church. The rec- tor also attended the funeral services. The Mother Provincial and Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary”have invited friends and former pupils to attend a solemn requiem high mass for Father King on Tues- day morning, December 20, at 9:30 o'clock, at the Sacred Heart Convent chapel, Webster and Twenty-second streets. Pt REASONS FOR FLUCTUATION OF UNIVERSITY'S INCOME Acting Secretary Henderson Points Out Causes of Decrease in Rev- enue From State. BERKELEY, Dec. 16.—The income of the University of California fluc- tuates greatly, according to Acllng: Secretary' Victor Henderson of the, | board of regents. Henderson declares that the fluctuation “referred: to is caused by the differénces in assessed universfity gets the benefit of a 2-cent tax and the income from this source can be reduced when assessments fluctuate. According to Henderson's statement there has been in the last two years a difference of as much as $35,000 in the amounts annually re- ceived by the university. Henderson says: o £300,000 a vear of the university's reromues ‘or about half its annual income for the support of the university's activities at Berkeley come from a ax of 2 cents on each $100 of asscssed valuation. With the growtl of the wealth of the State, the univefsity's income from ttis source wiil expand, thougl the tendency of the assessed Valuation to be- come a smaller and smaller proporticn of actual values makes the growth of from the 2 cent tax extremely irregular. For instance, the university wili this year receive about $15,000 leas from the 2 cen tax than last year, while last year's total was 0 feld than $00,000 in excess of the tax ylel of ‘the preceding year, the assessment S::e‘ having been suddenly raised by the Board of Equalization for that NIRY BY CONFESSION i IN REACH OF GALLOWS — Virtually Convicts Himself by .'\dmll- sion That He and Partner Were About to Commit Burglary. OAKLAND, Dec. 16.—David Kiniry, charged with the murder of Policeman ! Smith, will be arraigned next Friday. In the meantime he has talked suffi- ciently to cut off every avenue for escape. His confession that he and his confederate, Joe Goldstein, were on robbery bent when they had their encounter with Smith is said by the authorities to have put him within r th lows. "’!l‘cl'xheo;ol(cee!;:y that according to the rulings made in the trial of the mur- derers of Policeman Robinson in San Francisco, under similar circum- stances, Kiniry's confession that he and his “pal’ were about to commit a burglary when the policeman was killed virtually convicts him of the crime of murder. Whfle he may not have fired the shot he is equally guilty. ——————— VERNMENT GIVES HENEY s APPOINTMENT IN OREGON Makes Special Prosecutor in Tand Fraud Cases an Assistant District Attorney. PORTLAND, Dec. 16.—Francis J. Henéy, the California attorney, Who | provid acted as prosecutor for the Govern- ment in the recent land fraud trial, has been appointed Assistant District Attorney for Oregon. The appoint- ment was made to permit Heney to ap- pear before the Federal Grand Jury next Monday to present evidence to that body looking to the indictment of persons implicdted in the land frauds unearthed in this Sfate by Colonel Greene, special inspector for the In- terior Department. It is expected that the Federal Grand Jury will return indictments against some of the most prominent men in this State and that several tim- ber barons resident in Eastern States will not escape the indictment process. FREE WITH SUNDAY CALL SMALL ADS. fat CHOCOLATE CHIPS '3 . RAMONA DOMINOES. valpations throughout the State. The . ¥ R. H. COUNTRYMAN LOSES A POINT IN CONTEST Demurrer to His Complaint Against Directors of the Pacific Oyster Company Is Sustained. OAKLAND, Dec. 16.—R. H. Coun- tryman to-day lost one of the points upon which he hoped to be declared a director in the Pacific Oyster Com- pany by the sustaining of a demurrer to his complaint charging that S. U. Darbee had been illegaily elected a director because he allowed some his stock to be voted by proxy when he Was present at the meeting. Judge Hall held that he had a right to do,’ k- this. There is trouble between the stoc holders and the directors of the com- pany and an attempt is being made by the discontented ones to upset a re- cent election held at Haywards. Coun- tryman also alleges that the directors are ruining the company in favor of another. He will be allowed to try to prove this. ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS -—fo-lllnd. Dec, of age. piead l‘:““.)w;:"“' morning before Judge Hail e has a wheel I piiolen & wheel and was' sent to Tane unti BREAKS LEG IN F Oakland, Dec, 1 b ALL FROM H: ) G»—h.}l;ll.l\ct Overacker oo$s(m'!n fe orse yesterday while riding over his ranch at fidiog over hia” at Mission San hours and was t fmh:; Howard Overacker, at Centerville. BOYS TURN BURGLARS.—Oal 16 The residence of Walter «'-I:-\-'e':d'nue:cb Do street was broken into yesterday after- kncwn o' the police, * A woman's rote "ot and ring and two foreign colns Entrance was gained through an o COMPLAINT DEFECTIV] 16 —Judge Hall this morni plaint charging H. Ca peddling without a I dismissed ft. Carison gold watch ‘were stolen. pen window E.—Oakland, Dec. Ing held the com- son of Berkeley with Bt 'w.:o lbr‘; defective and mfi‘r'tf court tlr)dh{mll’ld}’ :uil:;, k ;'u:;’lx show e e coo ‘l’on. that Carlson had the BERKELEY GIRL BREAKS R ’?‘lrleley. Dec. 16.—For the frst time Il;Dfl; story of the Berkeley High School o sie] student has been elected to- an i, the athletlc aseociation. Mss Hilda Atkinsor. tain cor ::x;nxrylrla; basketball team, has been of ti 5 tlol Donald Connelly was T ton. Te-elected presi- PLASTERERS BLECT OFFICBRS.—oa; land o -, 16—The Plasterers’ Union nas clected the following gificers for the ensuing dent;, Osorge Stockwell: recording ' secrotasy, . M. nancial secretary and - Er“!;. s’li;i» lfm.‘ nrgv-nu. ?" snurh:r?:a Suy’ Blicox; 4 . W. A. Clark, M. Con- e McKay. LEAVES ALL TO H Dec. 16— By the will ot of Alameda, filed to- Mnhl\l;llb'ln er husband, A. C. Lebell. - that she oml:li to make lIJll’vv e Iston for her Albert H. Ruhling, and her twe - ghters, Frieda and -Elsie Rnhlln‘? l‘:‘::. properly confide onfidence that her husband will g a pick ough taking his gllfc a sl time Ago and as- orney gmrfl- Says that the his client by Cl s WIVES WANT DIVORCE.—Oaki Dee. 16.—Emma V. Matignon began aun e et againet Albert Matignon to'day on the ground failure to provide. They live at 3222 Blaps street, Berkeley, and have four children. jan sine Christofferson has filsd a_complaint in divoree suit Christofferson_of Livermore, charging him with cruelty, = They 2“.:: m::mfle:‘nurlv fi.mn-v of a cen- o son. leges has cursed ané abused her. . ° o MARRIAGE LICENSES. —Oak| ey St T e by the County Clerk to-day: ~ Robert Hill over g oyer 18, both off Oak- land; John A. Jedlen, 23, and ugusta Augstrom, 27, i > ; T. Daisy D. Francisco; flufil m i A. Berner, 60, rmann, 53, both of Oakland. __HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.—. 36 —Diplomas were prevenced fo raacas: The Alameda HiEh School e o miori Hyum Principal Gearge C. ‘n.,:.: acted as chairman of the occasion. Rev. R. Brown nollngut:. to uates, President Otis mfl Education conferred . and ' D’ Eveiyn, B Shoke the words. of welcams, — m his satanic majesty bids you lfleu,”mp an eye on him till he turns the 2 “Tl;amway” ‘Burns, a Noted Character in the Far North, Passes Away in Fairbanks ESTATE LEAVES LARGE Death Ends Career of Cana- dian Who Helped Gold- seekers Over Chilkoot Pass Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Dec. 16—The Yukon coun- try lost one of its most famous. men when Archie Burns, better known as “Tramway” Burns, died recently - in Fairbanks. He gained fame during the Klondike rush of 1897 by operating a tramway across the summit of Chil- koot Pass, thereby laying the founda- tion of his fortune. Nine years before that he had entered Yukon with a party from Juneau, of which Alex- ander McDonald was one. They win- tered at Birch Creek, near Circle City. Later Burns jolned the stampede to Forty Mile Camp and subsequently en- gaged in freighting on the Upper Yu- kon and between Dawson and Bonanza Creek. He operated sawmills at Ben- nett and Log Cabin and had mining in- terests in the Klondike. Two years ago he went to Fairbanks, taking up a farm there and securing mining interests. He was 48 years old and a pative of Montcalm, Quebec. His estate, which is large, will be di- vided between his brother Wililam, living in Dawson; another brother re- siding in San Francisco and three sis- ters in Canada. United States Com- missioner Stier at Fairbanks has been appointed administrator to protect Burns' estate for the heirs until they can take joint action. —ee———— COURT_ WILL DETERMINE IF PERSON 1S A LEPER Afflicted Woman in Honolulu Appeals From the Decision of the Board BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKELAND. 1016 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083, BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. - . —_— - TO ADVERTISERS. Owing to the Ilarge amount of work incident to the issue of THE CALL HOLIDAY EDITION, SUNDAY, DEC. 18, NO '/ DISPLAY ADVERTIS- | ING copy will be accepted | for that edition after 6 | P. M. Saturday, and NO CLASSIFIED Ads after g | P. M. GET YOUR COPY IN EARLY. | REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1& 3. and Clara Myers to John Almquist, lot on SE corner of Chestnut and Twenty- first streets, S 40:11, B 102, N 46:3, W 102, lot 1 and portion lot 2, block B, map Adeline street property, etc., Oakland; $10. Mary Alice Horswill (wife of ¥ J) to Frank H. Horswill, lot on B line of Chestnut street, 141 N of Fourteenth, N 36 by B 182, Oakland; $10. A. P."Redding (executor estate of Eils ¥. M. Redding) to Charles E. Young, ail interest in lot on B line of Webster street, 208 N of Fourteenth, N 50 by E 150, Oakland; $8000. James W. Cochrane Company _(cos ) to Louisa Vince (wife of Leonardl), N 11:6 of lot 4 and S 30 feet from lot 5, block X, map survey Northern Extension, forming together piece 49:6 on E line of Kirkham be- tween Twenty-fourth and Twenty-stxth, ex- tending E a distance of 115, Oakland; $10. J. L. and May M. Siller (wite) and L. G and Maria K. Siller (wife) to_Theodore S Pedersen, lot on line of East Twenty- second street, 155.50 NW of Twenty-fourth s avenue, NW 40 by NE 100, lot 14, block H, of Health, Latham Terrace, East Oakiand: $10. HONOLULU, Dec. 10. —Local | Thomas Augustus Sweeney to S. B. Ken- fleld, lots 2 to 7, amended map Sweeney Tract, health officials,are much annoyed over Berkeley, quitclaim deed: $10. the action'taken to prevent the send- E'Mary A. Surryhne (widow) te Delbert A < ol- | Brown (i lot on E line of Park street ing of a woman named Kaipu to M i ook ning to 50 fect), Elatant 100 okal as a leper. They say it is a|from t Webb avenue, N 100, B 97:S, clear case of leprosy and that the in- terference of the Federal authorities will only tend to make the lepers at Molokai discontented. Judge Dole says the grossest form of injustice might be worked if people could be sent to the leper settlement without the chance of a hearing or without thorough examination by their own physicians. ‘The Board of Health has adopfed its own rules for ascertaining whether leprosy exists in suspected cases and careful examinations are made by many physicians before deportation is ordered. - Recently the rules were ex- tended to provide for longer exam- inations and requiring the unanimous verdict of the examining physicians. It is said that the legal question of the powers of the Board of Health to provide rules for such matters has never been settled and the present case may make it necessary for the Legislature to adopt definite laws. _————————— TO TOW OIL BARGE FROM NEW YORK TO CALIFORNIA Vessel Leaves Eastern Port on First Trip of the Kind Ever Undertaken. NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—For the first time in marine history the task of towing a laden barge 15,000 miles from New York to the California coast was begun to-day. Both the barge and the towing steamer, the Standard Oil Company's tank steamship Atlas, will carry cargoes of oil. The cargo of the Atlas will be used as fuel on the voyage. It is expected that the trip will occupy from seventy to eighty days. The success which the Standard 0il Company has had in towing "barges from the Gulf of Mexico to New York and Philadelphia led to the consider- ation of the project begun to-day. In event of its success it is said that the service will be extended to various 25, 8 75, W 148:4, lots tion “lot 6, bl B, Alameda S stead Tract, except strip of 10 feet taken for widening Park, Alameda; $10. Delbert A. Brown same, Alameda: $10. B. A. and Anpie L. Dickey (wife) and W A Boscow (single) to Charles H. Fish lot 23, block S, Alpine Tract, Oakland;. $10. Charles E. and Martha .A. Fish (wife) (single) to A. 8. Gaylord. to Lucia Hester Fish, 40 feet on N lHne of Twenty-first street, between Brush street and San Pablo avenue, portion of lot 9, block 297 Mary C. and Willlam McDonald to - Arthur H. McDonald, lots 30 and 32, block B, .Uni versity Park, near University, Oakland: $10 Alexander and Clara S. Wilson (wife) to Mary Kreuzberger, lot on §W line of East 195 SE of Thirteenth 150, block 141, Clin- Oakland: $1500. avenue, SE 30 by SW ton, East Oakland: $10: Virginia and to Cornelt lot on Twentieth and Curtls streets, Cakland; $10. Chillfon (or Clfilion) Beach Beach (wife) lot on N fine 250 W of Fulton, W 50 By N 108 portion lot 27, map part of plat 69, Ranchos V. and D. Peralta, keley; gift. Asa R. Wells to Laura M. Wells (wife), lot on N line of Blake street, 220:2% B of Shaftuck avenue, N 108 from point of begin ning. N 27 by B 80 portion lot 27, block 1 Stedle Tract, Berkeley: gift. Géorgiana de Rohan Baronidis (widow) to Aggie E. Corbin_lot 6 and E % of lot block 15. Home Park Tract, Berkeley: $10 Josephine Joerndt (Petersom), wife of Wil lam. to James and Caroline D. Souffraim. lot on § line of Virginia (Folsom) street. 101:4 B of Curtls B 35 by S 135:6, Curtis Tract, Berkeley: $10. Mary Ellen Masters (widow) to John and Julia Service (wife). lot on W line of Oxfort street, 48340 N of Hearst avenue (College way). S 50 by W 136.50, lot 2, Whitton Tract, Berkeley: $10. Mary E_and Willam P. Byler (husband) to Dr. G. F. Faulkner, lot on N line of Prince strest, 110 W of Fulton (Raymond). W 40 by N 100 portion lots . 17. 18 and 19. block A. map of part of Woolsey Tract, Berkeley: 10. to Eifabeth of Blake street, —_———— HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SHOOTS IRATE PARENT In a Quarrel He Kills the Man Whose 15-Year-Old Son He Had ‘Whipped. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 16.—E. E. Mangum was shot through the head European points. and killed to-day by Professor J. E. — Woodward at Magee, Miss,, where JEALOUS MAN SHOOTS Wt A o HIS WIFE. AND HossEry | NOOTWers W fhe principal of the high ‘Woman Will Be Disfigured for Life and Husband’s Death Is Expected. BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 16.—Louis Landresse, a bartender employed in the Hunter saloon in Kern City, while in a jealous rage at the attentions shown his wife by a man named Frank Z. Smith, a dtentist, drew a re- volver and affer firing #wice at the woman pressed the muzzle of the weapon against his forehead and fired the shot which will undoubtedly re- sult in his death. The bullet passed upward through the skull and entered the brain. One of the shots fired at Mrs. Lan- dresse took effect in a glancing wound across the bridge of the nose and in- jured her right eye. She will recoov- er, but will be disfigured for life. —————————. NATIONAL GUARDSMEN MAY BE EXAMINED NEXT MONTH .SACRAMENTO, Dec. 16.—Notice s been received by Assistant Adju- tagt General Bradbury of the Natignal G 'd of California from the War De- partment at Washington that a board of examining officers will convene at the Presidio in San Francisco the lat- ter part of next month for the purpose of examining officers of the National Guard who may desire to apply for positions as officers in such volunteer forces as the Federal Government may hereafter raise. —_——— Tells Police That He Lied. PORTLAND, Dec. 16.—Bert Yetter, the man who said he prevented four baundits from holding up the Spokane fiver of the Oregon Railroad and Navi- gation Company on Monday last, has admitted to the police that his story is a fabrication. —_———— Discusses Problem of Knowledge. BERKELEY, Dec. 16.—Professor C. H. Rieber of the philosophy ' de- partment of the State University de- livered an address to-day before the Philosophical Union in North Hall on “Recent Idealism and the Problem of Knowledge.” Professor Rieber cently came into 1 prominen through his invention of a logical ma- chine, designed to solve problems in logic by machinery, school. Mangum remonstrated with Woodward because the latter had ad- ministered a severe whipping to Man- gum’s 15-year-old son. Mangum fin- ally lost his temper and shot Wood- ward through the wrist. = Woodward was handed a pistol by a bystane and shot Mangum through the head. Woodward is under guard at his res- idence. ————— DENIES THAT DOWIE'S FUNDS ARE AGAIN LOW Official of His Establishment Says Zion City Is on Good Financial Basis. CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—Rumors that John Alexander Dowie was fachig a financial crisis and a new receivership for Zion City were branded as false to-night by Judge W. Barnes 1 other officials of the Dowie establ ment, who lasist that Zion City s in a better condition financially than be- ! fore the receivership last year. —_—— Reduces Price on Crude Oil. PITTSBURG. Dec. 16.—The Stand- ard Oil Company to-day reduced the price on crude oil § cents. | an ADVERTISEMENTS. Al sorts of people use it, all sorts of stores sell tha famous English complexion sogp. Established 1789 ‘CURE SICK HEADACHE- Fac-Simile Signature Sewir