The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 19, 1904, Page 4

THE SAN FRA NCISCO CALL, MONDAY. ) DECE IBER « NEWS OF THE ' COU PROEESSOR HOWISON SAY S|ELECTRIC R0ADS THERE IS A HEREAFTER. Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Wonders ~Whu Any Christian Doubis It. Exoounds His Theories and Gives Striking IIfus'trati@é ‘e in immortality in an orthodox church. 1 do not see how any Christian can doubt it. believer, though not as a believer who accepts all the historical doctrines of Christianity. The doctrine of creation I naturally regard as a myth. It not possible to be made good—that is not even within the scope of the soul. of regeneration. T seems remarkable that a layman should be called upon to make contession of belief I sincerely do believe in the immortality of divine power.”—From Professor Howison’s address. It is not literally true, nor is that I speak now as a Christian > - <+ BERKELEY, Dec. 18.—The announce- { 4— - - ment that Professor George H. Howi- son d of the philosophy department t ity of California, would discuss the “Immortality of the Soul” before a body of orthodox Christians in an orthodox church drew an audience packed the auditorium of the tional Church this after- as the crowd that Pro- n said his original plan of addressing what he supposed would be a Bible class and of asking members ol the class 1o put their perplexities in the which form of questions, which he would an- swer, had to be changed to suit the sit- uation . For seventy-five minutes Professor Howison held the attention of the audi- despite the jarring interruptions C 18 of Sunday-school song through a thin partition from the adjoining room. The distinguished phil- osopher asserted his belief in the im- mortality of the soul, chided some sec- tions of the Christian church for failure to emphasize the tenet and incidentally declared the story of the creation and the doctrine of regeneration to be myths beautiful symbols, nothing more. He spoke in part as follows rmor- ading journals which purport rch opinion 1 should Say that general faith in immortality | | is weak One whole grous the so-called veral group—has ve it. They member ang s of believer who accepts all the tianity. There is truth which can it is time Chris- B %, which sre these hangeable and perfect with neibility each soul, power accordingly characteristic ¢ any othes f these three a perfect m of the the soul. The union ne is charactertistic to discuss ques- might be raisea sersons. Ome such It is worded not know any life phenomena which associated with the performance of work. In the absence, therefore, of ry evidence that the ability to per- al work continues after the death 1 find it difficult to believe in human be- irreversible character of esses indicates a gradual erse t0 a uniform state b bod the immortality of the individua! ing Moreover, physical p of the the temperature case the amount of k performed cle would be zero.” This query, I should say, Is mot to the We do not suppose that immortality is nnected with the existence of the physi That has nothing to do with immortality, immortality means another world than this The question I have read savors of sclence— the science which attempts to deal with im- mortaiity when it has no right to discuss the matter Scientific men should know the limits i That faith | l WELL-KM N HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AT THE UNI- VERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, WHO YESTERDAY, DRESS, DECLARBD HIS BELIEF IN THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. IN A NOTEWORTHY A! +- of sel and if they do they will know that | argument and the resort to faith, this situation the soul is not an object for sclentific consid- | being most beautifully described by Tennyson eration In this comnection it may be sald that mot how extensive our body i en't stop with our skin, is commensurate with 1 with all entire_universe, is bodies. To fllustrate. doorways Our body | or closets ich each enters into the cosmos of he universe. All operations of eating and drinking include the taking In of that cosmos. Every soul bas the whole of nature for ite body. Thus perception of the universe is pos- sible—thue it is that we see the stars and | thus it is that there is no star so remote that we cannot see it, if not with the naked eve, | then we can call in the intelligent oul to arm the naked eye PROOFS ARE LEGION. The proofs that our body is cosmos are le- Elon And go sclentific objections to the doc- trine of immortality are really unscientific—alil pretense. Science has no Tight to go into the realm of spirftual truth The , province of science s 1o touch things that are tangible, to see things that are visible and to hear things th are audible. The materialist’s inquiry at ‘this point ¥ | In the opening of his poem, “In Memoriam" : Strong son of God, immortal Love Whom we, that have not seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove. Thine are these orbs of light and shade; Thou madest Life in man and brute; Thou madest Death: and, lo! thy foot Is on the skull which thou hae made. Thou wilt not leave us in the dust; Thou madest man,'he knows not why, He thinks he was not made to die; And thou hast made him: thou art just. Professor Jowett, that brilliant doubter, says the only solid argument for immortality i« found in the goodness of God, whe will not suffer us to perish and become as nothing. Emerson, in his “Essay on Immortality,” which 1 once heard him read, is confusing, and at times disheartening, as one who aims first at one goal and then at another, now high in certitude, now low in doudbt, confusing, almost destructive, finding that “perhaps our desire to be with God"m-y be responsible for belief perhaps “Since my consciousness | in Immortality. is of the cosmic body, if the cosmic body is| Others, as Comte, have set up humanity as an_ob; worshlp, declaring that, all perishabie. what becomes of my perceptive fac- uities, and if that i my soul, what becom of me™ rialistic view of the matter It raises the question: depend on the body ™" It makes the material world first, the spiritual second The Christian should have passed this stage when he was baptized. 1 fear, though, that much baptism is merely the baptism of ‘water and mot of the spirit. Too many Ch E #o-called, are still in the bonds of natural materialism. fearing that we have no existence but thet founded on the body—founded on the cosmos. What is the Christian's argument for immer- tality, then? Perhaps it is in the surrender of B — ADVERTISEMENTS. is not “*‘Does Your Nerves Are the life, the vitality, the energy of your body It i the nerves that cause the heart to pulsate, the lungs to inhale the oxygen, the brain to direct the motion of every organ of the body, the stomach to digest food, the liver o secrete the bile the kidneys to filter the blood, and the bowels to _carry off the waste. - When the nerves of the stomach be- come weakened or exhausted, Indigestion, Constipation and Inflammation resuit, be- cause the stomach is inactive. b‘g’u is true of all the orgams of the ., and proves that to cure disease you must strengthen the nerves. Ject individuuls feil and are extinct, humanity wins. Whose humanity? If there are to be no eternal Individuals, how about an eternal God? What significance is it for God to live alone? 1 find It difficult to make myself clear on e ] this point—the lack of significance in the ex- istence of a solitary God—to an audience which doubtless has been taught to belleve in the value and significance of a God who once was solitary before creating man. To you, then, the significance may be that he did pot stay solitary. The doctrine of creation I naturally regard as 2 myth. Tt is not literally true, nor is that of regeneration. It is not possible to be made good—that is not even within the scope of di- vine power. Goolness camnot be created. I accept the tradition or myth of regeneration as @a beautiful symbol, Intended to show the part dfyine existence has had in the matter—as if God had made me over. We are made anew, are changed by gazing into that image-of goodness, from splendor to splendor. And 0 in the same way is creation a myth, intended s a beautiful metaphor by which we see how we depend for our existence upon God. In the same way we know that a spirit cannot exist but in the soclaty of other spirits—we all being members of a changeless reality of which such realities as bodles are merely conse- quences. Nature exists because we all do exist. There is in the physizal world something independent of us, which transcends us in some ways, as, may say, we know the mountains are older d firmer than we, but that is merely because my solitary existence is inadequate to explain mature and not because humanity, of which I am a part, is not thus adequate. This con- sciougness ‘'we have of this in us that trans- scends nature we call religious consclousness, ‘We know that we belong in a world of spirits, of which the chief, the central spirit, is the perfect and unchanging God. WILL WELCOME THE RETURN HOME OF BISHOP HAMILTON Methodists Will Assembie in Simpson Memorial Church to Greet the Popular Clergyman. The Methodists of San Francisco will assemble at Simpson Memorial Church, corner Hayes and Buchanan streets, this evening to greet Bishop and Mrs. J. W. Hamilton on their re- turn from an extended Episcopal tour of the Eastern States. Addresses will be delivered by several clergymen and laymen, and the Bishop will close with an extended address concerning the great work in which he is engaged. The ladies of Simpson church will serve light refreshments. It is ex- pected that a number will present, as Bllhq“prgl.mlllonh M beloved, not only by the Methodists of this city, but by those of oth¢r de- :.fl'l great b -4 ;::‘11:"".' yes, &nd | nominations as well. 10 cure cases ervousness, St B Houisia ..mg: 1801 e '.: £ 0r e S Trusteos To- eos to: 50" Vitue’ Dance, Epilepey, Stomach, Liv- g,h“m'- “Mimicion) Bleciie Light ana Fover “For two Jhyfldfi- and health | cost 000, ‘l':' bids -u‘h'-’n by he resorts failed to tion of stomach. liver, kidney znd jans. Six bottles of Dr. Miles’ N DETECTIVE MAY BECOME , GOLDFIELD HOTEL MAN C. C. Crowley, Budol?olieennmu of Southern Pacific, Iikely to Retire. OAKLAND, Dec. 18.—C. C. Crow- ley, for years at the head of the de- tective bureau of the Southern P: cific Company, is now 1in Goldfield, Nev., where he plans to embark in the | est thief takers in this country, arrived Crowley gave up his | from Portland yesterday and is staying residence on Fruitvale avenue, near (&t the Occidental. He is making an in- hotel business. Hopkins street, in Fruitvale, two months ago and went to the booming mining town in Nevada. 1t is understood that if he decides to in hotelkeeping in Goldfield e he will retire from the detective bu- reau of the Southern Pacific. Com- v, in which he has made a *ndid record in running down inals who have injured the property of the corporation. ting Needed Improvements in Transportation Lines CONNECT WITH OAKLAND I anchises Asked For Over Important Routes Through Rich and Growing Sections Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Dec. 18. Contra Costa County will soon be connected with Oakland by a complete electric railway system that will reach growing county. Who is behind this electric railway system is not stated, ;but the work is actually under way | upon franchises that -have been ob- tained, while still other franchises are being asked for. Up to the present time the only piece of electric railroad in all of Contra Costa County has been a few miles in operation at Point Richmond. The work of building the connection between Point Richmond and Oakland is already under way. The material is on the ground, gangs of men are grad- ing and laying the rails and it is an- nounced that inside of six months the cars will be running through. At the time work was begun on the Oakland connection R. H. Latimer, one PRISON HOLDS ARE BUILDING) BOLD BURCLAR {Contra “Costa County Get-|Patrolman Lloyd Bravely Struggles With Two and Brings One of Them to Jail CAUGHT AT THE CRIME Overtaken in Meat Market While Robbing Place Into Which Tkey Had Broken Patrolman E. E. Llovd captured a burglar last evening in the meat mar- ket of A. Geantit at 935 Montgomery avenue. The man, whose name is James Dillon, allas Brady, was rob- every portion of that rich and rapidly } bing the place with an unknown ac- complice when the policeman came up- on them and interrupted their work. Lloyd had a desperate struggle with the men when they tried to make their escape. One got away, but he clubbed the other one into submission with the butt end of his revolver. Lloyd was patrolling his beat when he discovered that the Yale lock on the side dogr had been wrenched off. Suspecting that a crime had been committed the policeman entered and searched t place with his electric lamp. At this time he was unable to discover any trace of the burglars, but when he reached to turn on the gas and light it, two human forms sud- denly sprang from behind -a counter and started for the door. Lloyd seized each man by the coat % collar and was dragged along by them through the doorway and into the street. Both of the robbers then showed fight and the policeman did everything in his power to subdue them. Finally one of the men turned his coat back and caused the officer’s grip to slip. Montgomery avenue, but Dillon con- tinued to give his captor battle. Lloyd drew his revolver and clubbed the burglar on the head. When the latter begged for mercy and gave up the fisht he was handcuffed and taken to the City Prison. In the market were found a hatchet and a chisel used in prying off the lock, aiso three large rocks tied up in sacks which were to have been used as weapons. The police have been unable to learn much concerning Dillon. He attributes his presence in the place to the fact that ‘he was drunk. It is said, how- ever, that he Is an ex-convict and has done time under the name of Brady. He refuses to reveal the name of his partner. Later in the evening Llovd, in com- pany with Policeman Jack Stelzner, ar- rested Thomas Sbarbaro on suspicion of being the second man implicated in the burglary. Sbarbaro answers the description, and it is probable that he will be charged. e N P X PLOTS T0° SAVE THE SONG BIRDS of the leading lawyers of Martinez, filed an application for an electric rail- road franchise to run from Muir sta- tion, on the Santa Fe Railroad in Al- hambra Valley, to Martinez, to Pache- co, Concord, Walnut Creek and then toward Oakland over what is knownas the Fish ranch road, passing through | Lafayette and ending at the Alameda County line at the tunnel. Whether this is all part of a general plan, and who Mr. Latimer represents, he declines ta say. Who is behind the railroad comstruction between Oakland and Point Richmond is another mys- tery. Mr. Latimer merely says he rep- resents people who will go to work at |once. W. S. Rheem, who is the super- intendent of the Point Richmond line that is connecting up with Oakland, says merely that his road is to be built to the Alameda County line and to con- nect with the San Pablo avenue line of the Oakland Traction Company and the Key Route. Mr. Rheem is the superin- tendent of the Standard Ofl Company’s works at Point Richmond, and this may furnish some clew as to whom he represgnts in the railroad deal. Mr. Rheem also says it will not be long be- fore Point Richmond is connected with | Martinez by electric road. So it would seem that Contra Costa County is about to experience a season of rail- road building such as it has never known before. These lines will open up a country ! that is rich in both products of the soil and products of the mills. They will connect the great manufacturing water | front with the rich interior and will vastly aid the development of the county. The grewth of Contra Costa | County has been very great, and where {once were only small landings are now cities. Richmond has in the neighbor- hood of 5000 population, and Black Dia- mond, which was once old New York Landing, is now a thriving town. The Jaat = Contra Costa Gazette is already agi- :\ll(lllb()]l ‘SOCIet.‘ )Iember tating the advertising of its water front 7 : ¥ and asking for Federal ald for its de- Would Discourage the velopment, and Secretary Metcalf o g N % the pDepanmem of Commerce and La- “ earing of bea“hels bor has called attention to the fact that A e e Contra Costa County is already the second manufacturing county in the State. What the county has needed has been better railroad service, and ap- parently it is at last to have this. —_— Specia! Dispath to The Call. NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—Protests have been received by the city officials for the last few days against a “proposed g women to wear stuffed birds or feath- P. H. Greer of Portland is at the|ers on their hats. This culminated Grand. when a letter reached the City Hall Henry Harlan of Portland is at the | from Mrs. Francis W. Graham of Lock- Palace. port, president of the Woman's Chris- Isaac Bird, a Fresno merchant, is at | tjon Temperance Unfon of the State of the Lick. New York. ‘Warwick M. Dowing of Denver is at| Mrs. Graham's letter said her or- the Palace. ganization was in receipt of a circular Dr. J. Wallace de Witt of Antioch is at the Grand. Attorney Frank Freeman of Willows is at the Lick. F. G. Roberts ,one of bankers, is at the Palace. Charles D. Mercer, a mining man of Tonopah, is at the Palace. - signed by Charles M. Skinner of Brook- lyn stating that the Board of Aldermen of the city of New York had under con- sideration the feather-wearing meas- ure. The circular, according to Mrs. Graham, also said that a fine would be imposed by the ordinance upon all women coming within its provisions Modesto’s * | heen visiting New Orlean: ‘who failed to live up to them. “While 1 doubt the truth of these statements,” wrote Mrs. Graham, “as president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of this State I write to inquire if what the circular states is correct, and if so to protest against the enactment of such an ordinance, or of any proposal to recognize, tolerate or sanction the social evil.” Search of the records of the Board of Aldermen failed to reveal any ordin- ance of the sort suggested by Mrs. Gra- ham. Inquiry then turned to Charles M. Skinner of Brooklyn, the signer of the circular to which Mrs. Graham re- ferred. Skinner is prominently connect- ed with the Audubon-Society, which has for its chief object the preservation of all song birds and birds of plumage and the discouragement of the wearing of feathers or stuffed birds by women as millinery decorations. “Yes, I am a signer of the circular in question,” said Skinner, this afternoon. A. H. Manning, a Reno business man, and his wife are at the Palace. Ben Gorden, a merchant of Sacra- mento, is registered at the Grand. A. P. Cross, a young railroad pro- moter of Los Angeles is at the Palace. Prison Director Devlin is down from Sacramento and staying at the Palace. Clarence McCornick, mining man and banker of Salt Lake City, is at the St. Francis. H. P. Garthwaite, manager of the Butters mining interests in Salvador, is at the Palace. Edgar Sheehan, who is identified with the wine business in Sacramento, is registered at the Palace. J. Wells Smith, a well-known min- ing man of Colorado, who has been looking over properties in Nevada, is at the Palace, B. U. Steinman, the well-known banker and merchant of Sacramento, and his wife and daughter, who have arrived- in this city yesterday and are staying at the Palace. E . Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Tenny, prominent residents of Honolulu, who have been visiting New York, arrived yesterday from the East and are at the St. Fran- cig\awaiting the departure of the next steamer for Hawaii. James McParland of Denver, superin- tendent of the Pinkerton agencies in the West, who has won the reputation of being one of the gamest and clever- my endeavor to have various organiza- tions write to the New York Aldermen ‘When Skinner's attention was called to the fact that the records of the Ald- ermen failed to disclose the presence of any such ordinance, he gravely an- nounced that he knew the entire mat- ter was before .the board for “consid- eration.” B spection tour of the Pinkerton offices and will leave for Los Angeles in a few T 34000, and $1000 maore wiil goybad : in_remodéling the residence to -Among the arrivals at the Palace meet the requirements of & rectory. yesterday was Seott Hudson of Lex- ington, one of the noted reinsmen of the trotting world, who ranks with the Geers and has driven some of famous w! hobby is and racing of fast road- ~he has a number of He then dashed down | city ordinance” requiring all disorderly)srener during the next year. { made for A. Sidney Jomes, the purchase IHOLIDAYS. HAVE LITTLE EFFECT Alameda County Real Estate Dealers Report Good Busi- ness During the Last Week CIVIC CLUBS ARE BUSY Improvement Organizations of Oakland Lend Valuable Aid in Work for Progressr Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Dec. 18. The usual holiday depression in the Alameda County real estate market { has been but little in evidence during the past week, nearly all the =local dealers reporting a fairly brisk busi- ness, in spite of the fact that every one is preparing for the celebration of | Christmas. It is expected that the coming week will be quiet, as real es- tate dealers are not among the busi- ness men who ape benefited by the rush of holiday trade, the heaviest velume of which generally comes during the week before Christmas. The work of the various improve- ment clubs and civic organizations of Oakland has contributed much to the prosperity of the year, and to these bodies is due much of the credit for the increased sales of real estate in this city and its suburbs. At the head of the list of the organizations which bave contributed to the prosperity of the city is the Oakland Board of Trade, which has been the means of inducing several large manufacturers to locate in Oakland during the year. Another of the civic bodies which has been largely instrumental in bringing about the general prosperity of the communi- ty is the Independence Square District Improvement Club of East Oakland. Through the efforts of this club ten blocks of streets have been graded, curbed and macadamized and more than 3250 feet of .cement sidewalks have been laid in the last twelve months. NEW OFFICERS. At the last meeting of the club the following officers were elected for the ensuing term: President, Charles P. Welch; first vice vice president, J. C. Estey; second vice president, Manuel Dias; secretary-treasurer, Albert Schmidt. The Fruitvale Property Owners’ As- sociation and the Board of Trade of Fruitvale have prepared subscription lists for circulation among the business men of the community for the purpose of raising money for the printing and distribution of literature descriptive of the advantage of Fruitvale as a resi- dence district. Oakland real estate men express themselves as well satisfled with the conditions of the market and expect a continuation of the present prosperity next year. A, J. Snyder, who for thirty years has been located at 467 Ninth street, has secured the bullding at Broadway and Eighth street which' will soon be vacated by. the Contra Costa Water Company, and will move his office | there about February 1, 1905. Regard- | ing the holiday market, Mr. Snyder said: I have nothing to complain of. My salesmen ere all busy, and I have closed up more sales 80 far this month than I have any other month during the vear. This is remarkable, because people are busy preparing for Christmas and my business does not partake of any of the special advantages which fall to the lot of the merchant in the retail trade around the holidays. William J. Laymance of the Lay- mance Real Estate Company says: The population of Oakland has increased nearly 40,000 in the last four years, and I am satisfied that the rate of increase will be Our business has been unusually brisk during the last month._and I look for a splendid market after the holidays. Taylor Brothers & Co. have just placed on the market a number of fine residence lots in Tuxedo Park Boule- vard Heights and Lake View Terrace. S. M. Dodge & Son have opened a branch office in Berkeley and are hand- ling some fine residence property in the college town. They will soon begin the erection of three residences near Dwight way station. . GOOD BERKELEY SALE. Francis Ferrier of Berkeley yesterday sold the Bailey block at Dwight way station to the California Land and De- velopment Company. The sale was price being $40,000. The building Iis three stories and is at the corner of Blake street and Shattuck avenue. A new brick byilding is to be erected on the south side of Tenth street, be- tween Broadway and Franklin street. The site of the new structure is owned by Miss Louise and Miss Emma Ma- honey. The new building will be one story in height and will be used for stores. Work will be commenced at once. A. Dodge Coplin, the well known Oakland architect, has just returned from New York. He gives an interest- ing account of his trip through the East, and suggests that this city change its name from Oakland to California City. e Entertainments Prove Popular. OAKLAND, Dec. 18.—The winter course of entertainment given by the Alameda County Christian Endeavor “I have sent it all over the country in| Union is proving popular, and the two entertainments so far given have been well attended. The next lecture will urging the enactment of the ordinance | he given on January 12 by Dr. Charles in question, and have like ordinances | Eastman on “The Last Stand of the enacted in other citles of the country.” | Sjoux.” Following -is the complete programme of the various events to come: January 23, Ralph Parlette, hu-~ morist, “Weighted in the Balances" February 1/. Rev. Charles R. Brown, lecture on “Alaska’; March 6, Reno B. ‘Welbourn, lecture on “Radium and Wireless Telegraphy.” These lectures will be given at the Cadet Armory at RECTORY FOR CHRIST CHURCH.—Ala- e, 10 Anrasiiromn aaa- | Fifteenth and Jefferson streets. Shoots Himself by Accident. WALNUT CREEK, Deec. 18.—Roy ‘Wolfe, a young man employed at J. S. Hook’s ranch, about three miles from this place, accidentally shot himself in the right breast last night while trying to load an old-fashioned horse pistol. Dr. C. R. Leach was called, and after dressing the wound had ‘Wolfe removed to the County Hospi- tal, where the bullet was extracted. The doctors believe that while the wound is dangerous it is not necessari- ly fatal. Wolfe is about 20 years of age and unmarried. —————————— Japanese Miner Killed. OAKLAND.. Dec. 18.—I. Tanna- gughi, a Ja ese coal miner, was killed last night at Tesla by striking head against a drift timber while was_driving a mule™ear to th S, g TY OF ALAMEDA?X BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN | ALAMEDA COUNTY | ; OAKLAND. 1016 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. | —_ REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. County. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 1T. Willard de L. and Clara Jeannetts K: bury (wite) (by California Safe Deposit and T Company, trustee) to California Home Bu and Loan Company, S86 D. 284, lot on ST of Hamilton place, 165.35 NW of Oakian nue, NW 45 by SW 90, lot 31, and SE lot ‘30, Hamilton Tract, Oakland, t deed; $3144. Mary Johnson (Killian) (administratrix e« of Ann Killlan) to Mary L. Jones. all inslot 27, block 2024, map 2, Whitcher Oakiand; $300. Mary Killian (administratrix estats of Killian or Kellian) to same, all interes same, Oakland; $850. Robert Fraser to Bliza J. Glllesple (wits of Samuel 8.), lot beginning at peint 100 N from NE corner of Central avenue (West Twelfth James) and Wood street, N 25 by B 85, portic lots 2 and 3, biock A, Oakiand Point Home stead, Oakland; $10. Joseph and Elizabeth Langaster to Pater A. and Mary M. Kidd, lot on W line of Groye street, 97:6 N of Thirty-seventh, N 50 by W 150, lot 14 and portion of lot 1, block B, Ap- sar Tract, Oakland; $10. Holcomb Land Company _(Meron-Holcomd Company) to Andrew J. Morrison, lot on N line of Railrcad avenue or Seventh street, 75 W of tnut, W 25 by N 100, Oakland; §10. C. M. and Lena G. MacGregor to Wesley J. Baker, lot on S lne of Thirty-fourth street. 180:7 E _of Market, B! 31:8 by S 100, pogtion lot 6, Mok X. poverty. Comired . Land Com- 3 0. v 1. Hopkins to Rudoiph Spaungenberg, lot on B line of Adeline street. 75 S ot Thirty-sixth, 8 50 by B 123 .portion lots & and 6, block 682, map No. 3 Watts Tract, Oakland; $10. Sarah E. and Harlow P. Bancroft (husband) (and as attorney) to Neille C. Spangeubers, lot on B line of Sumitt street, 150 S of Twen ty-ninth (Prospect). S 35 by ® 99.05, vemg. 3 35 feet of lot 15, Boriand property, deed and agreement, Oakland; $10. Herman 'S. McKeen (single) to Louts Shaffer, 883 B lot on N line of Thirty-third street, 1 of Market, B 83 by N 100, portion of lot 2 block K, property Central Land Company, Oakland; $10. Elisa §. and Emil C. Roeder to Joseph Rat- tray, lot on N line of Thirty-first street, 570 2 of Grove, E 40 by N 140, portion of lots 39 g4 88, block 2086, Rowland Trects Oakiand: Joseph Rattray to Matilda Hurll Rattray, same, Qakland; $10. Real Estate Security Company to Nals Iver- gen, lot E line of John street, 92:6 N'W-of Webster, 32:6 by NE 100, portion of lot 6, block 6, plan of Howe Tract, Oakland; $10. John C. Appell to Fred P. and Esther Stan ton, lot 8, block 8, map of I M. Wentworth Boot and Shoe Company's Tract, Barkelsy: $10. Georglanna de Roban Baronidis (widow) to - same, lots 6 and 7, gubdivision §, Home.Park Tact, Derkeley: "'}{ Augusto J. and loza_ Muniz to Frapcisco de Souza Calaco, lot on W line of Stxth street 100 S of Channing way, § 20.85 by W fractional part of lot 7, block 133, corrected map of Raymond Tract, etc., Berkeley; $10. Mattle S. McCormick (widow) to Loulse M. MecCann (wite of F. W.), lot on SE corner of Court and Lincoln avenues, ‘B 105:9 E 117:6%_ lots 16 and 17, block B, subdivision o map of Sather a n Tract, Alameda $10. Cecella or Cella and William C, Bryan Margaret Hutchinson (widow). lot on W lfne Adeline street, 106:6 N of Th N 25 w 128:3, lot 4 7. j 2, Briggs t Oakland; C. M. and Lena G. MacGregor to Karl H Nickel, lot on N line of Sa Clara ave 88:8 E of Oakland avenue, E tion of lots 3 and 4, map of nue proverty, Oakland: $10. George A. and Fortuna Lewis: (wife) to C. M. MacGregor, lot on N corner of Adams street and Oukiand avenue, NE 90, NW 120, SW i £ 120:3, portion lots 15 and 16, block F. lands Qakiand View Homestead Assoclation, Oak land; $10. Richard Altschul (executor estata of Lud Altschul) to Charles S. Neal, all interast & N 79:7%, lot 16 an land on Oakland Point tract 406, Oakland; W. H. H. and Fannje A. Graves (by Hariow lot on ‘B line West Fourtee: 7 and 8, block 090, G (reuroad ferry $300. W. § commissioner) to Edward E. Roning. of (single) to same, same, 1 Edward E. Ronirg (single) to Charles Jacob, same, Oakiand: $10. Alice and Alfred W. Wright te H. M. and Jennie Martin (wife), 8 40 feet of lot 21, block B, Berry-Bangs Tract, etc., Berkeley; $10. Scentc Park Realty Company to’ Frederic Ernest Farrington, lots 4, 5, block 2, Daley's 'Sr‘;nlc Park, Berkeley, deed and agreement; The Realty Syndicate (a corporation) to Archibald C. 8 ’ Shaw, S 48 feet of lot 4, block 22, McGee Tract, portion plat 67, Berkeley: $10. Giovanni E. and Florence V. Channing to Frederick H. Dakin Jr. (single), lot on -£ line of Shattuck avenue, 230 S of Vine street, § 3 by E 119:7, block 5. map resubdivision bioc 5, _Antisell Tract, Berkeley: $i0. W. E. and Josephine Knowles to Semeca Gale, Jot on N line of Durant avenue, 165 B of Telegraph (Choat), E 52 by N 130, portion lot 7, bloek 10, property Collegs Homestead Association, Berkeley $100. —_— SEES IMPROVEMENT IN THE WORD'S CONDITION Dr. H. H. Bell Takes Optimistic View of Men and Nations of To-Day. “The world is in a great deal better condition to-day than it ever was” said the Rev. H. H. Bell, D. D, at the First United Presbyterian Church, Golden Gate avenue and Poik street, last night. Dr. Bell's sermon was founded on the theme. “The Pre-emi- nent One,” in which .he showed the influence of Jesus Christ on all man- kind. The progress of the ages step by step was due to his influence and the great charity bestowed year by year ‘was all the result of the divine pre- cept and teaching of the Savior. The same influence was responsible for the more charitable understanding be- tween Christian nations and even for the humane methods followed in pa- gan lands. Dr. Bell showed how in Japan the higher ideals exist. There, he said, $1,000,000 is expended -anauvally for the Red Cross Society. He cited the better protection of women and chil- dren than In former generations when their toiling was a matter of custom. The laws had grown Kkinder and the relation between man and man had vastly improved in every way. o ADVERTISEMENTS. Sore Throat A Harmless Antiseptic. Endorsed by the medical profession. Send ten cim. to pay on ey HEDE bears my . 610 Prince St. N. ¥.. it fo tree booklet on Ratignal Treat-