The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 19, 1905, Page 6

FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1905, P WOMAN'S DEA SPOILS A HOME Donald McKechnie Says His Wife Wrongly Believes He Is in Love With Another SPOUSE IS IN COURT Dementia Is the Defense in| a $20.000 Slander Suit \oainst Defendant’s OAKLAND, April 18.—Captain Don- ald McKechnie of the ferry-boat Pled- n in court this_morning | ration on tife part of in the belief that he ur.(vufl to her, caused the jon between them. He swore) she had accused him wrongfully. the eyes of the jurors | the marriage vow made | esu testimony was called defending Mrs. slander Triest now a $20,000 Mrs. Lizzie nie a ration from her fam- subjects she seems ptain McKechnie stated he would, he ceuld not| -wise, while Mrs. s o him. defense of insanity was made protest of Mrs. McKechnie as she went on the stand and he she still believed her hus- wronged her COVERS WORK )F ONE YEAR OAKLAND, April 18.—The from Edwin a summary received , the eport uring the year to for faocts in the ing &n appropria- rovement of Oak- us rush experiment s the care of this bo success and = prove ories had located s had l- c' HAS city and suburhs. Resolutions were adopted thanking George C. Perkins and Rep- ves J. R Knowland and Mc- for their efforts to procure ions to improve Oakland following directors were elect- Frank Do Mees IN “MEMORY OF HIS FRIEND OAKLAND, April ly grave of Colonel 18.—Over the lone- Thomas Garrity, formerly ope of the most popular of Oakland's sttorneys, but now almost forgotten in the press of current events, stands a plain marble head- etone, placed there by Gee Nom, a Chinese known as the “Lottery King” of Oaklaind Of gll those who during the Ilife of Tom Garrity were proud to be num- bered among his friends, only one, and he of a different race and color, thought enough of the one who had passed away to seek out his last resting place and mark it with a token of regard. Every year since Garrity’s death Gee Nom hes visited the grave to invoke eternal rest for the spirit of the dead. At Jast the spot became so meglected and overrun with weeds that the grave could not be seen, and it was then that the “Lottery King” ordered a plain stone set up to mark the spot where the mortal remains of his friend re- pose Over the lonely grave in St. Mary's Cemetery now stands this token of & heathen’s friendship, a monument on which are carved the name of Thomas Garrity and the dates of his birth and death. During his practice as an attorney, Garrity several times defended Gee Nom. —— WILL HONOR POET'S MEMORY. OAKLAND, April 18.—Every one of the nineteen German societies of Alameda County will join in the cel- ebration of the one-hundredth anni- versary of the death of Frederick Schiller, the favorite poet of the fatherland. The celebration will be held in the Greek Theater at the Uni- versity of California on Sunday, May 7, and the arrangements are in the hands of ai central committee, of which Albert Currlin, the proprietor of the Oakland Journal, is the chair- man. The principal events of the pro- gramme will be an address on the life of Schiller by Professor Alexis F. Lange, the reading of a poem in hon- or of the great poet’s memory by Pro- fessor Gayley, an address in German by Professor Albin Putzker, all of the university; vocal music hy the Ger- man singing societies of the county, and the reading of a poem by Miss Grace L. Jones. The crowning of a bust of Schiller will ciose . the exercises. Professor Hugo K. Schilling of the University of California will act as president of the occasion. ————————— SCHOOL DIRECTORS ORGANIZE. ALAMEDA, April 18.—The Board of Education to-night organized by re-electing Frank Otis as president. Miss Carrie Pratt was elected assist- ant secretary, succeeding Miss E. Fa- béns. The new directors who took office to-night are W. B. Kollmyer, B. € Brown and J. BE. Baker. Wish | s ago and how faithfully he | suit | whom | cuses of being the | Trade to-night at its annual meet- | of | OAKLAND, April 18.—Benjamin A. | Harnett, assistant manager of the To- vo Kisen Kaisha, the Japanese steam- ship line, with offices at 421 Market {ride in Oakland’s police patrol wagoen |and other unpleasantness early this morning because he stood upon prin- ciple, according to Harnett's explana- tion of a dispute over twenty cents | with the steward of the Southern Pa- j cific Company's ferry boat Berkeley. | Also did Assistant Manager Harnett find a charge of defrauding an inn- | ‘l\&eper registered against him at the city prison, but this morning the charge was stricken from the police court docket because the alleged offense had been committed outside the mu- nicipal boundaries of Oakland. It was on the last trip of the Berke- morning that hunger assailed Har- nett. He repaired to the dining room tand partook of succulent doughnuts .and a cup-of aromatic coffee, for which the waiter's check called for twenty | cents to be paid at the counter. Har- nett started away, according to the | steward, without settling the score. The steamship manager indignantly i+ declared-he-had paid by placing two (dimes and the check on the cash reg- ister stand. “I didn’t get it and you didn’t pay,” asserted the steward. “l did pay and you get no more | money from me,” announced Harnett, producing his personal card to disclose his identity to the obdurate steward. “Well, you don'( leave this boat until you settle,” declared the steward, | summoning two husky railroad police- men, Dunne and Greeley by name. | These took charge of Harnett, who p»rsmlsd in,_ his stand, and escorted the prisoner to West Oakland, where he was given Into the custody of the mu- nicipal authorities. Harnett was re- {leased on bail after his arrest. District Attorney Allen refused to take further steps after the court had disposed of the case, . EBELL OPENS A NEW YEAR DELIGHTFULLY BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE. OAKLAND, April 18.—Ebell began a new year to-day with the installation of recenily elected officers. The beginning is auspicious, for the women on the new board are all energetic, capable women, with the club’s best interests at heart. Mrs. Hume, the president, is a splendid looking figurehead, if she were nothing more; but she certainly s more than that, for few women are so capa- e a8 this “‘sllver-tongued’’ talker, of which Ebell is justly proud. Mrs. Hume Is fortu- nate in having sor her good right hand Mrs. Meivin C. Chapman, the new vice president, who Is one of the most charming, tactful womeu in the Oakland smart set, cers installed to-day are: Re- cording secretary, Miss Eva Powell; financial Miss Jennie Hill: treasurer, Miss - rurreflpondln‘ secretary, Mrs. 'y, assistant secretary, Mrs. E. H. Benjamin; general curator, Mr< John Bake- well; so, altogether, it is easry to predict con- | tinved peace and prosperity for Ebell for an- other year at least. The programme that followed the installa- tion ceremony 8 under the supervision of | Mrs. Gordon M. Stolp, curator of the voice culture section, and immediately directed by Miss Lorena Hoag, the talented young instruc- tor of the section. Every one seemed to enjoy the various recitations, espectally ‘‘Pore Lil’ Lamb” by Miss Beulah Ronr, which would reaily have been excellent work for a | Withi more years than Miss Beulah's 8 or 9. ~The entire programme was as follows: th | | on ) “A Special Providence” (Furman), Mrs. Walter Carrgll; song, *‘Call Me Back” (Denza), e Lark’” (Schumann), Miss Al- “In an Atelier’ (Aldrich), Miss The Burial of Dundee’’ (Ay- toun), Miss Lucia Oliver; song (a) A Red, ed Rose” (Hastings) (b) “The Spring Hath Come’” (White), Miss Tibbetts; ‘‘Saunders Mc- | Glasban's Courtship' (Anon), ' Miss Fiorence Wecks: (a) “A Little Fellow's Sunday,” (b) “Pore Lil' Lemb,” Miss Beulah Robr. 1t was Miss Tibbetts' first Oakland appear- ance, but let us hope not her last, as she-has a contralto of rare sweetness and sympathy. Miss Helene Nielsen was her accompanist. Miss Stolp was assisting in_dispensing t| club's hospitality by Mrs. J. B. Hume, Mrs. W. A. Childs, Mrs. John Bakewell, Giascock, 'Mrs. T. T. Harrison, Mrs. M. J. Biuel, Mrs. J. R.’ Scupham, Mrs. J. L. Crit- tenden, Mrs, D. E. Yorker, Mrs. Arthur Brown, | Mrs_ ¥. E.'Wells, Mrs. Alfred von der Ropp, Mrs. Willlam L. Pattiani, Mrs H. Benja- min, Mrs. William Morris, Mrs. M. C. Chap- | man, Mes. B. 6. Hubbard, 'Mrs. Edgar Bishop, Miss Elizabéth Scupham, Miss Frear, Vangergraw, Miss Cordle Bishop. Mrs. A, H. hn. ol Suckion o, Ebell. which s, I be- lieve, the oply choral of which any of the women’s clubs may boast, is preparing to give the musical Dumbers at the coming “jinks’ which the local Council of Women is planning for April 28, at the Majestic Theuter in San Francisco. 'The finks is to be in the nature of & vaudeville performance and among the attractions promised is a ‘Dutch Dame in Costums,” by the Papyrus Club and & sketch, ““Every Woman,” written by Frank Mandell of the Philomath Club, If the mem- bers of the Papyrus Club can dance as well 2s they can tell storles they will alone be worth the price of admission. One of our clever baby impersonators, Miss Lilllan Swales, of the Oakiand Club is also to participate in the pro- gramme. The affalr is for the benefit of the funds nec- essary to complete, print and distribute the council's reports on the ‘‘Socialization of the Schoolhouse” —whatever that means. The phrase is high sounding, but rather vague o the uninitiated, o let us hope the coming en- tertainment will provide funds for the neces- sary “reports” that will be our enlightenment. As a lot of mighty clever women are interested in the benefit, it is sure to be worth while. . ' Rev. Christopher Ruess will talk forthe Oekland Club to-morrow and his subject— ““That the Boy-Problem Is the Man-Problem’ — is full of promise. Any one interested in the probation work carried on by the Oakland Club will be welcome to attend the lecture, for the matter to be discussed is of universal interest. Mrs. Edward ¥ Hughes will entertain next Saturday for Miss Lucla Oliver, whose en- gegement to George B, Flint was a recent snnouncemest. ong the smart events that May wil bring are & Ginner that the Henry A. Butters are planning for_the 34, and a card party for the 5th at the home of Mrs. Lucle May Haves. The Smith-Oliver wedding will also illumin- ato the early part be on the 3d. malds and a maid-of-honor and the affair prom-- ises 1o eclipee even the Burdge Miller wedding, street, San Francisco, suffered arrest, a | from San Francisco at 12:25 o'clock | Has Trouble on Ferry-Boat and Says He Will Not Pay His Blll Twnce. TELLS OF PARIS CONVENT'S AIM French Professor at State L'niversity Describes the BERKELEY, April French lecture, and partly by of the most interesting and magnetic i personalities of the university faculty, {an audience, chiefly feminine, that | filled to overflowing the students’ hall in the observatory, listened this after- noon to M. Robert Dupouey’s dis- course on “The Life of a French Girl in a Stylish Convent in Paris.” The lecture is the first of a series to be given by the French scholar dealing with the life and social activities of French women, each being delivered in the French tongue of Paris, in which Dupouey is naturally & master. He spoke in part as follows: At the time the long war between church and state in France is ending with victory for the state it may be Interesting to put Catholic education opposite state education by two contrasting examples. Therefore the lecturer proposes to-day to describe the edu- cation of a girl in a stylish convent of Paris and next Thursday he will tell of the studies of another girl in one of the lalc lycees. | _ Mile. Simone is the imaginary name of a sirl who is really living in Paris. Her grand parents, whose ancestors were driving the plow n the small estate, situated in a re- mote part of the province, suddenly become millionaires by a Ilucky ries of rich In- heritances; consequently the father of Simone married a girl of a higher social rank than his own and having removed his home to Paris endeavored to become acquainted with the most aristocrate soclety of that city. His determination and wealth and the cleverness of his wife helped him in succeeding, In part, but he is even now feeling some condescension in the attitude of his new friends. He is with them, but he is not yet—he never will be -one of them. By sending thelr daughter to the most stylish and aristocratic convent of Paris, the so-called Cours de I'Assomption, situated at 6 Lutsecke street the object of the parents was to give her the company and friendship of the girls of the noblest familles, to efface in her mind and soul all traces of her plebelan origin and thus to faglitate the means of her being completely and’ without any restraint accepted by the best aristocracy of France. In fact the convent took hold of Simons so skillfully and actively that now she is quite bent and trained to her future role of an aristocratic lady. The convent supplied her with_all accomplishments necessary to a per- son_ belonging to the mnobility. First, the school has rarefied, as it were, huma.mu all around Simone by allowing her no gther companions, no other friends than the girls and the young men of the highest soclal cast. Second, it has taught her in sciences, liter- ature, art and_ethics only that which she will have opportunity of using in her worldly lite, In the conversation of the salons. Third, it has presented religion to her chiefly as a society enterprise, as a fashionable and stylish occupation destiied to bind more closely together the peoplé of the same condition. At last the echool has shaped and polished the political opinions of Simone so as to make them the perfect mirrors of aristocracy, anti- republicanism and royalism by ' representing such opinions to her as indissolubly associate with & well-understood religion. Mr. Dupouey gave & circumstantial account of the foregoing processes, showing by many mustra'.(ona thnt the stylish convent provides “Simone” with what the lecturer called a ‘“su- perficial knowledge of all sorts of things,” so that, as he declared, she will never stop short in any talk, about any subject, also Illustrating how the convent impresses on the mind of “Simone"” “prejudices and er- rors,” because these are the prejudices and errors of the world in which she is to live. Concluding his lecture Mr. Dupouey said: In ghort_ the convent has made Simone a society woman more than & woman, in the broad sense of that word. Simone will mow be distinguished snd bright: she will know how to dress, how to talk, how to smile. Maybe she will not know how to live. The laic lycees glve the girls a nmnur [y mnn human education. That education wiil be subject of my next lecture. ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS, BOY DISAPPRARS.—Oakland, April 18.— Peter Slocovich, 12 years old, residing at ll” Nineteenth street, has disappeared, to his father’s report to the polics, PARTNERS AT OVJ’N—OlklAid. April 18.— Frank Hulgren and 3 Willlam Fouts are partners in a Frultvue pigeon farm. They quarreled to-day over business matters. Mrs, Fouts declares Hulgren struck her. Hul- gren was arrested. TRUSTEES ORGANIZE.—Berkeley, 18.—The Board of Town Trustees O last night by electing ’nwmu Rick: dent. The new istees, M. Olsen and A. Shaad, wers inducted, as Were the other April nized clals chosen to office at the election on April 10. These are: Clerk C. L. Merrill, Attorney H, H. Johnson, Treasurer C. R. Lord, Assessor F. L. Wharft, Street Superintendent B. Q. Tur- ner, Auditor Thomas Turner, Marshal August Vollmer and Engineer W. F. McClure. The question of enlarging the police force and uni- forming the men will be considered at a special meeting next Thursday night. MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Oakland, April 18. The following marriage Ieenm were issued Willlam J. both of San B. Campbell, and Zella F. Ru both ol OII(hIM George F, anuels, Angeles, and Janet B, unon. 24. Befn!ly. Edward T. Gilligan, 32, Oakl Wiesenbach, 21, Alameds; iln 8. wnfitl. over 21, and Elizabeth D. Lane, over 18, both of Sen Leandro; Albert C. Westgate, over 21, Al- bany, Or., and Jane B. Corbett, over 18, ‘Berke. ‘Sydney A. Tibbetts, over 21, and Maud A. Mara, over 18, both of Berkeley. - —————— AT WAR ABOUT A FENCE. OAKLAND, April 18.—A family row involving Mrs. H. Tobin, residing at 3791 Telegraph avenue, with her mother, Mrs. Mary C. Dolan, and her sister, Mrs. F. E. O’Donnell, residing at 345 Thirty-eighth street, has invit- ed the attention of Prosecuting Atmr_ ney Leach. Mrs. Tobin to-day de- manded action by the authorities thlt which was the ceremony to be | should recover for her o Celebrated In' ""“"“" *""" Vil oard fence, stolen, she eo]:‘plil‘n: ALAMEDA, April u—ur and Mrs, G. u_h’&’ her mother and her sister. Leavitt entertained the Isie City Whist Club ll thelr home 800 Pacific_avenue last even- Cranz won the first prize offcred for indies lnd the first trophy for gen: - Leydecker. Bialley Tds Tothroet fon a Ben Lomond and a trip to the Park, near. Boulder Creek. O. M. Goddard of 1511 Union street, Geparted this evening for Portland to spend a month thers with her husband, Who cuples a position with the Standard Ol Com Tl'“ in that eity. GOES TO BEA.—Olkllnd April 18.—That | be might lve down the disgrace which he Ihnbmu'h upon himself, J. A. Harris, the university student who was caught stealing a pursc from a locker in the Harmon Gymnasium at Berkeley, was released to-day by Justice :{ouu Peace Quinn on payment ef’. fine of He will wm gt and try to le‘d.-n Tobin, however, does not want the relatives arrested. “I only want my fence back,” she declares. —_— FINDS WANDERING WIFE. OAKLAND, Dominick, wife of August Dominick, a gardener residing at the Ramona House, Thirteenth and Harrison streets, disappeared from home this morning and was found this afternoon half clad wandering in the fields near Fabiola Hospital. Mrs. Dominick was removed to the detention ward at the Receiving Hospital, where she was found to-night by her husband. He sald his wife had been studying i soiritualism. : FOR TWENTY CENTS| Steamship Man Is Arrested April 18—Mrs. Edal SALE OF BABE ARQUSES JUDGE Orders Vendor and Purchaser to Be Brought Into Court so He May Examine Them —— MAKES HIS BLOOD BOIL Says That if It Is Possible He Will Try to Stop Such Barter of Little Children e OAKLAND, April 18.—Judge W. H. ‘Waste declared himself in no unmis- takable terms this morning In regard to the trafficking in babies, and said to Miss Helen Swett of the Assoclated Charities: “This sale of -babies makes \[akmg of Society Girl|my blood bofl, ana it must be stopped, and will be if I have anything to do with it.” He then ordered Mrs. Ame- | 18.—Attracted | lia Funke of Alameda, from whom the in part by the fascinating title of his | baby was bought, and also the woman one I ‘who made the purchase, to be produced in court to-morrow morning. The present instance of the sale of a baby was brought up when Attorney George E. Jackson applied for letters of guardianship on behalf of the Asso- clated ties fqr a child called Edna Robinson, for the purpose of the present proceedings. The child was bought from Mrs. Funke for $10 by a woman whose name so far has been shielded by Miss Swett, but who has been ordered to be In court to-morrow morning. After buying the baby the womln con- cluded that she did not want it and now wants the Assoclated Charitles to tak it. The parents are unknown, except possibly to Mrs. Funke. The woman who bought the child, however, must come into court and tell her story, not- withstanding any promise that Miss Swett may have made to the contrary. - ACCEPTS. HONOR FROM OLD YALE BERKELREY, April 18.—The dispatch from New Haven printed in The Call to-day regarding the election of Pro- fessor C. M. Bakewell to a professor- ship in the philosophy department at Yale gave the university public here the first Intimation it had that Professor Bakewell contemplated leaving Cali- fornia, The University administration officials express regret at the prospect of losing Professor Bakewell, but refer also to the honor shown to the profes- sor. It is understood that Professor Bake- well is to be at the head of the depart- ment of philosophy at Yale, making him a commanding figure in a great university. Professor Bakewell has not yet resigned his place as associate pro- fessor of philosophy here, in Professor George H. Howison's department, but he is expected to resign in a few days. He expresses pleasure at being chosen by the Yale administration and regret at leaving here. Professor Bakewell took his degree at Harvard, and then taught at Bryn Mawr in Pennsylvania. He has been in the department of philosophy at the State University of California for about seven years. He is the fourth man to be chosen by the big Eastern universities from the philosophy - de- partment here, as Professor Josiah Royce preceded him to the East, hav- ing been called by Harvard several years ago. Both these men were stu- dents under Professor Howison, the distinguished philosopher and univers- ity instructor. Professor Bakewell is one of the few men who have been elected to membership in the Phi Beta Kappa when an alumnus. The philosophy department of the University of California has suffered the loss in the last few years of four of’| its strongest men, this illustrating, in the opinion of educational leaders, the strength of the department controlled by Professor Howison. The four men who have been taken from California are Charles McGilvary, George M. Stratton, Josiah Royce and Charles M. Bakewell. All have gone to larger universities. TREBLE CLEF CLUB GIVES ITS FIRST CONCERT o SO BERKELEY, April 18.—The newly or- ganized Treble Clef Club of the university gave its first concert to-night at Hearst Hall in conmection With the De Koven Club, the latter being an organization of male voices, while the Treble Clef is made up of "‘co-eds’” of the university. Clinton R. Morse, who has directed the activities of both clubs, acted as conductor this evening. The men of the freshman class voted to-day for a sophomore class hat, a_ choice from several on display at the Co-operative store. The majority favored a hat that is & cross between a sombrero and & plug, gray in color, and available for decorative purposes, if desired. Dr. Bidney Dean Townley of the Interna- tlonal Latitude Observatory at Uklah, lectured to-day in the Students’ on ““Visible Stars.” He is to lecture again on Thursday morning on ‘‘Variation of Lati- tude.” El Circulo Ibérico is to hold its last meet- ing of the year to-morrow evening at the home of J. Reef, 2607 Benvenue avenue, When the works of Don Jose Echegaray will be dis- and scenes from his plays vecited. New songs, just received by Dr. Cttos: Dransby. wiir b sung &t this Professor Armes, chairman o the drametts affairs committes of the unlyversity, has ar- ranged for the production at the University of California of “‘Every Man in His Humor" by Stanford students i he Greek Theater on May 6 The old English comedy is to be staged at Btantond 5 etk Stora it 18 et ere. e vofessor and Mrs Frank Soule will en- cus- annually. tofth'pmb ment of the unfversity has sucoeeded in showing lmnort.ant between * the position at the anode only. ————— BOLINAS MAN IS HURT. BOLINAS, April 18.—Walter Ad- ams, a residént of this place, was thrown from his cart to-day. He fered a dislocation of the sho: and several bruises. - NEWS OF THE COUNTIES ABOUT THE BAY HARNETT IS JAILED WORK IS BEGUN |FINE DRIVEWAT [HALEMOON BAY ON BIC TUNNEL| NEAR WOODSIDE| IS PROGRESSIVE Southern Pacific Qommences Task of Drilling Through, Mountains for New Cut Off PROSPECTS CHEERING People of San Mateo Dis- play Keen Interest in Road That Will Boom County Special Dispatch to The Call. REDWOOD CITY, April 18.—Work on the first of the big tunnels necessary for the bay shore cut off of the South- ern Pacific Company has at last been begun. The progress of the undertak- ing will be keenly watched by the people of this county. The cut off means & gren deal to San ! Mateo County as the road will bring | the growing towns in this section much nearer to San Franeisco. Workmen are now digging the tunnel north of the Slerra Point House. It is an- nounced that the cut off will be ready :;J'r the operation of trains on December O SR e S e PAVED STREETS FOR SAN MATEO Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN MATEO, April 18.—A large force of men with plows, shovels and teams began tearing up B street this morn- ing preparatory to laying the asphalt pavement so long expected. The work is being done by private contract. The contract calls for the improvement of a part of B street and Second and Third avenues, the principal business thoroughfares of the town. Contractor E. 'W. McLellan has be- gun work on Baldwin avenue and is preparing to pave Poplar, Ellsworth, Griffith and Fifth avenues, Main street and the remainder of El Camino real. the old county road. The task begun this morning will be completed within a month and before the summer is over several miles of perfect roadways will have been finished. For more than a year the city trustees labored to secure street im- provements under the Vrooman act. but without success. Finally the prop- erty owners took the matter up with the result that ‘the work has been started. The owners are to bear the expense. When the streets are com- pleted they'will be kept in repair by the city. So popular is the move for street im- provement that the entire town turned out k?o witness the beginning of the wor! —_——— e ——— MASONIO ORDER HOLDS BIG CELEBRATION IN CHICAGO Members Gather From All Parts of the World for Consis- tory Jubilee. CHICAGO, April 18.—Members of the Masonic order assembled here to- day to celebrate the golden jubilee of the Oriental Consistory. Besides be- ing ome of the greatest of Masonic con- ventions, the event marks the dedica- tion of the new home of the Oriental Consistory at Dearborn avenue -and Walton place, said to be the finest building of the kind in the world. Assembled within the new temple to-day were high Masons from all parts of the world. Members of the order are here from England, Turkey and France, from the Hawalian Islands and Cuba. The convention is the fiftleth anni- versary and the one hundredth con- vention of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of the Valley of Chicago. The session will last three days, end- ing with a banquet on Thursday night, at which Governor Deneen and Lieu- tenant Governor L. Y. Sherman, both members, of the consistory, will be speakers. —————— SOUTH CAROLINA SEEKS LABOR FROM NEW YORK Office Opened With Intens At tracting Capitalists and Work- men to the State, NEW YORK, April 18.—An office has been established here by the State of South Carolina for the purpose of obtaining a share of this city's surplus labor. Colonel E. S. Watson, State Commissioner of Immigration, for- mally opened the headquarters. “We are looking not alone to the re- habilitation of agriculture in South Carolina,” he said, “‘but to the broader mineral fleld in which we have valu- able properties. We are offering good investments for capital. We are like- wise offering good land cheap to those looking for homes and offering em- ployment to agricultural laborers, ser- vants and the like in positions wherein they will have opportunity to save their earnings and in a few years be- come independent.” —_—————— MARITIME EXPOSITION PROPOSED FOR NEW YORK Plan on Foot to Celebrate the Inven ton of the Steamboat by Fulton. ° NEW YORK, April 18.—A maritime exposition at New York two years hence in celebration of the first steam- boat, Robert Fulton’s Clermont, which made the first trip to Albany on Au- t 11, 1807, has been proposed to or McClellan by the maritime af- ommittee of the Board of Trade rtation. The committee apoesl to assemble on the Hudson &Ivor vessels of every type, from the most anclent craft to the modern ocean liners and battleships. It is proposed to invite the Governments of | the world to send representatives from t.helr navies to participate. ————————— » S. GRANT BUYS HODEL T. SAN DIBGO, April 18.—It was an- nounced this afternoon that negotla- tions for the sale of the Brewster Bo- tel to U. S. Grant were comph'.e purchase price is said to be The property is at the southeast cor- ner of Fourth and C streets. The ‘property is considered a cholee plece of realty. . @ * 3!0.000. i Work on Road That Prom- ises to Be'One of Best in State Rapidly Going Ahead WALL INSURES SAFETY Owners of Summer Homes in San Mateo County Furnish Funds to Finish Highway Epectal Dispatch to The Call. WOODSIDE, April 18.—Work on the Woodside road is being rushed and will not be stopped until the highway has®been made ome of the safest and most beautiful in the State. Several wealthy residents of the dis- trict who have magnificent summer homes here are defraying the cost of the work. At one dangerous point in the high- way, the place where a stage toppled over some years ago, a concrete wall will be constructed from a point be- low the grade to three feet above it, mm making the avenue absolutely e, At the election for School Trustee of this district Edward Fake, manager of Hazlewood Hills, was the choice of the voters. His election assures a good administration. —_ COLMA ELECTS SCHOOL TRUSTEE Special Dispatch to The Call COLMA, April 18.—At the recent school election here Charles Svender- man was elected trustee by a vote prac- tically unanimous. In San Gregoria August Surtman was elected school trustee, succeeding Frank Bell. Miss Florence -Glennon of Redwood City has been appointed to fill the va- cancy in the grammar school at South San Francisco caused by the resigna- tion of Miss Bonnie Wheeler. —_—————— MEET AND ELECT OFFICERS FOR THE ENSUING YEAR Members of Young Women’s Chris- tian Association of Stanford Select Their Leaders. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April 18.—The Young Women's Christian Association of the university met to- day and elected the following officers: President, Miss Mary Graham, San Jose; vice president, Miss Pauline Gartzmann, Long Beach; treasurer, Miss' Mary Betz, Spokane, Wash.; corresponding secretary, Miss Helen Sprague, Sacramento; recording sec- retary, Miss Agnes E. Brown, Palo Alto, ——— WILL ATTEND GATHERING | OF BOTANISTS OF WORLD Professor Campbell of Stanford Go From the University to Vienna. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April to 18.—Professor D. H. Campbell, head | of the botany department of the uni- versity, will leave shortly for a year's tour abroad. Dr. Campbell will go direct to Vienna, where he will attend the annual meeting of the Interna- tional Botanical Congress of the World, From there he wiil journey to Cape Town, South Africa, and at- tend the session of the British Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Sei- ence, Junior Class of Stanford to Stage Clever Musical Skit Written by STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April 18.—The junior class of Stanford Uni- versity will present an original comic opera in Assembly Hall Thursday night. The musical skit is one of the cleverest ever written by amateurs at Stanford. The book for the play was written by Delmar M. Reynolds, a senfor registered from Pasadena. K. A. Biekel of Geneso, Ill, wrote the lyrics and H. T. Curran of Springfleld, Mo., composed the music. —_——— WHIST TOURNAMENT WILL BE REOPENED BY WOMEN Comme {1 Faut Club of San Rafael Preparing to Welcorne End of Lent. SAN RAFAEL, April 13.—The Comme il Faut Club will hold its reg- ular monthly whist tournament in its clubrooms on Friday evening, 28. The tournaments were suspended during Lent and the club members are eagerly looking forward to the games. Mrs. T. Malone will have charge of the affair. The reception committee is composed of Mrs. Halsey, Miss M. M. Schneider and Miss Somers. —————— Almost the entire commercial wealth of India, with its population of 300,000,- 000, is. sald to be in the hands of less than 90,000 persons. April ! Citizens of Town Take Steps to Reorganize Fire Depart- ment and Buy Apparatus WILL REPAIR HYDRAN S Residents Plan Many Im- provements That Will Add to Beauty of Little City —_— Special Dispatch to The Call HALFMOON BAY, Aprfl 18 — Though Halfmoon Bay has never been visited by any destructive fires, the citizens feel that care should be taken to provide the town with mod- ern fire fighting apparatus. With this end in view the residents are taking steps to reorganize the volunteer fire department. The town has an ample water sup- ply and a sufficient number of hy- drants. These latter, however, are at present of little use, many of them being broken and others useless from long inactivity. They will be repaired at_once. This movement is in line with the spirit of progress that recently prompted the citizens to repave and regrade the streets, and is the fore- runner of many improvements calcu- lated to greatly add to the beauty of the town. —_——————— GOOD TIME SCHEDULED BY THE MILITIAMEN Company D of San Rafael Will Cel- ebrate Twentieth Anniversary With a Ball. SAN RAFAEL, April 18.—On the night of May 13 Company D, Fifth Regiment, National Guard of Califor- nia, will celebrate its twentieth an- niversary by giving a ball at the Ar- mory on Fourth street. The company at the present time is in a very pros- perous condition. George Collomore will act as floor manager. His assist- ant will be John Kerrigan. —_— THEOLOGIANS WILL GRADUATE Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN ANSELMO, April 18.—The an- nual commencement exercises of the San Anselmo Theological Seminary will be held in the assembly hall on Thurs- day, April 27. Those who will be awarded diplomas are William J. Clif- ford, San Francisco; Fred B. Marsh, Daytona, Fla.; Willlam E. Parker Jr., Portland, Or.; James H. Sharpe, Dent- son, Iowa; Leland H. Tracy, Berkeley; | Paul G. Stevens, San Francisco; Gil- bert Voorhies, Franklin, Ind., ln'd An- | arew J. Whipkey, Scullton, Pa. The commencement address will be @elivered by Rev. Francis Palmer of | San Jose. Rev. B. E. Baker, president | of the board of directors of the sem- | inary, will present the diplomas. | — - LAND COMMISSIONER REMOVED IN MONTANA Dropped by Order of Judge Hunt for Falling to Answer Charges. BUTTE, Mont.,, April 18.—A Miner special from Helena, Mont., says that Federal Judge Willlam H. Hunt to- day removed from office United States Commissioner E. W. Wilson at Co- lumbia Falls, Mont., because that of- ficial failed to appear and make a de- fense to c! of irregularity in the administration of his office. The were made In connection with transactions concerning public lands in the Missoula land district. It was claimed that Commissioner Wilson was paid a certaln sum by a settler who desired to flle upon a tract of land. The money was returned to ‘Wilson by the land office with the statement that the land was not open for filing and Wilson, it is alleged, falled then to return the sum of money to the settler. —_—— BRISTOW CONFERS WITH SOUTHERN BUSINESS MEN Holds Meeting in Los Angeles to Con- sider Matters Relating to Panama. NEW ORLEANS, April 18.—Busi- ness interests of New Orieans were in conference to-day with Special Com- missioner Bristow, who was appointed by the President to Investigate trade relations between the United States and Europe and the Western coasts of Central America and South Amer- fca by #nd over the Isthmus of Pan- ama. While here the commissioners will ascertain what interest New Or- leans has in transportation by way of Panama, particularly of commereial freight to all points on the Pacific Coast of the United States, Central and danger attendant upon the most critical period of her life. Bceounng