The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1905, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, [ N STRAIGHT ALK [STUDENTS ESSAY BY PROFESSOR COMEDY DRAMA Jakewell, Called Philosopher to Yale, Scores Califor- nia for ]mitmilw Others | | Sl et " ROART lHX’ PI,AGI ARISM Need Spi of it Genuine Is Explained of the University i i Y, Youth April 21.—Professor C. ade his farewell address | students to-day at Har- and incidentally rs squirm by straight constitutes real }‘rnimwr Bakewell is in sophy. He has head of ‘the e. Apropos of his Eastern university, of attempts made here traditions and_cus- g what as ale’s growth of gen- or calculated to en- of the University ing of this mat- | CADETS TEAR OYFUL NEWS|| April 21.—News that all the university compglled to drill shion was received by | from the War De- hington to-day, the | veyed being that here- | rs nor seniors shall | Drill will be held | k, however, begin- the drill in August. This order of the War Department | 00d to be the result of con- | n by the land grant col- | he country, these institutions united last fall I a petition vernment asking that the s be modified and made Wheeler went ,East last and presented the university’'s f the question in person to Sec- v of War Taft. The military men are loth, apparently, to see the regu- lations under which the military de- artments of colleges operate modi- but deference to the unlited n of&he institutions affected the order just received by President Wheeler was promulgated. . 0 strong was the feeling in army les over this matter that the last rumber of the Army and Navy Regis- ter devoted a lengthy editorial to a iticism of President Wheeler's stand he matter, declaring that the War Department was not likely to take any step which would lessen the drilling or other features of military instruce tion in colieges that receive Govern- me ald. Mijlitary men's ideas of thé are understood to be mirrored the editorial, which is in part as in follows: If the professor standing at the head of the University of California, Benjamin Ide Wheel- er, has been correctly quoted by reporters of the Sun Francisco papers, he is cherishing the notion” of a material modification of the re- uents adopted by thé War Department, iderable consideration of the subject, wvernment of those colleges and uni- n all parts of this country where are military officers in the ‘capacity of professors of military sclence and the art of Thet college fumetionary has been in ton and has appeared at the War De- as the representative of his own in- stion &s well &s Of others of the same among the feculty of which more or less objection exists to the present rules im- posed by the general staff for the conduct of -~ y departments of those educational This objection, of course, is on based sntirely on. the SeebmpiIoh That too mich is ex the cted by the War Department, and that udents of the colleges are required, in 've degree, to attend the lectures and » the military Gepartment. i The official reports from the army officers who have inspected these colleges and the con- an indicated ns_existing there have that these objections were firmly rooted, and would appear &5 a somewhat effective block to the scheme of the general staff for the encours, ment of the military spirit in the college st Gent body These colleges, as has been repeat- ed out. are manifestly benefited by & conditions. "The laws of the coun. | them very material favors in the way + rs. It was considered that in re- ' n for these advantages the colleges should do something toward establishing and main- s this country among its youth &n ap- cyalty and some familiarity. with military Gevices. . This Sxpectation on the part | of the Government was not prompted - by Theory. It wae realized that there would b ample return in time of emergency for the income given 1o colleges and for the free detafl of army officers for the maintenance of the military departments, Now, it appears that the colleges are un- willing to assume their ehave in the respon- sibility and to yield anything like & just ve- for the advantages which have been theirs out cost or trouble. The whole subject s evidently beén reopened the criti- sme, complaints and objections which come from coliege sources have gone once more be- fore the general staff. There will naturally be congiderable interest in the result. Of course, it may eppear from the information which has reached the War Departmeht that the. exist- ing rules, hitherto considered reasonable and possible of execution, are mot practical when enplied to college government. ous guarters, that if the military depart- ments are a failure and cannot be maintained, the deiafl of army officers to college duty should be discontinued and the allotments mzde to the colleges should be reduced, if mot canceled. T - S — HIGH SCHOOL BALL. —Oskland, April 21. The Alumni Assoclation of the Pol: High School will give its annual 20 ot Reed Hall b College | | to] | ‘is afo blind. ' TO PRODUCE “SWEET LAVENDER” MISS ESTELLE WILSON. BOYE PHOTOS TWO CLEVER AMATEURS, WHO PINERO'S FAM PLAY, WHI THE MASK AND DAGGER - BERKELEY, April of Pinero's famous play, “Sweet Lav- ender,” are being held almost dally by the members of the Mask and Dag- ger Society and the In-the-Meantime Club of the University of California, who have been chosen to interpret the charactérs in the comedy-drama. The 21.—Rehearsals | play will be produced at the Macdon- ough Theater in Oakland on the even- ing of Monday, April 24. The best of the amateur talent at the | university has been selected for the “Sweet Lavender” cast, with Emil ¥ruschke, dramatic writer, student and actor, as director. Kruschke has a prominent part, and will supervige all the rehearsals and direct the stage thronghout the performance. He has written some of the most successful college farces that the university has had, and gained &xperience of the prac- tical workings of the stage by associa- tion with professional companies, in- cluding a season with Nance O'Neil at the Grand Opera-house in San Fran- cigco. The business detafls of the produc- tion are under the direction of Mervyn Samuels, who scored a-success trom a financjal standpoint with the *‘Mi- kado” production made by the Pry- tanean Society a month ago. The complete cast of characters in “Sweet Lavender” is to be as follows: Richerd Phenyl, a barrister, Bmil Kruschke; Gecftrey Wedderburn, a banker, Gus Keane: Clement Hale, his adopted son, Mervyn Sam: uels; Horace Bream, a young American, Wal- ter de Leon; Dr. Delaney, a fashionable physi- clan, Earle Mullikerr; Mr. Balger, halr dresser and wigmaker, Grover O’Conner:. Minnie Gil- fllian, niece of Wedderburn, Miss Louise Mene. fee: Ruth Rolt, housekeeper for Phenyl, Miss Sophie Treadwell; Lavender, her daughter, Miss Entelje Wi Mrs. Gilfilitan, & widow, Miss Florence Park TEARS DESTROY HER EYESIGHT OAKLAND, April 21—Blind with weeping alleged to have been caused by the cruelty of her husband, Clara A. Gould in her old age has begun an action of divorce against Henry Gould of the H. Gould Company, which own the Encinal Mills, He is worth between $50,000 and $75,000. He His wife says she has cried so much that the sight of her right eye is gone and the other im- paired. They were married in 1861, In her complaint the plaintiff sets forth that her husband has grown so cross she can no longer live with him. They have seven children, who are all grown. Day before yesterday she left her home and went to strangers. She asks for a division of the community property and $150 a month alimony. She alleges that her husband curses and swears at her and that he does not give her enough to live on. Their home is at 1666 Eleventh street. Attorney Frederick Whitney this af- ternoon was granted a restraining or- der to keep defendant from transfer- ring any of his property. ROMINENT = WOMAN DIES —Oakiand Ap-n 21.—Mrs. Louisa Daly, wife of, C. and active in churdl ‘work in East o.k‘,.( died this morning at her residence, :mu, after several weeks' lll- lulby‘:‘rl- (&1{?\:{" organist of Brooklyn an was & natl ew Hampshire. csim LL APPEAR IN IS TO BB PRODUCED IN OAKLAND TBTY OF BERKELEY. 1S L°U|$E e NEFEE EASTERN HEIRS CLATM ESTATE \ Romance of John A. Virgil's Life Is Now Coming_ to Tight in Legal Proceedings MOTHER AN ARCADIAN Spurned by His Relations He Came Here in Early Days and Died Without a Will OAKLAND, April Zl.—Permeated with romance, the life story of John Augustus Virgil, who kept the old “SWEET MVENDER" P RE SV COLLEGE MEN CHOOSE NEW CHIEF EDITOR ———— BERKELEY, April 21.—L, D. Bohnett was chosen editor in chief for the Daily Californian the principal student publication at the Uni- versity of California, at & meeting of the stockholders of the ' publishing - company: -last night. He has been” managing editor of the paper for & vear. Bohnett is regarded as one of the cleverest men that have held executive positions on the college daily and his promo- tion is looked upon as well deserved. The stockholders re-elected H, A, Stoddard bust- fiesé manager of the paper. G.'F. Jones was chosen president of the company. Other new officers elected were:- A. Teichert Jr., vice president; H. 8. Jewett, secretary; Bryant, treasurer; H. E. Sherman Jr., gate at large. Busjness Manager Stoddard reported that the fotal expenses for printing the Californian from the beginning of this term to April- 10 ywere §1564 83, The total receipts were. 90, leaving a profit of $520 07. Professor W. E.. Ritter has been presented Wwith a handsome silver trophy cup by the Fish, Forest and Game Exhibition Auocmmn. of California @s a prize for the display ot stuffeq birds and mammals loaned zoological deplnmflll o the untversity to the assoclation. exhibits were on display o1 e oasent. wxnibition " in® Bea 18c0. The trophy received by.Professor Ritter is a large loving cup. with two handles, bearing the names of the donors and recipient. The chemistry department of the university is in receipt of & eollectlon of rare earths from the Doullliet Company of The collection is belleved to be unique. It was_exhibited at St. Louls before being sent to California. An_elaborate reception is to be morrow afternoon to Mrs. K. M. at Hearst Hall. Mrs. White has acted as the personal representative of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst “dele- ven at the university for seven years, serving also in the intere: of the coll irls whom Mrs. Hearst ired to benefit. . White is to leave at the close of this term. for het home in Shasta County. Miss Aufa Loe u chairman of the committee } charge of rangements for the reception, l Bi Circulo Therico devoted dn evening Thurs- day to consideration and praise of the Spanish dramatist, Jose K at the h m‘ e " D Carlos Bransby. Charge of the affair. Several Triends "ot \the | club were present from South America, Spuin ; and the Phill In- Al the jxereises wers in the Spanish language. T gy ramatit and of Madrid described the first of Echegaray's masterpiece, Gateoto,” given I the Teatro. Espanel. Other members of the club spoke Of the dra- matist's work. President Wheeler has received a letter trom United States Commissioner of Education Wil liam T. Harris, asking him to recommend two students for teachers In the secondary sohool work of Bolivia, South America. The university authorities will advertise to- morrow for bids for the construction of ad- ditions to Hearst Hall and Harmn: on - gym- nasium. The improvements are Intended to 1n- crease the bathing and dressing accommoda. tions In both buildings. e ot ILILNESS BRINGS SUICIDE. OAKLAND, April 21. — Harty Boggs, & farm hand employed on the ‘Waubach ranch, twenty miles east of Pleasanton, committed suicide last night by shooting himself in the heart with ;oputol. Boggs was 20 years old. r several months he had been despondent because of ill. health. The Coroner will hold an inquest to-mor- row at Pleasanton, where the body was taken to-dav. —t - CAPTURE ESCAPED MAN. OAKLAND, April 21.—John Ta- veria, who escaped yesterday from De- tectives Q and 5 ar- rested this mornm at mghth Adeline streets, having been out of his hi llc 1 Oakland rlfl#&i - at i tlu th Taveria is under urloul lomflm Nileg roadhouse in the days of the gold excitement, when from the four corners of the earth people were flock- ing from San Francisco through Niles and Livermore to the gold fields, is being laid ope® in the probate court, where some $4J60 is about to escheat to the State. The old man died about eight years ago, without kith or kin near him, and left no will. - For more than five years his money has lain un- claimed in the county treasury. Advertisements placed in Eastern newspapers resulted in the finding of Virgil’s family and tracing him to the Arcadians scattered along ‘the At- lantic shores. According to staterents in voluminous depositions, Virgil's mother was Mathilde Pearl, who gave birth to a natural son, the child or one Morsulito Lopez. They lived at St. Augustine, Fla., where the child was born in 1821, In 1828 the mother died, and the child, friendless and alone, was taken by Dr. Augustus Virgil to New York and cent to "The Model” School at Chautauqua. Pearl also took his benefactor's name; but when the doc- tor died, in the late fortles, he was again left without a friend, and turned his face to the West and came to Cal- ifornia. After being out here a short time he took the old roadhouse, which in those days was an adjunct to Vallejo's Mills and afterward known as Niles. Until 1885 none of his relatives heard from him. His mother had two broth- ers. Samuel and Thomas Pearl, and there are thirty-two grandchildren, who now legally are entitled to the money nerc. Shortly before his death Virgil wrote to some of them and sent $590 in gold to pay the expenses of any one of them who would elect to come and live with him; but when the time came none of them wished to come, and the matter dropped. To one of his playmates, however, he sent the lines beginning: 1 wandered to-day to the hill, Magsle, To watch the scenes below. Thé creek and the creaking old mill, Maggle, As 1 used to long ago. Yellow with age, this is the only specimen of his handwriting extant, but is sworn to as having been received from him, and butside of the story told of his life is the only thing that con- nects him to the Pearl family, which would now get the money about to go to the State. The hearing of the mat- ter was not finished to-day, but was! continued fof one week. MAKES PITEOUS PLEA TO COURT OAKLAND, April 21.—"I plead not altogether for his sake, but for the baby’s.” Thus writes the wife of John John- son, a former deputy town marshal of Berkeley, who has been ordered to appear for sentence Tuesday on a con- viction of larceny. Mrs. Johnson has appealed to Ezra Decoto, county pro- bation officer, for clemency. Her hus- band is in Decoto’s charge. She adds in her piteous appeal: I hope and pray that this may be a lesson to him (he rest of his life. He has made great promiscs to me, if he only gets a chance to start again. My baby and I are staying with i and it makes It narder to listen to the sobs and sighs of his poor old mother. As his wife, I plead for one more chance. will do all in my power to hetp him live up to his promises. The wife and her baby are at 3000% Sixteenth street, San Francisco. She has remained steadfast to her erring spouse despite his troubles. Some time before his arrest in Oakland Johnson, representing himself as a bachelor, became engaged to a young woman in Berkeley. Still his wife stayed ‘loval to him. WANTS FOURTH WIFE BARRED OAKLAND, April 21.—For fear that her father, Edward Carr, -may marry the fourth time and she thereby lose a $12,000 estate, Mrs. M. E. Old has petitioned for letters of guardianship and would have the old man declared incompetent. The family live at Warm Springs, which has been their home for Ever since the death of his last wife, some two years ago, Carr has made his home with his daughter, but a short time ago her husband and the old man had a falling out and he made his father-in-law leave the place. Left alone in the world, Carr found a wo- man in San Francisco, and is actively engaged in courting her. He has lai the proffer of his fortune at her feet. He is 68 years old, but maintains is still young enough to make another matrimonial voyage. His daughter says he is crazy. The hearing of the matter was to have come up to-day, but was continued for two weeks. BOYS SERIOUSLY BURNED. OAKLAND, April 21.—Joseph Cha- bot, a boy rumm‘ at 812 East Four- teenth street, and Frank Guido, afternoon at Chabot’s home by the explosion of a small cy] ~contain- ing hot asphaltum. e boys had huM the vessel until the A lnfl flew and scattered over thc youths, sériously burning them. Cha- bot was the more nlurlfl of the pair. Phyfidwycuu .tmuud MRS. HENRY GARDNER DEAD.—Ala- -AIL APtil 21.—Mrs. Mary J. w 'lh it ks o .au“”&‘n'i‘:‘ o Tast evon: m:im-u P e P sl Sl Sk APRIL 22, 1905. NEWS OF THE COUNTIES ABOUT THE BAY WILL MAKE WAY FOR AIS RIVAL) Candidates for Office of School Trustee Settle Dis- pute Caused by Tie Vote EACH TO SERVE A YEAR One Man Will Hold Position for Half of Term and Retire to Give Opponent a Chance Spectal Dispatch to The Call. MENLO PARK, April 21.—The vote for school trustee in Las Lomitas dis-: : of Menlo trict resulted in a tle, Captain Haw- | kins and J. B. Felix sharing the votes of the citizens. A pleasant solution of the difficulty has been found, however, by the candidates themselves. Cap- tain Hawkins agrees to retire at the end of one year, giving Felix the office for the rest of the term. A. Gale has been elected school trustee of this district. CROCER SACK BALKS ROBBER OAKLAND, April 21.—H. M. Sack, a grocer on Piedmont avenue, near Fortieth street, was held up in his store at 10 o’clock to-night by a masked rob- ber, who halted Sack as he walked into the shop after a temporary ab- sence. The grocer saw the man, wear- ing a white mask, just before the rob- ber caught Sack entering. The intru- der quickly turned on the storekeeper, leveled a pistol at his head and com- manded him to throw up his hands. In- stead of obeying, Sack grabbed his as- sailant and grappléd with him in a struggle to get the weapon away from the robber. The pair tussled and fought around the store for a minute or so, until the masked thief freed the ‘weapon and fired a shot at Sack. With that the grocer broke away from the pistol-wielder and ran out of the store. The robber fired a second shot at Sack and followed the shopkeeper, disap- pearing in the darkness down Pled- mont avenue. As soon as possible Sack notified the police. He said the robber got noth- ing. Sack thought his assailant had a companion outside. e PRENTISS N. GRAY ELECTED. BERKELEY, April 21.—In one of the most exciting political contests that students at the university have fever tonducted, Prentiss N. Gray of the”® claks’ of 06 was to-day elected president of the Assaciated Students of the University of -California. He received a majority of thirteen votes over Harry A. Encell, his one oppo- nent. Gfay represented the athletic «| and fraternity contingent at the uni- versity, while Encell had no backing from either of these powerful sections of college life. Voting was separate between the men students and the co-eds. The former gave Encell a majority of eighteen, but the women favored Gray MENLO REALTY |CITY FATHERS IS IN DEMAND] HEED PROTEST LS Prices Obtained at Recent|Trustees of Palo Alto De- Sale of Villa Sites Show! c¢ide to Give Up Plan to Great Increase in Value Pave Streets of the Town MANY LOTS ARE BOUGHT |CURFEW BELL TO RING ——— Twelve Hundred Dollars an|Ordinance Compelling Chil- by a majority of thirty-one, making his net vote over Encell thirteen. —————————— WHOLE FAMILY IN JAIL. OAKLAND, April 21.—The Hussey family, husband, wife, son #hd daugh- ter, residing at 62 Linden street, ap- peared to-day in the Police Court to answer to charges of disturbing the peace, Mrs. Mary Gallagher, a neigh- bor, complainant. As Clerk Mott called the roll, Patrick Hussey Sr., Mrs. Mary Hussey, Patrick Hussey Jr. and Miss Celia Hussey answered “here.” The trouble appeared to be Miss Hussey’s pet bulldog encountered the Gallagher cat, while the Hussey chickens demolished the Gallagher flower garden. That was not all, for the Gallagher-Hussey feud has been of long standing. Policeman Scanlan interfered last night. —_————— WANTS CONFERENCE ON WIRES. OAKLAND, April 21. — Mayor Frank K. Mott has sent word to the local managers of the Western Union Telegraph Company, the Pacific Pos- tal Telegraph Company, the Sunset Telephone Company and the Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company and electric supply corporations to arrange a convenient date at which they can meet with city officials to confer over the putting of wires underground. The Mayor expressed a desire that the con- ference -hall not be delaved. ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS Gl'uv:a Amsm—oudma wgrfln. , suspected of stealing the Has S Compeny, has been ar- rested An:dn. He 'm brougkt. in back to Oskland. “GOOD FRIDAY OBSERVED.—Oakland, April 21.—In all of| the Catholic and Episcopal churches, as well as In several of the evangel- ieal, services were conducted to-day appro- priate"to the observance of Good Friday: DIRECTORS ORGANTZE.—Oakland, April 2L—The directors of mewmkx“":“ Board of le erganized t it electing the fol- Towing officors: Prement, C. Ca viee president, Hng‘ Hmn- trn-unr. 3. { Keller; secretary, Edwin Stearns. TEA CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS.—Alameda, —Officers have been ol.mdmby the Mrs. Mrs. Charles A. Alla PIONEER Dus—om Jabez Hateh, a plga:er_ at his residence, Thirty-sixth street. » Hatch was a lve of Boston, Mass., where i “Hook ot this sty Hateh remaed in Benicia. for years. i WILL LAY CHURCH CORNERSTONE. Oal Aori 21— of that ! and, April died mfiflmrnm;' Acre Is Paid for a Piece of Property West of Town Epecial Dispatch to The Call. MENLO PARB April 2.—The people Park themselves upon the prices recently ob- talhed In a sale of villa sites on the | Streets. dren to Stay at Home After Nine (°Cloek Is Introduced Epectal Dispatch to The Call. PALO ALTO, April 21.—The Town are - congratulating | Trustees at a meeting last night deeid- ed to give up their plan to pave the This action was due to the rising ground, west of the town. Some | large number of protests made by prop- of the pléces brought as high as $1200 | erty owners, who objected to the heavy an acre, -a price that indicates. the |cost of bitumen pavements. Much of favor in which this locality is viewed | the proposed work will be done, how- as & center for country homes. Among |ever, those who bought land at the sale were George Nunn, Charles Smith, James G. Mason, . D. E. O'Keefe, James T. O’Keefe, A. Johnson, Mr. Marcus and Mr. Hoitt. J. W. Gilbert and Mrs. Os-) trander of Palo Alto also secured val- uable Iacluon-. TRYING T0 FIND HEAD SMUGGLER Special m to The Call. SAN JOSE, Apfll 21.—The examina- tion of the nineteen contraband Chin- ese captured in this morning is still going at police head- quarters under the direction of Chief of Immigration Mehan. The examina- tion of the men will not be completed until some time this evening. The capture of the Chinese was due to the fact that a switchman in the yards here had noticed that the seal on the car was broken and reported the matter to the railroad authori- ties. This seal must have been broken in this city, or it would have been no- ticed at the other division points on the railroad. This leads to the supposition that an agent of the smugglers in this city about to liberate the Chinese was frightened away. The capture of the Mongolians is be- Heved to be one of the most important made in a number of years. To-mor- row the prisomers will be taken by United States Marshal Shine to San Franciseo. Heveral attempts have been made by the Chinese to get letters taken out by trusties of the City Prison and mafled to frien8s in San Francisco. These letters have been turned over to the officials now conducting the examind- tion of tbe men here. NEW RAILROAD INCORRORATES Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA CRUZ, April 2L.—Articles of incorporation of the Coast Line Rail- way Company were filed here to-day. The main line will start from the city of San Francisco and run in a general southeasterly direction through San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties to Santa Cruz, a distance of eighty miles. A branch line will start at Pescadero and run in a southeast- erly direction to Boulder Creek, a dis- tance of twenty miles. The company is capitalized for $3,- 000,000, of which $100,000 is subscribed. The directors are Willlam F. Herrin, William . Hood, Peter F. Dunne, Nich- olas T. Smith and Joseph L. Willcutt. ————————e BULLETS MISS THIEVING PAI mmmnmmw REDDING, ADHI 21.—Two thl“n have for the last three months been stealing valuable copper wire from the power line of the Texas Consolidated mine and all efforts to catch them have failed. The work has been done at night and-although the line has been guarded for weeks at a time they have thus far eluded capture or identifica- tion. * Thursday night amin Hart, the in wait for mine superintendent, the vandals and succeeded in catching sight of them. He fired nineteen shots at the thieves, but they escaped. —_——— CAPTAIN BERLINSKY GETS FOUR ION'I‘II!’ SIOCK LEAVE mnflerolmlmomm— VALLEJO, April 21.—Captain A. Berlinsky of the Russian cruiser Lena left Mare Island to-day en route for St. Petersburg on a four months' sick leave. Captain Genthers, who was ln command of the transport the Viadivostok and who }-l;l been eflhll: mfio since t ma. ere, succeeded %uln 1linsky in command of the anlotth-other officers of the Lena have asked permission to return home on sick leave. city yesterday | gre ag follows: but the Trustees will wait for peti- tions from property owners before or- dering the paving done. A curfew ordinance prohibiting uhu~ dren under sixteen years of age from roaming the streets after 9 p. m. was introduced at the meeting of the Councll. —_—— REDWOOD CITY MECHANICS ORGANIZE A NEW UNION of Suburban Town Affix Signature to the Charter Roll. REDWOOD CITY, April 31.—Twen- ty-five carpenters of this city, many of whom were members of the union at Menlo Park, have formed a union here. It is expected that at the next meet- ing twenty more mechanics will sign the roll. The officers of the new union President, H. W. Lamp- kin; vice president, R. Svirs; financial secretary, T. H. Graves; recording sec- retary, George Christ; treasurer, Theo- dore Elvin; warden, T. A. Peterson; trustees — Edward Gould, Charles Soderquist and Charles Locker. —_————e RAILROAD MAN TO WED CH-\RMI\G TO)IALES GIRL Engagement of Richard Ellis of North Shore Road to Miss Sadie Burns Announced. SAUSALITO, April 21.—The en- gagement has just been announced of Richard Ellis to Miss Sadie Burns, a charming and accomplished young lady of Tomales. Ellis is employed by the North Shore Railroad Company and Is exceedingly popular. Miss Burns is a daughter of the late pioneer, Peter Burns. The date of the wedding has not been anmnounced. A SAUSALITO NATIVE SONS WILL VISIT OCCIDENTAL Parior Cmn.eu Special Car and En- the Services of a Band ol m M SAUSALITO, April 21.—Thé parlos of Native Song of this city has planned an outing for Sunday, April 30. The members will journey to Occidental, in Northern Marin County, and pay a fraternal visit to the natives of that place. A special train has been char- tered for the trip. The Sausalito band of twenty pleces will accompany the natives. —_——————— BOAT RACE IS ARRANGED BY m SERVICE MEN Crew From the m Will Try to Wrest Laurels From Man- ning’s Husky Sailors. SAUSALITO, April 21. — Arrange- ments have been completed for a boat race between the crews of the revenue cutters McCulloch and Manning. The jackies from the Manning will use the Corwin's gig, which has lost only two races out of about 150. Frita Winter will captain the MeCulloch's boat and O. Strandberg the Manning's, ————— VISITOR FROM THE EAST IS DEAD AT PALO AILTO a Woman m m Is Called. by Death. PALO ALTO, April 21.—Dr. Luey Pierce died here Wednesday night. Dr. Plerce came here some time ago from Erie, Pa., where she was a prace HT‘ physician. She was 30 years ol i Ribs by a CALIFORNIA CITY, 2n.— James Griffin fell from a rock erusher near this place to-day and three of his ribs wara broken. He was sent to the County Hospital. RAILROAD ;| WILL BUILD USE ON DESERT Contract to Erect Structure at Otis Is Awarded to Los Angeles Firm. f SAN BERNARDINO, April 21.— The San Pedro, Los Angeles and Sait Lake Railway to-day contracted with the desert in this county, the bnndlnl to be finished by September, at a cost of $25.516. ‘Work on the new road from Needles to Searchlight is to begin immediately. Thrwr«dwlllunthmfo trackl from Needles to Ibex and run through the Ivanpah Valley and from =gre to Search! t. a distance of