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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1905. NEWS OF THE: CO NUST DECIDE QUEERPONT Police Judge Smith in Quan- dary as to Statues of ‘a Partly Divorced - Woman IS SHE STILL A WIFE? Prosecution of Tenor Harry | Richards Depends Upon the View Taken by His Honor — OAKLAND, June 2.—Police Judge Mortimer Smith has under advisement a Knotty pc growing out of the new divorce It iny s a decision #hether Ha Richards, a vocalist of this city, can be prosecuted by Mrs. Richards on a charge of threatening ber with violence. Richards procured an interlocutc cree of divorce from hie wife several mc The year taken. Judge to-day as to tus when Rich- and he continued to consider it: hards is still a wife she in the eyes of the law, prose- e complaint she has is not a wife, so far s case go she can e s of maintai action. Richards was formerly a member of the First Congregational Church cheir. He declares Mrs. Richards has perse- cuted.bim and has tried to alienate the three children from him despite the fact that their custody was awarded to him after a bitterly contested diverce trial, in which serious accusatipns were made against Mrs. Richards. Claire Richards, one of the children, has written to her mother in upbraiding terms for causing the father's arrest. The girl declared eve of her graduation from school. The husband insists the mother is unfit to be with the children and that the trou- ble has been caused by his efforts to shield them from her. MORE PAY IF THE FUNDS WILL ALLOW Provisional Increase for the Teachers Who Have Served Five Years. OAKLAND, June 2.—The effort of the teache the public schools here to s increased was reward- Board of Education to-night the provisional increase of $60 a year of the salaries of all superintendents and thote teachers who have had ten years' experience, at least five of which have been in the schools of this city. The con- if the funds will allow. The ad- I payment is to be made at ‘the of the year. All other salaries are to remain the same. To-night's meeting of the board_was for the purpose of electing the tealhers of the School Department, and with the exceptions the resignations il the teachers were re-elected,” but were ‘not assigned. work was apparent, and five were handed in to the board the approaching marriage of teachers: Amy L. Furlong, Gertrude W. Hib- e H. Fry and Winnifred L. fo Mrs. 11, absence were grant Mrs. Harwood, Vesta V Johnson, A Brown, Mary Heaton, Evelyn Gilmore and Susie B. Culver Contracts were awarded for improving the Washington School to the following contracters: Brick and stone work, to P. J. Walker, for $20,799; steel work, Judson Manufacturing Company, $5661; fire- proofing. Roebling Construction Company, $645; plaster work, Willlam Mehady, $881. marble work, Columbus Marble Comp $368 94; plumbing, Ingram Ha carpentering, H. E. Brown & Co., $1582]; painting, W. H. Blake, $1913; work of painting of Te- mescal School to P. C. Nichols, $750. — e———— SCHOOL DEPARTMENT POLITICS. BERKELEY, June 2.—A conference committee of the improvement clubs of Berkeley has proposed that the Board of Education be asked to devise a plan for the appointment of school teachers on a civil service basis, instead of by . the method now employed. It is de- clared, apropos of the dismissal of Mrs. Mary Wilson from the department last Wednesday night, that autocratic power 15 exercised by the School Board, wrongfully at times, and that the inter- ests of the schools, the teachers and the public would be better seryed if a civil service besis was used for teachers’ sppointments. The plan was @iscussed at length by the committee and at a meeting to be held next Friday definite action is to be taken and recomménda~ tions prepared for submission to the Board of Education. B — THE DIVORCE MILL. OAKLAND, June 2—Eva A. Annofsky was granted an interlocutory. decree of @ivorce from Henry Annofsky to-day on the ground of cruel She testified that he was In the habit of beating her with a stick. Margaret O'Connell was @enied a divorce from John D. O'Connell, whom she charged with cruelty. Judge Elisworth held her charges were not sustained, but as the parents would not agree to live together he gave them each ope of the children. Efforts at reconciliation are being made by the children of Margaret aad Willlam O’Brien, who have a divorce suit now pending, and the matter was continued for & week to-day. [ O — WIRES WILL BE OUT OF REACH. OAKLAND, June 2.—AS the result of the verdict in the Superior Court giv- ing Mrs. Joanna Horton $12,500 dam- ages against the Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company for the death o* her husband, the telephone company has is- sued an order that on ail ‘wires coming down the sides of buildings the fuses must be placed at least nine feet from the ground. The jury in the Horton casé found that the telephone company hsd been nogligent in placing the live wires on the house at a height where they could be reached from the ground. —_—— MARSHAL ARRESTS “YEGGMAN.” BERKELEY, June 2.—Marshal Voll- mer has arrested a “yeggman,” giving the name of Frank Jordan, who was found begging on the streets. His com- panion, Michael Hickey, was taken into custody in San Francisco as the result ©f information procured from Jordan Bere. The men are alleged to be crooks, though no specific charge is made against them. ired before; e had been greatly humiliated on the | SUBMIT A MUCH - INOLYED CASE i Contradietory Evidence in | Suit Over Valuable Land Makes Decision Difficult e ST AGED MAN CRIES FRAUD P. A. MeDonell Says Nephew Obtained Deed to $18,000 Farm by Misrepresentation OAKLAND, June 2.—It was left to Judge W. H. West to-day to pick out -the false from the true! |n the testimony . given before him | in @ suft brought to enforce a | deed to twenty-one cres of valuable veg- | | etable land on Bay Farm Island deeded | { by aged P. A. McDonell to his nephew, { BEdward McDonell. The old man on the | stand to-day denied that when he signed | the deed he knew that it was a deed he ( | was signing, and stated that he sup- | posed it was a will. | In direct contradiction to this was the | testimony of the nephew and also of Sen- ator M. W. Simpson of Alameda, who drew up the deed. They testified that | when McDonell signed the instrument he | was asked if he knew what he was sign- { ing. He‘was informed that it was a gift | deed to %he property and that he was | giving it to his nephew. Corroborative | testimony was also given by Judge R. B. | Tappan, who stated that he afterward | | talked with McDonell about the deed. { | _On the other hand, Attorney A. F. St.| | Sure and George W. Reed showed by the testimony of the elder McDonell and cer- tain circumstances tending to cérroborate | his story that the old man was Inveigled | into. glying away a valuable estate to one nephew while he belleved that he was | dividing it _equally among a number of | relatives. The property is valued at $I8,- 000, and with the conclusion of taking the testimony the matter was submitted without argument, briefs, however, to be | filed by both sides. OV IPEONAS 70 CRADUATE OAKLAND, June 2—The graduation ex- ercises of the Oakland High School were held to-night in the Common School As- | s<embly Hall. The exercises were opaned b¥ an invocation by the Rev. Griffith | Griffithe, which was followed by a few remarks by Principal J. H. Pond of the | High School. Essays were read by Miss Patty Chickering and Edgar Stone of the graduating class on life in the Oakland High School. The address of the evening was deliv- ered by the Rev. T. C. Walklee on the “Life of Cleverness,” after which the | graduating class, through its president, | Harold uiver. presented the school with | a handsome picture. The exercises were | brought to a.close with the presentation of diplomas to the graduates by Judge | Clift, president of the Board of Educa- | tion.” During the exercises choral music was given by the members of the Girls' | Glee Club of the High School. | The graduating exercises of the eighth grade of the Cole School were held this morning, with Principal Frick¥ as chair- | man of the day. The programme was | composed of music and recitations by members of the graduating class. The closing exercisés of the Lafayette Grammar School were held this morning and the exhibition by the deaf and dumb | children under the instruction of Miss (. | L. Morgan and her assistant, Miss Lattie Mincher, was highly interesting. The | children attending this school are the deaf and dumb of the city, and they are | taught to talk and to understand by | watching the motions of the lips. The | exerciges consisted of recitations and readings by the children. SAN LEANDRO, June 2.—The exercises of the graduating class at St. Mary's Convent will be held to-morrow. The programme will include two short farces and several humorous dialogues by the convent pupils, The exercises will be held in St. Joseph's Hall. The graduates are: Misses Madge McCarthy, Isabel Du- arte, Josephine Hooley, Emma Rose and Mary Enos. —_——————— TO SELL CIRCUS STUFF. BERKELEY, June 2.—D. 8. Duggan has the remnants of.a traveling circus on his hands and is advertising a col- lection of circus paraphernalia for sale. The stuff is stored in a pavilion in West Berkeley. Duggan took charge of it for Fred Rawson, a former Deputy Marshal of Berkeley, who conducted the fortunes of a small traveling show through the West for a season and then asked Duggan to store the remnants in Berkeley while he went to Alaska. | Rawson has never come back to claim his circus stuff, and Duggan, desiring pay for its storage, is preparing to sell the paraphérnalia. e PIONEER OF SOLANO COUNTY TRIES TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE 1 Health and Domestic Troubles Be- Heved to Be Responsible for the Attempt. VALLEJO, June 2.—W. J. Jones, one of the oldest and best-known ploneers of Solano County, tried to kill himself yesterday with a revolver. Jones was injured in a wreck on the North Shore Rallroad near San Rafael two yea: ago, and' has not been well since tha time. Ill health and domestic trobules are sald to be the cause of his rash act. TRINITY COUNTY OFFICERS EXPECTING A CONFESSION Say They Have Additional Evidence Connecting Jorrell With Murder of Francis Heurtevant. REDDING, June 2.—Paeter Jorrell, who is accused of murdering Francis Heur- tevant, will be arraigned to-morrow. Trinity County officers say they have additional evidence connecting him with the crime. They expect a confes- sion. S S FELLOWSHIPS OFFERED. — Berkeley, June 2.—The University of California author- . ities have been informed by the Tulane Uni- not open to women. Holders of the fellow may be required to teach as much as fc hours & week, but not more. Candidates have been requested to Write to Professor Robert Sharp, at New Orleans. DURBAN, Nats 2—A great storm witch e awent Shrer Pitis Town, Toe Seater e Srowning of Afty Hindeo uorers. ¥ DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S DEPUTY ON WARPATH Resents Disagreeable Story by - - Witness in Slicer Case. FAIL T0 PASS| Registrations of 38 Pupils|Highly Prized Trophies Giv- of Stanford Canceled, by| en to Pupils of Dominican the Scholarship Committee| Convent in San Rafael Services of an Officer Are Required 1o|SpyERAL ARE WARNED ARE TALENTED * Prevent a Violent Assault. : ; Cleverly Rendered = Pro- r Shi Result of PLdgggRrggwER Carefal Teaching by Sisters OF BLOSSOMS e ot GIRLS Two of University's Best Foothall Players Are Said to Be on the Fatal List '"OAKLAND, June 2.—There was a tor- rential flow of wrath when Deputy DIs- trict Attorney W. H. L. Hynes learned to-day that J. J. Vietory, a witness in the Slicer will contest now on trial, had testified that through the women folk of the Hynes household the women folk contents of Slicer's will a few days after it had been signed. As soon as court adjourned Hynes sought Victory out and it needed the combined efforts of Deputy Sweeney and several spec- tators to restrain Hynes from making a rough and tumble attack with Victory. | O'Rourke home on Myrtle street. The - 1t came out in the evidence given that | ment of pink and white sweet peas with pink | 81:d that thirty-one others have been Hynes drew the will for the late| tulle and ribbons was unusually srtistic and [ told that thelr work must improve or Charles B. Slicer and also that Victory | formed a pretty background for the fair youns | they will be required to withdraw. Of hrad gbtn!md kl::’r)w!;dxe of thzc«;nte:}l ::ldeé';;e:;‘ l':lh:r Lally, a close friend of umdnmnbar éirogpe: three are women of the will. and when pressed for his | the urke family, came from San tudents, of ti ui source of information snl:d that his wife | officiate at the mn‘r’rlm ana was on-,:.'.ht: { :\va ‘;‘rc w:::em. ¢ aumber warned | showing the result of careful teaching. had been told by some of Hynes' rela- | 8uests at the elaborate dinner that followed | "The report a year ago showed forty- [ The musical numbers were particularly tives. The word soon got to Hynes and | the ceremony. At 9 o'clock the guests invited | seven siudents dropped and forty-four | good. then there was trouble, and as soon as | !0 the reception arrived and added their con- | waurned. It is stated unofficlally that Archbishop Montgomery delivered Victory left the witness stand he was Eratulations and good wishes to those already | two of Stanford's best football players | the congratulatory address and with Bpecial Dispatch to The Cail STANFORD UNIVERSITY, June 2.— The report of the faculty committee BY Z0E GREEN RADCLIFFE. on scholarship of the Stanford Univer- ~ sity, as announced officially to-day, OAKLAND, June 2.—It was in a veritable | sl.ows that thirty-elght students have :t::;::l e .cm?nn‘ mmnd 4:) under 'h(l)e:m lfl-n tad their registration in the university ediay”, ahi wrence O'Rourke | oanceled because of deficiencies in plighted th s elr troth last evening at the| . ) jiiehip during the last semester, Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, June 2.—The annual commencement exercises of the Domin- ican Convent were held this afternoon before a large and fashionable audience in assembly hall. The bhall was taste- fully decorated with flowers and potted palms and ferns. Miss Miriam Clarken delivered the class poem in a very able manner and Miss Genevieve Vaughn the valedic- tory. Every number on the programme was ably rendered, the performers . s e The annual dinner that is one of the pleasant events of each yvear in the officlal career of Joseph Saunders, superintendent of the Home for the Blind, togk place last evening in the home out on Telegraph avenue. The big din- ing-room presented an artistic and unique ap- accosted by Hynes, who told him that | offered by the family. are among the unfortunates whose reg- | appropriate words distributed the he had lied. The Deputy District Attor- Mr. and Mrs. O'Rourke are starting out in lstration has been cancelald. honors to the bright scholars and grad- Teir own littls home In Pledmant ls turnished T words and demonstrations Gaussd ths | ffem the Mo e ol o et e The Californla Northwestern Railway several bystanders to get between the | tful gifts will leave nothing to be desired. ran a special train to accommodate the angry Naeniand Asparate ther. The bride, who wore a pretty but simplv big crowd that attended the exercises. dagod Diplomas were awarded to the fol- Fainter, a brother-in-law or the groom, was lowing: Miss Miriam Irminie Clarken, M AMH]A LUUN” wa& his best man; Great Northern and Boston Steamship Company Give |drews and Miss Mary McGraw. The fol- lowing were awarded gold medal: LICENSE COLLECTIONS.—Oakland, June Ba’ws-for Pflssengers‘ For good conduct, Miss Sabina Lenn ap- piication, Miss Marguerite Bergez; English, May. D;mnc: dozens of gay hammocks and b Special Dispatch to The Call. Miss Miriam L Clarken; Latin, Miss Genevieve DOGS POISONED.—Oakland, J 2.—M the work of the blind inmates, being arran, B Miss Stella Zifferer and Miss Irene Ciprico; E. Lyons, residing at 804 Center street, has | With striking effect about the room and against | SEATTLE, June 2.—Blds for passenger | vocal music, Miss i T complained to the police that an unknown miscreant has poisoned several valuable dogs Daisy Ena. Stxth grade certificate in music, Miss Ag- ney proposed to make him make a re- | ¢ under most auepicious cireumstanees. SO T AN T uates. His address was very interest- traction of what he bad sald, when the | QUARTERMASTER OPENS ing and instructive. made gown of white silk , was a TRANSPORTATION BIDS by Miss Bradford of ‘San Francisco, and Dr. Miss Genevieve L. Vaughn, Miss Mar- garet C. Menihan, Miss Hattie Belle An~ 2.—Munictpal licenge collections for May were §13,705 50, an Increase of §421 75 over last Vaughn; special music for piaho and harmony, the walls. A perfect Ith of flowers, culled ransporta Han the teeuiirl Warasis. st ettty |1 o i tion from the sound | JHL, B8 owned by her, tution, addéd to the genorel picturesqueriest: to Mfl b“ l-flcd Tum-m "G" opened Yfiled- oLt grade eertifieate in musie, Clarice ¢ e directors of the home, with their wives, | terda: ‘aptain F. A. Grant, Units MRS. MCELHATTON DEAD.—OakIand, | were the guests of honor and cach reoponded &5 y ¥ to senior year, Miss Katherine June 23-A year of rapld pace along the path- States Quartermaster. The Great North- | coliman: Miss Sabina Lonnoh and Miss Caro- a toast in an entertaining fashion. Colonel John Lays ot pleasure of the night life has cost | b [righ, {nimitable as & toastmaster. Steamshi, he B 3 % . presided | ern Steas lp Company and the Boston | lyn Lemoine. (h:lccl‘:’l“h:'t;ml‘n::n l‘lrr; She died last ana called upon W. G. Paimantéer, I. Walter | Steamship Company both bid on passen- | _Promotions 1o jumior year, Mis Margusrits . H. C. Capweil. Georke Randoiph, George had Berges. Miss Irene Ciprico, Miss ce Guit- ot ger arato, but the Iatter the frelght | ¢\ Niss Clara Jeffrics, Miss Frances Murphy, VETERAN FIREMAN IS SUMMONED.— Alameda, June 2.—John J. Harron, a_veteran volunteer firemin of the jloneer San Francisco aepartment, dfed to-day at his home on Oak Sirect. He' whs €5 years of age and leaves wite. COMPANY F TO ENTERTAIN.—Oakland, June 2.—The members of Company F, Fifth Regiment, N. G. C., are prepared to entertain many guests at an entertainment and dance to be held in Maple Hall next Monday evening, Jene 5. DISMISSES GARDENFR.—Oakland, June 2. W. Flemming, gardener at Lafayette Square, was discharged to-day by the Board of Public Worke or Inebricty. Robert Johnson. o fire epartm v‘lz."cy.&nl extra man, was appointed to the whepe thay went & the_ ‘guests of Mr. ISLE CITY SCHOOLS CLOSE.—Alameda, | A1 MEFTitt in the latters ey white June 2.—Eighty-two pupils were given diplo- | mas from the grammar grades at the close of the public schools to-day. Studies will be resumed In the department the first, woek in August. FATALLY INJURED BY TRAIN,—Oakland, June 2.—Jchn Andichoux, e dishwasher resid- ing at 564 Franklin street. was fatally fnjuréd to-night at 8 o'clock by being struck by 4 west bound Alameda local train at First and Frank- Meredith, Judge Wells and Dr. Rowell. A monclogue by Miss Frances Irish was also a pleasant feature of the evening, Other rhru:ud;e f’ M)rd. Suunfluer;‘ war;‘_ n:s!l. bids. The figures are as follows: among them ng Mr. an rs. Frank A. Fletcher, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gray, Floyd [ Great Northern Steamship Gray, Mrs. O. D. Smith, Mrs. M. Goodrich and | §ers to Manlla, first class, §225; Miss Addie Goodrich, E. O. Allen, T. A. Wil- | to Nagasaki, 394 60, via Shanghai; via Hong- liston and George F. Saunders. kong, $250 and &us”:nm Ny to Manlia, $45 to 370 first cl and A number of Oaklanders are planning to go ; class, according to the numoer carried. down to Santa Cruz next Saturday to the auto | Boston Steamship Company, passengers, $125 meet. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Cotton and the B. | first-clasa to both Manila and Nagasaki; from S. Hubbards will be among_the visitors, $33 to $55, second class, according to the num- i ber carrfed and whether subsistence Is fur- nished; from Nagasaki to Manila, $62 50, first class, and from $35 to $40, second class. Frefgh transportation, Seattle to Manila—General mer- chanaise, §6; coal, $6 50; lumber, $12; horses, mules and cattle, $75 to $100 per head; sheep, $10 to $12 50 per head. —_———— UNION HIGH SCHOOL HOLDS COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES biddirg to itself. The Boston Steamship Company made much the lower passenger Miss Bertha Radovich and Misa Kathleen de Young. The following is the programme that ‘was rendered: “Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor. sextet (Nicolai), Misses A. Maloney, garet Menihan, M. Ena, Katherin Stella Zifferer, Irene Ciprico, C. Ena, Belle Andrews, Beatrice Guittard, Frances Murphy, Anna’ Ena, Elsa Behlow; contralto, “For All Eternity’ (Mascheroni), Miss Mary Ena; accompanists—piano, Miss C. Ena; vialin, Miss Mary McGraw: ‘Liebertraume’ (Lizst: Munier) (violins, mandolins, cello, lute, piano); “Jewel Song” (Faust) (Gounod), Miss Agnes Maloney; accompanist, Miss Mary Ena: chorus, “Hymn To-Night"" _(Beethoven-Spicker). So- prani I—D. Ena, T. Oneto, Andrews, I. Ciprico, M. Mineha; motne. Soprani II—A. Maloney, K. C. Jeftries, K. de Young, Geneviéve Urquahart. Alti I—C. Ena, M. MeGraw, B. Guittard, B. Radovich, Sabina Lennon. Alti II-M. Ena, N. Cassinelli, F. Murphy, Adele Edwards; ac- ccmpanist, Miss Stella Zifferer. “Mu. " (Gastaidon), Miss Teresa Onet i “Othello Over- (Rossini) (violins, mabdolins, celio, luts, . plancs); contralto, Cupa Fatal Mes: a” (Centemeri), Miss Norma Cassinelli; Mr. and Mrs, George Humphrey have just returned from an auto trip to Santa Cruz, The yearly pilgrimage to McCrays has be- gun and aiready a numbver of Oaklanders are enjoying a sojourn at the popular old ‘‘Home- atead,’” among them being Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Schrock, Dr. and Mrs, Fred Morse and Mr. and Mre. W. H. Wellbye. Miss Margie Webber will sing at the Adel phian Club next Monday. Miss Webber is the young singer in_whom Guster Is taking sreat interest and whose recital next Wednesday, 1~ | Reception to the Class of 1905 Is Tendered by the Under- elassmen. lin streets. SERGEANT - LYNCH A MARKSMAN.— | night s one of the week's most interestmg UKTAH, June 2.—The commencement e it B Guittard: viotin Oakland, June 2.—Sergeant of Police Frank |€Vents. B exercises of the Ukiah High School | §pRP R e M* T 0005 e “Pantins ch, with & score of 80 out of a possible b were held here last night at Marks' | vants’ (Leoncavallo) Misses Bertha Sa 75 points at pistol shooting, has won the | Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Scott leave next [ Gpera-house. The hall was tastefully | Bernice Alexander, Helen Jjones, Clara Jeffrie Wednesday for Portland, Or., to visit the, fair. N. Cassinelli, T. Oneto, C. Lemofne, Alice Du- :::rzlgl;lg"’rx;:ll as the best shot in the decorated with ferns and flowers and | % S8 70 L G Vaughn, Mapguerite DELUSION OF WOMAN.—Berkeley, June 2. | | streamers of pink, the color of the | Ky ™lgarzuerite Berges. mezzo-soprano, LUSION . 3. q ACTIVE LEADER class. The programme rendered was | “I'Ardita Valse (Arditi) (orchestral accom- Mrs. Ellen M. Parsons, an elderly woman who e alt 16 the shool After the exer- | panimen), Miss Clarice Ena: recitation, "The believes that ehe is comstantly the victim of » ~ o robbers, was arrested by Marshal Vollmer to- % cises the graduating class was ten- | Somg of ‘the Mystic™ (Fatier Ryam, O0st oy, "chareed with insanity and taken fo onk IN POLITICAL |asrea a‘roception by tne underciass- | S5 Grasd aums son Shiurice: da: Heine tna; accom- jand for examination. BAPTIST SUNDAY-SCHOOL PICNIC.—Osk- land. June 2.—The Sunday-school of the Firat Baptist Church will hold a picnic at Piedmont Springs. to-morrow. There will be games and amusements for vll. The grounds may bo reached by the Piedmont-avenue cars. WILL HOLD WHIST TOURNAMENT.— Oakland, June 2.—The ladles of the Immacu- late Conception parish will hold a whist tour- nament in the hall on the corner of Grove and Seventh streets on Friday evening, June 9. for the benefit of the coming bazaar. Many prizes will be given, GIVEN HER LIBERTY.—Oakland, June 2 Catherine Ryan, an old woman whose mind it was belleved had been deranged by the de— struction of her home by fire at Twenty-sixth and Magnolia streets, had her examination to-day and was declared to be not insane and was given her liberty. BURGLARS IN GRANT SBCHOOL.—Oak- land, June 2.—Burglars broke into the Grant School last night, ransacking the room occu- pied by Miss Eilzabeth B. Myrick's class and stealing a quantity of stationery, pens, books, pencils and the like. Miss Myrick's desk was rifled. No trace of the thieves was found. MARRIAGE LICENSES,—Oakland, June 2.— ilcenses were issued g de Saba) (Gounod). Miss Dais - panist, Miss C. Ena; op. 49, “Ode to Music’ (Zolinér), semi-chorus and orchestra. = FINISH THEIR STUDIES. men of the school. The members of the elass of 1805} are: George W. Davis, Elmer A. Gib- son, Hale McCowen Jr., Louise R. Held, TE e e George B. Dillingham, Rose M. Renick, OAKLAND, June 2.—Oliver Lindsay, | W. Kirk Ford, Ruth V. Howard, Myrtle an old-time resident of this city, died | Hughes, Wesley M. Rawles, Reuben E. yesterday at his home 4t 1662 Sixth Beckley, Eda M. Schillinger, Alice L. street, West Oakland. Mr. Lindsay | Burke and Thomas M. Jaméson. was 77 'years old and had for many —_————————— years been actively interested in Re- | CLERK IN SAN DIEGO HOTEL publican polities in West Oakland, VICTIMIZED BY A ROGUE though he never held any rErc}mh‘lefl: office. In his younger days he was al Check Given Him by Guest Is ‘one time Speaker of the Assembly in i i 5 Not Worth Paper It Was the Texas Legislature. The funeral = will be held at 2:30 p. m. Saturday |{ Written Ujon. from Brown's undertaking parlors, and SAN DIEGO, June 2.—The police are interment will be in Mountain View |looking for Adrian D. Bond. who Cemetery. dropped into San Diego on Saturday last and left on Thursday with a horse that did not belong to him. He registered at the Brewster Hotel and night began borrowing ‘WORLD DEAD ‘Graduates of San Rafael High School SAN RAFAEL, June 2.—The San Ra- faél High School held its commence- ment exercises in the San Rafael Opera- house to-night. The hall was tasteful- 1y decorated. The following programme was rendered: { Vielin solo, Miss Helene Harrold: salutatory, Miss Isabelle Day: honorary, Miss Mary Lou- don; vocal eolo, Miss Grace Morehead: address, Congressman Duncan E. McKinlay; piano solo, Miss Edwina Danner: valedictory. McCosh Gardiner; voeal trio, Mjsses Goldthwaite, Dan- ner and Boulck; presentation of diplomas, E. B. Martinelll, president Board of Education; remarks, Principal J. S. Drew. Congressman McKinlay's addre: on “Education as a Preparation for Prac- tical Life” was a very able and inter- esting discourse. The following were el e PIONEER PHYSICIAN DIES. B. K. Knight of Samta Crus|on the first pe money from the clerk. The next morn- The following marriage Passes Away. by the County Clerk to-day: Earl Johnson, 26, 7 ] ing He gave a bogus check for the | presented with Jdiplomas by E. B. Mar- wra eabelia D Irasc, 2, voth of Oakiand; | SANTA CRUZ, June 2.—Dr. Benjamin | B8 6 finelll, president of the Board of Edu- K. Knight, a former State Senator, and | for many years a prominent citizen in this county, died this morning after a long illness. Dr. Knight was physi- clan for the Southern Pacific for many Harold A. Pederson, 18, and Ruby B. Ander- gon, 17, both of Oakland; Laurence O'Rourke, 23, and Victorine E. Cediey, 22, both of Oak- land. TO CELEBRATE FOURTH.—Berkeley, June 2.—The Society of Americans of South Berke- ley 1s planning to celebrate the Fourth of July, & committes to arrange details havi been appointed, as follows: Leo 3 J Miles and Dr. M. M. Rowley, A subscrip| tion 1ist has been prepared and about will be raised RECOMMENDS ~MORE PAY.—Oakland, June 2.—The Finance Committee of the City Council_has recom an_increass from $70 to $100 & month in the pay of B. J. Tyr- ';-!lfil ':lmmphcr and lcunx to the Board of building ordinance operations. WILL PLAY CARDS and, June 2.— The ladies of St. Columba's Church will hold a whist tournament at Maple Hall on the even- ing of Wednesday, June 7. Pretty girle will have charge of the scoring and serve refresh- ments atter the cantest {s decided, Among these are Misses Alvena Annefeldt, Gertrude Chappeil, Frances Alden and Mae Clark. WH;.‘RB zlElAU(iU!T HEDLUN%—%I)!- Iand, June 2.—Mrs. August Hedlund, it £ Strect, lron Mountain, Mich. has asked the police to find her husband, Who has been away from home for e P wife declares s and_cannot support zl:e family of six children her husband L FIRE IN RECEIVING HOSPITAL.—Ala- meda, June 2.—Fire threatened to destroy the Recefving Hospital in the City Hall to-aay. Wumfillfll(hu been left lighted beneath a ing oven a l‘!‘,lmlflt of towels lnfl.' il 5 aze was djecovered ty Engineer W. R. Poyzer and was extinguished with damage SHOPTRIDGE _MAY _SPEAK.—Oakland, ne “The 1if ‘While here he wrote a letter to him- | cation: gelf which arrived on Thursday. In it he told of a large amount of money that would be ready fml" hllm in a short born in Mansfield, | time. Enclosed with the letter was a éfi:: .t‘xl:y-ei';;t years ago. He came | check for $86, which he tried to get to Santa Cruz in the early seventles, | the clerk to cash, but the clerk said and. in 1883 was joint Senator from |Nay. An hour afterward the fellow Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito | left town. counties. He fought in the Northern X T e army during the Civil War. He was | CHARGES FARE TO COUNTY, the owner of Knight's Opera-house THOUGH RIDING ON A PASS here. , Dr. Knight is survived by a widow, two daughters—Mrs. Edith Dodge and Mrs. Ida Stack, now traveling in Eu- rope—and one son, Benjamin K. “Knight, who is District Attornev of this county. o o e L Engineer Dies. George de Marias, an engineer in the Fire Department in West Oakland, died at the home of his brother, 1688 Eighth street, last night. He had been em- ployed as engineer by the department for the last twenty-nine years. He was 53 years of age and a native of New York. He leaves a son and a daughter. | ¢y goard. Several oity scandals, includ- The funeral will be held Sunday after- | jng the crematory deal, by which the noon from Pythlan Castle, under the | ity paid several times its value for an augpices of the Knights of Pythias. {nferior incinerating plant, willbe in- ’ A T vestigated. Denth of Miss Lane. —_———— ‘Miss Mary Lane, 20 years of age, died | WANTS VALLEJO CAPITALISTS in Alameda this morning after a long TO BUILD NEW THEATER illness of typHoid fever. Miss Lane was ! e a graduate of the Alameda High School | offer and was highly thought of among her large circle of friends. She was the daughter of Thomas Lane and leaves a HiothyEand thessibtoherl to have a modern hotel and theater R BT building. A well-known hotel man at Mrs. Brinckerhoft Dies. present connected with the Southern Mrs. Ann Brinckerhoff, a native of Il- | Pacific Company commissary service, linois, 68 years old, died yesterddy at|has offered to fit up in modern style and her home, 203 stree! term of years such a ‘was mother of Mrs. James P. Martin, i Mrs. Mfl“? and Mrs, . construct Trafton of this city. Interment will be | five from in Dixon. has bee Tom e ‘ the p ‘William J. Webber's Demise. William J. Webber, a nat dted George Rush Winn, Mary Agusta Loudon, Mabel Russell, Nina Goldthwaite, Mabel Anne Bouick, Isabella Day, Ruth Roberts, McCosh Thomas _Gardiner, Leslie Jacob Gardner, Parker Fullington Wood, Helene Ashby Har- rold, Edwina Mastick Danpner, Genevieve Gra— ham Tobin and Margaret Teresa McGuire. R R DIPLOMAS AWARDED. Graduating Exercises of San Rafael Grammar School Are Held. SAN RAFAEL, June 2—The grad- uating exercises of the San Rafael Grammar School took place in the San Rafael Opera-house this afternoon. In- strumental solos were rendered by Mrs. Spokane Commissioner Makes Startling Admission That May Cause His Indictment. SPOKANE, June 2.—County Commis- sioner Connolly, during a row with the other members of the board, to-day admitted he was riding on a pass given him by the Oregon Railroad and Navi- gation Company and charging the county with rallroad fare at the same time. Under the laws of Washington Connolly's act is an Indictable offense. It is believed Judge Poindexter will call a Grand Jury to Investigate this and other alleged offenses of the Coun- Francisco. Mias Irene Miller of Sausa- lito sang and E. B. Martinelli, president of the Board of Education, delivered an address, Dr. W. J. Wickman of the Board of Education presented diplomas to the following: Clara_Anderson, Ellen Ada Brown, shrane, Eana Ducy,m!:'crfnmfla-on. Della Davidson Audrey Jones, Ailee McCarthy, o' r. Mary Peacock, Irene Robin- son, Camille Sirard. Wickman, Ricke: Myron Klinger, Thomas Nichols, Harry Petersen, Francis Purser, Stan- ley t, Henry Schaer, Carl Sirard and El- Hott iz S —e————— BREAKS DOWN IN TUNNEL. CORTE MADERA, June 2.—Engine 2, pulling the southbound train from Cazadero, broke a main driving-rod in Corte Madera tunnel this morning. A reliéf engine was semnt from Sausalito. was delayed about an hour by VALLEJO, June 2—Vallejo is at last SANTA CRUZ, June !.—‘—'l‘ho 'nln&- le Mayoralty contest is now practi- :;"u'y decided, there being but one more ballot to be passed upon by Judge Smith. Mayor Traft gained six votes on former Mayor Quinn by the | recoun t. The appointment of a City Attorney for Watsonville hingeés on the contest, the Board of Aldermen being former City Attorney £ Snachy ana 3. B Garaner and J. E. the committee of the Twenty Thousand Club appointed to solicit funds for ember of the Bro 45 of Francisco and of the The tuneral will be held on Lloyd Patterson and Mr. Kelley of San | | tion that will embrace several thousand WANY STUDENTS (STUDENTS WIN POPULAR TUTOR COLD MEDALS) MAKES CiA hiE Professor Rosseter of the Sequoia High Sehool Will Go to Town of Fruitvale HIS * POSITIO! RESIGN People of Redwood Regret Loss of Teacher Who Has Done Much for Institution Special Dispatch to The Call. REDWOQOD CITY, June 2.—Professor F. S. Rosseter, principal of the Sequoia High School, has resigned his position to accept the principalship of the high school of Fruitvale. WTHile the people of Redwood regret the departure of Professor Rosseter, they are free to express their gratification at a chanas which, financlally at least, is to the advantage of the retiring principal. During the six years Professor Ros- seter taught here he advanced the standing of Sequoia, made it an accred- ited school to Stanford and Berkeley and has increased its standard until it is now recognized as one of the best preparatory schools in California. Miss Myrtle Rosseter, daughter & Professor Rosseter, has also resigned her position as Instructor of German tn the Whittier High School. She has been elected to a position in the publie school department of Oakland. —e——————— FOUR STANFORD GRADUATES ARE FROM REDWOOD OITY Success of Students Source of Pleasure to the Residents of Pretty Suburban Town. REDWOOD CITY, June 2.-CPnsld|r- able satisfaction is taken in the fact that this city contributed four of the brightest of this year's graduates from Stanford University. The four™ young people of Redwood who concluded theip collegiate careers at the Palo Alto in- stitution are Miss Hattie Nobs, Miss Aurora Peterson, Frederivk W. Nobs and Roy W. Cloud. Miss Peterson, who graduates from the Latin department, was recently elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor fraternity. Miss Nobs graduated from the German de- partment, Cloud from the history de- partment and Nobs from the depart- ment of geology and mining. — e MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS MUST KEEP QUIET OR GO TO JAIL Marin County’'s Sherif Wijl. Restrain Noisy Midnight Visitors to Mount Tamalpais. MOUNT TAMALPAIS, June 2.—The wild and woolly mountain climbers « who make the nights hideous around the summit with their yelling and pro- miscuous discharge of firearms must kéep quiet in the fature or go to the ecounty jail Sheriff Taylor of Marin County has issued his orders and with a large force of deputies will see that they are obeyed. ———e——nn WILL PRESENT AMBULANCE TO THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Foster Come to Relief 6f Town's Emergency Hospital Serviee. 2 SAN RAFAEL, June 2.—The San Ra-* fael Emergency Hospital is abolt to receive a valuable addition to its eqiipment. This morning Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Foster of this cigy ihformed Mrs. 1. C. Hoover, who has charge of a fund to be used for the benefit of the hospital, that they jwould present an ambulance of modern design to the Emergency Hospital. —_——— BUILDING TRADES PLAN LOCAL CHANGE With Return of Reorganization AMliated = Changes in the formation of local bodies afiliated with the Buflding Trades Council were discussed at = meeting last night, when President P. H. McCarthy occupied the chair for the first time since his long absence in the Fast. The new organization as revised will consist of local, State and natfonal ° aillance. The action of the convention was fa- vorable to the bricklayers in the con- tention with the tilesetters as to which vnion had the right to set bricks i mantel construction. The longshoremen of the Pacific Coast are about to organize a federa- members. - The regular weekly meeting of the San Francisco Labor Council was held 1ast night, with Will J. #rench in the chatr. W. P. McCabe was elected sec- retary and business agent to fill the unexpired term of Russell I, Wisler. A vote of thanks was given to the retir- ing secretary. /] The boycott was raised on. Shenson’s’ butcher shop at 59 Sixth street, as the, atore has complied with union condi~ tions. A schedule of wages and hours for coopers in breweries was referred to the executive committee. The San Francisco Labor Council passed resolutions deploring the ten- dency of certain courts to issue injune- tions upon th- simple declaration of “injury to business,” without reference to the privilege of the customer to withhold patronage. It also deciares the issuance of injunctions under these circumstances a misuse of the courts.