The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 10, 1905, Page 4

NEWS OF THE COUNTI POETRY OF SCOTS FASCIN ATING. Professor Dixon’s Lecture Course Is Very Popular With the Students. | | i James { Dr. Boltz- | | | most pro- re instruc- es in the om the land Danube.” Dixon, a hojar, born and ver Doon, of | lecture eagerls room to the rolling on_about | and | of | s subject, and inated school usses ““Bob- | tch poetry— ds—in general. tion to the eth- | cteristics of | el s, | , graduated at St. | . in Edinburgh, and | nt in the philosophy de- | has had a career es an | ersities the world over. | of ‘English literature in | of Tokio before | and has dN‘Oh\llansj bestowed ¢ by the Japanese Em- peror for his services at the Imperial University. | Dr. Dixon 1s renowned zmong scholars | for his res etry rches in the field where po- | is measured to ascertain the effect | ¢ e heart beats upon the meter of | His unique experiments in this e been in progress in Professor n's department at the State Uni- for six months. He has worked | Professor Dunlop and F. 'B.| in these experiments, using ma- | especially constructed for the | purpose. The result of this work is to be | embodied in a volume by Professor | Dixon next year. | The Scotch tongue and the Scotch peo- | ple naturaly appeal strongly to Mr. | Dixon, and it is because of this that he is now giving his spare hours, day and night, to promoting the “Scottish day” programme in the Greek Theater at. the university, on July 15. He is secretary of the executive committee in charge of | the programme. DAY FOR SCOTS AT UNIVERSITY Entertainment in Greek The- | ater Is Planned—Events of the Coming Week. | BERKELEY, July $—The coming week &t the university is to have more features of general interest than the ordinary seven days of summer sehool | afford, several lectures upon important | topics being on the calendar, with the Scottish day on Saturday for a climax. The Scotch folk about the bay, and even farther away, have arranged to celebrate at the Greek Theater on July 15, devoting an afternoon té Scotch songs, dances, recitations and a ldt- erary address. all under the duspices of the _St. Andréws’ _and other Scotch societies In Oakland, San versity with Wrinch chinery | General Lauck | Koerber % ncisco and Saf Jose. Scotch high- be worn by the 11 provide music mous fish wives of be imp onated by Scot wor ifornia; reels, strathspeys, ete, will be nced by Highlangers in full costume; of Burns’ poems will be recited Caledonian; the Scottish native unes of the olden time will be large male choir. ‘Present Swedish- to be delivered by in the Philosophy build- fessor Henry Morse § a reading from the s urne on Wednesday Hearst Hall The initial meeting of an informal ephens will poetry -of night in class In the study of the Greek New ment, under Professor Seymour of . will be held Mon afternoon in Xaléd lecture on “The At- re S to be delivered by Dr. Biddle in the chemistry buifld- ing on Thursday night. ADJUTANT GENERAL ILL IN OAKLAND Commander of the National Guard of California Suf- fers From Overwork. OAKLAND, July eral J. B. Lauck, 9.—Adjutant Gen- commander of the National Guard of California, is now | at his Oakland home under the Dr. D. D. Crowley, who Lauck’s family physiclan as well as the surgeon general of the National Guard. General Lauck was compelled to leave his work at Sacramento last week and come to Oakland for treat- re of is General | ment. Dr. Crowley says that while General | Lauck is a sick man, there is nothing very dangerous about his has given the closest attention to his duties as the head of | had a great | the State militia, and has h deal of work to do in putting the or. ganization into the form preseribed the new State laws. All of this hay told severely upen him, and he is very much run down through overwork. HHe will remain in Oakland for some time until he thoroughly recovers. < D VACATION AT CAMP BONIT Large Party From Oakland Enjoys Outdoor Life at New Grounds. OAKLAND, July 9.—A jolly y enjoying outdoor life at :'axhpnafl‘—v::lltls near Pleasanton, this year. Among the members are several well known people of this city, Including George B. M. Gray, 2 Popular real estate man of Hast Oak- and. Camp Bonita is located on t of Bunol Creek, between Sunol ufi; !':?an-:-. anton, on the old Nusbaumer ranch, and since its establishment it has become one of the most popular of the many camp- ing grounds in Alameda Coumy. In addition to the large party of Oak- land people who are spending their vaca- tion at Camp Bonlta, there is a large representation from many of the faterior towns of the county and also several visitors from San Francisco. Many friends of those spending their vacation at the camp visited the grounds early this week and stayed over the Fourth, when Camp Bonita had a celebration of its own. —_———— TIDAL CANAL WATER PARK. ALAMEDA, July 9.—Steps have been taken by the North Side Improvement Clyb to have the City Trustees convert the south side of the tidal canal be- tween Park street and Fruitvale ay- enue Into a water park. The Alameda Advancement Association, Adelphian Club and West End Improvement As- sociation will be requested to lend their assistance. It is.planned to plant trees on the site next fall. Messrs. Gillogly, verber and Watson of the North Side Club have been named as a committee the promotion organizations t condition. | MALL RETURNS FOR HIS LABORS | William Malter Exerts Great Effort to Swindle a Few People Out of Petty Sums ‘HI, S e LIMIT IS ONLY $1.50 {Suave Young Man Pretends to Own Property and Makes Trifling Borrows OAKLAND, July 9.—With an imaginary $38,000, rcalized from the sale of a phan- tom ranch at Bakersfield, William Maiter, | 23 years old, suave, sleek and glib, swung into town last week, ready to meet enter- prising traders in city and county prop- erty who might be willing to part with their holdings for coin of the realm. William worked a scheme for winning easy money, but the mystery of his oper- j ations lies in the fact that the returns gtmm his deals were entirely out of har- mony with the mental Jabor he exgrted to accomplish his ends. And besides he has | landed in jall. Malter was caught yesterday in East , Oakland, where, as William Bohle, he at- { tempted to make small loans. on the i strensth of projected investments in real estate. But he was suspected, and the | police took charge of the enterprising vis- [ itor. To-day there were uncovered nu- merous financial transactions that Malter, or Bohle, must expiain. | He ventured into Captain W. R. Thom- as’ office a few days ago, dropped a re- | mark or two about the sale of his Bakers- | ficld ranch, and hinted that he was about to become a_ landed proprietor in Ala- meda Cougty. Did Captain Thomas have any ®lients who might desire to sell fine ranch lands? Most assuredly, Captain Thomas could accommodate his inquirer. Thomas Fish, who resides at 5 Mec- Clure street, was introduced to Malter, and was so taken that he invited the prospective buyer to be ‘his guest several days while they looked over Fish's | ranch at Sunol. Malter was wined and | dined on a visit to the property. It | struck his fancy. The price, $3000, was right. A bargain was made, and Malter even hired the keeper of the place to re- | main. He also arranged to purchase a bunch of cattle. Then it was a wait for a day or two until the bank should transfer the coin from Bakersfield—would Captain Thomas let him have $1 50 over night? Certainly. rat was the last of Malter according to nas’ complaint to the police this morning. J. P. Hardin of 1827 Encinal avenue, Alameda, parted with $150 while nego- | tiating the sale of a house to Malter. H. L. Kemp, an Eleventh street furniture deaier, was selected as a victim, but he was suspicious, and saved his money. Tre police were notified by a woman, who refuscd to disclose her identity, that Mal- ter had swindlcd her. And thcre are others. Why Malter exercised so much effort on | such small returns js what puzzles the | victims and the police. His limit ap- | pearea to be $1 50. e FLARES SWEEP " THROUGH HILS Mountains South of Liver- more Are Ablaze and Much Damage May Be the Result — OAKLAND, July 9.—Twenty-two square miles of territory are being swept by a fire that is raging in the hills south of Livermore. Hundreds of acres of grazing land are being devastated and ranches are being threatened by the flames. Hun- | areas of the ranch owners are working to ve their property and check the spread of the fire. . The blaze started on Crane Ridge, in the Mocho Creek region, south of Liver- more. The country, parched and dry from the long continued hot weather, was like tinder, and the fire spread with wonderful rapidity. Over the Crane Ridge to the east and south it spread. Up toward Buckeye hunting lodge and over o Corral Hollow Creek it worked its eastward and down Lone Tree Can- yon it swept Into San Joaquin. County and out toward the San Joaquism Valley. Fortunately for the people of the Liver- more Valley, the wind carried it away ¢ | from Livermore and into a section that is | not so thickly populated. While the dam- age being done is great, the loss of prop- erty would have been tremendous had the fire been carried into the grain flelds and vineyards of the Livermore section. A campfire left by careless hunters is supposed to have been the cay of the conflagration, and the stockmen who have had their grazing lands burnt over and 1 who have lost eattle by this fire are look- ing for the ones who caused the trouble. The stockmen of this section have an or- ganization that is banded against hunt- ers, for every year a fire or this kind is generally started through criminal care- lessness upon the part of hunters. These | fires not only injure the feed, but cause a great loss to stock, the young cattle meeting death in the flames. The extent of this loss is never definitely known, even by the owners of the stock, and this fire, covering such an area, is bound to be an unusually damaging one. 5 ————— RABBI FRIEDLANDER HONORED. OAKLAND, culy 9—While visiting Cincinnati, the Rev. Marcus Friedlan- der, rabbi of the First Hebrew Congregation of tais eity, who is now making an extended tour through the larger cities of the East, was invited by the Rev. Dr. Crossman, rabbl of the Plum Street Temple of that city, to.oc- cupy the pulpit of the temple. As the Plum Street Temple is the largest and most fashionable place of wor- ship In the city of Cincinnati, the mem- bers of Rabbl Friedlander’s congregation thoroughly eppreciate the honor con- ferred upon him: by the invitation ex- tended by Dr. Crossman.. ————— METCALF LEAVES FOR WEST. OAKLAND, July 9—Victor H. Met- calf, Secretary of Commerce and Labor, =n left Washington on his way to and 18, via the | ——————————— STORK VISITS OAKLAND HOME. ‘OAKLAND, June 8.—The stork - 1ited the home of Charles J. Evans, well known San Francisco appraiser, last evening. The new arrival, a ‘ollllmnc boy, and the mother are both we! X for | by Congress. he will arrive | OLD LANDARKS CHANCE OWNERS! Mosswoand am11 Two Other’ YVenerable Oakland Homes Sold During Week Ended BUSINE SATISFACTORY Real Estate Men Find the Market More Active This Month Than Was Expected £ A OAKLAND, July 9.—"Mosswood,” the old Moss home at the corner of Broadway | ;and Moss avenue, which for many years | has been one of the landmarks of North Iuakland. was sold this week by Attor-: | ney Edward C. Harrison, who is settling | ul- the estate for the heirs, and the prop- | erty will probably be cut up into building ; lots as soon as the sale is approved by | the Probate Court. The name of the pur- chaser of the property has not been made ! public as yet and will not be until the sale is approved by the court. The property consists of 11.89 acres, and | | In the State proceedings it was appraised at $4500. When the old home was of- * fered for sale a number of bids were re- | ceived, the largest being $0,005, and as| this is more than $5000 above the ap- praised value of the property there is no doubt that the sale will receive the ap- proval of the court. This sale was by ) far the largest of the last week. Two other old Oakland homes have | also changed hands in the last week, the first being the Chapman place at the cor- | mer of Third avenue and East Fourteenth | | street, which was sold by J. H. Mac-| donald & Co. to John Le Blanc. The new owner has aiready begun the work of | tearing down the house, built more than | thirty years ago by General Hardenberg, to make room for several new houses, which will be erected at once. MEALTY MEN SATISFIED. The E. M. Herrick property at the cor- | ner of Webster und Hawthorne streets has just been sold by Holcomb, Breed & Bancroft to Mrs. Merriun of Sonoma | County, who has purchased the property fur the purpose of making her home in | this city. As soon as some necessary new owner will take possession. In’ addition to these three large sales | there have been. a number of smaller deals recorded during the last week, and on the whole local real estate men ex- press themselves as well satisfied with the present condition of the summer mar- | ket, which is much more active than was | expected for the vacation season, when | this line of business is usually very dull. | The removal of the offices of the Realty Syndicate from San Francisco to | the corporation’s new building in this city is just mbout completed, and it is| expected that everything wili be in work- | ing order by the middle of the coming | week. i The Oakland Board of Trade has com- | pleted all the preliminary plans for the | exeursion to be given on August 7 to the Lewis and Clark Exposition at Portland, and Secretary Edwin Stearns has just left this city for Portland to complete the arrangements for the.accommodation and entertainment of the excursionists while they are in the northern city. ALAMEDA DAY AT FAIR. Tt is expected that fully 200 members of the board and their families will take } fair, and a thoroughly enjoyable trip is promised to all. August 11 will be Oak- land, Alameda and Berkeley day at the fair and the officials of the exposition have placed the exposition band ag the disposal of the Board of Trade for that day and have promised to see that every one from the three cities has a good time. A second excurslon will be given to Portland in September, starting from this city on the 6th, so-that the excursionists may spend Admission day at the fair. William J. Laymance, president of the Laymance Real Estate Company, said to- day that in the last weex he had re- ceived three deposits on Oakland prop- erty from an outside capitalist, the total value of the property thus secured being about $45,000. Mr. Laymance also re- ports the recent sale of a fine residence on the corner of Tenth and Jackson streets to Nicholas Froebe of Napa. Taylor Bros. & Co. have just received a contract to sell the Sanford tract, near Fruitvale avenue, between Fruitvale and Fimhurst, and they will at once sub- divide the property into building lots, which will be placed on the market. James S. Naismith, the well-known local real estate man, left Oakland yes- | terday with his family for a two weeks’ camping trip through Sonoma and Men- doecino counties. DOINGS OF DEALERS. ¥. F. Porter, whose office 1s located at 466 Ninth street, has left for his vacation, which he will spend in visiting the larger cities of the East. Manager Skidmore, who is in charge during Mr. Porter’s ab- sence, reports a lull in the business at present. Harry B: Belden has just returned from alterations in the house are completed the | o;jy 3 few hundred dollars. advantage of this opportunity to visit the |- GIRL'S JEWEL ARE RETURNE Mystery Deepens in Affair of Valuables Stolen From Miss Rowe at Berkeley ARE PUZZLED Father Insists Upon Regard- ing the Case (losed, Now That Daughter Has Gems | POLICE BERKELEY, July 9—The mystery sur- rounding the disappearance of diamonds ' and other jewelry valued at $2%0 from | the home of Heary Rowe on University terrace ‘was deepened to-day by the an- ncuncement of Mr. Rowe that the jewelry had all been returned. Instead of sim- | plifying the case, however, this announce- ment from the contractor added to the strange features of a puzzling case. The Town Marshal's office confesses itself at sea. It is pected Rowe, now hinted that tl:e Rowes sus- some friend of Miss Geraldine who is said to have worn the| jewels when they were stolen or los! and it was because of a desire to exert pressure upon the suspected friend or in- imate of the family that so much secrecy was observed in the matter from th= be- ginning. From chance wi the Rowes in their conversations regard- ing the robbery, it is believed that a| kleptomaniae friend took the jewels from the girl or secured them from the Rowe house, after cbserving them on Miss | Rowe's person. Those who hoid this the declare it is plausibze when taken | in connection with the attempt made to | hush the matter up, first in the Marshal's office, then in the Rowe household -and | now by the announcement of Mr. Rowe that the jewels have been returned, ghat | they are safely under lock and key and that “‘there nothing more to be said about the cz Yesterday Henry i swe informed Deputy Moran, through J. ‘I. Farrar, that jew- elry aggregating in value nearly 32000 Lad been stolen from the Rowe: mansion on University terrace. To-day he denies that he put any such value upon the ar- ticles, that they were worth at the most | | To the Marshal's representatives Mr. Rowe said his theory of the robbery was that thieves in San Francisco had seen his daughter wear the jewels, had fol- lowed her to the house on University terrace, learned that her home was there and later had made the haul. To-day Mr. Rowe denied that he ever entertained s ch a notion or held such a theory or had communicated such an idea to the Marshal's office. The theory in question was expressed by Mr. Rowe to Deputy Farrar. When told u»day! that Rowe had repudiated the slalem?n!,[ Farrar expressed amazemcnt and then | declined to discuss the matter further. | Déspite the fact that Rowe says !he: jewels have been returned to his home, no notification to this effect had been sent to | the Marshal’s cffice by Rowe, and the| Marshal's men are still busily at work' on the mysterious case. The police in San Francisco have been given a list of the jewels and supposedly have searched the pawnshops in the city for them, not hav- ing been informed as yet that whoever removed the jewels from Miss Rowe's person, or from the Rowe house, has re- turned them. 7 When Rowe was interviewed about the robbery yesterday he evaded questions and sald he might be able to ‘‘clear i all up by Tuesday.” To-day he believe he has cleared it up, twenty-four hours after the original notification to the po- lice of the robbery, with his announce- ment of the return of the valuables. According to the information given the police the jewelry stolen included a gold wedding ring, a gentleman’s scarfpin, a number of diamond rings, a brooch, a necklace and minor articles. The jewelry | represented by this data was estimated to be worth $1635. Mlls/(}enld(ne Rowe is now at Lark- spur. —_—ee————— FOR EL CAMINO REAL. OAKLAND, July 9.—A meeting in the interest of the El Camino Real, to be held in the City Council Chamber, has been arranged for next Wednesday evening. Mrs. Carcoline Olney has the matter in charge and has invited over forty prominent persons interested in such matters to be present. Mayor Mott is a strong supporter of the movement. ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS PIONEER WOMAN'S DEMIS! July 0.—Mrs. Mildred A. MeSherry, an early resident of this city, passed away last night at her home on Pearl street and Encinal avenue from ailments incidentai to advanced years. She was a native of Norfolk, Va., aged 75 vears, and leaves an estate valued at §30,000. TO MEET AT MAPLE HALL.—Oakland, July 9.—The Sons ard Daughters of the Mari- his vacation and reports business fairly good for this time of the year. Albert 8. Day of 1232 Broadway and W. J. Mortimer of Berkeley have taken ad- vantage of the quiet season to take short vacation tours. Both will return in a short time. The West Coast Realty Company, which recently moved to this city from San Francisco and now occuples offices in the Bacon building, is seeking to se- cure offices located on the ground floor, that they may better accommodate their customers. The real estate firm of Chisholm & Spence has just opened offices at 472 Tenth street. H. E. West has just removed from the Realty Syndicate building to the Union Savings Bank bullding. —_————————— YACHT CLUB TO BUILD SOON. ' . OAKLAND, July 9,—The new boat- house of the California Yacht Club will positively be built this year, accord- ing to Commodore George M. Shaw. Already $2500 of the $4000 needed for the structure has been raised and work will be started as soon as another $500 can -be obtained. The ‘building will be of two stories and will contain a large assembly hall for dances, a reading room, lockers, baths, etc., beside the complete outfit of a first-class boat- house. 2 —— . ¥ WATER RATE CASE COMING UP. wAEATE IR T peat In ! { to Judge and upon the eéibmw;g»tao” ‘.g now being pi % ner will be hed. According to City Attorney J. J. McEiroy, the motion for a new trial will go before Judge Hart some time this month. time Provinges will hold their regular meeting Monday, Ju!i 10, at Maple Hall. Speeches, music and other entertainment will be pro- vided and the newly elected officers will take their seats. About thirty new members will be enrolled. ! < STUDYING IN LUMBER CAMP.—Oakland, doly 9. —Belknap Chittenden Goldsmith elass of "0, has been studying lumber industry at Beckwith, Sierra County, preparatory to taking a post graduate course in forestry at Yale. Goldsmith refused the position of bot- anist with the expedition to the Gallapagos Islands in order to finish his eourse in forestry. BIXTEEN CENTS DEFICIT.—Alameda, July 9.—After the committee that arranged and conducted the night carnival here on the Fourth of July figured up the expenses and compared them with the subscriptions last night it was found that there will be a deficit of 16 cents when all claims have been paid. The cost of the carnival was $151616. The amount subscribed was 2 QUAI OVER CARDS.—Oakland, July 9.—In a fight this afternoon at 76 Second street during a fame, Manuel Aubre was | cut in the head by Frank Thomas, according to Aubre’'s complaint. Thomas was lrre.ted.l Aubrc’s injurles are not serfous. They were | dressed at the Recelving Hospital. The men are Southern Pacific Company laborers. WOULD SETTLE ESTATES.—Oakland, July 9.—Albert Jacobs has applied for letters of ad- INJURED - WHILE BATHING.—. July 9.—While bathing In the bay off the end of Park street yesterday the 10- Isabel of | makes fire b ords dropp=d by (guished. Eo far: thi HORNIG HEAL 15 INTERRLPTED Officers Arrest Four San Franeisco Boys Who Start Fire on Mount Tamalpais YOUTHS MAKE COFFEE Property Owners Determined to Minimize Danger Due to Carelessness of Climbers —— Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, July 9.-<Charles Fin- nerty, Samuel Westphal, Donald Page and Willlam Finsterbusch, youthful San Franciscans, who climbed Mount Tamal- pais last evening, were arrested this miorning for starting a'fire near the sum- mit by Constable Hughes and Deputy Agnew and brought here. . A complaint charging them with malielous mischief was sworn to. The boys had built a fire to heat their coffee. While they were enjoying the glorious sunrise and sipping | their coffee the officer appeared. A law passed by the last Legislature Iding on Mount Tamalpais a misdemeanor. There have been many bad fires on the thickly wooded slopes of Tamalpais caused by climbers build- ing fires and leaving them unextin- year there have been nc mountain fires, but everything is so dry that it would not take much to cause ore. The owners of property on the north slope of Tamalpals have organized for the purpese of minimizing the danger by fire. They have ‘‘caution signs” placed conspicucusly along the trails and have estabilshed fire stations equipped with tools for brush fire fighting. They pro- pese to prosecute every fire-builder, par- ticularly those who build them this sea- son of ‘the year, when everything is like tinder. BACK FROM YARDS INTO HIS PULPIT Rev. Potter Tells Congrega- tion of Experience While Wiping Locomotives. OAKLAND, July 9.—After spending two nights in the shops of the West Oak- land railrcad yards, wiping engines and doing the work of a common laborer that he might learn from experience what the life of the railroad man is, the Rev. Dwight E. Potter, pastor of the Union- street Presbyterian Church, to-night greeted the members of his congregation again and told them of his experiences while engaged in “breaking In” at the shops. That great iuterest has been aroused by the fact that Rev. Mr. Potter has en- deavored to gain a knowledge of the life of -the workingman by experfence was manifested by the fact that a large part of the congregation was composed of the men_with whom the pastor has_worked as a comrade for the last two days, all being eager to hear him tell of his work in the shops. In the course of his address the Rev. Mr. Potter said: In my work in the railroad ehops I have learned miny things which are new to me, and which I think will be new to you. I have learned that over each of these shops hovers an unseen ideal—a perfect model, and ot the constant endeavor of the men em- ed in the different branches of the work, t0. as_nearly as pessible, approach this ideal ‘in their work. When I reported for work on the first night, I was set ai the task of wiping engines, under the direction of ‘a man who did mot know that T was other than what I seemed. an ordinary ‘‘mew nand,” and I was treated ex- actly as any other man would be treated in the same position, 1 was told what to do and the boss saw that I did as T was told. And I found out hefore long that the first thing to learn in rallroading IS to obey orders. Later I was directed to help one of the machinists in rerairing eungine No. 1100, and in this work I cartied ome end of a heavy treakbeam. and [ tell you that it was so heavy that it taxed my strength, and made me think that I was not as good a rallroad man as I had thought. I then crawled into the pit. beneath tha locomotive and helped to set the beam in place, my part of the work being te drive in the pin which held the bolt of sting rod. Now this may seem un- . but it was not so. ! have fallen out, and this would have al- lowed the rad to drop, and if this should hap- pen at a critical time, the enmgineer would be unable to stop his engine. And just as the little things of a_locomo- tive are important, so are the litle things of cur lives. We should strive Iike the ma- chinist, to fellow as nearly as possible the perfect model given us by God, the Lord Jerus Christ. 1 have found that for every piece of werk dome in the railroad shops there is a pattern which orikinates in the brain of who has in mind the great unseen ideal of a perfect locpmotive or car. and that the constant endeavbr of the workman Is to ap- proach as nearly as possible to this ideal. You peobably do not know. and I am sure that T did not until I went to work in the chops, that aly of the depots crected on_the Southern Pacific system are built In the Oak- land shops. This, however, is a fact and 1 found that before a stroke of work is done on the construction of these. blue prints of each part of the work must be prenared, and it is from these that the work is- dome, and the designer of these depots bas in his mind an ideal of a perfect depot. although in this, as in_everything else in the present condi- tion of the world. perfection is fmpossible. I also learned that when the cars come into the yards they are not allowed to go out again untii they have been inspected and if the slightest thing is found to be wrang. a shop tag is placed on them and no trainman dares to move them until thev have been repaired. How many of us are there who are sadly in need of shop tags, that we may came to God's repair shop. the church for correction of our spiritual faults and imperfections, The perfect church is the great\unseen Ideal of God. and he desires that men shall shape thetr lives Itke that of our Lord Jesus Christ, who Is the pattern of the perfect man. When any part of a car or a locamotive be- comes unfit for| further service, it is on the ecrap pfle and this to me brings the thought of the many men whe by their own acts, their own disregard of the teachings of God. are turning their faces to the scrap pile of humanity. The scrap pile is the grave- yard, and to me the mast pathetic point in all railroad vards end the sizht of the useless material, once bright and slittering. now aban- doned to rust and decay, brings the thought of the hundreds of men' who by Mfl, and sin are fitting their bodles for the scrap pile of the flesh, and their souls for hell, the scrap plle of the soul. Let “Ralilroad Religion” will be the text 'of Rev. Mr. Potter's sermon next Sunday evening. ———— NATIVE SONS’ STREET FAIR. SAN LEANDRO, July 9.—A street for ~bad this | ced (o have come out, the bolt might | S ABOUT THE BAY SHOOTS WILDCAT NEAR SAUSALITO Arrival of a Hunter Prevents the Beast From Making an Attack om Fisherman |PREPARED FOR SPRING I ‘Animal a Very Large One, Measuring Five Feet From Nose to the Tip of Its Tail | Special Dispatch to The Call SAUSALITO, July 3.—William Berg. a popular and well-known clubman of San Franecisco, had a thrilling experience yes- terday. Berg arose at an early hour and started on 3 fishing trip. As he walked along the trail he heard a snarl. Looking up he saw a big wildcat in front of him ready to spring. The only weapon Berg had was a light trout rod. Just as the animal sprang toward him a rifle sounded jand the animal fell mortally wounded. The shot was fired by Henry Collins, who Ihad been tracking the animal Collins : hounds came up and closed in on the beast. A sécond shot killed it. Collins, who is a well-known Marin }Ccun!)’ nimrod, says this was the largest wildcat he had ever seen. It measured { five feet from its ndse to the tip of it= ! tail. The wildeat has been living around | the hills in Wildwood Glen ever since the | pienic grounds closed several years agw and has been preying on poultry very ex« tensively. r ——e—- SAUSALITO FORESTERS GIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND DANCE Members and Their Friends Celebrate Fourteenth Anniversary of Court Star of California. SAUSALITO, July 9.—Court Star of California No. 7314, Ancient Order of Foresters, celebrated its fourteenth anniversary with an entertainment and dance in the San Francisco Yacht | Club house. Several prominent mem- bers of the order dellvered short ad- dresses on fraternal topics. —_———— GABRIEL GIVES GARDNER A HARD RUN FOR HONORS ‘Tennis Cracks Gather at Various Courts and Play Some Good Practice Matches. Many of the tennis cracks were out of town yesterday and the attendance as usual at this time of the year was rather light. A few good practice games were played by the experts. Carl Gard- ner and Harold Gabriel furnished the most interesting match at the Califor- nia Club. Gabriel played fine tennis for a youngster and took one of the three sets played. Gardner won the first and third sets and Gabriel the second. Gard- ner was too steady for his young op- ponent, who at times did some remark- able driving. He outplayed Gardner in the second set but fell off in third. The score was 6-4, 4-6, 8-2. Harry Rolfe played two sets with Henry Mills and won both. Miils made a good showing against Rolfe, but the latter was a trifle too strong for him. The score in Rolfe’s favor was 6-4, §- Edwin Bacon developed a terrific forehand drive yesterday which proted the undoing of Willlam Johmnson, the fourth class expert. Five sets were played, three of which were annexed by sBchon‘ The score was §-4, 4-8, 7-5, 6-3, Some interesting doubles matches were played in the park courts. Charles Foley and R. N. Whitney took two strong teams into camp. They first de- feated Fred Adams and Clarence Grif- fin by a score of 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, and then disposed of George Baker and Charles Dunlap. The score of the latter mateh was 4-6, 8-3, 6-2. A meeting of the delagates to the | Pacific States Lawn Tennis Assoctation will be held this afternoon, when much important business will be tsansacted. A tournament committee will be ap-~ pointed to manage the coast champion- ship events set for the fore part of Sep- tember. It is possible a new order of events will be arranged for next year. | Many of the prominent players an- | nounced_at San Rafaél last week that they would not again play there ‘on account of the e e heat. e The British Channel fleet in future will be known as the Atlantic fleet and the Home fleet will become the Channel fleet, | with base at Portland. In consequence of | England’s friendly relations wi.th Fraace and Italy the Mediterranean fleet will be reduced. ADVERTISEMENTS. ' You MuSt Sleep. If you cannot, it is due to an irritated or congested state of the brain, which will soon de- velope into nervous prostratiop. Nature demands sleep, and it is as important as foed; it is a part of her building and sustaining process. This period of unconsciousness relaxes the mental and physical strain, and allows nature to restore ex- hausted vitality. Dr. Miles’ Nervine bri refreshing sleep, because it soothes the irritation and re- moves the congestion. It is also a nerve builder; it nourishes and str