The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 12, 1905, Page 36

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1905 i FULL OF YEARS S Former Postmaster of Berke- ley Passes Away at His Home in University Town | ARRIVES 1IN FIFTIES| Napoleon Byrne Sleeps After Half Century Spent in Developing His Community s i MAY ROSSIER FREED FROM HER HUSBAND Former Society Girl Secures Divorce on Ground of Cruelty. llows DRSS HEARS OF WIFE'S DIVORCE. | William R. Bal- | his wife sent | o news in a vants it con- BOY CRUSHED TO DEATH. J‘ Noy -Henry Thomp- | ved with his | t 6 Eighteenth street, was crushed to death to-night | Becker's Market, 14 Washington | ht between the | elev and the floor. | ) was employed as an extra | boy, W playing with | in the basement, and | > elevator as it stated up he fell and was caught platform of the elevator ove. FIRST POINT. v. 11.—A victory in the skirmish in the suit Stephen Jennings, a Texan cattleman, against M. t, to to regain custody of his was won by Jennings to-day, dges Melvin and Harris deciding that the adoption proceed- into on the habeas ngs instituted by him. sit in bank next Mon- he evidence in the case. S o st IN THE DIVORCE COURT. OAXLAND, Nov. 11.—A divorce was granted to Elizabeth A. Dix to-day by Judge Harris from David E. Dix on the ground of desertion. She was also given the property on Sixty-first street. Sults for divorce were begun by Mrs. E. H. Hurlbut against James F. Hurlbut ®*and Mamie McGuerkin against Frank McGuerkin, a teamster, both for desertion. prit e S Y EALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 11.—A slight earthquake occurred here &t 8:26 o'clock this afternoon. No demage 18 reported. ' by FOR CROSSING Electric Line Takes Initia- . . ' | tive and Begins Work on Its Alameda ervice TO BE WIDENED Maintenance Question Cause ROAD of the Comstruction Crew| tem | Starting Work on Sys 3K S OAKLAND, Nov. 1L—Fifty sturdy work- men of the Oakland Traction Consolidate were put to work this morning on the con- struction of the broad gauge electric road | meda just south of the estuary. It ce to a finish with these hardy sons for they are trying to head off the cuthern Pacific Company desires to build a meda trai that First may m Oakland to o do this the t its ated the tr. meda mole. n Pacific m If is not objectionable, but ac- to the law the company crossing compelled to at the Oak- 1 the race d being new crossing t construction e Southern Pa- known, but it We have vhere along t 300 feet'of track and we oward Alameda before we esent crossing, just south of the treet bridge, is now maintained le traction compar 1 of the So ern Pacific who work of construction to-day id tr h rail i warfare in the t was a thing of the past. ¢ in the West where such East the “In_the that de,” he said. have deci heapest policy E nd thereby save trouble and workmen are laving ad gauge e tracks on the east side of Web- street, allowing sufficient room on st side of the street for'an excel- way. Tl placed oot .above sent grade of f the Oakland Trac- s been promising an ce in the Encinal City for d one of these improvements e a broad gauge system through gement Consolidated GLE LiFE NOT POPULAR IN OAKLAND BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE. OAKLAND, 1L.—Socially Oakland b t place on the map. If the ad rush of the smart set from tea to tea r from 0 card affair will suf- » shove the City of Oaks into promi- a wide-awake town, then is the old pessimist deprived of his sour-ball.” We are certainly not ep these days, one has scarcely occasional “beauty nap. dents must scoop up knowl- trains do water—on the luncheon ist fast he great number of smart ) small and important, and the for the coming week already an appalling array of social ce in Berkeley. Charles Dutton, has planned what promises lightful studio entertainment, 1 dinner. Mr. Dutton seorge W. H ic reader, will g umber of prom: aight, a charming e the programme a nent people from h sides of the bay h: been invited Mabel Gray Lachmund, also a -known pianist, will be hostess at ther affair, at which Dr. J. Fre and his wife will be guests of hon- Dr. and Mrs. Wolle furnished the for one of the most pleas jons of the week, last night, at the rr King rooms. A musical programme | was given during t.e evening by Mrs. ol Reed Cushman, Mrs. Robert Hughes, William Leimert, John W. Met- calf and the Orpheus Club Quartet. The of the evening was due to !?‘E ble efforts of the receiving com- Mrs. Will Gorriil, Dr. Pauline Nusbaumer, Miss Susan Shoemaker, Mrs George L. Nusbaumer, Walter Grav Mre. Cunningham, Mrs. Herbert Lang, iss Leal, Dr. Vida Reddington and Eu- | gene Thurston. o . . Monday the Cosmos €lub, at Mrs. A. A. Moore's; Tuesday the Ebell luncheon, Wednesday the Oakland Club breakfast and Mrs. Irving Lewese's big tea for Miss Borel, Thursday a tea at Mrs. George M. Shaw's and the Linda Vista Club meeting at Mrs. £. A. Heron's, two | large receptions on Friday—Mrs. George Rodolph’s and Mrs. Wallace Pond’s—and the wedding on Saturday of Miss Beu- lah Summers and Will Jordan are only a few of the many things that next week 11 bring. The “simple life” is not pop- dr in Oakland. The Linda Vista Club was entertalnec Mrs. A. F. Coffin last Thursday, the silver souvenirs being won by Mr. J. G. by, Mrs, E. M. Walsh, Mrs. E. L. Dow and Mrs. A. E. Heron. . e . Miss Mabel Rogers and Harry ‘Buckley, whose engagement was reeently an- nounced, were the recipients of a real surprise in the way of a “kitchen shower” at the home of Mr. Mrs, Annie Buckley, on Webster street. Miss Rogers had been asked to spend the evening, and when, in company with her fiance, she arrived at the Buckley resi- dence, they were both dumfounded to find half a hundred guests awaiting them and all sorts of culinary gifts mingled with the flowers that had been lavishly arrayed as if by magic. Music and a supper helped to make the evening stilt more delightful. The wedding of Miss Rogers and Mr. Buckley will take place December 12 at the Rogers home. Miss Blanche Page will attend the bride and the groom will be accompanied by Clark Gardner of Aus- tralfa, now on has way across the Pa- cifie. $ PITTSBURG, Nov. 11.—Attorney John Mar- ron, representing the 4 of the defunct Enterprime Nagonal Benk of Allegheny, maid to-day that al action will be taken azainst certain neovle comnected with the bank's faflure within seventy-two hours. . from building | their right of way before the ralls; n to butld | is to repalir the crossings | t week has been almost un- | nt re- | Buckley’s ‘mother, | NEWS OF THE COUNTIE PIONEER DIES | RAILWAYS RACE |BURGLARS HOLD [TEXAS MOB LYNCHES TRIO | OF MISS OLSEN SKL HIGH CARNIVAL loons and Dwellings Are Looted by Thieves Work- ing Under Cover of Night SU PECTS ARE ARRESTED Police Officer Has Battle With Suspicious Charac- ters, but- Lands His Man LREE et OAKLAND, Nov. 1.—A thief who con- ceaied himself in the basement of the Anheuser-Busch saloon at 477 Ninth street before closing time last night robbed the | proprietors, Snoderleiter & Bandel, of nearly $300 and escaped without leaving a clew. the basement. The robber escaped from the saloon by of the fron cellar door in the sidewalk. Patrolman Mulgrew this morning ar- rested Edward Sandusky, who has been loafing around the saloon for several days, on suspicion that he knew some- about the robbery. The saloon of John Heinbhold, at Web- | ster and Water streets, was also entered by burglars at an early hour this morn- ing, but the thieves secured nothing but a few bottles of whisky. At 2:40 o’clock this morning Patrolman | ) { | 1 | Sherry accosted five men at the jcorner of Broadway and Firs: street. They started to - run. Sherry ornered two of them, but they gave bat- tle to the officer and one escaped. The | other, Jack Lynch, a well-known charac- ter of West Oakiand, was booked on the detinue book at the city prison. The police believe that the five men seen by Sherry may have been concerned in the burglary of Heinhold's saloon. Early this morning Officer Powers ar- rested William Malloy and John Ryan as suspicious characters. On one of the men was found a bottle of whisky, which the police think may have been one of those stolen from Helnhold's. Willlam McCulloch and Frank Miller were arrested by Officer Tom Brown early this morning on suspielon of having robbed the room of Theodore Zubac, at 105¢ Broadway. Zubac was awakened this morning by hearing some one in his room. The intruder escaped and Zubac notified Brown, who investigated and found that the room of Charles Pomas- sier, a cook emp d in the Saddle Rock res nt, had also been entered. n arrested Miller and McCulloch, who |'have a room together in the same house. | R. C. Clark, 1120 Adeline street, re- | ported to the police that burglars had entered his house last night by means of a set of painter’s falls, hanging from the | roof, and had stolen a small amount of jewelry and silver 3 —— e AID FOR RUSSIAN JEWS. ND, Nov. 11.—Prompt re- as been made to the appeal of spo | ea last night by the officers of | First Hebrew congregation for finan- cial relief for the sufferers in the Jew- ish massacres in Russia. Already more than $200 has been subscribed to the relief fund. Those who have so far subscribed are: Hugo Abrahamson, $100; Rabbi M. Friedlander, $10; Helen Abrahamson, Jack Abrahamson, $5; Mrs. Mathilda Jacobi, $10; trained nur; $2; H. Scharman, $10; Mrs. Fi- bush, $6; Kahn Bros., $25; Victor Ratt- | man, $20; G. Mosbacher, $10; W. Smith, 1$10; J. Heymann, $2 The rellef fund was materially in- creased at a meeting of the Daughters of Jsrael Keliet Society, which was held to-night in the vestry rooms of the synagogue of the First Hebrew con- gregation, nearly every member of the society contributing to the rellef of the sufferers in the land of the Czar. A committee b been appointed by the president of the synagogue Beth Jacob to call a mass meeting of the orthodox devising ways and means for the im- mediate relief of the Jews in Russia The meeting will be held in a few days. Aedainie oo Gdin s KILLED BY TRAIN. POINT RICHMOND, Nov. 11.—Un- { conscious of the approaching danger as he stepped from the Southern Pa- cific Martinez local train’ in front of the depot here this evening, a man be- lieved to be B. F. Blackwell, a San Francisco carpente vas struck and in ntly killed at 40 by the San Ramon local, the body being found shortly afterward lying mangled beside the track. Blackwell's identity was established by letters and s found in his pockets, which showed that he had been employed n the construction department of the Pinole Powder Works. The card of a San Francisco Carpenters’ Union was found in his pocket, also a purse con- taining nearly $100. The letters found were directed to B. F. Blackwell, in care of Alice. Thompson of Fruitvala. The deceased was a member of the Ma- |sons, an emblem of the order being found. He was about 55 years of age. Coroner Curry has taken charge of the body. 3 —_—ee————— HOTEL MAN CALLED BY DEATH. OAKLAND, Nov. 11.—A telegram was received this evening by J. T. Moran, a prominent merchant of this city, an- nouncing the death of Owen M. Bren- nan, a pioneer hotel man of California, at New Haven, Conn., yesterday. The deceased was formerly the proprietor of the Hotel Pleasanton in San Francisco, and before that conducted the Arling- ton Hotel at Santa Barbara. | Brenuan came to California in 1862, | embarking at once in the hotel bus ness and becoming omne of the best- | known bonifaces in the State. Years ago he conducted the Lick House, and 'alao was proprietor of the old Baldwin ! Hotel, which was destroyed by fire in 189 He was a member of San Fran- ! but leaves a number of relatives in the Hast. At the time of his death, which was caused by pneumonia, he was 58 years of age. M —————————— - MORE AUTOISTS ARRESTED. OAKLAND, Nov. 11.—Two more of the automobilists for whom warrants were issued a few days ago for viola- tion of the law regulating the speed of chug wagons. within the limits of Oakland were arrested in San Fran- cisco to-day by Detective Frank Lynch. They are Samuel C. Hammond, a prominent merchant, and Marshall Harris, a well-known contractor of San Francisco. Both were released on deposits of $20 bail. —_—e———————— MARRIAGE LICENSES, OAKLAND, Nov. 11.—The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: John W. O'Nelll, 48, San Francisco, and Mary A. Fahy, 44, Oakland; Edward S. Featherstone, 27, and Margaret 8. Leitch, 22, both of Sunnyvale; Joe R. Faria, 34, and Louisa Telles, 21, both of Mission San Jose. The money was in a tin box in | the Oakland relief committee uvpolnll-; the Hebrews of Oakland for the purpose of | trighttully | cisco Lodge of Elks. He was unmarried, | | that, but he's dead.”—The. Byst OF NEGROES Two Hundred Men Storm Jail and Kill Slayers. HENDERSON, Tex., Nov. 12, 1:45 a. m.—Thirty min- utes ago a mob of 200 men broke into the jail here, over- ipowered the officers and took ert Askews and another ne- gro whom they are now hanging in the publiesquare. The negroes were arrested with two others a few days ago for the murder of a farm- er about ten miles from this place. The other two negroes were not molested, members of the mob claiming they were only accomplices and not principals. rmt IS RO CHARGED WITH FRAUD. Oakland, Nov. 11.—Deputy Sheriff Bert Brown to-day arrested S. Edson B. Abbott on a warrant charging him with defrauding the landlord of a small hotel in Kern County out of a bill for board and lodging. Abbott is now in the County jail here, as he has been unable to furnish $50 ball or $200 bonds. He will be taken back to Kern County. B a— MAYOR TO ATTEND. OAKLAND, Nov. 11.—Mayor Frank K. Mott will leave this city for Chico next Monday to attend the annual con- vention of the League of California Municipalities, which will be held in that city on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week. Mayor Mott hopes to obtain information at the convention which will be of great bene- fit to this city. EERAR S P ARRESTED ON A SERIOUS CHARGE. OAKLAND, Nov. 11.—A. F. Bull, a manufacturer of artificial limbs, was arrested by Detective Lynch this after- noon at his place of business, 738 Mis- sion street, San,¥Francisco, on a felony charge. The complaint against Bull was sworn to by Miss Mary W. Ken- nedy of East Oakland. Both the par- ties are about twenty years of age. —_—— New Theater for Santa Crus. SANTA CRUZ, Nov. 11.—Santa Cruz is to have a new theater within ninety days, according to the plans of Miss Neary, owner of the Unique Theater, which is now devoted to vaudeville and is leascd by C. W. Alisky, president of the California Amusement Company of San Francisco. | Children’s Carnlva The knights of the several local tents and the ladies of the different hives of the order of the Maccabees in this city have made arrangements for a children’s carnival to be held in the Pioneer building on the evening of | Friday, November 24. It will be con- | ducted under the auspices of the pro- motion committee of the knights, of | which W. N. Harley is president; E. V. | Hollingsworth, vice president; E. Trit- tenbach, secretary, and W. B. Green- berg, treasurer. The detalls of this af- falr, which it is believed will be one of the most interesting ever given by this order, are being looked after by a | special committée ~composed of Sir Knights Hollingsworth, Benedict, Bres- lauer, Beck, Laumeister and Dollinger and Lady Maccabees Hedges, Short and Constant. On that occasion there will be an entertaining programme present- ed exclusively by children, who are be- ing instructed in their different “stunts” by a competent teacher. ——e————— Asks Damages of Bank. Suit was filed yesterday by L. C. Cox against the Western National Bank to recover $1500 damages he alleges resulted from irregular conduct of the defendant. He says that the bank re- fused to honor a draft for $70 issued by him against it on the ground that he had no funds there and caused him much inconvenience and injured his credit. As a matter of fact he asserts that he had a much larger amount on deposit than the draft called for. —————————— Precita Parlor Anniversary. Precita Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West, will celebrate the thir- teenth anniversary of its institution by a grand ball in Pendo Hall on Seven- teenth street, near Valencla, next Wednesday, The committee in charge of this function is J. M. Hickey, Ed- -ward Barry, C. A. Keefe, Charles Wag- ner, Arthur E. Curtls, John Fennell and Joseph S Barls. —_———————— Villa Palmierl to Be Sold. I hear that the Villa Palmiera, belong- ing to the Dowager Lady Crawford, and situated close to Florence, is to be sold. It is an old Mexican villa ot considerable architectural magnificence, beautifully situated on the hill crowned by Fiesole, and with a charming old garden. It was bought by the late Lord Crawford in 1874, who spent a great deal of money in bring- ing it up ‘to modern comfort, and Queen Victoria resided in it during two of her visits to Florence. It is called by the people the Villa Boccaccio, because it is | P of Boccaccio. There is rather a run on villas in the neighborhood of Florence, and those inclined to purchase one could not have a more beautiful or more com- fortable one.—London Truth. —_———————— In Aberdaan can be found a court offi- cial who is as good a type of the canny Scot as one would meet anywhere. On a Tecent occasion. an important witness failed to appear, and the judge was he here?” demanded his his duty to be here. p ‘Where is he?" The official, with true Scotch canni- ness, replied: “Weel, Ill no say for ‘Bystander. therefrom John Reece, Rob-| supposed to have been the scene of tales | KNOW ASSAILANT Berkeley Police Say Promi- nent Citizen Committed the Assault on Domestic TRIES TO BUY SILENCE Accused Man Offers the Girl Money, but Will Probably Be Arrested To-Morrow BERKELEY, Nov. 11.—The police have evidence that implicates a prominent citizen in the attack made last Sunday inight upon Miss Dorothy Olsen, a do- mestic employed by J. A. Marshall of | Telegraph avenue, and an arrest is ex- | pected to be made next Monday, after Miss Olsen has sworn to a complaint ) charging the suspected man with the of- fense. y Marshal Vollmer has from the first (been supplied with evidence connecting’ the -suspected man with the crime charged, but under the -circumstances has been determined that no false move should mar the attempts of his depart- ment to capture the girl's assailant. The seriousness of the crime, and the promi- nence of the man suspected have made caution necessary, but the e¥idence now in the hands of the police is so com- plete that, unless an unforeseen hitch oc- | curs, an arrest will be made on Monday. | Miss Olsen was attacked on Sunday night soon after she alighted from a Tele- graph-avenue car at Stuart street. A stranger who had occupled a seat next to her followed her when she left the car, and after offering the young woman his company, and being repulsed, at- tacked her in flendish fashion. Her eye- glasses were broken, her body bruised and her clothing torn into shreds. The stranger fled when the girl's screams promised to bring assistance. Miss Olsen retained the man’s overcoat, however, and gave the police so good a description of him that it was possible to establish his identity to the satisfaction of the detectives within a short time. Miss Olsen has stated her willingness to swear to a complaint against the sus- pected man. It has been reported that a large sum of money was offered to the girl through the medium of an anonymous note if she would drop the matter. Miss Olsen declines to discuss this phase of the case, and the police say they have no information on the subjec —_———— THE USUAL METHOD OF MINING QUICKSILVER How the Moving Metal Is Distilled From the Solld ore. Quicksilver, the familiar but always fascinating mercury that rises and falls in the thermometer tube, has estab- lished a postoffice and built a town in Oregon. Black Butte is the name of the town and postoffice, and the moun- tain Black Butte from which the name comes is a mountain of mercury. It is claimed by the owners that - this mountain has the largest exposed body of quicksilver ore in the world. vein 400 feet wide has been opened for more than a mile along the mountain and-to a depth of 1000 feet below the crest. everywhere the rich cinnabar ores from which quicksilver is taken appear in great quantities. In the Oregon mining section at the Lewis and Clark Exposition the visitor could see in operation a miniature quicksilver distilling plant modeled af- ter the one at Black Butte. The little engine ran all day and attracted much attention. Near by was the condenser and under the spout an iron bucket of quicksilver, showing just how the mov- ing metal runs out of the condenser after being liberated from the ore through a scientific process. The process ordinarily is called dis- tillation. First the ore is crushed and then it is dumped into furnaces, where | it is roasted at the fierce heat of 1200 | degrees Fahrenheit. When the ore reaches a temperature of 680 degrees the quicksilver begins to pass off in the form of vapor. The mercury vapor is passed into large chambers built of wood or brick, called condensers. These are coated by water jackets and other [Bdevices, and in them the vapor soon changes into ‘metallic form, the quick- silver being precipitated in fine glo- bules on the walls and floors. The globules collect and run out in troughs, ready to be marketed. Quicksilver is put up for shipping in flasks of wrought iron, weighing fourteen pounds each and holding seventy-six and a half pounds of the metal. The present market value of qujcksilver is about fifty-three cents per pound ‘wholesale. Quicksilver is found in veins of rock, like gold, silver and other metals. Sometimes the tiny globules of the mercury appear in the interstices of the rock, but usually it-is found in the form of cinnabar, a chemical compound contalning 13.8 per cent sulphur ‘and 6.2 per cent mercury. When pure and reduced to a powder it is a bright red color. The principal uses of quicksilver are for recovering free gold and silver in placer and quartz mining, for manufac- turing vermilion paints and dyes, for backing mirrors, for making thermo- meters and many other scientific in- struments. The distilling plant shown at the Portland fair is a new invention, and it is claimed that the time réguired in getting the quicksilyer out of the ore has been reduced by its use from about thirty-six hours to four hours.— Chicago Chronicle. : ——————————— The Comvict Doctor’s Secret. After ten years' 1mpm;ofime;ll in the eat penitentiary here, following a con- flctlon for poisoning, Dr. Urbino de Frei- tas, one of the most distinguished of Eu- ropean physicians, has had his sentence of twenty-five years commuted by King Carlos to simple banishment from Portu- 1. nThrou‘hout his long confinement the doctor is said to have jealously guarded a secret he had discovered—an assured cure for leprosy. Accompanied by his de- voted: wife, he is now on his way to Ber- lin, where his arrival is eagerly awaited by all German students of the higher branches of medicine. fa ‘When the doctor was first arrested Lis- bon soclety received a shock. The charge against him was of poisoning the five lit- tle brothers and sisters of his wife, who stood between him and a large fortune. During holy week the King signed the commutation of his sentence and the doc- tor is now free to pursue his life-work. A man is now living at Coimbra, in Portu- gal who declared that Dr. de Freitas ghortly before his arrest cured him of | leprosy.—London Mail. - | In Switzerland every male between the ages of 20 and 65 is obliged to vote, unless | he be a pauper, criminal or a | Thesa hava nat the right of yoting. Al More than thrée miles of tun- | nels, raises, etc., have been made, and LAST OF QUEER T PERISHES Man Who Tried Life on South | Sea Island Without His Clothes Called by Death EVOLVES ODD THEORY Endeavors to Colonize the Place With People Who ‘Would Regenerate Mankind SYDNEY, Australia, Nov. 11.—By the death of August Englehardt, news of which has just been received here, the world has lost its queerest crank. He was the last survivor of the little sect of naked, fruit-eating sun-worshipers, { which he established on a' tropiecal isl- and. He sought to regenerate mankind by starting an Eveless Eden and fig- leaves. He and his two misgulded fol- lowers possessed the courage of their convictiops and perished rather than abandon their experiment. Englehardt was no ordinary man. He was a native of Bavaria, a university graduate and an author of considerable merit. He might have made somethi: of a mark in the world if he had no 1 sickened of clvilization and its ways. It is sajd that the failure of a woman to rectprocate his affection was the { | cause of it, but this is mere conjegture and due to the fact that the fair sex was excluded from his scheme\_ for restoring mankind to an earthly para- dise. He believed that where woman came the devil was sure to follow and he didn’t intend to run any risk of get- ting into the same sort of trouble that Adam did. It was his opinion that the human race originated in the “sun-blessed tropics,” and only there could it obtain a fresh start on the right track. In 1901 he came to New Britain in search of a suitable place for the establish- ment of a community which he fondly hoped would form the first link in a chain of similar settlements that would eventually gird the earth. He pur- chased the little island of Kabakon, situated in the Duke of York group and about fifteen miles from Herbertshoe, the seat of the German administration in New Guinea. It is 165 acres in ex- tent and cocoanut trees flourish there in abundance. He believed that liv- ing in the primitive fashion required of those who joined the order it would suffice to maintain 250 men. “I have proclaimed Kabakon an open fruit garden and sun grove,” he said in a letter setting forth his ideas, “for the purpose of reclaiming degenerate man- kind to their true state of existence. I will settle it with fruit-eating sun-wor- shipers to rear great, pure, true, sane men by giving its members natural conditions of life. I will send out as missionaries members of the Sun Order who have been tried and found to be | true, natural-living men. In this way | I shall establish similar colonies round the whole equator. The more people who join me and the greater the means placed at my disposal the quicker will these colonies pe formed.” {laid down very stringent rules as to the conditions on which candidates for earthly perfection and human regene- ration should be taken into his island paradis: Among them were the fol- | lowing: “1. Only men of noble and excellent character will be admitted. “2. Each applicant must be recom- mended by two respectable credible persons, approved by the leader of the Sun Order. “3. A payment of $250 for such as can afford that amount; for less wealthy persons a sum corresponding to their means, and for the poor sun-worshipers nothing at all.” Naked man comes into the world and naked he goes out of it, and naked he should abide in it, according to the highest priest of the sun-worshipers. He insisted that his followers should | never under any circumstances wear a vestige of clothes. He held that clothes pofsoned the system and that by intercepting the rays of the sun “the source of all life, of all mind and all strength,” they prevented the at- talnment of a perfect humanity. Marriage he also regarded as an abomination and strict celibacy was enjoined. Fruit which ripened in the sun was alone to be eaten. Houses were forbidden. He would tolerate nothing that interfered with living close to nature all the time. By going around stark naked, bath- ing constantly in the sun and eating nothing but fruit, he declared his fol- lowers would eventually be able to subsist without food or drink of any sort and gain the power of transport- ing themselves at will to any part of the world without having to patronize railways or steamships. On taking possession of his island, Englehardt stripped himself, and armed with a palm leaf, confidenily awaited a | eyes in death. Expecting a rush of applicants he | i FORTY MINUTES 10 SAN MFIEL Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad Is Said to Be Be- hind New Ferry Project DEEDS FILED IN MARIN Conveyances Give Rights- of-Way and Stipulate When the Line Shall Be Built SAN RAFAEL, Nov. 1l.—John A. Mec- Near and the John A. McNear Company, who own the several thousand acres of land east of this city comprising Point San Pedro, by a deed executed on Sep- tember 22, 195, and flled for record om November 9, conveyed to J. H. Sandford of San Francisco a 100-foot right of way nine miles in length for a standard gauge rallroad, twenty-six acres of land, over fifteen acres of tide land, siding sites and the use of a large sill for roadbed ma- terial purposes. The consideration is $10, and there is a proviso in the deed that the work must commence within two years and that one of the lines, to be known as the Puerto Suello line, should be completed within four years, other- ‘wise the property reverts to the grantor. The northerly point of the right of way commences at & point on the Las Gallinas Creek and runs for nearly a mile, then it separates Into two courses, one being known as the “tunnel line” and the oth- er “the Puerto Suello line,” both running to the bay. From the terminus of the latter & half- mile pler will be buit, reaching to a point near Marin Islands and having low water depth of nLine feet or more. There is to be a branch line known as the “San Ra- fael Line” leaving the Puerto Suello line. The distance from the site of the pro- poseq ferry slip to San Francisco will be twelve miles, and it can be easily made by a steamer similar to the Tamalpals, Frisble, 8an Francisco and the San Pablo in forty minutes. The line from there to this city will be about three miles, and ,will eaally land pa-sengers here within fifty minutes, and they should be able to make Petaluma within an hour and twen- ty minutes from San Francisco. Sandford is supposed to be the agent of the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Raflroad Company, which has men on the road surveying, quletly securing rights of way, ———p host of regenerating recruits. A lot of folk In Germany had signified their in- tentlon of joining him when he got his paradise started, but when it came to the scratch all but two backed out. The ®wo men who joined him on these terms were Max Lutzow, a musi- cian who conducted an orchestra in Berlin that bore his name, and Hein- rich Eukens, a native of Heligoland who had settled in the same city. They consigned their clothing to the sea on landing on Kabakon and settled down to a course of sun-worship and fruit dlet. But the sudden change to an equato- rial climate, exposed to the flerce heat of the sun all day and sleeping on the sand at night with no bedily nourish~ ment but eocoanuts, soon reduced Eu- kens to a condition of extreme physical weakness. In that state he was smit- ten with malaria. In accordance with the rules of the order he took no reme- dies, but lay in the direct rays of the sun and fasted for three days. On the fourth day he succumbed to the “hun- ger cure.” But his fate did not weaken the faith of the two other men. _Skeptics might sneer, but they felt certain that they were on the right track and that through them the hu- man race would ultimately be regene- rated. Stark naked and with their skin tanned to the color of leather they wandered about the island and seemed quite happy and contented with their primitive life and frugal fare. The natives regarded them with super- stitious reverence and settlers who vis. ited them occasionally looked upon them as harmiess lunatics. At the beginning of this year, Lutzow was carried out to sea In the Methodist mission cutter, which had drifted away owing to advexse currents and when the boat was recovered some consider- able time afterward it contained the corpse of the deluded musician. His loss was a sad blow to Englehardt, but he still refused to leave his beloved sun-grove and still continued to com- form strictly to the rules which he had drawn up for the sect. He subsisted entirely on cocoanuts. At last he was striken with a severe illness. Learning of his condition, the German authorities sent their medical launch to the island and despite his protests insisted on conveying him to the hospital. At Englehardt’s request he was placed in such a position on the little craft that he could gaze upon the island as it receded In the distance. He spoke no word to any one, and by signs rejected the nourishment that was of- fered him. When at length the island vanished from his sight, he closed his A > | 13 l : A strictly tric lights and electric elevator in every room. office. Most of the gant. Carpeted with Middesex furniture to mateh. i3 Dest. % is welcome OAKLAND'S NEW HOTEL THE ATHENS JOHN B. JORDAN, Propristor. . hotel with steam heat, hot and cold water, elec- - modern. hangpid A The bul'ding is a five-story . rooms have a private bath. Axministers and we will be glad to show you through. system next to the Post- Furnishi, are ele- and Wilton Velvets, and