The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 28, 1905, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1905 ar EWS AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION THEME OF DISCUSSION. + Before a session of the-State Farmers’ Institute and members of the Teachers’ Association ter ves nature pupils it was a great success. day L. D). Harvey, an expert on agricultural education in Wisconsin, expressed the ion that elementary instruction in this line was a failure, but where imparted to L. D. Harvey, Wisconsin Expert, Against Ele- mentary Work. Says, However, That Maturer Pupils Benefit by Instruction. President Wheeler Shows Opposition to Study of the Farm. Mr. the Harvey nt Wheel- His paper big drawback e sure to epell 000,000, has elghty has many, an the agricultural led in ‘the di hers for agricultural for teachers’ cer- pass examinations » agriculture. of the Farm eresting papers were read essors_Jaffa, Ward and Major of ral coilegé at Berkeley, their g as follows fornia Aspects of the Animal Indus W. Major, assistant professor of ani- the California Poultry Inter- assistant professor of agri- anitary M A R ssor of veterinary science row morning Dr. True will read a paper beforc the institute on the sub- £ A em of Agricultural Educa- tion for ( or and Governor Par- dee will also deliver an address. e —— WORD ANALYSTS MEET IN ANNUAL SESSION Philological Association of Coast Listens to Scholar- Iy Subjects. al Association of the Pa- ark Hopkins Institute president of the association and ely professor of German at Stan- University, the chair was taken by fessor E. B. Clapp of the University of California, one of the vice presidents. The papers read were Dr. 1 “Notes on the Pseudo-Vergilian Ciris, Professor C. Searles, Leland Stanford Jr. SIGK HEADAGHE Positively cured by these Little Pills, s | BERKELEY, its seventh annual meet- | bsence of Professor J. | M. Linforth, University of ‘California, | rie " e i { | {1 | I |1 - " 13— —_——— — DIRECTOR OF RAININ SESSION THE MISTAKES WISCONST T] N RMER! MAT i RKELBY DS OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION CHOO! WHO SPOKE AT THE JOINT {ESTERDAY, ON ' LIBRARY WORK | IS SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION Dec. Students of library work and those who for various reasons have in the problems that pertain | speciai interest to the art of the skilled | this morning In the First | of Berkeley when the Library Assoclation of California held its annual session. Although the attendance was not large the interest dis- | played in the papers read was intense and | the discussion that followed the presentstion of library subjects was spirited throughout. Joy Lichtenstein of San Francisco, presi- | Gent of the asboclation, was in charge of the session. Miss Minerva Waterman Santa Cruz served as vice president and Miss Anna L._Sawyer of Santa Cruz as secretary. Professor Elwood P. Cubberley of the de- | partment of education at Stanford University was the first speaker, his paper being & thoughtful presentatign of the important sub | Ject, “The Relation {That the State Library Should Bear to the Rurai Schools of Cali- fornia.’” The paper was long, but was listened te with deepest Interest, and the discussion that followed was instructive. J. H. Acker- man, State Superintendent of Instruction, Ore- | gon, led the discussion. He was able to pre- sent the view point of an official Wwhose prob- | lems are somewhat different from those of | California librarians or school officials and | this fact sdded to the value of his brief | speech. The discussion was participated in {also by James L. Gflils, librarian of the State Library at Sacramento and by Danlel H. White, School Superintendent of Solano County. | There was a general discussion of the sub- Ject then a recess of fifteen minutes, The teachers’ and the librarians’ | vlew with regard to the important | attracting interest in good reading and of lead- | ing children to read good books was presented by representatives of both school teachers and | librarians. | The ifbrarian's view of the subject was discussed by Mrs. Alice G. Whitbeck, librarian of the children's department of the Berkeley public library. The teacher's idea of the mat- ter was set forth by P. W. Kaufman, Superintendent of Schools of Pomona. o discussion of the subject was led by Miss M. | E. Schallenberger of the State Normal School, San Jose; C. C. Young of the Lowell High Bchool, Ran Franclsco. Miss Cynthia Leet, Lincoln Bchool, Oakland; A. E. Kellogg, prin | cipal Hamilton Grammar School, San F cigeo. | “The sessions of the Library Assoctation will be continued until Friday noon. —— University, “A Neglected Factor in the Ques- | tion_of the Mise en Scene of the French Clas- sic_Tragedies of the Sixteenth Century.” Professor H. Prescott, University - of | California, “‘Some Phases of the Relation of Thought to Verse in Plautus.” | __Professor E. K. Putnam, Leland Stanford Jr. | University, ‘"Aftermath Notes on the Unique Hevelok Manuscript.”” - Protessor_C. Price, University of Californta, “C. 1 L XTV. 808 The selection of committees resuited as follows: Auditing committee—Professor W. A. Mer- rill snd Protessor C. Price of the University of Californla; committee on nominations—Profes- sor J. E. Matzke of Stanford University (chair- man)_ Professor J. H. Senger of the University of California and Professor A. T. Murray of Sunlor;a (,'m"erliily‘& c;ml;lllla. Honcugc and piscs of pext meeting—Professor H. C. Nutting of the University of California, Professor. O. M. Johnston of Btanford University and Pro- fessor George R. Noyes of the University of Celifornla. % Thg association resolved to send a tele- gram of greeting to the parent society, the American Philological Assoclation, and the Archaeological Institute of Amer- ica, mpw in session. at Ithaca, N. Y. - ‘second The second - will _begin at 9:30 o’clock-this morning at the same place. D T — NEW. YORK, Dec. 27.—At a meeting of the Typothetae of this eity to-night e vote was taken on the ques- tion of resisting the demands of (the printers for ‘an eight-hour day begin- njug January 1, and It was stated after the meeting that the vote in practically favor of the resistance was unanimous o & d | —this 2 NILE CLUB'S JINKS OFFERS MERRIMENT BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE. OAKLAND, Dec. 27.—The Nile Club “boys™ is Chrietmas time, remember—have planzed a programme for the ‘jinks". next Fri- day night that promises much in the way of original entertainment and causes those of us Wwho are doomed to femininity to assume the verdant hue that i popularly supposed to fndi- cate envy., But man has long had a selfish hablt of enjoying his most-worth-while-times by himself or with other bifurcated specimens of his sex rather, =o woman will continue to e deniad the priviieges of the club jinks, where mere man reigns supreme, and where the Witty, | the wise and the clever member Is permitted o | shine without restraint. | R. B. Ayer is responaible for the good things. | promised for the coming affair and he would | probably have Leen filling t the programme i et if not. stopped by his siaff of able assist- | ants. Many of the clity’s most prominent men, including Mayor Mot are members of - the Nile Club, which is Oakland's Bohemian Club. Miss Sevilla Hayden is planning to entertain @ merry crowd of young people at her home next Saturday evening. Miss Hayden {s no only a thoughtful hostess, but is also original and clever, so the favored few Who are invited. are anticipating an evening of rare fun. The thirty-six guests are to be divided into sets d “different games will be played progres- sively by each get. Mrs Hayden and Mrs. Fox will assist Miss Hayden in her pleasant task, o oy Yesterday afternoon the sewing class con- nected with the New Century Club, of which Mrs, Robert Watt Is president, gave a Christ- mas entertainment at the. clubhiouse that was enjoyed by old and young. There were songe and recitations by the children and then they Il joined In singing a Christmas carol, Mrs. Watt directing. Prizes were awarded to those who had attended the sewing class regularly. Mrs. F. A. Ring and Mrs. L. H. Morehouse are actively associated with Mrs. Watt in the con- | duct of this particular branch of the club. N e Mrs. J, H. Morehouss has sent out a large number of cards for a reception in honor of Miss Leone Lants for Saturday evening, De- cembdr 30, The Morehouses have a beautiful home in San Leandro and take great delight in entertaining their friends there in most gener- ous fashion. LT S Miss Lucile Dunham will be a passenger on the outgoing Korea Saturday. She accompa- nies the Faxon Bishops, who have been visit- ing in Oakland, and will be their guest In Honolulu for some time. Mr. Faxon Bishop is & brother of Mr. Edgar Bishop of this city. . . A New Year's dance of great interest for the younger set will be that over which Miss Ma- rion Walsh wiil preside next Saturday evening, The cebut recently of Miss Walsh was one of : the most brilliant of the vear, and as the Walshes' beautiful home in Linda’ Vista 1s an idesl place for entertaining future events are eagerly by the young people of the smart 3 . . Mrs. Thomas Prather was the fairy god- mother of & large Christmas tree at Armory Hall Monday evening, at which half a hundred boye and girls, selected from among less for. tunate families, were the happy guests, who Mre. Pra - ‘those ther and who this est of evenings were thi Elethers: the Clays, the Harty Bast Millers, th tes and Mrs, 3 Harry e M. J. Halleys, the NEWSPAPER MAN OAKLAND, Deec. 27.—John C. Kle! managing editor of the Oaklana H& ald and a newspaper man of note, has resigned his post and will retire at the end of this year. Klein came from New York to take charge of the adi- torjal end of the Herald when that newspaper was established two years ago. His successor has not been ap- pointed. In this connection the name of George Sterling, the talented poet | and author, now residing at Carmel, HONOR MEMORY [OFFICIALS MAKE |LETTER WAITER OF A JURIST Friends Pay Tribute at the Bier of Justice Walter Van Dyke of Supreme Court SERVICES ARE SIMPLE Feeling Eulogy on Departed Judge Is Given by the Venerable Dr. J. K. McLean OAKLAND, Dec. 27.—Funeral ser- vices over Justice Walter Van Dyke of the Supreme Court of California were held this afternoon at the Van Dyke residence, Fourth and Van Dyke avenues, East Oakland. From many walks in life, men and women assem- bled at the distinguished jurist's bier. Justices of the Supreme Court, mem- bers of the Judiclary of Superior Courts, members of the bar and repre- sentatives of the Society of California Pioneers and Oakland Lodge of Masons were among those who attended the services. The Rev. J. K. McLean, president of the Pacific Theological Seminary, conducted the services at the resi- dence. The honorable clergyman gave in touching words a tribute to the jurist and to the man. He spoke of Justice Van Dyke's high character, his long years of honorable and intellect- ual devotion to his profession, his strong family tles and his deep sense of religious duty. During the services several selections were sung by a quartet composed of Frank Onslow, A. A. Macurda, J. de P. Teller and A. L. Larsen. Beautiful floral tokens of sympathy and respect surrounded the bier. The pallbearers were William H. Beatty, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California; Judge John J. de Haven of the United States District Court: J. S. Hutchinson of the Society of Califor- nia Pioneers; H. A. Powell and John G. Cope of the San Francisco Bar As- sociation; A. K. Clark and W. Kohler of Oakland Lodge of Masons. The services at Mountain View Cemetery were conducted by Oakland Lodge of Masons, R. G. Gaylord and C. E. Keys officiating. g L VAN DYKE’S MEMORY HONORED. Tribute Is Pald Dead Jurist in Su- perior Court. When the various departments of the Superior Court adjourned yester- day it was entered of record that they did so out of respeet to the memory of the late Justice of the Supreme Court Van Dyke. In Judge Graham's department Attorney Joseph Naphtaly | formally called the attention of the court to the loss the bench of Califor- nia- has sustained in the death of Jus- tice. Van Dyke. In response Judge Graham satd: His career as a Judge of the Supreme Court, covering a perlod of seven iydars; was illus- trated by an erudition at onae.yaried and pro- found, of spotless purity of conduct, personal and officlal, and to these was added an un- flagging assiduity in the dispatch of the public business. He was always a student and a diligent student of the law; its learning was to him a d'"fl“—m loved %o thread its laby- rinths and fhtricactes and to elaborate the ar- tificial reason which Is fts life @nd through which its principles are illustrated and applied. He was popular with the bar, who looked upon bim with pride, and justly regarded him as an ornament to the profession which was theirs no less than his, and who readily forgave him bis reserve, when behind it they discerned the | working of an intellect girted by nature, en- riched by culture—clear, luminous and of =i gular capacity in the prompt and satiefactory !nll)nion of intricate and perplexing questions of law. UACLIR LOITS DENTISTS SHFE OAKLAND, Dec. 27.—Mystery sur- rounds the identity of a burglar, who, with evident knowledge of the habits of Dr. S. C. Hornef, a dentist, whose of- fices, are located in the Abrahmson building at 471 Thirteenth street, last night and forced an entrance to the of- fice, and, leaving a number of valuable instruments untouched, picked the lock of a small safe and carried away $20 in cash and dentists’ gold and fin- ished crown and bridge work, the total haul reaching $300 in value. The crime was committed some time between mid- night and 6 a. m. this morning, for Dr. Hornef visited his office at a late hour last night while on his way to his home at’ 544 Eighteenth street and at that time found everything all right. ‘When the janitor entered the office this morning He found the door of the small safe, in which the dentist kept a ~nall amount of money and the gold used in his work, open and the con- tents scattered about the floor. The janitor at once notified Dr. Hornef, who took an inventory of his losses. The burglar evidently, an old hand at the business, had taken nothing but the money and gold, leaving hundreds of dellars’ worth of valuable instruments, ‘which might be identifled. BIG PAPAL JUBILEE PLANNED FOR 1908 Celebration Will Be of a Strietly Religious Character. ROME, Dec. 27.—Preparations are al- ready going on to celebrate in 108 the ju- bilee of the Pope’s ordination as a priest. Being asked if he desired the festivities ‘to be similar to those on the occasion of the priesthood jubilee of the late Pope Leo, when an international exhibition was held !n the Vatican, the Pope answered: ““Certainly not. I wish the celebration to maintain a strictly religious charac- ter."” Committees will be organized all over the world with the object of presenting the Pope with large offerings during the jubilee mass, which he will celebrate in St. Peter’s In the presence of pilgrims from all countries. OF THE COUNTIES ABOUT UEER TANGLE Liquor Sellers of Berkeley Left to Wonder What Is to Be Their Exact End ALL MAY BE ARRESTED No Provision for Bridging Gap, During Which None Will Have Legal License BERKELEY, Dec. 27.—Twenty-three saloon-keepers in West and South Berkeley are wondering to-day just what their status is to be after Jan- uary 1, and the Trustees of the town are also mildly concerned in the out- come of their unusual action last night, by which the question of selecting ten out of the twenty-three dealers to be given licenses was postponed until the next meeting, two weeks from now. The liquor licenses of all the sdloon men in BerKkeley expire on January 1. The Trustees have not renewed any of them. They ‘will not renew or grant any until January 8. What will be the status of all the saloon men between January 1 and January 8? They will have no licenses. Will they close? ‘Will the Town Marshal arrest them for doing business without a license? The predicament is the result of the failure on the part of the authorities to comply with all the provisions of the law by which the awarding of liquor licenses is regulated. The law requires that an application for license must be filed with the Town Clerk ten days be- fore it is considered by the Trustees. J. H. Jones, among others, was awarded a license last night and when all the baMoting was over it was found that Jones had failed to file his application within the specified ten days. Also it was discovered that the Trustees had acted hastily in awarding the licenses without complying with the provision which requires that ap- plications be referred to a committee. ALAMEDA_GODNTY NEWS WANTS DIVORCE FOR NEGLECT.—Oak- iand, Dec. 27.—Alice M. Ormonde has sued Frank N. Ormonde for_a divorce, charging nezlect. ARE GIVEN DECREES.—Oakland, Dec. 2T¢ Interlocutory decrees of divorce were granted to Clothilde Dodd to-day from Willard L. Dodd for habitual intemperance; Fred A. Latne from Maria Laine for desertion TRUSTEE GORHAM RETURNS.—Alameda, Dec. 27.—President Willlam J. Gorham of the City Trustees has returned from a-business trip East and will resume his officlal duties at the eession of the municipal legislators next Wednesday night. WRITES WILL AT 90.—Oakland, Dec The will of the late Louise Clark, 90 years of age and written in her own- hand shortly be- fore her death, was filed with _the County Clerk to-day. She leaves about $5000 worth of real estate in Alameda, which she bequeaths to relatives in Germany. LONGSHOREMAN HURT.—Oakiand, Dec. 27.—Thomas O'Keefe, a longshoreman in the eraploy of the Humboldt Lumber Company, fell off the top of a-freight car this afterncon and fractured his left hip. He is 40 years of age and lives af Frultvale. He was taken to the Recelving Hospital and later to the ¥idence Hospital. STOLEN LIBERTY IS BRIEF.—Oakland, Dec. 27.—James H. Taylor, colored, Wwho is serving a six months’ term in the City Prison | for vagrancy and who has been serving as a “‘trusty’’ cook, escaped from the jall this morn- ing. but was recaptured after a ilvely chase by Bafliff Tobin ‘of department 2 of. the Police Court. PRESENTS FIREBELL TO CITY.—Oak- land, Dee, 27.—Louls de Rome, a branze and bras3 founder, has presented a handsomely cast firebell to the city, to be used at the firehouse just completed at North Oakland. The gift has been accepted on behalf of the Fire De- partnient by the Board of Police and Fire Com- missioners. MRS, BACHELDER DIES—Oakland, Dee. 27.—Susan A. Bachelder, 6S years old, who fig- ured several years ago in a romantic marriage in the redwoods of Sonoma County, died sud- denly to-night at her home, 683 Thirty-fifth Mrs. Thomas street. She leaves a daughter, Foster of 1855 Broadway. The Coroner took charge. WRITES THIRD LETTER.—Oakland, Dec. 27.—F. A. Reynolds, & commercial traveler, sued for divorce by his wife on the ground of his desertion, has written his third letter to court, stating that he is 400 miles away, out of money, on the verge of collapse and cannot fight the proceedings, which he declares are un- just, He asks the court to weigh the matter caretully. . DISMISSES HER SUIT.—Oakland, Dec, 27. A notice of the dismissal of the suit brought by Rose Albers of Fruitvale against Ira A. Avmar has been flled. She alleged she loaned him about $7000 on his personal promise to pay. He returned her property, valued at $5000, ana she does mot care to fight for the balance. GIVES POLICE STATISTICS.—Oakland, Dec. 27.—Chlef of Palice Hodgkins to-day filed @ report with the Police and Fire Commission- ers, showing that in six months ended Novem- ber 1 five assaults on women had occurred, two/of which were for purposes of robbery, comparative statement of arrests was given as follows: 1895, 1439; 1000, 1110; 1905, 2214. Of the last 500 arrests were for violation of the bleyele ordinance. MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Oakland, Dec. 27. The foilowing marriage licenses were tssued by the County Clerk to-day: Felix J. Adamina, 22, and Marle Eggers, 18, both of Oakland: Rudolph A. Saeltzer, 27, Redding, and Har- riette A. McMahon, 25, ‘Oakland; ' Lewis C. Larson, 27, Ealinas, and_Annie Christianson, 22, Oakland; Frederick W. Wille, 63, and Nancy Clark, 60, both of Oakland; Edmond S. Beebe, 32, and Florence L. Martin, both of Halfmoon Bay; Peter Sinclair, 42, and Katie Bund. 49, both of Portland, 'Or.: Bellegarde Baptiste, 27, and Catherine Chastain: 27. both of Oakland; John Waiker, 31, and Alice An- derson, 33, both of San Francisco; Peter Mar- tin, 24, and Rose Gomes, 27, both of San Francisco; John Rossie, 25, and Clara Stroin- &ki, 21, both of Oakland. SUICIDE OF MAN ACCUSED OF POISONING BENEFACTOR FORT WORTH, Tex., Dec. 27.—A special to the Record from San Luis Potosi, Mex., says that J. C. Hills, wanted in Stonewall County, Texas, for the murder of J. D. McGaughey, was arrested there by Deputy Sherift Duckey and committed suicide * by poisoning. Hills was accused of pois- oning McGaughey for 316,000 life in- surance which McGaughey carried for his benefit. McGaughey had ralsed Hills from childhood. Hills, who was employed in a Fort Worth bank, entered a claim for the insurance, which the company held up, pending an Investigation. Hills then went to Mexico. He was prominent in local financial' and church circles, —————————— WOMAN DUPES MERCHANTS. QAKLAND, —A good-look- ing and well-dressed, young woman, giving her name as Stella Meyers, has succeeded within thé last two days in obtaining goods and money from sev- eral Oakland merchants' by means ot bogus checks, among those who were victimized by the fair swindler being the Ameérican Tea Company and Lin- demer & Lutz, butchers. In each case the girl, for she is little more, pur- chased a small quantity of goods, ten- dering In payment checks which were later found to be worthless, - The checks were for $38 each and drawn on the California Bank. They | were payable to Stella Meyers. When asked torl:;:.anflrm the was empl as a domestic, at 1. ‘Webster . street. No such m'“ 15 > NNOYS COURT Judge W. H. Waste Receives CommuniecationConecerning Matter Now Before Him EPISTLE IS CRITICAL TS R . W. Rumble Takes Oceasion to Cast Reflections on the Administration of Laws B R OAKLAND, Dec. 27.—The third let- ter written recently to different Super- lor Judges regarding cases on trial be- fore them was received by Judge Waste to-day from G. W. Rumble, and only the fact that he had signed his name to the document, Judge Waste said, [ kept him from setting the machinery of the law In operation for his punish- ment. “This matter of writing to a Judge concerning iaatters he has under consideration must stop,” declared Judge Waste. “It fs not right to at- i tempt to influence the mind of the eourt in such a manner.” Rumble heads his letter “Food for i Thought,” excerpts of which are: There are 54,000 laws on the books of this State and over 600 were enacted by the last Legislature; there are about 2500 lawyers in San Francisco and Oakland. flQTuea!lon—-Vnur. does the business man get of Regarding the case of Rumble vs. the Sun- set Mining Company the concern of Sanderson, Davis & Well “butted in" and are ‘pirate and have caused the company trouble, causing its mines to close, valued at $1.000,000. Ex-Judge Sanderson visits the chambers of the Judges hére and fixes matters to suit him- | selt. I am tola tha‘ this cannot be dome in your court and that a square deal s secured over your counter. Rumble, the writer of the letter, signs himself secretary, treasurer and general manager of the Sunset Mining Company, and a decfslon of some $200,000 was recently given against him In San Franecisco. Charges reflect- ing on-his honesty of purpose are made in-the matter pending here, in which it is stated that he allowed a judgment to go against the company in favor of his wife for the sum of $3000. DETECTIVE LETS PRISONER FLEE POINT RICHMOND, Dec. 27.—While under guard last night of a private de- tective, Minjojima, a Japanese, charged with the theft of moneys from the Bank of Yokohama, in Japan, escaped. The fugitive had been arrested at Fresno. He was taken to Point Richmond to be held there in concealment until the next steamer sails for Japan, the bank efficials fearing that the man's friends might in- voke successful habeas corpus proceed- ings before he could be placed outside the jurisdiction of the courts. According to the story related by the police at Point Richmond, the fugitive was employed as a clerk In the Yokohama bank. It was desired that Minjojima should learn something about American customs, so, through the influence of his brother, he was sent to this country and installed in a branch of the bank at San Francisco. Shortly after the departure from Yokohama the defalcation was dis- covered. Word was cabled to San Fran- cisco, but by some means or another the new arrival received information of the discovery in time to flee. Private de- tectives were put on his trail and they traced the man to Fresno, where he was taken Into custody. He was given over to Detective Darr last night and instruc- tions were given to keep a close watch over the prisoner. But Darr, belleving his man secure, lapsed during the night and his ward disappeared. Manager Hodsumi of the branch bank was seen by a Call repres ' ative last night. He said the defalcatlon was very small and that the bank was fully pro- tected by surety arrangements in Japan. Mr. Hodsumi's bank will not prosecute the defaulter here, even if he is found. HER WILL DRAWN BY AN ASTROLOGER SALEM, = Ma: Dec. 27.—That the will of Mrs. Jennie Phillips Chase, whose death at Swampscott last Sep- tember under circumstances indicating suicide is being investigated by the District Attorney, was drawn by a pro- fessed astrologer introduced to her by her husband, Dr. Horace Chase, the heir of her million-dollar estate, was trought out in Dr. Chase’s testimony in the Pro- bate Court yesterday. Mrs. Chase in her will bequeathed her entire estate to her adopted son, De Forest Woodruff Chase, a son of Dr. Chase, her second husband. De Forest Cnase died in Boston last week and the woman'’s will, under which the property would revert to the elder Chase, is be- ing contested by the brothers and sis- ters of the dead woman. Six months before her marriage to Dr. Chase the latter introduced her to Oliver Ames Gould, an astrologer. Dr. Chase stated that Gould drew his horo- scope and thal of the woman. The horoscopes each stated that marriage would follow in a few months. —_—— EMERSON HALL DULY DEDICATED AT HARVARD CAMBRIDGE, Mass.,, Deec. Emerson Hall, the new home of philosophical department at Harvard University and named in honor of Ralph Waldo Emerson, was dedicated to-day in the presence of the members of the American Philosophical and Psychological Assoication and the various governing boards of the uni- versity. Professor Hugo Munsterburg, head of the department of philosophy. presided, and the speakers were Presi- dent Charles W. Eliot and Dr. Edward ‘Waldo Em‘e:lon. 4 son of the great essayist. his" address Presi Eliot said: ot We belleve tha 3 1 . kb h;m mrqn: name will a son was a pher or was not only a systematic ® poet and a cles have already been New Lroadest 27— the Py thinker, but of a resort. made @ test one to-morrow before The Peace 7. Q. Quing. be. not that Emer- chologist—he CVES LIBERTY 10 0L0 CONVIT Governor Pardons a Prisoner ‘Who Had Been in the State Penitentiary Since 1880 MUST LEAVE CALIFORNIA Release Is Granted on Con- dition That He Will Start Without Delay for Mexico Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN QUENTIN, Dec. 27.—J. J. Alva- res, an aged veteran of the Mexican War, who was serving a life sentence for killing an Itallan gambler in San Diego in 1880, has been pardoned by | Governor Pardee upon the condition ! that he leave the State within ten days. Alvarez, who was known around the prison as “French Louls,” could not { realize that he was a fres man when | the prison gates were opened for him !to-day. When he at length realized that he was at liberty he exclaimed: “Thank God, I am a free man and cafl 80 home to Mexico, my home, and die.” Alvarez toox an early stage t morning and scrutinized everything very carefully. He hesitated about get- ting on the train at Greenbrae, but finally ventured aboard. He will be taken care of by Mr. Ornelas of the Mexican Consulate, who will see him started on his trip for Mexico. It is said that Alvarez has a large amount of pension money coming to him from the Government. It has been accumulating for twenty-five years. e ———— INVESTIGATING WATER SUPPLY. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Deec. 27.— J. L. Choate and O. R. Coleman have been appointed by the Board of Health of Santa Clara County to investigate the possibilities of pollution of the wa- ter supplies of San Franecisco and Stan- ford University. Choate and Coleman are students at Stanford and have won honors in investigation along scientific lines. They will not only look into the possibility of the water supplies of the adjoining towns being polluted, but will also make a complete sanitary mp of the entire region. —— FORFEITS HIS BAIL. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 27.—Paul Rover!, who recently came here from Italy, was slaughtering robins, larks, canaries and other small song birds near Fairfax Sunday when Deputy Fish Commis- stoner Ortman placed him under arrest for violating a county ordinance. He deposited $25 cash bail as a guarantee that he would appear before Judge Ma- &ee to answer to the rge. He failra to appear In court to-day and the bail was ordered forfeited. Rovert lives in San Francisco. ———— WILL BUILD NEW LIBRARY. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 27.—Reid Broth- ers of San Francisco have been selected by the Library Trustees of this city as the architects of the proposed Carnegle Library, which will cost_$23.000 when completed. A lot recently purchased, principally through.the generous con- tributions of the citizens of this city, will be used for the library. MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP COSTLY FOR NEW YORK NEW YORK, Dec. 2i.—For the privilege of owning its own ferry to Staten Isiand the city .of New York is paying mere than $500 a day, that being the dally excess of expenses over receipts in the seven weeks since the city took control. From October 25 to Decemben 1S the total expenses were $107,358 and the receipts $75,400. This leaves a loss of $25,958, or 536 a day for the fifty- four days covered by the statement. Increase in the number of men smployed on the boats, increase In the amount of wages as compared with the rate paid when the ferry was under private owner- ship, together with a reduction of one- third in the number of hours of labor. necessitating three shifts instead of two, are chiefly responsible for the deflcit. Thus far the number of passengers car- ried since the city assumed comtrol M averaged 23,088 a day. As the city did not begin operating the ferry until after the excursion season was over, it s be- leved that this average will be largely increased for the year, because of the in- crease of travel during June, July and August. The old boats had a record of carrying %.000 passengers In a single day. —_———————— PROTES. MADE AGAINST PROPOSED CHURCH UNION NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 27.—The Cumberland Presbyterian Loyalist Council, which met here to-day, adopte@ resolutions protesting against the proposed union of the Cumberland Presbyterian church with the Presby- terian church in the United States. A copy of the resolutions was ordered telegraphed to the committee on fra- ternity and union, which will meet in St. Louis for the purpose of arranging detalls of the union of the two churches. THE BAY. - a ——— et — \ TELLS POLICE TWO STORIES.—“Billy last Spaulding” was arrested night and booked at the City Hall station on a charge of drunkenness. While being searched be el his name to Abe Abrams and claimed t0 be the victim of a holdup. YOU DREAD COLDS Not only because of the suffering and { inconvenlence, but more on account of | the serfous results that often follow. When you notice the first symptom of taking cold, head the warning and promptly take a few doses of