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< R Wy EWS OF THE CO THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1905 IES ABOUT THE BAY, OVERNOR PARDEE URGESILIFE STAUCCLE (WISERY MAKES ENDS HIS LIFE [READY T FIGHT EDUCATION FOR BOYS. | TH THE TIOE, THEM FRIENDS Tells Sons Go Forth Unripe. U P S T Chief Executive Says Young Men Need Schooling. SRR Protests Against Taking ! Youth Away From Studies. nt at Washington, D. C. agricultural r persons in- suggested of more 8chool ome s is evidenced by g the young Pardee stated the expert the problem ft to the elty, t ability best means of f our soils PLEADS FOR THE BOYS. d figures to show grades are higher his phase of his ing_Wrong w the er girls of 2679 pe: sappears in thi 1 oo o grammar 9,000 b imary schools per_cent graduated js. Why aia not the complete the course? boys? . farmers think that they can- work for all 3 are neces- it is the farmer's business 10 from which he aliows nothing attention 0 his sons and danghters s have ©o other business to ettend to than their schools. I wish that our 4 reaiize how mecessary the schoo and when they do 5o reailze one 1 operafe to keep the home will have been e farm distraci pt that w ou: Yy boys and girls schieved DF. A. C. True's paper on “A System of Agricultural Education for California” was In part as follows: The graduate cnd undergraduate instruction in the College of that Agriculture should be on a in the other collezes of ths should have for its purpose of the leadlers in agricultural estigators, teachers, State of- egitors and managers of great cultural enterprises. In the graduate instruc. on special stress should be lald on the dis- tinotive agricultural interests of the _State. For examole, California University might nat- vrally be expected to have a stros - ate depertmant of horticulture DS pe. ccas! ly we hear persons advocati separation of the College of Agticapture from the umiversity. but this usually proceeds from s mistaken idea regarding the functions of agricultural college or from an_ lgnorance of the present tendencies of higher education in eericulture in this country. As we. shall see Jater on, 1 shall endeavor to meet the plea for more vractical inetruction in agriculture by advocating the establishment of secondary schools in which agriculture shall be so taught &8 to turn_boys faces-to-the farms.-But, then we ghall need the College of Agriculture at the university all the more to train the teach- ers for these secondary schools. etudying agriculture In & thorough way need o be brouxht into contact with men study- ing on other lines. The best development of var with v Stomach Diseases CAN BE CURED BY USING lycozone A Harmless, Powerful Germicide Endorsed by Leading Physicians One $1.00 Bottle, Free on receipt of this advertisement with 25 cents to pay postage and packing. Sold by leading druggists. @1 o PRINCE ST., NEW YORK WiiTE FOR FREC BOOKLET ON RATIONAL TREATMENT oF oiseasE Farmers Their the eye of | the agri- t D them, and be- ce to the boys demands that | e such school opportunities. moon Professor E. W. Hil- lems, revered | e State | as a | ols in_increasing | | | i | | | | | | | 11 | AUTHORITY ON £OIL PRODUCTS WHO ADDRESSED THE FARM- ERS’ INSTITUTE YESTERDAY. - ~5 agriculture will go hand in hand with the best development of otheér industries and so- Ry days various circumstances led 15 and wealthy States may develop their ural and mechanical colleges into sec- and this has- actually Moreover, agricuitural nd State universities, | occurrea in Indians education and research have of late been put ! on & strone footing in @ number of univer- | sitie, motably in Iilinois, Ohio, Wiscomsin | Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and New ¥ork, | thus destroying the argument that agricultural instruction cannot prosper in a university. In view of these things California should esteem herself fortunate In having already consoildated public higher education in her State University, and the friends of sgricul- turgl education should rally round the Col- Jege of Agriculture of the university and help to make it in every way worthy of the vast agricultural interests and possibllities of this zreat State In addition to the agricultural college, a number of rural high schools should be estab- lished in which agriculture mnd the sclences related thereto should be leading subjects of instruction. These echools should be equivped with laboratories, shops and farms. The in- struction in agriculture should be both theo- Tetical and practical, but with the special aim of pending out men and women well equipved Tor successful careers oh the farms. It is bet- ter not w make these schools exciusively as- Hcultural., Courses in manual training and domestic arts should be vrevided, as well as in the subjects ordinarily taught in high schools. The regular coutse for graduation should o8- cupy four years, and agricultural subjects ehould congtitute about ohe-third of the curri- culum. Provision should also be made for shorter and special courses, especially courses of two or three years, in which practical in- ftruction will be given right of way, Gradu- { ates in agricultural courses should be admitted to the college of agriculture of the university, proper credit being given them for thelr attain- ments in agricultural studies. The teachers of agricuitural subjects in these rural high schools should be graduates of agri- culturai colleges. And the teachers of other subjects should be selected with special refer- ence to their knowledge and love of rural life. Ir general every effort should be made to create In these schools an atmosphere favorable to_rural life and pursuits. The number of these scnools will eventually depend on the demand for éHucation of this character in the rural communitles. I am in- clined to think that under present conditions the county is 100 small & unit. It will be bet- ter to have fewer schools, since it is desirable to have a good sized faculty, ample equipment and relatively large attendance in each of these schools. California already. h'§~°“' euch school, the Poiytechnic School at San Luls Ol This now has an enrollment of 100 students. If four or Ave additional chools of this kind were established and properly located with reference to transportation facilities and reglonal differ- ences, probably the needs of the rural popula- ton of California in this direction would be sufficlently met for a number of years. Ina few States agricultural high schools have heen estabiished in connection with the agri- cultural colleges. Besides agricultural courses in special rural high schools, 1t would be well for ‘‘union dis- tricts” and city high schools located near rural communities to introduce instruction in nature study and agricuiture, just as they are intr: ducing manual training and domestic arts This would ordinarily mean that at least o agricultural college gtaduate should be added 10 the facuity and & garden and other facilities | for agricultural instruction should be provided ! {at the school. Many villages and cities of California are very largery dependent for their prosperity on the farms, orchards and vine- yards by which they are surrounded. It is highly absurd and ehortsignted for these com- munities to make their high schools centers of instruction in all sorts of cubjects relating to urban industries and professions and to utterly neglect Lo give instruction tending to make the agriculture and horticulture on which their very existence dépends more highly and perma- nently remunerative. NORMAL SCHOOLS ADVISED. The normal echools will aiso find it desirable to give attention to the training of teachers in ultural r:l?oct- as supplementary to what they are already doing in what is ordinarily called nature study, which in fact is more or less closely related to agricuiture. Teachers for the rural schools may be prepared to give instruction in the elements of agriculture by the combined efforts of the normal schools, rural high echools and agricultural colleges tal schoots and o sogical The iatroduction 4 clal and legal institutions. ONLY ONE COLLEGE. In thig connection it fs well to remember | that there is only one purely agriculturz lewe in the United States. Most of cultural and mechamical colleges approximate the State univers! in the range of their ses of instruction. This is particularly trae successful agricultural collexes. o est hment of the so-called aeri- i tural colleges in & number of States s separate itutions, but this movement has spent its force and the fendency now is toward consolidation of higher education In ! various ‘lines broad institutions. Lately two of the agricultural colleges have become ate universities. Some ©Of our more DoDU- agriculture into the rural common schools'is vndoubtedly attended with great difficulties. Nevertheless, since about 95 per cent of jthe rural children do not get beyond the comon echools, it is highly important that a serfous and sustained effort shoutd be made to make these schools instrumental in the broadening { and uplifting of farm life\and the greater pros- | perity of agriculture and horticulture through- jout ihe State. Legislation relating to these | schools ehould permit and encourage instrugtion in nature study and agriculture. Experiments | in such. instructionshould be -made undet, as | favorable conditions as possible. Advances' in this direction, however imperfect, should” be | fostered. Patience in dealing with. this prob- | lem should be exercised by teachers, school of- | ficers agd patrons of the scnools. Dr. True's paper: was discussed by A. L. Cowell of Stockton, Professor E. J. ‘Wickson and Professor C. M. Waodworth, Professor E. W. Hilgard addressed the | Farmers’ Institute in the afternoon on the subject of solls. He had not prepared |a paper on the subject, but spoke from a long and varied experience in dealing | with soil problems, soil analysis and soil study. He quoted often from his new | boek on “Soils,” which is now in the ! publisher’s hands in New York, when he | desired to use technical information on | the subject. The- farmers who listened were given valuable expert advice regard- ing the means to be adopted In making | the best and most valuable use of the ! depths of California soils. | ““The Future of Irrigation in California” | was discussed at length by Professor 8, | Fortier. J. B. Neff, conductor of Farmers’ In- titutes In Southern California, spoke of | “The Teachings of Experience in Irriga- tion.” Miss Alice F. Crane discussed “Some Practical Aspects of Seed Test- ing.” At 4 o'clock Professor Osterhaut of the botany department of the University of California gave an hour’s demonstration of simple methods of studylng soils, bac- teria, growing plants, etc. —_— LIBRARIANS IN SESSION. BERKELEY, Dec. 28.—The Library Assoclation of California held its sec- ond meeting of the present annual session in the Unitarlan church this morning, when two papers were read. Frank I, Bunker of the State Normal School of San Francisco spoke on the subject, “Should the State Texts Be Supplemented? If so, how, and to what extent?” A discussion of the paper was participated in by Robert Furlong, seéretary California State Text-Book Committee, Sacrament Miss Minnie Coulter, County Superi: téndent of Schools, Sonoma County; Miss Mabel E. Prentlss, librarian Po- mona 1lbrary; J. W. Linscott, County Superintendent of Schools, Santa Cruz County; H. W. Fairbanks, Berkeley. Frank B. Cooper, City Superintend- ent of Schools of Seattle, read a paper on tHe subject, “Is There a Need'for Instruction in Library Methods by the Normal Schools and Universities?” Those taking part In the discussion of the paper were Dr. Jessfe B. Allen, State Normal School, Los Angeles; J. C. Rowell, librarian University of Cali- fornia; Melvin G. Dodge, lbrarian Stanford University; L. D. Harvey, Wisconsin. ——————— WOMAN’S SAD END, . BERKELEY, Dec. 28.—The body ot Mrs. Martha Avery lies in charge of Deputy Coroner Btreightif, while the authorities await word from her rela- tives in Tucson, Ariz, and Pueblo, Colo., regarding its disposition. . Mrs. Avery died at the Alta Bates Sanf- tariym last Monday from the effects 6t pneumonie, aggravated by a wanton at. tack upon her by a drunken, maniacal son, Willlam Avery. The son professes to haye no. money to pay for hi§ mother's funeral. 3@ 2 v o ———— ARMED FACTIONS GATHER S IN THE TENNESSEE HILLS Double Tragedy Christmas Results in Terrible Feud Near Virginia- Tennessee Line. 2 BRISTOL, Va., Dec. 25.—News r ed Bristol to-day of a double ' tr: y enacted on Christmas eveping : at Bertha, Tenn., near the Virginia-Tén- nessee line, resulting in the death . of Roscoe Nichols and the fatal wounding of Silas Green, which has given rise to a condition in that section bordering on a state of war. ¢ ¥ A dispatch to-night says there are & hundred armed men in the moun- tains following leaders . from nmt‘)%‘ the friends of the dead and woundeé men and that a conflict seems certain. During the day both factions have been gathering arms and ammunition With Leg and Arm Broken by Fall Sailor Lies for Hours With Waters Creeping Up RESCUE COMES IN TIME ‘When Found He Was Partly Submerged and All Would Have Been Over Shortly o OAKLAND, Dec. 28.—Half In and half out of the water, with one leg and one arm broken, William Colqu- houn, a saflor, §9 years of age, Wwas found about 1 o'clock this morning ly- ing on the rocks beside Long Wharf, having fallen off in the darkness. It wasseveral hours before he was able to attract the attention of any one, and in the meantime the turning tide threatened to still his cries forever. He drew himself up on the rocks as fan as he could, but even here the rising waters cpvered half his body when he was rescued. He belonged to the ship Hampton, which is lying alongside of the wharf taking a cargo of wheat aboard, and started out to the ship shortly after dark. He says that he stumbled over a tle on his way out and went over the trestle. The rocks have been thrown into the water by the side of the trestle preparatory to filling in the space between Long Wharf and the mole, and but for this he would have gone into the water and probably drowned. The fall itself was not more than twelve or fifteen feet, but the rocks cut his flesh and broke his bones. He has no idea of how long he had lain there before he came to himself, but when he regained consclousness the waves were splashing in his face. The night was dark, but he could see the lighted trains going back and forth on the mole with people and he at- tempted to attract their attention. The roar of the engines and their whistles drowned his cries, and it was only after midnight when all was still that the engineer of a dredger heard his shout and started out In search. It was with difficulty that he located the man in the darkness, but finally found him and, taking him into his boat, took him to the mole and had him sent to the Receiving Hospital. He was at- tended by Df. George Reinle, and after his bones had been set seemed to b 1little the worse for his wetting. ALANEDA COUNTY NEWS AGED WOMAN DIBS.—Martinez, Dec, 28.— James McNamara, one of the founders of Mar- tinez, dled to-day at the age of 67 years. JURY IMPANBLED.—Martinez, Dec. A'Grand Jury was impaneled to-da George Ward foreman, Volney Taylor secretary and” Frazier Ridgeway expert. DRUGGIST 18 FINED.—Oakland, Dec. 28.— W. A. Maxwell, a_drugglst at 4104 Pledmont avenue, was fined $20 to-day by Police Judge Smith for eelling liquor to & minor, FIRE SCARE IN ‘HOTEL.—Oakland, Dec. 28.—Smoke blown back from a jgrate this afterncon caused a fire at the Waldorf Hotel. 1220 Broadway. An alarm was sounded. No dumage was done. POY STEALS PAPERS, George Matthiessen, 16 years old, was arrested this morning for Stealing twenty-one news- pepers that had been placed at Eieventh street and Broadway ready for distribution. QUARREL OVER RING.—Oakland, Dec. 28. Michael McCarthy, & saloon-Keeper, has been made Gefendant in search warrant proceedings in the Police Court brought by J. W. Her- handez to recover a diamond ring. McCarthy gaid he held the circlet as security for $5 he losned Kate Jackson. KEHOB CHARGED WITH MURDER.—Oak- 1and, Dec, 28.—The Coroner's jury in the case of George S. Beddell, who was stabbed = to death In @ room at a lodging-house kept by Mrs. Katy Taylor at S15 Market street, to- night found that he had been murdered and charged Thomas Kehoe with the crime. COSTELLO IS INNOCENT.—Oakland, Dec. 28.—John Costello was recently arrested on a charge of having robbed Joseph Jgcobs _six months ago, but to-day he was discharged in the Police Court when he proved that he was at Beventh and Unfon streets, in West Oak- Jand, when the robbery was committed at the head of Lake Mersitt, SLEDGE STRIKES HIS HEAD.—Oakland, Dec. 28.—John McCabe, living at 136 Missis- sippl street, San Francisco, was struck on the head this morning with a twenty-five pound sledgehammer without serfous injury, his scalp being but slightly cut. He was holding a drill when he was struck and it Is supposed the blow glanced. BODY IDENTIFIED.—Oakland, Dec, 28.— Tiljfe Kumm, Who was empioyed at 1490 Har- rigon strect as & domestic and who died at the Providence Hospital Christmas day, has been igentified by 'her kinsman, Charles Retzless of 1048 Sixty-second streét, The body was Teld at & local undertaking parlor. Coroner Mehrmann will hold an inquest. MORGUE Iilon? ELECTROCUTED.—Oak- ~ —Oakland, Dec. 28. land, Dec. 28. 14 Jack.” the white horse that has been attached to the dead wagon of the Morgue for almost twenty years. is dead. As he was being led to a blacksmith shop he stepped on a live wire that had fallen at Tenth and Jefferson streets and he fell under 1000 volts of electricity. His death was almost inst@htaneous. CENTRAL CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS.— Alameda, Déc. 28.—Officers have been elected by the Central Improvement Club to serve for next year as follows: President, W. H. Noy; firat vice president, . Kobet; second sice president, H. J. Danieh ecretary, B, F. =} . Lam- Born; treasurer, Charles Banta. The club has placed itself on record as favoring the opening of the tidal canal to navigation. DR, CHALMERS LAID TO REST.—Niles, Dpo. 28.—The funeral of Dr. George F. Chaimers, & well-known physiclan and health Gfficer of Niles, Who_dled Tuesday at the Southern Pacific_Railfoad Hospital in San Francisco, aged 37 years, was held at 2 p. m. B rom ihe family recidence here, rter- ment being in Decoto. The deceased was a membar of the Masons, 0dd Fellows and Elks. He leaves a wife and an infant child. NARROWLY BSCAPES DEATH.—Oakland, Dec, 28.—John Floras, residing at Bighth and s, in West Oakland, had a narrow escape from death this morning when a small boat in which he was returning to the shore from a duck blind off the Sixteenth-street shore dapsized. Floras climbed on the bottom of the overturned boat and after a long struggle in the rough water reached the shore and was taken to his home in an exhausted condition. 3. E. MASON DIES IN MBEXICO.—Alameda, Dec. John_E. Mason, formerly a promi- Yient resident -of this: city,” died Tuesday in the City ot Mexico. He was at one time a 1arge owner of local reaity and ten years ago as b candidate for City Trustee. Mason is ed by his widow. now resident in San , and ‘@ davghter, - Mre. Frederick Gosa = Palmer, Wite of a surgeon in the English army inIndia, Mason's body will be interred at. wood Cemetery, New York, - (RS, MEAD LAID AT REST.—Onkland, Dec. 28.—The funeral of Mrs. Louis R. Mead the wife of L. R, Mead, the propristor Peon Springs, who died Baniey; was Bhd o p. m. to-day the Church of the Advent inBast Onidiand, the services being conductad by the Rev. Edgar F. Gee, rector of St. John's opal Church. | The palibearers wre Wit Bray, H. C. L. ‘White, H. L. Charl ks ., Foulkes, A Hrorridge aad George P, uikes " Sho g Geoperp. ! ematus were laterred in Moutitaln Vies: | &y ! MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Oakiand, Dec. 2. 7ne following matriage licenses were Issued "the County Clerk to-day: John L. du neox.vr.. 2;&. and lurtuedflho Hi‘Smma. 17, Oakl i Raymon & lorgan, and Annie o Husband Gives This Excuse for Devotion to a Woman Other Than Lawful Spouse SAYS WIFE'S LOVE DIED F. A. Reynolds’ Companion in Sorrow Is Herself the Vie- tim ot "Unhappy Marriage OAKLAND, Dec. 28.—With a companiog more ‘agreeable to him than his wife, whose love has grown cold, F. A. Re: nolds, a teacher of home decorating, de- fends himself in the course he has taken in a Tetter read in evidence to-day in the trial of a divorce suit brought against him_ by Adeline Reyrolds of Berkeley. The husband’ is at |present’ at Santa Maria, where he says he'ls in a state of nervous collapse, and has asked the court to look out for his interests and make his wife prove the accusations she has made against_him. Mrs. Reynolds herself took the stand and . produced a letter written to their daughter Lela, in which the father says: Can it be, Tottle, that you are the author of such a terrible letter to your papa, who has always tried to be so good to his children? You blame me wrongly. I have no’excuses to make. Mamma tired of me and left my bed. My heart was brcken and night after night I went to bed with tears In my eyes. Finally I found some one in deep trouble as I, and it was 5o casy for us to learn to care for each other. She i8 50 good to me, and if ever I have an ache.or pain it just seems as it she carnot do encugh for me. We travel together as brother and_sister. She has her room and I have mine. = She has seen lots of trouble by being mismated with a drunken husband, She longed for a com- panion. So did J. Mamma cast me aside and now I am a free man, dnd as soon as the law Wil perniit we will be married. I will not say @ word against your mamma, although she ruined my life and robbed me of a home, She is to blame for it all and I will #ay so to the last moment I lve. It was all through her insane idea that ‘she wanted to be free from the marriage state, A telegram was then introduced, alleged to have been sent by Reynolds to a Mrs. R. M. Thompson, in which he tells her to come by the first train to Oakland, and asking her if she is in need of money. This-is the woman Mrs. Reynolds says her husband is traveling with. In be- half of her husband, however, Mrs. Rey- nolds is- being examined. as to the charges made by him that she deserted him. Near the noon hour the witness gave way to tears and an adjournment wds taken until to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. BRILLIANT AFFAIR AT CLAREMONT BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE. OAKLAND, Dec. 28.—For some time past Dame Grundy has had her eagle eve on Miss Apphia Vance, for therc were suspicions and rumors of suspicions that the litte god of love had successfully invaded the Webster strest mansion, and to-day the rumors were verified, At a charming afternoon affair al the home of Mrs. ¢. B. Parcells, Miss Vance formally announced her engagement to William O, Morgan, a resident of Oakiand, but engaged i business on the other side. The Vances, though among the wealthy people of Oakland, have never cared mucb for society, taking a much more active interést in church and chari- table affa Miss Vance is a cultured giri and has traveled considerably. "The luncheon guests to-day were Mrs. Frank Parcells, Mrs. F. M. Greenwood, Mrs. Dr. Brinkerfioff, Mrs. Edward Holmes of San Francisco, Miss Ruth Palmer of Fruitvale, Miss Helen Powell, Miss Eva Powell, Miss An- nie Fiiut, Miss Bessie Reed, Miss Vance and the hostess. The Claremont Club bouse was aglow from basement to eaves to-night, the lights from many windows gleaming through the stormy night llke beacons of joy. Inside the sceme Wwas one of the most brilllant yet seen in the clubhouse. 1t was the occasion of Mrs. A. L. Stone's dinner dance and the 100’ guests were aisposed at small tables in fours, beneath a canopy of Christmas garlands. Mrs. Stone's sister, Miss Havemeyer, was formally intro- duced to society this evening. In the brilliant throng of fashionables were Mr. and Mrs. Lacy Brayton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wingate, Mr. and Mrs, A. §. Macdon- aid, Mr. and Mrs, George W. McNear Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hubbard Jr., Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Eng- Ilish Magee, Mr, and Mrs. P. E. Bowles, Mr. and Mrs, Roy Macdovald, Mr. and Mrs. Egbert Stone, Mr. and Mre. Robert S. Knight, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Letts Oliver, Mr. and Mrs. Horry Meek, Mr. and Mrs. Edson Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Lang, Mrs. J. C. Tucker, Mrs_Orestes Plerce, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Sher- wood, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Fitzgeraid, Mr. and Mrs. Harry East Miller, Mr. and Mrs. George L. King and Mr. and Mrs. George Greenwood. ‘Miss Claire Chabot, Miss May Coogan, Miss Gertrude Gould, Miss Emily Chickering, Miss Arline Johnson, Miss Ruth Kales, Miss Rose Kales, Miss Carolyn Ollver, Miss Anita Oliver, Miss Bessie Palmer, Miss Eisa Schilling, Miss Chrissfe Taft, Miss Abba Church, Miss Eliza- beth McNear, Miss Amy McKee. Miss Violet Whiting, Miss_Ethel Crellin, Miss Marletta Havens, Miss Jean Howard and Mr. and Mrs. William Babeock Hubbard. . Méssrs, Paul Miller, Roger Chickering, Hor- ace Miller, John Overbury, Sam Bell McKee, Ben Tayior, Willard Barton, Frank Kales, Philip Bowies, Vail Bakewell, Arthur Brown, Rudolph -Echilling, George Sessions, John Me- Near, Dwight Hutchinson, Lloyd Lacy, Fred Greenwood, Charles Hubbard, Tom Knowles, Harold Meek, James Moffitt, Albert Bates, Stewart Hawley, John MeNab, Raymond Wil- son, Stanley Moore and & number of others. F S Mrs. Irving Lundborg entertained a dozen maids at luncheon vesterday at the Claremont Club in honor of Miss Margyerite Gros. In the party were Miss Marletta Havens, Misy Gertrude Gouid, Miss Bessie Palmer, Miss Alics Knowles, Miss Gertrude Allen and’ Mrs. William Watt. To-day Mrs. Watt was hostess at a luncheon for Miss Gros and from 4 to 6 held an infor- mal reception. Among the coming events of social interest are the farewell tea next Sunday at the Wil- l{am Edes: an engagement tea at the residence of Mrs. Fred Lyman Mitchell on January 9 for Miss Alice Dale Bowden; the marriage of Miss Jean Howard and Charles Schoonmaker on_January_ 11, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Ede jeave on the 4th for Australia, China and Japan, and wil! be away from home about six months in all. Mrs. Frederick 8. Stratton leaves to-morrow tor New York, ‘accompanied by her little aaughter, She will be gone for s time and as she has many friends and relatives in the Atlantic metropolis a delightful sojourn is in store for FALLS FROM CHURCH. OAKLAND, Dec. 28.—While working on the roof of an old church at Fif- teenth and Clay streets Benjamin Nuding, a carpenter, fell through a skylight down two stories, a distance of twenty-four feet, without sustaining any injury that can be discovered. He was unconscious when picked up and was supposed to be dead. At the Re- celving Hospital, where he was taken, he recovered consciousness and a lit- tle later was taken to his home at 868 Twenty-seventh street. He had no broken bones that the doctors could discover, but complained of a pain in the chest, which it is thought will go away. . ——— TO ELECT CHURCH OFFICERS, PALO ALTO, Dec. 28.—Officers of the Ft“:;‘o‘:n‘::‘:l“ Chnrchtwfll be eleeted at meeting to be held here Monday evening - i t x l TH REVOLVER, THE Despondent Over Business Reverses J. Pierson Fires a Bullet Into His Brain LEAVES LARGE FAMILY Walnut Creek Merchant Fin- ishes Troubles in a Room in an Oakland Lodging-House OAKLAND, Dec. 25.—Despondent be- cause of continued business reverses, which had left him bankrupt, John Pier- son, a Walnut Creek ' merchant, - this morning fired a bullet into his brain ina room in the Astor House, at the corner of Seventh and Clay streets, inflicting a wound which will prove fatal. The bul- let plerced the forehead, ranging back- ward and downward through the brain. Plerson s 50 years of age and has re- i sided in Walnut Creek for a number of | years, and conducted a general merchan- dise business at that place. In an effort to retrieve his fortunes he left Wamut Creek on Monday and went to San Fran- clsco, where he attempfed to borrow $800 }on his property, but failed, because the property stood in the name of his wife. Besides his wife Pierson has a family of eight children, one of his daughters being the wife of Willlam Hough, Justice of the Peace of Walnut Creek. About eight years ago a son of the merchant committed suicide by shooting found himself. In Plerson’s room was It the following note: “My Satchel is at Soloman's, Seventh and Clay,”” but no ex- planation of why he had fired the fatal shot. — e NATIVE SONS ELECT OFFICERS. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 2 Mount Ta- malpais Parlor No. 64, Native Sons of the Golden West, has elected the fol- lowing officers for the ensuing term: President, Newman Cohn; first vice president, W. J. Boyd; second vice pres- ident, Louis Smith; third vice president, J. Pablo Reed; recording secretary, | William F. Magee; financial secretary, D. J. Haley; treasurer, A. N. Boyen; marshal, Stephen Richardson; trustee, John S. Rains; physician, W. J. Wick- man. E. B. Martinelli will be installed | past president. Sea Point Parlor is arranging for a large class initiation next April. Thir- ty-five applications for mgmbership have been received, and it s expected that the number entering at that time will run up close to sixty. The follow- ing officers were elected for the ensuing term: President, H. J. Thomas; first vice president, Daniel Whaley; second vice president, Joseph J. Joseph; third vice president, George T. Ryan; record- ing secretary, L. C. Merritt; financial secretary, Fred S. Fiedler; treasurer, William H. Hannon; marshal, H. J. Lo- riano; trustee, John Hannon. Dr. G. T. Smith will be installed as past presi- dent. —_——————————— INSPECT RAILWAY ROUTES. PALO ALTO, Dec. 28.—Officials of the San Jose Interurban Electric Company visited this place to-day and examined o several routes lately surveyed. Much time was spent by them in the Seale addition to Palo Alto, which causes people hére to think the Inter- urban will build through it, coming into Palo Alto from the east. Th route along the county road from San Jose has already been secured. President O. A. Hale, Treasurer Cha- pin and Jere Burke were the visiting officials. Alfred “Seale, who owns the land which the officials inspected, said to- day he would welcome a road through the property, as it would give this place electric communication with San Jose. —_———————— ERROR ENDANGERS BABE. OAKLAND, Dec. 28—Mistaking a bottle of carbolic acid for paregoriec, Mrs. C. McChestney, residing at the Grand Hotel, this evening gave her month-old child, Chester McChestney, a quantity of the deadly drug, and on discovering her error took the child in her arms and hurried to the Re- ceiving Hospital, several blocks dis- tant, arriving just in time to save the lite of her little one. Tha child had been suffering from colic, and in an effort to ease the pain the mother went to a closet for a bottle of paregoric. JOHN MALEY ARRAIGNED. BERKELEY, Dec. 28.—John Maley, who was Dbeaten by Trainer Walter Christie of the university last Monday for his insulting behavior in Mrs. Christie’'s presence on the campus, was arraigned before Justice Edgar to-day, charged with a serfous ofiense. He pleaded not guilty. His trial was set for January 3 at 10 o'clock. Maley asked for and will receive a jury trial —_———————— PRETTY CHURCH WEDDING, SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 28.—A pretty wedding took place in the Church of Our Savior at high noon to-day when Harold S. Coftle of San Francisco and Fannie Bellairs Harries, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julian B. Harries of Mill- wood, were united in marriage by Rev. Dr. Howitt. After the ceremony a re. ception was held at the home of the bride. P — WILL HOLD AN “AT HOME.” SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 28.—The mem- bers of the Comme il Faut Club will hold an “at home” in their clubrooms to-morrow evening. Whist and other card games and dancing will be the or- dn;;:t gl;n‘? ;vunlng. :evernl valuable pri wi e awarded in the whist tournament. .. FOUR PRISONERS ESOAPE. PALO ALTO, Deé¢. 28—Four prisoners evaded the guards at branch jail near here Christmas night and are hiding in the. Coast Mountains. They made their while the officers in charge were serv- ing them a Christmas dinner. —— Professor Plehn Hounored. and elected the following officers: President, Professor J. W. Jenks, Cor- nell University; first the census, Washington; president, Professor Carl University of California. ————— Arrested on Charge of Bigamy. SAN JOSE, Dec. 28.—George R. Baker, whose parents reside in Bakersfield, third bigamy, preferred by Mrs. L. Joiner, children in Muscatine, forced to do 50 by her parents more the Range escape BALTIMORE, Dec. 28.—~The menibers of the Economic Association to-night held a banquet at the Merchants' Club vice president, Charles S. Fairchild of New York, ex- Secretary of the Treasury; second vice president, 8. N. Du North. director of vice C. Plehn, was arrested to-day on a charge of who says Baker has a wife and two Towa. Baker acknowledges that he married a young girl in this city, but says that he was e —————. e e e e P e e INJUNCTION Attorney of Portland and Seattle Railroad Holds Company Is in the Right ORDER IS NOT VIOLATED Assertion Is Made That Cor- poration Owns Land on Which It Is Laying Track ————— PORTLAND, Ore., Dee. 28.—According to a prominent officlal of the Portland and Seattle Rallroad Company, J. C. Flanders, statutory attorney of the com- pany‘in Oregon, will fight the Infunction proceedings instituted in behalf of t Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co pany for alleged violation of which Flan- ders has Deen cited to answer gontempt proceedings January 3, 196, on the ground that the Portland and Seattle Has not violated in letter or in spirit the order of the court. It is asserted by this official that the Portland and Seattle secured a contract to purchase right of way from the Col- lege Endowment Association over the dis- puted land several days before the Ore- gon Railroad and Navigation Company started its condemnation proceedings against the Endowment Association. Some days later, and after the Portland and Seattle had completed its purchase and filed its deed, Flanders was served with an injunction restraining bim. the Portland and Seattle, and the firm of contractors from building a road over land owned by the Endowment Assoclation. The Portland and Seattle, according to the information given by the official quoted, simply went ahead with its work in_building a road across its own proper- ty, and or its own established grade, and did not enter upon the property of the Endowment Asscelation at any time. HEALDSBURG WOMAN NEARS CENTURY MARK Electa Kennedy Is 96 Years Old and Enjoys Good Health. Special Dispateh to The Call Mr SANTA ROSA, De: 2 Mrs. El Kennedy, aged 96 years, Is here spe ing the holidays with her granddaugh- i1 her ter, Mrs. Alice Carey Meyer, who w leave shortly for Vladivostok with husband. “Grandma” Kennedy resides on a ranch near Healdsburg with her son, who is 63 years old. She is able to get around easily and with little fatigue. She has two dren, fifteen grandchildren, twel whom are living, and sixte grandchildren, four of whom Her husband died in 1880 at Cle Mrs. Kennedy and her husb: from Vermont to San Blas, Mexi 1844, riding 120 miles muleback, after three years returned to their old home. In 1852 they came to this State over the plains and in 1854 they settled in the Santa Rosa Valley. She kas.a sidker, Mrs. Duton, of Hyde Park, Vt., aged 99, and another sister, Mrs, Mason of Morrisonville, Vt., aged 8§ years. COLORADO CLUBMAN WILL WED A WIDOW Couple Now Visiting in Santa Barbara Soon to Be Married. Spectal Dispateh to The Call. COLORADO SPRINGS, Dec. 25.—The engagement has, been announced of Clark Mellen, the well-known Colorado Spi clubman and nephew of General Willia J. Palmer, the retired millionaire, and Mrs. Ethel C. W. Harris of Philadelphia. The date for the wedding has not beeq set. Mrs, Harris, with her little daughter, is at Santa Barbara, Cal., where Mr. Mel« len s visiting. She is the widow of Fran- cis C. Harris, a well-known Philadeiphia business man, who died in Colorado Springs a year ago of consumption. Mrs. Harris is the daughter of Consul General Watt at St. Petersburg, Russta, She has enjoyed many social privileges. SAN JOSE, Dec. 28.—J. F. Dyer was ar« rested to-day for passing s check on C. Renzel, a grocer, for $15. He confessed and is now in jail. Rheumatic Pains “I have suffered terribly with rheumatism. 1 took Dr. Miles’ Anti-Pain Pills and they gave me great relief. I have spel's of ter- rible pains in my ribs, and in the small of my back, and the Anti-Pain Pills help me right away. I am now well of the rheumatism and think Anti-Pain Pills done me more good thar all the other medi- cines. I first heard of them through the following circum- stance that happened at our home two years ago. A friend, Mrs. Brown, of Orion, Mich,, came to visit us. She had not been able to dress herself or comb her own hair for months. A friend of ours came in and seeing her suffering offered her some . Miles” Aati-Pain Pills. She laughed at the idea of telief from such 2 source ait-r doctoring for so long, but tock or one of the tablets with the rem: that it would at least do her 1o harm. She took another that evening, and the next morning s! was so elated that she went to t! druggist’s and got a kage and took them home with her. Re- cently she was here again. and told us that she comtinued taking the pills, and that ome box cured her. and she has not had a symptom of rheumatism since.” S. R. FARMER. 332 Third St, Detroit, Mich _Dr. Miles’ Anti-Bain Piilg ars sold bY o et e A o r.”fiww'é‘:mf& mwl&.mw

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