The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 15, 1906, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1906. % News of the Counties About San Francisco Bay ————— MARIN B SAN MATEO ——— e ————— e S S S Sy S WS S S e e STUDENTSWINDLES SEEKING PEAGE, HEWIFE 15 FAITHFUL BUSINESS MEN. LOST HiS TEETH. UNTO DEATH. {Impersonates a Brother Alameda Man Mauled by:Spousc of Man .Slfii“ in of St. Mary’s College, Father and Brotherst[ Qakland DcnnstsO_f- Former Lover's Room|! and Gets Merchandise| of Girl He Courttdl‘ fite Would Bury Him HUSBAND | WRATHY CONFESSES ~GUILT GETS A WARRANT FORGETS DECEIT OAKLAND, Aug. 14.—Closely gunrded% OAKLAND, Aug. 14 —Ignorant of the h{ a desperate man armed with a palr fact that the parents of her murdered of revolvers, which he swore to use on husband had already arranged for the ;&m first person attempting a rescue, d:": o3al of his body, and wishing to be rs. Tong Herrington, the wife of T. M. Srinit i Herrington, a contractor of this city, | sure that the remains would not be Whose home is on Thirty-second street | | consigned to a pauper’s grave, Mrs. | Anna Mahon, the wife of the man who AAMEDA | CONTRA COSTA | 3 REQUESTS CO-E05 Native Daughters to Hold a KIONAPS | WOMAN | { | Crand Ball in Berkeley. wemen Who Aided Refugees Wi“ Dan_cs 10 AVDID MEK. Official Adviser Frowns Sexes Mingling Boarding Places A LETTER IN BROAD DAY Young Wife Is Forced to Pass Three Weeks in on ISSUES BERKELE P it | OAKLAND, Aug. 14.—While trying to effect a reconciliation between himsclf and Miss Bertha Stoll. Harry Catheart| 6f Central avenue und Park sfreet, Alameda, was badly beaten by the yeung woman's father and three broth- ers. He appeared before District At- torney Allen ihis morning and swore to OAKLAND, Aug. 14 —Representing | himself as Brother Vallesian, a member | of the faculty of St. Mary's College, Robert McKenzie, a former student at the college, has swindled a number of business men of this city, securing goods valued at more than $200, which | he at once sold to second-hand dealers | near Broadway, was kept imprisoned | & 2 in a room at the Santa Fe Hotel in |a Sutdak & - w o S and others. McKenzie was caught by |a complaint charging George Stoll, the | s slain by Mrs. Lola Reed in the _—. 4 E"s‘"-f‘:“e for nearly three weeks. | Chiet of Police Wilson at the store o!fglrl's father, with batte-y. s ot Dr. Luella Cool Walker, ..r‘ 2 uch is the account Mrs. Herrington, | the Mesmer Smith Company, on Wash- | According to Cathcart, he had been | et S "0 0% Swe hington streets Who is young and pretty. gave her hus- band last night when he rescued her, after days of patient search, at the point of a pistol, which he fired once at| McKenzle's mode of operation was to the retreating form of her abduetor. telephone to the various stores where Just three weeks ago, while shoppIng | he knew Brother Vallesian was known on Broadway, Mrs. Herrington was ac-|and to order the goods he wanted, A | costed, so shé says, by Harry Waite, an | few minutes later he would again tele- | ington street, where he had called to secure a pair of shoes supposedly or- deréd by Brother Valleslan. y showing attentions fo Miss Stoil, but| g rCIeil 80 Ciiled in this city recently they quarreled over a trivial [ {pir & TRRE SO poliiing, Ore., to ar- matter. Last night he went to her| and home at 14 Snratn‘gn averue, Elmhurst, I‘ ;al't‘:;u:‘: :::.l;:“;::l:id?e:n:u;::l‘b to straighten out the difficulty. Wh'"‘delerted by Mahon, the faithful wife :‘v'mf”"g:'fi:: “’;Ilg’a“‘}a;:’:“‘fifn:;‘,;‘:{nm maintains enough of her love for { him to journey hundreds of miles, an about her. This he denled, and he says| b'™ 10 Journey Wangrecs or m o She DRUNK MARINE RESENTS K MARK WITH HIS TEETH Sinks His Incisers in nd of Consta- ble Whe Told Him He graced His Uniform. Dis- MARKED DE REGISTR They Will Be Fewer Fall Term Opeas Suit for Right of W ADVERTISEMENTS. exhausted con= ually follows over: work, too cl ement, or unusual mental stra Every day a certain am t of vital- consumed, and if not re- hed by sleep, rest and nourishment, soon wrecks the nervous system. 'The resuits are sleeplessness, headache, indigestion, imperfect circula- tion, etc.,, which affects the organs of the body. Restore your nerve strength —your vitality, with Dr. Miles’ Netvine, and your whole tem will . recuperate. Your sleep will be sound and re- freshing, headaches will dis- sppear, and digestion improve. “When I began taking Dr. Restorative Nervine I was p in o very bad condition. I w: and exhausted, and hardly able to keep up. 1 could not eat suficient to keep up my strength 1 suflered fre‘ldy from sleeplessness, ahd got tie rest. The Restorative soon t refreshing sleep, and I gained rapidly in strength until I was fully restored. 1 have since taken it whenever 1 have feit the need of a merve tonic, and always with_very satisfactory results.” WM. A. CLARK, Rockford, Iils. Dr. Mijes’ Nervine s sold by your druggist, who will guarantee that the first will benefit. If it fails, he Wwill refund your money. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind {for B ISTLIIA : CALSFTOEN /A4 BEACKZ 77" Aug. 14.—When the from 4 ba the came Gold spent i 2 committee, and working with her are Miss L. Meinheit, Mrs. C. A. McKelvey, Miss Juana Davie, Mrs. Frank Durand Elliott, Louise Jacobsen Miss Nettie Meek is in charge of the committee on decorations, and with her are Mrs. Adams Miss Gertrude Heywood, Miss Iréne Gilman and Mr: . L. Ellls. The re- ception committee is made up of Mrs. Garrett Middlehoff, Miss Alpers, Mrs. A. A. Handle, Miss Robinson, Miss Es- telle Soward, Miss Bost and Miss Clara | Luhr. George Schmidt is chairman of the or committee, which is made up of tive Sons, On this commijtfee are “harlées A, Fraser, Vancliegf Weéehe, yde E. Abbott, Frank B. Begley, Fred Wright, W. J. Wilson and Willlam E. Turner. Dr. Charles A. Meek is to be floor manager. — VRS SIS 0F ST WITER, OAKLAND, Aug. 14.—City Council- man B. H. Pendleton tonight addressed directors of the Merchants' Ex- the proposed auxiliary salt for installation of ced an ordinance the change ined the measure in ed it was of prime im- that su a system b vided at once. He insisted that or h. ns for the plant, fire protection § be great- anced, whi would save ousands of d of street sprink ~0st for street sprinkling ear, of which $33,000 is ter. Pendleton said this could be saved, as well as $1700 a year more, the cost of sewer flushing water. ther and of prime importance, to the councilma was the protection feature. He said that rance rates in the business dis- would be decrgesed as soon as the water plant was established. The ated cost of the system is $65,000. provides for two independent pumps, with distributing pipe lines which will gridiron the city between First, Twentieth, Clay and Webster | streets, including intersecting mains on Seventh and Twelfth streets, from Webster and Clay streets, and on Broadway, frém First to Twentieth streets. Pendleton sald the pumping capaci would be equal to ten ‘Streams thrown by a fire engine at the hydrant. He insisted that the eity of Oakland should profit now by the lessons of the San Francisco fire and prepare against such | a calamity here. The directors viewed |the proposition with favor. | ————— | Two More Collision Victims. | OAKLAND, Aug. 14—Lee and Edith Chase, the son and daughter of G. H. Chase, clerk of the State Appellate Court, who resides on Arch street, near | Virginia, in Berkeley, weré among those injured in the collision between the Key Route train and a Telegraph- avenue car Sunday. Chage's leg was | severely crushed and hif sister was | painfully bruised about the arms and | body. e ARRESTED ON OLD WARRANT.—Oakland, Aug. 14.—Entering the police station last night in search of his missing wife, William O'Doherty, for whom & Wwarrant was issued two years dago on & cbarge of malicious mischief, was arrested. In default of bail O was compelled to remain in jail over night. pro- | £ and sewer flushing. | HARTMAN ~ AVERTS PANIC AT 1DORA. OAKLAND, Aug. l4.—Ferris Hart- man, the comedian. prevented a panic tonight at the Idora Park Theater when | he coolly and cleverly dismissed the dience in the, midst of the opera Girofle-Girofla” while fire was threat- ening the destruction of the playhouse. Flames suddenly burst out in the rear of the stage shortly after 10 o'clock, the woodwork having caught fire from sparks from electric lighting ma- |chine used ffor stage effects. Stage |hands and members of the company | rushed to fight the fire with the ap- paratus in the theater. Before the audience was fairly aroused to the danger, Hartman, who |1s the stage manager, quietly stepped |down to the footlights and without |alarm requested the audience to dis- perse. His words of caution were 8o | moderate and undemonstrative that the {auditors filed out, quickly, but without disorder, into the park. The firé was extingulshed without serious damage, but the performance was not completed. BRI R Leaves a Valuable Estate. OAKLAND, Aug. 14—The will of |Dora L. H. Rumford, who died August 12, five days after the document was executed, was filed today by the execu- |tor, Charles P. Hornbrook. The es- | tate, which is valued at $51,832, is left to Hornbrook, with the exception of | $1000, which is bequeathed to Mrs. Eu- gene E. Lutz of Wheeling, W. Va. It | consists of a brick building and other | property in Wheeling, valued at 1$50,000; property in Alameda County | valued at $1100 and $732 in bank. e e e T Burbank’s New Creations. BERKELEY, Aug 14—Luther Bur- bank sent to Professor E. J. Wickson today a catalogue descriptive of some of his latest creations. One of these fs the Australia star flower, an everlas ing blossom, as Burbank styles it. Others are the Shirley poppy, the Cali- variety of squash, called the Patagonia, PR et i Leaves Estate to Daughter. OAKLAND, Aug. 14—The will of Julia D. Booth, wife of the late Lucius A. Booth, & pionéér, who survived her bate. Mrs. Booth left a life insurance policy for $10,000 to her daughter, Mrs, Luita Booth Sherman, wife of P. §. Sherman. Sherman has applied for let- ters of administration on the estate. ’ Mrs. W. James Wilson and Miss | Mrs. H. W. Caady, | fornia wind poppy, the heucheria Crist |y} Ata, a new foliage plant, and a new |action a short time;"was today filed for pro- | expressman residing on Thirty-seventh | street, near San Pablo avenue, whom | she has known for several vears. She| | declares that, after conversing with her | | for a moment, Waite placed his fand on | a revolver and, after exhibiting the| weapon to her, told her that if she did| not accompany him without an outery | | he Would énd her life and his own. Mrs, | | Herrington, too frightened to cry out, | Aid as Waite had commanded her. KEPT A CLOSE PRISONER. Walte first took her to a rooming- house on San Pablo avenue, according to her story, where for three days he "ept her a close prisoner and then took | er to the Santa Fe Hotel, where he| &ept her constantly under guard for | more than two weeks, threatening to| | kill her if she made any attempt to es- | | cape. Several times, so she alleges, | ;Mrs. Herrington attempted to commu- | ;nxcate with her husband, but in each| instance Walte Intercepted her letters. | | Herrington discovered the disappear- | ance of his wife on the evening of the| day on which she met Waite, when, on ! returning to his home at 1028 Second | avenue, where he was then living, he/ | found nearly all his wife's belongings | | gone. He at once started to search for| | her, but until last night found no trace | of her. Mrs. ‘Herrington said today that after | Walte had imprisoned her in the room |in the San Pablo-avenue momlng-hnuse" {he went to her home in East Oakland | {and, unlocking the door with her key, | | which he had taken from her, packed a |part of her clothing into a telescope | basket and brought it to her on his wa- | | gon. It was through this wagon, which | | was seen by neighbors, that Herrington | traced Waite to his home and later to the Santa Fe Hotel. On reaching the hotel Herrington | asked for the room occupied by Waite | | and knocked at the door, pistol in hand. As Walite opened the door Herrington demanded his wife and Walte, recog- nizing the husband, dodged past him and ran down the stairs. As Waite fled | Herrington fired at him, but the bullet failed to find its mark. HERRINGTON WANTS WAITE'S GORE Herrington took his wife the Ven- dome Hotel, at Ninth and Washington streets, and, as she was almost pros- | trated by excitement and terror, called a physician to attend her. He has not | yet reported the abduction of his wife to the police, but he {s now searching for Walte, whom he swears to kill on sight. In telling the §tory of her encounter with Waite and Her subsequent Impris- | onment Mrs. Herrington said today: | “I met this man Harry Walite on| Broadway about 2 g'clock three weeks | ago today and he came up and spoke to | | me. I have known him for several years | and formerly kept company with him.| | After talking for a minute he put hi hand on a pistol which he had in his pocket and told me that if I did not go with him he would kill me and then commit suicide. 1 was too frightened to scream and I went with him. He took me to a rooming-house on San Pablo avenue, somewhere near Six- teenth street, and kept me there for | three days and then forced me to go with him to the Santa Fe Hotel in Em- eryville. “While T was at the house on San Pablo avenue he went to my house in East Oakland and got some of my clothes, which he brought to me. Last night, while Waite was in the room with me, my husband came to the door and when I heard his voice’T knew my trouble was over. When Walite saw him he ran and my husband shot at him, but T do not think he hit him. “The reason 1 was so afraid of Waite was that two years ago while T was going with him, he repeatedly threat- ened to kill me, and finally fired a shot at me. Ihope now that they will catch him, so that he will bé forced to let me alone.” | | | ——— Urgent Need of Houses. BERKELEY, Aug. 14—Petition to the Town Trustees was made by the Chamber of Commerce last night for an amendment to the building ordinance which would permit the erection of cheap frame houses on vacant land. The demand for homes in Berkeley is such that the chamber believes this measure is demanded. The Trustees referred the matter to Building In- spector Bull. —_— Find Body of Drowned Man. OAKLAND, Aug. 14—The remains of an unidentified man, apparently a la- borer, 55 years old, were found this evening floating in the estuary oft Boole's shipyard, at the foot of Adeline. The body was recovered by Michael Knacke and L. M. Collins, who brought it ashore and then notified the Coroner. el (il B SRy Loring Home Sold. BERKELEY, Aug. 14—The beautiful residence and grounds that were the property of the late David Loring, at Dana street and Channing way, were sold today to B. M. Scribner of San Francisco for $15,000. e e L L NEW PLACE OF WORSHIP.—Oakland, Aug. 14.—Owing to the large increase of wunué eth Jacob fire * the season, wi tember 10 The Geeyicen wil | the Rev. Dr. H. N, Heller. v WITHDRAW! PLICATION. — Oak] ”l‘l.—'!‘he’ am:r Telephone Company the it came vold. xplration of the allotted ordinance time and RAILROAD OFFICE ROBBED.—Oakland, | that the books are not worth more ts | church. 4.~ Burglars last night entered K ern Pa at Broadway and First street 2 number of tickets for wg.d mb«wm Oakland and Francisco and STABLE _AND HORSES BURNED. ) e gt g oo i, gl a fre at that place vesterday. The los6 amount to Abnq%u:m Rt s b5 \ schedule and pay and one-half for over- regarded phone to the merchant and, still imper- sonating the instructor, say that one of | the students at the college would be| sent after the articles ordered. Me- Kenzié would_then call at the store| and secure the goods, which in a short| time would find their way to another | purchaser. The young man began his swindling operations about July 25, and since| that time has victimized the following firms: Osgood Bros., Tillmann & Ben- del, Goldberg, Bowen & Co., J. T..Moran, the Mesmer Smith Company and Henry Sutliff. It was not until he was presented with bills for goods which he had never received that Brother Vallesian discovered that his name was being used by another to victimize merchants. He then began an investigation, which resulted in the arrest of McKenzle last Saturday night. The latter had ordered a pair of patent leather shoes from the Mesmer Smith Company, and So un- usual was the order for the instructor that the salesman rang up the college and asked for Brother Vallesian, think- ing that a mistake had been made. The instructor realized that the man who had been using his name was again at work, and communicated with Chlef of Police Wilson. The latter at once laid a trap for McKenzie, and when the latter called for the shoes he was placed under arrest. His name| was entered on the small book and a | search was begun,for the places at| which he had posed of the goods| secured in his operations. This morning McKenzle broke down and confessed to the Chief and volun- teered to lead the officers to the places where he had sold the goods. An et-‘ fort will be made to recover the prop- erty. It is probable that McKenzie will be booked tomorrow on several charges of misdemeanor embezzlement. McKenzie was a student at St. Mary's College for two years, but left the in- stitution at the time of the fire. Since then he has been living in this city. Y5 THAT PRATT HYPNOTIZED HIM. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. SAN JOSE, Aug. 14.—An answer has been filed by the defendant in the suit of the Modern School of Business and Correspondence of this city against Guy Taylor of Oakland, bondsman of J. H. Pierce. Plerce signed a contract a few weeks ago to act as agent of the modern school and was to receive a| salary of $100 a month upon fulfilling certain conditions. There was a provision in the con- tract that Pierce-was to buy six sets of books, which are used in the corre- spondence course of the schaol For these he was to pay $20 a set. After| working for a month he was unable| to secure any students and refused to take the books from the express office. The college thereupon sued his surety for $120. In his answer Pierce alleges that the contract was signed under false repre- sentations, that in fact the method used by Manager Pratt was nothing short of a bunko game. He claims than $2 a set and that under any con- sideration he should not be compelled to pay for them, as he was acting simply as the agent of the school. Plerce makes a demand for one month’s salary, amounting to $100. He makes the rather startling accusation against Pratt that the latter used hyp- notic methods to compel him to sign the contract. Part of his system of hypnotism consisted in taking Pierce downstairs into the gymnasium, where he permitted the young man to gaze through a transom at a number of young ladies in the gymnasium class ho were in a decidedly dishabille cos- me. Plerce has directed his attorney, Louis Montgomery, to accept no com- promise and to press the case vigor- ously. It will be tried on Friday be- fore a jury. —_— BY TERMS OF WILL YOUNG ‘WOMEN ARE HIS PALLBEARERS Michael Wyler, Machine Bullder of Hartford, Provides in Testament for Unusual Funeral Feature. HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 14.—Mich- ael Wyler, a machine builder, who died on Baturday, sustained his reputation as a soclal leader among the wealthy class of the Polish colony in this city by stipulating in his will that none but young women pallbearers should carry his body to the grave. Wyler was buried yesterday and when the undertaker arrived at the house he was surprised to find eight young women there to act as pallbear- ers. Six of the girls acted in that ca- pacity and the other two as flower bearers. The services were held in the St. Cyril and St. Methodias Church, and afterward the young women, all dress- ed in white, bore the coffin from the $ MBI Sy Fresno Laundry Workers Win. FRESNO, Aug. 14—A threatencd strike of laundry workers has beén set- tled amicably. The laundry employes have been working tén hours a day and getting straight pay for overtime, be- ing the only city in the State where such conditions prevailed. It was also shown that the employers charged a higher rate for washing than in many other places. The new rules embrace & nine-hour time. These concessions are as a distinct triumph for the unions. KRONBERG, . 14.—Em) Willlam _ar- n‘?‘:fu&' 3 wu“i by and R SR Y Greece o he was trying to offer proof of his in- | nocence when the girr's father and his| three stalwart sons entered the room. The eldér Stoll struck Cathcart in the mouth, knocking out two teeth and | loosening two others. Then the father | and three sons, George, Ernest and | John, began beating him, he says, and | it was with difficulty that he escaped | from the house and made his way to his home in Alameda. Besides his lost | and injured teeth Cathcart suftered con-| tusions and lacerations of his head and | face. { OAKLAND SOCIETY MAKES MUCH OF BRIDE-TO-BE. AKLAND, Aug. 14.—Miss Estelle | Kleeman has chosen Tuesday evening, September 4, as the night on which she will become the bride of William Jarvis. It will be an elaborate ceremony and will be sol- emnized in the First Congregational Church. A small company of Miss Kleeman's school and college friends will attend her in the bridal train. Evegy detail of the wedding wlill be as perfect as the young bride-elect can plan. She is the object of much enter- taining these days, not a few of her friends giving afternoons and evenings In her honor. On Thursday of this week Mrs. Oscar Luning will make her the honored guest at one of her pretty luncheons. Mrs. George Klee- man, herself a bride, will be hostess at an evening affair on Friday, when agaln Miss Kleeman and Mr. Jarvis will be the honored ones. On Saturday evening there will be a family dinner at the Kleeman home on Madison street. This will bé ona of the most pleasurable affairs of the week. covers being laid for all of the members of the Jarvis and Kleeman families. Miss Kl is fortunate in possess- ing a host of warm frien and her collection of engagement cups Is rarely beautiful. Miss Pansy Perkins is at present in Paris énjoying the life of the beautiful ¢ity. She expects to return to her Oakland home before many weeks. adakl e The announcement that “The Mid- summer Night's Dream” is to be given in the Greek Theater under the be- witching light of the September moon is causing an interested flutter on the calm surface of the social pool, and lit- tle groups of friénds are already plan- ning parties, to be preceded or fol- lowed by a supper. Artistically the affair promises to be a splendid suc- cess, inasmuch as it will be under the direction of Miss Crawley. Soclally we shall seldom se¢ a more brilliant gath- ering. Coming at the opening of the season, when all the pilgrims have re- turned and before theéy have had a chance to grow city-weary, the dainty Shakespearean comedy will be a nota- ble event, with the spectators in a co! dition to enjoy its appeal. The Men- delssohn music, which Dr. Frederick J. ‘Wolle will direct, will be an attraction in itself. . . . Miss Grace I. Thomas and Harry L. Anderson, young people well known in the social circles of Oakland, were mar- ried last week. It was a morning ser- vice and immediately Mr. Anderson and his bride left on a short honeymoon. Mrs. Anderson has won a prominent place in musical circles, for several years holding the position of soloist in St. Paul's Episcopal Church. She was one of the “Daffodils,” who were heard so frequently in conc¢ert. Mr. Anderson is connected with the First Natlonal Bank. They will make their home in this city. o . Mr..and Mrs. Charles E. Cornell re- turned from an outing at Shasta Springs several days ago, but left im- mediately for a month’s stay at Camp Meeker. Mrs. Cora E. Jones, president of the Oakland Club, who has been spending the summer in San Jose, will return to town within the next fortnight. Colonel and Mrs. Crane will accom- pany her. Tomorrow Miss Lilllan Holywell and James C. Reinhard will celebrate their nuptlals at the home of the bride in Los Angeles. Mr. Réinhard is one of the best known of the athletes of the Unlversity of California. A & Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Letts Oliver ave announced the engagement their daughter, Miss Anita !.onlio‘o!‘:f ver, to George C. Jensen of Alameda. The prtty bride-elect is being showered with the happlest of well wishes by her friends. Miss Oliver and her sister have taken a prominent part in the so- cial galeties of the younger set and have been as popular as two charming girls can well be. They are members of the Friday Night Club and have en- tertained at some of the most delight- ful affairs in Oakland. ‘Mr. Jensen is the son of Captain J. might be properly laid to rest. Mrs. Mahon, like the parents of the dead man, and the relatives of his slayer, is unable to throw any light on the cause of the terrible tragedy which ended two lives. She informed the Cor- oner that she had twice been married to Mahon, the first time two years ago. After ltving together for less than a vear the couple were divoreed, but were afterward reconciled, and just a year ag0o were once more united in marriage. Mahon lved with his wife until a few days before the earthquake of April 18, when he suddenly deserted her a second time. The first Intimation of the tragedy which ended the life of her husband came to Mrs. Mahon through the daily | papers while she was in Portland, where she went a few days after hay- ing beén deserted by her husband. Mrs. Mahon had never, until she read the account of the double tragedy, heard of Mrs. Reed, and knows nothing of | the reasons which led up to the murder and suicide. CGALIFORNIA GLUE WILL REBUILD. It took nearly three hours of dis- ¢ussion to settle the matter, but it was finally decided by the members of the California Club yesterday afternoon i that they should not go unhoused this | winter. They will rebuild as soon as | possible. The matter has beem under | consideration for several weeks by the | board of directors, but no decision | could be reached and it was necessary to call a special meeting of the entire membership to say definitely what they wanted done. Abeut 130 women met at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoen in the assembly room of the California Promotion ~ Committee’s b in Union Square, the assemblage presidéd” over by the president of the ¢lub, Mrs. J. W. Orr. The majority In favor of rebuilding was decisive. The new building, which will erected on the site of th of the club on Clay street, near Van Ness avenue, is to bée a more modest dwelling place than the old—only ome story In height with a finished base- ment. TRe one floor will be practically the same as the frst floor of the former clubhousa -as to size and plan. | The auditorium will be at the back as before, having the'same seating cal ity of §500. Across the front will bep",% large parlor. There will also be reception hall, committee room and dressing rooms. In the basement will be the committee rooms, the Kitehen and a lavatory. The building Wwill be of wood, with shingled exterior. There was much discussion yesterday, but nearly all the ladies were in favor of bullding, the few who dissented and voted against the step being opposed to it on account of the cost of building materials, the difficulty of reinsurance and such matters. [0 S e A ST N GENERAL MacARTHUR MAKES INSPECTION OF OFFICES Headquarters of Department of Cali- fornia to Remailn at Presidio Untll Suitable Place Can Be Found. General Arthur MacArthur made an unofficial inspection of the headquar- ters of the Department of California yesterday morning with a view of de- termining the advisability of moving the offices Into the city as soon as a convenient p.ace could be built. The offices of .the department occupled a whole floor of the Phelan building bde- fore the fire and it was only after some difficulty that suitable offices could be arranged at the Presidio. After the in- spection theé general concluded that the offices were as convenient as any that could be had in town, and no at- tempt will be made to move them for some-time. The division headquafters have a lease on a whole floor in the Grant building, and as that building was net dadly damaged by the fire it is ex- pected that General MacArthur @ will move his offices back to the city as 800on as the place can be made .tenable. — . _ Dies of Rare Disease. - SPOKANE, Aug. 14.—A. D. Sheerer, a young school teacher 6f Washtuena, died this morning of peur pura hemorrhagecia, one of the rarest dis- eases known to medical science. When the disease was first discovered blood was oozing from Sheerer's ears, nose and lips and. had settled In great blotches just under the skin all over his body. Last night blood was cozing from nearly every part of his body. — s Jensen of the Encinal City. He is well known in financial cireles and has large ranching interests in the northern part of _rtha State. he engagement, which has existed for some time, has been confined to onl: Smen g M e & o named her . day, e v but winter promises to see her a betge r & bride.