The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1906, Page 4

Alameda Contra Costa Events of a p S 4 _She R Miss® Jessie White Fails to Clear l\fIy_s‘tery 30.—After having magic while on her t to the house bf White, 22 years Mrs. Walter E. well-known real es- g at 4 st Bigh- yster! reap- after an absence during which 1 tously ends an ed for her Fhite, while her friends were still scouring the o for some trace of the missing € rang the bell at the home of M=, Tipson, at 61 th street, h whom she had been visiting just o her disappearance, and on being ed to the v without a word of explanation. recovering from her swoon the who was in & highly nervous con- n, was unable to give a coherent planation hysterically taken 11l declared that she had been the street and had spent our hours of her absence to divulge on the plea that wish to > the one who had sheltered The stepfather ers of the young woman, who were still searching for her, were in- formed as soon as possible that she was safe, and they called at the home of Mrs. Tipson and took Miss White | home. The young woman left the Tipson night shortly after 6 o'clock, phoning to her mother that i be home at once. On leav- e house she started toward San Pablo avenue to board & car to o to BEast Oakland That was the last seen of her 11, at almost the same oment of her disappearance, Tipson home. scio y suffering from a severe aln, and her father refused ow her to .see any members of her own family. - hen Miss White did not arrive at e at the time she was expected possible the cause of her communicating with her were surprised to learn that started for home some time Until long after midnight the for the missing girl was con- then, having failed to dis- any trace of his stepdaughter, reported her disappearance to A lookout for her, but with- lard missing girl of her disappearance, but | bring needless | she re- | When she | ress after fainting | one except | is wife went downtown to | general order was sent | was the automoblile hunt | a brother of the| Faints When eturns { | KIS TESSTE NTTTE — MILL VALLEY CHORAL SOCIETY IS REORGANIZED Thirty Enthusiastic Musicians to Carry On Work That Has Slumbered for Years MILL VALLEY, Dee. 30.—The Mill | Valley Choral Society, which' has been reorganized with a membership of thirty enthusiastic musicians. The so- ciety has secured a permanent meeting place and will meet on Tuesday even- ings. John Rea, who has maintained a women's trio club for fourteen vears in Mill Valley, and has a reputation in choral work, is the leader, Miss May- |belle Kelley, a_charming vocalist, is treasurer, and ~Edward Thomas, - | brarian. | —_—— DEPORTED JAP REARRESTED OAKLAND, Dec. 30.—Y. Yokapa, a Japanese who was deported four years ago for bringing Japanese women into this country for immoral purposes, has been arrested and taken to the Alameda County Jail, where he Is held awaiting |2 hearing on a similar charge. Yokapa returned to this country last winter and is alleged to have resumed his | 11legal vocation. l slumbering for several years, has been | ON FRANCHES jCfit)’ Attorney of Oakland to Meet Representatives of Roads Seeking Privileges CHARTER PROVISIONS OAKLAND, Dec. 30.—With the advent of the new year the battle between the railway companies will be renewed for franchise privileges along the harbor |and bay frontages of OQakland. The | | first move will be made New Year's| day, when a conference of Western { Pacific Railway, Santa Fe, San Fran- |cisco, Oakland and San José (Key | Koute) goad representatives will meet | with City Attorney MecElroy to dis- cuss various legal phases of the ‘Wood | | street situation. | City Attorney McElroy has called : this meeting for preseatation of points | bearing upon a ‘comstruction of the | mandatory articles of the city char- | ter, which provide, on their face, that | applications for rallway franchises in | the territory bounded by the east line | of Wood street, extending southeasterly |and along the south side below the | Southern Paeific right of way, to the | eastern city limits must be granted. | All three roads have applications be- {fore the City Council for franchises | covering parts of Wood street. The| Western Pacific desires to continue its| projected main freight line on the south side through Wood street. The Santa Fe has asked for a franchise from its yards at Emeryville south on the same street to Twentieth, there to run into new freight yards at Twentieth and| Union streets. The San Francisco, Oak- | |land and San Jose Railway seeks a | franchise from its Bmeryville yards| | through Wood street to Seventh street. | The conflict led to action by the City | Council referring all of the franchise | | applications to the City Attorney in| conference with the railroad repre- sentatives. Charles E. Snook, attorney for the Western Pacific, explained today that| |the conference was intended to cover the legal aspects of the chagter pro- visions concerning the Wood-street ap- plications. He said: “The City Attorney has called the various attorneys into conference for the purpose of studying the situation and the charter’s mandatory provisions. |1 do not understand that any other| | phase of the matter is to be taken |up. When the Council was considering | the application, the suggestion was made that such a conference might result in clearing fnany of the legal questions and might lead to an ad- justment of the conflict in the applica- tions.” The further hearing of all of the franchise applications, including those of the Western Pacific_and the Union {Belt Line Railway along the south| { harbor frontage, has been set for Janu- | lary 2. { i I { 1 { | 4 (large number of his friends in the pro- ABE REPORTED Oakland Police Department Receives Complaints Con- cerning Loss of Valuables THIEVES ARE BUSY OAKLAND, Dec. 80.—Burglars en- tered the saloon of Antone Martin, at 1687% Fifth street, last night and stole $50, a gold watch and fob and a nickel timeplece. Entrance was gained by forcing open a side window. Ho Po Sun, a Chinése living at 36814 | Second street, reported to the police that thieves broke into his room yes- terday afternoon and stole a .watch, umbrella, gold fountain pen and a neck scarf. Bernard Meves, proprietor of a jew- elry establishment at 317 San Pablo avenue, reported the theft of a wooden clock from in front of the store. 3 Henry Hehn, residing at 967 Broad- way, reported that a black overcoat valued at $35 had been stolen from him last night while in a cafe on Broadway. acob Bill reparted that two cases of eggs had been stolen from his wagon in front of the Free Market Saturday afternoon. Bill lives in Elmhurst. A e e NG FORMER ASSEMBLYMAN McWADE BURIED FROM ELKS’ HALL Funeral of Popular Brother Largely Attended by Fellow Ledge Mem- bers and Other Friends OAKLAND, Dec. 30.—The funeral of David F. McWade, the former Assem- blyman, whose death, due to blood poi- soning, ocgurred Friday at Fabiola Hospital, was held from the Elks’ Hall at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. The services were those prescribed in the Elks' ritual, and were attended by a fessional and fraternal circles of which he had been a member. { The eulogy was delivered by George E. de Golla, in whose offices McWade first began reading law. Thé services were conducted by Exalted Ruler I. H. Clay of Oakland Lodge No. 171 of Elks, with the following officers: Leading knight, Dr. C. L. Tisdale; loyal knight, J. M. Shanley; lecturing knight, Dr. W, H. Halsey; chaplain, George W. Frick; esquire, W. H. Wollard. Rev. Dr. Rice of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Berkeley offered prayer at the services, and later at the interment, which took place in the family plat in Mountain | View Cemetery. —_— SUSPECTED PLAGUE CASE HONOLULU, Dec. 30.—A suspected case af plague was discovered on the Pacific Mail liner Coptic upon her ar- rival today from the Orient. ———— ‘There are some unpleasant duties. 1f you have not found any of them you may know that you have left some- thing undone. i ONDAY, DECEMBER 3l, 1 Bay Counties County Unite in Fun Brahches to G ive New Year’s Eve Ball RTIS R fiy[fiffi%fim AT CHAZRDS N OAKLAND, Dec. 30.—The three,Anna Clarke. The committees in charge branches of the Anclent Order of Hiber- 8r® as !‘;1‘_“:’::‘:5 s . reaitoat f rangi — Cou si¢ nians in Alameda County have united |y, FeRSECES B Y R Heaney, to give their annual New Year's eveball pPresident T J. Pesmond. Reception— tomorrow night at Foresters’ Hall.jl'p)‘r. rT, 15 C; mam;_! J R ;;,4\1’_‘\»,‘\\', s. m, J. uinn, - eaney, MeMa Memhary of the. axflon Maxy’ tEkan &iy o enager. Jnmes Plamam: assist- lively interest in the event, which each ant, P. Considine. Floor—W. J. Britton, year gives opportunity for a reunion | D. idurphy, T. J. Desmond, G. S. Court- and social gathering that Is attended NeY. B. Nolan, Ed Dinneen. nur:r—-'. by large numbers of the natives of the f;“;'}':i:,f‘ J. Murphy, J. E McElroy, Emerald Isle and their descendants. Members of the Ladies’ Auxiliary have actively assisted in the arrange- SR A Because Mrs. Howard Gould's sister ments. Among those who have de- has married a Chinaman all the fam- voted much time and labor to the plans, ily linen is being washed in public are Miss Grace Richardsen and Mrs. again. 4 “GF ART CLUB {, Dec. he Ladies’ 30.—The quaint Outdoor uminated 1 fragrant Art end taste evergreens nse ferns for the Christmas en under the aus- pices of the i Many prominent pers The affair was act farce c a sions of San Fr presented. great difficu was given the in securing and 1 great spirit, help, Miss Elsa Volkmann rendered a solo arl Mever zither solo. Baron Oscar C. Cappelman, attired in Sante Claus costume, distributed boxes containing fectionery, sandwiches ristmas presents to the man wgs requested for once to be generous and share the con- tents of the box with one of gentler sex Mrs. Dorsey, the gemedy, ch Wwho drilled the ladies was presented with a handsome vase containing orchids by Santa Ciaus Cappelman. Mrs. Hug, jeader of the German section, was given a dainty topaz and pearl pin. An !mmense Christmas tree with a large variety of ornaments, and il- luminated by hundreds of colored elec- tric lights, strung by J. C. Rea, a 14- y old schoolboy, and a huge blazing Jog in the immense fireplace gave the interior of the clubhouse a very pleas- ing appearance. Tables were placed around the room, &nd the men, heeding the remarks of Santa Claus, shared their boxes with the falr sex. aEAVIGES AGROGS THE HARBOR. OAKLAND, Dec. 30.—Memorial ser- vices for departed members were held this morning ut the BEighth Avenue Methodist Church. dress was delivered by Rev. H. B. Hea~ cock, D. D, of Pacific Grove. Dr. P. B. Morgan delivered a sermon today at Calvary Baptist Church, theme being “Reasons for Success; or, Fallure in Our Evangelism:” Special choral services were held this evening at the First Christian Church. Rev, Robert Whitaker retired today s pastor of the Twenty-third Avenue Baptist Church, to take up work along socialistic lines. The Welsh Presbyterians will hold e reception Monday night at their church, Fourteenth and Harrison streets, in honor of Rev. J. Daniels, the new pastor, and Mrs. Daniels. Communion services wiil be held Tuesday morning at sunrise, 7:16 c'clock, at the First Congregational Church. BERKELEY, Dec. 30.—Rev. R P. Ehepherd of the First Chrisiian Church held a lengthy conference with the church trustees this afternoon and an- pounced that no definite action had bee ren in the matter of his severing his relations with the church. Dr. Shep- herd told his congregation 2 week ago that unless conditions in the church, which he found unsgtisfactory, were changed his resignation might be an- ticipated. PP RN e Congressman Wachter 18 of the opin- jon that the “new politician” is honest. This may explain why the mew politi- cian alm™ays gets Jeft at the polls. CHRISTAES JINKS The prineipal ad-| his | taken either by him or his breth- | OAKLAND, Dec. 30.—With the close of 1906 the real estate market in this city shows a tone which for years has not been manifest. Though the na- tural overflow from California towns ontributed to the conditions this has ¢ no means the whole cause for the ncement in property values. Early ear and for some time last win- ter the noticeable influx of population | was having its effect. For months the sale of home sites had been increasing at a rate unprecedented in the city's growth. Stimulating as the home buyers have |been to the class of properties they sought, there has been a steady up- ward tendency to the market in busi- uness holdings as well as resider.ce sites. | proved to be| An element tkhat his no small factor in recent advanced con- ditions in the realty market is the steady stream of seekers after desir- able manufacturing sites. new factories, employing hundreds of men, many large warehouses, and the like have been erected during {1906 and these are independent of any |artificial stimulus. Following na- {turally in the train of this develop- ment of manufacturing and ware- | housing comes the battle of the great | railway systems for trackage on the | | water front, adjacent to the mills and {the big shipping concerns. No other |one item in the list for 1906 has con- | tributed more to place Oakland before | the eves of the world than the as yet | undetermined contest betwecn the |Santa Fe, the Southern Pacific, the tWe!tern Pacific, the Union Belt Line |Raflway and the San Francisco,’ Oak- |land and San Jose Rallway for fran- | chise privileges along the southern and | western bay shore frontages. | CIVIC MANAGEMENT PRAISED Then, again, Oakland has been par- ticularly well favored in its civic man- agement. It has led the business men and those concerned in the city's growth to new standards of civic ac- tivity. It has caused men of means and small property owners, merchants and | manufacturers, capitalists and work- |ingmen of this city to unite harmo- niously upon every project that has been advanced for civic betterment. Among the foremost of improvements which are in course of fruition was the successful work of enlisting the great telephone, telegraph and electric light- ing corporations in a tremendously ex- pensive plan of removing all poles and overhead wires from the business dis- trict. This work has been progressing favorably, many “underground” con- duits have been laid and the only set- back to completion has been the delay caused by the lack of railroad cars for shipment from the East of cables and other necessary new equipment for the “underground” service. The installa- tion of @ new system of street lighting in the busine: district is another straw. Not the least by far of the | many evidences of progress was the | voting of nearly $600,000 in bonds for | the reconstruction and extension of the |city’'s sewer system. This is consid- ered one of the most important moves | the city has made, for efiicient sanitary | conditions are essential. | Then, again, follows the project for public park purchases by a bond issue | of nearly $1,000,000. No eity in the | United States is favored with such a magnificent water park as Lake Mer- ritt. Tt is provided in the bond plan | that there shall be a system of parks |arranged adjacent to the lake; that the ‘| lake shall be dredged and beautified as soon as necessary lands near by can be purchased. These lands are to be re- claimed by the dredgings and elab- orately embellished. Besides, district of the city will be be { Scores of | shops | Business Properties in Big- Demand and Advanced Prices Are Offered for Many Choice Locations shall carry. Building operations for the year have| been on a large scale. Hundreds upon | hundreds of residences have been erect- | ed, and this activity has*been confined to no single section of the city. Many business blocks have been built and many arve in course of construction. Two noteworthy additions to downtown | structures will be the First National | Bank and the Oakland Bank of Savings edifices, both of which are under con- struction. Work of clearing the block between Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Har- rison and Alice streets for the Oakland Hotel Company’s hosteiry, on which $2,250,000 “will be expended, is going forward. Kahn Bros. will add two | stories to their buflding, Washington and Twelfth streets. The Merritt Ware- | | house Company is erecting a block of buildings on First street, between Clay and Washington. E. M. Derby & Co.| are .the lessees. The Sunset Lumber Company’s extensive plan of harbor im- provement at the foot of Fallon street, where wharves and docks are to be constructed, Is proceeding. Nearly half a million dollars will be expended. It is said the Western Pacific Railroad has bought a large block of marsh land facing the west side of the north arm of the estuary between First and Eighth 8treets. Building permits ag- gregating $130,000 were issued Christ- mas week. BRANCH OF ITALIAN BANK The Italian Bank of San Francisco has procured a ten years' lease through Koenig & Kroll of the premises south- east corner Eighth street and Broad- way, where a banking branch will be established. 2 Realty brokers aver that the great drawback at present to the business district is the lack of buildings to ac- commodate the immense demand and the heavy increase in the volume of trade. Commercial structures are de- sired and investors in this class of property have no difficulty in finding acceptable tenants on profitable terms, say the agents, who are scouring the field for their patrons. J. W. Macdonald & Co. have sold the old Methodist Church (South) property i Fifteenth streets for $115,000. Prepa- | rations are being made by Taft & Pen- noyer to build on their Clay-street holcings nearby. Among recent noteworthy transac- tions was the purchase by George W. Austin of the Helmke and Champion block at Twentieth street and Broad- way. Austin pald about $100,000 for the property. Austin is “boosting” the proposed {;nk bond issue hard. His views fol- ow: “I hope there is not a voter in Oak- land who intends' to oppose the issu- ance of bonds for public parks at an election to be held two weeks hence. So far as I can learn, the properties have been ecarefully selected, are of- fered to the city at very reasonable prices, are conveniently located for the b:neflt of the public—and we need them. S g . “It is a lamentable fact that if the city of Oakland had bought park sites offered her eighteen months ago, sh could sell them today for $2, every nefited | to pay. 2t the northeast corner of Clay andqO2Kland, to find that piece of prope: under the park programme If the bond!i “This tremendous block in West Oak- | stores and offices are busy and all ery- | 1and, it cut up into residence lots or for ing for more room, which is the very manufacturing purposes, would be a magnificent business proposition, and I consider that we are lucky in being, given the chance to secure it. The beautiful property on Adams Point and the Willows will never be on the mar- ket again at the figures quoted to the | city. Already residences surround these properties and purchasers are ready to grab them at a moment's notice should the voters turn down this great chance to benefit and beautify Oakiand. “It would be the grandest thing in| the world and the greatest advertis ment we could possibly have if it should come to pass that the votes in favor| of bonds should be unanimous.” 1 INVESTOR FROM THE SOUTH Edward Kingston of San Diego is among the latest investors to come to Oakland looking for good things. He has made extensive purchases and Is| still buying. Recently, through the| office of George W. Austin, Kingston | bought property on Webster and Jack- son streets, but before he owned them & week he sold them at a good ad- vance on his purchase price. He also bought four flats at Eleventh and Mar- | ket streets from Dr. 8. P. Tait, and is {now negotiating with Austin for one |of the best business properties on | Broadway. Last week there have been several sales on San Pablo avenue, George Austin reporting from his office alone three sales in the 'neighborhood of Twentieth street. He also sold a pair of flats on Eighteenth and Castro streets for J. S. Burpee; the southeast corner of Ninth and Clay streets to R. A. Perc Sarah L. Cowen and Drs. J. M. Kane and C. G. Reinle hav- ing sold their Clay-street properties at big flgures through the game office. As an example of the fondition of the market the following incident is mentioned: A few days ago Mr. Cooper in the office of George W. Austin sent a dispatch to a San Jose man to come up at once and see a piece of property at Nineteenth and Grove streets, which was held at $13,500. The prospective buyer was five days late in getting to had been sold the day after the dllplm had been sent and within twenty-four hours had been resold for $14,500. The: same piece of property is held today at $17,500. “Now that we have reached the close of the year 1906, and as we look back, we must say that we certainly have had a very satlsfactory year in our real estate business,” sald Wesley M. Crown of the firm of Crown & Lewis, Inc., 1066 Broadway. *“Oakland has certalply come rapidly to the front as & commercial and manufacturing cen- ter, and there is not the least doubt that Oakiand is fast becoming one ef the largest and most important cities on the Pacific Coast. The only thing that is temporarily holding back the full doovzflopmuz of this city 1s the want of proper accommpdations our newcomers. There is no better or surer place in the world for invest- ment ‘than Oakland offers today, and the farseeing shrewd visitor is in- esting every r he can lay hands | tween Rodwood road and High street { dicative of what 1906 has brought for | realty business after a long and honor- | clear to University avenue, instead of stopping at Center street as a terminus. The terminus always will help business in its neighborhood. and so the section at Shattuck and University avenues is getting the benefit of the tide of travel that formerly ebbed and flowed at Cen- ter streét and Shattuck avenue. In years to come the great entrance to the university grounds will be at Univer- best evidence of progréss and pros- perity to be had.” i Among the sales of the week was a fine plece of income property in Alameda to an Oakland capitalist. S. S. Austin at 1101 Twenty-third avenue has placed the Boulevard Park tract on the market. This property is in Fruitvale, bordering the new bowle- | sity avenue, and then, of courss, the vard which is well described as the tije will flow even heavier through scenic foothill drive. The tract is be- | th.t neighborhood, and Cenfer street | will lose more of its prestige as a cen- tral section and an artery of trave;. West Berkeley is to have a new man- ufacturing concern, the Pacific Guano and Fertilizing Company having taken out a building permit for structures to cost $15,000. The plant will be the largest on the coast and will occupy land on Second street, south of Dela- ware. The Pacific Spring Bed Company, now at Second and Jackson streets, in Oak- land, is to have a branch in West Berkeley, the company having taken out a permit for a three-stor building. Dr. George F. Reinhardt of the uni- versity faculty has purchased Dwight Way House, a three-story, brick building on Dwight way, between | Shattuck avenue and Fulton street. Ny shaemany | The building contains two storerooms BERKELEY, Dec. 30.—When real{and twenty-four apartments. The price estate men in the college town look | paid for the building is not stated. back over the year now almost ended | their first impulse is to rub their eyes ALANEDA PROSPFEROUS and then té pinch themselves to be as- sured tuat all they see now in the way of a real estate market and a prosperous town is an actuality. No other year has' ever wrought for Berkeley the changes, the improve- ments, the growth which is credited to the year 1906. There has been a steady uplift of prices and a steady demand for good buys in Berkeley up to 1906, but what was before a placid stream of trade and real estate busi- ness has become a bank-full stream on which now float fifty big firms of realty operators. One purchase made last week by the Mason-McDufle Company is fairly in- and s superbly located. It is on sloping ground, affording a magnificent pros- pect on all sides. To the north and east are the beautiful hill vistas, while to the south and the west the eye is| delighted with the splendid bay and | Golden Gate, Tamalpais and the Santd | Cruz Mountains. The terms of sale are easy and such restrictions are| placed in the deeds as will protect the homeseeker from all undesirable ele- | ments. Prices range from $12 to $20 | a foot, with an Initial payment of $100 and $25 monthly installments, bal- | ances unpaid carrying 8 per cent in-| terest. Austin says he will close out| the tract inside of ninety days, so heavy | is the demand for lots. several streets at the west and east ends of the city has resulted in attract- those sections. At the west end streets street that once formed part of the es- tract is close to Mastick station on the north side local line of thé Southern Pacific Company, and because of its nearness to San Francisco compared with east end property is much fa- vored by prospective home-builders. The tract is also on the llne of the proposed electric road to be constructed by F. M. Greenwood and for which a franchise has already been granted. At the east end the proposed im- provement of Lincoln avenue, from Everett street to Versailles, and the improvement of Pearl strcet has ma- terially enhanced realty values in that vicinity. This section of the city was selected as home. sites by the early settlers in Alameda because’ of the balmy climate. The improvement of Linecoln avenue will terminate at the easterly end at the entrance to tate of the late A. A. Cohen. tract, together with the Sather tract on Santa Clara avenue at the east end, and the E. B. Mastick tract at the west end, are the largest unoccupled resi- about here. The firm vaid $:.,000 to W. R. Pond, a local druggist, for a corner lot, 100x100, at Dwight way and Fulton street. Pond paid $5000 for the property two and a half years ago.] Money has poured -inte Berkeley to ! make such increases in value possible, | and the golden stream flows this way, | the while thousands of clever men are dipping into the gold and getting | their share of the gain. < The holiday season has been respon- sible for a natural lull in business, and | retrospection has been in order all along the line. There are preparations | making now for the new year, and | ‘when n}e e ehs tdmees the great of business will a & Eimed There will ‘be no jot.un 17| dential areas in the city. parently, /i the pace that has been set| Local dealers In housos and lots re- during the last six months. 4 fgrt a he:l‘idnfl“ lau& :’ll:mm b-l;:::. 'man Allen -has retired fre ey exp: bt e e R | of the mew year. Bullding continues active and over fifty housex are now e:nr-o of construction throughout the efty. > Combs & Fisher, meat dealers, have arranged to have the work on their proposed new two-story to be erected on the north side of Santa Clara avenue, between Park commence able career. A new firm, made up of Town Assessor Wharff, R. S. Edgar and others, will succeed to Allen’s business on Center street. - : The Skilling Company, a very pros- perous concern but of recent origin, is to move into its spacious new offices two the | ALAMEDA, Dec. 30.—The opening of | ing the attention of home-bullders luf are being put through a large tract of | iand near Pacific avenue and Eighth " tate of the late E. B. Mastick. This| Marin San Mateo —— e — —.1.__—————-——-——-——+ CALLS CONFERENCEIPETTY BURGLARIES Hibernians of ~Alameda HUNTER NARROWLY " ESCAPES DEATH Steps Into a ‘‘Sinkhole’ on Qakland Marsh While Trying to Wade Ashore BRAVE RESCUE MADE | OAKLAND, Dee 30.—Sunk to his |armpits in the soft ooze which fled |a dredging hole on the mudflats on the | western water front of the ecity, D. Gla- comi, a duck hunter, faced death Sat- | urday night He was rescued in the inlek of time by Stephen Rice. night |baggageman at the Sixteenth-street depot. Rice ignored the piercing cold |of the wind blowing across the bay | from the Golden Gate, strigped ~f% his peod clothing and taking a skiff made hia | way to the imperiled hunter and » \ | dragged him into the boat just as the tide had begun to lap his face. Glacomi had been shooting ducks from a strip of abandoned piling which extends out over the flats near the de- {pot,” and knowing nething of the treacherous nature of the flats had started to wade ashore through the {mud. Suddenly he steppéd inte a “sink ! hole” and was buried above his walist in the clinging ooze. Screaming for help, as he slowly sank in the mud, he attracted the attention of a nmumber of people at the depot, but none of them would risk their lives to aid the drown- {ing man. The shouts of the crowd { finally attracted the attention of Rice whe, without hesitation, threw off | clothing and making his way to boat mear by, pushed it before him over the mud flat until he could reach and |rescua the hunter. | After a hard struggle in which the rescued man was unable to render him any aid Rice towed the boat to the shore. As he dragged the almest un- conscious man from the boat Rice was heartily cheered by those who had wit- nessed his action. Without stopping | to receive the thanks of the rescued man he hurried home for a change of | clothing. — Oaidand Personals SIS OAKLAND, Dec. 30.—J. L. Cadogan of Rhyolite, Nev., is at the Athens. C. P. Brant and F. H. Brant of Corn- ing, N. Y., are recent arrivals at the Touraine. J. S. Templin is at the Metropole. registering from Toledo, Qhlo. E. H. Janey of Minneapolis, Minn.. Is at the Crellin. W. E. Harrington is at the Metropole. registering from Indianapolis, Ind. R ——— ME._CHANTS' RECEPTION OAKLAND, Dec!30.—Invitations have been sent to the Chamber of Com- merce, to the business men of this eity {and to the merchants of Point Rich- | mond to attend a New Year's day re- {ception which will be given by the | Merchants' Exchange at 419 Twelfth |street. The guests from Point Rich- mond will arrive on a special car at t:::o o'clock. The general reception | hours will be from noon until 6 o'clock. Those in charge are E. A. Young. H. N. Gard, B. F. Muller, G. W. Arper, H. Williams, R. M. Briare. D. Crowley | and Wilber Walker. —— { STOCKHOLM, Deec. 30.—The bulletin | issued today concerning the state of health of King Oscar said: “The King's temperature Saturday evening was 93.6, and this morning 98.8. His Majesty slept well during the night. His appe- tite is good. The action of the heart is unchanged and there is still some discharge of mucus from the wind- pipe.” { | Every nerve is a live wire connecting some part of the body with the brain. They are so numerous that if you pene- trate the skin with the pomnt of a needle you will touch a nerve and receive a shock—pain it is called. Aches and pains come from a pressure, strain or in- jury to a nerve ; the more prom- inent the nerve the greater the in, When the pain comes rom a large nerve it is called whether it be the facial nerves, or the heart, stomach, sciatie or other prominent nerve branch. To stop pain, them, you must relieve the strain or pressure upon the mnerves. Dr. Miles’ Anti-Pain Pills do this. i E .if 7 i 7 4 A 7 i it ; 2| § V. ot e i Ei&n feit i