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PORTLAND. Or., Dec. 22.— The Port
land Baseball Club to-night tendered its
resignation to the Pacific Northwest
league. The Portland Baseball Associa
tion, recently incorporated, will take over
the Portland Baseball Club and will then
join the Pacific Coast League, which will
be composed of San Francisco, Oakland,
Los Angeles. Portland and Seattle.
Resigns From Northwest League.
LONDON". Dec. 23.— The Most Her.
Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Can
terbury and primate of all England, who
has been in for some time past, is dead.
Most Bev. Frederick Temple, Arch
bishop- of Canterbury, Dies After
" " . Long Illness.
PKIMATE OF ENGLAND
JOINS SILENT MAJORITY
ALAMEDA, Dec. 22.— Before taking 'big
own life last night -by shooting himself
with! a revolver, aged Julian Borda took
the life of his faithful dog. which had
been his sole companion for several years."
Borde first set flre to the house which waa
his home for a third of a century, and
from which he waa to be evicted this
morning. Then, while the flames crackled"
and enveloped his humble abode, the de
spairing old man deliberately sat down on
a bed lounge in one of the rooms of the
blazing structure, sped a bullet into tbe
body of his -trusting canine friend and
another into his own. . Borde had evi
dently decided that when he went out o£
the world, which looked drear to him, he
would take with him all that he loved
best— his Old' home and his faithful dog.
When the firemen discovered the charred
bodies of the man and the beast both,
were close together. Between them was a
pistol with five chambers exploded and
one loaded. Residents in the vicinity
heard revolver reports after the alarm of
flre was given. * .
Borde was at one time fairly well to do
and was prominent in the local French
colony. Fortune frowned upon him and
he lost money in stocks. His wife died
eighteen months ago. Previous to her
demise he was forced to mortgage his
home. The mortgage was recently - fore'
closed by a San Francisco bank and the
; former owner was ordered to vacate th«
premises. When an agent of tbe bank no
tified Borde Saturday that he must leave
the place within forty-eight hours or b«
evicted, the age£ tenant asked to be al
lowed to stay until Monday morning. "I
will get out then," said Borde. "but it will
not do the bank 'any good when I so."
This statement he made good by destroy
ing the house when he destroyed himself.
Borde was a native of France, 67 years of
age. . ¦ ¦• '¦ '¦¦-¦¦ . ''- :'¦¦
Despairing Old Man Barns
Home- Prom Which He v
Was to Be Evicted.
Julian Borde Could Not
Leav<9 Faithful Oa-d 5
nine.
KILLS HIS DOG
THEN HIMSELF
' A useful and pretty gift." ; "A beautifully
decorated box filled .with useful' writing
nor; from 60c to $4.50 at Banborn. Vail
o.'s, 741 Market street.' Open evenings.*
Picturesque Papeteries.
Succeeds Finally at Suicide.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. K.~A well
dreesed woman, 19 , years of age, giv
ing > her i p name \ j as ; ; Mrs/ , W. w J C.
Hazel of , Covlngton, Ky., was taken
verBe part of- the machinery would not
respond and the engine got beyond 1 his
•control. Near Liberty It collided with a
freight. Income way the helper was re
versed and started back, running through
Liberty 'at tho rate of seventy, mil As an
hour. It dashed into another freight
train which was being hauled by two en.
glnes. ,,},^ --^v •;.<¦ i " ¦"••,..¦ ;'..; •'-,', V-V'.-"
Thosfl killed were Mjke Foley of In
dianapolis, brakeman, and Rounton 1 Os
borno of Connersvllle, llreman on helper
engine"-''/ ..¦¦;/.:'•-, . . .< ¦ ..-..
: Brkile your tongue an" you saddle your
temper..., , ... r ¦< S
The Scottish Rite
fiaji Fram-lsco Consistory Xo. 1 of the
Masters of the Royal Secret, thirty-second
decree Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
«>f Freemasonrj't has elected the follow
ing ram"l to serve as its officers for the
enJsuinR year:
Jan-.'-c A. Wilson. raa*t»r of th» kado*h- J
I>. Abrahams, prfcrr; Harry 3. Lank. pr^-Mitor-
W. E. I^utz. mlr.lHter of nlau-. W. P. f"ilm*r'
r:ha.»r*llor; William B. Mo**». almoner; Henry
linm^r. rfgistrar. and =amu»I W. Ivvy, treas-
to the City Hospital from' the Mor
ton Hotel In an unconscious condition
from morphine and wounds In her wrist,
inflicted with a pair of scissors, and she
died at 9 o'clock.- She waa Mrs. Clarence
Hazel, who figured In the papers through
out the Central States last week because
of her efforts to kill hen elf In the La
tonla Hotel in Covlngton, Ky. Mrs. Hazel
came to Indianapolis last Friday.
Is bringing to her halls men of letters and
scientific experts from all of the older In
stitutions of the East to add to her glory,
she Is each day In danger of being ruth
leeflly checked In her career by the flre
flcmi.
MORE ESCAPES ARE NEEDED.
The university has no nre-nghtlnK ap
paratus on the grounds whatsoever, tt
has no trained body of men , who know
the 'dangerous points and would be able
to render effective service nt the critical
moment of a fire's first appearance. Fire
drills, which are enforced In every public
school building, are. unknown to the stu
dents, who crowd the recitation rooms to
overflowing. '•' .•':"¦_
Three of the buildings only are provided
with fire escapes— North Hair has two.
East Hall two and the' mining building
one. Those on North Hall, where the
need for them Is greatest, are of such an
tiquated pattern that to descend one must
needs climb over the' railing to reach tho
ladder, a feat which no woman student
In a moment of excitement would 'dare at
tempt. Other .dangers ' to students In
North Hull In case- o( a conflagration are
noted In the report of Chief Kenney.
A constant menace of flre exists at all
times in the various chemical and mining
laboratories. The mining building con
tains assay laboratories and omelting fur
naces. The chemistry, mechanics, agri
cultural and physical laboratories contain
various burners, and furnaceV which
sometimes have to be kept burning day
and night .for several days. It was from
these burners that in April, 1837. the agri
cultural building was completely de
stroyed by flre. with a loss of $12,000. From
a Bunsen burner also the chemistry build-
Ing was set ablaze on Thanksgiving day
last, with a loss of 13000.
Hydrants In the university (grounds are
located k as follows:
North Hall— Two hydrants, fifty feet distant.
South Hall— Two hydrants, fifty feet distant.
East Hall— One hydrant, twenty- five feet dis
tant. Library — One hydrant, twenty-five feet'
LIBERTY, Tnd., Dec. 22.— A helper en
gine on tho Monom Railroad got beyond
control to-day, made two wild runs be
tween Connersvllle 'and this .. place,
?/recked two. freight trains, demolished
four engines, killed two men and Injured
two others. \. % .;.,.
Engineer Callahan of the helper fan to
College Grove, helping a freight. He waa
to take a siding east- of Liberty. When, he
reached the switch and attempted to re-
Defective Machinery Causes Loss of
Life and • Wrecks Two
Trains.
All of the buildings are built without any
protection against lire. The three brick build*
Ings would burn tm easily as the wooden ones,
for with the exception of. on« they have beeh
standing for morn' than twenty years. . '
North Hall especially Is a flra trap and
ought not to be used another day. It was
never Intended for the large classes which now
RUNAWAY ENGINE KILLS
TWO AND INJURES OTHERS
Three flre« In the university buildings with
in the pant thren months make this question
come, ix-fonj us and we must have aome action
taken. Our local flre department Is entirely
unfit to try iind fight «ny big flro at the
unlvrrnlty, and tho; only help we could gel
would be from Oakland, six miles away, and
It would take their department an hour to
reach us If railed.
HELPLESS BEFOKE BIG FIRE.
To the Hoard of Trunteea — Gentlemen:. I
have U>«- honor to make a report to you upon
the very Kr»»nt lack of lire protection at the
university and to nuKitest some plan for muk-
Iiik It better. ¦ - ¦
I tviMh flrrt to give the wnrnlns; that some
time we will have a tcreat (Ire at the univer-
Klty which will i-nrry nwuy thousands of dol
lars' worth of Htnte property and ruin for a
iIim- the wholo college. With the wind Juxt
right if a flre should Ket started In one of the
group of huildlntcs nothing could save all of
the iiinf.t Important buildings from going up In
smoke.
this the subject of a complete and 4 ex
ha us live report to the Town Trustees. He
han not spoken without a complete
knowledge of his BUbject. and his report
Is worthy of the most careful legislative
attention at the coming season.
Some months ago, when Mr. Kenney.be-
K»n the reorganization of the Berkeley
Fire Department us ltn first regular flre
chief, he was ntruck with tho lack of fire
protection surrounding the university. At
that time h« made a short report to Pres
ident Wheeler upon the condition of
North Hall. That report caused wide
spread consternation among the frlen'ds
of tho university, and now Mr. Kerinoy
completes his work with a report upon
th« danger from flre that threatens the
State center of learning and his inability
to do much for ltH protection.
Hire Is Mr. Konney's report In full:
niSUKELEY, Dec. 10.
BERLIN, Dec. 22.— A Polish schoolgirl
named Kopec has been sentenced to four
teen days' .imprisonment at Inowraslau.
province- of Poseni for. lese majeste In
throwing n brooch with Emperor Wil
liam's picture in it to the floor and stamp
ing upon it. Such brooches were present
ed to the puptls of the schools when the
Emperor visited Posen.
LITTLE GIRL STAMPS j
ON EMPEBOR'S PICTURE
For Such a Crime She Is Committed
' . • ¦ r to Serve a Term in
. Prison.
The report was discussed most
thoroughly and all of the trustees agreed
upon its grent importance and value, but
decided that the town could not do much
and the legislature should be called upon,
for assistance. ; :.'...¦
Upon motion of Trustee Staats a special
committee was created tp confer with As
semblyman Waste of Berkeley. President
Marston .appointed upon .that committee
Trustees : Staats and . Dowd.
The report of Fire Chief Kenney created
great excitement In the Board of Trus
tees. Trustee Staats called attention to
the unfortunate position that the town
of Berkeley occupied toward the univer
sity, when the town was expected to fur
nish fire protbetion while the unlverslty
dldnot pay a cent of taxes Into the town
treasury.
* "There fls no question as to the im
portance-of Chief Kenneys report." said
President Marston of the board, "but It
is not in the power of the town to fur
nish all that is necessary. . The Legis
lature should be appealed to and the least
that It could do would be to place a steam
enslne upon the university grounds with
a trained fire brigade of students- for use
in case of an emergency."
TRUSTEES ABE ANXIOUS.
Library. 3; East Hall. 4: Chemistry build
ing, ft and 1 hand ho«e cart: Mining: building,
4; Philosophy building. :S: Observatory, none;
South Hall. 3; North Hall. 6; gymnasium. 4;
Botany bulldine. 2; Agricultural building. 3;
Mechanic*' building. 3 and flre escapes; North
Unit, 'J; Mining building. 1.
Hose reels, all one ami three-fourths
inches in dlstmeter, are located as fol
lows: . .
distant. Botany hulMInc — Two hydmnt.i. 223
feet distant. Agriculture building — On* hy
drant, fifty feet distant. Chemistry building
—Two hydrants, twenty-five fit?t distant: on*
hydrant, seventy-flve feet distant. Mining
building— Two hydrant*, fifty feet distant; one
hydrant. 800 feet distant.. Philosophy bulld-
Inc— Ono hydrant. 1«O feet distant. Mechanic*'
bulWIng— 1>o hydrants, 100 feet distant. Ob
f-rrvatory — One. hydrant. WO fiet distant. Gyxa
naslum — One hydrant, fifty feet distant.
The, town fire- department is called upon to
guard all of this daneerous territory. It is
now not - strong enough to guard the town
properly. It should appeal to the Legislature
to look after the, flre protection of the'uni
versity since It cannot do It. Nothing short
of a permanent flre chief for the college build*
1nnn and an engine stationed on the grounds
can be sure prottpPlon. JAMKS,KKNNRY.
This mcanB that the first time the north
wind sweeping over the Berkeley • hllln
finds a blaze In one of the buildings of
the University of California, be it never
so small and flickering-, such a furnace of
flame will, be net roaring that not one
alone, but all of the main buildings of
tho Instltulon will be reduced to smolder
lnK heaps of ruins. .
While the University of California Is
taking the third place among all the uni
versities of tho United 8tates, while she
In rm>r a fire should brenk out In this
liulMlriK' whllo students were In It there would
be a sreat Ions of life. All of the doom swing
Inward. : those on the third floor being; only
three and a half feel wide, a crowd trylnr to
CKCupe would lock Itnelf In. The staircases
nre narrow and twisted and the balustrade*
are low ami rotten, so that In n rush many
would be pushed ov«r Into the well beneath.
The water supply would not/ furnish more
than two fair streams to hone In case of a
f lr«*. There are fifteen four-Inch hydrants ar
ranged near must of the buildings, but they
are all off on« main, and without a steam flre
engine not h single stream could be curried to
the top of the lilKhet.: of the buildings.
All of the buildings except th« observatory
are provldtd with from two to six hosa reel*.
each provided .with not more than seventy-five
feet of hOH«. Upon n recent Inspection made
by Hunerlntendent of the Grounds A. Bolton
and myself It wan found that in almost every
instance the hone had been rotted from leaky
valves And would be useless* In case of lire/"
FtRE CHIEF FOB BUILDINGS.
attend It — almost half of the whole university
dally. It Is constructed with no proof walls and
with nothing to wlthnund flre. Its basement
l» filled with lockrrs where students keep books
and papers, and coal is stuffed under the stair
ways.
Hhouifl a fire. set started In North Hall :t
would be beyond control In fifteen mlnutwt and
the sparks would be'carrled from Its roof to
Houlh Hull and on the Agricultural building;
without doubt. .
OAKLAND. Dec. 22. — The following
marriage licenses were issued, to-day:
Rudolph MullhauKht. over 21. and Teresa
Spichtfjr. «v*r 2J. both of Oakland; Fred
erick V. Fan?. 23. and Sufie S." Congdon,
21. both of San Francisco; David B.
Green, ovtr 21. an<1 Tulua D. Wedekind,
over 18, both of Oakland; Frank Maggioli.
over 21. and Ailc»; Smith, over 21 both of
Hayward*: Arthur R. Phillips.' 21, and
Margaret I. I^add, 23. both of Berkeley;
Joseph I-. Gannon, 24. and Ruby Defay 18*
both of Oakland; William E. Palfreeman'
26. and Marguerite I. Drake, 21, both of
Oakland; Abe Alexander, as. and Lottie
Merzbach, 27. both of Oakland.
Licensed to Marry.
i UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BUILDINGS AND LOCATION OF FIRE HYDRANTS ON GROUNDS.
Accused of Snatching Watch
O"orp<» fcteele appe.rnl before Polke
Jcdge Mogan yes-terday on a charge of
rebbery The ra?* was rontiniW«.lll Fri
day. Charles McO*-han. who lives in the
Rfi-fre House. 075 Mission str«^t. was go
:sg- to f;is room early y#-st«?rday morning
When he mft S»«?ele on the stairs. Steele
iitk^fl him the time and MeCJ^ehan pulled
*jut his watch. Steele grabbed hold of
fhf war^h. breaking the chain, and ran
down stair«. He was pursued by Henry
A. Brun«-, who overtook him and held
him till Corporal Wall and Policeman
•'anifron anivtfi. The watch was found
>y the l^rMHa^v wher'- Steele had thrown
It. and it was *-.ooke<l as evidence.
PROTECTION INADEQUATE,
But be this as it may, and no matter
upon whom the responsibility may rent,
tho university ta without adequate pro
tection, and Fire Chief Kenney h.m made
ing that could prevfnt the com
plete destruction of any one building
Fbould a fire start therein, and the entire
group of university buildings would be
burred to the ground If a flre secured the
least headway with a wind to fan Its
breath and scatter its sparks. Not only
i* the university itself without protection,
but the town of IJerkeley is almost pow
erless to help the Statfi institution t>e
cause of the lack of fire apanttua supplied
by the municipality.
This la the essence of a report presented
to the Board of Town Trustees to-night
by James Kennoy, th* en*TK«-tlc new
chief of the Berkeley Firp Department,
who is trying to help his town and his
department In every way possible.
This Is a condition of affairs that Is of
Interest to the whole State, and not to
Berkeley alone. It Is a matter that will
probably become the subject of action by
the State Legislature, and not alone by
the Board of Trustees of the town of
Berkeley, for the conditions that confront
this latter body are unique In the State.
Within the town limits of Berkeley Is sit
uated a group of building*, mostly wood
en and all inflammable, for which the
town Is expected to furnish the bulk of
tbe fire protection, and yet which bring
no tax money into the town treasury.
Under these conditions the Town Trus
tees are very properly looking to the
State for some help.
BEKKKI-KV. Dec. 22.— The build
ings of the University of Califor
nia are practically without pro-
U-ctioii from fire; there Is noth-
Berkeley Trustees Star
tled by Kennedy ? s Sen
sational Report.
Richard V. Dey, the capitalist and
Jormer manager of the estate of the late
Mrs Teresa Fair, was married yesterday
to Mrs. Elliott. After an elaborate wed
ding giipper had been enjoyed, Mr. and
Mrs. Dey departed for Del Monte, where
they will pass the honeymoon. The an
nouncement of th« marrlace of Mr. Dey
came «s an agr^euble surprise to his
many associate, he having confided to
but very few cf his most Intimate
friends the fact that he ha<J decided to
lorsake the ranks of the bachelors.
Honeymoon.
HICHARD DEY FORSAKES
RANKS OF BACHELORS
Marries Mrs. Elliott and Departs
for Del Monte to Pass
sit Manila.
Nathaniel was formerly employed at the
Eir-ponum, but has been without a posi-
Tion lor some time.
The suicide was probably due to de-
Epondeaey.
ttathaniel Whipple Shoots Himself
Through the Heart at the Hotel
Ren ton.
Nathaniel Whipple, 23 years of age,
ehct himself through the heart with a
revolver early this morning in his room
at tht. Hotel Renton, 712 Sutter street, and
d:ed immediately.
The suicide was a son of Colonel Whlp
2»'.e. ch:ef paymaster. U. S. A., stationed
ASYY OFFICERS SON
TAKES HIS OWN LITE
He epoke of the architecture cf the
city's residences and drew a picture of
the house which was "Queen Anne" in
front and "Mary Ann" In the rear. He
eJvised the adoption, of many methods
toward improving- and beautifying San
Francisco, and reminded the league of the
benefits which would follow the doing
away with the unsightly telegraph poles
and overhead wires. In New York, he
raid, they had placed all such things un
*«" pryund. to the betterment of theAne
tropoh's. It costs money, said Mr. Young.
to make a city beautiful and to keep it in
that state after It has been maJe beauti
ful. He had !i«ard hopes expressed about
making San Francisco the Par'.s of Amer
ica, but the people were apt to overlook
the fact that the attractions of the
3'r^ceh capital wens owing chiefly to ex
penditures on a lavish scale. In conclu
sion the speaker paid, however, that he,
for cr.e, was sure that the efforts of the
leejrue would be crowned with success.
The members of the Outdoor Art
J-eapue ran yesterday at the rooms of the
Sorosis Club, when a paper entitled
••Makinp & City Beautiful" was read by
John P. Younsr.
The members were deeply interested in
the suggestions set forth in the paper and
frequently applauded Mr. Young: in the
course of th« reading.
If we were to make our city beautiful,
eaid Mr. Young:, «'« must substitute work
lor talk. W« must acr as well as plan.
There was something for all to do, and
those who could not build, he said, could
at least assist in clearing the ground for
the foundation. How much there •was to
b« done to make a city beautiful the
members of the league well knew. He at
tributed the excellence and vast improve
ment In the artistic dressing of the store
vindowe to the lrt'^roved condition of the
ptreet", which, when in their former bad
Etate retarded prepress."
Anticipates That Success
Will Surely Crown
Their Effort.
John P. Young Talks to
Women Who Would
Improve City.
LEAGUE LISTENS
TO GOOD ADVICE
FIRE CHIEF SAYS UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS
ARE AT MERCY OF DESTROYING ELEMENT
THE SAN IBAls CISCO CALL, TUESDAY; DECEMBER 23, 1902.
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