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"Well. 1 wanted to stop yer paper,'
said the subscriber, candidly, "an' know
in" how bad you need the money I didn't
have the heart to come righl out an' do
it. So I Jes' wrote you the note about
beln' dead."— Argonaut.
A North Missouri editor received a note
the other day telling him that one of his
subscribers was dead, and asking that his
paper be discontinued/ A few days later
the editor met the "deceased" subscriber
on the street, and told him about the
note. "I wrote that note myself," re
turned the subscriber. '
"What for?" asked the editor.
Broke It Gently.
"All of these young enthusiasts are
scientists of the first water, and they are
undoubtedly the embryo professors of a
few years hence."— Washington Star.
"These are the four ctxrves properly de
scribed according to the accepted expla
nation of the best professional twirler.
and mean, when translated, that the ball
fallows its nose. If it leaves the pitch
er's hands revolving downward on a hori
zontal axis it .is bound to drop. If it
leaves his hand revolving upward it fol
lows Its nose and rises. "When the ball
travels on a vertical axis, revolving out
ward from the batsman, the outward
curve is the result, and, similarly, on a
vertical axis with an Inward revolution,
the Inshoot is caused. The ou.td.rop is
the result of the ball traveling on a slant
ing axis with an outward revolution, and
so on.
" 'Ah, dat's easy. All yer got to know
is dat de ball skates after its twist, and
den get yer- fist trained to do the biz.
If yer wants ter fool de guy wld de stick
by de droo whlrler yer Jest pass it out
under dese two fingers after yer spit on
yer hand to make de top spin. Turh. her
over de top fingers^ and de flying ma
chine goes up. When she Is ter waltz
Jest outside de reach of de stick de twist
must be on de dead level, swinging out.
If yer wants to puncture de guy in da
ribs do de level twist on do inside, and
dat's all.'
"There is one science which is under
stood and described with as much en
thusiasm by the boy of the street, with
his peculiar vernacular, as it is by the
learned college professor." remarked a
man who takes more pleasure In study
ing the percentages of the ball teams
than any of the other weighty national
and international problems. "That is the
science of the curved ball. Here is how
it was explained to me the other day by
a youthful participant in a rery warm
game at the foot of the "Washington mon
ument: • ", '.,'¦"
"CURVED EALL" MYSTERY
CLEARLY EXPOUNDED
"De Kids" Enow More About tha
•'- "Physical Phenomenon" Than
Do Professors.
OAKLAND, Aug. 19.— A telegram re
ceived at the County Jail to-day saya
that Julius Jorgenson. the absconding
Danish bank cashier, must return to the
scene of his alleged crime and stand, trial
for his offense. He has been in the hopes
that his case could be compromised, but
the negotiations in this regard have evi
dently fallen through. He states that the
Danish Consul has offered his companion.
Johanna Moeller, \ a position that will
serve to keep her and ! her child from
want. Jorgenson expects that he will be
gin bis return Journey by next Sunday..
Must Face Accusers.
I received th* three sealed bids yesterday,
but was not at that time aware that the garb
age men had formed a mercer and raised the
rates. One of the envelopes enclosing a bid
bora on the outside the words. "Doe cne
scent." I did not smell the rat then, but later
I detected the meaning of It all. It was not
a very fragrant pun. but It might hava been
worse. It Is possible that we may have the
jrarbage removed from the schools hereafter by
the city's teams. . .
It develon^d last night when the bids
for removlne the waste material from
the Dubllc schools were opened that the
scavengers of Alameda had evidently
heard of the business tactics pursued by
John D. Rockefeller. Andrew Carnegie
and other famed financiers .of modern
times and that they had formed a com
bine to gather In more coin for gather
ing 1n banana skins, orange peels, muti
lated sandwiches, scrap paper, lead pen
cil shavings, fractured slate pencils and
the assorted debris that Is srenerally to
be found about educational institutions.
The lowest bid submitted last night was
ten times greater than what the Board
of Education has been payinjr for two
years for having the same work done.
Heretofore a scavenger has been allowed
{3 50 a month for removing the garbage
from all of the public school premises.
Last night Luigl Farnando & Co. offered
to take tbe contract for $35 a month. B.
Flndle 9c. Co. would do the work for $33 50,
and A. Mussi wanted S-io a month to dis
pose of the garbage. All of the bids were
rejected, and Secretary Hughes was or
dered to make other arrangements to have
the waste material taken away. In speak
ing of the scavengers' trust Hughes said:
ATiAMEDA, Aug. 19.— Local scavengers
have^ organized a trust and as a result
of their first move to increaaa their divi
dends the garbage men have got them
selves into bad odor with tho members
of the Board of Education. Secretary
Charles C. Hughes of that body has been
instructed to break the refuse merger If
he can. "While he realizes that It may
prove on© of the strongest' tasks he haa
ever tackled, Hughes asserts that he will
stay, the efforts of the garbage monopo
lists or feel after he has done his best
like a man in the "dumps."
Alameda Officials Refuse to
Meet the Demands of
the Merger.
Scavengers Get Into Bad
Odor With School
Directora
ORGANIZED LOCAL
GARBAGE TRUST
STUDENTS WILL DON THE SOCK AND BUSKIN TO PRESENT
ARISTOPHANES' IMMORTAL GREEK-COMEDY "THE BIRDS"
Berkeley Undergraduates Plan a Monster Theatrical Entertainment Lasting Three, Days
/ for the Opening of the Newly Completed Open Air Theater.
CLUB WILL SECUBE
MOBE IN STBUCTOBS
Many Improvements Will - Be Made
in Arrangement of Reliance
l v ..- : Clnb Booms.
OAKLAND. Aug. 19.— The Reliance Ath
letic Club is considering a number 'of pro
posed Improvements in ¦ the Interior ar
rangements of the club rooms, which will
add to the accommodation of the. mem
bers. An additional number of instructors
will be secured to assist in the gymnasi
um and a ee/les of tournaments in bowl
ing, billiards and handball will be ar
ranged to 'take place soon.
Owing to pressure of business, Director
J. B. . Dean haa tendered his resignation,'
but until a decision is reached as to his
successor it will cot be accepted.
To Contest Will.
OAKLAND, Aug. 19.— The beginning of
a contest in the courts over the estate
cf the late Catherine Hahn. who left
property valued at 1120.009, was begun to
day. At the final accounting of the ex
ecutors. objection was made by Rosemary
K. Bouveroux, one of the heirs, to a $3000
fee charged against the estate by the ex :
«rutor« for their attorney, Benjamin Grif
fin. This item was cut by Judge Hall to
51500. The case wa» then cootirfued to
September 15.
Rehearsals have already begun for
this, and as the play is not "to be: given
for a month there will be ample time for
the student-actors to commit 'their 1 parts
well.' In the' meantime ' those j having "to
do with the play will make the most
AMPLE TIME FOB STUDY.
Only the general arrangements^ have
been made, but these general plans are
sufficient to show the magnitude of the
three days' dramatic - festival. Three
members. of the faculty will have charge
of each day, and these committees: are
already; perfecting the details of the
event, which will shortly be given to the
public.
At present only one definite play and
cast has been selected, that for the first
day. September 22.- This will-' be the
Greeklday, and It has been decided :- to
present "The Birds." by . Aristophanes,
one of the most famous of Greek come
dies. "•;«'
William R, Hearst, will be
dedicated next month with a three days'
dramatic festival. It Is proposed to give
a Greek play, a French play and an Eng
lish play, the actors to be selected from
among the students of the University of
California, and professors to act aa the
instructors. ,;'. ..V . : --- i.
Ey ERKELEV, Aug. 19.— The open
"B air Greek Theater, which Is the
offlclal name that has been
\ adopted for the amphitheater
Jr presented to the university by
OAKLAND, Aug. 19.— In line with the
definite policy cf a complete o\'erhaullng
of the city's streets and sidewalks in
the interests- of— cleanliness and the con
venience of the public Mayor Olney has
instructed Inspector of Streets Denton to
report Immediately to the Board of Works
violations of all ordinances covering Bide
wa'.k repairs. Inspector Denton has also
exacted a promise from the Contra Costa
Water Company to immediately repair
rtreets left in disorder because of exca
vations for pipe laying. Daily district
inspections of the city are in progress
with the end in view of enforcing as
Fpecdily 23 possible all of tbe ordinances
covering the use of streets and sidewalks.
The Board of Public Works has decided
on this Dolicy on the ground that the
city has long Eince passed the village
stage and should be handled as a city
in fact at veil as In name.
REVIVES ORDINANCES
fcFOB CITY'S IMPROVEMENT
There were no relatives present at the
time of his death, but P. L. Winchell of
Vallejo.^ another son-in-law,' arrived to
night and will take charge of the funeral
arrangements. The inquest will be he'.d
in Berkeier on Friday, death having oc
curred In this county. The deceased was
68 years of age and a native of New York.
Lafferty was taken to the Berkeley San
itarium two days after the shooting and
it has always been supposed that he
would recover from the wound, so that
the death to-night was very unexpected..
He waa being attended by Dr. George W.
Davis of the sanitarium.
William H. Lafferty, who was shot at
Point Richmond on August 11 by George
C. Henley, his son-in-law, died at the
Berkeley Sanitarium to-night. Death
came suddenly at a time that Lafferty
was supposed to be on the high road to
recovery. Lafferty was shot through the
neck, and while the bullet did not cut
an artery It passed bo near that the
membrane covering waa injured. It failed
to heal properly and to-night the artery
burst and death came very shortly.
Henley, the son-in-law who did the
shooting, was in Point Richmond at the
time, having been released upon S2300
bail for assault to murder at the time
that Lafferty was expected, to recover.
When It was announced that the
wounded man had died Henley* at once
gave himself up and was charged with
murder.- :-.v..i
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1118 Broadway, Aug. IS.
Victim Lingers I£ore Than
One Week With Hopes
of Recovery. v
Bullet Fired by Son-in-
Law Kills William
H. Lafferty.
DIES SUDDENLY
OF HIS WOUND
OAKLAND. Aug. 19.— The weddlrs of Miss
Isabella Mitchell and Professor William J.
Raymond thii evening: was aa unusually pretty
affair, the artistic bora* oX Mr. and Mrs. John
Mitchell on Tfclrty-Elxth etreet. where the
znarrisxe took place, needing little help from
the decorator to transform tt into a bower
of beauty. Plr.k and white blossoms were
mingled cracefully with asparagus fern and
the large round window in the drawing-room
formed an arbcr In whJch the happy coupl«
plighted their troth. Hop vine*, rtlll bearing
their email green ¦ blossom*, were Interwoven
with vink blossoms and formed the top and
eldes «of the arbor, the front of wt*ica waa
outlined with tone sprays of amaryjlis.
Although the preparations for the wedding
v < r . quite elaborate tbe family and a few In
timate friends only were Invited rueets.
The brides father. Rev. Andrew Mitchell,
performed the wedding ceremony, assisted by
Ilev. H. J. Vosburgh, pastor of the First
Baptist Church. There were no attendants at
all. The fcrlde, a rronouno-d blonde of pleas
ing appearance, was attired In a rich rown
cf white oeau o> sole, a yoke an-1 panel of
;:.-<¦- adorning; both bodice and skirt. A lace
tx>rthe wac arranged about the shoulders. Xo
veil was worn and the bridal bouquet was a
Fhower of white »weet peas and tolls. The
groom's gift, an exquisite scroll of diamonds
.-::,". pearli, was fastened to the corsage.
Supper w»s served In the pretty colonial
tfininjr-rooci. pink sweet peas and rose-shaded
candelabra eli'lng a pleasing touch of color.
Professor and Mrs. Rayni'md will take only
a fhort honeymoon trip and on their return
frill reside In their own dome on Sixteenth
and Grove streets.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Raymond belong to well
known pioneer families of Oakland, his father
being the late Dr. J. C. Raymond, at one
time a prominent physician here. Professor
Raymond is a craduate of the University of
California and is now Instructor in physics
in the came institution.
The bride Is a graduate of the Oakland Hlgtt
School and is a cultured and charming woman.
She, is a Bister of Supervisor John Mitchell,
et whose home the marriage occurred this
tvenins.
• • •
Mr*. V«rnon Waldron was informally "at
home" yesterday, thirty or forty guests calling
during the afternoon. Mrs. Glllchrist of Lon
don U Mrs. Waldron'e rue*t and she expects
to remain for sex-eral weeks, during ¦which
Fh«- will be the guert of honor at several
affairs. •
• • •
Among the promising events planned for
the near future are Miss Georxie Strong's tea,
a card party at Mrs. George Hamner's pretty
FruitvsJ« home and Mrs. William Colby's tea
in Ran Francisco. Mls*e* Ida and Edith Lar-
Jcey will also entertain Saturday in honor of
Mrs. Herbert Gasklll, and to-morrow Miss
Arlin Johnson will be the hostess at a small
luncheon complimentary to Miss Kutb Kales.
• • * •
The Wednesday Morning Muslca! Club will
resume its work in September, the first pro
gramme to be given on the ICth.
• • •
Mrs. Q. A. Chase and her daughter. Miss
Helen Chase, left this morning for the East.
They will both be much miss«d In social
circles. •¦ they expect to remain away for at
least three months.
• • •
Minn Gertrude Mansfield Is In Holllrttr visit
ing friends and expects to return to Oakland
ebout Saturday.
EVENTS IN SOCIETY
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.
111S Broadway. Aug." 13.
Public interest in Mayor Olney's mes
sage on the subject of a municipal water
tupply has been awakened to an extent
rarefy manifested over official documents
vt that character. On all eides the ex.
jiression of approval of the paper as an
able, firm and straight from the shoulder
exposition has bt*n strong. These opin
ions are given from many sources and
are unar.lmous concerning the 6plendid
ability shown in the clear and concise
j^rtser.taticn of the water situation, no
ir.atur what might be individual belief
concerning: any or all of the projects pro
posed for the people's considepACloo.
For the present the public is concerned
in the final action that will be taken by
the Contra Costa Water Company. The
ten days' limit placed upon the provi
sional offer of J3,3CrJ.O00 for such of its
l^ant as mipht be required to serve Oak
land will expire a week from to-morrow.
Though President William J. Dingee of
the water company has been freely
quoted as declaring that his company
would not consider the tender, definite
action toward other channels must be de
ferred until the expiration of the time
limit. With an unofficial understanding
that the Contra Costa Water Company
wlll not break its si'ence since the Mayor
first tried to open negotiations on the
pubject of a selling: price, the special
bond committee will be able to take pre
liminary eteps at once to begin active
Investigation of the messape.
' The work will be directed, it is practi
cally understood, to a careful consider
ation of the Bay Cities Water Company's
proposal to Install a system at the south
ern boundary of the city capable of de
livering at least 20,000.000 gallons of water
daily, with a gross capacity for 25,000,000
g-allons per dlcm.
That preposition has been concretely
presented In a voluminous and compre
hensive contract, provisional, of course,
together with a mass of engineering
plans, maps and data, which will be
available to the city's experts.
It is expected that the municipal ¦water
supply proposition will be ready for sub
mission to the people at a special bond
ing election within one hundred days.
Officials Await the Time
Limit on Offer to Contra
x Costa People.
Widespread Interest in
Message on Water
Supply.
MAYOR'S PAPER
PLEASES PUBLIC
Marriage Licenses.
OAKLAND, Aug. 19.— The following
marriage licenses were ';¦ issued by the
County 'Clerk to-day: William H. Ca*
well, 28, and Cassie F. Huff. 28. both of
Sacramento; Ttmoleon Polrier, - 69. and
Ellen Kltto, 67, both of Oakland ; Murray
Laldlaw, over 21, and - Carrie ; C . Aker ly.
over- 18, both of Oakland; Charles W.
Macartney, 'over 21, and May A. Donovan,
over 18. both of Oakland; Harvey E.
Jackson, 44, , Oakland, and Lucille H. Er
win, S6, Portland.;
Improvement Club to Meet.
OAKLAND. Aug. 15.— Matters of Inter
est to the people of West Oakland will
be discussed at a meeting of the West
Oakland Improvement Club -which 'will
bo held, to-morrow evening at Hansen's
Hall, corner of Wood and Goss streets.
ALAMEDAi Aug. 19.— Frank MIrandi re
covered the body of an unknown man
from the water off the south side of Bay
Farm Island to-day. It ia thought, that
the. remains are those of a sailor.
He was about 6 feet 2 inches In height,
dark complexloned. with dark hair, wore
a dark woolep coat and vest, blue over
alls, light underclothes, heavy socks, tan
leather slippers and heavy leather belt
In the ' pockets were found four brass
buttons bearing the Inscription. "Liver
pool, Brazil and River. Plate S: M. Co.,
Ltd.," and also a monogram with ,"L and
H" In it. From its appearance it is
judged that the body has been in the wa
ter for three, weeks or more. .
BODY OF AN UNKNOWN
RECOVERED FROM BAY
~ "The Birds", is a satire on human so
ciety as it was observed by Aristophanes,
and 1 its humor • can' be as* weil appre.
olated in this day as It'was centuries ago
by the Greeks. It deals with the trans-
Although the cast is not yet complete
the principal speaking parts huve been
assigned. These will be taken by Will
H. Alexander, Ivan M.Llnfarth, H. H.
Dewing, : Beverly Allen, W. A. Brown and
Barry H. .Cerf. In addition to these
players there, will be an acting chorus
of twenty-four men, which will be re
inforced by a singing/ chorus of about
thirty men. , The singing chorua and the
orchestra, both of; which will bV under
the leadership of -Dr. H.J. Stewart of
San Francisco, will be concealed' from
the spectators' ' view.. The music will be
that which was composed by Dr. John
K.' Paine; expressly, for the Harvard Uni
versity production of the play.
• The training of Jhe actors is being di
rected by Professor Leon, J. Richardson,
assistant professor of Latin: James Tur
ney Allen, assistant ; professor of Greek
and classical archaeology, and Dr. Wash
ington Prescott, instructor in Latin and
Greek.-- «i^;' 1 '. : oC i ' ".' ¦¦¦'. . . : "
elaborate preparations for a perfect pro
duction of this old play. It Is a play
that affords exceptional opportunities fpr
the presentation of brilliantly costumed
choruses and to make its stage pictures
effective It will be necessary to spend
considerable time. and effort in the train-
Ing and costuming of the players. . The
stage properties will be arranged as far
as possible to conform with the dramatic
canons of the ancients.
NEW OPEN-AIR GREEK THEATER ON CAMPUS OF THE UNIVER
SITY OF CALIFORNIA. AND PROFESSOR ANEJ STUDENTS WHO
ARE ARRANGING FOR THREE. DAYS' DRAMATIC FESTIVAL.
By - reducing the number in a class you
prevent overcrowding and Rive a teacher some
chance to impart knowledge. s^pbAm;
To remedy this condition of affairs we must
have some new school buildings as soon aa
possible.
The Board of Education. has under con
sideration the applications of between 2G0
and 360 non-residents for permission to
enter the public schools as pupils. Ac
tion on these requests has been deferred
until, tho enrollment of resident attend
ants shall have been completed. The
board exacts a tuition fee from all non
residents who are granted the privilege
of entering the Oakland public schools.
This rule can only apply this year to
primary and grammar school pupils and
such high school students as shall come
from districts where high schools are es
tablished. Those applicants who reside in
districts not provided' with high school
facilities must be accommodated without
expense of tuition fees.
Superintendent of Schools McClymonds
has 'received cqmplete reports from the
several .schools of the city showing that
organization' for the present schools term
has been effected. There has been heavy
crowding at ' the Durant School. The
others are well. filled, there being through
out the department an average enrollment
of forty-eight members to a class, exclu
sive >of the high' schools. Superintendent
McClymonds declares that the maximum
limit, the way outside figure, should show
not more than fifty members .to a class,
that anything approximating proper at
tention by the teachers might be given
to the pupils in their charge.
The Superintendent said;
It is this lares class enrollment that la dis
turbing I us; Our facilities are so inadequate
that we are compelled to form much larger
.classes than we should care to organize. A
teacher cannot exercise the . individual over
sight that is required to do good, work unless
the number of pupils Is kept within reasonable
bounds. IMP^SfV'SM
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1118 Broadway, Aug. 19.
City Superintendent McOly
moncU Objects to
\ Large Classes.
The play has only been given twice
In modern. times. It was revived for the
first time., after its abandonment by the
ancients, in 1SS3 in England, when Sir
Humbert Perry wrote thfi music for it.
Ten years later it was flayed by the
students at Harvard University, so now
it Is reserved for the University of Cali
fornia to produce it for the third time.
On the second day of the festival Ra
cine's famous tragedy, "Phedre," one of
the masterpieces of the French dramatic
genius, will be presented. It will be In
charge of a committee consisting of
Marlus J. Spinello, Charles H. j Howard
and Carlos Bransby. all members of the
department. of Romanic languages.
An old English play will be given on
the third day, though it has not yet been
selected. It may be the blur.k verse
tragedy "Ion," by Sir. William Noon Tal
ford, or Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night. '/
The play, whatever It is, will be given
under the direction of Professor Charles
Mills Gayley, head of the department of
English; Professor ChaWncey Wetmore
'Wells, assistant in English composition,
and Victor Henderson, .lecturer in Eng
lish.
PRODUCTION IS BARE.
formation of a- certain number of mortals
Into birds, who look upon human society
from- ah external point of view, thus
giving new opportunities for fresh points
of satire and amusing incidents.
Many Non Residents
Apply fpr Admission
as Pupils.
LOCAL SCHOOLS
ARE ATTRACTIVE
TBE SAKlEBA^GISCO GALL, -THURSDAY, AUGUST 20.. 1903.
Few people get high enough up th« lad
der of fame to make them dizzy.
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