APPOINTED SPECIAL POLICEMAN.-.
Oakland, "Auff. 2. — James L. Noble -has been
appointed - a special DOliceman by * the Police
and s Fire ; Commissioners. *
FTUT6CH ELECTED SECRETARY.— Oak
land, Aup. 2. — Emil Kritsrh. fencing instructor
of the. Reliance Athletic Club, has been elected
secretary of the club.
WATERVILLE. Wash.. Aug. 2.—The
Courthouse and contents were ; com
pletely destroyed by fire last night. The
fire was dlscovered,about B ' o'clock. an<l
was presumably caused by crossed elec
tric wiros. > The! building and "contents
were vaiuei at $15,000.
Courthouse Burned.
MARRIAGE LlCENSKS.— Oakland, Aug. 2.
The following man-late licenses were issued
by the County .; Clerk to-d«y: Nathan Lundy,
25, and Ida Slavln. 19. both of Oakland; John
V. Guilfoll, 24, and Iva E. : Kempf, IS. both «t
Vallejo; William W. Cuthbcrt. 45, and Eva A.
Waldron, 35. both of Sacramento; Benjamin
F \u25a0 Sanford; 22. and Grace J. Murphy, 23. both
of Berkeley; William Sllveria. 21, and Mabel
Hnlnhold. 20, both of Oakland;. William Guild.
25, and Eva P. Speck.- 20. both of Oakland.
BERKELEY, Aug. 2.— The police and
Coroner were caHed out last night by E.
F. Barry, a real estate man, -who re
ported that a corpse had been found by
him in a vacant house, for which he ii
agent, on Addlson street, near Grove-
Barry was strolling through the house
when he was startled by the spectacle
of a body lying In a corner," with a
handkerchief over the face.. Without
stopping to investigate, Barry informed
the police and Coroner. Dcputs'
Streightif hurried to the place, removed
the handkerchief from the supposed
corpse and found. that a dummy made
of straw had, been* used* to frighten
Barry.
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-RIGHTENISD BY. DUMMY MA*.
nT%wr«l rrxr 4..» • Til.— it
'OAKLAND, Aug. 2. — Charging her
husband with extreme cruelty. Marie
Reading, wife of George H. Reading,
driver for the Imperial bakery, has
brought an action for divorce against
him. She says that he not only curses
and swears at her, but that he keeps
company with .a young single woman
and takes her to the house when he
knows the plaintiff Is away from home.
Charles Pett has instituted 'divorce
proceedings against Amelia Pett, whom
he charges with desertion.' • An inter
locutory' decree of divorce was granted
Marie L. Ryder forom William D. . Ry
fler. for cruelty, by. Judge Waste. - She
was also awarded the custody of their
son.
SAYS HUSBAND IS CRUEL.
MILL VALLEY. Aug. 1. — The Out
Door Art Club gave a very enjoyable
reception and promenade concert to the
club "members and their husbands this
evening in their pretty clubhouse in
honor of founder's day, the third anni
versary of the organization of the club.
There was \u25a0 a large attendance. The
club \u25a0\u25a0 Is 'foremost, in taking up all mat
ters that will upbuild this village.
ART CLUB HOLDS RECEPTION.
BERKELEY. ' Aug. 2.— Alumni of
Oberlin;College held a banquet last
evening at the parlors of the First
Christian Church. W. A. Gates, secre
tary of the State Board of Charities and
Corrections, -was toastmaster. Presi
dent H.C. King of: Obcrlin was the
principal speaker. Dr. King commented
on the fact that there were 135 alumni
of the college in California.; He said
the institution was growing' and he
asked for the continued support of for
mer students. Professor C. B. Bradley
.of the University of California,. Dr. C G.
Baldwin of Palo Alto, E. S. Lafferty of
the class of M 9 and the Rev. E.R. Ful
ler of Bakersfleld were among ' the
alumni speakers. :7: 7 v ;>- .
An. organization of Oberlin students
was'f ormed, the following-officers being
elected: .President/ Dr. C. : G. ; Baldwin;
vice president, Miss H. E. Martin; secre
tary: and treasurer,; the>Rev., Henry B.
Mowbray'of Oakland,; who desires ad
dresses, of all Oberlln graduates In this
State. The secretary's address is the
Albany Hotel.
ODER LIN ALUMNI BANQUET.
SEATTLE. Wash.. AugJ 2.— H. H.
Taylor of San Francisco, president of
the Bellingham Bay and British Colum
bia Railroad, came to this city. for the
purpose of considering an offer made
by the- Canadian 'Pacific for the road.
He held a long conference to-day with
J. J. Donovan, general superintendent,
and C.-.W. Howard, attorney . for the
road. This proposed deal nas . been
hanging fire for some time. It is gen
erally understood that the last offer
made by the Canadian Pacific will be
accepted. It is said the Canadian Pa
cific desire 3 this road, aa it would jrive
a direct outlet to Puget Sound and the
Mount Baker mining district via Sumas.
Acceptnble Offer Said to Have Been
31ntle to the Owner* oi. the
Road.
CANADIAN PACIFIC MAY GET
THE BELLINGHAM BAY LINE
WILL OCCUPY NEW BUILDINGS.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Aug. 2.—
The \u25a0 new , buildings completed . some
time ago for the use of the engineering
colleges will be occupied by these de
partments at the opening of the com
ing term. • These buildings, which are
located at the southwest corner of the
outer quadrangle, are intended for the
use of the- departments of : civil, me
chanical *ahd electrical engineering.
The furniture, which is now being in
stalled, is for the recitation and lec
ture rooms. , :~- . \u25a0. . - .
OAKLAND, Aug. 2.— Mrs. M. Hart
wick of Melrose complained to County
Clerk Cook this morning that her
daughter, Amelia Hartwick, disappeared
last night with » a man and wished to
know if they had secured a marriage
license. No license had been issued,
and she then expressed her intention of
asking the aid of the Chief of Police in
searching for her daughter.- She says
the girl is 19 years of age. The mother
said she did not know the man's Iden
tity. ;*,'\u25a0%\u25a0
MOTHER' SEARCHES FOR GIRL.
OAKLAND Au«r. 2, — About August 20
the congregation of £t. Paul's Episcopal
Church of tills city will lose the services
of the Rev. Robert Reriispa Jr., the as
sistant rector, «f the church, who is
making preparations to return to his
work as a missionary among the Indi
ans of Fort Albany, in the. Hudson Bay
country. The, young- clergyman has al
ready Epent *tx y-farr; among. the abo
rigines of the «rfeat Northwest and dur
ing his life there won -the love of those
among wh'orn h« labored. After a year
of absenc* he has received letters from
many of the he*ad men of the various
tribes of the north asking .him to re
turn, and believing that hft can accom
plish much .go»d there he .has decided to
return" tp Jt.be scene of his- early work:
The members of St. Paul's Church, of
which he has been the 'assistant rector
for" the last year", are planning, to give a
fitting, lestrmonlal to -Mr. Renlson be
fore he leaves for the north.
ASSISTANT Hli **»H TO l.K tVt-
BERKELEY, Aug. 2. — Thomas Gil
bert, an employe of the State Univer
sity, has startled the men of science at
the summer school by deelaring'his be
lief that toadstools are not poisonous,
an* that he Is ready to eat any variety
Of mushroom or toadstool that is
brought to him to demonstrate that he
is right.
Gilbert is caretaker of the botany
building on the campus. He has been
interested in the study of plant life in a
dilettante way for many years, and it
has long been his conviction that the
prejudice which many persons entertain
against the so-called toadstool is merely
a superstitious fear. All toadstools or
mushrooms look alike to Gilbert and he
is prepared to show his faith by his
works.
TOADSTOOLS S&t POISONOUS.
The Dimond Canyon tract formerly
belonged to the late Hugh Dimond and
at his death was inherited by his wife
and sons, Hugli Jr. and Denis Dimond,
by whom it was sold to the preseni
owners.
OAKLAND, Aug. 2.— An important
deal in suburban real estate was the
sale to-day of the famous Dimond Can
yon property, which is located at the
head Of Fruitvjiie avenue; to the Pacific
Mutual Life Insurance Company. The
tract sold consists of 223 acres and the
price paid by the purchasers was $44,
232. .
810 .SUBURBAN- DEAL.
In both of these cases it is apparent
that the postal cards had become caught
in the mail boxes, and were only dis
lodged when the boxes were examined.
The postal card from San Francisco bore
the stamp of July 2S, 1905, at that office
and was received here the same day. It
had^ evidently remained In a San Fran
cisco mail box for ten years. ;MiSi
SAN JOSE. Aug. 2.— Uncle Sam's .mail
has been making some fecords which for
slowness would put the snail to shame
in Ihis county. On January 16, ISS7, a
postal card was mailed in this city to
the M. M. Alvarez Cyclery at- Los Gatos.
Although the distance is only ten miles,
the card did not reach Los Gatoa until
a couple of days ago. It was' then sent
to Alvarez, wh ohad removed from J_*os
Gatos. The card traveled the ten miles
in IS years. A postl card mailed In San
Francisco in November, 1595, by {he San
Francisco News Company reached E. P.
Davis last Saturday. In this .instance the
distance of fifty miles was covered in* ten
years. . "
SEATTLE. Aug. 2.— A man glvlca- hI.V
name as J. J. Caleloy and who clatmi
to be the son of a prominent business
man of San Francisco, staggered Jntn
PQllce headquarters to-night and as ice. 1
to.fcfe taken care of. as -he is dying, of
consumption. He was taken to. ,th»»
Emergency Hospital, where the doctors
pronounced his case as h'opelegs. Ha ar
rjved two weeks ago from Fairbanks.
Alaska. J.: :
H* Give* the Xam* ot J. J. Gnleloj
at a Hospital In .
Special Dispatch to The CalL
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Aug. 2. —
Word has been received regarding Wil
liam A. Manning, instructor of applied
mathematics, and Henry W. Ballantine
of Harvard, lately appointed instructor
in the law department of -this univers
ity. Instructor Manning-, who has been
upon a European^ tour during his leave
of absence, will return at the beginning
of college to resume his duties. Pro
fessor Ballantine has severed his con
nections with the university, deeming it
more advantageous to accept an offer
of membership in a firm of corporation
lawyers in San Francisco.
Professor Manning while upon his
tour spent practically all of his time
in France. His work there was the
advanced study in mathematics.
STAFFORD LOSES IXSTRUCTOK.
GIVEN STREET SWEEPING CONTRACT. ;
Oakland, Aug. -'. — Joseph Martin has been
awarded a contract to sweep the streets by
machinery at ?6 SO a mile..
inONWQRKER MlSSlNG.— Oakland, Aug.
2. — John Ludloxv, an Ironworker, residing at
314 Duncan street, San Francisco, has been
reported to the police here as missing.
PIONKEH KESIDEVT PARSES AWAY.—
Oakland. Aug:. '£.— Enmor Taylor, the father of
James Taylor, undertaker of this city, died
suddenly last night at the residence of his
son. 12U Clay street, aged 82 years.
FIXE THREATENS RESIDENCE. — Ala
meda Aug. 2. — Klre that was started in a bar
rel of rope In an unknown manner threatened
the destruction o£ the home of Mrs. Annie ,
Larsen, .1715 Pacific avenue, thia afternoon.
INSANE SON MAKES CONTEST.— Oakland,
Aug. ". — William 8. Wagner, an Inmate of the
State Hcsijltal at Agnow, ' hae" gent an inco
herent statement to County Clerk Cook, which
purports to contest the will of his father, Wil
liam Wagner, a pioneer who left a large es
tate. ... ....'.
TO HONOR "BOBBY" BURNS. — Oakland,
i Aug. 2. — The St. Andrew's Society will meet
: Thursday evening In the Blake block. Twelfth
and Washington streets, to listen to John )J.
j McGlllivray of San Francisco on the proposed
i monument to "Bobby" Burns in Golden Gate
Park.
ENGINEER GKORGE CLARK'S FUNERAL.
Alameda, Aug. 2. — The tuneral of the late
George Clark, jj the locomotive engineer wjio
succumbed to injuries received in a railroad
wreck near Glen Ellfn Monday, will be held
from tho Ma«onlc Temple to-morrow afternoon
at 1 o'clock.
SEES MILLIONS IN TlN.— Oakland. Aug. 2.
! R. B. Mycr*, an attorney in the Bacon block,
i hue received word from W. H. Fake that a
i large tin deposit which has been bonded for
! $5 000.000 has .been uncovered in the York re
gion in Alasku. Myers claims to awn one
: third of the deposit.
LIBRARIAN'S ANNUAL- REPORT.—Berke
; ley. Aug. 2.— Tho annual report of the libra
rian In charge of the Carnegie Library, just
: filed, »how» that the library now contains
1'J.600 books. The library has gained man/
new Datrong and received a large number of
new volumes during the past year.
1 JUVENILE RUNAWAYS FOUND.—Oak
land,'Aug. 2.— James Adagio and Frank Ver
monte, each about J) years old,* residing at 3 .
Verona place, San Francisco, -were picked up ;
by the pol'ee this morning, -penniless and half
starved. The youngsters ran away from home i
to 6ee the world. Their parents were notified. ;
CAR CONDUCTOR ASSAULTED.— OakIand,
Aug. 2. — Tho police were notified to-day <by
Oakland Traction Consolidated . officials that
E. \Goqdwln, . a , conductor on : the Slxteenth
etreet line, was attacked last night at Six
teenth and Krrkham streetH and baaly | beaten
by, a gang of hoodlums who drew him from
his car toy hurling rocks at it. Some or the
missiles : struck passengers.
FOUR TEACHERS .ELECTED— AIameda
Aug. 2. — Three teachers' 1 resignations were ac
cepted by the Board of • Education last nigiit
and four new pedagogues were elected.' ' Those
who retired from the department were Miss
Louie . Taft, Miss Edith Carpenter and Miss
Kllxabeth Lorentzen. The Instructors appoint
ed were Mits Elsa F. Kuhls. Miss Florence'
Duboi". Mrs. Mary E. Lai kin and - Frank -L.
Buseell.
Postal Card Breaks Record
for Slowness in Santa
Clara County.
D*Yl>*G MAIV ASSERTS fIE 19 *. ; :
SOX OF S.V* FRAA'CISCAX
ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS
THAVELS TEX MILES
IN EIGHTEEN YEAES
.Katensive alterations will be made in
the old place. Mr. Heeseman already
has an entirely new stock of clothing,
valued at $75,000. in San Francisco or
on the way. and this stock will be in
stalled at once by Mr. Hanna.
' OAKLAND. August 2.— Charles J. H.
Heeseman. one of Oakland's foremost
Merchants and the proprietor of one of
the largest stores upon this side of the
bay. has invaded trade circles In San
Francisco and has obtained possession
of the old Red Front clothing store at
557 Market street, opposite Powell.
This is one of the" best locations in San
Francisco and Mr. Heeseman took pos
session yesterday, placnig J. C. Hanna, his
head buyer, in charge as manager. Mr.
Heese:nan's business Is an incorporated
company, in which the new San Fran
cisco manager is a stockholder. Mr.
Heeseman's Oakland business has been
so successful that he has decided to see
what can be done in the metropolis,
and he has begun by taking an old es
tablished location, with a determina
tion of increasing the business already
there. ':\u25a0 '.' \u25a0;
NKHgRMABT EXPANDS.
Caleb C. Willnril Is Dead.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 2.— Caleb
C. Willard, owner of the Ebbitt House.
Washington. D. C, died at a hotel here
to-night, aged 71. • ;.\*
After she regained consciousness the
prostrated woman with difficulty aroused
neighbors who came to her assistance.
Mrs. Blake- Alverson" is well" along in
years and was unnerved by the shock,
having been alone in the house.
Investigation disclosed that the unwel
come prowler had attempted to enter the
residence of J. Care, 114 Eleventh street.
Failing there he went next door to the
singer's home, anrt succeeded [in opening
a rear window and getting into the house.
Eleventh street. Awakened by an un
usual noise In the house, Mrs. Alverson
got out of bed and lighted a match in
tending to discover the cause of the noc
turnal tusturbance. In the dim light she
saw the form of a man in the doorway.
With a scream the surprised woman sunk
to the floor in a dead faint. The in
truder, frightened by the outcry, ran and
escaped by way of an open window at
the back of the house. \u25a0 '
OAKLAND, Aug. 2.— Mrs. Mary Blake-
Alversbni the well-known vocalist, en
countered a burglar in her bedroom early
this morningr at ' her residence, US
The Bank of Halfmoon Bay has been
formally opened for business. The offi
cers of the bank who will reside here
are J. Hall Lewis, vice president and
manager, and J. R. Pereira, cashier.
Fifty thousand dollars is the capitaliza
tion.
HALFMOON BAY, Aug. 2. — To show
that they are alive to the many advan
tages which their town is receiving and
has in prospect, the people here have
determined to organize a Board 01
Trade. * With a big railroad coming, a
bank already, in operation, two news
papers in the field and a near-by sum
mer seaside resort in immediate pros
pect, a* Board of Trade suggests itself
as a necessity. Charles P. Wi throw was
made temporary chairman and a consti
tution and by-laws adopted. Twenty
five persons have signed the charter
roll. It is expected that there will be
about thirty-five charter members by
Wednesday night, when officers will be
elected.
Twenty-Five SJru the Roll and More
Will Be Added to the
List.
I>!rector Davidson' ot the Merchants'
Exchange has reported to thut organiza
tion that the committee appointed by th«
Exchange to confer wih Mayor Fr*nk K.
Mott, regarding the passage of &n ordi
nance j>!acing the- matter. <,2' fillinr ex
cavations in the- streets ontir«l j- under
the control ot ihe ; Stree; DePiU*tmeat, had
Interviewed the Mayor and had found him
heartily in favor of th.* preposrd change.
He informed the members of" the com
mittee that the officials of both the gas
and r water companies bad found it almost
impossible to repair the streets in a man
ner satisfactory to the citizens, s.n<t had
agreed that th.c proposed' of rJlnance would
be of ereat benefit .to the" city. It has
been fouad' that the greatest trouble in the
repairing of streets torn -up by contract
ors and ethers -Tor the .laylnjr of
water and Bew*r pipes is not 50 much the
rrcslecl to properly -repair the surface of
the 'street, as to put -in a proper founda
tion. . •• .' : ; "\ i-:i -:v i
OAKLAND, 'AMg. .'i—Withln the next
ten days the work of zvpavinc San. Pablo
avenue, whir}: for nj*ny months ha* been
one of .the \u0084^i>r»t \u25a0treeta in. the city, will
be Comtnejai-f-d, • aad the contractors to
whom th* fverlc has !m \u25a0-; awarded are
confident that they •.ill oe able to com
,p!et« it- -within sl*ty 4aya trotb th« time
il is begrun. '.* .'/
The sactJon.of tJi* «iv*rm«» ta be
repaired is that betwr*n Fourteenth and
Twentieth streets. The company w«icJj
has : the work in charge has the signa
tures of all the .property o»ftws alonff
the Section to be repaired, which Is about
2500 feet" to length." Tfcis portion of the
Btr*et c ' is to bfc bHununt#«d. <Sr*r.ite
curbs And guttars of basalt blocks will
belaJd'onTJOth sf*es of the stir^t. • •
As soon a* the' work oft this section
of the avfcnue fs "cora>)!et«Ml . the repairing;
o€ the northern -part will be be#-un,' and
as rapidly as possible the entire stretch
frojn Twentieth, street to the Santa F«
depot will be put h» .fifst-clas* condition.
Mrs; Blake-Alverson. Pioneer
Singer. Encounters ' a
Prowler in Her Bedroom
HAIiFMOON ISAV TO HAVE
REGULAR BOARD OF TRADE
ALAMEDA, Au^."2. — Albert Pleter de
Wit, a native of Alkmaar, Holland, and
a descendant of Governor John de "Wit
of Leiden, died at the advanced age of
90 years at the home of his only daugn>
ter, Mrs. Christina Stiefvater, of 906
Central avenue, this afternoon. He
came"no California in 1564, and for
many years was connected with the San
Francisco Savings Union in San Fran
cisco. He leaves four sons, Pieter^de
Wit of Hamburg, Cornelius and John de
Wit of San Francisco and Gerhard de
Wit of San Jose. He leaves twenty-one
grandchildren and three jjreat-grand
chlldren.
DEATH OF A BAXKJER.
The. pallbearers wera James TV. Rea.
Charles Pieper, Thomas Bodley, Oeoiare
8.. McKee, L. A. Spitzer and SVillum
i Gussefeld. Six .honorary pallbearers
were. furnished by the Ffre Department.
At "the services at Masonic Temple
the Masorflc Quartet turnlshed music.
Rev. R. D. Hutsinpiller delivered the
sermon- At the .grave the services wero
conducted by the Masons. i ;\u25a0 \; ;\u25a0-..\u25a0
Funeral of Gcorke E. Hlnes Held .Under '
Auspices of the Masons in '„ • ".*
-•.;.; San Joae. .\: -. • *
SAX JOSE, Aug. '2.— Th» funeral -of.
George E. Hlnes. late Chief of the Fire
Department of this city, was held juiia
afternoon:frorn the Masonic Temple un
der the auspices of Friendship Lodjje
No. 210. F. and: A. M.. of which "Hiries
w.as a member. ' It was ,one of tha larg
est and most impressive fur>eral3-,<:wr
held here. Delegations of po^ico* ami
firemen headed the cortege. A Ore en
gine draped In • black, and ths chief's *
horse .and bjiggyv wjth, decorations o"
black, were in line. Friendship Lodge ,
also marched In the cortegre. Every
city and county .official was' present**, 1
There were a large number of beautiful
/loral pieces. • . ?' :
Contractor* Will Kush the
Work. Beginning Within
Teiii Days,
FOILS BURGLAR
BY HER CRIES
L.4TE FIRE .CHIEF BUKIED
. WITH IMPRESSIVE SERVICES '
OAKLAND, Aug. 2. — A delightful muslcale
wae given this evening at the home of Mrs.
R. F. Gulehard, 1066 Twelfth street, for the
benefit of the Altar Society booth at the com
ing fair of St. Mary's Church. The entertain
ment was given under the auspices of- the Altar
Society and the programme was In charge of
Mrs. Millie Scott Blven and Mrs. Agnes Cuah
ine who were assisted by Miss Emma Gulcti
ard. Miss Lily Gulehard, Miss Marie Degnan,
Miss Johnson, the Misxee Sullivan, Miss Ita
Blven, Mles Nt-H Callaghan and Mrs. Eugene
Corrigan.
The feature of the entertainment was the
Finding of A, E. MacMlHan, a member of the
Alcazar Quartet of San Francisco, who ren
dered the love ?ongof the wandering mlnstr*!
in "Mlzpah." The others wno took part in
th« programme of the evening were: Mis*
Gussie Matt, Miss Veronica Gregory. Miss
Clara Nolan Miss Agnes Marie Noonan, Mrs.
Jones, Miss Cavalli, Joe Rosborough, Raymond
Nolan, G. F. Clark. Everett Dowdle, J. Mc-
Vey and Walter Wilson.
The Young People's Society of the Swedish
Lutheran Church gave a musical and literary
entertainment thlg evening at Hamilton Hall
for the benefit of the church, of which the Rev.
August J. Rodull Is pastor. An excellent mu
sical and literary programme had been pre
pared by those in charge of the affair, the fea
tures of which were violin solos by Theodore
Lindberg, who is considered the greatest Swed
ish violinist in the United States, and piano
selections by Ow»r Lofgren, who is well known
In musical circles on the Pacific Coast. At
the opening of the second part of the pro
gramme an address was made by the Rev.
Ernst Pihlbiad, president of Bethany College.
SAX PABLO AVENUE
IS TO BE REPAVED
Ladies of St. Mary's and
Young Lutherans Give
Musicales.
NOTED GEOLOGIST OF SAN FRAN,
CISCO AND GIRL WHO WILL.
BECOME HIS BRIDE.
EXTEUTAIXMEXTS BY
CHURCH SOCIETIES
Officers of the league were elected as
follows: President, Dr. S. H. Frazier;
vice president, George H. Wright; secre
tary, Mrs. A. V. Holloway. treasurer,
J. G. Wright; auditors, S. A. Hulin and
John A. Wilson.
; BERKELEY. Aug. 2.— The work of pre
paring for the opening of a school for the
children of parents who oppose vaccina
tion has been given into the hands of a
board of directors who were elected last
nijht at a mass-meeting of the Anti-Com
pulsory Vaccination League of Berkeley.
The private school board is to include
the following persons: J. T. Wright, Dr.
S H Frazier, Samuel Taylor. Mrs. A.
H. MacDcnald, Mrs. Alice V. Holloway.
Mrs. L.. Holler and Mrs. E. V. Campbell.
The new school will be established in
the Golden Sheaf Hall, which will be fit
ted up for the purpose at once. The
opening will take place in about three
weeks. Mrs. Mary T. Wilson, formerly
a teacher in the Lincoln School, will be
principal. Other teachers will be em
ployed. Mrs. Wilson is now securing the
names of those who will be pupils in the
school. There are already fifty of these
enrolled, each having paid $1 to become
a member of the league. More than $100
a month has been subscribed for the
maintenance of ,the school.
The school was permanently organized
last night by the election of officers and
the adoption of a constitution and by
laws. The organization is to be known as
the Anti-Compulsory Vaccination League,
Berkeley branch. Regular meetings will
be htlld. on the first Tuesday of each
month. Thirty new members signed the
roll last night.
Mrs. Caroline Proctor Gllmore died sud
denly yesterday morning at her la.te resi
dence. 526 Eddy street. .She had been in
good health up to the time of her death.
She had s:>ent the previous day visiting
friends. She was sitting 'at the breakfast
table at the time and fell to the floor.
She wa3 found there by her son.
Dr. J. G. Crawford was summoned, but
too lat2. He stated that Mrs. Gilmore's
death was caused by heart disease.
Mrs. Gilmore was a pioneer woman of
the State, having come "here in 1853. She
was the widow of the late Stephen De
catur Gilmore and mother of Fred M.
Gilmore of The Call staff.
The funeral will take place Friday
morning at 11 o'clock from the chapel of
Clark & Booth, 612 Van Ness avenue. The
interment will be private.
Officers Ejected and Private
School Will Soon Be
Opened;
COLMA', Aug-. 2. — The authorities of
Son Mateo County have decided that
drastic measures are necessary to abatfl
the general nuisance created by tho
hog: ranches which are maintained. here,
to the discredit and discomfort of the
people of the entire northern end of
the county. -\ personal inspection by
the District Attorney and the Health
Officer of San Matco hr.s .convinced thesu
officials that ihe obnoxious ranches
must be suppressed.
The Board of Supervisors, it is sug
gested, may permit Colma to create a
sanitary district within which it will
have exclusive jurisdiction over affairs
of health ami sanitation. If this dis
trict be created by a decision of tho
residents of Colma- the objectionable
ranches .will hrtve to" move to a leas
thickly populated part, of the country.
If such a sanitary district is not cre
ated the Supervisors will take the mat
ter into teMr own hands and define th«j
districts »vithin which hogs may not
be raised.
.Movement Set on Foot to Altnte the
Binlsanee In Northern San
.Msueo County.
Thirteen : year-Qld" Jaino« T. Wiseman
•was r/ ported to. the -Morcue jvsterday a*
missing. He resided with his parents at
642 * Lag-una - street. On Monday he
went, with several of lii.« playmates, on
a sightseeing tour »l<ntg. thy vrharvea.
When they started to isr-<). hom<i he told
them that he would walk a little far
ther and left tben». Ttmt was the last
seen of him.
John X.. Duncan, clerk in the audit-
Ing, department- »f the Pacific Mail
Steamship Cbjhpk'ay, rt fcidlngr at £001
Jackson street", lias fceon K!t?sln£ sine©
7 o'clock oil the morning: of Autrnst 1.
A 4. that hour he lie did not care
for any brea.Ma»t and started to go to
his wefrk, b^it tie', did not reach the of
fice. The Coroner »-a* notified 'yester
day, afternoon of lfc« disappearance.
Lad of Tliirlfi-u Votirt »»»! • "*trj»«»!«fa»^
Company CW-irk <".-*n«»fl Or
\u25a0Desire n . Postofflce, \u25a0 .School District,
Water -Supply and a Sewer
.-_:£'• System. ;.*.;.-
MILXi" VALLEY, Aug. 2.— The resi- <
dents and property owners, of Home- 1
stead Valley, which 'adjoins the south
easterly boundary of -the corporate lim
its of Mill Valley, have issued a call
for a meeting to be held at the re*i- *' 1
dence'of.A. L. "Worley . on La Varne .
-avenue at 3 o'clock n4xt Sunday after
i noon for the purpose of taking up" mat
ters of vital importance to their inter*- *
eats and for • the organization of an
improvement club. C-** '•" ""* *
Homestead Valley' has -a population
of 250 and Is rapidly 'growing Tne •
residents feel that they need a. post
office, a school district, water, supply ,
.-and a sewer system and- the only way
that they can be secured 13- by united
action. The formation of a sanitary
district will be their main object at'
present. * , « •* " .
PIONEER WOMAN
RECEIVES THE.
LAST SUMMONS
ANTI-VACCINATIOX
PARENTS ORGANIZE
HOR RAACHKS AROUSE IRK
OP CITIZEN'S OF COLMA
HOMESTEAD VALLEY PfiOF"LB ".
. DECLARE FOR IMPROVEMENT*
auk at:i>uui(;i» at nonets
' SAN RAFAEL. Aug. 2.-Miss Aristine I
Pixley and Miss Alice Marsh were thrown i
out of a buggy and severely injured in a
runaway accident this afternoon. They
are now su the Emergency Hospital in
this city. They were driving through
Ross Valley and as they were passing an
automobttfc' the horse became fractious
and got beyond Miss Pixley's control.
The horse ran into a tree near the barn
of William Boole and the young ladles
were thrown out of the buggy. The
vehicle was wrecked.
Supervisor Cheda and Mrs. Schmiddell,
who were in the immediate vicinity, went i
to the assistance of the young ladles and.!
they were given all the aid possible. '
Supervisor Cheda telephoned for an ambii- i
lance and the young women were brought
here to the hospital, where Dr. Howitt
treated them." He said that Miss Pixley
was suffering from a severe fracture of
the left thigh, contusions and bruises,
and Miss Marsh from a severe gash over
the left eye and a broken right thigh
bone. Miss Marsh was in great agony.
-Miss Pixley, who is a niece of the late
well-known journalist, Frank Pixley, Is
residing with her mother and brother at;
Corte Madera. Miss Marsh Is a daugh
ter of George £t. Marsh, 029 Capp street,
San Francisco, and a niece of Mrs. W. B.
Bradbury of Corte Madera. She has been
spending a couple of weeks at Corte
Madera. She is a teacher in the public
schools in South Saj\ Francisco.
I BERKELEY". Aug. 2.— The culmination
I of a roman\e begun in college days is to
• come on August 10, when Miss Martha
! Bowen Rice will wed- Herbert W. Fur-
I long. He is a geologist of note, now man
j ager of the Pacific Commercial Museum
fn San Francisco.
J While a student at the University of
j California, from which he graduated with
I the class of '02. Furlong wrote a number
! of books, one of which; the "Story of the
i Sand," is now being used in many schools
las a textbook. He did" notable work un
| der Professor Merriam, tho famous pa-
I laeontojogical expert of the university.
| having made two trips to the John. Day
fossil beds in Oregon and headed an ex
pedition to Crater Lake, In Shasta Coun
ty, where he secured remarkable speci
mens of reptilia.
Furlong; comes of a famous old Califor
nia family, being a son of Captain
Mathew Furlong, a '49er who .was promi
nent in maritime circles. His mother re-
Sides at 1937 .Bancroft way.
Miss Rice while at the university be
came acquainted with Herbert Furlong,
and from association in college activities
came the intimacy that ripened into the
romance that will be consummated next
week. . She is a daughter of the late Rev.
H. H. Rice, a Presbyterian minister of
Oakland. She was a member of the uni
versity class of '04 and enjoyed unusual
prominence in college. She was president
"of the Associated Women Students in her
senior year and one of the three editors
that published the Blue and Gold annual
of her junior year. She held membership
in the Alpha Beta Sigma sorority and
the dramatic societies called Prytaneans, i
the English Club and the Mask and Dag
ger.
The wedding will take place at the res
idence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Carrie
Rice, 2403 Fulton street, Berkeley. Miss
Mabel Rice will be maid of honor. Miss
Isa Henderson will ba a bridesmaid with
Miss Reba Galvin. Herbert Evans, a
fraternity brother of the groom, will be
groomsman.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Aug. 2.—
The work of renovating Encina Hall,
the dormitory for young men, was com
pleted to-day. The renovating has been
extensive. A squad of between thirty
and forty workmen has been engaged
in the work for the* last six weeks.
Except for a few minor details, the
dormitory is again ready for active
service and will be opened shortly.
The most important of the improve
ments is the complete resviringr- and ad
justment of the electric lights through
out- the structure. The painters have
also worked extensive changes.
In all the rooms the walls and cell
ings have been kalsomined and paint
ed. All woodwork has-been retouched
and oiled. The furniture- came in for
its share of attention, every piece be
ing revarnlshed and repaired where
necessary: The floors of many rooms
and corridors showed signs of wear.
These piaces were replaced by new ma
terial. • The plumbing has been ex
amined and put in order.
The regulations governing the rent-
Ing of rooms "in Encina Hall have been
slightly modified. Students hereafter
wishing to engage a room do so with
the understanding that, they will.- re
main in the dormitory at least one
semester. This regulation was found
advisable because of the constant com
ing and going of students ."In past
years. . \u25a0
SAN MATEO. Aug. 2.— Ambitious pro^'
moters are operating here for the crea
tlon of a new summer resort, which it Is
expected will meet the Immediate ap
proval of : public ' fancy: .The necessary
capital is In sight and only the details
need discussion. The plan as outlined is
to build an .electric railroad . from either
This city or from Burlingame station to ,
the San Mateo beach. Such a road would
give easy and rapid transit to the people
of f San Francisco as well as to those erf
the various towns of San Mateo County. -
An assurance i 3 given that transfer
connections and probably other conces
sion's may bo received from tho United
Railroads.: the company which will be di
rectly benefited by the new enterprise. '.
"When, this proposed road is constructed
it will solve the problem which haa. lonjj
prevented the building of a. resort on the
San Mafeo beach. This beach la admir
ably fitted for such a. purpose, aa the fa
cilities for bathing are splendid and the
climate is ' unsurpassed on the- peninsula. !
H. "W". \Hasen " and Charles.- F. Roedel -
have the matter In hand, and they have
every confidence that success will crown-,
their efforts. . Two routes for the pro
posed road are under consideration. .One
will start from Burlingame and tho other
will go out Poplar avenue • In ' this city. \u25a0
Either Is considered a suitable one for. *
theroad.. ' r" : .»*• * •\u25a0'* P\*i
OAKLAND, • Aug. \u25a0 2.— Under "• circum
stances that cjpud the case with mystery,
K. P. Buggies:" a yardmaster oT the Santa
Ft Railroad, h-as disappeared. . G. A..
CooH. a Santa Fe engineer, • tor'day- re
ported the- abscr.ee/. of Ruggles; his
brother-in-law, at the Morgue, learirig
•that fee had met death. " \u25a0\u25a0" • . .
Cook said he had . accompanied Rug
bies to the Key Usute ferry' station in
.Si*n Francisco Mosday night, where the
missing man took the last boat, intending
to go to Point Richmond by way of the
electric road from Oakland.' The pair
boarded the boat, but during • the trip
across the bay -^ook cr.is.sed hi» relative
and has not. eeen him since then. .
KuggSfp- did not arrive at Point Rieh
mor.d, -and has sent no word concerning
his mysterious absence. . •' •
lti;g§;h»s came to California, from the
KtLST a "short time ago to take the 'posi
tion he held with the Santa Fe Company.
Cook said hie brother-in-law was of ex
cellent habits. " and ' had a tine record es
<x railroad man. He fears the missing
man rci?rht ha\'e fa« en overboard, either
frcin the boat of from the. pier .on this
tiCe- of the baj\
Bossies if W years old. He i« married,
h's • family being' in : the East, walling
until he had .arranged for them to join
•him at Point Richmond. • : •
OAKLAND. Aug. 2.— A fight over a $60,
000 attorney's fee was begun before Judge
Henry A. Melvin to-day in which Senator
H. V. Morehouse • and F. J. Hambly of
San Jose'are attempting to get from Ab
ner P. Marston 20 x>er cent of his inheri
tance of J300.000 he received from the
estate of .his uncle, the late Abner Co
burn of. Maine, a former Gjvernor of that
State, who died leaving an estate of over
$1,000,000. .
According to their complaint Attorneys
Morehouse and Hambly entered into a
contract with S. W. Boring, the guardian
of Marston, to. looV after the interests
of his ward on a2O per cent basis. When
Marston attained his majority in 1899 he
repudiated the contract, however, alleg
ing that the contract was excessive, tak
ing into account the • amount, of work
done, and besides which he claims that
he only received $150,000 ir»stcad of $300,000
which the lawyers claim he did.
After getting their contract. Morehouse
and Hambly took in with them Attorneys
M. C. Has.-ett and George E. Whitaker
and assigned a part of their interest in
the contract to them. Morehouse also
borrowed from William Crane Spencer of
gan Pranclsco about $3000 on the strength
of the contract and assigned his interest
In the. contract to him.
It is alleged that Marston has trans
fered to. .George H. Collins of this city
Hoi.pno In order to defraud those inter- i
ested in the big fee from getting their j
money and the present action has been
brought against Collins by Spencer and
others. !
Special Dispatch, to Th» Ckll
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Brother-in^Law Fears Fatal
Accident Has Befallen
Man Recently From East
Romance of Student
Days Leads to
The Altar.
Young Ladies Seriously Hurt
and Are Taken to the San
Rafael Emergency Hospital
Change Made in the Rules
\u25a0for Eenting of Apartments
to the Young Collegians
Says Amount Is Exorbitant
Considering the Extent
of Work That Was Done
RELATIVE IS ALARMED
United Railroads of This
City May Arrange to. Star e
in Benefits to ie Derived
AUTO FRIGHTENS HOESE
COMPLETELYEENOVATED
CAPITALISTS AT WOEK
Herbert W. Furlong,
Geologist, Is the
Favored One.
•'"«;•••. :• \u25a0 : 7-7" — . \u2666
Santa ;Fe Yhrdmaster Drops
.Out of Sight While on a
v.Stfcamer Crossing: the Bay
HE REPUDIATES CLAIM
Lawyers Ask $60 ; 000 as Pay
ment From Abner Marston
for Securing His Legacy
Miss Aristine Pixley and
Miss Alice Marsh Thrown
From Buggy in Ross Valley
Big Dormitory at Stanford
Overhauled anclMade Ready
for Students for Term
New Electric Line to Be Eim
to the Beach, Which Will
Be Made a Popular Eesort
WAGE CONTEST
OVER BIG FEE
DISAPPERANCE
A DEEPMYSTERY
WOMEN INJURED
IN A RUNAWAY
MISS RICE TO WED
COLLEGE MATE.
ENCINA HALL
PUT IN SHAPE
RESORT PLANNED
FOR SAN MATEO
NEWS OF THE COUNTIES ABOUT THE BAY
THE fiAN FRANCISCO CALL. THURSDAY, AUGUST^ 3; 1905;
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hands or a clear complex-
ion, he and she can have
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The color you want to
avoid comes probably nei- *
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! of habit.
Use Pears' Soap, Ho
matter how much; but a
little is -enough if you use
- it often.
Established over 100 years. ,
carter's! cure sick headache -
I|littl£ Gsrtuine Must Bear
H LV£? Fac-Simile Signature •