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NEWS OF OAKLAND, BERKELEY, ALAMEDA, HAYWARD AND SAN LEANDRO
PURSUING SUSPECT
IN GARCIA MURDER
Search of Sheriff Centers Upon
Brentwood Man Seen Near
Scene of Crime
OAKLAND, Aug. S. — Clews pointing
toward James McFarland of Brentwood,
& town near Byron Springs, as the mon
who may have murdered Manuel Gar
cia in his lonely ranch house on the
Livermore road through the hills, have
been unearthed by Sheriff Veale of
Contra Costa county, and all efforts to
unlock the mystery of Garcia's tragic
death now center about McFarland. A
fugitive from justice, McFarfand was
known to have passed through Brent
wood and Sycamore Springs Sunday
morning, and the description of the
suspect seen by Joe Glease, a ranch
hand, talking with Garcia when Gar
cia was last seen alive tallies accu
rately with the description of McFar
land, so Veale said.
In addition to Glease's description
that of the boy Willie Plna also tallies
closely, as the lad saw the stranger
shortly after Glease had observed him
with Garcia.
Movements of McFarland have been
traced since Friday, when Veale said
that the former was arrested at San
Francisco on a. forgery charge.
An attorney who went on McFar
land'a bond traveled with him to
Brentwood, where McFarland promised
to raise a cash equivalent from a man
named McNamara. but gave him the
«lip on a slight pretext and presum
ably left town in a stolen rig. The
horse came back at night badly tired.
Saturday evening a horse and buggy
belonging to a physician outside of
Brentwood were stolen and likewise
came back after several hours.
Early Sunday morning a man closely
resembling McFarland was seen at
Sycamore springs taking the road
\u25a0which leads toward Garcia's ranch and
traveling on foot.
In every instance where the stran
ger was observed and where his move
ments could be identified as to time
Sheriff Veale says that the chain of
circumstantial evidence has been
woven tightly about McFarland.
Glease and the Pina boy said that
the man whom they saw. with Garcia
Sunday was 5 feet S inches in height;
had light hair, was clean shaven, wore
blue coat and vest and corduroy trous
ers patched on the right knee and had
a missing tooth in front. This, Sheriff
Veale asserts, closely follows the lines
of McFarland. Features of the case
show that McFarland desperately need
ed cash and that Garcia by general re
pute also carried large sums on his
person. The theory on which Sheriff
Veale is now working is that after
talking for some time with. the mur
dered man, the suspect discovered that
'he lived alone. Entering the house,
the murderer picked up Garcia's rifle
and. seeing Garcia with his back
turned in the corral, brought him down
with a single shot and then crushed
his head with an ax. After carrying
the body into the cellar the fiend went
through Garcia's. pockets, .which were
turned inside out, . The discouraging
feature of the case is that the mur
derer had nearly 70 hours' start before
the crime was reported Wednesday
morning. Veale. is making every ef
fort to overcome this handicap and in
formation and descriptions of the sus
pect are being .wired through several
states.
Public Administrator George Gray
petitioned the superior court today to
take charge of Garcia's property. Per
sonal and real property which he
owned were roughly estimated at $10,
000 in value, and no near relatives were
said to be at hand to take it in charge.
PREPARES TO SAIL IN
HUNT FOR SOUTH POLE
Captain Rowland V. Webster .to
Lead Hazardous Venture
LOS ANGELES, . Aug. 5. — Captain
Rowland V. Webster, who was appoint
ed by the Royal Geographical society
to lead an expedition in search of the
south pole, left here ,today for New
York, whence he will embark for Lon
don to prepare for the Antarctic trip,
which will begin next August.
Notification of the appointment as
leader of the projected "expedition came
to Captain Webster just as he reached
San Francisco on his twenty-fifth
journey around the world.
"It did not come unexpectedly," he
said, "as I was the choice of the so
ciety as soon as Lieutenant Shackleton,
who reached a point 112 miles from the
pole, expressed the wish to remain at
home for several years."
Captain Webster earned his title in
the Sudan with Lord Kitchener. He
also served in the Boer war.
VALLEJO MERCHANTS
WORK FOR SCHOOL BONDS
Trade and Labor Council In-
dorses Building a New High
[Special, Dhpalch to The Call]
VALLEJO, Aug. 5.-^fhe Merchants'
association of this city, which was in
strumental In having the board of edu
cation call a bond, election for $60,000
for the purpose .of (•securing 1 , funds to
erect' a new high .school building, is
working strenuouslj*-to . mold \u25a0 public
opinion fn'.favor. of the bonds which
wlll.be voted, upon Saturday.
Tne Vallejo trade , andl labor, council !
has also Cavore!d v the issue ; and \u25a0 the
chances of the isstie being; voted are
considered excellent- ". ISS^^^
The • present , building, used -for /a
high •- school Js wljplly , inadequate to
house the high, school; students. .
Valley Brevities
f Special -Dispatch to The Call]
' DOGS' JTOSES MUST ACCOMPANY Blli--
Reddins. Aug.' s.— ln appointing \u25a0 George Cocn
ran poundnMßter of this dty .the city* trustees
told blm that be mart present tneno*es of aoe»
lie kill« for not having, license*. ".Tni* w-ill.be
nec^aMry in order to collect \u25a0 his ; f ee« . from
the city.,- / -, , '
RICH HARVESTS *. IK * TEH AM A COUNTY—
Corning. A«g. 5. — None but' wblte labor is em
• nloyed tbroosbont'Oie. Mavjrood colony district,
wbere the " fruit . season I* , now in -fall' swing.
One of the- richest * barVe*U In Tehnma county
is being gathered, tbft; year and every "person
\u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0ririnp in tbe'orcbmrds and canneries are local
MMtlers. . "\u25a0-' V: V \u25a0\u25a0'.' ' - '•\u25a0 . ' * ' '-\u0084' \u25a0\u25a0 i ' ''• - .•- •-'
DEAD FISH IN SACRAMENTO RIVER-^Sac
mmento. Aug. 3. — Thousands.. of; dead flfcii, cat-,
fish .. »nd black bas* inostir, r are floating down
the " Sacramento : river from 'the ''overflow basin
.•n th«- Yolo *ide. It i« explained Iby^nnhermen
rhat the fiith die in "the waters *of •- the 1 over
flowed v basins. Tbe fisb gradually j drift ,'from
the basin Into the river/; to be ; carried on^ down
to tbe'onean..'- . ' . '•\u25a0 '" \; f '.. -,
BOX ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS COMRADE-^
ssrrameniit. Jing. 5. — Playfully \ leveling «i.; 22
.iillber.' rifl«. which he thongbt \u25a0 unloaded.- at the
breast of hU little friead. .' Harold Cook. Ed
ward AleiM. . a 1(» year. old: youngster.- pulled. \u25a0 the,
tri?ger>and "\u25ba«nt'. ; « • K bHllet'-lnt*?y«ung' Cook's
body.' • The ' wounded * boy ' J* , now > hureHbg ;.be; .
i*»n .life -and death'Ut' •.'.tmspitai." •\u25a0 Tlie afc!-J
dent nervtrwl »t « rfiootias .gallery bere ' tvulcb
»v putrQi'Charsrc'of Meis». ' :
Photographs of Mercury
End Planetary Dispute
Controversy Begun by Le Verrier in 1859
Settled by Crocker Expedition
BERKELEY. Aug. ' s.— The planet
Mercury, the nearest to the sun, has
no planetary system near It to account
for the aberrations of its orbit. This
conclusion, of the greatest value to
the astronomers and scientists of the
world, is the result of the Crocker
eclipse expedition to Flint' island in
December of last year and ends a con
troversy of astronomers which began
with the predictions of L* Verrier in
1859, shortly after he discovered Xep
tune. \u25a0 . f
Baffled by the peculiarities of the or
bit of Mercury, the astronomers have
since. 1 trained their telescopes on the
heavens in an effort to find a planet or
planetoids near Mercury which would
account for the idiosyncrasies of its
orbit.
The search was fruitless, '."but not
given up. owing to the repute in which
Le Verrier was held by the scientists
who followed him.
MEN* OF SCIEXCE CONFUSED
Night after nfght the glasses were
swung on Mercury to learn more about
this heavenly body. On account of the
fact that it was near the sun the re
flected light from that globe Interfered
with the observations and considerable
difficulty was found in computing its
orbit. The prediction of its possible
orbit and the one really J found was
also diverse and tended to confuse the
man of science.
T"he Crocker expedition to Flint isl
and had as an object the determination
of the true status of affairs in regard
to Mercury. -It was headed by pr. W.
W. Campbell, head of the Lick observa
tory, and included Prof. E. P. Lewis
of the physics department of the Uni
versity of California, two astronomers,
C. D. Perrine and R. G. Aitken, and
members of the staff of the Smithsonian
Institution.
Photographs of the sun secured by
Research Workers Unearth
Rare Peacockin Asphalt Beds
BERKELEY. Aug. s.— That scientific
bonanza of the archaeological research
workers of the University of Califor
nia, the asphalt beds on the ;Rancho
la Lrea near the city of Los Angeles,
has just produced another wonder to
the scientific world in the shape of a
peacock, the first to be found fossilized
on this continent.
The announcement of the finding of
the peacock, evidently one of a rare
species, has created as much interest
at the university as when . Prof. J. C.
Merriam announced the finding of the
asphalt beds -and the discovery there
of the saber toothed tiger, the ante
diluvian predecessor of the cat family.
These asphalt beds, according to Pro
fessor Merriam, who is an authority on
primitive forms, were once the stamp
ing grounds of hundreds of animals
now unknown to science. They were
caught in a death trap when they
strayed too closely to the oil deposits
of the earth, and by the processes of
age were fossilized.
In many respects the discovery of the
peacock eclipses the finding of the
saber tooth tiger. The peacock was
found by Loye 11. Miller of the class
of 1899 of the university, and is be
lieved by the finder, -who has given the
bird the name of Pava Californicus, to
WANTS RICHMOND'S
CHARTER AMENDED
East Side Industrial Club Would
Also Divide Contra Costa
RICHMOND. Aug. s.— Amendments to
the charter of the city of Richmond,
which was recently adopted and put
Into operation, are now being proposed
by the East Side Industrial club, a
meeting having been held at which-rad
ical changes in the organic law of the
community were recommended.
The principal change advocated is the
election of the administrative officers
of the city, instead of their appoint
ment by the council, as at present.
The police department, however, if 'the
suggestions of the club are adopted,"
will be governed' by an elected 'police
commission," "with one -member from
each ; of the? seven wards", of, the city.
The complaint made by the*] members
of the East Side Industrial club is that
at : preseht' the councilmen : have too
much political power, and that ".there
is danger, of tMs power being used! to
build ' up ' strength in county politics -at
the expense; of the muncipiality.'-.
The East 6 Side Industrial -clutr also
decrared itself,in favor of dividing Con
tra .Costa county, creating .a. new one;
of which Richmond shall^be«the county
seat. Richmond ., county, -as , the • mem
bers of the- club^ plan calling" it; is
scheduled to *; extend along! the\ east
shore' of the \u25a0< bay < from i the Alameda
county line north and east to Pinole,
taking in : Stege,; Richmond,'. San .Pablo
and smaller towns.*; - ;.
\u25a0 The following are the officers : of ' the
cl ub: - President, : M. "-\ Michaels ; secre-"
tary, William. Campbell ; treasurer," Mar-*
tin Kelly; sergeant'at arms, J. Floyd.
Suburban Brevities;
. .WILL' BE. DEI/EG ATE— Berkeley,- Aug. S.—
Prof. Meyer E. .Jaffa, head «f. the state pure
food 1 laboratory and nutrition elpert' of:; tbc
university. tvM;le«Te* ( Angust asa ! delegate
V> • tbe - mecHnß • In" DenTer » AUßuat < 24-28 of.; the
agricultural chemists and of - tbc ; state > pure food
chemist*. ' \ ' \u25a0"*.; •\u25a0 \u25a0•• . ; ' . :\u25a0 ;".' ; . ' - "'--\u25a0'•.\u25a0:,'
vTO ENTERTAIN -_MINISTEK--Oaklana.. Arc.
s.~The/ Men* <> league; .-&\u25a0*'; the '"- : First -Baptist
church :. wIH giTei a : dinner: ln honor* of : Rev. s Dr.l
Dodd« "'• pastor of the Eutawv place I Baptist- churob
of- Baltimore; t who, ls visiting ..this cKjvst*the
church . parlors, vat i Telegraph -. avenue \u25a0 and Jones
street. ;oo' Friday '.evening.^, ;• . ; .:
• : HXJMANTE • OFFICERS'." - REPORT — Oakland^
Au«. s.r—The • monthly : report > f orj Jnlr/of^Wi* H.
Osborne ' and -Henry : Lenperance." special ( h'utnane
officers employed | by : the I Oakland Soclety. ; tor: the
• Prevention \u25a0• of ; Cruelty .; to : A nlmals, » nhowsY that,
all^tb* acltle*. I 'ai»d-- towim^in'thOj county.? wer<>
vi«ltedl>yi the V>rflcer*,""':l')nrln)r:tlielnionthi there,
.•werei three 1 arrest* '.road*' * for yrorltyi tos«nlmalfi r 
rcjulting'in '. two . cohtlcUous ;jind ? one dismisi-ul.
THE SAX FRANOTSOO GALL; FKEDAY, AUGUST^ 6, 1909.
the astronomers cleared up the mystery
of a half century and straightened out
the astronomical tangle. • >
REPORT OX PHOTOGRAPHS
Director Campbell, one of the most
eminent • astronomers of '.the country,
has" published the results of this part
of the Flint island expedition and in
discussing the prediction of Le Ver
rier says:
"Inasmuch as planets shining by re
flected light do not act upo.n photo
graphic plates so strongly as .s^ars O f
the same visual magniture we may say
that exposures which 7 recorded stars
down to the ninth magnitudee should
have recorded 'planets down to the
eighth. From the ; known' brightest,
distance from the sun and approximate
diameter of a few of the asteroids re
volving in space between Mars' and
Jupiter's orbits, Dr. Perrine has com
puted that an average eighth magni
tude Intra mercurial planet could
scarcely be larger than 30 miles In di
ameter and roughly a million such bod
ies of great density; would be required
to supply the disturbing effect ob
served in Mercury's orbit.
"Taking all these points in consid
eration, I think that we may say that
the investigations by Perrine, forming
a part of the Work of the Crocker
eclipse expedition from the Lick obser
vatory, have brought the observational
side of the capital intra mercurial prob
lem, famous for half a century,. deft-.
nltely to a.close. , It is not 1 contended,
that no such planets will be discovered
in the future; in fact it would not be
surprising nor in opposition to the
opinions herein expressed,, if several
such bodies should be found; but "it is
confidently believed that any isuch' bod
ies would fail hopelessly to supply the
great mass of material demanded by Le
Verrier's. theory." -\u25a0 '. •
be the "only specimen of its family
found in fossilized form in the west
ern hemisphere, although it has been
unearthed in Europe and India.
This is all the more remarkable be
cause of the unearthing of all numbers
of quail, a* member of the same family
as the peacock. The scientists acknowl
edge that they have a hard nut to
crack in solving the mystery veiling its
discovery.
The specimen is of a peculiar type
and is not- at all like the showy bird
of today. One distinction is that the
fossil was provided with a weapon of
defense in the shape of powerful spurs. ;
Against the larger animals it was
also provided by . nature with a stout
pair of wings which, used In conjunc
tion with fleet legs, would soon have
carried it out of harm's way.
Only a few of the leg bones of the
peacock have as yet been unearthed by
Miller, who is a member of the'faculty
of the Los Angeles normal school and
affiliated with the department staff of
the university for these investigations.
He hopes, however,; to find the entire
specimen. Most of . the bones rested
butkhree feet from' the surface.
A 1A 1 bulletin on the finding of the rare
bird will be off the university press in
a few days.
SUIT FOR BIG ESTATE
COMES TO SETTLEMENT
District Attorney Wins Victory
in Brittain-Bullock Case
[Special Dispatch to The Call] *
REDWOOD CITY, Aug. s.— By the
settlement of the Brittain-Bullock will
contest today before Judge Buck a suit;
which at various times has threatened
to throw the searchlight of publicity
upon the life of many well known resi
dents of the county, was squashed.
With the dismissal District Attorney
Bullock comes Into property valued at
approximately $60,000. the. remainder of
the $150,000 "estate left by his wife
Mrs. Isabella Brittain-Bullock, going
to the three # children by, the first hus
band, Colonel Nathaniel: J. Brittain
Natalie Brittain, Bella -Brittain and
Mrs. : Carmelita Brittain Kendall.
These heirs objected Uo the appoint
ment of the district attorney as spe
cial administrator of the estate on the
ground of incompetence and Avant of
Integrity, and prayed for the appoint
ment of Mrs. ,. Kendall's husband as
executor. ,-' - .
Negotiations were entered into 'and
broken off by the contestants at vari
ous times with, a view to settlement
an agreement being finally reached and
necessary, papers signed this forenoon'
Bullock will receive a third interest in
a lot located at 4 , the northwest corner
of. Mission and Fourth streets, San
Francisco, valued /at '$125,000, and the
homestead ranch at Beresford.' -
ACCUSED V OF ' EXTORTlON— Philadelphia
Aug. -5. — Charged rwith sending threatening let
ters.to' President' McCrea' of the '"Pennsylvania
railroad .company/w ith a view., of- \u25a0; extorting
money ,v,' Abraham • C", '; Eby,,. alias -Adam \u25a0 Smith,
'said -to* be .the'inayor of Rurkvllle, Va.. vrnw nr
rested - here today. "Af ter^ a" hearing* he • was held
in f 10,000 < bail. -;y • j :,- - - \u25a0 •;. ..- _-.
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ACCIDENT SWINDLER
SHIELDS ACCOMPLICE
Mrs. Maud Johnson Decides to
Return North for Trial With
out Extradition
OAKLAND, Aug. s.— Mrs. Maud John
son, \u25a0: the: streetcar accident swindler,
says she intends to return to the north
for, trial on charges ,of obtaining money
under false pretenses without-extradi
tion, and it is believed she wishes to
shield an unidentified male accomplice
who acted as a "spotter" for her in
various places.
The police suspect,* that- this;- is .'the
case, for developments today, indicated
that Frank Johnson, the ; imprisoned
husband, had little to do with her ex
ploits. She got hurt.on streetcars after
her murriage only when Johnson, was
away, and the husband did not learn
until' today of his wife's versatility.
Luther Johnson, the woman's \u25a0 brother
In law, seems to know even less' of her
career. ' . , ;
BROTHERS PI.BAD IGXORAXCE
Neither of the brothers can explain
who the man was that aided the
woman,, then known \u25a0as Gertrude Le
Clair, in escaping from Kansas City,
where, she was trailed and in fear: of
detection.
Frank Johnson, the husband, is on
the verge of making a clean breast of
his -supposed complicity. The police
dub him the woman's dupe and believe
his declarations that he knew only,
that his spouse -was- a fugitive without
knowing what her offense was. He
says the woman's feigned hemorrhages
made him and three physicians believe
she was a victim of consumption.
The- police interviewed Mrs. Johnson
today and were told by her merely
that* she would return to Portland or
.Seattle for trial without , combating
extradition. She refused to talk about
her Kansas City escapades.*
LKTTEIIS FROM ACCOMPLICE . .
In Captain of Detectives Petersen's
possession are ' two letters, unsigned,
written to "Gertrude Le Clair," which
reveal the activities of Mrs. Johnson
supposed accomplice. One of the letters
refers to a meeting in Kansas City.
The letter is anonymous andN;losely
typewritten. Evidently Mrs. ; Johnson,
or Gertrude Le Clair, was being closely
shadowed, for she failed to iket/p. the
rendezvous. Another letter, written
from the Blossom house, Kansas City,
has a scrawl at the bottom of the
page which may be the name "Tom."
This name occurs in other cprr^espond
"ence of the womans, and by it she has
been traced to Boise. Idaho. There all
tract of her allies is lost, and later she
was married to Frank Johnson in the
TWO MARRIAGE CEREMONIES
Some whim or design .caused; the
woman to have' two ceremonies per
formed. She and ; Johnson "were first
married at 1 Chehalis, Wash., and the
second wedding was at Oregon City.
Mrs. Johnson told her, husband.' she had
given a wrong initial when. they. were
first wedded, and she wanted it; cor
rected. :,,'"„:' ; [;\u25a0\u25a0,..- ' = ..\u25a0'-': " •..."'\u25a0".'.
• In ; the north Johnson worked in.vari
ous 'capacities, according, to; his, state
ment. ; His wife c would get hurt* or
have hemorrhages and persuade John
son to move. . ; • ' : r
They made several trips . through
Oregon and Washington, while Mrs.
Johnson pretended she was waiting. for
money from an- estate in Kansas.-John
son admits that he married the woman
because of the inheritance she talked
of. Finally," after v Mrs.' Johnson had
been hurt on the, Portland cars, and
had got damages, she found the climate
hard on herHungs, and the two broth
ers accompanied : the woman and her
baby to Oakland _ and remained . one
night. /Then they went to Santa Cruz,
where Johnson took up chicken raising,
but soon returned ' to ' Oakland, where
Mrs. Johnson was' apprehended yester
day at the Merritt hospital while plan
ning to defraud the Oakland traction
company. V-
BRIDGE COLLAPSES AND
DRIVER HAS CLOSE CALL
Teamster and Horses Narrowly
Escape- Death in Stream
i[Speciai Dispatch to The Call]
MARYSVILLE, Aug." s.— While George
Rippey,' driving, a heavily 'laden fruit
wagon, was crossing a bridge over
Wymans ravine near Palermo yes
terday •evening the bridge- collapsed
and Rippey ..= and the outfit .were sent
crashing to the bed of the ravine over
40 feet below. \u25a0 .-.:'.
The outfit was damaged considerably
and the bridge was rendered a total
wreck, but- the -horses and : driver es
caped with a few scratches.
The bridge was a rotten one and had
been: condemned.
GRIDLEY WILL STAND
BY THE ELECTRIC ROAD
Turns Deaf Ear to Plea /of Har
riman's Agent
[Special, Dispatch' : t 'to The Call]
} GRIDLEY,. Aug. 5.— A reaction of the
Southern Pacific's' retrenchment policy
of -a year' ago ;-.was noticed^- last
ing ; when a Harrlman agent : appeared
before -the^Merchants' : protective .asso
ciation; and asked 'that the local * busi
nessmen ; patronize' the Southern Paciflc
rather than: the Northern Electric. .The
trade .was .taken away 4 from; the steam
road when it refused" to keepa^ware
houseman;at*the local s depot. ,r •\u25a0:,
.The merchants -will stand -by the
electric line.' • ; V- ;;
MORE PLAY GROUND
IS PLEA OF CLUB
Delegation From Tri-City Rotary
Organization to Appear Be»
fdre the City Council
OAKLAND, Aug. 5. — "The Play
grounds of Oakland and the Good They
Are Accomplishing" was. one of the
principal themes of discussion^ at the
Tri-City rotary club's luncheon in the
Key .Route inn .today. George H.
Dickey, superintendent of the munici
pay playgrounds, was one of the speak
ers^, r .--.' ; . ' '\u25a0' ; / \u25a0' .-' •'\u25a0. -.'; :U \u25a0 _ ","• •/
He said that children .'of- all sizes
had patronized, the public playgrounds
since . their j establishment, and that
amusement and entertainment had been
provided' for them according to their
age and inclinations.; . \u25a0\u25a0 :
' "The very little folk have not been
neglected,';, he said. . . "They have had
instruction in kindergarten work, sew
ing, dancing and raffia weaving, in ad
dition to their hours of : play."
The athletics have been in charge
of Superintendent Dickey, who has had
a wide experience in boys' -clubs' and
has been military instructor at the Uni
versity;-.of^.California for some time
past. .'; ' ' ' . - \u25a0 '
Miss Cora E. Jones also spoke'of the
playground work, and Mrs. G. W. Bun
nell made a" plea for .playgrounds in
East' Oakland near the California cot
ton mills. She asked ..the support of
the Rotary club in petitioning the city
council for the establishment of play
grounds there, and the following com
mittee was appointed to appear before
the city fathers in support of the
project: John Aubrey Jones, Rev. W. D.
Simonds, Robert J Robertson, Jl. H.
Adams, C. C. Craig and W. J. Ashford.
Other speakers at the luncheon were
A. A. Denison, C. J. .."Wetmore and John
Aubrey Jones. Dr. E. R. Tait presided.
REPORT SHOWS FEWEk
FIRE LOSSES IN STATE
Improvement Due to Better
Class of Buildings
[Special Dispatch to. The Call]
SACRAMENTO. Aug. s.— The annual
report' *>f_ State Insurance Commis
sioner E. Myron .Wolf was filed to
night with the governor. A decrease
in fire insurance/premiums paid dur
ing the .last two years Is noted.'due
to the better class of buildings erected
and in part to hard times. .
The premiums paid the last two
years total $31,517,510 and the losses
$11,668,283. The totalrisks at the end
?i f «H° 88,B 8 ,. tOtalCd $1,070,641,671 against
$1,018,278,196 at the close of 1907. The.
total premiums paid-in the last 25
years total $184,027,080 and the losses
$217,787,655.
Forty new companies entered the
field this year.
FOSTMASTEHS APPOINTED— Washington,
Aug. s.— California postmasters were* appointed
today as fojlows: " Brown, Kern countr-^Gustave
A. ; Haclslg, Tlce! C. E. Boyle, resigned; , Glen
blair.Mendocino connty— Lewis R.Pyle. rice H.
E. Lessley, remoyed'; ; Monmouth, Fresno conn
ty-k3eorge.D. Clements, rice M. H. OTerholzer.
resigned: Walnut, Los Angeles countx— Albert
J. Frieschfce, Tlce W. B. Mulholland, resigned.
We have been promised our new store, cor. O'Farrell and
Stockton, on or before Sept. 1. "That's why we have
begun the wind-up on Van Ness Avenue with this great
SECTION SALE
Furniture— Rugs— Carpets— Draperies /^
NO SUCH SAcRIFicES HAVE EVER BEEN
KNOWN IN THIS CITY '
We have divided our entire store into sections. Each section is marked with large and plain
signs. In each section in every department we have placed goods at a special discount
FURNITURE DEPARTMENT
DISCOUNT SECTIONS
There Isa : '. .There is a * " There Isa There Is a
Xt Section Discount Section, ,' Discount Section Discount Section :
CARPET AND RUG DEPARTMENT
DISCOUNT SECTIONS y
. There Is a " There Is a \u25a0- « . There ]s a There is a
333 % 25°^ , 15^ 10%
Discount Section , .Discount -Section Discount Section * Discount Section
DRAPERY AND CURTAIN DEPARTMENT
DISCOUNT SECTIONS >
; r;Thocisa \u25a0 There faa There isa ', "There ba There isa : : There is*
: 50%^ } |33fl>i ;25% : :: :;15%: ;15% '10^
, , Discount Section- V j Diicount Sectioa^'v . Discotmt Section . Discount Section 1 ..Discmint Section Discount Section
CONpiTIONSiP^VAILING DURING THIS SALE--N0 goods will be set aside
for \ future delivery— No exchanges— --Nohe sent on approval— None taken back— Orders will
be filled as received and each \u25a0 order must .take its turn.
m |.N.&E.WALTER&CO^
HAILROAD VALUATIONS— Oakland, • Aug. s;'
Tax yaluatlons on railroad property in Alameda
county, as assessed by the *tate board of equali
zation, were made* public 'by • Auditor Pierce to
day."^ The\ valuations; were: Western ' Pacific,
$17,279; Santa Fe; $110,573; South Pacific Coast,
$469.185 : Central Paciflc. $2,768,003 ; *, Southern
Pacific; $401,227; Pullman. car company. $7,950.
There are enough of these Safe Deposit Boxes in the
immense Armor Plate Vaults to accommodate thousands of
individual depositors. "
The modern, armor, plate structure of these Vaults
makes them absolutely proof against'fire and thieves.
Following, are some of the valuables it is advisable to
keep in these safe deposit boxes— always under the owner's
lock and key: W?k
Certificates of Stock Marriage Certificates
. BondM II 4 «*a«r*
Deeds - Tax Receipts
* Mortgage* Jewelry
Contracts Diamonds
Court Papers. Heirlooms
• Bills of Sale Diplomas
Insurance Policies wills
FIRST NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS
POST AND MONTGOMERY
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f*^^ Men's and Women's Best
\u25a0I r I Soo Shoes S l^
1 \® Is 6 00 M^/:**w M& pair
\ X V— No More—No Less—
My \m \ Accurately fitted by experts
Vm&. \<* \w Some New Fall Styles jnst in
VxSfsbj» \# \A, Women's dressy hicrh-ciit patent feather
\u25a0SfrjjjjHß^ \ £-, \\ Shoes, with mat kid tops, hand-sewed ioles,
%^^^- s ®fe^\ \\ ' ;am P^ lines from a famous maker, ff^ »_
TfrfjpTOßfe^/jft V\s6.oo values; pair $tf.OU
Floor—^*^^^^^»
Market and 4th Sts. Rooms 614-622
Open Saturday Till 10 P. M. Mail Orders Filled.
HOOPER RETURNS HOME— Oakland. An;.
5. — Fred Hooper, rfjht guard of the Ttctorioo*
Oakland drill team which woo the national com
petitive trophy at the rcv-eot grand todse of
Klk* -In Loo Angeles, has returned to his home
at 54S Twenty-seT^nttr street after being de
tained in. the southern city f<>r a fortnight by
nines*. ' C '
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