DRAMATIC CIUTTC "WHO WILiiTRAIN BERKELEY STUDENTACTORS IN "AJAX."

OAKLAND, Aug. 24.—A project todraw a- water, supply from- the- SanJoaquln River for Oakland has beenpresented for consideration to Council-man Meese by City Engineer F. C.Turner. The subject will be taken upby the special bond committee of theCouncil. -'38BI

New Water Supply Project.

OAKLAND, Aug. 24.—

TheodoreGler was appointed one of the judgesof the Labor day parade last night bythe board of directors of the Mer-chants* Exchange. The appointmentwas made at the request of the Laborday committee of the Central LaborCouncil. The Cooks' and Walters'Union has appointed C. W. C. Me-Tiride to act as aid to the marshal ofthe first division, of the Labor dayparade. The District Council of Car-"penters has offered a third prize of 15to be awarded in the Labor day essaycontest.

Gler Is Appointed a Judge.

Wants City to Be Cleanlv.. OAKLAND,Aug. 24.— Mayor WarrenOlney has issued an appeal to the citi-zens to clean the streets, yards andsidewalk fronts in view of the ap-proaching Knights Templar conclave,Native Sons* celebratlon,and Labor dayobservance.

Bnrglars at Work inSan Leandro.SAN LEANDRO, Aug. 24.

—Pour

stores have been burglarized In SanLeandro during the last four nightsand the citizens of the . town are be-coming uneasy, for no one knowswhere the crooks willmake their nextattempt. The last place entered wasthe Wells-Fargo Express office, wherethe thieves got away with considerableproperty. The other plsfces enteredwere: ¦ H. Relchsrath's hardwarestcre and August Thlory's' liquor store.

FUNERAL or 'DAVID E. JONES. Oak-

land, Aug.24.—

The funeral of David E. Jones,who died last Eunday In San Francisco washeld to-day from the late residence of the de-ceased at 617 Elghtenth street. The remainswere Interred in the Elks' plat at MountainView Cemetery.

STUDENT REARRESTED.— Oakland Au*24.

—The charge of petty larceny. sworn to by

John Galen Howard against Earl Sargent a.university Btudent, wan dismissed to-day 'byJustice of the Peace Qulnn, owing to a techni-cality, but the youth was Immediately re-arrested on another complaint sworn to brWilliam Wilson, a contractor. Hl« bond was

WILL LAY OAKLANDSTONE —OaklandAugr. 24—The Merchant.' Exchangehas 2tpointed a committee to represent that body atthe laying of the Oakland stone In thesioatMonument at Monterey. .The members of thecommute* are George W. Arper. Theodore Glerand A. Jonas. They will Ko to Monterey Intime for the laying of the *on. on s£teii-

\VOULD GO TO JAIL.—OAKLAND Auc 24Michael Sheehan^ a Spanish War veVeranfa*:pealed to the District Attorney to-day to betent; to Jail or a hospital, aa he My,he Isunabl* to take care of himself hi. ™i.ifrom .un'troke. l£d uier.1*.?,, ffi2when he say, ha is unable to make himselfperform any labor. He has been turaed away

from the County Infirmarylu"»ea away

THANKS STREET SUPERINTENDENT—

Oakland. Ang.^21.-Th« Independence Sq£wImprov«mentClub has adopted re.ohTtlon.thanking Superintendent of Str*eta CharlM v?£• «j» «•»•>«. await,' ct

'.Set wofk

Uwit^ha* boen don« ta tha E*at Oakland dli-

.OAKLAND, Aug. 24.—

AlexanderHathaway, a young man 23 yearsof age, , laboring under j a hal-lucination that he has a wife andchild, .was to-day committed to theNapa Hospital for the Insane. .He hasattempted to commit' suicide severaltimes. His mother is Mrs. , PhoebeHathaway of Berkeley, who testifiedhe had been kicked by a horse whenhe- was young. Mrs. W.E. Greenfield,his Eister, also testified to being unableto locate the wife h,e alleges he has. ¦

Believes Himself Married.

OAKLAND, Aug. 24.—The-follow-

ing marriage licenses were issued, bythe County Clerk to-day: Alvln CS* dePoister, over 21, and Marion D. Bolles,-over 18, both of Oakland; John A.Pearson, 31, and Grace E. Stone, bbthof Oakland; Isaac W. Wells, over 21,and Louisa E. Gowen, over 18, bothof Berkeley; John G. Fraser, over 21,Oakland, and Adelaide Griffith, over18, Alameda; Robert ,C. Kendall. 39,and Effie M. Minor, 30, both of Men-docino; Charles Stedman, over 21, LosAngeles, and Emily M.Potter, over 18,Oakland; Henry A. Harrison, 21, andMabel M. Campbell, 18, both of SanFrancisco. • -

Marriage Licenses.

OAKLAND, Aug. 24.—Judge B. F.Ogden, Walter G. Manuel, W. G. Pal-manteer and A. Hepburn, a prominentbanker of New York, have jt^st re-turned from a hunting trip in themountains of Siskiyou County. Theparty was gone for nearly three weeksand succeeded in getting one bear andseveral deer. Judge Ogden returnedto his work on the bench this morn-ing.-

Successful Hunters Return.

He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. MichaelClynes of West Oakland, a brother ofJ..Clynes and? a nephew of Mrs. B.Sullivan, Mrs. J. Gavin and Mrs. A.Conniffe.

OAKLAND,Aug. 24.—The funeral ofthe Rev. John Joseph Clynes, a nativeof this.city, took place yesterday fromSanta Clara College, at which place theyoung man died on Monday last aftera brief illness. With his death closeda life of promise in his chosen work.

Born in West Oakland less thantwenty-seven years ago, the young manearly took a likingto books. He enter-ed old St. Joseph's Institute when Itwas located on Jackson street and atsixteen years of age was graduatedtherefrom. He then attended St. Isr-natius College in San Francisco andafterward completed a course at SantaClara College. He was for a short timeat Los Gatos and then went to Spo-kane, where he finished a full phil-osophical course. For a while he wasat St. Louis and then went back toSanta Clara College as an Instructor,where he died at his chosen work.

YOUNG PRIEST IS CALLEDINTHE PRDIE OP LIFE

OAKLAND, Aug. 24.—William But-ler, a barber employed in a local shop,was shaving a customer to-day, whenin the course of a casual conversationhe discovered that the man in the chairwas his brother, whom he had. neitherseen nor heard from for- more thaneighteen years.

The two brothers had left'thelr homein Ohio when small boys and for thepast eighteen years neither knew any-thing of the other.

Barber Scrapes. the Chin of a Cus-tomer Who Proves a Long-Lost

Brother.

BROTHERS ARE UNITED. JUST BY A SHAVE OAKLAND,Aug. 24.

—By the burst-

ing of a steam pipe connected witha boiler in the planing mill of Heher&Mower this afternoon Edward Shel-don's collar bone broken. Theexplosion hurled a piece of piping withsuch force against him as to break thebone. He is theiengineer, havingcharge of the place. He was removedto the Receiving Hospital, where hisinjury was attended to.

Explosion Hurts Engineer.

The yacht belongs to V. A. Blssell.track manager of the Santa Fe Rail-way, a member of the Encinal YachtClub. Klarman and Swanson startedin a calm from the yacht club house,intending to take the boat- to Tiburonfor repainting. All went well until apoint off Gont Island was reached,when a squall struck the sails andturned the craft bottom side up. Theyachtsmen were forced to abandon theboat, after their escape, as they had nomeans of towing it. Itwaa picked uplater by the steamer Sunol, whichtowed Itto Berkeley.

BERKELEY, Aug. 24.—In the en-deavor to sail the yacht Loiterer acrossthe bay to Tiburon last Sunday after-noon F. A. Klarman and O. F. Swan-son were capsized between Goat Islandand the Southampton shoals and thepenalty for the mishap was nearly theloss of their lives. The men clang tothe keel of the craft for hours and weretossed about in the raging waters un-til exhaustion almost compelled themto release their hold. They were savedfrom death by the timely arrival of ascow schooner whose oaptain took offthe men Just in the nick of time.

Drowning.Occupants Narrowly Escape

Loiterer Turns Turtle and Its Two

YACHTSMEN ARE UPSETIN WATERS OP THE BAY

The residence of E. Painter of 929 La-fayette street was entered last nightand $20 in gold taken.

ALAMEDA, Aug. 24.—The residenceof F. E. Newberrv at 730 Pacific streetwas robbed this evening of Jewelry andmoney amounting in all to $600. Mr.and Mrs. Newberry were out for din-ner, and when they returned to-nightthey found that the rear door had beenforced and that the hause had beenransacked.

When they made an Inventory of•what was missing they found thatthree valuable diamond rings, twostone rings of lesser value, one goldring and eome money were gone. ThereIs no clew to the robbers.

Many Valuable • Diamonds SecuredWhile One Family Is Out Vis-

iting.

THIEVES MAKE RAIDS . ,ON ALAMEDA RESIDENCES

OAKLAND, Aug. 24.—By a vote Oftwenty-seven to eight; the members ofthe Plymouth-avenue, CongregationalChurch, of which Charles WaylandUoag, who eloped with Mrs. W. N.Benedict, was formerly pastor, de-cided to-night to unite with the. OakChapel Congregational Church of Pied-mont. A motion to unite with theFourth Congregational Church was lostby a vote of twenty-eight to nine anda motion to secure a new pastor andcontinue as in the past was also lost.Itwas suggested that the denomina-

tion of the church be changed and thata union be effected with the Presbyte-rian Mission at Telegraph avenue andTwenty-fifth street, but a motion tothat effect was not seconded. It re-quired two ballots to carry the motionto unite with Oak Chapel Church. Themotion was put early in the eveningand was lost, but after other sugges-tions had been considered the motionwas again made and was carried.

The officers of the church have decid-ed that the property on which the pres-ent church stands shall be sold andthat the new church shall be located ator near the corner of Piedmont andMoss avenues.

Members of Plymouth-Avenue Church,¦ Lacking «' Pastor, Determine

-on Consolidation. •

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DECIDE TO UNITE WITH'

OAK- CHAPEL CONGREGATION'

OAKLAND. Aug. Z*.—The ladles of theOakland Home Association are working

Jike be&vers. making ready for the whist tcur-fcament Friday night

—the tournament that is

to help pay for the recent addition to theheme wberc «o many orphaned little ones areh< u*ed and cared fcr. This I*the one charityIn Oakland that appeals strongly to every one'sevmpathy and the sums that 'go toward iteicalntenance are r!1. :r. ungrudgingly. Mothersl»»ok at their o»'n happy offspring and then•work mith renewed enersy lor the ••benefite"that mean continued comrort for children lesstortunate.

Map!« Hall U to be the sc»ne of actionFriday night and ihe prospect* for a goodcrowd ere excellent. The prizes are wellwnrth striving for, as orje may easily pee bytaking a peek in Taffs big show window.»'h<*re they sr* on disolay.

The tables willbe divided Into section*, asusual, end presided over by Mrs. Eugene VanCourt, Mrs. Willis Sharp, Mrs. H. I>. Rowe,yiiet Grace Trevor. Mrs. H. B. Mehrmann.Mrs. TV". A. Schrock and Mrs. I.A. Eerrtta.Young ladies will asslEt as scorers. Miss.Charlotte Elsey and Mis» Alice Barry to bejn Mr». Schrock's section. Miss Agnes Thomp-•ca and Miss Dairy Fitzmaurice assisting Mrs.B»retta and Mrs. Ufhrraann will be assistedfcy MibS E<la Curdts and Mrs. Charlotte Toblnci San Francisco.. . .

N>xt month— on the 8th. Ibelieve— MissESva Shay becomes the bride of StephenTnpp. and many of the wedding plans are aIHtle wit of the ordinary, as well as artisticIt Is to be a home wedding and a real "em-fire" affair. The gowns are to be with the•hcrt waist effects, and instead of the con-vtntior.al bouquet the attendants will carryL» Tcaca canes, with . graceful flowingribbon ends and flowers. MIes BlancheCronau of Sacramento will be Miss Shay'smaid of honor i>nd Misses Harel Shay andG«-nevleve Shankland will officiate as brides-irajds. Little Frank Shay and Clarence6h*y willbe the ribbon bearer*.

Several affairs have been planned fcr Miss£hay In the interval between now and her¦»»dding day. the next to be a linen shower*t Mrs. George Humphrey 1* home on Eighthrtreet.

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Mr. and Mrs. George Humphry are amongthe latest to succumb to the automobilefever and have ourchaspd a Bniart little run-ebc-ut, in which they have been touring, theT*lgt:borlnjc country. As the Kergans, Mrs.Humphrey'o parents, also have a machine,they havt made up several Jolly touringp&rtles.

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¦. •¦,•£*¦-'•>-"Mrs. FVederick Morse and her brother, Wood-•vn Craig, expect to leave lor the World's j

Fair ta a few weeks, Drobably about Septem-ber 7. Several of Mrs. Morse's friends will»-.v» uttlt farewell affairs before her <3e-F*rtur*. • • •

Th« E. J. Cottcns are also rolr.g to the ex-position, leaving here September 3. They willtravel by the Eanra Fe

-route and willgo first

to New Tork and then visit other large Ea»t-•rn cities before taking In the fair.•,•. *

Mr. «nfl Mrs. Ar& V. Mender-hall hare re-turned from a short eojoyrn at McCr&>-*a,Bear CloveTdale. • •. - •

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M!ss Elsie Everson Is home again after ad*l!rhtful visit with her sister, Mr*. G. W.Gooflhue, at Long Btarh.• • •

BERKELEY. Aug. Si.—The R«r.- WilliamHerman Hopkins, the newly elected pastorof.the Firtt Congregational Church and hisfamily were welcomed into the new' fold lastEight at a reception given in the church par-lor*.

'The ra«tor was assisted Jn receiving by

Dr. and Mre. J. K. McLean. Professor andMrs. Cornelius C. Bradley and Professor andMr*. Thomas It. Eacon. A number c^i songs•»»>r* eung by th« De Koven Club of Berkeley

M*-s. T. E. He-Jter entertained a number ofb*r friends at her home, 2S35 Fulton street,last Thursdty afternoon. She was assisted inreceiving the gur#«s by Mrs. TVillard WeslarThe gu»*ls were Mrs. Gerald "VWslar, MrsG. A. Soh»r. Mrs. rt. E. Plllian, Mrs. G f'Heuter. Mrs. TV I.. Weiman, Mrs. D HOrcham.- Mm, Mrrtland. .Miss Hr.p» WhiteMIes Ida Ilrnley, Miss L'J Buck. Miss TeresaCleveland. Miss lone Pe-nnlngtcn. Miss EllaBoer, Mir« Berate Hathaway and Miss AliceHath&way.

By Zoe Green Radcliffe.

'Natale had left the works and had

started for home. 'He did not see theswiftly.-approaching train,, runningfrom the mole "toward Berkeley, untilit was too late. He was struck- on the'head and instantly killed. The bodywas thrown a dozen -feet. • .

This had been Natale's second day. atthe shops. He was an Italian, unmar-ried and lived at 552 Broadway. Cor-oner Mehrmann took charge of thebody, which was removed to the Oak-*land Morgue.

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OAKLAND,Aug. .24.— SavlgUano Na-tale, 27 years old, a laborer at the Jud-son Iron Works, was killed by theBerkeley flier shortly after ¦ 5 o'clockthis afternoon while he was crossingthe Southern Pacific Company's tracksin front of the shops at Emeryville.

Vounjr Italian Laborer 1* Struck atEmeryville by the Rapidly Rnn-

nlns Berkeley Filer.

About half past 10 last night wordcame to Connor that a man was fight-ing witha woman behind locked doorsat the Astoria. On arriving there heheard sounds of a scuffle and told thelandlady, Mrs.Clark, to open the door.The officer entered and caught hold ofthe man. As he'did so Saulters turn-ed and fired at him. Connor dodgedand grappled with the man, while thewoman dropped to the floor. In re-sponse to Connor's whistle PolicemanJ. F. Lycett arrived. The Injuredwoman was sent to the Central Emer-gency Hospital, where it was foundthat she was seriously but not fatallyhurt. Saulters was bundled into a pa-trol wagon, but not before making adesperate resistance on•the street. Hewas clubbed into submission andhandcuffed.

Saulters came here a few monthsago from Old Mexico, where he hadbeen employed as a telegrapher. Helived at 111 Grchu avenue for somemonths and there became acquaintedwith Miss Mays. His peculiar actionscaused the landlady tt> eject him andsince that time he has been livingonFourth street. He was arrested be-fore on Tuesday night t>y Connor forbeing drunk and disorderly in thewoman's apartments. He is held atthe Cit" Prison on a charge of assaultwith a deadly weapon and DetectiveRyan is working on the case. Thewoman's statement at the hospitalsubstantially agrees with that of Po-liceman Connor.

That Policeman Robert Connor Isstill alive is owing to his quicknessand a large share of good luck. Inat-tempting to arrest John C. Saulterslast night at the Astoria, 111 Grantavenue, the man fired a revolver athim. Connor dodged just in time andthe bullet passed through the shoul-der of a woman. Miss Bessie Mays,

who was in the room at the time.

Wlille Resisting Arrest. John SaultersAttempts to KillOfficer Robert

Connor.

KILLED BY FAST TRAINWHILE GOING- HOME

SHOOTS AT POLICEMAN,'WOUXDS A WOMAN•CHARITY WHIST

In"attempting ,"AJax" In CaliforniaMiss Barrows wJU depart in one' YeryImportant' particular from the mannerof the Eastern

'productions. In the

East natives of Greece were trained forthe dramatis «personae, here studentswill take part in the play. This willhave been the first time that studentsin America have attempted to play"Ajax," the only other instance inwhich students were, employed beingat Cambridge University in 1882.

The play willnot be produced In theoriginal Greek language. It-has beenfound that the modern, language i3adapted more to the singing parts thanthe old, and it has been used with suc-cess in the Eastern productions.Training for the play will begin atonce, with Alisa Barrows as instructor,and by. October it is hoped that"Ajax"will be ready for the stage.

Miss Barrows has come to Berkeleywith her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth C.Barrows, who is herself a writer andcritic of unusual talents. MJss Bar-rows has been interested in the dram-atization of classsic dramas since herhigh school days. She has dramatizedvarious episodes in' the Aeneid andthe Odyssey. She only lately returnedfront Europe, where she spent a largepart of her time studying old Greekvases for the costuming and dances ofthe ancients, so that the representa-tions in America may be faithfulcopies in at least one respect.

BERKELEY, Aug. 24.— A love forthe classic drama of the ancients andpronounced dramatic instincts haveprompted Miss Mabel Hay Barrows tocome all the way across the continent'from her home inNew York to preparethe students of the University"of Cali-fornia for the reproduction of "Ajax,"Sophocles' famous work, in the Greeklanguage at the Greek open air theaterat the university. In thus followingout the dictates of her tastes and tal-ents she has undertaken a tremendous*task, a task that will call for twomonths of incessant work. For re-ward Miss Barrows asks only success,Buch success as came to her with thepresentation of "Ajax"in two Easterncities: . • '

KEALESTATE TRANSACTIONS.

Alameda County.WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 21.

John O'Brien (widower) to Mary Felge(daughter), lot on S line of West Fifth str»»t19:2 W of Center. W 25 by S 11:;. lot 32. bio.iF. Bay View Homestead. Oakland (first partyreserves life estate); gift.

Holcomb Land Company fHercn-HoleombLand Company) fo Irvin A. Crowther, let onNline of Joy or Sixty-third street, 3XJ.80 E cfTelegraph cr Humboldt avenue, E 50 by N wo,lots 13 and 14. block G, map subdlvtMon pawtlon Roberts & WolfskiH Tract, Oakland; $1Q.

Robert S. and Florence ileore to E. S. An-gel lot on SE lin*of Lewis avenue, 190 NE ofProspect street. N'E liO by SE 125, lots 7 to 9"block 6. map East Oakland Heights. East Oak-land; 910.

E. 8. and Margaret Angel to Florence I.Baker (wife of J B.). lot on SE lice of Lewisavenue, 100 N'E of Prospect street. N'E 73 bySB 123. lot 7 and portion lot. aaxn* map, n«;Oakland; $10.

W. V. and Helen F. "Witcher (wife) taCharlea Roeth. lot on SW line of Oak averu*.245 SE of Webster street, SW 140. SE W. ne52 to center of creek, thence following m«an-dertngs of creek N and NE to SW line of Oafcavenue. NW 49.60 t,o beginning, lot 18. a*psubdivision lots 2 to 4 and 42 of map No. 2,Glen Echo Tract. Oakland; $10.

F. Gibson Jones fstngle) to same, lot on Era:line of Oak avenue. 183.79 NW of Glen. SW «right angles to SW line of Oak avenue, 88 tocenter of creek, thence following meanderingof creek X and NE to Its intersection with SWline of Oak avenue, NE S3 to beginning, por-tion subdivision 17 of lot 42. same map, O&k-land; $10.

Martha D. and William H. Brown to Mil-ton S. Eisner, lot en SE line of Fourteenth ave-nue, 40 N'E cf its intersection with SW line rflot 17, thence SE C9.CC, S 43.15. NW 93, NE40 to beginning, being SW 40 feet of lot IT.map portion cf Highland Park, East Oak!asi;$10.

Samuel Hlr3t to Lue!!a Ketso Hirst, lot onW line of Walnut street. 3.x::l S of Cedar.S 40 by W 127. portion lot 21. block C. PercyTract, Berkeley; $10.

W. Oliver Scott (single) to William Nlcol.lot 20. block 26, Tract B. Berkeley U and T.I.Association. Berkeley; $1.

Berkeley Development Company tr> M • •

W. Davenport, lot 22. block F. Hopkins Ter-race, map. No. 2, etc., Berkeley: $10.

F. W. and Mary E. Bartlett. George A. aniLaura Scott to LillianM. Barrett, lot on Kline of HlUerasg avenue, too S of Websterstreet, S 37.79. E 120, N 37.90. W 12". lotltf, block B, map No. 2. Eateman Tract,Eerkeley; $10.

Eliza A. Sedslsy (widow) f> T. 8. SecteW,lot on W line of Morton street. 223 S of Rail-rcad avenue. S 4O by W 150. lot IS. and portionlot 19. block 27. Homestead Mary A. Fitch.Alameda; slit.

William G. and Martha G. Fmlth to JohaGcodacre. lot 2. block J, Golden Gate Tract.Oakland: $10.

John Goodacre to Jasper M. Nelson, same.Oakland: $10. \-

Lettle H. and Wealey J. Baker to Emma O.Leibert (single), lot on SW corner nf Thirty-first and Grove streets. S 40 by W 113. lot 7,blrck 20.14. Rowland Tract. Oakland; $10.

Robert Fay to Annie Fay, lot on NE cornerEutterworth end E>wln«»lle str»«t», N 135 byE 120. lot 6, block 1. property State UniversityHomestead Association No. 'J. Berkeley: gift.

Henry A. and Phlla V. Adrian to FrederickA. and Martha W. Mueller, lot on SW cornerof Spruce and Vine streets. S CO by W 7^».portion lot 1. block 7. T. M. Antlsell's mapof Villa lots. Berkeley; $10.

J. A. and EmilyV. Marshal (wife) to IreneT. Hamblln. lot on SW comer of Telegraphavenue and Derby street. W 121.3S. S 44.83.E 108.02. N 46.52. oortton lota 5 and 6. blociN, Leonard Tract, Berkeley: «1O.

James H. and Mary L. Seaman #wife) toV. J. Kear.e (married), lot on SE corner >>tAshby avenue and Deakln street. E 6'J:* t*yS 140. portion lots 4. 5 and <i. block F, ma?of part of Woolsey Tract, Berkeley; $10.

Helen Harmon et al. to F. B. Toaknm(single), all interest In lots 10 and 11. b!o<-lcC. map subdivision S portion, of Harmon Tract,Berkeley: also lot S0:5»i on Alcatraz avemnby 133:10 on Sacramento street, being h>t»1O and 11. block B. map name, excepting N10 feet thereof. Berkeley; f2300t

Philip G. Gilplnet al. tr> Eliza I*EherrarJ(wife of Ell T.). lot on N*E line of Prospectftreet. 203.12 SE of Intersection with centerline of Panoramic way. thence SE 45. E 152.to center line Panoramic way, thence NWalong same to point where line drawn through,beginning and at right angle to NE line cfPrcspect would Intersect said center lta» efPanoramic way. W to beginning, being S 25feet lot 2 and N 20 feet lot .1. University T»r-race. subject to right of way for sewer, et?..Berkeley; $10.

D. J. McMillan to Mary McMillan (wife),lot on W line of Humboldt avenue, 4*5:T Vof Oregon street. W 113:4, N" 44:10. E 125:10.S 46:6, to beginning lot 2. block O. LeonardTract. Berkeley; gift.

E. J. Blandlng (executor estate of JphaToung. deceased > to J. Bonnemaxou, atl In-terest In lot on 3 line of Clinton avenue. 66:4E of Oak street. E 33 :S by S 10O. block W,lands adjacent to Enclnal, AlaRirda; $1335.

Elsie Caroline Lucas (single) to II.A. Smith,lot on SW corner of Clinton avenue and "Wil-low street, thence NW 100, SW 11!> feet raor»cr less and 10 Inches to shore line bay ofSan Francisco. SE to >TvV line of TVlIlo-wstreet. NE to beginning, block 7*. map land*adjoining town of Enrinal. Alameda; $10.

Oakland Brevities.DOCTOr.S' CASES DISMISSED— Oakland.

Aug. 2J.—

The ca?es of Dr. James Oerow, Dr.U A. Clcutier and Dr. G. W. WinckSeM.charged by the Str.te Board of Medical Exam-iners with practicing medicine without procur-ing a State license, were dismissed, to-day Inthe Police Coon, on moton of Prosecuting At-torney A. P. Leach. The evidence was coa-aidered Insufficient to convict.

STUDENT IS ITITRT.—Oakland. Aujr. St.—Adolph E. Andersen, a student at th» Univer-sity of California, Jumped off a Tel»graph-av^nue car this evening after his bat and »,nknocked senseless. He was taken to tb» Re-ceiving Hospital, where he regained conscious-ness. His head was cut and he was otherwisebruised, but escaped without serious injury.His home is at Stockton.

SHOEMAKER FALLSDEAD.—BERKET>BT.Aug. 2$.

—John Tracy, a shoemaker, aged W

year*, fell dead early this mornin* la fc»cabin at the foot of Jones street. He hasbeen In 111 health for a long tlms. Llttl*la known of the dead man'i antecedents far-ther than that he wu a native of ISosi.n.Mass.

POLICE DETECTIVE'S MOVEMENTS—

Oakland, Aug. 24.—Detective W. B Qu!&!«rhas returned from a visit to the St. LouisExposition. Detectlv* George Kyt« has b**agiven a two weeks* Tacation to recuperat* af-teraseriotis attack of stomach trouble.

Miss Mabel H. Barrowsto Train Students

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in "Ajax."

ALAMEDA,Aug. 24.—The AlamedaAdvancement Association had a meet-Ing with various city officials last even-ing in regard to the demands of thecity with relation to the proposed taxlevy, which will shortly have to befixed. The meeting was executive, noone being present except the citv offi-cials and the directors of the associa-tion, and nothing of the proceedingswas given cut until to-day, when theassociation made public an official sum-mary of what happened. . . -.».

From this it would seem that there Isa general demand upon the Town Trus-tees for an increase in the tax allow-ance for all departments, and it is aquestion whose demands willbe recog-nized by the Trustees.

There were present of the associationdirectors George W. Scott, Philip S,Teller, E. R. Anthony, Charles S. Nealand Elmer E. Johnson; also SecretaryBrown. Of the Trustees all were pres-ent except Mr.Hammond, who is out oftown. Representing the Board.of Edu-ction there were Presidents Otis, HenryMichaels and Dr. Thompson, principalof the High School, who had been in-vited: also Superintendent Moore. E.W. Maslin represented the Free Li-brary Board.

A summary of the reports upon thecondition of the city, made by the cityofficials to the Advancement Associa-tion, is as follows:

President Otis of the Board of Educationreported that the High School would need?17.024 this year, which would be more thanlast year because" of the need of anotherteacher. books and gymnasium apparatus.Principal Thompson of the High School saidthat the needs of his school for referencetooks. apparatus for laboratory work andgymnasium work were very great. Mr.- Otl?lepcrted that there is now a deficit of $4385in the grammar school fund because of .a cutof ?400O made last year, that the city wouldhave to supply 927,770 this year and that nosalaries would be raised except In the case ofs<. me few principals and male teachers Inorder to retain their services.

Dr. Pond of the electric light •committee ofthe Board of Trustees read a report showingwhat betterments were need«?d by the municipalelectric lighting plant. President Scott of theassociation wanted to know if by economizingca the other departments the electric lightingplant could not 'be run and the bettermentsmade next year. This, the Trustees thought,might be done.

The official statement of the associa-tion concludes with the following,which covers the apparent feeling ofthe associationiupon lhe

-present finan-

cial condition of Alameda:'During th« discussion it developed that the

tax levy last year was • but 88 cents, whichwas 14 cent* short -of the. dollar limit, andthat the dollar - limit.,would. be,reached thisyear If the requirements of the various de-partments'were, properly met.'

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1An¦¦ interesting point was the attitude ofthe City .Truetfea on .the ,proposed r^ise,.ofwages of certain employes, which, accordingto Trustee Bowers, would add about 3*4 centsto ¦ the -tax "levy. [ The' discussion seemed In-clined to oppos* the raise,- they all -teemed- tothink it was impossible to give the schooldepartment air that It required.It appeared that no case had been known

of a policeman or fire- department employe orelectric light employe resigning because ofInsufficient pay, and yet the school -departmentxvas unable to keep high-class teachers be-cause the pay was lower than they could getelsewhere.

Mr. Scott asked this question:"Taking Into consideration the condition you

are In this year, a condition which you say.of greater necessities than ever before, wouldyou consider advisable the raising of thesalaries of employes that 95000 as proposed?Would you not consider it-a better Investmentto give the school department what It needsand save on the other?"

In answer to this pointed question not onecf the Trustees seemed willingto commit him-self. »So far as any response wag made tothe question It was to the effect that they didnot see how they could give the school de-partment what was asked for and did notree how they could avoid giving the cityemployes the raise which they asked for.

AGED SCHOOL TEACHER-CHARGED WITH THEFT

Man Who Has Passed Three ScoreTears and Ten Said to Have

*. Swindled.OAKLAND, Aug. 24.—T. H. Heer-

mans, 74. years old, a school teacher,was arrested to-night by Constable' J.T. Graver of Palo Alto and DetectiveW. B. Qulgley on a charge of obtaining$160 by false pretenses from John Lewisof the university town.., . -."•

Heermans, it is said, gave a due billto Lewis 'for the money, kuti Inductedthe alleged victim to part with his coinon the statement that-Heermans owneda large ranch InSouthern California.

Heermans was traced to Oakland;where he had sold a horse and buggy.Constable Graver, returned to-night toPalo Alto 'with the aged prisoner.

To Help Social Settlement.BERKELEY, Aug. 24.

—As a means

of raising- money to support the WestBerkeley Social Settlement the man-agement has secured the services of anumber of lecturers and entertainers Inother ways for the fallmonths. Amongthese are Jacob Riis of New York, thephilanthropist; Burton Holmes, thelecturer;. David Blspham, th,- famous.barytone, .and probably the ThirdUnited States Infantry Band. Withth« Income derived from these enter-tainments. Itis hoped to place the set-tlement on a safe financial basis.

SENTENCED FOLSOM.— Oakland. Aug.21.

—Joseph Newgard, alias Newman, wan sent

to Folnom to-day for six years for stealing: ahor«» and buggy from Mrs. Maria N. Me-Guir*. He had a prior conviction against him.

Silk culture in California never hasbeen profitable and can never be madeprofitable, because labor costs morehere than It does . in other countrieswhere the silk industry la conductedwith profit. . :

This is the secret of the failure of somany attempts to establish silk culture

in California. The climate is good

enough, the worms thrive, on It andgrow fat, but it costs so much to un-wind what they spin into a cocoon thatthere is no money in it for the grower.

The failure of silk culture as a profit-

able industry is explained in this way

by Professor C. W. Woodworth. pro-fessor of entomology at the University

of California, in a bulletin issued atthe university to-day. The high costof labor, he finds,, does not apply somuch to the actual rearing of theworms as to the manufacturing pro-cess, called reeling, by which the silkis taken from the cocoons .and madeinto the product known as raw silk.

"There would be no difficulty in ob-taining skilled Orientals." ProfessorWoodworth says, "but they would de-mand higher wages than la their na-tive land for the same work. Thisdifference must be taken from, the price

that is paid for cocoons, sine* raw silkis imported duty free. I

"Many people have gone into silkraising -with exaggerated ideas as tothe profits of the business, when as amatter of fact one cannot expect fairwages for his work. Under favorableconditions one could expect to obtainabout a hundred pounds of fresh co-coons, or perhaps thirty-three poundsdried ready for shipment from anounce of eggs. These are worth be-tween $25 or $30. One person cannot ex-pect to care for more than two ouncesof eggs. This would Squire six weeks'work and after deducting the cost ofthe. plant there is little left for waces."

Professor Woodworth adds that hisdepartment Is experimenting with silkculture Ina small way in the hope thatthe labor Item might in some mannerbe reduced enough to make the Indus-try profitable, but -with no prospect ofImmediate results.

Berkeley Office San Francisco Call.2148 Center Street. Aug.; 24.

- 'Oakland Offlce San Francisco Call,

.1016 Broadway. Aug. 24.lnei Cowels, 12 years old, ia deaf

mute student at the State Institutionfor the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, wentestray last night in this city 'after ar-riving from Red Bluff, her home, en

•route to the school. for the fbll termopening. Through an oversight the

• little traveler was not met "at Six-teenth-street station by an expected

friend. She appealed to the police for;assistance. It was then her troubles

Miss Cowcls had a card from herIfafher, H. D. Cowels, and from the in-stitution directing the attention of thepublic to her identity and tur infirmi-ties. She was also furnishfd with anaddress which"read "Lilah Bienks. 329Oakland avenue." The police learnedthere was no s'-oh a number and thecame could not be traced.

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In charge of Sergeant of Police Clark,the youthful- wayfarer, was ploddingalong Broadway when she spied aproup of girls. With an exclamationthe child rushed up to one of them.Oelina. Baecus. also a deaf mute, andk vigorous wigwagging of fingers oc-curred. In due coarse the policemanT.a5 Informed that the girls werefri?nds and had been companions at•the State institution. Miss Baccus re-lieved Clark of his charge and escortedthe lost one to the Baccus home at732 Webster street. This morning MissCov.els was taken to Berkeley. Super-intendent Wilkinson of the Institutionsaid he could not understand why the< hild was not sent directly then*, as henas ratified she could liave made herdestination known. The police thin!; 1

the experience had upset the child andthfet she had become frightened 'afterfailing to meet her friend at the rail-road station.

A young man named William Jew-ell was Injured, although not veryseriously. The four men named weresinking the shaft 2240 feet under-ground and, having prepared severaldrill holes for blasting, they proceededto light the fuse. It happened thatthe mining company had recently, pro-cured some new fuse from Denver andalthough it had been tested Itprovedtreacherous. Itburned up quickly anddischarged one of the blasts beforethe men had time to get to a safeplace. The men were almost buriedin the rock loosened by the first ex-plosion and the other explosions of theloaded holes which Immediately fol-lowed completely covered them.

Scotalena's head was badly mashed,

while Qulnn had one leg shot off be-low the knee. Curnow was buried deepin the debris and his body was badlybruised in several places.

As soon as the catastrophe becameknown about the mine Foreman Fran-ces put all the underground men inthe bottom of the shaft and kept themworking their utmost, a few minutes ata thne, to recover the bodies. Theexplosion occurred-at about 11:30 inthe morning, but It was nearly 3o'clock in the afternoon before the re-mains of the unfortunate men werebrought to the surface.

BUTTER CREEK, Aug. 24.—Three

men were killed and another Injuredby a premature explosion of giant pow-

der in the Argonaut mine, near Jack-son, this morning. Several drill holeswere loaded for blasting when one,

because of a defective piece of fuse,

went off prematurely. The dead:M. QUINN of Jackson.A. SCOTALENO of Sutter Creek.W. J. CURNOW of Sutter Creek.Curnow and Qulnn leave families.

Bpeclal Dispatch to The Call.

Alexander K. Percival was granied adivorce yesterday from Mary B. Per-cival on the ground of desertion.

Hulda Smyth has begun a suit fordivorce against Robert J. Smyth on theground of desertion. She asks for thecustody of their two sons.

Alice V. Geroge was granted a di-vorce yesterday from Antone Gexogeon the ground of willfulneglect, }dle-

and profligacy.

A default Judgment was claimed forBessie Maddern London by her attor-ney to-day in the suit for divorce sheis prosecuting against Jack London,

the famous novelist. lie has failed tomake any appearance in the case and

the matter was referred by Judge Og-den to Court Commissioner ClarenceCrow'el! for the purpose of taking testi-mony* "The ground of the present suitis desertion, although in a former suit,which was withdrawn after an agree-ment had lieen reached over the divis-ion of the property, Mrs. Londoncharged Misa Anna Strunsky with hav-ing alienated her' husband's affections.

A chapter of cruelties are charged byEllice Falster in a divorce action begunto-day against Henry C. Falster. Be-cause she would not wear her hair ina braid down, her back he threatenedher witha pistol end made her promise

to wear it-a* he wanted it. She sayshe also kissed Isabella Lee before herat their home and then laughed at her,

and when she ordered the woman outof the house he got angry and brokethe dishes on the table and knockedh*»r down. She says on another occa-sion he threw a lot of stove lids at her.Ke is a hodcarrier and earns J6 a day,of which she asks $50 a month as ali-mony.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

1016 Broadway, Aug. 24.

Entomological Departmentof University Seeking aWay to Reduce Expense

Ellice Falstcr Charges aWhole Chapter of Cruel-ties \Against Her Spouse

Girl Is En Route From Red*. Bluff on a Journey to the

Berkeley State Institute

All Departments Clamor-ing- for an Increase inIncome for Individuals

Heroic Efforts of Workmento Save Lives of FellowToilers Prove Unavailing

JACK LONDON DEFAULTSFAILS TO MEET FRIEND LABOR COSTS TOO MUCH BUKIED UNDER DEBRISMOKE SALARY WANTED

Advancement AssociationConfers With VariousOfficials . of the City

Little Deaf 3Iutc StudentLoses Her Way Only toKim Across a Companion

HI-Mated Husbands and

Wives Tell Their Woesto the Courts for Aid

Professor C. W. WoodworthHolds Out Little Hope

for California Growers

Defective Fuse Causes theDeath of 3ien at Work inMine Shaft Near Jackson

FINDS SUCCORIN HER PLIGHT

SEEK SURCEASEFROM TROUBLE

THREE KILLEDBY EXPLOSION

ALAMEDA FACESA TAX RAISE

SILK CULTUREDOES NOT PAY

NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDATHE SAN' FRANCISCO CALL. THURSDAY. AUGUST 25, 1904.

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