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The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
PURCHASE SITE
FOR SHELTERS
Keswick Copper People Buy
Large Tract With Water
Frontage Near Martinez
REMOVE ENTIRE PLANT
Acquire Fifty-Fiye Acres
at Bullshead Point, at
Which to Locate Works
REMOVE ENTIRE PLANT
oakland Office San Francisco Call.

Oakland ONCE San francisco Gail,
1915 Broadway July IL.
The iron Mountain Copper Company,
operating an extensive smelling plant
at Keswick, to-day completed the pur-
chase of ffty-fve acres of water front
land near Martinez, as a site for it's
works, which will be located on the
newly acquired property as soon as the
removal from Shasta County can be eff
fected.
The new site is on Bullshead Point, a
mile and a half east of Martinez. 1t
comprises a portion of the 140 acre
tract owned by Charles Ertz of the
Bullshead Oil Refinery, which is oper-
ated on the land. The price paid for
the fifty-five acres is understood to be
about $4,000.
This purchase includes about one-half
of the water frontage in the tract. Be
cause of the deep water at the point
the site was selected. Vessels can easi-
ly be handled there, as there is fully
thirty feet of depth available at high
tide
According to the information availa-
BILE at Martinez, work on the removal
of the Iron Mountain Copper Com
pany plant will be commenced at
once. The company was represented
in the negotiations by its attorneys,
Goodfellow & Eels of San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
GENERAL FUND
REPLENISHED
Threatened Deficit in the
COunty's Cash Averted
by Transferring Money
Oakland ONCE San Francisco can.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1915 Broadway. July II.
BY transferring funds from the mines
and foothills road fund to the general
fund. the Board of Supervisors has
averted the threatened shortage in the
-county's cash. The work upon these
roads will be allowed to go for an
other year and about $4,000 is thus
made available for general purposes.
BY this means many claims Will be paid
which would otherwise have waited
long.
The shifting Of this money will ne
cessitate the temporary abandoning OF
the work on the scenic boulevard which
was to have been pushed along as
fast as possible. This driveway Is to
connect Oakland and Haywards with
splendid road which will equal any OF
the famous drives in the State for
beauty Of scenery.
There is also in the hands OF the
County Treasurer the sum Of $4,000 as
unpaid salary Of Assessor Dalton. He
has been unable to draw any salary
Tor the past three years, pending lfti-
cation over commissions on tax collec-
lions. 1t is likely that this money will
also be transferred from the salary
fund into the general fund for current
expenses and in this way all deficits
Will be overcome.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
NATIVE SONS PREPARE
FOR ADMISSION DAY
media COunty's Part i'm the Pa
triotic Celebration.

OAKLAND, July 12.-The Alameda
County Admission day celebration
committee of the Native Sons of the
Golden West was divided tonight into
the following subcommittee:
Ways and Means-H williams. w. B. ouig-
ley Jr.. W. ]. Bsccus, j r. Knowland +. G..
Buswell. Jr.. II. Henken r. J. Montgomery.
Finance-H. Ssgehorn, r. W. Church, F. X
Wilson, Z. Planer, r. NJ. Handy. L. S. Shan
non.
Executive-H williams. II. sagehorn. H.
Gard, J. J. McElroy, Beach Dean d. w.
Doody, Al Kihm, George Haus. J. r. Know
land
Parade-R. w Church, ]. ]. NagIe. A.
SouSa, r. s. Fallmer. ID. c. Crawford, Paul
Nutbe. Charles Rollins, w. Hammond.
Hotel and sccomnodations-J j. McElroy.
w. l. Paulson, c. II. Rock, w. T. Brady.
L. 7. Bauer, z J. Drussel A. D. Goldsmith
Literary r. Knowlsnd, @ r. Stetson
J. +. Hansen. g. w. Frick, l. T Bauer A
f Colby, C. Perry.
Athletic-A Kihm. H. Won Tagen. H. I.
Newsom, J. Mulgrew. It. s. Cone
Reception-George Haus. w wallxup G. w
Mofhtt Thomas Moran. Charles Won Tagen.
Decorations-Beacb Deane, F. Barnet s..
/ Haynes DR.. o. T. Wilson, c. K Townsend
/ n. P. White H p. Wckman.
Press-D w. Doody, Z. F. Garrison W. c.
/ Cook, d. J. Barr. w. P. Geary, II. G. White
| N Lehn.
The committee has opened head
quarters at the Merchants Exchange
and will meet on Friday evenings.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
GOES FOR GOLD
But FINDS MAN
Burglar RObbing Thomas
Evans House Encounters
Victim in His Hallway
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,
214S Center Street. July ~.

Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,
214S Center Street, July IL.
Bent on finding gold. a burglar ran
sacked the house of Thomas Evans of
San Pablo avenue and Sixty-third
street at an early hour this morning.
but instead of booty he found man
looking for him. The man was Evans
himself. who bumped into the burglar
while seeking to discover the cause Of
a mysterious noise. Evans tried to
catch the burglar and almost succeed
ed, but the fellow managed to get
away under cover of the darkness. The
burglar Had the best of the start, hav-
ing seen his intended victim coming
down the hallway of the house. Evans
gave him lively run down the back
stairway and over the rear fence. The
police responded to Evans vigorous
blowing of police whistle, but the
burglar could not be found
A search of the house revealed that
the thief had entered by means of a
basement door and ransacked the
house, although he did not obtain any
thing of value.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
MOSES FAFORS
OLD METHODS
Historian UphOlds System
of Electing Senators by
Delegatihg Voting Power
OPPOSES ANY CHANGE
Declares Against Fashion
of InStructing Repre-
sentativeS in Congress
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,
2l4S Center Street, July IL.

2148 Center Street, July II.
Professor Bernard Moses of the his
tory department of the University of
electing United States Senators is as
good as any that could be devised and
he is not in sympathy with the agita-
tion in favor of electing Senators by
direct vote of the people.
Professor Moses also disapproves of
the plan of instructing representatives
TO Congress or conventions, on the
ground that the system is a departure
from the policy followed by the found
ers of the republic.
These views Professor Moses ex-
pressed to-day before his class in
Government" at the summer session
Of the university. He said:
The question Of electing United States Sen
raised often lately and attempts have
been made to secure an amendment of the
posed change. because / think in the end that
IL all amounts to the same thing. We have
always been able to trust the men elect
TO represent US with the power delegated TO
them to elect good and efficient Senators. The
Senate is always admirable body although
it often occurs that many of its members are
spirit OF the whole constitution would be
changed IL this one change is made.
1 wish also to speak of the habit that has
lately sprung up Of instructing our delegates
10 perform certain things for when they go
10 Congress to conventions. 1 don't believe
the founders of this Government intended
that IL should be done. The representatives
are chosen by the people for specific purpose,
with full power to act, and it is not for us TO
tranmel their free agency.
Professor Moses in concluding called
IL. =
resentatives in vogue in the East,
where the people have learned the
value of returning tried men to repre-
sent them year after year. The West,
he declared, has not learned that it is
making grave mistake by continually
shifting the personnel of its representa-
tives, so that now much power is
wasted.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
NICRO'S WILL
is PROBATED
Contestants Agree to Com
promise for $4,000 and
Threatened Suit Is Settled
ESTATE WORTH 100000
Property Goes to the Widow
and Adopted Daughter
Madeleine in Halves
Oakland Office san Francisco Call,
lOle Broadway, July II.

Oakland once san FRANCISCO Adlls
1915 Broadway, July II.
The VIII Of the late Esbrizio Nigro.
disposing OF property valued at $780,
O00, was admitted to probate to-day
The threatened contest has been avert
I'd by the widow paying $4,000 to the
contestants. According to the tesu-
mony given this morning by the widow
and daughter, Attorney Charles f.
Hanlon of San Francisco and DomenicO
and Francisco Alberti, who had been
named as executors and trustees under
the will. had held Nigro's viii for near
" TWO years and that only after Nigro
had made another revoking it did they
consent 10 have the first testament de-
stroyed. After Nigro's death they filed
q copy Of the will they had retained so
long and threatened a contest but a
compromise was arranged.
Nigro was owner of the Poodle Dog
restaurant property in San Francisco,
and other valuable realty, all Of which
is divided equally between the widow,
Ellen Nigro, and an adopted daughter
Madeleine. Both widow and daughter
stated on the stand to-day that Nigro
had often tried to get the will he had
made from HanlOn but never could.
When il was finally destroyed HanlOn
took it to the Nigro residence at Ninth
and Center streets in this city and
burned IT, He refused to let Nigro have
it but insisted upon destroying it him
self
According to the statement of Reuben
H. Lloyd, who, with Judge Sullivan
and Attorneys Allen & Walsh, is repre-
senting the widow and daughter, the
two Albertis were virtually made the
owners Of the property and would have
been entitled TO endless fees. Hanlon
was their attorney. A boast credited to
the Albertis, that Mrs. Nigro would get
little Of the money after Nigros death,
was what first caused Mrs. Nigro to
become uneasy, she testified, and she
then began TO urge her husband to get
the viii which he had signed and let
her see it.
The compromise having been effected
out Of court the contestants made no
appearance to-day and only the widow
and her daughter were present with
her attorneys. Testimony in regard
10 the wills, however, was necessary to
show that the first win had not been
destroyed by fraud and that the one
presented for probate was made TO re-
place il.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
ohases wife with Knife

OAKLAND, July 12.-Fred r.
Greuning, a tailor, residing at $50
Webster street. was arrested this af-
ternoon and charged with assault
with a deadly weapon. Gruening's
wife alleges that he came home in an
intoxicated condition and chased her
about the house with a knife in his
hand. As soon as Mrs Gruening
could make her escape she telephoned
the police and the arrest followed.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE
OF THE PACIFIC COAST
inventors OF California Design and
Secure Patents for Many New
Devices.

Devices.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE fol-
lowing California patents were is
sued to-day:
Henry w. Ayres, Los Angeles. de-
tachable book leaf: Walter G. Bell.
Los Angeles. electric fluid pressure
switching mechanism; Irving Carl,
Los Angeles. hydro-carbon burner for
boilers or other purposes; Charles Z.
Chaplin and A A. Sherman. Berkeley.
respiratory apparatus for f1remen
and others; Mary A. Davis, Los An
geles, safety holder; John Eichler
and j. Becker. San Francisco, acety-
lene gas generator; William H. Greg
ory, Vallejo, lemon squeezer; Sam
uel E. Knowles. San Francisco, dem
tai matrix: William H. Loomis, Ala
media, carpet renOvating apparatus;
Timothy Mahoney, San Francisco,
electric railway; John S. Mason,
Santa Ana, saw-setting machine;
Robert Matheson, San Diego, hydro
carbon burner; Thomas ]. Murphy.
Needles, garment holder; Lowell B.
Pemberton, Redondo. electrical heat
er; Walter G. Read, Davisville. fold
luS eAleuSlOn LTeSlles Joseph Smith.
San Francisco, rotary agitator: Harry
w. Thurlow. San Francisco, can
opener; Charles W. Van Winkle.
Pennington, automobile; eter j.
Wilson, Ben Lomond, non-realIabls
bottle; Augustine w. Wright, Po-
mona, folding receptacle.
Civil service examinations for the po-
sitions Of clerk and carrier In the Post
Office service will be held at Pasadena,
Cal, July 20. and Long Beach, Cal,
and Pendleton, Ore, July %.
Rural free delivery will be estab-
lished at Placerville. FL Dorado Coun-
ty. Cal, August Is. with one route.
Margaret TrOland has been appoint
ed rural carrier and Daniel Troland
substitute at Deer Park. Wash.
The following fourth-class postmast-
ers have been appointed: Oregon
Marmot, Clackamas County. Dora
Aschoff. vice Adolph Aschoff resigned:
Pleasant Hill, Lane County. George w.
Kelsey, vice Eva A. Sather. resigned:
Woodstock, MultnOmah County, W. j.
Gilstrap, vice Alfred Hafferden. re-
moved.
The postoffice at Cedar Mill. Wash
ingtOn County. Oregon. will be super
seded by rural free delivery July 80.
the mail to go to Portland, Multnomah
County.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
To Appear Against Cochran.

OAKLAND, July 12-W. II. Kahler
Of 24S Eddy street, San Francisco, ap-
feared as witness against William r.
Cochran to-day and the latter was re-
booked on q charge of grand larceny.
Cochran was formally charged with
the same offense, but yesterday the
charge was reduced to battery, the evil
cence being deemed insufficient.
The prisoner is accused of having
taken a fob and charm from Albion
Chollet in a phOnograph parlor last
Sunday night. Kahler claims to have
witnessed the act
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
Mayor schmitz YIN Sneak,

OAKLAND, July 12.-Mayor Schmitz
of San Francisco will address the
members Of the unions which are af-
filiated with the Cooks and Walters
Union at the reunion to be held in this
city July %. The members of all the
unions of the surrounding cities have
been invited to attend.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
Marriage Licenses

OAKLAND, July 1.-THE following
marriage licenses were issued by the
county Clerk to-day: August Stein
kamp' ~, and Sarah Cooper, 80, both
OF san Francisco; Isaac Smith, over
zl' and Eva Nichols, over Is, both of
san Francisco; Eugene Meehan, %.
Honolulu, and Wilhelmina Nielsen. IS.
San Francisco; William B. Barber.
over p, Los Angeles. and Nellie e.
Dobbins, over Is, Berkeley; BENJAMIN
c Newmarker, "a, and Anna X. Kirch-
ner, 16. both Of Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
SWALLOWS POISON WHEN
FTANCE PROVES FALSE
New York Woman Dying From the
Effects of a Drug Self
Administered.

NEW YORK, July 12.-Minnie Bar
doff, 81 years old, hair-dresser resid-
ing here with her mother, is dying
from the effects of poison. Miss Bar
doff was brought home yesterday by
another woman and left in a state of
collapse. The strange woman called
some children who were playing near
by, and. leaving Miss Bardoff with
them, hurried away
Late to-day the police found the
woman who had been with Miss Bar
doff. She said Miss Bardoff had taken
some drug because she was respondent
on account of the marriage of man
to whom she was engaged.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
HAWAIIAN TOBACCO
MAY BE ON MARKET SOON
Government Expert Finds That Fine
Grade of Weed Can Be Raised
in the Islands,

HONOLULU, July 6.-Frank E.
Center, the Government expert In
charge of the tobacco experiments on
the Louisson Bros plantation at
Paauilo, has finished his Investigations.
He is satisfied that a fine grade of
Sumatra wrapper tobacco can be sue
cessfully raised in the islands, success
or failure depending upon conditions
of soil, location, protection from winds
and moisture. One acre of land was
donated for study of the possibilities
OF this valuable product and the re-
suits shown are highly gratifying.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
Alameda Parlor onicers.

ALAMEDA. July 12.-Alameda Par
lor No. AZ. Native Sons of the Golden
West, installed the following officers
last night: Past president, E. J..
Probst; president, Charles Rock; first
vice president, A. T. SOusa; second vice
president. w. M. Walkup Jr; third
vice president. Samuel Hyams; mar
shal, Herman Bolte; recording secre-
tary. A. V. Fisher; financial secretary,
c. T. Rose; treasurer, Louis Fischer;
trustee, DIR. II. NJ. Pond.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13

OAKLAND, July 12.-George Hoff
life of his six-year-ol sister, allowed
the surgeons to strip from his thighs
nearly one hundred square inches of
skin, with which to cover the terrible
burns on her arm and shoulder, to-day
has the satisfaction of knowing that he
has not suffered in vain.
DR.. r. T. Stratton, who performed
the delicate operation of skin grating,
announced this afternoon that the girl
was practically out of danger, and
would undoubtedly recover.
The wounds on the boys limbs are
yet very painful, and he still walks on
crutches. He gives little heed to the
pain, however, for he now knows that
through his suffering his sister will
be restored to health. This morning he
said:
1 don't see why I should be called a hero
Tor letting the doctor take the skin from my
legs, when it to save my sisters life.
anybody would do that much for his sister.
Vi course, the places where the skin is off are
pretty sore, but I'll be all right before long,
and as long as Alice is going to get well
don't care about myself.
DR.. Stratton said this afternoon:
The operation of skin grating which was
performed the little Hoffman girl has been
entirely successful, and there is doubt that
the child will recover. Had the operation not
been performed the burns on the child's neck
would have developed into running ulcers
which would have probably caused death.
Even If the burns had healed the arm would
have been left rigid. through the Tightening OF
the skin during the process of healing, whereas
now the grated eutice will form a natural
flexible skin. and in the course OF few
months the arm will be good before the
accident
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
Says Wife Left Him.

OAKLAND, July 12.-Suit for di-
vorce was begun to-day by T. B. Crab
tree against Martha NJ. Crabtree, also
known as Matte M. Crawford and
Martha M. Taylor, on the ground of
desertion. Crabtree wants half of
some community property he says has
been acquired since their marriage and
which is in his wife's name,
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
FiIe Nerin VIII

OAKLAND, July 12.-The will of
the late Martin Nevin of Livermore
was filed for probate to-day by At
torney 7. W. Harris. Deceased left
an estate valued at about $4,000. con-
sisting of ranch near the town of
Ldvernore. The property was divided
between the widow and two sons. who
share the estate equally between them,
while six children are left to the care
Of the mother.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
COOK BOOK OFFER TO
CLOSE Z AUGUST
80, 1904.

The Calls Cook Book prem
ium offer wiz close on August
so, 1904. and all readers of this
paper who desire a copy OF this
household treasure should not
fail to place their order I'M
mediately.
This splendid premium viii
be offered to Call subscribers az
the exceptionally low rate OF SO
cents per copy. Out OF town
orders 25 cents additional 20
cover prepayment of transpOrta-
ton charges.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
Barnetl,s case Postponed.

OAKLAND, July 12.-The case of
Z. Barnett, the money lender, who |
chopped down trees planted by the
city on Telegraph avenue, was post
poned until July 15. Barnett objected
to the presence of the trees because
they destroyed <the sidewalk.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
SOUTHERN PACIFIC MAKES
A BIG PURCHASE OF OIL
Buys Eight Hundred Thousand Bar
reIs for Use as Fue on
It's Lines.

SOUR LAKE. Tex, July 12.-The
Southern Pacific Company has just
purchased 500, 200 barrels of oil from
a local company. The price is said to
have been so cents a barsel. The
Southern Pacific will place the oil in
the storage tanks along it's railway
lines in Texas and Louisiana and use
it for fuel as needed.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
Prepare Their Estimates-

OAKLAND, July 1.-THE heads Of
departments Of the city government
are figuring on estimates as to the
cost of conducting their affairs for
the ensuing year. Chief of Police
Hodgkins viii ask for pay for twelve
additional Datrolmen, and Fire Chief
Ball will ask the city to provide ex-
penses for the new fire engine COM
panies AZ Golden Cate and at Santa
Clara avenue.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
Ini,lred in a RunawaY.

OAKLAND, July 12.-S. V. Stevens
of 1OO6k Webster street was struck
this afternoon by the wheels Of a
buggy craWn by runaway horse and
slightly injured. The animal later col
lided- with. locomotive at Twelfth
street. but was not badly injured.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
RIVERS SLOWLY FALLING
IN FLOODED DISTRICT
Kansas Railroads Resume Operations
and Farmers i'm the UpIands
Arc Harvesting.

TOPEKA, Kans.. July 12.-Reports
received tonight from Salina and
Junction City say that the Smoky Hill
River is slowly falling. 1t will take
several days yet for the rivers to
reach their normal state. All the rail-
roads are getting back into running
order.
Harvesting is being pushed on the
uplands. 1t will commence in the
IowIands within a few days. The
wheat on the lowlands is very badly
damaged by the food. while that on
the uplands is i'm fair shape. Unfavor-
able reports are received as to the con-
dition of the corn crop.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
SatoIli Visits Ireland.

ST. PAUL, July 12.-Cardinal Sa-
tolli arrived in St. Paul to-day to visit
Archbishop Ireland until Friday, when
he will leave for Duluth to take a
steamer trip to Buffalo.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
SAYS ALAMEDA COUNTY
EXHIBIT is A SUCCESS
Commission WeiIbye Returns From
ST. Louis Enthusiastic Over Way
Things Are Workinp.

-IAC
OAKLAND, July 12.-At a meeting
Of the Merchants Exchange tonight
Worlds Fair Commissioner Weilbye.
who has just returned from installing
the Alameda County exhibit at ST.
Louis made report to the exchange of
the work done by the commissioners.
He stated that Alameda's exhibit at
the fair is one Of the most attractive
there. While il is not the most ex-
pensive, It is unique in many respects.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
MANAGER OF BUILDING
SOCIETY is A BANKRUPT
Honolulu SpecuIatOr Gives Up StFllg-
gle Against His Creditors in
the Islands

HONOLULU, July p. u. II.
Strauch. manager of the Cooperative
Home Purchasing Society OF Honolulu.
Which is said to have San Francisco
hackers. has filed a petition in volun-
tary bankruptcy in the Federal Court.
his assets at si9, which he claims is
exempt.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13

MOUNT HOLLY, N j. July 12-The
Berkeley Arms Hotel at Berkeley. near Sea-
side Park N. j., was destroyed by nre to-day.
Loss. $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13

CINCINNATI. July 12-The establishment
OF Henry Hclle & Co. dealers in hay and
grain. was burned to-dsy. Loss. $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
q NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA x
BRANCH OFFICES
OF THE CALL IN
ALAMEDA COUNTY

OAKLAND.
1915 Broadway.
Telephone Main 1888.
BERKELEY.
214S Center Street.
Telephone North ~.
ALAMEDA.
1885 Park Street.
Telephone Alameda $50.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-06-30

diameter. This is known as a sag
ger" Set one against the other, the
pipes are adjusted solidly in the sag
ger, which will hold something like a
gross Of pipes properly packed. If
the pipes consist of the more fancy de-
signs-that is, merely pipe bowls that
are to be provided with mouthpieces
Of wood or rubber-the saggers will
hold as many as two gross Of pipes.
Nine Of these saggers filled with pipes
are known as a stand, and medium
sized kiln will hold twenty one stands
and will burn them all at the same
time. For ave hours the heat in the
kiln Is kept at moderate tempera-
ture. After that it is allowed to run
up until at the end Of twelve or four
teen hours it is driven to a white heat,
which gives the pipes their spotiess
white finish.-New York Times
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-06-30

Mr.. Sydney Brooks, writing in Har-
pers Weekly, gives some Of the rea-
sons why Punch has SO strong a hold
on the affections Of the British public
and why it fails to appeal to Ameri-
cans. The great virtue of Punch, he
says, is its seriousness, in which opin-
ion there will be many on this side
Of the water to agree with him. The
great fault of the American comic
papers, it appears, is that they are not
serious enough. They are always max
ing jokes. Punch, on the other hand
evades these mistakes, because it is
really not humorous, but a critical
journal The American comic paper Is
like the professional funny man at a
party. You listen and laugh for a
while and then you want to murder
him"