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The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
SLOW HEADW
IN CHINATOWN

No progress was made yesterday af-
ternoon by the Police Commissioners
in the hearing Of the charges of corrup-
tion in Chinatown. 1t was the inten-
tion Of the commission TO examine the
contents of the safes taken from the
gaming place Of Chin Kim You at $50
Washington street, but District Attor-
ney ByingtOn refused TO sign stipu-
latiOn with Jacob s. Meyer, Chin's at
torney. regarding the disposition of the
contents Of the safe and the Commits
siOners refused to assume the response
bility. with the result that search war
rant proceedings pending before Judge
Cabaniss must be prosecuted to a con-
clusion. The stipulation presented by
Meyer for signature showed on its face
that Chin feared no disclosures as a
result f the examination Of the con-
tents Of the safe.
The stipulation was 10 the effect that
the money should be returned, though
the papers might be used.
This offer did not tempt the commits
sion 10 proceed without advice from the
District Attorney, however, so the case
was continued TO the regular meeting
in the evening when ii was decided TO
again take up the case tomorrow af-
ternOOn al o'clock.
last evening the license of Louis Good
man. a pawnbrOker at l9 Montgomery
avenue. was revoked for irregularities.
The license of Filbert Tomasini, who
conducted a saloon at Jackson and
Mason streets. was revoked after he
had been convicted Of pool selling
Nicholas TasiOpolis. who conducted a
restaurant at III Folsom street, also
lost his license upon the showing that
he conducted a disOrderly resort.
Robert Lass. who conducted the
Bowhead saloon. lost his license foi
giving customers ammonia TO smell
when they asked for gin TO drink.
A petition requesting the board to in
struct the City Attorney to dismiss the
appeal in the case Of Patrolman Harry
Hook. ordered reinstated as sergeant
by Judge Hebbard. was denied.
Patrolman Charles c. T. Russell was
fined $50 for being absent from his
beat.
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Amateur Cracksman With a,
Companion Tries to Rob
Office on Shattuck Avenue
CRIMINALS IN BERKELEY
Hole Drilled in Treasure
Box, but Intruders Leave
Without Securing Booty
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,
2148 Center Street. Dec. s.

2l4S Center Street, Dec. D.
Amateur safe-crackers made a bum
Cling attempt last night to rife the
strong box in the office of the Peoples
Express Company, at 2211 Shattuck
avenue. After drilling almost through
the big steel lock on the box they gave
up the job and contented themselves
with opening and stealing goods in the
Office consigned to patrons of the ex-
press company.
Two men are believed to have been
concerned in the job, as the big steel
box they sought to despoil was carried
by them for twenty feet, through door
into the store-room of the building.
Marshal Kerns has been informed
that only persons familiar to some
extent with the company's business are
likely to have attempted the burglary
and he is now searching for the men
who have been hanging about the Of
flee of the company for several days.
Agent ]. r. Hudson has given the
names Of the suspected men to the
Marshal and believes they will be ap-
pretended very soon. IF strange
cracksmen had entered our office to do
this job" said Hudson this morning
they naturally would have sought to
force open a big steel safe which stood
conspicuously in the Office, but which
contained nothing. That safe was
merely in storage. The burglars tackled
our way box, a big steel affair. 1
suppose they knew that we do a busi
ness Of several hundred dollars a day,
and thought the money would be in the
box. They were fooled The box con-
tained only S1.75, and the thieves didn't
get even that"
The express company's office resem-
bled wreck this morning when Agent
Hudson arrived. Boxes and packages
had been piled against the front door
to deaden the sound of the operations.
Packages had been opened and their
contents thrown about the room. The
way box stood in the rear room, with
a hole drilled for an inch and a half
through the lock. Blankets had been
thrown over the box, it being the in
tention of the operators, apparently
to use dynamite to blow the safe open,
and have the blankets deaden the
sound of the explosion.
Entrance to the place was made
through a small window in a closet
at the rear.
President J. n. Blain Of the express
company came over from San Francis
co this morning when informed of the
occurrence here, and inspected the
premises. comforting with Marshal
Kerns regarding measures for the cap
ture of the cracksmen. The company
will not know the exact amount of it's
loss until patrons report the non-ar-
rival of packages which had been con-
signed to them and were in storage at
the company's office.
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UNHAPPY SPOUSES ARE
GIVEN THEIR FREEDOM

OAKLAND, Dec. "a final decree
of divorce was granted Bessie Cole
from j. t. Cole by Judge Ogden to-
day on the ground of extreme cruelty.
She was also awarded $40 a month
alimony and the custody of the minor
child. Cora M. Lewis was granted an
interlocutory decree of divorce from
T. w. Lewis for cruelty. She was
granted the custody of their two
sons. Charles H. Lindsay was grant
ed an interlocutory decree of divorce
from Catherine Lindsay for deser-
ton.
Hattie A. Barrie was awarded a
judgment of $141S 75 for back all
mony to-day against Edgar S. Barry
They were divorced in Los Angeles
and he agreed to pay her $25 a
month, but afterward failed to carry
out his agreement.
Celia Killian began an action for
divorce to-day against Frank P. Kill
liam, a tailor, on the ground of ex-
treme cruelty. She alleges that he
threw beefsteak at her she was
cooking for their Thanksgiving din
ner She says he has also been in
the habit of coming home drunk and
swearing at her and beating her.
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Trial Jurors Drawn.

OAKLAND. Dec. 6.-A new panel
of trial jurors was drawn by Judge S.
P. Hall this morning to sit upon
criminal and civil cases Seventy
names were drawn and they We're or
dered to appear in court next Tuesday
morning. They are as follows:
c. H. Nor. Theodore s. Swift. Clarence A
Thayer Charles r. Dozier Frederick G. WeIp
j. 7. Bills John NJ English. George Hoffman
W j. Walker, ". G. c. Meyer, Hubbard n.
Snow John Barnet Louis Huffschmidt, VIII
liam NJ Buffers. William Keegan. John Block
Ferdinand Koenig. Edmund Hathaway. Daniel
Devany, J. A Hall. E. L. Sargent. NJ N
Sampson. W. G. Thornally. H. l. Holcornb.
owen Breslin, Isaac Barnett. August Marx
Charles Rowe, L. W. Forsting A A. Davis.
William H. Wharf. F. d. Dieckhoff John j.
Sweeney, Martin buddy. James L. McGivney,
John HinkeI r. H Bonner Andrew BIocN
j. H. Nobman, Jacob Tallman, J. 5. Der5y
Henry Menges. James Potts. John Q. Wrizhr
William A. Hunter. William II. Williams n
William Waltz. John Breen. Henry A VIII
iiams, A. Cove Roberts. David H Behrsns
o. c. Hyatt. W. 8. Dunlevy, ]. B. Merritt
J. A. Marshall, ]. Prideaux. W. H smith,
F. J. Ryus George Spencer F. D. Barley
c. d. Hayes Daniel Newell 2. o. Spragus
Joseph Northey, William Langstan. Herman
Buschmann. T. B. Emigh. George FOgg. J
Tyrrell H. Pearson.
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HIGH SCHOOLS ARRANGE
GRADUATING EXERCISES
Members of Glasses Who Complete
Their r"erms This Month to Be
Given Their Diplomas.

OAKLAND. Dec. 6.-Graduating
exercises of the December class of the
Oakland High School will be held
Thursday evening, December %. at
the common school assembly hall.
The Rev. c. NJ. Hill, president of the
Baptist Theological Seminary, will
deliver an address. The members of
the class are as follows:
Hattie O. Bedford Jean Booth, Hazel Bur
ton. Elsie Fay Brunner Miriam Coffee. Ash
lev B. Cohn. Linda Pearl Cotter, Walter c.
Iaguna. Gladys English. Olive Muriel Grubb.
AMY Helen HILL Ruth Amanda Hitchcock,
Attai Susanna Hoag, Alice Edna Jones. An
ME Selma Jones' Muriel Constance Kelley. AL
Elizabeth Rachel Leeper. Nellie Locke. Cath
crime Lorena MacIntyre Ruth McClelland.
Howard Moore Grace Martha Nourse. Avis
Osborn. Anita Victoria Otero, Wilhelmina
Petit, Grace Gertrude Portious. Herman Rit-
tigstein. Elsie A. Roane, Isabelle Robertson
Scupham Howard Matthew Taylor. Ralph
Hawley Taylor. Samuel johnson Taylor Jr.,
Flora Ann Vekander. Helen May Waterman.
Edna whitney Charles A Whitton, Hazel
Eileen wilkins. Henrietta G. Wilson. Kath- T.
ryn Antoinette Wilson. Sarah L. Young.
The Polytechnic High Schools
graduating exercises will be held al
the assembly hall Wednesday evening
December 21. The school choral So
clety Will IuTIllSH music. Inc class
members are as follows:
Alfonso Anderson. Helmuth Brause Clara
Barrett Villa Bloomer Arthur DAY. Arthur
Donaldson. Paul Dunno. Gertrude Enyeart
Alice Frederickson. Norma Goodmundson, Hell
en- Hussey, Charlie Jordon, Sadie Jones' Hazel
Lafferty Jessie Lambert, Jessie Lewis Inez
Lewis, Sherlie Lukens, Reese Martin. Flor
ence Mcdowell Mamie McKinnon. MARY
Mitchell David Nelson Regina Perez. Kath-
crime Reno, Mary Roberts Will Robinson
Walter Sandholt. Henry Tieslan, Christian
Weinberg and Esther Wheeler.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
COVER SCENE
OF SHOOTING
Policemen and Prosecuting
Attorney Leach Conduct a
Survey for the Kiniry Case
COLLECT MANY DETAILS
Express Confidence That the
Testimony Will Suffice to
Prove the Thug a Murderer
COLLECT MANY DETAILS
Oakland omc San Francisco Call

Oakland Ofic San Francisco Call
1915 Broadway, Dec. o.
In preparation for the preliminary
exa mination of David Kiniry, burglar
and thug. on the charge of having
murdered Policeman James H. Smith,
year ago, police officials have COM
pleted their work of gathering and
collecting the evidence which they
have in hand. The last step in ar
rangement of the testimony to be
presented was taken to-day when
Chief Hodgkins, Captain of Police W..
j. Petersen and Prosecuting Attorney
A. P. Leach made a critical examina-
ticn of the locality in which the shoot
ing occurred.
Leach and the police started from
Fourteenth and Jackson streets, ana
covered all of the ground through
that part of the Lakeside district
down to Fourteenth and Oak streets
where Goldstein, Kiniry's companion
fell dead after he had fed from Smith,
who had shot him.
This tour of inspection was made
for the purpose of fixing carefully IN
the minds of those who will prosecute
kiniry the exact location of each OF
the important points in the scene. A
scaled diagram of the locality has
been made by the County Surveyor S
office to help the prosecution in pre-
senting it's case.
There is no doubt in the minds of
the police as to their ability to pre-
sent a hawless mass of evidence
against kiniry. Every detail has been
covered with utmost care, because the
police realize that in the man charged
with the murder they hold an ex-
ceptional prisoner. They are sat
| isfled from the record Kiniry made IN
Los Angeles that he would do murder
without a second thought to gain hD-
erty or to escape arrest under any
circumstances. The police and Prose-
cutting Attorney Leach are confident
that they will present their case in
such a convincing shape that there
will be nothing left for surmise as to
his guilt
To the end that not point should
be overlooked the city has been
secured for evidence. Many persons
have been interviewed and, it is said,
some important facts about the shoot
ing will be brought out at the trial.
The examination will be commenced
Thursday morning before Police
Judge George Samuels. Kiniry has
made no move toward getting legal
help. He has said he will conduct his
own case at the preliminary hearing
and will depend upon the State to
furnish him an attorney when the
trial shall be held in the Superior
Court. The prosecution has no ques-
tion that sufficient evidence will be
presented at the examination to war
rant the holding of Kiniry for trial.
The prisoner is closely guarded and
is seen by no one except the jail Of
ficers and policemen in touch with the
case.
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cial straits, needing money constantly,
and willing to borrow it wherever it
could be procured, his notes being
passed out to many of his acquaint-
ances. He received a salary of nearly
$100 month as a deputy in the Re
corder's office, and had been steadily
employed there for three years.
No one seems to know whether
riotous living or merely ordinary ex-
travagance led to the young politi-
clans financial enbarrassments When
his obligations became so pressing that
they could not be avoided he resigned
his place in the Recorders Office and
engaged passage for Manila.
1t is said that Anderson expects to
strike bonanza of some sort in the
Philippines and return later, to reim-
burse his creditors and begin life anew.
He thought it unnecessary to inform
those to whom he owed money that he
was bound for the Orient
Mrs. Anderson has closed her house
on Tenth street, and her whereabouts
is not known. None of her friends are
able to say whether she was aware of
her young husbands Intention to go to
Manila, or whether he left without in
forming her of the contemplated move.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
WANTS BETTER FACILITIES
FOR STUDYING The SOIL
Annual Report Of Prof. HiIgard
Says University Farm Should
Be in an Interior County.

With the increase Of students in agriculture
proper, and the increased interest in the work
of the college and experiment station among
The farming population, together with the i'm
mediate prospect OF the construction OF new
buildings upon the permanent plan, the estab-
hshment OF a university farm, such as forms
part OF the equipment OF nearly all other as-
riculturai colleges Of this country, becomes
matter or pressing need Such farm is as
much needed for proper and practical instruc,
ton in agriculture as are the labora tories or
the mining, mechanical engineering and other
colleges.
may. however. be necessary to discuss
more in detail some ideas which have been
expressed in this connection by friends Of
the movement. but which threaten TO so far
overshoot the mark really to be aimed at as
TO seriously jeopardize the usefulness OF the
contemplated needful addition to our working
appliances This has arisen. in part. from
a confusion OF ideas in regard TO the proper
and legally prescribed sphere of the agricul-
tural college. as contradistingushed from ag-
ricultural high schools bearing the same re
latIon to the former that the high schools at
present existing beaT TO the state university
at large
States as well as abroad they are located in
immediate proximity to the college so that
the college students can utilize them In their
studies Just as they would other laboratories
The propriety and Importance OF such colloca-
tion hardly need any discussion e
One of the most encouraging features oil
the past year was the increased attendance
upon the courses Of the college of agriculture.
II is quite obvious that II agricultural topics
were introduced INTO the 6Educu sCAoOie
instead OF mot in addition TOD much ira
ditional irrelevant matter handed down from
former times and often badly taught in a
-perfunctory manner. and IL such instruction
were afterward continued in the high school
grade the attendance OF students would soon
tax 10 the utmost the provision for instruc-
ton IN agricultural science at the university.
This would go far toward solving the problem
now so commonly discussed: How to keep
the boys on the farm Let the farm once
be made interesting TO the boys and girls
growing up in the country by suitable early
instruction and the tawdry attractions OF city
life would cease to deplete the rural dis
tricts.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
FURTHER LIGHT
As TO CHARGES

HELENA, Mont, Dec 6.-Former
Senator Thomas H. Carter president
of the national commission of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, made
a brief reply to-day to the interview
with President Francis of the exposi
tion company relative to charges Of
corruption made in regard to about
thirty-five out of $4,000 awards. He
said he does not recall when any re-
quest was made to the commission TO
appear before the committee Of five
as stated by President Francis, md
claims that if such were the case the
committee of five would assume the
character of prosecutor when its Iunc-
tions were quasi-iudicial. After re-
ferring to the law in regard to making
awards, President Carter says:
The rules governing the awarding of pre-
miums provide first for group juries sec
ond, department juries. and, third a superior
jury The law provides that the awards shall
be made by the exposition company and ap-
proved by the national commission. As 1 re-
call. the charges file do not apply to the
nected with group jures and persons attempt
ing to deal with them. When the company
shall have made the awards and PASSED them
TO the national commission for approval, then,
ard only then. can the commission properly
! DO not recall any request TO the commits
sion 10 appear before q committee Of FIVE to
present charges. stated by Mr.. Francis,
but # such has been made. the committee
could not assume the character Of a prosecutor
when the law plainly imposed a quasl-judicial
function upon il in the matter Of the proving
or disapproving Of awards made by the COM
pany.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 6.-In reply to the
letter of Thomas H. Carter, president
of the National Worlds Fair Commis-
sion, Major J. G. Panghorn, president
of the United Exhibitors Association,
declares that no intimation of dissat-
isfaction with the findings of the
juries on awards had come to his no
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call
PAS Center Street, Dec. 6.

2148 Center Street, Dec. 6.
Professor +. w. Hilgard in his an
nual report just submitted 70 Presi-
dent Benjamin Ide Wheeler, refers
with special emphasis to the urgent
need Of 2 new building for the agri-
cultural department of the university,
declaring himself as follows:
II is particularly gratifying that simultane-
ously the attendance Of students on the courses
IN agriculture has also materially Increased 50
as 70 render our former accommodations and
appliances fOr instruction painfully inadequate
IN several courses the lecture rooms at our
command have become too small 10 hold the
classes without uncomfortable croWding; ailn
the means Of demonstration which were quite
effective for smaller classes, now prove wholly
inadequate 10 the proper instruction Of the
larger numbers or students. OF which but too
many find IL difficult TO see OF hear with our
present arrangements
The largely increased attendance at
the College of Agriculture is referred
10 I'm the report. Regarding the in
adequacy Of the field area available
~ Berkeley for a university farm, for
instruction and experiment, Professor
Hilgard says:
The unsuitableness OF the location from cli-
matte causes. situated IL Is within the belt
O. extreme coast climate. accentuated by the
direct impact Of the cold summer fogs pouring
through the Colleen Gate, has been repeatedly
adverted 10 IN former reports Hence the
ground avs.la bic has been utilized mainly in
the propagation Of plants and the production
of seeds for distribution TO more representative
regions Of the State: whence. well from
our substations. have come the practically use
ful cultural results from the introduction Of
new plants and the testing Of cultural methods.
The prospective occupancy Of the entire uni
versity site Tor building and other educational
purposes within more or less remote time has
recesssrily prevented the full utilization OF the
available space for purposes Of instruction in
sctual field practice, well the inaugura-
rion Of systematic cultural experimental ton,
even IL the exceptional climatic conditions had
rendered the undertaking profitable.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
LAST SAD RITES OVER
BODY OF W. A. DEANE
Friends Pay Fitting Tribute to the
Memory of San FranciscO's For
mer County Clerk.

Sorrowing friends crowded St.
Mary's Cathedral yesterday to pay
their last tribute of respect TO the
memory of the late William A. Deane.
Expressions of regret were heard on
all sides over the undmely taking OF
of a man loving and loved as was A1r.
Deane.
The employees of the County Clerks
office, many of whom had served. un-
der Mr.. Deane, marched to the Ca
thedral in a body Members OF Sran-
of the World and Altahmos Tribe, I'm
proved Order of Red Men, assembled
outside and awaited the arrival of the
funeral procession. AT the bier State
and county officers. members of the
judiciary and of many fraternal or
ders stood with barred heads bowed in
reverence.
A requiem high mass, with Father
Sesnon as celebrant, was sung under
the direction of Organist r. ]. Harri-
son. Inside the sanctuary were Faith
ers Pendergast, Coyle. McNally, Mal-
ligan and Lynch.
None but immediate relatives Of the
deceased and the Dallbearerss accom-
panied the remains to Holy Gross
Cemetery. At the request of the fam
lily no floral tributes were offered, but
the outpouring Of hundreds of men
who forsoOk their business attested
the popularity of the beloved dead.
After leaving the church the en-
ployes of the County Clerks office
and members of fraternal Organiza-
tions fell into line and acted as escort
down Van Ness avenue to Market
street. The interment was private.
The pallbearers were John j. Greif,
j. j. Cassidy, James McElrOy, IsadOre
Erb, Mark Greedy. Louis ClavelOux.
Philip Hirlemin and Charles Curry.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
Pc. Women Score Point.

Another demurrer to the complaints
OF Mate II. Cartwright and Marian B.
Foster against the Pacific Coast Wom-
ems Press Association was sustained
yesterday by Judge Hunt on the
ground that il cannot be ascertained
from the complaint what were the
rules Of the association that are al
legged in the complaint not to have
been observed when the plaintiffs were
expelled from membership. Mrs. Fos-
ter and Mrs. Cartwright are each suing
Ter 100000 damages. They We're
s.Nen ten davs in which to amend their
pleadings.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07

given by Mr.. Bishop Of Ye Liberty, was pur-
chased by Mrs. r: S. Emery.
Mrs. Seth Mann will entertain at luncheon
tomorrow for Mrs John Tregloan
Mrs j. Loran Pease will be at home first
and third Wednesdays.
ALAMEDA. Dec. s.-August Hinrichs and
for the benefit of the health of young son,
have written to friends here that they will re-
turn Thursday.
Improved Order of Red Men, will hold its an
nual ball in Harmonic Hall tomorrow nighes
of Herman Rissman. Miss Margaret Schneider.
Miss Lily Norman. Miss Clemence Ledeme.
Miss Anita Rawlinson and Andrew Webb
Two hundred and fifty dollars was netted
as result of the ball given by the students
of the Alameda High School in Assembly Hall
Saturday night for the benefit of the tennis
court fund.
On Friday Rev. Gilman Parker and Mrs.
of their wedding. They were the recipients
of many congratulations from the members of
the First Baptist Church, of which Mr. Parker
is pastor. Among the gifts received by the
pastor was wel-filled purse from his flock.
Students OF the Alameda High School gave
"Tennis Racket and Fancy Dress Bali In
Assembly Hall Saturday. Booths were con-
Quoted by the various classes ana the pro-
ceeds of the joint affair will go to the athletic
fund of the school.
Every number of the programme at the
union meeting of the sections of the Adclphien
Club held Saturday musical and all of
the singers and players were members of the
Mansfeldt Club Among the. performers were
Miss Ethel Duke. Miss Elizabeth Mills. Miss
Julia Thorp. Miss Helen Stocking. Miss Joan
Baldwin Mrs. Waiter Longbotham. Mrs.
George II. Perry and Miss Fernando Pratt.
Mrs. I. n. Chapman, president of the AdeI-
phian Club, assisted in directing the pro-
, gramme.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
Central Committee to Meet.

OAKLAND, Dec. 6.-The Republi-
can City Central Committee will meet
Thursday evening in Judge j. G.
Quinns courtroom, Eighth street and
Broadway, to commence work on the
forthcoming municipal campaign. The
primaries will be held in January.