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The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
CANNOT DIVORCE
HIS INSANE WIFE
Charles w. Poole Loses His Suit--Un-
happy Couples Would Be Free
of Bonds.

OAKLAND, June Judge ogden
to-day denied the petition of Charles
w. Poole for a divorce from Elizabeth
X. Poole. The wife is in the insane
asylum, but was represented by an at
torney.
Edith Kornfield to-day was granted
a divorce from Nathan Kornfield on
the grounds of extreme cruelty and
willful neglect. She was also given the
custody of their children and SIS a
month alimony.
Louise Wemmer was granted a di-
vorce to-day on a cross-complaint
from Caspar Wemmer, who sued ner
for divorce on the ground of unfaith-
fulness. She alleged cruelty on hrs
part and won the decree.
Suit for divorce was begun to-day
by Ethel P. Carney against Joseph
Carney on the ground of failure to
provide.
Mary Grace Carr has instituted d.
vorce proceedings against Thomas X.
Carr on the ground of failure to pro-
vide
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
COOPERATIVE MEAT MARKET
WILL OPEN SATURDAY
First Carload of Meat Arrives-COOks
and Walters Hold Pleasant
Smoker


OAKLAND, June 2.-The first car
load of meat for the Cooperative
Meat Company has arrived in Oakland
and the market will be opened next
Saturday. The wholesale department
of the business will be located at the
Produce Exchange, and no retail
business will be done there. The
branch market at Seventh and Broad
way will be open for business next
Saturday morning. This will be the
only retail shop at present. but later
other branches will be opened in other
parts of the city.
The Cooks and Walters Union held
a smoker Tuesday night at their
local headquarters, the occasion being
the special meeting called for the pur-
pose of signing an agreement with
the individual restaurant owners.
There was no change in the agree
ment and the schedule of wages and
hours is the same as that of last
year.
Sanitary Inspector Stewart F. Gem
nell will be the guest of honor at. the
banquet which is to be given by the
Plumbers Union to the Master
Plumbers Association on Wednesday
evening, June Is. at the headquarters
of the Building Trades Council.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
DOVE PARTY.

OAKLAND June 2.-For originality and
general uniqueness the dove party given by
Miss Helene Burrell last Saturday night, with
Miss Agnes Forgie as the motif, would most
certainly be awarded the proverbial confec
tionery. Miss Forgie is contemplating matri
mony and as so short a time-next Tuesday
is the wedding day-of her bachelor girlhOOd
remains Miss BurreIl planned entertain
ment for her friend that is still being talked
about and enjoyed all over again by the nine
merry participants.
In the first place arrangements were made
to accommodate the guests all night in Mrs.
J. p. Burrell's artistic little fiat on Thirteenth
street and then quaint Invitations in verse
were lsent to the chosen ones.
There were regrets and all arrived
promptly. The merriment began when the
game of "sned'' hearts introduced. Sew
eral games were played and the prize was
awarded to the winning, or rather losing.
bride-elect 1t was way into the wee sma'
hcurs', before the nodding nine succumbed
to Morpheus allurements and sought repose
Next morning the girls enjoyed delightful
breakfast, the table being prettily decorated
with rose leaves and maidenhair ferns. Straw
berries were served in dainty baskets, which
were later carried away souvenirs of the
occasion Just before the jolly party dis
banded a basket which apparently was filled
with rose leaves opened II by magic and
showered the bride with eight pairs of lace
friends
Miss Burrelrs guests were Miss Agnes
Forgie Miss Pink Forgie. Miss Alma Nolan
Miss Helen Fuller, Miss Jess Spangler Miss
Clara Hoagland. Miss June Chapelle and Mrs.
Laurence SpanSler.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
st. Francis de Sales Picnic.

OAKLAND, June 2.-The annual
picnic of st. Francis de Sales parish
will take place on Wednesday, June
29, at Sunset Park. The committees
in charge Of the picnic are:
General committee of arrangements-Father
Mcsweeny (chairman), p. J. Ryan. ID. Crow
ley r. N. Hanrahan r. MONTGOMERY, c. f.
Chisholm, b. McFadden, Z. Hogan. L. Mortar
ity j. LampiDE. James Keller. James Coax
ley, N. Gallagher, e. Dolan. Ed Fitzgerald.
NJ. Sneneer, c. Fieweger. Rev Father Culi
(secretary).
Committee printing and advertising--
p N. Hanrahan (chairman), p. j. Ryan, X.
MONTGOMERY j. Kenney, G. r. Chisholm
Committee on prizes-N Gallagher, M.
Spencer J. Keller. ], Lamping.
Committee games-Rev Father Cantweli,
d. Crowley, c. #. Chisholm, NJ. Guthrie
Committee music-P ]. Ryan, 2. N.
Hanrahan. F.. Dolan.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
UNIVERSITY EVENTS

BERKELEY, June 2-Dr George F. Nut
ting who was graduated from the medical de-
partment in 1881. has been honored by the
Royal Society of England, which has conferred
fellowship upon him. The award to DR..
Nuttall is distinctly complimentary to Amer
leans, for he is the first man from this country
ito be so honored. Dr. Nutting has been
abroad a large part of his time studying and
has lately acted as lecturer in bacteriology and
preventive medicine at the University of Cam
bridge.
Eustace Furlong, student assistant in pail
eontology. has gone to Nevada to search for
fossil remains. From Nevada he Will go to
Shasta in the hope of exhuming more fossil
bones from the Shasta limestone caves.
Professor Edward c. Armstrong, associate
professor in French and Italian at the Johns
Hopkins University has accepted the invita-
ton of the university to give instruction at
the summer school. He will fill the place that
the death Of Professor Marius Spinello has
caused in the summer school faculty.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03

a second million dollars as the estab-
lished and going" value of the plant.
The company claims a net income
from the city of $595, 900, and alleges
that under the new rates its net in
come will figure only 21s per cent on
valuation instead of the per cent de-
manded
Much stress is laid upon the Judge
Hart decision, the complainant set
ting forth the legal history of that
case in considerable detail. Concerning
that phase. City Attorney McElroy
said.
believe this new suit is a good argument
IN favor Of pressing the citys appeal in the
Hart case. There are many points in that
with benefit TO the city in this Circuit Court
case The appeal is being carried on rap
idly as possible.
The City Council tonight, in con-
ference with Mayor Olney and City
Attorney McElroy, discussed the mat
ter of employment of special counsel
in the water rates suit. The names of
John CARRIER, r. M. Fitzgerald and
William r. Davis were presented. The
Mayor and City Attorney were chosen
to decide who shall be selected. Fur
ther conference will be held tomorrow
evening.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
DISCUSS PUBLIC
WATER WORKS
0aklanders Listen to a De-
bate on the Question
of Municipal Ownership
REASONS PRO AND CON
II Would Not Have a City
Own a Dog or Cat" Says
Colonel John p. Irish.
oakland Office San Francisco Call.


1915 Broadway. June 2.
The advisabiIity of bonding the city
Of Os kland for municipal water works
was discussed by Colonel John P. Irish
Of this city and E P. z. Troy of San
Francisco this evening at Forester Hail.
before. the Oakland Common Good Al
/ lance. Colonel Irish in beginning his
remarks said that he wished to contra
dict a statement published in a San
/ Francisco daily that he was to take the
affirmative on a question of this kind.
Il would not have a city own a dog
or cat" he said '~The function of
government is to govern. and<a govern
memt has no business to be in busi-
ness"
Colonel Irish had come prepared to
disc uss rather the advisabiIity of bond
ing Fhe city for public improvements.
and he was heartily in favor of thisL
Anything that will tend to beautify y
the city and make it attractive for set-
tiers 1 am in favor Of" he said. 'Parhrs,
schoolhouses and good streets are
necessary TO an up-to-date city"
ARGUES FOR CITY'S OWNERSHIP
Troy in answering this statement
said that he was not against public
improvements, but he believed mu-
ni,sipal ownership Of water works to be
of the first Importance, and was pre-
pared to speak on this part of the pub
lie Improvement scheme. Your other
schemes can waft- A new City Hall is
not a necessity, but by common con-
sent an adequate supply of water is a
public need and is entitled to prece-
dence over all other public improve
ments. To-day only six of the twenty
nine towns of over 100000 population
in Great Britain receive water from
private companies. OF the 141 bor-
oughs other than county horoughs in
England and Wales 139 have municipal
water supply Among fifty-ffve German
cities of moIte than $4,000 population
only two have private water works
WHAT OTHER TOWNS LEARNED.
The speaker quoted from reports on
municipal ownership in the United
States to show that as an investment
it was a good thing.
In reply Colonel Irish said that most
of the reports quoted failed to prove
anything. In none of the cities in this
country could it be told what the water
really cost the cities, as deficits were
charged to the general fund and the
taxpayers. "If, however, you want to
prove this, issue bonds to cover the
plant you are TO establish and let them
not be a lien on the property of the
city. 1 have no objection to your try
ing this and seeing where you will
land"
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
OLD ROMANCE
FINDS ALTAR
Child Wife of Many Years
Ago Remarries Husband
and FuifilIs Life Dream
PSYCHIC GAVE HER CUE
Clara Cunningham Invokes
Occult Aid to Regain
the Love of Her Youth
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1O16 Broadway. June 2.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1915 Broadway. June 2.
After eighteen years of separation
under strange circumstances, Robert
S. Cunningham and Clara NJ. Cum
ningham, his child-wife of eighteen
years ago, were reunited at the altar
here to-day.
They were children together at
Portland, Or, and he was a man of %
years she child of 16 when the first
marriage made them one. The cere-
mony was without her parents con-
sent and they had the marriage an
nulled. Cunningham. was broken
hearted and his girl-wife was miser-
able. But in time their families and
they drifted apart and years sepa-
ratedi them from their great sorrow.
Often in happy dreams the young
woman heard the footsteps of her hus-
bands return, and to discover him and
take up again the broken threads of
affection became. the passion of her
life.
Far and near she looked, watched
psychic in Rochester, n. Y, told her
Indl cunningham was IN OdIl IRAN
cisco. Believing the story with the
fervor of devotee, she began inVes-
legations and finally discovered that
her former husband, still unmarried,
was a detective with Morse's agency
in San Francisco.
She tremblingly wrote him the story
of her love; her long search; her
dream of reunion. Fervently she
implored him to recall the affection of
the long ago and begin life in mature
years where they had begun 1t in the
sunny hours of youth.
The letter deeply impressed the
lonely Cunningham. who had suffered
in silence for half a lifetime, for often
in memory he heard the voice and
saw the face that had charmed him in
the long ago.
He could not wait to answer her ap-
peal by mail, but hastily replied to her
questions by a long telegram-and
every answer was yessa So it was not
long before plans were. made for a.
Western trip, and on the shores of
the Pacific the old lovers met and
were married here to-day. brought to-
gether as If by a magician's wand.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
Concert hr RomIands-

OAKLAND, June 2.-Clement Row
lands, who expects to leave for Eu-
rope in July, will give a concert at
Maple Hall on Friday evening, June
10. Mr. Rowlands himself would be
drawing card enough, but he will be
assisted by several talented singers,
including Miss Carolyn Crew, Mrs.
Carrie Brown Dexter and Frederick
Veaco of San Francisco. Mrs. DeX-
ter's artistic work is familiar to the
public. but Miss Crew is not so we'll
known. It is enough, however, to
saw that she has an exquisite lyric
soprano, which recently created quite
a Juror when she sang before the
critical Wednesday Morning Club.
Mr.. Veaco is a tenor-in fact, one of
the very few real tenOrs on the coast
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
MAN OF MILLIONS REFUSES
TO SETTLE LAUNDRY BILL
Erik Lindblom Dodges Collectors and
Leaves Oakland Without Pay
ing the Debt.

OAKLAND. June ERIK Lind
blom, millionaire and Klondike
king, has disappeared from Oak
land without going through the
formality of settling a laundry bill
amounting to $74. Collectors and
Deputy Sheriffs have been on the
track. of the king of the frozen north
for days, but he has succeeded in
dodging them all and making his get
away unobserved.
A suit to recover the money was
brought a few days ago by w. E..
Dean in behalf of the Oakland White
Star Laundry Association. Collect
ors were dispatched in all haste to the
Lindblom residence. but he was
never in. A young woman always
answered the bell and smilingly stated
that she was not at liberty to. tell just
where Mr.. Lindblom could be To-
Gated. To-day the man of millions
is said to have made good his escape
and is supposed to be aboard a
steamer bound for some foreign port.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
PUPILS OF ST. JOSEPH'S
INSTITUTE GRADUATE
Closing Exercises of Boys Department
Held in St. Patrick's Hall, West
Oakland.

OAKLAND, June 2.-The closing
exercises of the boys department of
st. Joseph's Institute at West Oakland
were held this evening in the audi
torium adjoining ST. Patrick's Church.
After a musical and literary pro-
gramme the Rev. ). b. McNally, pas
tor of the parish, delivered am ad-
dress on Catholic Education"
The principal feature of the even
ing's entertainment was the presenta-
ton of three-act drama entitled
THE Rightful Heir by the boys of
the institute. Following is the cast of
characters:
,Stanislaus, King Of Sarmatia, John Donohue
Edmund, the rghtful heir. f. McAllister
Prince Rudolph. accepted heir, Elmer Lord
Oberto; honest farmer. George Nolan;
Elvino. Of Oberto, Arthur King; Starron,
viIlainous confident Of the Prince, Edmund
Keller; Kalaig a reduced gentleman an up
right man, John Griffin; Molino, villager,
Gregory Hasan courtiers. Marino. Kent Finni-
gan: Cernano Frank Greedy: Dorio. Matthew
Rudch; guards. Urso. George Divine: Marco
William Whitney; Frank servant. Edward
O'Brien.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
VOTE To MOVE
PACIFIC PRESS
Plant Belonging to Cali
fornia Adventists' Con-
ference Gets New Home
GIVE UP A DEPARTMENT
Delegates of the Church
Work Out Some Important
Changes at Tent Meeting
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call.


214S Center Street, June 2
Within six months the Pacific Press,
the corporation that has proved mine
to the Seventh Day Adventist church
Of this State. will be manufacturing
hits wares at Mountain View. A reso-
luton for this change was passed to-
day at a business meeting of the Cali
forniaS Conference. of Seventh Day Ad-
ventists.
A building will be erected upon a
grant of land that has been made by
the people of Mountain View. As soon
as that building is finished the Pacific
Press will be moved from Oakland,
where it has been for twenty-five
years. 1t is proposed to dispose of
the old building at Twelfth and Castro
streets and also the church at Twelfth
and West streets.
The change is due to the sale of the
checkbook department of the Pacific
Press to a private corporation. The
church people in command of the pub
fishing company found that their con-
tracts for checkbook tablets required
them to print many checks for saloons
and other questionable businesses and
this was distasteful.
Acting on the recommendation of the
directors another resolution was passed
to-day calling for. the absorption by
the Pacific Press of the California
Tract Society, which has always been
a separate institution for the sale of
books manufactured by the Pacific
Press. BY selling its own wares direct
the Pacific Press people will save the
middleman's profit and thus make up
the deficit threatened by the loss of
the checkbook department. Hereafter
only denominational work will be car
ried on by the Pacific Press
The report of the committee on Gre
dentials, which was adopted, recon-
mended that the following named be
ordained as ministers: ]. w. Bagby.
Andrew Brorsen, NJ. H. Brown, NJ. E.
Cady, ]. O. Corliss, D. T Zero, c. Nj.
Gardner, E. j. Hibbard, M. c. Israel,
A. S. kellogg, C. E. Leland, ]. n.
Loughborough, C. n. Marlin, M. N. c.
Mcclure Isaac Morrison, A j. Osborn,
B. F. Richards, j. D. Rice. G. w. Rine,
H. A. st. John, E. D. Sharp, c. L.
Taylor, NJ. C. Wilcox, A. Schlotte and
B. II. Howe.
The Lodi German church, which was
organized on May "a, was admitted to
the conference by unanimous vote. The
church has twelve members and thirty
Sabbath children.
A large part of this afternoon was
devoted to addresses by members of
the conference on the subject of health.
The speakers were DR.. b. F. Richards,
DR.. T. ]. Evans. Elder ]. Z. Burden,
E. ]. Bowen, Mrs. Anna Morrison, j.
F. Haynes. A. j. Bourdeau. A. ]. Os-
borne, Mrs. A. c. Bainbridge and DR..
A. 7. Jones.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
PLAN HOTEL
FOR OAKLAND
Great HOstelry Projected
by Leading Citizens and
Much Stock Is Subscribed
WILL DRAW TOURISTS
Option on Merritt Property,
Now Owned by Bowdoin
College, Has Been Offered
Oakland ONCE San Francisco Call,

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1016 Broadway, June 2.
Oakland seems about to realize its
ambition for a new hotel that will
combine not only commercial but
tourist features. The project was
launched last week at the annual
banquet of the Oakland Board of
Trade, and nearly s75, 900 was then sub
scribed in less than ten minutes. A
committee of citizens is in charge of
the work of organizing a stock COM
pany and collecting subscriptions. This
committee is headed by G. H. King,
the originator of the plan, and includes
these weil-knQwn Oakland citizens:
William G. Palmanteer, manager of the
Central Bank: Isaac Requa, capitalist
and president of the Oakland Bank of
Savings: William ]. Dingee. president
of the Contra Costa Water Company;
Frank c. Havens, manager of the
Realty Syndicate; William G. Hen
shaw, president of the Union Savings
Bank; E. G. Lukens, president of the
Judson Powder Company, and George
c. Perkins, United States Senator.
This committee has already got down
to work and announces that it has In
sight subscriptions amounting to about
$780, 200, or one-half of what is required
to build the hotel. 1t is proposed to
have the full amount where it can be
used before work is begun.
BOwDOIN COLLEGE PROPERTY.
The general features of the enter
prise have already been determined.
The proposed site is the former Mer-
ritt property, square block of land
bounded by Jackson, Madison, Twelfth
and Thirteenth streets. This is now
owned by the trustees of Bowdoin Col
lege, to which it was left by DR.. Sam
uel Merritt Bowdoin College is. far
away in Maine and has no use for nom
productive property in Oakland. 1t
would rather have the money in hand
and w. j. Daymance announced to the
committee that he had secured an op-
tion from the college upon the property
for $45 900, he to take his commission
out of that sum. The commission
amounts to $1,000. and he offers the prop
erty to the proposed hotel company for
just exactly what the college has
other words, he donates his commits
sion to the project.
C. H. King last evening gave din
ner to a number of prominent citizens
of Oakland, those present being w. G.
Palmanteer, NJ. j. Laymance, w. e.
Dargie, H. c. CapweIl, Charles j.
Heeseman, Bert Reynolds, Henry A.
Buffers, Colonel j. c. McMullen, DR..
H. G.. Thomas, Charles Z. Shook, ]. c.
Klein, Frank G. Havens, A. H. Breed,
Emil Lehnhart and w. ]. Laymance.
The hotel project was discussed from
different points of view, and 1t was the
unanimous opinion of those present
that the movement should be started at
once. 1t was decided that c.. II. King
should be made the chairman, of COM
mittee that would take the project in
hand, Mr.. King to name his assistants
later This was done this afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
Marriage Licenses.

OAKLAND, June 2.-The following
marriage licenses were issued to-day
by the County Clerk: Ernest II. Rus
sell, %, Oakland, and Frances r.
simmons, 27, San Francisco; Charles
B. Bennett, 26, Haywards, and Char
.lotte e. Rees, 26, Oakland; Samuel J.
Van Ornum, over 81, Pasadena, and
Catherine M. Carlisle. over IS, Berke-
Iley; Oscar t. Barber, over 21, San
Francisco, and jake E. Johnson, over
Is. Alameda: Robert s. Cunningham,
40, San Francisco, and. Clara M. Cum
ningham, "a, Rochester, N. Y.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
Proposes Town Hosnital.

BERKELEY, June Mrs. Clara
M. Partridge has invited the people of
Berkeley to meet at her home, 2413
Milvia street, tomorrow evening to
discuss proposition to raise funds to
equip an emergency hospital. A num-
Der of accidents that have occurred re-
Gently have shown that the town needs
an institution of the kind and an eff
fort will be made through the citizens
to provide one.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03

MARTIN JURY DIsAGREES -AAIANdEDA.
June 2-Rudolph Martin charged by Mrs.
Frances Hager with battery was tried in the
City Justice court this afternoon and result
ed in a disagreement the part OF the jury
Martin had been accused by the woman OF
welding an evil influence over her daughter
and she alleged that when she went to re-
monstrate with him he battered her with his
fists
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
Old Master Mariner Dies.

BERKELEY. June 2.-Captain
Rafael Caspar DemOro. a master
mariner, whose early life was full. of
adventures on the seas, passed away
at his home at 1884 Telegraph avenue
to-day at the age of SO years Cap
tain DemOro came to California in
1852, and eighteen years ago. after
his retirement from the sea. took up
his residence in Berkeley. He leaves
a widow and five children.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
Lose husband and children.

OAKLAND, June 2. -. Florence
Richards and her actor husband were
unable last night to agree upon the
disposition to be made of their three
children and when the final order in
their divorce suit came to be made to-
day in the absence of a stipulation
the children were taken from the
mother and given to the father.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
Marry at st. Francis.

A quiet wedding was celebrated at
the St Francis Hotel last evening. the
contracting parties being Alexander B..
Hill, capitalist of Petaluma, and Ada
&C. Fairbanks, sister of Colonel Fair
banks, banker of the same city. The
marriage ceremony was performed by
the Rev, DR.. Adams
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
Pollceman Merrlck suspended.

OAKLAND, June Policeman
Thomas Merrick has been suspended
from duty pending a hearing by the
Police Commissioners on a charge. of
drunkenness. Sergeant of Police
Frank Lynch filed a report that he
found Merrick intoxicated in the
Twenty-third avenue lookup.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
DIR. r. G. McCIeave ELECTED,

OAKLAND. June 2.-Dr. T. c. Nc
-CIeave was to-day elected visiting phv-
sician of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Institute at Berkeley He succeeds
DR.. o. d. Hamlin, who resigned to so
East.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03

INVESTIGATING sCANDAIl.oAKLAND
June e. The Grand Jury met to- day and
took up the investigation of the scandal in
relation to the printing OF the Fruitvale pub
lie school William Grubb, a School Director
is charged with having collected a discount on
The work given out BY him.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
Charged With Theft.

OAKLAND, June 2.-Frank c..
Taylor has been arrested on a charge
of stealing a watch from, the Rev. j.
Schnuder's residence, 526 Seventeenth
streeJ, on Memorial day.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03

O'GARA ARRESTED.-OAKLAND June 2.
day, the charge being that he swore that
Mary Dunning was Is years Of age when he
got marriage license though he knew she
was younger.