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The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
Resume Gas Rate Hearing.

The investigation of the San Fran
cisco Gas and Electric Company, with
a view to fixing the rate for the ensu-
ing year, was continued last night by
the Board of Supervisors, Supervisor
Sanderson presiding. The brunt of the
cross-ouestioning of the eompany's ex-
pert witnesses, Allan Pollak and Sam
mel Napthaly, devolved upon Super
visor Gallagher. Gallagher attempted
by browbeating and batting to trip the
witnesses, but failed to gain his point.
Statements were submitted by the
company, showing the apportionment
of expense of salaries to gas and cleo
tricity. The hearing will be continued
Monday at $780,
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
NEWS OE ALAMEDA COUNTY

DISTRIBUTES EsTATE-Oakland. Feb. "a.
An order was made to-day by Judge Ogden
Cooke to her three children, Joseph p, Will
liam G. and Grace M Cooke. The estate is
valued at $3I s64 3D.
HIDDEN COIN sToLEN-Oakland. Feb "a
Company store .5o7 @ Sixteenth Gsps street t early
this morning and stole $40 that was hidden in
room. The police believe the thieves knew
where the coin had been secreted.
ROGER FRIENDS FUNERAL.-OakIand.
Feb. "a The funeral of the late Roger B.
Friend will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30
O'clock from the residence of Thomas Crellin,
1894 Alice street. This time has been chosen
in order that the Rev. William Nat Friend
of Colorado brother may be present
SUES ALEXANDER ESTATE-Oakland.
Feb. 24.-Sut begun to-day by A ].
Fulnner against the estate of the late Mil
lionaire. s T. Alexander, for .sis. 400 which the
of lease of ranch in Happy Valley Shasta
County. with a years crops on it.
MARRIAGE LIcENsEs-oakland. Feb. "a.
The following marriage licenses Were issued
by the County Clerk to-day: John Winters.
25. and Elizabeth c. Costello. 10, both of Oak
land; Fred Cerruti: 2l. and Rosa Ratti, II.
both OF Oakland: Manuel S. Smas, over 21
Centeryille, and Mary Valencia. over 49, Warm
Springs.
FORM NEW CoMPANY-oakland Feb. "a.
Articles of Incorporation of the Mason Nc
Duffie Company were fled with the County
Clerk to-day. The directors are: Joseph j.
Mason Duncan McDufie. Louis Titus, James
Mason, Clarence C. Dakin The capital stock
is s25. 900. divided into shares of the par value
of 500 each.
DEMENTED MAN DIsAPPEARs.-oak-
land, Feb 24.-Frank Gonzales who is said
to be demented, has been missing for week
from NJ Pietro's residence at Haywards, where
he had been visiting. Gonzales came from
San Bernardino two months ago for his health
He is 35 years old Friends traced him to
Irvington but there lost all trace of the man.
WOULD REVIVE OLD sUIT-oakIand
Feb. 24.--An Intellectual attempt was made to-
day by Louise Matthai of Napa to revive an
old suit she brought some years ago against
tho estate OF the late George C. Stanley. She
alleges that Stanley dug $25. 600 worth of
magnesite out of claim she owns in Napa
County. Stanley shot by her brother
Frank in fight over the claim. Judge Hall
held that the right to bring the suit had now
lapsed.
NOTED MEN TO TALK.-Oakland, Feb. "a
The programme for the County Institute of
Teachers is being prepared by Superintendent
T. o. Crawford and he announces that Lieu
tenant Colonel "A. M. Lochwtzky recently es-
capped from Siberia. and Dr. Bigelow Of STAN
ford Conn, have agreed to address the as
sembled teachers. Lochwitzkys tale is high
ly recommended by President David Starr Jor-
don. DR.. Bgelow needs encomiums. The
dates for the institute March 81 2S and 20
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
MOURN DEATHS
At UNIVERSITY
Impressive Services Held on
Campus in Memory of the
Dead of the Colleges
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,

berkeley OInce san francisco Call,
214S Center street, Feb "a.
With bowed heads and in hushed
tones, students and faculty of the
University of California this morning
paid tribute to the college dead who
have passed away during the last year.
This annual memorial service was held
at IL o'clock in Harmon gymnasium.
Ordinarily this service is held on Feb
ruary 26, the anniversary, of Joseph LIE
Conte's birthday, but as that date falls
on Sunday this year, to-day was chos-
en- instead.
Professor Elmer E. Brown, head of
the department of education, delivered
the address. The invocation was Of
fered by Rev. Z. r.. Ollie of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church of Oak
land
William H. Dehm, president of the
Associated Students. read the list of
names of faculty members, alumni and
students who have died in the last
twelvemonth. The Glee Club rem
dered appropriate music.
The names of those whose deaths
were commemorated to-day follow:
Marius Joseph Spinello. died Nav 90.
1904; Hans Herman Bahr, professor in
College of Pharmacy, March g. 1904
John Mitchell, armorer, May 2, 1904
John Kellner, gardener of College of
Agriculture, August 30, 1904 Mary
Anna Tabor, '04, died May 9, 1904; Mrs.
Mary Bollanger Coulston summer
school, July II, 1904; Oscar Craig
Smith, '0S College of Mining, August
21, 1904.
At O'Clock the members of the
Golden Bear, an honor society, of
which Professor LIE Conte was a MEM
Der, proceeded in body from the Uni
versity library to the lie Conte oak,
placing a wreath on the LIE Conte tab
let beneath the tree
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
wants Health Board Enjoined.

John Olson, lessee of the dairy and
milking sheds at % Berlin street, yes
terday sued for an injunction to pre-
vent the Board of Health from COM
pelling him to vacate the premises
on October 20 last the board cited him
to show cause why his place should
not be declared unsanitary and the
hearing was had on November IL. IN
his complaint he reviews the testi-
mony of his witnesses as evidence OF
his contention that he kept the dairy
IN 40 clean a condition as was possible
and did not allow the offal of his COR
rails to run into the streets He says
the neighborhood is sparsely settled
and the dairy is not offensive.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
WIFE DESP AIRS
OF GOOD LUCK
Prospector Deserts His Home
and Must Now Answer for
a Seven Years Absence
MORAGAS TO SEPARATE
Aged Spaniard Accuses His
Spouse of Kicking Him and
Calling Him an Indian
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

Oakland Office San Francisco Call.
1915 Broadway, Feb. "a.
Tired of waiting longer for her hus-
prospecting near Colfax for gold,
Christina Lewis this afternoon charged
him with desertion and told Judge Hall
that he had failed to give her any sup
port.
They were married at San Francisco
in 1879 and have three children. Her
husbands name is w. S. Lewis and he
is still digging for the gold that so far
has never materialiZed. The hearing
was continued until Tuesday.
Mary Butler was granted an inter-
locutory degree of divorce from
Thomas Butler, former business agent
for the Carpenters Union, this MORN
ing on the grounds of habitual intem-
perance and cruelty. He said his dizzy
spells which caused him sometimes to
fall from a chair or bed were the re-
suit of fall he sustained some years
ago. The Judge said something about
fall off water-wagon and granted
the wife her petition and s22 so a month
alimony.
Suit for divorce on the ground of
cruelty was begun to-day by Gabriel
Y. Moraga, after whom Moraga Valley
was named, against Ella F. Moraga of
Berkeley. He says she kicked him and
called him an Indian. They have seven
children. May ]. Nelson has asked for
a divorce from Oscar Nelson on the
ground of desertion. They had only
been married a short time, when one
day he left her. a final decree of di-
vorce was granted DR.. J. M. Young Of
Alameda to-day from Jennie Young on
the ground of desertion.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
Thieves Get Small Booty.

BERKELEY, Feb. 24-Louis Hell
lans and James Gross told Marshal
Kerns to-day that they were held up
last night two masked men in Hell
lans' house at Josephine and Rose
streets in North Berkeley The thieves
took from Hellans "a Is and from
Gross a single dollar. Hellans lives
alone, Gross being an employe of his
who sleeps in the barn. Gross de-
clares that he was forced to go to the
house with the masked men, who
compelled Hellans at the point of a
revolver to disgorge what money he
had in the place.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
VERDI BENEFIT CONCERT
is A SUCCESSFUL EVENT
Audience Is Large and instrumental
Performers and VOcalists Win
Great ADDlauSe.

=
More than 200 local instrumental
performers and singers were on the
Alhambra stage last evening at the
Verdi monument fund benefit con-
cert. There were two conductors.
Minetti and James Hamilton Howe of
the Howe Club. In addition to the
orchestra and chorus three of the
artists of former Tivoli grand opera
season, Nine. Roma and Signors Cor
test and Borghese, together with Mrs.
Edith Scott Basford, contralto, and
Miss Grace Freeman, violinist, ap-
peared The audience was large and
enthusiastic. The programme as pre-
viously published was adhered to
without change. This included of
Verdi the "Nabucco'' and .'Sicilian
Vespers'' overtures, the quartet from
'Rigoletto' and the finale of act three
of "Ernani."
Of course the great piece was the
"RigolettO' quartet, with Roma, Mrs
Scott Basford, Cortesi and Borghese.
The orchestra and chorus were very
effective jointly in the march and cho-
rus from 'Tannhauser.' The orches-
ira was large and entirely satisfactory.
The chorus work, in addition to the
''Tannhauser" number included a
chorus from Paradise Lost by Du-
bois; the ''Ernani'' scene and two un-
accompanied numbers. Miss Grace
Freeman distinguished herself partic-
ularly in the allegro of Saint-Saens
concerto. In addition to the numbers
already mentioned the orchestra had
the minuet by Belzoni, has been
played by the orchestra before. In
the "Ernani" number Borghese was
the soloist.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
v ANT STRICIER
DIVORCE LAWS
Lawyer. Clergyman and
University President Dis
cllss Grave Social Evil
MAYOR OLNEY JUDICIAL
Says Breaking of Marriage
Bonds Sometimes Saves
Souls of Welded Slaves

Berkeley Off1ce San francisco Call,
214s Center street, Feb. "a.
Four distinguished representatives of
the educational. the civil and the re-
ligious life of the community spoke
this evening at ST. Marks Epis-
copal Church on Phases Of the
Divorce Problem" Addresses were
delivered, by invitation of the
Rev. e. L. Parsons, the rector, by
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler Of the
State University, Mayor Warren Olney
of Oakland and the Rev. c. r. Brown
of the First Congregational Church of
Oakland. Bishop William Ford Mich
OILS, one of the invited speakers, was
absent because of illness and sent a
letter of regret. Among other things
President Wheeler said:
Without home. society is farce. civilization
worse than CONFUSION. After all, we have to
come back to the woman as the fountain and
the handspring of all goodness of everything
that is spiritual and ethereal and conserva-
tive in society. Woman is the conservator of
our civilization. / am praying every day
educated as our mothers were. in the old.
fashioned way, whose home was their king
dom and whose kingdom was their home.
Mayor Olney of Oakland defended
divorce in cases where evident good
resulted from severance of matrimonial
bonds, he said:
l recall three cases that came within my
experience a lawyer and citizen where three
women obtained divorces, and in each case the
woman was released from a Calling bond that
fettered her life and warped her soul. Each
woman remarked. and the marriage Of each
was happy. There was blessing as a result
and the souls OF those women in the broader
sense were saved by their divorces and re-
marriage. You will judge. then that / ap-
prove of divorce when 1t operates in cases like
the three l mention. But 1 believe divorce
should be applied for with caution, granted
with scrupuous care. and only when an Of
f1cer of the court. representing society. has
made special investigation of the petition for
divorce, and given the court a report, indie
pendent of the testimony offered by witnesses
before the Judge. l believe that uniform di-
law would be decided advantage TO
society.
Rev. C. r. Brown, as a representa-
tive of the church, denounced that
false liberty which permitted more
than $4,000 divorces in one year in this
country. against 10000 in all of Europe
in the same year. He cited England g
record of 52S divorces in year, COM
pairing it with the 25.000 in America,
and charged the difference to the craze
for individual freedom, degenerating
into license.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
Failure to Tell Witnesses
Nature Of the Document
Spoils Its Legal Effect
WIDOW GETS ONLY PART
Brother and Sister of George
ID. Hall Make a Successful
Contest Against Testament
Oakland Office San Francisco Call

lUl0 broadway, r eD. L4
Failure to tell two witnesses that the
document they were signing their
names to was his will resulted in the
setting aside to-day of what purported
to be the will of the late George d. Hall
of 2246 San Jose avenue, Alameda, in
which he leaves his entire estate to his
wife, and his brother Henry H. Hall
and his sister Helena Crocker in conse-
quence are each entitled to an eighth
of $13,S22 72 cash in bank.
Hall decided all his real estate in the
city of Alameda to his wife prior to his
death. but the money in bank he left
her in a sort of bill of sale, which he
had e. L. Reese and Charles H. Hubbs
OF San Francisco witness, telling them
at the time that by the paper his wife
would get all that he had at his death.
This was held by Judge Ogden not to
be in accordance with the law and he
refused to admit it to probate. Notice
of appeal to the Supreme Court was
given, the attorneys basing their hopes
on the fact that while the deceased did
not say the document was his will his
language will be construed to be equiv
alent to it.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
"MIKADO" SUNG BY
UNIVERSITY AMATEURS
Prytanean Society Scores Hit on Stape,
Rendering Lyrics and Lines of
Famous Opera.

Prytanean Society Scores Hit on Stare,
Rendering Lyrics and Lines of
Famous Opera.
BERKELEY, Feb. 24.-Gilbert and
Sullivans comic opera, The Mikado,"
was produced tonight at the Mac
donough Theater in Oakland by the
Prytanean Society of the university
for the benefit of the university hospi-
tai fund. The theater was crowded to
overfiowing. The production scored
more than the hit usually made by
college performers before college
audience. The attempt to render in
fitting style the music and lines of the
opera was more ambitious than most
dramatic essays of amateurs, and the
success achieved by the Prytaneans
was accordingly the more notable.
Professor Walter Magee appeared as
the Mikado. his splendid voice and fine
stage presence making one of the most
striking bits of work in the produc-
ton. The three little maids from
school were Ethel Meredith, Marguerite
Shoecraft and Mary Ratcliff. Miss
Clara L. Cooper was the Katisha of
the cast and Edwin Rust Ko-ko. Ed
gar Stern sang the part of Pooh-bah,
Chester Moore Pish-tush and McCul-
Tough Graydon Nanki-poo.
The chorus, drilled by Clinton r.
Morse, included the following co-eds
and male students:
Misses Grace Allen Laura Bransford, Jessie
Bowers, Dorothy Burdorf, Alice de Camp.
Louise de Camp Marguerite Daniels Amy
Fisher, Florence Fortson. Bess Hudson Maud
Hunter, Alice Johnson. Mary Kennedy, Helen
Knowlton. Marion Morrow. Bernice McNeal.
Louise Menefes. Margaret Nean Edith Nichols
Edith Ostrander Cora Patton, Ethel Ratclim,
Sue Rose. Ethel Valentine Ethel Wright. Alice
Weymouth. Edna Young, II. Baxter. w. N
Gabriel, A. Gortell. j. Green. c. Linscott, A.
Nnnx A Do
Paden c. A. Shuey. r. NJ. Searls H. f. Hol-
Ter. H. NJ. Hall. z. v Daveler. C. B. Cox. A.
l.. Clark A. Buchanan G. H. Brown g. J.
Anof. J. c. Black. T. E. Ambrose and H.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
MATR0NS WAR AND JUDGES
TAKE FLIGHT IN DESPAIR
Woydy Combat Clears Court
One Justice Seeks Refuge in a Cell
Until the Storm Passes.

wrangling Justice Tappan came out
from cover and was soon reinforced
by Justice Cone. The magistrates
proposed a truce, which was accepted
by the weary women. 1t was stipu-
lated that Mrs. Code, who said Mrs.
Butler owed her for rent and board,
should permit the latter's mother.
Mrs. John Dirks, to search the Code
residence for the articles which Mrs.
Butler alleged her former landlady
had held for the debt. Mrs. Butler
threatened to pull Mrs. Codes hair
upon leaving the courtroom and Mrs.
Code asked for a warrant for Mrs.
Buffers arrest but thisGwas denied.
IF you do not keep the peace, Mrs.
Butler" warned Justice Tappan, "and
leave Mrs. Code alone you are very
likely to be up against another kind
of code that has no hair to pull"
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25

ALAMEDA, Feb. 24.-City Justice
r. B. Tappan and Justice of the Peace
F. S. Cone sitting in bank to-day in a
strenuous endeavor to adjust a dis
pute between Mrs. George Code and
Mrs. Alice Butler over the ownership
OF pair of corsets, two nightSowns,
one yard Of white silk and one bed
sheet, all linen and two yards wide.
were routed from the courtroom by
the rapid fire of epithets and impo-
lite words the irate women hurled at
each other. The magistrates deserted
the bench in despair at achieving
peaceful settlement and fed from the
maddened pair. Justice Tappan
sought refuge in his chambers and
Justice Cone locked himself in cell,
while Mrs. Butler and Mrs. Code ar
gued long and loud in the courtroom.
When the disputants tired of their
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
Heart Disease. Not Murder.

Several wildly excited Chinese
rushed into the Central station last
night and informed the sergeant at the
desk that a compatriot had been mur-
dered in gambling house at II Ross
alley. Detective Thomas Ryan and
Patrolman George c. Badenhauer went
to the address and investigation dis
closed that Quong Bow, fisherman,
had suffered fatal attack of heart
disease and fallen from high stool,
thereby causing injuries to his head,
that led the Chinese to believe he had
been murdered.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
MISCREANTs DISABLE
SEVERAL STREET CARS
MaliciOusly Raid the Power Houses
and Throw Equipment Into the
Waters of TemescaI Creek.

OAKLAND, Feb. 24.-An attempt
was made TO wreck ten cars Of the
Oakland Traction Consolidated last
night at the Telegraph avenue and the
Grove street power-houses. The con-
trollers and fare registers were pulled
out and thrown into Temescal Creek
while the bell cords We're cut and the
cars were otherwise put out of COM
mission.
The work was done after 2 O'Clock
this morning. When the morning
crews reported for duty the condition
Of the cars was discovered. Search
revealed the equipment in the creek
bed.
The company put detectives on the
case. They believe discharged en-
ployes are responsible for the damage.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
Skull Fractured on Pavement.

Frank Raymond, an ex-policeman
is lying at the Harbor Hospital in a
precarious condition. suffering from a
fractured skull. and Augustine Ro-
mani Is at the City Prison, held pend
ing the result of Raymond's injuries.
Romani says that he and two other
Italians approached Raymond at the
corner of Merchant and Montgomery
streets last night and asked him for
match. Raymond made a move for
his hip pocket, and Romani. thinking
he was going to be shot, struck Ray
mond, knocking him to the sidewalk.
Raymonds head struck the sidewalk
and he lay inert. The three men made
no attempt to get away. but failing
to revive him, hurried the unconscious
man to the Central station. The har-
Dor Hospital surgeons believe he will
die.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
Uncle Not Ready to Prosecute.

OAKLAND, Feb. 24.-J. w. Reed,
the grocer at 1912 Clay street. who
captured his nephews, Jesse and Lloyd
Russell, in trap he had set for burg
lars, has not decided to prosecute the
young men. Reed declares that he
has lost $1,000 during the last two
years by petty thievery. The police
will hold the brothers until their uncle
has decided
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
Returns From weber Trial.

Attorney General Webb returned to
the city yesterday from his six weeks
sojourn at Auburn, where he has been
in charge of the prosecution In the
Weber murder case. He says that
there is not the slightest doubt that
the convicted prisoner murdered his
family in cold blood. General Webb
feels that the State should be proud
of the manner in which the case has
been conducted from start to finish
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25

REHFELD AGAIN IN TROCBLE.-In suIte
of numerous fines Mike Rehfeld continues to
sell liquor to soldiers In his resort near the
Presidic. On Tuesday two policemen dressed
as members OF the Sixth Infantry went 10
Rehfeld's place and bought as much liquor
as they wanted. A warrant was sworn out
for his arrest for selling liquor without a
license and when Policeman Mitchell went
to serve it on Thursday the whole of the
Rehfeld family attempted rescue Mitchell
drew his club and kept them at bay Frank
Franklin. RehfeId's brother-in- law. was ar
rested yesterday a charge of disturbing
the ceace.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25

DAMAGED HER HOME-Judge Seawell
yesterday awarded 500 damages to Mrs C. E.
Hooper. who sued Thomas Moore for $1695
The plaintiff rented part of her home at 1850
Ninteeenth street to Moore in April last at $40
q month. She charged that he tore down
some of the improvements and otherwise in
jured the property separate sum of dam
ages was claimed for each offense, but the court
held the aggregate demand. $1606. to be ex-
cessive.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
KING OF AMERICAN GIPSIES
is BURIED AT OAKLAND
With Mystic Rites the Remains of Jo.
siah Boswell Are Placed
in the Grave

OAKLAND, Feb. 24.-The funeral
Of Josiah Boswell. the last of the
gypsy kings, took place to-day from
the camp of his followers at THIRTY
third street and San Pablo avenue.
The services were conducted by the
Rev. Edgar F. Gee of the Episcopal
church, of which the Boswell family
have been members ever since the
church was first estab abilshed in Eng
land. After the church service the
mystic gipsy rites were celebrated at
the grave
Boswell was 80 years old and had
lived in Oakland for forty years.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
sheriff Bishop MAY Recover.

OAKLAND, Feb. 24.-There has
been little change in the condition of
Sheriff John n. Bishop during the last
twenty-four hours, but his physician.
DR.. o. d. Hamlin, says that as the pa
tent has held his own since yester-
day his chance for recovery has inn
proved.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
RABBI JACOB NIETO
TO SPEAK IN OAKLAND
Prominent Jewish Clergyman VIII
Address Members of Carmel
Zion Society

OAKLAND, Feb. 24-Dr. Jacob
Nieto. rabbi Of the Sheriff. Israel
synagogue of San Francisco, will ad-
dress the members of the Carmel Zion
Society Of Oakland next Sunday even
ing at Foresters' Hall. on Thirteenth
and Clay streets. Rabbi Nieto is noted
as an orator and it is expected that
large audience will attend his lecture
The address will begin promptly at
S o'clock
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25

MOLDER TRIES SUICIDE.-John Shay
an ironmoder, attempted suicide by turning
on the gas in his room at 1868 Turk street
Thursday night. Roomers came TO his rescue
and sent him to the Central Emergency Hos
pital where he was revived He would give
no axnlanatinn for the act
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
ARRIVED.

Friday. February "a.
Stmr Eureka, Hall, days from Ladysmith
DOMESTIC PORTS
ABERDEEN-Arrived Feb 24Schr Lizzie
Vance hence Feb 10.
MEMORANDUM
Per stmr Eureka, from Ladysniith--On Feb
"a. 20 miles NV OF Point Reyes. saw a
dereiict; apseared TO be piledriver
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25

MANAGER SMITH INJURED. Oakland
Feb. 24.-Guy c. Smith. manager OF the Mac
donough Theater fell this afternoon at the
thester breaking his right arm. He was re-
moved 70 bis residence. 1896 Grove street.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
q NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA x
BRANCH OFFICES
OF THE CALL In
ALAMEDA COUNTY
OAKLAND.

OAKLAND.
1915 broadway.
Telephone Main fOSS-
BERKELEY.
2f4S Center Street.
Telephone North ~.
ALAMEDA
1885 Park Street.