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Mt jr 1 3 A i 4 rwmm i Vv A jETJCISea CHROKIOCTi f3TSl9paii jMiMniM iinMniiiiauinBiniutniiiiiiM HONORED fryprerrrn it iTTTTrrrrmcrr frnrnnrfTi tim ror rn rf i it it rrriTi i tnm i i i AKTICT IMHb DAYS JIBWS ai C1TUS ABUOT mii tffi 6y CONGREGATION CARNIVAL PWS ISSOMlliHM Best lAttractiqfcs of Bakeis riisld and Sacramento Shows Secured 1 I Oitliad Brsoen Offlre tie Snlifcf VV lWMiBwadwsy near rafrtn streets xOlCLAID ifa lrectoivSeh erel MaI SchlueterofVhe Elks street fair Mdttrfitwo aesisyint Charjeifj neeman3ai4Guy ci gnjltu afe batik WOULD DIE 3 fRlBLi uredof DRUG7ytAilDMTELLSV IREOGIONSiNEf 1 HAHIT IM TASI ArptAtTfrnL iiivAWnii Unhappy Wife Locks Door of3er Room atidVr Tunis on Gasv from Bakersfleld whither theywent fhad not theodor volt escapihggas been In the interest of fhe carnival pur Ihgvthejr stayin OBbuthri0ty they received applicatlonsTfroml practically alhgcbwjeaslioslf rotti llie Ba kersfleld carnlvalf These applications are being considered and After the committee has pride slntf lair trip td the icramentoriUrfoiracts will be signed viththosej WhQTare offering the best featurea On June istl th Work jot erecting fences will be comrheticed and riiahed to a concluilon The fair tvill nfetopen until Junel4thiind itils believed that two weeks wlltsgive ample time for puttingegrcundsjn good condition Th main entrance to the grounds will tS4atElexntniha Clay streets where an Immensi electric arch is to be erected AlongfEleverith street fromClarttt Washing torv there will be constructed fen electricf arbor Inside the grounds ttbere willbe all sorts of attractions Among those which have already been decidedtipon are a moving picture shovthe tiseof which has been donated byiA Kt Peel the haunted swing thestlken halred lady xherry go rounds NaridXYnlniaturerBuways Hardy Dowiangsloop he fooi a jcap Uve balloon Hawaiian sineers and dancera performing animals including uQffS nous smiu weur io wcji me Elks circus which will gtye two pey formances dally Admission to th grounds has been fixed at 10 cents nnd it Is estimated that during thfti ten days ivrhich the carnival continues 00WX tickets will be sold The Southern Paciflcipompany has not as yet announced the extent of the reduction that will be made In fares during the carnival week ibut the committee has received assurances that the rate will be satlsf actcry The various evenings during which the carnival la to run will be set aside for different societies and organiSHtlons Saturday the opening night the Oakland and Alameda tongs of White Highbinders will hold forth The order has gone out from the head hatchet man Dr Oi JHamlln to prepare for a big street parade after whicn the members of the tong who are to be attired In Oriental costume will present a Chinese play in the Common School Assembly Hall provided the Board of Education will consent to its use for that purpose Monday evening is to be designated as Elks night and the management will be under the auspices of the San Francisco lodge On Thursdayvehing the local camps of Woodmen will prevail A novel entertainment will be presented including a competitive drill between different camp teams Saturday isto be designated as Carnival dayrandTeverybody is expected to enjoy hiniself In the manner that Is most attractive 5 THE EXCHANGE ELECTION It Will He Followed by at Discussion for the Merchants OAKLAND May 11 The annual election of director of the Merchants Exchange will be Held next Tuesday evening in the exchange rooms In the Central Bank building After the election there wlllbe a meeting which the merchants and their friends are invited and at which the subject of How Oakland and Its Business May Be Legitimately Advertised The nominating committee of the exchangeexchange has named the following who are willing to serve as directors George Arper Brlare Capwellr I Champlln Coward FT 0 Eiben Farweil Gardarheo Qler AiJo nas Lea Mnller Av8alinger A Behlueter Fred 8mclalr Sohst HWejlbye WUHams and Wllber Walker ij FAILKD TO BREAK BOTTLE OAKLAND May 11 The launching of the barkentlna Mskawel at the shipyard Of A Boole Son occurred yesterday and was witnessed by a large number of people The launching went off nicely though Miss Hind who christened the barken Une failed to smash the bottle of wine with which she hit the vessel Even when she threw it after the moving craft the bottle failed to break MI13 Hind expressed considerable annoyanca over her InablUty to crack the bottle jf wine and pleaded inexperience as the cause The new barkentlne Is owned by Hind Itolph Co As the craft gtldedlnto the water the steam whistles alonghe water front uttered loud shrieks of wel come itiq Thetft op dyt Amite OAKLAND May il Fqur hundred pounds of dynamlt In sticks filling flf teen boxes with fuse and caps were solen some time Friday night by unknown persons from a hole In the ground on the line of the electric street railway on Pled mont arenuf Tie Oakland Transit Con solldated Company has a force of men employed changing the grade and gaue of the Cemetery branch and the dynamite was ta blast out the cable slot which was formerly inuse The detectives have found no clew to the thieves MMHtMMMH 0 OAKLAND SOCIETV NEWS EJiDEAyOREBS HAVEv ViCXidi OAKtiANDMayltTHe arrangements for the excursion and picnic to the Santa Crux mbuntalnsHinder the auspices of the Alameda county Christian Hndeavor Sofc cletyviiave bsehs practically completed The excursion trains will leave Fourteenth and Webster streets on tho morning of May 47th at oclocluThe sale af tickets has been very satislaetory raid it is believed that several ectlonsrwlll haver to lcrun to accommodate thosq Who desire to rnake the HTOt IN DRIVINO MIsIIAf OacLMibylilSiWhlle driving in a cart on JJower Broad waV to nlahtJohn Conroy and James Flynn biicksml ths collided wtth a iuggr driven by Harry Hairspring Conroy sustained two broken ribs while Flynnescaped wtth a broken thumb They were treated at the Becelv i lng Hospital Hairspring was not injured vonroy resides at Fourth and aeffersou streets and Flynn at Blxth and Franklin bBjritCT to rRdppsfBiif ch axgb OAKLAND May 1L Business men and property ownerson Thirteenth street are prsparlnga protest to be presented to the City Council against the application of the street car company to Changs Its ran chlses sothat the Hay wards cars will be rutt onrTweltlh street instead of on ThirW toentlv It is claimed that the company cannot lawfully abandon its franchise to ruoCani on Thlrteentlt street BlLLBT HIS BRA IX bAkLANDMay lU Charles Mains the llttleld who was accidentally shot In the heaa byCharle Oreen a playmate has so far recovered that he was removed from the Receiving Hospital to the home of hi ptrftts to day The hospital physicians did set deem It wise to aMeatpt te re taoval of the buUst Inasmuch aslt wa eaueifC rounfftr bo iaYeIea Oikland Brsneli Offlce rih Chroiide 1154Broiilirartnesi Thirteenth sticet OAIIiAND May IlElaborateplahs tor Buierki0iitt6Mf noon by fMrssEmllymery latx her aparfmehtsat thfe jVehdomeHOtel and detected tiy one of thfc hoarders her at tempt would havesbeen successful As it was the woman sfras unconscious whetf the dcorbf herbbni was broken In and was with considerable dlrtl culty that she Vvas resuscltated Despondency resulting from brooding over a recent iteparatiohf rom her husband was the cause of tfae younc womans desire to end her life Mrs Emery Is about 28 years of age Domestic troubles ended in a separation from her husband tome time ago Since then she has been residing at the Vendcro Yesterday at noon Mrs Emery went ou and had lunch with some friends She returned to her room alone and locked the dOor About 2 oclock ty the afternoon Mrs Williams one of the boarders detected the odor of escaping gas rohi lrs Emerys roofn She Informed the landlady who knocked at the room but received no response Policeman Frank Lynch was then called In He forced an entrance to the room by breaking the door in Mrs Emery was lying on the bed unconscious and the room was filled With gas Dr Kl tchens was called lh and after a time succeeded in reviving the woman As toon as she had partly recovered Mrs Emery was asked if ihe had Intentionally turned on the gas Tes I did she repUediand I will do it again as soon aa I get a chance do not want to live any longer I have nothing to live for and am unhappy I might as well be dead I am eorry you did not let tne dle Mrs Emery had taken much pains In her preparations for suicide After th i door had been locked the key had been wired to the doorknob so that it could not by any means be removed or th door unlocked All of the windows in the room had been fastened down and the cracks stuffed with clothing The blinds of all the windows had also been drawn Both gas jets had then been turned on and the unhappy woman lay down on the bed to await death To day Mrs Emery had recovered her normal spirits She declared she was sorry for the trouble she had caused and that she would not again attempt to end her life She went out this afternoon to spend the day with a friend CURED HABIT IN JAIL istMs eees e0 BT fc AKLAKDtMavU rThe it neacyybf treatmentVln the County JaUforVithe mor phinejhablt la apny illustrated in tbeicase Hof iJlarry Nelson who thtee months ago was a physical wreck He was arrested on 9m plafnt of his mother whdjcould do nolhlng tdbreak hlnTof his ad diction to thesdrug He wasseri fenced to serve six months la jail When he commenced to servo hl sentence Nelson weighed pounds During the first few nights he kept the inmates of the jail awake nights byhls clamoring for even a little of thodrug to satisfy hs longing After about a week however he became more quiet an since then has gradually been gaining in health and weight He has irccu sis iuc jan iiuicc AiviJttiB jUttu weighs now pounds a gain at thirty pounds during his confine ment i 0s MMMMtMMfl OAKLAND May Miss Se villa Hay den was hostess Saturday at a luncheon given at her home on Madison street The guests who numbered twenty were many of them pupils In Miss Bevlllas class The table was gay with Its flowers Shirley popples nodding gracefully over the snowy linen ana glistening crystal covers were laid for Miss Roberta Deal Miss Leslie Walter Miss Boss Kales Miss Mat tie Milton Miss Margery Lynch Miss Marguerite Kennedy Miss Mary Fitch Miss Ora Lucas Miss Gertrude Whitaker Miss Gertrude Taylor Miss Pearl Jones Miss Amelia Christy Miss Ruby Richards Miss Florence Wilson Miss Marin Water bouse Miss Kitty Bard Miss Mary Gil crest Miss Minnie Walker and Miss Thana McKebltt Llttlebank the home of Mrs William Little was the scene of a delightful tea Saturday afternoon the hostess being Miss Grace Baldwin and the guest of honor was Mrs Frank RlchardsonWells Miss Baldwin received her guests in the grounds of the Little home and an enjoyable hour was passed About fifty guests called and the hostess was assisted In receiving by Mrs Wells Miss Hush Miss Jean Howard and several other young girls i Mr and Mrs Smith gave a charming dinner this week at Arbor Villa covers being laid for eighteen The table dee orations were Immensely effective the entire table being encircled with a wreath of beautiful red roses TheTguests were Mr and Mrs A Heron Mr and Mrs 8 Kelley Mr and Mrs Harmon Bell Mr and Mrs Frank Havens Mr and Mrs William Henshaw Mr Rollins Mr and Mrs Marlon Smith Miss Marion Smith Miss Grace Sperry Miss Burdge Miss Winifred Burdge and Miss Evelyn Ellis Mrs Belden gave a pleasant luncheon on Wednesday complimentary to Mrs William Locke a girlhood friend of Mrsii Miss Jean Howard will be the hostess next week at a complimentary tea the guest of honor being Mrs Frank Richardson Wells Mrs John Clay Hampton will entertain hext week at a five handed euchre party the guest of honor being Miss Mae McCrea who Is visiting her couslnr Mrs Frank Watson One of the most thoroughly enjoyed affairs of the week was tha picnic In Diamond canyon given by the ladles of the Associated AindargartensUo 300 little pu jaU bpeclal cars were run by courtesy of the Transit Company and the five kinder gartens were represented by ladles of tho hoards Mrs Beck Mrs JiR Burn ham and Mrs Veitch from the Central ivlpdergarten Mrs Brewer and Miss 01 Iyer for the Good Will Mrs Shanklin Mri adsworth Mrs Quijin Mrs Parmehtecr and Mrs Farnham for West Oakland Mrs liacitanua Miaa Williams Miss Frear and MlssWukofield for Ka 8 1 Oakland and Miss Grace Barnard for North Oakland The kindergartens have been doing very good work The a ssoctatloir officers are Honorary president Mrs oF iM Smith president jtfrs JEHaletsecTetary Mrs Varren Olnsy Jr corresponding stc I tul llnl If I llr worth Mrs FercellaVtMrs Chamberlain and Mrs Brewster The schools are under the supervision of Miss Barnard a if lfairandMrsBJclurdVUeyV nee Gates who have been living in NewiYork will arrive in Oakland Jn June expecting to spend the summer on this Coast The Hill Club was entertained Vhlwel at the home of Mrs Frank Learh 3rs Rfr crai very clever papers twere read and pleasant aiiernoon was passed The cluB will be entertained next week by Mrs Harmon Bell at the Piedmont Club housij iiyu i Miss Jessie Hardenburgh gave a card party this week at her home on Eleventh streets vv Mrs Louis Cockroft was the hostess re ccnuy at a luncneon given ror her friend Mrs EjAJ Matthews Of Nvtt York The table decorations were artistic and covers were Jatd for Mrs Matthews MnLGer trudejiCockrotfl Mrs James Allen Mrs CuttlngvTMrs Edward Walshf Mrs Hagar Mrs WE Huntington Mrs Vvdi Mrs AV WOarthwalteMrs Jpbnj uucret anars yJvarner iiii lJji iS 1 ia ij ri ini A Virled sod selfet nh ef etmrUi sa4 pautsr espnie soppui st Biaboru yll 7l irttirtv CITY FILES ITS FIRSTISWER Contends Increase in Assessments Was Legal Tax OiTHQtlAI Cfariand Writes oa terrible Guatemala Oakland Branch OtOge of tbe Cbronlele 1134 Brotdway near Thlrteentlt street OAKLAND May The first answer on behalf of the city to the suits brought to set aside the increase In the assessments of property oh Washington street and vicinity was filed yesterday General denials are made of the alle gations that the City Board of Equali zation acted Illegally and without giving proper notice to property owners It Is claimed the Board acted with proper authority and that the action taken legal Jn all sixteen suits have been filed the complaints alleging excessive assessment Demurrers by the city in fourteen of tbe sixteen cases have been overruled The answer made to day was to the complaint of the Oakland Masonic Temple Association The defendant claims that by reason of the unpaid tax of the plaintiff corpor ration it holds a lien on the plaintiffs property which is paramount to the title the plaintiff sets us In the second paragraph Is set forth the true Issue in the suit It reads as folldws Defendant denies that said city of Oakland by section 147 of Its charter or by any section of its charter or otherwise has elected that the assessment of prop erty within the said city made by the County Assessor of Alameda county nml that of the State Board of Equalization as apportioned by the Board of Supervisors of said county to said city shall be taken as the only basis of taxation for said city except as to property In said city not assessed by said County Assessor Further the defendant denies that it failed to give plaintiff dueand sufficient notice to appear before the Board of Equalizationand It denies also that the assessment of the plaintiff was increased In order to make up for a decrease granted any other parties The other parties referred to are the Contra Costa Water Company At the time tbe Board of Equalization sat he assessment of the water company was reduced 11000000 and the aggre gate assessments on propertyTon Wash Ington street raised a like amount The remainder of the answer consists of general denials of the VarloU allegations in the complaint TO FIGHT FOR MILLIONS Many Lawyers WOl Be Engraged In Lindblom Divorce migration OAKLAND May 1L From present Indications the suit of Mrs Mary Ann Llnd btom for a divorce from Erik Lind blom and a division of the 3310000 he is alleged to hold lri various properties wll be strongly contested and many lawyers will be brought Into the case before It is finally settled Attorney Gilbert Wymsn who represents Mrs Llndblom says he has been Informed that there will be thirteen lawyers opposed to him In thecasx The la teet move on behalf of Llndblom is motion to take depositions of several Witnesses some of whom reside in Alaska Whose testimony Llndblom claims is necessary to his defense Next Friday the attorneys in the case will argue a motion to strike out various parts of the answer made by Mrs Llndblom to the cross cum plalnt of her husband The injunction issued yesterday will restrain Llndblom from disposing of any of his property during the pendency of the suit EBEUVS FR03IESADE COJfCERT OAKLAND May 11 The Free Library Trustees have given the use of the new library building to the childrens room committee of theEbell Society for the evening of June 10th when the ladies will give a promenade concert for the benefit of the childrens department The arrangements for the promenade are In the hands of apromlnent society lady who will appoint her staff of assistants to carry out the evenings programme The aewbuili Ing will be formally thrown open for the first time on tpai evening 4 KILLED A TRAI OAKLAND May ltJanies Rodden an engine wiper aged 40 years was strucli and Instantly killed bj the Alameda local train at Tower No 8 West Oakland at tin IaAv this Avrnlnar The enelneer of Kne overland train had forgotten his overt alls and KOaaen wbi wni ui uwm i him He had Just handed the overalls to the engineer and stepped back when he was struck by the Alameda local coming from the opposite direction SJlASHED 1L An automobile AX AUTO nitfrivn Mav collided with a San Pabld avenue car at the Intersection of Twentieth street and San Pablo avenue about noon to da The two men who were In the auto were not Injured though the machine was practically demolished The machine was operated nnd owned by a man who gave his name ay Taylor SEEMS StCCESSFCL Dfk William OPEHATIOH natcf AND May 1L Porter who submitted to an operation to day for appendicitis was reportea as rest ins comfortably o6lghtf The attending rhlclansiTwHun1lnCi0n NEwer and Milton express confidence that ihepertlon vrtll be a success IcmLDFOIWDDEAipi OAKLAND May 11 An tone Jordan tho two months old ront Mrv And Mrs John ordan of 3 KennWy street was found dead in bed i this mornings It Is supposed the child was suffocated under the covers The Coroherwlll hold an lnquesttomoi owgvenlng is i tiyERMpRE IK GALA ATTrBE tiiVERMORE MayTtIh howr of the session of the grand lodge of Hermann Pons which convenes her Monday next ihe town has assumed a gala appearance The main streets are dtcorated with the German colors and 4h townspeople have nrenared a series of banquets balls and drives around ths beautiful Llvcm yaiuy A I ALAMEDA May 1L A Garland of this city special agenj of thePaclflc Mall Steamship Company in Guatemala has written a letter toA Oix ter describing the scenes of tetrordtir ing the recent earthquake which destroyed over 6000 peopleHe experienced the temblors in Guatemala City where while less severe they tore down dwellings and did much damage He writes That I we are alive Is surely dtie to a merciful Providence and good fortune for on the ISth 820 oclock this place and the surrounding country was visited by a most terrible earthquake and even at this writing no one knows the exact extent of the damage In the evenlnar as usual 1 Wfcnt to dinner at the American Club ajbout S0 ociock and afterward stopped for a few moments in the billlard rbbm The weather had been threatening rain ail afternoon and it was dark and gloomy overhead when suddenly accompanied by a most vivid flash of lightning a terrific peal of thunder broke Over the city and the rain fell in torrents I hurried to my rooms and was just seated In tbe office when suddenly the building began to tremble not so bad at first but gradually Increasing until It upset the chair I was seated in I began to feel somewhat alarmed and thought I would go out into the street I started for the door the building quivering from front to back worse than ever and was unable to open the door tbe swaying of the building having jammed It so that It was Impossible to get out Then the electric light circuit was broken somewhere and the lights went out leaving the place in pitch darkness My feelings can be bettef imagined than described on the third floor and unable to get out After a hard struggle I got the door open but the floor seemed to be heaving like the waves when they break on a beach and I could not walk Boy was crying and running about barking Finally I managed to get hold of him and started for the street but found it impossible to move With pic tures rattling buildings swaying and groaning I held on to the stairway and expected td be landed In the street any moment Women were screaming and people running about in the streets seeking shelter from falling buildings and It was a scene of terror I shall never forget The tension was awful Later when I went to the chub there came another heavy shock which sept us all outside The streets were full of peoples children crying no lights and chaps abroad The third shock not so strong occurred after I returned to my rooms at 11 oclock I went upstairs to bed but not to sleep for between midnight and 6 AM there were seven more shocks About 10 A three heavy shocks occurred but this time apparently tap and down while the previous ones had been from east to west showing that the last movements were undoubtedly from a local disturbance In this city the telegraph and telephone service was Interrupted and we had no communication with the outside world The shock below here toward San Jose must have been much worse This city got off very well but from all accounts San Jose and Quesaltenango are practically destroyed Bridges have been shaken up and abutments cracked between here and San Jose News from Salvador tells of the quake being very severe there but we have no word as to the damage News just received from Nicaragua tells of an attempt to kill President Zelaya by a bomb Reported 250 soldiers killed by the explosion but the President escaped unhurt so you will Imagine this a pretty tough country to live ln We are receiving bulletins about every two hours regarding the damage done by the earthquake GAINS IN POPULATION mmsm lew SiariestR firowH nm mlflircca laureate vfSdIress BERKELEY May i Bev Charles ft Brown pastor of the First Congrega tional Church of Oakland preached the baccalaureate sermon before the graduating class of the University of California this afternoon at the First Presbyterian Church A largt congregation that taxed the seating capacity Of the house greeted the speaker The graduates aat lri a body In the cen ter pf the church which was appropriately decorated in blue and gold In their nonor resident wueeier wno read the lersors and Rev Hosmer pastor of the First Unitarian Church of Berkeley whomade the prayer sat witn tne SDeaker on the Diatrorm Taking the text After the death of Moses the Lord spake unto Joshua the preacher spoke of the changing aspects of religious work He said After one man and one set of methods have done their appointed task the Lord calls others Into the field Each man is called In a particular way fora particular worn rne worxers may oroo out Dut the work goes on according to his great pian Religion has a special message to us today Within the last hundred yeats there has come into religious thought a new 1 Insistence uoon intellectual accuracy and intellectual modesty it is an maicatioa of the presence of the scientific habit of mind which does not lump things but measures weighs and analyses them in the realm of biblical study and religious statement The modern emphasis is uoon the idea of process rather than upon special crisis in me salvation or tne mamausi me salvation Is a moral process carried on by tbe spirit of God in the heart of man There Is a change tof emphasis in the matter of motive from the hope of personal safety to the desire for enlarged useful ness tnrougn religious isitn ine effective appeal to day is not addressed to the selfish desire for personal advantage as a re suit of religious effort but to the sura Srospect that a man of Ood can serve his ay and generation more widely deeply aim permanently tnan a goo less man There Is a sense of srreater breadth In the undertakings of religion The present effort Is not to recover a few brands from the burning but to put out the fire of destructive evil not to carry away a few handful of meal to be placed In contact with the leaven but boldly to put the leaven down Into the political Industrial social and educational processes to the end that the entire mass may be leavened The church that knows Us business and has caught the spirit of its Master is not trying to build itself up In eeparateness from the world but to put Itself with Its Ideals alms and principles out Into the woria mat tne woria may oe cnanged The more vital conception of the relation of Jesus Christ to humanity is at the heart of religions present message He is nt Handing apart In dogmatic isolation but Is organised with us From him as the head come the thoughts desires and determinations that are changing the body of humanity From him as the vine streams forth the spiritual vitality that Is to make the branches alive and fruitful with his life It Is for you as young people to receive this message of religion and help phrase it according to the Intellectual methods that belong to your university training It is for you to lend your strength to these moral processes which are to be the salvation of the race It Is for you trained by the State for the welfare of your State to find not in personal advantage but In usefulness the motive that will bind you to noble andeavor It Is for you with breadth of view to bring all the human interests Into the kingdom of God It is for you to find In Jesus Christ the one who somehow is taking the moral government of the world upon his shoulders and who as the head of humanity Is to make all things new Alameda la Shown by the School Centos to Be Grovrlna ALAMEDA May 11 School Census Marshal Charles Frost and his deputies Albert Roach and Fred Welch completed Saturday the annual census of the School Department The figures given out this afternoon show a substantial gain in population for this city Last year the figures of iheSchoo Census Marshal on the total population were KSi8 while this year they were 17353 a gain of 711 The census shows that there are now 1123 school census children or pupils between the ages of 5 and 17 years This is an Increase of over the total In 1S91 The census taken last yearshowed an Increase of 453 school Children over the returns for the previous year Last year however the supplementary census by the cards distributed teachers was puTlnto practice for th fiisttime accounting for the big increase The census shews that there are now but 13 foreiKii born children in the city to 327L native Amtricars which Is considered ALUMISI TO ORGANIZE ALAMEDA May 11 The executive committee of the Alumni Association of th Altmeda High School held a meeting Friday night at the home of Dr Will Bacon 121v Chestnut street when It was decided to give 4ri informal reception early In June to form a permanent organization xne association will give a reception at the parlors of the First Unitarian Church dun mg graduation week to the graduating class a musical programme and refreshments being provided The executive committee is composed of Dr A Scott principal of the High School Dr William uacon Mrs eoutner miss Mecan ney Miss Keyes Uen Elliott Leo RoMnson and Uvcrowe POISONED BY FLYS BITE ALAMEDA May 11 Pinkerton a well known resident of the East End nearly tost his right arm during the week from blood poisoning caused by th bite of a common house ny He scratched the back nl his hand but thought nothing of the mishap until the spot was bitten by a fly Then the arm began to swell to thrice Its proportions and a physician Informed htm tbetbood poisoning had set in For a time irwas thought that the urm would have to be amputated but the patten is now much Improved CNlTARtAM CLUBS PROGRAMME ALAMEDA May ll Before the Unitarian Club next Wednesday evening Walter Thomas Mills will deliver an address on the subject Chinese Labof in America and the Chinese Product In the Worlds Market Preceding the addresses farce Taming ihe Tiger will be presented by talent in the club 3c Sanfordwlll fa ycr the club with numbers on the pianola BW SCHOOL FOR1 RICHMOND POINT RICHMOND May The pio pie of this place have decided to submit to the Voters a proposition to bond the school district for 15ooo wltb which to build a suitable schoolhouse The election is to take place at the San Pablo schoolfcouse on June llst vi i fc FromcOno to Thlrtyflve i Msnhiil ynUln peat 11 A AWhierauB FnooUln rn I Wtttratns ldtsi reau tats Peps from UM tri escft oshbera Vll fkrktftrHtirit RECORDS ANCIENT HISTORY Tr lSSBBuBBnr SSBBBSBBBSSBBBSBSSalKBaBSa 4BBSBlBBBrl 1 I ssTOCH WwtiWtvlHElHssKH tt3 Ini MbssssssssssssssssmUisIB MiW LJ I MHuH9HHfKnv i rstsjssiisBUsjsisauslafc fM HBnS OBbF jtJafiaBy jsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssI 4 WEKBBt rwwssissiBslssBit TSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSBBSBBk tf MiiSr ISSHr7SSBjM9S4ft3MBSBSHSBJBXv 9SBBBSBSBSBSBSSSSSBBBM1BK ryH Vki BHsSSSSSW IsibIbIbIbIbIbIbIbIbIbIbIIbbbIbK ayyWstosMftiL 1giBsTBsl BBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSHSBBBBSSnjFBBe 4Sn9BBlBniSBBBBBM OMOOKBKKmtLmlm HEtnWDBAaaBSBsQV pBsssssssssssDHiKsnESI IlsBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBBBSSSSBtHaSI IHHBmWsMsaSEiSSBH HiHHnlKMBaHBstBBlBlH fgEiMi KBk slBlBlBlBmlSBSslsSSBBBB SSB9SfisSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBnl0 BSBBBBBBBrBBSBSBSB i BssaHHpMBHB 4 Amz rivr cr AWi i 4 4 1 UWnf tr VnnWQnnm nnd at Xr Adams Thirty Years Services of l8Sr Samuel Ilayer Appreciated SAMUEL MAYER has been organist of the First Congregational Church for thirty years and in commemoration of this fact a service of eong was held lart night at the church The large edifice was crowded to the highest seat inthe gallery The programme called for an address by the pastor and In responding Dr Adams spoke feelingly of the work of Mr Mayer saying jn part One who has charge of the music In a church can make or mar the service and I want to give myt word of testimony to the efficiency faithfulness and earnestness of our chorister I Wish It were possible for htm to tell of the changes since he first sat at the organ In this ehurch three decades ago under the pastorate of Dr Stone It was largely through the Instrumentality of Mr Mayer that we secured this magnificent organ one Tf the finest in the world andI doubt If it Is excelled in richness of tone I take off my hat to the man who has been musical director of one church for thirty years and if I remain as pastor I trust he will be chorister for thirty years more 0 then called on the chor to come forward and show him self Mr Mayer advanced to the rail of the choir loft while the entire audience stood and greeted him wltUtbe Chautauqua salute Mr Mayer thanked the congregation for its evidence of appreciation referred briefly to the changesot the last thirty years and said that a chorister could render his best service only under the inspiration of an earnest helpful pastor such as Dr Adams had proved himself to be Mr Mayer studied under Dr Edward Hodges In Trinity Church New fork he entered the First Congregational Church of this city as musical director on May I 1872 and the little old organ at which he presided Is now iif the Plymouth Congregational Church of Oakland He has been grand organist of the Grand Lodge of Masons for thirty three years The programme comprised a number of hymns and solos by the choir songs by the Knickerbocker Quartet and a cornet solo by Mrs A Larsen The choir consists of Mrs Snider John eon soprano Mrs WG Fonda con tralto A Larsen basso arid Samuel Mayer tenor organist and choir master The Knickerbocker Quartet comprised Herbert Williams first tenor Dr Smith second tenor Crane first bass and A Larsen second bass PICNIC OF TEAMSTERS Outing at Egyptian Papyrus Furnlabea Facta to Upset Theoriea BERKELEY May The discovery has been made that one of the ancient papyri found in Egypt by the University of California expedition which Mrs Hearst sent there is one of great historical Importance and throws new light upon the governmental organisation of the second empire It entirely upsets all the theories formerly held concerning the methods of the rulers of that period The writings on the papyrus contain a full account bf the duties of all the officials who governed Egypt during that period and as Its antiquity is unquestioned it may be accepted as the authority on that matter The papyrus was taken from an excavation at Urom el Baragat in the Fayoum by that branch of the expedition headed by Dr Grenfell and Dr Hunt Dr Greu fell and Dr Hunt are both at work upon the translation and editing of the remarkable collection of texts found by them at Umm el Baragat The plates containing the hieratic Kgyptlan texts of the first of these papyri have already been prepared for publication and the first volume wlU soon be issued The Hearst medical papy rus found by Dr George A Reisner will alsd soon be ready The photographic records which are being made by Dr Relaner Of the excavations and explorations of his branch of the University of California expedition in Egypt are remarkably complete In the case of 95 per cent of the antiquities excavated photographs have been made of the jbjectJn the position which it was found or of the burial case which contained It For a number of tombs very complete series have been made covering the whole course of the excavation from the first to the last stroke of the pick BERKELEYS SCHOOL CHILDREN BERKELEY May IL nThe children of Berkeley number 4310 according to the figures just completed by Census Marshal Thomas Stevenson This is a gain of 3 Children during the year The number of hlte children overs years and under Is Boys 1890 girls 1811 total 3703 The negro children over it and under 17 number boys and 3 girls a total of 8 The number of native born Mongolians between il aame ages is Boys 6 girls Is total Th total number of children of school age from to 17 years Is 3711 Of theso 2780 have attended the public schools dur ing tne year ana zn nave attended private schools alone Thoso who have attended oo echpol during the year number CSS Tne number of children under 5 years of age Is 1195 There are in the city 4776 native born and 131 foreign born children a total of Oio REAPPOINTED ON COMMITTEE BERKELEY May 11 Prbfessor George Ed wards has bee reappointed by President Wheeler as faculty representative ontbe executive committee of the Assoc ated Students of the University of California and James Ki Moffitt has been re tained as alumnus representative on this same committee Both are popular se lections Colons Edwards has been ldn titled with the student activities especial lv athletics for a number of rears Mr MOffltt who its at present csshler of the First National Baniccf Ban Fracclsco Is reckoned one of the most prominent and valuable workers among ths California aiuiani nt uvius luiirviiaui uwwca ni mo Philosophical Union Alumni Association acdtothr Unlversltyrganisationfc DiRECTbRTRUnaN BERKELEY I BERKELEY Msyyi Dr A CThieV director of the bureau of experiment stations In the United States Department of Alulttire la In Berkeley vlltlnsth4 statlonconnected wltb the University of Caltforniai He is tne guest or rrofessqr WyHHgHrdi Dr True has been travel ing through the west visiting all tbeir nrlmnt atatlona under the department Hs has just eempleted an Inspection of the various wauiornia suo staiions anawiii leave for tne east tomorrow Large Crowd Bnjoya Schnetken Park SAN RAFAEL May lLWThe second annual picnic of the Brotherhood of Teamsters was held this afternoon atBchuetzen Park with a crowd of nearly 2000 member3 of the organisation and their friends in attendance Bright sumtner weather favored all the plans of the committee in charge and open air sports and amusements were the features of the iro gramme Races and athletic sports held the attention of a large crowd at the quarterquarter mile track and bowling marksman ship and other out of door amusements provided enioyment for the other CREAMERY FOR HAYWARDS nickers In the pavilion a concert by the band passed tne morning nours away anu from noon until dusk dancing was enjoyed Prises were given to those first In the ath I letlc events Much Of the success of tie picnic was due the following committees Reception Frank Markey chairman Arthur Brophy Leroy Brundage Gallagher Edward Hannan Mark Longshore Finance Michael Casey Gus Hardes John McLaughlin Daniel Keating John Harper Floor manager Val Reilly Assistant floor managers Edward Burns FloorriDave Carroll James Mc Namara ThomaS Mahor James Kennedy Patrick Mullane Patrick Morrlssey Games Joseph Sullivan John Stewaiw John Hardes William QuirfeltWilllam Langley Ward Miller William McAllister Richards Harry rRasmussei4 Thomas Daly Charles Byrne GRUETLI VEREINS OUTING New Industry Thriving Alameda County Town HAYWARDS May 11 This place which is pre eminently a fruit and early vegetable section Is to have a new industry in the shape of a creamery The plant which is to be operated by Messrs Cull Allen arul Bailey has just been installed and will commence operations to morrow With the advent of the creamery It Is Claimed that much land in the marshes and hills adjacent to the town can be profitably utilized for range for dairy cows Though a number of persons here have In the past engaged In dairying in a small way inose wno are lmeresiea in me creamery PO I claim they can demonstrate to the butter makers that it will be more profitable to dispose of their milk than to undertake to make butter in the old fashioned manner The new creamery has a capacity of Caring for the milk from 500 cows and its owners say the capacity will be increased if the circumstances warrant It Over Tito Thousand Persona Spend the Day nt Fairfax ParliV SAN RAFAEL May 11 Twentyflye hundred people passed through the galea at Fairfax Park to day to attend the an ers nual picnic of the San Francisco tjruetu Verln It wasthemost successful picnic held by the organisation in Its history and a considerable sum of money was raised to assist In the purposes of the cocitty The hills about the little park were dotted with numerousjlttlc parties enjoying the outing On the race track and in the dancingpa villon hundreds of others found pleasing diversion ToAntolne BOrcl the Swiss Consul who secured special rates on the railroad arid provided many of Its features much of the picnics success was Sue President John Lebdeiieggerf John Fritschl and A Fets were members of the reception committee and assisted ably In entertaining tbe picnickers Vi KF fc PRISON BOARD MEETS SAN QUENTIN May 1L The regular monthly meeting of the State Board of Irlson Directors iwasiheldSaturday in the Warden office at the prison Arthur Jackson a prisoner serving eight years for manslaughter from Tuolumne county and whose sentence will expire In one month was paroled and given his liberty An Informal difcusalon of the jute bags from the prison falling tosupply the do mand of the farmer was held but the Director seemed agreed that no conspiracy had been entered into this year to corner the bag supply The meeting adjourned after transacting routine pusl CONSTABLE OARIUTX DEAD SAUSALITO MaylL Rlchard GanityY for twelve years one of the chief constables of Sausalltb township died at his residence In this place last night after lingering illness from consumption Garrity was bom in Marin county and had lived there all his life He was a member of Sea Point Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West and bis funeral will take place under the auspices of ths order1 DRUIDS AT BUENA VISTA PARK BAUSALITOI May lii eartyiaiO peo ple visited Buena Vista Park to day to partlclpste the annual plcnjo given by Templar Grove No if of the United An dent Order of Druids Dancing was enjoyed in the pavilion during the entire day and there was a programme of athletic sports A considerable sum of money was raised through he picnic to assist in the Xrattrnal work of ths organlMtloa TRUSTEES TO GRANT FRANCHISES BERKELEY May 11 The Board of Trustees will hold a regular meetlrig tomorrow night Te most Important business on the programme will be the final grant of the franchises to the Oakland Transit Company for the new lines Itplans to construct through Berkeley The Board may also again consider the franchise which the Santa Fe Is seeking through the town and which has so far been Held up waiting for guarantees of a station and the stopping of trains which are demanded by the Trustees RICHMOND SHOPS BUILDING POINT RICHMOND May ll Tfae foundation for the Santa Fe machine shops have been completed and work Is now being done On the foundation for the boilers and engines The structural steel for eird ers trusses and columns will not arrive from th East for a week As soon as the necessary brick can be secured the work the walls will be proceeded with The phops when completed will be as near fireproof as it is possible to make a build ing READY TO BUILD JAIL MARTINEZ May 11 The Board of 6u pervlsors yesterday awarded the contract for the construction of the new County Jail to thePaciric Construction Company the bid of thatcornoratlon being 353 The unsuccessful bidders and the amounts for which they offered to construct the buildlnsr Werer Clark Henry 3C600j Henry Burrell 135600 Healy Tibbltts Co 38400 Cotton Brothers 36780 It was originally intended that the Jail should be erected on the Courthouse square but a plan has been suggested within the past few days to buy another block adjoining the Courthouse and put the Jail on that It Is said the block can be purchased for 15000 -MISCELLANEOUS iwmm i Mm jMm a iP ffVUOJXW mmJU rmL rksm I 1 1 ifriS gooctiresti ym SLCotn Milaliiojl flat isf like tnih Mells Fc CeaptnyJBoetOfl I 1 1 fa i i A 31 Vv m2 Tf A.