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OIL ON WATER CAUSES TROUBLE Captain Daska of Dredger Charged With High Misdemeanor. Daska of the bip dredger Captain working east of the Webster now bridge, appeared before Judge street this morning and was arraignTappan charge of high misdemeanor. ed on a case was continued without being The trial and Captain Daska was set for to go on his own recognizallowed ance. dredger skipper is accused of The oil to escape from the oil allowing the dredge into the waters of tank on Harbor. This is in conflict Oakland with the state laws, designed to profish and keep the state waters tect being polluted.

The penalty is from severe re and may be a fine of $1000. Captain Daska denies that he althe oil to escape. He says that lowed the oil which is complained of, was allowed to flow into the harbor by the Oakland Gas, Light Heat Co. The captain was arrested by Detective Sergeant Brown at the instance of Deputy Fish Commissioner Peddlar. Owners of houseboats along the canal interested in the case.

are Many of the houseboat owners have complained that the oil floats against their boats and adheres to the wood. WEBER WILL NOT HANG WEDNESDAY SACRAMENTO, Sept. Pardee, at the request of AttorneyGeneral Webb and District Attorney Robinson of Placer county, has granted fifteen days to Adolph Weber, sentenced to be hanged next Wednesday at Folsom. TWO MEN HURT IN ACCIDENT SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. Goertzhein, a porter in the AngloCalifornia bank, was fatally injured and Charles Wolf, driver of a butcher cart, dangerously hurt in a collision.

Wolf was driving a heavily loaded wagon across the street car tracks when an an electric car approached and the brakes refused to act. Goertzhein's skull was fractured and Wolf was hurt internally. OAKLAND MAN BADLY BEATEN OAKLAND, Sept. Flynn, a brick mason, residing at 1568 Fifteenth street, was set upon by thugs on Tenth near Washington street, 7:30 o'clock last night, and, afabout ter being knocked unconscious, was robbed of $15. C.

H. WEVER MOVES INTO NEW QUARTERS. C. H. Wever has moved his office from his old stand in the Tucker Block to the new location at 2323 Santa Clara avenue.

The tearing down of the portion of the Tucker Block purchased by the Citizens Bank of Alameda forced Mr. Wever from his original quarters. He moved next door temporarily until he could model the premises at 2322 Santa Clara avenue. The work is about finished. It will be the several days before new premises are fully occupied and the old stand abandoned.

The new quarters are both commodious and modern in While having construction. Mr. the building remodeled Wever encountered a lathers' strike and lathed ment, his own establish- CRITERION CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR At a at the of the Criterion Club meeting lor home of Mrs. on Santa Jessie Wilson TayClara avenue afternoon, Mrs. George Barnes Wednesday elected president Bird other officers of the club.

The president, were: First elected vice vice F. G. Baker; second Mrs. secretary, president, Mrs. Mrs.

W. William J. Weymouth; treasurer, Mrs. it. L.

Ramsey; custodian, Mrs. Eastman; library S. S. Brower. Mrs, Bird is serving her sixth term as president.

The club will study "Much Ado About Nothing," with Mrs. Bird as Mrs. Reuben W. Mastick, a charter member of the club, but for the last two years, a resident of San Francisco has returned to this side of the bay to live and is again affiliated with the Mrs. Frank Jamison was also elected to membership.

Mrs. Taylor and her pupil, Miss Lena Frazee, entertained the club with vocal selections. The next meeting will be held in two weeks at the home of Mrs. Fred G. Baker, 1160 Bay street.

INSANE MAN KILLS SEVEN WARSAW, Sept. inmate of the asylum for the insane at Corakalwari, about 30 miles from here, secured an axe yesterday and ran amuck through the institution and killed seven of his fellow inmates. RECOVERED FROM ILLNESS ROCKLAND, Maine, Sept. Speaker Joseph G. Cannon today had entirely recovered from the slight illness which he had last night.

He will speak at Demariscotia this afternoon and at Portland tonight. SPEND LAST DAY IN PRAYER ROME, Sept. being the last day of the Quadrivium preparatory to Shen firmation election of of the a 3 Jesuits general of tomorrow, the con- additional prayers were offered up by the delegates in their quarters, and special prayers were also said in all the Jesuit churches, principally at the Jesuit hospital, before the tomb of St. Ignatius and also before the altar where the arm of St. Francis Xavier is preserved.

BOY HURT BY AUTOMOBILE SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. staling a ride on an automobile, Willie Ambrost, son of a butcher who conducts a. shop at the corner of Twenty-fourth and Castro streets, fell into the machinery and sustained a broken leg and other painful injuries. The automobile was owned by M.

Attinger. ALAMEDA WINS FOOTBALL GAME The Ala meda High school team yesterday defeated a football team from Fruitvale. The score at the close of the game was 20 to 0. STEELE FUNERAL WAS HELD THIS AFTERNOON The funeral of Charles Steele was held this afternoon at two o'clock from the Steele home, 2019 Encinal avenue. The services were conducted by an East Oakland minister, an old friend of Mr.

Steele. The Steeles lived in East Oakland just before they moved to Alameda. WASHINGTON, Sept. suggestion has been made by the navy department that if arrangements could be made with the railroad companies to carry the sailors of the navy at half fare or reduced rates it would be of great benefit to the service and would cause the enlistment of more men from the inland towns, who are now compelled to pay the full fare out of their own pockets when they wish to see their home folks. Will Eske, "sphinx wizard," is one of the new faces at the Park and does some very remarkable work in magic.

Dawson Whitfield are about as good a comedy team as has appeared at the playhouse this summer. Their dialogue is clean and bright and their stage actions entertaining. New films and the holdovers fill out a strong program. months of the coming year will come under the provisions of the new charter. leader, Republican State Ticket GOVERNOR-James N.

Gillett, Humboldt. LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR-Warren Warren Porter, Santa Cruz. SECRETARY OF STATE Charles F. Curry, San Francisco. TREASURER-W.

R. Williams, Fresno, CONTROLLER--E. P. Colgan, Sacramento. ATTORNEY-GENERAL-U.

S. Webb, Plumas. SURVEYOR-GENERAL-W. S. Kingsbury, Los Angeles.

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION--Edward Hyatt, Riverside. PUBLIC PRINTER- -W. W. Shannon, San Francisco. CLERK OF SUPREME -Frank L.

Caughey, Mendocino. SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA. Long Term- FREDERICK W. HENSHAW, San Mateo. Long Term- G.

LORIGAN, Santa Clara. Short Term- MAX C. SLOSS, San Francisco. STATE COURT OF APPEALS. First DistrictCARROLL COOK, San Francisco (presiding).

FRANK I. KERRIGAN, San Francisco. SAMUED P. HALL, Alameda. Second DistrictMATTHEW T.

ALLEN, Los Angeles (presiding). J. W. TAGGART, Santa Barbara. VICTOR E.

SHAW, San Diego. Third DistrictN. P. CHIPMAN, Tehama (presiding). E.

C. HART, Sacramento. ALBERT G. BURNETT. Sonoma.

BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. ALEXANDER BROWN, Calaveras. RICHARD E. COLLINS, Shasta. W.

J. M'ELVAINE, San Bernardino. RAILROAD COMMISSION. THEODORE SUMMERLAND, Los Angeles. A.

C. IRWIN, Yuba. CIRCUS DAY IN ALAMEDA Some Figures On the Magnitude of the Big Enterprise. In three sections, combining 100 cars, the Forepaugh-Sells circus arrived from Vallejo early this corning. This afternoon the circus showed to capacity business and tonight a second capacity show is expected.

The afternoon audience was well pleased with the performance and did some good advertising for the circus by spreading favorable reports of the performance. There are 6 bands of music. There are 450 head of draft horses, and 75 head of ring stock. On the payroll are 800 employes. Among the unusual employes on the payrolls are the four fire companies which figure in the spectacle, "Fighting the Flames." The firemen and their two fire engines, ladder truck and other paraphernalia were features of the morning parade.

In the show tent are three rings and two elevated stages. Fifteen acts were going at the same time this afternoon. The evening performance starts at eight o'clock, with doors open at seven. The tents are on Clement avenue, between Oak and Walnut streets. In coming over the grades from Reno, seven locomotives were in use at one time and the cars were made up in four sections.

The trains of this circus form the largest individual enterprise ever transported by the Southern Pacific. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Baker and Tabor, trustees Alameda Savings Bank, have reconveyed to Don C. McCord lot 39, Hawley tract, Alameda. Isabel G.

Bartlett has transferred to Louis Bartlett property on the east line of Park street 93.24 feet south of San Jose. Bacon Land and Improvement Company has transferred to George E. Plummer, James Tyson and George Tyson property in west Alameda and along the Tidal Canal near the Park street bridge. Maria B. Gamble and A.

W. Gamble have transferred to William J. Gorham property on the south line of Alameda avenue 54 feet west of Chestnut street. Edward B. Borwell has transferred to Minnie L.

Borwell, undivided one half interest in property on the east line of Cedar street 350 feet south of Clinton avenue. George Brown Estate Company has transferred to William J. Gorham property near the southeast corner of Boulevard avenue and Chestnut street. W. Ethelwynn Zschokke and Arthur J.

Zschokke have transferred to Mrs. S. Weston property on the north line of Pacific avenue 56.7 feet east of St. Charles street, Harry R. and Wilhelmina M.

Rasmussen to C. C. Volberg and F. INJURED WHILE FIGHTING FIRE ST. LOUIS, Sept.

firemen were injured while fighting a fire in a grocery store by the explosion of gasoline gas today. NEGRO BRUTE IS ON TRIAL SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. Clinton, a burly negro, who has been terrorizing women refugees in Harbor View park by prowling at night and who made an assault on Mamie Gray, a. nine-year-old girl, this morning appeared before Police Judge Mogan and had his preliminary examination set for September 8. LETTER FROM R.

A. DAGUE TACOMA, Washington, Sept. 4, 1906. Editor Argus: I left Alameda, with my wife one month after the earthquake, and we have been visiting friends, camping out, and sight-seeing ever since. After "doing" Portland, Oregon City and other points in that state, we went to Spokane.

That is a modern up-to-date city of 80,000 population. It is located near Spokane Falls. The water falls a distance of feet furnishing power for many mills and manufactories and for generating electrical power for the city and neighboring towns. The famous Coeur d'Alene lead mines are not away. The owners of those valuable properties make their home in Spokane.

This city is on the line of three transcontinental railways and does very large shipping business. Nearby are the finest wheat growing sections in the United States. We have now been in Tacoma nearly three weeks. This city is at the head of Puget Sound--is 931 miles north of Alameda and about 160 miles nearly north of Portland. The city now has about 90,000 population and hopes to number 100,000 by January 1st next.

It is located 38 miles south of Seattle. The latter city has about 150,000 population and is a bustling place. Tacoma expects in time to outgrow Seattle and gives the following as some of the reasons for thinking sp. Tacoma manufactures more lumber a than any other city in the world; mills more flour than any other city west of Minneapolis and Kansas reduces more ores than any other city west of the Rocky mountains; has the largest meat packing industry west of Denver: largest fisheries plant in tho United States; largest car and locomotive construction and repair plant in the Pacific Northwest; employs more than 10,000 men in manufactures; has gained an average of more than two new industries a month for five years, There are now 380 mills and factories in the city. Last year there was shipped from Tacoma more than 12,000,000 bushels of wheat.

Heretofore this city had but one raiiroad. Now three lines are building. Recently the Union Pacific expended a halt million dollars for Tacoma property. Owing to shallow water and rock-bottom the largest ships cannot take on a full load at Seattle but they can do so at Tacoma. Seattle is an old city while Tacoma is comparatively young.

A few months ago, am informed, the Tacoma city council authorized the expenditure of one million dollars in improving the streets of the city and several hundred men are now at work on them. Undoubtedly this is a wet country during the winter and spring montis and yet these "web-feet" say this is the best climate on the Pacific Coast. They work out in the rain every day and declare they don't mind the rain a bit. While the winters are very wet they are not cold. Oregon and Washington will in the not distant future, be great and prosperous states.

We are having a nice time traveling about and do not yet know when ve may return to our home in Alameda. Yours truly, R. A. DAGUE. C.

C. BOYNTON NAMED AS CONVENTION SECRETARY C. C. Boynton was named as convention secretary of the state convention of the Independence League, which opened its sessions in Oakland yesterday. The Alameda attorney has been quite prominent in the movement, his office in the Tucker Block being the headquarters in Alameda of a the new party.

CONVENTION MEETS TOMORROW Defeat of Pardee Will Have Effect on County Nominations. Alamedans who are active politically will scarcely have time to breathe from activities of the State Convention before they must assemble again at the County Convention. This meets tomorrow in Oakland, at Germainia Hall. The defeat of Pardee will have its effect upon the local convention and on the several fights over county nominations. For one thing, it is believed the chaces of Charles Thomas for the Assessor's nomination is improved.

The chances of Clarence Crowell have not been helped any. The chances of Dr. C. L. Tisdale of this town have been materially increased.

Alameda sends 46 delegates to the convention. They are: P. S. Teller, C. S.

Neal, H. M. Kebby, W. H. Noy, Frank Otis, W.

P. Dillon, H. H. Shed, A. R.

Hamlin, J. B. Lanktree, P. Christensen, P. Perata, Hugh Carpenter, J.

S. Hanley, J. C. Fielding, J. F.

Hanson, F. N. Heaney, John Larkin, F. Sumner Loop, D. W.

Martin, J. J. Searle, A. J. W.

Born, Dr. G. L. Schmidt, L. R.

Weinman, E. B. Lovejoy, C. J. Hammond, Henry W.

Anderson, Fred O. Schuman, Robert S. Grant, George Sturtevant, Harry Bird, C. T. Rose, E.

W. Christiansen, Fred J. Croll, J. H. Peterson, William Nicholson, William Hammond George Leavitt, J.

H. Steiger, L. S. Shannon, W. B.

Hodges, Alfred Lorber, Dr. W. R. Hughes, Chas. A.

Marston, R. S. Gee, A. V. Fisher, W.

H. L. Hynes. The convention meets at 10 o'clock. The Congressional Convention meets in Oakland September 14, which will be one week from Saturday.

The delegates from Alameda to this convention are: Geo. H. Payne, E. E. Johnson, Geo.

W. Scott, Geo. Lewis, C. L. Tisdale, A.

Kihn, A. H. Ward, G. W. Emmons, E.

J. Clark, trustees Alameda Building and Loan Association property on the west line of Bay street 150 feet north of Central avenue. Ellen W. and Ainsworth Brown have transferred to Biddle and Bord-130 well, trustees Citizens Bank of Alameda property on the north line of San Jose avenue 140 feet east of Willow street. ORIENTAL FIRES AT WHITE MAN The keeper of the Chinese wash house on Webster street, who has been arrested at times for maintaining an opium den in connection with his laundry, figured in a shooting affair last night.

The Chinaman asserts that some unknown white man broke into his establishment and stole two opium pipes. The Oriental saw the man in his quarters and opened fire with a revolver, shooting at the white man four times. The man made a sudden bolt through an open window and escaped, probably without injury of any kind. Officer Schroeder searched the West End and the marsh last night but could find no trace of the man. MORE ESTIMATES OF EXPENSES In addition to the estimates of city departments of expenses for ensuing year, published recently, the following additional estimates have been filed with the City Clerk: The school department asks for from the City.

Council as $22,737.20 the city's share of the school estimate for the ensuing year. The total estimate is $100,059.36. Of this total the state and county apportionments are estimated at $77,321.66. The cipal subdivision estimates are: Teachers' salaries, janitors' slarlies, $5196; proposed increase of teachers' salaries, 5 per cent, proposed increase janitors' salaries, $720; salaries superintendont's office, $3300; painting, repairs, $3000; maintenance patent toilets, Wilson and Porter schools, $2000; stationery, $1500; insurance $1780; fuel, manual training lumber, truant officer, $500; census marshal, $480; printing, $500; library and apparatus, $422; water, $738; bus driver, $550. There are 8 minor items ranging from to $70 and aggregating $587.

$200 The city hall janitor's estimate includes $315 for washing off the tinting and renewing varnish in various official quarters and other portions of the City Hall. The estimated salary is $900, and fuel cost is figured at $200. City Clerk Gillogly's estimate totals $5050, being $1500 for salary; $250 for stationery; $1000 for advertising, $500 for Board of Equalization, $1500 for election expenses and $300 for mayor's allowance for 6 months. The mayor's allowance is the $50 a month expense by the new charter. Six LIFE STORY OF J.

N. GILLETT James Norris Gillett, named by the Republican State Convention at Santa Cruz yesterday for the governorship California, was born in Viroqua, September 20, 1860. When only 5 years old he was taken by his parents to Sparta, and here he lived for many years, attending the public schools. At the age of 18 he entered a law office and began the study of law, and in 1881 he was admitted to practice. Two years later, in 1883.

Mr. Gillett set out from Wisconsin for the Paeific Coast, and located at Eureka, Humboldt county. He began the practice of law there and soon won such a place in the life of the city that in 1889 he was appointed City Attorney, an office he held for six years. 1896 he received the Republican nomination for State Senator and was elected that fall, serving during the sessions of 1897 and 1899 as chairman of the Judiciary Committee. He was elected to the fifty-eighth congress.

by a majority of 6000 over A. Caminetti, and was re-elected to the Fifty-ninth Congress. Mr. Gillett was married in San Francisco in 1898 to Miss Isabella Erzgraber, THORNDYKE FUNERAL HELD THIS AFTERNOON. The funeral of Mrs.

Elvira P. Thorndyke was held this afternoon at two o'clock fro mthe residence of her granddaughter, Mrs. H. D. Scribner, 1805 Weber street.

The funeral was attended by many members of the Society of Pioneer Women, for Mrs. Thorndyke was vice-president of that society. She was also interested along lines of spiritualism and "new thought," and there were a number of believers in this school among those present at the services. The burial rites of this belief were used. HEAVY TRAVEL AGAIN TOWARD SAN FRANCISCO.

Since the settlement of the strike travel from Alameda to San Francisco has increased to an appreciable extent. The morning it was announced that the cars were running, and many women boarded the early trains for across the bay. During the strike period the railroad waiting rooms had a vacant look, except at regular hours for commuter travel..