Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 5

1VEDNESDAY EVENING OAKLAND TRIBUNE JULY 29, 1903 PRETTY WOftlAH OF THE STAGE; iCEORCE- -ALLARDT fWILL WAGE WAR ON THE GARBAGE MEN. 1 7 DFAD In connection It the hustling at toiler's WELL KNOWN ENGINEER HAS PASSED AWAY. Front Door Tlust in Future Be Kept Clean. is the return, of so many customers for a second and third selection from the half-price lines now on display in every department, Who wouldn't prefer two new, stylish shirts for the price of one? or two pieces of high-grade neckwear, or two pairs of sox, or two hats? yWe would, you would, so would everybody. fit' i 'I LADIES' TAILORED HATS AT LESS THAN HALF.

At his late residence, 1127 Linden street, George Fi Allardt, a civil engineer, passed, away Monday night at the age of seventy years and six jnonths. Heart disease, from which deceased had been a sufferer for some time, was the cause of death. Mr. Allardt was a native of Prussia, but was brought to America when an infant. He came to California in 1858 and has lived here ever since.

In 1865 he was married to Miss Emma Kluegel of Cleveland, Ohio. The funeral was held from his late residence at 2 o'clock this afternoon. under the auspices of Oakland Lodge, I No. 188, F. and A.

M. In early times deceased ngineer made extensive surveys In Reese i River- country during the mining ex- citement. Seven years later he return- ed to Cleveland and was married. He I brought his jbride to California, settling) in Oakland in 1S68. Mr.

Allardt had charge of the survey This advertisement just gives you a hint of the many portunitles offered. LEADING FURNISHERS, HATTERS, TAILORS, SHIRTMAKERS and cho, 1157-1159 Washington St. OAKLAND -t at present is the worst possibl le kind of management on the part of the city, i We want people to come to Oakland: but do not want to make them come through dirty back yara to get here." Director Weubye thought that to make an effort tov stop dumping 'garbage where it is now being placed would result in putting the city where it waa a year ago when forborne time it was not collected at all, owing -to the fact that there was no place where it could be disposed of. Directors D. C.

Brown and F. M. Farwell spoke In favor of the petition, and later on Weilbye stated he had not understood that the crematory was ready for work whence made objection to the And he then with" drew his former objection. F. M.

Campbell, who presented the resolution, stated that the petition had not been generally circulated for signatures and that only real estate men so far had been requested. to sign it. The first name, he said, on the petition was that of the Realty Syndicate Company, who owned a large amount of property close to the oblectionable dumping ground. -Woodward Watson, -Heron-Holcomb Company and the Southern Pacific Railway, besides quite a number of others had signed and a similar petition, he said, would be introduced before a meeting of the Board of Trade. yM-i On motion of Arper and seconded by Brown, the resolution was unanimously adopted, and Preisdent Theo Gier and Secretary Wiblur Walker were in structed to sign the petition which will be presented' to the Mayor and City Council and the District Attorney for action in the matter.

A resolution of thanks to Edson F. Adams, John C. Adams and Mrs. Julia A. Prather for the beautiful park donated by them to the city of Oakland, was introduced by F.

M. Farwell and was unanimously adopted. The names of M. M. Hoffman, R.

S. jvnciieiier ana csamuei Anderson were 1 presented to the meeting for member- i i ship in the Exchange and thev were I duly elected members of the organization. After an examination into the work being done by Rev. L. Malone towards raising money for a church in North Oakland, by the secretary of the Exchange, he reported that he thought the cause a worthy one, and upon his report the sentiment of the Exchange to this effect was ordered engrossed upon the minutes of the meeting.

The matter of the annexation of Frultvarle came up for consideration before the meetinsr. but the committer having been appointed to investigate isne matter, requested- further time, which was granted. Secretary Wilbur Walker was appointed a committee of one to meet with a like committee of other, bodies to employ an attorney to properly present the subject of the bill recently passed in regard to the attachment of the public officials' salaries for the payment or their debts, which is to be argued berore the Supreme Court sitting en banc next month. Arter the adjournment-of the meeting of the Merchants' Exchange a meeting of the Fourth of July Committees were held and the matter of settling up the accounts of the celebration was proceeded with. Chairman Theo Gier- of the Finance Committee.

Sinclair of the Afternoon Committee, ScbJeuter of the Theater Committee, and Arper of the Parade Gommittee made reports and the business of settling up the accounts is being brought to a satisfactory close. HIGGINSON MYSTERY CLEARED. CHICAGO, July 29. Drenched by the heavy rain and carrying a three weeks' old baby in her arms. Miss Annie Higginson staggered into her aunt's home at 3960 Drexel boulevard last night and a mystery that has been baffling the police was cleared.

The young woman had been missing for theree months, having disappeared in April from the residence of E. A. Helm. 520 Washington boulevard, with i AJ A DS AT op- 1028-1030 Market St. SAN FRANCISCO Rich Cut Glass and STERLING SILVERWARE for WEDDING A PRESENTS W.

N. Jenkins Leading i jeweier ana Ifijl Silversmith 4 l007Broadw'yt Bet. 11th 12th 4 OLDEST MERCHANT TAILORS IN OAKLAND. IOIS Broadway me in, honey," said the young woman, knocking more vigorously. Still no re sponse.

"Honey, let me in," called th young woman, redoubling her exertions. "Honey, honey, let me in!" She rattled the knob and shook the door and hammered with both fists, but there; was the silence of the grave on th CHILDREN'S CAPS LESS THAN HALF. iviary Mannenng is booked to play cerning her the Broadway Magazine Mannerlng Is. in the eyes of 1 6 fortunate, being; the wife of Jam's K. and.

at tne stme time, a successful star. To my mind, however, she is more strictly fortunate In being able to play roles that are hardly suited to her personality. -and to be accepted In them by a public that is partial to beauty, tut which, after all, demands something besides classic features. Miss annering is 1 1 4 1 sas: the avrrass hero heroine worsrsippc ESS AVOIDS THEORY ADVANCED THAT HOWARD'S BODY WAS CARRIED TO WEST BERKELEY. BERKELEY.

July 2D. The inquest over the lemains jjt Captain Howard Will, in nil probability, be postpone again tomorrow one of the of the Rusa House, whose absence prevented the jury from coming to. any conclusion on Monday night, has left the city to prevent summons to attend the inquest bving served upon him Newman's reason for leaving the City I thus is ai(J to be occasioned by the fact AMKtCSIMft Tl iiaLaoiiougn I heater this tall. Co.v IMS i I I I 1 i I I RE THAN' THE LADIES EXPECT FOR HIMSELF I. WOLLIN, the Artistic Cutter of Ladies' Gowns Head cutter with M.

J. Keller for the past seven years, OPENS BUSINESS to-date stock With an up-FOR HIMSELF Mr. Wollin recently attended L'Autorle Fashion Academy of New York and has thoroughly mastered the art of cutting and fitting the very latest designs. Delger Block, Fourteenth and Broadway over Taft Pennoyer. The matter of.

disposing of the city's garbage came up before the meeting of the Merchants" Exchange last night and Resulted In a resolution being adopted and the authorization of the president and secretary to sign a petition, being circulated, looking to the stoppings tof the dumping or waste matter on fhc Cats near the --Sixteenth street depot. The- objection advanced is that all of the traffic passes these flats a5d gives visitors poor Impression of their first glimpse of Oakland. The matter was brought up at last night's meeting by the Introduction of the following resolution by F. M. Camp bell: the garbage, kitchen offal and waste matter created by the inhab itants of the City of Oakland for more than one year last past have been and now are being deposited and dumped upon those certain lands and premises lying between' Wood and Willow and Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth streets in the City of Oakland, and at other places in the Immediate vicinity.

and "Whereas, All this refuf matter decays and putrifles upon said lands and thereby creates and breeds noxious and offensive stinks and and are a constant menace t6 the health of the neighborhood and the City of Oakland, and "Whereas, the said dumps are unsightly, to the highest degree and are situated very- near 'the railroad tracks, which are the main avenues of travel between the cities of Oakland and San Francisco and the Eastern States, and are thus viewed by thousands of people monthly, all of which is greatly detrimental to the prosperity of the City or Oakland, and "WhereaaJhe said dumps, for more than' one year last past, have been and now are Injurious to the health of the residents of the City of Oakland, and for such period have been and are now indecent and offensive to their senses, and have been Tor Such period and are now 'an obstruction to the free use of property, so aa to Interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life and of the -property for many blocks In extent surrounding and in. the neighborhood- of said dumps, and "Whereas, The maintenance of said dumps is a public nuisance and said nuisance affects at the same time an entire community and neighborhood -and more than a considerable number of persons "Now' therefore, be It Besolved, That we request, and we do hereby request the Honorable District Attorney of the County of Alameda, or such other county or city official as may be proper, to give notice, as required by law, to the persons" maintaining said dump to discon-'tinue and abate the said public nuisance, and 'that said persons be prosecuted in accordance with law If they fail or refuse to do so, and that we request all officials of this county and city, having authority so to do, to take all necessa-. ry steps to dlscontiune ajd abate this public nuisance and crying evil. "Be it further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be delivered to the Honorable" District Attorney, the Board of Health or the City of Oakland and the Health Officer of said city, and to the Honorable Mayor and City Council of said city. "TheO.

GIER, President. "WILBUR WALKER, Secretary After the reading of the resolution general discussion of the matter followed. George Arper, the meeting, stated that he was in favor with stopping the present system. "A company has lately built a crematory for the destruction of garbage and I understand is ready" to Begin work," he said. "Further than this the dump.

lng-of garbage where it is being done Ask while tection, that is bands and $142,500 will BROWN McKlNNON carry ua-. 01 uramu.c --ij o.u 1 SPRiNQ GOODS NOW IN. 4. oli, Evarts Block: TRIBUNE SUBSCRIBERS WHO FAIL TO RECEIVE THEIR PAPER BEFORE SIX O'CLOCK EVERY EVENING SHOUr.D TELEPHONE TO THE CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT. EXCHANGE NINE, AND THE CARRIER WILL BE NOTIFIED TO DELIVER COY IMMEDIAVELY.

subdivision of the Pabjo ran- i acres, one of the largest sur-! veys ever made in California. He was an eminent authority on the Subict of wa ter supply for the bay cities, having served 1872 jn the commission that I investigated the available sources or water supply for San Francisco. He was chief engineer of the commission that surveyed the tide lands in-San Francisco I bay and was aljo expert engineer for the Sacramento Valley farmers in the anti-debris litigation, which resulted in the restrictiDn of hydraulic mining. In the Contra Costa Water Company's suit against the city on water rates Mr. was an expeit witness for the cily.

He was taken ill shortly after the close of the Clough rights sirl sgainst the Spring Valley Walter Works tried in this county, Mr. Allardt appearing for the company. The surviving family consists of thi wife, Mrs. Emma Allardt, and three Charles K. Allardt, a mechan- leal engineer; Frederick A.

Allardt. paying teller or the uakiand Hank or Savings, and Miss Lottie Allardt. APPOINTED RECEIVER FOR CAR 1 NEW YORK. July 2. A receiver was! appointed in the Chancery Court at New- I aik.

N. for a single palace car. It Is called the Boston and at the time it was; built wa know-n as one of the finest in exists nee and whs xhioited widely. Later it became famous by remaining sidetracked for almost two years near Spiinglield. while the question of its ownership was being fought in the courts.

All that lime a colored porter i and his wife stuck to the car. The liti-! gaticn grows out of a transfer made to i a New Englander, who holds a mortgage I on the property and the court has in- stiucted the receiver, whose bond was nx- cd at J10.000. to sell the coach. I $2,630,000 FROM KLONDIKE. OTTAWA, Ont July 29.

The manag- ers of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and the Bank of -British North Ameiicu report that up to the present date the banks hjrve received from the Klondike nnunlnc nf I tnn Rift I 000. They expect at least $16,000 000 will be taken out of the Klondike before navigation closes J. N. DODSON DEAD. J.

N. Dodson. a printer, died yesterday treet. He was ill Saturday with an abscess of the biain. which Caused his I death.

He leaves a widow, a daughter! and a. son. LOUBET PARIS. July 29. The good will existing between France and England has hever been genuine than at the present ttme.

'The recent -visit of President Lou bet of France to King Edward of England Is the causa of the warm 1 I I i V. that he allowed Howard's effects to beiat tnc fami'y residence, 1018 Eighteenth last'othcr The woman's vole whose family she hd been living while she was studying in Chicago. Miss Higginson said that she had been in a hospital since she disappeared. PRICE OF OVERALLS TO ADVANCE July 29. The price cf overalls.

Jumper, and other cotton garments for working will be advanced sharply all over the Unite! States, according to a statement made by T. A. White, of Scranton, secretary of the Union-made Garment Makers' Association in convention herr Trie association Includes nearly alLthe makers using the union label. 'The advance will be noted, and must be considered due to the increjre In the price of fabrics," said Mr. White.

"The union men buy most of our good and will obtain them even if the cost is greater." WOMAN MOB LEADER ARRESTED. CHICAGO. July 29. Miss Catherine Bentsy was arrested last night charged with inciting to violence the mcb which attacked and seriously injured Sullivan, a non-union employe 'of the Kellogg Switchboard Company, some time ago. "Go on, kill him!" she is alleged to have cried repeatedly to the pickets when they seemed to fear the police.

Aivay igars, one -00. Thc bands around Recruit Cigars serving as the smoker's jjro-; also represent a money value of unusual worth. To the holders CHARITY DIRECTORS HOLD MEETING, 1 The Board of Directors the As- soclated Charities held a evening and elected Miss Helen Swett assistant secretary and children's agent of society. Miss Swett has been a teacher in the Alameda High School for the past three) years having previously been gradu- ated from Stanford university. It was decided to send a letter to Governor Pardee expressing tiie appre- iottrvn nf the Tr-! rrl nt the exofJlencv of his appointments to the State Board of Charities and to ask the co-opera- i tion of the Merchants Exchange, and the Board of Trade in considering the need in uamana or a liiu endorsement Committee similar to the one in San Francisoc and Eastern cities.

The, following report for the month of June was made by the secretary: Coses reated 82, visits made 305, medical attendance secured in five cas es, nurse proviaea in one; wiuwoij cfvfoAn Hmps And permanent enfployment once. During the month the courts under Juvenile Court act placed two boys on probation under the officers of the society. A MISSOUR1AN OF 505 POUNDS, i The Huge Man Who Lives at Hazel; Run, 'St. Francois County. COLUMBIA.

July 20. Thomas Mosteller of Hazel Run, St. Francois 'uoifhty. Is, without doubt, the biggest man In Missouri. He weighs at present 505 pounds, having gained forty pounds In the last year.

His father and mother were both of ordinary size and weight, his mother' being rather smaller than the average. Mr. Mosteller is unable to explain his unusual weight. He was large and strong when young, but gained in vweight most after his twenty-fifth year. In his younger days he used liquor In moderation.

He still smokes, but does not drink. He Is especially fond of meats and sweet things. He Is a farmer and, although he is not able to do much work, gets around by means of a stout cane. Mr. Mosteller.

is married and has three children, all of average size and weight. He is 49 years old and a member of the Southern Methodist Church. .4 NOT A BEE HIVE. A young married woman who was visiting at an hotel with her husband left him one morninga while she went on an errand. She was not accustomed to big hotels, and when she got back in half an hour the knocked at the eeting i tampered with.

Rather than ko unoii the stand, and cxplain( his reason for doing this, prefers to avoid It is stated that R. W. Turner, the nephew cf the deccaitd. desires to call him prettv strictly to account for his' action In al- 1 lowing a search of the baggage to be made. 'I Was Howard taken to West Berkeley after ne had been murdered, or was he murdered there? 1 This is the question which la bother- ing those who are.

working upon the case. The Identification by different res- laents 01 west Berkeley rail in that in no case was the clothing of the deceased described accurately. Mrs. Burchess. who was the most positive in her identi-! fleation.

says the deceased wore tan shoes and neither collar nor necktie. Was Howard In West Berkeley previous to his death? If he was in West Ber- 1 fkeley, what had brought him? These are I working on the case, and the answers toJ which are enshrouded in as deep a mys- tery as was the case at first. CONTROLLER COLGAN WAGERS. Made Bet That Tax Roll Will One" Hundred Million Higher Than Last Year. State Controller Colgan made a wager several ago with the members cf the State Board of Equalization that the total tax roll as filed by the Assessors throughout the State would be higher by $100,000,000 than the total valuation last year.

Mr. Colgan says that the reports that he has received give every indication, that he will win his beC It Is estimated that the State tax rate will be 64 or 68 cents and will be Jflxed during the second weets in September. The State Board of Equalization has heard from the representatives of the Southern Paclfie and Santa Fe roads and little time was consumed In examining witnesses for the reason that the reports of the railroad companies were nearer complete than in former years. The Equalizers give as a reason that they conformed to the requirements of the Interstate Commerce Commission in classification of operating expenses, It is quite probable that the assessments will be to News. DEATH OF THOMAS SHAW.

Tbomaa Henry Shaw, aged. El years, died at his late 573 Thirty-fifth street? was member of A. O. U. W.

The funeral will be Kild tomorrow from the A. O. U. W. lodge I I ft 0 hilt 0 Urtnpv a rn vnu th'ore? want t0" gct m.

Honey, o'pen darr." Then arose from the other side of the door a deep bass voice, with a reSentful note In it, "This is not a Deehlve. This is a bath room." Ex- change Artificial Stone Sidewalks, Cellar bottoms, curbing, estimates given. oundations for nouses. W. Allen, U1G Castro street, riione Red 5T39.

CASTOR I A For Infcmts and Children. The Kind You Wm Always Bought Sears the Signature of Wedding announcamants and invita tlons printed in nvr styU typa at Th Doming Bnoiz from Vacation and finding a lot of sewing to do for the children is not a pleasing prospect. But with a good sewing machine this work will be easy and pleasing. too you kno.w that we have a number of fine Seond-Hand Sewing Machines now on hand that are as good as new? You can get one for 01 5. GO SARGEAUT Oakland's only exclusive Sewing Machine Supply.

House 531 TWELFTH STREET (New RedBlock Bet. Washington and Clay other-brands of banded will be distributed, and some receive in one prize alone $5000. your dealer for full particulars Recruit Cigars are sold everywhere. 5c SO SAVE THE BANDS.