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SUNDAY MORNING, OAKLAND TRIBUNE. SEPTEMBER 20, 1903. 23 1WA TOO UGH LI MINSTREL MAID IN FETCHING D1RECT0IRE GOWN RECEIVES PLAUDIT AFTER PLAUDIT IN ALAMEDA NEW SCHOOL IS HOW BEING ERECTED III THE AST-GROWING LOCHWOOD DISTRICT, HEAR MELROSE; IS ARTISTIC AND WILL COST ABOUT $30,000 sWMswsssassMsMJssiss IN TEACHERS WW RAISE FUNDS FDR BOYS ALAMEDA, IS CRY Merchants and Residents Up fV dl--. yT" Utt auLaim or- Mother of Youth Who Was Train Is MISS E. GIEXSC1IS.

V. r. Badly Mangled By in Arms Against Arrests Being Made for Trivial Offenses. Care Unable to Take of Him. JLAMEDA, Sept.

19 Many residents cllum that half the city ordinances are business drugs, and every new one a BERKELEY, Sept. 19. The teachers ef the Columbus school of Berkeley. nd many other, are Interesting themselves In the case of Samuel Haney, the 11-year-old boy -who fell, accidentally, under the wheals of a passing Sputhern Fa-ciflc freight train at the f(jot of Tuning way on Wednesday tyt and -was so Injured that It was necessary to amputate his right leg belo-w the knee. The mother, who lives at 702 Ohannlng way.

Is a poor woman who supports four chll- trade narcotic. That is what those who obey the ordinances, and who pay the fines, say as they stand appalled at the Council's activity. Two victims voiced the seMttments at the police itatlon today, and every business man roared back an affirmative echo. But the matter has gono past the verbal complaint stage. It Is said, and a petition, sanctioned by a majority of the business men of the Hty, declares that the city too many laws, that the laws are ton conscientiously enforced, and that instead of aiding the tract In a formidable manner.

RAN UP AGAINST IT. This afternoon a tailor, named Schubert, decided that he would save $12 and of ase, by under 13 years dren, all washinsr. if i If move his household goods by his own efforts. The transfer man asked a sum Her husband, a miner, deserted net several years ago. The boy's expenses at the hospital are beyond her means and a movement is under way to give a benefit for: the little sufferer.

The pupils and teachers of the Columbus school, where he was a pupil, and H. H. Glessmer. the former principal, have all promised to co-operate. A subscription fund was started in Berkeley Vast- night to provide immediate funds for his medicine and nursing.

i it whici he thought too large. He rented wagon, hired a driver and leaded the 5 1 -T "6 i 't It- I van. Then a policeman wanaered put his house and arrested him for moving without a license. In the excitement, the driver forgot to tie his team, and was arrested for violating the hitching ordl nance. So pertrubed was he that he wanted to expectorate on th sidewalk, but remembered another city ordinance.

Schubert paid 17.50 for a license, rather than be fined. The driver paid J. When this was learned on the streets. It was nrniacrn niTrn TEN NEW HOMES WILL III! II II II IIS IIIIHrillll I $15,000 APARTMENTS FOR THE COLLEGE the agent fiat revealed the existence of the petition to modify the strictness of irnn abM mi BE BUILT IN ALAMEDA -1 regulation. LAWINQ TO DEATH.

Mr. Meeker of the Worden-Meeker WRINKLEOUT CLUB FOR BACHELORS IS FORMED MELROSE, Sept. 19. The first bachelors' club in this place has been organized and founded by F. W.

Peck, with quarters already established in the Wrinklecut Club at 2500 Central avenue. Nine charter members haj'e taken up life which is supposed to. pe free from care hi the new home. The clubhouse is a picturesque bungalow Is furnished with a billiard-room, smoking-room, and lqunging-rjom, end other facilities incidental to entertainment. The club opened with a smoker last I Company of Oakland says In reference to HOMES FOR MANY the system in force: "Alameda Is lawing the people to death.

It charges licenses for legitimate enterprises that sny other city would welcome with open arms. A Helen J. Flec ham let a eon tract f-r the erection of a two-story reeidr-e on Tenth avenue, between East Twenty-fourth and Eamt Twenty-flftfi street. The plans wr prpar4 by Architect A. W.

mtth. The dwelling will be of the colonial style of architecture and win contain nine rooms and bath. The Interior wtll be in Mission pfne finish. There will be a large bism'nt and the entire house will txt heatml by a large hot air furnace. One jf the fa- business may arying to build up a town I nx.

for Its own good as well as his own. ArehfTect M. Cefk to ptepsufuy $naits) for a two-story apartment bulUBnc which to retei by Mr. WfelUota. on Irwtght way.

between TelegrapJfc stve D'M and Bowdih street. BerkeUy. Ths building to to coat aswt win raw- tain twelve apartment of thr peons) each. The structure to to erected a lot SO 150 ft The afro of th architect has been to make thta bnlldiasr Ionic as mwh like a private rmridetM- a pae slble. There will be a main entrance aa4 Pi house will Mt twenty fet bark from the sidewalk.

Ther will be a larve Activity in Berkeley Is Great at Present Time Large Residences Being Built. to be taxed for doing It. It grinds out all progress. No busy city keeps a man III 1IA from putting a box on the sidewalk If he rinp not Interfere with traffic. Busv ALAMEDA, Sept.

19. The lure of one people will not, nor rarnot' stand petty' ures will be a conservatory. The hornet Among the structure now being erected annoyances of this kind Inflicted by a neat ankle, revealed by a directolre gown so jammed Encinal Hall, where the min will cost Smith Is also preparing plans fr ten City Council. Protection Is all right, but ill fl i In Melrose Is the Iockwood Grammar School, using Its former name. In the northeastern part of Melmse.

on a tract two-story art nouveau homes. are such protection Is prohibitive and defeats Its own purpose. I do not decry to be erected by Delanoy A Randlett on just laws, but such exactitude In minute If 1 A known ss Fo.jthn Park. The bulldtng Is of style, with roof. In garden 1r the front yart and the rear yard will be amnged wltfc arbor of various design.

In af thta structure there wtll be twelve slnsle room and In the baeement a large dlntng room for banquet pnrpoeea. The structure win be of rolonial design, wtti- me Mrugiere trad on entral avenue, near Mound street. Alameda. It la the Intention of the builders, when theiw tn homes are completed, to erect a large number of other homes on the same tract. strel show was given by Hamlet Circle, Companions of the Forest, last night tiat the sold-out sign was unfurled early In the evening, and the promoters will repeat the performance on Wednesday evening.

The cleverness displayed by th feminine black-face artists in masculine attire has somewhat carroded the spotless reputation of the Elk minstrels. The applause last night was and encore after encore was demanded by the audience. ra and without. STATE EPW0RTH LEAGUE HOLDS CELEBRATION PACIFIC GROVE, Sept. 19.

The Californian conference of the Epworth Leaguewlll hold a rally at Pacific Grove today to celebrate he first anniversary' of its organization. Some of those who will participate are: Dr. H. C. Peterson, Stockton; Rev.

Frank K. Baker, (Sacramento; Charles H. J. Truman, Percy F. Morris, San Francisco; H.

E. Beeks, D. San Jose. Arrrangements are being made by the Epworth League to hold a convention of one weuk at Stockton next March, when the International General the farm nf the letter walls of cement on wire lath, two wings composing th arms of the angle, each wing being 111 feet long, the total length of the building 125 feet and 34 feet In height from the ground to the eaves. The bell tower placed In the angle of the building fronts on the famous Bonlevard trivialities Irritates the rubllc.

It is the worst thing I know of for a city." ARRESTED FOR TRIFLES. A canvass of the business houses today resulted In all hut three men saving that business was severely handicapped by ordinances, and felt that they were not given Justice In tae pursuit of their business. Eighty per cent of all arrests made In the city are for riding on sidewalks with wheels and violating the hitching ordinance. "The fine." said a prominent real estate man today. "Is not placed to end the practice.

It Isn't big enough for that, but merely a nominal sum so that anyone can pay It. and feel like taking the Gill PLACE Oil II1Y llti'J JIRKS When Miss May Dean appeared in a dlrectoire gown and sang "Fly, Ye Black birds. Fly," care shuffled off also, and the demonstration that followed called road. Two stories hlg'i, with a nine-foot basement of clinker brick, for lunchrooms, toiiets. playrooms In rainy weather, containing eight large class and study rooms, equally lighted.

wit: tiie merry-faced minstrel maid back again and again. Local hits had an aptness about them that was immensely suc Secretary. Dr. Edwin M. Randall, will cessful.

The show was one of the most chance of trying to evade officer LOCATEOII CA1L Alameda's Floating Colony, 150 Strong Hofd Many Ex-; elusive Entertainments. conduct an Institute. pronounced successes of the season. again. The system Isn't conducted en Prof.

Helms of Richmond Now 3nS A. BREfKR. CONTROVERSY HAS Tirn ii mum sin Member of Contra Costa Board of Education. NOTED PIANIST AND COMPOSER i doom In place for the future erection of a latge auditorium, with five etits (three of them being stalrsways eleven feet In widthj, with modern equipment, the Lock wood Grammar School, or W. P.

Frlck School, will be not only one of the most artistic, but one of the rryst efficiently constructed school buildings in California, The total cost will be about $30,000. WORKED HARD. T.ie designing ar-hffect. WlHam Baker of San rranlsco; the contractor. Messrs.

Kinney Rounds of Oakland: the school much to stop violations of the ordlnsnce as to get a revenue from fines paid by careless persons." A bank cashier said: "Such petty practice Is tolerable in a residence district; in a business center It Is disgusting." CLAMOR FOR RELAXATION. Instead of laxness of laws, the people are clamoring through petitions for a relaxation. The police department Is self-supporting only by the keenest vigil. Xi r.miMOND. Sept.

1 Professor of Helms if this city, superintendent WELCOMED BY HIS MANY FRWSI IILUUr rilimiljb th local vhools and secretary the grammar school and high school board. ALAMEDA. Spt. It. WITH th mlt-Ait Ion of three now arks to tie tqutlt coionr on the tMal canaL Alasned' floating tiuitt.

wtfci onjoyo apertal dispeneaffoa from the Tax CbUertor. I expeollng to tmruenal proportional Carls ark to equipped rtth all emrrenierw-eau has been arpolifted as a member of the county boaxl r.f education. By placlnsr hoard. Messrs. A.

8. Maloon. F. F. Morse him on tfre board the southern part of the county ami esperla'ly Richmond Is Work on Rich-mond Town Hall Stopped Because of Union Labor Troubles, tven a representation in the direction crimes arc committed that will call for a respectable fine.

Mayor Taylor ssys: "We have a finely governed city." Secretary Ralph Russell of the Chamber of Commerce said: "Too much law never made a metropolis." of the school affairs of the county tihlch such as electric Uirhts. oae. tracer and other modern Improvement The tsnJkue social Ufa whfcfi the e4ony en toy a- alo affect the local schools. and II. Beyle, and the public generally are all to be ongratulated on the existence of one mor first-class public building.

This recognition Is due ti all, but especially to the three members of the school board, whose work was prompted solely by public spirit. Other building are being rapidly constructed on the tract, which gives prom Helms, during his residence In this hanre th Blestsxire ef Itfe fh cttr as principal of the local schools. has been instrumental In getting much of the Improvement in the system completed and has been of the greatest as BUILDING PERMITS RICHMOND, Sept. 19. Charles E.

J3ennett, a local painter who was given the contract lor painting the" new city hall, has become Involved in a dispute with the Painters' union, and until this sistance to the local boards in outlining ise of becoming a first-class residence GRANTED IN BERKELEY the best methods ef securing the proper facilities for this city. district, as risfld building restrictions are being mrvlntalne-l. J. D. Vanderbllt.

the water. On tmmerou oeaelm the members) ef th rmWwir ev u.berrfbet for an orrletns, wtiirh Vajrtonef tn the center ef th canal, the ettftiT making th arcabt doubly attii.tfe Many daare held on. the bovsMbomta and earlnetr feoM-rlrte ar a regtilas ocrtnrenr. The enksiy 1 bow eecae poeed of 1S4 persona. ACCUSES HUSBAND OF FAILURE TO PROVIDE San Frsnr tco contractor.

wlS build BERKELEY. Sept. 19. The following permits were granted during the week by handsome home opposite the fine residences of F. F.

Morse and Captain Nel Building Inspector Bull: One and one-half story frame dwelling on Dana street, near Ailston; cost $a'W. son, t.ie millionaire shipowner anl lumberman. CHANGE NAME. Owner. E.

P. Moore, 1430 Grove street. is settled It Is not likely that the woodwork of the new building will be painted. That Is, union men must do the work, and If Bennett is not square with the' union, although he has the contract, the jvprk will not be commenced until the tangle has been straightened out. The John Nlcholl Company, which ts building the new city hall, called for bids for the painting from the different local firms, and when these were opened it was found that Bennett's was the lowest.

The contract for the painting SISKIYOU REPUBLICANS NAME THEIR TICKET TP.EXA, Sept. It. Siskiyou eoonty Republican Convention today Bemfnated the following ticket: Superior Court Judge J. g. Bearl.

Supervisors Abner Weed. 8. R. Gardner and Edward O'Connor. Two-story 7-room frame dwelling on One further fact should be mentioned.

Leroy stnet; cost $4000. Owner MuHon Investment Company. Euclid The school has heretofore been known as the Lo'-kwood Grammar School, but as W. P. Frick, the owner of the Tact, has Judge Beard was named for a feurCi term and Supervisors Weew and Gard donated a whole triangular block adjacent to the school grounds, the trustees of the Lockwood district have decided to change the name of t.ie school, which ner each for a third term.

BuprnsoT One-storv 1-room frame clubhouse on Peralta avenue; cost $10. Owner W. R. Hodgkins, 2J08 Ellsworth street. One-story 2 -room frame cottage on Idaho street; cost $120.

Owner, S. A. Davis, 1111 Tenth street. One-story 6-room frame dwelling on Bonlux strert, nfir Berkeley way; cost $1500. Owner, John Spencer.

One-story 1-room woodshed on the cor BTCH3fOrD. Sept. It rafrMt farS waa arrested on chary of taClas to provide for his wife, the warren betas? sworn to by Mrs. Roe Cartin. who claim that althona-h aMe to furnish her th aecessarte of life, her koetwndl ha left her tn a destitute eondtrJeq an a treated her la a moot skamefnl taahina Cartta win hare kto trial befor Record; Jobnatoa at a later date, kartasf claimed to be not a-nf'fr ef fh ee '-1 O'Connor Is a Democrat bat the Re will be known henceforth as the W.

P. Frldi Grammar School, a perspective of was therefore let to him. Bennett, however, it seems, has failed to recognize the existence of a painters' union here, the last few months, claiming that the organisation has been broken up by the fact that no meetings have been held on the dates required, and that-it Is be publicans nomtr.ated him to succeed himself. The Democrats held their primaries today. Their convention win be next which appears In this Issue.

Sa turds v. ing run by a certain clique for their SAN JOSE BEAT SAN FRANCISCO own personal advantage. Bennett, therefore, has snubbed the union right along for some weeks now, and as a result the men who are sup AS ner of Shattuck avenue and Kussell street; cost $300. Owner, Alpine Wood and Supply Company, 2418 Shattuck avenue. Two-story 9-room frame dwelling on Wooisev street, near College avenue; cost $3900.

Owner, J. M. Ritchie, 2609 Haste street. MANY NEW HOMES. Two-story 7-room frame dwelling on Magnolia street, near Webster; cost $3000.

Owner. John E. Blgelow, 2321 RusFell streojt. One and a half-sfory 8-room frame dwelling on Berryman street, near Grove; cost $2000. Owner, H.

I.eary. 2321 Russell street. porting the organisation feel rather put out. When they found 'that Bennett had gotten the contract for painting the city hall in rlace of them 'they felt even SAN JOSE. Sept.

19 The Prone Pickers today beat tha best team that San Francisco has ever sent down here by a score of 8 to 4. The game was a classy exhibition, barring a few misses, up to the seventh Inning. The locals grabbed a couple of runs early In the game In spite of the fact that they could not get a Kit off Van Ottemisn. Ran Francisco shaved worse. In fact, they were not at all in favor of seeing the work placed In the hands of a man who, they claim, is un YOU fair to union labor by not employing union men or recognizing that such' an Two-story 8-room frame dwelling on organization exists in this city.

El Camino Real; cost $6320. Owner, Grace Wells Kellogg, 2734 Parker street. 1 Two-story 8-room frame dwelling on TO DELIVER KEYS OF WOLF SYNAGOGUE Avalon street, near Claremont boulevard; cost $6000. Owner, Kate T. Cous one over in the sixth and two In the first half of the seventh, putting San Jose one to f.ie bad.

When the fans called for runs In the lucky seventh the team fell on Van Ot-terman hard, putting four runs over. From the beginning of the seventh the game was, about as bad as It could possibly be. Thomas was knocked down by Cor.rad In the latter part of the game and ins and Sarah W. Lassen, zeu tnna street. LARGE DWELLINGS.

Two-story. rooms, Woelsey street; cost Owner. J. M. Ritchie.

suffered a strained shoulder. Vsn Ot- Two-storv. 8 rooms. Ruswll. near Re- SAN FRANCISCO, Sept.

19. The. deed and keys to the synagogue property on Gtary and Octaviu streets, presented to tho Congregation Keneseth Israel by William Wolf, will be formally given into gent; cost $2fl00. Owner. W.

R. Gobel. terman pitched a great game until he lost One-stoiy. rooms. Ailston way; i his head, land Wolters was in fine form $1500.

Owner. O. Guerrero. i most of time. He struck out twelve charge of the congregation tomorrow One-storv.

rooms. Josephine, near evening at o'clock bv the doner. Cedar; cosl $1400. Owner, T. T.

A large g3thering will witness the pre Save a Half on the Gas and Get Three Times the Light By Mantle Burners Keep Up the Good Economy by Renewing Mantles Occasionally sentation. Rabbis Nieto. Kaplan and Lew will address the audience, as also men. With rod support Van Otterman, Schroeder's Eastern importation, should have 'cheated Harry Wolters out of. his sixteenth successive win.

Score: R. II. E. San Jose 1 001004! 4 San Francisco 00000121 0 4 7 7 Batteries Van Otterman and Conrad; Wolters, Eager and Thomas. Umpires Meirsell and Eager.

will Wallace Wiseand Senator E. I Wolfe. FREDERICK' ZECH The cantor of the congregation will direct the exercises, assisted by a male hitherto unpublished, from the pen of Mr. Zech, and whici have been hidden choir of fourteen voices. A general in Two-story.

9 FJrr.v ood. near College; cost $4500; owner. Mr. C. R.

Goddard. Two-story, 7 rooms. Scenic avenue; cost $3000. Owner. Allen Wright.

Repairs, 1S98 Harmon street; cost $150. Owner, Mrs. E. Flood. 6 rooms, flat and store.

Rose, Spruce; cost $i(K)0. Owner, O. Helnrich. One-story. 6 rooms.

Nana avenue; cost $2500r Owner, N. A. Anderson. Two-story, 8 rooms. Garber street; cost $3200.

Owner Constance McKeand. Two-story. 6 rooms. Garber street; cost $2450. Owner.

Georre T. Plowman. vitation to the public has been Issued. away under lock and key In what, is now the much-talked-of Music Chest, have burst forth from their prison walls and NO SETTLEMENT OF are being played extensively by the most prominent artists of Eurcje, and LABOR DIFFERENCES Much real pleasure and satisfaction has i come to the music-loving people of the bay cities in the arrival home of the eminent pianist and composer, Frederick Zec'a. Shortly after the great San Francisco fire Mr.

Zech, with his family, left the shores of California on a long-planned tour of Europe, visiting nearly all the great music centers, embracing Berlin, Leiprig, Dresden, Munich, London, -Paris, Milan, Prague and Vienna. It Is Interesting to learn that, for the first time In more than twenty years, jthft pianoforte and violin compositions in the concert halls of the continent. His symphonic poems, including "Le- MANCHESTER, Sept. 19. Th Mrs.

A. B. Taylor, 1730 University avenue. Two-3tory 8-room frame dwelling on lUUegas avenue, rifcar Webster street; cost -500. Owner, 3.

R. lJavls. iul Hlllegass avenue. Two-story 1 1-room frame dwplllng on Dwight way. near Dana street; cont Owner, Mrs.

A. T. Allen, 251t Wentworth street. Two-story 8-room frame dwelling on Spring street, near Virginia; cost $3500. Owner, Wm.

S. May. 2117 Center: street. wage dispute between the employers and OAKLAND GAS, LIGHT and HEAT COMPANY CLAY AND THIRTEENTH STREETS the cotton operatives has not reached a mia" and "Eve of St. Agnes," which were played In San Francisco and Los Angeles several years ago.

were played throughout Germany wltli the characteristic success accorded the famous Californian In his own home State. PRETTY RESIDENCE. One-story frame dwelling on Stuart street, near Milvta; cost $1700. Owner, Vade H. Thomas, 231 Halght street, San Francisco; One-story frame addition to bungalow 1121 Oxford street: coat UQO.

Owner, settlement, and it is now certain that a majority of the mills will not open aext i jfonday. ft.

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