The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 20, 1896, Page 13

THE SAN FRANCISC o JALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 189 13 Ir_lteresting Rep ort _of Important Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County FLIGHT STOPPED, FORTUNE LOST, Dr. Harmon of San Leandro a Sadder but Wiser Husband. CAUGHT WITH HIS COIN. Thirty Thousand Dollars Was Packed in His Va- lise. OBJECTED TO PAYING ALIMONY. Cleverly Arrested on the Eve Making His Escape to Victoria. of OARLAND OFFICE SAN KRANCISCO CALL.) 908 Broadway, Feb. 19. Dr. L. C. Harmon. of San Leandro dis- tributed about §21,000 about his person last more than $30,000, and probably twice{livend u; that amount. | scereted a ,Detective Hierlihy soon discovered that { the doctor bad a handy man as a valet. | E a roll of notes that he had out his underclothing. It was worth §$16,000. This, with $4595 found in the doctor’s valise, was considered by the His name is E. Ellsworth, and he was con- | court a sufficient sum to coverany possible stantly with his master, judgment that the wife might obtain, and While watening the doctor the detective | Harmon was released. He was again excited the suspicion of Officer Bode and | arrested and taken to the City Prison on | was taken to the stati the misdemeanor warrant, but after put- In explanation of his presence outside | ting up $100 cash bail he was again at the house he said that Dr. Harmon was | liberty, and returned with Ellsworth to inside and the doctor was trying to evade | San Francisco. service of a subpena to appearin Judge | Frick’s court in the morning in a divorce | i suit instituted by his w He and thei other detective were watching for him to (Eae serve him with the subpena as he intended | leaving the city. 2 ‘ Captain Gillin telephoned to Captain | Swain of the Oakland police and was in- | formed that the private detective's story was (rue, so he was at once released and Sergeant Martin and party were notified to quit the espionage of the house. How the two came togetheris not known | at present, as neither of them is inclined to give his secrets away. Last night the | detective noticed that Ellsworth left the | hotel and made a circuitous route to the | water front. He went into the saloon of | Al White, where he met a man, evidently | by appointment. The conversation was all | about a tug and the speed of the steamer | City of Puebla, which was to leave for Victoria at 9 o'clock this morning. Ells- | worth asked about the tug Millie, which brings TuE CALL to Oakland, and told his companion that he had 2 friend who had any amount of money, and who was mixed up in a divorce suit ana wanted to get out of the State. The conversation was heard by the de- tective and communicated to Mrs. Har- wmon’s attorney. Then a plan was laid to outwit the doctor. Sam Rudde!l of the revenue service was brought into the mat- ter and requested to hold the Government tug in readiness in case Dr. Harmon should get off shore. Then a warrant was sworn 1 out for the arrest of the doctor. Some days ago Dr. Harmon wrote to his wife. He used some language that might Dr. Harmon of San Leandro. [From a photograph. court proceedings, but her brother, Dr. evening, and intended that by to-night he would be well on his way to Victoria, B. C., beyond the punishment of American civil law. Instead, however, he is still in San Francisco and $20,000 of his money is in the possession of the Superior Court of Alameda County. The failure of the doc- tor's plans constitute a sensational chapter in the proceedings of a divorce suit, insti- tuted some time ago. | The Harmons liyed at San Leandro, where they have a beautiful home. But | all the beauty is outside. Within the do- | mestic life was a travesty on the word | home. Mrs. Harmon declared that she | was very frequently the victim of extreme | | be construed as vulgar. Mrs. Harmon might not have paid any attention to it, | but when something had to be done to | | hold her husband from fleeing with his | | fortune a warrant was sworn out. | Cecit Corwin, sat by Attorney Foote. At- torney Nusbaumer holds the money sub- ject to the order of the court. s ci to arrest Dr. Harmon, who had leit the | water front in a buggy. The captain gota | d t of the docty d t i d . . i the doctor had $30.000 | Project for the Alameda Library informed ‘:uththe doctor had $30,000 with him, which the captain was to hold e13: Building Progress- ing. as evidence against the doctor. €aptain Wittman ordered Policeman Sullivan to change his coat and accompany him and they both hurried from the sta- | tion. At Market and Sixth strects the | captain met the buggy, and, told Ells- | Inquest Over the Body of Lena Nel. MRS. HARMON, THE DOCTOR'S WI [From a p. son, the Youthful Girl t Suicide. ’ ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 19.—F. W. Van | Sicklen of the Citizens’ Committee reports | great progress with the scheme of forming | the syndicate to build a library building | for the city. He has had numerous offers :, from interested citizens, who desire Jto | contribute sums of money and become | stockholders in the syndicate, but he says | that at present it is his desire to secure only su bers who will advance $1000, | and he wants ten of them. He has so far secured six of the ten. After getting the other four he intends to call upon those who will give the smaller amounts until the necessary $20,000 is raised. The proposition of the syndicate is a simple one. It wili lease from the city the library lot at the southwest corner of Oak street and Santa Clara avenuc, erect a suit- able building costing $20,000 thereon, and in turn lease the building to the library trustees. The terms of the lease of the building to the library trustees will be for a rental equal to 5 per centum on the sum | #t any time purchase the building | ng thelife of the lease for the actual of construction. ion was submitted to City Attorney Taylor and George H. Mastick on behalf | of the library trustees, and they have both eclared that the plan can be legally and successiully carried out without loss. Board of Education, ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 19.—The Board of Education met last night and the vrin- | cipal matter brought beiore it for discus- | on was the appointment of a census marshal. Superintendent Sullivan called attention to the fact that the school census marshal must ve chosen before the Ist of April, and that the law only allows ihe FE, WHO 1S SEEKING A DIVORCE. hotograph.] cruelty, and when she could stand it no longer she wanted to be free. Incidentally he asked the court for attorneys’ fees, a ivision of property and permanent ali- At the tirst hearing in the case Dr. was ardered to pay his wife $100 For the last month he has dis- the court and so he was served an order yesterday to appear in court morning and ow cause why he | uld not be punished for his contempt. | Harmon and his wife present a | strange contrast. He is a_ phy formity tirough acute spinal ataxia. gz and speech are so far impaired that he can communicate only by signs and in writing. He also stoops considera- | bly, and is about 40 years of age. Mrs. Harmon is several years younger thuan her husband and is a very attractive woman. Sheis of medium stature and is | extremely ladylike in her demeanor. She | married the doctor nine years ago, ana appointment of the marshai, making no provision for assistants. The census marshal himself must appoint his depu- ties. Ihe board has reason to remember | worth again to pull up|otherwise he would | e experience with, Edward e m‘;3;;::&\ee;f:aconseq'_wncesv and it had | ;andin i\\‘ile«{ for ials%f_\'ln;: the census re- | S A oot eAlby D Has: mjns? ast year, but subsequently ac- bugey in which a private detective was | PTObeT authority. It will consider the seated, who had followed close after the [ GEPoLR{nent this yeat deeply and en- | other all the way from the ferry. T o Ghatlie Tadt The captain led the horse to the Central | je2ndal. J. L. I‘“}“““““” e ety station. and there, in the bottom of the | 1 81 apPiica ?n or the position. buggy, were found two revolvers loaded in The Coroner's Inquest. every chamber. The doctor and Ellsworth | ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 19.—An in were taken to the captain’s room and Oak- | was held to-day in the case of Lena Nel- land was notified of the arrest. He re- | son, who committed suicide on Tuesday ceived instructions to hold the doctor and | night at the residence of her employers, | a detective would cross over for him by | Mr. aud Mrs. R. S. Clark of Alameda | , worth, the valet, who wes driving, to stop. Ellsworth drove on, and, the capi drawing his revolver, commanded uest Mrs. Harnon was not present during the : | At 2:30 o'clock this morning Captain | | Wittman of the Central police station at | | San Francisco was notified from this city {] invested, with the condition that the city | 6 There has been some question as to the | It legality of this proceeding, but the ques- | P the first boat. The doctor admitted that he was trying to escape to Victoria. He said he had lived happily with his wife till he was seized with a deadly spinal disease and they have one child. | now she wanted to get rid of him. He had For several days Mrs. Harmon has been | only a few vears to live and he wanted to | suspicious that her husband was not anx- | get away somewhere to end his last years | avenue. Her sister and brother made aep- ositions, but threw no light on the motive for the act. According to the sister she | had admitied having made an attempt at suicide about three months ago, and had gone so far as to place the strychnine to Dier lips, whereupon her courage failed and she dropped the glass. The verdict was ious to live up to the order of the court, | and that he intended, if possible, to leave | the State. She communicated her fears to | her attorney, W.W. Foote, and a detec- | tive was set to watch the San Leandro | doctor. He has been living at the St.| Nicholas Hotel in San Francisco. He | has not been practicing for some years, as | he is wealthy and is known to possess l\vim Detective Holland, and then de- in peace and quietness. % The case was called in Judge Frick’s court this morning and Attorney Foote | called all the detectives,who told the story | of last night’s escapade. He asked thata receiver be appeinted and Judge Frick ap- pointed Emirg'nshunmer as receiver. Dr. Harmon went outside the courtroom death from strychnine poisoning with suicidal intent. The deceased was a nu- tive Rio Vista ana aged 16. e e The Isle of Sheppey, according to the correspondent of a ndon contempo- rary, stands in serious danger of disap. pearing altogether. It is being gn\dual)‘y washed away by the sea. The Sgeamer City of Puebla, on Which Dr. Harmon Was to Sail for Victoria, B. C., the Tug Millie, ‘Which Was to Put Him Aboard, and the Whitchall Boat That Was to Intercept the Tug. MERCHANTS SURPRISED, Result of Treasury Agent Har- ris’ Recent Visit to Oakland. CONFEDERATE NOTE “ADS.” tanding in Line for Hours to Secure Seats to Hear Paderewski Play. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, Feb. 19, | Treasury Agent Harris created a sur- prise in this city yesterday by notifying several merchants that their method of advertising was contrary to law. Xor sev- eral weeks the sidewalks have been freely covered with folded greenbacks. When the finder would pick them up he would, on unfolding it, be speedily made aware of the fact that the supposed greenback was an advertisement. The greenback was a fac-simile of a Confederate note, promising, two years after the signing of a treaty of peace be- tween the Confederacy and the United States, to pay the sum for which the note was drawn. The note was invariably folded so that the eye could see what it was, and very few were left on the side- walk more than a few minutes. The ruse proved a good one and several firms were soon using it. Agent Harris came to Oakland yester- day, found out the people who were using them and_then warned them to desist, as | the practice was against tbe law. This | occasioned great surprise, because the | notes were not representations of United | States money and were merely Confederate “*shin-plaste: The agent, however, | quoted the law which he said forbade the using of notes as an advertising medinm. | He also referred to a case in which a | doctor up north had been fined $100 for | persisting in using the ‘notes after being warned to desist. “We intend 1o respect the warning of | the agent,” said J. W. Laymance, one of | the enjoined advertisers, ““but I have been told that if we were to persist we could continue to use them. We have no time or inclination to make a fight, and will call all our currency in. | e { THE NAIL WORKS, | Preparations to Resume Work With Day and Night Shifts. | OAKLAND, Cav., Feb. 19.—The old nail | works at the foot of Fiibert street, which | have been leased by the Diddle Purchas- ing Company of Philadelphia, made the first nail to-day under the new manage- ment. J. C. Maloney came out here about | two weeks ago and Monday put a force of men at work cleaning the place up and putting it into condition for operation. Harry Veirs, who was with the old com- peny for many years, has been appointed foreman, and William Wilson and William | Gassner, twe skilled mechanics of Cleve- { land, Ohio, arrived to-day. They will rush | the work of putting the machines in work- | ing order. i The intention is to draw the wire on the | premises and manufacture nails from | those used in cigar-boxes and shoes to the | sixty-penny nail. There will be two shifts | and the plant kept ranning day and night. The day force will work from 7 . M. to P. M. The night force will be on the other thirteen hours. No stobs will be | made for meals, as the men can lunch | while the automatic machines are at work. expected that 100 men will be em- oyed, but it will be a week or ten days | before things will be in such shape that the twenty machines can be put to work. The company running the plant has factories at Cleveland, Ohio; Joliet, IlI.; “harieston, W. Va. me thirty or more men, old and young, were hanging about the place to-day in hopes of securing work. None of the machines will be put to work until all are ready. There are about a dozen employed getting things into shape, FIXING WATER RATES. Water Companies Scemingly Take but Littlo Interest This Year. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 19.—President Manue! of the City Council setected Coun- cilmen Towle, Mott and Buckland a special committee upon water rates. They are at work on an ordinance which is to be presented {o the Council at the meeting next Monday. The framing and passing of a water-rate ordinance is the chief event m the Council_each year, and the pull which is called into exercise is tremend- ous, but there was little sign of it last year, and, to judge from appearances, | neither water company is troubling itself this year about the rates which the Coun- cil may establish, though both will make the usual motions of a fight by sending attorneys to argue before the Council. The reason for the indifference is that both companies are selling water below the legally established rates, and they ex- pect to continue doing so. 1t is generally believed that the committee will recom- mend an ordinance substantially the same as that now in force. WAITED FOR HOURS. Paderewski’s Concert Will Be a Marked Success. OAKLAND, Car.,, Feb. 19.—For three hours before daylight this morning there was a line of people reaching from the Macdonough entrance around on Broad- way, patiently waiting for the box-office to open =0 that they could purchase seats for Paderewski’'s concert on Saturday night. There was some struggling to get to the front of theline and it was neces- sary to send for an officer to keep the peace, Promptly at 9 o'clock the box- office window was thrown up and the sale commenced. ¥From the general character of those who | purcnased tickets it is very evident that | the theater will present a very swell ap- | pearance. Coachmen ware in [ine to pur- chase for their masters; manyv people prominent in society made their own se- lections, and -some bright boys who had ot there early were abie to sell their po- sitions at a paying rate. By 2 o'clock $3000 had been passed through the win- dows and over one-half of the house had been sold. There are still some choice seats left, but the rate continues brisk. Garrity in Court. OAKLAND, Can, Feb. 19. — Attorney Thomas F. Garrity appeared before Judge Wood of the Police Court this morning for the first time since his commitment by that official for contempt of court, He de- sired to have a Chinese opium-selling case go over so as to have a San Francisco at- torney appear in the case with him Judge Wood denied the request, as the case has been repeatedly postponed at the request of the attorney, but he set it for to-morrow at 10:30 instead of 9:30 o’clock, so that At- torney Garrity could be present at the ha- beas corpus proceedings in his behalf in the Superior Court. .The attorney will be represented in these by Attorneys Cha; man, Bradley and Walsh. The people will be represented by Assistant District Attorney Church and Attorreys Reed and Nusbaumer. The latter are confident that there is nothing in the point raised by Garrity’s representatives. He Surprised Them. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 19.—Officer Lay- ton of the North Qakland beat rides a bicycle when on duty and this fact nearly led to the capture of three burglars vester- day morning. Heretofore the officer of that beat has ridden a large white horse, which could be heard and seen a long way off. This was always a caution to evil- doers to lay low. This time the officer was nearly on his men before the lookout saw him and gave the signal to make off. He saw them and called on them to stop, but they slipped away from him. e | emptied his revolver at the fleeing forms | without effect. It was found they had en- tered a bakery and removed a small square of glass from the showcase and were helpimy themselves ‘o tobacco, cigars, etc., when scared away. There is not the least clew as to who the guilty ones were. Political Gossip. HAYWARDS, Cav., Feb. 19.—The city election to be held the first Monday in April is beginning to excite considerable interest aiready. There will be a large list of candidates as usual. Among those who are already in the field are the follow- ing: n&ren!urer — Charles Prowse and Al Fisher. Clerk—H. Bruner, J. A. Collins and M. Templeton, Marshal—J. W. Ramage and George Obermueller. Town Trustees—E. Mervin and W. P. Crane. Library Trustees — G. Tayne, J. E. Cruoks, G. Oakes, Rev. G. Wenk and Fred Russell. The Centerville and Haywards football teams will meet for the first time this sea- son on Saturday. Wheelmen Officers. OAKLAND, Can., Feb. 19.—The East Oakland Wheelmen held their semi-an- nual meeting last evening. The following were elected for the ensuing year: Presi- dent, E. F. Williams; vice-president, E. S. Wilkins: secretary, A. R. Haskins; treas- urer, Walter T. Wood; captain, Howard W. French; first lieutenant, C. F. Weldon; second lieutenant, C. Kirk; executive com- mittee, E. Lucus and W. Doyle. Captain French bas issued a call for the first club run of the season. It is to be next Saturday, to witness the twenty-five- mile road race. Will Try Once More. OAKLAND, Car., Feb.19.—Thebuilding at the intersection of Brush and Twenty- third streets and San Faplo avenue which | was blown down during the wind. storm of February 6, kiliing Charles Hurley is to be rebuilt.” Hurley and a number of others | A NATURAL «UNCLE SAM." He Will Figure in the Oakland | Parade on Washington’s Birthday. TWO0 THOUSAND CHILDREN. Regatta in the. Afternoon and Pa- triotic Exercises at Night. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FrANCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, Feb. 19. | One of the features of the Washington’s | birthday parade will be Oakland’s natural | “Uncle Sam.” The man who so closely | resembles the being used in common by | caricaturists to represent the Nation is | C. W. Cornor, for many years a resident of | this city. Next Saturday he will be seated | on a float and take the place in the pro-| cession for which nature has so well fitted him. “Uncle S8am” Cornor, as the gentleman | is known all over Oakland, possesses other | claims than his features for figuring on | this particular Washington’s birthday. He | was born in the State of Maiue on the 22d | of February, 1826. Consequently he has | just reached the limit of three score and | ten years. ‘ The many floats that will figure in the parade and the various fraternal ‘societies ‘ that will be in line have been already pub- | lished. It is now estimated that the en- tire parade will be over an hour passing a given point. The committee in charge of the exer- cises at the Congregational church have decided upon the following programme: March, “King's Choice”..... .Oettl Orchestra. ““Poet and Peasant Orchestr Oration, Washington and His Compatriots ...Major E. A. Sherman C. W. Cornor, Cakland’s Natural “Uncle Sam,” Who Will Figure in the Washing- ton’s Birthday Parade. [Drawn by a “Call” art ist from a photograph.] were at work when the building collapsed. All escaped with slight injuries but Hurley. The material has all been over- hauled and the joists relaid ready for the frame which \\'illlbe put up in a few days. Republicans to Meet. OAKLAND Car., Feb. 19.—The Second Ward Republican Club will meet at Milton Hall Thurday night. The issues of the day and the life and character of George Washington are to be discussed. A meeting has been called for Saturday night at Kohler & Chase hall in the in- terests of the movement to organize an Oakland McKinley Club. Sent to Whittier. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 19.—William Kelleher, aged 17 years, was sent to Whit- tier by Judge Frick to-day. e belonging to his employer, H. Koster, and went to a San Francisco hotel with Mrs. Van Zant, where he was arrested for em- bezzlement. The ¢um of §7141 was found, the woman admitting the boy gave it her., PIETRO GORI'S TALK. A Female Socialist Presides at the Anarchist’s Lecture. Mrs. A. Gaffe, an ardent lady socialist, presided last night at Pietro Gori’s lecture in Apollo Hall, which was addressed espe- cially to women. In introducing the anarchist, Mrs. Gaffe ; spoke strongly against modern conditions, saying: “Qur children demand from us another heritage than that of slavery, Let us, the mothers of families, try to-day to crush the head of this serpent of selfish capital- ism.” Pietro Gori commenced his address by his usual spirited denunciation of the ex- isting state of society, in which he said, *“The mother must think of the black to- morrow when bread is not assured to her children,” but he cheered his hearers by alluding to the time when the workmen shall have conquered their places at the banquet of life. 3 Pietro Gori denied repeatedly and emphatically that anarchism desires to abolish tne family, but he scoffed at the resent marriage lawsas being too ridicu- ous to be worth considering. ‘‘Ah! they eay that we want to destroy the family. Does a family exist for a man who toils twelve or fourteen hours a day, as they often do in Europe? The family of such a toiler is & heavier burden than he can bear.” The speaker dwelt at length and in scathing terms on the modern system of marriage, which he said had coma to be looked upon merely as a loveless commer- cial contract. There was a large audience. Gori’s views, which at times were very revolutionary, received warm applause. e A German authority states that from the mouth to the source of the Rhine 725 He took $85 Patriotic alr, “Star-spangled Banner” 2 Mrs. Lena Carroll-Nichol: he Rising in 177 Orchestra Hon. George C. Pardee .Orchestra and Chorus (Audience standing). kev. R. F. Coyle 3 holson: reader, Hussey; organist, W. B. King; kirst Congregational Church Orchestra, A. T. Stewart conductor; D. P. Hughes, leader of chorus. Superintendent McClymonds has re- ported that there will be least 2000 school children in the march. The main streets have already been dec- orated with numerous strings of flags and bunting, and with two exceptions every store on Broadway will be decorated. | be held on April 20. | spent in securing the new plant and in the | versity of California Glee Club will le while a large proportion of the class wishes the ballot system. Those who have announced themselves as candidates for the editorship are Steele, Chickering, Rector and Dickie. The can- didates for business manager are Baker and Meade. All of the aspirants. with the exception of Rector, who1s a ‘‘non-frat’® man, are members of different Greek let- | ter societies, and, as a consequence, the election will bring forth a more or less animated fraternity fizht. Subject for the Intercollegiate. BERKELEY, Cax., Feb. 19.—The com- mittee, consisting of seven professors and | students, appointed by the forensics class, | to prepare a question for the coming annual debate bevween the University of California and Stanford, reached a deci~ sion to-day. At the recent meeting of the intercolle- giate executive committee the University of California won the choice of subject and Stanford the choice of sides. Now that Berkeley has decided upon the subject all that remains is for Stanford to choose their side, after which the preliminaries in both colleges will be held. The following will be the subject: “Resolved, That article I, section 3, clause 1, of the constitution of the United States be amended so as to read, ‘The Senate of the United States shall be com- vosed of five Senators from each State, chosen by the people thereof, and the electors of each State shall have qualifica- tions requisite for electors of the House of Representatives.” Xach Senator to be chesen for six years and to have one vote. “And that part of article I, section 3, clause 2, which refers to the filling of va- cancies in the Senate, should be amended so as to read, ‘And if vacancies harpen, by resignation or otherwise, tbey shall be filled in the same manner as vacancies in the House of Representatives.’” The students’ congress debated the sub- jqctl extemporaneously at their meeting to- night, The intercollegiate will be held on the evening of April 18, in San Francisco. Electric Light Building. BERKELEY, CiL., Feb. 19.—The Berke- ley Electric hting Company is about to purchase a lot and commencs the erection of a brick building. The stockholders have decided to bond the company for $30,000, which will be done at a meeting to The money will be purchase of new boilers, eng amos. No location for the new plant vet been decided upon. The compaiy as recently added to its plant on Louisa nes and | street a new $4000 arc dynamo, having a capacity of eighty-five arc lamps. Coming of Dr. Fryer. BERKELEY, CArL., Feb.19.—President Kellogg has been informed that Dr. John Fryer, the newly elected professor of Oriental languages at_the university, will be able to complete his work at Shanghai for the Chinese Government by the end of next June, and in consequence can leave for Berkeley one month sooner than he at first anticipated. He will deliver a course of lectures on the history of Oriental lan- guaces next fall, but does not expect to commence instructions in the Chinese or Japanese languages until next year. Gentlemen’s Night. BERKELEY, Car., Feb, 19.—The Cres- cent Athletic Ciub will give 1ts second gen- tlemen’s night entertainment to-morrow evening at its rooms on dison street. The programme will consist of boxing, in which members from other clubs will par- ticipate, wrestling and indoor bicycle rac- ing by means of a newly invented appa- ratus, through the use of which the bi- cycles will remain in a stationary position, while each revolution will be registered on a dial in full view of the audience. Glee Club T BERKELEY, CaAL., Feb. for Santa Rosa next Friday afternoon giv- ing a concert in that city on Friday evening. On the evening of Washington's birthday they will appear at Ukiah. Contract for Pews Let. BERKELEY, Car., Feb. 19.—The con- tract has been let for the pews for the new First Presbyterian Church, the pews to be ready for use by April 15, by which time it is expected that the building will be ready for occupation. The exterior isal- ready nearing completion. Efforts are being made by some of the members to se« cure a set of chimes for the church. A ROBBER ARRESTED. One of the Men Who Held Up Mrs, Marble Identified. William McDonald, a Bernal Heights “‘tough,” 26 years of age, was arrested last night by Corporal Sheehan and Policemen McKenna and Thompson and booked at the Seventeenth-street station on the charge of robbery. Mrs. C. J. Marble, who bas a milk ranch on the San Bruno road, was driving home from the City on the night of February 12, when she was held up by two footpads, who compeiled her at the point of a re- volver to hand over to them $25, all the money she had in her possession. She notified the police at the Seven- teenth-street station, giving a good de- scription_of the two men. Suspicion feil upon McDonald, and after he was arrested Mrs. Marble was notified. She drove to the station and at once identified Mc- Donald. NEW TO-DAY. THE REGATTA. Six Races Arranged to Take Place on Lake Merritt. .The rowing regatta to be held on Lake Merritt in the afternoon of Washington's birthday will consist of the followiug en- tries: First race, four-oared barge—South End Club of San Francisco, colors red and white; Ariel B?lnr. Club of San Francisco, colors blue and White. Second race, single shell—South End Club, Frank Duplesse, colors red and white; J. Mc- usman, colors red and white; Alameda Boat ub, 8. J. Pembroke, colors blue and red. Third race, single outrigger skiff—Alimeda Boat Club, J. W. Pembroke, colors red and Lvlmtf; Dr.’ C. Dennis, colors red, white and ack. Fourth race, single outrigger skiff—Ariel | Boat Club of San Francisco, Robert Elis, colors | blue and white; Mr. Prendergast, eolors blue and white; Alameda Boat Club, Captain Jack Lancaster, colors red, white and biue; Fred Ayers, colors red white and blue. Fifth race, four-oared barge—Alameda Boat Club, married and single men; married men, colors red, white and biue; single men, colors blue and white. Sixth race, {our-oared outrigger shell—T, C. Rowing Club, colors blue and gold; Columbia Kowing Club, colors blue end red. Referee—A. R. Wilson. Jud%es—-[u Rodgers, boatbuilder; Eugene Flandirs, Ariel Boat Ciub; Ed Scally, South End Boat Club. Races will be under the rules of the Pacific Amateur Athletic Association. Handsome first and second prizes will be given for each race. UNIVERSITY POLITICS. Sophomores Preparing for the Election of Their Blne and Gold Officers—Se- ries of Services at St. Mark’s. | BERKELEY, Car, Feb. 19.—College | politics is again interesting the students at | Berkeley. President Dorn of the sopho- | more class has called a meeting of the '98 | men fornext Friday afternoon, at avhich it | expected that the “Btue and Gold” officers for the next year will be nominated. The | question as to how tlie election will be car- | ried on will also come up. Some hot di: castles, formerly the homes of warlike chiefs, are to be found overlooking the waters. cussion is expected on this point. Pres dent Dorn favors the assembly system, to expedite matters and to prevent jobbery, Gladnss Comes With a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys- ical ills, which vanish before proper ef- forts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts— rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis- ease, but simply to a constipated condi- tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt- ly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with millions of families, andis everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that itis the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its bene- ficial effects, to note when you pur- chase, that you have the genuine arti- cle, which is manufactured by the Cali- fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies ave then not needed. 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