The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 28, 1896, Page 13

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDA FEBRUARY 28, 189 13 »Interesti_ngARep‘ort, of Importan»t Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County SHE TO0K M| T HIS WOR, i A Young Mother- and Her | Two Babies Fleeing | to England. ; GOT ONE DAY'S START. She Says Another Woman Had | Stolen Her Husband’s Affections. ONLY MARRIED THREE YEARS S | | i | | X | | Mr. Higgs Said “Let Her Go,” and a| Couple of Hours Later She ! Went. | X : Mrs. Richard Higgs, the young wife ofa well-known business man of this city, is | | sisted | quite’ two years old. Ltwas at first’ supposed that she had gone to her brother-in-l. Mr. Owen, in Fruit- vale, but investigation proved that she had- been accompanied to the Sixteenth- street depot by Mr. Owen and a lady friend. " Mr, Riggs lost no time in trying to intercept his wife’s flight before she got out of the State, but he has not yet learned anything definite. He at first thought he could find her in San Francisco, but the hours he spent searching that City were | helping 1o place her farther from the scenes of her unhappiness. The evening before taking her flight Mrs. Higgs made a final attempt to effect | a reconciliation with the father of her -little ones. Mr. Owen, the brother-in-law, interviewed Mr. Higgs and the latter in- that he would not return to his wife. Mr. Owen replied that if that was his final answer Mrs, Higgs would leave | Oskland. Higgs replied *“Let her go,” but | showed by his manner that he had no idea she would do so. Two hours after the de- cision of the husband was made known to | the young wife she was on her way home | with her babies to relatives in Wales. The ¥ have only been married three years, and the eldest chiid, Gladys, 15 not Before her marriage Serene Johns and Mrs. Higgs was Miss lived with her sister, Mrs. Owen. Her husband is manager for the Oakland branch of a San Francisco firm of grocers, Disorderly Restaurant. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. —Chief of Police Lloyd late this afternoon filed charges with the City Clerk for investi- gation by the Council against C. Davis and T. Hain, keepers of the Pacific res- taurant, 469 Eleventh street. He charges they keep a disorderly and disreputable place, as well as keeping open and selling liquor after 12 o’clock. l‘zle recites the fact that they have been twice convicted of the latter charges. Drugged With Opium. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 27.—J. Lathrop, a'carpenter, was found lying unconscious on the sidewalk at Tenth and Washington streets, at 1 o’'clock this morning by an MRS. RICHARDS HIGGS, NOW FLEEING TO ENGLAND WITH HER TWO BABIES nt with ner two 4 1sdoing all in power to prevent eaving the coun- with them. The aid of the police de- partments and Sher: offices in several ies has been invoked, but so far the gees have been unmolested. The young wife had a full day’s start be- fore her husband discovered that she had gone, and, as she purchased a through ticket to England, there is no room for ! doubt regarding her intentions. Mr. and Mrs. Higgs have not been mar- 1ied many years, but, according to the voung wife's story, love long since fled from their home. The ¢ stic skeleton was dotted with -appare harmony till | after the birth of the second baby, which | red aboutgthree months ago. The unhappy young mother toid her story to | her neighbors. ' With tears in her eyes | :d a tiny babe in her arms she recounted | e circumstances attending her unhappi- | time ago the Higgs family lived at wentieth street, but a few montt iage serious illness in the wife ilv made it 1mperative that she go to New Zealand if she would see her mother | before she died. The visit was made, and | on her return Mrs. Higgs found that there was & marked difference in her husband’s manner toward her. “We went to live at Sixth and Harrison streets,” said Mrs. Higgs the evening be- fore she fled to England, “and my hus- | band seemied to have no further affection for- me. We got along as wellas I could, | but it was very hard, and each day made | it worse. A married woman seemed to exercise a strange influence over my hus- band. Bhe had compiete control of him and he did not seem able to exercise any self-control at all. Several times we dis- cussed our unhappiness, and each time he would promise to be as he once was, but his promises were invariably When [ returned from New Zea | stead of receiving the loving welcome I/ expected, I was received very coldly, and I found that I was more de trop than ever. “QOgeasionally the womsn who had v tions came to our house, I forbade her | darkening my door, but she paid no atten- | tion to me and defied me to have her put | out. After this had gone on for several | months I decided to move to a new neigh- | borhood and went out to Twentieth street. | For a time I thought that the woman had | dropped out of sight, but 1 was quickly un- | ceived. Faranil dc"About three months ago my little baby | was born. Just before its birth Mr. Higgs bought a bicycle ana after thst he was away from home all the time. I wasalone | with my two children and I made up my mind that when 1 was strong enough I would go to my friends in W 31957 I again | protested against my husband’s doings | and instead of even listeningto me he told | me to mind my own business and he would do as he pleased. We had a quarrel and Mr. Higgs packed his trunk and moved owntown.’ g A week ago Mrs. Higgs placed her affairs in the hands of a lawyer and a settlement of $15 per month was agreed upon and 320(3 cash éown. Mr. }”5‘3’ was extremely fond of his oldest child and was very kind toit. After the settlement neither hus- band nor wife saw each other and neither suggested a divorce. 3 Last Tuesday Mrs. Higgs called in an auctioneer and soid alf her furniture, which she says her husband had given to her. As an auction would have attracted atten ! tion she sold it for-a lump sum. This | money and the $200 received from her busband were sufficient to enable her to carry out her idea, and Tueeday evening she went to the ticket-office and purchased a ticket for Europe. The most surprised man in Oakland w: Mr. Higgs, when he learned that bis wi bad gone and taken tbeir two children. officer. He was removed to the Receiving Hospital, where it was found he was sui- fering from opium poisoning. He claimed that he had béen drugged. Lottery Dealer’s Heavy Fine. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 27.—Judge Wood of the Police Court gave Ah Yuen, one of the Chinese lottery-dealers convicted by a j iness men, a good taste of the i vhen he imposed a fine of $500 or 250 days in jail. This is the full extent of the law. MARCEALS LIV APART Agreed to Separate and May Institute Divorce Pro- ceedings. Said to Be One of Many Marital Infelicities During Their Three Years’ Union. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. Marceau are living apart by mutual agreement, and the assertion is not contradicted that this last of their many marital infelicities will end in more than a temporary separation fol- lowed by the usual reconciliation. The husband is occupying rooms con- nected with his Market-street photograph gallery, while Mrs. Marceau, recently joined by her mother, holds undisturbed possession of the luxurious apartments in the Palace Hotel. It is asserted by those claiming to know that several times the wife liad taken the preliminary steps to a divorce on the ground of alleged cruelty, but was on each occasion eventually reconciled to her hus- band tnrough the interference of friends. Messrs. Dunn and McPike, Mrs. Mar- ped the place in my husband’s affec- | cean’s attorneys, would say cnly that a1 temporary separation had been agreed upon. But they refused to say whether or not divorce proceedings would result directly from this open -rupture in the married tife of the Marceaus. It was only a little over three years ago that the couvle were united amid all the pomp and magnificence furnished for the event by the encampment at Santa Cruz of the National Guard of California, the groom being at that time lieutenant- colonel and ajd-de-camp on Governor Markham’s staff. The bride was then Mrs. Fisk, the widow of the Fresno capi- talist, who was assassinated a few months before. e —————— Napoleon’s Way With Bribe-Takers. He was furious at times with the venality of his associates. Talleyrand once ad- mitted that he had taken sixty millions from various German princes. Massena, Augereau, Brune and Junot were not so colossal in their dgrend, but they were equally ill-disposed, and very successful in lining their coffers. With Talleyrand | secured a decree of foreclosure CHANDLER T0 SUCCEED MORSE, An Eastern Divine for President of the Bap- tist College. TRUSTEES ARE TO MEET. They Have Decided to Accept the Resignation of Pro- fessor Morse. TEN YEARS' USEFUL WORK. General Desire to Strengthen Union of Baptists in the East and West, the OaxraND OrFicE Sax Frawcisco CALL,) 908 Broadway, Feb. 27. The trustees of California College have decided to accept the resignation of Presi- dent Samuel B. Morse, and it is almost certain that an Eastern man, Dr. E. K. Chandler of Massachusetts, will be ap- pointed his successor. There are several reasons advanced why an Eastern divine should be chosen, the main one being that at present there is not a very sirong bond of union existing between the East and West. It was for the purpose of strengthening this bond that the National anniversaries were orig- inally intended to be held this year at Portiand, Or. A few days ago the West- ern city was discarded for an Eastern sea- board city, and this action seemed to dampen the ardor of those who were work- ing for closer union. Now it is thought that the work on the Pacific Coast will receive a fresh impetus by the appointment of an Eastern presi- dent to the head of the only Baptist theo- logical college on the coast. The Baptist denomination of the West is awaiung the action of the trustees in regard to the selection of a successor to | Rev. Samuel B. Morse, D.D., who has been at its head for ten years past and brouent it througn the perioda when it needed the | hardest work and keenest executive ability | to keep 1t from being an utter failure. | The work of finding & man just suited to carry on the work so well iounded is one of great responsibility, a fact that is fully appreciated by the board of trustees at this time. Tue trustees of the institution are se- | lected from the ministerial force and lay- men of the State Baptist Convention, and includes some of the best and most in- fluential members of the denomination. They are elected for five-year terms and are divided into five classes, running for terms of one, two, three, four and five vears respectively. The board, as it stood at the last annual meeting, was as follows: Ciass 1—C. H. Hobart, Oakland; W.T. Jordan, Alameda; H. L. Gear, San Fran- cisco. Class 2—J. Q. A. Henry, San Francisco; G. M. Coulter, Batavia; A. L, White, East Oakland. | _Class 3—H. E. McCune, Dixon; W, R. Gallup, Sacramento; J. H. Stevens, San Francisco. Class 4—C. N. Wkitmore, Ceres; J. C. | jchullin, Oakland; Z. L. Orcutt, San ose. Class 5—G. 8. Abbott, D.D., Oakland; William P. Todd, Oakland; C. M. Hill, East Oakland. The officers of the board are: President, Hon. H. E. McCune, Dixon; secretary, C. H. Hobart, Oakland; treasurer, J. H. Stevens, 212 Sansome street, San Fran- cisco. These three, with A. L. White and H. L. Gear, constitute the executive com- mittee. A meeting of the board has been called for Thursdav next, to consider the selec- tion of Dr. Morse’s successor and to attend to other business that may be presented. One item is to select a new member for the board to fill the unexpired term of Rev. J. Q. A. Henry, formerly of San Francisco, but who is now filling a pulpit 1n Chicago. A number of the leading members of the church in this city who feel a vital interest in college affairs have been feel- ing about to find who might be considered available for the vacancy. President Bron- son of the McMinville (Or.) Baptist Col- lege bas been mentioned, but there are grave doubts whether he woula give up his present position, and - then there are many who feel that an Eastern man is needed, so as to tie the denomination on the coast to that east of the.Rocky Mountains. This latter element is be- lieved to be in the majority. Rev. E. K. Chandler, D.D., of Massa- chusetts has been considered by a number of the trustees, and by many is believed to be the man who will be chosen. He comes of Puritan stock, and his father was one of those who stood by the McMinnville College when its existence was threatened. He is a man of sufficient age to commana the confidence and respect of the ministe- rial brethren of the coast, and at the same time young enough to carry forward suc- cessfully the work beguu by Dr. Morse. One minister in speaking of him to-day said: “He is in every way fitted for the position if he could be secured. We need a mar now that will accept fully the great responsibility that will be laid upon him. Dr. Morse has done a noble work, a work which he can now lay down and in after years be called blessed by the church. In laying it down now he will always carry the grateful remembrance cf those who will go to school here in the years to come. We want a younger man now to take the work up and push it along up hill.” Rey. I. D. Wood, district missionary for the American Baptist Home Missionary Society of Philadelphia, is very emphatic in favoring an Eastern man.” He said: “We want a man for president who will tie the Baptists of the East and West more firmly together. Dr. Morse has done well in this work and now no mistake must be made in choosing his successor. We have had the anniversaries taken from us, and if everytbing is not done that is possibie there will be a division of the West from the East and a new convention formed entirely.” HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in OARLAND OFFICE 8AN FRrANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Feb. 27 Society has ainst G. W. Brief Chapters. Al The Hibernia Savings and Lo Napoleon never joked; but when he wished | Strine for $8670 26 and $300 counsel fees. to give the others warning he drew a bill for some engrmous sum on one or other of them, and deposited it with a banker. There is no evidence that such a draft was ever dishonored. On one occasion Mas- sena disgor; this wnyz.— Napoleon in the March Cen- tury. Sl e Part of the cruel and unusual punish- ment urged against her husband as ground jor a divorce by a woman of Ban Joee, Cal., is that he threw her pies out of the window 2nd made her visitors enter the bouse by | witness in ihe examination of Mrs. Van back deas. Ex-Police Officer Joseph, Rodgers was taken to the home of his sister in San Francisco iast cvening in s dying condition, as it was thought. He has been ill for some time. Officer Ely was arrested for contempt yester- ed two millions of francs in | 48y in Judge’ Conlan’s court, but_was subse. quently released. He arrested C.L.Fountain in open court on a warrant for an offense here. The trial of Mary Van Zandt, charged with receiving stolen goods, was set for March 3 for trial by Judge Ogden to-day. She eloped with William Kelleher, who robbed his employer of Mrs. Ramon Castro was-in court to-day as & uyn, ber daughter, who was arrested for imsanity, but was not committed. mother of fifteen children. An 18-year-old lad named Sherwood Founof was arrested this a{ternoon on a charge of burglary. O. Bergsten, the station agentat Center street, alleges that Founof entered his room at the Kentucky House and stole a bunch of ferry tickets. Sam I, Thomas, the negro burglar who kept Alameda terrorized ior several weeks by the irequency of his crimes and hisaitack upon Rev. Dr. Wolf and his wife, was placed on trial for the second time in Judge Ellsworth’s de- partment to-day. The United States survey steamer McArthur, now lying off the foot of Broadway, is being seraped and repainted, as well as Teceiving uite extensive repairs throughout. The nited States steamer Gidney is also lying in the stream off the same wharf. Complaints have reached the Health Office that the scavengers are still dumping refuse at the old grounds at the foot of Harrison street. Coples of the ordinance were posted on the premises this morning and the neighbors noti. fied to arrest any one they caught violating The First Ward Republican Club held Za meeting at Bartlett’s Hall, West Oakland, 185t night and elected the following permanent Mrs. Castro is the officers: resident, Dr. B. A. Rabe; first vice- president, J. Thompson; second vice-president, . Underwood; secretury, E. M. Long: treasurer, O. C. Hyatt. Judge Wood held this morning that deputy county clerks appointed for registration pur- poses are not exempt from jury duty. Robert Jackson pleaded also that he was a notary publicand knew everybody in the action, and still he was compelled to listen all day 1o the evidence in a whisky-selling case. The charge agaimnst Dr. Louis C. Harmon in the Police Court was dismissed to-day on mo- tion of the prosecution. As Dr. Harmon has setiled the divorce proceedings with his wife and paid her £12,000. she and ber friends did not care to prosecute him on the charge of sendg her the alleged comic valentine. S. P. Chaunell, the Piedmont capitalist, has 4 'his residence in that vicinity for 500 to General J. F. Houghton of San 0. Th pr Ly consists of a lot 200x181 feet facing sonth on Hillside avi corner of Vista, with & 14-room two-sto residence, barns ‘and other out-buildings. Eugene J. Drussel, who deserted Ada Wes- ton on the eve of her wedding, has been located at Ukiah, where he wedded Margaret Callaghan last Sunday. Drussel has written to friends in Oakland telling them of the step he had taken and offering explanations of the manner in which he lefu his fiancee of this city. In an attemapt to take a barge and scow through the Webster-street drawbridge vester- day a tug master got himself into trouble. The dredger is at work in front ot the draw, but witha line-tow the master decided he could take his tow through. He succeeded in ge ting the tug and barge through, but the scow drifted to the north and struck the bulkhead which supports the draw when closed. The great bunch of piles were erushed and broken 50 badly they will have to be removed and new ones driven in their piace. Courts Asked to Enjoin Them From Enlarging the Elec- tric Plant. Recapture of a Chicken-Thief Who Jumped From a Train at Full Speed. ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 2 27.—A complaint was filed in the Superior Court to-day that will make a stir in Alameda. Jobn T. Fleming appears as a petitioner, and prays for an order of court restraining the Board of Municipal Trustees from carrying on certain contracts, involving the expendi- ture of a large sum of money to enlarge the municipal electric plant for the chief purpose of engaging in the business of fur- nishing commercial lights to private con- sumers. The petitioner represents himself to be a property-owner and taxpayer; that the only appropriation necessary for the maintenance of the electric works isone which would meet the costof operating and necessary repairs; but the Municipal Trustees, in fixing the tax levy for 1895-96, largely increased the rate for the purpose of purchasing the power and appliances, so that artificial light may be sold to householders and residents; that it is in- tended to expend a sum approximating $30,000 for this increase; that the city has called for proposals to erect buildings, in- stall machinery, etc., and unless restrained from entering into such contracts it will be compelled to defena a multiplicity of lawsuits owing to the illegality of said contracts; that the Municipal Trustees have not’ by ordinance passed by a two- thirds vote submitted to the electors the proposition to so increase the electric works, and by reason of these facts the pe- titioner and other taxpayers are irrepara- bly injured. The move is not backed by any conside able number of taxpayersand’its sig cance is not understood. The board has already let contracts approximating $20,- 0C0, but no work has yet commence: There was expended last year in expal sions the sum of $19,000, and with this ad- dition, it is claimed, will so increase the incandescent plant that enough light may be s0id to pay for what the municipality | uses. When ~the tax levy was made last | October the rate of 1.22 was decided upon. One dollar on the $100 would have met all the usualrequirementsand there was great dissatisfaction that the rate suould have been so high. The reason of the increase was kept secret at the time and it did not transpire till some time after that the extra fund to be raised was to be put into addi- tions to the electric light. A Criminal Recaptured. ALAMEDA, CaL., Feb. 27.—Police Offi- cer Moebus to-day arrested in San Fran- cisco a prisoi.er who escaped from his cus- tody on the 8th of January last. On that date he was aetailed to watch for chicken thieves, who were devastating the hen- roosts in the westerly part of the city. At 5 o’clock in the morning of the day men- tioned he found a man traveling toward the city on the first narrow-geuge train with a basket of chickens in his posses- sion. The thief was arrested on the way out to the landing and kept aboard the train until the return trip was begun. About 150 yards from the landing the prisoner made a dash for liberty, rushing through the car door and jumping from the train while it was at tull <peed and disappearing utterly. [t was not yet light enough to distinguish clearlv. How the man escaped death as he alighted on the ties is a mystery, but he did not seem to have been injured even, for Officer Moebus found him at the Clay-street Market this morning with his customary basket of chickens, which he had presumably got in the same way in which he had acquired those in Alameda. He is now in the City Prison, with a charge of bnfiglsry against 1 mous and it varies from 60 to 100 feet in him. He gives his name as J. Doughtery. Brief Mention. Constable C, M. Da{ was married yes- terday to Miss Abbie N. Baker. Jean G. Schmidt died at his home on Haight avenue yesterday of cancer. He was a native of France, 65 years of age and quite well to do. ¥ The fine Hamilton residence, northeast corner Union street and Central avenue, will be sold at auction March 3, ——————— Density of Population, The density of population in this Lon- don area was 373 persons to the acre, against 168 gersons to the acre in the whole of Bethnal Green. There are three wards in New York City more densely vopulated. Of them the Tenth Ward shows a density of more than 621. This is in a large measure due to the greater height of the New York buildings; but covering as they do in some especially bad blocks, almost, if not g\me, as large a pro- vortion of the ground area as those de- stroyed in London, it is not likely ihat their upper stories get more light and air than the two stories which made up the London rookeries, and it is likely that their lower stories get a great deal less.— Edward Marshall, in the March Century. POVERTY OF A PIONEER, David McNea, -Once Successful,! * Dying in a Garret and | in Need. INCREASED POSTAL RECEIPTS. | | Bicyclists Interested in the Improve- ment and Widening of the | County Road. | OARLAND OFFicE SAN FraNcisco CALL,) 908 Broadway, Feb. 27. | 0ld David McNea is dyingin poverty and want. McNea is a pioneer resident | of Oakland, and is one of the earliest set- tlers of California. For a great portion of his life he knew prosperity, but ill luck | overtook him, and now, in the late even- ing of his life he is dying and in want. McNea is past 75 years of age, and for | the last five years has supported himself | by peddling thread, needles and notiops. | For six months sickness has kept him from doing much work, and he has been dependent for charity on his landlady. He is lodged in a bare attic bedroom, balf dead from congestion of the lungs. Dr. Mayne has been called in attendance, and pronounces McNea’s case a very criti- cal one. McNea isa man of culture and refinement, but possesses no relatives, and his friends seem to have disappeared as old age and sickness overtook him. THE COUNTY ROAD. Several Towns Are Interested in Having It Widened. OAKLAND, Car,, Feb. 27.—The widen- ing of the San Leandro road, which is patronized by thousands of wheelmem from all around the bay, is just now en-, gaging the attention of cyclists. The Hay- wards electric road has a franchise for a double track, and before many years it will doubtless avail itself of its right for the whole distance. At present it is being double-tracked only so far as San Leandro, The business on’the road is now enor- vidth. Should asecond track be laid it will seriously atfect the space available for | cyclists. As some of tne races now held at the San Leandro triangle attract from 4000 to 6000 people, the towns along the road are anxious to seeall possible induce- ments offered to improve the road. | Mr. Stone, secretary of the Haywards | electric road, said to-day that he under- | stood the grade of the road between San Leandro and Haywards was to be widened | at once by the county government. | There is also a narrow place in the road | Sheriff Quinlan made his third haul of uanstamped opium at Fruitvale station last night. “As on former occasions it was Chi- nese who were attempting to take it across the*bay on the local train that he caught. He secured fifty cans of “dope’’ and three Mongolians, who are now in the County Jail awaiting an examination before a United States Commissioner. They gave | the names of Ah Goon, Sam Sam and Sem | T oy. The Chinamen ocarried the opium in a black hand-satchel and a coupleof rice mats. It was first wrapped in paper and then stored away. The frequency of these haulsleads the officers to believe that there is a factory in the vicinity where the drug is cooked and they are making a diligent search forit. So far no trace of such a place has been found. Whitney Act Upheld. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 27.—Judge Ells- worth said this morning that as betore intimated he was of the opinion that the writ of habeas corpus in the case of At- torney T. F. Garrity and of Ah Quay, upon which the constitutionality of the Whit- ney act was raised, should be denied and the petitioners be remanded. Ex-Mavor Chapman requested that the formal decision be reserved until to-mor- row, and the court consented. Mr. Chap- man will prepare habeas-corpus proceed- ings to take the matter beiore the State Supreme Court. Joined the L. A. W. OAKLAND, Car., Fe The bicycle | annex of the Reliance Athlecic Club voted last night to jcin the League of American Wheelmen. There was a largely attended which was addressed by L. A. W. tatives, among whom were Mr. Spalding, chairman of the membarship committee, Mr. Kerrigan, the chief con- sul, F. H. Dunn, the legal adviser, Mr. Michener of the committee on good roads, and Mr. Welch, a member of the racing board. Messrs. Mann and Vassault of the local wheelmen also made & few remarks. Electric Light Fight. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 27.—Suit was filed in the Superior Court to-day by J. T. Fleming of 1433 High street, Alameda, to restrain the Board of Trustees of Alameda from entering into contracts for increasing the power of the electric works owned and operated by the city. The plaintiff is an attorney doing business in San Francisco and is represented in the suit by Bruner & Bruner. The defendants are T. W. Ly- decker, William Hammond, A. V, Clack, F. J. Fletter, J. F. Forderer. e, STILL GREATER SUCEESS Cathode Ray Photographs Made in Two and a Half Minutes. meeting University Professors Experimenting in Order to Simplify the Processes. BE RKELEY, CsL., Feb, 27.—The most successful cathode-ray photography yet done at the State University, considering the time expended in the exposure of ob- jects to the ray, was completed to-day. A Purse and Keys, Piece of Plaster Paris and Paraffine After an Exposure of Five Minutes. This Equals in Distinctness the Photograph Taken Last Week of the Same Ohjects and With an Exposure of One Hour. near Fitchburg,’’ said Mr. Stone, “where a creek encroackes upon the roadway. The railroad company has offered to haul the material needed for widening the road there, and will do it without charge if the county will undertake to control the creek and prevent it from washing away the dirt as fast as it is put in. *‘As for widening the road, it is some- taing which ought to be done in places, and we have set a good example. Some years ago the fences along the Stone prop- erty were moved back twelve or fourteen feet and all the other propertv-owners be- tween Elmhurst and San Leandro did the same. This was on the south side. For some distance, in Elmhurst, we moved the line back forty feet, in order to give a| street south of the railroad tracks. The | San Leandro road has a great future, and | the guttering and paving with permanent | materials ought to be attended to. But I| question whether the road could be lined with rows of trees without making too much dampness.” RELEASED AND ARRESTED. Mrs. Willmore Dismissed on Charge, but Is Still in Jail. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 27.—Judge Wood decided this morning that the evidence against Mrs. Willmore was not sufficient to warrant holding her and dismissed the charge. A new charge was, however, served upon her and the evidence is con- sidered stronger than it was on the one just dismissed. The new complaint states that Mrs. Witlmore received the proceeds of the Girard robbery. The_ vprosecution believe they can show that Mrs. Willmore stated shortly after the Girard robbery that she heard the ex- plosion and feared it was a revolver fusil- ade between the boys and the officers. In the Superior Court Judge York of Los Angeles, who is_sitting for Judge Greene, conducted a private examination in the case of Burt Willmore. There is littie doubt that the boy will be sent to a reform school. A GROWING SERVICE. ©Cne More Postal Business Being Done Than | Ever Before. OAKLAND, Carn., Feb. 27.—Postmaster ‘White has forwarded to Washington a re- port for the quarter ending December 31. It is the most encouraging report ever is- sued from the local department, and if the receipts are maintained the gross total for the present fiscal year will be over §100,- 000. Asitison the basis of receipis that the number of carriers is decided, Post- mas ter White is anxious for Lhe increase to continue. He will then be able to secure better service in the delivery de- partment. Some months ago the Merchanis' Ex- change helped a movement to induce mer- chants and others having interests on both sides of the bay to make their purchases of stamps in Oakland so as to swell the re- ceipts, There seems to have been a favora- ble response, judging by the report. The total expenses of running the local office for three months is $13,030 25. UNSTAMPED OPIUM. Deputy Sheriff Quinian Makes His Third Successful Haul. OAKLAND, Can, Feb, 27, = Deputy bullet was placed on top of Instructor J. N. Le Conte’s hand between the meta- carpel bones of the first and second fin- gers, and after an exposure of only fifteen minutes the negative was developed. It showed the position of the bullet and the perfect skeleton of the hand as clearly as on a plate which was exposed for one hour last week. A purse containing two coins and a kéy and a piece of plaster of parisand some paratfine were to-day exposed to the influ- ence of the ray for only two and a half minutes. One reasonably clear photograph was taken of the purse with only fifty-seven minutes’ exposure. When the first experi- ments with photographing the same purse were made last w eek an hour was required before an equally clear negative was pro- duced. Professor Cory stated to-day that a genera! simplification of the apparatus has made it possivle to get good results in a brief space of time. To-day no condenser wasused and a greater amount of power was put into operation. The experiment- ers have found that the more simple their apparatus the more eifective wiil be the results. One important point which has manie fested itself to them is the fact that there 1s as much danger of baving poor results from overexposure of the plate as there is in an underexposure. On this one point they have found it necessary to exert their keenest scientific skill. They have found that much of their success depends upon their judgment in this one particular. The time required for the exposure to the ray depends largely upon the object to be photographed. Its size and deasity are both to be considered. The distance from the powerful Crookes tube to the object to be photo- graphea is, under ordinary circumstances, set at about five inches. Professor Cory stated to-day that Mr. Drew, Mr. Le Conte, Mr. Lange, the pho- tographer, and himself are trying to get their apparatus in the best l;}'no-:s\ble work- ing order. They will probably not do any more spectacular work until several days hence. “We have several scientific plans on hand,” said ke, “‘and we are now going to see if anything can be made out of them. We bave proven to our own satisfaction that we can throw a light through certain ordinary objects by the use of consideravle care and exertion, and what we Now pro- pose to do if possible isthe same if not better work, with less effort, by means of improved apparatus.” Professor Slate and Instructor Drew of the department of physics are stiil experi- menting with cathode-ray photography, using the sunlight as an agent instead of electricity. Glee Club Concert. BERKELEY, Cav., Feb. 27.—Great prep- arations are being made for the University of California Glee Club concert which will take place next Monday evening at the Auditorium, San Francisco. The singers have received a large number of new songs from the East, and the programme will be entirely new. The management of the glee club has made arrangements for sev- eral specialties and expect the concert to be the most successful event of the kind in the hissory of the club, Tne University Mandolin Club will participate in the en- tertainment. ‘Want More Pay. BERKELEY, CaL., Feb. 27.—The Berke- ley branch of the Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Union has passed a resolution to the effect that all members will demand $3 ver day for work after May 1. The various con- tractors of the town have been notified of the advance in the union scale of wages. Most of the contractors are believed to be ready to grant the demands of the work- men, and it is probabie thatno strike will oceur. Progressive Club. BERKELEY, CaL, Feb. 27.—W. R Dickieson has resigned the office of secre- tary of the West Berkeley Progressive Club and has been succeeded by F. Wilkes. Mr. Dickieson has also resigned as a dep- uty of County Clerk Jordan for registra- tion, as the work of registering voters was found to interfere with his duties as librarian ‘of the West Berkeley Branch Library. Lighting the Grounds. BERKELEY, CaL., Feb. 27.—The formal illumination of the university library and grounds with the new electric light plant will take place this evening. It will be an auspicious pccasion and preparations have been made to have a number of the regency present. If possible the Presidio band will be present. American Mechaniocs. BERKELEY, CiL., Feb. 27.—P. Salis- bury and George Manning have been chosen to represent JPaul Revere Couneil No. 28, of Berkeley, of the Junior Order of American Mechanics in the annnal con- vention of the order, to be held in Oakland on March 3. : KEPT TRACK OF HIS SON Evidence of Thurlow McMullin Sr. Before Judge Sea- well, He Used to Ride Past the House in the Hope of Seeing the Boy at a Window. Thurlow McMullin, who after twenty- three years of separation, was introduced | to Lis wife once mgre throngh the medium of a suit for mainténance was on the wit- ness-stand yesterday. His testimony was pointed and went to show that his desertion was rather the re- sult of a cause than a careless’ act. He said ne used to come home regularly until the note from his wife, published yester- day, saying that be might stay where he was as she intended to ‘sue for a: divorce, was sent to bim. He says that note was sufficient to keep him away, but he went home again. He bhad sent word home that he would not be home to din- ner, and he instanced this as preof of the fact that it was not his custom to remain away. After going back again, he said his wife used to sit up at night to deliver car- tain lectures to him, and he had on more than one occasion to leave the house and take a room in some hotel in order to get some sleep. Regarding his son be said he had al- ways kept track of him. He ‘had gona down to where he worked, he had waited at the depot when the boy came in from the country on Sunday: evenings and he had ridden up and down on the California- street cars merely on the possiblity of see- ing the faces of his son und his wife at the window of the house where they lived. He said further that his will was made in favor of his wife and son and that iv had been executed long before the -action for maintenance was brought aga‘nst him. He told, too, how he had carried his son's picture in his pocket fer all those yea and to prove his words he drew a fade photograph from his old pocket-book and showed it to the Judge. McMullin said that he had-been and still is willing to take his wife back at any time and to provide for. her and their son asuitable home. The testimony in the caseis finished and arguments will be heard ou March 6. ————————— One of John Raudolph’s Similes. Much new material is embodied in the article ‘“John Randolph of Roanoke,” by Powhatan Boyldin in the March Century. The following simile by Randolph is found in a note to aspeech which he de- livered in Congress: A caterpillar comes to a fence; he crawls to the bottom of the ditch and over the fence, some of his hundred feet always in contact with the subject upon which he moves. A gallant horseman at a flying leap clears both ditch and fence. *‘Stop,” says the caterpiliar; ‘“you want connec- tion and continuity; it took me an hour to get over; you can’t be as sure asIam, who have never quitted the subject, that yon have overcome the difficulty and are fairly over the fence.”” *“Thou miserable reptile!” exclaims our fox-hunter, “if like youI crawled over the earth slowly and painfully, should I ever catch a fox, or be anything more than a wretched cater- pillar.”” —_————— An imperial bacteriological laboratory is to be established at Agra, and an imperial chemical laborutory at Calcutta, by the Government of India. Other laboratories on a smaller scale will be established in each of the presidencies, and all health officers are to have six months’ teaching in bacteriology. —_— NEW TO-DAY. Strange Things Going On! All the Folks Surprised ! Mem.—A man pounded bhis finger; lost fifteen minutes’ time, curing it. Another got a whack square in the eye. He was docked one hour's pay—could then see out of it and went to work again. Still another had sat up nights with Felons, tried cocaine and opium, but the agony had got there first and would not yield. Finally his wife, who had cured her tender feet, gave him a pointerand Hubby's Agony Found a Master, For he says he “Was Asleep in Ten Minutes.” No “Royal Purple” After either accident. MircmeLL'S Macic Lorrox did the business for them all. Money in Your Pocket To have it around, for nobody knows when or where the Lightning Is Going to Strike. Any Druggist can get it for you | 25¢, 50¢ and §1. Be sure and read the directions. Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 5 lished 625 KEABNY ST. Estab)