The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 9, 1897, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OVEMBER 9, 1897. WEDOMG BELLS AT A DINNER a Luis Loaiza Chooses Strange Place for His Marriage. | TS BRIDE AN OLD SWEETHEART. A Pretty Romance That Began Years Ago in Guaymas, | Mexico. [ CONSTANT SEVEN WERE YEARS. | | ites Lovers Who Justice Kerrigan Un Remained T e Parental | Ot | X 3 | Luis Loaiza, the scion of the wealthy | Spanish family of that name, chose & | queer time and place for his wedaing to | the girl of his choice. It will be a sur-| prise to the friends of the dashing Luis to know that he is married at all, yet the | fact is that he was united on the evening i of October 33 to Enriqueta E. Donde, a| handsome girl of Castilisn lineage, in a | private room at Marchand’s restaurant. W. Loaiza, the of the firm of W. | Loaiza & Co. of 218 and 220 Sansome | street, is the father of the groom and is one of the wealthiest of the Spanish busi- ness men of San Fra The marriage came as well as to the rest of that t name. In ¢ the n ge is the e romance which began several vears The Loaizas came here from Guaymas, Mexico, where for generations back they occupied social as well as commer- the proud family not altogether, equal in renk was the D e family. of whi she who is now Mrs. Luis Loaiza was the pride and pet. A friendship that soon ripened 1nto love | sprang up beiween young Don Luis and the handsome i 8, but there was | an obst of an old jeud, old Spanish fam They sighed for their parents urate, and while they were sigh- | a Senior decided to remove to cisco, and Luis was compelled to | tear himself from his inamorata. H They parted with many promises to be constant until death, and within a month | nalf the length of a continent divided them., Years passed on and many of Loaiza’s San Francisco friends wondered why he | | qu tien to their union 1n the sha ch as often divides the remained single, while the same query en- tered the minds of the girl’s friends. Then came & change and Miss Donde obtained the permission of her parents to visit friends in San Xrancisco, and h-r to California was communicated waiting Luis. He met his sweet- | the steamer and vows that had | ore were renewed. A d and to avoid it was ar- before a Justice of to take pla the Peace A license was quietly procured and Jus- tice Kerrigan was a-ked to perform the cerema The couple could not reach his office before closing hour, #0 it was necessary to see him later. Judge Kerrigan was engaged as toasi- master at a banquet that evening, and it was finally srrangea that the lovers | should meet him there. Just before the banquet began a hack dashed up to the restaurant and Loaiza, his bride and a notary’s clerk, who was to act asa witness, alighted. Justice Kerri- gan was called and in a private room the ceremony that made the couple one was performed. | | buying in the City. The efforts of the Manufacturers’ and Im porters’ League to br chants to the city to meke their purchases of stock are meeting with succes. the past the custom has been for those hav s in the various parts of tate to make tiieir purchases jrom Eastern drummers end pay no thought 1o the fact that i ate there are munu- facturers of every dity that the average sires, and that the prices ure rea- he league is to provide | purchases in this city | 10 iree transporta- offer is attracting | iocal producer ozen country headquarters in | eir purchases in this | 500 10 & L Postmasters Use It. Uncle Sam selects locations well exposea to the sun’s rays. You can secure the | same effect by u-ing Myers' open-front o1l heater. Tnis is the kind that heats you first and the room at the same time, $7 is cheaper for sunlight heat on a frosty | morning or wet night than the doctor. | John F. Myer & Co., 947 Marker st. i sl i i Three Insolvent Debtors. | Owen McCann of 3107 Twenty-sixth streat | has filed a petition in insolvency, with debts smounting to $3412 90 and no available as- sets. J. H. Dolan Lolds Mr. McCann’s paper | for $3347 50. The insolvent's real estate is | valued at $5000, but as it is a homestead his creditors ean ot touch it. Louis Vincent & Co., butchers, have filed a petition in in with liabilities amount- ing to $2162 ts worth $92 50. Frederic asalesman, is insolvent. He owes B b . NEW TO-DAY. RED ROUGH HANDS Ttching, ecaly, bleeding palms, shapeless nail and painful finger ends, pimples, blackheads, oily, mothy skin, dry, thin, and falling hair, itch ing, sealy scalps, all yield quickly to warm baths with CoTicURA S0P, and gentle anointings with CUTICURA (ointment), the great skin cure. (Uticura Te eolil l;‘v?ushm! thl; world. PorrER D2ve 2xp CaEk. o L Pe——. | she was never cruel | him, asit had a bed e: GAPRON REPENTED IS GENEROMTY Regretted That He Had Given His Property to Stepchildren. Judge A. L. Fitzgerald Repre- sented as the Dead Man’s Jealous Adviser. More Than Twenty Grains of Mor- phine Administered Daily by His Physicians, Mrs. Hattie M. Kearney was the most interesting witness in the John S. Capron will contest yesterday. She gave a de- tailed account of the daily life of the Capron household for several years prior to the death of herstepfather, Mr. Capron. First of all Mrs. Kearney declared that or unkind to Mr. Capron. This was in contradiction of statements made by Judge A. L. Fnz-‘ gerald of Nevada, who recalled conversa- tions in which the decedent ha | declared that he was cruelly treated by Mrs. Kearney. A photograph of Mrs. Capron, mother of the witness, was presented in eviience, on the back of which Mr. Capron had noted the fuct that Mrs. Capron had died | June 16. 188’ Mrs. ey remembered a Christmas dinner in 1834, and also recalled that Mr. Caprou was not out of the house on Apr: 16, 1897. Sne recollected the date because | it was Good Friday, and she and her sis- ters were compelied 10 break their engage- ments so that they could attend to him, he being ill. The witness said: v father’s health became better, and on unday we wanted him {0 go tothe | ral (o listen to the music, which was ecially atiractive,ané which we thought dinterest him ana alleviate his distress, e ngreed to go, but in the course of getting ready he fell into a violen: rage and said he could not get ready in time. him. fie got behind the portie ard him tearing or ripping sor a s K 3 B to us, as 1t often occurred thet one's ldren Who niad been given property in urned the fatherout of doors, let stepchiidren, Hesaid Judge Fitzgera.d that he would not trust his own h less stepchildren. My fnther metimes when he thought of what rald said be felt like killing him- We tried to soothe and quiet him as we wou d & child, and told him :1 he was feeling ed the property back 1o He became quiet and said he was satis- tied with his disposition of his property Tais appears to have been the begin- ninz of the disturbance in the Capron bouseholc, for aiter that there were fre- quent outbursts of passion on the part of | Mr. Capron. Mrs. Kearney continued: Mr. Cnpron_begen to talk this way about July, 1896. The burden of it was what Judge Filzgeraid had told him of his foolish act in gLy tie property to us. He wou'd take Uwenty to thirty grains of morphine a day, ad- ministered by the doctors hypodermically. We never advized such treatment. We were op- posed to it, and wanted bim cured of it, but he said he was an oid man, and he thought it did him good. Every ume that Judge Fitz- gerald caled and talked with him, fatner seemed distressed and passed sleepless nights, and had his bad attacks in consequence ol the | conversations. So we tola Juage Fi uld | on oue occasion not to ta | about business t. We advised the Judge to talk about heater or books or something besides bLusiness, and he said he | would. | In Mrs. Kearney s opinion Mr. Capron was of unsound mind from August 1, 1896, until he died. She said that the first vio- lent attack was when she tried to give him some bromide to quiet iis nerves in 1896. | He objected to the medicing, and when she pressed him to take it he flew intoa rage and referred to what Judge Fitzger- ald had suggested about the property. | Tuis was 1n allusion to the fact that in the holographic will Judge Fitzgerald is men- tioned as the principal beneficiary of the testator’s estate. There was an intimation of antagonism to Judge Fitzgerald’s family in the state- ment that the witness and her sisters had declined to meet Judge Fitzgerald’s daughter in a social way when the young lady called at their house. They iold Mr. Capron to give any excuse he pieasea as they had no desire to meet Miss Fitz- gerald. Subseqnently they met her in a business way, when they were all called together in order that Mr. Capron might give Miss Fiizzerald to understand that the property had been transferrea to his stepdgughters, and that the money on | account of Judze Fitzgerald’s debt was to be paid to the children. All the hypodermic injections given to Mr. Capron, the witness said, were ad- ministered by his physicians, Dr. J. Per- rault and Dr. E. L. Perrauit. The mor- phine was aken by Mr. Capron at first to | relieve the pains of sciatica, and after that he took 1t at his own desire. She and her sisters made a contract to pay Dr. E. L. Perrault $50 a month for his meaical at- tention to Mr. Capron, inciuding the hypodermic adminisirations of morphine. The patient took morphine also in the form of a potion. An offer was made to cure Mr. Capron, but he objected, saying that Le had no desire to quit, as it was the only thing that gave him rolief. WILL CHANGE THE LIST. Colonel Sullivan Pianning to Strengthen the New Democratic Executive Committee. The local branch of the Democracy, headed by Colonel W. P. Bullivan, en- gaged permanent headquariers at 830 Market street yesterday. A meeting of the new executive committee named by Sullivan to succeed those who deserted his standard and went into Rainey’s cam will be hela to-night, and an effort will be made to amend the constituiion. Sulli- van and his advisers realize that the com- mittee is not as sirong as it-might be, as some of the new members have in the past been actively engaged in politics with Rainey and Buckley. As the constitution of the party now stands, it was necessary to select the | executive committee from the body of the general committee. In several districts Sullivan was unable to find members who had not been at some t:me followers of Rainey. Under the circumstances he named those whom he thought might have tired of their allegiance to the old Democratic bosses. To get rid of the doubtfui ones and permit of the selection of men who are not allied to either boss it will be necessary to amend the consti- tution so that the commiitee may be se- lected from the body of the party and not from the old general committee. ————————— Citizens’ Republican Party. The County Committee of the Citizens’ Re- publican Parly, headed by Martin Kelly snd Senator Mahoney, will be called together dur- ing the week to make preparations for takiug ahand in the election for freeholders next montn. Some of the members favor the plan of placing an independent ticket in the field, but it is not improbable that they will in- dorse the nominee ot one of the other conven- tions. —_————— Couis and colds cured with Low’s ITCHING HUMORS 2525 ital? hore ound cough syrup, price 10c, 417 San some st, o | companies that | nently locate in | mives aud on our farm ‘A NEW BIDDING FOR - ALASKA TRADE Local Merchants Keenly Alive to the Coming Situation, Point on the Western Coast, Will Make Tempting Offers for the Patronage of Travelers to the Klondike, The Alaska trading committee of the Merchants’ Association is to held a big meeting to-day in the rooms of the City Board of Trade, at 202 Market street, at which there will be present representa- tives of the other leading bodies and of the transportation companies. It was not until tbe association took hold of the matter of saving to this city the trade that is going to Alaska thatanything was done. The cities of the north saw their opportunity and made a great bid for all of the Alaska business that their citizens knew would surely go to the far north dur- ing the coming year. Afier money had been raised an . the advantages of Seattle, | Portland, Tacoma and otber points in Oregon, Washington and British Colum- bia had been magnified <0 as to make the Kiondike travelers believe that these were the best outfitting points the Merchants’ Association of this city began to wake up. Since then the committee of this body has been looking aiter the trade in a man- ner‘that indicates that no further tricks will be lost. The other commercial bodies of S8an Francisco have Joined in the move- | mentin a way that shows their sincerity. Support also comes from several shipping are interested in the nortuern trade. Aside from the vessels now afloat others are to be built. At pres- ent it is known that six companies are to construct steam vessels that will enter into the competition for this trade. One company will build three steamersand | tue others at least one each, and maybe more. These will have a tonnage from 10,000 and upward. Nearly every promi- nent merchant and outfitter in the city is interested in the movement to secure the vulk of the coming trade, and in the next meeting some means will be devi-ed to accomplish the desired end. sons, the vic -president of the City Board of Trade, in discus.ing the matter says: Tnere can be 1o possible question as to the desirability of this movement for the purpose of securiug the immense traflic that is sure to €0 1o Alaska during the coming season. In order to do so, however, It 1§ absoiutely neces- surv that the business men of San Francisco should move quickiy. There is nota minute to lose. have never worked before for any purpose. We may reasonabiy expect to draw at least 5,000 pecple to San Francisco eu route for the Kiondike, 1f proper measures are imm diateiy adopted. Few realize the immense ad- vautages io tne cily that this means. Each person will spend 250 or more, thus making the enormous sum of $18,750,000. I would suggest as one way of speuding the mouey secured by the committee that of send- ing men East with stereopticons, or better, animatoscopes; also the opening of a bureau of iniormation that will furnish information concerning accommodations in the city as well as where (0 purchase, what Lo purchase and how 10 outht, I would atso have men mees parties on the road before reaching San Francisco. : There will certainly be thousands of people O | that will start for the Klondike who, upon reaching San Francisco, will iearn of the im- possibility of getting through owing to the ngested conditions at St. Michael. These 1l remain here and many of them perma- the S.aie, going into our We certainly have betier advantages in California lor maki g money than can be found in Alaske, and the committee should properly present them. Our mines are ready for work and 1o prospect- ing 18 necessary. It remains to seen whether our business men will meet the emer- gency. A Protest on Teas. Thomas D. Riorden is preparing the papers for & suit to en join Coilector Jackson from de- stroying & (ot of Canton tea shipped from that port to Chinese merchants in this city for con- sumption by the Chinese in this State. The tea was condemned by Tea Inspector Toohey, and under the regulations of the depariment | it will have to be shipp-d out of tne country by the consigr.ees or destroyed by the Collee- tor within six months. Mr. Rlordan contends that the tea board did not make any standard for Canton tea and that therelore the tea ex- aminer has no jurisdiction. This Is the Best Outfi’ctiug. ¥. J. Par- | Other places are working as they | OPEN GAS JETS TELL THE STORY Three More Unfortunates Meet Their Death by Asphyxiation. THE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT. John Mooney, His Wife and Her Brother, Michael Dromly, the Victims. THLY WERE WELL-TO-D0 PEOPLE. The Accident Happened Saturday, but the Bodies Were Not Found Until Yesterday. John H. Mooney, Kate Mooney, his wife, and Michsel Dromey, a brother of Mrs. Mooney, were found dead in their beds from accidental asphyxiation by nat- ural gas at their home, 3254 Fremont street, last evening. The bodies were discovered by Charles Martin and Officer Royston at about 7 o'clock in the evening, and had evidently lain where they were from Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs, Mooney were in an alcove off the room occupied by Dromey, and five of the gas jets were open and another one was partiaily open. The people are well-10-do, a bank book showing that Mrs. Mooney had on deposit 2893 11 in the Hibernia Savings and Loan Bank. Mooney owned the house in which he lived, occupying with his family the upper portion and renting the lower part to a family named Peterson. The brather, Michael Dromey, has been employed for the last twenty years as a streetcar driver on the Montgomery-street line. At the time of his death he was all ready to make a visit to his old home in Ireland and had among his effe ts a rail- road ticket from San Francisco to New York and a second-class steamship ticket from New York to Queenstown, A draft for $150 on the Donohoe-Kelly Banking Company of San Francisco and New York and a duplicate draft for £462 13s on the Bank of Ireland, Dublin, both drawn in favor of Dromey, were among the posses- sions found in his room. Mooney was foreman in the shops of the | Hammond Car Company, and was a sober, industrious man. He was arout 55 years old, his wife 40 and Dromey 45. Charles Martin, who discovered the bodies, roomed in the house with the Mooneys and also_worked in the Ham- mond carshops. He was iaken to the Central police station last nigkt, and after making his statement was releasea. He said he went ta his room at 11 0’clock Sa:- urday night and heard Mr. and Mrs. Mooney talking. The next morning, Sun- day, he left the house at 8 o’clock and returned about 7 in the evening. He smelt something peculiar, but thougnt it was paint, as the house was being re- paired. Yesterday morning he got up at 6:30 and went to work. Mooney did not show up at the carshop and a man was sent to the Louse to see what was the mat- ter. He could get no answer to his knock at the door, and on his return to the shops Martin went with Officer Royston, entered the house and found the bodies. Dromey was married and lived at 248 Clementina street. His wife has been sick with pneumonia for the past three months, and last Friday he left the house to geta doctor, saying that he would re- turn soon. This is the last time his wite saw him. The police say that Dromey was quite a heavy drinker at times. It is supposed that he became intoxicated and instead of going home went to his sister’s and the accident was the result of his condition. CHILEAN CONSUL ARRIVES. Colonel Leoncio E. Tagli of Santiago. President Don Frederico A. Errazuriz of the Republic of Chile has sent here to be Consul at San Francisco a hero of the Peruvian war, Colonel Tagli, who was formeriy Secretary of Siate and Governor of one of the The new Consul is comparatively a young man, dish mustache and florid complexion do not suggest that ovinces of Chile. is light brown hair, red- he is from South Amer- ica any more than the fair skin and beautiful auburn hair of his charming young wife indicate a tropical race. Colonel Tagli was educated twenty-four years ago in the Easi, but has not since been in tiie United Siates, and his English has suffered from long disuse. He has, however, in latter years been to France and speaks French. At present he, with his wife and little aaughter and his vouthful brother-in- law, Hector Aldunante, has apartments at the Occidental Hotel, but it is his iniention soon to secure a private residence. He says that now for the hirst time his Government purposes to make the con- sulate here a post of importance, and an instrument for the cultivation of closer zelations socially and commercially between Chile and San Francisco. A SAD STORY OF THE SEA First Mate John Johnson Accused of Sickening Brutality. Sailors Complain That They Were Systematically Starved Into Scurvy. The Mate Arrested for Oruelly Breaking the Arm of a Sick Seaman, A case of alleged cruelty on the high seas was brought to the attention of United States Commissioner Heacock yesterday morning by two sailors of the American sbip John A. Briggs. The men are Cnarles Jarvela and George Nichols. Both are suffering with scurvy, caused, they say, by scanty and improper food. The crew of fourteen men shipped from Baltimore for the voyage to this port, Captain J.W. Balch being the skipper ana John Johnson being the first mate. From the very start the men say that they were placed on a meager allowance, consisting of two slices of salt junk cut as thin as or- dinary writing paper, balf a loaf of bread and a couple of potatoes at each meal. Five times a week they had a watery so- lution which the captain facetiously called pea soup at one time and bean soup at another time. On Sundays they were treated to canned meat. According to their story they had not been more than & month on ihe way when the supply of potatoes became exhausted, so that for the remaining five months of the voyage the crew were without vege- tables. The ration of bread in the absence of potatoes was too small, and when the men demanded a more liberal allowance Captain Balch accedea to their demand and allowed them a whole loaf at each meal, but with a rare sense of Nero-ic humor instructed the cook to make the loaves a 'ittle smaller than half a loaf. The men becsme so hungry that they used to eat the grease which was used for lubricating the masts, but they were obliged to endure their treatment, for every complaint was answered with a blow from the fist of the mate, John John- son. In fact it was his habit, say the complainants, to enforce all his com- mands with a blow in the face of the miserable sailor who might be the object of his attention for the time being. On ofe occasion, on July 23, Jarvela was obdered by the mate to move faster. Jarvela replied that on account of the scurvy he could not move any faster than he was doing, whereupon Johnson struck him a neavy blow in the face with his fist, knocking him down so forcibly as to dislocate his arm. On August 2 the mate beat him again and broke his nose, Kick- ing him in the ribs by way of variety. During the voyage of 162 days the other scuryy-smitten sailor, George Nichols, was beaten more than 100 times, according to his own system of computation. Abel Peterson is another of the crew who says that he was brutally beaten by the mate. He was not only beaten with fists, but was also &nocked down with the blow of a broom-handiz and remained senseless for fully five minutes. The captain is alleged to have been a witness of all these cruelties, but never remonstrated with his mate or attempted tosave the men from his fury. Nichols is worse afflicted with the scurvy than his companion in misery. He showed the Commissioner that whercver b stuck bis finger on his body a deep dent was seen, the skin not having sufficient energy 10 spring hack. Jarvela and Nichols each swore to sep- arate complaints accusing Mate Johnson of beating and wounding seamen on the bigh seas, and the warrant was served by a United States Deputy Marshal latein the afternoon. SHOT IN HER BREAST Mrs, Grifin Found in a Bath- Room Dangerously Wounded, She Explains the Strange Circum- stance as Being Caused by Domestic Trouble. The police are investigating the case of a married woman who was shot in the left breast Sunday morning either by her- self or by somebody else. The woman is Mrs. James Griffin, 411 Tenth street. She is about 35 years of age and has two children, a boy and a girl. Her husband isa machinist in the employ of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. The police did not know about the shooting until yesterday morning and Captain Spillane at once detailed Detec- tive O'Dea to make an investigation. The result of O’'Dea’s inquiries was that Mrs. Griffin had attempted to commit suicide. Sunday morning, between 10 and 11 o'clock, she went into the bathroom, locked the door, and shortly afterward her sister, Miss Ashton, was startled by hear- ing two shots fired irom the direction of the bathroom. Griffin is a machinist and his duties compel him to work at all hours. He worked all Saturday night and did not reach home till atout 11 o’clock Sunday morning, when his sister-in-law told him of the shooting, and that she had been un- able to open ine bathroom door. Griffin forced oven the door and found his wife lying unconscicus on the floor, with a revolver beside her. Two cham- bers were _empty. He at once summoned Dr. E. P. Driscoll, who made an examina- tion and found that there was a wound in Mrs. Griffin’s left breast, near the heart. Mrs. Griffin was able to talk yesterday and she said she bad fired the first shot into her left breast. Then she fired again, but missed. She expressed regret for at- tempting to kill herself, and when asked why she had done so she said she had domestic troubles caused by her sister. Miss Ashton denied that her sister had any cause to blame her. She said that since their mother died about a year ago her sister had been partly insane and 1magined things. Dr. Driscoll also said that Mrs. Griffin’s mind seemed a littie affected. The wound was dangerous and she might not re- cover. ————— Divorces Granted. Divorces have been granted in the Superior Court as follows: Charlotte S. Pidge from DLwight M. Pidge, for desertion. Ann E. McIntyre from John R. McIntyre, for fallure to provide. Jeannette Regensberger from Samuel H. Regensberger, for desertion Fannie M. Bell irom Edward A. Beil, be- cause of his extreme cruelty. The application of Margaritha Lang for a divorce rrom Ferd'nand Lang was yesterday denied by Judge Belcher on the ground that the plaintiff has not lived the requisite length of time in this county, BAY CITY WHEELMEN ARE ANGRY Think That Krafts and Kenna Have Been Badly Treated. IATTER MADE A SCAPEGOAT. The Administration of the As- sociated Cycling Clubs Blamed, THREATS OF MANY WITHDRAWALS. Chairman Welch of the Receiving Board Censured for His Severity, A new element, and one that may change the complexion of affairs, has been injected into the battle between the California Associated Cycling Clubs ana the North California Division, League of American Wheelmen, for supremacy in cycling affairs on the Pacific Coast. A stroug element in the Bay City Wheelinen, the main support of the asso- ciation in this city, has taken umbrage at the manner in which the members of the club have been handled and they are openly saying that unless the adminis- iration of the organization changes they will refuse to ride in its meetings or par- ticipate in any of its affairs, The blame for the present condition of things is laid at tae door of Chairman R. M. Welch of the racing board of the asso- clation, who is styled a *‘diciator,”” a “‘dis- turbing spirit” and other things quite as uncomplimentary. With the association itself and its objects the cyclists are heartily in accord. The trouble began cver the placing of Kraits, the crack road-rider of the Bay Citys, in the professional ranks. I: was claimed that the stalwart hero of the road was no more entitled to be retirea from the amateur ranks than dozens of others, and that a confidence was violated when Mr. Welch used certain information in hi- possession to deciare Krafts a profes- sional. Then came the suspension of J. R. Kenna, the Bay Citys’ track pet, who was puton'the sheli for a year because he dared toride in a little meet where no sanction had been obtained from the as- sociation. It is pointed out that riders who have competed in open L. A. W. meets where an admission fee was charged were only suspended for thirty or sixty days, and that it was clearly the intention of mak- ing Kenna a scapegoat tbat prompted Weich to give him such a severe sentence when his only offense was riding ata meet where no admission was charged. The most severe disciplinarians say that six months off the track would have been ample punisiment, and really more than | the offense warranted. The utterances of the chairman of the racing board regarding the Academic League and other organizations are brought up as evidences that he is assum- ing the functions of a dictator. Those who have the interests of the association most &t heart point out that his policy should have been to affiliate with such organizations as_the Academic Athletic League and the Pacific Coast representa- tives of the American Athletic Union rather than to antagonize them. The officers who shape the policy of the Bay Ciiys are determined that the club shall stay in iine with the asscciation, but they are having a hard time to control the element that would vent 1ts dispieasure on Chairman Welch by withdrawing frorma the association. NAMED FOR FREEHOLDERS. Citizens From Among Whom the Charter Convention Will Select Its Nominees. The special order of business at the Charter Convention next Thursday even- ing will be the election of fifteen nominees tor freeholders. It was originally in- tended to select the nominees from the body of the convention, but on the recom- mendation of a sub-committee appointed to passon’the eligibility of’the members to serve in the event of their election as freeholders, it was decided to allow the members to place in nom'nation the names of citizens who are friend!y to the principles of the convention. The nominees will be chosen as follows: Six Republicans, six Democrats and three who are not 1dentified with either of these parties. It was found that 62 of the number were eligible as freeholders, but a number of them declined to serve. The nominations for candidates outside of the members of the convention closed at noon yesterday, and it is believed that not a few of the members will withdraw their names at meeting to-night. The members ot the convention who are eligible and Lave not thus far declined are: Republicans — P. A. Bergerot. Joseph Britton, F. S. Chadbourne, H. N. Clement, Horace Davis, L. R. Ellert, John T. Eng- lish, George K. Fitch, George R. Fletcher, William Fries, Warren A. Gregory, C. E. Grunsky, 8. C. Hammond, A. Herbst, Hugo D. Keil, Herbert E. Law, John J, Malioney, Frank Maskey, John Nightin. gale, John C. Nobmann,” Lippman Sachs, Leon Samuels, A. Sbartoro, F. P. Stone, Vancerlyn Siow, M. F. Taylor, L. J. Tru. man and C. A. Zinkand. Democrats—James Butler, A. Comte Jr. John H. Graay, Isidor Gutte, M. C. Has. sett, William T. Hess, Sheldon G. Kel. logg, P. H. McCarthy, Stewart Menzies, Joseph O'Connor, T. 1. 0’Brien, E. B, Pond. Osgood Putnam, ¥."R. Taylor, B. P | Troy, A. A. Watkins, James G. Webster and W. F. Wuson‘.y Other parties—J. A. Anderson, Al Criage, Oliver Everett and A. W, Tfio{l);epd- son. In addition to the above-named the fol- lowing citizens, not members of tie con. vention, have been placed in nomination: Republicans—Edward Danforth, A, & Hailidie, M. H. Hecht, Lou's Sioss Jr, George D. Squires and George W. Dow, g nem&q??:s—y.l}_& Gt;)nd‘ Patrick Bo- and, William J. Biggy, P. M. i T.C. Van News. oo Wellin Otner parties—C. H. Hatch M. Griswold. S ————— New Divorce Suits. Suits for divorce have been filea in the office of the County Clerk as follows: Matilda Norton against James H. cruelty. H. Norton for Katie Rodriguez against Fi - guez for 1nfidelity. Eriandg, Bodet BENNETT AGAIN A PRISONER Captured by the Police of British Colum- bia. A Long Chase for the Man Who Escaped From Chief Lees. Tried to Kill His Wife in a Lodging- House on McAllister Street a Month Ago. The chase for James G. Bennett, a machinist who attempted the life of his wife by cutting her throat in a lodging- house at 14 McAllister street on October 9, isat an end. Bennett was arrested last night in Victoria, B. C. He was then go- ing by the name of O'Neil. The news of his arrest reached San Francisce at about 10 o’clock by the following dispatch to Chief Lees: VICTORIA, Nov. 8, 1897.( I W. Lees, Chief of Police: Bave arres! Bennett, alias O’'Neil. Says he will fight ci#e, Send officer immediately while preparing ers. ADSwer. e l;.e;V. SHEPARD, Chief of Police. Half an hour afterward another tele- gram was received by the Chief of Police, as follows: VICTORIA, November 8, 1897. I. W. Ieces, Chief of ~Police: Bennett ar- rested. Wire me date of assault and full name on whom committed; also wire me im- mediately to emp:oy atiorney to draw up proper information to hold him, otherwise his attorney will get him out on habeas cor- pus. H. W. SHEPARD, Chlef of Police. Bennett, aiter the assault upon his wife, tried to end his own life by severing the jugular vein of his own throat, but the wound inflicted was only a superficial one, though painful, and he was sent a pris- oner to_the Receivine Hospital for treat- ment. He was there for three days when a friend smuggled a suit in to him. When the policeman who was detailed to guard him was absent from his bedside for a moment that night Bennett slioped on the clothing and boldly walked out through the hospital door, A hack was waiting at the corner of the Mechanics Pavilion for him, and when he emerged from the hospital some friends rushed him to the carriage and drove him off down the Mission road. The next morning one of the mounted police which guards the outlying districts of the city reported seeing the hack driv- ing furiously toward San Mateo, and then the police started in pursuit of the fugi- tive. Chief Lees was 1n a happy frame of mind when the first dispatch was handed to him last night. Said he: “‘We have been close on that fellow’s | trail almost from the moment he escaped from the hospital. We located him in San Mateo County, but before we could he get to him was spirited away and the next we heard of him bhe was in Alameda County, but by the time that news of his whereabouts reached us he was in flight again and heading north. A few days ago he was definitely located in the vicinity of Victoria, and a c)mplete_description of him was sent to Chief of Police Shepard there. It gives me a great deal of pleasure to have Bennett again in custoay.” Sk et Modern Trojans. Hector Council No. 10 of the Order of Modern Trojans was instituted in this city, with forty charter members, last week by Superior Man- ager H. F. Peterson. NEW TYO-DAY. Snow may fall S00n | Get 1nside a Roos Bros’ over-coat or ulster and you won’t know it’s cold $5 to $50 The comfort and protection you can get from one of our $10 coats are only equalled by the satisfaction you feel whilst wearing it ROOS BROS 27-37 Kearny corner Post o REMOVAL SALE ! The Magnificent Line of FURNITURE, CARPETS, STOVES, ETC., Will Be Sold Regardless of Cost, On account of removal 10 our new stores, Nos, 238 uud 240 Fost street, on or about November 9, 1897. T. BRILLIANT, Suceessor to Aronson Furniture Company, 410 POST STREET. e T The fac-simile signature of is on every wrapper _of CASTORIA, °y .