The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 6, 1898, Page 15

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1898. FRANK LEACH | IS RETIRED 1 The Enquirer Is Sold to Friends of Dr. Pardee. i Are Speculating | Its Probable Effect. | Politicians on | George B. Daniels Is Now the General | of New ctory- the Manager Di: ~ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. Bgrton, recording secretary; Mrs. W. W. Standeford, financial secretary; Mrs. William Gruenhagen, assistant financial secretary; Miss Allen D. Wil- son, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Q. | A. Chase, treasurer. 1 The advisory board is: Willlam Letts | Oliver (chairman), T. L. Barker, Fred- erick Delger, H. L. Trowbridge, P. M. Remillard, Captain Asa Simpson. The board of directors is as follows: Mrs. W. R, Davis, Mrs. A. A. Barton, Mrs. Remi Chabot, Mrs. Q. A. Chase, Mrs. Wallace Everson, Mrs. J. A. Fol- ger, Mrs. R. W. Gorrill, Mrs. Willlam Letts Oliver, Mrs. W. W. Standeford, ! Mrs. Allen D. Wilson, Mrs. John Yule. ————— Debating Society Trial. OAKLAND. Feb. 5.—The Senior Debat- ing Society of the High School attempted to try Clarence Wills and Louis Rose- berry yesterday for dropping firecrackers into the room two weeks previous during a debate by way of the Smead heater. | Parker Holt acted as judge, B. W. Reed and Ray McCarger attorneys for the defense, | ning was made in earnest and would have Francisco Call, iway, Feb. b. superintendent , retired lism to-day. Leach has hewspaper work, be- and working upward Two weeks ago The Call vely the story that the | \quirer, which paper has 1 by Mr. Leach about twelve to go into the hands of This afternoon the ce and the management | per was reorganized. i ent was published this ng that M. D. L. Hadley had be- 0, [ 3. Daniels annouriced that the new board of directors is as follows: G. B. Daniels, president and general man- ager; M. D. L. Hadley, secretary; S. F. Daniels, treasurer; D, Edward Collins and A. L. Smith. Frank A. Leach and his managing editor, A. Nye, signed the following printed statement: The Enquirer has been published as a daily paper since the 12th day of July, 1886—more than eleven years— and during the whole of that time the undersigned have exerc d editorial direction over its utterances. In the initial number the promise was made to give the-people of Oakland and honest newspaper, which would not shrink from putting principle above policy in any important exigen- ¢y, and looking back over the oceur- rences of nearly a dozen years, it is believed that the obligation taken at that time ha ays y to con- n the lines laid and “Enquirer 1 < cost some struggle the main the people have showin clat ing which it s endeavored in their behalf. and it is owing t that the de- owledgment of this friendly i} and emphatic. management wil ce it§ own policy, but erstood that it will in no es- t differ from the past nore general interest than the actual transfer of the Enquirer is the bernatorial contest in this county. Up to this time it has been the sup- of W. R. Davis, but now it will ted on the other side and Mr. Daniels will continue support of his friend, Dr. George C. Pardee. How “hange will work is now the upper- i0st thought in the minds of politi- cians. NEW PAVILION READY FOR USE Fabiola Ladies Take Pride Showing the Surgical Annex. Equal in Every Way to Any Similar | Annex in the United States. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Feb. b. The new surgical pavilion at Fabiola Hospital was opened to-day and many ph: ians and others interested in modern surgical appliances visited the annex According to the staff of the hospital and those doctors who have visited simflar institutions Pabiola now has the most practical and complete surgi- cal payilion on this coast, and one of the finést in the country. Much time and study have been de- voted to it, and every care taken to make it an ideal surgical institute. The managers were largely aided in carry- ing out its plans by the well known technologist, W. Letts Oliver, who has superintended its construction and equipment in accordance with ideas gathered from many sources. The new pavilion is in the form of an annex erected upon columns on a level with the gecond floor of the main building, Yut completely isolated and communi- cating with the hospital only through one door. The annex consists of seven :ions, another for minor operations, be- sides laboratory, sterilizing rooms and dressing rooms. The quality as well as the quantity of light has been carefully considered, and in the opinions of surgeons Fabi- sla’'s pavilion is perfect in this re- spect. Another important feature is “hat no nooks or crannies exist where | germs or microbes could gather. In the operating rooms there are no cor- ners around the walls, celiings or floor, all being rounded out so as to be kept perfectly free. The wooden. casings are of the simplest possible design, -having no grooves or moldings, and there are no seams or joints of any kind, while the walis, ceiling, wood work and furniture are enaméled with a preparation impervious to acids or alkali. It is so arranged that after each operation, with a minimum emount of time and labor, these rooms can be thoroughly disinfected and washed. 8 The instruments and apparatus are .all .of the latest and most improved design and in every respect up to date and the equal of any outfit in-the coun- try. All the tables and necessary fur- niture are of glass and iron, to admit of being kept perfectly clean and free from the possibilities of harboring zerms. The ladies are very proud of this new addition to their hospital and are anxious that every doctor in the State should examine it. The foliowing officers and directors have been elected by the Fabiola Hos- nital Association for the ensuing year: Mrs. John Yule, president; Mrs. Remi Chabot, Mrs. J. A. Folger, Mrs. R. W. ' Gorril vl residents; Mrs. - A. A The Perfume of Violets The purity of the lily, th:’filow of the rose, | and the flush of Hebe co! ne in Pozzoxt’ wondrous Powder. the owner, but he evidently did|] 1d the stock long, for to-night| ct it will undoubtedly have on the |* in rooms, a large room for major opera- | resulted in the boys' expulsion from the society had they been convicted. But their attorneys secured a ruling at the have discharged t Hence it was turned into a roar- ing farce and fun ensued wntil it grew too late to remain longer, when they broke up in a wrangle. Road Race Postponed. ND, Feb. 5—The five-mile handicap road race of the Reliance Club Wheelmen, set for to-morrow, has been postponed for one week, owing to the wes . The entries and their handf cs are as follows: G. . Wyman scratch; A. Deacon, scratch; P. H. Rosenheim, scratch; C. D. Gooch, 30 sec- D. Bates, onds; P. R Mott, 30’ seconds; C. 4 seconds; J. C. Ewing, 4 seconds; H. A Tubl eco 1:15; den, 3 G Butterw hner, 1:45; V. Ligda. . .2 minutes; Willlam Gros minutes; J. H. Pfusch, 2 minutes, and bert Pratt, 2 minutes, PIONEER'S LIFE ~ NEARING A CLOSE | C. S. Hanson, One of Oakland’s | Earliest Builders, Is Past | Recovery. S B Al- One of His Many { Erection of a Crystal Palace. | ‘ Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | %8 Broadway, Feb. 5. C. S. Hanson, a ploneer in this city, who was once a man of wealth, is ly ing critically 1ll at his home, 1313 Brush street. He Is fast sinking, and Dr. | Mayan gives the family no hope, beyond dren, three of whom are living at home, | the otlrer two being dead. Mrs. Hanson died about two and a half vears ago, since which time her husband has been steadily failing : s now b both pl and men- king up Hansc me to California in 1852, and went direct to the Placer County ines, where he remained eleven years. h visited th Carrabou m| in British Columbia, but did not remain long. In 1566 he came to id_and entered into the con- tracting and building business. Amon the most prominent buildings erected by him are the Oakland Bank- of Savings, Brayton block, the present Armory and the Lewis block. | "The Crystal Palace of San Francisco | one of his yentures that did not ve fortunate. At the time of Lieuten- ant Greel; return from his northern trip a p ama - company was organ- ized to travel, and Hanson sent $7000 East for stock, but never heard from it again. He lost heavily in the mines and s now only in ordinary circumstances. i [N —— Demurrer to Be Heard. OAKLAND, Feb. 5.—The suit of Mrs. eorge 8. Wright against her father-in- w for $25,000 damages for stealing away her sick husband will come up Monday morning in the Superior Court on a de- murrer and a motion to strike out. The defendant alleges that the complaint is |'in “defect of parties plaintiff in- that | George 8. Wright is not joined as a co- | plaintiff.,”” and that the ‘“‘plaintiff has no | Jegal right to sue,” as the property in- | terest is not community. It then asks that certaln allegations be stricken out, | and closes with the request that the | whole complaint be stricken out. | High Fence Ordinance Vetoed. OAKLAND, Feb. 5—Mayor W. R. Thomas has vetoed the ordinance pro- | hibiting the erection and maintenance of high board fences for advertising pur- He alleges that it would be an warranted invasion of private right s without legislative authority ention_to the decision o in the case of California Ad- signs Company vs. dens, wherein a similar ordinance was declared illegal. Students’ Congress Organized. OAKLAND, Feb. 5—The students of California College met to-nighf and per- fected a permanent organization students’ congress, patterned after the d States Senate. Its purpose is to ce the members in parliamentary and febates. only will he debated, which will keep the members studying. George Kirchner Convicted. OAKLAND, Feb. 5—George Kirchner was found guilty of selling liquor without a License Inspector Maloon has been work- ing hard to convict bottlers who retailed and this is his first succy The bottlers have been trying to ge Jower license than the sgloons, but have not yet suc- ceeded. Local Basket-Ball Team Beaten. OAKLAND, Feb. 5—The game of bas- ket ball between the Business Men of San Francisco and Spartans of this city, at the Y. M. C. A., resulted in a score of 21 to 4 in favor of the Business Men. The attendante was good. and the playing quite spirited. The place throws. for goals | were poor, only one goul being thus made. Oakland News Items. OAKLAND, Feb. 5.—The real estate of | the Iate Dr. 'B. H. Pardee was ordered partially distributed / this morning by Judge Ellsworth. The widow . secures the Arcata house on San Pablo avenue. The matter of the personal property went over till 7:15 p. m. Wednesday. The representatives of | Fruitvale school districts met last even- ing in ‘the new Masonic hall, but were unable to agree upon a plan to consoli- date, although jt was shown that they could save 40 cents on the dollar in taxes by so dolngi s Poltce Officer William MeLeod in com- pany with Jerry McCarthy.and Dr. dregan, went duck hunting near San Pablo and wete arrested hy a constable for trespassing upon preserves. The offi- cer lost two nights from his beat. W. A. Knowles has matle an applica- tion to be admitted to bail. His sureties are Mrs. W. A. Knowles, Welles Whit- more_and P. J. Keller. The bond is set for $5000, owing to his attempt to escape when indicted. Romie Roffetto has filed a suit divorce from her husband, W. F. Rof- fetto. E Selma J. Anderson would have the courts to sever her marriage relation with Otto E. Anderson. . ——— Alameda News Notes. * ALAMEDA, Feb. 5—St. Agnes' Guild will give an entertalnment next week for the benefit of one of the San. Francisco orphanages. r. Dio Tisdale Is very low from ty- phoid telver and his recovery is considered deubtful. Company G held its smoker this even- ing, with a large attendance of mem- bers and friends. for GOLE CLUB the | | prosecution, Winfield Dorn and._ Frank | Nightingale represented & | with Edson Wilcox as clerk. The begin- | Ladies and Gentlemen Who Have 45; | each R Ventures Was the * He | in San | Board of Fire War- | for a | Questions of the day | cense and will be sentenced Tuesday, | the Bray and Lan- | OPENS HOUSE ESociety Receives at Its New Lakeside Quarters. { The Great Caledonian Gamel Has Rapidly Become Popular. { Already Joined the | ‘Club. | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Feb. 5. | The pretty clubhouse of the Oakland | | Golf Club was formally opened with a | | reception this afterncon and evening. | | The clubhouse, located on one of the | rettiest spots of. Adams Point, has re- | | cently been built and is a very com- ;mrtab!e and well fitted structure. | The clubhouse stands among the oak | | trees on the land which would be in- | | cluded in a public park should the city | purchase that property. All around | | the house is a piazza twelve feet wide, side commanding picturesque views. The larger portion of the inte- | rior is a reception room which to-day | is beautifully decorated. A large fire- | place decorated with fancy tiling of a very artistic nature is the main feature | of this room. It is finished in chiseled | redwood stained with an open trussed roof. There are also ladies’ rooms and ladies’ clubroom, in addition to | baths. A small kitchen is also there, and during the golf season there will be a housekeeper, part of whose duties will be to provide light luncheons for | the members. | | The building is very tastefully light- ed by electricity, and the hot and cold | showers are supplied from the Pied- | mont bath-house. The links embrace a circuit of three | thousand yards, and already the ladies and gentlemen have done considerable playing. There are a dozen little cad- | dies who carry the sticks for the play- | ers, and each is supplied with a bag. | They depend for their pay on the fees given them by the playérs. There are | about 160 members in the club. | Among the most prominent members | of the club are P. E. Bowles, H. M. A. | Miller, George W. McNear Jr., C. O. G. | Miller, Orestes Pierce, J. W. Phillips | and F. M. Smith, who constitute a | ® ident and H. M. A. Miller secretary. | The color$ of the club are white and green, the national color being red. | The club was organized three weeks | ago and is the pioheer organization of | golf on the coast. The members have | been very liberal in giving furnish- ings, and now settees, soft cushions, handsome paintings and a piano add to the enjoyment of the guests be- | tween the games. James Melville, a caddy from Scot- | land, is keeper of the green. The cir- cuit begins at the house hole, thence northeast across the field to the north erm of the lake, thence west to the top of the hill off the Pled-| | mont baths, south to the bath gate and | | southeast back to the starting point. It includes some up and down hill| work, and is considered a very enjoya- | ble links. The complete list of members to date is as follows: | Guarantors—P. E. Bowles, H. A. | Butters, Charles W. Cooke, J. A. Fol-1 | ger, W. S. Goodfellow, R. W. Gorrill, | G. D. Greenwood, F. C. Havens, William P. Johnson, C. H. King, E. H. Kitt- | ridge, Willlam A. Magee, George W. | | McNear, George W. McNear Jr.,. Vic- | tor H. Metcalf, C. O. G. Miller, H. M. | A. Miller, Orestes Pierce, G. W. Percy, | J. W. Phillips, T. E. Pope, A. Schilling, | F. Marion Smith, Mrs. F. M. Smith, H. { C. Taft, H. O. Trowbridge, F. W. Van | Sicklen. | Subscribers—C. R. Allen, Mrs. C. R. | | Allen, Aldrich Barton, Mrs. T. L. Bar- | ker, Miss M. S. Barker, H. K. Belden, | Mrs. H. K. Belden, Mrs. P. E. Bowles, | Mrs. H. W. Bray, A. P. Brayton Jr., | B. L. Brayton, Miss F. Brown, Miss W. Burdge, Mrs. A. Butters, D. Y. | Campbell, Miss A, | B. H. Chabot, Miss | bot, W. H. Chickering, | G. Cooke, Miss M. L. Krelling, Thomas Crellin, Miss M. Deane, Miss J. V. de | Fremery, Miss L. de Fremery, T. A. Driscoll, J. P. Dunn, Miss M. Dunham, | Miss F. Dunham, Miss A. Duff, R. M. | Fitzgerald, Mrs. J. A. Folger, E. R. | Folger, George P. Low, Miss E. F. Goodall, Arthur Goodall, Miss G. H. Gorrill, Mrs. G. D. Greenwood, Miss G. Gould, C. P. Hubbard, T. R. Hutchin- son, Miss- Hutchinson, Miss M. Hutch- | jnson, Miss M. Jolliffe, Mrs. W. B; Johnson, Miss E. L. Kellogg, Miss K. M. Kittridge, H. J. Knowles, Mrs. H. | 7. Knowles, Miss M. M. XKnowles, | Sam McKee, Mrs. G. W. McNear, Mrs. G. W. McNear Jr., Miss B. MeNear, Seward McNear, Mrs. S. McNear, F. W. | McNear, W. W. Mein, R. M. Mein, Mrs. J. B. Mhoon, Mrs. H. M. A. Miller, Miss | | M. A. Miller, H. E. Miller, Mrs. H. E. | Mifler, H. H. Miller, P. L. Miller, Mrs, | 7. M. Merrill, Miss A. Moffitt, Miss L. ‘ Moffitt, A. A. Moore Jr., Miss E. Moore, | { i | | | o} H. H. North, W. Olney Jr., Charles E. Palmer, Miss I. B. Palmer, Mrs. O. Pierce, Miss J. Pierce, Mrs. J. W. Phil- | lips, Thomas Rickard, Mrs. Thomas | Rickard, I. R. Requa, Mrs. I. R. Requa, | Mark Requa, Mrs. Mark Requa, Alfred | Ropp, Mrs. P. Sather, Mrs. A. Schilling, | Carl Schtlling, Miss B. Steele, F. 'W. | Stevenson, A. L. Stone, Miss M. Smith, | Miss G. Sperry, William H. Taylor, Mrs. | | H. O. Trowbridge, Miss Mae Tucker, | | Miss E. L. Watt, Miss J. McA. Watt, | J. H. T. Watkinson, Mrs. J. H. T. Wat- | | kinson, B. A. Knight, Miss B. Landers, | | H. W. Landers, Mrs. O. F. Long, Mrs. | William A. Magee, Walter Magee, A. | 8. Macdonald, Mrs. C. F. MacDermott, | L. M. MacDermott. Miss L. W. Mac- | Dermott, Miss A. M. McKee, J. C. Mc- | Kee, E. M. Walsh, Mrs, E. M. Walsh, | Miss E. R. Wellman, Mrs. G. H. Wheat- | on, G. S. Wheaton, A. L. White, W. V. | Witcher, P. J. Van Loben Sels, Charles | | G. Yale, Miss Yale, Miss N. Yale. | _Honorary Members—Mr. and Mrs. BE. | F. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Adams, | Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Prather. | ————— 1 | INVESTIGATION CEASES. | Uncertainty, However, Still .Sur- rounds the Death of an Italian Woman at Berkeley. BERKELEY, Feb. 5.—Considerable sus- picion still surrounds the peculiar death of the Itallan woman, Mrs. Mary Res- tievo, who died Monday morning after be- ing for more than forty-eight hours in an epileptic fit. Drs. Hoagland and Woolséy, who attended the woman, to-day made inquiries among the neighbors, and were told by some that the husband had mis- treated his wife. Many of the neighbors, however, give Restievo a very good repu- | tation. Deputy Coroner Streightif of Berk- | eley has discontinued his investigations, believing that inasmuch as the body was n> '~mger in the county is was for ‘the | Pr | logt from the store | of which no trac | and "took pos: | least, the Recorder so decided San Francisco authorities to look Into the matter. So far as can be learned no investigations are being made by the Cor- oner of Alameda County or his deputies. Dr. Woolsey, who was called in Supday to attend the woman, said that there was no doubt about the cause of death, that the woman died of epilepsy, aithough in an unusual form, as an epileptic fit rarely lasts fifty-two hours, as in the present case. Marshal Lloyd, who lives near the Restievos, scouts the idea of foul play. Health Officer Rowell signed the burial permit upon the certificate of Dr. Hoag- land to the effect that death was caused by epilepsy. The body was immediately taken charge of by the undertaking firm of Valente Marini & Co. of San Francis- co, and removed to the city. The dead woman was 27 years of age and left three children. According to neighbors she was a woman of refinement and intelligence, having been educated in a San Francisco convent. —_——e—e————— Former College-Mates Wed. BERKELEY, Feb. 5.—The wedding of Arthur P. No; and Miss May S. San- | born took place this evening at the resi- dence of. the bride’s father, W. 8. San- born, in North Berkeley. The groom is | a civil engineer at the Mare Island Navy- vard, and is the son of Colonel H. E. Noyes, U, 8. A. He was formerly a civil engineer for the Valley road. The bride is well known in Berkeley social circles. Both bride and groom are university al- | umni, Miss Sanborn having been gradu- ated from the college of letters and politi- cal science in 1892 and Mr. Noyes receiv- ing his degree from the' college of civil engineering in_ 1884 Mr. and Mrs. Noyes will resida at Vallejo. Berkeley News Notes. BERKELEY, Feb. 5.—Rain this after- noon necessitated the postponement of the Glee Club-football team baseball game until next Saturday, February 12. Five hundred books were added to the Berkeley public library by a successtul | “book social” held last night at Shattuck Hall. Professor A. F. lLange, the new library trustee, acted as doorkeeper. Two valuable dogs, bel“glng respec- tivély to S. Heywood and Charles Guer- rine of Grove street, were poinsoned afew nights ago. A reward has been offered Professor Edward Clapp will de- liver an address on “The American School at Athens’’ before the Longfellow Memorial Association at {ts next meet- ing on Thur: evening, February 10. At the next meeting of the Berkeley Floral Society to be held next Monday evening at Stiles Hall an address will be given on ‘“‘Recent Developments in Eng- lish Horticulturs h;; Mr. J. Burtt Davy i . who recently returned from a prolonged visit to the famous Kew Botanical Garden near London. Edward La iarge, an early settler and well-known cf ster of Berkeley, died this morning at his home on the Mec- Avoy ranch, San Pablo avenue. J. Haber, A. Brown and C. M. Dick- erson, who were appointed to request ident Kellogg on behaif of the As- soclated Students to increase to five the | for the detéction of the poisoner. B. membership ot the faculty athletics com- ing me through the house with a re- | to | vresent the resolutions The latter de- mittee, will the president on clines to state sue until he receives official notice of the action taken. —_— eo——— THE BOY BURGLAR. Edmund Hill Released on $200 Bail. ‘Will Probably Not Be Prose- cuted. ALAMEDA, Feb. 5.—Edmund Hill, the 16-year-old boy burglar, who was caught in the very act of entering Olson Broth- | ers’ grocery store last evening, remained | on is the father of five chil- | council of seven, Mr. Pierce being pres- | in jail until this afternoon, when he was released on $200 h bail, put up by a relative. He made no attempt what- ever to deny his guilt, as indeed he could not under the circumstances, having been apprehended while in the store. When the Olsons w the key which he had used, they recognized it as one which was several weeks ago and They think it was probably left in the door, and that young Hil sion of it Hill is pretty well connected, and a strenuous effort is his prosecution. However, as a police officer saw ..e burglar while committing his crime, it will be difficult to protect him from punishment. —_——— BOARD OF HEALTH. Dairymen Who Objected to the Methed of Milk Inspection. ALAMEDA, r'eb. 5.—At last night's meeting of the Board of Health a dele- gation of dairymen was in attendance for the purpose of making a complaint gainst the methods of the milk inspec- tor. It appeared that some of the dairy- men had been overlooked by the inspec- tor during the past month, and in the absence of any test the same figures had | been published as for the previous month. This, it was claimed, was a hardship, as it might be that a dairy had been re- ported low for one month, and that tne owner had taken more car nd brought cream and butter fat percentage higher, yet received no credit for it on the Board of Health blackboard or in the press. Veterinary Carpenter was called on for an explanation and gave it. He said that he had great difficulty in getting samples of milk from the dairy- men. They did not seem willing to -ac- commodate him, and he frequently had to ehase them for blocks apd even run into their wagons before they would stop and give him the sample required by law. Tt*was necessary to take the samples | when the milkmen, did not expect it, and, because of the pains taken to preve him from doing s Auty. 1t Nay mns that he had mot inspected Soma.dairiee during an_entire month. In such case he considered it no more than fair that the revious month’s report should . he board thought so, l(m,J undSt;‘)llll;lt ended the discussion. —_———— HIGH-PRICED PAIR OF BOOTS. Recorder St. Sure Has Them Tried ~ on in Open Court. ALAMEDA, Feb. 5—Herman Driest has got to pay $30 for a pair of boots; at Some time ago he directed Shoemaker Mathaus Stumpf to build a pair of boots for him, the agreed price heing $12. When the footwear was completed Driest tried | them on, but declared that they did not fit him and that he would not pay: for them. Stumpf tried to persuade him that the boots were all right, and that they ‘would be perfectly comfortable after a few days’ wear. But Driest would not have it that wa;é. and, after waiting a {;amfi“me _}l}r‘ne tumpf brought suit for e price. The case was tried to- - foro "Recorder St. Sure. e adduced on both sides, after Recorder directed Driest to m"u"é"%’:’: ‘hl:: old boots and put on the new ones. This was done, and then the Recorder, who has an eve himself for a comfortable boot, Inspected them critically, and de- cided that they were a good enough fit, whereupon he gave judgment for. the $12, o tidy price for the boots. But Drie not yet satisfied and swears e wiit ap: peal the case, so that the boots promise to be pretty expensive to both sides be- fore they are worn out or turned over to the lawyers. — Noy-Fortmann, ALAMEDA. Feb. 5.—Tt was discove to-day that two young people well kno‘:g in this city had gone to San Francisco on Wednesday last and had been quietly married by a Justice of the Peace in the City Hall." They then returned, informed their astonishes g&rents of what they had done, were duly and properly for- ven-and all 1S merry as merry can be. 'he goung couple are Bernard Noy of Bay Station.and Miss Freda Kortmann of 828 Taylor avenue. There was no reason exceépt perhaps vouth why the couple should not be married, though aill their acquaintances were greatly surprised at the news. Miss Grace Alexander Dead. ALAMEDA, Feb. 5.—Miss Grace Mel- ville Alexn.rfier died at the residence of her nts, 1811 Buena Vista avenue, at m:fi;.boflr this morning. She was 22 ears of age and had lived nearly all her fl zhis city. For seven or enght years been an invalid, suffering greatly from inflammatory rheumatism. The funeral will take place Monday at 1 p. m., and interment will be in Mountain View Cemetery. S ———————— A question of importance. See page 3.* REYV. EVERETT IS NOW FREE His Wife Tells Her Tale of Brief Married Life. She Was Chased Through the House With a Re- volver. After Two Months They Parted,and He Now Works as a ‘W aiter. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Feb. 5. Oakland are now Mrs. Mary C. Bacon and Rev. George Everett. This morn- ing Judge Hall divorced them and gave the lady permission to use the name by which she was known before | she met her ex-husband. Their story of unhappiness was told | this morning by Mrs. Everett in court. | She said her husband was intensely | jealous of her, and suspicious of people | who came to the house. “My husband watched me wherever I went,” said Mrs. Everett, “and made charges that were not true. When I | would try to explain away his state- | ments he said he was convinced they | were true because he could see through | the walls of a room. I told him that had been found since. | 1 saw it there | ng made to prevent | to-day. | Testimony was | costs besides, making $30, a very | he was making a holy show of himself, and he called me a liar and used pro- | fane language. We have some boarders | ' and if I would recognize any of them | at dinner my husband would go into a | passion gnd curse me, and ask me if | men could not come into my presence | without my smiling at them. I tried | to oblige him by not looking at the | boarders, but it made no difference, and | he was particularly jealous of one of them named Money. | ‘““One night he was angry with me, and I saw him hiding in the back part of the hall. He frightened me by chas- volver in his hand. On another occa- | sion, while talking to some boarders, | he pulled out his revolver and said, ‘I | am going to kill you; this time I mean | business.” He wanted me to sign some | papers regarding the property, but as it is all mine and he had none, I re- | fused to do so. “Another time he wanted me to drink something from a vial, which I believe was poison, and he made himself sg of- fensive that finally I was compelled to | | call a policeman to have him locked | up, because I thought he was crazy. ““This was two months and a half | after we were married, and I haven't seen him since.” After hearing her story, Judge Hall | granted the divorce. Everett was a young religious stu- | dent considerably less in years than his | wife. He met Mrs. Bacon last sum- | mer at a revival meeting, where he was | preaching, and the widow became so | smitten with the student that they were married socn after. In the decree Everett is ordered to pay his wife $15 | a month alimony. Rev, George Everett, who is a gradu- | ary, is now a waiter in a San Francisco | restaurant. DINCEE DOES NOT WANT PUBLICITY | jThe President of the Oakland Water Company Is Se- 1 cretive. Does Not Want His Figures Made Public Throughout the State. | OAK.LAND. Feb. 5—The Fire and Water Committee of the City Couneil | contintied their ‘examination of the re- ports filed by the two water companies | to-night. Messrs. Dingee, Watkinson | and Baker were present, besides several of the Councilmen. Councilmen Cuvel- lier and Rowe objected strongly to the | operating expenses as filed by the Contra | Costa Company. The $600 commission | for the sale of bonds, the $6000 paid for | the McClure reservoir, $4140 for the Pleas- | anton land, and §169 for a barn built | thereon, making a total of $10,909, was | deducted from the company’s total. | “The Oakland Water Company’s presi- | dent, Mr. Dingee, was asked to answer | some pointed questions by Councilman | Rowe. He said that the bonded indebt- edness was one million, but did not know | the cost of the ciedmont plant, but it | was over $200,000. He could not produce the vouchers for this amount, as the | company was out of existence. When pressed for the exact hcosthof th:dpl:]r:t xplained that he would take M itice or an expert and give | them the exact figures, but did not want | them flared all over ihe State. When | sked if he had sworn that the plant was :'Drth 35,490,937, he answered “Yes, less a note for the $1,000,000. Mr. Rowe—“Is the one million stock and the three million bonds you spoke of last evening what you expect the people of Oakland to pay you & fair rate of interest es,” replied the president witn a . < l; only one million bonds were {ssued and you still hold the other three, how do you say that four millions have been paid out?” asked Mr. Rowe, but his ques- tion remained unanswered. Chairman ~ Henneberry and Messrs. Rowe, Cuvellier and Upton, Mr. Earl be- | ing unavoidably absent, spent the entire | afternoon reading the exhaustive report of the committee of 1804, during the Par- Joe administration. They feel that the | evidence taken and the report made at that time is of unbounded benefit to them and express their appreciation of the work done at that time. They are spend- ing more time In the present examina- tion than have any committee since 1894 They do not expect to have a report ready for Monday evening unless an af- ternoon session is:held on Monday, which was not definitely settled to-night. How- ever, they are determined to fix a rate this ‘month”according to law. Protestant Orphan Asylum. The forty-second annual meeting of the San Franclsco Protestant Orphan Asylum | Soclety will be held at the First Congre- gational Church, corner of Post and Ma- son streets,0 n Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. ——————— Wandered From Home. Mary McCullough, aged 73 years, lv- ing at 600 Ivy avenue, wandered away from her home yesterday afternoon. She was found by a policeman, and as .she could not tell where she lived she was taken to the City Prison and tem - {ly cared for. The woman carried in her hand a loaf of bread which she bought for her sick son. Last evening she re- turned to her home. —_—— An Insolvent Liquor Dealer. F. S. Kordt, a wholesale and retafl liquor-dealer, has been adjudged insol- vent. His labllitles are scheduled at $11,751 60; assets $2060. 3 Rev. and Mrs. George Everett of East | ate of the Chicago Theological Semin- | | | | | | | | | | 10 PUT BIG MONEY [N THE BONDS J. Crocker Invested $800,000 in Sierra Railway Paper. H. Prefers to Rely Upon Local Undertakings When Op- portunity Offers. Casey to Be One of the Directors of the New % Road. Maurice A financial transaction of more than ordinary magnitude took place the other day when Henry J. Crecker pur- chased nearly the whole bond issue of the Sierra Railway Company of Cali- fornia. The entire amount of the is- sue was $634,000, and of this $515,000 was taken by Mr. Crocker, who would have secured it all had not the balance been previously contracted for. Mr. Crocker, however, is not alone in the deal, as it is understood that sev- eral other leading capitalists of this | city are also interested. When the Sierra Railway Company was organized it was bonded for $15,- 000 a mile. These bonds were not sold immediately to build the road, but were held until its completion, so that, its earning capacity having been shown, a better price could be secured for them. The road, which is forty-three miles in length, running from Oakdale, Stanislaus County, to Jamestown, Tuolumne County, was completed on the 10th of last November. The bonds soon after being offered for sale at- tracted the attention of Mr. Crocker, who has a penchant for local invest- ments, but though negotiations were immediately entered into the trans- action was not consummated until last Tuesday, Mr. Crocker having taken the intermediate time to thoroughly assure himself of the earning capacity of the road. Mr. Crocker is a capitalist who looks with strong favor on local enterprises, and where everything is equal always gives the preference to a home invest- ment when there is one that promises to be as safe and pay as well as those away from home. ‘When seen yesterday regarding this last big deal of his he said: “The bonds of the Sierra Railway Company were strongly recommended to me some time ago while I was looking around for something good in which to sink a lit- tle capital. As I have a strong disin- clination to send money out of Cali- fornia when I can possibly keep it here glxe proposition struck me very favora- y. “I found, after looking into the mat- ter, that the road ran through about twenty miles of as good farming coun- try as there is in the State, and up to Jamestown, tapping the mother lode four miles from Sonora. I further found that the line had absolutely no indebtedness, that its earnings for the three months of its existénce were $39,513 37, which is 14 per cent net on the bond issue, and that it was only bonded at $15,000 per mile, while the Southern Pacific was bonded for $40,- 000 and the Valley road for $22,000. “After assuring myself that this magnificent showing was no fairy tale, but well substantiated facts, I imme- diately agreed to take all of the issue not already sold, and before the deal was finally closed had already placed $125,000 worth of the bonds, which are 6 per cent forty-vear gold bonds, se- cured by a first mortgage on the road and its equipments.” Included in the articles of the sale was an_ agreement whereby Mr. Crocker should have two of the five di- rectors. He himself will act as one director and though he has not yet finally decided it is more than probable that the other one will be Maurice Casey, manager of the McLaughlin es- tate. Mr. Crocker said last night that he wished it distinctly stated that the use of Jesse Lillenthal's name by an evening paper in connection with this matter was absolutely unauthorized. GOOD KLONDIKE LITERATURE. A New Publication Which Will Be Welcome to Many Prospective Miners. The trite saying, “Of the making of many books there is no end,” has been frequently exemplified during the past few months in the flood of Alaskan liter- ature which has been literally dumped upon the marRet—most of it, as a matter of course, the guesswork of imaginary explorers of the northern goldfields and utterly unreliable as to the so-called in- formation exploited. The latest production in this line, how- ever, bears the impress of genuine merit throughout. It is a work beautifully printed in pamphlet form, with fine fl- lustrations and carefully prepared de- scriptive matter, under the title, “To the Klondike and Alaska Gold Fields,” com- piled by Walter B. Cooke for the Alaska Commercial Company. This work gives very comprehensive fn- formation on the subject treated, and it is a complete compendium of useful oints for the prospective miner in Alas- a. It is furnished with an excellent map of the gold regions of the north and showing the different routes by which they may be reached. The handy and handsome little volume is published for free distribution, and coples may be had at the office of the Alaska Commercial Company. It bristles with interesting points for the intending Klondiker, and will be welcomed by such as a highly opportune publication. Imposed on a Woman. ’ A man named Schweitzer reported to the police last night that some one had obtained $ from his wife on a forged order, which fur})oned to_have been signed by a friend of the family. He uu-g‘ects a young man, who lives on Eighth street, of having imposed on his wife. He intends to swear out a war- rant for his arrest. The thermometer seems to fall six degrees when you walk into a blue room. Yeilow is an advancing color; therefore, a room fitted up in yellow will appear smaller than it is. On the other hand, blue of a certain shade ‘n- troduced generously into a room will give an idea of space. Red makes no difference in regard to size. Green makes very little. ONSUMPTION ‘TO THE EDITOR : I have anabsolute C1¥e for CONSUMPTION axd all Bronchial, Throat oo Lung Troubles, and all conditions of Wasting Away. By jtstimely use thousands of apparent- 1y hopeless cases have been m»tu};;:-r £-positive am I of wer to cure, So proo will send FREE to anyoue Agi.;:l THREB B%?EES of my Newly Dlmwslg emedies, upon receipt of Express and Postoffice address. Always sincerely ours, S T. A. SLOCOM, M.C, 18] Pear] St.. ; Whea weitingthe Doston,slas o mimtisn L remsnt | for $2400 without calling for bids. ENJOINS SAN JOSE'S COUNCIL New Charter Club Pre- vents a Treasury Raid. Stops the Purchase of an Ex- pensive Fire Alarm System. Questionable Deal Made by City Officials Will Be Aired in Court. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Feb. 5.—President San- ford H. Smith of the New Charter Club to-day obtained an order from Judge Kittridge temporarily restrain- ing Mayor Koch and Councilmen Wil- liam T. Nolting, J. P. Fay, George B. Dittus and Julius Kreig, on the part of the city, and A. J. Coffee for the United States Fire and Police Telegraph Com- pany, from entering into & contract for the purchase of a fire alarm system. February 14, at 2 p. m, was set as the time for the defendants to appear and show cause why the order should not be made permanent. The order is similar to the one obtained on Thurs- day to balk the awarding of a street sweeping contract that would have mulcted the city of $12,000 ‘*in three years. The petition filed by President Smith recites that on January 26 the Mayor and Common Council passed a resolu- tion awarding a contract to A. J. Coffea for a fire alarm system at a monthly rental of $65, the city to have the right to purchase the system at any time within five years for $3900, less the amount of rental paid. The Gamewell Fire Alarm Company put in a bid for a similar system, its terms being a rental of $56 a month, the purchase price to be $3300 if paid within five years, and the rentals to be credited. The petition declares that the bid of said A. J. Coffee is not the lowest and best bid filed with the Mayor and Common Council, and that if the con- tract with A. J. Coffee is carried out the system will cost the city a large sum for both rental and purchase price in excess of the amount asked by the Gamewell Fire Alarm Company, to a great loss to the taxpayers of the city. It is set forth that the defendants threaten, unless restrained by order of the court, to award and enter into the contract with A. J. Coffee, to the detri- ment of the city and taxpayers. The awarding of the contract by the City Council to A. J. Coffee was a brazen piece of work. Instead of giv- ing the contract to the lowest bidder the Council unanimously awarded it to Coffee at $600 higher than the Game- well bid. A couple of months ago the Council attempted to give Coffee the contract for a new fire alarm system It found it could not do this, and so called for bids. Then it turned around and gave the contract to the highest bid- der. After submitting a price of $2400 to the city for a similar system before bids were asked Coffee raised his price to $3900. The system that it was pro- posed to furnish for $2400, with $200 worth of extras, was as good as the one it proposes to sell the city for $3900. .Thus the Council deliberately voted away about $1300 of the people’s money. Rumors on the street have it that §1000 of this money was to be dis- pensed where it “would do some good.” The contract is now in the Mayor’s hands and will undoubtedly be vetoed. . Now that the New Charter Club has taken a hand in straightening out af- fairs it is thought the members of the Council will lose some of their boldness and not so freely vote away the peo- ple's money. There seems to be an un- derstanding among them to~-spend as much money as possible during the next two months they will be in office. If the restraining order obtained to- day does not check them in their ex- travagance it is asserted the New Charter Club will lose no time in tak- ing steps to impeach them. . Empress Elizabeth of Austria has collected the photographs of all the pretty women she has seen during the last nine years. To each picture is attached a statement of the name, age and condition of the subject, with the date and place of the taking of the photograph. ADVERTISEMENTS. HE SENDS IT FREE. A Never Failing Remedy That Makes a Man Young Again. TRUE MANLINESS QUICKLY REPLACES THE 'WORN OUT NERVES AND VIGCR. 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