The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 20, 1898, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALIL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 189S. MISS SCHLEY DFCLARES SHE CAUSED PEACE Lays Claim to All the Credit. HER TRIP TO MADRID DID IT| THEIR FOLLY. Promised That if They Yielded at Once America Would Take Only a Coaling Station or Two. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. MILWAUKEE, Nov. 19.—Miss Jessie Schley, who went to Spain as a dele- gate of the Women's International zue for Peace, in an effort to bring war to a close, issued a statement | to the American press to-day, in which | | | 1 CONVINCED THE SPANIARDS OF | she takes the credit of influencing Spain to sue for peace. The letter is | as follow To the American Pre: Until now I| have not given proof to substantiate my claim that we women, especially we American women, made the peace be- | tween Spain and our coun.ry. 1 promised r the treaty of peace Wi e conciuded to give it no cts are the: 1 reached Madrid gate of the Women's Intern: gue for Peace, and bearing the names an: resolutions for her | 1 on July I conferring, with | 3d_his_ISxcel- | ., the Duc de ,requested me to put in 1 desired to eonvey to | i nd sent it to_him on tne th. On that day or fhe following, I judged from the hewspaper report, the Queen’s Cabinet, of which the Duc was a member, disc ed the communication in their méeting, and on that day (the 26th) pain sued for peace. The next day, the 27th, out of Madrid, fearing riot agailnst me when it should become known Spain rad of peace. It was feared | Spanish _ jingoes might | ible then, and they had already ok for me. The afternoon of eft I received a letter from the Minister of State 01’ to do so aft tional I was hurried he : erday hi celved | te: { yes 8 attention with ference my fullest ith to | much of the pre E | iring my energy which | ong excursion sake of peace, your tinuing, | personal desire is to see the speedy ter- tion of this sad conflict,” and that red for Cuba a system of humanity izatior ace would have come; | but she was not ready . She still wanted to and the Philippines, but | ts I submitted to the Minister | ded her to seek for peace then, and I believe that you will | d that these Spanish authorities bear | me out. It was only a straw, but still “‘the straw that broke the camel’s back.' 1 told her it was foolhardy to fight the United States longer; that we would sure- y her: that we had more resources sorts, as well as men; when to know our people had not war much among ked the war as y good Protestants ced to conmsent to assist presentations made of Span- v and the continued fighting in 1 also thought should cease); e (Spain) continued fighting she | h athy of Americans 1, but that if she| e would find how ople we were, and y we appeared; we would give her generous terms Which she would not get later. I advised | her to give us a coaling station or two, | though stri should not ke even tt egun the war claimed sought t, as we had in the name of huma ;" but our Gov- ernment might need them and we had been put to mu xpense. In short, I wrote such a strong appeal for peace | I feared 1 might oyerdo {t by my blunt ts, using the word ‘foolhardy,” v country would act hororably imagine my mor- tification and chagrin to find we are try- ing to grab all we can. Folloy this_letter I shall have a storm of abuse, I know, from the jingoes and the A. P. A’s who have already written me so many insulting letters, but stateme etc. 1% 1 MISS JESSIE SCHLEY. NO HOPE FOR THE CREW OF THE ATALANTA Only Three Seamen Survive. LOST NUMBER TWENTY-THREE RESCUED MEN TELL OF THE WRECK. The Vessel Pitched Into the Breakers Before Those Aboard Were Aware of Their Danger. Special Dispatch to The Call. YAQUINA, Or., Nov. 19.—Captain Clark, with his crew of surfmen, re- turned to Yaquina life-saving station this morning. He brought with him the three survivors of the Atalanta wreck. They are: FRANCIS McMAHON, Belfast, Ireland, aged 18. JOHN WEBBER, Tarrytown, N. Y. GEORGE FRAZER, Philadelphia, Pa. The lost are : a native of CHARLES McBRIDE, captain, of Greenock, Scotland. —. HUNTER, first mate, of Green- ock, Scotland. H. C. HUSTON, second mate, of Greenock, Scotland. DAVID STEWARD of Liverpool. ALECK BECK. W. E. CROGER. M. O. PILKINGTON. JOE CASSA. I defy one of them to show any one who has made greater sacrifices to maintain | the honor of our grand country. It is ry for us to rouse ourselves or it | ill be too late to show the world what | we really are and to defeat the schemes | of the miserable jingoes who are traitors | to our grand republic and seek to draw | us into further difficulties. | This is no time for party strife or bit- | ter religious feeling if we would save | our country. Democrats and Republicans | must act together. Possibly it was for- | tunate the Republicans won in the last elections, for among them are many hon- | orable men who will maintain our na- | tional honor, and the party that began | the war, “in 'the name of humanity,” will | be ableto finish it “in the name of hu- and not disgrace us by making | too difficult for our conquered foe. | JESSIE A. SCHLEY. REPORTED LOSS OF A BIG SHIP The Viila de Coblence, With Six Hundred Passengers, Said to Have Foundered. » the Central News at Brussels tele- graphs that a rumor is current in Ant- werp that the North German Lloyd | steamship Ville de Coblence, with 600 pas- | sengers on board, has foundered at sea. He is unable to ‘obtain either confirma- | tion or denial of the report. SAILS USED ON A RAILROAD. The Scuth Carolina and Georgia Rall- { road is the oldest one in the United | Btates, and, excepting a few short lines built in England in the early '20s, the oldest in the world. The South Carolina company was organized May 21, 1828, and during 1829 six miles of the road were constructed. At the start horse power only was used. Then a premium of $500 was offered to the in- ventor of the endless chain process, which was calculated to move passen- ger cars at the rate of twelve miles an hour. 1In 1829 and 1830 sails were sub- stituted for the horse power. This ex- periment proved highly satisfactory, as it carried, when the wind was right, thirteen passenger and three tons of iron at the rate of ten miles an hour. This means of locrmotion, however, came to an abrupt end one day, when the wind suddenly changed and took the sail, mast, sailors and all over- board in a gale which drove the cars at fifteen miles an hour. 1In March, 1830, a co..tract was award- ed to the West Point foundry of New York to construct an eneine guaranteed to make ten miles an hour and haul three times its weight. " It was a four- wheel concern, all the wheels being drivers. These wheels had iron hubs, with wooden spokes and felloes. e Recent statistics show that under 15 years there are more boys than girls, but over 75 years there are mors women than men, and from the ages of 9 to 100 the proportion is two in favor of the women. Advances made on furniture and plancs, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. 4 # | lives. —. WILLIAMSON. T. LEWIS. MICHAEL GALLAGHER. DAVID GREEN. S. A. JACOBSON of Stockholm. PEDRO GREGORY. JOHN MARKS. JOHN SMITH, seaman. —. HAMILTON, sailmaker. The unknown are two cooks, a car- penter, sailmaker, second mate and one sailor. The body of Jacobson was recovered and buried vesterday. Frazer and McMahon are so bruised | and shaken up that they will carry evidence of their recent experiences when they get home. The survivors intend to remain at the station until | they can hear from the Vice Consul at Tacoma, with whom they registered. The most astonishing of the facts de- veloped in interviewing Frazer and his companions is that six of the crew of the Atalanta were forced into watery graves by boarding-house keepers in Tacoma. Sailor Frazer is the most talkative of the survivors, McMahon and Webber usually indorsing his ex- pressions. He says that when the Ata- lanta struck the breakers all hands were called on deck. First mate Hunt- er, who was officer of the deck at the time of the accident, spread the alarm with the call, “Get above, men, for your Don’t wait to dress.” Captain McBride sprang through the hatch exclaiminr- “Put the wheel hard up. Square the tragic yard. My God, Hunter, where are you bringing us?” The next moment the vessel struck. The waves lifted her three times so that she settled heavily on something. The last jar parted her just forward of the main n. t as though she had been cut in two with a knife. At no time dur- ing the accident were the carpenter, the steward and the sailmaker's mate seen. The survivors think they never got on deck. George Frazer plunged overboard when the vessel first struck, preferring to take his chances by swimming to be- ing carried over by the tottering miz- zenmast. He succeeded in catching hold of the main hatch and held on for a few minutes, when he was shout- ed to that the port lifeboat was near him. Frazer swam to it alter a desper- ate struggle, and succeeded in ciimbing into it, his shipmates in the rigging giving him three cheers. After helping McMahon and Webber into the boat they soon drifted on shore. Frazer in telling the story of the wreck sald: “As soon as I reached the poop I was swept off my feet, but grasped a stanchion when the sea spent its force. When the sea cleared off the poop I ran for the mizzen rigging and climbed into it. I stayed there, I suppose, ten minutes when the ship righted and listed over to starboard. I crawled across the cross-jack yard and got into the port rigging when the ship broke in two. “Shortly after the mainmast went by the board, and it started the miz- zenmast. I then took to the water and {swam to the main hatch, which floated | close by the ship. I stayed on the hatch about twenty minutes. The sea was throwing wreckage up, hitting me over the head until I drifted clear of | the ship. | “Another fellow swam to the hatch, | but I told him to get off the hatch and | look for one of his own. He would not do it, so I got off myself, as it would | not hold up two. There was another | hatch near by, and I swam to it, but the breakers washed me off. The men | in the rigging were watching me and | told me the boat was comine. I swam | to the boat and got one arm over the | gunwale, the crew in the ri~~in~ cheer- ing me all the time. “I got into the boat, which was full of water, and looking around saw Web- ber on the other side. McMahon was him into the boat. We had no oars, but soon drifted clear of the wreck, and the breakers started us ashore. I look- ed toward the wreck to see if I could | see anybody, but only one man was | visible upon the port aft-davit. “'ei kept the boat’s head to sea and werei soon washed ashore.” McMahon was on the port watch at the time the ship grounded. He says Captain McBride ran to him sobbing: “My boy, we are lost. I want you to| promise me to stand by me. I can’t swim two strokes.” McMahon supported the captain for some time after they were thrown into the water. When he felt that he could | not stand the strain longer he bade the captain hold to a broken spar. Then he swam about, dodging drifts, until he climbed into the lifeboat. The dis- heartened commander of the ship soon surrendered to the inevitable. Mate Hunter and the other men dis- | appeared when the rigging to which they were clinging went over the side | of the vessel. A few crles for help| were heard ‘as the crash came and then all was over except the battle which the survivors waged against the waves and surf to keep their places in the lifeboat. The only body that has been picked up is that of S. A. Jacobson of Stock- holm. The wreckage that has come from the stranded ship to-day has been ground up fine. Nothing of value has been found except some of the ship's papers, which are in the hands of Cap- tain Clarke of the life-saving crew, Sailor McMahon says that he advised Mate Hunter of a light on .the star- | board side, sighted at 11 o'clock on ‘Wednesday night. He suggested that it must be a land light, as it was steady. The mate scouted the idea that the shore was so near, saying: “We are passing a vessel.” All that night the .Atalanta had been on the starboard tack, laying to her course south by east, one-half east. During Wednesday she sailed south- erly by - westerly, but made little progress; on Tuesday night, south by west, speed twelve and thirteen knots. On Monday sails were being shifted constantly, and the weather amounted | to almost a calm. The tug Tyee left the Atalanta off the Straits of Fuca on Sunday at 8 a. m. “Any fool of a sailor should knew that our officers should have been three degrees west as soon as the tug left us,” says Webber. “But the lads all knew that Captain McBride was sail- ing under a bet to beat two vessels into Delagoa Bay, South Africa. He wanted to pass over no unnecessary waste of waters. The wager was between him- self and the officers of the crafts Earl of Dalhousie and Imberhorn. The Dal- houste had two weeks the start, the Imberhorn one week the start. Mec- | Bride belleved by taking crosscuts he could even then beat his rivals. The race was responsible for the wreck. “Recklessness in steering and failure to conform to marine usages brought the Atalanta into trouble early in the year. She collided with another vessel in the river Mersey off Liverpool, when her mizzen mast was taken out.” ‘When the scene of the wreck was left by the life-saving crew no part of the hulk of the Atalanta was in sight. There can be no survivors further than the ones who have already been reported. The life-saving crew did not find it nec- essary to proceed further with its ap- paratus than Alseya Bay. Alleged Illegal Voting. among the wreckage and we hauled| SACRAMENTO, Nov. 19.—John Welch, -aged 22 was to-day held to answer in the Buperfor Court for alleged illegal voting on election day. Bail was fixed at $1500. CONDUCTOR ASSAULTS A BOY. Throws a Switch Iron at a Lad, Injuring Him Severely on the Head. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Nov. 19. The assault on James Blaker, the young son of the captain of the Piedmont, by John J. Conway, a conductor of the Hay- wards electric line, has created much at- tention from the fact that it is the first time a streetcar man in this city has seri- ously injured a lad with a switch iron. As told'in this morning’s Call, young Blaker has caused the arrest of Conway for as- sault with a deadly weapon, and the case will be tried next week in Judge Law- rence's court. The affair occurred on East Fourteenth street, near Twenty- fourth avenue. Conway has not been long in the employ of the road, and Director A. L. Stone said this afternoon that he had not vet heard of the incident, and was surorised when told the company had arranged for Conway’s bond. ur carmen have a great deal of trouble with these boys,” said Mr. Stone, “They persist in jumping on and off the cars, to the annoyance of passengers. It is not surprising the carmen occasionally lose their tempers, especially as the boys frequently jeer and use offensive lan- uage. However, no carman has a right £ throw a switch iton at & boy after he is off the car. It is a most unpieasant in- cldent, but I know nothing of the detalls. GAVE AWAY HIS SCOOP. Joseph Hatton in his ‘“Cigarette Pa- pers,” rolled in the latest Newcastle (England) Chronicle, praises the work of the speclal war correspondents of Amer- ica in the Spanish war. Then he reverts to “Bull Run” Russell, and proceeds: Dr. Sir Willlam Howard Russell s still very much alive and deeply interested in the new young men of the press and their | methods. Caught in the mood, he tells the stories of his youth and the adven- tures of his manhood In the same pleas- | ant and graphic strain that has made him known not only &s the prince of specials | but the cheeriest of racont One of his earliest experiences of pid tran- sit” was on the occasion of ‘the Irish State trials and the finding of the verdiet | against O'Connell. The jury had retired, | the Judge had left the court, the news- | paper correspondents had gone away for refreshments, Russell was sitting outside the court wondering whether he should 80 to bed—they had walted a long time for the jury to return—when his boy suddenly rushed” up to him. *“Jury just coming in" he said. ‘They had brought in a verdict of guilty. Russell flew from the court, drove to the | station, where he had ordered a special train, got to Kingstown, hailed the steamer that had been chartered by his paper, the Times, got up steam; off he went (with the tremendous satisfaction of seeing the steamer of the Morning Herald ]y]nf |])!-=l(‘t‘fully in the harbor), arrived at Holyhead, special to London waiting for him, got to Euston fearfully excited, reached the Times office at last. Morning Herald man left hopeiessly be- hind; the Times the only paper the next day to have the news that would precede Russell’s description to follow the next day. Got out of his cab at Printing House Square; a man in his shirt sleeves | whom he took to be a printer came up to | him. *So glad to see you safe over,” he said with & gush of sincerity; so they've found him guilty?” ‘Yes, guilty, my friend,” sald Russell. The Times came out the next day with the all-absorbing | fact—"Guilty.” So did the Morning Her- ald. The gentleman in the shirt sleeves was a member of the editorial staff of the Morning Herald e The mummy rooms at the British Mus- eum, says the London Mall, have been completéd, and are now open to the pub- lic. ~These sleeping beauties of the an- cient past have been systematically laid out in a manner_becoming their age and rank. Kings and nobles, priests and peo- ple have been assigned to their places ac cording to their chronological or eccelsias. tical order, and no fairer show or better display can be seen outside Ghizeh than the recently augmented company in these rooms. —_——— ‘Woman may be the weaker vessel, but she manages to make as many knots on the matrimony sea as the other one. LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE., ARRIVED. Saturday, November 19, Stmr Geo W Elder, Hinkle, 68% hours from Portland, via Astoria b4} hours. Ship Spartan, Polite, 10 days from Seattle. pichr Sacramento, Forest, 6 days from Coos ay. SAILED. Saturday, November 19. Br stmr Selgic, Rinder, Yokohama and Hong- kong via Honolulu, Schr Nettie Sundborg, Johnson. Stmr Point Arena, Hansen, Mendocino. | Stmr South Coast, Zaddart. Brig Consuelo, Page, hahulul. LEGRAPHIC. | POINT LOBC Nov 19-10 p. m.—Weather, | clear; wind, NW; velocity, 28 miles per hour. | | DOMESTIC PORTS. PORT BLAKELE Excelsior, from Ne: bell, from Newport. s SEATTLE-Salled Nov 13-—Schr Nokomis, for an_Pedro. NEWPORT—Sailed Nov 19—Stmr Alcatraz, for San Francisco; stmr Westport, for 3 PORT LOS ANGELE Sailed Nov 19—Haw stmr San Mateo, for Comox. ASTORIA—Arrived Nov ite Elise, from Yokohama. EUREKA—Arrived Nov hence Nov 18. ASTORIA—Arrived Nov 19—Br ship Perse- | verance, from Shanghal. VENTURA—Arrived Nov 19—Schr ‘Wand, from Tacoma. COOS BAY—Arrived Nov 19—Stmr Empire, hence Nov 16; stmr Homer, hence Nov 17. LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE, TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS. ANTWERP—Balled Nov 19—Stmr Noordland, for New York. SOUTHAMPTON—Sailed Nov 19—Stmr St Paul, for N York. HAVRE—Salled Nov 19—Stmr La Touraine, for New York. GLASGOW—Arrived Nov 19—Stmr Ethiopla, from New York. LIVERPOOL—Arrived Nov 19-Stmr Cam- pania, from New York. Salled Nov 18—Stmr Etruria, for New York. NEW YORK-—Arrived Nov 18—Stmr Lucania, from Liverpool. Salled Nov 19—Stmr Pretoria, for Hamburg: stmr Umbria, for Liverpool tmr Lo Cham- pagne, for Havre; stmr Statendam, for Rotter- dam; stmr Fuerst Bismarck, for Naples; stmr Europe, for London; stmr Anchorla, for Glas- gow. -Arrived Nov 19—Schr port; schr John A Camp- Fr bark Marguer- 19—Stmr Alliance, Jennie —————————— HOTEL ARRIVALS. NEW WESTERN HOTEL. P F Brown, San Diego|J C Troy, Grt Falls J Shelly, Calistoga | T Soules, ‘Sulsun C White, Fresno {J C Maxwell, Riversde J Baxter, San Jos F Byrnes, Visalla w |Mrs D Freeman, Wash {H Voght, Tulare |8 W Cross, Stockton J_ Mulhern,” Stockton 1C Smith, Fresno |F Ross, Sacto HOTEL. J M Falk, N Y D Rogers, Minn H D Hames, San Jose Mrs Hames, San Jose 8 G Ballle, Palo Alto P C Mayford, W W Watkins, Fresno ‘W _Saylor, Los An I M West & w, C A Ingram, B C PALACE H F Barrett, N Y C M Fickert, Stanford V D Black, Salinas E L Foutch & w, Mo ‘an E W Puliman & w,N Y/R E Plerce, San Jose J W Curtis, N F P Wright, St Paul H D Dillenberg, Md A T Herr, Chicago H H Bancroft, Mass |D F Sellers, U S N W A Ballard, Pa Dr W S Taylor Livrmr Dr H L Pace&w,Tulare A B Cohen, Mo J A Chanslor, L Ang | BALDWIN M Gornigle, Ventura Mrs Dayton & 4, § HOTEL. Mrs R Kemberg, S Jse P W Duncan, N Y Mrs Dli'!on&dvs Diego|F J Francis, N Y H Kusel, Chgo B F Gibbs, Stockton E Bery, Boston J J Carroll&w, S Jose E Sweetser, Wabash W G Wolf, Fort Baker Mrs M P Stein, Stocktn|F J Doolan, N Y M P _Stein, Stockton |F B Leach, Mrs M Jacobs, Tacoma; W D Dav Halfmoon W H Cook, Fort Point|L Meyer, o F_M_ Campbell, Gay L R Prince, Boston Coney Co C E Arnold, 8 Jose ‘T Hanjon, Gas Coney |A J Dol;gherty, Mo J R Love, San Jose Miss A Neathey, Mo GRAND HOTEL. Pennington, Sacto (T Smith, Livermore F_Hartley, ‘Auburn |J H Milizner, Tueson ‘W _Hall, Maybert W H Cushing, Kingm: Cannon & w, Utah| Dr A W Shields, Utah Blake, Sacto W A Veith, Fresno EEEls Willis, Cin J F Condon, Nevada Keating, Pleastn|T Shootell, N ¥ Leo de Laguna,|J MeGonigle; Ventura an: Mrs Smith, Montana O'Donnell, Oakld| Mrs Harrison, Boston U S'N C E Lindsay, Sta Cruz ler, Cal rs W Green, Colusa Jellison, Hornbrk|J D McElroy & w,Colo Galen & w, Mont| Miss V _Hopkins, Mo mkfurth, Wis | Miss J Hopkins, Mo , Wis Hardy, N Y Hogue, Fresng O I Cheney, Mare Isld indmiller, Sn Carlsl W A Moore, Benicia gsw i ;MGE'I; s N n, Poundstone, “Mulvin, Sact Gerber, Donlad, Menlo Qg 4 H | sions he went without food and one of his 9, H Yolo mm & w, Cal MOREEEKOR HS S RN > H00Z000R Iton, Menlo . o HS TASTES TURNED 10 THE OCCULT How Yates Neglected His Home. MRS. MONTAGUE BRINGS SUIT SAYS HER HUSBAND HAS DE- SERTED HER. The Case of Yates vs. Yates Develops Into an Interesting Suit® for Divorce. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Nov. 19. Yates vs. Yates is the uninteresting title of a divorce case now on trial in the Superior Court, but behind it is one of the most interesting of stories. The suit was first filed over three years ago, but attracted no attention, as the prominence of the parties w not made known by the names in the suit. The bhusband did not put in an appearance and the case went by default, but the testimony of the wife was not considered sufficient to justify the granting of a de- cree, as the desertion was not proved. The thousands of people who are ac- quainted with Mme. Florence Montague, the noted psychist and lecturer, will be surprised to learn that she is the Mrs. Yates who is now seeking a divorce from her husband. All around the bay and in other parts of the State Mme. Montague | is.known. She has lectured for years and is noted for her learning and broad-mind- edness. Many of the leading intellectual lights of Oakland, including prominent lawyers and merchants, attendants at her lectures Sunday | evenings, The madame's WS are So broad that she has been known to give a short speech in Salvation Army meet- ings. The divorce suit was referred to the | Court Commissioner yesterday and the testimony of Mrs. Yates, who has brought the suit, will be taken soon. None of the | ordinary causes that usually lead to the“ divorce court distinguish this case, for the desire for a separation is the result of too faithful an observance of peculiar views carried to extremes, Mme. Montague Yates, for that is the lady’s legal name, was first married to a | wealthy Spaniard, with whom she lived | in Mexlco till his death. Some time later she met Captain M(m(a%ue Yates, who was in command of a salling vessel. She became his wife, and for a few years they traveled on shipboard together. This did not agree with Mrs. Yates’ health, and she and her husband settled in Oakland. Captain Yates obtained a good situation with the Southern Pacific Company, and | the couple were considered to be one of the happiest in the State. Mrs. éales had always been a firm be- llever in occult science. She made a | deep study of this work, and by degrees | her husbani also became interested in | psychic research. Captain Yates became | more and more absorbed in the solution | of mysteries, and in the same proportion | he lost interest in everything else. His extreme ideas finally obtained complete command of his mind, and he resigned from his position with the railroad. Since that time he and his wife have not lived 1o§ether. and he has not supported her. Vhen he left his work the captain was completely carried away with his new jdeas and he declared that his mission was to sever himself entirely from the world and to_bring about the salvation of mankind. He started out on this mis- sion and traveled all over the State pro- claiming his doctrines. On some occa- ave been ardent on friends sald to-day he was almost starved to death. The captalin left his wife some years ago and she at once commenced to earn her living as a lecturer. She took the name of Madame Florence Montague and as such | is known to thousands of people. After | suffering much privation Yates became | more rational and his views sobered down. | Still, he did not return to his wife and as she has now been deserted and has not been provided for during some years | ?\Iadame Montague Yates desires to be ree. The suit is brought on the ground of desertion. . BARLEY TOOK HAY AND | IS JAILED AS A BURGLAR QUEER SEQUENCE OF A DISPUTE BETWEEN PARTNERS. C. E. Bohman Supplied Seed, Barley Tilled and Sowed, and a Con- stable Took the Harvest. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Nov. 19. A. M. Barley, until recently partner of C. E. Bohman, languishes in the County Jail, charged with burglary as a result of business differences. About a year ago Barley and Bohman formed a co partnership to raise wheat hay on a tract of land in Fruitvale. Bohman supplied | the seed, while Barley was to till the soil, sow the seed, reap the harvest and di pose of the same, dividing the profits with is partner. At the close of the season differences arose between the two men and finally Constable Weldon, on behalf of Bohman, levied an attachment on twenty-two tons of hay remaining unsold. Weldon placed the hay in a warehouse. During the trial of another suit over this hay before Judge Hall the twenty-two tons suddenly dis- appeared from the warehouse and after much search was traced to Barley’s pri- vate barn. The hay was removed once more to the warehouse and Bohman had Barley cited for contempt, but Ju'ge Hall dismissed him, and xl:cw lBuhmll‘. charges his part- ner 'with burglary. Matters werge still further complicated to-day when Barley commenced _suit against Constable Weldon in Justice Law- rence's court, East Oakland, for the re- covery of $200, because of the alleged un- lawful taking of the hay from his barn. —_— {ly. | dences at times when he was reasonably | certaln that only their mothers were at | would be compelled to expel him from | astonished parent and represented to be a | F. A. Rowsell, secretary, | best | year. | Bhow under the management of the Cali- ceed himself. Alexander Mackie, of the Valley Road, is also mentioned as an as- pirant for the position. There will be three members of the School Board to elect to succeed J. E. Baker J. B. Lanktree and C. L. Tisdale. All of the gentlemen wish to continue in office. The members of the G. A. R. are out against the incumbents for the reason that in appointing a janitor for one of the schools the veterans’ candidate was ‘‘turned down.” They will advance the candidacy of one of their number— Colonel Geeorge Babcock. Fred Volberg and Dr. T. B. Key are also mentioned as_candldates. City Clerk Lamborn would like to con- tinue in office for another term, after which he states he will be a candidate for County Clerk. He will be opposed in the local fight by Chester Lancaster and James Ballentine. Roswell G. Wheeler, incumbent, and Elmer E. Johnston, a 'deputy in_Assessor Dalton’s office, will contest for the office Treasurer. of Cl({' A. T. Burns has an eye on the offica of City Assessor, to succeed E. Minor Smith. Mr. Smith will also be in the | For City Attorney E. R. Taylor, recent- | ly elected State Senafor, desires to sme- ceed himself. R. B. Tappan will be a can- didate against Taylor. He gave tke City Attorney a close rub at the last election. City Recorder A. F. St. Sure will have no_opposition. From the number of candidates who are out for the City Marshalship, it would ap- pear that it is considered the best job on the list. Thus far the following have an- nounced themselves: George MacRae, Louis Schroder, Willlam Gunn, C. M. Day, Ralph Hamlin and Harry Transue. SMOOTH WORK OF A GLIB BOOK AGENT EXCITES THE WRATH OF TEHE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. Unauthorized Use of T2achers’ Names to Force the Sale of His Work. ALAMEDA, Nov. 19.—The Alameda School Department has been used by an enterprising book agent named Knowlesto I force the work he handled into the homes of the parents of nearly all the pupiis in the Alameda schools. Incidentally, under misrepresentation as to what they were slgning, he has secured a bushel of negotiable notes from Alameda’s house- wives which have been placed in a local bank for collection. Knowles' meth are not new, but he has excited the wrath of the School Di- rectors, Superintendent and principals by the careless manner in which he has used their names and the purpose to which he has put lf‘lelmonlals which they innocent- ve him. Knowles represented some kind of a students’ reference work. He presented it to the members of the department. As it was a good book, in their opinion, they | cheerfully signed individual testimonials to that effect. The book agent secured a list of the Alameda school children in the higher grades. He visited their resi- home. To these he represented he had been sent by the principal of the school, who had Instructed him to notify them that their boy or girl, as the case might be, was deficient in some branch of study; that the School Directors had ordered the parent to provide the tardy student with a set of the reference works or they school. Then some one of the collection of tes- timonials was flashed in the face of the written statement of the facts the glib- tongued book agent had set forth. Desiring in every way to advance their children in their schooling the mothers purchased the books in nearly every case. They signed a printed slip which was represented to them as an order for the book, but which in reality proved to | be a promissory note. The department has denounced the book agent as an impostor and on Friday the principals of all the schools were in- structed to tell the students to notify their parents of the fraud that had been practiced. ———— _ PRIZES FOR POULTRY. Oakland Association to Hold Its An- nual Show Early in December in Exposition Hall. OAKLAND, Nov. 19.—The first annual exhibition of the Oakland Poultry Asso- clation will open at. Exposition Hall, Oakland, Wednesday, December 7. The premium lists can be had by applying to P. O. box 19, Oakland, or to L. N. Cobbledick, superin- tendent, 401 Twelfth street. Entries close on December 1. The premium list contains 134 prizes, in- cluding the C. D. Pierce silver cup for the ten Plymouth Rocks, and the Thomas Erkisme cup for the best display of Minorcas; also two valuable incuba- tors, the Stockton and the Jubilee. This bids fair to be the banner show of the In_connectlon will be held a bench fornia Collie Club. The judges for the Poultry Association will be Henry Ber- rar of San Jose and Ben Woodhull of Stockton and the judge of the bench show S. Tyler of Pasadena. DWVIE DENES THAT OAKLAND S SIFTRACKED Board of Trade Not Rightly Informed. A VALLEY ROAD TERMINAL NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BIG BAY CITIES. Oakland Merchants Have All the Ad- vantages Formerl; Enjoyed by the Business Men of San Francisco. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %8 Broadway, Nov. 19. A statement was published this morn- ¢ ing concerning the alleged sidetracking of Oakland by the directors of the Valley Ralilroad; which ex-Mayor John L. Davie says is without foundation. The statement is credited to ex-Council- man Towle, who is reported as saying at a meeting of the Board of Trade, that the directors of the Valley road are all in business in San Francisco and have not approved of any move that would divert business to Oakland from San Francisco, “This is not a correct statement,” sald John L. Davle, to-day. “For the first time in the commercial history of Califor- nia the Valley Railroad has placed Oak- land on the map as a terminal for freight. It has precisely the same freights to Oak- land as San Francisco and has done a great deal for the Oakland merchants. Within four blocks of where Mr. Towls does business is the headquarters of the Davie Transportation Company, which is the accredited agent of the Valley Rail- road. Our line brings across the bay every pound of freight shipped to Oak- landers by the V&lleg Toad at the same rates as are charged by the Southern Pa~ cific for landing in San Francisco. “The Board of Trade has been wrongly informed of the status of the Valley road and on our list of patrons we have many of the leading merchants of Oakland. A month ago the opposition freight ferry put on an extra boat and two steamers are now constantly employed transporting freight between San Francisco and Oak- land and a great portion of it comes over the Valley road to San Francisco by way of Stockton. The Panama Railroad Com- pany, which ships largely to San Francis- co, has, since the Valley road commenced to’ maKe Oakland a terminal, made this city a terminal with the same freight charges as to San Francisco. I am sur- prised that all the merchants of Oakland Were not informed as to these conditions. IMPALED UPON A POST. Extraordinary Accident That Cost a Horse’s Life. OAKLAND, Nov. 19.—A valuable bay mare belonging to Voice & Koertner, the grocers at Thirty-fourth street and Tele- graph avenue, was- spindled on a two- inch iron hitching post in front of the Philadelphia restaurant, corner of Elev- enth street and Broadway, to-night. The accident is one of the most peculiar on record. George Resseguire, the d;lv;r, hitched the animal in.frout of the ?en;{aurant where_he had to deliver some goods. He tarried inside longer than was necessary, perhaps, and the mare became impatient, and stepping upon the side- walk received a sudden jolt in the flank from the fron post, to which she was hitched. In an effort to extricate herself from the awkward and painful position the horse made a sudden lurch when the post pierced the flesh several inches. By- standers attempted to lift the animal off, but the result was still more disastrous, for in another moment the horse, weak from loss of blood, sank with pain and the iron pole plerced its body entirely through and extended on the other side at least one foot, while the gutter ran 11 of blood. fu()fl“lc("er Flynn was summoned, and with two shots put the horse out of misery. B s Oppose Korean Restrictions. YOKOHAMA, Nov. 19.—A dispatch from Seoul, capital of Korea, says the Ameri- can, British and Japanese Ministers there have protested against the actlon of the Korean Government in lssuln% orders that foreigners are to be stopped from trading in the interior. OF INTEREST TO B UYERS. Purchasers’ Guide to Responsible Merchants, Mamufacturers, Brokers, Im- porters, Wholesale Traders, Jobbers, Insurance and Real Estate Agents. CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS MAILED ON APPLICATION. In Corresponding With Any ef the Fellewing Firms Please Mention “The CallL” ART WARE AND ANTIQUE FURNITURE. THE P. ROSSI CO., @rtistic Furniture and Art Ware Importers. 117 SUTTER STREET. HUNTERS’ EQUIPMENTS. Hunters Equipments, Fishin Tackle, Athletic Goods, etc. Sen for catalogue. GEO. W. SHREVE, 739 Market street. IRON FOUNDERS. AUCTIONEERS. w;“ml: Foung?‘: Mgrfl:{x & He’maey. Provs-.D& B 11 Montgomery St., ‘remon astings of v Soctioreors. KILLIP & CO- ¥ da0 Feoncioeo | scription Made to Order. Tel. Black 1503, e BELTING. MANUFACTURERS. M facts f Belt!: da L. P. DEGEN, Pt Banier °los 107 its: sion St., cor. Spear. Telephone Main 562. BO'LER MAKERS. EUREKA BOILER WORKS, W. J. BRADY, Proprietor, Spectal Attention Pald to Repairs and Ship Work. Offios and Works—113-115 MISSION ST. Telephone Main 5045. ALAMEDA POLITICS - ARE ALREADY BOOMING LOCAL CAMPAIGN PROMISES TO BE LONG AND FIERCE. An Army of Candidates Now in the Field, Although the Election Is Six Months Off. EDA, Nov. 19.—The Board of City Trustegs . will not appoint a successor to Mnm:’ Rogers, when he resigns his of- fice to assume the duties of Sheriff. The Trustees have been considering the mat- ter since the election, and concluded that if they made an appointment the lucky man would have a great advantage over his competitors at the spring election. For this reason Police Sergeant John Con- rad will, as ranking officer, be allowed to assume control of the force when Mar- shal Rogers resigns. The municipal election, which will be held next April, promises to be the live- liest contest for city positions that Ala- meda has ever experienced. Even at this early date the candidates are lining up their forces and planning a campaign to secure nominations. The terms of Trustees A. V. Clark, C. F. Fletter and J. F. Forderer will expire, Clark and Fletter affirm they will not be candidates for re-election. erer says he Is in the hands of his friends, and his {friends say he will be & candidate to suc-) lJ. c. WILSON & cCoO., BOOKS AND STATIONERY. THE SAN FRANCISCO NEWS COMPANY, 342 t0 350 Geary Street, Above Powell, Periodicals, Books and Stationery. CARRIAGE MAKERS. O’BRIEN & SONSZatiitn i, Viceoeias, Carts and Buggles. Golden Gate ave. and Polk ft.. San Francisco. COAL. COKE AND PIG IRON. 900 BATTERY STREET. Telephone Main 1844 DENTIST. DR- C. W. RICHARDS. . ™= SE. career FIRE INSURANCE. EDWARD BROWN & SONS. 411-413 California street, r-ar. Caital Represented ver %14.000.000 FLOUR. NATIONAL 5% oot actery tnd-Tacite sie. FRESH AND SALT MEATS. JAS. BOYES & C0.. Ssr f.luidemiat el. Maim 24 HARDWARE. ALACE Hardware Co.,Importers & Deale: in Hardware, 603 Market. Tel. Main 752, HARNESS AND VEHICLES, LEIBOLD HARNESS CO., 1l lLarkin st.. 8. 7. and Retail Manufacturers of 2 i you ‘bargaing oF write reet. Kearny kinds in Carts, etc. call GOLDEN GATE WOOLEN MFQ. og Manau blankets, Cassimeres, Twesds and Flannels, 635 Market st., San Francisco, Cal Goods for sale at all leading dry goods stores. MARINE INSURANCE. SWISS MARINE INSURANCE COMPANIES. ‘Combined &p.l('l'l. $4.000,000. Agenta, 01 Caltfornis = MATTRESSES AND IRON BEDS. Co.. 643 Misaion o1 THE BERNHARD &*“Faionore “Seatn Teic PAPER DEALERS. wILLAMEn PULP AND PAPER CO., 722 Montgomery Street. PIANOS. The Oldest Firm and Largest Stock. PIANO and MUSIC STORE, KOHLER & CHASE, 28 and 30 O'Farrell St. A corps of expert tuners and repairers. PRINTING, E. C. HUGHES, ., S357T%. .. STATIONER AND PRINTER. ™o “PARTRIDGE i05% THE HICKS-JUDD CO.. }oaie st « TYPEWRITERS. = All Typewriters Rented. Few partly used for sale cheap. AGENTS SMITH PREMIER, L. & M. ALEXA DER. 110 Montgomery street. WALLPAPER. WHOLF' \LE & retafl; send for samples, stat- ing cuality & color. DUFFY CO.. 82% Howard. ‘WAREHOUSEMEN. ;‘HE HASLETT WAREHOUSE CO., orwarding Agents and Public Weighers. General Storage. Free and Grain er:rlx‘uu::. General office, 210 California st. Tel. Main 1914, —_— e A WATCHES, ETC, T- LUNDY, Rt 8 aaline e i