The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1898, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1898. VIRGINIA FAIR TO - WED A VANDERBILT BETROTHED T0 THE JUNIOR WILLIAM K. Surprise for Gotham Society. STORY OF LOVE AND MILLIONS PROSPECTIVE GROOM TWENTY YEARS OF AGE. Will Complete His Course at Harvard Before His Marriage to the California Heiress Is Sol- emnized. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. , Dec. 28.—Since Miss sister of Mrs. Her- EW YOR Virginia F: man Oelrichs, was introduced into New York society a few seasons ago gossips have been busy engaging her in marriage to this or that desirable party Indeed, al- though her sister promptly denied the various reports they their travels with merely a new name attached to that of the young lady that | when it was recently told over § (\'(‘lt_)ck tea cups that Miss Fair was really en- gaged and to William K. Vanderbilt Jr. it hardly caused an incredulous “Really!” from those who had heard an oft-repeated, unfounded tale. For once, however, gossips were right. The young lady is to marry the eldest son of Willilam K. Vanderbilt, and the .engagement was formally announced to-day. The news was not believed at first even in usually well-informed circles, but when it was confirmed at Mr. and Mr: flew Oelrichs’ home the tidings like wildfire up and down Fifth avenue and good wishes began to pour | in upon the young lady and hearty con- | gratulations upon the young fellow who had won the hand of one of the wealthy and most popular society girls in New York. There was a certain satisfaction, too, | in the knowledge that neither of them had gone abroad in making the choice for life, but would bé identified with New York as their future home. While the fortune of Miss Fair is not to be mentioned—large as it is—in con- nection with the prospects of the future husband, it is still a great sum, as she inherited both from h father and mother a sum variously estimated, but presumed to be over $3,000,000. What William K. Vanderbilt Jr. will inherit cannot be told. His father’s fortune long since was said to be $75,- 000,000, and it is well known that it has been increased more than once by millions—how many only Mr. Vander- bilt can say. Were he displeased with any match his son might make of course it would result in the latter re- ceiving less favorable consideration in | popular with his associates and during | his father's will, but Mr. Vanderhilt pere is in entire accord with his son’s marriage to this young lady. If proof of this were needed It is shown in the fact that Mr. Vanderbilt | already has arranzed a small house party in honor of his son and Miss were so quickly | supplemented by others setting out on | WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT JR. AND MISS VIRGINIA FAIR, Whose En- gagement Has Been Announced. SANTA FE LIMITED TRAIN WRECKED Four Cars Destroyed by Flames. SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED| ACCIDENT CAUSED BY SPREAD- ING OF RAILS. No One Killed—Firs Due to the Ex- Fair, who will go Wwith him to his|large tract of land in Concord on which country place at Islip, L. I, on Sunday to remain over Monday. Mr. and Mrs. he will have golf links. S DY Clarence Mackay are to be of the| MISS FAIR NOTIFIES party. Mrs. Mackay is one of Miss Fair's most intimate friends. Neither Miss Fair nor her flance | FATHER PRENDERGAST was at the opera to-night, but the en- | Telegram That Is Believed to Have | gagement was the topic of conversa- | tion between acts and every one had | only the pleasantest words to say of this latest and most notable betrothal | in New York society. | Both in Newport and New York Miss | Fair was an intimate friend of her | flance’s sister, Consuelo, now Duchess girl friends included at the smail wed- | ding breakfast. Miss Fair has been | vounger than the Duchess of Marbor- | ough by a year or two, being about 20 years old. A Boston special to the Herald say: William K. Vanderbilt Jr. is a member of the second year In the Scientific | | | | ing from the preparations he has made finish his course. He has a very good standing in his classes and takes | especial interest in geology./ He is very | the past year has entertained aquite | extensively in the select circle of | wealthy students. He is not interested | in any athletics other than the game | of golf. He is quite enthusiastic over | this game, being a member of the Har- | vard Golt Club, and has purchased a | of Marlborough, and was one of her| | abroad on one occasion with tha| | Duchess’ mother. William Kissam Vanderbilt Jr. is | gave rise to School and will graduate in 1901. Judg- | to enjoy life at Harvard he intends to | Contained News of Her Be- trothal. Father John J. Prendergast, vicar- general of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, yesterday received a tele- gram from Miss Virginia Fair. Father Prendergast was for years the adviser of Miss Fair and is still her most trusted friend. Therefore the receint of the telegram, coming so closely after the report that Miss Fair was be- | trothed to William K. Vanderbilt Jr.. the belief among the young lady’s friends in this city that it related to her engagement and that she was seeking the advice of the reverend father. The vicar-general would not divulge the nature of the dispatch. but he did not deny that it related to the engagement of Miss Fair and Mr. Van- derbilt. “Until the lady gets ready to speak 1 must hold my peace,” he sald. “AsI | have always advised her as to any im- | portant move she was about to make. | it w@uld be pertectly natural for her to seek my advice In this affair of the heart. However, it would be violating a confidence should I reveal the con- tents of the message I received from Miss Fair.” Father Prendergast was asked if it were not likely that Miss Fair would come to San Francisco, and that her | marriage to Mr. Vanderbilt would be plosion of Gas in the Composite Car. Special Dispatch to The Call. TRINIDAD, Colo.,, Dec. 28. — The Santa Fe eastbound California limited train, No. 4, was wrecked ten miles east of this city at 7 o’clock this morn- ing. The accident happened on a curve | and it is supposed to have been caused | by the spreading of the rails. The en- | gine, one Puliman and the dining car | passed over all right, the observation car, two drawing-room sleepers and composite car leaving the track. The wreck immediately caught fire from | an explosion of the gas in the com- posite car, and the entire four cars were burned up. Those in the composite car are, re- ported badly injured. o one was killed. The injured are: | CONDUCTOR C. D. BOUCHER, Las | Vegas, both hands and face badly | burned by gas explosion. | FRANK BOPE, brakeman Las Ve- | gas, seriously burned about face and | hands. | C. C. FAIRBANKS, Pullman porter, | hicago, head cut and slightly burned | on face. M. D. BAER, news agent, Kansas City, bruised and hip slightly injured. CHARLES L. HEVEREN, New York City, slightly bruised on the head. A corpse which was en route for Philadelphia was cremated in the fire. Physicians from this city were im- | mediately taken to the scene of the wreck and cared for the injured peo- ple, after which they were taken to La | Junta. | The passengers in the first sleeping | car and those connected with the din-| solemnized here. He answered with- out hesitation that it was not and that | | the wedding, should it occur at all | | would be celebrated in New York after | | Mr. Vanderbilt left college. He spoke | s0 emphatically in this regard as to| | convey the impression that he had been | let into all the secret plans of the| | young people whose names are con- | nected in the reported engagement. | The estimated value of the Fair es- | tate 1s $12,000,000, half in real and half | | personal The late Senator | | Fair in h | tate in trust for his two daughters and | his son, Charles Fair. During their | lives they were each to receive a third | of the income. Upon the death of either | daughter a fourth of the estate was to | | 80 to her children and after the death | of both daughters half the estate was to go to the brothers and sisters of the | late Senator Fair, or their heirs. | Charles Fair was cut off with only a | third of the income and neither he nor | his heirs were to receive any of the | principal of the estate. This was be- | | cause of his marriage, which his father | opposed. Superior Judge Slack of this | city in a decision declared the trust | clause, in so far as it related to real | | estate, invalid, but the trustees of the will have appealed to the Supreme Court from this decision. The children of the late Senator are endeavoring to have the trust clause relating to the personal property also invalidated. Virginia Fair, on the death of her mother, received $1,500,000. This, with her share of her father’s estate in trust makes her fortune about $5,000,000. Miss Fair was educated in the con- vent of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart in this city. Her trusted friend during her school days was Vicar General Prendergast, and since her departure for the East he has kept in constant communication with her. She is about 26 years of age. HAS BEEN GRADUALLY TURNING TO BONE Ossification Causes the Death of an 0ld Soldier in a Salinas Hospital. BALINAS, Dec. 28.—John Handly, allas “Sailor Jack,” one of the most noted characters of Monterey County, died at the County Hospital this afternoon of angina pectoris. He was admitted to the hospital eleven years ago for rheumatism, and about six years ago became bedrid- den. He never left his bed since, and gradually became ossified, weighing at the time of his death over 380 pounds. The deceased, who was a veteran of the Civil War, having served in Company C, Eighth California ‘Infantry, resided in this county twenty-eight years. He was born In land 68 years ago, and leaves no relativ He will be buried by the local Grand Army Post, of which he was & member. Sl 4 JOSEPH S. WALLIS DEAD. Pioneer Jurist Passes Away at His Home in Mayfield. MAYFIELD, Dec. 28.—Ex-Judge Joseph S. Wallis died at his residence here at 6 o'clock this morning, aged. 73 years. Joseph S. Wallis born Mass., October 24, 1 He ¢ me to Cali- fornia, ariving at San Francisco on July | 19, 1849, on the ship Capital, which sailed from Boston in January of that year. After remaining about two years in.the mining sections of Sacramento and -the Middle Yuba River country, he located at San Francisco and became associated with the law office of William H. Rhodes. On November 7, 1857, he severed his con- nection with the law office of Mr. Rhodes and located at Mayfield, and has ever | since resided here. In 1859 and 1860 he was associate Judge with John Moore in | the Court of Sessions of Santa Clara County. He was elected to the Senate of California in 182, and represented this district in the sessions of that year and 1863, during which time he served on the important judiciary and: engrossment committees. He married Miss Sarah Greene, a na- | tive of Ohio, on July 5, 1854. She owned the land where Sutter built his mill, and it was on property of which she had been the former owner that gold was discov- ered in 1848, S Ll Mourning in woodland. WOODLAND, Dec. 28.—Robért Fulton Hester, an old and prominent resident of Yolo County, died in Woodland this morn- Ing, after an lliness of ten days. He was & native of Arkansas and 65 years of age. He came to California in 1853, and to Yolo County in 1857. He served one term as City Trustee, three terms as Supervisor and one term as County Recorder. At the close of his last term in office he was, if possible, more popular than when first a candidate. During all his public and gflv;te career he maintained an un- lemished reputation, and died honored and respected by every citizen of the county. . at Salem, | |GROSS MALCONDUCT | OF ELECTION OFFICERS Ballots of One San Jose Precinct | Dumped Into the Jellar of the | Courthouse. | SAN JOSE, Dec. 28.—The recount of the | votes cast in the late election took a sen- | sational turn this afternoon when the Ninth Precinct of the city was reached. The startling disclosure was made that | the ballots of that precinct were not re- were fished out by Janitor Fitzgerald and returned to the Clerk’s office. After prov- ing this by three witnesses, Campbell moved that_the vote and re- | turns of the Ninth Precinct be thrown | out on account of the gross malconduct of the election officers and the violation of plain and mandatory provisions of the law. Most of the afternoon was spent in ar- gument, Attorney Campbell, for the con- testants, insisted that the baliots could not be counted, for they had not been properly returned, and asked that the pre- tended that the official count should be taken. Campbell said if the official can- vass were taken, crooked election boards { would have no difficulty in covering their work by burning the ballots. Judges Kittredge and Hyland took the matter un- der advisement. The Ninth ct will be passed until a decision is ren- dered. If the Ninth Precinct be thrown out Langford, for Sheriff, will lose 33 more votes than Lyndon, tz for Treasurer 38 more than Conant, and Gass for City Justice 12 more than Aggeler. This will in- sure the contestants’ election. Owits SaMtrresulng Tas sani atianivs will be made to throw out Guadalupe Pre- cinct also, The Eighth Precinct showed no change for Lyndon or Conant. Aggeler gained two. This makes Aggeler's net gain 21 An unofficial canvass of the vote for Dis- trict Attorney showed that Campbell ained 8, making a total of 6 not counted or him in eight precincts. | SMALLPOX REPORTED IN RAILWAY CAMPS Frightened Laborers Said to Have Begun an Exodus to Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28.—It is reported here this morning that smallpox has ap- peared in three camps of railroad laborers at Hackberry, Ariz., and at Bagdad, Cal., and that the frightened men have begun an exodus to Los Angeles. The Santa Fe Rallroad Company sent orders to San Bernardino to have physicians dispatched immediately to the camps. The disease is sald to have been brought from Mexico by rallroad laborers. ——— Andrew Carnegie tells how he rose from a bobbin-boy to a millionaire, in nex: Sunday’s Call. ROB V. ROBERTSON DIES AT PLACERVILLE Talented Young Editor of the Nugget Summoned in the Spring of His Existence. PLACERVILLE, Dec. 28.—Rob V. Rob- ertson, editor and founder of the Placer- ville Daily Nugget, after a long illness, died in this city shortly before 10 o’clock | this morning. 32 MY turned to the County Clerk after having | | been counted, but found their way into | the cellar of the courthouse, where they | | nals. Attorney | cinct be thrown out. Attorney Leib con- | Robertson was one of the best known of the younger journalists of the Pacific Coast. He came to this State in 1894 from Chicago, Ill.,, where he had oc- cupied important positions on daily jour- After a time spent on the staff of the San Franecisco Call and Woodland Daily Reporter, he came to Placerville in February, 1896, and established the Dally Nugget. A young widow survives him. He was a native of Edingborough, Scotland, and was aged 31 years. INHUMAN CRUELTY ALLEGED. | Beeker for Divorce Files a Sensational Complaint. TACOMA, Dec. 28.— Startling charges are made in the complaint in a suit for divorce flled here by Julia E. Rowe against Lucien E. Rowe. The couple were married at Centralia, this State, ten years ago. The wife makes allegations of fiendish cruelty and a willful course of neglect when she was ill. She claims the defendant refused to provide for her, but when pressure was brought to bear by relatives he assumed a better attitude for a while. The acme of cruelty was reached when, in May, 1895, according to the complaint, Rowe, for the purpose of frightening his wife, seized and held her on a railroad track while a passen- ger train was rapidly approaching. The wife by desperate efforts and the use of exlraordlnnr{ strength, it is alleged, re- leased herself from her husband's grasp and jumped off the track just in time to save her life. Another demonstration of his cruelt; took place in June, 1886, it is claimed, when the husband drew a pistol on her in a pantry. When she reproved him he excused himself and his conduct by say- h\% he thought she was a burglar. he Rowes have lived on a farm, which, Mrs. Rowe claims, was purchased with her money before their ‘marriage. She asks for $300 temporary alimony and that Rowe be restrained from disposing of tus | property. g A GIRL BURNED TO DEATH. Horrible Fate of an Inmate of the ‘Whittier Reform School. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28.—It has just been learned here that on Friday morn- ing last a young girl inmate of the Whit- tier Reform School named Lydia Brown was burned to death. She was at work near a range in the kitchen and her cloth- ing caught fire. She rushed out of doors and was burned so badly before her clothing could be removed that she died. The remains were buried in the cemetery at Whittier. Her father was an inmate of the Boldiers’ Home at Santa Monica, but has left on a furlough. TACOMA BLACKSMITH FAVORED BY FORTUNE Disposes of Klondike Claims at a High Figure to a London Syndicate. TACOMA, Dec. 28.—Peter Eariy, for- merly a Tacoma blacksmith, went to Alaska three years ago and located some quartz claims near Berners Bay. A let- | ter was received to-day from Early in which he says that after years of unremitting toil fortune smiled on him at last. Last fall he and his partner gave an option on eleven claims to a London syndicate, the price agreed upon being $200,000. They have just been notified that the option will be taken up and cash paid for the claims about January 10. Early's share will be $74,00. He will be manager of the new company's works there for a year at $1000 a month. Early and his partner have thirteen good claims left, which will be developed with part of the cash received from the sale. J. M. Talbot and Charles Roberts of Galveston have arrived here to receive medical treatment and recuperate from injuries received in the Chilkoot snow- slide, which caught them two weeks ago. They were en route from Dawson and had pitched their tent on a mountain slope this side of Lindemann, They carefully selected a moss-covered spot which no previous slide had touched. That night | an_immense mass of snow came down | the mountain side. The slide left its ac- customed channels and struck their camp. Their lives were saved by a large hem- lock tree beneath which they camped. It broke the force of the slide, though Tal- [ bot was crippled and Roberts knocked | senseless. S R CARLSON IN LUCK. lFormer Mayor of San Diego Gets a Federal Position. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 28—From a private letter just received here it is learned that the Secretary of the Treasury has re- cently appointed Willlam H. Carlson, for- merly Mayor of this city and a recent candidate for Congress in this district, who two years ago ran independently against W. W. Bowers for Congress in the Seventh District and thereby caused Bowers' defeat, to an important Federal office, and he has entered upon his du- ties. Carlson is now chief of the new division of customs and affairs for Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phllglplnes, ‘which di- vision was created on December 13. He will have a force of thirty or forty clerks under his control. L g __Marysville Pioneer Gone. MARYSVILLE, Dec. 28—H. M. Harrls, a pioneer resident of this city and presi- dent of the Harris Saddlery Company, died at home last night of a complication of diseases. He was a native of Massa- chusetts and 70 years of age. The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon under the auspices of the Odd Fellows, of which order he was a prominent member. —_————— How they catch hares for the coursing parks, in next Sunday’s Call. | recovery is conside: ing car service immediately set to| work to res nd make comfortable the pass 5 in the overturned and burning ca The injured were all taken out through the windows and all were rescued alive, although Brakeman Frank Bope of Las Vegas was burned so badly and otherwise injured that his ed doubtful. Many heroic acts were performed in extricat- ing the passengers from th perilous positions. The composite car was en- Veloped in flames within a few minutes | after it was overturned and had it not been for the timely assistance of the more fortunate passengers and a part of the train crew, many would have suffered an awful death. Charles L. Heberen of the Hotel Nor- mandie, New York, w. escued by his | wife in a most heroic manner. Heberen had a bad bruise over the right eye, also sustaining a sprained thigh. He fainted and his wife tugged at him with all her might until she got him out of the window. Mr. Heberen lost his overcoat, shoes and hat, and his wife, who worked so roically to save his life, lost all her wraps in the fi Mrs. M. B. Rosenberger of Ontario, California, received a slight contusion of the right arm. She lost some money and also some jewelry in the fire. Mrs. Rosenberger was on a sad mission to Philadelphia, accompanying the re- mains of her father for interment there. Her cup of SOrTOowW now seems to be almost more than a human can bear, the body of her parent having been burned to a crisp in the wreck. All the baggage on the train was lost, not a single plece having been | saved from the composite car. DR. H. SEWARD WEBB MAY SUCCEED MORRILL | Is a Member of the Vanderbilt Fam- ily by Marriage and Very Prominent. CHICAGO, Dec. 28.—A Washington spe- cial to the Post says: Vermonicrs in ‘Washington think the new Senator from that State will be Dr. H. Seward Webb, | member by marriage of the Vanderbilt | family. Dr. Webb became a resident of Vermont several years ago, built himself a splendid mansion and takes a great in- terest in politics. He was originaily a St. Louis physician, Of late years he has | been actively and prominently identified | with the management of the vast Vander- bilt interests, his special assignment being | to look after the Wagner Palace Car | Company. With Er. ‘Webb and Dr. Chauncey M. Depew in the Senate of the United States the Vanderbilts will be well represented | in the upper walks of national politics. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—There {s much speculation as to who will succeed Sena- tor Morrill as_chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance. The committee is | generally considered in some respects the | most important in the Senate. It cer- | tainly is so at times when financial or | tariff legislation is under consideration, but it has not heretofore been of the con- tinuing lm})onn.nce as the Committes on Appropriations. enator Allison, who i8 now chairman of the Appropriations Committee, has since Senator Sherman'’s retirement stood | next to Senator Morrill on the Finance | Committee, and under the unwritten rules | of the Senate he would succeed to the ADVERTISEMENTS. DOCTOR MEYERS & CO. DISEASES AND WEAKNESS OF MEN ONLY. ESTABLISHED 17 YEARS. CONSULTATION, ADVICE AN (31 MARKET §T | eral first_office ; campaign in the Philippir | of proper ARMY SANITARIUM | ted that he did the shooting. He is not of | strong mind. one of the best known pioneers of So- noma County, died to-day at his home | at Duncans Mills. first ata:;‘e | County. e | and final account of Mrs. E. C. Farnham, increased from $185,353 to $332,349. chairmanship if he should desire to do so, and the best opinion obtainable is that he will so desire. Senator Allison declines to discuss the probabilities, saying that he has not had time to give attention to the matter. If he accepts this ~chairmanship Senator Hale will succeed him as chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, and he will in turn be succeeded by Senator Perkins as chairman of the Naval Com- mittee. -— CUBAN SOLDIERS TO RECEIVE BACK PAY Three Million Dollar Emergency Fund May Be Used for the the Purpose. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Negotiations are progressing In the matter of the pay- ment of Cuban troops, so that on layiug | down their arms they may be enabled to enter upon civil pursuits and earn their living. ~ Probably no further appropria- tion by Congress will be necessary to en- able the President to carry out the plan if it should be decided, as it probably will | be, to advance money, charging it against the revenues of Cuba, to pay the Cubans part of the money due them for thelr services in the Cuban army. Pending the establishment of a permanent govern- ment, there is no authority responsible for the payvment of these soldiers, and this Government advance the as ‘a loan they will have to go for an indefinite period without pay for | services already rendered in the war for independence. | The special deficlency appropriation bill carries an item of $3,000,000 as an emer- | gency fund which the Government may use for any purpose, and the idea is to | advance the money for the payment of | the Cuban soldiers out of this fund. It is understood, however, the President has not yet consented to this arrangement. MAJOR GENERAL GREENE OUT OF THE ARMY | Resignation of the Officer Accepted With Regret by the War | Department. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 fajor Gen- neis A. Greene arrived in W'ash-i ington this morning from New York, and reported at once at the War Department to Secretary Alger. He came to resign his commission as an officer of the volun- teer army, preparatory to his return to private life. General Greene has been of exceptional rvice in the t war, being one of the | s of rank to take part in the | , and he per- | formed most effective work in Havana fter the death of Colonel Waring in re- the sanitary conditions there | sting the United States Evacua- tion Commission in effecting the change interests. It is with regret that the War Department accepts his resignation. S AT A JAPANESE PORT Surgeon General Sternberg Favors the Establishment of One at Nagasaki. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The Secretary of War has recefved a recommendation | from Surgeon General Sternberg for the | t of an army sanitarium at Nagasaki, Japan, for the use of the United States troops at Manila. The rec- ommendation has not yet been approved, it is looked upon with much favor, to the de ity of having such way from the Philip- pines sible epidemics which _may > It would_re- quire the ¢ of the Japanese G ernment, but little doubt exists that this would bé given. SUGAR BEET SHORTAGE. | Market in Germany Stronger Than for Some Time. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—A deflcit in the German beet sugar crop of at least 350,000 tons 1is figured upon by United States Consul Diedrich, at Magdeburg. He says that the backward season Te- sulted in a small deficlency. A number | of manufacturers sold fully one-half of their last year's product at very low prices before they realized that there | would be a shortage in material, and | the end of November found a number of factories closed on account of the diffi- culty in getting material. | All the old stocks of sugar in Burope | having run low, the market has been stronger_for some time, with upward prices, The estimate of the beet sugar crop for the world epted in Germany as accurate is 477558 tons, Germany | leading with 1,847,018 tons, and ‘Cuba belng | vn as producing 300,000 tons, against 71 tons in the previous season. Bullet Ends His Life. JACKSON, Dec. 28—A man named Le- ferre, employed as a cook at the Louvre restaurant, shot himself in the breast last night with a pistol, inflicting a mortal wound. He died this morning. Reports conflict as to whether the shooting was intentional or accidental. . Lad Shot by His Brother. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 25.—It develops that Grover Buckman, the little boy who was mysteriously shot and killed Christ- mas morning, was_shot by a brother, seven years old. The latter has admit- S i YK Ran Early Day Stages. SANTA ROSA, Dec. 25.—Samuel Rien, | He ran one of the| lines established in Sonoma was 66 years of age. Al ‘Well-Managed Estate. SUISUN, Dec. 25.—The twelfth annual trustee of the estate of S. C. Farnham., deceased, has been filed in the Superior Court of Solano County. During the ad- ministration of this estate its value has - Football Rivals to Meet Again. ‘WOODLAND, Dec. 28.—It is probable that & return game of football will be played in this city on January 2 between Marysville and Woodland teams. with the tie, last game. the Neither team {s satisfied which was the result of the e NO PAY TILL CURED, ¥ D PRIVATE BOOK FREE. « SAN FRANCISCO, | and began a systematic | day for Mare BRUTAL ASSAULT UPON A WOMAN Santa Rosa Thug’s Das~ tardly Crime. HIS VICTIM ALMOST KILLED FELLED WITH A BLOW FROM A . SLUNGSHOT. Police and Enraged Citizens Search- ing the City, Intent on Wreak- ing Vengeance Upon the Culprit. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SANTA ROSA, Dec. 28.—The police| of this city, aided by enraged citizens, are out in a body searching for the au- thor of what was the most dastardly assault ever made upon a woman in Santa Rosa. This evening as Mrs. G. E. Hollister, wife of the pastor of the First Adventist Church, was re- turning to her home on Upper Fourth street, she was attacked by a footpad and it was only by a narrow chance that she was not killed. The affair oc- curred just at the corner of Fourth street and McDonald, the spot where the mysterious choker who operated here last winter attacked two well~ known young ladies. The place is dark and well suited to the perpetra- tion of a crime of this nature. Just as Mrs. Hollister passed into the shadow cast by a huge oak. tree tha ruffian stepped out from behind a bill- | board and struck her behind the right ear with a heavy slungshot made from two cobbles tied in the corner of a large linen handkerchief. The blow almost severed the ear from the lady’s head and cut her frightful- ly, but, strange to say, did not knock her senseless, as the villzin must have intended. Instead of falling prostrate she began to scream at the top of her voice. Henry Matthias, who lives next door, heard the cries for help and rushed out. - He Iimmediately gave chase to the thug, who had started to run up College avenue. Matthias was joined by other neighbors, but owing to the darkness the pursuit had to be abandoned. The police were notified earch. The description given by Mrs. Hollis- ter of her assailant is very meager, as she was too badly frightened to pay much attention to his appearance. 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