The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 15, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1899. T *0 made a hard fight against its pas- on the ground of economy, and as it u a winning one. o was fathering | its Assembly career, e measu made the m stake of not having it passed « ‘ file until 2 time when there were more | of the majority on hand to back him up, | and when it c h ame to a vote it was lost. | He ordered £ ‘«'Jll of the "House, but it | | minetti of the minority d when it was de- ote from aye te no at to-morrow he would 31 was with- oduced in the of Alameda has ed both houses. The bill pro- of procedure by which ex Ci o them. ton’s primary election law passed without much in d habited strips of | neighberhood after the alarm was sound- | ed. The guests in- the Oriel Hotel, which is opposite, made a hurried exit with whatever valuables they happened to pos- sess, The tenants in the other houses on the block in which the fire was raging called their neighbors to their assistance in trafsferring their personal belongings | to the street, which was soon _strewn | with furniture and property from about a score of dwelling houses. The total loss will npgroxlmma $8000. The hay was valued at about $10 per ton and wiil comprise about one-half of the total. In the rear of the blacksmith Bhgs | | were stored a number of carriages, valued | at $3000, which were destroyed and on which there was but $1000 insurance. The loss on the two dwelling houses will be ; about $1000. |KELLOGG'S SUCCESSOR - . STILL REMAINS UNNAMED ate bill t : the State office, was Morehouse’s g the Supreme employ a secre. salary thereof. was tee of the Whohle vorably It was e and ordered to the No night session was ument was taken to the I 10-mOrTOW mOrning. BRSO WILL NOT PERKINS MIX UP IN THE MUSS WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Senator Per- @ formed to-hight that he had ¥ the Sacramento Ree- aper alleged that he p the proposed Sena- ous for me to the California tion of my col of the various candidate: me requesting my st I IN A BOWER OF PEACH BLOSSOMS | CallaghanByrne Weds Mrs. Hope Ellis Sherwood. | the prettiest weddings of the | is Sherwood man’ and wife as arlors of the bower of | d lilfes. ¢ith the fam- | and Mrs. | nd Mrs. Willlam | Governor Ross, Miss n H. Jewett, of Los An- Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul_R. Jarboe, | . . Baldwin, A MENACING BLAZE. | A fire belonging to was stored. e entire hay stack was e air and the black- ablaze. The fire spread ed dwelling-houses, but the Fire Depart- | get re ga entire b d to destruc ruc Id have on as the houses and are close to ‘s | day afternoon. sterday | | G..H. Gale are the lady passengers. ting to the | i more | le excitement prevalled in the l(au!hl in large numbers. | The Board of Regents of the State Uni- ! versity met in regular session at the Hop. | kins Institute of Art at 1 o'clock yester- | Regents Kellogg, Den- | | tcke, Phelan, Houghton Miller, John E. Budd, Hallidle, Kirk, Foote, Slack, Rein- | steln and Phelps were presént. In the absence of Governor Gage, Regent Tim- |+ t othy G. Phelps was called to the chair.| Superintendent of Publie Instruction Kirk | { for the first time since his incumbency { in office was presented to the board. | The report of the president of the uni- | versity was first read and accepted, after | | which the board accepted the resignation | {of A. L. Lengfeld, professor of materia | ’med!cn and medical chemistry. The com- | mittee on agricultural experiments in its | report embodied a recommendation that| | & reduction be made in the number of | { outside experimental stations and ' that| | the Flood mansion at Menlo Park be utt- lized as the central station. The Tecom- dation was concurred in. | Shortly after 2 o'clock the board went | into executive session and sat for an hour. “When doors were again thrown | ct of plans and specifica- | tions presented by Corlett . & McCaw, | architects, for the proposed Wilmerding | School of Mechanics “were submitted. The | cost of a temporary building would ap- | proximate $26,000, of which $3000 would be | expended In the construction of a founda- | tion. The architect stated.that $5000 ad- | 1. would. construct @ temporary s ture of brick, but as it was the in- tention of the hoard to permit the erec- tion of a temporary structure costing in | he neighborhood of $15,000 and permit the | to erect & permanent one when | had become sufficiently versed. in art of handling tools, some discussion | arose as to the acceptance of the archi- tects’ plans in their -present condition; Some of the members thought the amount | was too large to expénd on the temporary | structure, but it was argued .on the other hand that the building would be set back | on the lot and could be used for store- | rooms and would in no manner interfere with a momumental structure. A question then arose as to a fire wall to divide the building. The matter was finally disposed of by referring it back the committee (composed of Regents . Phelan and Denicke), with the req t that the report be resubmitted at a special meeting to be held on Feb- ruary 28 A communication was read from Gov- erndr Gagé, requesting that the selection of a president to succeed Kellogg be de-| ferred until after the close of the legis- lative session. The board took action ac- cordingly. i The sum of $100 was appropriated, which may be used by the university militia for the purpose of purchasing ammuni- tion for target practice. Members of the board will be chosen to act upon the committee of the Pacific Ocean Exposition, in accordance with an | invitation from the managers of the ex- | position. | ———— | TRANSPORT VALENCIA ‘ BRINGS SOLDIERS HOME| ‘The transport Valencia, thirty-three days from Manila, reached port last night and anchored off the Barge office. She brought up - ninety-nine passengers, in- cluding several ladies and civillans be- sides soldiers. When the vessel left Manila there were 2 number of sick soldiers aboard her, but despite the rather rough trip the in- valids recovered on the way over and were able to be on deck last night. -The | ladies on the Valencia are all wives of | army officers and-only left when advised | | to''do so by their husbands,” who feared | trouble’ with the insurgents, Mesdames Franklin' M. Kent,, 8. O. L. Potter and | Mrs. Gale is accompanied by her three chil-| dren, who are {ll.. She and the other la- dies speak in the highest terms of the treatment accorded them . by - Captain | Lane. Among the California boys who return- ed on the ship are: Privates Schmitz, Colmesniel, Masters, Miner, Matthews and Thorington C. Chase of the Hospital Corps. The boys unanimously expressed themselves as being very much dissatis- | fied with the food furnished them by the steward. They claim that putrid meat was served throughout the voyage and that for second class food they were charged first class prices. Salmon Run at Santa Cruz. | SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 14.—Salmon have commenced their run, and are affording | | the local fishermen sport. They are being NEW FIRE COMMISSIONER I e e T e S S S S kR =Y PR > R . = I = Sy PO CPTIDIDEOID O DD s Do RICHARD of Supervisors to succeed John W, night, was born in San Fraucisco R fices, and was for five years empioyed ago he went into the revenué brokerage business on Wasl has successfully conducted. In politics he is a Republican, and h: party. prominent member of Alcatraz Parlor, Lodge, Ancient Order United Workmen, and Western Ads of the World. Mr. Jones will bring & large amount tration of the duties of the office to which he has been appo: tian kv the Supervisors is everywhere recognized as an excel : % ! ? % { { ¥ ; [CHARD H. JONES, who was appointed Fire Thomas Jones, the well-known contractor. schools of this city, and was graduated from the Hi He has held posifions of trust in the Reglstrar's a He is also Interested in the Wine, Spirit and" T e e e e e B e e oY H. JONES.. missioner by the Board resigned- on Monday , and is the son of educated in the public School in 1879. Licensé Collector’s of- venue officl Six years m street, which he *RINIRIReRNIBe NN eNeReUeNeNoW MecDonald, on March 14, He In the Internal as always been aiactive worker for the Review. He is a lden West; Spartan n Camp, Woodmen Native Sons of the of executive capacly, into his adminis- | is. more auspicious. | and | all his property,. and it is not plain to | days many -of the stockhoiders have. filed | homesteads or deeded away their places. THE BLIZZARD PASSES INTO THE @TLANTIC It Has Left Its M fl ' ern Coast as the Worst in Years. :4#4##*#4#+#4**#+0 + PORT ANTONIO, JAMAICA, Feb. 14.—Terrific weather is pre- vailing on the coast. The winds are high and the sea is entrench- ing on the land. Coasting ves- sels have been wrecked and sev- eral hundred acres of bananas swept away. + + E 3 P4 E L e b + FEEEE PP A A A E 4 ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 14—The great storm ‘has practically disappeared off the northeast Canadian coast after a combination of snow and high winds that must hereafter stand as a'record for almost the entire Atlantic coast re- gion. With the exception of a limited terri- tory in the Southwest, and the eastern portion of the Northern slope, there has been a general and decided rise in the temperatures, and they. are once more above the freezing point west of the Mississippi River, in Florida and in the Gulf states, except Northeast Alabama. They still continue comparatively low in the Atlantic states. The interruption to railroad - traffic caused by the sterm stfll. ‘continues. Not ‘a through train on the Pennsyl- vania, Baltimore and Ohlo or Southern roads has reached the city to-day up to 10:30 o’clock to-night. * All the com- panies are putting forth their best ef- forts, however, and confidently expect to resume through business: north and south to-morrow. The -Pennsylvania started a train for. New York at 4:30 to-day and:the other lines expect to get trains out before morning. The storm suspended a large part of the business of the city and also many social functions. The President to-day ordered that the reception to the gen- eral public which was to have been held to-night be postponed until the weather Coal has gone up over a dollar a ton. Eggs have ad- vanced from 28 to 50 cents a dozen; pork has gone up 7 cents a pound; Irish potatoes have jumped from 45 to 85 cents, and vegetable prices have ad- vanced 75 per cent. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14.—The gen- eral railroad: conditions- to-night show considerable improvement, both.lacally throughout. Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania railroad to-day succeeded in raising the snow blockade on all its -In the State trains on ark on the East- divisions into this city except on the Philadeiphia “ai on, which will be open to-morrow. . Trains are. running | with fair regularity between here and | New York and ‘also chief points south. ! this line are gradually being put through. There is | a strong probability that traffic will be | generally = resumed to-morrow.. .The Reading railroad remained tied up un- til late this afternoon, when trains be- gan running frregularly. The Balti- more and Okio is still at a standstill, although one or two.trains were sent south late this afternoon. Charles J. Summers, a letter carrier, aged 62 years, and Joseph Evans, aged 60, were frozen to death to-day. NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—With clear skies and warmer weather, New York | started to dig ‘itself out of the snow | this morning. By noon the mercury had | reached-25 degrees above zero and. there | was not a cloud in the sky. -After Sat- | urday’s - half-holiday ‘and. the guspen- sion of business on Sunday and. Mon- day, to-day’s street traffic was tremen- dous, with the result of blockades ev- | erywhere. ¥ The snow_contractor estimated that upward of 45,000 loads of snow were re- moved from the streets up to 6 o'clock to-night. At 6 o'clock a night force of about | 1800 men started to work. with between 800 and 1000 carts. All the night force was practicallv concentrated on Broad- | way, and it ‘was expected ‘this thor- oughfare would be cleared by the time | of ‘opening . business to-morrow. from | Forty-second street to the Battery. At midnight ta-night the thermometer on | lower Broadway recorded 17 degrees | above zero, and -the temperature was | rising rapidiv. | The railroads running into the Grand Central -station did mot make much progress to-day in.restoring order from the chaos into which the blizzard had plunged them. While their ' officlals were very hopeful that they would be able to establish ‘some kind of train gervice to-morrow, they were obliged to admit' ‘that no. through trains had passed over. their. lines since Monday. | Five hundred men were struggling with | the great drifts in the Grand Central | yards all da+ and late to-night it was announced . that-all ‘the tracks were | clear.. The New. York Central contin- | ued to be tied up all day as far-as in- coming trains were ‘concerned. - The great drifts - thirty -~ miles south . of | Poughkeepsie were too miuch - for the | snowplows, and. trains were massed.at | hoth sides of this point in large num- bers. 1 NEGRD CONVICT CHOKES A GUARD Des'perat'e Encounter at San Quentin. RANDOLPH'S CLOST CALL ALMOST MURDERED BY AN EN- RAGED PRISONER. | Assistance Comes in the Nick of Time, and His Assailant Is Beaten Into Insensi- bility. Spectal Dispatch to The Call SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Feb. l4.— One of the.most desperate and exciting encounters in the history of the prison took place Sunday morning, = ‘When Guard S. L. Randolph nearly lost his life at the hands of an infuriated con- vict named Luls ‘Rivas. Rivas was clubbed into insensibility and Warden Hale had to station extra guards all over the yard in order:to keep the other prisoners from becoming unruly. Rivas 1s a negro. who is serving a life sentence for a burglary committed in ‘Los Angeles. He is of herculean proportions and has caused serious trouble on many occasions because of his savage, intractable nature. On Sunday morning a line was formed, in charge of Guard Randolph, to march the convicts into the prison chapel. Rivas was out of his regular position, and, when told to get into his right place, replied with an oath.: The guard took hold, of him and received a blow between the eyes that knocked him down and partially stunned him. He pluckily returned to the fray, how- ever, and clubbed the African into sub- mission. ® Taking the prisoner by the arm, Ran- dolph started for the dungeon. They had hardly taken a dozen steps when Rivas closed with the guard, and a flerce struggle ensued.. Randolph is a strong man, but little by little the ne- | gro forced him to the ground, and, frothing at the mouth in his rage, tried | to choke Randolph. The other convicts | stood calmly by.and offered no assist- | ance. = At this .critical juncture Captain of | the Yard-Edgar caught sight of the | negro . with his_knee onhis victim’'s chest. Yelling for assistance, he ran toward the murdérous convict: Guard Henry Moller was first to: the scene and at Captain “Edgar’s - excited | command-to hit Rivas he struck the WARD WRIGHT'S LAND ATTACHED Judgment Obtained by Fiacro Fisher. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Feb. 14.—All the available | property of H. Ward Wright, ex-presi- dent of the Unlon Savings Bank, is now tled up with ‘liens and ‘just how ' the banker- intends to pay the assessment of $10 a share on each of his 525 shares of stock s a question depositors aré asking each other. Ever since the failure he has reiterated his desire to-deed all his property to the bank for the benefit of the creditors, but no effort was made to do so until yesterday, and it looks as though it was resorted to then only to de- feat other creditors, Yesterday Attorney F. B. Hambly, for Fiacro Fisher, ob- tained judgment argainst Ward Wright for $2257 20. This judgment was origi- | nally given in the suit of Fisher against . M. Murphy. Wright was on Mur- phy’s bond in the attachment for $2000. It was never settled, however, and Fisher | came back on Wright for satisfaction. Judgment was obtained at 11:30 p’clock in the forenoon. At 4 o'clock in the after- | | noon Wright deeded elghty-two acres of land near Wrights station, In the Santa | Cruz mountains, to the Union Savings bank. - A few minutes later Attorney Hambly filed an execution against this plece of property and steps will be taken at once to have the place sold to satisfy the lten. The deed will not hold, as| judgment was obtained before the deed | ‘was given. A few days ago Wright's residence on North First street was attached on an| action in Tulare County to secure pay- ment of a note for $4000. This ties up depositors and stockholders how he .can realize $525) to .meet his assessment. ‘Wright will not be the only stockholder who- will fail to make good his share: ot the {ndebtedness..’ During the ‘past few In order to secure any money from them suits will be necessary, but in. the end | it is. ce they will'be compelled to | pay up their pro rata. 3 ! 1¥he deposjtors are now convinced-that | | slowly. | the transfer of a mortgage for $149,715 by |‘thousand dollars as the ‘bank's [ MR. McKINLEY WILL VISIT SAN FRANCISCO Informs - Congressman Intention to Journey to the ~ Coast. it WASHINGTON, Feb. 14—President McKinley probably will visit San This information was given to The Call cor- Francisco next summer. respondent to-night- by Hon. Julius to-day. e Mr. Kahn left to-night direct for B40404040+@ “I expect I will. see you out. there in the summer,” sald the Presi- dent, as he bade the Congressman-elect good-by. +O4+04 04040+ O+ C+04C4H0I040 404040404 O+ CHO40404040404 -Elect Kahn of His Kahn, who called ‘on the President San Francisco. H+040+40+0+M they will receive most of -their money, | Several of the directors have assured | them they will not Jose a cent. Their at- | torney is waiting to see what the meet- ing of the stockholders on the 25th Inst. | will result in. Now that proceedings | have been begun by the Bank Commis- | sioners to force the bank into insolve realize things will move alonz | The attorneys for Howard, whose wild speculations in fruit are said to have | brought on_the bank fallure, said this afternoon . that the papers asking their client be declared a bankrupt would not be ready for filing before the last of the week. As vet they would give no esti- mate of Howar liabilities or assets. The directors of the Union Savings Bank have called another meeting for Saturday. At that time further steps will be taken to relieve the indebtedness of the jnstitution. A transaction that-appears large on its face but really amounts to very little, is Ward Wright to the Union Savings Bank. This mortgage was given by T. J. Henry to the late James T. Murphy and assigned to Ward Wright by Murphy to secure a loan of $12,000. Murphy was to be given the money in monthly installments of $500 and he had drawn but a few. of these when he.died. Consequently the mort- gage, which is one of the bank’s gilt- edge’ securities, will amount to -a few assets. The mortgage is secured by the Santa Margarita. ranch in- San. Luis Obis] County. Papers were sent there for ing’ to-day. 1= Ant. Friant, a director of the bank, to- day assigned to_the Union Savings Bank’ mortgage from Mary and H. M. Wolfe a for- $2517. ANDREE HAD T1ORE SAND THAN SENSE That Is Melville’s Opinion of the to Reach the "~ Mad Attempt North Pole ing the fate of Andree, Wwhose body Siberia: “Th is yet inhabited by natives and it before now. Andree set sail in his ber that about two years after the boat capsize. he had miore sand than -sense,.for certain destination in a balloon. He g‘ P Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, Feb. 14. Commodore Melville said to a Call represéntative .to-night concern- 2 ory may as vwell be a-canard as true. If the bodies were seen, as reported, death must have resulted from a fall from the balloon and not from cold ar starvation. This locality, whilé: not densely populated, could have lain there for a year aud a half without being discovered the extreme northern part of Siberla the weather is warm at that sea- son, so death could not have resulted from cold. 3 : “I am rather inclined to think that the story is a.canard. I remem- that the bodies of Lieutenant Chip and others had been found in Siberia. - Circumstantial evidence accompanied this statement; even the clothes were identified. But I knew it was a fake, for I myself had seen the The. men: wére drowned. currents out into the Atlantic as well u to Siberia or the north pole.” QOSWWOE’ by Balloon. i8 reported to have been found in ‘seems incredible that' the bodies balloon in midsummer, and even -in Jeannette expedition it was reported I will say this for Andree, -only a fool would try to reach any might have been carried by the air 230830 B0 Bie et e+ R e NeReRe e Nl % | to serve him. ‘headquarters that negro servants and negro twice on the head with a cane! and knocked him senseless. Rivas was | then taken to the hospital and revived, | and afterward was placed in the dun- | geon. Randolph, with the exception of a faw | minor cuts about the face, is none the | worse for his encounter. BARRED A MULATTO FROM HIS RESORT American Proprietor of a ‘Havana | Cafe Compelled to Close | the Place. HAVANA, Feb. 14.—Holman's Wash- i ington Cafe in the Central Park has| been ordered closed by Senor Federico Mora, civil governor .of Havana, be- cause of the refusal of the proprietor to serve drinks to a ‘mulatto, the Cuban General Ducasse. Several friends of Ducasse were seated in the cafe tak- ing refreshments when he happend to be passing, and they.called-him to join them. . Mr. Holman, however, refused’| As the existing: Spanish laws pro- hibit race distinctions, Senor Mora, to whom complaint was thade, consulted Major General Ludlow, military gov~I ernor -of the Department of Hanava, as to-the action to be taken. - General | Ludlow’ told him .to enforce the law, and Senor Mora informed Mr. Holman that unless he wrote a letter of apology to Ducasse the cafe would be closed. Mr. Holman. declined to write the let- ter, and Senor Mora issued the closing order. Mr. Holman, who' is' an "American, says he will reopen, claiming that he is sustained by the American authorities. It is. considered that the controvers; will raise the:race question. pisaesia o ZELAYA WILL MOVE : AGAINST THE REBELS MANAGUA, Nicaragua (via Galveston, Fébruary. 14).—In spite of numerous ob- stacles, chief among them being the want of ‘telegraphi¢ communication and roads, except mule paths, between Managua and Bluefields;: President Zelaya is_actively organizing to suppress the revolution that has_broken out in the Atlantic. coast province. 3 Fighting between. the Government troops and ‘the rebels under General Reyes, former Governor General of the Atlantic ‘coast division and self-styled general in chief of Nicaragua, probably will begin in the ical forests between the Cordilleras and Bluefields. The headquarters of the Government troops is at Acoyapa, a well chosen strat position near a branch of the Tiver via, beyond the divide, while the revolutionists are reported encamped near Chile. > —_—e NEGROES DECLINE TO WORK. HAVANA, Feb. 14.—The fact having come to the notice of General Brooke's other employes in Havana were declining to work any: longer, affirming that it was unnecessary because the United tes ‘would supply them with all the food they ler General Chaffee has a ion to the depart- ment commander calling his attention to the fact. wanted, | Clure, Los Angeles, $10; PASTOR CRABB ' SAYS HIS WIFE Wds A SCOLD SAN JOSE, Feb. 14—No divorce trial im recent years has caused such wide- spread interest as that which is now being - heard before Judge - Kittredge. Seldom, if ever, has the spectacle of a | minister of the gospel weeping while on the witness stand been presented to the residents of the Garden City or-else- where. Yet this occurred to-day dur- ing the taking of evidence in the case of .the Rev. W. D. Crabb of the Meth- odist Episcopal church against his wife, | Hattie A. Crabb. Dr. Crabb is the di- ! vine who is charged by his wife with | having indited and dedicated burning | effusions to a choir girl, and to-day her name and the names of other promi- nent women were uttered from the lips of the plaintiff in a divorce suit which promises to equal in sensations any that already have been tried in this county. Carrie Perry is the sweet singer’s name, and she resides in Gilroy. where Dr. Crabb once ministered to the wdnts of a large flock. Her name was fre- quently repeated to-day. First, J. C. Zuck, a well-known real estate dealer and a prominent member of the Meth- odist church of Gilroy, in testifying in behalf of the minister, mentioned it. and the secret of the name of the woman to whom the doctor addressed his sonnets was out. Again the name was given prominence by D. W. Bur- chard, attorney for the plaintiff. in reading a letter from Mrs. Crabb to her husband, in which she threatened to sue Miss Perry for alienating her hus- band’s affections. The doctor took up the echo and the name of the songstress was. bandied back and forth by the counsel and the sanctimonious witness. Spicy testimony occupied the atten- tion of the court and the spectators, the latter mostly women, until 5 o’clock. Mrs. Crabb sat between héer counsel, M. C. Hassett and Walter J. Thompson of San Francisco, and Mrs. H. A. McCor- mack, through whose efforts she was | released from an insane asylum. Dur- ing the proceedings she intently studied her husband’'s face. She is a frail lit- tle woman and shows signs of slee; less nights and great suffering. Lo ing the man who would rid himself o her, she denies his right to a separation. Although in her jealous moments she | has accused him of much, she evident. 1y loves him to distraction. Rev. Mr. Crabb took the witness stand this afternoon and treated all present | In narrative | ta a salacious recital. form his testimony- was as follows: I am the Rev. W. D. Crabb, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. T was appointed to the office of elder by a con- | ference sometime in 18%3. My present pas- torate is pn Fifteenth avenue, South San Francisco.. Eight vears ago I came to this county to reside. Shortly after I was appointed {)flnrlpxl of the University of the Pacific 1 noticed my wife was inclined. to criticize the lady teachers, and 1 had not been in my posi- tion: a year when she: began to interfere. | { | | | MISS CARRIE PERRY. She followed me around and watched m, every movement. When we were alone she would call these teachers the harsh- est kind of names. Not satisfied with be- stowing epithets on these ladies, she would call me the vilest kind of. names. She manifested an ill will to these ladies and would not notice them. If at my ta- ble my assistants handed Her. anything she would refuse to accept it. If 1 were alded she would look daggers at me. One day after prayer meeting a lady shook hands with me in parting and Mrs. Crabb came close to me and hi: thing!” I condncted myse®™ ment of the ladies wi dence. I wanted to s embarrassment, and m f 0. The teachers were col ious of the way she treated them. Her scoldings would be continued until the middle ‘of the night. She used to strike me, and on one occasion she broke a dish over my head. She got a razor and tried to frighten me. She was constantly charging me with un- faithfulness, and things became so uad that I was unable to do my work, and tne anard of trustees asked for my resigna- on. The witness then detailed instances f his wife’s viclent temper while they vere residing in Gilroy. He spoke of er charges against him, with which the names of prominent women were onnected. He claimed that through her unkindness many left the church. A number of sensational letters writ- ten by his wife were read. In these epistles Mrs. Crabb importuned her | husband to lead a better life, and begged him to let her return to her home. J. C. Zuck of Gilroy, "Miss Annie M. Mayne, an ex-teacher of the University of the Pacific, and Earnest Grigs, & student at that institution, testified on behalf of the minister.. To-morrow Dr. Crabb will be cross-examined at length by Attorney Hassett, and a warm time | is anticipated. e Mrs. Crabb the al INTERESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Perkins Working for Improved Plans for the San Francisco Postoffice. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Unless the supervising architect of 'the treasury shows ga-disposition to modify the plans of the San Francisco building Senator Perkins will- introduce in the either by amendment to some regular ap- propriation bill- or by separate resolu- tlon, a provision appropriating money for the ‘employvmerit .of a private architect to make designs, or else to authorize plans- to be drawn by an architect em- ployed by San Francisco people, Assur- anées have been received here that the citizens of San Francisco, rather than have this abortion erected, would be will- ing to pay a competent architect by pri- vate ‘subecription. The California repre- sentatives in ‘the House, however, seem to think that a majority of the people are tired of delay and would rather have the building constructed according to the present plans than tolerate any further postponement. Senator Perkins has received assurances that the Senate will vote ‘material in- creases - for the improvement of Sacra- mento and San Joaquin rivers and for Humboldt harbor. At least $50,000 will be secured for the latter, although he hopes to_get $70,000. Senator Perkins was one of the four Republican = Senators who for Bacon's amendment to the McEnery resolution on Philippine acquisition. - He said -to The Call correspondent to-night: “The people of California understand why I voted for the treaty, but I am to- day just as much opposed to the annexa- tion of these islands as I have ever been.” The Senate passed the bill amending the | internal revenue laws and providing that upen the application of a distiller, and under such regulations as the Commis- | sioner of Internal Revenue and theé Sec- retary of the Treasury may prescribe, | distilied spirits may be drawn into wood- en packages, each containing .two .o more metallic cans having a_capacity of not less than five gallons, to filled and used only for export.from the United States, and that there shall be charged | for each of said packages or cans for ex- nts instead of 10 cents as now required by law. The passage of this bill has been persistently urged by San Krancisco liquor interests. Repre- sentative Loud introduced the bill and secured its passage through the House. The House to-day adopted an amend- ment offered to the sundry clvil appro- priation bill by Rna?resenlat_lve De Vries, appropriating $40.f for the improvement of Yosemite National Park outside of the toll roads. Representative Barlow was successful in having inserted in the sundry civil bill an appropriation of $2000 for the building pense of stamps 5 ce! of a road to the lighthouse at Hueneme, | Ventura County, Cal. . Representative de Vries to-day pre- sented to the House petitions from eciti- zens of Lodi, Cal., protesting nst the seating of Representative-elect Roberts of Utah, and tfivorflng the pa:sman of a bill abolishing the canteen systeml. The Postoffice Department has directed the establishment on March 1 of a sub- station of the postoffice at Sacramento, with facillites for the transaetion of money, order and registry business and for the sale of postal supplies, to be known as sub-station No. 1 and to be located at 201 J street. 2 B&dlrecuon of the Assistant Secretary of W: ar, Private Myer Josephson of the} hospital - eorps, now at.the Presidio of San Francisco, will be discharged from the service of the United States by the ' commanding officer of his station. By direction of the Assistant Secretary of %Var. the discharge by the command- ing officer of the Presidio of San Fran- cisco_on February 3 of Corporal Harry Lee, Company E, First Tennessee Volun- teer Infantry, under general instructions from this office, is hereby confirmed. Private €harles H. Dunn of the Pre- sidio of San Francisco has been dis- charged from the service of the United States. 2 ¥ The leaye of absence on su n’s cer- tificate of disability nted Lieutenant David_P. Wheeler, enty-third Infan- try, Department of the Pacific, .and Eighth Army Corps, is extended one gfin(h on .surgeon’s certificate of disa- ility. Z % Pensions for Californians: = Original— Adolph Lindquist, Soldiers’ Home. Los Angeles, $8; Simon Bissonett, Soldiers” Home, Los Angeles, $6; Willlam D. Mec- Lo 1 Sfie‘ 6‘?1"1!:‘:1 Soldiers’ Home,, Los es, $5. widows, etc.—Julia C. Hopps, San Fran- Eleanor White, Berkeley. $17; Santa ; Mary San J ode, $8. m: Original—John N. Stark, Ya- quina, $8. Original widows, etc.—Ruth M. Wright, Grave, $8. - Swashington : Original — William H. Jordan, Cheney, $6; Thomas J. Ireland, Olympla, $5. Already Planning for an Admission Day Feature. : SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 14—The Native Sons of Marin County are enthusiastically Senate, | to-day voted - preparing for suitable representation in | the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the admission of California into the Union, and will coliect $1500 to provide a float symbolic of the county’s resources. Headquarters will be opened in San Fran- | cisco at the beginning of -the celebration. Members of the various parlors have been selected to form a committee, as follows: | _Nicasto—Hugh J. Mclsaac, | man and Frank Rogers. Tamalpais—Robert Scott Sea Point—F. Fiedeler, Anton Silva. | McIsaac will officiate as secretary and | Milton as treasurer. Robert Stead- Stephen Eden. iam Milton and al {AMATEUR BURGLARS | MAKE A POOR SHOWING WOODLAND, Feb. 14.—Burglars entered the office of the Sierra Lumber Company last night and made an unsuccessful at- tempt to open the big office safe. En- trance was effected by prying open a rear window, a shovel being used for that pur- pose. The burglars were evidently ama- teurs, and their ignorance of the usual methods empioyed to open a safe is amaz- ing. They first knocked off the ornaments on the hinges, probably expecting that the big door would then fall away of its own weight. They next broke off the knobs and took off the combination dials of the outside door. There is no evidence that Lany attempt was made to drill through the door or blow up the combination, and the burglars evidently gave up the job after removing the outside dials. After leaving the Sierra Lumber Com- pany’s office the burglars made an unsuc- cessful attempt to effect an entrance to | the West Valley Lumber office. . They tried to force the rear door and window, but falled. Mr. Lyford picked up near the window a hatchet which bglongs to the Sierra Lumber Compan: | ADVERTISEMENTS. RUPTURE. CURED. | SUFFERED THIRTY-THREE YEARS [ NIGH TO DEATH. { | | Remarkable Experiences of a Citizen of Rice- | ville, Iows. One of the best known men County is rejoicing in the fact that after suf- in Mitchell fering thirty-three years with a p- ture was y cured by the system invented by Dr. W. S#Rice, Adams, N. Y. Mr. Blandin is never so happy as when relating the story of his cure. For the greater part of his life he was 12id up in bed: his rupture being so large | that he could not find a truss to hold it until | e learned of the Dr. Rice method. Mr. Blan- | din telis“of a near neighbor of his who was ruptured and for whom Mr. Blandin sent for the Rice treatment. The day it arrived this neighbor was suddenly stricken with a strangulated hernia; two doctors and a halt dozen men held him down. the pain being so intense that he was out of his mind. Mr. Blan- din arrived on the sceme just in the nick of time, and-a few minutes after the patient had revived from a powerfui dose of chioroform, the Rice system was put on, they had him up and dressed and he walked out to his barn. ~ The circumstances of these two cures attracted wide attention throughout the State. Dr. Rice has Tecently prepared a book, glving a full descrip- tion of his method. It is a home cure at a very small cost, and best of all it cures without pain, danger, detention {rom work or incon- venience of any kind. Readers should for this book and mall It to any one they know to be ruptured. Such an act of ~.ndness will be worth & great deal ‘o _those who suffer from rupture. Write to Dr. W. S. RICE, €5A Mala street, Adams, N. X. >